Connecticut western news., 1896-10-08
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1896.
Local News.

A soft answer turneth away wrath, but rough road stirreth up anger.
 Mrs Eliza Sedgwick has severe cold and deems it prudent to remain in bed.
 MT D. l. Pratt, of Westield, Mass. is visiting his daughter, Mrs Frank Coon.
 Mrs Louisa Hall is suffering from a sudden and very severe attack of neu- ralgia.
 IN. s. Stevens has a Sharples cream separator in operation in the large tent at the Danbury fair.
 William Newton and family. of New York, spent two or three days last week at the Myrtle Hill Farm.
 William J. Thomson, of Spring field, Mass. is visiting his mother and brother Hugo in this village.
 MT and Mrs G. Willis Parsons have commenced housekeeping in their new residence on Granite avenue.
 Irving Messenger, who has been clerk at the Wononsco House in Lake vile this season, has returned home as the summer guests have departed.
 The Woman's missionary rally at the Pilgrim church yesterday was well attended. The addresses were very in teresting, and the reports were en- coursging.
 The 5Oth annual meeting of the Connecticut State Teachers association will be held st New Haven, Friday, Oct 16. For full programs. address H. D. Simonds, Bridgeport, president
 The majority for no license in North Canaan is larger than the most sanguine friends of temperance and good order had expected this season, nevertheless 1t Is 8 welcome surprise to them.
 Rev B. Seeholzer, who was dele gate to the State Sunday School con- vention at Hartford this week, will make his report at the NJ. E. church Sunday morning. Miss Frankie Adams attended as delegate from the Pilgrim Church.
 Rev F. W. Barnett is taking two weeks vacation in New Haven and New York Rev Mir Clapp, of Philadelphia. will officiate at the morning service at Christ church on the two Sundays of MT Barnett's absence. There will be no evening service.
 -Dr B. O. Gidman, of Norfolk, has been sick with fever nearly four weeks. At this writing "Wednesday noon) there are more favorable symp- toms, but he is extremely weak. He is attended by Dr Warren, of Winsted, and Dr Brown, of Springfield.
 The Southern New England Tele- phone Co. will build new line from Canaan to Millerton. The line will fol low the PR. < NE. railroad instead of the present route, via Falls Village and Lime Rock The central office will be moved from Falls Village to this place.
 The Methodist Episcopal society of Canaan will run an excursion to Hart ford and return on Wednesday, Oct. 2l from Canaan, East Canaan and Norfolk. Fare for round trip only SIPS. Train leaves Canaan at 40 a. m. Return trains leave Hartford at 3 p. m. and 6.30 p. m- The last mentioned train will run through to Canaan on this date Tickets for sale at above named stations only.
 -. L. Bragg and family will soon remove to their recently acquired prop erty, viz-, the Canaan Academy, for merly the s. A. Bennett place. They will equip the house with steam heat and will take boarders. They already have five boarders engaged. MT Bragg will continue in the mercantile busi- ness, and his clerk. Mir W. Fl. Emmons, will move into the house which MT Bragg will vacate. Prof. Clute will continue the school at the Canaan Academy.
 Of the hundreds of buttons worn these days to designate the wearer as member of some order. society, or in favor of some political candidate or party, there is no button which is SC universally respected as the little bronze button of the Grand Army of the Re public. Wherever it is seen it desig mates the owner as member of that great army which fought for the life and liberty of a nation-a member oi that great army which is marching si lently onward to the grave-Pittsfeld Call
 A span of horses belonging tc Frank Van Deusen ran away last Thurs day evening. Mrs Van Deusen wa: driving and her mother, Mrs Williams and her daughter Genie were with hel in the vehicle. The team had beer standing in front of G. L. Parsons Sons store and as they were started they were trife restive and reared uI little and it is supposed they mus have broken some part of the harness for. when little beyond W. H. Camp store. the pole dropped down and tn, horses ran violently as far as the M E church, where Mrs Van Deusen reinet them out of the road toward tn, church. The pole at this point cam, in contact with the asphalt walk. stop ping the wagon and freeing the horse from it. The horses then ran on som' distance and reached home by circuit