Connecticut western news., 1908-08-13

| IOuIbn COuSTeSSlOHdl ulStTlct, to the Senatorial convention of the Thirty first Senatorial district and to transact any other business proper to come before the meeting.
 Squash Twins.
 While in search of some large juicy ears of sweet corn for dinner in George P. Strong's garden the other day, Miss Florence c. Bonney. housekeeper for MT. Strong, discovered a freak in the vegetable line consisting of two Squashes which had grown perfectly together Two squashes growing together is not an unusual sight but it is rarely that they are found as perfectly formed as is this garden monstrosity. MT. Strong has the right idea about such things con- sequently he brought this squash to the sanctum to convince us it was no optical illusion on hls part. We are in posi- ton to remark that the squash tasted first-rate it it was little peculiar in ap- pearance.
 How to I ell the Story.
 E. D. Benedict tells us that when he went to his ice house the other day, he was confronted by black snake, six feet in length which was stretched out on several cakes of ice. It proved to be its last stretch, N,B. Readers who repeat this snake story should lengthen this snake to at least Is feet and picture Q fierce battle between the snake and POO farmers armed with pitchforks and shot guns, in which the ice house is practl- cally destroyed by the powerful tail of the snake. The snake should also make 1t so hot for those who are trying to kill him that the ice melts and leaves the village without a supply for the balance of the summer. No story. concerning a snake but six feet long, stands any show of being believed in this section since the correspondents for the New York and Boston papers gave their imagina- tions free rem.
 Canaan Can't Use 1t.
 A few weeks ago the representative of a certain Hartford manufacturing con- cern visited Canaan, at the suggestion of Board of Trade committee, outlined the nature and extent of their business and intimated that they would move their plant to Canaan under certain con- ditions. A committee was empowered to visit the firms plant in Hartford, the committee consisting of Wallace Garfield
 
 mittee decided that the concern IS not large enough, nor does it possess suffi- clent promise, to warrant 1t in asking for the financial assistance which the committee was informed must be forth coming if the plant is moved to Canaan, therefore the matter has been dropped so far as the Board of Trade is con- cerned.
 The Auto Lunch,
 The impression that the man who rides in an automobile don't practice l economy IS rapidly passing away, es- pecially in Canaan. It is getting to be a common occurrence to see these tourists run their two and three-seated cars up to the curb, climb out and invade the grocery stores, emerging therefrom with bag of crackers and hunk of cheese in one hand while the other clutches bag of bargain day bananas and a half pound of ginger snaps. Then they get back into the machines and glide majestically outof town. AS soon as they reach the "rural deestricts" they open the bags and gnaw away on the fare of the simple life until hunger is appeased. No doubt the money saved by this method goes considerable way toward paying the mortgage on the house-or the machine as the case maybe More Tomato Stories.
 Michael Keane, of East Canaan, has read about the numerous tomatoes on vines in the gardens of Edward Smith, of Millerton and Dr. Ross, of Canaan and writes about it to THE NEWS as fol lows: II saw in the last issue of your paper an item from Dr. Ross pen say ing he has 52 tomatoes growing on one vine. The doctor Is pretty good on tell ing 8 fish story or about bcar hunt but when it comes to raising tomatoesI can go him B better. 85 tomatoes on one vine. He can come up and see them. Let him bring Ed. Norton as a witness Canaan cannot outdo East Canaan this time when it comes to the agricultural side of the question:" s. A. Kemp, of Canaan, hears about MT Keane's tomato crop and says it's nothing whatever. After picking tomatoes every day for month from one of his vines, he has 56 left on it and every one large enough to eat It is expected that nothing but hard frost will end these big tomato stories.