Connecticut western news., 1892-09-01
Local News.

Charles Lees circus Sept 2.
 Mrs Ophelia Camp is visiting at Roxbury.
 IF. R. Collin is taking vacation of two weeks.
 The rear car signal flags on the P. R. are now red instead of green as for merly.
 -Gov. Morgan G. Bulkeley is talk ing an outing at the Lake Wangum Lodge.
 Lorenzo Blake, wife and two child ren, from East Winsted, were guests at Del Monte on Tuesday.
 The Democratic caucus will be held at the town clerks office at this village Sept 8d at 2 p. m.
 Levi Emmons and wife, of Bridge port, have been guests at Charles Elm mons during the past week.
 Since the turn table broke last Sat urday the engines of the P. R. & N. B. road have to waltz around on the Y at Union depot.
 Mir P. H. Skidmore and family, of Bridgeport, who have been spending some weeks at Twin Lakes, returned home on Monday.
 The excursion train from Pittsfeld to Bridgeport passed this station about eight o'clock Saturday morning with eight cars fairly we'll filled.
 -"Gus" Caldwell has recently bought g "Rambler" bicycle, and soon after get ting it the boys say he rambled into a passing buggy, evidently trying to take of . wheel.
 Conductor Geo. M. Brown who left the Housatonic road year or more ago is again on the road and is running the local freight between Bridgeport and ct. Harrington.
 Some farmers, we hear, put tar on their cows horns to catch the pestifer- ous flies which have lately come to this section from the west to annoy cattle Gowanda Herald. The same fly has ap- peared in this State.
 Sunday morning Rev Chas D. Mil liken delivered discourse on the poet Shelley which was much admired. Text: "A prophet is not without honor etc. ," On Monday MT Milliken went to Hart ford for day or two, taking his bicycle.
 The Republican caucus was held at the Warner House Saturday afternoon. Judge Whittlesey was appointed chair man and Samuel A. Eddy secretary. Frank A. Peet and George s. Fuller were elected delegates to the State con- vention which will meet at New Haven on the 9th inst to nominate state officers and presidential electors.
 During the past week, James B. VanDeusen. of Ansonia, has made his annual visit to Canaan and vicinity. For anumber of years he has been in the employ os the Ansonia Brass and Cop per O., and he now has charge of 15O men. When he first went to Ansonia the company had one little shop and employed only 16 men. Now the com pany has four shops and employs $50 men.
 A train running in two sections go. ing west and one east on the P. R. & N. E. road, were ordered to pass each other on the Whiting fill turnout Sunday night. For some reason the east bound and the first of the west bound trains came into collision with sufficient force as to smash the pilots of tbeir engines. It is said that the en- zine which WAS pushing the east bound train was not stopped when the first en- zine was.
 There were several genuine Gypsies in town last Saturday. They had bas. kets for sale and would tell fortunes. They were dark as regards hair and complexion. Their garments and horses and wagons indicated prosperity As to what Gypsies are, Webster's die tionary says: A vagabond race, whose tribes coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 18th cen tury, and are now scattered over Tur. key, Russia. Hungary, Spain, England, etc, living by theft, fortune telling horse-iockeying. tinkering, and the like"
 Charles Lees circus made it's sec ond visit to Canaan on May 22, 1896 and the department of the entire com pany was so creditable and the enter tainment was so good that the follow ing criticism was voluntarily published in the NEWS of May 28, 1890:
 Charles Lees London Shows visited Canaan last Thursday and gave good clean and pleasing exhibitions. It patrons got the worth of their money Mir Lee never allows any bunco men ol swindlers to travel with his shows an6 S no games of chance are permitted Such polite, orderly and fair dealing company as Mir Lees is worthy of pat ronage.
 Last Saturday afternoon the cente casting of the P. R. & N. B. turn-tabl at this station broke while one of tn heavy hog engines was being turned around. The table stood at right angle with the track when the break occurred and no ordinary power could move th' table in either direction. Another loco motive with set of tackles, hydrauli jacks etc. was procured and numbe of men worked nearly all night to hau the table around so that the hog engin