Connecticut western news., 1893-07-27

| -hnORQeS d stanton nave contract to cut 25O, GOO feet of lumber near Twin Lakes.
 Miss Mary Lefingwell, of Clifton Park, N. r., is visiting at J. Under woods.
 Only 225 out of 46l passed the nec- essary examination to enter Yale college this year.
 Mrs Tournier, of South Orange, N. J. is spending the summer at the War ner House.
 Miss Ella Shoemaker, of Illinois, a sister of Mrs Freeman, is visiting at D. l.. Freeman's.
 | 70. F. Randall, of Tennessee. was the guest of his cousin, Wm H. Camp, day or so last week.
 The Misses Merrill, of this place, formerly of Newburgh, N. Y., are visit ing in New York state. A substantial cement sidewalk has been built in front of MT Fitzgerald's premises on Railroad St.
 T will be at West Cornwall every Thursday, until further notice. Dr H> l.. Ross, Dentist, Canaan, Conn. The office of the trainmaster of the F., R. & N. E.. J. ). Sellers, has been moved from Hartford to this place. -J. s. Adam is going into the poul- tro business quite extensively and has recently built another good size hennery The fire on Canaan mountain, east of this village. Saturday night, was coal pit from which the earth had been blown. K Y The train dispatcher's office of the P. R. & N. B. at Hartford and the one at this station have been consolidated into one office, located here. The frame of R. D. Peirce's new house has been raised. The plan and elevation show that it will be one of tb4 prettiest houses or cottages in this vil- lage. They say that bunch of sweet clo- yer hanging up in room will drive away more flies than you can catch with a square yard of tangle foot. -Millerton Telegram.
 Charles Moore's new house is a very neat and convenient one, just about the right size for comfort The masons have finished putting on the first coat of mortar. While Jack Frost is taking vaca- tion the North Canaan Water Go. is blasting out the rocks on Reed St., 8 distance of several hundred feet, in order to sink the water main beyond Jacks reach on his return. Men moving with machines cannot be too careful to avoid getting in front of the scythe when the horses are attach ed. This advice may seem unnecessary but an item in our State news suggests that some may need it.
 /-W. B. Bailey, the new ''super'' of the P. R. & N. E., was at one time yard master for the Lehigh & Hudson River R. R., at Maybrook, N. Y., and later sup't of transportation on the same road Somewhat of a Lehigh man, it would seem.
 Rev D. W. Waldron, "A Beacon street, Boston, Mass, will receive and acknowledge contributions to be used in sending poor people from the city to cottage on the coast of Maine and keeping them there two weeks. This costs less than $7 per person.
 A man in Torrington has perfected au electrical contrivance by which the feed which has been placed in bexes over the horses managers is allowed to fall into the managers at given hour in the morning. Now, if he could go fur ther and have the lightning start the fire, put over the tea kettle and oat meal and milk the COWS, we presume he would be happy. Pine Grove camp ground is quiet and restful summer resort both before and after the week of the camp meeting proper. The popularity of this health restoring retreat increases yearly. AL ready between 35 and 40 families are oc- cupying cottages there, and certain trains of the Housatonic road stop at Pine Grove station on signal or when ever the conductors are notified.
 The Julian Comedy Go, strength ened and augmented by Hal W. Brown, comedian and banjo expert, gave good show to rather small. but at times very appreciative, audience on Friday night. The song about the persistent feline that always ''came back" was repeated, and George w. Crow again took charge of the insane lady for "Fourj a day and humor her." Otherwise the program was g new one.
 The Reading Railroad announces g series of excursions via it's Lehigh Val ley line to Chicago at the rate of single
 fare for the round trip. This makes the fare from New York $17 and cor. respondingly low rates from other other points on the Reading system. No change of cars between New York and Philadelphia and Chicago. Tickets good only on excursion trains, which start on August 1st. 7th and 18th. The return may be made at anytime within
 ten days after the day of starting
 Trains are made up of frst-class day coaches only. A large audience greeted the Re, Dr Eddy at the Pilgrim church las
 Sunday morning and listened attentively
 to his description of the Worlds Fai, and the lessons to be learned by visi