Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25
New Adve tisements.
LOCAL NEW 6.

The last week of winter.
 The largest organization of strikers base ball players.
 -"Fair warming" Read the tax col lectors' notices in another column.
 Miss Sarah Stevens of New Britain, formerly of this place, is visiting friends in town.
 -.I walks dot Broadway down, yaw and mein gracious, on dot icy sideva.k I sits down.
 Miss Anna Rndge went to Copake last Monday to remain a week or two. dressmaking for Mrs W. A. Miles.
 -Twenty-nine calves at an average price of seven cents per pound, were purchased yesterday at this station.
 Rev David Phillips will exchange pulpits next Sabbath with Rev l.. B. Scott of Hartsville. Mass.
 Over 40 men are now employed at B. Grotta's tobacco warehouse and the sorting will continue another month or longer.
 -Longfellow's day will be observed with appropriate exercises by the 0. L. s. 0. at their next regular meeting, March 6, 1885.
 -F. s. Spaulding of Norfolk had a vacation last week and took in the leg islature, Governor Harrison's reception and the Middletown excursion.
 -Landlord Warner is in his element and wears 8 smiling face for he has all the boarders he can accommodate with out turning away his transient custom srs.
 Monday afternoon George P. Strong ssbust his biler'' and sprinkled but not immersed Will Parsons, while endeav- bring to thaw out the motor pipe at the NEWS office.
 The wedding of Adelbert Ostrom of Chapinville and Miss Eliza Teeter will be celebrated at the residence of the bride at Salisbury, Wednesday ev- ening, March 4.
 A county teachers institute will be held at Litchfeld on Friday, the 97th inst. Secretary Hine will conduct the the exercises and the meeting will prob ably be held in the court house.
 Horace Beckley has been a great sufferer all winter with rheumatism which has confined him to the house during the past two months. He is im- proving slowly, but does not venture out.
 "A large party of sleighriders from LAkeville passed through Canaan yester- day forenoon. Seven large double sleighs and two cutters were in line filled with children packed in as close as sardines in box.
 -Ragular communication of Housa- tonic lodge No. 61, F. & A. NJ, next Saturday evening, Feb. 28 Work on the third degree. Neighboring lodges are invited and a full attendance of the members of Housatonic lodge is re- quested.
 Complying with special invitations, Rev B. N. Lewis and wife of Falls Will lage and Rev D. Phillips and wife of Canaan were guests of Mrs Dr Clemans, last Wednesday, and did jus tice to1ha superb dinner which her own hands prepared for them.
 February has been an extremely cold month and has even broken Will liam Sardam's record who boasts of ploughing every month in the year. We think all the ploughlng Mir Sardam has done this month has been snow plonghing.
 A few weeks ago one flag pole WAS blown down and the other cut down, leaving none on which to display the stars and stripes in remembrance oi Washington's birthday. We need the old liberty bell to arouse patriotism here and it was mistake in sending ii to New Orleans instead of Canaan as ii is not reverenced in New Orleans fol we read that "boys peddle photographs of the venerable Jefferson Davis from the very platform on which the old lib erty bell rests in the New Orleans expo sition."
 We are indebted to Secretary Hint for a-copy of the annual report of tht board of education of the state of Con necticut, together with the annual re port of the secretary of the board. w have not time or space to give sum mary of the report, but all wishing t examine this volume of 290 pages, ar invited to call at the NEWS office wher they can also find the annual report o 130 pages of the Connecticut agricultur al experiment station, in which so man. fAzps<s take dssp iAtassst