Connecticut western news., 1894-01-18

Give every man half the road and you'll have no trouble.
 A few set of light and heavy bob sleighs left at Cargill's.
 The meeting of the Literary society will be postponed till Jan. 26, at GA R. hall.
 It is the California editor who sug gests coupon for gravestone on each package of cigarettes.
 Al still hunt-huntlng for still. An unsuccessful hunt-hunting for case of small po1 in Canaan.
 With the wind in frolic and the mercury at zero, the weather last Fri day might was rather rough on the shorn lamb.
 In time like this, prayers for the poor are all right, brethren, but pota- toes are better; very pertinently re- marks the Cuba Patriot.
 In photography dark room is used for developing negatives; in courtship a dark room is mainly used for the de- velopment of affirmatives.
 The quarterly meeting of the Litch- field County Archdeaconry is to meet with St. Johns church, Pine Meadow, the 30th and 81st of this month. The Consolidated road has begun painting its cars shade between sage and olive at it's shops at New Haven. The effect is said to be very artistic.
 Martin Belden has been confined to his bed about three weeks and does not improve very fast, but he is "gritty" and that is one good reason for expect ing his recovery.
 New Haven is getting rather dry; at least the Sheffield Scientific School ask ed the North Canaan Water Go. for a jug of water. The request was granted and the jug was sent by express last Thursday.
 M. R. Canfeld's statement, pub lished in this paper to-day, gives you some idea of the bankruptcy and ruin in Northern Idaho, where horses bring only 75 cents each, and $l5O buggies bring only $10.
 We must thank someone for copy of the last annual Report of the Bank Commissioners of Connecticut 1894, whereby has just been sent us notwitL- standing we have no time to read the report and we cannot use it for liver pad.
 The proposition of the NEWS to change the name of this village from Canaan to Great Canaan has already been accepted. On Tuesday of this week lady in this village received letter letter from lady in Winsted. and the envelope bore the address Great Canaan.
 The NEWS has received the prom ised letter from Mrs Lucia, D. Smith, and will publish it the first opportunity The letter is entitled s'The Golden Land" and gives us glimpse of Cali fornia. During the past month we have been compelled to temporarily defer several long articles in order to do job printing which required immediate at tention.
 Martin Rcod is fast improving from his severe illness and walks uptown to the depot every day that the weather will permit, Henry Reed has recover ed from the chicken-pox. James Fitz- gerald has recovered from the pneu- monia. Warren Mcintyre. who has been laid up with the grip for the past two weeks. is able to be out again. Mrs Reuben Mcintyre has recovered from an attack of the grip. The annual encampment of the Grand Army, Department of Connecti- cut. will be hold in Hartford on Feb 14th and 18th. All the Grand Army men living along the line of the F., R. & N. E R. R., who pay full fare to Hartford on the 18th. l4th or 18th will be returned from Hartford to their sta tions at one-third the regular fare, upon presentation of certificate to the Hart ford Ticket Agent, which will be fur nished by the Secretary of the Associa- tion.
 Mir T. M. Wells, of Negaunee. Mich.. called at the NEWS office yester- day while en route to Lakeville to which place he had been summoned by the death of bis venerable father, Mir | Silas Wells. In conversation with Mir Wells he remarked that the iron busi- ness, including ore mining. was at stand still Tn Negaunee but would start | up with boom if duty of $1 co per ton was placed on ore. The snow is now from three to four feet deep on level in Nagaunee.
 The F., R. & N. E. R. R. will pub fish an attractive Summer Home Book early in the spring. The book will be replete with information sought after by those who desire to spend the sum- mer in the country. The General Pas senger Agent desires as large repre- sentation of hotels and boarding houses situated along the line of the F., R. & N. E. R. R. as can possibly be secured. Those who intend to take summer boarders for the coming season will do we'll to call upon the nearest station agent for application blanks. to insert the name of their hotel, boarding house, etc., or blanks can be procured by ad- dressing the General Passenger Agent,