Connecticut western news., 1899-11-30

! now till January l, 1901 for g. in ad- vance.
 The hose cart has been returned to it's place in the rear of the Clemans building.
 Miss Edith Barnes went to Phila- delphia last Thursday for weeks visit with her friend, Miss Beggs.
 The post office will be closed today from II a. m. to 5p m and from 30 to 6 30 p. m. It will close at 7.30 p m. for the day.
 Mrs Elizabeth Tatro, sister of Mrs Frank D. Hallett of Win.tea, died at the residence of her brother in Hartford yesterday.
 pr Talmadge's Thanksgiving ser mon is very timely and instructive one. It is published on the fourth page of the NEWS.
 Letters advertised at Canaan post office are addressed to Miss Ella Blaud, Joseph McCarty. Anton Buras, 0. w.. Dollermusch, Eddie Drapeau, John Franklin, James Youngs
 E B. Parker, travelling man for Reyno.d X Cramer, grain dealers of Poughkeepsie, has left the road and will take the place in the firm of Mir Cramer who died recently.
 If you already have any holiday | goods to sell-or will soon have any to sell-let the readers of the NEWS know it. Remember it is the early advertiser who catches the Christmas trade.
 ,-The New Hartford Tribune rejoices to announce that with the close of the football season this week twill come the annual shearing of the football crop of hair from the untidy heads of college men and school boys, big and little" Suit has been brought by MT and Mrs John T. Hubbard of Cornwall for damages sustained in boarding train at Canaan few months ago. Mrs Hubbard slipped and her leg was bro- ken. Damages of S7. 800 were claimed. -Winsted Citizen.
 On account of the frequent burg laries of the automatic telephones of the Southern New England Telephone Go. in the smaller railway stations throughout the state, the management of the telephone company has offered a reward of $50 for information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties.
 MT and Mrs B. A. Peirce gave re- ceptiou last Friday evening to Mir and Mrs Fred R. Collin. Between sixty and seventy people were present and passed an enjoyable evening. Nice re freshments were served. Mir and Mrs Collin will soon occupy the Adam house on South Church street.
 Wednesday morning the children of the kindergarten had their Thanks giving. The plan of work for the last three weeks had been leading up to the child's-own thankfulness, which was expressed that morning after which the children had Thanksgiving party.
 Rev J. Milton Greene, D. D., for merly of Fort Dodge. Iowa, paid fly ing visit to his brother, James E. Greene, last Tuesday, previous to his departure for Porto Rico, where he goes to establish mission under the auspices of The American Board of Missions. He will be absent five years.
 The Pilgrim Club will meet at The Manse next Tuesday evening. Papers will be read as follows: Albert Barnes on "What constitutes liberal educa- tion"; Rev s. A. Burnaby on "What constitutes the English language; Fred Manvel on "The difference be- tween tongue, dialect and language. Music and social conversation will oc- cupy the remainder of the evening.
 -E. E Bartram's two boys were born about two years apart but within two days of the month of each other. Mir and Mrs Bartram made birthday party for the boys on Monday afternoon. All of the Bartram children have the whooping cough and the little children who attended the party have recently had, or at present mildly have the whooping cough. This is the first Whooping Cough Party of the season, and the first 'one we ever heard of but we should judge they might become popular among the little whoopers. It is said that when tue youngsters all cough at once the success of the party is assured, and that after quiet has been restored the next one to whoop is en- titled to the cough syrup. Before the Bartram boys party the little coughers were loudly exclaiming: five got it. I can go." ..
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