Connecticut western news., 1908-03-05

Lent is on.
 Mrs. George Wilcox is visiting in Bridgeport.
 Miss Ella Langs is visiting Spring field friends.
 Eugene Rowe of Craryville, Mass. is a guest at Henry Barnes.
 The Cranford club will meet with Mrs. Junius Rhoades to-day.
 Attorney Fred M. Williams of New Milford was in town Monday.
 Henry R. Whitford has been spending several days in Albany and Hudson.
 John Ryan is convalescing from his recent illness and is able to be about town.
 Miss Rachel Woodbridge is visiting friends in Hartford, Manchester and Bristol.
 The Rains five and ten-cent store is being made ready for the new occupant Leo Werner.
 hlSS IeOAJ Ob0fOAo OA ANOAAOAAJ " N1 ~ visitor of friends in town from Friday until Monday.
 A New Hartford correspondent says that Albert Wilcox has moved there from Canaan.
 Sort O spells the fun of witnessing a basket ball game when you can't root for tba homo taan don f. it2
 Mrs. Anna Emmons and son have moved to Mill River and will reside with her father. George Lester.
 Charles H. Brightman. of New Haven Ct. is visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Rogers, and other relatives in town.
 Mrs. Francena Caldwell is soon to erect . residence on the site she recently purchased near the residence of James Hanlon.
 Druggist John L. Thurlough has pur- chased the Erastus Johnson premises, where he now resides, between Canaan and Clayton.
 While the ice on the Borden pond was being cut one day last week, horse broke through and was rescued with much difficulty.
 The cash carrier system in the store of Bullock, Felten 6 Go. was put into commission Monday, with Miss Mary Hoag as cashier.
 There will be meeting of Odd Eel lows at the Garfield, Friday evening March 13, for the purpose of instituting 8 lodge in Canaan.
 The gross receipts of Breezy Point" and the dance which followed amounted to SIP. It is thought the net receipts will be about $80.O0.
 Frank Wilcox and mother were called last week to their former home in western New York on account of the death of Mrs. Wilcox's sister.
 A heifer owned by Walter Goggin gave birth to twin calves the other day. And they proved considerable of curi- osity in this metropolitan community
 Mrs Emma T. Rood went Monday to spend the week with her daughter in Torrington. Miss Caroline Camp &C., companied her to remain until Wednes- day.
 This (Thursday) Mrs. Tewksbury of Tung Chow, China will speak on mission ary work in China at the Pilgrim church at o'clock. All are most cordially in- vited.
 P. J. Kane went to Pittsfeld Monday to consult a specialist relative to the abscess in his ear which has been caus- ing him much discontinue during the past week.
 Miss Caroline Bailey has moved her household goods from B. s. Roots house to the lime quarry farm at East Canaan having rented part of the house of MT. Lawrence.
 Daneil L. Peirce, who fell on the ice on Parsons corner recently and sus- tained sprained ankle, is gradually re- covering from the injury and is able to walk about the house. Mrs. Reuben Brewer was taken ill soon after her husbands death and Mrs. Ada Golding of Mill River, Mass, who aided her in the care of MT. Brewer, re- mains now to care for her.
 "Bess," the faithful old horse, owned for ,,,opu Iu tbo Mi,ooc Crapoar ;s ,,r more. Old age and the accompanying ail ments made it necessary to put an enc to her existence few days ago.