Connecticut western news., 1891-02-18
Local News.

-Fogs in February-frosts in May.
 -Messrs Feldblum & Rubinowitch have closed their store in the post office block aud removed their goods.
 -Talmage's sermon. published on page one, is a"Severe arrsignment of the Secret Crimes and Sins of supposedly Good People"
 A dramatic entertainment will be given at the school house in Clay ton on Friday evening. Feb 20. Proceeds for the chapel fund.
 -"Perfectly lovely" is no longer the fashionable superlativs. Say thing IS '.iust sweet" and you have reached the pinnacle of praise.
 Mrs Minerva Emmons, of Chapin- vile. died yesterday at Poughkespsie, N. Y, aged about 75 years. Burial at East Canaan Thursday afternoon.
 If the old saying holds good that eff the snow sticks to fruit trees, we will have a good fruit year" surely next years fruit crop ought to be abundant
 Henry Roraback, assistant to Prin- cipal Adams. is spending the week at hia home in Sheffield while the school is closed on account of scarlet fever in this village.
 -Mra Frederick Loder and son, Freddie, went to New York last Monday to remain two weeks Mir Loder takes a vacation next week and will join his family in New York.
 -SIichael Bion sailed for France last Saturday in the steamer La Gascogne. Just before his departure he said "1 don't want to come back" It Is said that he paid his own passage but suc- ceed in keeping any remuneration from his lawyer, Mr Nickerson.
 Rev MT Waters, from Riverton, occupied the Pilgrim church pulpit last Sunday morning, in exchange. He preached grand sermon from Isaiah XVI 8. "Thou will keep him in per- fsct- peace whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusteth in Thee"
 Jacob Smith is offering the best bargains in pianos and organs at his music store, No. 6 Main St., Great Bar rington, Mass. His new advertisement will appear next week. His advertise ment on page four was printed before the copy for his new one was received.
 R. B. Farley, formerly with the N. r., N. H. & H. R. R., has been appoint ed travelling auditor of the Housatonic R. R. with office in Bridgeport MT Farley is an experienced railroad man and one thoroughly fitted to fill the position to which he has been appoint cd.
 A meeting of those interested in forming . Connecticut state library asso- citation will be held st the New Haven public library on Monday, Feb 23d, at 23O p. ID. This arrangement has been adopted in order to enable visiting librarians to inspect the new library building.
 The Rev Robert Hunt, of Pawling, N. r., and others interested in orange groves in Florida need have no fears that they can overstock the market if the following item, which is going the rounds of the press, is correct: 'Seven hundred million oranges are exported every year from Europe to this country. :"
 It is high time'th sewers displac- cd cess-pools and other death traps in this village. This sanitary measure must eventually como and it should be in- augurated before pestilence develops from the present method of drainage. All interested in this subject are urged to attend the meeting of the Citizens association to be held st. Judge Rora- backs office next Saturday evening.
 MT Alexander Sardam, of Salisbury, was summoned as juryman ct New Milford. He put in an appearance there Monday, as did 13 others. Only F jurymen were needed and in casting the lot Mir Sardam drew a prize, that is he escaped, but Messrs Smith Cleveland and Gilbert Street of the town of Salisbury were unlucky enough te drAw tickets that compelled them ts remain during the session of court. Nil Sardam arrived home Monday evening we'll pleased with his good luck.
 If you wish to see logs transformed into lumber in the twinkling of an cyl 1t will pay you to visit MT Chsrle Dennets's steam saw mill now in opera tion on Frederick Gillette's farm. Abou 10000 feet of lumber are sawed daily Mir Bennett and his assistants, Messr 0. J. Stevens aud William Bellavanc' belong iu Manchaug, Mass. The, brought the steam saw mill here almos four weeks ago and will finish cutting lumber in about two weeks more. The gre workers and it's perfect witchery t zee thsm turn logs into lumber at speed that astonishes the natives c Canaan. Mr Burton Peirce bought th sanding wool ami timber on about ? acres on said farm. He sells the woo to Peirce & Freeman and the lumbe to Mr E. W. Spur. and he engaged M Bennett to come here and saw tn lumber by the thousand feet.
 Within the past week, or since ou last report, II new cases of scarlet feve have developed in this village. Thirtee