Connecticut western news., 1885-06-17
D. l.. Peirce and wife arrived home 

D. l.. Peirce and wife arrived home yesterday.
 pr J. D. Clemans returned from New York last evening.
 Salt for fertilizing purposes or cat tie. Enquire of J. L. Bragg.
 Fresh strawberries from S.A Eddy s vines for sale at Humphreys store. Mrs J. S. New, Mrs Bell and Miss Mary Cummings go to New Haven to- day.
 The VI. A. will hold q strawberry and ice cream festival in their hall on- Friday evening.
 Robert Fuller has been promoted to the position of treasurer of the Chi cago Hardware Go.
 -Almerine Gillette is gradually fail ing and has required watchers every night for Q month or more.
 Canaan hose company meet for election of officers this evening at G. B. Gardner's residence. Turn out.
 MT and Mrs D. M Barrett of fStam- ford, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs F. H. Baldwin, returned home yesterday.
 Prof Baldwin and family left yes terday for a visit with friends in New ark, N. J., before returning to their home at Stamford.
 Mrs Virginia T. Smith, the Hartford city missionary, will speak in the East Canaan chapel next Friday evening, June 19, at 7 o'clock. All who know her will be pleased to circulate this mo- tice.
 At the annual school meeting held last Monday evening, Messrs D. L.Free- man, J. B. Reed and A. T. Roraback were reelected district committee. and Mir S. A. Eddy was reelected clerk and treasurer.
 In another column appears the mo- tice of the L. c. W. c. T. U. conven- tion; to be held at Norfolk June 24. Miss Elizabeth Greenwood of Brooklyn, N. l., will deliver an address. Miss Greenwood needs no introduction to residents of this vicinity and all will be glad of the opportunity to hear her ad dress.
 Canaan High school and the inter- mediate department went on an excur- sion last Saturday to the summit ot Ca naan mountain and they raised large flag on the signal service or coast sur vey pole, which is planted on the pint nacle of the mountain. The flag can be seen with the naked eye from this will lage On one side 1t bears the inscrip- tion 0. H. S., and on the reverse side O. Is.
 -Children's day was celebrated at the Methodist church amid wealth of flow CTS which almost hid the pulpit, the or gan and the chancel rail. The little folks sang sweetly their voices blending with the songs of the canary birdswhose cages were suspended from the chande- Hers. Robbie Van Deusen delivered an opening address, Mary Ham gave rec itation-"The First Children's day." reading, short address by the pastor and liberal collection were a part of the program. As sequel of Children's day the Sunday school made happy many poor, sick and distressed child or person in New York city, for on Monday morning large share of the flowers were sent by express to the fruit and flower mission of said city. We hope the Sunday school will frequently repeat this kind act, and we take occa- sion to mention that the Adams express company will deliver free of expense all fruit or flowers directed to E. N. Rus sell, secretary, New York flower and fruit mission, 239 Fourth avenue, New York city. This mission relieves a great amount of distress among the sick and destitute in the city and the mission is deserving of substantial support. None so poor in the country but what they can send boquet of wild flowers if nothing more to delight the eye and cheer the heart of some sick child in the city.