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Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
THE GRANGE
 Conducted by J. V. DARRow. Chatham. N. Y- Press Correspondent NelD Fork Stdte
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A MODEL HALL.

Metowee Grange of Granville, N. Yy
 Possesses 1t.
 The members of the above named grange have great reason to congratu- late themselves on their new grange home. It is a credit to the town in which located and a monument to the enterprise of the members of Me towee who have carried the project through so successfully. The total cost of the structure, which is of brick and stone, was over S10,000, but from rentals an income is secured of $1,000 a year.
 The building is seventy feet long by forty feet wide and three stories high. The first floor contains a dining room and kitchen, togethe- with pantry, storeroom. etc. The luilding is fur nished with hot and cold water in the kitchen and toilet rooms. The grange has a new set of crockery and silver ware throughout that adds materially to the ;ittractiyeness of the dining room.
 The second floor is used for the grange hall, ante"ooms, paraphernalia
 
 room, toilet rooms and ladies' parlor. The grange hall proper is 3S by 5 feet. and the ceilings are thirteen feet high. The ventilation, so often ignored in building grange halls. is almost per feet The floors are of maple. laid over deadening felt. The balance of the woodwork is North Carolina pine, finished in the natural color. The cell ings are of adamant and are frescoed in appropriate designs, similar to the interior of a church. The building is lighted throughout with electricity.
 The third floor is divided into the same number of rooms and is of the same size as the second floor and is finished exactly in the same manner. 1t has been rented to the Masonic or der for term of years.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
COUNTRY HIGHWAYS.

While the day is doubtless far dis tant, conditions of population and land tenure are bound to arise which will render 1t an economic necessity to put into the adjacent fields on either side generous strips of the present four rod country highway. This change could be made today without waiting for the increased population and would result in a vast improvement in the looks of the high way, as the strips in question are in all too many distances simply breeding plots for useless and insight ly grass and weeds.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
MONEY IN MEIANS

As the result of an exceptionally fla Sorable and long growing season 8 friend reports an income of $175 from an acre planted to muskmelons A multitude of weeds were killed before time to plant the seed, which made the matter of the care of the seed eompar- atively easy, while the crop matured gradually. so that the period during which it could be marketed extended over several weeks. A further point Of advantage in favor of the melon crop was the fact that it did not pull heav- fly on the soil.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
LEGAL NOTICES
U IL

DISTRICT OF CANAAN. ss., Probate U Court, March 12. 1907.
 Estate of John H.sCrandall late of Ca naan in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of the Administra- tor for an order of sale of real estate, be- longing to said estate and situated in said Canaan, as per application on file moro appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in North Canaan in said District on the 19th day of March 1907 at two o'clock in the afternoon, and the Court directs said administrator to give public notice to all persons interested in said es- taate to appear, if they see cause, and be heard thereon, by publishing a copy cf this order once in some newspaper having a circulation in said probate district, and by posting a copy of this order on the public sign post in said Canaan five days before the said day of hearing, and return make to this court
 Attest: DAVID c. WHITTLEsEY, Judge
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
s. TRIPP,
 MlLlERTON, N. Y. A good line of DIAMONDS at prices lower than in the cities.
No. S511- TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

No. S511-
 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of Comptroller of the Currency
 Washington, D. O., January II, 1907. WHEREAS, By satisfactory evidence pre- sented to the undersigned it has been made to appear that "The Canaan National Bank in the Village of Canaan, in the County of Litchfield and State of Connec- ticut, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, re- quired to be compiled with before an association shall be authorized to com mence the business of Banking:
 NOW THEREFORE, I, Thomas P. Kane. Deputy and Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that "The Canaan National Bank" in the Village of Canaan, in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, is authorized to com mence the business of Banking as pro- vided in Section Fifty-one-hundred-a and sixty-nipe of the Revised Statues of the United States.
 l~~ In testimony whereof witness < SEAL my hand and seal of office this t0~1 fourteenth day of January, 1907
 T. F. KANE,
 Deputy and Acting Com
 troller of the Currency.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
THIs IS TO CERTIFY. that the last

Il place of residence of Charles !. Decker was in the town of Salisbury, in the County of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, that the said Charles J. Decker died on the l7th day of February 1907 and left no will, and the subscriber has been duly appointed as Administrators of the estate of said deceased by the Court of Probate, within and for the District of Salisbury, within which the deceased last resided.
 This certificate is made and caused to be recorded in the Land Records of the town of Salisbury, within which the said de ceased was the owner of real estate at the time of his death.
 Dated at Salisbury, Ct., this 9th day of March, A. IT., 1907.
 GEORGE A. BREWER, Administrator of estate of Charles !. Decker, deceased.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
Notice

The Rate Bill of 1907 on tax list of 1906 for the town of Cornwall has been placed in my hands for collection. All taxes are .lc March list, l907 1 will meet the tax payers to receive their taxes:
 Saturday, March 30th ut J. A. Cochrane & Sons store. ..s-.
 Monday, April 1st, at Smith Bros store. K Tuesday, April End, c. k. Wilcox & Sons store.
 If any lax shall remain unpaid one month rom the time such tax is due and payable interest at the rate of nine per cent will be udded. GEORGE w. CoCHRANE, Collector, West Cornwall, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
EV-N
HOMEMADE BOAT.

pinned and bolted on for sides. 1t has an iron clasp made of old wagon tire. bent and bolted oa clinched, nailed across the top of the back end and top of the sides, as indicated, to hold them firmly in place. The front end has q 2 by 8 inch piece bolted on top Orange Judd Farmer.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
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LOOKING TO CELERY.

Growing Plants From Seed For ar
 Early Crop.
 The seed for the early supply should be sown broadcast about Feb. 15 in 8 moderately heated hotbed or in sIIal. low boxes filed with good garden loa.n lightly pressed down. Cover the seetl with soil about one-eighth inch dcsI, and press the same down firmly. s: the boxes Gf these are used) in q! house near sunny window where t'' temperature averages about 70 deg"N-.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

Every grange can do an interesting work for the community and it's sue cessors in the coming years by appoint ing a committee to locate the first cab Tn, schoolhouse. church and the scene of any pioneer event.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
A Sound Organization.

The Jefferson County (N. Y) Pa trons' Fire Relief association is now carrying about S13,000O0O insurance on grangers' property. The cost per thousand for losses by lightning in 1906 was $1.19 and for fires other than 94 cents.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

nISTRICT OF CANAAN, ss. Probate U Court, March 9th, 1907.
 Estate of Elizabeth Abbott, late of North Canaan in said district deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred itors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to GEORGE :. DUNNING, Administrator
 East Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
Handy Boat For General Use.

The plank boat illustrated herewith is made for general farm work and is used in winter to draw manure from the yard and stable to the field. It. is constructed of four ten inch crooked maple blanks two and half inches thick, with an s by 21a inch frame
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
nIsTRICT OF CANAAN. ss., Probate

nISTRICT OF CANAAN, ss., Probate U Court. February, 27, 1907,
 Estate of Susan P. Norton late of North Canaan in said District, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attested, within said time, will be debarred re- covery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to EDWARD D. NORTON, Administrator Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

While we hear all kinds of discussion about the dua, purpose hen and COW, there ought to be no such thing as dual purpose wood lot or orchard. Such tracts should be dedicated to the one purpose and not turned into hog lots or calf pastures.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

It is worth while remembering that one can make a good margin of profit on scrub stock or poultry with intelli- gent care, while slovenly, thriftless handling will make even thorough breds unprofitable.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

There is no better regulator and tonic for chickens than onions chopped fine and put in their warm mash. If you don't give the mash, feed the onions anyway.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
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Estate of Charles !. Decker late of Sails bury in said District, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the District of Salisbury hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the cred itors of satd estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to pre- sent their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred n recov- cry. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to GEORGE A. BREWER, Administrator. F. O. address, Ashley Falls, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14

Watches, Chains, Collar Buttons, Cuff Buttons, Fraternity Pins, Match Boxes, Card Gases, Cigar Cases, Hair Brushes, Hat Brushes, Mirrors
, 1907-12-14
Fleet in Good Condition.
The Fleets Formation.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 14.-Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans will be in command Of
the fleet, with the battleship Conectt
cut as the flagship. The following
facts concerning the feet were COM
piled by Golfers Weekly from the of
fetal records:
First Division, First Squadron.
Connecticut, Captain Hugo w. Ostec,
haus (fagship of Rear Admiral Ev-
ans); Kansas, Captain Charles E.
Vreeland; Vermont, Captain William
P. Potter; Louisiana, Captain Richard
Wainwright.
Second Division, First Squadron.
Georgia, Captain Henry McCrea
Flagship Of Rear Admiral William H.
Emory; New Jersey, Captain William
II. H. Switzerland; Rhode Island, Cap
tain Joseph B. Murdock; Virginia, Cap
tain Seaton Schroeder.
Third Division, Second Squadron.
Minnesota, CAPTAIN John Hubbard
Flagship of Rear Admiral Charles M.
Thornas); Ohio, Captain Charles W.
Bartlett; Missouri, Captain Greenleat
A. Merriam; Maine, Captain Giles d.
Harder.
Fourth Division, Second Squadron.
Alabama, Captain Ten Eyck d. w.
Veeder (lagship Sof Read Admiral
Charles s. sperry); Illinois, Captain
John M. Bowyer; Kearsarge, Captain
Hamilton Hutchins; Kentucky, Cap
tain Walter G. Cowles.
The Auxiliary Division.
Glacier, supply ship, Commander W,
S. Hogg; Culgoa, supply ship. Lieu
tenant Commander j. B.. Patton; Pan.
Their, repair ship, Commander V. S
Nelson; Yankton, tender, Lieutenant
w. r. Gherardi.
Torpedo Boat FIotilia.
Whipple, Lieutenant Hutch 1. Cone
commanding f1otilla); Hopkins, Lieu
tenant Alfred G. Howe; Hull, Lieuten
ant Frank McCommons; Stewart, Lieu
tenant julius F. Hellweg; Truxtun.
Lieutenant Charles s. Kerrick; Law.
renee, Ensign Ernest Friedrich.
Details Of the Cruise.
Number of battleships, 16; number
of torpedo boats, 6; number of auxil
iaries, 6; total number Of men in
crews, $4,000; length of cruise. 1872
miles; duration of voyage, 1876 days.
The Fleets Itinerary.
Hampton Dads, arrive December 6
, 1907-12-14
NOT A CELESTIAL COOK OR SER
WANT OF ANY KIND ON THE
PAcIFic-BoUND FLEET
BY MONDAY.
They Have Been Replaced Man for
Man by Negroes But No ExpIana.
ton Given-Final Word Flashed
That Ships Are Ready AMI Start
Expected to Be Made Monday
Formation of the Fleet.

Norfolk, Va, Dec. 14.-According to
the report of petty officers on shore
leave last night, when the fleet pulls
out Monday for the Pacific coast there
will not be a Japanese cook or servant
on any Of the i%ronclads. This report
is to the effect that the Japanese are
being quietly but rapidly weeded out
by order of the commanding officer and
their places are being filled by negroes.
No reason is given for the order.
, 1907-12-14
DECIDE YOURSELF
The Opportunity is Here, Backed by
Laramie Testimony.

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Laramie endorsement.
Read the statements of Laramie
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one Isl Of 1t.
Mrs. q. D. Carter, 4O6 south Fourth
street, Laramie, Wyoming, says: 81
can with pleasure ard confidence rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone
suffering from the effects of inactive
or .deranged kidneys. l first knew of
the value of this preparation four
years ago, when its use saved me a
great deal of suffering from kidney
complaint and bladder trouble. When
ever 1 appeal to Doan's Kidney Pills, l
find relief"
For Sale by all Dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, Sole Agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
, 1907-12-14
WINNING HIGH PLACE
In MASONIC CIRCLES.

Francis S. King of Laramie, who
conferred the degree of perfect mas,
ter, is winning a high place in Ma
sonic circles, and under his direction
the degree was impressively conferred,
says the Cheyenne Tribune. The ninth
degree was conferred by NJ. R. John
ston of Wheatland; the 14th by l.. C.
Phillips of Douglas, and the 18th by
NJ. P. Wheeler of Casper. Out of town
men are becoming more prominent in
the affairs of the reunions and are do
ing their work so well that it is adding
to the popularity and influence Of this
body throughout the state.
, 1907-12-14
WOMAN KILLS HERSELF.
Shot Twice in Breast Owing to
Health and Dies Instantly.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 14.-Mrt
Della Jones, 30 years of age, wife d
an Arizona mining man, said to hay(
come lately from Chicago, killed her
self in her room at the SchermerhorI
Inn late yesterday by shooting herself
twice in the breast with a revolver
Ill health was the cause. Her husband
is absent and his whereabouts are un
known. Mrs. Jones came here about
two months ago.
, 1907-12-14
Curse of INDIGESTION.

The man who is always asking ad.
vice from everybody never takes 1t
from anybody. He is much too weak
minded eve to make up his mind as
to which advice suits his mind the
Of %indecision which the earnestly e
pressed opinions of his friends and &C.
quaintances only serve to ~aggravate.
The end of such a a is confusion
and disaster. which are really all that
he Decentralization Weekly Dis.
patch.
, 1907-12-14

where they had been to attend the con
sistory meeting.
A. G. Waller, better known as the
'dusky deamon," is visiting friends
in the city. He is the colored nan
that rode and threw a steer at the
county fair three years ago.
Mrs. A. T. Foster is somewhat bet.
ter today, although her physician was
summoned during the night. She is
suffering from an attack of sciatic
rheumatism, which is quite painful.
Mrs. Julius Pulls, who was in the city
yesterday, doing some shopping, was
able to reach home before the storm
broke last night, otherwise she might
have been compelled to remain in the
city today.
Hon. ], +. Crawford, editor of the
Saratoga Sun and a member of the
board of trustees of the University OF
Wyoming, is in the city, attending the
meeting of the board at the university
this afternoon.
Justice Hugh Hynds returned this
morning from Cheyenne, where he had
been to attend the meeting of Wyo
ming consistory, Scottish Rite Masons.
Mrs. Hynds and the children remained
over for a longer visit.
Doris Stewart, the bright young
daughter of Superintendent r. d.
Stewart of the Laramie Plains line.
will spend her Christmas vacation with
her father in this city. She is now at
tending school at Denver.
Hon. A. j. Mokler of Casper, editor
of the Casper Tribune and a member
Of the board of trustees Of the Univer-
sity of Wyoming, is in the city today,
attending the meeting of the board at
the university this afternoon.
MI. and Mrs. Henry Meyer are in the
city, coming to meet their mother, Mrs.
Pat Gallagher, and their sister, Miss
Gallagher, who arrived home from
Iowa last afternoon. Mrs. Gallagher
and Miss Bessie Gallagher will ac-
company them to Mandel.
DR.. A. F. Thode of Rawlins, who was
here yesterday attending the annual
meeting of the Connor-Thode Cattle
company, left for home last night. He
took his late fathers place on the
board of trustees and was made vice
president of the board.
Hon. Otto Gramm, president OF the
board of trustees of the University OF
wyoming, returned this morning from
Cheyenne, where he had been to attend
the meeting Of Wyoming consistory,
Scottish Rite Masons, and presided at
this afternoons meeting of the board
at the Office of DR.. Hebard at the uni.
versity.
Sam Thompson of Centennial, man.
ager of the Carbon Timber company's
warerooms and store at Centennial
arrived in the city yesterday afternoon
and left for home this morning, after
having disposed of some business here
land seen to the transfer of some
freight from the Union Pacific to the
Laramie Plains line.
, 1907-12-14
Ready to start Monday.

Old Point Comfort, Va, Dec. IA
Final word of ready was flashed
from every vessel in the battleship
fleet today. This signal meant that
the sixteen most powerful armorclads
of the American navy were ready not
only to start next Monday morning on
their projected cruise to the western
seas, but are just as ready to go any
where in the twin hemispheres of the
world and do any work.
Fleet in Good Condition.
1t meant that hulls are sweet and
clean, that giant compound engines
are restless to be at their task; that
officers and men are trained to the
hour; that bunkers are overlooking
with the best steam coal the mines
of the country can produce; that lard
ers are choked with ship provisions
and that magazine doors are closed
upon the greatest stores of ammunition
ever placed on board American vessels
of war.
, 1907-12-14
TO ENLIST.
Girl Dresses in Boys Clothes and Cal
at Recruiting Office.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec. 14.-Dressed \
boys clothes, Miss Catherine Andrew
called at the United States receivin
Office here yesterday to enlist in tn
army for service in the Philippinei
Sergeant Hall accused her of being
girl and she broke down and criet
She said she had dressed in trouser
just for a lark. She was released an
departed for Denver.
, 1907-12-14
WorId-Craft.

A phrase is good only in so far as It
Is a fair and adequate body for a
thought. The important thing is not
to exhibit skill in word-craft, but to
produce an effect, to convey a mes
sage; and no man writes well with
whom the chief end is not the work
rather than the workmanship.-Arlo
Bates.
, 1907-12-14
Superstition. Mexicans

Mexicans enjoy the w%ell-earned repu-
iation of being one of the most super
stitious races Of the world. Supersti-
ton exists wherever there is a human
being, but Mexico seem to be the
place where all human approximations
are conferred. To such an extent is
this true that superstition has be-
come almost a kind of religion, gov.
erning every act of the people.
, 1907-12-14
What a Bird Nav Have.

II the canary looks sad and doleful
like as not it has the rheumatism, as
a bird authority says careless owners
do not keep the perches dry, and this
painful disease, to which the bird il
subject, is the result.
, 1907-12-14
Annoyance for the Cook.

All people are not equally suscepti-
BILE to the peculiar volatile substance
given off by new potatoes when be-
ing scraped. In many persons it
causes an aching in the lose and
sometimes headache.
, 1907-12-14

depart December 16, 1907; Trinidad, ar
rive December "a, depart December
20. 1907; Rio de Janeiro, arrive Janu.
airy II, depart January 81, 1908; Punta
Arenas, arrive January 81, depart Feb
ruary 5, 1908; Sallao, arrive February
is, depart February %, 1908; Magda-
lena Bay, arrive March IA; San Fran
cisco (probably May u. The exact
dates of departure from Magdalena
Bay and of arrival at San Francisco
are unknown, as they depend upon the
completion of target practice in Mag,
dalena Bay.
The FIotiIla's Itinerary.
Hampton Roads, depart December 2,
1907; San Juan, arrive December Z, de-
part December IL, 1907; Trinidad, ar
rive December Is, depart December 81,
1907; Para, arrive December 26, depart
December 81. 1907; P%erambuco, arrive
January 5, depart January 10, 1908; Rio.
de Janeiro, arrive January Is, depart
January 20, 1908; Montevideo, arrive
January rs, depart FEBRUARY /, 1908;
Punta Areas, arrive February 8, depart
February u, 1908; Talcahuano, arrive
February 20, depart February 25, 1908;
Callao, arrive March 4, depart March
8, 1908; Panama, arrive March 16, de-
part March 81, 1908; Acapulco, arrive
March 2S, depart April 2, 1908; Magda-
lena Bay, arrive April 6; San Francis
(probably May -.
Fleet Supplies.
Coal, 10000 tons; cost of coal, ST.
500, 1000; flour for the cruise, f,205 900
pounds; beef (fresh and tinned), 1,0GO,-
600 pounds; ham, 400, 900 pounds; tin
ned meats (other than beef, 200, 900
pounds; salt pork, 200 900 pounds;
sausage, 10000 pounds; fowl, 10000
pounds; mutton, 10000 pounds, lard,
5000 pounds; potatoes, 10000
pounds; butter, 100000 pounds; fruit
and p~reserved), 100000 pounds;
100000 pounds; tea 5000
pounds; fresh eggs, $4,000 dozen; tim
ned vegetables, 446, 900 pounds; onions,
So 900 pounds; rice, $1,000 pounds;
soap, $4,000 pounds; tobacco, 1000
pounds.