Connecticut western news., 1891-09-24
Local News.

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 Come to think of it, there has been no frost here this week.
 Walter Lane and his bride spent Tuesday night at A. D. Mallory's.
 Mrs John Decker has been very ill with typhoid fever but is now improv- ing.
 -Tubular street lamps for village street lighting. Tracy, Tarbox & Rob- inson.
 -Dr w. Camp is away on vacation. His patients are now attended by Dr Wilcox.
 Mrs Eddy, wife of the Rev Dr Hi ram Eddy, has been quite i'll but is i'm proving.
 Principal Adams and Mrs Adams re- turned from North Granby last Friday evening
 Conductor Pollard's train, No. 10 has been draped in black and white all the week.
 Coal hods, ash sieves, and other seasonable delecacies. Tracy, Tarbox & Robinson.
 MT and Mrs Charles Calender are visiting relatives in Hudson and New Milford N Y.
 Butchers scales, and family scales all warranted. Tracy, Tarbo1 & Rob- inson. 78 and 80 Asylum street, Halt- ford.
 Our store will be closed on Satur- day Oct 3rd. NJ. Shwartz & Co.,, the one price manufacturing clothiers. 3O3, 3O5 & 3O7 Main St Poughkeepsie.
 James Fitzgerald, ...iineman of the 0. N. E. &W. road, has moved into the Pequigney house, so called, recently va- cated by Morris Morrissey.
 Mir Nathan w. Watson has broken up housekeeping and is staying at Col Hardenbergh's; and MT William Watson has returned to the Warner House to board.
 Five blooded horses from the Blood good stock farm at New Marlboro were taken by rail from Canaan to Pough- keepsie Monday night to be exhibited at the Duchess County Fair.
 Morris Morrisey, formerly freight conductor on the c. N. B. & w. road, has moved his family and household goods to Waterbury where he is now employed as switchman for the Naug- atuck road.
 Miss Grace Warner, of Salisbury, is to have charge of the Art department in St. Margaret's school in Albany. Miss Warner has spent much time in the study of Art and will doubtless prove 8 desirable person for the position.
 John Wolfe, leader of Wolfe's cor net band at Falls Village, has been en- gagged as instructor of the Canaan Citi- zen's band. Mir Wolfe was here Mon- day evening and it did not take "our boys" long to discover they had secured sthorough and competent instructor. A petition with 22 signers has been filed with the town clerk praying that the license question be voted on at the annual town meeting Oct 5. Now read "A Chatecism" published in another column and you will see where the responsibility will rest if this town votes license.
 The drought in this section is get ting to be quite serious and is causing much inconvenience. Many wells and springs have failed and the lakes and rivers are very low. As an illustration we mention the fact that Charles Gil lette's we'll in this village has been dry for nearly three weeks. This we'll has only failed once before during 30 years or more.
 A national convention of American Mechanics was held at Troy, N. Y. or Monday. A car load of delegates iron New Haven went up the Housatoni' road on the Sunday passenger train ant about 30 delegates from Hartford ant Waterbury went west Sunday night ol the sleeping car train of the 0, N. B. W. road. All returned by their respec tive routes on Tuesday.
 On Monday, Sept. IA, Messrs Al thur Gaylord and Sheldon Adams, o Southfeld, Mass. went fishing at Woo Greek and caught 5l3 bull-heads and pickerel; yet it was not much of a da for fishing. Now this is not ''fisl story" but it is story about fishing; story which Grove Gaylord vouched fo in the presence of J. w. Peet, Geo. Fuller. M Roraback and represents tive of THE NEWS.
 The Hartford Courant says: Thes are the days when the thrifty hous' wife is canning fruit against the tim when fresh fruit IS not, and wintt reigns on earth and in sky. One is r minded of the epitaph which two neic' caused to be put on their aunt's tom stone, the deceased having been Tor addicted to this habit of preservir succulent peaches ard pears and lii delectables:-
 Here lies the body of our dear aunt;
 She used to can, but now she cant.
 James H. Drake, Frank VanDeuse Horace E. Holt, Lewis Rhoades, Edit Rodemeyer, Sanford Waterman and R Dr Hiram Eddy attended Conduct PollarI's funeral at Plainville last Mo