Connecticut western news., 1888-03-07

and evening session. The evening session will be public at the V. I. A. hall. Topic, $ The Peoples use of the Bible"
 John B. Davis will soon leave the post office again, to attend to his brick yard. Franklin Brown is learning the ropes at the post-otfice and will soon he a full I-fedged assistant postmaster. He leaves the high school to accept this position. We believe his school record surpasses any other scholar. For tie past year he has neither been absent nor tardy no failures in recitations and no black marks for department.
 Harmon Schamerhorn met with an accident last Saturday. He was at work on an icy staging at the Canaan Lime Co.'S kiln and while carrying bunch of shingles on his shoulder he slipped and fell distance of 12 feet to the frozen ground. He struck squarely on one heel and so badly sprained his foot that he cannot bear his weight on it.
 Members of the New Haven divis- ion of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers are to meet in Bridgeport next Saturday and have banquet at Sterling restaurant. Previous to the banquet a business meeting for the pur- pose of receiving into the Brotherhood number of engineers on the Housa- tonic system will be held.
 Scarlet fever made its appearance iu this village on Monday, but prompt measures will be taken to prevent the spread of the disease. The primary and intermediate departments of Canaan high school have been closed, as pre- caution, and if thought necessary the higher department of the school will also be closed. It is reported that one of M Callahan's children and one of Reuben Sewart's children have the scar let fever.
 At the annual meeting of the Canaan Village Improvement Association held last Wednesday evening all the officers were reelected with one exception, viz: Henry Reed was chosen one of the exe- cutive committee in place of George Willis Parsons, who within the past year has gone to Meriden to live We cannot spare the space to publish the annual report in detail but the conden- sed balance sheet for the fiscal year end ing March 1. 1888 is as follows: cash re- ceived S257 29; bills paid S236. 99; cash on hand s2O.3O.
 The picture or map of "Sherman's March to the Sea" has recently been placed in the high school room, and the Rand < Nc Nally Standard Atlas of the World latest edition has been added to the school library, as reference book. Joseph T Judson, of Thomast n. the school inspector or assistant secret ary of the state board of education, visited the school last week, and express sed himself greatly pleased with the efficiency of it's teachers the proficiency, regular attendance and department of the scholars
 i TEN MINUTE ADDRESSES.
 l. Bibles and Bible Helps, Rev Kinney | 7. How to regard the Bible, Rev Kelsey 8. How to read the Bible. Rev Goodenough 4. How to study the Bible, Rev DePeu 5. The Bible in the Family. Rev Lord | $. The Bible in schools and colleges. | Rev Towle
 All very cordially invited. Please 
 come promptly at o'clock.
 = The farmers of New Milford and vicinity held their second annual cattle exhibition and sale on the park in New Milford, on Tuesday. Feb 2S. Notwith- standing the day was very cold and disagreeable there were 93 pairs of oxen and steers on the ground as against so pairs last year, when the weather was more favorable. Eight pairs were sold that day and up to Friday, and "still there's more to follow" as result of the exhibition. This fact the farmer of C,naan and vicinity should bear in mind and not fail to bring their stock to the second annual cattle exhibition to be held at Canaan about May 1st.
 The Connecticut Weekly Press As sociation will hold regular meeting at the Tontine Hotel New Haven. on Mon. day, March 18th, Dinner will be served at one o'clock. p m, to all attending the
 meeting, at 50 cts. The meeting will be
 called to order immediately after the dinner. An essay will be read by Mir C.
 H. Riggs. of the Bristol Press. Subject
 ''Local News," to be followed by a gen.
 eral discussion by the members.
 March 1st the mail car formerly at
 tached to the train leaving Bridgeport at 10. 05 a. m. for Pittsfeld was trans ferred to the train leaving Bridgepor,
 at 7.1O a. m. This new arrangement does not accommodate local business as we'll as the old schedule, but the througl
 mails from New York arrive at Canaan at 9.31 a. m. instead of at noon. Mos of the stage rontes south of Canaan art left out in the cold, or in other words il causes delay of eight hours in thei north bound mail. as the first train nortl runs so early they cannot connect witl
 1t. Under the new arrangement 1t take 8 only 10 hours for letter to come iron D Huntsville to Canaan, distance of mn, g miles, or nearly nine hours for lette : to go from East Canaan to Ashley F Falls 8 a distance of four miles. Our cores