Connecticut western news., 1902-01-30
Rough wheeling after the thaw and

friends in town yesterday.
 Harrison Ives of West Goshen was here on business last Friday.
 B. A. Peirce and H B. Ives spent couple of days in New York last week.
 Miss Cook of Millerton, N. Y. was guest of Miss Armstrong over Sunday.
 Miss Jackson of sharon visited her brother, N. l.. Jackson. here over Sunday.
 R I. Crissey of Norfolk was in this village on business two or three times last week.
 Miss May Belcher of Millerton, N. Y. is spending few weeks with Mrs James Graney.
 Sunday evening was an object lesson of the necessity of electric street lights in this village.
 Miss Mary Granger has been a guest of Miss Emma Noble of New Milford the past week.
 Miss Kate Utterwick of Morrisania, N. Y is visiting friends in town and will remain for 8 week or two longer.
 William R. Sill. former Winsted newspaper man who had some acquain. tances in Canaan, is now the advance representative of Stuart Robson in "The Henrietta"
 James Burdette. the entertainer, will be at the Congregational church, East Canaan, on Friday evening, Feb. 7th. Admission 25 cents. Go and hear him and enjoy a good laugh.
 Il. B. Tiffany is loading large quan- titles of timber and lumber onto cara at this station. It is obtained from the Robbins swamp near South Canaan and is shipped via the 0. N. B. railroad.
 Frank Decker moved from Mill River, Mass., to Dublin street in Falls Village, Conn.,, on Tuesday, and will work for L.. B. Tiffany who employs a 1hIko OA uou bA"OOI and lumber ln the Robbins swamp.
 Frank Stevens and Dr. Ross exhib- ited some fowls at the Stamford poultry show last week, and inWhite Plymouth Rocks, Stevens won first prize on hen, second on bullet and third on oockerel. Ross won fourth on White Wysndotte cockereI, the only bird he exhibited.
 Another sample of New England weather. Heavy rain Sunday night freezing weather Monday evening; foul degrees above zero Tuesday morning. clear and wind blowing a gale; seven above zero Wednesday morning, cloudy and breezy.
 -Dr George Beebe and wife of Pitts field, Mass., were guests of MT and Mrl Robert Little last Saturday and Sunday. They stayed at the Warner House Sun. day night and returned to Pittsfsld Monday morning.
 John R. Hurlburt of New Haven, who spent two weeks or more here in the interests of the Norfolk Electric Light Company, says that he enjoyed all but one feature of his stay in Ca. naan, and that was that everyone whom he didn't approach frequently on the subject of lights or who didn't know him when he was Lime Rock youth, suspected him of being a spotter for the Law and Order League. He says be- ing the object of even 80 harmless | suspicion as that isn't as pleasant in ( country town as his old friends might suppose.
 We notice in different papers oi severe snow storms and severe cold weather in Michigan and Wisconsin the thermometer ranging below zero and the same day we read in another o our exchanges of the appearance oi blue birds and robins in the woods ir the eastern part of New England. Int early appearance of these birds ia ac cepted usually as sign of the approach of spring and the prediction of weather prophets is, an early spring. We hop' the prediction may prove true. as nearl, everyone enjoys the singing of birdl much more than they do the sound O the cold north wind.
 The 33d annual concert and ball O Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. X A. M last Friday night was another success There were 190 people present, includ ing 56 dancing couples. Smiths Germ ania Orchestra of Pitts6eld furnished the music, playing 2 fine concert o five numbers, opening with ''The Poe and Peasant Overture" John Beckley prompted the square dances. Th' different committees fulfilled thelr dutie excellently, and the supper was served by George Fl. VanDeusen. There wer' many out of town people in attendance parties from Lakeville, Lime Rock Falls Village, Sheffield and other town being present. The grand march wal led by Charles Dodge and Miss Spauld ing.
 The Railroad street Chinese laun dryman has an entire new outfit o tubs, etc, and does not use those whicl formerly were used by Young Hoe ant were attached and are still held by Great Harrington celestial. The ne, lanndrymsn is one of the Young famil James, and represents 8 brother il Winsted. He is doing good work an, is building up Q good business. Be known that there was really no Ar Lee, that being . trade name on a sig which Young Hoe hung out when b opened business here some two year ago, and which tin want of any othe explanation) Young Hoe said was tn man who owned the lsundry, and as h