Connecticut western news., 1896-01-16
Local News.
-0po1ly want A Cracker?"

-"Polly want Cracker?"
 Mar in R. Rood is clerking for Full. Ter & Peet for awhile.
 Thomas Bonner las bought hand. some span of horses.
 Miss Bridges has returned from her visit of two weeks in New York city.
 Mrs James Fitzgerald, who has been quite sick with some fever. is re- covering.
 -Mi,s 8 Jennie Lermond went to Pitts field. Mass, yesterday to remain an in- definite time
 -"We have as good crop of boys as their dds were before them. Chap lain McCabe.
 Mrs c H Briggs has return d from her visit of several days with friends in Thomas' on.
 During the p st week the Pilgrims have subscribed. $25OO to build a par sonage They are now congra'ulati g each other
 The fee harvest in this village ha just commenced. and those engaged in it hope that tho January thaw occurred in December.
 Geo s Fuller is taking few weeks vacation from the store His litrle son. Joh" R. is recov ring nicely from the measles
 There is more money in raisine dogs than there is in raj ing horse. nova day-," i- the conclusion of a No tn East f,rmer.
 Miss Mary Murnane has been i'll with measles since Saturday. but is re- ported as comfr able Miss Mary Joyce takes her place in the telegraph office till her recovery.
 How many Of us have sympathized, at one time or another in our ives, with the old lady wh said she had s, many things to dn she guessed she'd go to bed. d.-Somervil Journal
 There were 26 deaths, two mar riages aud Az birth it. t is tow" during the ear 1895. Tn re would have been more marrisg celel rated here if Mil 1erton were not so handy.
 M Oh Il Collins ard daugh CT Margaret, visited friends in New Yo,k from Mo day of last week until Monday Q this week and then proceD de 10 Phi ad lpIia to visit the Misses Grace.
 A G Tobev, edit aud puhlisht r of the Ponght eepsie Sunday Conri I, spent several hours in town Mon ay and Tuesday on his route to and m Kent. Mir robey a"d Landlord War her are good friends but it is quite amusing to hear them "chin" each other.
 A large atte dance was present. at the Mo day Evening Club which YVES ent. Tt ined this VI eek by MT aud Mrs George c Peet. The musical number s of the program were contributed by MT D. D Wa'er, Mrs Bie'ce, aud the Nicoll trio. The papers were: Current Events. Miss 5. w. Adam; Winter Birds, MT Tobey; Birds and Poets, Mrs R. D Peirce; It citsti' Defense of the Bride." Miss Mat el l.. Watson; Atlanta, s. A Eddy; Poets Laureate G W Par sons; Henr, Austin Miss Louise Bragg
 Wi, Persons, an old and esteemed citizen of Wi, sted. was struck by tn cars near u pin factory a' Wins'ed on Monday k, ocked d. wn the bank and perhaps crippled for life LATER. MT P. rsons died of hi- iuries Tuesday morning He was native of North Colebrook He had re'ir, d ,fter av. ing made fortune of $50, 900 in various business CT terprises. He leaves one son, Be, jamin F Perso, 8, of Benf op, Arizona a, d two sisters, Mrs P w. Jol es, of Winsted, and Mrs Thomas Balch, of Hartford.
 A short time ago Henry Pulver pur. cha.ed an innocent looking grey horse from man in a neighbo,ing state, bu' was advised by the man not to put ( much co fidence in that horses expre,. sion as there were times when he would run in spite of H-enry The horse was also we'll k own as "ruller" but H nry took him just the same as "he wanted somethi g to play with La>t being "ver and thi gs heing tr he du l He ry th"nght he would hitch up ( have little amusement H. succeed ed adm rably and so fnrnished con siderable entertainment for his friends It wa- this aay: Fl nrv knew he could drive that horse and 20 he did for { ways north, but coming back was tlt in, ing for the horse and he left Henry beside the road near the Pease crossing and me down Railroad street at ful speed with big horse laugh spread al over his face He ran to Madder's stables where Henry arrived some time afterwards wh n the horse was straigh tenei out in the harm, ss and our Je | was ready to try again The stre' t were now full of people who had flock ed in to see the performance and thu next insta't they beheld Henry goint up Railroad street at spanki g pac' seated behind that grey st eak of light ming When in front of Ives & Peirce' wareh"use the horse again let out { couple If lengths and soon the horizon was obscured by Pnlver's legs and revolving gig cart After disposing o his driver the horse jumped off tb bapk on to the railrcad track and raj between the rails as far as the depo