Connecticut western news., 1891-12-03
Local News.

Winter Is upon us.
 -Resurrect the snow shovel.
 There is no substitute for sleep.
 Miss Martha Evans is visiting at Dl R,ss'.
 A homely girl can't afford to be saucy.
 Mir and Mrs Frank Peet are still in New York.
 Well, what are you doing for you, home and Canaan?
 He who in the world would rise, must either fail or advertise.
 pr and Mrs Futile, of Kent. visited Dr Lee, of this place, on Monday.
 Forty -four calves shipped on Tues day. The price was from to cents per pound.
 Mir and Mrs A. T. Hull, of New York, spent Thanksgiving at Norfolk and called on relatives here Tuesday.
 A good way to extend the useful ness of home paper is to subscribe for an extra copy and send to some former resident.
 Your advertisement is your repre- sentative. It need not be large or lm- posing, but should be honest and res pectful.
 Mercury is the extreme coquette who a few weeks ago hugged Ninety ln the shade, and hugged Zero last Sun day night. ~ An exchange says: To bring up a , child in the way he should go, take care that he dosen't see where you go, dear parent
 On Monday morning the thermom- eters in thls vicinity made various rec ords of the temperature, the range be- ing from three degrees below Zero to four degrees above Zero.
 We need not go to Africa to do mis- sionary work; that which helps our neighbors is the best kind. This ought we to do, and not leave the other un- done. Put your soul-foot into the homes about you. .-Gowanda Herald.
 The latest fraud in government bills consists in splitting one and five dollar bills. then pasting the split halves of the ones and lives together. When one of these bills is laid down with the five side up it goes every time, when the trick has not been exposed. Look at both sides of your fves and tens also.
 Between 30 and 40 persons attend ed the Thanksgiving services at Christ Church last Thursday morning. Rev , F. w. Barnett preached very appro- priate and comprehensive sermon and alluded to the abundant harvest and other blessings which marked the present season as one which called for especial thanks.
 Exchanges state that ''feet socials'' are the latest thing in society. The way . fleet social'' is worked IS this: The KITS tdho OA euCAk oeoShAb6S oheA h'uS behind screen with nothing but their pink and white ankles and toes visible The boys make a selection among the bewitching anatomical display and the owner of the pair of feet he picks out has to be taken to supper.
 One of the requisites for good housekeeping is to read Good House. keeping" published monthly by Clark W. Bryan & Go, Springfield, Mass Subscription price. S2.4 40 year, or 2( cents month for any desired length ot time. The December number contains Christmas feast of good stories. poetry cooking receipts. and valuable informa ton pertaining to household affairs.
 The ladies annual supper, at tht M. E. church parlors, Tuesday evening was an entire success. There was { generous and elegant collation. provid ed, at reasonable price. All presen passed delightful evening. Finan cially nothing was left to be desired ffty-three dollars being netted by tn, supper, and thirty eight at the fanc, table The ladies' object is to buy al organ.
 The feline which is understood t. be . Canada lynx, after glaring savage ly at the good people land bad, too, fo that matter.) of this village, for som days, from the window of Humphrey drug store, no doubt driving ava, trade, has gone to MT Frank Stevens home till further notice. It is the sam animal with which young Jim Michael lately had an encounter in the wilds o Norfolk, as related by our special COT respondent. We hope it will prove 1sioy forever" if not ''thing of beau ty."
 The meeting of the Agassiz char ter at Mir J. L. Bragg's, Tuesday even ing was we'll attended and the time wa agreeably and pro6tably occupied i scientific discussion and reading. Mis Louise Bragg read very thoughtfr paper on evolution. and MT Leste Adams had one on the bi-chloride ( gold cure for drunkenness. All wer very sorry to be informed that Mir J. Adam was to leave for Wisconsin O next Monday. The town and tn Agassiz chapter can ill spare MT Adam Needless to say that he has our bef wishes.
 "A U. s. Cavalry soldier, with hi blue uniform, military bearing an