Connecticut western news., 1898-09-15

sOn, G8Gi0sbOu C OO. ana on mOnuRy went to his home at Pleasant Plains, N. Y. whore in company with his father, Rev T. D. Jester, he started for New York.
 What pity that it is necessary to arrest persons for stealing fruit, espec- ially when fruit is plenty and some kinds are gladly given away, but own CTS of orchards and gardens are entitled to the first choice of their own property instead of the refuse which fruit thieves seem disposo | to leave them.
 The post office department propos es that postmasters shall open all let tors on which no postage stamps have been placed, to discover the name of the writer. Parties wko do not care to have the secrets of their correspondence thus violated, can obviate this by pat ronixing us and having their names placed on the outside of the envelopes.
 Grand cake walk at Town Hall on Wednesday night, Sept. 2l at g o'clock. There will be mock marriage follow ing the cake walk. There will be buck dancing by the oolored ladies and gen. tlemen. White people as spectators admitted for 25c. Prof Robert Dill lard in charge of the affair. Enjoy yourselves.
 Quite welcome change in the weather arrived on the afternoon of the 7th ipstant when the mercury dropped 25', viz, from 00e to 650. The record for the p ast week is as follows: Thurs day 73', Friday 7s, Saturday 67, Sun day 66, Monday 66, Tuesday 73, yester- day 70. A whole week of sunshine, and we hope the season of thunder showers has closed.
 Tt is no farther around . hill than it is over it. For illustration draw . tape measure around . ball and then over it; or the handle of . pail is no longer when placed in horizontal position than when placed in perpen- dicular position The road officials should have considered these facts be- fore they made the new highway march up Reels hill and then march down again.
 To whom it may concern: By vir- tue If the power vested in mo by Sec. l, Article V. of the constitution of the League of American Sportsmen, here by appoint Dr H. l.. Ross of Canaan game warden for the county of Litch- field. R. B. LAwToN,
 Chief Warden for Connecticut Sept 13, 1898.
 Ltchfeld county papers please copy. The spelling reform has reached the metropolis of Berkshire. At . meeting of the PittsHeld school com. mittee last week Superintendent Bou- ton presented the request of tho Nation al Educational association that the phonetic spelling be adopted in the public schools for the following words Altho (although), thoro (thorough) thru (through), turnout (throughout). thoro- fare (thoroughfars), catalog (catalogue), prolog tprologue), demagog (dema- gogue), pedagog (pedagogue). It was voted that the teachers as far as possi. ble. introduce this new method in the public schools of that city.
 -Sautelle's circus played to fair sig ed audiences at tho two performances | on Saturday. The show was somewhat late as they had the long pull from Tor rington to here, and the parade wa, considerably tardy but it was all there when it came. A special feature oi Sautelle's circus is the riding, and de serving of special mention are the Ewsrs in their two-horse carrying act, and Pierre Perier in his hurdle riding and in riding the four horses. The clowns song was . funny thing funny that he should have attempted to sing Nevertheless Sig. Sautelle and his gen tlemanly assistants are always welcome to Canaan.
 Here are few observations made during bicycle run to East Canaan and return last Friday afternoon: S. W. Barnes was digging the largest DO tatoes we have seen this season; Tn, Canaan Limo Co, were putting new roof on their main building at theil kilns; Barnum Richardson Go. were re building the Beckley furnace whicl was partly destroyed by fire over tw' years ago. They are adding two nor, steam boilers, and have the coal shed and ore sheds erected. also the bridg, across the highway. Hereafter tn, coal, orc and lime stone will be hsulet by steam power across said bridge t the trundle head, the charging carts t. run on an inclined railway and deposi their contents directly into the trundl head, and it ii expected the furnace will be making iron again before No ! vember; George Brewer of Ashley Fall was harvesting corn for N. s. Steven with Mccormick corn harvester whicl cuts the standing corn stalks off jus above the roots and ties them up il bundles of any size desired. The ma chine is drawn across the field by spal of horses, and it will do as much worl as 2 dozen or more men. By the way Mir Stevens thinks he has the tales and best piece of corn in the county;
 noble pine tree was beiug cut down Ii