Connecticut western news., 1908-08-13
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 guests of friends in New Haven.
 Edward Rixon of Chatham, N. Y. was among those in town Tuesday.
 More than thirty girls have been at the Mary Watson Home" the past week.
 Mrs. French occupies one of Mrs. Carrie Curt1ss' houses on West Main street.
 w. L. Van Alstyns, brother of Mrs. Mary Corbit of this place, died recently in Texas.
 Rev. J. 0. Goddard of Salisbury will preach in the Pilgrim church Sunday morning.
 Miss Gertie Tuck and MT. Wolfe of Brooklyn are guests of MT and Mrs. Leo Werner.
 Douglas Landry who has been visiting friends in town returned to his home in Hartford Tuesday.
 Gus Nicoll, of Great Harrington, has been spending several days at the home of his brother here.
 Elizabeth Mccormick returned home Saturday from Hartford where she has has been visiting friends.
 The Canaan base ball team defeated Lime Rock at Lime Rock by the score of to 4 yesterday afternoon.
 Oswald T. Vosburg went to Philmont. N. Y. Sunday thence, by auto, to Hud- son, N. Y. to visit his mother.
 c. P. Strong visited his wife ill Pittsfeld Sunday and found decided improvement in her condition.
 George $. Fuller and son John are spending vacation in Chicago, Wash ington and other parts of interest.
 Charles King of Pittsfield and Michael Corners of Millerton spent Sunday with the Misses Margaret and Nora Flynn.
 Dr. and Mrs. Hale Powers of Back Bay, Boston, Mass. are making their annual visit with the Misses Granger.
 Mrs. Donald Strong of. northern Michigan was a recent guest of her cousin, Mss Minnie Wilcox for week.
 A. J. Wigglesworth has been suffer ing for several days with an abscess on his arm and blood poisoning ill his hand.
 MT. and Mrs. P. J. Kane and their guests enjoyed trolley ride from Great Harrington to Pittsfeld and return Sun day.
 North Canaan may be short on deputy sheriffs, but it's right there with ''some- thing just as good" in the shape of good Rhoades Post.
 The valuable horse, owned by John P. Rains, which was afflicted with lock jaw but which was supposed to be re- covering, died Monday morning.
 The finishing touches are being ap- piled to the exterior of 0. G. Smith s residence on West Main street. The structure will be most attractive one.
 MT. and Mrs. A. J. Wigglesworth re- turned from camp at Twin Lakes to their home in this village, last week, be- cause of the illness of MT. .Wigglesworth.
 Mrs. George L. Parsons is the pos sessor of one of those rare plants, a night ! blooming oereus which unfolded itself and gave forth it's rare fragrance few evenings since.
 Mrs. J. l.. Campbell and daughter, Mrs. Alvey, who have been spending the summer with Mrs Charles Butcher, sail to-day for England on the steam ship Cedric
 Mrs. H. D. Humphrey returned home Tuesday after ten weeks stay at the Hillcrest hospital in Pittsfeld, there having been. remarkable improvement in her condition.
 Clarence N. Humphrey has just com pleted the construction of a cement walk for Walter Goggin. The walk extends from the sidewalk to the piazza of Mir. Goggin's residence.
 Mrs. Augusta 0. New and Mrs. U. H. Miner of thls village and Mrs. L. J. Nickerson of West Cornwall left We'd nesday for Asbury Park. N. J. W here they are to remain two weeks.
 The annual sale by the Guild of Christ church last week Wednesday was very satisfactory considering the stormy afternoon and evening. Nearly one- hundred dollars was realized William Dempsey is again in the em- ploy of MT .Nesten as engineer on plea sure boat on Lake George. He expects to return this fall and resume his position with A. J. Wigglesworth 6 Go.
 Mrs. Charles French, who was seri- ously burned several weeks ago, is not progressing as rapidly toward recovery as her friends would wish. Her arms have not healed and she endures much suffering.
 On account of the Noble Grand's sick