Connecticut western news., 1908-08-27
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Catskill, N. Y. were guests at H. H. Scutt's Sunday.
 Miss Edith Bailey has enrolled for a course at the Morse Business College, of Hartford, and will begin her studies there on September 1.
 Degrees were conferred upon can- didate at the last meeting of the Odd Fellows and will be conferred upon an other candidate at the next meeting.
 John G. Beckley of the Hartford "Times" has been spending his annual vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Samuel c. Beckley and at Twin Lakes.
 The Rev. T. R. Wallace, of Mount Kisco, who is assisting in conducting the services at the camp ground, this week. was a recent guest at D. w. ManVel' S..
 A game of base ball will be played here this (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o'clock between the Canaan second team and team composed of Twin Lakes campers.
 The annual meeting of The New Eng land Lime Company for the election of officers and the transaction of other bus mess will be held Tuesday, September &, at their office in Millerton, N. Y. The Cornwall Bridge base ball team came to town Wednesday and played a game with local pickup" team. Although the score was Il to 10, the Cornwall boys were easy victims Miss Mary V. Marr and Miss Florence Lotus, of New York City, were guests of Mir. and Mrs. John Marr for a few days last week. Mrs. Marr's mother, Mrs. Bree, of Brooklyn, IS spending a few weeks with her.
 The work of grading for the cement walk to be laid between the Rhoades building and the town hall property Is in progress. In order to decrease the grade a new walk will be constructed few feet south of the former walk.
 On Tuesday evening next joint meet ing of the Foresters and Woodmen will be held in the lodge rooms of the for mer. There will be banquet, speech making, etc. Several of the Foresters' Grand Court officers will be present.
 Mrs. Wm. Ahern, Miss Jennie Ahern. and Miss Josephine White, of Winsted, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Miller and daughter of Bridgeport, Conn, Miss Florence Mo- Karrrick, of Lakeville, and Mrs. D. Mo Carthy, of Salisbury, visited MT. and Mrs. John Marr last week.
 A number of Canaan people, who be- lieve the village water, in its present condition, is not fit for drinking pur- poses, are getting their supply from a spring near the Pierce and Freeman branch of The New England Lime Com pany. =f~4
 Invitations have been received here for the wedding of Miss Rose Bannon, of Lakeville, daughter of Mrs. Katherine Ramon, of Winsted, to Egbert Gervase Mahon, of Canada. The ceremony will be performed in St. Mary's Church, Lakeville, of which Rev. Father Bannon, brother of the bride to be, is pastor, Sep tember 3.
 Martin Mcclure has returned from St Francis hospital i'll Hartford where he went for treatment. The surgeons decided not to perform an operation end have advised other treatment for MT. McGuire's foot. Michael Kane oc- cupied MT McGuire's position as flag man at the O. N. E. crossing during his absence.
 Canaan has many gardens this year of which the owners are justly proud. Perhaps one of the largest yields on a small patch" is in the garden of Adel- bert Blass where it seems hardly possible that room for another vegetable could be found. Beets weighing more than two pounds each, cucumbers nearly as heavy, cabbage, squashes, tomatoes, pumpkins, etc. in abundance. It re- quires sharp hoe and plenty of elbow grease to bring about these results but MT. Blass is one who believes iJ is worth the effort.
 Meeting Was Not Held
 On Tuesday of this week, lady drove IS miles to attend the meeting which the folders advertised would be held at the camp ground. When she arrived, she found there was "nothin' doin'." The lady was justly indignant and made d number of pointed remarks about the practice of advertising l1eet- ings and not holding them.
 Novel Fair Advertising
 The "house on wheels" advertising the Chatham, (N. Y ) Fair, passed through town Tuesday and attracted much at- tentlou because of its novelty. The horses wore national color blankets and were equipped with cow bells to give warning of the approach of the outfit while the roof of the house was