Connecticut western news., 1885-06-17
LOCAL NEWS.
-Buttercups and daises.

Julius Dean has COW that Is said to produce 11l pounds of butter in six days.
 Rev E. F. Barlow will exchange pulpits next Sabbath with Rev B. H. Roys of ATillerton.
 Rev Dr Eddy, Miss s. W. Adam,S. A. Bennett and S. W. Barnes have pro- cured asupply of hand grenade fire ex- tinguishers.
 Henry Hanchett has embarked in the mercantile business at Plainfield, N. J., having gone into partnership with merchant at that place.
 The veteran iron manufacturers in this section will regret to learn of the death of Elisha Sterling, brief mention of whom is made in another column.
 New Milford will be lighted with electricity in about two months. .-NeaO Milford GazeRe. That's rather late: many villages in New England will be lighted with lightning bugs long before that time.
 Samuel G. Beckley of Chatham, N. r., visited friends here last Thursday and Friday. He spends most of his time at Dover Furnace, N. r., as book keeper and superintendent of the ore mine at that place.
 The Berkshire branch of the Wo- mans Board of Missions, which will meet at Pittsfeld tomorrow, June Is, will be addressed by Mrs s. W. How land of Ceylon. The occasion will be one of unusual interest. The Bridgeport Leader says: "About the usual acreage of tobacco will be set in this state, but with less Havana than usual. All the Housatonic seed leaf was sold early, though at low prices, which will prevent any very great increase in this years acreage. "
 One of the cutest of A B c books is the e Household Primer" Each large letter has an amusing picture and a pretty verse. The whole Is daintay printed in brown; and, best of all, is mailed free by D. Lothrop & Co.,, Bos- ton, on receipt of 2-cent stamp.
 The entertainment by the scholars of the High school, announced for Fri day evening, has been indefinitely post poned, owing to the absence of Prof Baldwin. The professor says the enter tainment will be given soon as convent ent for all the participants. Due notice of the date will be given.
 R. D. Drummond, the Great Bar rington baker, confectioner, dealer in fruits, etc., sends g bakers cart through Canaan and vicinity every Thursday. This will be great convenience to many and we hope his enterprise will be appreciated and be we'll patronized. He also carries delicious ice cream. Try it. .s..-a
 Jack Frost retreated when he saw the preparations that R. H. Moore oi Great Burlington had made for the sum mer campaign. MT Moore, in his new advertisement, gives you an inkling, printers inkling, of his assortment oi dry goods, but the goods must be seer and priced to be appreciated. Give him call
 The proprietor of household arti cle recently informed the publishers O well-known monthly magazine of large circulation that the insertion of smal advertisement twice in the pages of thei magazine had brought in more thar 5000 inquiries. And yet some people are still wondering if newspaper ant magazine advertising pays. - NorraU Gazehe.
 Rev Robert Hunt has a host o friends in the Housatonic and Harlen valleys who would be pleased to grasl his hand, have social chat with him 0 listen to sermon. Its impossible fo him to visit all of them, but we hope h will frequently avail himself of the priv ilege of communicating with then through the medium of THE NEWS. Il another column will be found pleas ant letter from him.
 While many tobacco raisers are al most discouraged in consequence of tn ravages of the cut worm, it's possibl, some of them may be willing to prof by the experience of Charles H. Brigg of this town. MT Briggs blows his to bacco land as late as possible in the fall This kills the worms. Previous to set ting out the plants in the summer h pulverizes the soil with pulverizin harrow. He does not loose plant bu his neighbors who blow their tobacc ground in the spring have to reset least one-third of their crop. He form erly plowed his tobacco land in th spring and the cut worms destroyed large proportion of his plants.