Connecticut western news., 1892-06-30
Local News.

Miss Carrie Fuller, daughter of Geo s. Fuller, has the measles.
 Frank Dempsey has built a neat piazza on the south side of his house.
 Tt is expected that the carpenters will commence building the band stand this week.
 Mrs Adeline Beckley returned last Saturday from her two weeks visit at Pittsfeld, Mass.
 The rose-bugs have already eaton all the young grapes in town and made lace work of the leaves.
 The work of making the improve ments in the water works at the high school has been finished.
 On Friday the 24th inst, Miss Pearl Ham graduated at the State Nor nal School at New Britain in class of ninety nine. We met the Rev Patrick Fox, for merly of Lakeville and Canaan, at the station last Friday. He was looking in the best of health.
 Mrs Lizzie Plumb Haynes. of Gree ley, Col, and her three children are spending the summer at MT Frederick Miles at Twin Lakes.
 Thirty two visitors from neighbor- fvy Mooopra 111oao o4tan1a1 Ho i1tpn lodge at Sharon on the 17th inst and witnessed c. H. Marvin ride the goat. Speak kindly to newspaper man and he believes you are sincere in your consideration for him. Give him an item of news and he knows aud appre- ciates your sincerity.
 The reunion of the Old Veterans of Posts 58, 59 and 60, Dept of Conn, and 617 Dept. ". will be held in Sharon, July 4, 1899. Those who attend can calculate on having good time.
 The Baptist churches of Hartford held picnic at Twin Lakes on Tues day. They came by special train of five we'll filled coaches and a baggage car and arrived at the lakes about 1115 a. m. Unless an effective barrier is erect ed at the end of the side track in front of Peter Nihils', a freight car will come crashing into that gentlemans house some day. There is nothing to prevent it now.
 Canaan is not full of summer board CTS but it is full of railway trains run ming in all directions at all times of the day and night, and you can almost go to Cape Horn, Halifax or San Francisco and return the same day.
 In letter received last Friday from Geo s. Williams. of Poughkeepsie, N Y, we find the following paragraph which is unprecedented and worthy of record |: "We are all pretty we'll for wonder and have not had doctor in the house in as much as two months"
 Last Saturday morning there were at this station on the ONE & w. road. at the same time, passenger train, and freight train with nearly 30 cars and two engines, going east, and another freight train of over 20 cars going west. This gives some idea of the freight traf- fc over the road.
 Invitations have been issued to the public installation of officers of Victory Council No 65 O. U. A. M. at the town hall in Canaan on Thursday, July at 7.45 p. m. Ia addition to the installa- interspersed with music. Present your invitation at the door.
 The latest swindle is carried on by means of double fountain pen, one end of which Is filled with good, substantial ink, the other with ink that fades away in day or two. The sharper writes the have chosen with ink that will not last In few days he has slip of paper witt nothing but signature, over which he can write note and easily turn it into cash.-Ex.
 The supper and sale given last week Wednesday by the Christ Church La dies Guild netted the ladies $83. The supper was everything that could be wished, whether the variety and quality of the menu or the manner in which i was dispensed is considered. The use ful and fancy articles also found ready sale. The affair was we'll attended by the people of this place and about elev en came up from Lime Rock.
 Last Friday afternoon Miss Eddy held reception at her studio on Higl street. The studio had been tastefully decorated with roses and color studies with an effective arrangement of beauti fully painted china, which afforde ampl evidence of the proficiency of Miss Ed dy's scholars in this style of art. Mrs Charles H. Briggs and Miss Peirc served the refreshments, consisting o most delicious sherbet and wafers. Tn reception was attended by as many a seventy ladies and gentlemen; not onf. this place but also Lime Rock, ,Salisbur and Norfolk being represented.
 The postponed Children's Day ser vices were held in the M B church las Sunday evening. The church was elab orately decorated with flowers, pottet plants and ferns. In fact it resemble'