Connecticut western news., 1898-03-24

sick with neuralgia but is on the gain.
 -Alvah Bailey, of Ashley Falls, Mass, is taking course of study at White mans telegraph school, Chatham. N. Y.
 The Rev Isaac s. Hartley, D. D., of Great Burlington, will preach in Christ church this evening. Service at 7.30.
 About twenty Canaan people at. tended the Sousa concert in Winsted yesterday afternoon and report splen. 1 did music.
 The ladies of the M. E. Church will serve an Orange Tea in the church par lors Friday evening, March 25th, from 5.30 to 9 o'clock.
 M. l.. Osborne, ST., went to Bos, ton, Mass. on Tuesday for few days visit with his brother Alvin whom he has not seen in over twenty years.
 J. G. L. Capron, of Poughkeepsie, formerly on the Star in that city, called at our office Tuesday while en route from Falls Village to Poughkeepsie. | Geo. W. Curtis has set out couple of tall and stately maple trees in front of his residence. Rather large trees to transplant but we hope they will live.
 MT and Mrs James Landon, oi Chapinville, and W. K. Landon and family, of Canaan, have moved into Stephen Riley's house on West Main street.
 The carpenter work on G.A.Adam's new barn and carriage repository is pro- gressing rapidly, and the foundations for his new house are almost, if not quite, completed.
 The subject for consideration at the Pilgrim church next Sunday even ing is 1.-The Method and Purpose of God in History, with special reference to the Cuban Question" | -Messrs J. I. and J. s. New. and Mir and Mrs H. D. Humphrey went to Chatham, N. r.. on Wednesday of last week to attend the funeral of the late Calvin Beebe Doty. l Miles Roberts, of this town, who has been employed by Brown, Thomp' son & Go. at Hartford, will on April 1st accept position in A. F. Roberts store at Lakeville. | It makes no difference what you have to sell or buy, if you advertise il in the NEWS you will place it before the buyers of Litchfeld and Berkshire counties and will receive good results.
 Some of our local blood -or-bust people are so patriotic that they wont set down to Q table where there arc Spanish olives, and they don't have any use for Spanish fy-blisters either = | Amenia Times. 1 At the annual town meeting last l October the selectmen were authorized to expend $100 for bicycle paths. We would much prefer to have said paths than to have anyone arrested for riding a bicycle on the sidewalks.
 M. B. Ferris is manager of livery and light trucking business just open ed on Railroad street. Baggage and parcels will be carted, passengers car ried, etc. An advertisement which ap pears in this issue tells all about it.
 Rev s. A. Burnaby preached ar excellent and timely sermon last Sun day morning from St. Matthew XII, 19 "He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets MT Burnaby applied the text to the present crisis in regard to wal with Spain.
 George H. Blodgett, of Ashley Falls, returned from Chicago Sunday with another carload of horses which he now has at his farm where he is offer ing tn em for sale. There are 19 horses in all and of all kinds, light and heavy Mir Blodgett has established reputa ton for fair dealing in the horse busi ness and has recently made many satis factory sales.
 He came to us with the warn weather of last week. Many of hi kind do. He was good talker and h, was omplimentary Came in wher' he knew what he said would be appre ciated. He was not tramp printer but touring proof reader, who hat been unsuccessful in trying for lodging in an East Canaan ice house and had t. accept the accomodations of lim' kiln. He warmed up after while ant smoked our tobacco and recited verse from 'Ostler Joe, Victor Hugo, ant lines from Henry Grady's ''New South. He was literary treat and refreshed our memory with many line iron standard works. He gave his persona experiences of the Homestead riots, ant altogether he was quite entertaining He took up small collection of dime and exchanges and resumed his jour ney. He is cheerful during his har' luck and told us no tale of woe. That why we mention him; and we shoul' be pleased to hear of him in the futur in good circumstances.
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