Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Local News.

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 Isaac N. Beebe, of East Canaan, is ill with typhoid fever.
 Did Santa Claus bring you what you desired?
 Franklin Brown spent Christmas with friends in Bridgeport.
 Mir. Adeline Beckley returned to New Hartford last Saturday.
 -Dr H. l.. Ross spent Christmas with his brother in Albany, N. Y.
 Mir G. H. Smith, of Sharon, spent Xmas with friends in this village.
 The schools in this village closed lest Friday for vacation of two weeks.
 A notice of the meeting of the Board of Relief appears in another column.
 Miss Hattie Capron of Amenia is visitng with the family of G. s. Will jams.
 Miss Elsie Adams is visiting rela- tives in South Norwalk, and will remain there several weeks.
 All had jolly time at the sociable at the M. E. parsonage. and the society ~l made over twenty dollars. The fJSYou certainly ought to read and heed Ooati (S3. Hallwood's special announcement co fae -.-h appears in another column.
 Congressman Granger and daughter Mary, returned from Washington on Friday evening.
 The iron frames for the single desks shich will be placed in the high school 90 ssilding arrived Christmas morning. or -G. B. Gardner and family. of Cox x, ckie- N. r., have been visiting for di eoursgi1sxs st Warren McIntyre's. upon tho fact rkinson, formerly of >sep'.i.-n nas se,s1 nj, -T1TrI;,f,;;Ft7 ;,, possE tho little moyea 70 -ra.ns.- aac vile. et nsaH
 "A fine monument has recently been erected in Hillside cemetery, West Cornwall, Sharon side) to the memory .A of the late David s. Cartwright.
 Moot of the stores in this village wore closed the greater part of 0hristmss day, and the postoffice was closed portion of the day.
 This year, Santa Claus was compel led to harness his "eight tiny reindeer" 70 his furniture wagon instead of his sleigh. but he got here just the same.
 -Comical Brown and company are taking holiday vacation, and will rsaain in Canaan during the present week.
 The Canaan correspondent of the Waterbury American says: "It is said There are five persons in town who propose to make an effort to receive the postmaster's commission"
 On Christmas day the Pilgrim phurch congregation sent a large box of ] Nothing. books, papers, toys etc., to he Mission school which is located lear Rockville, Conn.
 Tine State Teachers examinations, nd examlnations for entrance to the Nocmal school, will be held at the high ichesl building in this village Wednes- lay and Thursday (to-day and to- norrew) commencing at g a. m
 The teachers in each departm ent of hhe high school received present lrom their scholars at the close of the ;erm. This manifestation of friendship md esteem will ever be pleasantly remembered by the recipients.
 The carpenter work and stone work on Hon Robbins Battells inn. !" Waugum Lodge" situated on the shore of Canaan mountain lake, is con- plated, and J. D. Egleston and son, of Falls Village, are now engaged in fpainting the interior and exterior wood work.
 A Robert DeForest's Collie Shepherd dog was killed near this station by the Hou,atonic Railroad passenger train iast Saturday evening. The engineer pught sGlimnSe of some object just as the iocomotive struck the dog, and fear ,iag it might be a man he stopped the tgain and then went back to investigate. -Last Sunday evening the M E. Gchurch of this village completed the A organization of a Christian Endeavor > society, with 19 active members, and 12 sassociate members, and elected the fol- flowing officers: President, G. W. Par lsons; vice-president, Mrs G, P. Strong; secretary, J. l.. Parsons; treasurer, W. Fl. Emmons.
 Mir Edmund ID. Lawrence has been housed up" two weeks with the shingles, but he ventured out on Christmas day. Rev Dr Hiram Eddy recently had 8 similar experience, and perhaps he initiated Mir Lawrence or "gave him the grip" or the shingles, at all events they shook hands while Dr Eddy was ill. A few years ago Mr Z T. Adams, of West Norfolk, had the same disease These three gentlemen's description of the malady concurs and they doubtless think that the experience of the author of the poem. ," The Patter q tho Shingle" is mild and brief com. oEed Co the tingls of the shiusles.