Connecticut western news., 1901-11-21
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1901,
Local News.
TIME SLIPS AWAY RAPIDLY.

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 TIME SLIPS AWAY RAPIDLY.
 Almost before one realizes it new year has come and gone. In this way it happens that people get in arrears with their newspapers. THE NEWS seeks to obviate the unnoticed slipping away of time by printing with the subscrib- CTS name the date showing expiration of subscription. Look at it now.
 Joseph l.. Parsons went to New York on Tuesday.
 Mrs H. D. Humphrey is recover ing from an attack of tonsilitis.
 Don't forget the ball at Town Hall tonight. Benefit of Canaan base ball club.
 Thanksgiving services will be held in Christ church on Thursday Nov. 28, at 10:3O .. m.
 Mrs U. G. Warren and daughter. of Lake Mahopac, N. Y. are visiting her mother, Mrs Hamm.
 Mrs Edward Bailey of Jamestown, N. Y. and her daughter Fannie are wis iting at Mrs Hiram Eddy's. Mrs Bailey will remain until after Thanksgiving. Her daughter will remain sometime longer.
 -Dr H. &. Thomson has secured nice rooms for his dental office in Springfield, Mass., but will not be ready to occupy them until about the 9th of December. He is now in Canaan.
 -Percey Stanton cut one of his wrists quite badly while chopping or splitting wood last Thursday evening. He barely escaped severing the main artery. Dr. Owens found it necessary to closs the wound with stitches.
 Frank Anderson while at work in Johnson, Lyndell { Co.'S sash and blind fsotory last Friday morning had one hand drawn into the sand papsring machine and partly crushed. One of his fingers was 80 badly injured that Dr. Owens amputated it at the second joint.
 -Union Thanksgiving services will be held in tho Methodist church on Thursdsy, Nov. 28th, at 10 30 a. m. Rev. S. A. Burnaby, pastor of the Pilgrim Church, will preach the sermon. It will be remembered that Rev. E. J. Kelley. pastor of the Methodist Church 1, preached in the Pilgrim church last Thanksgiving Day.
 Central and Northern Berkshire county was visited by an old fashioned snow storm last Thursday. By noon nine inches of snow had fallen at Pitts. field and sleighs were being used there and at Lenox and Stockbridge. On Friday morning the snow vas from 22 to 30 inches deep at Pittsdeld. Here in Canaan scarcely enough snow fell to cover the ground, and it all soon dis. appeared except on the upper part ol Canaan mountain.
 About 50 persons attended the social held at tue Naples last Friday night and very enjoyable evening wat passed. The amusements consisted oi guessing the largest number of correct names of advertising pictures, charadel and other games. Prizes were given, and refreshments served. Miss Carrie Fuller and John Hubbard were tie or guessing the correct names of the pic lures and s. A. Eddy won the booby prize.
 Frank Roberts has been employed eleven years in the O. N. E. railroad office at this station but on the l1tl inst he gave up his position there i, order to except . better one in tn freight office of the N. Y. N. H. & H R. R. Go. at Worcester, Mass, wher fifteen clerks are employed. Frank lief Canaan last Thursday to enter upon hi new duties. His many friends il Canaan are 10th to part with him bu they congratulate him on securing better position and one in which b will be in line for promotion.
 The selectmen are making . long needed improvement on Church street For many years every time there wa high water in Camps brook. 50 called Church street has been flooded by wate that escaped through the west culver under the railroad track at the Churc street crossing. The selectmen hay placed an iron pipe, two feet in diane ter, under the highway and connecte the pipe with the culvert. The con nection is made water tight by heav blocks of stone cemented together, an the culvert and pipe are covered wit dirt. A ditch has been dug into Judg Roraback's lot to connect the lower en of the pipe with said brook, and ne and straight channel for the brook wi be dug through lands of Judge Ror, back, D. l. Peirce and E.. w. Adams The dam in the Blackberry river on l w. Adams land is to be lowered ( taken away entirely. This will gi, several feet more fall to Camps brool Surveys have been made and by lowe ing the brook as above described it wi be feasible to eliminate the dsngero, grade eros ing on Church street 1 carrying the highway under the raj road track. Heretofore this proje has seemed impossible on account
 the present level of the brook. but nc that 1t has been asoertained that Il brook can be lowered all sincerely hol She grads crosslng will b sliminatsd