Connecticut western news., 1895-05-09


 We are indebted to Senator Joseph R. Hawley for copy of the report of the secretary of agriculture for 1893.
 The residences of Mrs F. Thompson and E. E. Bartram on East Main street have been much improved by tasteful grading.
 Mrs s. O. Beckley went to Hart ford yesterday to attend the May festi- val of the Choral Union and hear Madame Melba.
 The mercury scored S4 degrees in the shade last Friday, and 86 Saturday morning but how much higher it climbed before evening we cannot state.
 The sociable given by the ladies of Christ Church at Frank Van Deusen's new residence last Thusrday night was we'll attended and much enjoyed. Re- John B. Reed now takes comfort with nice horse, carriage and harness that he bought last week of Charles Ferris, of Ashley Falls, Mass. Fred Rion. of Millerton, is very ill with heart trouble. brought on by ex- cessive indulgence in smoking cigar cites. So says the Telegram. Xavier Marcier has made the grounds around his new house on Ben- nett's Hill very attractive by filling in, grading, trimming the trees and roofing up the underbrush.
 The Rev B, Seeholzer preached a good sermon on "Youth and Ambition" last Sunday evening. The subject proved too vast for an hours discourse, and he will continue it next Sunday evening.
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 -Dr Ross is having his house paint cd in artistic style. The first story is light drab. The second story is red. The roofs are dark green, the window sashes bronze green, and the cornice and trimmings are dark drab.
 No matter how much 8 newspaper may talk up the trade advantages of g town, if people do not see the mer- chants doing something of the talking in the advertising columns, they go elsewhere to trade.-Greenville Banner.
 Complaint has been made to the NEWS that private lots in the lower cemetery have been damaged by teams crossing them. It is supposed that the l, horses were not tied to the hitching posts while the drivers visited other parts of the cemetery and that the horses in grazing wandered across pri- vate lots.
 | It is said, and authoritatively, that over ninety per cent of the professional ball players who die, and they usually die before reaching 40 years, leave theil families in needy circumstances. They got "big money" when in playing orde, but live happy-go-lucky life. taking no thought for the morrow.-Windsor Locks Journal.
 We deem it our duty to say, in jus tice to susceptible young and old bache- slors, that the practice of getting mar ried and concesling the fact ought not to be encouraged. There is no telling how much time an unsuspecting bache. Tor might lose in courting 8 married woman. to say nothing of the wear and tear of his heart.
 The NEWS of March 14th recorded the fact that on Monday of that weel Horace E. Holt accidentally sawed off { part of his left thumb. It now appears that Mir Holt resumed work too soor inasmuch as his hand has become so in famed that he is obliged to quit worl and it will probably be several weeki before he con resume his duties. Never allow COWS to drink watel that you would not drink yourself Milk from common COWS, when gras fed, contains nearly 87 per cent water The COW has no filter in her to purif, water, and if the water is impure tn, impurity goes straight into the milk. I COW drinks 100 pounds of impure water. ST per cent of the impurities O that water will be found in the milk Brewsters Standard.
 The Canaan Academy grounds ar' on the eve of extensive improvements The barns on the property and probabl, the gymnasium, are to be moved bacl into the meadows and the ground nov occupied by the barns handsomely lait , out and the gravel walk extended as ia as the residence of Mir Bartram. Tn work of moving the barns has alread.. been begun. One or two building lot have been sold on the condition of thes changes being made.
 Farmers of Western New York ar being caught on the billboard privileg racket. Two men paint sign on tn farmers fence and give him 8 few dol lars to guarantee them that no one els will be permitted to paint sign owe :, them. The farmer is asked to sign re :. ceipt acknowledging the payment ( the money in order that they can retur . the same to their employer. The Tt ceipt which he signs turns out to be
 promissory ncte.-Warren Pa. Mirror a A newspaper publishers space