Connecticut western news., 1908-07-09
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Charles H. Brightman of New Haven,
Conn, spent the Fourth and Sunday
with his daughters, Miss Caroline F.
Brightman and Mrs. William H. Rogers
also his aunt. Miss Caroline Bailey, of
East Canaan.
Those explosions in the rear of The
Garfield do not constitute a second edi-
ton Of the Fourth of July celebration.
The noises are made by the dynamite
charges that are being used to move
some Of the rock in the work Of clearing
and leveling the ground.
Mrs. n. A. Preston has been visiting
her son Harold who has charge of Y.
M. @. A. Boys Camp at North Vassal-
boro, Maine, she is accompanied by her
nephew, Nelson Parsons. On their way
home they are to stop for a few days
with relatives at Ogunquit, Me-, and also
stop with friends in Boston and Hart
ford.
E&r,v Po:atoes.
Jonn Fuller informs us that we've
had potatoes out of our garden" This
speaks well for Canaan soil or cultivation
or both. Usually the Fourth of July po-
tate is considered early but John tells
us these potatoes reached the ,eatable
stage several days before the Fourth.
Lightning Franks.
During one of the storms last week,
lightning struck the Commons house on
Barlow street and did considerable DAM
age. The bolt entered the chimny, tore
off plaster and unused up" things gen.
orally. Fortunately it did not fire the
house or injure the occupants.
Unclaimed Mail III
Unclaimed letters remained in the
Canaan postoffice Tuesday for: Frank
Cook, Mrs. M. L. Dingee, Mrs. Maria j.
Grant, care l.. D. Alexander, Rev. Mr..
Kelsey, Mr.. and Mrs. Matheseus, Charles
Schneider. Postals, L. H. Dickey, Mrs.
M. L. Dingee, Mrs. Granville Parker.
The Woodman Team.
The lineup of the Modern Woodman
team against the Clayton boys i'll the
game played Saturday included Messrs
Hagadorn, Pulver. MARI, Curtis, MCGUIRE,
Wood, Heffernan, Weaver, Moore, Camel
and Dean. Areturn game Is to be played
by these teams at Clayton on date not
yet selected.
Heavy Travel
Travel into the Berkshires is heavier
this season than ever before according
to trainmen. Trains are frequently
considerably behind schedule owing to
the great amount of traffic. The ex-
presses from New York were run in two
sections some days last week on account
of the rush of city people toward the
Berkshires.
1900 Soldiers in Canaan. II 81
On Sunday evening four special trains,
containing about 1900 soldiers, passed
through Canaan en- route to Pine Plains,
Jefferson County, New York where the
army is encamped for drills and other
duties of soldier life. One train came
from Waterbury via Winsted, two came
from New Haven via Botsford and one
fl ON New Haven via Hartford.
Busy Bordens.
These are busy days at the Borden
plant. A large quantity of milk is being
delivered and it is being bottled, made
into buttermilk and also made into but
ter The demand for buttermilk on the
part of the city people is constantly in
creasing and never was as great as it is
this year. Considerable of the butter
was sold locally until the price on the
farms and in the stores dropped below
the Borden scale. !
100 Degrees in the Sun.
One of the most torrid places in Ca
naan is Railroad street. 1t is exposed
to the full glare of the sun and about
! 9:30 Tuesday morning q thermometer
was placed on the east side of the Parsons
building in order to ascertain the tenn
perature in which humanity circulated
and the mercury quickly climbed to 10
degrees. At 1916 it reached 100 degrees
and at the same hour Wednesday it
registered 100 degrees.
| The Fourth at the Lakes.
Several camps on the eastern shore of
Twin Lakes celebrated the Fourth with
a parade. d. L. Pierce, aged 81, and
Miss Mary Felten, years, were the last
couple. Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Freeman
served ice cream and cake to all of the
guests. In the evening fireworks were
sent up from almost every camp around
the lake. The reflections in the water
were especially beautiful from the red
and green fire ON the eastern and north
ern shore.
Tall Grass.
w. E. Brewer, of Mill River, exhibits
the tallest grass thus far this season. 1t
measures just six feet, two and one-half
inches in it's stocking feet. Now let the
samples of big vegetables and farm pro-