Connecticut western news., 1893-09-28
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2s, 1893.
Local News.

Mrs H. l.. Ross returned from Bethel, Saturday.
 w. J. Wilcox has been appointed postmaster at Cornwall.
 -Dr P o. Cummings is grading his lawn in front of his residence.
 -Of course you will attend the Great Harrington fair now being held.
 Barlow street is being nicely graded In some places it is raised two feet or more.
 MT and Mrs Charles Moore have commenced housekeeping in their new house on Barlow street.
 John Miller was arrested last Thurs day, for beating his wife. He was brought before the justice on Friday and fined $5 and costs, which he paid.
 ID. L. Freeman and wife and Miss Minnie Spanlding started for the Chica- go Fair Saturday morning. Mir Free man will go on farther west after he has seen the Fair.
 The chestnut season-here is one Woul it take more pickets to build a picket fence over tine Hoosac mountain from the east to the west portal of the Hoosac tunnel than through the tunnel itself?
 The twenty sixth annual meeting of the Litchfield Northwest Conference will be held today at Norfolk. Sessions at 1915 a. n. and p. m. MessrsJ J. l.. Bragg and J. B. Reed are delegates from the Pilgrim church.
 The license question does not ap- pear among the articles in the warning for town meeting, consequently North Canaan will remain No License town the ensuing year but we are sorry to say that does not imply that tanglefoot cannot be obtained here.
 Orders have been received by the agents of the Adams Express company along the line of the New York, New Haven end Hartford railroad from Supt. Spencer, to reopen their bank accounts, closed when the worst of the money stringency was on.
 The water main burst near the Ga naan Lime Co.'S. kiln on Monday and our no license town was dry indeed dur ing most of the day. Tuesday morning the main burst again in about the same place and we are beginning to appre- ciate what water is worth to wash in, if for nothing more.
 If the relatives, and former pupils, of the late Prof John H. Hurlburt wish any more copies of the NEWS of Sept. 2lst, containing the tribute to MT Hurl- bert's memory, they can obtain said copies by addressing this office. Papers will be forwarded on receipt of price, viz, 6 copies for 25 cents.
 -"Red" Mooney, railroader, while intoxicated on the circus grounds last week Wednesday night, was looking for fight. He was accommodated, got what he wanted, and was quietly laid away near the fence. It was all done neatly, with no unnecessary noise, and the constable. who was in the side show, knew nothing about it.
 The Worlds Fair illustrated by over 100 stereopticon views by Profs. Berk and Green at town hall tonight. The entertainment comes highly recom- mended and is given under the auspices of the V. I. A. The stereopticon used is one of the best ard Prof Berk is no amateur. Prof Green gives very able and intelligent description of the views and of the Worlds Fair. Admission 25 and 35 cents, children 15.
 According to the Winsted Herald, Aheshi Sausbrah, the Woodbury poet journalist, is no Oriental, Hindoo or Hoodoo but plain New England Yan- kee. born in Massachusetts, in family by the musical name of Jones, and he was christened Benjamin; hence we can no longer picture in our minds the ed- itor of the Reporter as a dark, swarthy Turk or Arabian, with black mustaches, and 8 smoker of cigarettes and the hookah; but he is plain Ben Jones, who probably chews Farmers Glory" and smokes corn cob.
 The following prayer offered by an engineer at recent convention of relig- ious workers among railroad men might we'll be repeated in some churches not Winsted churches perhaps, but some churches:
 i've are here, o Lord. to ask thy blessing on this work. The locomotive is on the track, the water in in the boil CT, steam Is up, but, O Lord, give us more sand It's sand we want, sand in going up hill to keep us from slipping, sand in coming down hill to make us hold. What we want is more sand, o Lordr"- Winsted Herald-Sand enough to suppress illegal liquor selling. for in stance.
 -One day last week while J.H. Drake was out hunting with his valuable bird dog he came to rail fence which had a barb wire strung in straight line across the angles of the fence. The dog was some distance in advance and in at tempting to jump the fence came in contact with the barb wire which cut 8 deep gash several inches in length in the dogs breast. Mir Drake immedi. ately sewed up the wound and the dog will survive, but Mir Drake thinks that farmers and others make great mis take in using barb wire which causes SC much injury to live stock. MT Drake is blacksmith and he says that abou one horse of every ten that is brough to his shop to be shod has some per