Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22

lightful, all connections were made with | fine and the view from Mount Tom was magnificent.
 New Partnership.
 W. N. Decker, the plumber, expects to move into his new quarters, the Nor ton building, in about ten days. He has associated with him J. G. Alvord, the Winsted hardware man, and a stock of stoves, hardware, tinware, plumbing fix lures, etc., will be placed on sale. Bushes Have Been Cut.
 The selectmen of the Town of North Canaan have ordered the cutting of the brush and small trees along the roads. Good, now if the seleotmen of the towns of Canaan and Salisbury will do like wise, there will be much rejoicing among the people who have occasion to drive in this section.
 Dog Bites Child. s...
 The little daughter of Thaddeus Baird was bitten through the nose by pet dog with which she was playing last Thursday afternoon. A physician was promptly called and it is not thought there will be any serious results. The dag shows no signs of rabies and evi- dently had no intention of injuring the child.
 Popular Trips
 Gasoline launch trips on the Housa- tonic river are popular with the ladies st the camp ground and the Vacation Home as we'll as Canaanites and Henry R. Whitford's boat has been chartered for such pleasure excursions a number of times lately. In every instance the ladies have been highly delighted with the sail.
 Mails Delayed
 The mails on Thursday of last week were seriously disorganized by the wreck at Still River. No mails arrived from the south until 4.20 and none from the north after the 8.21 train for the reason that as no mail crew went north, there was none to work south-Eoing matter. Schedule time was resumed | Friday.
 Some New Views
 Several new views of Canaan have been placed on souvenir postal cagls and are on sale by The Oanaan Printing Oo., and at the drug stores. These views include East and West Main street, Bartholomew bridge showing portion of the Housatonio river. An the O. N. E. road near the Housatonic river bridge.
 State Official in Town. State highway commissioner Mo Donald was in town one day last week and inspected the state road now in process of construction. He expressed his satisfaction with the work already done and in progress and says much more of the same sort of construction should be accomplished in this section. The travelling public agrees with him. A Hold-up
 Last Friday evening as A. F. Briggs was coming home from the Pine Grove camp ground, man leaped from the bushes along the road and grabbed the reins on one of the horses. Mir. Briggs did not toss his watch and wallet to the highwayman but jumped from the wagon and made football rush for the stranger who took to his heels when he found he had stopped the wrong man. The Foresters
 Eleven Canaanitcs went to Lakeville Thursday evening and were initiated by the Foresters. There were few more candidates who found it impossible to go on that evening. The next move will be to hold meeting at Canaan at which time members of the Lakeville court and some of the state officers will be present and formally institute a Ca- naan Court. It is said that the charter membership will be 20 or 25. An effort is being made to secure the Masonic lodge room or the town hall as a place to hold the regular meetings
 Water Causes Trouble Gaffney and Son, the sewer contract ors, are experiencing much trouble in laying the tile along the Camp brook, near the Methodist church. The ditch fills with water from the various springs in that vicinity and the sides of the ditch have csved in at many points necessitating much extra work. The force worked all day Sunday in order to extend the tile past the point which would have caused considerable trouble had there been rain storm. The ditch has now been extended across West Main street to Dr. Ross land and it is believed there will be less difficulty hereafter. .... Evening Base Ball. | The eyeninp base ball game between