Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1908-07-02

| (arrive only 6.42 p. m.
Canaanites who spent Sunday in Great
Darlington. -
Baggageman A L. Hubbard informs
us that during May and June consider
ably more baggage was handled at the
local station than during the correspond
ing months last year.
The Rev. II. K. Job, of Kent, was we'll
paid for the time he spent taking the
pictures of the white deer. The pictures,
and the brief article, he sold to Country
Life in America" for $500.
A piece of state road has been built
from the "MapIes" corner to the Black
berry river bridge, new sod placed along
the edge of the lawns on either side,
and that section otherwise beautified.
DR.. H. L. Ross and wife leaves next
week Saturday for a two weeks vaca-
ton in the Adiroudacks. AS has been
their custom during the past two or
three years, they will-make the trip by
auto.
The annual picnic of Christ church
Sunday school will be held next week
| Wednesday, July 8th, IN Holley grove
at Lakeville. The merrymakers will
leave Canaan on the 1924 train aud re-
turn at All.
Unclaimed mail renamed in the post
Office Tuesday for Mrs. James Floy,
Felix Simmons. Cards for Miss May
Elwood. Kenneth O'Brien, (2) Mrs. H.
H. SSoddard, Frank Shaw and Miss
Magde Tsaksen. ..-
Work on The Garfield livery barn is
still in progress. We understand Mr..
Garfield is also to erect large shed for
the use of people who drive to town. An
accommodation of this sort has been
needed in Canaan for some time.
Mrs. John Oudney and daughter Luella
returned Sunday from a week s vacation
visiting Adelbert Cudney in Taunton.
Mass, Mr.. and Mrs. M, L. Osborne in
Plympton, Mass, and Mrs. Cudney's
sister, Mrs. s. d. Hodlin of Pittsfeld,
Mass.
The Misses Ferguson go to-day for a
fortnight's vacation with sister in And
over and brother in Bridgeport. Mr..
Reed and sons will board at The
Garfield during their absence and Mr..
Ferguson wlllstaY with his neices, the
Misses Granger.
John Eitleman of Hudson, N. Y, the
well-known representative of Q. H. Van
Deusen & Sons of that city, rolled into
town in an auto Tuesday. He has
abandoned the railroads and is making
his summer trips through the country
with gasoline assistance.
While running a launch near the
Twin Lakes station, Mrs. Bell of Mount
Vernon, N. Y, injured her wrist. The
wheel of the engine jumped back while
she was trying to turn it, but at last ac-
counts it was decided that she had
sprained, not broken, her arm.
1t is a source of much qualification to
know that Mrs. H. D. Humphrey, who
is in Hillcrest hospital, Pittsfeld, con-
tinues to improve rapidly. She is now
able to sit up the greater portion of each
day, walks without assistance and is
able to partake literally of solid food.
1t has long been said that when a Con.
necticut ball team plays a Great Bar
rington team that the latter is usually
composed of players living all the way
from Great Darlington to Pittsfeld.
On Friday last, the Canaan teams ap-
ponents were residents of both Great
Darlington and Housatonic.
Three small card parties were given
last week in honor of Miss Edith Barnes
guests, Miss Stowe of Careyville, Mass
and Miss Ida Vandueseh of Altamonte
Springs, Florida. Miss Barnes enter
tanned Wednesday evening. Miss VOL
colt, Thursday evening and the Misses
Ferguson Friday evening at whist
G. P. Strong spent Saturday night
and Sunday night with his brother
Frank in Dalton and visited his wife in
the Albany hospital Sunday. He re-
ports her condition not as favorable as
he hoped to find her She is very weak
does not sit up at all and is in constant
pain. Mondays report was somewhat
more favorable.
Work Progressing
The frame for the addition to the
school building is enclosed and con-
tractor Lorraine expects that the entire