Connecticut western news., 1899-10-26
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1899.
Local News.

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 -E. E. Bartram was in Philadelphia all last week.
 Henry s. Rood returns to Benton Centre, N. Y. today.
 Superior Court Ju dge Roraback is holding court at Hartford again this week.
 -Letters unclaimed at Canaan post .c6ce are addressed to Otis Van Wag- her, Miss Elizabeth A. Erwin, J. F, Hayden, R. Wsnifustri.
 Last Friday the Central New Eng land road deposited IA cars of gravel in the desert near Union depot with which to grade one of the parks.
 Mrs Huldah Sweet and her daugh- ter, Mrs Isadore Curtis, of Tyringham' Mass, will go to Flushing, l.. I. next month to remain there during the win ter with friends.
 John P. Kilmer lately of Pittsield' Mass. and Miss Bessie Parsons of that city were married at Millerton, Oct. IS. Mr and Mrs Kilmer arc waiting Johns sister, Mrs Merritt Hayden of this will lage, and intend to remain as residents of Canaan.
 Several in town have received in- vitations reading: "Mr and Mrs Her. man Fl. Grabert request the honor of your company at the marriage ceremony of their daughter, Anna M., and MT Ovid Nathaniel Gillette, Wednesday, November the twenty-second at twelve o'clock noon, Diciples church, Dan- bury"
 A very pleasant party of about forty Swsdes gathered at the Methodist church parlors Saturday evening at 2 o'clock to witness the marriage of Goran Borg and Miss Sofia Engstrom. The ceremony was performed by Rev E. J. Kelly. MT and Mrs Borg began house. keeping ct once in rooms in Mrs Scott's house.
 The Town Hall lawn has been inn proved by sinking large tile drain diagonally across the lower part to carry of the water which rushes down be- tween the Episcopal church and the Town Hall during every shower. The lawn will be graded and concrete walk built across it from the northeast cor ner to the southwest corner.
 The Pilgrim Club met with Fred erick Manvel on Tuesday evening. Clinton D. V. Barnes read paper on ssWhat we owe the Saxons for our lan- guage, traits, etc." Albert Barnes read . paper on "What we owe the Greek and Latin for our language" The next meeting will be held with John Hub bard on Tuesday evening, Nov. z. Papers will be read as follows: Eugene T. Rowe on "The union of the Angles and Saxon;" Ralph Stanton on "What we owe the Angles;" John Hubbard on "What constitutes the English lan- gusge;" Percy Stanton on "Chaucer. !" The North Canaan Water Co.,. placed . new valve or gate in the main pipe near s. A. Eddy's on Tuesday. Of course it was necessary to shut off the water at the reservoir in order to do this work. Monday all the water takers were notified that the water would be shut of from p. m. Monday until ' p. m. Tuesday. But through some mis- understanding the water was shut off about p. m. Monday, or before many of the water takers had saved 24 hours supply. Then arose howl from all parts of the village but the incident was not without its lesson or moral, viz, we cannot fully appreciate our blessings in this world until we are deprived of them. However, the water was turned on again for couple of hours and then shut off. The repairs were made soon- or than expected and the water was turned on early Tuesday afternoon and all were happy again. "You never miss the water till the well runs dry"
 Next Tuesday evening will be Hal. loween, and right here we want to dc certain young men and boys kindness by telling them that many of the vii. lagers do not endorse some of the Hal. loween capers that have been practiced heretofore. The villagers do not object to young people having little fun when no one is damaged thereby, but for several years the Halloween pranks have been carried to an unreasonable extent and actual damage has been done to property, and property owners have been subjected to much trouble sno some expense to collect their movable property and place it where it belongs One year $5 worth of celery that be longed to hard working widow lad, was destroyed. Another year stone horse block in front of her premises was turned over and damaged. In an other section of the village part of { stone wall was torn down and used tt blockade the sidewalk. A coal bin wal moved and damaged. But we will no enumerste the other damages done The point is right here, it is time tha wilful damage ceased and that HalIow cen eapers be confined to sport tha does no injury to anyone. Personall. tho writer has no cause for complaint but unless the spirit of lawlessnes manifested at Halloween by some of th, young people is curbed it will certainl. get them into trouble; for with some O the property owners patience with ant tolerance of certain Halloween caper has ceased to bs virtue.