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Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
EAST CANAAN

Next Sunday morning the Rev. Mir. Curtis of Kent will occupy the pulpit.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hanna are spending a couple of weeks at Asbury Park.
 Miss Marion Royce is at Pine Orchard for a few weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jordan of Bridgeport and Mir. and Mrs. Edward Goodwin of Tor rington were at c. K. Goodwin's over Sunday.
 Aid Society meets with Mrs. Josiah Gillette Thursday afternoon.
 k. s. Roberts and O. H. Johnson went to New Haven last Friday to hear Bryan talk.
 Miss Ruth Gaylord is spending week with friends in Naugatuck and Burr vile.
 The Misses Edna and Charlotte Hayes are visiting in Canton.
 Mrs. Gordon and two little daughters of Dorchester, Mass, were guests at O. H. Sage's last week.
 There was frost Sunday morning in some places here, and the tobacco raisers are getting in the crop with haste.
 Frank King of Plainville visited his brother, D. k. King, over Sunday.
 oSNeth iioui ueItdbteuueu tlle ouuuhy school convention Monday. The ad- dresses were excellent.
 Miss Margaret Ivory and Miss Rather inc Kearney of Torrington are visiting friends here.
 Miss Katherine Keefe visited in Lake, vile part of last week.
 MT. and Mrs. William Miller of New York city, visited at his brothers, Henry Miller, last week.
 The Misses Lucy and Abbie Lamb of Litchheld, are visiting their grand parents, Mir. and Mrs. Leroy Lamb. Roy, Jr., was here last week.
 Mrs. Cyrus Rowland gave party for her grandson, Master Charley, last Fri day. A number of young people at- tended. Refreshment were served, games indulged ill and good time en- joyed.
 The many friends of Mir. and Mrs William Adam, Jr., are sorry to hear of his contemplated change. He intends to move to Sharon Valley, and work for George Klebes. It is familiar ground to Will, and may success attend him.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
FALLS VILLAGE

Jabez Brewster of Melbourne, N. Y., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Theodore Watson.
 Mrs. William Brewster and two chil- dren are at Mrs. George Ayres'.
 Charles Kellogg spent Labor Day at home.
 Mrs. Sidney Reed is spending the week at Saranao Lake in the Adirondaclgs with George Hawkins and family.
 MT. and Mrs. James Gruber spent few days in New York, last week.
 Charles Ocain of New York, was at his sisters, Mrs. George Frink's, Labor Day. .... --....-
 George Frink spent two days in New York, last week.
 Miss Anna Rogers will teach school in Fairfield, this year,
 Miss Olive Hart, Miss Mabel Reed. and Clayton Benjamin will attend the Searles High school in Great Burlington this winter.
 Frank Hall and daughther May, spent. Sunday at Mrs. M. A. Halls.
 Roscoe Brinton left Monday to attend the New York School of Automobile Engineering.
 Mr. and Mrs. William weising of New York city arc stopping with J.. Lee Ensign for two W eeks.
 Miss Anna Rogers left Monday for Fairfield, Conn. where she has an engage. ment to teach the coming year.
 Edward Reed of Sharon, Henry Reed of Bridgeport, Mrs. Ira Hall aud daughts- CT of Matteawan N. r., Abby Smith of sharon, Julia Smith of Cornwall Bridge and Mrs. George Smith and two daught-. CTS of West Cornwall were guests at A. F. Gibbs Valley View Farm the past week. .aa...
 William Finkle, Egbert Finkle and Master John Finkle of New Haven spent the past week at Mrs. Myra Finkle'sl
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
CANAAN'S BUSINESS

Exceeds That of the Average Village
 of Its Size by 25 Per Gent.
 While looking over the field relative to .he possibilities of National Bank for Canaan, it was found that the annual volume of business done i'll and near the village exceeds that of the average viii lage of its size in the United States, if statistics are correct, by 25 per cent. And when the sewer is installed and the bank opened for business, the percentage of excess will be still further increased.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
CLAYTON

Mir. Zurich and MT. Tyler spent Sun day at O. A. Weymouth's
 Charles Swanson of Great Harrington spent Sunday at George H. Rood's-
 Thomas Nichols of New York and Miss Mary Cook were married Wednes. day.
 School opens here again Tuesday, with Miss Lottie Reyes for teacher.
 Frank Miller, Charles Swanson and Edson Rood spent Labor Day at Savin Rock.
 O. l.. Miners mother, sister and brother visited him Wednesday.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
STRAY SHOTS

Running hotel in Canaan nowadays is rising business.
 A night stage line from Canaan to Great Burlington might pay. R. H. Whitford is ill position to impart in- formation on the subject.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
1.-THE ISLAND" SOLD

Twin Lakes Property Changed Hands
 Last Week.
 The Algonquin Outing Club of Bridge port sold the island consisting of 28 acres in Lake Washining to David Reed of Bridgeport and John Alvord of Torring- ton. MT. Reed takes the south end. All personal property including the steamer and the cable from Twin Lakes station becomes Mir. Alvord's property. MT. Reed intends to build an addition to his present cottage and MT. Alvord VI ill build a new cottage.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
THE GUESSING CONTEST

Watch Ran 34 Hours 581a Minutes
 Salisbury Lady Wins Prize.
 The watch which was wound, set, started sealed and placed in the safe in Collins jewelry store in Canaan last Friday morning at 9 o'clock stopped at 7.581a p. m. Saturday, having run 34 hours, 581a minutes.
 The winner of the years subscription is Mrs. W. P. Stone of Salisbury whose guess was Saturday at p. m. or within 11a minutes of the actual stopping time.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
LIME ROCK

The Barnum Richard S Co.'S. band will give a concert on Friday evening at 7.30.
 The Winsted Citizen says that c. W. Barnum may be the republican candi- date for senator in the 3lst district.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
Sheffield Tax Collector.

AS is known Sheffield had some trou- bls in getting a tax collector who could qualify for his duties, but finally Clarence Warner consented to fill the position and gave satisfactory bonds. There was a great rush of taxpayers to his office on Friday, who were anxious to pay their taxes before Sept. 1st, and thus save additional fees.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
THEY SAY

That the prospect for National bank in Canaan grows brighter every day.
 That Sharon and. Norfolk will soon settle down to the quietude of fall and winter.
 That Canaan has plenty of sand in more ways than one.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

come yet. The horse is just as much in fashion-that is, the really good horse as he ever was. If you doubt it, start out some day with $l50 in your inside pocket and see how far it will go toward buying desirable steed.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
of Interest in Canaan's
 Religious Circles.
PILGRIM CHURCH.

At the Pilgrim church next Sunday, the annual offering for the Missionary Society of Connecticut will be received. Miss Flora D. Whiton. who is working under the auspices of the Society, and who has done very successful work at the Norfolk chapel for two summers, will speak upon missionary work in the outlying districts.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

With the Odell, Higgins and Hughes factions in the Republican party and the Jerome, Hearst and other factions in the Democratic party, the State conventions in New York this year will be worth looking at.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

School vacation days are nearly, or quite, at an end. Both teachers and scholars, after well earned respite from school duties, are refreshed and invig. orated and in prime condition to resume the work with renewed vim and energy.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Twin Lakes have lost none of their popularity. More people were there this year than ever before. and if present prospects cocnt for anything these num- bers will be greater next year.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

When the electric car was perfected, a decided decrease in the demand for horses was predicted. But it didn't happen.
 Then the appearance of the automobile caused another prediction of the same sort. The decreased demand hash t.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
The Condemned Man

One time jail reporter was sent to report wedding. He began his report by saying:
 ''The condemned man ate a hearty breakfast of ham and eggs"
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Now look back and see where you could have spent that summer money to better advantage.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Nature will soon paint the forests in her gorgeous autumnal tints.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Now for the county fairs.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Bryan is back.
Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06

Fall.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
WouId Mo-. he MAN pansr.

Two "dusky' bellies were heard
discussing the various functions on
their social calendars in Gates
avenue car. One was advocating
certain dance which promised to be
a rousing success.
No." said the other; "you won't
catch me goin' ter any dances. All
don't care fo' dancin' mahself, and
I'm not goin' ter be the wall pa
peru
This was the same "high bon
lady," by the way, who had to be
severely reprimanded by her mis-
tress several times before she would
consent to stop using a patent face
wash which announced on its label
that it would give any one a lily
white complexion. The lily white
powdery patches on the dark back
ground of Liza's swarthy counte-
nance were too much for the com
posure of the family while she wait,
ed at table,-Brooklyn Eagle,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
A Vulnerable Point.

Mr.. Lapham knew that his wife
was treasure. He heard it on
every hand, and he appreciated his
possession. But he sometimes made
a mild protest when the summer
boarders grew too fulsome In their
praise.
81 never saw such beautiful dis
position in my life," said one tear
full enthusiast, whose baby had
played with Mrs. Lapham's Sunday
bonnet with disastrous results.
"She always makes you feel as if
nothing mattered, no matter how
bad it is. l don't suppose she's
ever lost her temper in all her life,
has she, Mr.. Lapham?"
The husband of the peerless one
surveyed the landscape with his lips
drawn up and out in complicated
pucker.
"Well, now, I don't know as she
ever has to the extent you mean,"
he said slowly, "but l recollect one
hot day, when she had turned and
darned the forenoon carpet for
company coming and found our boy
Sam had throwed the paper of tacks
down the well, that 1 stood from I'M
der for an hour or so, now I tell
yeW-Youth's Companion.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
Ancient Locks and kevs.

Locks were used in the time Of
the Pharaohs. At Karnak the Wis
itor is shown the sculptured repre-
sentation of lock which is almost
exactly like the kind of lock usc1 in
Egypt at the present day. Ho or
says that Penelope used a braes key
to open her wardrobe. He adds that
it was very crooked and had an
ivory handle. A Greek writer who
lived in the last half of the twelfth
century explains that such keys
were undoubtedly very ancient, al
though still to be seen in CONSTANT
nople and elsewhere. Roman locks,
like the Egyptian, required a partial
sliding of the key. They were, how
ever, more intricate.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
A VexIna People,

When DR.. Mandell Creighton,
afterward bishop of London, was
vicar of Embleton he often gave
as his evening sermon a clear ex-
pository discourse on one of the
psalms or an epistle.
Mrs. Creighton in the biography
of her husband quotes a fine uncon-
scious tribute to the directness with
which Creighton brought the mean
ing Of the Bible home to the plain
Northumbrian people.
A devout old woman, a constant
attendant at church, was much dis
turbed at having the shortcomings
Of the Corinthian Christians made
so clear.
ooh, them Corinthians she ex-
claimed. GIVE no patience with
them,"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
BARNARD.

Mrs. Flora E. Bridgeman Of Leba-
non was at her fathers over Sun
day.
Chas. Lewis was taken Sick Mon
day morning with heart and stomach
trouble. DR.. Buchanan was called.
He is better at present time.
There will be Thanksgiving ball
at the town hall Thursday evening,
Nov. 20. Floor directors, G.. E.
Wheelock and A. 0. Buchanan. Mu-
sic, Moore & Porter's orchestra, four
pieces. Dancing, so cents; oyster
supper at Silver Lake house, SOC per
couple. Horses cared for at hotel
stables.
Mike Fleischman has returned
from Compton Village, N. H., where
he has been with a party of civil en-
gineers.
Lem Wheelock of Tunbridge was
in town all last week.
Rev. and Mrs. Fred Daniels have
returned from Bethel.
The village school closed for a two
weeks vacation Friday.
Miss Maybelle Chamberlin is
spending her vacation with her
grandmother in Randolph.
Capt. Thomas Hayes of Granville
called on A. G. Moore Wednesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
PouItrymen Are satIsNea

Poultrymen are no easier to please
than other people and when a store
keeper says his trade are satisfied
with the Poultry Food he sells, it ~
evident he is selling an article Of real
merit. Read the following letter from
Madden & Trumbull, the Grist Mill
Mep, of White River Junction, VT;
"'Page's Perfected Poultry Food
sells the best and gives the best salts
faction Of any Poultry Food that we
ever have sold. Parties that bought
from to 10 pounds at q TIME when we
first commenced to sell 1t, now get
from so to 100 pounds at time. we
think that is a good recommendation"
About Making Gardens.
There is nothing better than pure
Ground Bone in making gardens.
A teaspoonful in hill is perma-
nent benefit, lasting all summer.
Enclose 1925 in check or postal
money order, or in a registered letter,
and trial barrel will be shipped to
you promptly. If you don't need it all
divide ltwith your neighbors.
We publish little booklet, showing
how to use Ground Bone as Fertilizer
in gardens and in greenhouses and to
promote the growth of your flowers
and shruhbery. Send your name on
postal card and II will be sent to you
free by return mail.
@. s. Page, Hyde Park, VT.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
Fresh Winter Eaqs.

For the man who can find metkod
Of producing fresh winter eggs at
moderate cost there is fortune walt
ing. w. L. Robinson of West Derby,
VT, has found way. Read what he
says: Sin looking over the record of
our hens for the past six months, we
find the production of eggs per hen
far exceeds any previous year, this
too in the face Of the very severe and
long continued cold weather of Janu-
airy, February, and March. Now,
Honor to whom honor is due We at
tribute this very gratifying gain in
eggs to the daily use of Pages Per-
fected Poultry Food. We have never
used II so faithfully before and never
before had so satisfactory a winter
yield, We intend tp somewhat more
than double our present flock of hens
this season and you may rest assured
our orders for poultry food will be
increased in like proportion"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
Am EeYPTIAN MUMMY.
Il Poses az a Modern Oracle In The
British Museum.

|
Can an Egyptian mummy render
first class service as an oracle2 Can
the spirit of the dead return and
answer yes or no to the questions
of the faithful? Some people in,
London believe these things are pos
sible, and they have the mummy
right in the British museum to
prove it. A writer in the London
Mail tells all about it: "This
strange sibyl is the mummy Of
Katebet, pFiestess in the temple
Amen-Ra at Thebes. 1t lies on the
top shelf Of case P in the first
Egyptian room. 1t is one of the
most complete and interesting speci-
mems. The painted cartoonage head,
with its gilded face, is inclined to
one side, giving look of life. On
the breast is hawk headed orna-
ment containing scarab, the sacred
beetle. On the wooden models of
the hands are rings made of carne-
liam and precious stones, and an at
tempt had been made to initiate
bracelets by painting. The system
Of swathing is unusual.
"In wall case No. 10 stands Kate
bets painted wooden coffin. 1t
again is singular. On the foot the
feet and sandals of the deceased are
painted in an unusual manner, and
the face is evidently intended for a
likeness. The Lady Katebet died
in Thebes 2,700 years ago. The
measures taken to preserve hos, body
in its full beauty were 4 eE EI{ssfomz
airy care and fidelity. Is it possible
in this later world of miracles in
mechanical law that a miracle Of
natural law is manifested here
that Katebet's spirit is in touch
with her body?
"The peculiarities of the num-
my make it easier to believe, but
the way in which answers to ques-
tions are given affords a common
sense mechanical explanation. The
process gone through by the various
devotees at this queer shrine is as
follows: They approach the case
with reverence and lay hand upon
it. Looking earnestly in the golden
face of the priestess, they put
question that permits a plain af-
frmative or negative reply. If the
priestess moves the answer is Yes
If she makes no sign it is NO.
They assert that she does nod some
times and that the advice she gives
is good. i.
"The explanation is severely mod
ern. First, in the winter there is
dynamo of great power pounding
away below to supply electric light
and heat. Second, the movement
Of people in the room would be suf-
ficient to cause a vibration which
would move the case in which the
mummy lies. The museum is ex-
ceptionally well built and therefore
elastic, answering and giving easily
throughout through vibratory mo-
tons wherever generated. If the
official opinion we're given this is
undoubtedly what it would be-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
Second Hand.

A story is told of q minister who
gave the rural joiner an order to
make q small wooden cupboard.
When the pastor received the ac-
count he complained to the joiner
about the amount and said he could
have got a second hand cupboard
which would have answered his pur-
pose equally well at much less cost.
eyes" retorted the joiner, "and
! could buy a,guid sermon for three.
pence, but e'e wadna' care ABBOTT
preaching them at that pricep
London Telegraph,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
Had Equs Every pay.

The winter Of 1908 and 1904 was espe-
cially severe and you could hardly
blame hens If they didn't lay. Mrs. D.
P. Smith of Washington, VT, says she
has eggs every day. In her letter,
which follows, she tells how she brought
about these results: II write to inform
you of the excellent results obtained
from the use Of Pages Poultry Food
have twenty-seven hens. have not
had a sick fowl and nave had eggs
every day through the exceptionally
cold winter. can say that cannot
afford to do without Pages Poultry
Food"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
A Highway Commission Bill.

The House and Senate have been
legislating in behalf Of good roads, a
matter which it is remembered, Mr..
Clement persistently agitated four
years ago. A bill carrying an appro
priation of $4,000 has now been
passed empowering the state high
way commissioner to appoint county
supervisors at $3 a day. All money
voted is to be expended for improv-
ing the main thoroughfares and most
important roads. the purpose being
as far as possible to secure trunk
lines Of improved highways connect
ing the various towns. Any village
which is to expend more than $1,000
a year may have upon application to
the state commissioner the advice of
a competent road engineer free of
charge in making plans for work.
When any town votes to raise sum
for highway improvement in excess
Of the amount required by law, the
state will appropriate an equal
amount up to 5000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
THE EARTH'S CRUST.
It's Rlsldity Is About Equal to That Of
Granite.

Professor II. J. ]. See of the
United States navy has Investigate
ed the rigidity of the earth by
mathematical processes depending
on the theory of gravitation. He
found that, even if fluid, the globe
would have a rigidity greater than
that of wrought iron, owing to the
tremendous weight. The earth's
matter under this great pressure
acts as a solid and so vibrates in an
earthquake, and the average rigid
ity of the whole mass is nearly equal
to that Of nickel steel. Nickel steel
is one Of the strongest and hardest
metals known. The globe is thus
proved to be capable of withstand
ing enormous strain. DR.. See
proves that the rightly of the
earth's crust is about equal to that
Of granite, which is one-sixth that
Of steel, and that toward the center
the rigidity rapidly increases. At
the earth's center the imprisoned
matter is at an enormously high
temperature, yet under the great
pressure there at work it is kept
three times more rigid than the
nickel steel used in the armor of a
battleship;
This method has been applied
also to the other planets, 1t turns
out that the rigidity of Venus is
greater than that of platinum and
probably about identical with that
of wrought iron. The rigidity of
N MHEs L h sOq Ts fSg'o to tRFt # gG2a
moon and other satellites is about
equal to that of glass. The average
rigidity of the great planets-Jupi-
ter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
lies between eighteen and three
times that Of nickel steel. The
great rigidity of these bodies is due
to the great pressure acting
throughout such large masses.
In the case of the sun the result
is still more extreme. The average
rigidity of all the suns layers is
over 1000 times that of nickel
steel. This result shows the effect
of gravity in COMPRISING and hard
ening mass even when it is self
luminous and at enormously high
temperature.-Chicago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian--Rev G. A. MacDaniel
pastor. Morning service at 1890,
with sermon. Sunday school at IL
o'clock. Junior e. E. at S o'clock,
and Y. P S, c. E. at 7 o'clock.
Mid-week service Tuesday evening,
7.3o. w Welcome to all.
Congregational-Rev. F. Z. Put
nam, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at II.5o, YES
per service at S. Tuesday evening.
prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Univel salst- Rev. Ralph Hol
brooke Cheever, pastor; morning
service at 10 30, Sunday school at
Has.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at o.3o; I1.45 o'clock, Sunday
school 80 p. M, Epworth League;
evening service, 7 p. m. Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 P. m.
Catholic Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at ia M. evening
service at 7.3o.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at 9
o'clock
st. James-First Sunday OF each
month Holy Communion and SER
mon at 1890. Evening Prayer and
address at 500. All other Sundays:
Holy communion at 7 80 a. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon at
10 80, Evening Prayer and address
at <.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
CATTLE COMMISSION

Biennial Report for Period from
July, 1904 to July 1, 1906, Made
Public.
The report OF the Vermont cattle
commission for the biennial term of
July 1, 1906, is just made public.
The summary Of the work of the
commission for the term contains
the following statement:
Paid for animals by cattle commits
sion July 1, 1904 to July I, 1906,
$72,S95 40.
Paid veterinaries by cattle COM
mission per diem and expenses,
$3o26.24.
Paid members of cattle commits
sion per diem and expenses, $6SIo.-
81. y
Number of cattle tested by board
of commissioners, $9,398.
Number condemned by commits
sion, 1894.
Number condemned for drovers
and butchers, 1872.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-11-24
"Cannlballsm."

The word "cannibalism" is real
ly the name of a people. It is iden-
teal with Carib, many of the Ga
ribs, who formerly flourished in the
West Indies, having been consum-
ers of human flesh. The letters a."
"n" and or" are interchangeable in
certain aboriginal American Ian
guages, SO that Columbus found one
West Indian island saying "Can-
iba," where another said "Carib,"
while shakespeare's Calihan is an
other variety Of the same.