Connecticut western news., 1885-08-19


 the residence of o. P. Root, Thursday evening.
 Joel Farist and wife of Bridgeport stopped at the Warner house from Fri day until Monday.
 Mrs s. l.. Nash of Boston nee Miss Nellie Williams of Canaan called on friends here last Saturday.
 Edward Barnett of Pelham Manor, N. Y. visited his brother, Rev F. W. Barnett, from Saturday until yesterday. -Wanted-A copy of the history of Sharon, Conn, by Sedgwick. Apply at or address Connecticut Western News office.
 Rev Robert Hunt and son, Robbie, made flying visit yesterday, to the camp-g ground, and also called on friends in this village.
 w. B. Sanford of Great Harrington will be the new principal of Canaan high school. He graduated this year at Williams college.
 Mrs George W. White of Yonkers, N. F., is visiting her mother and sister, Mrs Whiting Knickerbocker and Mrs Frederick Watson of this place.
 Joel Farist and family, with friends from Camp Magou at Twin Lakes took c,,~,oo,. a1 4bo VUo-ra,. bo,,oo CaAuY5or evening. The party numbered IS.
 The freight trafc is heavy at pres ent on the Housatonic road. The north bound express freight, drawn by two engines, was nearly 1. hours late Mon- day evening.
 The Windsor Locks Journal says: s.Mr Theodore F. Merry, for many years 8 railway postal agent on the Housatonic road, has resigned because Sunday mail run was recently put on"
 Weeds band of Hartford have de- cided to give another popular excursion to the Hudson river on Wednesday, Au- gust 26. Tickets from liar tford for the round trip only one dollar.
 Canaan high school commences on Monday, September 6. Mrs J. M. Root has been re-engaged as teacher of the primary department. No one has yet been engaged to teach the intermediate department.
 Rev H. I. Bodley of North Adams has been taking three weeks vacation. For week himself and wife were the guests of Mrs M. W. Ward at Lakeville. MT Bodley remained few hours in Canaan last Friday on his way home, Mrs Bodley spent the Sabbath at Rev F. w. Barnett's.
 -F. B. Marsh of West Winsted is canvassing this town for Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant" He has the agency for Winsted, Colebrook, Canaan, North Canaan, Salisbury, and Sharon. He has already secured many subscrib- CTS in Winsted and quite number in this village. Mir Marsh is one-armed veteran, and is postmaster at WestWin- sted, a position he has held for 1f years.
 The Canaan hose company will have grand muster at VI. A. hall Fri day evening, August 21, fer the purpose of consuming peaches and cream and raising the indebtedness incurred fol hose carriage, house fer same, and fol various appliances for extinguishing fire The company now need help and there is no telling how soon we may neet their help, so let's turn out and ca them out of debt if not out of hous, and home. It is expected that the new hose cart will be on exhibition.
 Henry 0. Barnes and Edmund D Lawrence went to Saratoga last Frida, to remain two weeks. They annual. visit that delightful resort. Sheridan says Edmund goes to take care of Hen " and Henry goes to take care of Ed mund. He cautioned them not to spent too much money betting on the races Sheridan and the writer almost env. them their vacation, but we cannot ac company them for two reasons, one c which is, the young boys might distur the ''old boys" quiet recreation.
 The hose carriage arrived last Sat urday. It was built by c. E. Harts horn, New York. It was taken to Ge P. Strong's shop and several hundre, feet of hose placed upon it. Some on proposed that the boys make trial tril or experimental run with it. An itinel ant corn doctor volunteered to show tn boys how to run wid der machine. He grasped the rope and at given sig nal ''away they all flew like the down o the thistle" The run proved ''Bu Run'' for the doctor, for at the railroa crossing he stumbled and fell, strikin the rail and cutting deep gash In h wrist, from which the blood spurted l an alarming manner. As the doctC nr.asnre.l his length on the ground tn wheels just grazed his head, but he e capped without losing his scalp, even he did lose his reputation of sure-foo ed runner.