Connecticut western news., 1907-05-09
MANUFACTURERS LOOKING LOCATIONS SHOULD OPEN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CANAAN BOARD OF TRADE

l.. J. Waldecker Norfolk barber, as- sisted at l.. Q. Rhoades' shop last week, during the illness of MT. Rhoades and his assistant, Fred Morin.
 Dr. Wilcox of Lee, Mass, took charge of Dr. F. H. Lees practice on Friday of last week while pr. Lee was attending a reunion in Albany, N. Y.
 George Drumm, lately bookkeeper in the office of the Reliable Manufacturing Company, has taken simular position in The Canaan National Bank.
 MT. and Mrs. H. B. Ives expect to dis continue house keeping after their re- turn from Twin Lakes and will pro- bably board for an indefinite period.
 Tax collector Rhoades is holding re- reception " at the East Canaan post office to-day and will meet Canaan tax payers at Fuller 6 Peet's store to-mor- row.
 Reports from the House of Mercy at Pittsfeld, where Arthur P. Freeman and Samuel Brinton of this place are ill with typhoid fever, are to the effect that both are doing nicely.
 Mrs. F. L. Beckley, who has been ill since February, suffering from a severe attack of the grip, has been much worse the last two weeks and although now improving is still confined to the bed.
 New fixtures for the purpose of dis playing shoes have been placed in the windows of Benton 6 Wrights' store. The fixtures are arranged to contain electric lights and are very attractive.
 THE NEWS suggestion that the library be opened one or two evenings each week evidently struck a popular chord if we are to judge by the remarks of ac- quiescence made by Canaanites of late.
 The following letters remained un- claimed in the Canaan post office Tues i day: Saveno, Feste di Modesturo, Sa- bastiano, Pautuno, Walker, Miss mary Postals-Pierce, Charles H., Sandstrom, I Gust.
 A mound surrounded by rubble work is being arranged in front of the Garfield Inn and it is MT. Canfield' plan to have it in the form of grass plotwith foun- tain in the centre, together with plants and shrubs.
 Miss Luella Bonney sustained a crush ed finger Tuesday afternoon at the Reli- able Manufacturing company's plant by | it's becoming caught in the machinery. Dr. Lee responded to a hurry call and dressed the injured member.
 l.. o. Rhoades went to Lee Sunday to call on his barber, Fred Morin, who has been threatened with pneumonia and, later had bronchial trouble. MT. Morin is now recovering and will be able to return to work in a few days.
 At New Milford last week Judge Ga ger accepted bond for $50O0 furnished by Rufus H. Whitford, thereby releas- ing an attachment on the Warner House in the case brought by Dennis O'Neil against E. w. Warner for slander.
 The garden spots in Canaan just now are few and far between. But few gardens have ever been ploughed. Oc- casionally there is Canaanite who is munching radishes or lettuce grown in a hot bed but these instances are ex- ceptional. |. Among those who were in town to at- tend the play, Down in Maine, were Mrs. T. l.. Roberts from Craryville; the Misses Kane and Johnson from Norfolk; Mrs. Ford from Torrington; Mrs. Evans from Bethel, and Miss Maude Landon from Sharon.
 On Tuesday evening next, May IA, at s o'clock, at Town Hall, those who are to compose the membership of the Can aan band will meet to perfect the organ ization, select leader and hold the first rehearsal All members having instru- ments are requested to bring same at that time.
 We are informed that the band stand built several years ago and which was moved to Riverside Park" was torn down recently. This however will have no effect on the organization of the new band and if it is organized, a stand will probably be erected at a central point in the village.
 R. F. St. John of Daubury, Conn.,, whose name everybody in this section connects with the "Old Well" cigar, was in town Tuesday. The perfecto he left in THE NEWS sanctum to remind us that there is now Mrs. St. John over in Danbury was duly set on fire and found to be o. k.
 The residence on East Main street occupied by Dr. G. B. Corwin, and known as the Thompson place, was purchased