Connecticut western news., 1909-09-09
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friends in town Sunday.
 James Mccormick. of Fishkill Land ing, N. Y, was home over Sunday.
 Martin Mcclure is spending a week with his son, James, in Millerton, N. Y.
 MT. and Mrs. F. R. Collln spent Sun day and Labor Day visiting relatives in Pine Plains, N. Y.
 Martin Langs last week purchased, from the Norfolk Inn people, valuable pair of horses, by Shelton.
 John Imhoff, Jr.. who has been visit ing friends i'll Kingston, N. Y, returned home Tuesday evening.
 Rev. Harry Cornford and Mrs. Corn ford left Tuesday morning for Pough- keepsie, for two weeks vacation,
 Joseph Baum, of New York city, who has been the guest of Leo Werner, for some time, has returned to his home,
 MT. aud, Mrs. James Reel are rejoicing over the birth, September 9th, of a son. Both child and mother are doing nicely.
 Q. T. Vosburgh entertained his brother in- law, M. R. Soaring, of Corona, N. Y, over Sunday and Labor Day.
 H. D. Humphrey and daughter, Beatrice, left Saturday, for Cheshire. Mass, where they will enjoy a short vacation.
 Miss Margaret Dempsey, of Pittsfeld, Mass, who has been visiting her cousin, Miss Mabel Demsey, returned to her home Monday.
 Miss Evangeline Hines. of New Haven who has, been spending several days with MT. and Mrs. Joseph Kegler, re- turned to her home Monday.
 In the poultry show at the Connecti- cut Fair, Sam Reel, of Canaan, was Tuesday awarded second prize, No.1163, for bullets entered with the Buff Cochin Bantams.
 Mrs. Dr. F. H. Lee and woman friend from Twin Lakes last Friday went to Great Harrington by railroad and from that point took a trolley trip through the Berkshires.
 Miss Name Shields, of Waterbury, and Miss Della Cunningham, of Boston, who have been visiting Miss Katherine Mcclure, departed for their homes Mon- day afternoon.
 Rev. and Mrs. E. 0. Gillette have in- yited the Sunday School and congrega- tion of Pilgrim church to their cottage at Twin Lakes for the annual picnic to- day. The picnickers will leave on 10:34 a. m. train. Basket lunch.
 Landlord F. A. Baker, of the Garfield Inn, left yesterday for the Chatham, N. Y, fair, where his pacing horse, Top sonia" was to have that day entered the IS pace. Topsonla will start Friday in the 15-pa A H. Hartman and Mar tin Langs accompanied MT. Baker.
 Mir and Mrs. A. J. Wigglesworth departed Saturday for Naugatuck and Watertown, where they visited relatives. MT. Wigglesworth returned to Canaan Tuesday, but Mrs. Wigglesworth will stay at her mothers, in Watertown, for time.
 Excavation for the new six-inch water main has been made down East Main street from The Wangum nearly to Borden's but further work is being lz1 Al oF valx which is to be placsd at the Canaan Four Corners.
 Samuel Coleridge Taylor, the famous composer is said to have been engaged by Carl Stoeckel as the conductor for a performance of his "Hiawatha" at the I Norfolk Music shed next week. These works will probably be taken up by the choruses of the Litchfield County Choral union during the coming rehearsal sea- son under the direction of Richmond F. i Paine.
 Phelps Holcomb, sixty four years old, a we'll known resident of South Meriden is dead at his home ill that Village. He was born in Canaan, Conn.,, but had lived in South Meriden more than thirty years. The survivors are a wife and three children. Dwight H. Holcomb, and Mrs L. L. Johnson, South Meriden; Mrs. George M. Bradley, Housatonic, Mass. sister, Miss Ruth Holcomb, Feeding Hills, Mass, and several half brothers and sisters.
 Hop Picking They Have Gone.
 Charles Bills, Lloyd Proper and William Curtiss started last Thursday for Utica. N. Y, from which point they will jump down into the famous hop picking region of old York state and try their hand at that line of work for a change.
 Italian Lodge of Mutual Help.
 About 34 Italians met Sunday after noon at the home of Albert Civelli and organized benefit society to be known