Connecticut western news., 1883-12-12

New sign and wonders at George P. Strong's tin shop.
 Christ church guild meets at Mir N. c. Wards. Saturday afternoon.
 Mir Charles Schoverling is receiving tobacco and loaded one car yesterday.
 Look out for counterfeit silver dol lars; they are floating about Waterbury
 Mrs Elisha Rood has been quite sick with malarlal fever, but is i'm proving.
 MT Samuel F. Rowlson has taker orders for 30 copies of Mark Twain 4 book, "Life on the Mississippi"
 Last Wednesday three cars were loaded with tobacco and shipped to Nil William Schoverling, New Milford, Conn.
 The running of bicycles on the sidewalk between Union depot and the post office, is nuisance and should be abated
 -Defunct organizations Canaan cor net band, l. D. D. Y. club, reading room, Murphy temperance society, Riv- erside park trotting association.
 The Connecticut Western railroad thinks itself the luckiest road in New England, because it has killed only one in 521 of it's employees the past year; the lowest record yet published Wimsted Herald
 About this time may be seen on our streets the edifying spectacle of man in a heavy overcoat, fur cap and gloves driving clipped horse. .-Ne,c Rd'Jfo'f' Iribunes
 Will such men need overcoats in the next world?
 Mrs Adeline Beckley of New Hart ford remains in very critical condition. She had improved somewhat from the abscess on her right lung, but week ago an abscess formed on the left lung also. She is extremely weak and takes only small quantity of nourishment, but her courage is remarkable.
 The Canaan Bible society has re- ceived Q new supply of Bibles. Caa'aam Neps.-This long felt want having been supplied 1t is safe to predict that Canaan ties will soon be able to repeat the Lords prayer without being prompted. -Thomaston Express.
 Taking the Express as a standard of the intelligence of Thomaston, we do not feel warranted in making so hopeful 8 prediction regarding Thomaston.
 The indications are that travel to Florida this winter will be extrasrdina- ry large. The iron steamboat company of New York will send to the St John river one of their best steamers, the Cygnus, which will ply regularly be- tween Jacksonville and Palatka, con necting with the Tourist line on that river. The "Surburban Home," win ter hotel at St Augustine, is now open and its proprietor is Capt J. H. Dewell, formerly of Norfolk, Conn. Everyone in Litchfeld and Fairfield counties knows Capt Dewel and he will be well patronized. MT Joseph Mundry from Canaan is spending the winter at St. Augustine.
 Rev W. J. Thomson of East Canaan will hold third series of Bible services as follows:-District No. 1, December 12, Ahab's Repentance. Kings XXI, 21- 29; No. 2, December 19, Inquiring of Baal-zebub, II Kings, I, 1-2; No. 3, De- cember 26, Preaching by Fire, II Kings, I, 5-17; No. 4, January 2, Preparation for Departure, IT Kings, II, 1-6; No. 5, January g, The Passage of Jordan, IT Kings, II, 7-9; all at PM. The meet ing in district No. will be held at tie chapel; in No. at the house of s. c. Beckley, Esq; in Nos. 3, 4 and at the school houses. In case of 8 rain the first fair evening. Please bring your bibles.
 There Is so much counting going on about town Sunday evenings, both in doors and out doors, that there is great scarcity of young people at our churches, the present season, that it has been suggested not to hold evening services during winter. It is safe to say that all our ministers did the1r counting on Sunday evenings while they were young, thus it is easy for them to sympathize with our young people under these trying circumstances. We all know that is the best and proper evening for such business, the village is more qulet, the old folks go to bed early and the girls are the best and sweetest of any night in the week. Windsor Locks Journal.
 Go slow, Neighbor Addis. If you advocate such wholesale courting you will have to enlarge your paper again in