Connecticut western news., 1883-04-25
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
 Snow.
 Register your dog.
 Pay your taxes before May1.
 Singing school tomorrow night Mrs A. E. Mallory visited Hartford last week.
 George Moon is working for carpen ter E. R. Lorrain.
 Save per cent by paying your tax es within the next days.
 After this week we will endeavor tc reserve space for state news.
 -Jeweler Gardner and Banker F. A. Peet visited New York, last week.
 Christ church guild meets at Mrs W. H. Smiths, Saturday afternoon.
 The boys are having fine sport catching suckers in the Blackberry river.
 Eddie Adams, George Cowdrey and Minnie Quinn are recovering from the measles.
 The Friday evening prayer meeting at the Methodist church is at 7 30 until further notice.
 Rev D. Phillips has removed the fence in front of the new parsonage on Granite street.
 Doctor H. M. Eddy (Mac.) of Jer- sey City, N. J., visited his relatives in Canaan, last week.
 Stevens & Bragg, lumber, flour, feed and grain dealers, have dissolved part nership. See notice in another column. Miss Alice Bristol has gone to her home near Amenia and Miss Maggie Maloney is her successor as table waiter at the Stevens house.
 The quiet and stiffness of the atmos- phere, lately observed, is accounted for in the fact that the Pawling, West Corn wall and Canaan cornet bands have dis banded.
 Jack Frost made the water company much trouble, last winter. An examin- ation of the pipes leading to Henry Han chett's house was commenced last week, and already six breaks have been discov- cred.
 We have had another warning. Shall we heed it [? The fire at East Ca naan, Last week, reminds us of the con- dition our fire hydrants are in. Shall they be neglected until a fire breaks out in our streets?
 A dime sociable will be held at Dr c. W. Camps this Wednesday, even ing. All are cordially invited, without regard to age or denomination, and re- quested to bring dime for Christ church rectory fund.
 The pews in the Methodist church of this village will be rented for the cur rent year, on Saturday afternoon, May 5. 1883, at 2 o'clock. All persons desir ing pews please be present and make their selections By order of the
 BOARD OF STEWARDS. A recent arrival in town is making himself conspicuous by following ladies about the streets. He is not such an idiot but that he knows when he is watched and makes himself scarce about that time. It would be well for the as his manner is anything but agreeable, Our correspondence from Milton, North Goshen, Ore Hill, Goshen ano Konkapot was received too late last week. Some of 1t was received after the forms were in the press and some after the papers were delivered to suD- scribers. We call attention to the no, tice in another column headed "To oul Correspondents. "
 Professor Swinston's concert at tn, East Canaan Congregational church. last Wednesday evening, was grand success as a rich musical entertainment and deserved much larger attendance The program, as given on the posters, wa fully carried out and consisted of solos suuartetts and choruses rendered in fint style. All did well and showed grea
 
 proficiency under the professors in struetion If the class here can do a. well, they certainly have no reason to b, ashamed.
 The citizens of this town have fo several years failed to observe Decora ton day in patriotic manner. w, sought to be ashamed of our neglect O this duty. We ought to visit, at leas once year, the graves of our country defenders and offer floral tribute t' their memory. We do not know whethe the G. A. R. post at Canaan intends t. observe the day or not, but we presum they will. That will not excuse us however. Is there not patriotism enougl in North Canaan to properly obsery Decoration day? Why cannot we co operate with the G. A. R. post and mak arrangements to unitedly pay tribute t our fallen heroes? Call meeting t. make the necessary arrangements. w will make no charge for publishing tn call and charge nothing for publishinl auy articlss on this subject