Connecticut western news., 1904-04-07
THURSDAY, APRIL :, 1904
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 Fire district meeting at 3 p. m. on Saturday.
 Mrs. M. H. Mill is quite sick with a severe cold or the grip.
 Mrs. Reuben Sewart is recovering from German measles.
 Mrs. Castle of Roxbury is visiting her sister, Mrs. 0. R. Camp.
 Mrs. Marion Camp of Pittsfeld, Mass, is visiting at Dr. c. w. Camps.
 Mrs. U. c. Warren and children of Sharon are visiting her mother, Mrs. S. J. Hamm.
 Thomas Abbe has sold the Patrick Finnegan house on Reed street to Michael Kane.
 Mrs. E. w. Warner arrived home list Saturday from her visit to friends in the Western states.
 Miss Eleanor Griffen of Great Bar rington has been engaged to teach the school in Canaan Valley.
 --Our Huntsville correspondent tells about some rapid transit mail facilities of this twentieth century.
 -Lncretia Perry (colored) died iu Ashley Falls yesterday morning. She was said to be over 100 years old.
 
 The Easter music at Christ church will be repeated next Sunday morning at 10.45 o'clock by special request
 Miss Clarissa A. Barnum, who has spent the winter at Orange City, Fla, has returned to her home in Lime Rock, Herbert Kemp and wife, who have been at Stanfordville, N. Y, have come to Canaan where Herbert will work for his father, s. A. Kemp.
 A number of the young people had an impromptu Easter Monday dance at the hall on Monday night. Slye and Benedict furnished music.
 Pension Agent Edward s. Roberts has secured $6 month pension for Rev. Edward s. Roys of Stockport, N. Y.--a former resident of Canaan.
 70. K. Barnes, recently merchant and postmaster at Clayton, Mass, has moved into Mrs. N 0. Turner's house on Hillside avenue in Winsted, Conn.
 No preaching services at the Metho- dist church next Sunday, being Confer ence Sunday. Sunday school at 12 o'clock and Christian Endeavor at 6.30. Rev. T. R. Wallace left here yester- day morning to attend the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which this year meets in New York city.
 The Hartford Courant of April says that the engagement has been an nonnced of Colonel Lucien F. Burpee of Waterbury and Mrs. Ina Briggs of Thomaston.
 Mrs. Henry H. White of Manches- ter announces the engagement of her daughter, Charlotte Florence, to John Gardner Talcott of Talcottville.-Hart ford Courant.
 There will be another evening ser vice at the Pilgrim church next Sunday at o'clock. The omitted talk on Joan of Arc will be given. This will be the last of the series of picture talks.
 A Democratic caucus will be held at the office of Marvin 6 Camp on Sat urday, April 9, at p. m. for the pur- pose of appointing delegates to the state convention at Hartford on May 5.and 6.
 Dan Lee, the handy man at the Gen. tral house, is developing into quite a philosopher. He says he is convinced that man who suffers with rheuma- tism here ought not to have any pun ishment hereafter. There are other rheumatics who will agree with him. Newtown Bee.
 Elsewhere in this paper will be found an interesting letter, from the Rev. J. H. Lane, in regard to the present session of the New York conference o1 bHC u Es Ohu-CI. we tiIt SOIIy Ile letter was not received in time for pub ication March 31, nevertheless it's his. torical features warrant us in publishing it even week later than intended.
 A. O. Collins of Great Harrington has sold the Holt property, located il New Marlboro, to Charles E. White O Willimantic, Ct. This tract of land Ii known as the East India property ant contains over HOO acres, mostly wood land. There is large lake on th' property and some fine building sites The price paid is said to be 5000.
 Speaking about mud, reminds u that on February 9, 1859, the mud or the lower road to East Canaan was s' deep that the wagons sank into it up t. the axles. But on February 24, 190 there waano mud in town; on the con trary the frost was so deep that man, water pipes were frozen solid, conse quently there were nearly fifty build ings ill the village unsupplied witt water.
 North Canaan held special tow meeting at 2.30 o'clock last Saturda. afternoon There were ten or doze1 persons in attendance. The meeting