Connecticut western news., 1907-06-20


 village the Berkshire Power Company will light electrically within the next few weeks.
 Summer Weather
 Beginning Saturday, the weather for few days has borne semblanoe to summer. White dresses, sun parasols, palm leaf fans etc. were in evidence for the first Sunday afternoon and evening Canaanites enjoyed sitting on their pi- azzas which they had not previously been able to do.
 Coming NuptiaIs
 The marriage of Miss Charlena Cal lendar, daughter of MT. and Mrs. O. O.. Callendar. of Bridgeport, formerly of Canaan, to Leon Wakeman will take place at the home of the brides parents Tuesday, June 25th. MT. Wakeman was formerly employed in the Borden milk plant here.
 Teacher Resigns.
 Miss Adele Merwin, who has resigned her position as teacher in the primary department of the Canaan school has obtained more lucrative position in a school at East Orange, N. J. Miss Mer- win has made most enviable record here and is well equipped for her duties ill the larger field at Orange.
 Canaan Engineer
 nfG tn rrn fn Lake George about June 25th and will put in the summer as engineer on a 40 foot launch owned by MT. Nestell of New York and who frequently visits Canaan with his wife who was formerly Miss Thompson. They expect to do consid- rable sailing Tn the various lakes before fall.
 Back to Ireland
 John Devine, section foreman here on the New Haven road, accompanied by his wife, left New York on Saturday for a visit to their former homes in Ireland. They expect to remain about three months. They came to this country about 16 years ago and this is their first visit to their friends on the other side of the big puddle.
 I Railroad RumbIes l Bartholomew Killowee is acting boss on the New Haven section here during the absence of John Devine.
 A change in the working force at the station took place this morning Ivan hoe Scott, lately with Borden $, s,succeeds Mr. Heffernan as freight clerk, MT. Heffernan becomes ticket seller in place of Norman Moore, who has been tenn porarily holding the position.
 A IA I-2 Pound Trout Perrine Stanton went over to Lake Wononscopomuc one day last week to angle for trout and hooked one weighing 14& pounds. MT. Stanton is man of truth and veracity and when he says that the fish jared the lake when it thumped against the bottom while en- deavoring to free itself, the statement must be taken at face value. He also hooked few "little" fish weighing four or five pounds each.
 Bettis Sentenced.
 Guy Bettis of this town, charged with theft. was arraigned before Judge Our tiss in the superior court at Winsted Fri day on bench warrant. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months in jail. Bettis, it will be remembered, stole the East Canaan cemetery fence and fell into the clutches of the law before he had an opportunity to appropriate the gravestones, the town pump, the church steeple and the shad weather vane on top of it.
 SeIectmen After Law Breakers. Complaints have been made to the selectmen that someone, whose identity is unknown at the present time, has been dumping garbage and other refuse alongside the roads and streets in vari- ous parts of the town. These persons know full we'll that there is a place specially set apart for dumping ground and that when they are violating the law when they use the aforesaid roads and streets for such a purpose. The selectmen say they will prosecute the offender or offenders to the limit of the law if their identity can be established. When to Believe It
 'Inquisitive" wants to know if the grading on the west side of the west side of the hotel is a part of the trolley roadbed, No. it isn't, although if the road is ever built anywhere it will pro- bably extend right there. And how convenient it will be to step from car right into hotel and find a square meal awaiting you and all the modern con- veniences at your disposal. But it won't be right away. The time to believe that trolley is to be built is when the grading for the roadbed commences and the laying of rails and ties commences School Notes