Connecticut western news., 1909-03-04

pianos Jo John V. Adam and John P. Rains.
 Martin Mcclure is again on duty at the Church Street crossing after an at tack of the grip.
 Mrs. Mary and Miss Eva French are visiting friends in Waterbury, Terry vile and Bristol.
 A special communication of Housa- tonic Lodge, No. 61, F. 6 A. M will be held this evening.
 The Canaan orchestra enjoyed very pleasant reception at the home of E. W. Adams Monday evening.
 The report was current on the streets Tuesday that The Connecticut Lime Company's plant had changed hands. The report is without foundation.
 George Livingstone has resigned his position in Bullock & Feltens' store and will be succeeded. next week, by Eugene Rowe who has been employed in Great Harrington for some time
 It is hardly probable that more basket ball games will be played here this season by either the mems or girls teams. This conclusion has not been positively reached, however.
 Mrs. Catherine ConsidIne and daugh- ter of Hillsdals, N. Y. are to move 10 Canaan on or about April 1st and will occupy 0. G. Smiths house formerly occupied by contractor Bonney.
 During the early part of the week considerable ice was drawn here from Twin Lakes and placed in private ice houses. It was not possible to get satis- factory ice from point nearer Canaan.
 The town of North Canaan offers a reward of $500 for the detection of the fend in human form who, without the fear of God ln his heart, punches holes in the main sewer pipe with crowbar.- Hartford Post.
 Tramp rock, near the O. N. E. coaling station has lived up to its name of late. During the past two or three weeks it has been the headquarters of from four to dozen tramps who foraged in the west end of the town and the provisions thus obtained have been taken to the rock and there divided. Another Store -s-
 Oswald T. Vosburg, formerly with Bullock 6 Felten, and now a clerk ill a general store in Pine Plains, has leased the store formerly occupied by c. E. Badgley and will establish grocery therein, opening April 1st. A new front is to be placed in the store by contractor E. R. Lorrain. ., Decrease in Grand List
 The last meeting of the Board of Re lief was held Saturday. During their various meetings they have made four abatements and filled three omissions. This years grand list is about $20O0 less than that of last year the difference having been brought about by the lessen ing of merchants stocks.
 Oil CompanY's Improvements
 The Standard Oil Company are to place a gasoline tank on the tract of land they lease on Railroad street and on which they now have a large kero- sene tank. To pump the gasoline and about to locate gasoline engine and are also to build building to contain the delivery tanks and other parapher- nalia. E. R. Lorrain has the contract. A "Hoss" Race
 All that was needed ill Canaan Satur. day in order to have country fair was a fortune teller's tent a few peanuts and a frankfurter stand. We had the horse racing and it called out large crowd The course was a quarter mile in length on Railroad street and the horses par ticipating were owned by Dr. G. E. Corwin, John Thurlough and F. A. Baker. MT. Bakers horse was the winner of the contest.
 A Busy Man
 If one is to judge by the various articles, made by his own hands, which A. E. Molando has at his home, he has not had many idle hours during the past few years. These articles include a wireless telegraph instrument which will operate in a l5O-mile territory, two electric motors, number of carpenters and machinists' tools. articles of home decoration, four-cyllnder automobile engine etc. Perhaps the most wonder ful work ill which he is engaged is the construction of a model of a ship. It will be about six feet long and complete in every detail. And MT. Molando knows what these details are as he spent several years before the mast previous to settling ill Canaan. He commenced the construction of the model several years ago.
 p. J. Kane Goes to Housatonic
 On Monday of this week, P. J. Kane resigned his position as salesman in the