Connecticut western news., 1897-07-08
Miss Kirby, of Housatonic, Mass, xr,o;f,,,rr M,, Morx, ~ Corhit

is visiting Mrs Mary O. Corbit.
 MT and Mrs Mac Farland, of Corn wall, spent Saturday and Sunday at the rectory.
 -S. A. Eddy and family returned from their New York state trip on Fri day and on Saturday moved to their cottage at Twin Lakes for the summer.
 Rev F. W. Barnett gave an excel lent sermon on the morning of July 4th on the text, "In the building of the temple, there was no sound of hammer, nor of nails"
 pr Clemans and Mrs Clemans re- turned Monday from three days so- journ in the Catskills. They expected to be absent about two weeks but the torrid weather caused them to beat nasty retreat.
 Daniel B. Watson, Yale '99, S.,rode his wheel to Canaan last week Tuesday. He ate breakfast in New Haven and ar rived in Canaan in time for @ noon din- ner with his cousin, Watson Harden bergh. Wednesday he rode to Lee.
 The P. R. x N. E. R. R. Go. sold about 150 excursion tickets from Ca naan to Hartford last Monday. Of course but few of the excursionists were from Canaan, but many came from the north and south via. Housatonic road.
 MT and Mrs Joseph l.. Parsons ar- rived in town on Saturday and will re- main for week or ten days. Mir Par sons is now located in Peoria, H., where he is general agent for the Provi dent Savings Life of New York. He has not been here for five years.
 The communion services at the Methodist and Pilgrim churches last Sunday morning were well attended. Four persons united with the Pilgrim Church by letter. The patriotic ser vices at the latter church in the even- ing were very interesting.
 Rev Harry I. Bodley, who has been dean of Grace cathedral, Topeka, Kans., for the past two years, has re- signed the position, the resignation to take effect Oct l, 1897. Mir Bodley will return East in October and resume work. The change is due to business and family reasons.
 Among those who spent the Fifth in town, not elsewhere mentioned, were William Brown and family and Frank lin N. Brown, of New York; Louis E. Holt from Eastman Business college, R. c. Newton, Jr. aud Walter Yokes, of New York. Wm. Brown and family will remain two weeks.
 Rev I saac P. Powell, wife and son, of Grand Rapids, Mich were at Miss s. w. Adams and l.. Braggs from Wednesday of last week till Monday. MT Powell was pastor of the East Ca naan Congregational Church some years ago. At present he is conducting a private school at Grand Rapids, prepar- ing young men to enter college.
 -.All the Coggswells in America spent the Fourth at Geo. P. Strong's ]" That is just how we were directed to word the item, but we better explain that the party consisted of Geo. W. Coggswell and family of Pittsfield, Mass, except Theodore. P. K. Coggs we'll (''Kib') was present, There were seventeen persons at the dinner table.
 With it's issue of June 30, "The Chimes" published at Norfolk by George A. Marvin, editor and publish CT. and George E Atwood, editor, be. gan volume I. This attractive little sheet is similar in appearance to the ''Norfolk Chimes of last year, but will go further and keep its readers posted on social and other matters of news from Stockbridge, Litchfeld, Lakeville, Salisbury and Sharon. We wish it suc cess. - June 30th being the anniversary of Miss K. O. Lawrence's birthday, she | invited her schoolmates to tea. The girls all assembled except three, and one boy, E. D. Lawrence and wife. All responded to tho roll call as promptly as in days gone by. Friends sent presents of needle work, flowers and fruit. Birthday cakes were generous and delicious. We wish her many pleasant returns with the same girls, the other three and boy and wife.