Connecticut western news., 1894-06-14

those ln the road are likely to get run over.
 Frank Roberts new bicycle is Credenda Roadster, purchased of c. Il. Pease.
 The hopeful man never thinks of what might have been; 'tis always what may be.
 There are some people so charitable that they always give glass of water to drowning man.
 Mrs H. c. Williams has purchased . building lot on Prospect Ave. opposite Miss Kate Lawrence's.
 Franklin Scoville, of Pine Meadow, arrived last Thursday to visit his son Lucius an indefinite time.
 MT and Mrs Albert Norton, of Waterloo, Ia., are at Dr. Camps. Mrs Norton Is the doctors sister.
 The reception at Canaan Academy occurs this evening. Baldwin's orches- tra of four pieces will furnish the usic.
 As tue sun rules the day and the moon governs the night so should every business man with equal reg uiarity advertise judiciously.
 John Morrlssey has dug the cellar on his building lot on Bennett's hill op- posite the Maloney place, and begun tba ar~ction of bis hnusc.
 Miss Duggan has been presented with gold jewelled scarflein by her scholars of the intermediate room of the high school in this village.
 Ralph Granger. son of Col Granger, of Winsted, was at Judge Changers on Monday on his way to the U. S. Mill tary Academy at West Point, to enter which he has received an appointment.
 The new schedule of trains on the P. R. < N. B. road provides all the ac- commodations the public can reasonably expect. The connections are many, es- pecially on the western part of the road.
 Misses Kitty and Carrie Granger and Miss Mary Ferguson returned op Monday from a visit to Lenox. They also visited the Shaker community at Lebanon, which they report in very fourishing condition.
 The New York Tribune of recent date devotes long editorial to impress. ing on bicyclists the serious injury to health which results from bending for ward over the handle bar. The Trib une quotes the London Lancet to that effect.
 The attention of Receiver Sherwood is respectfully called to the fact that the depot platform of the P. R x N. E railroad Go. is in a very ruinous con dition. A horse lately broke through it and might have been seriously in- jured.
 The real estate and personal pro- perty belonging to the insolvent estate of The Acme Rule Company will be sold at the late office of said company in Salisbury on June 29th. at 2 p. m. For description of property and terms of sale, see advertisement q
 Rather cool weather for June. Only 36 and 32 degrees above zero last Thursday and Friday mornings respectively. The weather clerk discov- cred he had dealt out unreasonable weather, so in order to make it average Ia la tariff he commenced on Saturday to pour in caloric and by Monday the temperature had risen to 95 degrees in the shade.
 Mrs Root and Miss Duggan, teach CTS in the primary and intermediate rooms in the school in this village, clos ed their schools last Friday. Miss Ror- aback's school will close tomorrow. These teachers, it is understood. will all resume their duties in the fall. Miss Duggan will sail for Ireland in few days with party of friends, to be gone several weeks.
 The New York, New Haven & Hart ford Railroad Go. have just issued a manual of summer resorts on their New Haven system. containing list of hotels and boarding houses on. the Sound, and in the Litchfield and Berkshire Hills, also in other localities. The manual gives fund of information in regard to | nfc r,fr rnka , kofs alxak excursion rates to points in New Eng land. mileage books, suburban parcel delivery. etc.
 To-day is ''Flag Day" or the day appointed for the commemoration of the adoption of the ''Stars and Stripes" as our National flag. Four years ago we gave the history of the flag and showed how the stars and stripes were taken from the Washington coat of arms, which is, as perhaps some do not remember, white shield upon which are two red bars and three five-pointed red stars. Every family should have a flag and fling it to the breeze on all National holidays.
 The Robbins School have neve scored against Canaan Academy. In the game of foot ball played at Canaan in 1892 the score was 36 to o in favor of the Academy. The first game oi foot ball in 1893 was played st Canaan, with score of 10 to 0 in favor of the Academy. and the second game was played at Norfolk, the score standing Academy IA Robbins O. The field game or athletic sports, for points, with a prize of banner, was held at Ga naan in 1893 and resulted in 45 point, for the Academy and 35 for the Robbins The first and only game of base bal