Connecticut western news., 1890-06-11

AHaying tools of every description at the right prices at Fuller X Peet's.
 The Litchfeld county convention of the w. 0. T. U. will be held at New Milford, June Is.
 -Dr H. l.. Ross, our Canaan dentist, will be absent lon 8 vacation) from June 21st until July 18th.
 The Winsted Citizen says Bub White and son, and Charles Morris caught 57 pounds of pickerel last We'd nesday at Wood creek, Norfolk.
 -Vice-P President Stevenson of the Housatonic system has invited the bus mess men of Derby and Ansonia to a trip to New York June IA, to acquaint them with the facilities of the road for handling freight.
 Another new time table takes effect June 18th. on the c. N. E. X. w. rail road. It is rendered necessary because of changes recently made by connect ing roads. Sleeping car trains will be added between Boston and Harris burgh.
 For the first time in many years California is importing potatoes by the carload from the East Daily Leader. Very good evidence that the members of the Raymond excursion party, now in California, did not leave their capacities at home.
 The Norwalk Gazette this week published a pretty Memorial Day poem, entitled Garlands for our Heroes" It leaked out that only the vigilance of the proof reader prevented the intelligent compositor from sending it out to the world under the ludicrous title of "Glanders for our Horses"
 Rev Elisha Whittlesey has been secretary of the Society for the Increase of the Ministry (EpiscopaD for the past ten years. He reports that during that time 228 scholars have been ordained, and are, with very few exceptions, of the present living and active ministry. -[ Religious Herald.
 The jurors for the town of North Canaan for one year from the first day of September, 1890, are Daniel l.. Freeman, Edmund D. Lawrence, Elisha M. Rood, Miles B. Tobey, Henry J. Mead, George s. Dunning, Jay A. Underwood, Frederick Bronson, Henry O. Barnes, Daniel Keefe, Henry G. Williams, Edward J. Prescott, Horace B. Stevens, James H. Drake.
 Norman l.. Moon, of Hot oken, N. J., made flying visit to his relatives in Weatogue last Saturday and Sunday. He made short calls on some of his acquaintances here, but as he had to return to Hoboken Sunday afternoon many of his old friends did not see him. Norman holds fine position in Hobo ken. viz: the supervision of all the telegraph offices in that city.
 =" Over the Berkshire Hills" is the title of an elegant 100 page guide just issued by the Housatonic Railr oad Go. The pages are g inches in size. Twenty-two full page illustrations of Berkshire and Litchfeld county views are given. A comprehensive description of the towns on the Housatonic railway system, table of excursion rates to noted summer resorts in New York, New England and Canada, list of hotels and summer boarding houses, on or near the line of the Housatonic road, with their capacity, terms and names of proprietors are given, also two maps of the Housatonic system and the section tributary to 1t. It is valuable not only for the information it contains but 1t is gem of art, worthy place in every public and private library.
 We are indebted to Dr Irving F. Barnes for copy of the handsomely Illustrated pamphlet entitled "Souve- mir of the Hotel Del Monte, Monterey, Cal" Had we the time and money to spare we should have accom- panied Dr Barnes and his father on their California trip. As the young man said to the young lady eff I cannot accompany you home, may I sit on the fence and see you go past ?'' so we say. if we can not visit California we can now sit in our office and in said souvenir find a description and pictures of the places in California which our friends are visiting.
 -"The School -mates,'' who many years ago attended school at the st old squsre-roof school house" in East Canaan, held their annual reunion last Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Jane Briggs at East Canaan. Besides the hostess, these "mates" were present i: Mrs Lyman Cunning, Mrs Hannah Seward, Mrs Abigail Lawrence of Wich- ita, Kans., Miss K. 0. Lawrence and Miss J. A. Daboll. Mrs Eliza Rockwell and Mrs Adeline Beckley were guests. The united ages of the eight persons amounted to 537 years, or an average of over 67 years. The afternoon was pleasantly passed in visiting and in relating incidents of their school days. i After tea was served the little company dispersed, each voting that the occasion had been very enjoyable one, but regrets were expressed that some of the "mates" were unable to be present. Names have significance, even when applied to locomotives. Both on the Housatonic road and on the c. N.