Connecticut western news., 1910-03-10
There's a sheriff in Canaan named Lew Who declares he'll let no man outdo,
 While most folks have one,
 And others have none, He said to himself "I'll take two"

Harry Pulver was home from Dan- bury over Sunday.
 H. A. Weaver has been taking his turn with the humps.
 Miss Kathryn Smith, of Falls Village, was in town Monday.
 Miss Gookins, of New York, has re- turned to Canaan, arriving yesterday.
 Miss Olive Evans, of Millerton, is visit ing at George Rogers for @ couple of weeks.
 The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ church will meet with Mrs. Vosburgh tomorrow (Friday)
 Mrs. Emerson returned to New York Monday after spending few days here with Miss S. w. Adam.
 Mrs. Mary Webster has been spending the past two weeks with friends in Tor rington and New Haven.
 John Tubbs, of Clayton, expects to move to Canaan April first and act as hostler at the Canfield livery stables.
 MT. and Mrs. George c. Peet and Mrs. Frances Peet, of Bridgeport, were i'll town Thursday and Friday last week.
 E. s. Tease contemplates building ads ditions to two of his tenements, ill the near future, fitting them for two fami- lies each.
 Miss Etta Kelley has returned to her home ill Torrington after spending the past two months with Miss Mabel Dempsey.
 Miss Florence Hayden and Samuel Hyde, both of Canaan, were married at the rectory last Saturday afternoon, by Rev. J. P. Smyth.
 Mrs. Esther Cunning, who has been confined to the house all winter, enjoyed an outing Sunday and spent the day with the Misses Ferguson.
 The boom at the Berkshire Power company's dam was broken by ice, last week, and went out, taking with it part of the fashboards of the dam.
 The Fuller building is expected to go up ill the air soon. A third story is to be added and fitted up as a lodge room to be known as Odd Fellows hall.
 Esther Chapter, Order Eastern Star, will hold it's regular meeting next We'd Lesday night. There will be initiation and visitors from neighboring towns are expected.
 Cornish and Sam Hitchcock are the happy possessors of new billiard and pool table, and now begins the tug of war for the championship ill the Hitch cock family.
 Miss Elizabeth Mccormick went to Millerton Saturday for an over-Sunday visit with her uncle and aunt, MT. and Mrs. James Mcclure, returning to her home in Canaan Monday.
 Miss Gladys Ferris and sister, of New Milford, were in town Saturday. Miss Ferris recently fractured the bones of her right arm by falling on the ice, necessitating giving up her school few weeks.
 The notification to patrons of the North Canaan Water Go. that owners of the property will, after April first, have to pay their tenants water rents, sounds good to the tenants-until their rent goes up.
 One of Turner 6 Cooks horses was taken sick here last Wednesday and was cared for at Briggs livery stable until Friday afternoon, when it had suffi- ciently recovered to be taken home to Southfield.
 w, N. Beebe is moving into s. A. Kemp's house and MT. Kemp intends to occupy his new house on the corner of West Main and Bragg streets. E. R. Atwood expects to move into the house vacated by MT. Beebe.
 The meeting of the Cranford Club will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. D. Humphrey. The subjects are Spanish Life" and "Red-Letter Days" Mrs. Lansing will contribute Current Events"
 A visitor to the reservoir a few days ago stated that it was not only full of water but good big brook" was run ming to waste. If there was sufficient storage capacity provided to hold some of this overflow it might come in handy next summer. Housatonic Lodge. No. 61. F. 6 A. NJ, will hold it's regular communication this (Thursday) evening. The M. M. degree will be conferred and at the close of the meeting the brothers will partake Of re- treatments which will be served by Esther Chapter, o. E. S. A good time is and large attendance is de- sired. The presentation of "Mr. Bob" and