Connecticut western news., 1906-09-27

spent and as tokens of their regard for Mir. and Mrs. Roberts, the members of the League presented them with rocker and q rug.
 l School Notes.
 In acco rdance with the usual custom school will be closed Thursday on &C., count of Great Harrington Fair.
 The percentage of attendance in the higher grade for the past three weeks has been hundred per cent. Miss Stone. the Superintendent, vis- ited schools in town Tuesday and
 Wednesday.
 | An Unprecedented Inc ident.
 On Saturday morning during the heavy rain an absent-minded man walked into the postoffioe and while try ing to decide whether to take S50000 or 5000 of Canaan National Bank stock, walked out again and left his umbrella. Now the reader supposes that some other fellow who wasn't absent-minded came ill shortly afterward and appropriated that raiu-shedder. Well, it's no such thing. That umbrella remained right there all day long and rain pouring down every minute. We have searched the records and fail to find parallel in- stance. It shows conclusively that Canaanites needn't lock their coal bins and chicken coops this winter.
 A Hawks Photograph.
 Rev. Herbert K Job of Kent was in town Tuesday. MT. Job has gained wide repretation as naturalist and has been engaged by the University Club to write book on Litchfield county birds. He is the author of one or more bird books in the Douglas library, and his articles are much sought for by the mag azines. He is an expert photographer and has many rare bird negatives. He relates an experience in procuring picture of broad-winged hawk, one of the widest of birds. He climed to the top of tall tree opposite the nest, lashed his camera to limb, focused it and, after attaching a thread to the shutter, descended. He then strung the thread to a point an eighth of a mile distant and with a telescope, watched the hawk when it returned to its nest. When it was in the correct position, MT. Job, pulled the thread, which opsr- ated the shutter on the camera and pro- cured picture that would have been unobtainable by any other means. Mir. Job has had many experiences of this and similar kinds which he relates in an interesting way. Chief, but no Department.
 In newspaper report of the reception given at Norfolk last week to Chief Croker of the New York fire department, we observed that among other chiefs present was Chief Lyles of Canaan. We'll now that's pretty good. It is the modernized way of doing things, we suppose, to get the chief first and the de- partment afterward. Perhaps it is easier. It certainly was this time. No one. planes Harry for being chief of fire department that don't exist, par ticularly chief for one night, when there was such spread at his disposal as there was at Norfolk on this occasion. And he did justice to it. This we heard from outside. But now, no joking, since we have the chief @ let's get to work and organize a fire company. The sewerage proposition is we'll under way, the bank is sure thing and we must have some- thing to keep us busy. The time would be we'll spent in bringing about this organization. Of course we should have to appeal to the fire district for few more hydrants, some more hose, perhaps, and few things like that and we think we could get them. AS we said quite a spell ago, Canaan has assumed the pro- portions which warrant a good system of fire protection and good time to get it is before several thousands of dollars worth of property is destroyed.