Connecticut western news., 1907-09-12

tree near hls home Monday, striking on his head and shoulders, and sustaining painful injuries, the exact extent of which is not known at present. The fall was caused by the breaking of a limb on which he was standing. He fell about IS feet.
 Church Street State Road
 The town teams are again at work on the Church street state road. The road work was temporarily discontinued when the laying of the sewer pipes on that street was commenced. By the close of the present week the work will probably be completed excepting the top dressing of finely crushed stone.
 They Kick.
 Town clerk Camp has issued large number of state hunters licenses and also dog tags. Every man who pays his license or who purchases a tag also reg isters his kick against the law which re- quires him to part with his cash. But these protests are not to be mentioned in bA1O cttl1C WCCh Wlbll bldb LII bhc oub-Ol- the-state hunter who finds it will cost him BIO. 10 to lawfully shoot a gun in the nutmeg state.
 Drouth and the Corn Crop
 Farmers in this vicinity say that the corn crop will be reduced about one- half because of the protracted dry weather. As an example Frank Hitch cocks farm may be cited. Under ordi- nary weather conditions the yield would have been at least 20O0 bushels but because of the drouth, he estimates that he will not pull the ovsrcoats from more than 1000 bushels of ears. Borden Briefiets
 To-day is contract day.
 About $500 boxes to contain 12 bottles of milk each are being manufactured at the plant. They will be branded "Bor- den" with the branding machine in- vented by Grant E. Laidlaw.
 The dry weather reduced the daily de- livery of milk considerably. It now amounts to between 1000 and 5000 quarts. An Italian Dinner.
 The Italians who are employed in the sewer construction cause greatly in- creased demand on the facilities of the milkmen. Every day at noon each Ital- ian may be seen sitting alongside the ditch with loaf of bread in one hand and quart bottle of milk in the other. and the alternate bite and draugth con- tinue until both bread and milk are se- curely ensconsed under an Italian jacket Talk Costs More.
 Talk may be cheap, but it isn't as cheap as it used to be, particularly at night over the wires of the Southern New England Telephone Company. They have withdrawn the reduced night rate which has for several years been in vogue, and regular day rates prevail at all times. When the night rate was adopted, the company claimed it was in Aorder to get night business for their wires and now they withdraw it to ge rid of what they style congestion of night messages. The company's innot vatiou will probably increase the sale of postal cards and stamps.
 Railroad Rumbles
 A change of time on the O. N. E. road is expected about November 1.
 Travel is unusually heavy on both roads at present, occasioned by the rush of summer people returning to the cities.
 The concrete work for the car scales foundation in the O. N. E. yard will probably be completed this week and the bridge crew are expected here next week to place the scales in position.
 Frank Dempsey of Canaan is now em- ployed as baggage handler between Can- aan, Pittsfield and New Milford. On some of the trains two baggage cars are run, one containing only NewYork bag gage. The unusual traffic is occasioned by the return of the city people to their homes.
 Water flinders Work on Sewer
 The sewer contractors have the con- struction of the septic tank well under way The work has been considerably retarded by the water which percolates through the soil between the tank foun- dation and the Blackberry..river. The concrete sidewalks are now being con- structed and no furthur obstacles are anticipated here. More than half of the tile has been laid and force of men are now at work on Granite avenue. AL though rock is being encountered there the quantity is not so great as was antici- pated. Considerable blasting will be necessary however. Many lenghts of the tile which the contractors brought here have been rejected by engineer Burghardt because they are imperfect. Judging from the present outlook, it will not be possible to complete the work within 50 days and ill all probability the contractors will be obliged to ask for an exuenslon of time.