Connecticut western news., 1908-01-30

| 7 ble as we do not wish to lose any mem Der of our family of subscribers.
 State Roads.
 l As soon as weather will permit, work will be resumed on state roads in this section. The first piece to be constructed is that section between the "point of rocks" on Church street and the bridge over the Blackberry river on the same street. Attention will then be turned to the extension of the state road which was constructed last year on East Main street. The piece to be built here will extend from the Bennett hill crossing to the Whittlesey place. The combined length of the two stretches mentioned will be about one mile and will about consume the road appropriation.
 School Notes
 Mrs. J. E. Beirce, supervisor of music, i'll for several weeks, is able to be out this week.
 Miss Roraback has been ill for several
  Elizabeth and Catherine Daley of Hartford have recently entered the school.
 The average attendance will take quite drop this month on account of of sickness.
 The afternoon session will be short ened to-day (Thursday) to afford the teachers aR opportunity to attend the lecture to be given by U. 8. Commits sioner of Education, Dr. E. E. Brown, at the town hall at 2.45 o'clock. Transmitting Typewriter
 Station agent E. O. Finnev has an in strumsnt in his office which, in Canaan, is considerable of novelty. It is Yet man transmitting typewriter. In con struction it resembles an ordinary type writer but contains mechanism which renders it possible to transmit tele- graphic message by operating the keys of the machine in precisely the same manner as they are operated for type writing 8 document of any sort. The machine is connected with a switch board or telegraph instrument by an or dinary plug. The concern which man. ufactursd the machines failed recently but the company has been reorganized and now have a plant ip operation in North Adams.
 ] Hotel Guests
 The following partook of "The Can feld'' cookery the past week; W. H. Phyfe, Chatham, N. Y; H. s. Palmer, New Haven; G. E. Brink, Winstsd; w. A. Madott, Boston; N. A. Ellis, Boston O. E. Culver, Great Burlington; R. J. Greene, Great Burlington; Charles Frost, New York; George Gundels, Pittsfeld; J. N. Tanner. Pittsfield; w. E. Pinney, Hartford; O. O. Hurlburt, Troy, N. Y; E. R. Chapin, New York; Jake Sitzer, Millerton; A. A. Strohman, Hudson, N. Y; T. F. Bannon, Lakeville; E. G. Brick, Springfield; s. Borden, Boston; M, J. Keleher, Pittsfeld; A. H. Brown, Hartford; E. s. Auher, Hartford; O. F. Nc Gee; D. O. Kilbourn, Litchfield; F. H. Turkington, Litohfield; G. W. Ucht- man, New York; F. w. Burdick, Hart ford J. O. Brennan, Lakeville; W. E. Howe, Hartford; M. l.. Haight. New York; 8. Landes. Saratoga, N. Y.; o. s. Ford, Boston; M. A. Loyell, Boston; H. M. Woodbury, Boston; D. Kennedy Boston; R. c. Newton, New York; J. Baptist, Bridgeport; W. E. Blood. Pitts field; J. F. Winans, New York; Miss A. L. Davis, Boston; J. Otheman, Oneida, N. Y; E. E. Thayer, Springfield; w. o. Hamilton, Springfield; W. D. Jennings, New York; Charles Planz, New Milford; s. M. Kemp, New York; John Decker, Millerton: w. H. Jackman. Norfolk. "Nevada or the Lost Mine"
 On Wednesday and Thursday even. ings, February and the drama "Ne- vada or the Lost Mine," that old but ever popular western play will be pre-, sented in Town hall. Canaan, under the auspices of the Board of Trade, and the | fire hose. The local amateurs have met with all sorts of obstacles in their effort to rehearse the play or it would have been presented before. Nevada possesses none of the blood and thunder element so common to some western plays but is one which interests the spectator from the start and holds that interest to the lowering of the curtain on the last of the three acts. Nevada deserves your patronage because of the object for which it is given. i. e., to raise funds for the purchase of fire hose. Let's have large audience each even. ing in order that generous amount of hose may be purchased. Seats will be on sale at Collins jewelry store Satur, day morning of this week, January 31 The cast of characters is as follows:
 Nevada, the wanderer, searching for
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