Connecticut western news., 1903-05-07

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 Miss Edythe Slye, who has been at Pinehurst, N. O, through the winter. returned to her home in Ashley Falls last Monday.
 Leighton Bradley has moved from the Hardenbergh building on Railroad street to Salmon Barlow's house on Church street.
 George Dietert of Norfolk has rent ed of Wm. Garfield the pr. Foote farm in Sodom district and will do teaming for the Garfield Lime Go. Miss Elizabeth Larrabee, graduate nurse from Pittsfield training school, is to locate in town and has taken rooms at Mrs Hamm's for the present. Tele- phone 433.
 Miss Ida Van Deusen from Alta monte Springs, Fla, arrived here last week. She will visit in Canaan and Ashley Falls, and also in New York state. She expects to remain north two or three months
 The case of Rhoades & Stanton vs. Emily Wheeler. which was to have been tried in the Common Pleas court at Falls Village last Saturday, was settled out of court Rusher, Marvin & Camp for plaintiff; J. II. Roraback for de- fendant.
 The wind blew gale and the mer- cury was down to 370 above zero last Friday morning, Arbor Day. It was not nice day to sit in a grape arbor or set out trees or trim the old trees, con- sequently but little if any Arbor Day work was done.
 Henry Miller, who lives in one of Judge Roraback's tenant houses, will soon move to East Canaan and work for Barnum Richardson Go. It is reported that Reuben Speed of Mill River, Mass, will move into the house which Mir Mil Ter will vacate.
 Julius Benedict. prominent citi- zen of Millerton, N. r., died Saturday afternoon, aged 84, after suffering for a number of weeks. The funeral was held Tuesday forenoon; burial at Falls Village, where his wife-who was Maria Garfield of that place-is inferred. Miss Harriett E. Kellogg. who has faithfully taken care of Mrs A. A. Wright at s. W. Barnes since Nov. 1900. has given upthe position and went to her home in East Hardwick, Vt, last Friday, Mrs Lillie Gillette, widow of Sartial Gillette, has taken Miss Kel logg's place at Mir Barnes.
 The new time table on the Berk- shire Division went into effect Sunday Trains now leave Canaan as follows: Going south-8.2O and g 40 p. m 3. %, 2.4O, 437 and 504 D. m. Sundays at 4.19 p. .m. Going north-9 40 a. m, 12 03. 12 33, 4 37. 6 29 and 6.57 p. m., Sundays at 9.35 a. m. On May 8 the Saturday afternoon express from New York will be added. ....-. The Canaan Savings Bank and Thomas Abhe will move into Cum mings' new brick block today. F. R. Collin will also move his safe there to- day but will not open for business there before Saturday or Monday. The new postofice will also open for business there on Monday. The new fixtures, letter boxes, etc. will be put in today. and will be arranged in more conven- tent form for the public than the former ones were. The post office will be equipped with electric lights.
 Rev. J. Graham of Canada organ. ized lodge of Good Templars at Pat terson. N. Y, last week. The lodge is named Patterson Lodge. It started off with fourteen mem bers and it is hoped it will grow to be lodge of one hun- dred or more members. Roy J. Will
 Hams is the secretary. Roy's father, George s, Williams, vas foreman of the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS from Feb. 1887 until August 1890. and is now editor of the Patterson Weekly News. Roy was small boy when he left Ca
 naan in 1890.
 | The Cranford Club and few
 friends gathered at the rectory last
 Thursday afternoon to listen to a talk
 by Rev. E. 0. Gillette on "The Arts
 and Craft Movement" The speaker
 carried his hearers back to the old
 times when each village was world in
 itself, inasmuch az with their workers
 in the various trades, they were inde- pendent of the outside world. The ef-
 feet of mechanical inventions upon the } laboring class was presented in a way
 not ordinarily considered, and in a manner which was very interes ting. An account was also given of several
 settlements in this part of the country where 8 successful attempt is being made to revive the old arts and crafts , Specimens of the work done at tho , Deerfeld settlement were shown at tht ! close of the lecture.
 D A P. and W. H. Briggs have hat t a black mare named Daisy in thei ii~asy Aa-e fe- e fayv yaars-Sho -ae ?, 8 valuable animal and of the best dis S position. Liveryman Perkins of Tor rington wanted her and after quite bi T of negotiation had offered Mir Brigg - $200 for her and his offer had been ac . cepted. On Friday morning M t Briggs rented "Daisy" to Samuel Reel d a telephone lineman, who gave her a 1t easy drive to Cornwall Hollow and wa r. returning home. Sam. had reache D the Robbins place, about 8 mile and