Connecticut western news., 1895-08-22
Local News.

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 The schools in District No. will open on Sept 9th.
 -E. J. Lorrain is recovering from a severe attack of quinsy.
 MT and Mrs George c. Peet are visiting in Pittsfeld. Mass.
 Mrs Halls new house on Grove Ave. is ready for the mason work.
 George l.. Parsons left yesterday for about ten days needed rest at Bran- ford.
 Miss Duggan will teach during the coming school year in the town of Corn wall.
 Moses Wilbnr's new house is pro- gresaing rapidly and is ready for the mason work.
 Master Allyn Eddy, son of Dr. HI. M. Eddy. of Melrose, Mass, is at Mrs Hiram Eddy's.
 Miss Bertholf. of Nyack-on Hud- son, was guest of her cousin, Mrs D. w. Warner, over Sunday.
 MT and Mrs Alfred Moon and their two children, of New York, are visiting Mir Moons mother. Mrs Scott.
 Mrs A. c. Sweet and her daughter, Mrs Curtis, of Tyringham, Mass, are guests at Frederick Gillette's.
 All the barns on the Warehouse Nash place at Martindale, N. Y,, were burned last week Saturday afternoon.
 Sunday School Day at Pine Grove is next Tuesday. Five addresses will be given between 10. 30 8. m. and 4 p m. Miss Cora A. McCarty, of Lime Rock, took the Normal examination, Fri day; and Charlotte R. Beckley on Mon day.
 Railroad street looks like ship yard since scores of large telephone poles have been temporarily deposited there
 Lawyer w. A. Roraback and wife of Torrington, were guests of Judge Rorsback at his cottage at Twin Lakes over Sunday.
 Miss Kate Noble, daughter of the Rev and Mrs Mason Noble. is visiting at J. s. Adams. Miss Noble has been at school in Ohio.
 Mrs James Beckley and her daugh- ter. Miss Clara, of Brooklyn, N. Y., are expected to arrive at s. c. Beckley's on Saturday, for few days visit.
 Mrs M. McGuire and baby, from Hartford, who have been visiting for the past five weeks at Mrs Timothy McGuire's, returned home last Friday. The Misses Julia and Caroline Stan- nard, of Wellington. O., cousins of H. N and Fl. M. Adams, were in town last week and part of this, visiting relatives and friends.
 Rev, s. F. Adam preached at Christ church on Sunday. The subject of the sermon, which was much admired, was the third question and it's answer of the Church catechism, the question being "What did your sponsors then for you?"
 Mrs Bullard has sold her land on the east side of the road to Judge Gran ger. She has, however, reserved the barns OF the land, which House-Mover Curtiss is now moving to the west side of the road. MT Curtiss hae just finish. ed job of building moving for Mir Wells in Lakeville.
 Rev Frederick Thompson has de- cided to accept tie position of assistant master of the Berkeley School at Pough. keepsie, N Y, which will open about the middle of next month. Mir Thomp son will continue to regard Canaan as his home and Mrs Thompson will reside in her cottage here most of the time.
 The Naugatuck Daily News was launched the 18th inst. and is daily freighted with valuable cargo of items. Editor Reyes is it's pilot, but Naugatuck business men must help keep the ship afioat by giving 1t advertisements, sub. scriptions and news items. No man, not even hustling Editor Reyes, can run g newspaper alone and unaided. The weekly edition of the paper has beer discontinued. We are glad to say tha thus far the new venture is a complete success.
 We have received 2 copy of tht prospectus of the Robbins School, O Norfolk, for 1895 96. It is neat, taste fully prepared little pamphlet witl white cover on which appear the schoo colors. old gold and robins egg blue The teachers for the coming school yea are Howard W. Carter, M. A., Williams principal; Selden W. Tyler. B. A., Yale Charlotte NJ. Seymour. Mt. Holyoke Katharen M. Tales, Mus. Bac., Smith Nellie Whiting, Yale Art School.
 The beautiful sermon by the Re Dr Talmage, which we publish thi week, is one which he had prepared before the death of his wife and whicl he would have delivered on the succeed ing Sunday had that sad event not oc .curred. By rare coincidence the sub feet of the sermon is "Comfort" ant the text, "And God shall wipe away al tears from their eyes" Rev VII, F So that while preparing to comfor others he was providing for his owl