Connecticut western news., 1900-09-20

UT w. |. OWeDS VIII TobuEu lIoui Sea Girt, N. J. and resume his practice tomorrow.
 Rev N. s. Boardman supplied the pulpit of Christ Church last Sunday, and will also supply it next Sunday.
 Three tramps in pursuit of work passed through Canaan last week, but At the gait they travelled they never will overtake it.
 -E. 8. Roberts, Wallace Garfield and W. H. Emmons will attend the Democratic convention in Hartford to- day and tomorrow.
 Mrs w. J. Thomson and son Hugo, who have spent the season at their sum- mer residence, Mt. Elm, will return to Boston on Saturday.
 Rev H. H. Kelsey of Hartford and Rev N. M. Calhoun of Winsted " are in town this week and stopped with friends for short time.
 Miss Ella J. Bailey of Great Bar rington, who has been visiting her sis ter, Mrs B. s. Root for two weeks, re- turned home last Saturday.
 Among recent engagement an nouncements Is that of Chas. Mallory of Sherman to Miss Jane Jarvis Jack son of Sharon, sister of N l.. Jackson of Canaan.
 Miss Abby T. Kellogg has been with her sister in Hartford since last spring. but is now in Winsted assisting in the care of Miss Catlin who is an old lady and quite feeble. ....-. .
 The Card Family of Millerton gave a concert at Great Harrington last Fri. day evening, under the auspices of the Methodist Church, and were greeted with 2 seventy dollar house.
 Mrs Sarah Smith, from Smith hill in Salisbury, who has been visiting her brother and sister, Frederick Gil. lette and Miss Mary Gillette, in Canaan for 8 month, returned home last Sun- day.
 The Misses Walsh of Wayne, Penn, have been soiourning in the Adiron- dacks and the Catskills and arrived in Canaan last Friday and visited their niece, Mrs B. B. Bartram, until Tues. day. -.- a...
 The registrars of voters have re. corded ninety -one applications, but this does not signify that all will pass mus ter before the selectmen and town clerk. It is thought that the political complexion of the applicants is about evenly divided.
 The excursion to West Point, via. the o. N. B. road and the steam boat ''Sirius" on the Hudson river last Friday was we'll patronized and all had g delightful outing. The excursion train of ten cars passed Canaan about 8 a. m. and returned about 10 p. m.
 Rev M. H. Mill and family intend ed to start last Saturday on two or three weeks vacation, but that morn. ing Mir Mill received word that his mother was very seriously i'll at her home in Pennsylvania; accordingly MT Mill and family started immediately fol his mothers bedside.
 The Millerton Telegram of Sept. 13 says: Al. Pulver has sold the Millerton Hotel to H. l.. Clark, who also owns the hotel at New Hartford, run by Dud Paine. MT Clark bought everything; real estate, furniture and stock, and retains all the help; took possession yesterday noon. Price said to be $12,50O.
 The Litchfeld Enquirer remarks the summer boarders are leaving and that
 "The melancholy days have come,
 The saddest of the year,
 When all our guests begin to go
 And leave us sad and drear."
 This Is also applicable to Canaan a, most of our summer visitors have de parted. But other days are coming and. with them. the happy, summer days will come, the brightest of the year wheu all our guests arrive again-anG give us chance to make money enougi out of them to carry us over another dull and dreary winter.
 Weather prognosticator Horac, Johnson of Haddam has the audacity tt predict an unusually severe winter Horace has habit of predicting terri ble times and unprecedented atmos pherical disturbances. We are usual, inclined to take it in good grace ant give Mir Johnson the credit of it but il the face of the fact that coal is advanc ing and that if the miners strike con tinues, is sure to keep on advancing il price, we find it bitter pill to swallow and are disposed to remonstrate. w hope he will euess again and make ul his mind to give us 8 pleasant and mil' winter.
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