Connecticut western news., 1893-06-22

Woi d's Fair on Monday night.
 Il Quite number of new blanks have bee laid in the depot platform.
 rfS. A. Eddy and family are spend ing a week or so at Thomas O'Hara's on the shore of Lake Washining.
 Last Friday another Democratic voter arrived in town, and well-known citizen was promoted to be grandfather. Rev T. s. Bond attended the com me encement exercises at Drew Female Seminary at Carmel, N. Y. last Thurs dsy.
 Mrs Hoxie, who is a cousin of Mrs 9. L. Freeman, and her daughter, of of Knoxville. Tenn, are visiting at D. L. Freeman's.
 A car loaded with steel rails broke Hown just west of this village about noon yesterday in cut. The two l2.38 trains were delayed several hours.
 The Soldiers monument at New Hartford will be dedicated July 4th. Elsewhere in these columns we give you some idea of the magnitude of the occa- sion.
 -Gt Harrington is soon to have an other newspaper, to be issued on Sat urdays. It would seem that that field is pretty thoroughly worked as it is.- Winsted Herald.
 Our beautiful town hall would be very much improved Tn appearance by the addition of some kind of light, graceful cupola Wealthy citizens will please take notice.
 MT and Mrs A. w. Nicoll and Willie have gone to their home in Yonkers, N. r., whence Mrs Nicoll will go to the Worlds Fair. Albert and Augustus are staying at c. o. Briggs in East Canaan. At the school meeting of district No 2, last Friday evening, Burton A. Peirce, William H. Camp and James H. Drake were elected the committee for ensuing year. The treasurer's report was accepted.
 Miss Thusa l.. Gidman, daughter | of the Rev R. H. Gidman of Preston, Conn, and niece of Dr B. c. Gidmun of Norfolk, Conn.,, recently graduated at the Moody School in Northield, Mass and will enter Wellesley College in the autumn.
 -One of the finest specimens of the taxidermists' art which we have ever seen is large fish-hawk,in Humphreys drug store, stuffed by pr H. l.. Ross. The bird is standing in very spirited and lifelike pose, with bill open and it's long wings spread, as though having just lighted.
 It seems that some of our good | people are little agitated for fear the | town will have to foot the bills for the improvements on Elm street. But this fear is groundless; the work is being paid for by few public spirited indi- viduals. Our informs ant expressed re- gret that these manifestations of public spirit and generosity were not more frequent.
 The rose bugs seem to be greater pest than the potato bugs. They have already eaten all the clusters of grapes from some vines in this village. Var ious remedies are tried; one of which is spraying the vines with camphor water. One sure remedy is to grasp the bug by his hind legs, whirl him seven times around your head to bewilder him and then dash his brains out against syca- more tree.
 | Superintendent Blaine, of the New England division, informs Herald re- porter that an average of 250 loaded cars every day are hauled east over his division. .-Winsted Herald. d.-Very true, but the locomotive whistles and shouts of the trainmen make perfect bedlam at Canaan and the residents think the noise sufficient to move 2,500 cars in- stead of 250. Furthermore we do not think that 250 cars go east through Ga naan daily. They may come over the
 Poughkeepsie bridge but many of them go to Hopewell and over the New York
 X New Englend road.
 -One day last week two book agents
 walked into store on Main St. and,
 meeting one member of the firm at the
 door, inquired of him if they could see
 the proprietor. Certainly" was the
 reply, 'he is in the back office" Going
 to the place indicated, they found them
 selves in the presence of our respected
 citizen, Major B. When the literary
 gentlemen had made known their er-
 rand, the Major sighed and remarked
 with pr@ternatural solemnity and up
 ward glance of the eyes that the Bible
 sufficed for all his reading. There was
 nothing more to be said.
 We have received a circular from the "New York Fruit and Flower Mis- sion" asking us to appeal to our read
 CTS to help them in their good work of
 brightening the homes of the poor peo- pie who live in the Tenth Ward, one oi
 poorest and densely populated districts
 in the city. These poor people are pas
 sionately fond of flowers and hardly ev. CT see any. The people of the Mission
 find that plants and flowers are strong
 argument for cleanliness and purity i
 that district. We heartily commend this good work. If the boxes of plants and flowers are received by the Mission on Mondays and Thursdays there will
 be no expense to the senders. Address the above named mission, "For Univer sity Settlement" 104 East 10th St. n poro ohooL,e Iorra