Connecticut western news., 1910-01-13
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MANUFACTURERS LOCATIONS SHOULD OPEN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CANAAN BOARD OF TRADE

tlle laSt two weeks with bis sister, Mrs. M. J. Kilmer.
 Miss Beatrice Argall, of Lakeville, Is stopping with her brother, w. J. Argall, for few weeks.
 Mrs. Susan Stevens is i'll at the home of A. G. Stevens in Canaan Valley Dr. J. G. Adam attends her.
 Mrs. Harvey White is reported still on the gam and is expected home from Hlllcrest hospital in few days
 Miss Smyth. of Brooklyn, has been spending few days with her brother, Rev. Joseph P. Smyth and family.
 Miss Josephine Camp has returned from ten-days' visit with Miss Ethel Cox, and few days with Mrs. George Peet ill Bridgeport.
 c. G. Smiths farm in Konkapot pro- duced two spring pigs that were recently butchered and tipped the scales at 65S pounds. Louis Babb is the farmer.
 Samuel Brinton, of Hartford, was in town a few days early in the week, He came to attend the funeral of his grand mother, Mrs. Ira Bunnell, in East Ga naan.
 The local basketball team will play All Great Burlington in tne town hall, oa' urday evening of this week. The lineup of the visiting team is: Lamont, Hines, w. Cooper, J. Cooper, Hall Me- Carthy.
 On Monday evening sixteen of Ga naan's sweet sixteens" @ enjoyed a sleighride to Great Harrington, stopping at the Berkshire tea rooms for supper. and causing the moving picture ticket seller to ask: "Where's your fellows ?" Perhaps some of the gentlemen in the party could give us some more informa- ton.
 w. w. Burghardt has resigned his position as o. N. K. yard foreman. Dur ing the recent cold snap several engines froze up and were put completely out of business in other yards along the line, but none were lost here. However, Mir. Burghardt concluded that after working twenty-four hours day there was not sufficient time left for rest and recrea- tion. and did not care to pose any longer as perpetual motion machine.
 The following newly elected officers were installed at the last regular meet ing of Court Wangum, F. of A, last week: Chief Ranger, Eugene Williams; Sub Chief Ranger, Charles Butcher; Re- cording Secretary, James Kane; Finan- cial Secretary, George E. Corwin; Treas urer, Leonard Caldwell; Senior Wood ward. Charles Bills; Junior Woodward, Edward Casey; Senior Beadle, Thomas Dalton; Junior Beadle, Harry Feather; Deputy Grand Chief Ranger, Clifford Fitzgerald
 School Notes
 The following pupils of the East Ca- naan grammar school were perfect in at tendance the Fall term: Willie Casey, Edward Ivory, Agusta Colligan, Clement Kegler, Willie Kegler and John Taylor Fire at HadseII Street
 That illumination in the northeastern sky last Friday night came from the burning of Linus Perkins house on Had sell street, above Clayton. Our Canaan Valley correspondent tells all about it in another column.
 Rev. David Philips Dead
 The sad news of the death of Rev. David Phillips came to the people here few days ago. Particulars have not been received except that at the close of a meeting ill the church he attended at Mt. Vernon, N. Y, he dropped dead ill the aisle. Rev. Phillips was we'll known in this vicinity, being stationed here at the time the parsonage was built and was in town calling on friends only last fall. Cut His Finger Off.
 When the electrically driven meat cutter in Walters market gets under headway it IS immaterial to it what kind of meat it grinds. Dan. Sweeney evidently thought it was for Hamburg steak only and that his fingers were per fectly safe ill it. In order to be thoroughly convinced he tried the second finger of his left hand, last Fri. day afternoon and trimmed It down even with the others, so that hereafter it will not stick out in the way.
 The Assembly Ball
 About forty couples attended the first grand ball given by Canaan Assembly as town hall, Wednesday evening, Jan uary 6, and a most enjoyable occasion it proved to be for those present. Music for dancing was furnished by Beeman 6 Hatch's orchestra, of Hartford, who also gave 8 highly appreciated concert before the dancing began. Among those from out of town who attended were Philemon Johnson and Earl Sylvernale, of Norfolk, Miss Mary Howell, frolr M;e- fro,,,