Connecticut western news., 1899-08-24

| slsIer, MrS d. b. stevens, uere yester day.
 J. o. Messenger of Hartford is wis iting his brother, J. B. Messenger, in this village.
 The Rev N. s. Boardman of Pine Grove supplied the pulpit of Christ church last Sunday and preached an excellent sermon.
 The regular services will be resum- ed next Sunday at Pilgrim church. The Rev and Mrs s. A. Burnaby are expect ed to return next Saturday.
 | - Mason Noble, Jr., who has been spending the summer with his un cle J. s. Adam, has secured position in J. Fl. Barnum's store at Lime Rock.
 The Misses Ramsey of Jersey City, N. J. are making a two weeks visit at s. W. Barnes MT E. T. Clark of North Adams, Mass. is also visiting at MT Barnes.
 The Episcopal sociable at Town Hall on Tuesday evening was attended by goodly number of persons and $26 were cleared. Dancing was indulged in by number of those present.
 John F. Simmons of Winsted has obtained half rates on the O. N. E. rail- road for those who attend the reunions of the 18th Regiment, 0. w., and 2nd Heavy Artillery in Winsted Sept 22nd. -Ashbel F, Merwin, who died at | Cornwall Hollow on the 18th inst, is pleasantly remembered by Canaan peo- pie. About 20 years ago MT Merwin lived on the Peet farm west of this viii lage. MT Merwin is survived by his wife and by his two daughters, the Misses Adelle and Lillian Merwin. The next annual reunion of the veterans of the late 12Sth Regiment, N. Y. s. V. I. (Col. David Cowles' regi- ment) will be held at the village of Stan fordvllle, N. Y. on Thursday, Sept. 21. Newspapers in this section will confer a favor upon the veterans if they will AAhhC VI thC uns0 buIOukh their columns. Old residents of Canaan will sym pathize with Peleg Bronson in his be- reavement, the loss of his estimable | wife whose death is recorded elsewhere in this paper. MT and Mrs Bronsen were residents of Canaan for 8 number | of years when MT Bronson was an engi- neer on the Housatonic railroad. The | funeral of Mrs Bronson was attended at Bridgeport last Friday.
 Our item regarding the good roads money last week conveyed the wrong | idea. As matter of fact the town vot. | ed an appropriation of $4500. The se- lectmen tell us that the commissioner | has notified them that the state will | pay three-fourths of that sum, $3375, but that it (the state) will have to do it | in two payments, not agreeing to pay the second one until sometime in 1900, and cautioning the town to make no ap- propriation in 1900. expecting state aid, 0o bhcAO lA0y oo hohC VI euO AIO6Acid- ture's appropriation left.
 A white man, with red hair and | beard put up slack wire near the War ner House annex yesterday noon. He soon appeared in blue tights and spent | the afternoon standing and walking on | his wire and informing the passersby that he would give show there at 7.30. We were not able to attend but we are | told that the red, white and blue indi- vidual "did not play to big business" but it is said he does not need much | money as he runs from town to town | on the telephone wires, and sleeps l nights on convenient clothes lines. He | certainly is 8 patient balancer as he spent hours at time promenading up | and down his wire yesterday afternoon.
 Thomas Richards of Jersey City, N J. writes: Fifty years ago it would have been an unusual sight to see wag- ons loaded with young and old people driving to the berry fields on Sunday through Canaan streets. Fifty years ago it would not have been an unusual sight to stand on the steps of the old Congregational church in East Canaan and see 25 or 30 wagons loaded with old and young church goers drive to the church for the Sunday services. Is Canaan drifting backward? Let us hope not" The editor has never seen the berry -pickers whom MT Richards al- ludes to, but he has seen those church goers. The editor would facetiously remark that if good preaching and poor berrying were the conditions fifty years ago the laymen of that era should not receive the credit, neither should the laymen of the present day receive the blame if those conditions have changed.
 A. H. Owens horse, hitched to a lumber wagon loaded with empty milk cans, got frightened at the cars about 9.40 8. m. last Saturday and ran at ter rife speed down Main street and Church street to Madden's livery stable. In turning into Church street the wag- on nrset and the wagon box and milk cans landed in front of the church steps. The rear wheels of the wagon collided with lamp post at the entrance of Madden's lane, and remained there with the wrecked street lamp while the horse and front wheels proceeded to the sta ble It is said the driver left the horse standing unhitched near one of the stores, and the cars frightened the animal. No great damage was done but our citizens freely expressed their righteous indignation at the careless ness of the driver in not tying the