Connecticut western news., 1899-05-25

service at the church in Ashley Falls and listen to memorial sermon deliv- cred by Rev l.. 0. H. Adams.
 Thomas Abbe and family of Far mington arrived at "The Grove" last | Saturday to remain about week or ten days In about month from now they will come here to spend the summer. | Mrs Frank Coons and Mrs Lester Root have gone to Westfeld, Mass. to attend the golden wedding of Mrs Coons' parents, Mir and Mrs D. l.. Pratt, which will occur on Saturday of this week. ....
 A bicycle club should be formed here for the sole purpose of construct ing bicycle paths and keeping them in repair. There is now room for s1ch Q club here, as there are no less than p defunct organizations in this village.
 MT May has rented R. D. Peirces cottage on High street for July and August to Rev John F. Scott and family of New York. Mir Scott is Presbyter- ian clergyman. The cottage is rented furnished and the Scotts will take their meals at Brookview.
 | The Canaan ball club went to Shelf field on Saturday afternoon and with out any previous practice engaged the team there in an interesting game which resulted Sheffield IS, Canaan IT. The members admit that the club is the weakest that has been organized here in ten years, not player in it having ever before been on the first nine" They are plucky lot of youngsters and will chase the ball around among the car wheels in Lime Rock on Saturday of this week.
 Tt will be seen by the new time table of the Housatonic railroad route published on our fourth page, and which went into effect Sunday, that there is some slight changes in the time besides the additional trains. Trains carrying passengers now leave Canaan as follows, Going south-8.26 and $40 a. m., 242, 2.47, 437 and 4. 56 p. m., Sundays at 3.16 and 726 D. m Going north-9.40 a. m., 12.10, 12.3S, 600, 6.23 and 6.59 p. m., Saturdays at 5.20 p. m., Sundays at 9. 40 a. m.
 On Sunday night at g. .15 as Mir and Mrs William Briggs were crossing the railroad near s. 0. Beckley's they dls- covered the body ofa boy lying insensi ble on the crossing Upon examination they found it to be Harry, the 16-years- old son of William H. Briggs of another family. A smashed bicycle lay near him and he was found to be very badly cut and bruised about the head and chest. Mir Briggs summoned assist ance and the boy was carried to Wm. Cady's house and Dr Lee called. He found the boy in serious condition and advised that he be removed to his home. MT Briggs, the father of the ooJ, uoo aliifou pJ bblS 1iluo huu he lO o'clock Mir Cady took the boy home in his wagon. The doctor went with him but it was six hours before Harry re. gained consciousness and he is now re- covering although he has bad wound on the head and badly bruised face. It is supposed that the boy was riding at rapid rate and that the forks of the bicycle broke as he struck the crossing throwing him heavily headfrst on to the planking where he must have slid twenty feet on his face.
 The citizens of North Canaan are generous and philanthropic, and al- ways contribute Gberally whenever subscription paper is circulated for any worthy cause They are also patriotic. In this school district alone nearly $240.00 was contributed last June to defray the expenses of celebrating In dependence Day. This year let us manifest our patriotism by contributing for soldiers monument to be erected in this town. Next Tuesday is Memo rial Day most suspicious occasion on which to commence raising money with which to build the monument. Let subscription papers be circulated next Tuesday and thus lay the foundation of the soldiers monument fund. No one will ever regret contributing their pro- portion of money for this purpose, and the monument itself will be & perpetual memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the civil war; and furthermore it will ts an object lesson of patriotism for the rising generation and for future gener- ations. Whoever contributes money for this purpose next Tuesday will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are doing their duty, and the next day they will not wish they had kept their money-as is often the case when money is contributed for days sport. The | wealthy men and women of North Ga naan should head the subscription | papers, nevertheless it is immaterial where ths,r names appear upon said papers if they will only contribute in proportion to their means. Certainly not for the purpose of heading one f the subscription papers, but merely to set the ball in motion, s. O. Beckley states that he will give $25 toward Q $2, 500 monument; or he will give $50 toward $5, 900 monument; or if David s. Cowles Post will procure one hun dred new yearly subscriptions (from wherever they choose) to the CoNNEcTI- CUT WESTERN NEWS he will give $10O toward monument. Now friends, take your choice in those offers and keep l the ball rslling.