Connecticut western news., 1910-10-27
Canaan Locals.

end visitor.
 F. H. Palmer, Pittsfeld, spent Thurs day in town.
 F. D. Brown, New York, was in Ga naan Friday. -.
 Marcus Barnes made trip by auto to Springfield last week.
 F. D. Ranold, New Haven, spent the last of the week here.
 w. D. Jennings. New York, spent the last of the week in town.
 OharlesNH. Young, Boston, was here the last of the week on business trip.
 John Heating, Boston, spent couple of days here the last of the week.
 Don't try to boost your home town with hammer It can't be done.
 J. H. Deimer, New Haven, has been spending few days in this section.
 David Heady, Winsted, spent few days in town and vicinity last week.
 Jerome Holcomb, Scranton, Penn, has been visiting Edward Warner.
 Mrs Lewis Hester has been entertain ing Mrs Charles Shaw, Derby, as guest.
 Al. Losty, Boston, has been making a trip through the valley and was here last week.
 Mrs M. A. Rowe, A. Miller and Frank Green, New York, were here last Thurs day on an automobile trip.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the M E. { hurch will serve their annual chicken e supper in the church parlors on Fri Gny evening OctobeH28, from 5:30 to clock.
 The singularity of the weather was noted last Thursday by Canaanites who were at Poughkeepsie and Tarrytown, where it rained hard. In Canaan there was little moisture.
 Dr John G. Adam and family, wit with his mother, Mrs M. c. Adam, leave next Wednesday for a visit to Toronto Canada, where they have relatives and friends
 Clarence Hunter has been discharged from the Springfield hospital, wh ere he recently underwent an operation for ap- psndici tis, and is stopping with friend in Gan aan, preparatory to resuming his stud ies at Mt. Hermon school
 Rev Harry Cornford returned Thurs day afternoon from Poughksepsie. where he attended the District convention of the Methodist preachers. A district meeting was held at Zee, Mass, Mon day, which was attended by the pre- ach- CTS hereabouts.
 Sherwood 0. Cummings, for nineteen years resident of Canaan, and who re- ceived his early education in the Canaan schools, has been nominated as repres- entative from the town of Vernon, of which Rockville, his residential home is part. He is well known by many Ca- naan people, who remember his parents also who once resided here.
 The season is at hand when too much care cannot be taken to guard against danger from street and garden bonfires. Reports are made from all parts of the country of children being badly and in some cases fatally burned by carelessly playing around these fires, and many buildings have been destroyed by such fires.
 The Thursday morning club of Great Do no~ koI e. Cranford and three from the Hawthorn clubs to attend their meeting at Great Harrington Thursday afternoon. with the view of getting better acquainted. Those going from the Cranford are Mrs O. W. Camp, Mrs H. L. Ross, and Miss May Smith; from the Hawthorn Mrs M. A. BarRes, Mrs Harry Lyles and Mrs R. D. Pierce.
 Miss Lodema Emmons died here Tues day at the home of her nephew, Alfred Evans, from cirrhosis of the liver, from which she had been sufferer for several years, and from dilation of the heart which had been affected for several months. Miss Emmonswas 64 years of age and was the daughter of Franklin Emmons and Silva Clark. She was an active member of the Methodist church and an earnest church worker. For the past 20 years she has been resident cf this town and was very widely known here The funeral will be at the M. E. church at 1:30 p. m., Thursday. The burial will be in the Hillside cemetery at East Canaan.
 Friday night was one of enjoyment for Canaan Odd Fellows. Not only was the initiatory worked but there was 8 visitation from grand officers and guests from Naugatuck. A banquet was served and there was speech making and a gen eral good time. It was confined to mem bers of the craft. Two of four auto mobiles that came up from Naugatucl got lost on the road, and went eight