Connecticut western news., 1885-11-18
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-Gov. Harrison's brief but excellent composition about Thanksgiving is found in another column.
 Housewives are @ good deal more valuable to husbands than street wives. Kentucky State Journal.
 Valuable farm stock at auction on November 27. See Harry Sedgwick's s advertisement in another column.
 The receipts of the Methodist oyster supper at Village improvement hall last Wednesday evening were over $22.
 Time, labor and money saved. Read editorial s'The Better Way" and then read Egleston's advertisement.
 Eight months ago a Connecticut woman lost her voice. She advertised, and has now recovered it.-Bosto'a Post.
 Experienced nurse Situation want ed to attend lady in confinement and take care of infant; terms reasonable. Address, Box 166, Canaan, Conn. x
 In regard to Ward Mcintyre of Falls Village, whose advertisement appears in another column, we hear him recom- mended as skillful workman.
 An anonymous communication from Washington, Conn.,, is of course omit ted. Correspondence from Ellsworth necessarily deferred until next week.
 Evangelist Moody having seen, as he publicly ayers, 9 church fair advertise ment "that man could kiss any girl for 25 cents" takes occasion to denounce church fairs in general as an abomina- tion.-C Connecticut Farmer.
 The New England Tobacco Growers Association has passed a vote to petition the legislatures of Connecticut and Mas sachusetts to order town assessors to annually report to the secretary of the state the number of acres of tobacco raised
 -"Indians; their past, present and future," will be the subject of Rev IF. Atwood's lecture in the Congregational church at East Canaan, Friday evening, November 20 at o'clock sharp; supper in the chapel at close of lecture. Lee ture, 10 cents; supper, 15 cents. See large posters.
 We should like to know just how many complim entaries Eye editor" had in return for raking over the "goody- goody people who are mortified at the mere mention of the word hop "- Caaddn correspondence in Waterbury Antericd1a.
 Just as many as the president of the Village Improvement society gives us for publishing advance notices of that society's entertainments viz: none. See?
 -Soule Brothers and William Schov- erling began sorting tobacco on Thurs day. O. r Schoverling will open his packing house on Monday and will em- ploy 40 first-class sorters. This item is to immortalize the name of Charlie Eddy, son of George E. Eddy, of thls village, who on Wednesday frightened up our sanctum with belated but still fresh-looking dandelion blossom. m.-Ne'U MiJford Gazette.
 The skating rinks "must go." The end approaches when town like New Milford throws up the sponge. The Ga zette says:-
 Those who like roller skating had bet ter make the most of that pastime dur ing the next few days, as the rink will be closed for good at the end of next week. MT Emmons's lease will expire next week and he will not renew it. Might not the skating rink room make a good place for the reading room, etc, which is now being talked up?
 The Canaan cornet band gave an open air concert on Main street last Saturday evening. They surprised the natives" by their proficiency, and by. stander remarked, they deserve great credit and should be substantially ep. coaraged, for, aside from a few of the in struments loaned them which were bought for the former band, not even g cents worth of oil for their lamps has been given them, and yet they play a. well as the old band did on whom the public lavished about $500.
 About 125 persons attended the Guilc dime sociable at W. H. Camps last Fri day evening. It was rightly named sociable 3 for all were in a conversablt mood, and also enjoyed the musical par of the entertainment, the games and the excellent refreshme nts. It could hardly be called '' dime sociable; the enter talnment was worth more than dime and quarters and halves were tossed into the hat, making the net receipts abou S28.
 Owing to sickness in his family NJ A. P. Somes, who was to lecture here Tuesday evening, November 10, unde the auspices of the state board of edu cation, could not fulfil his engagement but he sent as substitute MT M. A. War ren of Litchfeld, a teacher, who gave al interesting lecture on "The sGradatiol of our Schools" MT Warren is the au thor of plan which has been adopted by the Litchfeld schools, the principa features of which consist in having fiv grades in one room and each grade ha several features or component parts.