Connecticut western news., 1892-05-19

Mrs. Chas Fl. Briggs spent most of last week in New York city.
 The Misses Brown, of New York, are guests of Miss s. W. Adam.
 John Jones, of Thompson, formerly of this town. was in the village on Mon day.
 Mir and Mrs. Maitland, of Detroit, were the guests of Rev. F. Thompson last week.
 We are informed that Henry Abbott, of East Canaan, is convalescent he sat up more than a week ago.
 Frank Peet has exchanged his span of black horses with man in Copake, N. r., for one iron grey horse.
 MT. and Mrs. Fl. K. Bloodgood, of New Marlboro, Mass, dined at the War ner House on Monday and drove home.
 R. D. Peirce & Go. are now prepar- ed to sell feed, meal, corn and oats of the best quality at reasonable prices.
 Mrs Dr Carter, of Falls Village, has been spending a week or more with her aunt, Miss Laura A. Roys, at New Ha- ven.
 The schools in this village are to have flag presented to them before Memorial Day by the David s. Cowles Post, G. A. R.
 Do not buy an Auburn or Milburn farm wagon until you see Cargill, as he undersells them ALL. He is home every Saturday.
 James Rodemeyer went to Lee, Mass, last Thursday, and has gone to work at his trade as harness maker in D. B. Hills shop.
 Mrs. Dardis, of the Winsted Novelty Store. will again come to East Canaan, with full line of Millinery, on Mon day, May 23d. for one day only. Cherry, apple and pear trees are in blossom and to all appearances there will be plenty of fruit this season al. though not such surplus as last season. Apples grown on grass ground will keep longer than the same fruit grown on cultivated land. Late keeping varie. ties, therefore, should always be grown on grass lands.
 W. B. Hall & Co., are just in time to get their advertisement into this issue of the NEWS. They write that they will send date of excursion in day or two That will be just "a day or two" toe late for this issue but the full particulars of their excursion will appear in the next issue of the NEWS.
 | -WAaoNs! WAaoNsl WAaoNsl Per sons who intend purchasing wagons especially close buyers-should call or w. G.. Cargill, Canaan, before purchas i, ing elsewhere. He has about 50 jobl on hand and offers some big bargains He will be home every Saturday for . few weeks and will be glad to show yor some bargains.
 | The Canaan Citizens cornet band in full uniform and with lighted torches on their caps, marched through th' streets Monday evening and played | number of selections. We thought the, played we'll, but the band boys say the. can play better. Enough money wa subscribed some weeks ago to build , band stand in front of the town hall but the structure has not yet been com menced as all the carpenters in thil vicinity are employed on other jobs. -Asahel Kellogg, of Winsted. recent ly lost his favorite horse, "Old Jim," faithful animal 26 years old. MT. Kel logg had owned "Old Jim" ;" for 9 years. He bought him of Nathan W Watson, of Canaan, who raised him cold Jim" was recently attacked wit the horse distemper. Veterinary Sur geon Heath was summoned, and h pronounced the case incurable, conse quently "Old Jim " was mercifull shot to end his sufferings.
 David $. Cowles Post, G. A. R. wi leave here in carriages at nine o'clock i
 the forenoon on Memorial Day, to talk part in the services at the grave of Gen John Sedg wick at Cornwall Hollow
 On the Sunday preceding Memoria
 Day at the conclusion of the services i
 the East Canaan church, which begin 2
 three in the afternoon, the Post wi
 decorate the soldiers graves in the Eat
 Canaan and the lower cemeteries. Th graves in the other cemeteries will | decorated on Memorial Day by deta from the Post.
 The Canaan lawn tennis club m, on Tuesday evening at s. c. Beckley and after choosing a temporary chai
 man the following officers were elected
 R. D. Peirce, president; Miss Louis
 Bragg, secretary and treasurer; A. Freeman and the previously mention
 ed officers forming the executive con mittee. After discussion the followin
 points were decided by the association that the admittance to membershi should be. ladies $500, gentleme
 $5. co; and, that parties, not member
 wishing to use the courts for the SC
 son may do so by paying $2.00 to. tl l secretary. The courts will be atten | ed to by the executive committee ar l. we hope to see considerable playil , there this season.
 Our Lakeville correspondent me , tions the death of Mir. Henry Chapin ; may be added that Mr. Chapin was Do