Connecticut western news., 1900-08-02
James Mcclure of Millerton. N. |.

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 Mrs Edward Bailey of Jamestown, N. Y. is visiting at Mrs Hiram Eddy's.
 Don't forget the annual sale at the Pilgrim church parlor, Friday evening, Aug 3. See posters.
 Editor Rodemeyer of the New Hay en Palladium was in town from Satur day noon to Sunday afternoon.
 Mrs Hiram Eddy, Mir and Mrs H E. Lyles and Miss Fanny Bailey re- turned last week from Fishers Island.
 The Misses Jessie and Florence Cargill of Westfield. Mass. are visiting Miss Mary Watson. They arrived Mon- day.
 Mrs Hiram Woodin of Canaan Mountain has a cactus twenty-one years old on which are now no buds and blossoms
 Mir and Mrs Jonathan Godfrey of Bridgeport are sojourning at Norfolk, and last Friday rode to Canaan in their locomobile.
 70. s. Moore and family and Mr and Mrs 0. J. York of Winsted are oc- cupying Mir York's cottage at Pine Grove. They arrived last Saturday.
 W. T. Ow ,ns, NJ. D who has been summering at Sea Girt, N. J. for the past six weeks, returned home today and will be found at his office at his usual hours.
 Edward and William Croslear have issued posters announcing that they will give lawn party at Sheffield. Aug. 9. The entertainment includes supper and dancing. Cake walk at 9 o'clock.
 Charles Merrill of Cedar Rapids. Ia, visited his uncle, A. A. Hubbard, over Sunday and on Monday morning started with John Hubbard for four days carriage drive in Berkshire coun- ty.
 From thirty to forty tons of coal are consumed each year at the Canaan depot, each railroad company supply ing one half the amount. The supply for the coming year arrived last Satur- day.
 The Young Mems Social Club of Mill River, Mass. will give Harvest Ball at the Town Hall in said place on Friday evening, Aug. 10. Music by Bradbury's orchestra. See posters for particulars.
 The large "Y" which for the past month the O. N. E. railroad has been constructing in their yard here near the Blackberry river has been completed and is now in daily use. The old turn table has been abolished.
 MT and Mrs Junius Rhoades re. turned Saturday from an ocean trip from New York, along the Sound and the New England coast to Nova Scotia. MT Rhoades, whose health has been poorly, was much benefited by the trip.
 Rev s A. Burnaby and Mrs Burma by are taking a months vacation. They left here Monday morning for Spencer, Mass. which is Mrs Burnaby's former home and where she will spend most of her vacation. MT Burnaby will visit Nova Scotia before his return. The elm tree beetles seem to be more numerous this year in Canaan and Litchfeld than for two or three seasons and are doing considerable damage The state of Massachusetts has expend- ed in the annual appropriations for the gypsy moth work the sum of S1, 155,- 900, but the moth is we'll established over an area of more than 200 square miles in that state.
 The social dance given at Town Hall last Friday evening was largely at tended and greatly enjoyed by all pres- ent. There were upwards of twenty five couples present and dancing was indulged in from 9 until 12 o'clock. Mrs Acel Rood and Mrs F. H. Lee pre- sided at the piano and furnished excel lent music for the occasion. It is ex- pected that another dance will be given tomorrow evening. -Apropos the article regarding Jul jus C.. Richardson which the NEWS re- gently copiel from the Hartford Cour- ant we are in receipt of a letter from Marie A Sanger of Corinth, N. Y, in which she states that the Courant's ar- ticle Is all grevious mistake. She gives a clear biographical sketch of MT Richardson's life, pays high tribute to his character and says that she justly thinks the statements made an unfor. tunate reproach upon the life of truly just and good man.
 Daniel Sweeney's botanical garden at Canaan depot is becoming daily more beautiful and is source of much pleasure and qualification to it's proprie tor who delights to dwell upon the subject and explain to interested listen CTS his many varieties of flowers some thing after this fashion: "You see my plants are all phaenogamous and as don't take much stock in foliage have very few exogens or dicoty yledons. My variety of the lathyrus family is com plete although aot fully developed which is also true o1 my ranuncutu' acris and have great variety of del phinium and geranium. These tetra gonotheca double will soon be in bios som and later you will see profusior of gladiolus and viola tricolor witf phlox, dianthus, nasturtium, hemero callis and popaver in great abundance