Connecticut western news., 1893-06-15

The exterior of the town ball build ing is being painted.
 Miss Minnie Quinn spent Sunday here with her parents.
 Miss Jessie Cargill is visiting rel atives at Newark Valley, N. Y.
 MT and Mrs s. Tallardy, of Falls Village, visited at Lyman Howe's last week.
 MT Robert Whiting, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is making his annual visit to friends in Canaan and vicinity.
 Miss Jessie Peet arrived home from St. Agnes school, Albany, on Thursday, for the summer vacation.
 ID. 0. Whittlesey is the associate editor of the NEWS during John G. Beckley's absence in Chicago.
 Yesterday, June IA, was Flag Day but by an oversight only limited amount of flags was displayed.
 ICE CREAM at Mrs Osborne's par lors, East Main St., Canaan, common cing Saturday evening, June 17th.
 Mrs R. 0. Newton and Mrs Kellogg returned last Thursday from a pleasant visit at New London and New York.
 MT and Mrs B. N. Rawson, of Brook lyn, N. T., the brother law and sister of Dr Clemans, are visiting at the doc tors in this village.
 Mrs Geo Wilcox sent forty spring chickens to market Monday that weigh ed two pounds each, and she has one hundred and sixty left.
 W. c. Cargill was on the sick list last week consequently he did not leave until Monday of this week on his trip through the south and west.
 After much discussion it has been decided not to remove the band stand from the lawn in front of the town hall, bnt the flag pole will be moved to the centre of the lawn.
 Two families from New York and one from Stamford, Conn.,, have arrived at Pine Grove for the summer. The grove is looking it's finest and is very attractive for city people.
 Miss Newton closed her school last Friday. To-day MT Adams will close his school and tomorrow Mrs Root will close her school Mir Adams and his pupils will go to Twin Lakes tomorrow for picnic.
 Lewis Rhoades was busy yesterday distributing cigars but he refuses to tell when or where he was married, but all can guess to whom. The cigars were good, and in case '.Lew" is not married the joke will be good on all who smoked.
 -Messrs Henry D. Reed and John c. Beckley left on the 9 40 train Mon- day morning, and Mir and Mrs Junius Rhcades and MT and Mrs William H. Camp left on the 11.15 o'clock train Tuesday evening, all bound for the World s Fair.
 The Springfield Uuion says that the orange growers of Florida expect a crop of 5000, ,000 boxes this year. Las years crop was 3.9OO,OOO boxes. The Florids fruit exchange is planning to market considerable part of this year 5 crop in England and other foreign countries.
 An exchange says that under the new game law book agents may be killed from August l to October l; spring poets from March l to July l; scandal mongers from January l to December l. inclusive; umbrella bor- rowers from February l to June l.. Open season all the year on life insur- ance agents and picture peddlers.
 We ought not to be compelled 10 send out bills for subscriptions due be- cause the date to which paper is pai.l is on most of the papers printed, togeth- CT with the name. Nevertheless some of our subscribers compel us to send them bills repeatedly and even then they do not respond. To such we would say; by remitting the amount due us you can make two parties look pleasant, we and you.