Connecticut western news., 1898-03-24
Local News.
8 will be Fast Day


 The Brazee family moved to Hunts vile on Monday.
 Pointed questions are liable to re. ceive blunt answers.
 Mrs Hiram Eddy and Miss Eddy are expected to arrive home next week -E. N. Rawson, of Brooklyn, N. Y, visited his uncle, Dr Clemans, the past week.
 Mrs Esther Williams has built 6 wide veranda on the west side of hel house. .-4.
 Tt is expected that l.. J. Eggleston will be appointed postmaster at Miller ton, N. '. Robert R. Smith, of New liar Sford, was guest of MT and Mrs Robert Lit. tie over Sunday.
 Miss Bertha Kirby, of Housatonic. Mass, has been visiting Mrs Mary O. Corbit several days.
 MT and Mrs B. A. Peirce gave a very entertaining whist party to invit- ed friends lest week Wednesday even ing. Jacob I. New recently went to Hud- son, N. Y. and visited his cousin. Mrs Sarah New Rowley, whose age is 1OC years and four months.
 Miss Margaret Heating, of Mattea- wan, N. Y, spent few days of last week with her friend and former school mate, Mrs Almon Higgins.
 A very pleasant church sociable was held at A. P. Freeman's Tuesday night although the inclemency of the evening prevented several from attend ing.
 John D. Russell, son of Sidney Russell of this place, left here last week Tuesday and has arrived in Seattle, Wash., where he will remain time be- fore proceeding to Alaska.
 Tt is estimated that every third man east of the Mississippi river is g bicycle agent, and the popular greeting is not "what wheel do you ride?' but "what wheel do you sell?"
 George H. Clute. recently of this village, has given up his intention oi going to Alaska and has accepted po- sition in San Francisco with the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company.
 On the Spaulding farm between Canaan and Falls Village ninety -four COWS are mixed twice aday. Daniel R. Spaulding milks twelve of them. That is remarkable work for a man nearly eighty -four years of age.
 Please remember that the CoNNEo- TIcUT WESTERN NEWS office is the place to get auction posters printed. Neat and handsome work done promptly and at reasonable price. A free notice in the NEWS will be given our patrons. We are now at liberty to state that the Stevens vs. Decker case has been settled on the following terms: Bion Stevens is to pay the costs of the suit and his counsel; Milo Decker is to pay simply his lawyer and rent of Stevens farm.
 There has been organized in the Pilgrim Church a club of young men called the Pilgrim Club. It will meet next Tuesday evening in the parsonage. The subject for consideration at that time is "The Early Pilgrims, their Ori. . gin and characteristics.
 Mrs Elizabeth Loomis, who has been sick all winter, Is much better Her sister, Mrs M G. Munsell, who has been taking care of her, started Monday for Ct. Harrington to visi friends. From there she will go to New York to make her son, Dr Munsell, [ visit.
 Henry Weaver has commenced tt move to his new place between Ashley Falls and Sheffield, Mass. Wm. Wal Ter is following suit. He is going tt move into the Dr Smith house so he vii be nearer his work Fred Parmale, moves into the Weaver house; and hi brother John moves in where Mir Walle will move out.
 -S. Barlow, of this town, has ex plained to us the workings of the Du plex Woven Wire Fence Machine ant it is truly a wonderful machine. I will make all different meshes of wir fence while putting the fence in posi- tion. MT Barlow is agent for the ma chine or will put up the different style of fence. He has several of the fence on his premises and has made some fo other parties Mir Barlow's address Ashley Falls; Mass.
 The New York Conference of tn Methodist Episcopal Church will con vene at Metropolitan Temple in Ney York city on the 30th inst. The Re B. Seeholzer leaves home to-morroy and will be absent two Sundays. Tn Rev Wm. Wake will supply Rev See holzer's pulpit next Sunday but ther will be no preaching services in tn church on April 8. Several weeks az the Canaan M. E. Church requeste Rev Seeholzer to co oatinue as their pas tor, and he has also received calls other fields, but of course no one a present can tell definitely what appoint ments will be made.
 In the days of the Canaan Academ there came to Canaan dancing teach CT, Prof Henry Reincke, who formed class at the Academy, collected for term of ten or twelve lessons, gave tw lessons and has never been here sine, to the knowledge of any of his pupil