Connecticut western news., 1885-01-28
Mrs Lucia D. Smith, our foreign

Mrs Lucia D. Smith, our foreign correspondent, has large circle of friends in this vicinity. The readers of the NEWS have highly prized and enjoy ed her letters and therefore all of them feel almost personally acquainted with her, and they will unite with us in ex- pressing sympathy for her in her great affliction, the loss of her mother, Mrs Almeron Dowd, whose death is record ed in another oolumn.
 If charity begins at home the village improvement should begin at the door of its home or room in Town hall build ing. An application of machine oil or carpenters plane to that stubborn and squeaky door would prevent an audi ence facing about to see whether the side of the room had been crushed in or not every time that door is opened.
 We publish short letter from Mir R. w. Landon of Niles, Mich. In a short note addressed to us, he says: My recollection of persons and incidents ill Canaan and Salisbury in my boyhood days Is vivid and some time 1 may re- late portions. We have no doubt many of our older readers would be interest ed to read Mir Landon's recollections of old acquaiutances.
 W. G. Humphrey tells us the fol- lowing story and he claims 1t is fact: Several summers ago native came In to our store and remained there from Il A. NJ. until ? F. NJ. While there he pur- chased and ate for lunch. the follow ing: 12 apples, 13 pears, 42 peaches, ] pound of crackers. He then drunk two pint bot les of root beer and ate two mushmelons. He then left. saying he was going home to dinner" This is not fish story but then, Billy, take my hat.
 The funeral of Miss Catherine H Pearce, second daughter of General Ticket Agent Walter Pearce of the H. X O. w railroad, occurred at 10 o'clock this morning. Miss Pearce's sister and brother, who are both prostrated with the scarlet fever, were comfortable this morning. Mrs Pearce is very weak, be- ing constant sufferer and the sudden death of her daughter, who was young lady of exceptionally charming charac- ter, has proved an overwhelming loss. MT Pearce will receive the sincerest sympathy throughout the city and along the Western road, where he is so kindly regarded, in the terrible bereavement which has befallen himself and family. -Hnrtord Post. Jan. 24.
 Prof Barnard's orchestra of some eight or ten pieces, is expected very soon to give a concert in Canaan, on which occasion they will disburse some of the best overtures and concert selec- tions of the day. Prof Barnard is an expert violinist and will play solos of his own compositions, which are among the greatest novelties of the age, giving limitations of 1psects, birds, animals, etc. in profusion. He performs marvels with the violin bow, carrying the stac- cats from the point to the heel of the bow and then reversing it with apparent ease, which feat in Ole Bulls playing was called miracle of art. There will be some fine vocalists with the compa- ny.
 Brother Norton's sleighride. On Sunday last the superb sleighing, fol- lowing so closely upon a season of mud, was the signal for impressing int >leighrlde sport pretty much everythins that had runners and everything that could ''go." Conspicuous among thos,' who essayed spending the afternoon ill sleighriding, was E. D. Norton, the af- fable freight agent of the HouSatOn;c road at this point. His enjoyment was up to the top notch, but when turning into North street from West Housatonir street his horse was enjoying the trip so much more than his driver that he let fly with both wheels and sent a section of the dashboard flying towarl the firma- ment. We didn't hear what Mr Norton said when this happened, but as 1t was Sunday it is hoped that he confined his remarks to a spiritual subject, at the same time forcibly intimating that if the horse was determined to g, t in, he was equally determined to get out. At all events his sleighride enthusiasm and dashboard disappeared simultaneously. Berkshire County Etgle, Jdn. p.