Connecticut western news., 1901-01-03
Twentieth century.

J. s Adam went to Newark, N. J on Tuesday to visit relatives week o, ten days.
 The twentieth century has arrived and not an ice house in this village has beeL filled this winter.
 The week of prayer will be obsers. ed as usual at Pilgrim church next week, Services will begin at 2 30 p. m.
 -Erastus Holcomb has sold his farm in Rood districk to Dr Foote. Through inadvertance this item failed to appea, in the last issue of the NEWS.
 An illustration of the remarkable weather and wheeling of the past sea. son is the fact that Edward Slye has ridden his bicy cle from Ashley Falls to Canaan every morning except five since last spring.
 The Belgian hare ''industry" is be- coming more aud more of 8 fad in this locality of late. Frank Stevens and Charles Pease have each number of the animals which they intend to prop. ogate next summer.
 Miss Mary Murnane, the telegraph operator, returned yesterday from a short vacation visit with friends in PhiImont, N Y. Miss Mary Joyce oc- cupied her position at the telegraph office during her absence.
 Mrs s. M. Stevens met with an &C., cident last Friday. As she was walking about her rooms one of her feet caught on the edge of piece of linoleum and she fell heavily to the floor. badly spraining one arm and shoulder.
 The Lime Rock Minstrels will ap- pear at the Casino in Lime Rock to- night; at the A O. U. w. hall in Corn wall Bridge on Thursday evening, Jan. 10; and at Roberts Opera House in Lakeville on Friday evening, Jan. IS.
 The sinners stood on slippery places if they stepped out of doors Monday morning A drizzling rain fell all night and formed the slipperest kind of ice on our streets and sidewalks, ren- dering locomotion decidedly precar- ious operation.
 Il. 0. Capewell, foreman of the Citizen Printing Co.,, Winsted, and somewhat of chicken fancier, was in town New Years day. accompanied by his brother Leon. While in town he called on Dr Ross and purchased set ting of his fancy white Wyandotte eggs.
 The last renewal of subscription to the NEWS received during the nineteenh century was from Mrs G. H. Orandall of West Cornwall, and arrived Monday evening. The first renewal received in bhe twentieth century was from Calvin E. Barnes of Clayton on Tuesday after noon.
 The Southern New England Tele. phone company is considering practi- cal system of duplexing telephone wires by which, using an auxiliary tele- phone, conversation with two persons may be held simultaneously on the same wire. This system has been adopted by the Chicago Telephone company.
 The Berkshire Life Insurance Go. of Pittsfeld, Mass. have issued an ele- gant pictorial calendar for 1901 bearing four designs representing the following events, viz Landing of the Pilgrims, Dec. 2l, 1920 on Plymouth Rock; Sur render of New Amsterdam, by Peter Sept 8, 1864; Penn's treaty with Indians. Oct. IA. 1882; Pocahontas saving the life of Captain John Smith. 1907.
 The Methodists decided to hold an old fashioned watch meeting in the church on New Years eve and notice to that effect was given out in church Sunday morning, but the pastor, Rev E J. Kelly, was taken sick Monday and the watch meeting did not mater ialize. But the departure of the old century and the arrival of the new one was observed by ringing the church bell for ten minutes from II 55 Mou- dsy evening to 12.05 Tuesday morning.
 William Green, aged 34 years, eld- est son of Mrs Sidney Hart. well known in this vicinity where he had many rela. tives, died at the home of his aunt, Mrs Mary Parmalee in Winsted, Thursday Dec 27. He was painter by trade and an enthusiastic hunter, spending many months each year in the game districts. The funeral was attended al the home of his aunt on Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. He is survived by S half brother, Lewis Hart of New York city.
 At the annual meeting of Housa tonic Lodge No. 61, F. & A. M. helG last Friday evening the following off cers were reelected for the ensuing year: W. H. Fuller, W. M 1; Georg, w. Greene, s. w.; L. 0. Rhoades, J w M. J. Kilmer, treasurer; W. H Camp, secretary. The following off cers were appointed: Geo. W. Cow drey, Jr., s. D.; Geo Dederick, J. D. John G. Beckley, s. s.; Charles Dodge J. s.; H. L. Ross, chaplain; 0. H.John son, marshal; W. W. Rowland, tyler
 The officers will be installed on Mon
 day evening, January IA.
 The new century's eve was obsery
 ed at Pilgrim Manse by members c
 Pilgrim Club, nearly twenty of tn
 young men, with some friends. gather
 ing at clock and tarryipg until 1s
 Papers were read by Arthur Hanlor
 Fred Manvel, Harry Holt, John Hut hord I,bp TorJar palrb Ctopfor op