Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1901-06-27

play in Millerton in the forenoon of
July Fourth.
MIR and Mrs W. a. Camp started
on Monday morning for the Pan Amer
lean Exposition at Buffalo.
Don't forget the cake walk and ball
by the colored people at Town Hall
next Wednesday evening.
The Misses Ferguson returned last
Saturday from their vacation trip and
Miss Sarah is back again at the post
office.
Over 60, 900 horses in NewYork City
are suffering with the epizootic or some
similar disease and the epidemic is
spreading.
Arthur VIM of Philmont, n Y.
visited his daughter, Mrs Oswald t.
Vosburg, over Sunday and returned
home Monday.
Miss Mary Peck went to Goshen
last Saturday to remain an indefinite
time at Mr. Lamphier's and assist Mrs
Lamphier in her household duties.
Miss Mary E Adams is building
the new greenhouse at The Naples, and
not Miss Bragg as was stated two weeks
ago, but they have been, and are, in
partnership as The Naples Greenhouse
Co.
Mrs W. J. Thompson and son,
Hugo. arrived in town Monday from
Boston, Mass and will soon be domicil
ed at their home, Mount Elm, for the
summer. Hugo recently graduated
from Tufts Dental College at Boston.
A beautiful religious service was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs E. w.
Adams, at o'clock on Sunday last,
when their four children were conse-
Grated in baptism by the Rev s. A.
Burnaby, pastor of Pilgrim Church.
William A. Gordon of Danbury was
in town last Thursday and Friday re-
ceiving contributions for The Connect.
cut Temperance Union. He was very
successful as many Canaanites always
cheerfully aid the temperance cause.
Recently high end substantial side
walk was built from st. Joseph's
church to the Elm street crossing of
the @. N. E. road. We understand
that Rev FIR Bannon and A. p. Free
man were the prime movers in this i'm
provement.
X. E E. Munson, the man who can
build an iron fence, or woven wire,
for you at short notice, and whose adj
vertisement appears in the NEWS, is
doing good work in this section. Here
is what the Millerton Telegram says of
one of his jobs: ''Irondale Cemetery
has been much improved by string of
fence erected by K. E. E. Munson.
The Association are full of praiseful
words for the good job Mr. Munson did
for them"
George Allen of Hartford was in
Canaan last Saturday making calls but
he had been absent so many years that
none of his old friends recognized him
at first. He walked into the News
Office and enquired "what time does the
stage leave for Winsted?" 1t will be
remembered that Mr. Allen drove the
stage between Winsted and Canaan
from 1867 until December 1871 or until
passenger trains commenced running
on the Connecticut Western railroad.
Mr. Aliens health is very good and he is
as genial as in days of yore, and en-
quired after all the Canaanites he was
ever acquainted with but he was sur.
prised that so many old friends have
departed this life.
The Berkshire Courier of June 20
published a brief history of the Allyn
dale marble quarries at East Canaan,
also described the work now being done
there by W. B Cass, the we'll known con
tractor, who recently leased said quar-
ries for fifteen years and already has q
number of men cutting stone there to
build chapel in New Britain, Conn
and one in Chatham, N. Y. In its his
tory of the quarries the Courier states:
'These quarries furnished the stone for
the stack of the B. r. Company's upper
furnace about 1847." The facts are
that in 1916 the late John A. Beckley
built the furnace referred to, and he
obtained the stone for the stack from q
quarry on land then owned by the late
Charles Lewis, and now owned by the
Canaan Lime Co. but leased to Garfield
Brothers. The stack was originally 80
feet high, but few years ago the B. r.
Co. added feat to the top of the stack.
1t is barely possible that the stone fol
this eight feet addition was obtained al
the Allyndale quarries, nevertheless
the B. R. Co. would naturally obtain
the stone from their own quarry on
the opposite side of the river and only
few rods from the furnace
"A large number of ladies and few
gentlemen assembled at the Town Hal
last Friday afternoon to witness the
closing exercises of Mrs Roots school
One does not realize how bright an6
capable the little boys and girls are I'M
til they attend and listen to these exer
cises. Mrs Roots tact and influence
over these little ones is perfectly charm
ing; both teacher and scholars are har
monious in their work AT half past one
the curtain rose presenting to our view
all the little ones in her department ar
ranged on the stage in front of us, ani
pleasing sight it was. They sang Il
us, recited and acted their parts lik'
miniature men and women, in fact they
eclipsed we older ones in any of ou
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