Connecticut western news., 1910-04-14
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Miss Lizzie Mccormick, who has been on the sick list since Sunday is better.
 MT. and Mrs. Bullock went to HllIs- dale Monday for few days visit.
 A very pleasant little party gathered at the home of Miss Imhoff last evening to celebrate her birthday.
 Miss Mary Flynn has severed her con- nection with Bullock 6 Felten and is now ln the employ of A. P. Freeman in the Canfield building.
 Mrs. E. S. Roberts will give tea this afternoon, at her home in East Canaan, ill honor of her guest, Miss Mildred Rood.
 Members of Housatonic Lodge, No 6l [, F. 6 A. M, should not forget the meet ing tonight, as action is to be taken ups on changes in the bylaws. A large at tendance is desired.
 Wednesday afternoon the members of the Laissez Faire club were entertained at Mrs. Benjamin Baldwin's with pro- gressive card games, different game ut each table. After the awarding of prizes the guests partook of dainty collation..
 Letters advertised at the Canaan D. st office April ,12 are as follows: Miss Mill Clemans, Mrs. Mary Castle @, Miss Ethel Clark in care of James Unterwell, Hial Follensbee, Wm. Johnson, W. s. Knight, J. Y. Lane. Post cards for Francesca Colacone, Beniamino Falchi, James McMann (3), George G. Peck.
 k. R. Atwood met with what might have been a serious accident last Satur- day while hoisting ice into The Canfield coolers. When nearly up the incline a cake broke out of the grapple and came down catching MT. AtwCod's foot be- tween It and another cake of ice with a force that nearly crushed the ankle. He was laid up over Sunday but was able to get out Monday.
 The past month has given us little example of the fickleness of New Eng land climate. March was April, from the weather point of view, and several days this month have been fine samples of March. Last Wednesday was so summery that umbrella menders, "sciS- +sors to grind" and bagpipes with mon- key attachment were conspIcuous on tho streets. The next morning was winter and everything was covered with snow. The mercury stood 12 degrees below the freezing point yesterday morn- ing.
 The sectionmen on the Canaan and East Canaan sections of the 0. N. E. road struck Tuesday morning for higher wages. It was what might be called an unsystematically arranged strike, as it is understood that the men had not asked the company for raise, but took the "walkout'' method of informing their employers that S15O was not suf- ficient wages for ten hours work on the track. The Canaan men demanded $1 50 and got 1t immediately, returning to work the same day. The East Canaan men insisted that their services were worth S175, but the company did not agree with them, and they are still out. Exhibition Pool Playing
 The Syrian Kid" pool player, who was scheduled to play any five local players at Bianchi's pool rooms. Satur- day night, and pocket I50 balls before they got 90, was on the job and "de- livered the goods" to the satisfaction of all. He demonstrated to the local sports that he could play pool, and as the latter did not play up to their usual standard, owing to the embarrassment of playing in public with professional, it was easy for the ''Kid' to score 15O when the local boys had but 45 After the game few trick shots were made just to show what can be done on pool table, when you know how,
 Library Meeting
 An informal meeting was held at the office of A. T. and J. H. Roraback Sat urday evening to discuss the library situation and consider a proposition to exchange the present library property fer the New England Lime Go. office property which D. w. Manvel has pur- chased, But few of the townspeople were present and, although nothing can be done without vote of the town, the committee was instructed to ascertain how much money can be raised by subscription and report at an ad- journed meeting to be held Saturday evening, April 23.
 Ye OIde Folkes' Concerto
 The Olde Folkes' Concerto last Friday evening was we'll attended, nearly every seat in the hall being occupied. The singing of the old songs was fine, not only the selections by ''all ye singers" but the solos, duets and auartets, and