Connecticut western news., 1900-02-22
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY aa, 1900
Local News.

Henry Wellner, the tailor, has been spending few days in New York.
 Ten Free Masons from this town visited the Millerton lodge on Tuesday evening.
 George Bacon of Washington state is visiting his old sohoolmate, Burton A. Peirce.
 Mrs A. F. Rood is confined to the house with bilious attack, but is re- covering.
 A letter addressed to Mrs F. H.. Gleason remains uncalled for at the Ga naan post office.
 The kindergarten is closed until two weeks from next Monday, on &C., count of measles in the village.
 Clarence Humphrey has been con- fined to his bed two weeks with se- we're cold or grip, but he is now i'm proving.
 Attorney Frank Lindsey of Phil mont N. Y, who studied law here with Col. Hsrdenbergh years ago, call ed on friends in town Tuesday.
 The regular meeting of Pilgrim Club will be held next Tuesday even ing with Louis Holt Some more light will be thrown upon ''The Dark Ages. :" w. K. Landon has been having a severe tussel for a week or more with a heavy cold which has kept him housed up part of the time but he is gradually recovering.
 The Rev. Henry Tarrant (B. D. Yale), rector of St. Johns parish, Pine Meadow. Ct.. has received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the Western University of Chicago. Ill.
 Otis Turner has rented the Niver farm on Canaan mountain and will spend the summer there. Mir Turner is perhaps better known through this section by the stage name of Otis Julian Henry V. Simms of Hartford visit ed his sister, Mrs William Warner, here several days the past week. He return cd to Hartford yesterday. He is vet. eran of the civil war and enlisted from North Canaan.
 A snow storm commenced about o'clock last Saturday afternoon and con tinued at intervals until Sunday morn ing. Four or five inches of snow Fell bat did not make sleighing as the wind blew it of the roads in many places.
 James Keenan, who is a resident here, but stationed at Lee as a crossing tender, fell on the ice here Saturday and broke his arm. He has had to SUD- ply e substitute at Lee for short time. Keenan is peculiarly unfortunate in the matter of bodily injuries as there is scarcely an unbroken bone in his body. To all those who are interested in the recent cases of diphtheria which have been in two families in East Ca naan I would say that each house and the goods in M. Yanushwetz's store has been thoroughly disinfected by the most modern methods, and in my opin- ion there is 10 possible chance of the disease spreading by contagion.
 O. W. CAMP, Health Officer.
 It was . most excellent Field Day for Home Missions that was held at Pilgrim Church on Tuesday. A pleas ant day; good speakers; good audi once; good dinner and good cheer The spirit of Home Missions and true patriotism is not lessening. It never was more earnest. and never, it would seem, more needed than now. Wher these speakers pass this way again they will have an audience.
 A man who hal worked for E. W, Warner, that inimitable Ed Warner O. Canaan, took the liberty of referring tc him afterward when seeking work. The man happened to be worthless. Tn. party, contemplating hiring him, wrote Warner, asking him if the man was good man. It was poser for Warner but he finally answered him thusly ''The man is good man if you car find out what he is good for. Miller ton Telegram.
 Saturday afternoon about o'clocl l;kkl> Johp Fnllor aforta5 &o Io;a,uo,, cross the tracks at the Main stree crossing He got between the rail- just ss freight train backed off tn, switch and the cars were approachipl dangerously near him. Onlookers witl one accord shouted to him but the bo, did not understand and stopped be tween the rails. The cars were almos upon him and the bystanders wer almost mortified, when Harold Presto rdshed to the little boy and pulled hin out of harms way. It was close cal for both boys and Harold certainl saved the little boys life.
 The last regular meeting of the So cial Assembly was held on Tuesda evening and the entertainment preced ing the dance was very pleasing. Tn Assembly have had eight meetings i all and with charades, tableaux, dis logues, cake walks, vocal and instru mental music and recitations have bee particularly entertaining. The final of the season will be held on Monda evening. Feb. 26, when Sedgwick's ol chest,a of Hartford will be in attend ance. As the membership of the A ssmbly numbers l04 persons 1t will b r~nn~sihta ko invite onv s,oopla n,