Connecticut western news., 1899-05-04
GREAT HARRINGTON. N

The farmers are very busy this week sowing oats and planting gardens.
 The Massachusetts Sunday school association, South Berkshire district, will hold it's annual meeting at the Congre- gational church in Housatonic today. Words of welcome will be given by Rev s. s. Lull pastor of the Methodist church at Housatonie. The response will be by Rev J. H. Bigger, Baptist of Tyringham, who has been president of the district the past year. An open parliament on Success and Failures will be conducted by H. s. Conant of Bos- ton. s. P. Cook, county commission. CT, will give an address on "How to lead our boys and girls to God through the Sunday school" At the afternoon session addresses will be given by an Episcopal and Methodist clergymen whose names are not given or the pro gram. Miss B, F. Vella of Boston will give an address on "The teachers preparation" md Fl. s. Conant will discuss the home department and nor nal work. Rev J. H. Spencer of North Adams will also give an address, and question box will be in charge of MT Conant and Miss Vella. Confer. ences for primary and junior teachers, officers and pastors will also be held and there will be an evening session with addresses by Prof E. Fl. Knight and Rev F. B. Makepeace of Spring field.
 Bishop Lawrence of Boston whose Episcopal territory is the state of Massachusetts is sxpected-to officiate at St. James church in this village tomor- row evening and confirm a class. Edwin D. Humphrey and Luther B. Brusie have sold their lots on Railroad street to Legrand Ramsey who will erect . nice brick block on the site of the wooden shanties, where fire has oc- cured three times since last fall John Swenson the boy Swsde, who was accused of setting fire to the build ings of Alexander Agar at Sheffield, had a hearing in the district court Saturday he was discharged from custody. The Searles team of the High school will play game of base ball Saturday with the Adams high school nine. The game will be on grounds in this village
 Charles Kellogg went to Chatham last week and bought fine pair of black matched horses weighing 245O pounds
 Trout fishing in the Seekonk brook and gathering arbutus on Long Lake mountain have been the favorite pastime in the west part of the town the past week. Willie D. Warner, son of the reporter, is the Isaac Walton of that To- cslity and on Monday furnished meal of trout for the family table.
 The April number of The Blotter, the High school paper, appeared Friday with an interesting table of contents.
 The Great Burlington Board of Trade represented by Harry Douglass and J. Fred Whiting, as committee, issued last week the seventh annual directory of summer hotels and boarding houses in Southern Berkshire. The pamphlet of AS pages is we'll worth an inspection as it also contains we'll written introduc tion by the committee and half-tone cut of Mount Everett. A full Ale of these year books should be preserved in the public library.
 Edwin Smith, formerly of Afford, who was accused of stealing chickens from West Stockbridge people plead guilty in the District court Monday. His com panion W. Fl. Bradbury plead not guilty. Both were bound over to the grand jury, at the Superior court ID Pittsfield in July. In default of $500 bonds they were committed to the coun- ! ty jail in that city.
 The selectmen have granted first and fourth class liquor licenses to James Crotty, Ramsey & Race, and George Kastner. The fee is $2300. A fifth class or bottler's license has been grant ed to R. T. Pruyn at S140O. The usual number of druggists licenses have also been granted.
 Postmaster Hinman is visiting his son George at Hartford, Ct. The exceptions in the case of Judge Walter B. Sanford against Edward w. Curtiss of Sheffield were filed Friday by himself as attorney.
 Col. Edgar J. Bliss of Boston and a former editor of the Berkshire Courier has been secured to deliver the address at Stockbridge on Memorial day.