Connecticut western news., 1883-06-13
LOCAL NEWS.

Roses.
 Read the City Boarders advertise .ment.
 Read order of notice for ''Divorce' in another column.
 New roofs on Jerry News coal bins. New, News, and news. See?
 George c Peet of Bridgeport visit ed his parents in this village over Sun day.
 Mir Nathan Watson's new house on Railroad street is nearly ready for the mason work.
 Pine Grove camp meeting begins August 20 holding over the following Sunday and closing August 27.
 MT Beebe Branch of Waterloo,N Y, who has been visiting his mother in this village returned home last Friday. Next Sunday evening Rev D Phillips will preach in the interest of the women's Foreign Missionary society. The telephone line will soon be ex- tended from Winsted to Canaan and possibly to Falls Village. Hello! Hell To!
 Merritt Spaulding is making exten- sive repairs and improvements on his house in Belden street. John Drum IS doing the work.
 Rev Hiram Eddy went to Saratoga last week for rest and recreation. We don't know who supplies his pulpit in Sheffield during his vacation. Read the advertisement of the Chester Granite works, and call and exs anime those artistic designs on exhibi- tion at Milton Roraback's office.
 Miss Geikie was prevented by sick ness, last week, from meeting her pupils in this place, but expects to be here and give lessons at the usual hour, this week.
 Mrs Jacob Schamerhorn has @ hy- dranpea which has been in blossom nearly two months. It has profusion of mammoth flowers and nearly fills the bay window.
 -Michsl Joyce is making quite 8 neat and roomy house of the building he purchased of Stevens and Bragg. He has added one story in height and otherwise improved it.
 The fruit season is upon us and canning and preserving fruit is now in order. A long felt want is supplied by Frein's fruit preserving compound. See advertisement in another column.
 Officers of D Cowles Post No 60, GAR are requested to meet at Canaan, Friday evening, June 15 1883, at 8 M. Per order of N VAN DEUsEN,
 Post Commander. The trees on the north side of West Main street need trimming. It is impos' sible to pass under them with raised umbrella. VI association please take the hint, and also mend that trap In the sidewalk.
 MT Luman Foote the model garden ar of West Main street, has splendlo erop of strawberries this year. He knows how to raise them and was the pioneer strawberry raiser, being the first one II
  large scale.
 The NEWS received two more short letters last week. One of 2 lines from Lyman Wilcox of Lime Rock ane one of 1L lines from William B Lane O Guilford, Conn. We say let them como as long as they contain money, as these did, to pay for subscriptions. -sRome was not built in day, neither does L Bragg expect to re model his store in day. The trans formation progresses slowly but surely Mir Bragg's plans are being revealed and the building is already an ornamen to the village, and is valuable proper ty for business.
 Come if you dare, all ye insects potato bugs, kinch bugs, rose bugs worms or caterpillars, we are ready to YOU, and will give you a quietus, fo George l. Parsons is sole agent in tow for Hammond's slug shot,, and W have obtained from him tive-poun package of 1t.
 D California, accompanied by her so Theodore, is visiting her sister, Mrs l. Pease. It is 8 years since Mrs Kno visited friends in this vicinity. He husband is physician and has an e tensive practice in Santa Barbara.
 Thomas Shields is at Catskill, N at work on the West Shore railroad When he went there about 8 month az he was placed in charge of 100 Italia laborers. The company soon discovere he was an experienced trackman an have given him charge of 25 men raisin track.
 Our sedate selectman, MT J B Rec does not propose to have the Deacon or Doctors houses out shine his, and has painted his house handsome sha, with a gay colored border. Friend Re- snnnose YOU fill our mouth with one your mammoth strawberries, so that ' cannot talk about paint.
 NTH H Coggswen invited us to spect his strawberry patch. We nev saw vines that promise so large yiel He has three varieties, Monarch of t West, Black Defiance and Wilson's. don't want to climb his picket fene dark nights, and trample down his win thus destroying more than we could ei but would rather find basket of the on our table, some fine morning.