Connecticut western news., 1910-05-26

3,400 feet of macadam road at $l.S5 linear foot for the macadam. sl.G5 for the telford, and 90 cents for a rubble drain.
 School Notes
 Miss Mary Trask, of Norfolk, who has been ill for several weeks, resumed school work Monday.
 O. N. Hall, of New Milford, was in town on official business this week.
 Schools will be closed Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial day.
 A. F. Howes. superintendent of schools in Southern Berkshire, called at the school Wednesday morning,
 The Latest Auto "What-you-call-it'
 If you hear an indescribable noise on the street-a sort of agonizing and pitiful shutter, which eventually blends off into melodious warble with whistle accompaniment, and variations la steam calliope-just pay no attention to the thing, but let it go by; it's only the latest thing in auto bugles, and you'll probably find Dr. Ross "behind the gun" They call this new "whoop-er- up" a nightingale, but we fail to see the conr ection, except that as noise maker, it is certainly a "bird,"
 An AstronimicaI Disappointment
 When a comet as popular as Halley's swishes its tail in the western sky for three hours after sundown, as it did Monday night, and total eclipse of the moon appears with all it's spectacular variations for three hours, as it did Mon- day night, and when all the world, scientific and otherwise, have been anx- iously looking forward to the unusual treat of two celestial exhibitions in one evening, the shutting out of the whole performance with the solid bank of clouds that we saw Monday evening, might be called the "pure cussedness of astronomical things"
 Miss kegler'.'s Recital
 Miss May Kegler went to Hartford Saturday and gave a recital of piano forte music at the studio of R. Augustus Lawson at 4:30 o'clock before an audience of about one hundred. The following program was rendered:
 Sonata op. 26, ........... Beethoven Prelude and Fugue sharp major, Bach Hark, Hark, the Lark, .................
 ........... ....... ..Schubert-Lisz Two Etudes, ...................O Chopin Kammenol- Ostrow, ........R Rubinstein Etudo minor, .............. Liszt i hlgaudon, .............. ........ hah Concerto G minor, ..Saint.Saens James Bailey Dead
 James Bailey, aged about 50, superin- tendent of the Massachusetts lime plant in Sheffield, Mass was found dead lying in the rear of his barn in that place last Friday He is supposed to have passed away ill an epileptic fit. Since the death of a favorite daughter, Mrs. James Garfield. in April, Mir. Bailey had been a grief-stricken man. Deceased formerly lived bere, where he was em- ployed as foreman by The Connecticut Lime Go. He leaves a wife and four children. The funeral was held from the house at one o'clock and from the Congregational church in East Canaan at three o'clock Sunday, Rev O. w. Hanna officiating.
 Still Another Narrow Escape
 Surely Canaan is lucky spot Every few weeks a confagration starts in one of the numerous wooden buildings in the village, but, fortunately, some one dis covers it in time to prevent serious dis truction of property The last scene of excitement in this line was Henry Wellner's tailor shop. Evidently the electric current was left on his flat-iron and the heat became sufficiently intense to burn its way down through the work table and late Sunday night the wood work became ignited. Mrs. McCan, who lives in the Pequigney house, had occa- sion to call doctor about three o'clock, and, discovering the fire blazing ill the tailor shop gave the alarm, which was promptly responded to. and ill short time the fire was extinguished. The damage was slight, probably not over S100 This experience demonstrated, the value of fire extinguishers, as, when w. H. Garfield appeared on the scene with one from the Garfield building immedi- Tately the flames vanished like magic. The Silkworm Business. The raising of sikworms for bush