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Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
CHlLDRENS DAY
How it Was Observed in Canaan Meth
 thodist Church.

How it Was Observed in Canaan Meth
 - thodist Church.
 The annual Children's day services were held by the Methodist Sunday school last Sunday evening. The church was crowded by attentive listeners who were much interested in the exercises. The church was tastefully trimmed with flowers, ferns and flags, while small flags were given to the school as souye- mfrs of the occasion. The reoitations and musical numbers were well rendered. The offering which amounted to over SIS goes to swell the children's fund for the aid of needy students, who are en- deavoring to obtain an education in the chnrch schools. The program follows; Organ Voluntary.
 Song-"We March to Victory" ..........,..,..,..U Used as ProcesslonaT Responsive Reading-The Pre-. Eminence
 of Wisdom, by school Prayer .., ...:by Rev w. E. Ridgway Greeting .. Miss Minnie Caldwell Song and duet-"God of the Flowers and the Rocks" "...... by chorus and Misses Gladys DeHart, Ebba Lindell. Recitation. "The Lambs" by seven Emily Curtis, Raymond Drumm, Louise Curtis, Lola Nealing, Dorothy Drumm,
 Leota Wigglesworte, Elsa Borg Recitation-"What Jesus Says".. George Ridgway, Frank Tanner, Roy Stanton, Algott Lindell, Eric Borg and
 Robert Nelson Recitations-Th Flowers Meeting... Myrtle Brazee, Maud Warren and Ellen
 .... Lindell
 Recitation-"What I'd Like to be-. Elizabeth Lee, Jessie Smith and Jennie Hoag.
 Song-"Hear the Joyful Chorus'' Mrs. Frank Coon'a class, Misses Minnie Caldwell, Rachel Root. Myra Lawton, Edna Proper. Mabel Bartholomew, Bessis Bonney.
 Mary Howe, Miss Merriman Song-"Jesus King of Glory" ......... ...........,,......,b by chorus Recitation-"If the Master came to-day" .........,........., Clara Merchant Solo-"Lullaby" .................,. Miss Gladys DeHart Recitation-"A Message from God". ......,.........!..... Miss Rachel Root Song By Coorous-"Let us be Gods
 Happy Children" Rscitation-"E Entering In" ....
 M,eo NxVr. T Glass Song-"Welcome to the Daisies" Mrs. Shaw's Class-Clara Merchant. Aida Lindell, Marjorie Nichol, Emma Curtis, Elsie Rains, Gladys Pulver, Ina Trieschmann, Katherine Dean and
 Ruth Curtis Address by Pastor Offering for Student Aid Fund.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
Death of George H. Rood

George H. Rood of Clayton died sud denly Monday morning, heart disease being the cause of death. He had been aiing somewhat for number of days but his condition had caused no worri- ment on the part of himself or his family. About 100 o'clock Monday morning he was taken with severe pains ill his chest and dled between four and five o'clock. He is survived by a wife and one son, Edson, of Clayton. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at the house, interment in the East Ca naan cemetery. A few years ago a daughter died very suddenly, her death being due to the same cause. MT. Rood was man who commanded the respect of all who knew him and his demise IS deplored by very large circle of friends.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
YOUNG MEDIC0S TOO ANXIOUS
They Attempt Major Operations With
 out Proper Training.

They Attempt Major Operations With
 out Proper Training.
 In paper read before Boston medi- cal assoclation last week, by Dr. O. H. Richardson, the famous Pittsfield sur geon, on "The Growth and Develop lnent of Major Surgery in the Smaller Cities" he severely criticised those physicians who are attempting major surgery without adequate training and experience. He said all young medicos are anxious to become surgeons because of the fame and big fees received, but they are not willing to put in the neces- sary five or more years as assistants or apprentices to well-known surgeons. One of the chief points he made was his belief that law should be enacted pro- viding that major surgical operations should not be performed by doctors who have not had from three to five years experience after leaving the medical schools. If a young man is not willing to meet this demand for an apprentice ship or term in which to obtain full ex- perience, he should not be allowed to operate at all. Many of the surgeons in the smaller cities, the speaker said, are doing as good work and almost as much of it, man for man, as some of the sur geons in the larger cities.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18

in business he was clerk in the Sheffield postoffice for John D. Burch. The store he now occupies was. for time, oc- cupied by Cyrus French and later by E.. J. Vosburg who sold goods usually found in a country store.
 MT. French obtained his education in the common school and high school of Sheffield and has the reputation of being a progressive, honorable and astute busi- ness man.
 His townspeople have honored him by electing him to a number of local of fees. For six years he was a member of the school board, for two years he has been the president of the Sheffield Friendly Union, literary and social organization which does much, es- pecially during the winter season to provide entertainment and recreation for the people of Sheffield. For twenty five years MT. French has been a mem- Der of the entertainment committee of the Union. He is an attendant upon the serv1ces of the Methodist church. He is an enthuslastic automobilist and de- rives much pleasure from the running of his medium sized car 4....s .- In brief Mir French is man who is interested in everything which he be- ieves to be for the welfare of the viii lage and is ever found ready to lend his time and talents toward betterlng local conditions.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB.
Preparations For Annual Meeting in
 Norfolk Music Shed, June I9.

Preparations For Annual Meeting in
 Norfolk Music Shed, June Is.
 Preparations are being completed for the twelfth annual meeting of the Litch- field County University Club at Norfolk Friday evening, June l9. As in previous years, the club will be the guests of MT. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel at Whitehouse, Norfolk. Elaborate preparations for the reception and illumination of the grounds are under way, and the grounds as in previous years will be outlined with hun- dreds of blazing torches grouped at ad- vantageous points. Most of the guests will arrive by train from Winsted or Ca- naan junction on the west, and will be accommodated at the different hostelries of the town.
 At 6 o'clock there will be a reception at Whitehouse, and on the grounds, where the members will get together and have sociable time until the busi- ness meeting in the music shed. The banquet will begin at 7:S0 and will end with the usual after-dinner talking. Special trains have been secured for east and west-bound guests. running to Win sted and Lakeville.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
TROLLEY PROSPECT
 AGAIN GROWS DIM
LEGISLATURE KILLS THE BILL
Berkshire Street Railway Company Will not be Allowed to Purchase the North Adams-Bennington Line and $2,000,000 for Berkshire County Extensions will not be Spent.

The immediate prospect for a trolley extension from Great Harrington to Ca- naan quickly faded away last week when the Massachusetts legislature de- nied to the New Haven road the right to merge the Berkshire Bennington trolleys under one head.
 The measure is dead, at least for year.
 Whether or not the legislature of the bay state is taking the proper course in steam railroad affairs is not for us to say but we do know, as does every one else in this section that the delay of the con- struction of this extension from Great Harrington to Canaan is an obstacle in the path of the natural development of the territory through which the. exten- ton would be built. .
 That this extension will eventually come is a safe prediction but the people of northwestern Litchfield and southern Berkshire want it now and need it now as does everyone who has occasion to travel north by rail from Canaan or south from Great Harrington. The passenger train service on the New Haven road could not well be more in- convenient. The first train north reaches Canaan at 9:43 in the morning. Under the new schedule two trains ar rive here few moments apart in the middle of the day and the entire after noon passes without northbound train excepting Saturday, during the summer, when an afternoon train is run to ac- commodate New York City people head ed for the Berkshires. In the evening, half hour apart, two more trains are run northward. In the morning, two trains run south few moments apart, the next rolls along after two o'clock and two more between and o'clock only method of local transportation south of Canaan, between SIS &. m. and between four and five o'clock in the afternoon. There is no southbound LTdlH dII6TWdIu.a IuGI6 may DeFd ROOu and sufficient reason for running these trains in punches, we presume there is, but, nevertheless, the fact remains that the schedule could not be much more in- convenient for Canaan, Sheffield and Ashley Falls had it been studiously ar ranged with inconvenience in view. And i'll Falls Village and Lime Rock the inconvenience is even greater as some of the above mentioned trains do not stop at those stations.
 A trolley extension would, or should, correct this condition so far as Canaan, Ashley Falls and Sheffield are concerned but apparently what cannot be cured must be endured therefore it makes little difference to people hereabouts whether the failure of the extension to extend is the fault of the Massachusetts legislature or the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18

The Sheffield base ball team played Saturday, it's first home Housatonlc tYaHey League game, the Canaan team being the opponents.
 I.lasmuch as the only field available on that day was on the Cande farm, a mile south of the village, the attendance was not large. It is estimated that about 100 people witnessed the game, Canaan sending a sizeable delegation. Some travelled in automobiles, others went in launches, some in their own comfortable carriages and others in 'rheumatic'' tired humber wagon.
 Tie Sheffield boys indulged in some snappy practice before the game and looked formidable to the Canaan players but were unable to continue their good work during the game and Canaan won 8 to2.
 Percy Stanton, the Canaan southpaw, went in the box at the beginning of the game an proved an enigma to the bay state boys for five innings. Frank Stanton completed the game for Canaan and, as usual, pitched good ball although he passed two men. B. Shook pitched seven innings and Bert Brewer two innings for Sheffield. The Canaan boys had no trouble in connecting with the slants provided by either.
 As will be observed there were errors in plenty but the players should not be too harshly criticised for it was an utter impossibility, on these grounds, for a player to accurately judge the course of ball, particularly a ground ball, and this furnished the principal reason for many misplays. The Sheffield manager Mir. Fox, is negotiating for better and more favorably located grounds for the next game.
 Walter Lawrence of Sheffield, vice. president of the league, threw the first ball across the plate, formally opening the season on the home grounds.
 A pleasant feature of the game was the absence of ''kicking." The Canaan boys were treated with utmost courtesy.
 The game in detail follows:
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
A White Crow

A young white crow was captured the other day on the farm of Silas Rote, who resides about two miles east of Sheffield. The bird is snow white and has blue eyes. Naturally it is consider able of 8 curiosity and numerous people have visited the farm to see this freak of nature. The family have had a number of opportunities to sell the bird but all have been declined.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
STOPPED HIS SHAVE
Wiped Lather From Whskers and
 Hurried to Piazza Meeting.


 A religious revival is on in earnest in the town of Cornwall. For few weeks Miss Fanny Simpson, an evangelist, has been holding meetings there and, as a result 15 persons will be received into membership of the West Cornwall church the first Sunday in July. The protracted meetings have revived the interest in the church, increased the at tendance and inspired many to make an effort to lead Christian lives. One feature of the revival is the piazza prayer meetings that have been held in various parts of West Cornwall Many people have attended these gatherings who heretofore have not been active in the religious circles of the village Pastor Fitch tells of being called from his home late Saturday night to go to the home of neighbor and conduct a piazza meeting. The pastor was in the midst of his weekend shave but, as he expresses it, wiped the lather from his whiskers and hurried from the house to comply with the request. It was finally decided to postpone the meeting until the following evening when it was at- tended by seven persons and continued for about an hour. This was an un precsdented occurrence in West Corn wall and 1t is expected the piazza meet ings will be productive of much good.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
Still LegibIe

Fifty-one years ago, or on May 2, 1857, Joseph L. Pease, carved his name in the bark on a white birch tree on the farm of John Griffith in Ashley Falls. To- day the inscription is as plain and legi- bible as if it had been there but a few months.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
Chautauqua Assemhlv

The Chautauqua assembly opens at Pine Grove Tuesday July 2s and con- tinues nine days. The programme in- cludes, Bible hours, domestic science. junior elocution, nature study, sermons, delsarte, adult elocution. lectures etc.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18

Games This Week Saturday Lime R.-Falls V. at Canaan. Salisbury at Sheffield. Cornwall at Lakeville.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
SATURDAYS CAME
 DEVOID OF INTEREST
CANAAN THE WINNER 23 TO 2

Cornwall Bridge Defeated Lime Rock Falls Village and Salisbury Fell Easy Victims to Lakeville-Scott ot Canaan Wins Box of Cigars by Max ing Home Run.
 Results of Saturdays Games Canaan 23. Sheffield ?. Cornwall 13, Lime R.-Falls V.9. Lakeville IA, Salisbury l.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
INCREASED VALUATION
New Table Adds S5, ,23o,ooo l.

Litchfield County Grand Lists.
 The state board of equalization has suit to the various towns in the state, notices of the increase of valuation in the said towns. The additions in the towns of Litchfeld County are as fol-
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
The Standing

Canaan twenty
 And three more Sheffield two
 Less than four. They pounded Brewer Pounded Shook Sheffield surely
 "Got the hook. :"
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
CANAAN
Score by Inning

Score by Innings
 Sheffield % 0 o 0 0 l. 3 Canaan 0 4 6 0-23 Home run-Scott Three base hits Dempsey, P. Stanton, F. Stanton. Two base hits-Bierce (2). Joyce, Bills, Demp- sey (2). E. Shook. Base on balls-Off P. Stanton 1, off F. Stanton 3, off Shook 3. Left on bases-Canaan 8, Sheffield 9. Struck out-By P. Stanton T, by F. Stanton 9, by Shook 5, Brewer l. Passed bal.-O'Connell.
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18

CORNWALL BRIDGE-LIME-R-FALL
 The Cornwall Bridge team met the hyphens at Lime Rock Saturday and won the game by 8 score of 13 to 9. There were two or three new faces in the Cornwall makeup, The hyphens did not play the game of which they are capable. They led up to the end of the fifth inning, Cornwall then tied the score and secured 8 lead of two in the seventh. Lime Rock tied the score in the eighth and made two in the ninth but lost the game when Cornwall batted in six runs in that inning. The detailed score follows:
Connecticut western news., 1908-06-18
A LOYAL RESIDENT OF PRETTY VILLAGE
WILLARDD. FRENCH OF SHEFFIELD

Is the Proprietor of Prosperous Gen.
 eraI Store-His TownspeopIe have
 Elected him to Office in Local Or-
 ganizations-Committeeman for 25
 Years. +s
 Willard D. French, son of Cyrus French. was born in Salisbury and his parents moved to Sheffield when he was very young. r
 In 1885 he began business in the store he now occupies and where he now deals in general merchandise. During the three years before he established himself
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02

GOALS but The heat from Goals is far fercer
than that from pine shavings, and the first
trial resulted in the melting of the working
parts of his model so the flame engine was
for time laid aside
In 1929 he heard of the prize for a loco
motive offered by the Liverpool and Man
chester Railway. The news reached him seven
weeks before the trial. and in that time he
invented and built the Novelty. which would
nerhaps have had more success if it had been
put together in less haste.
During the next ten years he busted him
self with numerous inventions, and in 1889
he came before the world as the lntroducer
Of practical method Of screw propulsion.
His model of the first screw boat is worth
a note. 1t was a model yacht, two feet over
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02

it was found that he knew them all YER
batim.
This remarkable ensign did not wait long
for promotion. At II he was lieutenant;
two years or so afterward he was captain
and military surveyor of the northern high
contain maps of over fifty square miles of
territory drawn by him when working in this
position.
In connection with Major Pentz, he was
engaged on the great book on canals; his part
of the work was to furnish the sixty-four
sheets of engraved plates. All of them he
drew and engraved.
10 engrave them, it seemed to him that
much labor would be saved by an engraving
machine, which he forthwith set to work to
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02
NY STERIOUS CAV e

large oaks. but so surrounded by laurel thu
cts as to be completely hidden from
standing at distance of twenty feet.
We noticed that the few little bushes II
grew close to the opening were partially ST
ped of their leaves and bent to one sidel
if by the force of strong wind blowing
of the cave.
The wind that heard while in the ca.
must have rushed out here with tremend
power, and had it not been that my fri
had mentioned to me some days before;I
talking over my adventure, that Thomas
ferson, in his Notes" gives an accoun
such a phenomenon. should have been /
pletely puzzled
With that account before me. the mai
was made clear. had discovered "bloNl
cave" from which, when the weather Is {
tremely sultry, issues chill current Of
often with sufficient force to blow light
ticles, such as a handkerchief. several Il
dred feet.
The cave that Jefferson refers to is in ID
county, Virginia.
But the gurgling noise? That was simplyl
underground flowing and ebbing spring.
Since those terrible hours in darknessl
have been content to remain an unexplJ
of caves.
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There could be no doubt, too, that had
changed my course. l could hear the ripple
of the stream behind me. didn't know why
it was but felt almost joyful. Surely, help
would come.
But how soon was my joy dispelled-how
suddenly | was brought to feel anew, and
with redoubled force, the horror of DEATH
The passage that | had entered came to an
abrupt close. / was walled in on three sides,
Round and round the walls l went, feeling
them carefully. They were uneven in places,
but could find no opening.
l followed the course of the left wall back
to the stream, hoping to continue my way up
its current, but l found that the ledge curved
sharply into the passage. / now abandoned
all hope, and, lying down, tried to compose
myself to thoughts of death.
/ had failed into a partial state Of lethargy.
when was aroused by seeing slender line of
silver brightness fall suddenly across the
darkness 1t rested on the wall, and pre-
sently noticed that it grew slowly.
l sprang to my feet. shouting, cts moon
light" and danced about laughing and cry
ing.
Little by little that blessed light crept down
the wall, until it lay, narrow, white ribbon.
on the rocks that l now saw were broken and
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02

scanned above me. The passage through
which the light came was steep incline, and
it was with great difficulty that / pulled my
self up; but. in a few minutes, what glori-
Gus sight greeted mel There was the moon,
near its zenith, shining splendidly above the
edge of a black cloud. | had been under
ground over fourteen hours
How / reached home hardly know. They
told me afterward that a party were out
searching for me when | staggered into the
house and fell exhausted on the floor. My
clothing and hands were badly torn, and.
ON examination, it was found that one of my
ribs were broken.
It was seven weeks before I was strong
enough, in company with friend, to revisit
the scene of my adventure.
When ! reached the spot where l had en-.
tered the cave, | made mental survey of the
direction had first taken when underground,
and saw that had passed under ridge that
ran parallel with the stream. This ridge was
thickly wooded, and Il was slow work climb
ing it through the underground.
Descending the eastern side, we found, after
two hours search, for had no clear recollec-
tion Of the locality, the opening through
which had escaped. It was at least four
feet in diameter and situated between two
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-02
L@N hy Boy SAIL the Lount SO on a6 MulM1vc begin
l70a Av hH one Day orO0lCs c'omrzhWs en7a0auay

all, fitted with small engine. But. like all
owners of model steamers, he found the diff
took the boiler out of the craft altogether. He
made circular bath. in which he set his
boat afloat. and from a steam boiler close by
he led pipe to the centre of the bath and
with a ball-and-socket joint he fitted a pipe
on to this, which he also fitted on to his en-
CINE, SO that, as soon as the steam was
turned on, the boat carried the small arm
round and round with it, and was worked all
the time at full pressure.
Having succeeded with the model, he tried
on a larger scale. He built boat forty feet
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ooNr1NuEp FROM PAGE -FOUR


a rasping noise, as if pebbles were being
ground against the solid stone.
Was the wall partition between two
streams? A stream flowing on the other side
Of this partition might. in dashing pebbles
and sand against it, cause the peculiar grating
sound; but l was at loss to account for the
other.
It was not the gurgle of water over stones,
or pouring into an aperture, but that OF
water, under pressure. breaking forth in an
irregular current
In a little while I ceased to be diverted.
The hope of escape was still strong within
me. and the ledge being now wide enough
for safe walking, placed my right hand on
the wall, and, feeling my way, walked eau
tiously forward
The wind had ceased. and nothing broke
the silence but the rush of the stream. l
could tell that the way widened as l advanced,
both by the lessening of the noise of the
stream and by the actual test of getting down
on my hands and knees and crawling to the
brink of the ledge.
As well as / could measure the time, fully
half an hour had elapsed when noticed that
the silence was growing.