Connecticut western news., 1881-11-09

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 Thanksgiving comes on the 24th inst.9
 Some corresponuence crowded uu, again.
 The repairs On ". McIntyre's house are about completed.
 The caucus at Town hall last Saturday was quite animated
 -Mr. Harry Carter of Delhi, N. r., spent the Sabbath in town.
 Another first snow storm" last Friday tickled the small boy.
 MT. and Mrs Bell ofChatham, N. T., are visiting at J. s. News.
 M B. Meads new book store is to be opened on the 2lss inst.
 A Ayesper service was held in the M. E. Church last Sunday evening
 Visions of Santa Claus and stuffed stock. ings haunt the good little boy.
 Miss Belle Merrifeld of Ore Hill is at- tending high school in this place.
 Representative Williams and Senator Richardson, ladies and gentlemen.
 A little earlier in the week, please, dear correspondents, with your communications.
 -Henry Goodro is going to his home in Vermont to spend Thanksgiving. and hunt bears.
 ner are in New York this week buying goods for the holiday trade.
 MT. Howard c. Deming, of South Greece, N. Y., came home to attend the funeral of his mother last week.
 It IS said that Mir. Fl. B. Stevens of East Canaan intends to build house on his lot on West Main street soon.
 Mrs J. S. New has returned to Leete's Island. her health having failed since her return from her former visit there.
 Frank VanDeusen will begin this week pressing hay and straw at his baling estab- lishment near the Blackberry river.
 Miss Nellie E. Richardson, who has been visiting friends in Chatham, N. r., spent the Sabbath with Miss Jenny E. Brown in this place.
 "A purse was made up by the citizens in. terested in the election returns, to keep oper. ator Peet in his office until they were all in last night.
 Joe. Calhoun and Charles White, brake. men on conductor Lakes ore train, have ac cepted positions as brakemen on the Naug. atuck R. R.
 The many friends of Samuel A. Eddy will be pleased to learn that he has so fal recovered from his long and severe illness as to be able to ride out.
 -J. A. Brewer, who has had his ''week off," is again driving his stage between this place and Southfeld,. which by the way, is receiving gooo patronage
 w D. Daly, Esq, of Jersey City spent the Sabbath in town, with hls wife, daugh- ter of Rev. Dr. Eddy. who has spent the sum- mer here. Mrs. Daily returns soon to Jersey City.
 Mfrs J. Broderick of Pittsfeld IS at her grandmother's, Mrs. Sallie Bettice, in this place, where she will remain all winter, to nurse the old lady, whose health is extremely poor.
 All those having beer bottles of mine will confer great favor to me by returning them as soon as possible, for I want to use than zx. MACDONALD.
 Canaan, Conn. 2wl9
 The widow of the late R. J. Lake, of Chatham, N. r., who carried on the coal and lumber business here some years ago. Ehas been spending few days with Mrs. Luther Brown in this place.
 The article on "An American Scotland, !" the conclusion of which we publish in this is- sue, was written by Mas A. c. Jennings, in- stead of Mr., as we had it last week, whose residence is at Auburndale, near Boston.
 MT. s. Barlow's new house on church street is now being plastered. The carpenter work was all done by Mir. Barlow, single handed, who can turn his hand to anything, from making jewsharp to building locomo- tive or steamboat.
 The death of Rev. Wm. E. Bassett, which occurred at Norfolk last Sunday, leaves the East Canaan Congregational church again without pastor. Mir. Bassett's funeral win be attended at the Norfolk church this after, noon at halfpast one.
 lowing to Rev. Mir. Mackey's lecture next Wednesday night, the managers of the I.D.D. Y. dancing club have seen it to ar range for holding their first dance tonight, instead of next week. as was expected. Van Aliens band will be in attendance.
 The New Milford Gazette said some time 70, aCanaan climate will have good deal to answer for some day." and that's so, too. Why, Mr. S. Underhill and wife, came to this place from Catskill some months ago, and moved from here to Lakeville last month. | Now the news comes that there are more Un- derhills than there were, of which our birth rolumn gives full particulars. Shake, MT. U.