Connecticut western news., 1908-01-16

Rev. E. 0. Gillette went to Hartford on Monday to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. Edwin Stoughton. Mrs. Stoughton had quite number of rela- tives in and near Canaan.
 Selden Downs of Tyringhan, Mass. has been spending a few days with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Stevens. He has been somewhat under the weather and came for medical treatment by Dr. Lee. : Senator Charles W. Barnum of Lime Rock wasa caller at THE NEWS sanctum Tuesday. He is one of the directors of The Canaan National Bank and came to attend the annual meeting of that institution.
 The death of Mrs. O. H. Briggs oc- cured last Thursday evening and the funeral was held Saturday, the Rev. E. O. Gillette officiating. A more extended notice relative to the deceased will be published in next weeks NEWS.
 Uncle Sam has ruled that we must stop all subscriptions one year in ar rears. Look at the date on your label. If you 're behind, remit as soon as possi- ble as we do not wish to lose any mem Der of our family of subscribers.
 Wangum Camp of Modern Woodmen continues to grow. Applications for membership are received at nearly every meeting and the goat is now being fed on shoe pegs and shingle nails i'll order to be in good trim for the work before him.
 At last Friday evenings assembly in Town Hall it was voted to hold one more gathering and that on Friday evening of next week at which the time will be divided between cards and dancing. There will be no meeting on Friday evening of this week. =.
 On Monday evening, January 2Oth, a game of basket ball will be played be- tween the girls teams representing Ga naah and Mill River. Bear the date, in mind and attend. The rules used in this game will be those under which the Canaan girls have been playing.
 The Great Harrington people who pre- sented "My Uncle From Japan" in Great Harrington and Stockbridge, are to present it in Sheffield on Saturday evening of this week and are endeavor- ing to arrange to present it here under the auspices of Wangum Court of For resters.
 THE NEWS is desirous of printing all the news of the religious, social and fraternal organizations and we therefore suggest that each of these bodies appoint a member to act as press reporter whose duty it shall be to provide us with all items of interest pertaining to the activities of the organization.
 The following books were recently placed in the Douglas library:
 Fourteen to one, E. s. Phelps Hedged in, E. s. Phelps Minerva's maneuvers Loomis Agnes 5urriage, Byron Five Little Peppers, Sidney The Children's s Home, Ten vols.
 This evening in the town hall will be held an entertaining social event in the form of sheet and pillow case social It will commence at eight o'clock and the dancers will unmask at 11:3O. The committee in charge of the arrange ments consists of Miss Olive Humphrey, Miss May Kegler, George Drumm and George Wood.
 Weighing of Mails.
 During the six months from July to December 31, a special weighing of the mails was ill progress and the amount at the Canaan postoffice was as follows: First-clsss matter 2101 pounds, second class matter 3286 pounds, third-class mail matter 1O84, fourth-class mail mat ter 672, franked mail matter 4, penalty mail matter 51, total 7198 pounds. To- tai equipment carried in connection therewith II ,223 pounds.
 Public Meeting.
 One of the pleasant social events of the new year was the public meeting, held last Thursday evening by Wangum Camp of Modern Woodman. District Deputy L. B. Koopman of New Haven, addressed the assemblages as did Harry Pulver and others. More than 100 per sons partook of the excellent repast pro- vided by Joseph Ganci who received many compliments on the excellence of the refreshments.