Connecticut western news., 1885-06-24

Mrs George W. Cowdrey will re-
 turn this week from an extended visit at
 Bridgeport.
 Hereafter the state of California will
 print and sell at cost the books used in
 the public schools This is q good ex-
 ample for Connecticut to initiate.
 Remember the l.. c. w. c. T. U.
 convention at Norfolk to-day, and Miss
 Elizabeth Greenwood's address in the
 evening. See notice in another column.
 J. M. Roys says his scholars think
 we got two stories mixed, for at the
 school exhibition they were paying strict
 attention to every motion he made but
 they did not see his whiskers afre.
 Neither did we, but we reported the
 story as told us. You pays your monish
 and you takes your choice in the stories.
 Master Archie Adam arrived home
 last Wednesday. He recently won the athletic prize, handsome silver medal, at the Segdwick institute, Great Bar rington, Mass. Last year he also won a similar prize offered by that institute. We congratulate Archie. He comes from the Nutmeg state, is a smart little nutmeg and probably can outrun and outjump any boy of his size in the Bay state.
 ;Ao 1,a,, aE al hrJ1 sluices in town are very narrow and dangerous. Many of them have no railing to prevent team driving off the side on dark night. Even in the day time they are regular trap and timid horse is liable to jump aside, wreck a vehicle and injure the passengers. We are requested to call the selectmen's at- tention to this subject and ask them to make those bridges safe, for if they neglect to do so some one will undoubt- edly be injured or killed and the town have bill of damages to pay.
 The marriage of Mir Charles A. Bates and Miss Emily J. Mead was eel ebrated at 1.30 o'clock last Thursday af- ternoon at the residence of the brides parents, MT and Mrs Henry J. Mead. Rev E. F. Barlow tied the knot in pres ence of many friends of the contracting parties. A superb dinner was served | and the happy couple were the recipi- ents of many valuable presents. They | left East Canaan for Hartford on the | 422 P. M. train, followed by the good wishes and congratulations of their many | friends. After an extended wedding | tour they will return to Canaan.
 We like to hear a man refuse to | take his home paper and all the time sponge on his neighbors for the reading | of it. We like to hear mau complain when asked to subscribe for his home | paper, that he takes more papers than he reads now, and then go around and borrow his neighbours or loaf around until he gets all the news from it. We like to see 8 man run down his home paper as not worth taking and then beg the editor for a favor in the editorial line. We like to see a merchant neglect to advertise in his home paper and then try and get Q share of the trade the newspaper brings to town. We like to see this. It looks economical, thrifty, and-cheeky.-Ecch
 At meeting of Canaan hose com pany, held last Wednesday evening at G. B. Gardner's jewelry store, George ] P. Strong was elected foreman; D. D. Walters, first assistant; Junius Rhoades, second assistant; Frank Van Deusen, J. W. Peet, treasurer; George ! 5. Fuller, s. c. Beckley and s. A. Ben nett, finance committee; W. H. Camp, ! Julius Frein and ". L. Brown, stand ing committee. The meeting then ad- | iourned until Monday evening at A. T. ! Roraback's office. At the adjourned ! meeting Asa Bartholomew was appoint i ed to collect the amount subscribed for l fire apparatus and to receive additional ! ouDSCT1pLlOuS duu uOudblOuS. hISS OdIttu l W. Adam having generously presented | the company with her school building, ! which will make an excellent hose car riage house and hall for the company | to hold meetings in, the following com mittee was appointed to select aud pro- cure location for said building: George ! P. Strong, Samuel A. Eddy, A. T. Rora- back, H. B. Stevens and w. H. Camp. i committee consisting of George s. Fuller, G. B. Gardner and W. G. Hum phrey was appointed to attend to the moving of said building to whatever To- cation is procured. George P. Strong was appointed to purchase POO addition al feet of hose and W. H. Camp was ap- pointed to procure a hose carriage.
 A Trip rO Canaan Mountain.