Connecticut western news., 1909-05-06
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 F. A. Baker was in Hartford on busi- ness Monday
 0. F. Carpenter, of Waterbury, was in town Friday.
 Miss Estes, of Brooklyn, is the guest of Miss s. w. Adam.
 Mrs. John Marr spent part of last week in New York.
 W. 0. Hamilton, of Springfield. visited friends in town Thursday.
 Miss Edith Barnes visited Miss Minnie Wolcott i'll AmenIa Monday.
 Ralph P Smith, student at Amherst College, was at the Garfield over Sum- day.
 Miss Josephine White, of Winsted, was guest at Mir. and Mrs John Marr's over Sunday.
 Mrs. William Ahesrn, ST. of Winsted, and James Shuckrow, of Hartford, wis ited at Mrs. John Marr's last week,
 The schedule of games for the Housa- tonic Valley League is found ill tabu- lated form on page eight of this paper.
 MT. and Mrs. T. L. Shields and John Mcclure, of Waterbury. Conn, attended the funeral of Patrick Riley last week Thursday.
 Mrs. Ross, representing the Connecti- cut Childreu's Aid Society, was in town the latter part of last week soliciting funds for that work
 The number of dog licenses issued this year up to May 1st was 122, as against IA at the same time last year. Xvi dently Canaan's canines are on the de- crease.
 Miss Elizabeth R. Hickey, who has been in the family of Judge A. T. Roraback for eight years, will sail about June for trip through Europe and Great Britain.
 Miss Ethel Sheldon, who is teaching school in East Lee, was an over Sum- day guest of Miss May Smith and on Monday went to Mill River to spend her vacation of one week
 Samuel J. Pyne, of Boston, was in town Saturday and Sunday. He had with him eight children from an iistit- ution at Boston who were to be adopted by persons living near Lakeville.
 Mrs F. A. Baker has recovered from her illnoss sufficiently to have been re- moved to the home of her sister. Mrs. Burgess, at Berlin, New Hampshire, in the White Mountains, where she is re- gaining her strength.
 Mrs. Samuel A Bennett and daughter, Mrs. l.. F. Burpee, arrived at the Naples Tuesday from Hartford where Mrs. Bennett had an operation perform cd on her eyes. The operation was successful and she is doing nicely.
 Miss Mary A. Flynn, of this place, who recently left The Huntsinger Busi- ness School of Hartford was aided by that school to get a position with The Commercial Law Co.,, of Hartford. We bespeak for Miss Flynn success in her first position.
 s. w. Barnes celebrated the anniyer- sary of his birth lately the event being made the occasion of a family reunion. Mir and Mrs. c. E. Barnes, of Winsted, were here and MT. and Mrs. A. L. Barnes and son, Frederick, and MT. and Mrs. Marcus Barnes and daughter. The occasion was Il very happy one.
 H. R. Whitford is considering engag- ing in the grocery business in Ottawa, Illinois, where he believes that an ex- ceptional opportunity presents itself. Mr. Whitford states that if his father and he can sell out their property and business in this place before August 1st, they intend to make the change. Messrs. Whitford have built up a fine business here and have made many friends to whom it would be a llatter of sincere regret if business opportunities should cause them to leave town.
 New Postage Stamp Design
 A new postage stamp will be on sale at the local postoffice after June 1st. It is a special design to commemorate the development of the Alaska Y ukOn-Pa cific territory. The stamp will be rec tangular ill shape, and of two cent de- nomination only. It will be red ill color. In the center the larger part of circle rests on the lower panel and en closes a ribbon bearing the words Alaska Y Yukon-P Pacific 1909," and ill the cent of the cirle appears the portrait of William H. Seward, who, as secretary of state, conducted the negotiations for the purchase of Alaska from Russia. Imps in the League
 Millerton comes to the front and sug- gested pet name for the baseball team which will represent that place in the Housatonic Valley League this summer, by saying, "Millerton, being the only