Connecticut western news., 1908-07-09

two or three other Canaanites, made an
investigation and discovered the pros
trate form of a man with cargo of fire
water on board. Constable Rhoades
was called and the man, who is a Kent
blacksmith, was finally lodged in the
cage from which he was released Sun
day morning, profuse in his thanks for
so aasy an escape from vacation" in
the county seat.
Woodmen We're WalIoped
The Clayton base ball team played a
team composed of members of the Ca
naan Camp Of Modern Woodmen at Ca
naan ON the afternoon of July 4th.
The score was 10 to 3 in favor of the
Clavtonites. The score keeper essayed
to keep track of the put outs, errors, as
sists and other things incident to a first
class game of base ball but tainted from
exhaustion at the end of the third in
ming and had to be carried from the
grounds on shutter. 1t was only after
a quart of soda was poured into his
countence that he revived. The game
provided plenty of fun anyway and just
saved Canaan from being pointed out as
a spot where there was nothing doing"
on the Fourth.
Masqueraders.
The Berkshire Courier prints the fol-
lowing lineup of the Canaan team in
the recent ball game with Great Bar
rington: Bradford, C; Stanton, p; Stan
ton, Id; Scott, Oh; Heffernan, IS; Stan
ton, 3b; Cotton, If; Crosby, CT; Jennings,
IF. The secret is out at last. Canaan
has number of players who have been
masquerading under assumed names all
these years. What a nerve this man
Bradford displays in palming himself
off on US as Joyce. Why don't Smiling
Bill" Dempsey own up chat his name is
Stanton? Cotton in left field would have
Jus believe his name is Bills. Crosby in
centre wants folks down this was to 40
cept him as Cudney and this man in the
postoffice, who has blandly informed as
all these years that his name is Holt is
another deep dyed impostor. 1t isn't
Holt, it's Jennings. What nerve. But
they've been shown up now. Hereafter
they might as we'll appear in their true
colors
The Dangerous Blank Cartridge
Nine out of every ten persons in Ca
naan, who have arrived at mature years,
have an objection to make relative to
the promiscuous use of revolvers and
blank cartridges on Saturday last.
These are dangerous weapons and in a
number Of cases they were in the hands
of boys who. should not be allowed to
handle firearms of any description. The
users claim that no danger turks in a
blank cartridge. This is not fact.
Blank cartridges are dangerous. There
have been instances where the wads
from these cartridges have made it pos
sible for daylight to shine through a
mans hand. Surely firearms of this
character should not be in the hands of
boys from 10 to Is years of age. These
youngsters harmed nobody so far as we
have been able to learn and for this we,
with the rest of Canaan, are duly thank
full but we respectfully suggest that be-
fore the coming of the next Fourth Of
July, the selectmen meet and put the |
ban on the exploding of blank cartridges |
within town limits.
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Anent the Trolley
The Great Darlington correspondent
of The Springfield Republican says:
There is probably no section in the state
of Massachusetts, so seriously affected
by the adverse decision regarding the
merger bill as southern Berkshire.
Much has depended upon the immediate