Connecticut western news., 1892-08-11
Local News.

John Kilmer bought new bicycle last week.
 Supper and basket sale at Pilgrim church parlors and lawn, Friday eve ming, August 18th.
 Miss Annie Kane, of Great Barring ton, is visiting with her uncle Patrick Finnegan on Railroad street.
 An exchange has discovered that "a fly is we'll built; it can stand on one leg and scratch itself with five legs at opce." The Great Harrington calf car has watering trough in it.. It would be well to have calf cars at this station similarly equipped.
 The young horsewoman who has been seen cantering about the village is Miss Lena Ives, of Winsted, a cousin of Miss Ada Mcintyre.
 Miss Eudora Bennett, Rollin New ton and his friend, Mir Volk, all of New York, are expected to arrive at R. 0. Newton's on Saturday.
 -J. M. Stanford and his sister and daughter, of Perth Amboy, N. J., are spending short time with Mir Stan ford's son at the Canaan Academy.
 Don't be backward about handing us. personals. If friends visit:y ou, or you go visiting, be sure and let us know in some way. You like to read personals, so do other people.
 The milk gathered from up the Shepaug and Housatonic lines, which has recently been taken to South Nor walk, is now shipped to Bridgeport where the Consolidated takes it in hand. The P. R. & N E road will give ex- cursion rates to Twin Lakes on Satur- day, Aug. IS, to all who wish to attend the single shell race at 3. 80 pm. Tick cts will be sold at all points along the line.
 The Saratoga excursion train passed this village about one p. m. on Monday. There were three passenger cars and a smoker, all two-thirds full. Three per sons, one of whom was Miss Tripp, took the train at this station.
 Mrs R. Worthington will sell all her household goods at auction on Sat urday evening, Aug. 18th, at p. m., at her home in Judge Roraback's tene- ment house in this village. FoI list of property, see large posters.
 Last Saturday afternoon, near Stan fordville, Conductor Hinman of the P. R. & N. E. road was thrown from the top of box car onto flat car loaded with iron from whence he rolled to the ground. He was quite seriously cut and bruised. He was taken to Pough- keepsie.
 We are indebted to Mrs J. M. Roys. of Clayton, Mass, for pail of the larg- est and finest bill berries we ever saw. In the pail were two clusters of berries which resembled clusters of grapes. Af- ter seeing said berries we can easily be- lieve the berry story published in these columns today.
 MT Wm K. Halsey, of Orange, N. J., who is staying at East Canaan, will make affidavit that he lately caught g pickerel in Norfolk which weighed three and one-half pounds. lie does not believe that anybody can truthfully tell better fish story. But the idea o1 associating truth with fish stories.
 We have received Saratoga pape, of Aug. 9th. in which Is recorded the arrival of Messrs B. D. Lawrence anc H. O. Barnes at the Adelphi Hotel They have been to the Thousand Islands and will spend the balance of their out ing st Saratoga. Later. They return ed to this village Tuesday morning.
 The Connecticut Sunday -Schoo Association will have grand rally O convention at Pine Grove camp ground near Canaan, on Monday, Aug. 22, com mencing at 10. 30 g. m. There will als be an afternoon and evening session The program is an interesting one, ant all persons interested in Sunday -Schoo work are cordially invited to attend Prof. L. W. Harvey, of Bristol, vii : have charge of the singing.
 -Honors are easy between Montan and Connecticut. MT Robbins brag about Montana turnips that weigh 2 pounds, but he pays 20 cents per qua1 for berries while right here in Connect cut bill berries grow on trees 9a inche in circumference and you pick pee of berries from one clump of bushes and you don't have to cultivate the frui either. For explanation read "Ou Montana Letter" and the article entitle 'About Berrying."
 William Bennett and travelin man by the name of John Delan, bot of whom are boarding at the Warne House. had hair breadth escape at th Housatonic railroad crossing south ( Ashley Falls last Monday afternoon They were engaged in earnest conve sation and their horse had got onto tf track when they saw the 5.O9 expre' train right upon them. They bot seized the reins and turned the horse head to one side at the same time bacl ing little. The cars passed so clo that they grazed the horses nose.
 Important time table changes Wei into effect last Monday on the Hous tonic road. The greatest changes a in tha sonth bound trains The mi