Connecticut western news., 1891-11-12
Local News.


 Coxsackie, N Y. last week.
 A. P. Freeman returned Saturday evening from his three weeks visit in Illinois.
 Mrs Julius C6rbit and Mrs c. Hotchkiss visited at Bennington, Vt. last week.
 Miss Minnie Deming went to South Greece N. Y. last Friday to visit her brother, Howard O. Deming.
 -J. s. New has this week moved his coal scales from the west side of Fuller &Peets store to point in front of C.H, Tease's building on Railroad street.
 Tn. condition of Dr Whittlesey is constantly changing slowly but steadily for the worse. He suffers more and more from pain and discomfort and inability to sleep.
 Mrs Thomas Abbe returned to her home in Kansas on Wednesday the 4th instant. She came east some weeks ago owing to the illness of her brother, Dr Whittlesey.
 The Rev E. F. Atwood of Bloom field will deliver his lecture on 'Heroes and Statesmen of Connecticut" on Fri day evening, Nov 27, at the town hall New Milford.
 Wilson's Novelty Go, give fair show to fair-sized Canaan audience Monday evening. ''Take your time gintlemin, take your time" you all got your moneys worth.
 The girls who now wear feathers around their necks are not "spring chickens "-Canaan News.-No, they are little ducks.-New Milford Gazette. No but many of them are fall geese. Anonymous.
 -Messrs H. G. Williams, J.W. Peet, D. ID. Walter, Mrs Dr F, P. Whittlesey. Mrs WH. Camp, Mrs J. A. Bierce. Jr., Miss Bodley and Miss Minnie Peirce heard Bishop Brooks preach in Great Burlington last Sunday.
 The milk which heretofore has been shipped via the Housatonic road and via Shepaugh road over the New York and New Haven road to New York city is now sent via Wilson's Point and Long Island.
 Photographer Deming has this week moved his gallery from Humphrey s lot to P. c. Cummings lot on Railroad street. He will be here every Thursday as usual He has recently opened 8 gallery at New Hartford where he may be found every Wednesday.
 Perhaps we ought to thank the Rev T. H. Baragwanath for what rain has fallen this week inasmuch as it is we'll known that storms always occur on the dates assigned for Mir Baragwanath' S lectures. THE NEWS goes to press th1s "Wednesday evening before Mir Barag- wanath delivers his lecture but next week we will report results of the lec- ture.
 The Literary society meets at G. A R. hall Friday evening. Nov 13, at 7.45, The program is Shakesperean, with quotations in answer to roll call, papers On " "Bacon's claims and ''Social gather ings of Shakespere's time.". The de- bate will be on: Resolved. That the good old times presented more that was conducive to happiness, to the American people, than is presented at the present time"
 The Sunday school Harvest Home at the parlors of the Pilgrim church last Friday evening, was very enjoyable affair. There was large attendance of children and quite variety of crops brought in, potatoes. celery, peppers, squash, pumpkins, popcorn etc. The vegetables were sold at auction, and the proceeds amounting to $10 will go fo, some missionary purpose. There were recitations, singing by the infant class. and bountiful supper to finish off with There is cordial welcome for everyone and we hope another year will see Eye, greater things than these"
 The Rev F. Thompson has called our attention to the system of schoo reading introduced by him in the Ca naan Academy. The idea of the system is to have the pupils acquire knowl edge of the history of their country while they are perfecting themselves II reading. To illustrate we will briefly mention the salient points of the book before ns which Is ou of series. It Ii entitled the Discovery of America and is taken from the works of Wash ington Irving. Besides the historica matter, it embraces brief sketch of the author, and comments on his writing. by other we'll known authors. The books of the series are all extracts iron the works of classical writers of Ameri can history. MT Thompson also iuform us that he will soon have the old tow hall at the slower corner" remodeled il order to provide school and recitation rooms.
 Fuller & Peet have quite force o men at work and are making thing hum. On Thursday they commences work on the foundation for their ne1 building. They finally decided to tea down the old building in the rear 0 their store instead of leaving it standin until the new building had enclosed ii accordingly on Friday they boarded u kha hnrse-shads and conxerted them in