Connecticut western news., 1890-04-23

Rev John O. Goddard. of Salisbury !, will preach in the Pilgrim church next Sunday.
 There will be dime sociable at A. T. Roraback's on Friday evening, April 25th.
 Mrs M. K. Belden has been quite sick with a bilious attack but is improving.
 Miss Emma Bullard resumed teach ing in the Willard District, near South Canaan, on Monday.
 Gardner W. Barnes went to Great Harrington Monday to resume his studies at the Sedgwick Institute.
 The Bridgeport Daily Leader of April 21 says: The damage to young orange trees in Florida by frost is Sl, ,0OO, 900.
 The first band of tourist musicians who have visited this place this season were two bagpipers who filled the air with harmony(Y on Monday.
 -Fifty-three calves were bought here yesterday at prices ranging from to 5} cents per pound. That does not look as if the Canaan calf market was ruined.
 On Monday of last week, Frank Hitchcock and O. Holcomb commenced repairing the roads in this town. They use three horses, weight 4,OO0 pounds. on the road scraper.
 Miss Mary Bridges, of New York, the artist who has boarded in Canaan part of the time the past three years, has commenced housekeeping on High street ln the house lately vacated by J. A. Underwood.
 Lawyer w. A. Roraback, and Dr H. P. Pulver, of Torrington, took 8 pleasure trip to Canaan last Friday, and now they want some of their Canaan friends to take similar trip to Torring- ton.
 The long contemplated improve ments in front of Christ church and the town hall were begun yesterday. The lawns will be graded gradual slope, the road between the buildings will be changed and g concrete walk built from the sidewalk to the church. ....-
 -E. J. Prescott is s.rash'' enough to harbor eczema, or something akin to it. He is reading the book of Job, to find consolation in the fact that .' misery loves company" but thus far his exper- fence teaches him that curry comb is more soothing than 8 potsherd. Ed" says: "It is no laughing matter and no matter if you laugh"
 Last Saturday night fire occurred near the {" mosquito path" in the swamp south of this village. The fire probably originated from 8 spark from the loco motive of the Wilson Point freight train. It burned slowly all night. extended over several acres but did no great damage.
 Mrs Emma Brown, mother of the late Supt N. M. Brow n, of the Housa. tonic railroad, celebrated the 9Oth anni- versary of her birth on April 20th.. at the residence of her daughter-in-law, Mrs H. B. Brown, in this village. Over twenty of her grandchildren, great grandchildren and friends dined with her on that occasion.
 We are indebted to Edmund D.. Lawrence for copy of the New Orleans Daily Picayune of April 18th. The paper reached Canaan at $40 a. m. on April 18th, and the postmark shows that MT Lawrence mailed it at New Orleans at p. m. of the 18th. inst. Rapid transit and excellent postal I facilities. ... Do you really think that the ex. cursionists to Hartford to-day will find any better bargains than Geo l.. Parsons mentions in his new advertisement They will lose one full days time, get tired out and consequently get up late tomorrow morning weary, cross and hungry, and as they try to find bargains among the goods they lugged home they will discover they are out theil time, also $1.25 railroad fare and theil grub stake.
 Edward s. Roberts inspected the James H. Gregory Post, G. A. R. al Sharon, April 9th. Last Friday even ing he inspected the O. H. Knight Post at Lakeville and was accompanied by the following members of David S. Cowles Post as visitors Rev Dr E,ldy, Messrs M. J. Kilmer, J. M. Roys, Wm Sackett, Edward Sackett, H. Schamer. horn, H. M. Adams, Harvey Decker This (Tuesday) evening Mir Roberts inspects the G. A. R. Post at New Hartford.
 -S. w. Barnes and family arrived home last Friday evening from Florida They tarried at various places on thei homeward trip and remained severa days at Washington, D. O. MT Barne and son, Gardner, climbed the stairs a the Washin gton Monument, but th breeze was SO strong at the top that M Barnes contracted cold that kept hin in doors two or three days after h. reached Canaan. The rest of the famil are we'll and all are delighted with thei southern journey. Mir Barnes says tn recent frost in Florida and other south ern states actually did more damag