Connecticut western news., 1907-08-22


 The Misses Grace Bates and Lottie Horlacher of Millerton were guests dur ing the latter part of last week of Miss Mary Roger.
 There will be no preaching service at the Pilgrim church during the next two Sundays. Sunday school will be held as usual, however
 Miss Ethel Sheldon of Mill River was guest of Mrs. Bunnell Monday, after most enjoyable outing of a few weeks on the Maine coast
 Mrs. Frances Poet has closed her house and gone for visit with her son in Bridgeport and will take rooms at pr. | Camps on her return.
 There are but few gardens in town but have felt the effects of the severe drouth. Some of them have been prac- tioally ruined by it.
 | Rev. J. L. Kilbon, pastor of the Park church in Springfield, Mass, brother -in- law of Rev. E. O. Gillette, preached in the Pilgrim church Sunday
 William Canfeld has had two flag poles delivered at The Oanfield Inn. One will be placed on top of the build ing and the other in front of it. Thirty guests were entertained at the Mary Watson Home last week and a goodly number of them were present at Christ church services Sunday morning.
 Miss Nellie Hall and neice Esther Darling, Mrs. James Hall and Grace Bailey, all of Utica, N. Y, are spending few weeks at E. G. Smiths on Reed street.
 The N. r., N. H. & H. railroad had negotiations under way for an agent at the camp ground station this season, but finally decided to let the station be agent less.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Hawver have moved back to Canaan from Sheffield and are occupying a portion of the Pequigney house, owned by Edward Warner.
 If you'll take one, two, three or more boarders, tell the Reliable Manufactur- ing Company about it or tell THE NEWS and we'll see that the word goes prompt ly to the knitting mill. A. D. Wait and daughter of Cohoes, N. Y., spent portion of Monday and Tuesday at Dr. H. l.. Ross, where Mrs. Wait has been visiting for some time All returned to Cohoes Tuesday. Unclaimed mail in the Canaan post office Tuesday for Mrs. H. A. Holt, Miss ; Hallie Monte, Miss Grace Shaw, Mrs. Ira Traver. Postals, Miss Wilhelmina Sackman, Miss Nelson.
 The water company has erected a stand pipe on Railroad street and from this the street sprinkler is being filled instead of by means of hose attached to West Main street hydrant.
 MT. Millington and family of Win sted are camping in tents on ''the cobble" near Bartholomew's bridge. The spot is also known as Kenilworth. MT. Millington is superintendent of schools in Winsted.
 A novel supper and white sale will be held at the M. E. church parlors Tues day evening, August 27. Ice cream and fancy articles will be sold from to p. m. and supper will be served from 530 to g.
 Miss Catherine Finnegan's dancing class will give reception at the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. August 29, from until o'clock, to close the sum mer term of dancing lessons. All inter- ested are invited to be present.
 P. J. Kane of this village was one of the passengers on the express train which was run iuto Sunday by the Root auto at Ashley Falls. MT. Kane assisted in extricating Miss Mary Root and Miss Catherine Root from the debris. | w. N Decker, the plumber, has the contract for the plumbing and other pip ing in the Rhoades building, which is being overhauled and remodeled for the occupancy of The Berkshire Power Com pany and Wellner, the tailor. 1 O. O. Calender, who moved from here to Bridgeport in April contem- plates moving to Lestershire, N. Y. near Binghamton for the benefit of Mrs. daughter. recently married, has her home there.