Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
Local News.

Fifty new wagons at Cargill's, prices way down.
 Miss Martha Evans, of Bethel, is a guest at Dr Ross.
 A chalk line drawn around an arti. cle will keep away ants.
 Col. and Miss Burton, of Middle town. are at Judge Granger's.
 Miss Alice Tournier, of South Orange, N. J., is at the Warner House If you don't want to miss the train. cut out the time tables printed in this paper.
 Judge Roraback and family moved into their new cottage at Twin Lakes to-day.
 Miss J. E. Newton is at Myrtle Hill, and Miss Florence Thomson is at Mt Elm.
 Three young persons united with the Pilgrim church last Sunday. all on profession of faith.
 Home again! Call and see the bar gains that bought when west, 100 set of harness. w. G. CARGILL. Six families are already occupying cottages at Pine Grove. The camp reeting will begin August 20th.
 -The girl with one bean to her string stands better chance of uot being an old maid than the girl with dozen.
 Editor Rodemeyer of the South Norwalk Daily News, visited his parents and other relatives in Canaan over the Fourth.
 When old Elijah was threatened by only one woman he ignominiously fled but then Elijah was not a journalist- Gowanda Herald.
 -George l.. Parsons returned from the Hartford hospital on Tuesday. His health has improved and he will remain here for the present.
 J. s. Tracy, bookeeper for the B. W. Spur Go. at Falls Village, was taken sick last Saturday and has narrowly escaped a course of fever but he now ventures out.
 The Misses Edith and Helen Barnett, daughters of Edward Barnett, of New Haven, are visiting their uncle, Rev. F. w. Barnett, at the rectory, boarding at the Warner House. MT Barnett's mother is also at the rectory. -"The pretty postmistress was mad clean
 thro';
 So mad that she couldn't speak;
 And the cause of her temper was
 nothin' more
 Than a postal card written in Creek"
 Mrs. Henry J. Gillette, of Hartford, attended the commencement xercises at Williams College last week, where her son. Edward was a member of the graduating class. On her return she was a guest at s. O. Beckley's from Friday afternoon until Saturday after noon.
 Mrs Lucy Wood. of Troy, N. Y. widow of Rev. James Wood of the Troy conference, accompanied by her son Mir Wesley Wood, attended the fune ra of MT T. B. Strong and remained 1T Canaan two or three days afterward Mrs Wood is sister of Mrs Strong.
 We are indebted to Secretary Gold for copy of the 1893 Report Conn Board of Agriculture and Experiment Stations. It Is a volume of 900 or mors pages If we should ever read it mucl time would be required for that pur pose and then Secretary Gold would bt indebted to us.
 MT Albert l.. Strong, of King City, Mo, arrived in Canaan Saturda, afternoon and will remain a few days He came east to attend his father funeral. He made the trip from King City to Canaan, distance of over 150' miles, in about 46 hours and was luck. to get through as his train was the las one that came through before the strik CTS tied up the road.
 At the school board meeting of thi town, on Monday afternoon, it wa voted to increase the appropriation fo the ensuing year from $1400 to $l60' and to advise the committee to nov the intermediate department to the sec ond floor of the schoolhouse and ad another room to the primary depart ment, with teacher, under the super vision of Mrs. Root.
 A large house greeted the Julian here on Saturday night to see the pel formance of "Rip Van Wrinkle. The play was finely acted. Mir Bittne doing splendidly in the character C 'sRip." The rest of the company als played their parts we'll The Julian will appear here for the last time O. the 17th in Q double bill, presentin '.Driven from Home" and "Uncle Josh The, part of Farmer Allen in ''Drive from Home" is one of MT Julian's bes characters; Edith Julian also having very strong part as Dora. Bittner "Uncle Josh" is true to nature and th play is one of abundant wholesom humor.
 No fires and no accidents in thl village on July 4th is cause for thank fnlness. The day was an unusual quiet one. The stores closed about a. m. Many persons attended the cel' bration at Great Harrington. Som went to Twin Lakes and other places The weather was perfect. The boy had lots of fun with fire crackerl Flags and bunting were displayed many places. The Methodist socie' sold cake and ice cream on P. 0. Gun