Connecticut western news., 1898-10-06
THURSDAY. OCrO BER 6, 1898.
Local News.

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 The majority of Canaan people at- tended the Great Burlington Far.
 HI. Wellner has moved from West Main street to M. McGuire's house on Railroad street.
 There has been no school in the primary room this week owing to Mrs Root being i'll.
 -E. R. Doup and family, who have spent the summer in Canaan, returned to New York last Thursday.
 Rev H. I. Bodley and family, who have spent the summer in Canaan leave for Mt. Vernon, N. Y. to-day.
 Letters remaining uncalled for Tn Canaan post office are addressed to Mrs Ida Gately and M. M. Rice Rice.
 The Psirce & Freeman Go. have bargained for the plant of the Anchor Lime Go. "A. w. Nicol) in this town.
 Weston Barnes has taken possession of the dry goods business he recently bought of Frank Smith on Railroad street.
 John Richardson of New Haven visited at s. w. Barnes few days the past week. His daughter has been boarding awhile at J. L. Bragg's.
 HI. J. Gillette, city missionary of Hartford, spoke at Sharon last Sunday morning and evening. He will attend his sons ordination at Southfeld, Mass. tomorrow.
 In the half-mile open professional race at Danbury on Tuesday, Tom But Ter, Cambridge, Mass. won in LOG To, John l.. Decker of Ashley Falls, Mass. second; O. R. Coulter, Toledo, o. third.
 John Adam, who has been home since last spring, returned to the medl- cal college at Toronto, Ont. last Thurs day. Miss Mary Watson returned to St Agnes school, Albany, N. Y. on same date
 There was no preaching service in the M. E. church last Sunday, and at this writing no one has been engaged to preach there next Sunday. The pas tor will return from his vacation in time to occupy his pulpit on Oct. 16.
 Rev F. w. Barnett has gone on his annual vacation and during his absence the Rev Dr Stocking of Freehold, N. J. will oficiate next Sunday morning. There will be no Friday evening or Sunday evening service until further notice.
 The railroad commissioners have postponed until Oct. 10, at ll.3O a. m., the hearing on he layout of branch railroad from point in Simsbury to point in Suf1ield, near the state line, (the Tarriffville extension of the F., R. < N. E. R. R.
 Professor Sterrie A. Weaver, super visor of music in the public schools of Westfield, Mass. has had his original method of teaching vocal music by in- dividual sight singing published and it is heartily endorsed by the leading music supervisors of the country.
 The Pilgrim Club meet next Tues day evening with Frederick Manvel. Tennyson's poems "Loxley Hall.' 'sDeath of King Arthur" and "May Queen" will be read by Sam. Holt, s. A. Burnaby, and John Hubbard respec- lively. A paper on each poem will be read by different members.
 Among those who went on the ex- cursion to New York yesterday were Dr and Mrs Clemans, Miss Katherine Rora- back, Rev and Mrs Barnett, Mrs w. H. Camp, Mrs Bierce and son Howard, Mrs J. E. Rhoades, George Dederick and wife. D. D. Walter and wife, Miss Kittie White. Mir and Mrs Dempsey, Albert Barnes. The route is via. P. R. < N. E. road to Poughkeepsie and by boat down the Hudson.
 -One day last week a couple of our men about town thought to enliven the weary hours of a September day with something beside watching the leaves change color on the trees and 1t chanced that at that moment they opportunely learned of five dollar reward offered for the capture and return of COW and young calf which had become so wild that the owner, dairy farmer living a few miles from here, could not got near them. The men about town were quick to start for the region where the COW was known to be, and arriving there Then it was case of "you try it" for few minutes until finally one of the men, who is considered a nervy man in any place, got rope over the bovine's horns and then the free open air per formance commenced. The man about town went north, then he went south, then east, and then west and the spec- tator declared that his feet only touch cd the ground once during his move ments. The cracker on 8 whip lash ex- periences the same sensations as did our friend on the end of the rope. The performance continued until our friend had worn the skin off the inside of his hands, by trying to keep his grip on the rope, when he gave it up and Mrs Cow was left to her own wild desires. Our matador staid at home couple of days afterwards and applied St. Jacobs oil and salvs to his injured anatomy.