Connecticut western news., 1884-08-20
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 Tobacco cutting has begun in East Canaan.
 -Ninty-four deg in the shade at Camps drug store yesterday.
 The Catholic picnic at East Canaan last Friday was largely attended.
 Pine Grove camp-meeting opens next Monday and closes Sept. 1.
 Mir James Beckley of Chatham, N. Y., visited in town Monday and Tues day.
 Alfred Moon, at Humphrey Bros drug store, has campaign badges for sale.
 MT Everardus Ives started for the west last Monday, to be absent about a month.
 The Episcopal Sunday-school will picnic to-day at Twin Lakes. All are invited to attend.
 Mir E. D. Lawrence and H. O. Barnes and daughters returned yester- day from Saratoga.
 MT George Vaughan Jr, wife and son, and Miss l.. A. Vaughan of New York city, are visiting at Charles Paul's. MT Calvin Barnes and family nov ed to Clayton last Wednesday. They have been boarding at the Warner house since last April.
 The dime sociable at the rectory, last Thursday evening was largely at- tended and enjoyed by all. The net receipts were $48. 50.
 Special attention IS called to J. M. Kellogg's new advertisement. He can supply you with anything in the music line from jewsharp to piano.
 MT Robert Whiting of Brooklyn,N. T.. called on friends in town last Thurs day. Mir Whiting will be remembered as former school teacher in Canaan.
 This is fine weather for furnaces, nevertheless G. P. Strong will put new furnace in Humphrey Bros drug store, also one in Village hall, Nor folk.
 The advertising car of O'Brien's great and only circus passed through this place Tuesday afternoon. They exhibit in Great Harrington on Septem- Der 8.
 John G. Reid of Chicago says: If the buildings which have already been erected this season in Chicago were placed in line they would extend over 12 miles"
 Recruits have recently arrived at the Litchfeld county temporary home for dependent and neglected children at East Canaan. There are now Il chil- dren at the home.
 We shall publish next week as com plete report of the camp meeting as our space will permit Papers will be on sale at the NEWS office, also on the camp ground next Wednesday.
 The funeral of Mrs Harriet NJ. Law renee was attended from her late resi- dence near East Canaan, yesterday, at HAM Rev E. F. Atwood conduct cd the services. Burial at East Canaan cemetery.
 e-The North Canaan squad of the cav airy company report a fine time at the picnic at Cream Hill lake last Saturday, and speak with great enthusiasm of the handsome manner in which they were entertained by their Cornwall comrades.
 -Barnum, Richardson Go. deserve thanks for placing two iron watering troughs beside the lower road leading to East Canaan. One trough is located near the Ferris farm house, the other near the upper furnace.
 -To-morrow Thursday the Congre- gational Sunday school will picnic at Twin Lakes. They go on the 1O:33 A. M. train and return on the 4:36 P. M. train. Tickets for the round trip 20 cents. Children half fare. All are in- vited.
 The high school will open early in September with Mir Frank Baldwin of Bethel, Conn, as principal, Miss Fan nie Benedict teacher of the intermedi- ate department and Mrs J. Nj. Root teacher of the primary department.
 The subject of Rev E. F. Atwood's discourse last Sunday was the recent International Sunday-school convention at Louisville. Ky. He gave review of the convention and presented many val uable statistics of the Sunday school work.
 A pronounced free trader, who re- sides in this town has the impression that the NEWS, which we try to conduct without dabbling in politics, leans lit- tie toward protection, therefore he fre- uuently brings or sends us some article for publication. We accommodate him to-day by publishing the article from the Philadelphia Record of August 12 We don't see what consolation he finds in an article that only shows up how