Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-03-28

A P. Freeman went to New York
Monday morning for a few days So
journ.
Miss Daisy Lsndon went to Spring
field, Mass on Wednesday to visit
friends.
Miss Henrietta Hsnford of Alamosa,
Col is visiting her cousin. Mrs 5. A.
Bnrnaby.
Eugene Rowe assisted at Parsons X
Sons store while joe Parsons WAS in
New York
Farmers will be interested in the
letter entitled "Our Opportunity" in
this issue of the NEWS
The Misses Carice and Fannie
Corey of Millerton, N. Y. visited at Jo-
seph Owens over Sunday.
Miss Edith Barnes, who has been
visiting her brother DR. /. r. Barnes at
Oyster Bay, returned this week.
MIR and Mrs George @. Pee. of
Bridgeport visited Mr. Peet's parents
over Sunday and made few calls on
old friends.
S. A. Kemp is agent for William
Stahl's excelsior spraying outfits for
spraying frnits and trees. Ask him for
catalogue.
Mise Katherine Currsn does not ex-
poet to return to Parsons & Sons stors
and wishes to resume her former occu-
patton as school teacher.
After last Thursday rain some who
viewed the wreck OF the state road on
Bennett hill remarked, "now is the
time for Editor Bolles of the New Mil
ford Gazette to visit Canaan again and
take another object lesson in state road
making"
"A lecture will be delivered by Rev
John 8. Graham, under the auspices of
the University Club. in the Congrega-
tional church, Falls Village, Conu :, on
Tuesday evening. April Cd, 1901, at 8
o'clock. Subject: "The Anglo Saxon
Riddle" Proceeds for benefit Of new
M. E church. Admission 25c.
The personal property belonging to
the estate of Milo Decker, deceased,
will be sold at auction on Saturday OF
this week at 10 q. m. at the late resi-
dence Of the deceased, between Canaan
and Clayton. One horse. three wagons,
farming iTHpiements, fishing boat and
some household goods will be cold.
THAT tired feeling" so prevalent
in early spring. cannot this season be
charged to snow shoveling during the
past winter. The winter of 1900 in
New England is remarkable for the
light snowfall. The railroads have es-
capped their usual expense of snow
blowing and snow shoveling.
H Wellner and son Nathan return
ed from New York last Saturday even.
ing. On March 18th at the Manhattan
hospital Nathan endured very difficult
operation on his mouth and throat.
For eight days after the operation he
could take no nourishment whatever
and became very weak, but on Tuesday
he was able to drink little milk and it
Is now expected he will soon recover.
During the food on Thursday last
Albert L. Barnes and Francis Barnett
attempted to descend the Blackberry
river in canoe. They launched their
bark on Elm street, and for about 2C
rods shot down stream at railroad speed
until they struck conflicting current
which instantly capsized the canoe and
plunged them beneath the angry waves
Both are good swimmers, otherwise
they would have drowned. After a
desperate struggle for life they reached
the shore, and they also saved the
canoe. 1t was an experience they will
never forget. Mother will the frighten-
ed spectators ever forget it.
The line storm Of the 21st inst.
proved that Canaan is land that some
times flows with water as we'll as with
milk and honey. The rain fell in tor
rents and the snow on Canaan mountain
was slso rapidly converted into water.
Before noon the Black berry river had
overlooked its banks and all the mead
ows from the Canaan Lime Co.'S. kilns
Many persons made the remark that
"now is the time for the Borden Milk
| Go. to visit Canaan and learn where to
locate its proposed creamery in order
to place it above high water mark "
| Others said ''now is the time for High
way Commissioner Mcdonald to in
spect the state road and learn how moi
to build road" The state road was
badly damaged by the storm, because
ample drainage was not provided. In
fact, the roads in all parts of the town
were more or less damaged and in some
instances the soil was washed out down
to the frost line. However. the storm
was blessing to the North Canaan
Water Co., for it filled the reservoir to
overlooking and now the Consolidated
road can get water for their locomotives
at this station-a privilege denied fol-