Connecticut western news., 1907-04-25
CANAAN
A Novel Re sidence.

A Novel Residence.
 O. G. Smith, who resides two miles north of Clayton, and who purchased the Strong property on West Main street moved the house to new foundation, is about to begin the construction of novel residence on the site formerly occupied by the building above referred to. MT. Smith remarks that he desires house different from the others in the neigh borhood, and if he carries out the origi- nal ideas he now has in mind he will succeed in getting such house. But few upright timbers will be used ill the building The boards instead of being placed edge to edge, will be placed flat, ,one upon the other on the foundation and will be five inches wide and one inch thick Edges will alternate ill extending aninch beyond the other and the recesses thus created will contain the concrete with which the building will be encased. No effort will be made to hrve the concrete surface smooth. It is MT. Smith s idea that it be rough and irregular. The re- cesses between the edges of the boards on the inside of the house will contain the mortar for the walls, thus doing away with the necessity for lath. The petitions will be built in the same man. ner as the outer portion of the building, boards three by one inches piled up with edges alternately projecting and receding. The h ouse will be absolutely solid when completed, warm in winter and cool in summer, fire and vermin proof It will be of colonial style of architecture, 34x36 feet ill size, and will be occupied by MT. Smith. The con- tract for it's construction has been award ed to James Bonney. It will be com pleted this fall.
 "Down in Maine"
 On Thursday evening May 3, the four-act comedy drama Down in Maine" will be presented at Town Hall, Canaan, by home talent under the aus- pices of the Village Improvement Socie- ty. The cast of characters is as follows: Zeph Cummings, owner of Hardscrabble farm, way down in Maine, who be-
 ieves in the Golden Rule and practi- ces what he believes, Harry M. Doty. Ralph Cummings, his brother, New
 York Millionaire, M. D. Cosgriff, Neil Wentworth, young inventor,
 N. Watson Hardenbergh, Bingle, the old fisherman, a grown up kid, Henry R. Whitford, Bic Tomps, the hired man, not lazy but
 tired, Frank F. Stevens, MT. Holden, lawyer, P. J. Kane, Jimpsey, a thoroughly wide-awake
 Fresh Air' kid, Sam Hitchcock, Nose Gossin, the stuttering lover,
 Henry H. Scutt, Susie Cummings, Ralphs daughter,
 Miss Minnie A.Wilcox, Mrs. Cummings, zeph's wife,
 Mrs. Frank F. Stevens, Keziah Ann Jane Ketchum, forty three
 and desperate, Mrs. Frank Hitchcock, Betsey Tomps, the hired girl, who is ad-
 The hour for the raising of the curtain will be o'clock and strenuous effort will be made to have eight mean 7.60 and not 8.30. In all probability a dance will be held after the play. Tickets will be placed on sale at Collins store on Saturday morning of this week at 8.30 o'clock. It is to be hoped that every seat ill the hall will be taken as the cause for which the play is to be presented is worthy one and the play CTS are exerting themselves to the ut most to present the drama in manner that will be entirely satisfactory.