Connecticut western news., 1909-07-01

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 Miss Esther Cunning is quite sick with asthma.
 Miss Josephine Camp spent Sunday at Twin Lakes.
 Miss Lura Ferguson is visiting rela tives in Andover.
 Miss Leona Condon, of Clayton, is caring for Miss Prudence Belden.
 A daughter was born to Mir. and Mrs. s. E. Kimball yesterday morning.
 Station master A. s. Davis, of Falls Village, called on friends in town Fri day.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Martin Casey of East Canaan Saturday, June 26.
 Mrs. N. l.. Jackson was called to Courtland, N. Y. by the illness of her mother.
 Hobart Morgan and family, of New Rochelle, have opened their cottage for the summer.
 The stores and other business places of the village will close Saturday night until after the Fifth.
 Lewis Roraback entertained twenty of his friends Monday afternoon, it be- ing his tenth birthday.
 George Wigglesworth, of Naugatuck, has been spending several days with his brother, A. J. Wigglssworth.
 MT. and Mrs. Alfred Terry and Miss Isidore Terry of Knoxville, Tenn. are guests of Miss Francis Whittlesey.
 B. H. Tripp, of Cleveland, Ohio, has joined his wife and son, Raymond, who are guests at the homo of H. N. Adams.
 At this writing A. P. Briggs roan horse, Armstrong" is improving some what after having been so sick for two weeks that it has not taken any nourish- ment, whatever during that time
 Great corn weather, that of the past few days, and although we may not all enjoy it personally, it has been doing l AOO1 usally fine for this time of the year and the farmers prospects are of the bright est.
 Mrs. Henry Utterwick and daughter, Miss Katherine, are expected to arrive in town Saturday and will stay at the Naples until next week when MT. Utter wick is expected and they will open their cottage at the lakes for the sum- mer.
 ] The Canaan colony at the lakes is now fully populated, all the cottages being occupied, and the "social whirl'' is on for the summer. Many guests were en- tertained Sunday and the trains to and from the lakes Saturday and Monday were packed tQ the platforms.
 There has been an epidemic of measles among the young folks i'll town during the past among those who have been or still are enjoying the experience being Edna Smith, Mary Rhoades, Charles Greer, Charles Emmons, Jennie Hugins, Lloyd Decker, Melvin Proper.
 Residents on the corner by the Wan road oil on the road in that vicinity as was done last summer with success. It was found to keep down the dust other wise raised by the automobiles and at no great expense. The same is being done ill several nei8hboring villages.
 Dr. P. E. Mcdonald, U. s. surgeon to Admiral Roblsy Evans during the trip of the fleet around the world and form erly first assistant surgeon at the White House, is a guest at the Twin Lakes House for month. The prospects for a good season at the house under the new management are bright.
 There has not been such a glut of straw berries on the market for several years. The quality has been unusually fine and the hot weather of the past week has ripened them. very rapidly. Local growers have had some difficulty in finding market but prices are now so low that everybody is enjoying plenty of the luscious fruit and many are can ming.
 Work was commenced few days agu by the Central New England Hallway Company on the building of depot and sidetrack at "Blakes's Crossing" the new flag stop which was established about two weeks ago for the acoommod- ation of the large summer traffic of Twin Lake campers and owners of cottages on the south and east shores of the upper lake.
 Masons Enjoy Final Meeting
 On Thursday last Housatonic Lodge, No. 61. F. and A. M., held their last meeting of the season at which time the third degree was worked. L. J. Nicherson of West Cornwall, one of the grand officers of the state, was present. District Deputy s 0. Tomlinson was to have been the guest of the lodge but