Connecticut western news., 1904-09-01
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904
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-MlSS lMdTy OOllluS lS NlSlGluS Allouelo in Holyoke, Mass.
 Mrs. H. L. Ross is spending the week ill Cohoes, N. Y.
 The stores in this village will close at 10 a. m. next Monday, Labor Day.
 Miss Lena Hoicomb of Torrington visited Miss Della Graney last week.
 Mrs. Rhoda O. Lawrence of Still water, N. Y. is visiting at s. w. Barnes. 70. H. Pease and bride returned from their wedding trip last Friday evening.
 Don't forget the firemen's tourna- ment at Sharon next Monday, Labor Day.
 Miss Esther A. Curtis camped with friends at Twin Lakes several days last week.
 Jarvis T. Messenger from Hartford visited relatives in this village over Sunday.
 Mrs. Darwin Beers and son Warren were guests of Mrs. Frank E. Anson last Friday.
 Edward F. Gillette and daughter, Elizabeth, of Sharon visited relatives in Canaan on Monday and Tuesday.
 The Canaan fire district have ar ranged with MT. Morton to turn on the electric street lights September 1.
 Millinery opening at Mrs. s. O. Beckley's residence next Wednesday, Sept. 7. All are cordially invited.
 The mercury was down to 42o in this village last Saturday morning, and reminded us that frosts will soon ap- pear.
 U. E. Dean and family of Winsted, who have been occupying their cottage at Pine Grove for several weeks, will return home today.
 Mrs. Macdonald, wife of State High way Commissioner Macdonald, of New Haven, and two daughters are visiting at J. N. Van Deusen's.
 Ward Sabine and wife and daugh- ter Kathleen of Millerton, N. Y., visited MT. Sabine's brother, Harvey Sabine, in Canean last Thursday and Friday.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Anson are taking vacation. They have been staying at Twin Lakes since Sunday, but today they go to New York to remain until Tuesday.
 Miss Lizzie E. Lindsey of Ashley Falls, Mass, brought to the NEWS office on Tuesday dandelion stem 341a inches in length, which she picked in pasture several weeks ago.
 Harry Nicoll has returned from his trip to Denver, Col. and further west. He has been afflicted with cold and has remained in Canaan since Friday, but leaves again today.
 Rev. o. M. Geer, Ph D., professor of church history at the Hartford Theo- logical Seminary, will occupy the pulpit at Pilgrim church next Sunday in the absence of Rev. E. O. Gillette who is taking an outing on one of the islands off the Maine coast
 Keep your eyes open and perhaps you may get the $25 reward offered for the re- turn of the rig stolen from Decker s livery stable at Chatham, N. r., on the evening of August 20. A description of the rig and thief is published in the advertising columns of this paper.
 Conductor Marcy of Boston Corners, N. Y., who was injured some weeks ago in smashup on the Poughkeepsie 6 Eastern road, was in Canaan a few hours last Friday enroute to Norfolk to visit relatives. Conductor Marcy has recovered from his injuries
 Tt is reported that Capt. Henry Burton is very feeble at his home in Middletown and is expected to live only few days. He has been a guest of the Judge Granger family in Canaan every summer for a number of years, but was in poor health when he was here last season.
 -"In Summer Time Down by the Sea '' is the title of @ new song and chorus written by Alfred J. Doyle, with remarkably pretty waltz chorus. This song will surely be admired by every body. By sending 9 cents in postage stamps to the Theatrical Music Supply Co.,, No A West 18th Street, New York copy will be sent post paid.
 The Second Connecticut Heavy Ar. tillery will hold it's reunion at Putnam Pier at Savin Rock, near New Haven on Thursday, September S. A fine din. ner will be served at 75 cents per plate Comrades travelling by accommodation trains, should stop off at West Haven and take the trolley, as they can reach the pier quicker than from New Haven station. Look for headquarters flag al the pier Dinner will be served about o'clock. All members of the Second Heayies '' are urged to attend and make this reunion an enjoyable and memor able one.
 -Dr. H. l.. Ross is not the only fish erman in the family. Notice the follow ing item about Doc's brother i'll the New York Sun:
 Lake George, Aug. 20.-The pike and pickerel record for this region for years back have all been broken by capture just made by David Ross and William Maginnis of Albany, whose kill weighed twenty nine pounds.
 The fish was taken by them while trolling in Mill Creek Pond, a few miles back in the mountains west from here MT. Ross. who is an expert oarsman handled the boat in such a manner tc aid MT. Maginnis materially in his long fierce struggle before the fish was landed