Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09

NAAoo Ool u W LIAoO 10 fAoAOAk~3 AA1S0S in Pine Plains, N. Y.
 E. S. Pease has his "house on the rocks" nearly enclosed.
 Miss Mabel Dempsey has been visiting relatives in Torrington.
 Attorney J. Henry Roraback has gone to Ohio on a business trip.
 Mrs. U. H. Miner has been among those ill during the past week.
 Mrs. Julius Turner of Southfie1d, Mass was 8 guest of Mrs. Bunnell Tuesday.
 Cranford Club will meet to-day with Mrs. Joseph Parsons. Granite Avenue.
 Miss Rose Johnson of New York city has been visiting her father. E. s. John- son,
 Mrs. Michael Marr of Plains Plains, N. Y. visited John Marr and wife last week.
 Miss Edith Barnes is visiting her brother, Dr. Irving Barnes in Oyster Bay L. I.
 About 30 Sharonites accompanied the Sharon basket ball team to Canaan, New Years day.
 Mrs. Cordier of Brooklyn and Mrs Wicks were Sunday guests of Mrs. John P. Rains.
 The VacationlHouse is closed and Miss Eva French is boarding at MT Hester s on Church Street.
 Christ Church Guild will meet with Mrs. Oswald Vosburg on Reed Street, Friday at 2.30 o'clock.
 MT and Mrs A. M. Marsh of Glaston- bury were guests at A. A. Lawrence's 8 Saturday and Sunday.
 Miss Catherine Finnegan's evening dancing-class will close their first term of lessons this evening.
 Mrs. E. E. Stanard of Mill River has been spending several days with her niece, Mrs. Anna Emmons.
 The Canaan girls basket ball team contemplate playing a game with the girls team of Mill River.
 Frank F. Stevens was one of the Ga naanites who attended the Great Bar rington poultry show last week
 Mrs. Mary G. Adam has been spend ing few weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Moore, in Cambridge, Mass.
 There has been remarkable demand for plasters, headache medicine and lin iment since that basket ball game.
 The members of Housatonic Lodge contemplate holding a ball in the not far distant future. The exact date has not, as yet, been selected.
 Miss Emma T. Rood returned from a two weeks visit in Torrington Thursday and on Saturday went to visit her other daughter in Philadelphia.
 The Board of Trade drama "Nevada" " will probably be presented the latter part of the present month. The date has not been definitely fixed.
 The skating on the Borden pond has been first-class during the past week and the young people have been enjoy ing it both by daylight and starlight.
 One Canaan market man don't pro- pose that the dry goods men shall get ahead of him on special sales consequently he advertises spe cial sale on-hams.
 Thomas Cosgriff, formerly of Van Deusenville, arrived in town Wednes- day to assume his duties as station agent here, succeeding his brother, M. D. Cos griff.
 The ladies of Christ church are plan ming to present a play under the aus dices of the church. It is understood that the cast will consist entirely of ladies.
 One loyal Canaanite believes the home team would have won that basket ball game last Wednesday, had they chewed a different brand of gum. Mebbe so.
 Frank A. Dempsey has sold his pool and lunch business on Railroad street tc Delos A. Campbell, who has been en. gagged in like business in Great Bar. rington for some time.
 James Graney has placed the sills or the foundation for one of those new houses of his on Bragg street and E. E. Merchants residence on Railroad street is practically enclosed.
 We regret to say that there is nc change for the better in the condition ot Mrs. o. H. Briggs and all hope for hel recovery has been abandoned.
 On Monday evening Miss Claudint Lumpkin gave the members of the bas ket ball team a chating dish party il her millinery parlors and all presen spent an evening of much pleasure.
 The annual meeting of the shareholder of The Canaan National Bank, for thu election of directors, will be held at thu bank on Tuesday of next week (Jan IA between the hours of and II a. m.
 A gang of six employees of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph eompan, have been employed on construction work in this village for several drys.
 Not long ago it was almost an imposs