Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23

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 An electrically lighted display stand. showing "Patrician" shoes, has been placed Tn the show window of Benton 6 Wright's store.
 The Pittsffeld Journal says that the Reliable Manufacturing Company is Great Harrington.
 The Canaan and Millerton basket ball teams played game in Town Hall last evening. We went to press too early to chronicle the result.
 Nineteen gray Hungarian partridges were recently liberated in this vicinity under the direction of county game warden H. l.. Ross.
 G. B. Gardner and wife of Coxsacki N. Y. have been spending a few days with Mrs. Gardner's sisters, Mrs. Car ter and Mrs. Nicoll
 Mechanics have resumed the work on o. G. Smiths new house on West Main street, which was discontinued last fall because of unfavorable weather.
 Mrs. Bostwick of Van Deusenville. Mass, who has spent the winter in Florida, was recent guest of her sister, Mrs. Frances Peet, at Dr. Camps.
 Miss Cora Manvel. who has spent much of the winter with her brothers family in thls village, has returned to the home of her sister in Sheffield.
 The comparatively new game of "Diabolo" is now being played in town and will probably be more or less popu- lar on the tennis courts this summer.
 Mrs. Mary Corbit has awarded to Wigglesworth 6 Go. the contract to thoroughly overhaul and re-arrange the plumbing in her residence on High street.
 The Canaan ladies who played Breezy Point here, successfully presented it in Sharon Tuesday evening and were royalty entertained by the Sharon people.
 Judge Roraback has had force of men at work for several days on hls Twin Lakes premises, rebuilding his barn, making a new roadway, laying wall etc.
 The Canaan friends of J. H. Lyles of Hartford will regret to learn that he is critically ill. Thare was, however, a slight change for the better in his con- dition Tuesday. -.5.
 The Johnson -Linden Company are now operating their plant on the windows and interior woodwork for a large public school building in Pittsfield. The interior work IS entirely of ash. Leo Werner has brand new dry goods store on wheels. resplendant in red body, yellow running gear and raised gilt letters, proclaiming his resi- dence and the goods in which he deals.
 Town clerk Norton informs us that only 36 dogs have been registered this year. Last year 136 were accounted for. It will cost the careless or forgetful dog owner $1.OO extra to register his animal after May 1.
 The play "Side Tracked" presented in Town Hall Thursday evening was one of the best of it's kind that has been seen in Canaan in recent years and it merited larger audience. About half the seats were vacant.
 Irving Ferguson of Bridgeport was a guest of his father and sisters from Thursday until Sunday afternoon, and indulged in his favorIte pastime, the re- suit of which was nice meal of trout for the Easter dinner for the whole family.
 The trout fishermen were out bright and early last Wednesday morning and were more or less, perhaps more than less, successful. Counsellor s. G. Camp brought the largest string of speckled beauties home, having IA and all of good size.
 When The Marshalls, the dainty novelty entertainers, arrive in town Monday, May 4. they should find there has been large advance sale of tickets for their entertainment which is to be given that evening in Town Hall under the auspices of the Village Improvement Society. 1 The contractors who (partially) con- structed the sewer system, undermined the foundation of H. R. Whitford' s res idence, causing the building to settle, crack walls, crack the cement bottom in the cellar and do other damage. An progress.