Connecticut western news., 1900-05-31
-Luman Foote is steadily improving

Human Foote is steadily improving and walks around his premises.
 Mrs Fred Goodrich of New Britain visited her father, Charles Emmons, here over Sunday.
 -Alonzo Mallory of Bulls Bridge has been very sick but it is thought he is now out of danger.
 ID. 0. Roraback of Winsted, agent for the Ascetylene Gas Co.,, was in town on business Monday.
 W. G. Cargill of Westfeld, Mass was in town from Friday afternoon un- til Saturday afternoon.
 Rufus E.. Holmes, $. A. Herman, John Mattison and H. O. Atkins, all of Winsted, were in town the past week.
 Mrs Mary Gillette returned last Thursday from Albany, N. Y. and will spend the summer at the Warner House.
 The partial eclipse of the sun last Monday forenoon was totally eclipsed by dense clouds. Smoked glass was a drug on the market.
 MT and Mrs George Girard and daughter Mable of Winsted were in town Saturday on driving trip to Mrs Girard's home in Millerton, N. Y.
 -One successful advertisement does not prove man 8 good advertiser. It takes persistent, profitable pushing to produce an established reputation and to perpetuate it after it is established,
 A gigantic bottle of Moxie on wheels appeared in town the other day. Canaan has the reputation of being a "dry" town, fact which the Moxie people doubtless understand and sent this little sample bottle along just as a s'starter."
 One of the 'sguests" at the town farm is possessed of not little native wit. He says that the taxes in New Milford have become so high that he was obliged to go to the town farm in order to make living. Milford Gazette.
 The grading of the park at Union depot is completed. and grass seed has been sown on the two enclosures. The Consolidated railroad will furnish 30 or 40 cars of crushed stone for the drive ways, and on Tuesday the work of cov- ering them with said stone was begun Catherine, the two-years-old daugh. ter of MT and Mrs Frank Van Deusen, met with painful accident last Friday evening. While walking across the room with her nursing bottle in hel hand she fell and the bottle broke and cut deep gash across the entire palm | her hand. Dr Lee dressed the wound and found it was severe one.
 During the past week the NEWS has been informed that Mrs E. N Raw son, sister of Dr J. D. Clemans of Ga naan, Conn, died April 25th at hel residence in Brooklyn, N. Y. Of late years Mrs Rawson has been frequent visitor to Canaan and quite a number here enjoyed the acquaintance of thii most interesting and estimable lady She was here twice last year. Mary Amelia Clemans was the daughter O. the late Jerry Clemans and Susannt | Stowe Clemans She was born a Charlton, Mass, Feb. 3, 1924 and or April 5, 1853 married Ezbon Newel Rawson in Webster, Mass. Mir Rawsor died in Brooklyn, N. r., Dec. 27, 1894 Mrs Rawson leaves a son. Nathan Ed ward Rawson, who is one of Brooklyn'i prominent business men.
 | Curious things sometimes happen even in the land of Canaan. It wal @ curious sight that Reuben Seward saw some time ago when he discovered a cat wandering around with an empty salmon can pushed down over it's ears and, sitting upon it's launches a shor distance away with an expression O mingled doubt and curiosity upon it countenance, a woodchuck taking il the situation apparently at loss to un derstand the matter. The can was re moved from the cats head with difficult ty. A few days later A. P. Briggs while driving to Falls Village, discover ed by the roadside woodchuck witt it's head fast in salmon can, in exactl, the same predicament as was the cat Mir Briggs went to the relief of the TO dent and by placing his foot on its bod and pulling the can with both hand succeeded in getting it off the wood chuck's head. Doubtless these animal
 were trying to get at the salmon dressin
 with which the inside of the can wa , lined. This is curious story and it
 truthfulness may be doubted but M
 Briggs can testify to it's authenticity. The vaudeville entertainment give on Tuesday evening by local talent WE patronized by large attendance. Th ) program consisted of ten number , opening with the twentieth centur dance, Looking Backward" dance by Mir and Mrs J. G. Root, MT and MI R. D. Peirce, Mrs Lee, Miss Jenn r Hamm, and Messrs Walter Warner an Charles Dodge. Following this came recitation by Miss Nina Owens. r brilliant piano duett by Mrs Lee an t Miss Lorraine was next in order. J rome Root made hit in his Chine. dwarf dance, which was followed by 3 most taking song by little Miss Jos - phine Camp. An internission of tive g ty-fve minutes followed, during whie