Connecticut western news., 1892-04-14
Local News.

feeling.
 Major Bennett has cut down large elm tree in his door yard.
 The Housatonic railroad is equip ping its cars with hydraulic brakes,
 The pest-ofice will be open on Fast Day (Friday)as usual. No change. R c. Newton lost very valuable COW last Monday; she had the milk fever.
 Mir and Mrs Louis Jenkins, of Ct. Harrington, called on Dr Whittlesey on Monday.
 The Misses Bostwick, of Van Deu- senville, visited Mrs George O. Peet last week.
 There will be services with sermon ct Christ church on Good Friday at 10.30 Q. m.
 Miss Hattie B. Root has been visit ing at her uncle's, MT Harlow Roots, the past week.
 The annual parish meeting will be held at Christ church on the 18th inst at 7.3Op. m.
 Tt is rattling good time just now to start some kind of manufacturing scheme to boom this place. | On Saturday the selectmen appoint ed W. Fl. Camp town clerk and regis trar of births, deaths and marriages, till nextsfall.
 The mail trains on the C.N.E.& w. are now as follows: going West, 1925 a.m and 542 p.m.; going East, $40 am. and 4.32 pm.
 Mrs Dr Berens, of New York, and Mrs Le Comte, of Montreal. sisters of Mrs Thompson, are visiting at the Canaan Academy.
 Tt wont do any good to look as sol emn as an owl in church if you are in the habit of skinning people in busi- ness. .-Gowanda Herald.
 Erred and the Fish" is the title of . short but excellent story written by Luella Dowd Smith, and published in the Youths Temperance Banner of April l.
 Editor Rodemeyer went to Bridge port last week and accepted g position as reporter on the Evening Times. the democratic daily paper recently launch ed in that city.
 Some places on West Main street have recently been greatly improved by trimming the trees. If the trees in the street were trimmed it would also be a decided improvement.
 Last Friday Michael M'Lally called ct Charles Smiths of Twin Lakes, and asked to be allowed to lie down. After sleeping for an hour or two MLally awoke feeling i'll and unable to leave the house. Dr Church was called and said it was case of pneumonia. It is bed state of things for all, as Mrs Smith is not very we'll.
 Our Animal Friends published by the American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals deserves wide circulation. In the March number we read of the defeat by the president of the society, before committee of the New York Legislature, of the bill to le- galize saving off the horns of cattle close to their heads.
 On Easter Sunday the services in the churches will be as follows: Al Christ church. morning prayer and Holy Communion at 10. 45 a. m., child ren's service at 7.30 p. m.; at the Pil grim church 10. 30 a. m.: at the Meth odist Episcopal church, 10 30 a. m. and 700 D. m. At all these services there will be Easter music and flowers.
 A gentleman arrived here last Sat urday on the 12 30 train on the H. R. R ; He went at once to the restaurant for 6 sshasty plate of soup" or something o the sort, but the attractions of the place seem to have proved too seductive tt him, anyway he got left, and his tim' being worth more to him than his mon ey, he went to Pittsheld on a special To comotive.
 Some members of the Methodis choir who have faithfully served for 2 or more consecutive years felt that the. were entitled to be placed on the retired list, and that it was high time tha younger persons should make some sac rifces and "bear the heat and burdel of the day" In accord with thei wishes the choir has been re-organize' and increased, and James H. Drake ha been chosen choirister.
 The Lenox correspondent of tn Berkshire County Eagle says:
 oChsrles F. Bennett died at the hom of his aunt, Mrs A. T. Servin, Sunda morning April after lingering Hines of consumption. Much sympathy felt for his wife and bereaved friends The funeral took place Wednesday al ternoon ct 9 o'clock from the house. The deceased was 40 years of age an was nephew of Samuel A. Bennei i. and William Bennett of Canaan, Com
 The fifth annual parish meetin of the Pilgrim church was held at th church last Thursday evening A SUI per was served in the church parlol from 5.3O to 7.3O. The members the assembled in the audience room for tt meeting. Action was taken on the re ignation of the Pastor, Rev D. O Ston tendered by him some weeks ago, b the adoption of resolution formal