Connecticut western news., 1902-06-05

MISS agnes h, 6liIette.
 Last Sunday the Rev. s. A Burn aby baptised Ruth Elmer, daughter of MT and Mrs Gilbert Fitch; and also baptised Robert, son of Mir and Mrs Charles Nielsen
 No services nor Sunday school in the Pilgrim church next Sunday. The church is undergoing a thorough "housecleaning" and the seats have to be removed in order to take up the carpet.
 Rev. E. 0. Gillette will commence his pastorate of Pilgrim Church on Sunday, June 15. At the morning ser- vice several children will be baptized. Children's Day services will be held in the evening.
 W. G. Chapin's adv. of Chickens Wanted" again appears in our columns. You will notice he has changed his location to Lee and would like to quote prices to those having chickens and fowls for sale.
 Rev. s. A. Burnaby was in town over Sunday. He preached in the chapel at Clayton on Sunday afternoon, and on Monday morning returned to Adams, Mass. Mrs Burnaby left Ga naan on Tuesday morning for her old home in Spencer, Mass
 
 At Riverside Park on Memorial Day the free for all race was won by A. H. Herriman's grey horse "Nutwood" with Hammer Boy" owned by W, D. O'Connell of Sheffield, Mass, second, and the horse owned by Charles Brusie of Great Burlington, third. The colt race was won in the following order: Edward Fitzgerald's colt, first; Dr. Cam p's colt. second; A. H. Herriman's colt, third.
 The Rev Arthur Goodenough of Winchester preached good and time- ly sermon in the Pilgrim church last Sunday morning. His text was Acts XI: 9, 23 and 24 His theme was Goodness. He described the good ness of Barnabas and it's influence upon Saul. In closing Mir Goodenough said: "The minister is strongly influenced by the Church. and the minister is more what the Church makes, him than the Church is what the minister makes it.
 Frederick B. Young, railroad ticket agent at Pittsfeld, Mass, has been very ill with pneumonia and pleurisy since Thursday night at his home in Pitts field. For the past two days his mind has wandered most of the time and at this writing "Wednesday afternoon) his recovery is considered doubtful. MT Young is nephew of Edward D. Nor ton and the Misses Norton of Canaan. Accompanied by his wife hs visited his relatives here the ninth of last month.
 Another hot wave arrived Monday and sent the mercury up to 87' On Tuesday it scored 90' and 82' Wednes- day. A heavy thunder shower and hail storm struck town on Tuesday at 8 25 p. m. The hail stones were as large as chestnuts, and cracked some window lights in the Town Hall. The lightning struck the barn of Mrs Hattie E. Pease on Railroad street. shattered the caves trough and tore off one board alongside the hay mow, but did not set anything on fire, although the hay was within an inch of the board. The lightning struck tree near the river in Frank Hitchcock's meadow Another heavy shower prevailed from 6 to p. m ., but did no damage.
 Miss s. P. Norton recently receiv- ed letter from her cousin, Robert L. VanDeusen, who is 8 reporter on the New York World Rob" gives the following reason for not writing earlier to his cousin: " Truly have been very busy. My work has taken me hither and yon, even to Europe where I went ltae in January to meet Prince Henry and return on the 'Kronprinz' with him. I did 1t for the World and had fine months trip at the papers expense with lots of hard work. London, Paris and Berlin and all that. Think of it And very much of trip here in the States with the Prince too. Yea, verify, have I been busy, but not too much so to cause me to forget you all. ;"
 The North Canaan Water Go. have put in a ''loop" on Main street. In other words they have laid six inch pipe on the south side of Main street from the Warner House to the west side of Dr. Camps brook. laid four inch pipe across Main street at the intersection with Railroad street and laid two inch pipe on the north side of Main street from Railroad street to intersect with the six inch pipe at Camps brook. This will supply water to buildings on each side of Main street without digging up the center of the street after the macadam road is built. The four inch main from Elm street to the Warner House will not be re- placed by six inch main this season.
 ANY CHURCH or institution sustain ed by voluntary contribution will be given liberal quantity of the Longman & Martinez Paints whenever they paint. The Longman and Martinez paints have been sold throughout the United