Connecticut western news., 1898-05-19
Local News.

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 --C, NJ, Humphrey is building an addition to his house.
 Work on the bicycle paths will he be resu ned this week.
 A letter for Nr Boseo Rossria Is advertised As ths Canaan iNost office.
 -Heury kueelaui has been ou the sick list several days but Is improving. The Julian Comedy Co, open s three nights engagement in Winsted, May as.
 Spain has now the largest submar- inc fleet of any nation on earth -Chiea- go Rseori.
 Not within ten years has flour been quoted at the high price st which 1t now stands
 Mrs John Cudney is recovering from appendicitis. No surgical opera ton was performed.
 Thomas Norton of Lee. and NJ, s. Strong of Pi.tSield. Mass. wereiu Ca naan on business last F id&y.
 Mrs George Adam announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Catharins Isabelle Adam. 70 MT John Elias Forbes of New York.
 An exchange has been studying out the following coincidence; Any one having an old calendar of 1887 may utilize it for this year. AS lS9S is an e1- act reproduction. holidays and all. This will not again occur until 1946."
 Why not have a lively Fourth of Jaly in Canaan. There are to be races at Riverside. and why not add to this program of bicycle racing. base ball, fireworks in the evening and dance in the Hall for finis2 Here's the pro- iect. Who will take hold of it?
 Mrs J. G.Root attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs William Trimble, at Niverville. N. Y.. last Friday. Mrs Tumble died on Wednesday, The Trimble family spent their summers at the Warner House & number of years ago MT Trimbls has been dead several years. Two daughters survive.
 Exactly forty couples attended the hop given by Dancing Teacher Beckley last Friday evening and thoroughly en- loyed themselves Besides many local dancers parties represent from Salis- bury, Falls Village, Ashley Falls and East Canaan. Decker and Slye fur nished the music Rnd it was all right. Sandwiches and cake were psrtsken of. The May number of .sOur Dumb Animals" published at Boston by the Mass. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is at hand. It is s vary worthy publication and is ably siited by the president of the society, MT Geo. T. Angell. It very much de- sires the settlement of the Spanish question by peaceful negotiations and arbitration without war.
 A good story, on Lorin Eggleston, comes from Canaan. A woman from SAndtown went into Jackson < Eggles- toms store. and after buying some stuff asked Clerk yosburgh If he would trust her for the amount. Yosburgh replied I've trust only in the One above. !" Do you mean Mr Eggeston?" rever- entially asked the woman an.-Millerton Telegram.
 The first part of the Annual Report of the Storrs Experiment Station for the year 1897 has lately been issued. This contains two articles of very con siderable interest to the farmer. The first article gives the results of large number of experiments upon the feed ing of milch cows, and the conclusions drawn The second article on Nitro genous Feedir Stuffs discusses at some length the best kinds of feeds to use on the farm, especially for the production of milk. Sent free on application to the Storrs Experiment Station, Storrs. Conn.
 We had the pleasure of receiving the following letter and copy of that bright little sheet, the Msytlower, which Sails for Prohibition. first, last and always" from our old friend, Mrs N. A. Parsons, of Winsted. The May flower, the first issue of this year. has to grace the first page, 8 cut of the Hon. Henry Gay, one of the foremost citizens of Winsted and very well known throughout the state. The let. ter was written in Hartford and speaks for itself.
 Hartford. 18th. 9S.
 The W. R c. Convention has come and gone and closed its 10th annual las. night at Unity Hall. Hartford. Ii was success in every way; very large delegation from all over the state. Nc more noble sight in the world can & be holder see than hall filled with our wives. mothers and sisters who are will. ing and ready to give life and service for their country. And such word was read from Washington, D. C., saying in letter that the W. R. c. was ready to serve our own President as he may di rect in this present war. So our owr Nutmeg" dearly beloved Connecticut took up the refrain and they too sent 10 our Gov Cook that he could call up- on our Conn. W R. c. for help If need. ed. This convention was very cordial. ly received and welcomed by the Ma. thaniel Lyon Corps of Hartford and we had beautiful and we'll put address ot welcome from the president of that Corps. She thought We could not have come to a more lovely place thar Hartford with its State Capitol and II. fine buildings and its literary peopl, and places of long memory. She men tioned Mark Twain and Harriet Beech CT Stowe as well ss others that hsv, had their home here Everything Sr ,,a .lip,opfar,