Connecticut western news., 1895-07-11

held at Mrs F. 0. Eddy's Friday after noon at 2.30.
 A report from East Canaan yester- day afternoon was to the effect that Lyman Dunning was comfortable and that he was better.
 Thomas Bonner is here for a few days. He informs us that Mrs Bonner will leave the sanatorium cured about the first of August.
 Joseph and George Futile, of New ark, N J., visited their cousin, Joseph s. Adam, several days last week, and took many large fish out of the lakes. Mir Frank Miller has begun exten- sive alterations and improvements on his house at Twin Lakes, and will equip the house with an electric light system. Editor Beach of the Berkshire Courier visited friends iu Waterbury from Thursday until Monday, and was a welcome caller at the NEWS office on his way home.
 Rev Dr A. K. Sanford, formerly presiding elder of the Poughkeepsie district but now pnstor of the Five Points Mission. New York city, sailed for Europe last Saturday. T..
 Editor Rodemeyer of the Danburv Dispatch visited friends in Canaan and Winsted last week. He was here over Sunday and returned to Danbury Monday morning. | Daniel Brewster Watson passed the preliminary examinations for tbe Shelf fold Scientific School of Yale Univer- sity without conditions. He is one of Canaan's boys. "Dsre to be Daniel. :" A special train on the P R, < NE. road, with Messrs Brock. Lawler. Hum stone and Ewing and other officials on board, passed this station going west Tuesday morning, returning in the afternoon.
 Alfred Caldwell celebrated his 7th birthday Monday, July 8, by inviting about 30 of his little friends to spend the afternoon and take tea with him. I All had good time and Alfred received many gifts.
 The wonderful longevity of bed quilts is inoomprehensible. especially those that are annually exhibited at az ricultural fairs. They seem to be moth and rust proof, and take the premium every year.
 William Van Alstyne. of Texas. has been visiting his sister, Mrs Mary O.. Corbit, the past week. He arrived un- Ie1pectedly last Saturday and complete Ny surprised the family, but his visit is none the less welcome.
 f During the past two weeks there has been a number of hystericsl days, laughing and crying-surshine ard showers. The farmers who are trying to secure their hay crop are also made hysterical by the weather.
 At the regular communication of Housatonic Lodge No. 6l, F. X A. NJ. to be held next Tuesday evening the M.
 NJ. degree will be conferred. Light re- treatments consisting of ice cream, cake and lemonade will be served.
 Some miscreant played a mean and cruel trick on J. l.. Bragg's horse Mon day night. pouring spirits of turpentine on the animal. The perpetrator ought to be reported to the Humane Society and then he would get what belongs to
 him for this contemptible act.
 The Shepard mansion inst north oI
 Sage's Ravine is almost completed and
 the furniture is now being arranged
 The first story of the mansion Is bull of rubble stone, and the other stories O
 wood. It is an elegant building. and il
 it's construction solid comfort was tn,
 first consideration. The main hall Ii
 certainly 8 work of art. Nowhere hay, we seen in this section more desirabl
 location. or wider or more beautifu view from any private residence. f -Dr Lee attended the meeting of tn
 Litchfeld County Medical Society hel, /, at the residence of pr F. S. Dennis. a , Norfolk, July 9th. Dr William H , Welch, of Baltimore, MI. sou of tb r late Dr Welch. of Norfolk. read pape . on "The Antitoxine treatment of Diph | theria" Dr Welch is recognized as al
 authority in his special departments
 Papers were also read or remarks mad. by Drs Goodwin of Thomaston. Bnlkley
 Dennis and Porter of Nsw York, K uigh of Lakeville, and Kendall of Norfolk. E Mrs Zoe de vielli Kidde and NJ : Regnar Kidde, of New York. gave f concert of vocal music, with recitation
 by Mrs Kidde, to small, but very aI n preciative audience at the Town Hal D Tuesday evening. for the benefit of th v V. I. A. The entertainment was of e high order and also very enioyabl' It It is much to be regretted that ente e tainments of this kind are nearly alway }, failures here financially. It is not b Q cause there are not people enough e this town capable of enjoying such g r. entertainment.
 We take the liberty to publish u Y following excerpts from personal le h ter recently written by Rev E. H. Roy of of Walton, N. r., to the editor of u at NEWS:
 ,l It has been long time since I ha' f. been to Canasn, but expect to con .d about the middle of July and visit n
 old friends I am in my third year 'e Walton. These have been the large Ii. years of my ministry. We have be, h. in the new church less than one veg