Connecticut western news., 1900-09-27
Mrs E R Lorraine is gradually i'm

 N. r.. on a business trip.
 R. O. Newton of New York is al Myrtle Hill for few days.
 Joseph Quinn was home from Hart ford from Friday until Sunday after noon.
 The Misses Emma and Jennie Skin ner of W insted spent Sunday in town the guests of Mrs Louise Smith.
 Mrs Mary O. Corbit, who has been visiting her brother at Rockford, Ill.,, for a month, arrived home last Friday.
 Miss Mary l.. Prentiss of Brooklyn, N. r., who has been guest at Myrtle Hill for several weeks, returns home today.
 Miss Lntha Kemp and Miss Jessie Beebe, who have been in Sheffield, Mass for the past three months, have now re turned to their homes.
 -G. B. Gardner and family of Cox sackie, N. Y. are attending the fair at Great Darlington and visiting relatives in that town and in Canaan.
 The registrars of voters had re ceived ninety -one applications but thus far the board of selectmen and town clerk have admitted only twenty five of them besides replacing on the list the names of seven former voters.
 Editor Beach of the Bridgeport Standard formerly of the Berkshire Courier. called on friends in Canaan yesterday on his way to the Great Harrington fair. He is having vaca- ton and has spent part of it at his old home in Southbridge, Mass.
 The Misses Minnie and Alice Peirce left Canaan on Tuesday evening for Omaha, Neb., to visit their cousins John and Fanny Peirce and Mrs Jenny Tracy. They expect to be absent about one month and during that time then sister. Mrs 0. E Vroman of Brookfield, will stay with the parents.
 The pumpkin pie and preserving season Las arrived and the frugal house. wife is in the midst of her annual can- ming campaign. Fruit and vegetables of all kinds are unusually plentiful and low-priced this year and the family woman who neglects to lay in goodly supply of preserve timber for the com. forts of the inner man the coming win. ter can hardly expect to be pardoned.
 The Democratic caucus to nominate town officers will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday at 2 p. m. ard the Republican caucus will be held there an hour later. At first thought il would seem unnecessary to state thai the annual town meeting will occur next Monday. nevertheless several have expressed surprise when told the date of town meeting as they had not com prehended that October was so near al hsnd.
 The fall meeting of the Housatoni, Christian Endeavor Union will be helt at New Preston, Oct 8. Morning ses sion from~la> 45 to 12; afternoon sessiol commences at 1.5e-Teams will mee the express and accommodation train at New Milford. The topic for tn, morning session is Christian Citizen ship" and for the afternoon session Christian Cheerfulness There ar, three subdivisions of the first topic, ,ant nine of the second topic.
 The cottagers and campers at Twil Lakes have virtually closed the season at that delightful resort. Nearly al the campers departed some time ago Early last week Samuel A Eddy ant family closed their cottage there. Prof Paine and family closed their cottag last Thursday. Judge Roraback an, family closed their cottage last Satur day. Rudolph Keppler and family de parted on Monday or Tuesday of thi week. Henry Setzer and family vii leave sometime this week. Arwin Beck who has kept bachelor hall in Hun phrey's cottage, left Monday. Hirar and Edward Mclean, who have rente boats at the station all summer, lei Monday. Camp Hartford will renal until Oct. 15. David F. Reed and pal ty will leave next Monday, but th Skidmore family left the fore part ( this week. Rev 8 A. Burnaby preached yer interesting and instructive sermon Ia. Sunday, taking his text f'om Math. 9 66: ''So they went and made the SCI ulcher sure, sealing the stone and SC ting a watch" He stated that every a tempt at limiting truth must fail-ju as did the attempt to keep Jesus in Il tomb by the lewis Sanhedrim I'll "seal" was broken and the watcher confused. Jewish customs and obser' ances, having become arbitrary an changeiess in their demands, were ove thrown by Jesus. He broke throug traditions and useless ceremonies. ri tendency in all religious life since H day is the same. Religious observance useful if used as means, become hea, burdens when enforced by authority and like the seal on Jesus tomb, to broken. Statements of religious Dir are temporary-t be changed as ind vidual experiences enlarge. The test
 any such statement is it's adaptability
 new conditions and that it has marc
 ing qualities. This is true in nation life-a constitution must have marchir qualities, as has been the case with o own Some thin 0a should and do r