Connecticut western news., 1906-08-23

s. A. Kemp shows freak in the cab bage line, consisting of three heads on one stalk.
 H. D. Humphrey and family leave to- morrow for vacation at High Island, near Stony Creek.
 L. c. Royce and family of Hartford were over Sunday guests of Mir. and Mrs. w. D. Hayes,
 George s. Fuller returned Sunday from his western trip, having spent a very enjoyable two weeks.
 Camp meeting is in progress and the services are very well attended. They will close next Sunday evening.
 Miss Helen Anderson, clerk for the Jackson & Eggleston Co.,, is, spending her vacation in Springfield and Tor rington.
 If the present. political talk has any especial significance, the village of Ca- naan will furnish candidates for repre- sentative on each ticket.
 J. H. Lansing, who occupies the New place at West Main street, has purchased the Bartram place on East Main street and will move there in a few weeks.
 Rev. J. P. Smyth and wife left Mon day for Quogue, L. l., where they are to spend two weeks as the guests of Mir and Mrs. Cornelius Eldert. They will return to Canaan Friday, September 7.
 w. Porter Darrow and wife of Chat ham. N. T., are guests of Mir. and Mrs. H. M. Doty. Mir. Darrow is associate editor of the Chatham Courier" and also Commissioner of Schools in Columbia County.
 Business continues to increase at the knitting mill. The establishment has already assumed proportions which make it a valuable addition to Canaan s industries and still farther expansion is looked for.
 The marriage of Captain Willis L.. 1 McAlhster of Denver, Col, and Miss G. Helena Coons of Canaan took place at | Hartford. August 18th. The bridal party returned to Canaan Sunday in an automobile.
 E. Chopper of Sheffield has established a trucking business i'll Canaan and ex- poets to move here within the next few weeks. He has arranged to have orders left at Rains bakery by those who desire his services.
 The Berkshire Power Company is to furnish power for an electrically operated pump for O. E. Bigelow of Norfolk. The pump furnishes water for Mir. Bigelow s buildings. The company is also wiring Carl Stoeckel's Norfolk barn for brilliant electrical illumination. George Mathers, who is employed by G. l.. Parsons & Sons, fell Monday as he was alighting from. wagon at the rear of the store, striking his knee against an iron-covered door sill and sustaining injuries which incapacitated him for work for several days.
 Spelling books and dictionaries were in great demand last Week, evidently. We received many lists of words that were purposely spelled incorrectly in the advertisements. We will have something more to offer later on al- though along a somewhat different line.
 MT. and Mrs. John Cassell of New York City are boarding at Frank Good wins. MT. Cassell is distant relative of E. D. Norton and is an artist of con siderable repute and does illustrating for the Cosmopolitan. He also con tributes illustrated stories to the New York Herald.
 Letters remained unclaimed at the Canaan postoffice Aug. 21 for Franco Francesca, John Larney, Mrs. Thomas Lynch, Rev. Andrew H. Mulnix, Mrs. Lewis Perry. Postals, Mrs. Foster Ben- jamin, Miss Philleppina Dietsche. Gran ford Moore Dixon, care Mrs. Kimberly, Miss Regena Hosek.
 Housatonic Lodge, No. 61, F. 6 A M. will resume work on Friday evening, September :. District Deputy c. R. Austin of Danbury will make the lodge an official visit on that date. The third degree will be conferred on one candi- date. All the officers are especially re- quested to participate and as many members as possible are asked to be pre- | sent. Members of other Masonic lodges are invited. Supper will be served after the ceremonies.
 Lightning Kills Cow. During the severe electric storm of | Tuesday morning q COW belonging to Frank Hitchcock was struck by light hing and instantly killed. The COW was Ill pasture at the time. In next Sun days New York papers we expect to see this story, under Winsted date line, with the additional facts @ that the bolt skinned the COW, cut it up into quarters and tossed them into lumber wagon standing near by, all ready for delivery to local market | Hoe Annapdiritis