Connecticut western news., 1890-08-27

recommended for bald heads to keep flies off.
 Miss Richardson and Miss Marsh, of New Haven. were guests at s. W. Barnes last week.
 , We received a pleasant call from H O. Gaylord, of Falls Village, last Friday afternoon.
 -J. c. Benton, recently of Canaan Valley, has become the publisher of the Pony (Montana) Express.
 Monday, Sept l, is Labor day. You bet the printers will have to labor whether anyone else does or not
 Frank Emmons is now employed by W. w. Langdon. at Ct Barrin gton, who conducts sewing machine agency.
 Fuller & Peet will give patent soap tray with the first purchase only) of 50 cents worth of of Brussels soap.
 Miss Anna Rudge is visiting her parents at Sheffield. Mass. She wen. there last Friday and expected to remain two weeks.
 Only one soap tray will be given to each family, and that with the first pur- chase of 50 cents worth of Brussels soap (no rosin) at George l.. Parsons.
 The Second Connecticut Heavy Ar tillery will hold reunion in Winsted on the day of the dedication of the soldiers monument in that place, September Il.
 Henry O. Warner, of New Milford, was looking at tobacco Tuesday, and buying if satisfactory, paying so as to average about 15c. He bought the crop of James Coles; p. t.-Newtown Bee.
 The annual grand harvest excursion to Coney Island and New York takes place Saturday, Sept. 13. Great Bar rington parties will be in charge to insure good time and have chartered the steamer Sirius.
 Dan Lucey's excursion to Rockawsy Beach takes place on Saturday. Sept. 6. Special train leaves Pittsfield at 3. 45 g. m., arriving at Bridgeport about g. m.. and the steamer Grand Republic con- vsys the party to Rockaway Beach
 The noon freight train going south that passed this station last Friday ,con tained 52 cars. How is that for an illus tration of the magnitude of the business that is being done by the 'Housatonic railroad company ?-l New Milford Ga zette.
 During the recent sickness ofiW. A Roberts. station agent at East Canaan, his son Willie w., only fourteen years old, took his place for two weeks and discharged all the duties successfully with occasional help from Section Mas ter and MT A. B. Garfield.
 The heavy thunder shower of Tues day night, August 18th, caused several bad washouts on the highways in this town. A washout on the 0. N. B. x w. railroad near J. s. Adam & Co.'S. lime kiln kept the railroad men busy during the latter part of the night and delayed the morning trains an hour or more.
 Throw your head back as far as you can, then have it tied in that position and keep it there for hours, and you will then have some idea of the effect of the tight check rein upon horses. Then go where mosquitoes are thick and have your hands tied and you will also then know something of what horses with docked tails endure. Ridgefeld Press. -On Monday of last week nine little kids of Canaan played base ball against G. Archle Adam, George W. Cowdrey, Jr., of East Canaan and 8 young man named Beckwith, from Great Barring ton. Four and one half innings were played in the field near Dr Adam $ house when the kids gave up in despair the score standing 55 to 26 against them.
 | The excursion of the Knights of Columbus from New Hartford, and stations west of there, to Poughkeepsie last Saturday was we'll patronized not withstandlng the unfavorable weather There were six cars we'll filled with peo- pie when the train passed Canaan There were no tickets sold here, how. ever, as previous excursion scoopetl all those wishing to go to the Hudson river.
 The Hartford Times says: Look out for counterfeit $2 certificates. They arc circulating about the eastern states and perhaps will find, their way to this latitude. The counterfeitis danger ous one; it is described as being one half inch shorter than the genuine The seal is of decided brick color, while that of the genuine is a pinkish red shade. The head of Hancock is als'' bad. having g ''scratchy" appearance ol the counterfeit. t,,
 Mir Henry Dawson, of Woodbury (Hotchkissville) called on old friends here last Friday. It is nearly 15 years since he visited Canaan and he observed many changes and improvements. Flo, many years he and his brothers made the celebrated Dawson cassimeres and other fabrics at Hotchkissville but they retired from that business about IL years ago and have since been in the real estate business as pastime, yet we understand they have enough of this worlds goods without working for z living.
 The Winsted Herald says the follow ing about an East Canaan boy: After