Connecticut western news., 1900-11-29
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 What have we gained? First to mind comes the post office building, the Doug las library building, the Rhoades & Stanton lumber yard and saw mill, the creameries. the Standard Oil Go. depot, permanent photographer. John Jor- dan, two real estate firms, s. A. Eddy < Go. and Thomas Abbs, an upholsterer in George Van Deusen. two stores, c. NJ, Barnes and ". H. Emmons. and some first class blscksmiths and wagon makers, and G. A. Adams wagon re- pository. The North Canaan Water O., although furnishing water in 1883 have since then increased the capacity of their reservoir and largely extended their pipe lines. The White Brick & Terra Gotta Oo., though located in Clayton, Mass. brings considerable revenue into Canaan as this is their railroad point. We now have two most excellent tele. phone services here. and seventeen years ago the telephone service here was very meagre. During this period the Pil grim Society Second Congregational ] has been formed and a handsome church and parsonage built on Granite avenue. The Town Hall instead of being an uninvit- ing place owned by private parties is now the property of the town and has been repaired and enlarged until now the interior is as handsome and conven- ient an amusement room as there is in the county. And we must not forget the ladies. Seventeen years ago Miss Norton was the milliner. and still is, but now has competitor in Kittie White; and the florist business has been started the past year by Miss Louise Bragg and Miss May Adams who have this fall built modern greenhouse.
 The year 1888 was in an age of steam and the editor planned a number of in- dustries lining the Blackberry river from the Norfolk line to the Housatonic river. We regret to say that none of the sites have been utilized for manu- facturing. Believing that some of those sites would be utilized the editor claim. ed that the population of Canaan ought to increase 50 per cent in seventeen years. The manufacturing has not come and of course neither has the pop ulstion. Today is an age of electricity and we close this article in the hope that in seventeen years the chronicler of events can show that Canaan has added at least dozen manufacturing indus- tries and that electric lights will illumi. nate our streets and dwellings, and trol. ley cars will carry us to New Marlboro and Salisbury. And just the same word of advice that we offered seventeen years ago: "We must encourage manu. lecturers by providing them manufac. turing sites at reasonable prices and by offering every inducement we can to have the>. locate here. 0wnen of land must not stand in their own light and overreach themselves"
 The pastor of the East Canaan Con. gregational church in 1888 was the late Rev W. J. Thomson; today the pastor is the Rev. H. Utterwick. The pastor of the Methodist church in Canaan in 1883 was the Rev David Phillips; today the pastor is the Rev E. J. Kelley. The rector of Christ church in 1888 was the Rev F. W. Barnett; today the rector Is the Rev M. H. Mill. The pastor of St Joseph's R. o. church in 1883 was the Rev Fr Lynch; today the pastor is the Rev Fr Bannon. The pastor of the Pilgrim church is the Rev s. A. Burnaby. In 1888 the late Rev Dr Hiram Eddy was supplying the pull pit of the Congregational church oi Sheffield. Mass.
 The majority of Uanaanites congratu late themselves that the towns public sentiment against license has no changed during the past seventeen years. On Got. 2, 1882. North Canaan "voted mo license, the first time ii several years" Although several at tempts have been made to rescind th, vote of 1882 the town has continuousl, remained q no license town.
 We will not enumerate the sad incl dents and events of the past seventeen years. Suffice it to say. the saddles feature of those years is the harves which Death has reaped. Scarcely family in town has escaped bereavement but on this Thanksgiving day as VIC e semble in the places of worship O gather around the dining table, let u
 feel thankful for manifold blessing during these years although we miss tn
 loved ones who have departed.
 And now in conclusion we wish | state that probably this article is inoom
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 readers of the NEWS If they will call on
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