Connecticut western news., 1908-04-09


 Canaan Outclassed
 The Great Harrington and Canaan basket ball teams played in Town Hal last Wednesday evening. The Canaan boys knew they could not defeat this team of seasoned six-footers and the game resulted in a score of 56 to II in favor of the visitors. The Berkshire team has been organized nearly as many years as the Canaan team has been organized weeks. Canaan was outclassed. A dance was held at the close of the game.
 Telephone Calls
 There are 560 instruments in the Canaan Division.
 Instruments were recently installed in the residence of Howard F. Landon of Salisbury, livery barn of E. Chopper ill Canaan and the residenceIof MT. Ian. don ot Canaan Valley.
 A construction gang of eight men from Winsted have been engaged here for several days in extending cables, setting new poles and doing various other repair work.
 The Odd Fellow Situation We are informed that an Odd Fellows lodge in Canaan is practically an assured fact. At the meeting held Thursday evening by the organization committee, | 1t was found that the number required to establish the order can probably be obtained and the charter is now "open" for names. On Tuesday only eight more names were necessary and it was ] believed no difficulty would be experi- enced in obtaining them. The oom- mittee meets again this evening when a definite conclusion will probably be reached.
 A Local Industry
 The Mcintyre blacksmith shop build ing on Railroad street has been leased by Thomas Corcoran, who has estab- Iished monumental works therein Since January he has been manufacturing monuments at h1s home on Barlow street, He has received orders for the erection of memorials on the Stratton and Casey plots in the East Canaan cemetery, to the memory of Patrick Finnigan in the Catholic Cemetery near Canaan, also for parties in Millerton and New Milford. He has used East Canaan marble. exclusively, for his work thus far
 The MarshaIIs April 2Oth.
 The Marshalls, the novelty entertain. CTS are booked to appear in Town Hall, Monday evening, April 20, under the auspices of the Village Improvment So- ciety. The Hartford Courant has this to say about them: "The musical part of the program was most attractively rendered by the marshalls. Each mum. Der was rich in melody and sweetness and the playing of the young women was of high order" They present a l refined program of vocal instrumental costume and character selections includ. amedley of musical instruments, cello silver swiss bells, sleigh bells, xylophone musical Tyre. etc.
 ! Lecture on Vioins
 The Cranford club meeting this after noon will be held at the home of Mrs Della Hardenbergh. The Rev. s. G. Hastings. Baptist minister from Hart ford, has consented to deliver a lecture on "Violins." The members of the Cranford club have invited the members of the Hawthorne club to attend and invitations have also been extended to few friends of the members of the former club. MT. Hastings has made study of violins for a number of years and what he has to say will be vel worth hearing. He has manufactured number of these instruments, some of which he has sold for fancy figures The Majors Birthday
 The Staten Island 1T. published il St. George. New Brig-ton, x. Y. says of Major Bennett, we'll known in Canaan
 "On Monday last, March 5 1908, Major Samuel A. Bennett, who is il charge of the testing laboratory Eof the Borough Hall, was presented with g handsome gold watch by his associates in the bureau of engineering construc tion, the occation being the 75th ami. versary of the majors birth. The mem bers of the bureau assembled during the noon hour, and MT. T. s. Oxholm, the engineer in charge made presentation speech" The News will make more extended reference to the event next week.
 Knitting Mill Moves
 As result of the visit to Canaan Thursday of the members of the Reliable Manufacturing Company of Great Bar rington, the knitting mill machinery iS being moved to Great Harrington an6 placed in the building which has beer prepared for the company's occupancy No consideration was given the idea ot 1 ,o1a hro11oh pf the