Connecticut western news., 1899-06-01

weeks in town visiting relatives and friends.
 William Sardam is going to move this week from West Main street into a part of the Bullard house on North Elm street.
 The dance at Town Hall Tuesday night was we'll attended, number of Norfolk people being present. Doty's orchestra furnished music.
 Exercises appropriate for Memorial Day were held in the schools of our vil- lage Monday afternoon. The schools were not in session Tuesday. ID. l.. Peirce is building new con- crete sidewalk in front of his premises on West Main street because the side- walk which he built a number of years since has nearly worn out.
 -S. w. Barnes went to Williams town, Mass. on Tuesday to see his son Marcus who is attending Williams col lege. Mir Barnes intended to remain there and in North Adams three or four days.
 The mercury record at noon for the last seven days has been as follows: 79 .8O-84 80.60-79-84. The temperature at morning has averaged 30 degrees lower than at noon A good shower occurred Sunday nipht
 Captain M. B. Rudd, Sergeant David Cakes, Musician B. w. Ball, 0. H. Ball and Frank Silvernail of Hiram Eddy Camp, s. O. V. of Lakeville came to Canaan on Memorial Day and decora- ted the grave of Hiram Eddy in the lower cemetery.
 Miss Mary Ferguson, Miss Sarah Ferguson and Miss Edith Barnes will go to Glenco Mills, N. Y. today to visit Miss Edith Proper. From there Miss Barnes and Miss Sarah Ferguson will go to Newburgh and West Point and sail down the Hudson to New York, taking about week for the trip.
 Rev F. w. Barnett and Mrs Bar nett will ship their household goods to South Glastonbury this week. MT Bar nett will go there on Saturday, but Mrs Barnett and Joseph and Edward will probably remain here with friends un- til some time next week. Mary Bar nett will stay with Carrie Fuller until after the graded school closes.
 The commencement exercises of the Canaan Graded School will be held at the Town Hall, Friday evening, June 9th. There are eight members of the class, and each will take some part in the exercises. Music will be furnished by Baldwin's orchestra of Ct. Barring ton All who are interested in the schools are invited to be present. The exercises will begin at s o'clock.
 The cyclists intended to ''chip in" money enough to complete the bicycle path between the o. N. E. crossing on Main street and the west corner of s. w. Barnes premises. The selectmen now propose to make the highway five feet wider between said points, and say they will construct new bicycle path alongside it provided the cyclists trans: fer the money they intended to expend on the unfinished path.
 Benjamin Tuthill, the gentleman ly general agent of Stetson's Uncle Tom show, called on us Monday afternoon and informs us that Leon w. Wash burn, the manager of the company, will be here with the show on June 5. Mir Washburn is largely interested in amusement enterprises, having two minstrel shows beside his "Tom" shows. Washburn is an old time cir GUS man and the editor remembers when Washburn was the best acrobat of his own show.
 When you hear the exhiliarating sound of Stetson's Big Double Uncle Toms Cabin Co.,, and see the entire company on parade, you can take 1t as about time to purchase your tickets for the evenings entertainment, which it is promised this time will excel all pre- vious efforts, and that is rather bold l assertion for Stetson has always had | the best, and an abundance of it-still it is fact, will appear at Gillette's lot Canaan, Monday evening, June 5. Watch for the big street parade.
 The new time table of the c. N. E road went into effect Sunday The on- ly changes affecting Canaan are that the morning west bound train leaves at 8. 13 and the evening east bound at 6. 59; the Sunday west bound train at 8 19 These are only few minutes different from the winter schedule. The other trains run on schedule, the 10.24 a. m. and 4.04 p. m. train now running between Hartford and Poughkeepsie. There are new short runs on the east end and west end of the road.
 Let's all go to Wlnsted on June 9 and get an education in few hou, s that we can't get in years in our read ings and studies If you have not seen Buffalo Bills show you know very lit- tie about the riding of Cossack, a cuirassier, Gauchos, English and French cavalry, Mexicans, gun spinning A-abians, American cavalry, h. dians and cowboys. Let the young people see real Filipinos and Hawaiians and Dervishes, and let us all salute Col. Cody Buffalo BilD the last of the great scouts of the West'who was with Custer and other of our ia.
 nous generals.