Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, ,2a 1885.
Local News. A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL.
Have your horses sharp shod.
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Have your horses sharp shod.
 Read Mrs Wolcott's advertisement.
 The schools in this village will re- main closed until Jan. 4.
 Mir Callehan and family moved into their new house last Saturday.
 The exterior work on Geo. l.. Par sons new barn is completed, except painting.
 70. P. Gillette and family have moved into J. B. Reeds new house on Gillette street
 Monday was the shortest day of the year, so short in fact that Old Sol did not have time to appear.
 The warehouse men of New Milford say that 5000 cases of tobacco will be packed there this season.
 It pays better than government bonds-National Iron Bank stock-see notice of semi-annual dividend.
 M. B. Mead has just received an ele- gant line of books, pictures, cards and souvenirs for the holiday trade.
 MT and Mrs H. H. Cogswen left town on Monday last to visit friends in Kent, also their daughter, Mrs Edward B. Evans, in Sherman.
 Beach, Hawley & Go. of Millerton give you cheery greeting, and invite you to inspect their unrivalled stock of general merchandise. See advertisement
 The Christmas Tree service for the Sunday school of Christ church will be on Christmas eve-Thursday evening, at 7:30 o'clock. Service on Christmas day will be at 10:45 a. h.
 -Winsted is to have an endowed school or college through the generosity of William L.. Gilbert, president of the Connecticut Western railroad, he having already given $1OO, 1000 toward it.
 The Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will omit their Christmas tree this year, but in place of it will pro- vide free supper for both young and old, at Village Improvement hall, on Friday night, December 25.
 Do not forget that Friday of this week is Christmas, and everybody ex- poets Christmas present, so just step into Jeweler Gardner's and look at his immense stock of iewelry and silverware and see if he cannot suit you with some of his goods.
 Where did you get that handsome and perfect fitting suit At Fosters in West Winsted, and by the way, he has duplicates of it in stock, or he will make you suit at short notice, and guarantee perfect fit. Read his adver- tisement in THE NEWS.
 An exchange publishes the follow ing, which is important if true: :-"The man who beats the printer out of 8 sin gle cent, will never reach that heavenly land where old Elijah went. But when at last this life is past, this life of toll and woe, he'll straightway stand in 8 fiery land where they never shove l snow"
 About 60 brethren, including dele gations from neighboring lodges, assem- bled at the rooms of Housatonic lodge, No 61, F. x A. M., last Saturday even- ing. D. D. c. M. Blakesley of 1hom. aston was present and highly compli. mented the lodge on their proficiency in conferring the M. M. degree. A good supper was provided for all and the oc. casion was a very pleasant and social one.
 From time immemorial, women have been granted the privelege of suffering, but until they are granted the right Of suffrage Mrs M. A. Parsons cannot vote on the temperance question. She is 8 zealous advocate of prohibition, but i4 debarred from voting on the question, yet we will not debar her short address entitled, "A Local Question" We ire quently receive articles from her pen, but as rule we do not publish them for they are quite lengthy and should appear in some journal devoted ercI~si0e ly to the temperance cause.
 On Tuesday and Wednesday eve nings of last week the Methodist society of Millerton N Y, held the most sue cessful sair and entertainment ever got ten up in that place. The net proceed were S4O2. A crazy quilt was offered a prize to the most importunate and sue cessful beggar. The quilt proved bonanza and banned out $261.55. On charming beggar collected $125.3O. Tn Catholic bishops have recently held council and forbidden church fairs i future. They think that some othe way of serving the Lord and iftin church debts should be invented. long suffering and overtaxed publi think that the Methodist bishops shout follow the commendable example SC them by the Catholic bishops.