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Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
The Gillette Family.

Mrs. Caroleen Beckley Sheppard of New York, the historian of the Beckley family in America, sends to John Gil lette Beckley the following clipping from the New York Mail and Express of Jan. 16. As the Gillette family are numerous hereabouta, and as Canaan has one of the ministers, Rev. Edwin c. Gillette-a second cousin to MT, Beck ley's mother, we reprint the item, know ing it will be of local interest.
 William Gilet, the ancestor of the Gillette family in America, is believed to have come from the town of Bergerac, province of Cayenne, France, whence in consequence of his continuing to preach the Gospel he was banished, his property was confiscated and his life exposed to imminent danger.' He set tied in Milford, Conn.
 Gilet was Bergerac name. Jacques Gilet de Bergerac, ministre," was mar ried to Jeanne Mestre October II, 1701. in the French church, Crispin street, Spitalfields, London. "Elie Gilet de Bergerac, " living in Ireland, received aid from the royal bounty in 1705. In America the family has been noted for the large number of ministers of diff ferent religious bodies that it has pro- duced. William, mentioned above, was married November IA, 1722, ill Milford, Conn.,, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Welch. He early commenced the prac- tice of medicine, and after acquiring suf- ticient knowledge of the language re- stunned his labors as a minister also. He lived to the age of ninety-two. He was distinguished for his zeal and self denial, and for his eccentricity also. Elisha, his son, devoted minister, born ill Milford August F, 1733, spent the greater part of his career on Long Island. He died near Patchogue in 1920. J. G. E.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Weather Record.

Canaan weather record for the last seven days is as follows:
 Thursday, March IT, 10 above zero in morn, clear, windy; 30 at noon, clear, still; 30 at 10 p. m., partly cloudy, still.
 Friday, 30 in morn, showing; 36 at noon, showing, still; 52 at 10 p. m., cloudy, windy.
 Saturday, 28 in morn, clear, still; A at noon, clear, breezy; 40 at 10.30 p. m., raining, still.
 Sunday, 32 in morn, clear, breezy; 39 at noon, clear, windy; 26 at 10 p. m., clear, windy.
 Monday, 24 ill morn, clear, still; 40 at noon, clear, still; 35 at midnight, cloudy, breezy.
 Tuesday, 33 in morn, cloudy, windy; 40 at noon, cloudy, still; A at 10.30 p. m., cloudy, windy.
 Yesterday, 42 in morn, cloudy, still; 48 at noon, partly cloudy, breezy; 42 at g p. m., clear, windy.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
HDI ED

i STouGHToN-At South Windsor, March
 20, Horace Kilbourne Stoughton, age
 84 years.
 , GRANGER. At Norfolk, March 21 Charles H. Granger, aged 36 years. BAIL-At South Lee, Mass, March 20,
 Miss Angelina Ball, aged S9 years. REILLY-At Great Harrington, March
 IS, Philip Reilly, aged 7S years. SHAILEY-At Sheffield, Mass, March
 2l, Martin Shalley, aged 31 years. CANFIELD-At Sheffield, Mass, March | r, Mrs Lucretia K. Garfield, aged S2 years. ! MoRRIsoN-In Sheffield, Mass, March
 19, Michael Morrison, aged 2S years. WRINKLE-At Dalton, Mass, March 19, Annie Brett, wife of John Wrinkle,
 aged 34 years.
 FRENCH - At Williamsville, Mass, March 2l, Miss Rachael French, aged
 90 years.
 CLEMANs-In this village, March 20, Dr. Jerry D. Clemans, aged "A years
 and days.
 EMMoNs-In this village, March 20, Charles Emmons, aged S7 years and
 months.
 CoMsToCK - At Williamsville, Mass,
 March 21, George Comstock, aged %
 years. The funeral will be held from
 his late home on Friday at 2.30 p. Tn, CHURcH-At Winsted, March IT, Miss Amanda Church, aged 80 years, MosELY-At Sheffield, Mass, March l2, Alice, wife of George Mosely, aged 10
 years.
 NUNAN-At Winsted, March IT, Thomas
 Nunan, aged 30 years, 9 months and Is days, He was q native of Canaan, MINoR-At Roxbury, March II, Rachael
 Samantha Minor, aged 75 years, 5 | months.
 ORToN-At New Milford, March 15,
 Jane Orton, aged 83 years, 5 months,
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Work of North Canaan Schools to Re Exhibited at St. Louis
 ExpOsitiOn.

Work done by the pupils has been col town of North Canaan to be placed in the Connecticut educational exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The papers have been sent to Hartford to be bound before being forwarded to St. Louis. There will be three volumes of about two hundred pages each.
 A few of the best papers have been placed upon charts which will be promi- nently exhibited on swinging leaves in a wall cabinet. Papers by the following pupils were selected for these charts on account of their merit with respect to appearance and subject matter: Hattie Bailey, Joseph Killowee, Roy Drum, Karl Werner, Frances w. Abbe, Vii liam Kane, Edward O'Brien, Frances Freeman, Emma Kegler, Elizabeth O'Brien,. Elsie Dean, May Lorraine, Mary Howe, Helen Pease, Alice Kane, Lena Boinay, Jessie Hayden two papers), Starr Rood, May Kegler, George Benedict, Mabel M Buckley, Helen Fitzgerald, Clara Thurston, Ebba Lin dell, Julia Howes two papers), Ethel N. Laidlaw, Ella M. Langs, George Drum -four papers,, Mabel Dempsey, Willimena Schrier, Clara Spaulding, Grace Bailey, Josephine Camp.
 The schools of North Canaan and of Prospect are the only rural schools the exposition.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
To Change ArbOr Day.

It is now proposed to change Arbor Day from the spring of the year to the fall, and the recommendation is made by the American Park and Outdoor As sociation. The reason for advising this change is chiefly because the trees planted in fall are apt to thrive better than those set ill the spring. Ill the lat ter season they are dormant, remaining so until budding time, and meanwhile the soil has better chance to settle snugly around the roots of the young tree, and it is better prepared for growth when the time comes.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.

Henry w. Taft, the venerable ex- clerk of courts, is believed to be the only one of the original Republican party, organized locally in Pittsfield in 1855, now living in that city.
 Mrs. Joann Bonnel Brown, 90, died at Monterey Friday from hemorrhage of the stomach. The body will be taken to Union county, N. J., for burial. Mrs. Brown is survived by two children Dr. P. D. Brown Payne of Monterey and son in New Jersey.
 s. O. Tillotson's barn at Lenoxdale was burned Sunday morning. Four horses perished i'll the flames, and s20C worth of wagons, harness, etc. was de. stroyed. The building was worth $500. insured for $500. The horses were valued at $700 and were not insured.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
THE LADIES favor painting their

THE LADIES favor painting their churches, and therefore we urge every Minister to remember we give liberal quantity of the Longman & Msrtinez Paint toward the painting.
 Wears and covers like gold.
 Don't pay S1.50 gallon for Linseed Oil (worth 50 cents) which you do when you buy other paints in can with a paint label on 1t.
 and make II, therefore when you want fourteen gallons of paint, buy only eight of l.. &5 NJ, and mix six gallons pure Linseed Oil with it, and thus get paint at less than S1 20 per gallon.
 Many houses are well painted with four gallons of L. & M. and three gal Ions of Linseed Oil mixed herewith.
 These Celebrated Paints are sold by G. L. Parsons & Sons, Canaan; k. l.. Roberts & Co.,, East Canaans Smith & Sons, West Cornwall.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
SPECIAL NOTICES

Millinery Opening on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 29 and 30th. A large line of trimmed hats at popular prices will be shown Ladies cordially invited Miss MALEADY, Great Bar rington, Mass, Robbins block, 2d floor.
 Every floor ill Benjamin's repository is filled with all the popular styled ve- hicles of today, at attractive prices.
 Each season Benjamin has some new attractions for the "horsey set" at his repository.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
TAX NOTICE.

The rate bill of 1904 on tax list of 1903 placed in my hands for collection. All taxes are due March 1, 1904. l will meet the taxpayers to receive their taxes Wed nesday, March 30 at Smith Bros store Thursday, March 3l at c. K. Wilcox X Sons store; Friday, April 1 at J.. A. Cochrane & Sons store. If any tax shall remain unpaid one month from the time such tax is due and payable, interest at the rate of nine per cent. will be added.
 GEO. w. CoCHRANE, Collector. West Cornwall, Conn.,, March z, 1904.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
BsDaN

O'RELY-At East Canaan, March 10, twin sons to MT. and Mrs. Joseph O'Reily.
 FUNK-At East Canaan, March F, a son to MT. and Mrs. Will Funk. SMITH-At Millerton, N. Y, March 2l, son to MT. and Mrs. Fred A. Smith. STANARD-At Mill River, Mass, March 13, daughter Uila Clara) to MT. and Mrs. Ralph D. Stanard. CooK-At Southfield, Mass, March 13, a son to MT. and Mrs Howard Cook
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
To Mothers i'm This Town.

Children who are delicate, feverish and cross will get immediate relief from Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Child ren. They cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, making sckly child strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms. Sold by all druggists. 25c. Sample FREE. Ad- dress Allen $. Olmstead, LeRoy, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24

Whatever the outcome of the present war, the eventual result of Russia s action cannot be prevented by the Island King dom because it has not the requisite stay ing and financial power and natural re- sources which will enable it to continue indefinitely its opposition to Russian designs.-Scientific American.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Charley Shove Dead.

Charles Shove, about 45, n former resident of Falls Village, Ashley Falls and Canaan, got intoxicated last Satur- day night and returning to his home on Baldwin Hill in Great Harrington at tackled his wife with an axe. In defend ing herself Mrs. Shove pushed her hus- band over and he fell on the stove, break ing his back. He was taken to the House of Mercy in Pittsfeld where he died on Tuesday.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Faithful Employee Dead.

Michael Whalen, 62, died March 15 of pneumonia at the Wakeman homestead i'll Millerton, N. Y. Ee was unmarried and had been employed by the Wake mans for thirty-eight years as the {" hired man." He was man of good character and a devout Catholic.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Easy and Quicki Soap Making
 with BANNER LYE

To make the very best soap, simply dissolve a can of BaHgey Lyr in cold water. melt sH lbs. of grease, pour the Lye water in the grease. Stir and put aside to set
 Pull Directions on Every Package
 BaHHe, Lye is pulverized. The can may be opened and closed at will. per- mitting the use of a small quantity at a time. It is just the article needed in every household. It will clean paint. floors. marble and tile work. soften water, disinfect sinks. closets and waste pipes.
 Write for booklet "Lses of BaHaer Lyc free.
 The Penn chemlcsI we~ks. PhiIsds iphia
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24

Queen Victoria was the founder of the Japanese navy. In 1858 she presented to the Emperor of Japan a small steam yacht, and some British bluejackets were detailed to instruct the Japanese in the management of that class of vessel. Seymour Record
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
FARM FOR SALE OR RENT.

1 offer for sale the Rheinstein or Sur dam Farm" in the easterly part of the town of sharon and one mile west of the village of West Cornwall, consisting of 100 acres of land, 30 of which is good till able and pasturage land, the remaining 50 being heavily wooded, there being estimated to be 1500 cords of standing timber. The house is in excellent repair and the barns are in fair condition. The place will keep eight head of stock and n pair of horses, Farm Is well watered, having a running stream through It.
 The place will be sold at a sacrifice, as owners are in business in New York city and have no use for the property. If the right party purchases the property one half of the purchase price can remain on mortgage. This place must be sold at once or will be rented for a reasonable figure, subject to the sale of it.
 Address all inquiries relative to the same to
 WILLIAM D. BosLER, Attorney-at-Law
 West Cornwall, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
TAX NOTICE.

All persons liable to pay taxes laid on list of 1903 in the town of North Canaan are hereby notified that l will meet them on Monday, April I, 1904, at the Post Office in East Canaan from 10 d. m. until 1 D. m.; also on Friday, April at Fuller '& Pect's store in Canaan. from a. m, until p. m., for the purpose of receiving said taxes. Three-fourths of one per cent per month will be added to all taxes rc. maining unpaid after June 1, 1904
 LEWIS c. RRoADEs, Collector. Dated at North Canaan, March IA, l9O4.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
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F Extra OOpsos.
Rulea of Publication

Until further notice Business Advertise. ments will not be published among local items, nor among correspondence. Such ad- yertisem must appear either in the reg nlar advertising columns or under the head Ing of SPECIAL NOTICES" in the best pO- stion we are able to assign
 Free puffs about the business of persons who not patr of this paper, either in its advertising columns or subscription list will be consigned to Inc waste basker.
 Notices of entertainments where money is tisements and vii not be published gratis.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
VETERAN AND
 WIDOW PENSIONS

The undersigned having been very sue, cessful in procuring pensions quick solicits a share of your patronage. Write me and have your claim put in quick.
 E S RoBERTS. East Canaan. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, a powder. It cures Corns, Bunions, Painful, Smarting, Hot, Swoolen feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
WIRE FENCE.

Poultry, Garden, Farm and Lawn Fence Wire Gates, Iron Railings, etc. Prices low. Catalogues by mail Largest fence business within thirty miles
 K F.. E MUNsuN MiIlerton. N Y
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24

in fact almost anything needed I'm doors or out on n farm. Try us. We please our patrons.
 White Leghorn Eggs for matching. at bc cach. We will pay cash for nll poultry or strictly fresh and clean eggs delivered to us.
 NJ. C. DEAN X SoNs.
 Falls Village, Ct
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
FOR SALE.

Horse, harness and carriage. Horse nine years old, weight about 1000 pounds, sound and gentle. Enquire of
 WALLACE CANFtELn,
 East Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24

There Is No More Pain from Corns After the FOOt-Emse Sanitary Corn PiasterS are first applied. They cure by absorption. The Sanitary Oils and Vapors do the work. Try them. At all Drug gists 25c, or by mail Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen 5. Olmsted, LeRoy, \. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
HAY FOR SALE.

Ten tons of cheap hay for sale, S6 per ton at the barn.
 REXFoRD STANTON, Robbins Farm, Falls Village, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
WANTED.

A young man of good habits to work on bakery wagon and in store, one who can bring first-class references from last cm ployer. Address
 THOMAS NORTON, Lee, Mass. March 10, 1904.
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24

We have sold the most of our beef, pork and peanuts, and now we desire to sell a few
 NEW Worcester Buckeye HOME Mowers and Rakes, SEWING Cambridge MACHINES Flows, Harrows,
 Double and Single Harness,
Connecticut western news., 1904-03-24
Great Harrington, Mass

SpRn1G SUITS cARpfs and be Red Trading will b O purchase
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Joker Has Natives Scrambli,J for
Heated Coins.

While big crowd of idle laiNrers
passed the duh afternoon hours away
on Gale Soledad. near the Binondo
canal, yesterday, practical joker con.
cluded that II was about time to create
some excitement and to hven up
things. says the Manila Cablenews.
He utilized the stove of a restauraB,
for the purpose of heating big lo'
of copper coins until they were in a
white glow. Then he got a shovel and
threw them among the chattering ma.
uves. who at once commenced to fight
and scramble for their possession. No
sooner did the natives step on one
of these heated pieces of mone'. or try
TO grab it, than he dropped II again
and hoped about frantic WITH pain
Later on. when the money had cool
ed off. 1t disappeared rapidly, but the
joker and the bystanders had had their
| fun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
Proper WEIGHT O, Children,

In children at the "growing period. I"
we are assured by recent medical
writer weight is quite the most impor-
tant indication of genera health that
we can have. The importance of keep
ing a careful and systematic record
of weight at this time cannot be en-
aggerated. Snch observations. taken,
say. at intervals of two weeNs apart
for several years, are of great value
to the physician in furnishing iLtorma.
ton regarding the child's real eondi
ton of health. A growing child the
writer goes on to say, should weigh
at 8, about pound for every inch ri
its height. and after this the increase
should be about two pounds per inch
of growth. or little more. When
weight exceeds this it is rather a sign
of good health than otherwise.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
]. NJ. Blair in Texas.

The Cuero, Texas Weekly State,
has had the pleasure Of talking with
our honored townsman j. NJ. Blair
and contains an article as follows:
Our old friend, Captain Frank Blair,
paid us a call this morning in COM
pany with his nephew, Mr.. j. M.
Blair, of Logan City, Cache county,
Utah. Mr.. Blair gave us lengthy
and very interesting account OF condi-
tions in his State. 1t is third in the
union in the mining of the metals. be-
ing ranked by Colorado and Montana.
1t is a heavy producer of of silver and
and gold and is climbing rapidly as a
copper producer. In sugar beets IL Is
also undergoing rapid development,
having produced at its four factories
last year s0,0O0,OOO pounds of beet
sugar. These beets are produced
chiefly 10y irrigation and those which
serve the purpose best weigh from ~
to pounds. He thinks it will be IA
short time till this production reaches
200, 00o,0 600 pounds.
Wheat is great staple crop of the
country and is mainly produced from
non-irrigated lands. Besides the
three great minerals named, the min
ing of sulphur coal. iron and cement
are becoming quite important indust.
ries. Mr.. Blair is a man fifty years OF
age and has wife and seven children
He was born in Salt Lake City and is
a member of the Mormon church.
He says the hostility to Mormonisn
i'm the states has retarded the devel
opment of Utah but the fact is grad
ually becoming known that If mar
has Judgment and capacity that he
can succeed i'm Utah as well as any
where, and that with his great natura
resources the state Is bound to devel
ope rapidly hcnceforth. Speaking o
politics he said as a Democrat he hop
ed with his party that they would
carry the State next election. ILL
was the first Mormon ever appointed
to postotflce by Grover Cleveland
He said Senator Reed Smoot wa
fairly elected as Republican and Il
as much entitled to his seat as an.
other members of that body, though
of opposite political faith from him
Reed Smoot is from original Nirgini;
folks and is the only Republican II
his fathers family.
Mr.. Blair is the son of Seth NJ
Blair, an attorney who settled in DE
Witt county in 1910. In lS49 he nov
ed to st. Louis and the next yea
: went to Utah.
Mr.. Blair talks very Interestingly O
the Mormon faith and says no man
prescribed in that State f.r religion
convictions as there are Catholics an
Jews and various other creeds engage
In business pursuits with Mormons @
in competition with them and a
hands prospecting. Before returnin
Mr.. Blair will visit Houston, Galve:
ton and other cities of the State.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
Component Parts Of an Atom.

The atomic theory has been aban-
doned by all; the atom IL known posi-
lively to be decomposable 1t is the
number of its corpuscles, or ions, that
determines the character of the atom.
An atom made up Of 200 corpuscles
is a hydrogen atom; one of 200 cor
puscles is oxygen, etc. But what are
the corpuscles? Sir William Crookes
points out that In 1875 that daring
spirit, william Kingdom Clifford, ad'
vancing upon some vague specula'
lions of Faraday and Sir William
Thomson (now Lord Kelvin, wrote
definitely: There is great reason to
believe that every material atom car
ries upon it a small electric current
II II does not wholly consist OF this
current"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
AS OTHERS SEE US.
Foolish Ideas Of American Society

FOOLISH toeas OF American Society
Hello IN England.
That some English people believe
Americans capable of any sort OF
freakish notion under the guise OF en-.
tertainmsnt is attested by a paragraph
In recent issue Of an English weekly.
The writer, woman, says that an
American friend tails her that "a new
Yankee notion Is crazy social at
which the idea is that everybody and
everything should lnok and act as in.
sanely as might be The costumes,
the women and men should be eccen-
tricity personifled, and the food served
should be arranged 20 match" Ac-
cording to this chronicler at a recent
crazy social" the mepts were served
In jelly molds, jam pots or dust pans I;
the vegetables In cake baskets, the
blancmange in fire shovel, the ice
cream in stew pan. thu wine glasses
were filled with mustard, the jellies
trembled In saucepan It'd. the cream
was in pickle bottle. the sugar in the
| salt cellars and the salt IN the sugar
basins. The things which ought to
have been roasted We're boiled, and
salt favored food which rs usually
sweet. Attempts We're MADE to eat
clear soup with desert forks and ice
cream with table Enthusiastically
| Eagle.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
The ,Possum's Mistake.

A possum more bold than prudent.
wandered into the heart of Joplin the
other night. His rashness cost him
dear. venerable negro came along
and saw him on the top board of a
neighbours fence. The 'possum saw
the negro at the same time the negro
saw the 'possum, and dropped and
tried to run, but was too late. The
negro overlook him and caught him
by the tail. and the next night the
black aristocrats Of the town sat down
to a toothsome meal. 1t doesn't pay
a possum to get too gay when a black
man Is about.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-20
A Great Play.

"Magda" the play which Florence
Roberts will present at the Thatcher
Opera House on Monday February
22nd Is considered to be one of the
classics of the drama. All of the
important female stars have included
it in their repertoires but none have
achieved greater success than Miss
Roberts. So excellent Is her art that
critics have said ''she does not play
Magda, she is Magda." The story is
admirably related and is powerfully
dramatic in its construction. 1t is
about the daughter of strict old
German soldier who Is driven from
her home by the narrow prejudices
of her father who holds that child
owes implicit obedience to the parent
under any and all circumstances and
at all ages. Magda goes out into he
world and Is betrayed bya man and
has a child. She outlives this episode
in her life and studies music and
eventually becomes a celebrated sing
err. After twelve years in the course
of her professional career she comes
back to her native town and through
the intervention of powerful friends
Is reconciled to her parent. He accid-
emily learns OF her mistake in her
early life and overpowcrcd by the
shame challenges the man who has
risen to political eminence. The man
offers TO marry Magda but exacts such
great sacrifices from her that though
at first she consents for the sake OF
her child she eventually refuses. The
aged father is so overcome that he
succumbs to heart disease. There are
one or two incidental love stories that
add to the charm of the play. While
the story is open to lots of criticism
by broad-mnded people in its drama
tic development it affords opportunity
for some very strong acting thai
arouses the auditor to the highest
pitch Of enthusiasm.