Connecticut western news., 1909-11-04
CANAAN
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Lecture on Tuberculosis.


 liver lecture on ''The M. w. A. Sana- torium," Tuesday, November 30th in the Town Hall. This society is engaged ill a good work in fighting the great white plague and the lecture will be of interest to all who attend. The public is invited.
 A Man, Dog, and Skunk
 At an early hour Thursday morning. near Dr. Adams barn, a dog, belonging to Mir. Decker, and skunk, from the outlying districts. had little misunder standing, which preciptated q roy battle; but one round was quite enoug', to send the dog yelping out of commis sion. Moreover, it was also nearl enough to cause the merchants alon- the west side of Railroad street, frou the corner of Main to the National bank building. to close their places of busi- ness and fumigate. It seems that MT. ! Decker arose about four o'clock and opened the chicken house. A little later he heard considerable commotion among the chicken folk. Hurrying out, with his dog, he was just in time to see great biz skunk sneaking away with a chicken Tn its mouth. "Sic i'm, sic i'm ]" cried MT. Decker. And of course the dog took after the skunk. There was moment of suspense-and then came the clash. The dog grabbed the skunk, the skunk dropped the chicken and the fight was on. Over asd over rolled the two animals-but only cou- pie of times. Suddenly an odor, as from a million phials of asafetida, perncated the pure morning atmosphere, and the dog, yelping loudly, relinquished its hold on its adversary and darted away. MT. Decker nearly tainted. He stood between the skunk and the hole Tn the fence, but wisely deciding that discre- tion was the better part of valor, he with an effort hied himself away from the aforesaid hole in the fence just as fast as ever his legs could carry him. And the skunk, probably realizing that it was in hostile neighborhood, hastily shook the dust of that back yard from its paws and disappeared through the aperture in the fence. Mir. Decker did not have to call the doctor; but he had a narrow escape, nevertheless, and can thank his lucky stars. The delectable odor of the fray seemed to literally cling Ill chunks to the fences, sheds and build ings ill that vicinity until long after noontime. People going to work along Railroad and Main streets said that you could "cut it with a knife" However, nobody seemed to be of n disposition to try to cut it. Now, if that beloved skunk returns to that back yard he will find carefully baited trap awaiting him. But thus far he has kept aloof from the snare.
 } The Halloween Ghosts
 An things get weirdly out of place; the strangest hodgepodge eyer seen; and even pumpkins make face on Hal loween."
 } Halloween, the night of the annual frolic of the spirits, fell on Sunday, this year. However. the spirits met the } night before. Early Saturday evening several youthful ghosts made bold to promenade about town. But the only } capers which they cut were such com paratively mild ones as hurling cabbages at doors. These young ghosts went to } bed early; but much later their elders came forth from their hiding places And the pranks that they played on } mortals were numerous and annoying Like the editors and other employees on a morning newspaper, they worked while most persons slept. And what they did was plenty. When Canaanites awoke, Sunday morning, all was peace ful and quiet. The ghosts had made their annual visitation and gone-but the evidences of thelr visit were con. spicuously and painfully apparent in the heart of the town. On top of the postoffice could be seen two large lum. Der wagons-Ore of which belonged tC John VanDeusen. t'other to MT. Whit ford. Whether the spirits put the wagons on the roof of the postoffice
 building by moving their magic wand: } and saying, Presto P Or whether they carried the wagons up i'll sections 2 and then put them together, we do not \ know. At the entrance to the Savings bank was cunning little cart about 2 four feet in length. Perhaps the ghosts ! meant it for John s. Reed to use in tot ing money around the bank, and per ' haps they didn't-we do not know that ' either. Over in Druggist Humphrey front yard had been placed several large rocks and boxes, a sulky and two anti que cutters. It is deep mystery wha the ghosts could have had in mind whe1 they filtered MT. Humphreys yard witt , such crazy variety of junk. Over or A the Parsons corner was a rickety olt in, baan nuop fhn rtnr.