Connecticut western news., 1901-10-17


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 Tomorrow (Friiay) being St. Luke's Day, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion in Christ church at 1000 .. m.
 Mrs w. K. Landon and daughter Daisy, attended the fun eral of their cousin. William Palmer, in Lakeville, Monday, at 2 p. m.
 Miss Lucy B. Beebe went to Win sted Monday, to take position at Mrs NcNerney's dress making parlors. She will be there at least three months.
 -''The wanderings of the Pilgrims, !" . unique entertainment, will be given It Pilgrim church, Friday evening at 7:45. Admission loo. A cordial we' come to young and old.
 --Mrs Louise F. Smith left last Thursday for two or three weeks visit .. Fully, N. Y. She expected to stop at Utica until Saturday, and fro there to Syracuse for few days, tn en on to Tally.
 The Warehouse Point correspond ence in the Windeor Locks Journal of Got. II. says: Mrs H. M. Adams, who has been at the Hartford hospital for seven weeks for treatment, returned home Wednesday very much improved in health.
 Miss Mary Bradford of Cornwall has been visiting Mrs Mary Beebe in this village. She came . week ago last Saturday and in the meantime she visited in Lakeville, also with Mrs Ferdinand Beckley, returning again to Mrs Beebe's. She left for her home on Monday.
 THE NEWS is indebted to 0. Fl. Pease, publisher of the ''Scrap Book of North Canaan, for the loan of the half tone cuts used today in the sketch of the late Charles Gillette. Mir Pease voluntarily offered to loan the cuts to the NEWS. His courtesy is appreciated end gladly accepted.
 Miss 8. l. Perry, manager of the Canaan Division of the s. N. E. Tele- phone Go. lis taking months vacation Miss Perry went to Providence, R. T.. yesterday to visit her sister. Mrs Hurl- burt. and will spend some time at Dor chester and Boston, Mass, before she returns to Canaan. Miss Consadine will have charge of the central office during Miss Perry's absence. and Miss Wells will assist Miss Consadine.
 The marriage of Miss Elsie Adele Rood of Hartford and Norman Bills Chapin of Torrington, took place al high noon, Saturday. at the home of the brides mother, at No. 823 Asylum Ave. The wedding was quiet affair, only near relatives and friends being present. The bride and groom were unattended and there were no ushers. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. W. Ranney of the Park Congregs tional Church, and was followed by . wedding breakfast. MT and Mrs Chapin will be ".t home" after Nov 18th in Torrington.
 -Barnum Richardson Go. are cer- tainly in hard luck this season while trying to build their now stone dam al East Canaan. Three times during the season their coffer dam was washed away, the last time necessitating the shoveling out of the coal and ore in the furnace stack. Their fourth streak ot hard luck came last Sunday night when the temporary dam which turns the water into the canal gave away in con sequence of the flood in the river. Int flood undermined or collapsed the wate wheel which drives the blowers. Thil suddenly stopped the furnace ani necessitated shoveling out the stacl again. About 5000 had just been lait out in repairs on the water wheel Will be about two months before tn, furnace can again be put in blast.
 Landlord Warner relates the fol lowing incident: "Over 40 years az North Canaan held town meeting an, voted to purchase new hearse. N. c Ward. Charles Gillette, and Waite Warner were appointed committee t select and purchase hearse. The com mittee visited Hartford and New Havel in discharging their duty and finalI selected aud purchased at New Havel the hearse which Is still in use at Eas Canaan and which Geo. K. Goodwi now has charge of. The committee re turned from New Haven via of tn Naugatuck railroad to Winsted an, then drove to Mir Warner's house i East Canaan, arriving there about 1 o'clock st night After taking suppe It Mir Warmers house Mir Gillette an Nr Ward were urged to remain owe night there. but they were both anxiou to reach their own homes, therefor MT Ward walked to his boarding place near East Canaan furnace, and Mir Gil Ietts walked to Canaan. Tho hearse is existencs, but tho purchasing con mitees have passed away. Mir Warn' end Mr Ward died . number of yea aeo, and Mr Gillstts died lat ~ssk.".