Connecticut western news., 1888-05-16


 Canaan; in other words that genial cl- gar missionary, R. H. St. John of Dan bury struck town with his unrivalled llne of cigars.
 On or about July 1st, the Housatonic Railroad Company will place twelve fine new passenger coaches upon the road Two of these will be Wagner drawing room cars of the latest pattern. Rev. D. M. Moore of Falls Village preached in the Pilgrim church last Sunday and administered the sacrament Five persons united with the church, four on profession of faith and one by letter.
 One of the children at the tempora- ry home was attacked with scarlet fever last Saturday. It is expected the others will escape the disease as they are not permitted to enter the sick room, how ever, to guard against the spread of the contagion, they are not allowed to at tend school.
 F. H. Harrison, farmer of Water loo, Iowa, son of Heman Harrison of | Cornwall Hollow, Conn, visited at o. E. Holcomb's from Monday until Thurs day last when he continued his journey to Cornwall Hollow. It is II years since he located at Waterloo.
 Jack Frost beat his own record last winter Tn bursting the water pipes in all parts of this village. The damage is very great and on Prospect street, where for long distance the concrete sidewalk was built over the pipes, the walk is torn up in several places and the com pany will abandon the old pipes and lay new ones some distance away from the side walk.
 --"It is said that a thousand visitors were in Norfolk last summer and that they left all told, not less than $10O. 900 among the residents of the town. ".... "Guests in Klrby's Hotel, Sharon. have offered five prizes-a total of $7O-for the best kept lawns in that village. 7" We clip the foregoing items from an ex- change. and we would remark that Can aan is far more accessible to New York CTS than either Norfolk or Sharon, but the Conservative spirit of Canaanites prevents them from erecting summer hotels or offering any inducements to city people to drop SlOO, 900 here every summer.
 The Housatonic road has received two of the eight new engines built for them by the Rogers Locomotive Works of Paterson, N. J. They have all the latest mechanical improvements and are the heaviest express engines in Connec- ticut. Four more locomotives are ex- pected from the Rogers company before the 18th of June for the Housatonic road and two for the New Haven and Derby, making the complement of eight to add to the present excellent service.
 To-day, May l6) is the 5Oth anni- versary of Mir. and Mrs. Daniel R. Spaulding's marriage. Mir. Spaulding will be "A years old next 4th of July. This estimable couple are remarkably we'll and active for their years, especial ly when we consider the amount of toll and anxiety which has fallen to their lot. They do not intend to make a golden wedding but we think it would serve them just right to give them a surprise party, "but for goodness sake don't say I told you" They were mar riod by the late Rev. Joseph Eldridge. D. D.
 Our attention has agai n been called to the fact that the boys persist in jumping on and of the moving trains at this station. Yesterday noon eight or ten boys boarded the train while ii was passing the Warner House. They rode up opposite the old clay shed, then jumped off and went crosslots to school One boy came near falling under the wheels when he leaped from the train. The train men and the officials at the station would be blamed if any of the boys met with an accident while at tempting to jump on or off moving train. and yet for fear of displeasine them or their parents they refrain from arresting the boys, yet in some way O, other they should be prevented from continuing their foolhardy practice.
 "Wednesday Master of Motive Powe, Harry Rider ran No. 2S, one of the new engines on the Housatonic road, mum. Der of miles between Falls Village and Canaan at the rate of a mile 8 minute Walt Ferris put another new engine, No. 27, through the paces, on the same day, as far as Long Hill. In the roomy cab were Dispatcher John Carr, Super visor Cogill, Conductor Brown, repor. ter of the Farmer, and the engineer and fireman Dan French, the station agent at Long Hill treated the party to impor ted cigars, after which they returned te Bridgeport and Engineer Ferris "epen ed her out just to see if she could whll