Connecticut western news., 1890-01-22
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 Miss K. O. Lawrence had on her dinner table Jan 15 and 20, dandelion greens, water crosses and Shepard sprouts picked in her garden by Miss White and Lawrence Gillette. Miss White also found full-blown violet in the garden Jan 19.
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath either had a relapse of the Russian grippe or an attack of the English grippe last week, but he now ventures out again. Geo l.. Parsons and Julius t rbit have been on the sick list during the past week, but are better. G. Willis Parsons and Mrs Geo s. Fuller are now on the sick list.
 Theron Snyder, recently brake man on Conductor Lakes train on the o. N. B. < W. R R., has been very ill with pneumonia, but is more comfort able to-day Tuesday,. MT Snyder and family live in Mrs Scott's house on West Main St.
 Mrs H. M. Adams was summoned to Melrose last week by the critical illness of her aunt, Mrs Mary Ann Allen. A letter received Monday states that Mrs Allen died of pneumonia on Sunday and her funeral would be held on Tuesday.
 Mrs Ann Dunbar died last Friday at her home in New Hartford, from pneumonia or heart trouble following an attack of the grippe. On Monday her remains were taken to Ellsworth for burial Mrs Dunbar was a cousin of Mrs A. E. Mallory of this village.
 The Canaan Choral Un1on have elected these officers for the ensuing year: President, H. M. Adams; sec'y and treas, A. P. Freeman; directors, R. D. Peirce, Miss s. W. Adam, Mrs G. P. Strong; musical director, Prof Harvey; pianist. Miss S. W. Adam; assistant pianist, Miss Ada Strong. The Union will probably rehearse the ''Haymakers" Don't fail to comprehend that the Brooklyn Furniture Company offer to give a years subscription to THE CoNNECTIcUT WESTERN NEWS to all pur- chasers of the Ladies' Rocker described in another column. Please mention it to your neighbors and thus do them, as we'll as THE NEWS, a kindness.
 The recently elected officers of D. s. Cowles Post were installed at Armo- ry hall last Wednesday evening, by T. l.. Norton, of Lakeville. Dr Eddy, MT Norton and others made speeches appropriate to the twenty-fifth snniver- sary of the capture of Fort Fisher, and then the entire Post charged and cap tured Fort Edible which bristled with knives and forks on one side of the hall.
 On Monday, Jan. 18th, Canaan Methodists cast their l" bread upon the waters" but they did not have to wait many days" to find it. The Metho- dists did not ask for bread but the Pilgrims gave them Stone. In other words, the Pilgrim pastor, Mir Stone, supplied the Methodist pulpit last Sun- day evening while Mir Baragwanath was i'll.
 Elsewhere will be found @ letter concerning the project of establishing hospital i'll this town. The writer informs us that Dr Camp, of Canaan, and Dr Welch, of Norfolk, favor the project. Pitts6eld has "House of Mercy" and Danbury has a hospital, but those places are so distant that a hospital should be established between those points. Canaan is central point to locate hospital to receive patients within the circle of towns and villages embracing Ct Harrington, Winsted and New Hartford, Kent and Millerton. The managers of the 0. N. B. X w.. railroad are ready to meet the demand of the public for through postal car service between Hartford, Conn.,, and Harrisburgh, Pa., by which mail will also be received and delivered at all intermediate points on the line At present there is gap between Silver nails and Campbell Hall, but if the government will only order the postal cars to run between said points, a distance of 5S miles, 1t will open direct communication between New England and Central Pennsylvania, thus shorten ing the time between said sections and also saving the New York post-office the burden of handling said mail. At all events the route should be opened between Poughkeepsie and Silvernails, for the present postal facilities between Poughkeepsie and Connecticut are very inconvenient and cause much delay.
 Mary Judson, widow of Harvey Couch, died at Sharon last Sunday morning, in the 95th year of her age
 Der remains were brought to Canaan yesterday and laid to rest in the lowe, cemetery. Mary Judson was born July IA, 1795. Her father, Andrew Judson, moved to East Canaan in 1906. Mary married Harvey Couch at Hudson, N Y.,Sept 1, ,1S19, and they came to Canaan to live in the house now occupied by Miss K. c. Lawrence, and there they spent the greater part of their married life. Mir Couch was natter, and fol many years was the leading manufactu Ter of hats in this section. His shop is still standing, but was long ago convert ed into tenement, and is now occupied
 by Lorenzo Lawrence and Lawrence Gillette Mir Conch died ahont 3O years