Connecticut western news., 1885-01-21

ueu since Dec. 70. we are lncllueu to think their discontlnuance was Christ mas present or greeting by the railroad com pany to Canaanites. and if not ac- companied by the greeting, "On earth peace, goodwill toward men, " it certain ly makes peaceful nights in Canaan, goodwill toward the Conn. Western road
 The young men attending the high school surprised Prof Baldwin last Mon day. They frequently surprise him by their application to their studies and their proficiency, but this surprise took the form of handsome student lamp, which they placed in his room at the hotel. The professor prizes the lamp not only for its intrinsic value, but as an expression of the friendship and esteem of his scholars for him.
 Several inches of snow fell last Fri day and during the evening it rained and froze, coating the trees with heavy body of ice. Saturday morning it snow ed again, but rained some before night, then grew colder until Monday moru- ing the mercury was only 6 above zero and on Tuesday morning was below Ze- TO. Quite difference from portion of California, where the temperature varies only six degrees during the en- tire year.
 We clip the following from the Bat tie Creek (Mich. )Daily Moon of Jan. 12: "Mrs Louisa T. Loomis, wife of Chaun- cey Loomis, formerly of Bloomfield, Conn.,, died Saturday night, Jan. 3, at her sons residence, 45 Green street, aged 61 years. The funeral was held at Jonesville Wednesday, Jan. 7, at P. M., .,where the body was taken for burial. |" Mrs Loomis was the mother of Frank Loomis, who formerly was the H. X 0. w. R. R. station agent at Canaan.
 After hearing Prof Barnard's orches- tra of Pittsfeld, at the Masonic annual reception on Tuesday night, Jan. 13, we think the people of Canaan and vicinity are fully convinced of the professors ability to get up 8 splendid concert, which project some of our people all ready entertain and we hope It will meet with abundant encouragement. A coup le of years since Prof Barnard gave some grand orchestral concerts in the largest towns of Berkshire county, and they were pronounced among the very best ever heard h those places. One of the concerts was given in Great Harrington, and was said never to have been excel led. It is just the entertainment we want. We hope the tickets will be put on sale.
 Rev B. F. Atwood will deliver lec- ture for the benefit of the Village Im- provement society, at their hall on Fri day evening, Jan. g, at 7:30 o'clock. Subject: "The Wonderland of the Great Northwest. Rev Atwood has deliver ed this lecture in Danbury, New Milford, Sherman, New Preston, Conn.,, Water town, N. Y, and other places. We have before us many fattering press no- tices of this lecture. The Danbury Item of Jan. 25, 1884, says: "A school boy could learn more about this coun- try in half hour from listening to this lecture than ae could learn in school in whole term" It is hoped there will be 8 large attendance. The Village Improvement society are anAi- ous to raise funds to beautify our vil- lage.
 The NEWS is highly favored this week with another interesting and in- structive letter from Mrs Lucia D. Smith. We regret it was not received a day earlier for we are somewhat late going to press and in our hu ry proba- bly have made some typographical CT TOTS. ID little note addressed to us, Mrs Smith says: "A1r Beckley, I wish you happy New Year. We arriv d safely in Vienna md expect to remain here til! Dr Smith finishes a cour SC in the hospitals. I am glad to receive your interesting papers week by week. " We assure Mrs Smith that we and the subscribers to the NEWS are also glad to receive her valuable letters, so replete with reliable information. Most phy- sicians would be content if they poses sed Dr Smiths knowledge and skill, but 1t appears the doctor is not content, but is determined to reach the pinnacle in his profession.