Connecticut western news., 1900-05-31
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THURSDAY. MAY 31, 1900.
Local News.

Strawberry tea at M. E. church parlors, Tuesday evening, June 5.
 Misses Martha and Harriet Evans of Bethel are spending few days with Mrs H. l.. Ross.
 MT and Mrs H. B. Lyles attended the Scoville-Armstrong wedding at Stockbridge, Mass. last Saturday.
 MT and Mrs s. N. Lincoln and daughter of Winsted stopped in town Tuesday enroute to Cornwall, where they will remaln for few days.
 Photographs of the General Sedg- wick memorial at Cornwall Hollow, dedicated yesterday, can be obtained at F. R. Collins jewelry store in Canaan. Large size 15 cents; small size 10 cents. Memorial Day was observed in the schools Tuesday afternoon. The schools of the three upper grades met in one room. The exercises consisted of read ings, recitations and singing. The schools were addressed by MT s. A. Eddy in closing.
 An adjourned meeting for the pur- pose of organizing cemetery associa- tion to have charge of the lower ceme. tery will be held in the Town Hall Sat urday, June 2, at 3 p. m. It is impor- tant that all interested in this project should be present.
 The class to graduate from the higher department of our school this year numbers twelve. Public exercises will be held at the Town Hall Friday evening. June 8. Miss Grace l.. Good win will give the valedictory. Music will be furnished by Baldwin's orches- tra.
 John Adam, M. D., graduated from the medical college at Toronto, Canada, last week and returned home on Saturday with his mother and sister Catherine. In the even. ing reception was given at the home of his brother, G. A. Adam, where a number of townspeople met and rendered their best wishes to the young physician.
 -T tuesday is "calf day. at the Ca naan depot. More farmers teams are seen in town on Tuesdays than any other day in the week. Apparently Canaan is a great veal producing country as on each succeeding Tuesday the year around, from twenty-five to forty calves, aggregating g in live weight from 4,000 to 600 pounds, are shipped to Hartford and occasionally to New York city. It is quite interesting to watch the process of unloading, weigh ing and shipping of these calves.
 -J. H. Rathburn $ Go. Of Winsted who have just finished painting the Catholic church at Lakeyille and who are now at work on Mrs Fishers resi- dence at Chapinville, are negotiating for the painting of the Methodis church here. "Steeple Jack" Rath burn, as he is known to his friends, is dauntless climber and has painted ani repaired some of the tallest spires ant stacks in this country. If he come here it will be interesting to watch hi work on the tall spire of the church How he manages to secure his ropes tt the top of the spires and suspend hi scaffoldings is secret which he guard carefully, always accomplishing thi task after dark.
 North Canaan is good, quiet peaceful community. Its citizens ar patriotic, moral and have great respec for the laws of the land inasmuch a they believe that the laws are made t be respected-if not observed. Thi advanced stage of civilization and cit zenship is doubtless due to the precepi and examples of high moral characte exemplified in Canaan's noble sires fc years past. This fact is universely req ognized throughout the county an state and even sour county sheriff, M Aellis of Winsted, has not considered necessary to appoint deputy her' We have one qualified constable r ,sit ing about mile and half from th village whose official duties do not O. cupy much of his time We are quit sure that there are not many towns the state the size of thls which woul long keep their moral equilibrium if r ieved of civil authorities to the extel that North Canaan is.
 Otis Tarner's Big Shows opened Falls Village last Saturday and ha' since played Lakeville, Sharon ar Millerton. The performance has give satisfaction everywhere and consists 8 minstrel first part, some sensation acrobatic features, the comedy "Mr doon's Picnic" and concert or aft show. The band and orchestra und the direction of Prof Hanson furni excellent music. Among those of dividual prominence in the performan we mention Ben Dillon in songs al dances, Frank La Rue, solo trombonil the Bartless sketch team, and Dorma the wonderfully agile performer on t trapeze. Kyle Brothers, acrobats, a 2 nice working team and the compal is g good one throughout. MT Turn, who personally knows the majority
 his audiences, is careful to have ever thing clean and proper, and nothing the least offensive to anyone is spok or performed. The show is drawn
 IT sleek horses and is now playi
 down the Harlem valley.