Connecticut western news., 1900-12-20

their holiday vacation.
 Jackson. Eggleston < Co.'S Christ mas tree in one of their show windows attracts much attention.
 The M E. Sunday school is pack i1g box to send to the Five Points Mission at New York as a Christmas offering.
 Seneca B. Strong, although still confined to the house, is able to sit up and ia doing as we'll as can be expected and it is hoped that he will be out in few days.
 A dispensation has been secured from the Grand Lodge granting per mission to hold the annual meeting of Honsatonic Lodge, F. & A. M Friday evening. Dec. 28.
 The annual chicken pie supper and sale of fancy articles at the M. B. church last Friday evening was we'll at- tended and highly enjoyed by all present. Upwards of $60 was netted.
 Last week Tuesday was day long to be remembered by the employees in our local railroad yards. Conductor Riley's train came in on time. The boys are still talking about the phe. nomenon.
 J. B. Messenger is seriously i'll at his home on Church street. He had been suffering with cold for week or more which finally developed into pneumonia on Friday night. He is st- tended by Dr Owens and Mrs Ellen Morris as purse. His son Irving ar rived from Waterbury on Tuesday and will not return until the disease takes a more favorable turn.
 The Christmas and New Year sup. plements intended for today's issue of the NEWS have not arrived although ex- pected several days ago. They have probably strayed to some one of the twelve other Canaans in the United States. It is very exasperating, but we must bear the disappointment and hope they will arrive in time for the next issue of the NEWS.
 The auction at A. H. Owens Will low Brook farm in East Canaan Tues- day attracted large crowd of bargain hunters and speculative purchasers Col Card presided with his usual force and eloquencs and knocked things down right and left to good advantage. Nearly everything put up was sold, in- cluding the stock. The farm was not sold.
 The New Milford Gazette has dis carded it's Country Campbell press which it has used for at least 20 year., and last weeks issue of the Gazette was printed on Taylor three-revolution press with Dexter folder attached. About the fret week in January the Gazette will probably appear as an eight-page six column paper. We con- gratulate Neighbor Bolles on such evil dence of his prosperity.
 John Burke. who was formerly em- ployed as brakeman on the Central New England Railway, son of Mir and Mrs Patrick Burke of Sheffield, Mass, and we'll known in this town, had his left arm amputated at Bridgeport last Thursday. Burke was employed on the switcher in the yard and was in the act of pulling pin when he was struck by train on another track. He was thrown to the ground. several cars pass ing over one of his arms. He is now in the Bridgeport hospital.
 On Christmas eve, Monday th2 24th) at 6.30 o'clock an appropriate Christmas entertainment will be given at Pilgrim church. One of the inter. estine features of the entertainment will be Christmas songs by many na, tions" rendered by children of the Sun. day school robed in costumes to illus. trate the nations they represent. In most cases the songs rendered will be the genuine national Christmas songs oi the countries. It is said to be a very pleasing and unique entertainment. A Christmas tree.full of presents will be distributed to the Sunday school and everybody is invited to go and enjoy the occasion.
 Tuesday morning was the coldes of the season. The mercury registered 5' below zero. This is remarkable season. no sleighing yet and now Dec 19) there is no snow except on the mountain tops. The roads are smooth as floor, and quite dusty, while bi cycles are fitting around as in summer | nevertheless December has thus fal been cold month and every day tn, mercury has been below the freezing point either in the morning or evening The mercury record for the past sever mornings is: 320. - above zero, g be low zero, 6 above zero, zero, below zero. 30 above zero. The skating i fine, and last Saturday ice four inch e thick was harvested from the brick yart pond.
 The NEWS is read by everybody Not only is that true but such a higl moral tone and character does it enio, that whatever appears in it's columns i credited with being authentic. Afte
 reading one of our recent issues, two q
 our local young sportsmen started ou after some of those ducks on Twil
 Lakes. Trey discovered quite focl
 of them on the lake, near to shore, an'
 remembering what the NEWS had ssit
 about their being easily frightened, de
 termined to use all preoaution and no
 alarm them. For distance of one hal
 mile did these young sportsmen craw
 on their stomachs. slowly and painfully inch by inch drawing closer to their m