Connecticut western news., 1902-05-01
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THURSDAY. MAY I, 1902
LOCAL NEWS

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 The first hand organ of the season struck town yesterday.
 Miss Lillis Root is sick with . heavy cold on her lungs.
 -Blossoms began to appear on the cherry trees last Monday.
 Mia EAgleson of New York city is visiting Aiss Mary Watson.
 -Gilbert Fitch has built new barn on his place on East Main street.
 -Loais Holt vss home from New Britain from Friday until Monday.
 -Mr and Mrs John Nicol of Great Darlington spent the past week in town
 The Bordens are bottling and ship ping about 5000 quarts of milk each day..
 The dancing class are anticipating . good time It the reception tomorrow night.
 IN E Ravsou of Brooklyn, N. Y. visitsd his uncle, Dr. J. D. Clemans, lnt Sunday.
 -Mn Leroy Stone returned to her hone in Bethel on Sunday after . long stay with her sister, Mrs Ross.
 -Enosy W. Buckley of Sharon has purchassd c. E. DeHart's interest in tAe firm of Wilcox t DeHark
 "A good soaking rain prevailed here aIl Tnesday night. Yesterday you cOald almost see tho grass and leaves grow.
 -And nov ve arc informed that EuEAAe Barnes w1s John A Richard sna1 grandmother instead of his mother.
 -Rsv. E. 0. Gillette of 8outhfeld, Ma. will pleAch in Pilgrim church next Sunday and administer the com nanioa.
 -Dr. Fl. L. Ross last week sold two White Wyandotte oockerels to the EdeA Hill stock farm. Stockbndge, MAnR, for $50
 -HsnEy G. Bridges and wife of Lon dca. England. visited his aister, Miss EiAsliA Bridges. here the past week and vsAt Co Nswport TuesdAy.
 -l1n H- B. Ives returned from . Nov York hcspital on Monday evening a1ssr . three veeks' stay. She is great ly improved from her lameneas.
 -8. A. Kemp recently purchased the 90 acaes of land on the back road be- tween Oman and Ashley Falls which belonged to the estate of William Nhields-
 After long delay tho plate glass for JNnkDon { E9glestons large new slow windovs on Main street has ar rived. and vas placed in position yes tsrdAy- It makes . dandy front
 -Charles W. Benton of Monterey, Mass was in town Tuesday. He is go- ing to build himself . new house at Monterey. and will commence it this veek. He is . son of A. E. Benton of Csnaaa Valley.
 The apexN of the spire of the NetAodist church is being rebuilt In CEder tO do the work it wAs necessary 0 build . stAging or scAnolds clear up to tho weather vAne. The entire ex- tsrior of the church will be reprinted. The oxpense of this entire job will be paid by the Young Ladies Kensington Club.
 Tho North Canaan Cemetery Asso- ciation met at the Town Hall last Sat- uraay afternoon. A report was made of the work dons at the cemetery the pot year. and then the following board Ol directoRs was elected for theensuing yoAr: Ma II. c. Corbit, Miss s. J. Rorahack. Nn D. w. Hardenbergh, Mio Kittie Granger. MT D. L. Peirce Ths directors will meet next Saturday aAd choose officers.
 Aaron Gorham and Albert P. BriGgs happened to meet at Union depot Iast Monday and while waiting for the trnin the conversation drifted tc the subject of the ages of different people in town. Mr Briggs finally sail Co Hr Gorham. "Aaron, how old do you think l amY" Aaron looked at NJ Briggs' hair and mustache. and in al sincerity said, You are just ten year younger than myself, and I am eighty two"
 -DAnville A. Kicker died at hi home in Hartford on April g. He wal born in Buckland, Me, S7 years agt last September and as . young mar vas very prosperous in bueiness. Abou thirty-three years ago he appeared il Canaan He had married at Millerton N. r., for his second wife Mrs CIeve hnd, . widow, and in the spring o 1889 they bought the hotel-now tn, Warner House-and ran 1t for severn yeAn. They afterwards leased tn, hotel to J. A. NacDonald for . fev years and twenty yeArB ago sold it tt E W. Warner. Mr Kicker was l, member, during his residence here, o HOusatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. < A. M and is remembered e . most pleasan acquaintance. For the past twent, yean he ha. lived in Hartford, his sur viving wife being the mother of Franl Cleveland, tho famous blind lawyer c C0anecticut Mr Kicker is survive, also by three sons and two daughter by his hrst marriage. ono of them bein, Mn Clark Halted of Winsted. Tn funNnl ssEvices were held at Hartfort oo RddAy afternoon. and the intsrmer VI . 1alls VillAgo on Saturday noon