Connecticut western news., 1892-12-15
Local News.

w. q. Cargill left on Tuesday to be gone about two months on business trip in the south and west.
 The Rev D. O. Stone preached in the First Congregational church of Mount Vernon, N. Y last Sunday. He will preach in Bethlehem, Conn.,, next Sunday.
 When in doubt what Christmas presents to give your friends, give each . years subscription to the CoNNEoTT- CUT WESTERN NEWS and they will thank you 52 times year.
 The trains run SO irregularly that it is necessary to take the calves in wsg- ons to Millerton for shipment to New York. About 27 were sent from here on Tuesday.
 If you have not received one of w. Fl. Camps calendars for 1898, call at his store and get one. You will then have an opportunity to select your holiday present from a first class line of goods
 The Canaan Academy has just com pleted its fourth term. It began a year ago last September with ton pupils; it now has 30 and five more will join in a few days. A gymnasium is now being fitted up.
 Carl Swensen, the florist, keeps a fine assortment of cut flowers constant ly on hand. Beautiful palms and other plants suitable for Christmas presents. Folly for Xmas green or church decora- tions. <Winsted, Ct.
 The new unions were issued last week to the station agents and day and night operators on the P. R. & N. B. road and they now look as grand as admirals in their uniforms of dark blue with gold lace and brass buttons.
 -The ladies of the M. E. church of this village will give chicken pie sup per m the church pariors on Tuesday evening, Dec 2Oth, from six to nine. There will also be offered for sale g number of fancy and useful articles.
 A special meeting of Honsatonic Lodge No 61. F. & A. M. has been call cd for Saturday evening Dec. IF. Work, third degree, after which a supper will be served. The annual meeting for the election of officers will be held on Sat urday evening Dec. 24.
 The highway from Martin Mo- Guire's to the Massachusetts State line has been straitened out and is now being gravelled. This has heretofore been 8 very bad section on account of the deep sand and it is to be hoped that there will be good road there after this.
 -Here's to the advertisements which failed to reach the NEWS in time for publication today. Delays are danger ous. We are sorry for y our authors who might have caught their share of public patronage but who now will realize that "The saddest words of tongue or pen gre these, it might have been."
 The present occupants of the rectory wish to take this means of thanking all their friends who have so generously aid cd Mir and Mrs Warner in securing the much furnace. It was not only paid for the morning after the soclable, but ten dollars left to feed it with.
 F. w. BARNETT.
 The city dailies appear to be on g strife as to who can publish the largest anniversary or souvenir edition. Last Saturday The Hartford Courant celebrated its 128th birthday by publish ing 2 32- page edition of 60. 900 copies. The Bridgeport Post recently published . 52r 2rpage edition, all for one cent g copy. On Tuesday the Springfield Union published a28-page edition. All these efforts display enterprise, but life is toe short to wade through such jumbo edi tions of daily paper.
 MT Henry 0. Warner, of Great Bar rington. has accepted the position of To cal editor of the Berkshire Courier For over 13 years he has been cores pondent for number of county papers and several city dailies. He is an ex cellent writer of prose sketches and if ] we'll known as an historian and geneaIog ist He has freque atly done specia work for the Courier; and immediately . after the death of the late Fred Fl. Cur tis he was offered the position of loca editor of the Courier.
 We have received g long letter iron Rev. D. O. Stone making plea for as sistance for the Rev. A. M Boolgoorjoo the native Armenian preacher who spoke in this village four or five years ago We have not space to publish the lette in full. Mir Stone says that Mir Bool goorjoe is working among his own peo ple, and his work and methods are en dorsed by Dr. Judson Smith. secretar. of the Turkish department of the Amer ican Board. Rev. o. D. Milliken, o the Pilgrim Church in this village, vii receive and forward any funds whicl may be contributed to enable Mir Bool goorjoo to carry on his work.
 The Hev Frederick and Mrs Thomp { ,scn sG1s social evening at the Ca man Academy on Tuesdsy of this week l~rss-