Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.
Local News.

ing from the grip.
 -Kittie A. White has returned from Hartford and New York.
 M. A. Higgins of Torrington is vis- ing his aunt, Mrs Flynn.
 -Tiffany's portable saw mill has been moved from Canaan mountain to Ashley Falls.
 James Tuckerman of Jamestown, N. Y. is spending few days in town. -Dr Platt of Philmont, N. T.. the we'll known horseman, was at the War ner House yesterday.
 We hereby request several of our correspondents to send their communi- cations earlier in the week.
 George Wilcox has moved from the Deming place into Mrs Laura Hum phrey's house on Railroad street.
 "A. P. Freeman has nearly compile ted extensive alterations and improve ments of the interior of his house.
 The Label social at Pilgrim church Tuesday evening was attended by about forty persons who had an enjoy able time.
 -Luman Foote has been confined to his bed several days and is seriously ill. A trained nurse from Pittsheld, Mass. is taking care of him.
 Coroner Higgins reports Az untime- ly deaths in Litchfeld county during the past six months. Two were in this town: Roy L. Deloy and William Chapman.
 Mir and Mrs George Smith have moved from Clemans' building to The Peirce < Freeman Co.'S farm house re- gently vacated by Ensign Yorker and family who have moved to one of the houses near said company's lime kilns. The membership of Housatonic Lodge is rapidly increasing. Several young men have recently received the three degrees The first degree was conferred on two candidates last Mon- day evening and others are waiting to receive their first degree.
 This year March came in like 8 lamb and went out like a lamb. On March the mercury ranged from 34 in the morning to 45 in the evening and the heavy rain caused the biggest flood in years in the Blackberry river. March 31 recorded 28 degrees in the morning and 40 degrees at noon. The tempera- ture last Monday noon April p was 60 degrees.
 The music festival to be given at New Haven on May ', 8 and is under the auspices of the Connecticut Music Teachers Association, and Vice Presi- dent E. O. Buck of Winsted has ap- pointed among the consuls for Litch- field county the following: Mrs J E Bierce, Canaan; Mrs Carrie R. Gerday, Salisbury; Mrs W. M Curtiss, Cornwall Bridge; Miss Katharen Tales. Norfolk; Howard Smith, Colebrook; Miss Laura H. Chapin. Lakeville.
 The NEWS regrets that William Mis- bet will soon remove from Winsted to Scranton, Pa. MT Nisbet has built up large mercantile business at Winsted but he thinks inasmuch as Scranton is about fifteen tlmes larger than Winsted .o for ha lrv le busiL ess. The NEWS never had bet. ter nor more prompt paying advertiser than MT Nisbet, nor a more pleasant and square man to deal with. While the NEWS regrets Mir Nisbet's removal il extends best wishes for his success il his new field. For the next week ol ten days Mir Nisbet is closing out hi stock at about half it's value to avoit the expense and trouble of packing ant moving it.
 Once upon tire (not over yea ago) 8 young man who sometimes de sires to make known his education hat occasion to visit a French woodchop per in this vicinity and as the journe, was to be made by horse the younI man invited lady friend to accom- pany him. Arrived at the Frenchman the youn man thought to make al impression on the lady and opened conversation in French with the woods man. After an exchange of greeting the chopper asked in excellent Frenc "Is the young lady your wife7'' Th young man replied: Pretty wei thank you. How are you?" Th Frenchman not catching the youn mans meaning even though spoken tolerably good French, again asked s'Is this your wifs?" "Oh I guess so, nonchalsntly replied the young mal The woodchopper gave up in dispa and relapsed into broken English an gestulation for the rest of the convers, tion. On the return trip the youn man remarked to the lady that tt chopper spoke pretty correct Frenc for an uneducated man. "Yes," replie the young lady, "but you did not gi' hlm very direct answer to his que tions, I thought" Do you understan FrenchY" asked the startled young mai Fairly well, replied the lady. u less the young lady has informed hi lately or he sees tbis paragraph tl young man does not know yet what Il chopper said to him, but it is avert that the young man nowadays us nothing but English and speaks of
 cafe as an eating house.