Connecticut western news., 1902-06-26
LOCAL NEWS
No June drought this year.

Jackson & Eggleston's store has been wired for electric lights.
 Miss Lilla Fuller returned Monday from Cornwall on. the- Hudson.
 -Miss Belle Judd of Huntsville has been at 0. s. Adams this week.
 The copious rain last Saturday gave vegetation another big push.
 Miss Mabel Watson of Hartford is in town this week calling on friends
 Samuel A. Eddy and family moved to their Twin Lakes cottage on Monday. -Mrs Frederick Collin returned last week from visit to friends in New York state.
 The North Canaan Water Go. are laying four inch main on Railroad street.
 M. Kane of New York visited his brother, P. J. Kane, here from Friday until Sunday.
 w. G. Cargill of Westfield. Mass. was here from Tuesday until Wednes- day morning.
 -Those beautiful moonlight nights last week would almost atone for New England winter.
 --George Anson of West Cornwall spent Monday night with his mother on Church street.
 Editor CIarey of the. Berkshire Courier made fraternal call at the NEWS office yesterday.
 -Mn A. W. Osborne returned to Everett, Mass. Monday morning, after a.short stay At Twin Lakes House.
 MT and Mrs T. Leo Roberts are moving their furniture into Mrs J. s. Adams house on Church street and will soon be housekeeping.
 Mrs Burns and Miss Emma Law rence returned last Thursday from . five weeks visit to relatives in Pennsyl- vania and New York state.
 Mise Mary Murnane left here on Tuesday to attend the wedding of her brother at Waterbury and the wedding of her uncle ct Springfield.
 Miss Catherine Lawrence intends to celebrate her birthday next Monday by entertAining The Schoolmates at her residence on Granite avenue.
 Judge Roraback and family went to New Haven last Saturday to attend the commencement exercise of Yale Univer- sity, returning last evening.
 John Scoville Pease, the young son of MT and Mrs E. 8. Pease. was bap- tised by the Rev. M. H. Mill at Christ church last Sunday morning.
 MT and Mrs 8. W. Barnes, Miss Mary Watson and Misa Nina Owens at- tended tho commencement exercises at Williamstown, Mass, this week.
 -G. B. Gardner. wife and SOD, Ivan, of Ooxsackie, N. Y.. are visiting at War ren NcIntyre's. Of course .sGibbe ]" does some fishing at Twin Lakes.
 Frank Miller and family of Bridge port have arrived at their Twin Lakes cottage. They have . new and hand some gasolene launch this season.
 -Miss Theresa l.. Carl, who has been aWaitress at the Warner Houee since last fall, went to New York Saturday morning where she will visit her older Aister.
 -Mn W. J. Thomson arrived Mon- day or Tuesday from Springfield. Mass. and will soon open her house at Mount Elm" for the summer. Her daughter Florence ia expected to arrive Saturday rom New York.
 Rev E. 0. Gillette and Deacon D. l. Peirce are the delegates from Pilgrim Church to the council of churches to be held at East Canaan July 2, at 10 80 a. m, and the installation of Rev o. w. Hanna ss pastor of the Congregational Church in that village.
 Mrs George l.. Parsons. aged 5e years, died at her residence on West Main street in this village about g o'clock yesterday morning. Her fun srAl will be attended at her late resi-. dence on Friday at 3 p. m. Intermenl It the lower cemetery.
 The following party from South ington were at the Twin Lakes House last Friday and Saturday: Rev. F. O. Blanchard and wife, Russell G. An drews, wife and son Daniel. H. H Merrill and sister, E. w. Laurey, alst Mile Juno of Albany, N. Y.
 "A few relatives in Canaan have re ceived invitations which read as fol lows: Mrs Samuel Augustus Talcot and Mr Horace Gardner Talcott reques the honor of your presence at the mar riAge of Jennie Mabelle Gardner to thu Reverend Edwin Carlton Gillette, or the afternoon of Wednesday, the nintl of July, at four o'clock in the Congre gational Church, Talcottville, Con necticut.
 Rev E. o. Gillette's text last Sun day morning was Matthew xvi, Is: "Ant I sa5 also unto thee, that thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build m. church; and the gates of he'll shall no prevail against it Legions of sermon have been preached from that old text but Mr Gillette's sermon was full O brand new and original thoughts. I wAs . grand sermon, and it ought to b' printed in pamphlet form for genera distiibution and for reference.
 -SpeciAl mention should be made O the regular attendance of some of th