Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30


 Dog registered?
 How's last years straw hat?
 The backbone of winter appears to be broken.
 George w. Ford was i'll Pittsfield Monday.
 Senator Barnum of Lime Rock was in town Tuesday.
 Thomas L. Norton of Lakeville was in town Tuesday. John Kane of Poughkeepsie was in town over Sunday.
 Judge Sanford of Great Burlington was in town Saturday. N..
 Mrs. J. P. Smyth and son are visiting her parents in Brooklyn.
 Rev. T. R. Wallace of Mount Kisco is in town for day or two. The Cranford club will meet to-day with Mrs. Joseph Parsons.
 Charles Briggs of New York has been spending few days ill town.
 Miss Jane Walton has been spending few days with Sharon friends.
 N. B. Chapin of Torrington were guests of friends in town Monday.
 Mrs. Augusta New and Mrs. U. H. Miner, spent a day in Hartford last week. Mrs. M. M. Dimon of Shelton, Ct. is visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. H. Scutt. D. 0. Kilbourn of Lltchfield, clerk of the Superior court, was in town last week.
 William, Morris has succeeded mail carrier Black on the rural free delivery route.
 Mrs. Ellen Decker of Oopake Iron Works, N. Y, is guest of Mrs. A. M. Killmer.
 The building occupied by Bullock, Felten & Go. and D. D. Walter, IS being repainted.
 Miss Carolyn White is visiting rela- tlves in Bridgeport, Danbury. and Hawleyville.
 John P. Rains has engaged the services of an expert cake maker from New York city.
 George M. Bullock of Hillsdale, N. Y, was here few days ago to visit his son, George, who is ill.
 The matrimonial ball is still rolling Town clerk Norton issued another license last week.
 Many persons went in quest of arbu. tus Sunday and nearly all returned with plentiful supply.
 Painters are busy, so are the carpsn ters. There's no "army of the unem ployed" in Canaan.
 And now 8 game of base ball between the married and single men is suggested for some Saturday afternoon.
 The construction of A. s. Hugins blacksmith and woodworking shop or church street is well under way.
 Too bad that the Housatonic river ism nearer Canaan so that we could have z boat parade some pleasant evening.
 MT. and Mrs. Ridgeway of Brooklyn have been spending several days witt their son, the Rev. w. k. Ridgeway.
 Paint and varnish effected a wonder ful change ill the appearance of severa Canaan automobiles during the winter.
 Sheridan W. Barnes underwent medi cal treatment during his stay in Florida and is very greatly improved in health
 Have you noticed the ''sunligh twins" in the west window of Bullock Felten & Company's store? Light a day.
 Miss Carrie Lindsey, who has been a the home of Mrs. Esther Williams fo weeks has returned to her home in Shef field
 Miss Kitty Granger has purchased { horse of G. w. Hall of Falls Village free driver. gentle and fearless O autos.
 i The Falls Village boys have been play ing base ball games during the pas three weeks. And not 8 game in Ga naan, yet. Walter Morton of Hartford, the en gineer who had charge of the construc tion of the Berkshire Power Company dam, was in town last week.
 The bridge spanning the Blackberr, river, near the residence of A. H. Herri man, was found to be in an unsafe con dition a few days ago. Repairs hay been made, however.