Connecticut western news., 1899-09-21
A. E. Mallory of Bulls Bridge was here last Friday.

A. E. Mallory of Bulls Bridge was here last Friday.
 The game season opens October l and closes December l.
 The Cranford club will meet this afternoon with Miss Granger.
 Reuben Mcintyre of New Haven is visiting his father, Warren Mcintyre.
 Miss Lena Gillette of Falls Village is visiting her aunt, Mrs s. c. Beckley.
 T will be absent from my office from October IA till November l.
 DR H. l.. Ross.
 William l. Brown of New York was in town from Saturday until Sunday evening.
 Miss Belle Lorraine went to New York yesterday for three weeks visit among relatives and friends.
 The w. N. 0. and M. s. club held . dance at Town Hall last Friday night. Decker and Slye furnished music.
 The section men on the Canaan sec- ton of the Housatonic road were busy last Sunday putting down new rails north of this station.
 Charles Day and Alvin s. Bartlett of Lakeville spent last Friday in Ga naan and assisted at Mrs H. B. Browns arok,o,, ,fh h1-,ohnll cxoolo
 -S. A. Kemp, who lives near West Norfolk, has bought Moses Wilbur's house on West Main street and will soon return to Canaan to reside.
 Mrs H. E. Browns auction of household goods last Friday was fairly well attended and the property sold about as we'll as could be expected.
 The Hawthorne Club and invited friends will meet at Mrs A. P. Free mans tomorrow at 3 p. m. and listen to Dr Van Pelt on Holland and it's Peo- ple.'
 Quite number of persons made application for registration but probab- ly about 15 only can be admitted to the electors oath or added to the list of voters.
 Wallace Jester is taking weeks vacation from Jackson, Eggleston & Co.'S store and is visiting his parents ct Pleasant Plains, N. r., and will spend few days in New York city.
 Mrs Robert H. Marvin and her youngest daughter, Miss Ella Marvin, of Chicago, H., are guests of Charles H. Marvin at Sharon and on Sunday all of the above mentioned drove to Ca naan and called on Mrs s. M. Hum- phrey and the Misses Norton.
 The mercury record at noon the last seven days is: 59 62 68-75-77-78-74. A good soaking rain prevailed from about 10 p. m. Tuesday until daylight yesterday morning. We hope it was the forerunner of the equinoctial storm, because this section of New England has been extremely dry this summer.
 The Religious Herald of Sept. IA is devoted almost exclusively to Q his- tory of the Second Congregational Church of Winsted, and the dedicatory exercises of the new edifice and the in- stallation of the new pastor Rev N. M. Calhoun. This number gives picture of the new edifce, and pictures and sketches of all the pastors who have served that church since 1854. It is 8 number well worth preserving for ref erence.
 Monday the 18th inst. was the tenth anniversary of the marriage of MT and Mrs Samuel A. Eddy. The esteem cd couple arc still occupying their cot tage at Twin Lakes, but on Monday quite number of their relatives and intimate friends drove over there from Canaan and saluted them with tin horns. Each visitor also carried pres ent of some article of tinware, and also carried refreshments. All had jolly time.
 Thomas Richards and his wife had never seen 1.-The Scrap Book of Canaan" until the editor of the NEWS sent them g copy last week; and in letter dated the 18th inst. MT Richards expresses their thanks for that volume and tells how much they enjoy reading it Among other remarks MT Richards writes as follows about the Scrap Book: 'It contains much that is familiar to us in the persons and places. We we'll re- member John Foster-his quaint say ings and quiet manners. We recall our first ride on railroad, from Falls Vil- lage to Canaan. The Day circus, sUn- cle Harve' and all the characters and incidents mentioned in the book are treasured in our memories. Mrs Rich ards first ride on railroad was on the locomotive from Barstow's to the swamp and back"