Connecticut western news., 1901-10-24

Wltu auolI newspapers Ann A,1"o ooeAS 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.
 The first snow squall of the season arrived last Friday forenoon.
 Mir Brooks, wife and son of Belle- vile. N. J.. spent Sunday at 8. W. Barnes
 Mrs Merwin's house on Church street is being painted. A porch has recently been built on the house.
 Charles Rodemeyer has been visit- ing relatives at Troy and Cohoes, N. Y. the past week, but is expected home today.
 Mir Robinson, who has been board ing at w H. Emmons' since early in the summer, returrel to New York Monday.
 Miss Eleanor Crawl has returned to Canaan to remain here until Christmas. She Is boarding at Mrs Hamm's.
 Delightful autumnal weather and beautiful moonlight nights. The mer- cury was 80 degrees in the shade yes terday afternoon.
 w. H. Emmons has given up the grocery business. The store closed last Thursday. and at present MT and Mrs Emmons are visiting relatives at Mill River, Mass.
 Mrs Nicholas Van Deusen of Alta monte Springs, Fla, who has been spending the summer in Canaan and vicinity. will start for Florida next Tuesday morning.
 The grounds around St. Joseph's church have been greatly improved by changing the roadway to the north side of the lawn, and grading the lawn down to the highway, building wide sidewalk and removing the south fence.
 The Hartford Times says: "It may be that the owners of the Poughkeep- sic Bridge route are going to build into Windsor Locks, but we guess they are also going to build across that 313 foot strip of Granby pasture land sooner or later."
 Miss Murnane, telegraph operator at Union depot,is taking three weeks vacation. She left Thursday, Oct. 10th and went to Philmont,. N. Y. for two days visit, from there she went to Waterbury where her parents now re- side. She will be away until Oct 3lst.
 Salmon Barlow is changing the driveway on his Church street property and raising it above high water mark. The town should now open the old sluice at that point-or better still, build larger sluice there-and thus save Church street from being frequent ly flooded as in recent years.
 All our correspondents and regular advertisers are hereby notifed-for the
 
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 Miss Mary J. Peck has an ambro- type likeness of her mother printed by Charles Gillette in 1859. It is in good state of preservation. showing plainly the laces and ribbons of her cap. The folds of her dress, particu- larly the sleeves, and the folding of her toil worn hands, showing tho taper fingers, is very natural.
 Miss Katharine O'Brien and Mir Frank R. Johnson were married in Nor folk, Wednesday morning, Oct. 23. at the residence of Rev. Father Heating They drove to Canaan and on their arrival were showered with rice by a party from Norfolk which had pre- ceded them on the early train. As the wedding party went on the north : bound train, ,rsilroad torpedees were ex- ploded under the car.
 Tt always makes 8 man angry to have his horsewhip stolen, and further more he seldom recovers the whip Albert P. Briggs'whip was stolen about 7.3O o'clock Monday evening while his team was hitched in front of his resi- dence at East Canaan. By clever detective work the whip vas found the next morning in the possession of Guy Bettiss .of East Canaan. This is g brief summary of Chapter I of this story. Chapter II will appear later.
 Some people claim that the world is progressing in knowledge. Perhaps it IS. But good road making is one oi the lost arts. However, it Is encourag ing to think that possibly modern road makers may eventually discover that their early ancestors knew something about road making and knew enc ugh to build breakers on hilly roads and dig ditehes near the fences to carry off the water. Some of our modern roads show three tiers of ditches, but the original, and next to original, ditches are nearly filled up and the water has to run on the inside ditches and wash the modern narrow roads away aboui = fast as they are repaired. Oh fol the brains and ditchss of our ancestors