Connecticut western news., 1892-06-09
Make an effort to attend the school

Make an effort to attend the school meeting Saturday evening. You can see nine, fine top carriages at W. G. Cargill and about forty oth CT styles.
 Another lot of Milburn and Auburn farm wagons just received at Cargill's. Prospect street.
 It is not so hard for some men to 'keep abreast of the times" as 1t is to keep ahead of the sheriff.
 Rev MT Evans, of Nepaug, who preached in the Pilgrim church three weeks ago, will preach there again on Sunday.
 The man who stays away from church just because it rains. is liable to go where there is a continual drought Gowanda Herald
 A mean man will do almost any thing to beat neighbor, but you never heard of a man mean enough to beat 8 neighbours carpet. Bradford Era.
 70. W. Benton, of Clayton, has se- cured position with the National Fold ing Box Co.,, of New Haven, Conn.,, and went to that place last Monday.
 H. K. Bloodgood, :, of New Marlboro, Mass, has sold two valuable mares to MT S. M. Shoemaker of Baltimore, Md. and shipped them Tuesday by Ada ms Express.
 Last Sunday quite large number of the children received their first com- munion. The girls were dressed in white with white veils, and all held lighted candles in their hands.
 Miss Mary A. Bodley has presented to Christ church, to be placed on the altar, beautiful book-rest of polished brass. It is memorial of her sister, Theodosia, who died in her childhood.
 Last Thursday was a fine day for the w. B. Hall & Go. excursion to Bridgeport and many took advantage of it. About 500 tickets were sold along the line, 58 being sold at this station.
 The Howard Clifton Operetta and Comedy Company were billed to appear at town hall last Wednesday and Thurs day evenings. On Wednesday evening they gave poor show to 8 slim audi ence, and then cancelled their engage ment for the following evening.
 Miss Anas Shields of this place. and Mir Eugene Bills, an engineer on the O. N E. & w., were married at St Joseph's church on Wednesday, June l. Thurs day morning the happy couple took the $40 train east amid the congratulations of friends and the bang of railroad tor pedoes.
 Mrs Eliza Morgan White, of Spring field, Mass, ,died at Torrington Wednes- day, June 1, aged 72. Mrs White was mother of H. M White, editor of the Torrington Register, whom she had been visiting for about ten weeks. The funeral was held Friday morning at Tor rington. Burial at Chicopee.
 The calf market was demoralized here Tuesday morning in consequence of the delay in receiving telegraphic or ders from Hartford to purchase. Prices ranged from four to five cents per pound, but some of the farmers were unwilling to accept those figures and tney carried the calves home. Only A I calves were purchased.
 | The summer time table of the Housatonic road went into effect last Monday. Trains now pass Canaan as follows: Go1Na NORTH 8 10 and $40 g. m. 12 30 (noon) 6 AT, 721 and 8.19 P. m Saturday night train only at 8. .59 p. m. Sunday milk and passenger at 10. 15 g. m Go1Na SOUTH 40 m. 115. 2.33, 432 5 CA. r 21 and 10 50 pm. Monday morn ing only at ' 12 I'm. Sunday milk anG passenger at 3 25 p. m.
 We are indebted to Walter $. Lo gan, of New York, distinguished alumnus of the Gunnery school, a
 Washington, Coun., for an interesting pamphlet entitled GA Mexican Night, which contains the toasts and response
 by distinguished men at complimen tary dinner given by MT Logan at thu Democratic Club, New York City, Dec 16, 1891, to Senor Don Matias Romero
 Mexican Minister to the United States
 The Lee correspondent of thu Springfield Republican says: I'M Olds shipped 468 rakes to Australia Fri day, the wood of which was growing the previous Monday. The trees were cut in Lenox, taken to Tyringham ant kiln dried and the rakes finished il
 three days. ."-Mr Olds was formerl, F employed on the Rousatonic railroad and lived iu Canaan, and ''once upon time" he sold clothing at VanDeusen vile, Mass.
 Caleb s. Maltby, 82, an old and re spected citizen of New Haven, die, ] Thursday morning. Maltby in earl.
 life was heavily interested in railroad t: and mining operations, and it is estima - ted that his fortune will figure up in tn e millions. Springfield Republican W @ have the impression that the decease, .- was the owner of the furnace calle, ', Maltby's furnace about mile north c l. State Line and two miles north of Or r. Hill on the Central New England
 Western road.
 D MT J.D. Barnum, of South Amenis