Connecticut western news., 1891-02-11
Local News.

The hop at town hall last Friday evening was we'll attended and $3l. .OC was realized toward paying for furnace for St Joseph's church.
 A sketch of the late Walter Niver, also the alphabet of the Lime Rock school and some other contributions must be deferred until next issue.
 Sold again-the Berkshire Courier See Ct Harrington correspondence. The Courier is good plant and if economi. cally managed will be good investmen,
 Rev T. H. Baragwanath and famil. visited at Mir Richard Martins in Hart ford from Saturday until yesterday. Rev Dr Eddy supplied the NJ. E. pull pit Sunday morning, but the evening service was omitted.
 MT William Devine, of this village, and Miss Mary Hughes. of New York city, were married last Thursday at the brides home. They arrived in Canaan the same evening and were met at the train by large number of friends.
 The Literary society meets Frida. evening at 7.3O. The subject for debate is, Resolved, that more pleasure is de- rived from anticipation than realization. " There will also be papers read on the lives of some of Americas historians.
 On Wednesday last Mir Richard Naloney saved the lives of the Rev Elisha Whittlesey and Mir David c. Whittlesey, st least the latter thinks so and says so. The particulars are given elsewhere. The locomotive whistle was sounded for the crossing but the inter- vening hill and the direction of the wind prevented Messrs Whittlesey from hearing it.
 Three cases of scarlet fever and four cases of chicken pox are reported in this village but it is hoped that with precautionary measures said diseases will be confined to their present limits. All the patients are doing we'll and the scarlet fever IS of mild type. Two oi Stephen Riley's children have the scarlet fever Rev F. W. Barnett's littl. son, Francis. also has the same disease. The chicken pox patients as reported are: Mary Scoville, John Finnegap, Carrie Fuller, Mary Barnett.
 We are indebted to Rev and Mrs Robert Hunt, of Pawling. N. Y., for the finest box of oranges we have ever seen. The oranges arrived here last Thursday. They were raised at Minneola, Fla, b, s'the boys" as Mir and Mrs Hunt affec- tionately call their sons, Preston and Eugene The oranges were allowed 10 ripen on the trees. We have distributed the greater part of them among Mir and Mrs Hunts personal friends in this will lage All say they never tasted nor. delicious oranges and they unite with us in thanking Mir and Mrs Hunt fol the gift
 -" Variety is the spice of life" To- day THE NEWS presents two new features, viz, Timely Anniversaries and "Reminiscences of Artemus Ward. The first feature is both interesting and instructive, affording the young an opportunity to become acquainted with history and also reminding the olde, people of events they may have forgot ten. As THE NEWS Is published ever, Wednesday we are enabled to giv. sufficient notice what leach day of tn. coming week is the anniversary of and enable our readers to observe whichever anniversary they prefer. How long we shall continue that column depends op the demand for it. The Artemus Ward series will continue about IS weeks. The article published today gives little sketch of the famous jester, but the subsequent articles will consist of the choicest extracts from his humorous writings, and they cannot fail to "amooz" both old and young. Those who do not enjoy Talmage's sermons can enjoy the Artemus Ward le tters, and even those who do enjoy sad sermons can also enjoy said letters, for it is true that
 "A little fun, now and then,
 Is ralished by the best of men,"
 The Rev Elisha Whittlesey and his 500, David O., had narrow escape at FItzgersld's crossing, SO called. east oi this village last Wednesday afternoon. They had nearly reached the crossing when MT Richard Maloney rushed out and warned them that train was approaching David instantly leaped from the sleigh and grasped the horse by the bits and turned its head away from the track just in time to proven, its being struck by the tram which had been doing the switching at Barnum Richardson Co.'S furnaces and was re. turning to this village The Reverend was thrown from the sleigh into the ditch by the frantic efforts of the horse to escape. This adventure, and the many narrow escapes at said crossing in the past, aroused the Citizens Associa- tions to ascertain what can be done to abolish said grade crossing. At duly warned meeting of the Citizens Associa tion held at Jndge Roraback's office las Saturday evening, committee consist ing of Messrs Davld c. .Whittlesey Jamt Reel and Joseph s Adam was appoint ed to take measurements at said cross sing and to report at an adjourned meet ;no to ho held in Jndce Rorahack f