Connecticut western news., 1894-08-02
Local News.

Sunday ct Mrs Dr Eddy's.
 WANTED-A young man to work on small farm. WHTTTLEsEY. CANAAN. CONN.
 Miss Grace E. Taft, of Swanzey, N. Fl. is visiting her friend, Miss Ina A. Roberts.
 -Thirty-three calves wero sold at this station Tuesday, at prices from to 5i cents per pound.
 Miss Fidelia Bridges left Monday for Boston and the White Mountains to be absent about two weeks.
 The new Episcopal church of the Transfiguration at Norfolk will be con- secrated on Monday afternoon, Aug. 9th.
 -F. A. Peet and family, and Mrs Louise Smith and daughter. Lucy, are occupying a cottage for a month at West Haven.
 Mi Owen of New York, a brother of Mrs R. C.. Newton of this place, has leased the E. J. Prescott house at East Canaan Tor year.
 The Sunday School picnic of the Methodist church will be held at Twin Lakes next Wednesday. The party will leave by the 1923 train
 The road from the highway near Eugene Roots to the toll bridge is now being built, and next week work will be begun on the the stone work of the new iron bridge.
 John G. Beckley is taking vaca- ton during the month of August. His position in THE NEWS office is filled by William A. Boyd of the New Milford Gazette office.
 -Picnics at Twin Lakes were held on Tuesday and Wednesday by the Christ church and Pilgrim church Sunday schools respectively. About 20 tickets were sold for each picnic.
 MT and Mrs J. G. Root, Mir and Mrs Acel Rood and son, Roger, Mrs Bierce and son. Howard, Misses Belle Lorrain, Mary Watson and MT. J. G.. Beckley are camping at Twin Lake.
 Young ladies who wish to pursue their studies at the Canaan Academy can obtain board and lodging at Mrs C.. o. Briggs, who will also provide for their conveyance to and from the Acad- emy.
 Mrs E. R.Lorrain has night bloom ing cereus plant which unfolded two blossoms Friday night and three blos- soms Saturday night. At the latter time there were fifteen buds left on the plant.
 A brother editor, in answer to a complaint of subscriber that he did not give news enough. advised him, when news was scarce, to read the Bible, which he had no doubt, would be news to him.
 We respectfully ask all would-be- contributors to the NEWS not to send any long winded stories or articles. We don't want them, and cannot put them in type. Send us short, cisp, items of news and they will be acceptable unless they are virtually free advertisements. There is really more danger from pneumonia in the very hot spells ol summer, because people sit in drafts to keep cool Their pores are open from the profuse precipitation, and the draft goes right through them to the vital parts.
 The tennis tournament of the Canaan Academy will take place on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday after. moons of next week. Entrance fee fol singles 5Oc.. for doubles soc. Entries close Monday at 4 p. m, Admission for the three afternoons 25c. The tournament is in charge of Mis-, Florence Thomson, MT. Bridgham and Samuel Camp.
 Last Saturday noon 8 thermometer hanging in the shade on the north west side of house on East Main street, reg istere 102 degrees. This is the highest temperature registered there since tht house was.built, g years ago. Many day this season the mercury has ranged between 90 and 95 degrees there. Surel. this may be called hot summer ant some authorities claim that last Satur day was the hottest day since 1864.
 The new Methodist Episcopa church at Walton, N. Y. will be dedica ted Aug. 9th and 9th. The pastor, Re E. Fl. Roys, has sent us a printed pro gram of the dedicatory services. The picture on the first page of the program shows that the new building is larg' and imposing edifce. No wonder i will take two days to dedicate build ing of that size, and also will require al organ recital on Tuesday evening Aug 7th. to get .warmed up" for the occa sion.
 MT Wm. E. Simonds, Ex- Commis sioner of Patents, and an acknowledged authority on patent law, has kindl sent us 8 copy of his valuable littl treatise on the Claw of Patents" consists of 96 pages fine print. Th author says that he has undertaken "t state the whole body of patent law having special regard to correctness originality, clearness and high authorit of citations" The citations from de cisions of the Federal courts are numer ous, and there is good alphabetical in dex.
 Mrs Laura Granger, widow o William Granger, celebrated her 98tl birthday on Tuesday of last week, Jul 24th. She resides in the family of M Frederick Daley, between Ashley Fall and Sheffield. Mrs Granger is remark