Connecticut western news., 1910-01-20

Saturday and Sunday were great days for sleigh-riders.
 Eugene Williams spent Thursday and Friday Waterbury.
 Harry Pulver. of Danbury, spent Sun- day at his home in this place.
 James McCabe. of Danbury, spent Sunday as the guest of James Kane.
 Mrs. George Brinton returned Tues day from a weeks visit in Canaan Val ley.
 The Cranford Club will meet with Mrs. Junius Rhoades this (Thursday) afternoon.
 Daniel Connors, who lives on the farm near the P 6 F. kilns, is very sick with pneumonia.
 Last evening the Cranford Club had husbands night, musicale at Mrs. O. W. Camps.
 Lester H. Adams started Tuesday for Cleveland, Ohio, to visit his sister, Mrs Burton H. Tripp.
 Miss Fannie Whittlesey has bought the Newton place from the estate of Mrs. Julia E. Newton.
 Mrs. Mary G. Adam arrived in IT, vington, Ind, Tuesday, where she is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Moore.
 Timothy Connolly and sister Cath erine, of Great Harrington, were Sunday guests at Mrs. Mary Devine's.
 R. D. Miller has returned home from Fulton, N. Y, and expects to locate on the Horatio Adams farm in the spring.
 MT. and Mrs. James Mccormick were ln Sheffield Thursday of last week and attended the funeral services of Edward Mccormick, ST.
 There auto be something doing when Dr. Ross, George Dunning and Dr. Lee get their new Marion, Maxwell and Overland cars next spring. Richard Hennesey, brakeman on the switcher here, has moved his household goods from Hartford into James Quinn s tenement on West Main street.
 Another "spell of weather struck us last Friday, ill the form of young bliz- gard, which delayed the trains some- what, especially on the 0. N. E.
 B. A. Peirce of the Red Mills Feed Co of Ashley Falls is contemplating a change of business, and It Is expected that i'll the near future that property will be for sale.
 Laffargue, the we'll man, has, closed contract with the North Canaan Water Go. to drill an artesian we'll to be used as an auxiliary water supply at times like the present.
 The Assembly was postponed last Friday evening on account of the bliz- gard, but another attempt will be made to, morrow (Friday) night, and it is hoped that the weather will not interfere with 8 good attendance.
 The Postal Telegraph Co., expects to open an office here, so the Winsted Git izen stated, with J. H. Lansing as oper- ator. MT. Lansing says he didn't know that they were coming here, although he hopes they will.
 The fact that J. c. Benton of Great Burlington sold his shoe business in that place will have no effect whatever on the firm of Benton 6 Wright in Canaan, of which he is a member, unless, as MT. Wright states, they may enlarge their business here.
 This is hard winter for birds that get their living off the ground, but Game Warden Ross has his eye on the game birds. A good supply of grain is kept at the various feeding places and eleven different focks of Hungarian partridge are known to be wintering we'll in this vicinity,
 Letters advertised in the Canaan post office January IS, are: Liza Bella, Miss Sarah Downing, Mrs. Forbes, ill care of William Canfeld, Mrs. Louis J. Marsh, Clifford Rhoades, Charles Sterns, George Woodman. Post cards for Mrs. Sarah Dowing, (3), Charlie Sterrs, dealer in wood ashes.
 As we were looking at the thermom- eter yesterday morning, registering % al owe, Sheridan W. Barnes ce,Iue al0ug and informed us that a year ago that minute, the mercury stood 8 below. But what's that compared with the rise of 40 degrees in four and half hours Monday morning?
 Sam Reel is wearing very satisfied smile since he received returns from the Boston poultry show which was held last week. He was not showing among "common trash" there, but first on cock erel and second on bullet was what he got on his buff cochin bantams. His re- cord so far this season totals 19 f1rsts, 15 seconds and about dozen specials.
 A party of sleighrIders from Norfolk Lo Ha1a