Connecticut western news., 1908-02-13

4.20, GAY D. m. Sundays arrive 10.35, l leave II .03 a. m.
 Daniel L. Pierce fell, few evenings ago, on the icy side walk on Parsons corner" and substained sprained ankle. He was carried to his home and is now gradually recovering.
 John Ryan is very ill with . relapse of the grippe. He had improved very nicely after the first attack of four weeks, so that he walked up street last Thursday and was taken sick again Sat urday.
 Mrs. Merit Hayden brought to THE NEWS office Monday some trailing ar- butts which she found not far from her home about the middle of January. She placed it in water and the flowers are now appearing.
 It has been suggested that the busi- ness places, with the exception of the drug stores, close every evening except ing Saturday. A conolusion in the mat ter will probably be reached within the next week or two.
 Basket Ball.
 On Monday evening next (Feb. ID the girls basket ball teams of Canaan and the Gilbert school of Winsted will play a game in town hall at Canaan. | The Winsted girls are said to be excel lent players and inasmuch as the Canaan girls have been doing some faithful practioing the game should be one well worth seeing. Dancing will follow.
 Icy Sidewalk.
 The experience of D. L. Pierce, who fell on an icy sidewalk and sustained 8 sprained ankle should forcibly suggest to business people, and everyone else fo1 that matter, the necessity of keeping the walks in front of their premises free from snow and :ce or of placing on the walks some ashes, sawdust or something else that will make sure footing.
 The Masonic Ball. .....
 The out look for successful Masonic ball grows more and more promising as the date approaches. That date is Friday evening Feb. 21. Tickets are selling well and there is every indication that it will be one of the most largely attended events of its kind ever held in Canaan. The concert by the Foot Guards orchestra of Hartford will be one we'll worth hearing.
 A Case of Truancy. Clifford Allyn, 13, was brought before Justice Ford Monday on a charge oi truancy preferred by O. N. Hall of New Milford, Agent of the State Board o1 Education. The boy is incorrigible and has been an habitual truant for some time. Sentence was suspended during his good behavior and regular attend ance at school, but if he falls into his former ways it means a term in the Connecticut reform school. Hose has Arrived
 The hose which was ordered severa, weeks ago by the Board of Trade com mittee on fire protection, has arrived , and for the present is in the office of A ] T. 6 J. H. Roraback. Villagers are re. quested to bear this in mind in case o1 fire. The hose cart has not yet arrived In all probability the next order for hose will be placed with another firm inasmuch as there seemed to the com. mittee to, be unnecessary delay in the filling of this order.
 For Canaan
 The local amateurs contemplate pre-. senting, during the coming fall. a rural play entitled "In Old New England ' ; It was written in Canaan and this will be the first production of it. It consists of four acts and 12 persons are required to present it. The cast will probably be practically the same as that of "Down in Main" and Nevada" The author insists that it be presented for the bene. fit of Canaan. It will be an instance ot written in Canaan for Canaan by a Ca naanite and presented in Canaan by Canaanites.
 A Bad Egg"
 It is for the good of this community that Arthur Moran, Arthur James James Arthur, Arthur Lavigne or what ever other cognomen he chooses to apply to himself, is .ensconsed behind prison : bars and that he is likely to be returned to jail at the expiration of his present sentence. Moran is bad sort, a ''tougE i of although young in years appears to be z hardened criminal. The more his pas is investigated, the longer becomes hi record as a law breaker.