Connecticut western news., 1893-11-16

Only one couple in 11,5O0 live to celebrate their golden wedding.
 Harry Sedgwick. of Cornwall Hol- low, visited relatives here the last week
 Eggs are like morals-they have no middle ground. If not good they are bad.
 James Lakes grounds around his new house have been nicely graded dur ing the past week.
 -Dr Camp has built an addition to his house. in order to have the bath room on the first floor.
 Governor Morris has designated Thursday, Nov. 30th, to be Thanksgiv- ing day in Connecticut.
 Miss Roxy Stevens makes her home with Mrs J. s. Corbet on High street, and Eugene Rowe lodges there.
 Lots of women voted in Columbia County and some of them received &6. Shame on ''emw-Millerton Telegram
 MT and Mrs John Miller have moved into E. w. Warmers tenement house recently vacated by Mrs Granger.
 Do you know of any reason why you shouldn't pay your subscription and let us have the money that belongs to us?
 William Holcomb, delivery clerk for Fuller & Peet, has resigned and Phil ip Ham TOW handles the reins and wears the gorgeous uniform of that. position.
 John Parmelee has given up his position in l.. 0. Rhoades' tonsorial rooms. Robert Merriman, of Falls Will lage, is Mir Rhoades' present assistant.
 The Guild social and dance in the court room at town hall last week We'd nesdsy evening was most pleasant affair and very much enjoyed by those attending.
 The V. I. A have erected two new lamp posts and are having the old lamps repaired. The lights at the town hall and at the hotel crossing are duly ap- preciated by the townspeople. We never offer any gewgaw pre- miums with the NEWS. We offer some- thing desirable. For $2 0O new sub- scribers can have the NEWS mailed to any address from now until 1895. Chew on this offer.
 Jack Soules caught six black bass at Twin Lakes last Thursday that weigh ed fifteen pounds; not fifteen pounds each, but two of them weighed three pounds each. He also caught live string of pickerel.
 Last Saturday the Danbury News published the following weather record which remains unchanged up to this date (Nov. IA: "This is remarkable weather; we have had but one stormy day so far in this usually tempestuous month. And we have had but three stormy days in six weeks. The foliage Ol AOSb OA tuo AlhC OuSuCb ID bo 6NCOu as it was month ago."
 At the missionary meeting at Pill grim church on Thursday afternoon, two very interesting speakers were in troduced, viz: Miss Camp, of New Britain, president of the Woman's Home Missionary Union, who described DOT ton of the Union work, and Miss Elmer son, of New York, who spoke .en ''mis- sionary work among the colored people and mountain whites of the south" EThe F., R. S N. E. road is improv- ing the appearance of this village by re- moving the dilspidated board fences each side of the track and erecting neat ribbon wire fences. James Graney has charge of the work, and he deserves the thanks of our villagers for the improve ment inasmuch as the railroad company virtually act on his judgment or recon mendation and estimates in the matter of building or renewing fences along their line in this section.
 John Mackey, who had lived in this town for number of years, was struck and killed by the 5 IA train Sat urday night. Mackey was walking on the Housatonic track south of Williams woods when he was struck. John Mackey was about 70 years old and had no relatives that anyone knew of. He had worked good many times at the hotel and was familiar figure about the Warner House stables. The funeral was held at St. Joseph's Monday after noon, interment in the Roman Catholic cemetery north of this village.
 -E1-Elitor Rodemeyer is fearful that the article in the NEWS of Nov. 9tl will convey wrong impression in re gard to his new occupation, therefore he rises to explain or describe the du ties of his new position. His letter tc the NEWS appears elsewhere. The NEWS not only stated that "Mr Murphy saw what valuable aid or lieutenant Editor Rodemeyer would be could ht only secure his services as private sec retary" but stated that "Mr Murphy made him fattering offer to give ur newspaper work and engage in temper ance work" The NEWS did not intend to convey the impression that E.lito Rodemeyer was already in the field as temperance evangelist, but it did stat. i've shall not be surprised if Mir Rode meyer eventually becomes temper ance orator and outshines Murphy. Notwithstanding Mir Rodemeyer's lette we are of the same opinion still, and W,