Connecticut western news., 1909-09-02
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 OPEN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CANAAN BOARD OF TRADE


 in Falls Village.
 Norman F. Strong and family are visiting his sister, Mrs. 0. H. Pease.
 Deputy Sheriff Isaac P. Hornbeok, of Falls Village was in Canaan early in the week.
 Mrs. William Moseley and daughter, of New Haven, called on Canaan friends Tuesday,
 John LaFargue, of Glastonbury, is the guest of his brother, Charles L. LaFargue, of this village.
 Joseph L. Parsons left Tuesday even- Ing for New York city where he will remain for couple of days.
 Miss Catherine OBrien went to Hart ford Tuesday morning to begin course at the Morse business college.
 MT, and Mrs. Levi Ganser, MT. A. Roth and Mrs. Lee P. Dean, of Falls Village, were in town Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. Anson Lawrence have been spending few days in Albany, N. Y, Saltwater. N Y. and vicinity.
 F. R, Collin. the jeweler. has work men engaged in remodeling some of his store counters and building drawers therein.
 Miss Caroline Camp has returned from Cazenovia, N. Y, where she very pleasantly passed the summer with Miss Ethel Potter.
 s. A. Eddy, United States Internal Revenue agent, was in Canaan this week as witness in the Berkshire Power company cases.
 Miss Janet Leffingwell, who graduated from the Canaan high school two years ago has been engaged as teacher in the Norfolk school.
 The stores, postofice and banks will be closed and business will he generally suspended in Canaan Monday, Septem- Der 6, in observance of Labor Day.
 The Kensington clubs annual sale of useful and fancy articles, held yesterday between the hours of 5 and p. m., was literally patronized and neat sum was realized.
 Mrs. Cora Ford and sons Harold and Winthrop of TorrinEton spent Sunday ill Canaan. Mrs. Ford stopped at the home of Dr. H. l.. Ross and the boys were entertained by c. W. Ford. George Heffsrnan and Ivanhoe Scott went to New Haven to play with the Western Division ball team Saturday against the Annex A. o. The latter team won the game by a score Of 8 to 2.
 Town Clerk Norton is prepared to is- sue 1909 licenses to hunters. The new game laws, together with full informa- tion concerning hunters licenses, may be found in another column of this issue.
 Light frost was reported Tuesday morning from the surrounding country districts, but, fortunately, crops were not damaged thereby. The lowest tenn perature reported was 34 degrees above zero.
 mIs- cudII6b ilelpS hOludN received, by express, two large crates of choice fruit-one filled with peaches, ! the other with apples-the gift of her sister, Miss Bessie Parker, of South Coventry. Mrs. Edwin Barnes of Putnam, Mass, and Mrs. Albert Barnes, of Winsted, Mrs. R. 0. Ware of Wayne, Penn. and Mrs Sarah Hamilton, of Scranton, Penn, were guests of friends in Town Tuesday.
 Mrs. John G. Beckley. of Hartford, arrived in Canaan Sunday and she is spending the week with her father, Charles H. Johnson, of East Canaan and her father-in law, s. O. Beckley, of this place..
 Gustav Tacker of New York, Mrs. Fred Wehner and son Frederick, of Lakeville, Mrs. George Kelhenbeck and son George, of Brooklyn, N. Y, and L. J. Stack of Still River, were guests of G. H. TriescLmann on Wednesday.
 Rev. Edwin 0. Gillette and Mrs. Gil lette, who have been spending several weeks at Winthrop Beach. Mass, ar rived at their Twin Lakes camp. "Sumac Shack Monday. Mir. Gillette will re- sume his pulpit duties in the Congrega. tional church Sunday morning,
 Nearly 100 persons attended the Sun day School picnic of Christ Church last Thursday at the residence of E. s. Pease. Many expressed their gratitude to Mrs. Pease for her untiring efforts in entertaining the children and several remarked "I never had such a nlce picnic"
 Lieutenant Arthur Hanlon, formerly of Canaan, has gone to West Point where he will remain for 8 period of three months. Lieutenant Hanlon is an instructor in military tactics and is