Connecticut western news., 1907-11-07

1906, while the average attendance is 324. l9 compared with 291 .34 of last year. Tailor Moves
 The portion of the Rhoades building which has been fitted up for H. Wellner the tailor, is now completed and MT Willner has moved in. Work is now progressing on the portion vacated by MT. Wellner and which is to furnish larger office and display quarters for the Berkshire Power Company.
 Sputterng
 l Someone has played a mean trick on the young ladies who still maintain that they really mean to play basket ball. The trick consisted of appropriating the baskets in Town Hall which were used several years ago when basket ball was played here The ladies have done con- siderable sputtering because of it. Committee Appointed | On Monday, John B. Reed, moderator of the special meeting, held Saturday, announced the committee to confer with the North Canaan school board ill the matter oTincreasing the school facilities in Canaan. The committee consists of Geo. $. Fuller and R. D. Peirce of Canaan and G. s. Cunning of East Canaan.
 May Buy It
 D. Walter enjoyed his annual vaca ton last week by taking a trip to the Jamestown exposition. In addition to seeing the sights on the grounds he in- speoted the battleship Minnesota" and pronounces it all right. He made an offer for it, intending to place it on the Housatonic river, and Uncle Sam has the offer under consideration.
 A knotty Problem
 Rev. K. O. Gillette of the school board is thoroughly familiar with the various plans for school house enlargement as he thoroughly investigated the matter, but he didn't know which to recommend and this being the case, those in atten- dance, who saw the plans for the first time, could not be expected to point the way out of the dilemma. Twas 6 wise adjournment
 Successful Event.
 The mems supper at the Methodist church last evening was a pronounced success. It was we'll attended and the menu was superb in every particular. These annual events are becoming more and more popular each year and the men folks are gaining an enviabls reputation as caterers. The menu cards with the trite illustrations and quota tions proved very entertaining. They were printed, of course, by The Canaan Printing Go.
 Special Masonic Meeting
 A special communication of Housa- tonic Lodge F. & A. M. will be held Tuesday evening of next week, No vember 12, at which time the third de- gree will be conferred on one candidate. All members of other Masonic lodges re- siding here are invited to attend this meeting. A banquet will be enjoyed at the close of the degree work. It is ex- pected that the event will be attended by members of the Masonic lodges in the surrounding villages.
 The Assembly.
 On Friday evening of next week another meeting of those interested in the assembly project will be held in | Ia11 t> f,,r {ha for series of these gatherings during the winter. At Monday evenings meet ing about 90 were present. A. P. Free man was chosen treasurer and Lester Adams chairman of the executive com mittee with power to name the other rmembers. It is proposed to hold alter nate dances and card parties as was done last year.
 The Judges Auto
 The Berkshire Courier tells about an automobile owned by Judge Roraback of Canaan being stalled in a mud-hole near Sheffield, and further says that the judge paid some fellow two-dollar bill to haul the machine to dry land. There are a few little inaccuracies in the paragraph. In the first place the judge didn't pay the fellow two dollars, in the second place his machine wasn't stuck in the mud, in the third place he has never run his machine up Sheffield way, and in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh places he hasn't machine anyway. Outside of these few trihing inaccuracies, the paragraph is absolutely correct.