Connecticut western news., 1898-06-23

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 l Mrs R. M Rood and daughter of South Manchester are visiting at Elisha M. Rood's.
 Editors King and Kellogg of the Berkshire Courier visited Hartford last Saturday. They made the round trip between Great Harrington and Canaan on their bicycles.
 Miss Agnes Gillette of Danbury is spending the week with relatives in Canaan. She came here from Great Harrington. where she has been spend ing the last two weeks with friends.
 Miss Katherine Roraback left We'd nesday morning for Willimantic for a few days visit. While there she will attend the graduating exercises of the Normal Training school. where her sis ter is teaching.
 Four families have already arrived at Pine Grove. Next week the NEWS will publish sketch off the first camp meeting ever held there. which was in | August, 1860, also @ sketch of the first meeting of the regular series which was | established in 1867.
 The war loan is meeting with great success and the bonds are being sold | like hot cakes. Here in Canaan large number have made inquiries about the bonds at the post office and quite neat sum of Canaan money will probably be invested in them.
 We had forgotten to mention that wide and pretty veranda recently built on Patrick Eagan's house. The entire work was done by Thomas Eagan. From the veranda there is an extended view of both the Blackberry and Housatonic valleys.
 The Rev B. Seeholzer preached a grand sermon last Sunday evening on the subject of "Anglo-American Ali ance and Americas Destiny" He ad- vocated the alliance, not for the pur- poses of war, but to maintain the peace of the world.
 The editor is living high this week on delicious wedding cake donated by MT and Mrs Rubert M. Swift and on mammoth strawberries raised and con- tributed by MT James l.. Bragg. By the way, some of said strawberries were the largest we have ever seen and 27 berries, smaller ones included, filled 6 quart basket.
 Several of the boys went down to the track Saturday afternoon and put up the backstop. They also fixed up the diamond quite little, so that they will have fine field to play on when Norfolk comes down the Fourth. They were disappointed again by the Shelf fields not turning up Saturday. The Epworth League of Torrington has made arrangements for an excursion to Twin Lakes the Fourth. The excur- sion is to go by special trolly cars to Winsted, where they will take the P. R & N. E. train. The cars will leave Torrington at about 8.30 8. m. and re- turn at about 8.30 p. m. There will be very large crowd if the weather is pleasant, as the fare for the round trip is but $125.
 The greenhorn horse trot, No 2, that was to come off at Riverside track on July 4 is indefinitely postponed. Roys offered to drive with Charlie Man. sir and Levi Snyder for purse of $30, but Mansir was too busy and Snyder feared the weather might be too hot. A sad point in the postponement is badly felt by Mir Bert Fargo, who had already asked to enter the race with his old black bob tailed COW. Bert seems to be very much disappointed.
 --Col Justin Hodge of Riverton call ed on old friends in this village on Mon- day while on business trip to State Line, Mass. Canaan has changed won- derfully since the colonel resided here in the 50s, and the great majority of the colonel's early friends are resting in the cemeteries. Colonel Hodge carries his 83 years with remarkable grace, notwithstanding the hardships he en- dured in the Mexican war and in the Civil war. His memory of individuals and dates is wonderful
 Now ladies, please be ladies and cease breaking the state law in regard to riding bicycles on the sidewalks. THE NEWS is requested to state that cer- tain ladies persist in riding bicycles on the sidewalk on Railroad street. Con- plaint has been made to a grand juror, and it is his duty to cause arrests, but he forbears in hopes the ladies will cease breaking the law and thus avoid unpleasant consequences. But forbear- anoe will cease to be virtue if the la- dies persist in riding on the sidewalk, and then the law will have it's inning.
 The excursion to Winsted to see Ringing Bros. circus was we'll attepded from Canaan as we'll as the surrounding towns. Everybody who attended the performance was we'll pleased and the circus received many encomiums from all. The $40 F., R. & N. E. train had seven cars on it filled with people on the way to see the circus and the later trains east were as large and full. The special train which left Winsted for Millerton at 1O3 p. m. was crowded. At the Canaan depot 42 excursion tick cts were sold to Winsted and 15 local tickets also for the same place. | -"Dr JekYll and MT Hyde :" will be