Connecticut western news., 1901-05-02

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OF subscription. Look at it now.
-Um brellas had vacation from Fri
day until Tuesday.
Tho Canaan Minstrels appear at
Lime Rock tomorrow night.
Miss Nancy Ellis and Miss Hattie
Jeffries returned from the South yester-
day.
Emanuel Molander went to Baff,lo.
N Y, last Thursday to remain durir g
the summer.
Miss Adah Macomber of Westerly.
R. I. is guest of Mr. and Mrs j. D.
Clemans. She will remain week or
Mics Florence Winnegar of Great
harrington, who has been visiting few
days at DR. Camps, returned home on
Monday.
Miss Almira Stevens, who has been
at Norfolk with her brother E. @. Stew
ems the past three months, returned
here on Monday.
-Jackson, Eggleston & Go. are now
grinding their coffee with power fur
nished by Backus water motor which
they have installed this week.
Mics Minnie Peirce, Mrs r. d
Peirce and Mira A. P Freeman are ex.
pecting TO attend the May Festival Of
the Connecticut Music Teachers Associa.
tioh in New Haven next week.
Mrs D. O. Stone of Chester is visit
ing at d. L. Freeman's. Mrs J. D..
Seacord and son OF Lee, Mass. were also
guests over Sunday. Mrs D. L. Free
man is improving nicely and able to
ride out.
Rev ]. G. Goddard wishes to extend
through the News an invitation to the
general public to attend the oratorical
contest at Norfolk on Friday afternoon
at 100. held under the auspices of the
Litchfeld County University Club.
There will be ten contestants.
William VanAlstyne, brother OF
Mrs Mary @. Oorbit. returned TO Ca
naan April "a from his trip &c Cuba.
Since then he has been trout fishing in
his native town of Afford, Mass. He
has resided in Mexico the last ten years
but is now waiting to again enjoy the
sight of apple trees in blossom before
he returns to Mexico.
Numerous complaints have been
made to the selectmen of this town Of
the riding Of bicycles on the sidewalks
Section 161 of the General Statutes o.
Connecticut forbids the use of bicy ole,
on the sidewalks under penalty of mo-
less than two dollars nor over five dol
lars for each off nse. While the town
people ask the wheels to keep off tn,
sidewalks. at the same time they asl
the teams to keep off the wheel path.
Mics Lille O. Waggoner's visit t,
Canaan to increase interest in the worl
Of rescuing and training the famin,
orphans and child widows OF India ha
resulted in hearty responoe from tn
children who will help on the work b,
selling seeds. Much is being done il
this work by Philip Bacon of Spring
field, Mass, who furnishes flower an,
garden seeds to ell responsible peopl
who will sell them. all profits going t
this missionary work in India. Mr. Baco
getting no profits whatever. Being
purely benevolent and Christian WORK
and one of great importance, we ar
glad to commend it,
Surveyors, said to be In the emplo
of the Consolidated railroad commence
running line last Thursday for whs
is claimed will be steam road fror
Canaan to Clayton. The line start
from Charles Barnes Sons siding, b.
tween Canaan and Ashley Falls, an
runs easterly and crosses the highwa
between the resider ces of Walter M,
Giunis and Martin McGu ire and littl
further east it crosses the old road leat
ing to the r. @. cemetery. The lin
passes north of the cemetery and the
crosses the highway east OF Patric
Brilt's house and passes through II
meadows in front OF the DIR Smit
splace, so called, runs near Charl,
Barnes Sons lime kilns and from theme
will virtually run parallel with tt
highway to Clayton, keeping in I'll
state of Connecticut until Clayton
reached and then crossing the Mass
chusetts state line onto land owned /
the White Brick 4 Terra Gotta 90. an
continuing north to that company
plant. We understand that it is pr
posed TO build this new railroad b
cause it is reported that one of Il
largest brick making plants in Ne
England is to be erected at Clayton
The foregoing are probably the facts
the case, nevertheless various rumo
are ahoat-one to the effect that tn
new survey is bluff against the tr'
leys, and another rumor that there is
unders landing or sort of three corner
deal between the Consolidated rea
the trollsys and the Borden Milk {
Take jour choice OF rumors.