Connecticut western news., 1894-07-26
Local News.

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 -Dr. G. L. Hurd win be absent on vacation during the month of August
 Miss Maude Palmer, of Torrington, was guest of her aunt. Mrs Isaac Beebe, last week.
 The meeting of the Agassiz society has been postponed to the first Tuesday in September.
 The annual picnic of the Pilgrim Sunday school will take place at Twin Lakes, Wednesday, Aug. l.
 Fifty five calves were shipped from this station Tuesday. Five cents per pound was the highest price.
 If some people who think they are in the swim would open their eyes they would see they are in the soup.
 Christ church parish and Sunday school will hold their annual picnic at the lakes next Tuesday, July 3lst.
 Mir Robert Whiting. of Brooklyn, N Y. is visiting friends in Canaan and vicinity. He espent the winter in Florida,
 The reservoir will be cleaned Fri day or Saturday. Store up water for said days. See notice to water takers
 Work. The world is not going to pay you for loafing. Ninety per cent of what men call genius is ocly talent for hard work.
 Mrs Dr. Psrsons and little son. Julius Corbit Parsons, of Thomaston, are ct Mrs Mary 0. Corbit's. They ar rived last Friday.
 Little Roger Rood caught bass weighing over 2l pounds-st Twin Lakes on Tuesday, but Roger needed help to pull the fish into the boat.
 Mrs Mary O. Corbit has been con fined to her bed with muscular rheuma- tism during the past week but is now improving rapidly and rides out.
 There is not a day passes but that passengers coming mp on the noon train on the Housatonic road miss their con- nection with the P. R. & N E. road.
 R. O. Newton, Jr., and his friend. MT Vokes, of New York city. are. e1- pected at Myrtle Hill on Saturday. where they will spend their two weeks vacation.
 Bishop Williams arrived here Mon day on noon Housatonic train from Litchfield en route for Salisbury. or course he missed the connection and was obliged to drive to Salisbury.
 County Health Officer Hurlbut, of West Winsted. was in town on Tuesday He is travelling oyer the county in- forming himself in regard to the sani- rary condition of the different towns.
 Lewis Rhoades and family have moved into part of the new house on the corner of Church and Reed streets. Next week Theodore Adam and family will move into the other part of said house.
 Recent arrivals in town are: Miss Thomson, of New York city, at Mt. Elm; Miss Starr, of Bridgeport, at Mrs Hobart w. Watson's; Miss Helen Ferry, of Peekskill. N. r., at William H. Camps.
 At Christ church next Sunday morning the Rev Harry I. Bodley will preach. and the contribution will be fol the Society for the Increase of the Ministry, of which MT Bodley is the secretary.
 Rev. H. I. Bodley and family. oi Mt. Vernon, N. r., are expected at Mrt H. G. Williams to night. They will remain with Mrs Williams over Sunday and will spend the month of August al Twin Lakes.
 States Attorney Huntington and Judge A. D. Warner, of Woodbury, were in town on Tuesday on their way to Salisbury. They had to drive over as they missed their connection with the P. R. & N. E.
 The Amenis Union correspondent of the Amenia Times says: Not ths coming woman, but the come woman rides the wheel as well as any of th, stronger sex. Why shouldn't woman who can get to the ballot box on | wheel have the right to vote9
 The history of the 128 Regiment N. Y. s. ", is being put in print, ant will be ready for delivery to subscriber at the reunion of the regiment at Rhine beck, October 18th. This regimen was commanded by the late Col. Davit s. Cowles, a native of Canaan, Conn. and whose name the Canaan G. A. R Post bears.
 The sermon which the Rev. c. D Milliken preached in the Pilgrim church April p, appears in this issue of tn NEWS. MT Milliken has kindly con sented to have the sermon published and ws trust that none will fail to req it. That sermon should be both warning and an inspiration to all, es pecially to young people.
 Jesse Talbutt Polk. of Lexington Ky. Set type on the NEWS last Thursda and Friday. Jesse is 26 years of age and clnims to be relative of Presiden James K. Polk. He says the printin business is dull in Lexington. and he i at present on the road catching whs work he can. Jesse does good work and we hope our exchanges will giv him .'take" if he comes their way.
 All passenger trains on the P. R. N. k. road will now stop at the Twi Lakes picnic grove on signal. and M c. l.. Smith. the obliging proprietor (