Connecticut western news., 1897-11-04
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 1897.
Local News.


 Waterbury for few days.
 "A letter advertised at the Canaan post office Nov. is for A. I. Chesdro.
 Miss Jenny Sims visited at the rec tory over Sunday. Miss Sims had not been here for seven years.
 Roy W. Canfeld expects to enter Eastman Business College at Pough- keepsie next week.
 Philip T. Hamm has taken posi- ton as clerk in the general store of B. F. Hawiey at Newtown.
 MT and Mrs N. w. Felton, of Sau- gerties, N. Y., visited over Sunday with their son, A. V. A. Felton.
 A man may be truthful in every thing else, but he always played bet ter game of billiards several years ago than he does now. -Millerton Messen- ger.
 No. l. Volume I of The Messenger, IA page monthly published at Miller ton, N. Y. is at hand. Benjamin D. Jones is the editor and publisher and has gotten out neat and newsy num- ber.
 A grand ball will be given in Town Hall Nov II. Music by Doty's or chestra. Tickets $1.0O. Every body invited. Committee of arrangements, Louis Waldecker, Daniel Sweeney. See posters.
 Only 20' above zero last Sunday morning. The much needed rain com menced Monday afternoon and rained powerfully that night and part of Tues day, and at this writing "Wednesday noon) the indications are for more wet weather.
 -Dr Ross pheasants have lately in several instances approached quite close to dwelling houses. In such cases it would be good idea 10 give the beautiful visitors handful of grain. There is heavy fine for killing them before 1900.
 Fifteen years ago, shortly after the marriage of MT and Mrs Charles Dakin of Millerton, N. r., Mrs Dakin lost her wedding ring. She could not find it and it remained missing till one day last summer, when one of her little boys found it in the garden.
 Tt is said that Columbia county clergyman in preaching funeral ser- mon referred to the deceased saying, ''The corpse has been member of this church for fifteen years. Perhaps that might be said of many of us. Too many corpses among the members of the church -Millerton Telegram.
 Tt is understood that Ives & Peirce contemplate putting gasolene engine into their feed and grain warehouse on Railroad street and turning the build ing into mill, where they can do all their grinding. The building of ad- ditional storage room next to the pres ent building would also be included in the plan.
 There will be an inspection of David s. Cowles Post on Wednesday evening, Nov. 10. The post comman- der hopes there be g large attend ance. The Post has received an invita- tion to meet Palmer Post, of Winsted, at Q camp fire on Monday evening, Nov. 8. The department commander and staff will be present and the New Hart ford and Torrington Posts have been in- xited.
 The supreme court heard the argu- ments last Friday on the defendants s appeal in the case of Mary J. Nolan of Stepney against the N. Y. N. H. & H R. R. Go. The husband of the plaintiff was killed in the snow blow collision at Kent Furnace in March, 1896, and the widow was awarded 5000 damages in the superior court, from which judg. ment the company appealed.
 David Truman, of Brooklyn, N Y., spent several days in town during the past week. MT Truman is native oi Egremont. Mass, and forty or more years ago he drove the late Luke Mil ler's cracker team, which starting from Great Harrington supplied crackers to all the merchants in this region. By the way, the outfit, especially the har ness, was marvel of elegance for those times.
 The boys got one night ahead with their Halloween antics but this was due to the fact that the spirits would not work on Sunday night and so chose the night before. A successful ruse employed by the youngsters was the building of bonfire in the "desert' which attracted the attention of the hu mans while the spirits worked wonders with signs, boxes. milk cans, stoves wagons and sulky blows, not to men ton vegetables. The boys were chape roned by the tailor who was so afraid of his own place being bombarded tha he staid with the young rascals till tn morning hours. He has been twelv' years in this country and understand politics, but not until last Saturda, night had he ever understood what Hal 1owe'en means to the American boy One minimizing act the boys did whicl is to be regretted and condemned wa %ha oro;lof;on of Mra Hampo'a calar, garden. There must have been larg force of youngsters out of bed tha night for they succeeded in tippin over . small building on Railroa street, and the amount of stuff move during the darkness would make