Connecticut western news., 1909-05-06

George E. AGWOOu, Ol Ne" AoLh Clty' called on friends in town Monday.
 Robert Shaver has returned from a visit of several days at Pine Plains. Miss Mabel Quinn is suffering from having badly burned her right hand.
 Dr E A. Cobb and Marshall Dean, of Falls Village were in town Thursday. Mrs. Calvin Hall, of Norfolk, was the guest of Mrs. Sabra Humphrey Satur- day.
 i The children of Thodden Baird have recovered from a seige with chicken pox.
 Mrs. A. A. Lawrence has been con- fined to her home with grippe but is now recovering.
 Robert Peirce and daughter have re- turned from few days visit to New York city.
 G. E. DsHart has joined the force of engineers employed at the Berkshire Power House.
 
 name of Copake Iron Works changed to Berkshire Pass.
 A carload of horses was shipped from this place last week to Paul 6 Walker. of Great Harrington.
 Some of those who oiled up their lawn mowers last week had to buy a new snow shovel Friday.
 J. c. Browne, of Springfield, Mass, vii deliver a Memorial Day address at Canaan Decoration Day.
 The annual meeting of the Canaan Cemetery Association will be held at the probate office Saturday at three o'clock.
 Miss Margaret Traver, who has been spending few days at George Roger $, has returned'to her home in Millerton, NY
 MT. and Mrs. Daniel Manvel went to New York Friday to see their son, Frederick Manvel, and Mrs. Manvel sail for Italy.
 Selectman Lyman E. Howe is again able to be out and is recovering nicely from the injury received by being kicked by horse.
 The Odd Fellows conferred the initia- tory degree Monday on William J. Argall. Louis J. Streck, and William Bierce, of Chapinville.
 Charles Shaver is now the mail carrier between Canaan and Southfield, Linus Perkins being obliged to give up the work on account of illness.
 April considered as whole was & nor nal month from a temperature stand point, but the rainfall was almost twice the normal amount for April.
 Mrs. Joseph Percy Smyth and son, Joseph left for Brooklyn Monday to be guests of Mrs. Smiths parents, MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Eldredt. for few days.
 Parties from New York have been in town during the past week prospecting for lime quarry with view of open ing lime business Samples of stone were taken to the city.
 Advertised letters at the Canaan post office May 4th were as follows: Mrs Milton Sawyer, Mir. Nawyer) Wright; postal cards for MT. and Mrs. Wademan Bennett and Mss c. Beck.
 The work of completing the state road through the Bennett Hill cut is progress ing as rapidly as possible, and the upper road to East Canaan is temporarily closed while the blasting is ill progress.
 Frederick Fox, who has been cm- ployed by A. P. Briggs, has taken the position of R. F. D. carrier on route No. l. He takes the place of J. w. Morris, who has accepted a position in Fuller and Peets store.
 Mrs. Mary Barnum, of Springfield, spent Saturday as the guest of her brother, R. H. Whitford. She was re- turning from Lime Rock where she at tended the wedding of her son, Charles Barnum.
 The public schools of Great Barring ton closed Monday for two weeks on ac- count of several cases of scarlet fever that broke out last week. There were six cases reported up to Saturday, but they were mild ones.
 Martin Langs, Del Card, George A. Adams and MT. Walker, of Great Bar rington, took II horses to New Haven last week to sell there. They succeeded ill disposing of ten to good advantage. The deal was then closed ny M. Langs and Del Card swapping their pairs.