Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
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s. A. Eddy of New Haven was in town the latter part of last week. MT. Eddy has been transferred to the New England division of the Internal Revenue service with headquarters at Boston. The fam fly expect to take possession of their cottage at Twin Lakes some time next month.
 The next regular meeting of Wan gum Camp will be held on Tuesday night May 26. At the usual hour in- stead of on W ednesday night May 20. At this meeting there will be the initiation of 8 candidate and also some other special business, all members are re, quested to attend.
 Gasoline has taken the place of the strong right arm method in pumping the water from John Thurlough's ar tesian we'll on his premises between this village and Clayton. The engine which does the trick is one he purchased of John Adams and which formerly operated MT. Adams gasoline launch. An engine of SIX horse power is to take it's place in the boat.
 On Saturday afternoon at two o'clock the Canaan and Lakeville base ball teams will play game at Lakeville. It is ex- pected that large number of Canaan base ball enthusiasts will accompany the team. The lineup of the Canaan team will probably be as follows: Catcher, Joyce or Imhoff, pitcher, Frank Stanton; h., Dempsey; 5b. Brewer; 3b., R. Stanton; S. s., Heffernan; l. f., P. Stanton; 0. f., Biercs T. f., Kane.
 Mrs. S. F. Lawrence of Pittsfeld, Mass, Saturday announced the engage ment of her daughter, Eda Louise, to John Byers Kemp, formerly of Canaan but now of Pittshsld. Both young peo- pie have large circle of friends in Ca naan. MT. Kemp is the son of s. A. Kemp of West Main street. Mss Law renee has visited here frequently, being the guest of Mrs. Louise F. Smith and Mrs. William N. Beebe. The wedding will take place in the near future. Business Change
 Miss Claudine Lumpkin, who has con- ducted millinery establishment for some time in the Canfeld building, has sold her stock to Mrs. John Nicoll who will continue the business. The sale was effected Saturday.
 Norfolk Wanted "Nevada" l. The local amateurs who presented Nevada" here in February received an 1 invitation one day last week to repeat the play in Norfolk during July or August but it is hardly probable that the invitation will be accepted. It is possible, however, that they may pre- sent ill Norfolk the play they are to present here next winter.
 1 Another Public Hall
 The first floor of H. R. Whitford's building formerly occupied by the Re- liable Manufacturing Company, is to be utilized by MT. Whitford as wagon repository and 1t is also his plan to 90 arrange that portion of the building so that it can be easily transformed into . hall for public entertainments or used for the holding of banquets or other gatherings of s like nature.
 Labor Saving Machinery
 The new bottle washing machine, in- stalled not long since in the Borden plant, is working to perfection and h proving a great labor saver. A large automatic butter worker is also to be in- stalled in the near future. Large quantities of butter are now being man ufactured and all is being worked by a hand operated machine which has been found to be much too slow a process The Cows Teeth.
 A certain man, whose acquaintance with cows is not as extensive as that of some folks and whose COW twas not do- ing well" took the advice of . neighbor, who noted the fact that the oow's upper teeth were missing and advised the iowner to see dentist about 1t. When the man discovered that COWS upper teeth and hens teeth are on par when it comes to being numerous, the neigh bor took particular pains to be out of sight.
 Band of Gypsies
 A band of gypsies arrived in town Friday. They had about 20 wagons and 30 horses. A portion of the band camped along the roadside & short dis tance north of the village and the others proceeded to Sheffield. The women members of the portion of the band who remained near Canaan sold baskets and told fortunes Friday and Saturday while the men folks waited for an opportunity to swap horses. We are informed that they found the Canaan horsemen "wap- proof" on this one occasion and then moved on in disgust.
 Laying Pipes
 Railroad street has been torn up for