Connecticut western news., 1909-09-30

residents of this place for nearly two hours the same morning. The big bag hove into sight before seven o'clock and floated slowly and serenely on the ethereal sea at height of about 5000 feet and some distance east of Canaan. The sun was shinning brightly and the balloon made an exceedingly pretty picture. Just when it reached posi-. tioa which seemed directly under the sun, the party emptied one of the sand bags and the sheeny effect, produced by the suns rays piercing the falling grains, was beautiful to behold. The balloon was travelling in O south easterly direction and came down at $40 a. m., on the farm of James McMahon, in Goshen.
 Canaan to Lose Popular Doctor
 Dr. George k. Corwin, the well known veterinary surgeon, who has been prac- ticing in Canaan for the past four years, is preparing to leave this place for i larger field of en6eavor. Dr. Corwin will go to Shelton, this state. He will make his departure early in October, His successor will be Dr. K. L. Thron- ton, formerly of Lakeville, but now em- ! ployed by the United States government in the Bureau of Animal Industry and located in Ooltewah. Tennessee. The new veterinarian will move into the place which has been occupied by Dr. Oorwin on East Main Street. 1t is ex- pected that MT. Thornton will be all ready for business by the tenth of Oct ober. Dr. Corwin is exceedingly popu- lar in this vicinity and, while his hosts of friends will regret the loss of such a tried and true fixture, they will be glad of the fact that he is about to enter larger field. There can be no question as to Dr. Corwin's future success, for he is unsurpassed in his profession and has friend-making personality. He will depart for Shelton amidst the best wishes of countless friends.
 Partridge in Heart of Town
 A handsome specimen of partridge was discovered walking on the Railroad street porch of Bullock & Felten's store one day last week and soon captured, but it subsequently, died from an injury received by striking telephone wire, in it's flight. When first noticed, the partridge was uncoIs- cernedly looking up and down tie thoroughfare, as if neditating on which way to go. Several persons gathered around the bird and it then rose in the air and flew over their heads to the op- posits side of West Main street, near the Canfield building. The crowd pursued aud it then flew into tree in front of Humphreys place where it sat on a branch. Somebody threw missil to- ward the tree hoping to frighten the bird from its perch. Whereat it scared over the railroad tracks and came down in the little green across the street from the Canfleld Inn. Two or three boys then got after the partridge and drove it across the highway and almost in the very door of Mir. Wellner's tailor shop, where it was caught. In the meantime Constable Lew Rhoades, who is also a deputy game warden, had arrived, and he took charge of the partridge MT. Rhoades noted that it's head was injured and he took the bird over to his barber shop and put it into a box, where it was his intention to let it rest and then take it out in the woods and give it it's liberty, as the law isn't off partridges until the first of October. But about twenty min utes afterwards the bird died, doubtless from the injury in it's head, coupled with fright. The partridge was in splendid condition. [Canasn News Continued on Page 6.]
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