Connecticut western news., 1900-03-08
THURSDAY. MARCH $. 1900
Local News.

Samuel Lermond Is working at his trade in Lee. Mass,
 Thomas Eagan of Brooklyn is spending short vacation at his parents here.
 The case of Reuben Nettleton ys, Frank G. Holt for labor has been sp- pealed to tn, Court of Common Pleas. The ice harvest continues notwi,h- ssanding the frequent changes of weath- CT, and about the usual amount of ice will be gathered.
 Ask Col Card of Millerton about those songs he did not sing at Great Burlington last Friday night but ex- poets to sing there tomorrow night
 Henry 0. Barnes was confined to his bed about a week with a severe cold but has nearly recovered and will ven- ture out doors as soon as the weather Is favorable.
 The man who recently fell on an |. icy sidewalk h this village and broke his arm thinks that Canaan people ought to clean of their sidewalks or else sprinkle sand or ashes on them when they are icy. The victim of the icy sidewalk is not the only person who holds the same opinion.
 The steady and continued improve ment in the condition of Vice President W. E Barnett. of the Consolidated nail road, is a source of qualification to his many friends, and it is hoped and eK pected that his contemplated Southern trip will fully restore him to his usual good health. Haven Palladium. We sold about 100 extra copies of the NKws of March 1st but could have sold at least 50 copies more had they been printed. We did not anticipate SO large . call for that issue. Of course we feel somewhat sorry for those who were disappointed, nevertheless we can not help thinking that some of the dis appointed ones ought to be regular subscribers to the NEWS and thus be sure of receiving copy of every issue. The New York Evening World of March 2 contained dispatch from Winsted. Conn. pretending to describe the flood which visited this section the previous evening. Part of the dispatch reads as follows: "At Norfolk, where the waters were never known to be higher. portion of the cemetery, situ- ated on hill, vas washed into the Blackberry river. Several corpses in coffins were carried down stream. ]" That reporter should take warning from the fate of untruthful Ananias as recorded in the fifth chapter of The Acts of the Apostles.
 Thomas Steadman, 6, while draw ing ice for H. P Morse at South Ca naan last Wednesday afternoon suffered . severe fracture of his right leg. He was making turn when one runner of bob slipped into rut and the sleigh load of ice tipped over. Steadman. who was on the load was thrown so that his leg caught underneath and when extricated it was found that his right leg just above the ankle was badly crushed Dr Lee of Canaan WAS noti. fed and arrived in an hours time, but found the fracture so bad that he rec commended taking Steadman to the House of Mercy at Pistsield, which was accordingly done on Thursday morn, ing. Steadman was formerly from Tyringham, Mass, a veteran of the 18th Massachusetts Regiment and { member of D. 8. Cowles Post of thi. town.
 A curious phenomenon took placs in one of Salmon Barlow's river mead ows last Thursday night. On going te the meadow on Friday morning MT Bar low WAS aktonished to find two larg mounds henispherical in sbap, about four feet high in the center an, certainly sixty feet in diameter. Thes, ''swellings' had appeared on what wa perfectly level piece of turf land tn day before, but which had been inun dated by the freshet at noon time. Tn mounds were on Friday afternoon stil frozen solid and there was no crack il the surface of the ground anywhere the turf simply having been forced ul bys monstrous pressure, which M Barlow or others viewing the phenom m, cannot account for. Late Frida, afternoon the mounds began to reced and now the meadow is in nearly it normal condition.
 The Thomaston Express has th following to say of our former town, man Will Webster who is spending th winter at Southern Pines, N. c. for th benefit of his health. MT Webster hs of late years been a resident of Thom aston
 Southern Pines Chewing Gum is th latest product, beneficial to the thros and lungs; manufactured by our friend W. E. Webster, at Southern Pine We beg to acknowledge the receipt ( box of the same. and to further ss that, after thorough trial by sever, sets of jaws, we can recommend th brand. While we do not know upo how large scale Mir Webster intend to go into the manufacture of this gun ve do know that there is an immens field to cover and the demand is larg We would suggest that some one of oI village social suppsrs or sales send f. supply of the genuine article, manufactured by the new enserpri. and, by putting it on the market
 this Northern cline, perhaps create
 demand that will result in astouishiz fasulta.