Connecticut western news., 1910-06-09
AROUND TOWN.
Newsy Notes of Past Events and of
 Future Possibilities.

May bears off the palm with a1 con- secutive days of rain in greater or less degree.
 Upwards of 200 Canaanites attended the concerts of the Litchfield County Choral Union at Norfolk last week.
 On Wednesday of next week, the Rev. B. O. Gillette will entertain the Minis ter's Association at his Twin Lake cot tage.
 The Epworth league of the Methodist church will hold an ice cream social at the church parlors, Tuesday evening, June IA.
 Chtldren's day exercises, which were to have taken place Sunday at the Con- gregational church, have been postponed to June 19
 A number of the baseball fans travelled to East Canaan, Saturday, and witnessed the East Canaan Lakeville baseball game. Lakeville won by the score of 9-2,
 Rev. MT. Strong of Harwinton. preached in the Congregational church, Sunday, the pastor, the Rev. Edwin o. Gillette, preaching Sunday in the Eliot Church, Boston, for his friend, the Rev. W. O. Rhoades, who IS i'll.
 The regular morning services at the Episcopal Church Sunday will be held from 10 to 1l:45 as usual. The Sabbath school will meet directly after the service. The evening service with ad- dress begins at o'clock.
 Breaches to Odd Fellows
 The Key. J. P. Smyth, pastor of.Christ Church, has been invited to preach the Odd Fellows annual memorial sermon at his church, Sunday. June 19, and has accepted.
 We're Too Slow
 A notable fact in connection with the coming meeting of the University club, Friday, is that 22 invitations have been recalled through failure of members to acknowledge them five days before the date of meeting, at Norfolk.
 Married at the RectorY. Harry Ferry and Miss Grace Coons, both of Canaan, were married at the Episcopal rectory, Wednesday morning at O clock by the Rev. J. P. Smyth. The marriage was very quite affair. Mrs. Esther Williams was the brides attendant. Relic ot Antiquity
 One of the old wooden nut crackers, hand carved, resembling grave and reverand parsonage, in whose mouth a nut is placed and the jaws crack it on pressure upon the back of the image, is owned and highly prized by the Rev. E. o. Gillette. It came from Brittany and was secured by one of Mir. Gillett's friends while travelling abroad and was presented to him.
 Big Grass Crop
 Rain in May makes dandy hay" is an old and trite proverb, and this year is likely to verify the proof, and might be paraphased, to "Rain in June brings the hay crop soon," for farmers predeot an enormous grass growth. That is about the only crop they do expect to reach the standard, as the low rempera- ture, extending over into June, com- bined with excessive moisture, has routed seed and has stunted the growth of those crops needing sunshine. High School Exhibit Friday.
 An invitation most cordial is extended to the people of Canaan to visit the exhibition of High school work to be given Friday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at the High school building. It will be an exhibit we'll worth seeing, and every resident of Canaan interested in its schools, and especially in the work done by the pupils of it's High school, should make an effort to attend.
 Mrs. Eunice Hunts Death.
 Mrs. Eunice Hunt Widow of Rev. Robert Hunt, pastor of the Methodist Church at Canaan in 1876, died at her residence in Pawling, N. Y, Tuesday, June 7th, leaving four sons. Preston, Eugene, John E. and Robert H. Hunt. The funeral will be held in the Metho- dist Episcopal Church at Pawhng Fri day, June 10th at 3 p. m. The Burial will be at Pawling.