Connecticut western news., 1893-03-30
Local News.

ing her friend, Miss Mabel l.. Watson.
 Six inches of snow fell last Thurs day but it had all disappeared by Sat urday.
 There will be Good Friday ser vice at the M. E. church in this village tomorrow at 30 p ID.
 Major Bennett. D. l.. Freeman, Joseph w. Peet and Mrs Patrick Finne- gan are on the sick list.
 There will be tho customary Good Friday service, with sermon, at Christ church at half past ten o'clock.
 -Mies Grace Roraback has organized . magazine club of seven members. They will take seven magazines.
 Hens are working over time for the Easter trade. and are producing eggs at 18 cents dozen.-Winsted Herald.
 The annual parish meeting of Christ church will be held at the church on the evening of Easter Monday at T. 30.
 Samuel G. Camp and Clinton Barnes came home from school at Nor folk last Friday. Will Dalzell, of South Egremont. was with them.
 -I still have the agency for the w. s. A. corset and health waist. I guar antee them comfortable and perfect fit- ting. MRs J. 8. ADAM. Canaan, Conn.
 -Dr Adam bought a pair of iron grey horses last week for farm work, and carriage driving. They are young. well matched and make fine appearance.
 Brown, the plumber, has rented the Murphy building opposite Clark & Curties' store and will carry full line of stoves and tinware. Plumbing, steam and gas fitting done in the best man. ner Norfolk, Conn.
 / The United States Express Co., has been issuing to its agents along the line of the P. R. & N. E. road some very s'hot" little wagons for carrying packa- ges from the cars to the office. The body is red and wheels yellow.
 MT Tobey has secured a male spec imen of the shore lark or horned lark. It has two small tufts of feathers, one on each side of the head, which resem- ble horDs It is northern bird and is rarely seen in this latitude.
 Miss Walsh. the granddaughter of MT F. F. Cooper, of Locust Hill Farm, Sheffield, and daughter of Mrs B. O.. Church. is to be married to MT W. R. Bunker, of New York. The wedding takes place on the 18th of April in New York.
 The farewell reception of the March class of the State Normal School at New Britain was held last Friday night. Miss Fanny A. Holcomb was the class historian. The hall was trimmed in blue and white, the class colors. After the class exercises there were refresh ments and music and dancing.
 Miss s. w. Adam. the owner of the Ferris place. so called, on Elm St., gave the large barn on the premises to Frank Van Deusen provided he would remove it Frank is,taking the barn down this week and cafting the timber and lum. Der to his lot on West Main street where he will convert them into house to rent
 Auction posters of all sizes, and pos ters and programs for entertainments oi every description, all printed neatly and quickly at the NEWS job printing rooms. For those favoring us with their pat ronage we will gratuitously publish in the NEWS reasonable notice of the date and place of auctions, entertainments, etc.
 The Canaan Citizens band will give concert and dance at town hall on Wednesday evening next week The concert program will be quite attrac tive and the dancers are promised first class time. One dollar admits lady and gent to concert and hop. The band boys say that if Canaan people want to hear them play in the band stand next summer. now is the time t turn out and give them 8 lift as they are in want of some money.
 Tho Rev Dr Eddy does not desire to have his sermon, sAn old mans view of old age" or even synopsis of tha sermon, published in the newspapers That settles it so far as the press is con cerned; but Dr Eddy's friends think h. ought to have the sermen published il pamphlet form as many persons would like to obtain one or more copies of 1t The sermon of itself will become par of the history of North Canaan ant copies of it, together with the Rev Fl N. Kinney's poem, should be placed among the records in the archives o the town.
 "A freight train stood on the Mai1 street crossing near the Warner Hous more than fifteen minutes last Monda. morning, and about fifty persons ant several teams were compelled to wal the pleasure of the conductor of sai' train. Gateman Emmons. Selectmal Bragg, Judge Roraback and others en deavored to have the crossing cleared but their appeals and threats were un needed. However. this incident ha brought one fact to light and remove' false impression which many peopl have entertained in regard to the gate mans duties. It has been generally although wrongly, understood that on of MT Emmons' duties was to keep tn crossing clear, or at least not allow train to blockade the crossing over fiv