Connecticut western news., 1909-01-07

town yesterday.
 Schools in the town of North Canaan re-opened Monday.
 William Canfield has been ill during the past few days.
 The Red Cross stamps thus far sold in Canaan number 1900.
 Frank F. Stevens attended the Lenox poultry show yesterday. E
 Miss Etta Kelley of Jersey City is a guest at Frank Dempsey's.
 Mrs. Henry Barnes is slowly recover ing from her severe illness.
 The Cranford club will meet to-day (Thursday) with Miss Ferguson.
 Miss Adele Merwin has returned to her school duties in Orange, N. J.
 Charles King of Great Burlington was the guest of Canaan friends Sunday.
 Miss Josephine Camp attended a ball in Great Harrington on New Years eve.
 Miss Bessie Bonney of Hartford, for merly of Canaan, is visiting her sister here.
 Miss Eva, French has resigned her po- sition as bookkeeper for Decker G Alvord.
 George 0. Peet of Bridgeport is spend ing few days with his mother. Mrs, Frances Peet.
 Mr. Fred Wehner and family of Lake vile spent New Years day at George H. Trieschmann's.
 The Christ Church Guild will be held Wednesday, January 18th, with Mrs. Esther Williams.
 Mrs. George Marvin and Miss Jane Walton have been spending few days in Great Harrington. s.
 Master Edward Bennett Of South Glastonbury is spending few days with friends in town.
 Miss Louise Trieschmann returned to Danbury Monday after spending the holidays with her parents.
 Frank F. Stevens and Samuel Reel are exhibiting thelr Bantams at the Lenox poultry show this week.
 William Landry and Harry Waller have returned from weeks vacation which they spent in Boston, Mass.
 Representative E. D. Norton went to Hartford this week to take his place with the other nutmeg state lawmakers.
 Attention is called to the fact that an assembly is to be held this week (to-mor- row evening" and not next week Friday evening.
 Miss Parsons of Northampton, Mass. and William Stevens of Newtown. N. Y. were recent guests of Miss Minnie A. Wilcox. #
 Mrs. O. w. Camp and Miss Kittie Granger went to Norfolk last week to hear the famous Dr. Grenfen speak in the Congregational church.
 The Canaan basket ball team will play the Pittsfeld high school team in town hall this (Thursday) evening. There will be no dancing after the game.
 Mrs. Harvey White continues to inn prove at Hillcrest hospital, Pittsfeld, and it is expected that her condition will warrant her return home in the near future. sar
 The committee Tn charge of the As sembly whist for Friday evening have provided for some entertainment by out of town parties, Prof. Proser and Miss Arabella Black.
 Mrs. John Parmelee fell on the ice at the rear of her home on Railroad street a few evenings since and sustained spraired ankle. She is now able to get about the house, however.
 To-night's basket ball game in town hall should be an interesting contest. The Pittsfield team has been playing fast ball and the Canaan team has shown great improvement of late.
 A change of time went into effect on the Central New England railroad Sun- day but the running time of none of the trains arriving at this station is affected thereby. It occasioned number of changes in the runs of the various tram crews, however.
 Edward McGinnis, of Canaan, who stole chickens from Mrs. Mcclure and George Goodssll of Great Harrington who stole chickens from Horatio Adams were each sentenced to two months i'm prisonment ill the county jail by Judge Wheeler Tuesday.
 A Freak in Corn
 W. H. Proper, who showed two apples growing together on one stem not long since, now exhibits another farm pro- duce freak in the form of a double ear of corn which bears a close resemblance to human hand with the upper portion of the fingers cut off. WIII Omen ,IanlIarv IA