Connecticut western news., 1907-12-19

Deputy state inspector of factories,
bakeries, etc., James Kenna of Hart
ford was in town the latter part of last
week, inspected the Model Bakery and
pronounced everything o. k. -
The report is being circulated in the
surrounding villages that there Is
another case of typhoid fever in Canaan.
Such is not the fact. The case in ques-
ton is pneumonia and not typhoid.
If that confagration must come. let
US hope it will postpone itself until our
fire-fghting apparatus consists OF some
thing more than 200 feet of hose, five
MIGRANTS and a sublime faith in Provi-
dence.
William Garfield has purchased of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad company $50 feet Of land
at the rear of the hotel premises and
proposes to move his barns onto por-
ton of it.
Nevada" the Board of Trade drama
to be played by local amateurs, is pro-
crossing fairly well but it will not be
possible to present it at as early as was
at first anticipated because of various
obstacles in the way of rehearsals.
The five pictures which were pur-
| chased with the proceeds of the Turner
art exhibit under school auspices some
time ago, have been placed on exhibit
ton in the library where they will re-
main until the beginning of the, new
term of school, January g.
Take especial care to securely wrap
the packages you send through the
mails and also to address them plainly.
These are rush days with the postal en-
ployers and they cannot spend time to
decipher illegible writing or to re-wrap
packages that become unwrapped.
A Debate ~-a .-- -' ~
At last evenings meeting of Wan
gum Camp of Modern Woodmen the
subject Of third terms for presidents
was debated. M. d. Cosgriff and Will
liam Briggs favored it while Henry Pull
yer and George Wood opposed it. The
NEWS went to press too early to ascer-
| tain the result of the verbal encounter.
Gaffney, The Silent
Silence, Is karat, yard wide, all wool
silence still prevails in that section of
| Waterbury where resides one John W..
Gaffney, a sewer contractor who did q
job in Canaan that the fire district will
not accept because they claim it wasn't
done according to contract, and who
promised to give them, some time ago,
an answer to the various propositions
made to him relative to settlement Of
the matter.
"Promise of Something Doing"
Last Saturdays Hartford Post said:
Canaan is going about the organiza-
ton Of fire fighting company in a
systematic, determined manner that
gives promise of something doing along
that line, which has been deferred
plenty long enough. However, Canaan
has developed a faculty for doing things
up brown when she gets about it, and is
evidencing keener appreciation of the
old maxim. Never put off till to-
morrow what you can do yourself
We're Busy
1t is said that in some of the New
England villages the people prepare to
hibernate after the first frost and do not
liven up until spring. This is not true
in Canaan. There's something doing
constantly and this promises to be re-
markedly lively winter. The Board of
Trade is endeavoring to obtain fire pro-
lection for the village, better library ia
cilities and a boys club, in the town hall
drama to raise hose funds, the choral So
ciety rehearsals are about to begin, a
dancing school is being held regularly,
assemblies are being held each Friday
evening. Two literary clubs are holding
regular weekly meetings, rehearsals for
Christmas exercises are in progress,
more home talent plays are in contem-
lplation, the school board and citizens
committee have plans for schoolhouse
ready to submit to q special town meet
ing, three secret societies are fourishing,
religious organizations are busy and
many other things are happening OF
are to happen which will occupy the
time and attention of Canaanites and
prevent their, for moment, harboring
the thought that there is anything dull
and tedious connected with the winter
season in this village.