Connecticut western news., 1895-02-28
Local News.

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 And don't you forget it.
 -Blacksmiths are doing striking business this weather.
 -Nr and Mira Frederick Moddell moved to-day to Bridgeport.
 Miss Mary Bodley is expected here tonight or tomorrow night.
 About 15O new books have been added to the Douglas Library.
 --The Literary society will meet on Friday evening March at G. A. R. hall.
 Special marked down sale. Granite wars-low prices. J. Fl. Alvord's, Win sted, Ct.
 Special Ave days salel Five gal lon galvanized oil cans. with faucet, 67c. J. Fl. Alvord's, Winsted, Ct.
 Mrs James Lowrey and her little daughter, of Pottsville, Pa, are making an extended visit at Jos s. Adams.
 The reception announced to take place at the M. E. parsonage March l, will be postponed until further notice, The meeting of the Agassiz society will be held at J. l. Bragg's Tuesday evening, March 5. Miscellaneous sub jects,
 w. N. Rogers has moved his tea store from the Pequiney house to the basement of the so-called tobacco ware house.
 Please look at the label on your pa per and see if you are in arrears. If so, you would confer a great favor by re- hitting.
 Communion services will be held in the Methodist Episcopal church and in the Pilgrim church next Sunday morning.
 If there is hole in your granite wash bowl, or kettle, drive small cop per rivet in and clinch it tightly. That will plug the hole.
 Harry Holcomb, James H. Bailey and Henry Parsons left last week Mon- day for Sherman. Vt., where they will work in the quarry.
 Says the Millerton Telegram: There is another milkman peddling in the vil- lage-N. G. Burch, and on the sides of his sleigh is engraved in bold letters: "Burch's pure milk. 3 cents per quart cash."
 Eugene Smith. of Wassaic. N. r., vas struck and killed by the train at 2 Copake Iron Works, on Tuesday eve ming, Feb. 19. He was . son of Peter Smith, of the town of Salisbury. Mar ried and aged 27 years.-Millerton Telegram
 -Verily this is becoming ''the win ter of our discontent," and those peo- pie who have been signing for an old fsshioned winter. are, we hope. satisfied, with this one. Speed the day when it shall become "glorious summer."- Shore Line Times
 -NoTIcE! The annual meeting of the Village Improvement Society will be held in the court room of the Town Hall on Saturday evening, March g. at 8 o'clock. Election of officers, annual reports and other business will come before the meeting. A large attendance is requested. J. G. BEcKLKY. Tres.
 The annual reunion of the six G. A R. posts of this section was held at Mil lerton, N. r., last Friday. and was ( suocess in every respect. Over 100 vet erans were pressnt, 40 or 50 of whom were from Great Burlington, Sheffield and Canaan. Several organizations O tho W. R. 0. were present. Dinne was served to about 300 persons Speeches were made by prominent peo pie, songs were sung and all had roya good time.
 Rev J. Fl. James, of Rockville secretary of the Connecticut Temper ance Union, preached in the Methods church last Sunday morning. His tex was. ''Ye are the salt of the earth" Il concluding his serr on he made Q tenn perance application of the text. In tn evening he addressed union meetin in the Pilgrim church. His subiec was ''Some Factors of the Drin Problem. His address was very intel eeting and instructive and was illustral cd by etereopticon views which are dc signed to rivet in the mlnd the statistic given, and also to show pictures ( prominent temperance workers and th scenes of their labor. also to show tn effects of alcohol and tobacco on th human system.
 The ballad concert by local taller for the benefit of the fire company VI given at the Town Hall on Saturda night. The contributors to the conce were. Mrs Dr Lee, Mrs Dr Camp, Nil Moddel. Mrs A. P. Freeman. the Miss. Brinton, of Falls Village, Messrs A VI Nicholl and his sons, Rev 0. D.. Mill ken. R. D. Peirce. Mrs Bierce wi z prevented from being present by tt s injury to her mother. It was a very d lightfnl entertainment ard the audient was very demonstrative in its spplau' and demand for encores. All the pc formers acquitted themselves so We that special mention of any particul
 ones seems out of place. The audien
 was glad to hear Mir Nicoll and his son Little Willie Nicoll now sings with b
 father and brothers. Mrs Dr Can
 made . happy hit in singing "Swe
 Alice" aa an eRcora Misa Rrinton