Connecticut western news., 1908-12-31
CANAAN

Mrs. Frances Peet spent Christmas with her son in Bridgeport.
 Mrs. William Emmons spent Christ mas with Mill River relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Dodge have been visiting her parents in Cromwell.
 Lieutenant Arthur Hanlon. of Fort Smelling, Minn., is home on brief fur tough.
 Miss Adele Merwiu, of East Orange, N. J., is spending the holiday vacation at home.
 Miss Florence Bonney has been visit, ing her parents in Hartford for a few days.
 Mrs. Case and daughter, Mrs. Young, of Pittsfeld, were Christmas guests at E. D. Norton's.
 Walter Hoag, of Bridgeport, was a Christmas guest of his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Hoag.
 Conn. were Christmas guests at E. s. Roots and F. A. Coons'.
 MT. and Mrs. George Haskins have moved. to the Pequigney house which they formerly occupied.
 Rev. A. E. Roraback of Providence and Miss M. Louise Roraback of New York came home to spend Christmas.
 D. H. St. John, of Danbury, was in town last week calling on the trade and wearing that famous expansive smile.
 Howard Welles ofBoston and Edith and Mary Welles of New York spent Christ mas with their parents, MT. and Mrs. John Welles.
 The Red Cross stamps sold fairly we'll in Canaan. Some of the stores i'll which they were on sale disposed of their entire supply and could have sold more.
 We have received very attractive cal endars from The Canaan National Bank Henry R. Whitford, Canaan Savings Bank and the Moore Insurance Agency of Winsted.
 The carpenters have the work we'll under way on the new front to H. D. Humphrey 8 drug store. MT. Humphrey contemplates other repairs to the build ing which will greatly improve it's ap- pearance. s.. ~.
 Messrs Carl Stoeckel, R. P. Paine and H. w. Carter. of Norfolk, were in town Saturday, making arrangements for the twelfth annual mid-winter meeting of the Litchfield County University Club to be held ct "The Canfeld". Friday evening Jan. 15, 1909.
 Fighting the Trust E. .
 Senator Francis Atwater of Meriden, the man who "buckled into" the fer tilizer trust tho other day because of the fact that they are charging Connec- ticut farmers more for fertilizer than they charge farmers in other states, was among those in town Monday. "Ths Garfield Dinner
 About 30 persons from Canaan and vii cinity ate Christmas dinner at "The Canfsld. Many were the compliments which MT. Baker received on the excel- lence of the feast and the attractive man. ner in which the rooms were decorated. The hotel is gaining an enviable repu -tation among people at home and abroad for the excellence of it's cuisine.
 Business Increasing
 The Reliable Knitting company is con- stantly increasing it's number. of em- ployees and has begun to manufacture fancy hosiery. Manager Roberts ex- poets that before long 200 hands will be employed and the four stories of the large mill will be in operation. At pres ent about 50 hands are at work there.- Great Harrington correspondent of Pitts field Eagle.
 Unclaimed Mail
 Unclaimed mall remained in the post office Tuesday for Miss Elizabeth Albro, Miss Maud Faustina, Miss Ollie Gamonde, Louis Holmes, Hiram Jack son, Miss Jennie Keegan, John Manon. James Mann, Lois Sheinbaum, W. H. Sebring, Husri Towurlle. Postals for Harry Alman, E. M. Allen, Miss Lily Decker, Miss Mae D. Elwood, A. Gih- bons, Miss Maud A. Gleason, Ollie Lamonde, John Warren, Mrs. L. Sebber, Louis Sheinbaum (3), Joseph Tafalo. Death of Mrs. Prindle
 The many Canaan friends of I. R. Prindle, the we'll known Great Barring ton jeweler, will regret to learn the death of his wife which occurred last Thursday night. The Great Harrington cores pondent of The Pittsfield Eagle says; Lydia Esther Prindle, 75. wife of Isaac R. Prindle, who has been in failing health for few months, died at her home Thursday night. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Esther Bald win and was born ill the town where all her life was spent. The survivors are | her and the wall kuoyUn iauo1ar O