Connecticut western news., 1883-12-05
LOCAL NEWS.

Only 10 degrees above zero Monday morning and the wind blowing gale. Robert Peirce sprained both wrists quite badly last Friday, by being thrown from n bicycle.
 MT Josiah Gillette, on November 2S, butchered a hog one year old, weight 560 pounds. Next.
 After Roxy's concert over 100 per sons took supper at the Warner House, Thanksgiving night.
 MT William F. Gillette of Falls Vil- lage owns the largest two-year-old heif- CT that we have seen.
 Hon Frederick Miles, M. o., will please accept thanks for valuable public documents recently received.
 Annual meeting and election of off, cers of Housatonic lodge, No. 61, F. & A. M. on Saturday evening, Dec. p.
 Please notice the winter arrange ment of the Housatonic railroad. See corrected time table in another column. MT Peter Boinay has moved into MT D. L. Peirce's tenant house ana commenced Monday driving team for him. .. Conductor Hook of the H. & c. W. railroad is on duty again after 0 short vacation. Mir Frank Kenyon ran the train while Hook was absent.
 Miss Mary Rodemeyer of the late Valley Ledger, spent Thanksgiving in Canaan and returned yesterday to Bethel to commence work in hat shop. Read MT Sardam's letter. He de- sires to benefit society, so he relates his experience as 8 fruit raiser and shows how apples may be utilized without drowning the country in cider.
 -Ho every one that shivereth go ye to Hubbell's and buy good heavy win ter suit for S4, or an overcoat for g. Read his new full column advertisement and observe the prices he names.
 -Roxy's concert at Town hall, Thanksgiving night, drew crowd, d house. After the concert, dancing was in order and was kept up until late, ,or, more properly speaking, early hour.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley of New Hart ford is slowly recovering from on ab- scess of the right lung. For ten days her recovery seemed almost hopeless, but on last Saturday the improvement commenced.
 Just step in and see the Christmas table at Camps drug store. Santa Claus can fill his pack and sleigh both from that table and still leave Will good as- sortment. See his advertisement. It requires half column to give an idea of his stock and then the story is only half told.
 A genuine, old fashioned, joyous Thanksgiving last Thursday at MT Will liam Adams. MT Robert W. Adam and family of Pittsfeld, Mass, and Rev Dr Eddy and family were present; in fact all the children and grandchildren assembled and the occasion will long be pleasantly remembered.
 Tine case of the estate of Henry Sturges against the town of Canaan was compromised Monday by the town pay ing $22O0. It will be remembered that Mir Sturges went through bridge over the Hollenbeck river near Huntsville with team of horses and lumber wagon in October, 1881 ,and was severely injured, from which injuries he died about year later.
 The sermon preached by Rev Mir Moore, at South Canaan church on Thanksgiving day, was grand and ap- propriate one and ought to be publish ed and circulated throughout the Unit ed States. It was brief review of the rise and fall of nations, showing the cause of their downfall and pointing out the only sure foundation for national existence and prosperity.
 MT Luman Foot found a Colonial penny on Sunday, November 25, while walking across his recently ploughed field. He has refused 50 cents for this ancient coin. One side of the penny bears the inscription, 'Auctobi, Con- nee, ''also profile resembling an Indian s head. On the reverse side is the god dess of liberty surrounded by the in- scription, "Inde ct lib, 17S7."
 The next meeting of the Housaton' ic Valley Methodist ministers associa, tion will be held at Falls Village, De- cember 10, 1885, At 10 A M, business 1G:3O, essay by s. B. Scott, Canada ; 2PM, discussion, "Boundery,' c. D. Townsend, D. Mccartney; 3:30 M, question drawer, H. c. Humphrey, N. U. Heroy; 6:3O M, sermon, D. Phil lips. G. D. TOWNSEND, Pres.
 FuxDs HERMANcE, Sec'y.