Connecticut western news., 1884-07-23
LOCAL NEWS.

Miss Fanny Cunning of Farming ton is visiting at Miss s. W. Adams.
 MT Joel Farist and family of Bridge port are boarding at the Warner house.
 Master Henry E. Lester of New Hartford is visiting Master John G. Beckley.
 MT F. E. Young arrived home last Saturday, having given up his position as foreman of the Thomaston Express.
 The iaunting- car, or whatever you call it, and it's occupants appeared in town last Saturday and astonished the natives.
 The Housatonic railroad have been extending their switch tracks near Barnes lime kilns. The tracks will now accommodate 30 cars.
 MT s. c. Beckley, wife and son spent the Sabbath with Prof s. A. Weaver at New Hartford, Mrs B. having previously visited at Mir R. R. Smiths from Wednesday to Saturday.
 MT H. D. Humphrey has for sale a poem, entitled 'In memoriam of the late Canaan cornet band, composed by the poet blacksmith, John P. Shields, Dunk. It sells for five cents copy.
 -Messrs Rev D. Phillips, Albert A. Hubbard and Henry Hanchett have re- gently made good sidewalk in front of their respective premises, also made walks from the street to their residences. We have written a sketch of our trip to New Hartford, describing the places of interest we visited, but our foreman says there is copy enough to fill the paper so we cannot publish this sketch this week.
 Monday morning we called on Edi- tor Jones of the New Hartford Tribune, and had pleasant chat. He has his old foreman, Frank Slocum, on deck again; his recent foreman, MT H. P, Lynch, deserted his post and went on 8 spree.
 MT Sanford P. Stevens of Daven- port, Iowa, is visiting his brother, MT H. B. Stevens of this place. He left Canaan in 1889 and settled in western New York. In 1854 he removed to Da- venport. He has always been engaged in farming and owns large track of land in Iowa. It is seven years since he visited Canaan.
 A beautiful view is obtained from the hill north of Col Hardenbergh's res idence. Passing along through the pine grove and orchard you also obtain a splendid view of the Berkshire hills. It is only few steps from this village and it will repay our city friends to walk up there and we think many of our villag- CTS are unware of the delightful pros- pect obtained from that elevation.
 The Woodbury Reporter says: "When anybody dies, gets married runs away, steals anything, builds new house, makes big sale, breaks his leg or gets his brains kicked out, or does anything remarkable, and you know as much about it as anybody, don't wait for some body else to report it, or trust to our in- stinct to find it out, but come and tell us, or send us card, quick, accurate and to the point" Those are our sen. timents, brethren, please take the hint
 Last Thursday MT s. s. Robbins oi Lakeville, sent us letter containing his check for renewal of his subscription The postscript read as follows: 'Some 50 years ago, at this season of the year. your father and myself, would, wher turning hay on the Canaan meadows meet at the division fence and have 2 confab about the long lines of stalwart men, like Jonathan Dabon and others of that stamp. Probably not one re mains. Time, with his remorseless scythe, has garnered all.'
 MT Martin New, @ brother of Mir J s. New of this place, died with inhama tion of the bowels, at his home at Lime Rock station yesterday forenoon. Ht was taken ill last Friday. He leaves { wife and two children. For eleven yearI he has been station agent for the Hous atomic railroad company. He was bag gage-master at Canaan for the c. w railroad the year before going to Lime Rock, and for the previous two years h, was clerk in Fuller & Peet's store. H, was formerly from Chatham,N. Y,wher his remains will be taken for interment
 The David s. Cowles post will giv a free public entertainment at the Vii lage Improvement hall, Friday evening July 25. The entertainment will be es pecial!y of social nature. Anecdote of the war, patriotic songs, speeches etc. Rev Wm G. Pierce of Col Nodin post, No. 39, Champaign, nL, ex-As semblyman Wm J. Trimble, Reno post No. A, New York city, will be present and with the Rev Hiram Eddy, chaE lain of the post, will be the principt speakers of the evening. Members ( the post with their families and all cit gems, young and old, are invited to b present. There will be no refreshment. 3but rather Ca feast of reason and flo of soul" Come all and have a goo .ksme. Doors open at 7:3o P. 3.