Connecticut western news., 1885-05-13
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-b' u. el1ce IeCeuU1y PluCHdoeu fine carriage horse.
 Frederick Thoms of Millerton is doing the mason work on Dr Eddy's res idence.
 J. s. New is grading his lawn and preparing to build concrete walks thereon.
 The concrete sidewalk will soon be extended from Dr Camps to D. l.. Peirces residence.
 Monday last J. T. Levi and assist ants commenced building the large ad- dition to the Warner house.
 We are obliged to leave over until next week an article from Southern New Marlboro, but it will keep.
 The Putnam phalanx of Hartford has voted to take part in the centen- nial celebration at Bristol, June IF.
 Don't forget that Hon T. s. Gold lectures this evening at Village Improve ment hall. We hope he wont forget it either.
 Miss Louise Bragg has five Jars of thrifty pinks grown from seed sown last year. They are beautiful in color and variety; also a jar of blue daisies.
 After examining that model carriage which Rrinton & De Hart made for Dr Camp, you will be convinced that it pays to patronize home industry.
 A soaking rain of nearly 24 hours duration commenced Thursday evening and grass shows the good effect of it, but the weather is too cold for early gar dens.
 The revised Old Testament will be issued on the 18th. For the benefit of the anxious o1fes, we will state that the ten commandments are pot 'revised" out Hartford Post.
 On Friday evening, May 15, the Ct Harrington Regulars and the New Mil ford Blues will play game of polo at the the Ct Harrington skating academy, for prize of a silver cup. -
 The Canaan base ball nine played their first match game last Saturday with the Claytons at that place and won by score of 30 to IA. A rather bad score but they had had no practice.
 -Almerine Gillette, who is in his 93d year and is the oldest person in town, is quite infirm and his mental as well as physical faculties are rapidly failing, but he is yet able to walk about his room.
 -The work of taking down the Knickerbocker lumber sheds on West Main street has commenced and the dwelling house will also soon be moved to a location south of Deacon Stevens residence.
 The New York Flower and Fruit mission, 239 Fourth avenue (rear), open their rooms on May IS. Fruit, flowers, iellies, etc. are solicited. All packages should be addressed to E. N. Rus sell, secretary.
 Last Thursday the workmen engag ed in digging trench for water pipes at Dr Eddy's residence, unearthed three skulls. Other relics have recently been discovered there. Next week we will publish description of them and con- lectures about them.
 We regret to learn that Major H. W. Watson of the Housatonic road is seri- ously i'll. While writing at his desk last Friday afternoon he was attacked by what at first was considered paralytic shock, but it proved to be nervous prostration He is greatly exhausted by overwork and will require a long rest
 Rev A. H. Ferguson, presiding elder of the Poughkeepsie district- will visit the Methodist church of this viii lage next Saturday and Sabbath. He will hold the first quarterly conference in the lecture room, on Saturday at 7:3O P. NJ. Also he will conduct the love feast on Sabbath morning at half past nine o'clock and preach at 10:30 A. M.
 MT Samuel Hamilton, steward of the Hartford club, died on Saturday morning at Hartford, after an illness of several days. He was quiet, gentle man and highly esteemed. He leaves a young wife and infant child. He married Sarah Holcomb, daughter of Jerome Holcomb, formerly of this place. His funeral took place yesterday at the club parlor in Hartford and his remains were brought to Canaan for in- terment
 Druggist Lillie is taking time by the forelock and is getting his soda wa ter apparatus into running order.- Berkshire Courier, May 6. Your Bar rington druggists are way behind the lighthouse. Our wide-awake Canaan druggists have had their soda fountains fired up since April p, and have been salting down the nickles and dealing out sweetened wind as fast as the wealth CT would permit.
 -''Good Housekeeping" is new pe- riodical published by Clark W. Bryan < Co., Holyoke, Mass. The initial num- Der appeared May 2. It has many fa- vorite contrib utors and tue first number contains articles written by Mary Meth odical, E. c. Gardner, Christine Ter hume Herrick, Maria Parloa, Mary E. Dewey, Milton Bradley, Marian s. De- vereux, Rose Terry Cook and well-known writers. Its purpose and mission is "to produce and perpetuate perfection-or as near unto perfection as may be at tained in the household" It is issued every other week. Price $2 50 q year,