Connecticut western news., 1894-09-06
Local News.

The frame for ID. IL. Freeman new barn was raised last Thursday.
 Daniel Sullivan, who is employed by the P. R. & N. E. road, will move to Lloyd, N. Y.
 Jacob New, of Chatham, N. Y.,who has been visiting his son, Jerry s. New, went home Monday.
 70 Simmons and family, of Phil mont, N. Y., have taken the rooms over w. H. Camps drug store.
 The Lend-a hand club made $10 25 at the ''social tea" in the Methodist church parlors last Friday night.
 The stonework of tue Church St bridge across the Black berry river is be- ing repaired in substantial manner.
 Tt Is better to spend little money ia advertising now than to sell a lot of shop worn goods below cost later on.
 The fitting of the room at the Ca- naan Academy, where carpentering and wood carving will be taught, is nearly completed.
 Rev Samuel F. Adam assisted the Rev Mir Barnett in the services at Christ Church Sunday morning and celebrat- ed she Holy Communion.
 Ringing Bros circus and menager- ie exhibited at Winsted on Tuesday and at Millerton yesterday. It is certainly the largest and best show that ever vis- ited this section.
 The Court of Common Pleas open ed on Tuesday afternoon at Winsted with Judge A. D. Warner on the bench. Forty six cases are on the docket, and the session of Tuesday was for assign ment.
 -Master Edward Tanning, of Win chester Center, nephew of Mrs A. A. Hubbard, has been i'll about one week with scarlet fever at MT Hubbard's in this place, but is doing as we'll as could be expected.
 Edward 0. Ward has gone to Port land, Oregon. It is runored that he will accept position on the railroad managed by Edwin McNeil who was formerly superintendent of the Hartford X Conn. Western road.
 Gan it be that there will be no more rain here and that this "land of Canaan" will have in future to depend on the overflow of the Brumfoxit as Egypt does on that of the Nile? Local scientists are debating this question.
 County Roads makes this sugges- tion of an aid in making good highways: "Front wheels and rear wheels should not track make the rear axles longer than the front; tracking wheels produce deep ruts; you never saw ruts at turn in the road.''
 The sixteenth annual fair of the New Milford Agricultural Association will be held at Conetia Park in New Milford on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. Sept. II. 12 and 13. This fair is improving every year. You bet ter put in at least one day there next week,
 The Pennington Valley Agricnltu- ral Corporation will hold it's twelfth annual fair at Cherry Park, near Can- ton, on Wednesday and Thursday Sept. 12 and 13. Every attraction offered this season in the way of exhibits and horse races. Balloon ascension and parachute leap each day at 3.30 p. m. Excursion rates on the railroad.
 From far and near the subscribers to the NEWS are voting for the Talmage sermons, and quite anumber have made strong arguments (which we would gladly publish if possible) why they think the sermons should be published in preference to serial stories. It may interest all cur readers to learn that thus far not subscriber to the NEWS has voted in favor of serial stories.
 With the issue of Sept 1st, the first number of volume XVII, our able and go-head contemporary, the Connec tlcnt Farmer, appears in new form and dress. In form it is 16 page 15 , II inch pamphlet, and the color is sort of sky blue, very appropriate for farmers paper, being about the colo of pair of blue jeans oyeralls whicl have been washed several times. Ther are also numerous we'll executed cuts
 Local sporting interest is ce nteret in the bicycle races at Winsted, Satur day. Leon Goodsell, of Sheffield, Johl Decker, of Weatogue Salisbury, Brewer of Ashley Falls, and c. W, Scan Ion of this village have entered tn races. Decker will ride 8 Columbia Goodsell Columbia; Brewer War wick; and Scanlon Rambler, Success to the boys, and we hope each will wi at least one race. Our predictions ar the Litchfield county race to Decker the mile open to Goodsell.
 Bert French, young man of les than 20 summers, who has been doing thriving business in the bakery and re' taurant line in the Pequigney house besides running cart. for some months left town hastily week ago last SuI day. He neglected to leave wor where letters would reach him, cons' quently his present whereabouts is III known. He was last seen 8 week az Monday boarding west bound trai on the Boston & Albany road. We Il, derstand that Master French effected loan of $50 from his mother shortly b fore his departure and that he mu