Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Local News.

Blue birds were heard here last Monday.
 Mrs Harlow Root and family will move to Norfolk, April l.
 Miss Minnie Deming IS improving slowly but surely from her long illness
 It has been said that God employs no bired man; his work is all done by his sons.
 -B. B. B.-blue birds and bicycles appeared multaneously in Canaan this week.
 Mrs Sabine Ives and Miss Glars Clark, of East Canaan, are quite sick with the grip.
 The cellar for Dr Ross new house is completed. and the carpenters will commence work next week.
 / On the first page appears the state ment of the Reading receiver, and il shows the size of the straw which broke the camel's back.
 The cellar for Fuller & Peet's ten ant house on Railroad St. was complet. ed last week and the carpenters com. menced work on Monday of this week.
 Miss Anna Rudge is takipg her an. nual vacation, and went to Brooklyn N. r.. last Monday to visit her sister, Mrs Douglass. She expects to be ab, sent about three weeks.
 Mir Leonard Lawrence, of East Ca- naan, has been ill with the pneumonia for over week but is apparently doing as we'll as could he expected. and not wlthstanding isgreat age 60 years the 9th of last August strong hopes are en- tertained of his recovery.
 Eleven thousand persons have sign ed the pledge in Hartford during the past three weeks of Murphy's temper ance ministrations there. He began the fourth and last week of his labors last Sunday, when 700 persons signed the pledge. ge.-Winstsd Herald.
 The auction sale of the farm of 100 acres, the live stock, farming imple- ments, wagons, household furniture and other personal property belonging to the estate of the late Thomas Lee will be held on the premises in Mill River, Mass, Saturday. April l, at 10 a. m. For schedule of property. see posters.
 Auction posters of all sizes, and pos ters and programs for entertainments of every description, all printed neatly and quickly at the NEWS job printing rooms. For those favoring us with their pat ronage we will gratuitously publish in the NEWS reasonable notice of the date and place of auctions, entertainments, etc.
 The scripture Canaan flowed with milk and honey; but Canaan. Oonnecti- cut flows with money. Apparently such is the belief of non-residents; at least for the past two weeks this village has been worked for all it is worth by agents of two different savings(or building) and loan associations. We are unable to state what success these public bene factors met with.
 Rain and warm sunshine have al tered not since last Thursday morning Most of the time the wind was from the south. The result has been the .disap pearanee of the sleighing; rapid rise of the rivers. but no damage was done in this vicinity except the annu al flood ing of certain cellars in town. A heavy thunder shower visited this place abou 11.3O Tuesday evening.
 The Rev T. S. Bond desires us t, say that in view of the fact that the Re- Dr Eddy this week reaches the age o eighty years he has requested Dr Edd. to preach an appropriate sermon in th Methodist Episcopal church, Canaan next Sunday evening. and the Docto has kindly consented and ~il speak ol 'sAn old mans view of old age." Tn service will begin at 2 o'clock, and cordial invitation is extended to tn Doctors many friends to be present.
 Rev T. s. Bonds sermon on St Patrick last Sunday night was much ad mired by the many people who hear' it. With the Protestant historians, M Bond maintained that St. Patrick an, the ancient Irish church were independ ent of the pope. It is only fair, how ever, to Roman Catholics to say ths their historians prove, at least to thei own satisfaction, that the contrary true and that St. Patrick was commis stoned by Celestine. the then pope to preach the gospel to the Irish.
 The Illustrated American for tn week ending Dec. 31, 1892, contains condensed history of the Philladelphi & Reading road since it was incorpors ted. almost sixty years ago, up to Jar nary 1, 1893. It also published pic ture of the new terminal depot of tn Reading railroad system in Philadelphia This structure is the largest and mos commodious of it's kind in the world. is eight stories high and occupies fou city squares It is built of granite terra-cotta and brick, and cost upward of $1O.OOO,O00
 "A. Martin, Lakeville, Ct.. has jul returned from Montreal with two G loads of horses, some fine drivers, nic carriage horses both single and pair and also some heavy team horses. a young and sound and can please an one wanting horses and prices that su prise all so much lower than ever offe ed before. Over forty (40) to sele' from, ranging Tn weights from 9( pounds up to 400 pounds and in prie
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