Connecticut western news., 1906-09-06
Stage Gets Full.

If Clayton, Southfield and Mill River didn't have their quota of city boarders during the summer, they are apparently faring pretty well in that respect just at present. The stage which runs to this village usually starts on its hoaueward trip with all seats filled to overaowing with humanity and with driver Kasson riding on the dash, the whiffletree or any other old spot where he can stick on. Well, let 'em come. There is some thing good to look at in this section in the fall as we'll as in the summer.
 Building State Road.
 Work on the state road from the 0. N. k. crossing to the Bennett Hill bridge has been commenced under the supervision of John Van Deusen. 1t is expected it will be completed about December lst. At the present time rocks in front of the Eddy farm house are being removed by blasting, after which the grade will be established. The stone already delivered along the road will be put through the crusher as will large quantity of waste stone from the New England Lime Company's quarries. In this work, as elsewhere about town, the scarcity Of help will cause delays. With adequate help the work could be com pleted probably by Nov. lst.
 A Fortunate Misfortune.
 AS Dr. O. W. Camp was approaching the railroad crossing at East Canaan, l Friday morning, he stopped suddenly, as he heard the train whistle for the crossing. Dr. A. J. Campbell of Middle town, who was directly behind him in an automobile, and about to pass him, ran into the rear wheel of the carriage with sufficient force to turn the car riage completely over on top of Dr. | Camp. The doctor was slightly hurt, but the peculiar thing about the T.coi- dent was that according to the belief of both doctors and that of the bystanders, the automobile would have been struck by the train had it not collided with tho carriage.
 Telephone Lines.
 The Southern New England Con- pany's pole line from Barnes siding to Clayton is being rebuilt.
 Five new wires are being strung from Canaan to Lakeville, five from Canaan to Cornwall. To Sharon and Lime Rock more will be strung but just how many is not now known
 Instruments have been installed for c. A. Weymouth of Clayton; the Can field Auto Station, Canaan: Connecticut Lime Company's kilns, Canaan; Dr. K. E. Harrington, Cornwall Bridge; Mrs. George k. Wood, Salisbury; Joseph Par sons, c. E. Milmine, Stuart 6 Hanley, Lakeville.
 At the present time there are 120 local drops on the switchboard in the Canaan central office. Five day operators are employed and one night operator. Two years ago there were 30 drops, two day operators and an operator, who answered the occasional calls, slept in the office. About year ago the switchboard be- came inadequate for the company's needs and new one was installed, board of sufficient size to care for what ever increase there. may be in the busi- ness for some time to. come.
 School Notes-
 The following article on %What 1 Re member of the Pan-American Exposi- tion" was written recently by pupil who, at the age of nine years, attended the exposition: 1.-The Pan-American ex- position was held just outside of Buffalo, N. Y., in the summer and fall of 1901. The fair grounds were laid out into kind of city, in which the streets and canals were placed irregularly. The center of this city of curious buildings was large rectangular artificial pond, a little longer than the school yard and no. quite so wide. At one end of this basin was the tall electric tower, with a stream of water tumbling over a ledge of blue glass into the pond at its base. Each of the buildings was for different purpose; one for music, another for in- ventions, one for metals, etc In one of these buildings, which was near the depot, were exhibited the largest railway engines in the world The drive wheels were at least seven feet in diameter In another building, where the inventions were shown, was a tiny toy moving machine, complete, drawn by two heavy farm horses, nearly four inches high. It went around and around a field of grain made of green wire. This grain was not cat. but bent down, and always sprang up again by the time the machine came around. In the building where the metals were shown was ex- hibited a solid gold life size statue of an actress Then in cases were pieces of gold and silver and many other metals and alloys. We went into a kind of arena where some Indians had a sham battle. It was quite exciting. Two bands of Indians came into the inclosure, from opposite sides, on horseback. Then they opened fire and dismounted. the ponies trotting to the rear. After a while one side retreated. Then an old chief came out and made a speech in the Indian language. Then a girl-she may have been a squaw, but looked more like white girl dressed up as an Indian came out and did fancy stunts with a rife, shooting glass balls off a mans hat and shooting them in the air. In an open place we saw picked regiment of men drill, all of them six feet tall. In another place they were shooting off monster cannon longer than tho school room. l.. k.