Connecticut western news., 1893-02-02

-Candlemas Day, half your wood and half your hay-stack, Jas the old woman said
 Mrs H. Wilcox, of West Stock bridge. Mass, is visiting her daughter, Mrs F. A. Peet.
 Tt is stated that ice will be high next summer, because it has been too cold weather to cut it.
 About POO employees of the Con- solidated railroad have been laid off un- til warmer weather arrives. The Ladies Guild of Christ church will give dime sociable at the rectory this (Thursday) evening. All invited. The entire Hudson River ice har- vest was completed early this week. Not in fifty years has there been such a harvest.
 John Lorrigan opened meat mar ket under o. H. Pease's shop yesterday. We are told that he is 8 good man to deal with.
 Last Sundays rain removed the sleighing, and the light snow storms of Monday and Tuesday evenings have hardly restored it.
 -Endeavor Day will be observed in the M. E. church next Sunday evening, Feb. 9th. The occasion will be the 18th anniversary of the organization of the general society.
 A car on the P. R. & N. E. road was derailed near Poughkeepaie on Sat urday. A wrecking train, with der rick, was sent over and soon put it on the track again.
 The committee of five appointed at the recent special town meeting held a conference yesterday, looked at the town hall and some building sites, and then adjourned to the 18th inst. Next Sunday will be observed as Missionary day" by the M. E. church in this village. In the morning tue Rev T. s. Bond will preach sermon on missions. In the evening there will be missionary concert by the Y. P. s. O. B.
 Farewell January. Thy departure is welcome. Thou vert deceitful month; thou didst arrive weeping but soon revealedst thy cold, heart, and thou didst remove from earth some of the grandest and best men and women of the age.
 Rev David Phillips. of Lakeville, preached impressive sermons in the M. B. church last Sunday. In the morn ing his text was Mark XII, IF. "Ren- der to Cesar the things that are Cesars, and to God the things that are Gods. " In the evening he preached from the text, Behold stand at the door and knock"
 Seldom if ever have the falls in the Housatonic river at Amesville been so thoroughly coated with ice as during last month. Photographer Edwards, of Falls Village, took some excellent views of them from different standpoints. He also has views of the falls at high water and at low water. He is prepared to fill orders from far and near for any or all of the different views. The price is 25 cents for each view.
 
 H. 0. Deming writes to the NEWS from South Greece, N. r., under date of Jan. 27th, as follows: Enclosed 1 hand you $2.O0 to renew my subscrip- tion to CONN. WESTERN NEWS. Should have sent it before, but we have some cases of contagious diseases 8 few miles from us. However, seeing your para. graph in this weeks NEWS, I concluded to risk it; if anything should happen, remember T told you so.'
 The Literary Society met last Fri day night. The program was varied and interesting. It consisted of the roll-cau answered by quotations from New England authors; an entertaining paper, read by Miss Eddy, on Litch- field, past and present; selection from Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe's writings, read by G. w. Parsons; and debate on the resolution that the representation in the legislature should be based on population.
 Coal and meat are higher than usual this season; nevertheless keep warm and we'll nomished if possible, thus warding off attacks of illness which could be directly traced to cold and damp rooms and to lack of nourishing food. If you are disposed to grumble because the coal bill and the meat biu are somewhat larger than usual, just ask yourself whether you prefer to pay said bills or to pay doctor bill in addition to loss of time by illness.
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