Connecticut western news., 1889-07-10
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889.
Local News.

Two adults united with the Pilgrim church last Sunday.
 Miss Lucy Smith is visiting Miss Jessie Hanchett at Orange N. J.
 -"Ovid" came up from Danbury on Friday, to visit his old friends here.
 W. G. Cargills father and mother, from Newark Valley, N. Y,, are visiting him.
 J. N. VanDeusen completed the concrete walks on the west side of Prospect street Saturday.
 M. T. Pritchard, Master of the Comins school at Boston, Mass, is visit ing at John Rodemeyer's.
 MT F. R. Collin is taking vaca- ton of Q week or so, and O. B. Capron, of Amenia, N. Y., is in charge of the jewelry store.
 Mir Francis Sims, from Troy, N. Y., has arrived at O. P. Roots for the sum- mer. Four boarders from New York will also arrive there this week.
 Some eight or ten families are already occupying cottages at Pine Grove although the camp meeting does not open until August 18th.
 Principal Adams favors THE NEWS with short but interesting letter from Mantle. We hope he may find time to repeat such favors during his vacation.
 pr B. c. Gidman has decided to locate in Norfolk. He has engaged Mrs E. 0. Stanley's house and will have his office in Mir J. K. Sheppard's residence opposite The Green.
 The Norfolk base ball club adver- tised to give social ball in this village last Wednesday evening. but for some reason, unknown to us, the venture was abandoned and the hall was not even lighted.
 A colored ball took place at Twin Lakes last Wednesday evening. We are told that " Faust" Benjamin says it was an orderly and we'll behaved compa- ny, better than some white crowds that have assembled there.
 We were favored last Wednesday with two heads of Oak Leaf lettuce from Pepoon Jacobs garden. This is 8 comparatively new kind and grows in head very much like cabbage. It is very tender and brittle.
 The Stamford Mirror man is inclin- ed to think that hens in the garden" constitute more puzzling puzzle than "pigs in clover"-that it is good deal more of a chore to drive the hens out and keep them out, than to pen the pigs and keep them penned.
 Henry G. Williams has sold two acres of land to the Roman Catholics of this place for cemetery. The land is situated on the north side of the road leading from Patrick Britt's house to Ashley Falls. The big elm tree is on one of the corners and the lot has already been laid out into family plots.
 -G. Willis Parsons, president of the '. P. s. 0. E. of the M. E. church at Canaan, and Rev T. H. Baragwanath. delegate from said society, are attend. ing the Eighth National Christian En- deavor Iconference at Philadelphia, which is in session July 9th 10th and 11th.
 Norman I. Cakes and Miss Carrie B. Yale, residents of South Canaan, were married at Milerton, N. Y., July 4th. Although both are patriotic, yet on this national anniversary instead of rehearsing the Declaration of Indepen dence they declared their dependence on each other for happiness. The printer wishes them health, wealth, happiness and dozen healthy acorns.
 Mrs R. R. Smith and daughter Hallie, of New Hartfo I'd, visited at s c. Beckley's from Tuesday until Satur day, when they started for Housatonic Mass, to visit Mrs Laura Seeley Fuller They are travelling with their own horse and carriage, which affords them the opportunity to call on friends along the route. Mrs Smiths health is muct improved and she is greatly enjoying the trip. They will also drive to Leno, and perhaps extend their trip int, Columbia county, but will stop 8 da, UT two at Canaan on their return.
 THE NEWS of July 3 stated that b and Mrs J. D. Clemans would remain in Brooklyn until after July 4th. The. came home Tuesday, the 2d, in time t. take the truth out of that item and als' to visit their farm and dig lot of larg and luscious new potatoes, which the. generously shared with the editor family, so you see both families hat new potatoes for their Fourth of Jul, dinner-that's a truth which Dr ant Mrs Clemans cannot expunge iron his item.
 There is more truth than poetry il the following They rose up Saturda,, morning but gave the neighbors n warning. They took down the shove and the hoe and for Prospect Street di' 20. There they dug, hood, raked, an, with scythe did mow, then some choic grass seed did SOW. From the Pilgrim church to the town hall they grade' the street smooth as a ball. You d not need to ask who did such a hand some and public spirited deed. o