Connecticut western news., 1899-04-13

l. Is visiting at Henry c. Barnes.
 Misses Minnie and Alice Peirce have been visiting in Hartford a few days.
 | Postmaster George Bourne and wife of Lenox, Mass, visited Mir and Mrs H. B. Ives over Sunday.
 Servant girls, farm laborers, mea and women out of employment, read the article entitled "A Good Thing for All"
 -E. W. Warner is building additions I to both of his tenant houses, viz, the Pequigney house and the house occu- pied by Wm. Cady.
 Mrs Tyrel has gone to New Haven, and Mrs Chauncey Wickwire of Falls Village has succeeded her as house. keeper at John Rodemeyer's.
 Henry M. Kendall, ,57, died at Pitts field, Mass. April 6. He was son of the Mir Kendall who manufactured thermometers at Lebanon some years ago.
 --McCarter's Latest Sensation at the Town Hall tonight. Variety, vaude- vile, ,minstrelsy and limitations of prom inent people. Character songs, clog, jig, reel and buck dancing.
 James Keenan, the railroader who has been injured several times in the past year, and is now upable to perform a trainman's s duties, has secured posi-. tion as crossing tender at Lee, Mass. It is said that the merchant who advertises is rated higher and estab- fishes better credit foundation than he who is publicly silent. Customers look upon the quiet merchant as having nothing worth talking about. -Ex- change.
 Howard Bierce has been very ill with pneumonia since last Friday night. At this writing, p. m. Wednesday, his condition is serious and he is at the cri- sis of the disease. Dr O. w. Camp was called Saturday morning. Miss Sligh- ter, trained nurse from Pittstield, Mass has also been in attendance since Sunday afternoon.
 Geo H. Williams, who has been clerk of the Warner House the past winter, returned Monday to his former position of clerk of The Hawkhurst at Litchfeld. MT Williams has won many friends during his stay in Canaan, and he regrets to part with them, but is in hopes to return to Canaan when the summer boarders leave Litchfeld. On Tuesday of this week W D. Kasson of New Marlboro, Mass, said that "last year had my corn ground plowed before the first of April, but now April II, 1899) I am blowing snow drifts" This leads the writer to re- mark that on March IA, 1898 he burned the grass on his premises near the rail road in Canaan, and that previous to that date sparks from locomotives had ignited the grass on neighboring fields
 Mrs John c. Roraback, mother of Judge Roraback, met with painful accident last Thursday. While walking around the lawn at her home on Gran ite avenue she slipped on some ice and fell heavily, fracturing her right wrist Dr c. W. Camp was immediately sum moned and reduced the fracture. Mrs Roraback is as comfortable as could be expected but of course it will be some time before she recovers the use of her wrist.
 During Frank Allyn's trial at Litch- field last week Mrs Allyn was on the stand but would not give much evi. dence against her husband, implying that she provoked his assault upon her and she wanted him to go free so he could provide for the family as the town would have to do if he was imprisoned. Attorney John Hubbard in trying to show the jury that he had not coached her, asked her if she had ever talked with him or seen him before. "No, she replied, "I don't know whether you are man or woman." Allyn got six months.
 The annual meeting of Pilgrim Church was held at the church last Thursday. A bountiful repast was served at p. ID. at which large num- Der of church members were present. At 7.30 D. m the roll call and business meeting of the Church was held. Re- ports were handed in from all the off cers, and accepted. The following was the business transacted: Samuel A. Eddy was reelected clerk. John B. Reed was reelected treasurer Arthur P. Freeman was reelected trustee for three years. Henry c. Barnes was elected deacon for three years. Mrs Horace E. Holt was elected deaconess. F. R. Collin was re elected auditor. Mrs s A. Burnaby was re elected su- perintendent of tho Sunday school The music committee was reelected. Here is an item that will be news to many of the young people of North Ca naan: Mrs s. M. Humphrey owned the first sewing machine that was ever brought into this town. She bought it about the year 1857 and paid $100.00 for it. It was crude or rustic ma chine, without any cover, table, draws, or legs. It had to be set on home made box or table, and it was propelled by wooden treadle. It WIS a heavy and hard running machine, and made about as much noise as g flaming mill. The noise disturbed the slumbers of the neighbors. It was made by the Singer Sewing Machine Co., and while it was