Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1895-04-04

Miss Eddy returned last Friday
evening from an extended visit in New
York city. Hartford and other places.
The rooms of the Wangum Club
have just been calsomimed and papered
and the billiard table has been newly
covered.
Miss Katie Quinn is a student at
the Union Business College in Bridge
port and expects to graduate in about
two months.
Ward G. Brinton, of Canaan Val
ley, who has hired Lyman Cummings
farm at East Canaan, for a year, took
possession on Monday.
1.-THE Bread and Breath of Life" is
the title of an Easter booklet which has
just been published by the Rev Harry
/. Bodley. Copies will be for sale at
Camps drug store during Holy Week,
Samuel A. Herman, of Winsted,
trustee of the insolvent estate of ]. R.
Benjamin, of Winsted, is paving the
creditors of said estate dividend of Is
per cent. There will also be another
dividend.
Persons desiring to attend the
Sugar party at East Canaan, on Friday
evening and having no conveyance,
will please call on Collin, the ieweler,
who can give them information as to q
way of conveyance.
-Ladiesl You can sharpen your own
shears with the sharpener advertised in
this paper. Every lady should have
one. The Central Mfg Co. No. $3.50
Turd Ave. New York city, will mail
you one for 25 cents.
Since the article headed "The Ne
braska Sufferers" was in type we have
been informed that $3.50 more have
been received and forwarded by 81. M.
Adams, making S13. 80 contributed in
this town since Mr. Bristol's appeal was
published in the News of March IA
The Epworth League at Falls Village
have contributed SO. rs and it has also
been forwarded by Mr. Adams.
The East Canaan Grange will give a
free entertainment in Stevens Hall at
East Capaan tomorrow evening. The
program will consist Of readings, decla-
nations, vocal and instrumental music.
Hot maple sugar, griddle cakes and
coffee will be served at prices to suit
the times, and if you want any of these
dainties get there early as the Rev John
P. Hawley, of New Hartford, is expect
ed to be present.
The pastors of the several churches
at Danbury. Conn, have undertaken to
raise fund for the Nebraska sufferers,
but have not yet announced their plans.
Sixty counties of Nebraska have been
drouth stricken about two years, and
many thousands of people are actually
starving. II is estimated that nearly
500. 900 people are in need of provisions,
clothing and seed for the planting sea-
son now opening.
Our irrepressible Literary society,
which like the Old Guard of Napoleon
may Idle but never surrenders," met
last Friday evening. Miss NJ. Louise
Roraback read an interesting essay
giving an outline of Napoleon's career.
After hearing learned and able argu-
ment on the question the society decid-
ed that education has more
influence on the formation of character
than nature.
We mentioned last week that the
Winsted Herald and its plant had been
sold to the Citizen Publishing Co. The
daily Herald was discontinued April l,
but the weekly Herald will be continu.
ed and Editor Van Keuren of the Eve
ming Citizen will be the editor the
Herald while j. n. Vail, who for q
quarter of a century has been the editor
of the Herald, will be q frequent con
tributor. Two daily papers in place
the size of Winsted was too much of 9
burden for the stockholders of each
paper and too much of good thing for
the public to patronize. The consoli
| dation is o wise move for all concerned