Connecticut western news., 1899-11-23
The town hall lawn is being graded this week by Frank Van Deusen.

The NEWS to new subscribers from now till January l, 1901 for $2 in ad' vance.
 Mrs A. V. A. Felten went to Hills dale, N. Y. Saturday for visit of two weeks with her parents
 During the past week the wheeling - for bikes as well as cafriages-ha' been remarkably good considering the time of year.
 Fred R Collin and wife returned Saturday from Bakers Mills in the Adj rondacks where they spent part of thei, honeymoon.
 = Mir and Mrs Jacob SchemerhCrr returned Saturday from a two weeks visit with their son at Chester, Mass. and friends in that vicinity.
 Harry Sedgwick of Cornwall Hol low vi ,ited his mother and sister, Mrs Eliza Sedgwick and Mrs Emily Tracy, here from Thursday till Monday.
 The issue of the Litchfeld Enquir CT, November IT, was Colvocoresses number; giving sketch of Lieutenant | Colvocoresses and an account of the celebration.
 Mrs Charlotte Johnson of Hartford is spending few days in this village visiting her cousin, Daniel l.. Peirce. and her granddaught Mrs J. G.Beck ley, besides other friends.
 There will be a Thanksgiving ser vice in Christ church next Thursday al 0.30 8. m.. Rev M. H. Mill officiating The Pilgrim and Methodist Churches will unite in service to be held.next Thursday at 10 a. m., in the Methodist church.
 Samuel A. Eddy, the supervisor o census for Connecticut, has been auth orized by Census Commissioner Merri man of Washington to open an office 1T Hartford and to engage the services O a clerk to help him in the clerical worl of his duties as supervisor, from Marct or April 1900, to the following July.
 Rev E. J. Kelly and wife went tt Philadelphia, Pa. on Tuesday to visi relatives. They will also visit relative. in Albany, N. Y and will be absent un til Dec. 2. There will not be any preaching service in the M. E. church next Sunday, but the Sunday schoo and Y. P. s. 0. E. will meet as usual | The lecture "Afoot and Awhee through the Emerald Isle," by Rev o D. Ramsey in the Methodist church ol Wednesday evening of last week wat much enjoyed by the audience thai greeted him. His descriptions of tho places he had visited were pleasing an6 gave to many new idea of the beauties of the land of the Shamrock. Mrs J. N. Fox of East Canaan has received the sad intelligence of the death of her brother, Albert w. Han ford, at McComb City, Mississippi. Mi Hanford formerly lived in East Canaan and made it his home with Mrs Fox un til he was 19 years of age. He went West and engaged in business in Missis sippi and it is said was very successful Conductor Dudley Paine has re- signed his position on the O. N. E. railroad. and Conductor Beckwitl is at present running "Dud's" train Conductor Paine was Millerton boy and had been on the 0. N. E. road fol about twenty years. He was the oldest conductor in point of service on the road but is still under middle age, and had host of friends who regret that he has left the 0. N. E. road. The fire proof vault in the Town Hall building was completed yesterday. Some time ago the NEWS published ? | description of the vault its dimensions and how it is constructed-and today all that need be said is that the interior is conveniently fitted up with shelves for books and pigeon holes for docu ments. c. M Humphrey did the wood work and yesterday put on the finishing touches by vanishing it.
 A substantial stone foundation anC heavy frame work have just been com pleted north of the Warner House sta bles to support the water tank whiol he N. Y, N. H. X H. R. R. Co., vii erect there. The small pipe leading from the water main to the tank and the large pips leading from the tank tt the stand pipes at the station have beer laid, also the drain or overflow pipe from the tank has been laid. It wal desirable to get this work completed before the ground freezes. but the tank can be erected regardless of ooli weather
 The New York World propounds reference by the lawyers in the Moli neux case, and among others is "hu manitarian" This reminds us that Canaan business man once asked us fo our definitions of Humanitarian" ani we gave substantially the one taker from the dictionary by the World which is; "Humanitarian-one who Ii actively concerned in promoting tn, welfare of his kind; philanthropist. The Canaan business man told us tha while that definition tor substantial. the same) could be found in the supple ment to the Webster's that the majorit' of us ordinary mortals have; the defni tion in the dictionary proper is: HHu manitarian"-on who denies the alvin lty of Christ, and believes him to be mere man. Look in your Webster and see.