Connecticut western news., 1893-02-02
Local News.

Kent, Tuesday afternoon.
 Harry Sedgwick, of Cornwall Hol- low, spent Sunday at H. P. Tracy's. The work on the cellar of Dr. Ross new house on Main street is progress. ing rapidly.
 There will be sociable at the Pil. grim church on Wednesday evening February Sth.
 Miss Mary Parsons has been con fined to her room for two or three weeks but is now we'll again.
 Invitations to the wedding of John Parmelee, of this place, and Miss Katie Low, of Lime Rock, on Feb. 8th, have been issued.
 Eli Giddings will deliver free lec- ture on India, lillustrated with stereop' ticon views, at the Congre gational church at East Canaan on Sunday even ing.
 There will be a sociable at Mir FL terich's, who lives in the Robert Taft house at Clayton, on Saturday evening. All are invited. Proceeds for the Union chapel.
 If you will read both sermons print cd in this issue you will notice that the Rev Charles D. .Milliken and the Rev Dr Talmage have very few leaves in their theology.
 The Agassiz meeting for February 7th will be at J. l.. Bragg's. Topics for discussions are: Standard Time, "Life and Work of Louis Agassiz, '' Geology and Mineralogy," and others. All are invited.
 The eighteenth convention Y. F. s. 0. E. and the seventk annual meet ing of the Winsted Christian Endeavor Union will be held at Second Congrega- tional church, West Winsted, Conn.,, Friday afternoon and evening, Feb. 3d.
 II shall vacate my present store the first of April. Until that date I will sell my stock of stoves, tinware, etc., at cost rather than move it. I will also sell one set of timers tools and one set of piping tools at bargain.
 A. L. BROWN, Norfolk, Conn.
 We were informed by trainman last Saturday that Sidney Washburne, of Lenoxdale, had fallen from the Will sons Point freight train, on the previous night, between Great Burlington and Sheffield and had been killed. Wash burne had formerly been brakeman and was unmarried. Nobody saw him fall.
 Last week we devoted son little time to mailing to certain of our sub scribers beautiful engravings represent ing the Landing of Columbus" We are happy to say that quite number have already reciprocated the courtesy by sending us pictures of Gen. McPher- son, Martha Washington or Secy. Win dom and some have sent checks. We shall doubtless hear from others.
 There will be missionary service in Christ church on Tuesday evening, Feb. 7th at 2. 30 o'clock. Addresses will be made by the Rev James H. George and by other clergymen of the Litch- field Archdeaconry. The public are c ordially invited. Also service of the Archdeaconry Wednesday morning at 1O3O at which the sermon will be preached by Rev Isaac s. Hartley, D. D., of Great Harrington.
 In the next issue of the NEWS will be published some extracts from letter written by Edwin F. Merwin, of Water loo, Iowa, to his cousin, Mrs R. P. Pen dleton, of South Canaan, Conn.,, descri- ping his recent visit to Chicago. Mir Merwin is well known in Litchfield county, having lived in Goshen, Corn wall, Salisbury and Norfolk, and we can readily believe all he writes about the wonderful buildings at the Worlds Fair and in the city of Chicago.
 -REMARKAB1B. This issue of the NEWS is remarkably good inasmuch as it contains t,oo good sermons, one by the Rev Charles D. Milliken and one by Dr Talmage. It is not remarkable for either of these divines to preach good sermons. The Rev Mir Milliken never desires, and seldom if ever consents, to have one of his sermons published, but on this occasion he has been remarkably good to comply with the wishes of his friends and allow the NEWS to publish the sermon which he delivered in the Pilgrim church on January 22d.
 The Rev Robert Hunt writes from Pawling, N. Y. under date of Jan. 28 as the London market for Florida oranges I knew that for two months, Nov. and Dec. we might find ready sale for oul oranges in England, Germany and France. Florida and California never can glut their markets But I am now more interested in the gracious revival in my church at Pawling. Some 3C have already united with us, and many are seeking. It is Congregational aud Methodist revival Dr Oliver Dean, | Congregational m mister, has very ably assisted me-"
 Eight of our frisky young ladies some married and some not, suddenly decided, last Thursday afternoon, to gc to Falls Village on sleigh-ride, all by themselves. They chartered g big sleigh and the handsome young clerk of the Warner House (he was the only