Connecticut western news., 1908-11-26
CANAAN

Poor turkey.
 Home comings.
 Indigestion day. Family gatherings.
 Will you have hght meat or dark?
 Be thankful it's no worse. whatever 'tis.
 Be thankful that the water has "held out" thus far.
 Frozen water pipes are beginning to claim attention.
 Mrs. D. w. Manvel has been visiting her son in Pittsfeld.
 George P. strong has recovered from his illness and is about again.
 Canaan has escaped the football fever Haven't even had it in mild form.
 The village water still holds out but be saving of it. There is none to waste.
 Mrs. John P. Rains and daughter, Elsie, have been visiting relatives in Brooklyn.
 Another assembly will be held to-mor- row evening in Town Hall. A good time is assured.
 Miss Dorthy Braun, of Brooklyn. has had a four weeks vacation which she spent with Mrs. J. P. Rains.
 L. J. Streck placed very attractive raised-letter gilt sign on the front of Bullock & Feltens' store last week.
 Miss Mabel Dempsey takes the posi- tion of assistant manager of the local telephone exchange, made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. George Mather.
 It may be that all the time-honored signs point to an open and mild winter but We observe that the prudent Ga naanite has "banked the house" as of yore.
 Four large automobiles containing students of the Berkshire School at Sheffield passed through Canaan Satur- day en route to the football game at New Haven.
 The Hartford Post says: "Old Canaan, over in Litchfield county, reports a boom at the lime kilns, iron furnaces and cement works. Is thls because of, or in spite of, the fact that the town voted for license this year for the first time in a quarter of century?" Tho Seven Players
 The names of the seven well-known ball players in the Housatonic Valley league, concealed in the letter puzzle published last week are Mover of Lime Rock, Sohmid of Sheffield, Stanton of Canaan, Shook of Sheffield, Traver of Lakevills, Dye of Salisbury and Demlng of Sharon. Correct answers were sent by Gladys Stone, Salisbury, G. B. La tour, Lime Rock; Mrs. John Welch, Lime Rock. , < "LittIe Billy" Explains.
 "Little Billy" Carlotti, the Italian truckman, says his testimony was mis- understood at the recent license hearing and asks THE NEWS to explain the matter for him. He claims that he simply acted as delivery man for the Springfield brewery and did not take orders. He further claims that the brewers provided the Italians with order blanks, that they (the Italians) mailed the orders.
 St. Joseph's Fair
 The fair and supper held last evening in the town hall under the auspices of St. Joseph's church was a pronounced success. The foregoing sentence was written before the event occurred but we ran not the slightest risk in having the item placed in type beforehand for no one ever knew an event of this sort to be failure in Canaan. Canaanites are loyal to their churches and never fail to "boost" them when opportunity offers.
 Why She Lost Her Job.
 Sometimes it's serious handicap to be good looking. At any rate the lady whose letter we reproduce below finds her beauty the botheration of her life. Last week J. A. Jameson of Twin Lakes advertised in THE NEWS for woman to do general homework and here is the letter received from the comedy maid above referred to:
 Canaan Ot
 November 19 Mrs. J. A. Jameson
 Dear Madam
 have seen your advertisement Ill this weeks paper want a place to work in small family where there are no young men I am a good cook and neat and handy and pleasant to get along with and am only twenty three years old go ing on twenty four every man thinks am extra good looking and I have been bothered most to death at nearly every 4.