Connecticut western news., 1909-10-14

Oct. I5.
 Justice of the Peace Ford was in Mil lerton Tuesday.
 Mrs H. L. Ross is visiting in Cohoes, N. Y, and vicinity.
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. A. L, Seacord Thursday.
 Henry Barnes, and his daughter, Miss Edith, are visiting i'll Oyster Bay, l.. 1.
 Billy" Mclean, of the Canfield cafe staff, is enjoying a short vacation in Hartford.
 Miss Mary Finnegan, trained nurse, of Bridgeport, has been visiting her mother in Canaan.
 A large delegation from the local lodge of Odd Fellows attended meeting in Great Burlington Tuesday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. J. K. Richards, of New York city, are in Canaan, ill quest of a home It is their desire to buy place
 The Epworth League harvest supper, Tuesday, at the Methodist church, was literally patronized and tidy sum was realized.
 Miss Rachael Ford, of East Chatham, N. Y. who has been visiting at Henry 1 Hoag's for the past three weeks, returned to her home Wednesday.
 If cornstalk attains height of nine feet, how many ears of corn should it bear? To find out, ask Johnny Sheri- dan, of the Canfeld Inn.
 Dr. F. H. Lee, secretary of the Litck- field County Medical Association, at tended the semi i-annual meeting of that body in Tor1ington Tuesday.
 Numerous and successful have been the mushroom gatherers during the past few days. There is large and splendid crop of thls choice edible this Fall.
 While tramping in the nearby hills, Sunday, Mrs. s. Ashline found several red raspberries. She picked handful and they were in tolerably good condi- tion.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Spaulding, of Cheshire, and Mrs. Erastus Burr, of Norfolk, were guests of relatives and old acquaintances ill thls village Mon- day and Tuesday.
 On Saturday afternoon and evening, at the hotel Wangum, the Rev. H. L. Everest, of Orange, Conn.,, will have a sale of Bibles, prayer books and hymnals, together with few other choice volumps..
 Edward James Ferris, aged 49, died Thursday evening at his home Ill Great Burlington. He was the son of John and Sarah Ferris and was born ill Ga naan but had lived in Great Harrington nearly all hls life.
 James w. Mccormick, who has been. enjoying a weeks vacation, attending the Hudson Fulton celebration, also the Danbury fair and visiting at his home here, returned to lis duties ill FishkilI Landing, N. Y, yesterday.
 In the near future the local branch of Borden's will put up both sweet milk and buttermilk ill half pint individual bottles, the machine for capping or seal ing the same having been received few days ago.
 Harry Holt, clerk at the local post office, returned Monday from weeks visit with his brother, Samuel in Albany, N. Y. While i'll the capital city, Mir. Holt had splendid opportunity to see the upstate Hudson Fulton celebration, which, he says, was on grand scale.
 F. Hochstrasser, who was to have given a lecture and picture exhibition on the life of the Nazarene ill the town hall on the evenings of Tuesday, We'd nesday and Thursday of this week, has been obliged to postpone the engage ment indefinitely, owing to the severe illness of his wife.
 Rev. J. P. Smyth, rector of Christ church, Mrs. Smyth and child, Joseph, are visiting Mrs. Smyth's parents, MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Eldret, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The rector's party will return to Canaan Saturday, October 23d and he will Officlate at the services Sunday, October 24th.
 Henry B. Hoag, who for the past three years has been a Lmilk inspector at Borden's. will leave Saturday for Chat ham. N. Y, where he will become the superintendent of the large Borden farm Mrs. Hoag and children will go later The many friends of the Hoags ill Canaan will be sorry to lose them as neighbors, but glad to learn that MT. Hoag is to be promoted. John Madi- gan, of the Newtown, Conn.,, branch, will be the new milk inspector at the local station.
 Hawthorne Club
 The first regular meeting of the season of the Hawthorne club is scheduled for this afternoon, at the residence of Miss 1 Sarah I ROra1ack (IraDite AvaO1o