Connecticut western news., 1890-08-20

Happy is the person who during August can say. ''there are no flies on me-"
 Don't forget to attend the Pilgrim church lawn party from 6 to 10 p. m. on Friday.
 F. F. Stevens and Fred S. Parsons went to Twin Lakes Saturday for weeks camping.
 Miss Abbie Leete, of Leete's Is- land, Conn.,, visited at H. D. Hum phrey's last week.
 Mrs M. A. St John, of Glen St Mary, Fla, and Miss Mary Snedecker, of Kent, visited at w. H. Camps last week.
 An exchange says: Moving ma chimes, horse rakes and other agricul- tnral implements lying around the meadows after having is dore is sure sign of farm for sale within 10 years. :"
 Wire fences are good conductors of electricity, and during thunder storm it is dangerous for men or animals to be near them.-Exchange Yes, and barb ed wire fences are dangerous for men and animals at all times.
 New and elegant line of summer neckwear and other seasonable goods at Fosters in West Winsted. Step in and let Foster dress you up for picnics, ten his parties, excursions, camp meetings and the agricultural fairs.
 -Photographer Deming came to his Canaan gallery last Friday and Satnr- day. He has not fully recovered from his long and severe siege with rheumatic fever and is not yet able to work. His doctor recommends th at he visit the sea- side few days. He will take that ad- vice instead of drugs, consequently his Canaan gallery will not be open this week.
 The Poughkeepsie Enterprise says: "Some of the physicians of this city have new form of influenza to treat, which they have styled the summer grip The symptoms are somewhat similar to those that characterized the grip, and are coupled with drowsy, tired feeling and dizziness The stom- ach and bowels also become deranged. ," That same form of influenza struck Can nan three weeks ago and some of its vic tins are still struggling with it.
 The Canaan Valley correspondent of the Winsted Citizen says:
 Mrs Thankful Spaulding, who was bern in Canaan Valley, on the place for merly owned by William Sardam, but now living in Andover, N. Y., will be 100 years old the 29th of this month. She is the widow of Daniel Spaulding. Mrs Spaulling is aunt to Henry J. Mead, of this place, who will go to Hndover to celebrate the anniversary of this aged lady It is said she can read without the aid of glasses and is gay and cheer ful as any young lady.
 We have not learned whether Date Titus will be able to attend Pine Grove camp meeting this season, but King Brown, of Lee, Mass, writes us that Brown" will be on hand with good supply of the books entitled Thoughts of King Azariah Brown on Things that are Claimed to be Right We have only had time to glance at King Browns book, but we venture to say "upon earth there is not its llke," so you had better secure copy of the curiosity. Miss Krouskoff, of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs M. Smith, of Winsted, Conn.,, who are boarding at Charles De Martin 8 in Norfolk. walked on the railroad track from Norfolk to Canaan last Saturday forenoon. They left Norfolk at o'clock, reached East Canaan at g. 45, where they tarried three-quarters of an hour, and reached Canaan fresh AS roses at 1O.45. These ladies are born south crners and showed no signs of fatigue | after their morning walk. If any north ern ladies think they can do better they are at liberty to try it, as the railroad track remains and the walking is good. After dinner at the Warner House the ladies took the train for Twin Lakes to | remain part of the afternoon.
 The brakeman who was killed with in the yard limits of the Central New England and Western railroad at this station on Monday night, August H., proved to be Clifford H. Vaudeville, of Rocky Hill. He was nearly 23 years old His funeral was held at Rocky Hill on
 Thursday at 3 p. m. There are conflict ing stories regarding the number of hours he had been on duty. Some say the entire train crew had been on duty over 24 hours consecutively. Some say 36 hours. Others say AS hours, while some declare that Vaudeville had ,een On duty 72 consecutive hours. You may | ask 50 different railroad men and you | will not gain much information about the sad accident. The Rocky Hill cor | respondent of the Hartford Courant says Clifford Vaudeville, recently killed on the Central New England and Western railroad at North Canaan, resided here during most of the last eight or 10 years. lie leaves widowed mother and @ wife, the daughter of James Shipman. Timothy Daley, who used to live 1 near the cattle-pound in East Canaan, came to that village few days ago and acted so strangely that it was decided that he was deranged and he was brought here Thursday afternoon and placed in the custody of Constable Drake, who was going to take him to Naugatuck to place him in the care of friends. He showed no signs of vio- lence and Jim allowed him to walk