Connecticut western news., 1885-05-20
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 Potatoes 80 cents bushel. See Goshen correspondence.
 Robert W. Adam of Pittsfeld wis., tied relatives in Canaan last week.
 Tt will certainly pay you to read the advertisement of W. E. Bowditch, seeds man and florist.
 Frank Silvernall from Lime Rock has moved into the Conway house on West Main street.
 The summer express trains will be- gin running on the Housatonic road about the middle of next month.
 Mir and Mrs Davld Soule of New Milford were guests at c. H. Briggs's from Thursday to Saturday last.
 Extra copies of the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS can be obtsined at Alex Levy's news room, New Milford, Conn. The mercury reached S8 degrees yesterday. Guess several of our cor respondents remained in the shade, at least they have kept shady this week.
 The corporate existence of the Ma tional Iron bank at Falls Village has been extended until the close of busi- ness on May 15, 1905. See certificate in another column. L
 -S. W. Barnes has purchased brand new lumber wagon, made by T. l.. Sackett of Clayton. It has wide tires, patent spring seat, is gorgeously painted and Sheridan uses it more than he does his carriage--in fact, it is ''good enough to go to meetin' in"
 A party of ladies and gentlemen from New York and New Haven stopped at the Warner house last Friday night. They were on pleasure tour and were driving across the country from New Haven-to Albany and thence down the Hudson River valley.
 Prompt settlement. Mrs Daley s house, which was burned at East Can aan Tuesday morning of last week, was insured in the Middlesex Mutual insur- ance company, by A. T. & M. Rora- backs agency. The loss was adjusted Thursday and Friday check was given for the full amount of the policy.
 Julius Corbit has purchased, of James A. Root, the John A. Beckley homestead on High street. Mir Root has reserved and will remove the large barn, and next season Mir Corbit will make extensive repairs on the property. By request we did not mention this sale last week, but many already know it oc- cured and we now feel at liberty to publish it.
 We have received the initial mum. Der of The May Flower, three-column folio, edited by Mrs M. A. Parsons oi Winsted, whom our readers will remem, Der as editress of The Advocate. This number of The May Flower is mostly devoted to an account of Mrs Parsons journey to the New Orleans exposition but the subject of temperance is mol neglected.
 At this writing Canaan atmosphere is mixture of the incense of boiling tar, the fragrance of fruit blossoms ani the abominable odor from 85 loads O fertilizer, which 'fskientifc" tarme, spread on small piece of land las week, but does not plow under. Query was the farmer afraid his grass would get sunburnt or does he believe in fer tilizing the atmosphere instead of the soil ?
 We are not prepared to say whethe Frank Van Deusen is lucky or unluck, with his investments in horses, for opin ions differ on that subject according tC each persons ideal or estimate of horse, nevertheless Frank has recent. lost another horse. He has lost Il horses within few years. O. P. Gil lette is circulating subscription papel for Franks benefit and as early as Mon day afternoon over $3O had been sub scribed.
 Last Friday we learned that MT D B. Hale, THE NEws's veteran cores pondent at Collinsville, was very ill witl pneumonia We have not heard iron him since that date, but we hope he il recovering and will be spared for many years Mir Hale IS gentleman whom every one loves to meet. His recollec tion of persons and anecdotes of y olden time is remarkable, and yet h. keeps pace with the march of events am is walking encyclopaedia whom all ar welcomed to consult for information For many years he has been regula correspondent to the leading daily an' weekly papers of the state and has con tributed much valuable and interesting information which could not be obta' 'ne( elsewhere.