Connecticut western news., 1881-05-25
Potato bugs are in blossom.

 interest which may come under their notice. Potato bugs arc in blossom. .-Rsv. Dr Eddy preached in Ct. Barring ton last Sunday.
 We are now at the season of the year when nature looks the brightest. -The M E. Sunday School library is l being rsplenished with new books, Gardner and Mcintyre went fishing Mon l day and returned with TOT fine specimens. Humphrey Brothers have been turing | their door yard, adding greatly to it's appear | ance. MT. and Mrs Bell of Chatham, N. Y, are visiting their daughter, Mrs J. s. New in this | place. We have few yards of spring poetry which will appear when we run short of other material The Sunday evening services at the Methodist church will begin at 730 instead off p. m. next Sabbath.
 --The first reliable harp.inger of spring came around last Saturday. in the shape of an Italian fiddle harp combination.
 Another new piano is to add to the har- meny of our village. Mrs E. W. Warner is to put in new grand square soon.
 -Nr. Warren finished up his concrete walks last Monday, and our village looks con siderable better for his having been here.
 If those who owe us for subscriptions, etc. will pay up, we will be greatly obliged to them, and 'do as much for them sometime. Mrs. Martinez of Malaga, Spain, her two children, French governess and Spanish maid, are boarding at Mrs. H. w. Frank lin's.
 MT. George Tronson brought his wife to this place last Monday, and she will remain until he returns to his York state home.
 Ut is seldom that such well preserved apples can be seen at this season Of the year a Mr. David Walters brought into the sanc- tum Monday.
 The new mail route from this place to Southfeld was bid of by Ephraim Brewer ot New Marlboro for s2se se, the first trip to be made July 1st.
 The Public Acts" for 1881, have been received at the town clerks office, where any slector of the town may receive copy free gratis for nothing.
 --Rsv. Father McElroy, formerly ot Bridgeport, of6oiates in the place of Rev Father Lynch, here and in Lakevile, during the latter absence in Europe.
 The Canaan cornet band attended the Falls Village band concert last Wednesday night. and enjoyed themselves hugely, re- turning on ths owl train at 8 o'clock the next morning.
 William Garfield of Canaan Valley shot a crow, at distance of s6 rods last Tuesday, with rife. The crow was walking on the ground. If anybody can beat that he is qual' tied to edit paper in Texas
 The fne instrumental music by Geo. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS @--~ Stevens House, is quite treat to the viii lagers, who can get the full benefit by leaving their houses open most any evening.
 MT. and Mrs. J. A. Mcdonald went on fishing excursion at Twin Lakes last Mon day, and returned with better than ordinary 'lfshsrmen's luck" Among other fish they had one bass weighing over two pounds
 Will Ferguson's family, who have been ssjourning in Winsted for the past few months, joined Mir. F. at Falls Village last Friday. The lS l.4 lbs. "well spring of joy is chirrupy little fellow, and looks just like it's pa.
 On May 25th, 1881, free transportation will be extended to the holders of Connecti- cut Western R. R. bonds, to Hartford, on train No. 6, leaving Millerton at $50 B. m. returning on train No. ', leaving Hartford at 4.10 P m.
 -Will. J. Oatman, formerly 8 compositor in this ofics, now on the Pittsfeid Journal, s came down last Sunday afternoon to see his old companions. He went to meeting in the evening anu tooh 1oh Aieh' OHU VI '-o church after service.
 William Colligan, teamster for Barnum Richardson Co was kicked in the face by one of the mules of his team, at the sand bed just west of this place last Friday. Dr. Camp attended and sewed up the ugly wounds, and he will soon be around again.
 -Another of'Evangeliue bachelors has submitted to the inevitable, and entered the list, which is rapidly growing. See the mar riags column, for particulars of Joe Ives ex- psrisnce. Joe if fine penman already, and with writing teacher in the family-well he ought to keep handsome set of books.
 A party of about 20 immigrants were brought from Castle Garden by Barnum Rich ardson Cos. agent, MT. John A. McArthur last Saturday, to be employed at the East Canaan furnaces They were obliged to stay ss the Warner House over Sunday, as they arrived too late to get accommodations in East Canaan.
 -H. c. Warner of Gt.' Burlington, the 4wsa..awake South Berkshire correspondent efShe Journal and other papers, made the Nsws ofics call last Monday. Local Fuller, aaso of the Journal, dropped into the sanctnm