Connecticut western news., 1901-04-11


A very pleasant dance was given at
the Town Hall on Tuesday night by
Misses Nina Owens and Mary Watson.
Charles Kepler finally decided to
move into part of Thomas Buffers
house instead of into the Pequigney
house.
Mrs @. FL johnson Of East Canaan
visited her daughter, Mrs John G..
Beckley, Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Miss Lane, daughter of the Rev j.
81. Lane Of Lagrangeville, N. Y. is as
sisting Miss s. P. Norton in her millin-
cry store this spring.
DIR Heady of Milford, former resi-
dent of Norfolk. has been taking rest
from his arduous labors and has been
spending some time in Sharon.
Miss Lizzie Joyce, telephone oper-
ator at Norfolk. is home for a weeks
vacation. During her absence Miss
Edith Welles will be the operator there.
Mr. and Mrs Lester Root came
home from Bristol last Friday to visit
their parents. Mr. Root returned to
Bristol on Monday and Mrs Root re-
turned yesterday. ...
Miss Kittie A. White has been Wis.,
ling relatives and attending the millin-
cry openings for the past two weeks
and is in New York city this week Sc
lecting her display of millinery.
Frederick Julian, the actor, who
for three years has been located with
the Hopkins Stock Company at the
Grand Opera House in Memphis, Tenn 1,
renews his subscription to the News
and under date Of April writes: Let
me wish you ever increasing prosperity
with the good News"
-Selectman Norton owns hens that
lay Easter ef gs. On Saturday Last Mr.
Norton exhibited two eggs found in the
nests in bis hen house. Each egg had
deep blue circle on one side, about an
inch in diameter. and inside of each cir
Gle was perfect outline or white pic
ture of chickens head.
-Xantbos, the horse sold by A. p.
Briggs in August 1899 to Levi White OF
West Troy, NY, is now one OF the
fastest trotters on the Berkshire county
tracks. In January last. at North
Adams, Mass, he made mile on snow
in 2 % Mr. White has recently re-
fused an offer of $1,000 for him. al
though a short time after he bought
him he offered to sell him for less than
hundred.
DIR Foote has moved from the En-
sign Church house, so called, on High
street to the farm in Rood street which
he recently purchased of E L, Hol-
comb, known as the Deacon Dennis
Rood farm. Mr. Holcomb has moved
to the Billiard house near this village
VIM. Sardam has moved into part OF
s.the old tavern" at the lower corner,
aud David Curtis has moved to the
Wolfe place. SO called, on Rood street.
Wallace Burghardt is pleased to
chow his friends letter which he re-
Gently received from his son Willard.
The letter is dated Puerto Cortez.
Spanish Honduras, March "a. It left
there March 81 by steamer and arrived
at Canaan. April 4. Willard writes
that he is feeling fine and having q
good time. He gives an interesting
account of his journey thithsr from
Canaan, what he has experienced since
arrived there, etc. He has accepted a
job with civil engineering corps on a
railroad now being built from San
Pedro inland San Pedro is 33 miles
above Puerto Cortez, and Willard is at
work IL miles inland from San Pedro.
During the past month many Ca
NANTES have doubted that the Borden
Milk Co. would ever locate . creamery
in Canaan, but N. l.. Jackson said
'they're comm" About a week age
it was rumored that soon the dirt
would begin to fly. Some Canaanitee
have thought the dirt would begin to
fly when the pigs begin to fiy"-as the
say ing is in Sweden. However, on
Tuesday of this week Mr. Jackson an
nounced that the Borden Co. had de.
cided to com mehce building operation.
here within a week or ten days. MI
jackson undoubtedly knows the Border
Co.'S intentions because his partner
Lorrin Eggleston, went to New York or
Monday to interview the Borden Co
AT noon today at the residence o.
the parents of the bride elect in Sails
bury, will be married Charles +. Rob
erts of East Canaan and Miss Laurs
Eggleston. Only the immediate fam
lilies and the Rev j. @. Goddard will b.
present. Mr. and Mrs Roberts will re
side in East Canaan where Charles il
engaged in the mercantile bushes.
with his brother "Ned," under the firm
name of E. l. Roberts & Co. We wisl
the contracting parties most joyou
and prosperous life. Miss Eggleston i
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs James r
Eggleston of Salisbury, but is popula
young lady in Canaan where she ha
been bookkeeper for Jackson, Eggles
ton & Co. Charles is the eldest son o
Selectman Edward s. Roberts of thi
town-well known in g A R. and pc
litical circles, and Charles himself en-
joys the distinction OF being Nort
Cauaan's only soldier in the Spanish
American war
AT q regular communication Q
Housatonic Lodge, No 81, F. & A. M
held at their lodge rooms on Monda
evening there were about fifty Msste
,, Masons present, including many visit
inO hrathraD Worahipful Maaka