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Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
BANQUET. BEST EVER
BOARD OF TRADE FEAST
 ESTABLISHES PRECEDENT
Menu Worthy of DeImonicO, Splendid Music by Hartford Orchestra, Sing ing by GIee Club, Speeches by Messrs. McNeiI. Gillette, Judge Rorahack and CoIonel 0shnrn.

h0raDaCk ana C0i0neI USD0rn.
 'It was far and away the best thing of it's kind ever given in Canaan"
 President Lyles showed that he knew hls men when he appointed Bullock, Hardenbergh and Gillette as the com mittee to get up that Board of Trade banquet" .>...
 "The best ever, and you'll never be able to equal it. ...
 'tThe menu that Landlord Baker served would have been we'll worthy of Dslmonico's. D .-..
 "Now if the Board of Trade knows, it's business, Colonel Osborn will be made a permanent fixture of its annual ban quets." -a.
 The foregoing are only few speoi- men observations of the citizens who attended the Board of Trade banquet at The Garfield, Thursday night. but they convey an idea of the general tenor of the sentiment of the whole festive crowd of banquAtters. There is no comment but one of enthusiastic praise for the committee and Landlord Baker, for the splendid success of the third annual ban quet, and of general desire that the an nual banquets of the Board be maintained as permanent institution. and not al- lowed to lapse even for single year.
 Tickets had been sold to the full ca pacity of The Canfeld's large dining room; all but half-dozen seats were oc- cupied. The tables were arranged as follows: l.-*% ...H ..
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
CHICKEN THIEVES FINED
 EACH $1OO AND COSTS
Raided Charlie Butchers Chicken Coop Pay the Penalty.

SSp 0F haS
 Frank West, 45, and William Marrow, 27. both of Hartford, were brought be- fore Judge Curtis Tn the superior court in Winsted Friday morning on bench warrant charged with stealing chickens in Canaan Nov. IT.
 There were four Dominiok hens, two white >roosters and one young rooster owned by Charles Butcher. Both men pleaded guilty. States Attorney War ner said they were railroad men, West having been in the service for 24 or 25 years and had acted as & conductor and yard master part of the time. Mir. War ner said West bore an enviable reputa- ton among railroad men. He was a member of the conductors union, a bene- fit organization. and would lose all he had put into it if he was given a jail sentence.
 MT. Warner said Marrow, was unmar- ried and lived with his mother Tn East Hartford. The train on which they were running had become stalled in Ca- naan and it was during that time that they stole the chickens, taking them to their homes. They had made restitution to Mir. Dutcher. MT, Warner asked that they be each fined $100 and costs and the court complied with his request.
 Mrs. Marrow was present in court and was sobbing while the cases were being disposed of. Neither of the men had counsel
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
STEVENS MEMORY
MORE OLD TIMERS
 OF EAST CANAAN
Deacon Stevens Tells of the Canaan Valley Howes, ''Uncle Sam" and Aunt NabbY"-Some Serious Re- fIections on the Retrospect.

In writing these "reminiscences aim to be correct and if make any mistakes as I am liable to in writing hastily I am glad to be corrected and if leave out anything of interest which any of your readers recall I shodld be glad of any suggestions from them at any time.
 l will speak again of the Valley dis. trict, Mrs. Dunning reminds me of one mistake. Mary Howe was not the daughter of Jonas Howe but of James Howe whose wife was Mary Doolittle. l knew four men named Howe, but as they lived outside the district did not mention them-they were Jonas, Sllas, Almerin and James Howe whom supS pose to be own brothers. Mrs. Seward, who is considerably older than I, re- minds me that did not mention one house standing directly across the way from the Benjamin Tobey house. did not forget the house but I thought could not say much of its occupants. Mrs. Seward tells me that this was the home of the Howes. The parents were Uncle Samuel and Aunt Nabby> Howe. Jonas Howe, Mrs. Seward tells me, was a son by former wife, The other three were own brothers, Silas and Almerin were two of the principal singers in the choir of the Baptist church at North Norfolk, where I attended church and Sunday school when boy. Silas was mg. Silas Howe married Sally Wilcox and
 lved for short time on the old place and afterward in Southern New Mara- boro. They had two children Homer and Della Howe. Almerin lived baoh- elor until he must have been fifty years old and married Mary Hawley who must have been about the same age, They afterward, lived in Sheffield. ... have now gone over these two school districts where I spent the first fifty years of my life, mentioning the names of the people and some things connected with them as remember them. Most of these were prosperous and happy aud even among the laboring class do not recall family who, it' the father was temperate, could not provide for their necessities and make them comfortable. Thus far have spoken only of the ma terIal prosperity of the people but have said nothing of their religious views or characters, and cannot refrain from saying little on this subject, as I do not believe that any people or commun. ity can be in the highest sense prosper ous unless they are actuated and con- trolled by the principles of the christian religion as exemplified and taught by Jesus Christ, and believe that any peo- pie or community that. is not thus aotu. ated and controlled will sooner or later lose materially and decay or como to nauRht and that history proves this to be true. Among these people were those of various denominations, there were Baptists, Methodists, Episoopalians, Presby terians, ConRregRtionalists, Oath olics, Universalists, Unitarians, Quakers and Mormons, but there were very few so bigoted that they could not or would not unite i'll christian work and worship, , and they enjoyed many happy seasons in thus uniting As I have said, my parents were Baptists, and was brought tContinued on Eighth page)
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
The Hawthorne Club Entertains Mrs.
 Stoeckel.

Stoeckel.
 Last week s meeting of the Hawthorne Club, held at the residence of Mrs. Bull lock, was one of the most delightful the Club has held this season. It might properly be designated as swell af- fair" and was attended by practically the full membership of the club. Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, of Norfolk, was a guest of honor, and greatly enjoyed the occa. sion-so much so, in fact, that she in yited the club. on the spot, to be her guests at a luncheon at her home on March 15.
 The meeting discussed the opera Carmen" and short sketch of the life of the composer, Bizet, was read, and the opera gone through, giving reading and music from the work. Mrs. Ives doing the reading while Mrs. Bullock sang the music.
 The next meeting will be held with Mrs Adam, this afternoon. when Oh pin will be the subject. Music will be fur nished by Mrs, Lyles, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Nestell and reading by Miss Peirce
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
TOM" ELMORE DEAD
Conductor Who Ran lll.fated Moody
 Sankey Excursion Train.

Conductor Who Ran lll-fated Mo pay
 Sankey Excursion Train.
 Thomas Elmore, aged S4, known throughout this section as the conductor of the i'll fated Connecticut Western train which plunged through n bridge into river at Tariffville on the night of January 16, 1878, killing thirteen and injuring thirty-three others, died at the Litchfeld County Hospital in Winsted last week, of general debility. He had been in failing health for several months and was removed to the hospit Il from the residence of Mrs. Spencer W. Coe, where he had been employed as cnre. taker. Mir. Fillmore said that until re- gently he had never received medical treatment of any kind.
 The train which figured in the aoci- dent referred to was bound east from Hartford and was loaded with people who had attended the Moody-Sankey meetings in that city. many of whom still tell narrowing stories of the aoci- dent. MT. Elmore was uninjured and had since been generally known as the conductor of that train, He leaves son, Benjamin Elmore, a Pullman car conductor running between New York en1 Boston.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
NOTICE

A meeting of the Canaan Board of Trade, to which all citizens interested il the advancement and welfare of the town are invited, will be held in the of flee of The Canfisld Monday evening March 6. at 8 o'clock.
 H. E. Lyles, President N. Watson Hardenbergh, Secretary Canaan, March 1.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
President MeIIen Speaks

President Mellen addressed the legis- lature on his court of commerce bill, Tuesday. Representatives Hall was crowded during his speech.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02

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Connecticut western news., 1911-03-02
A RARE SESSION

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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
NAY CHANGE GAME LAWS
Deer and Moose In Maine Becoming
Each Year Fewer In Numbers

Dover Me-, Nov. S.-That Maine
must make some radical changes in
her game laws to save the deer and
moose from total determination is the
belief of many OF the men in this
section of the state who are interest
ed in keeping Maine in the front
ranks of big game states.
The matter is being discussed free
ly this year owing to the fact that
deer are by no means 81 plentiful as
usual, as lie shown by the record
kept by the state game wardens
through whose hands must go all
game shipped by express. The fall
ing off in deer is a surprise to some,
but many of the guides and wardens
express no wonder, stating that they
have seen for several years that the
deer are being exterminated and are
growing scarcer year by year
unless the lawmakers do some
thing in the near future Names deer
and moose will go in the Way OF the
caribou that were once plentiful in
this state" says sportsman 81
know from personal observation that
the deer are decreasing year by year
and unless the Legislature makes rad
ical changes in the law 1t will take
many years to bring the deer back to
Maine in goodly numbers"
John f. Sprague of this town, pres
ident OF the Maine Sportsmens Fish
and Game association, is convinced
that big game is thinning out rapid.
ly and II is likely that the association
will recommend some radical chang
es
Some of those who have an inter
est in keeping game plentiful in
Maine favor law protecting the doe
deer from slaughter. They suggest
that the legislature declare close time
on does for a period OF three or four
years and also possibly limit the hun
ters to one buck
Moose, say the game wardens, are
also getting fewer in number and
they call attention to the fact that
there are about four COW moose to
| every bull They claim that many OF
the cows produce no calves, and il
is suggested that the law be changed
to protect the bulls and allow a per
iod Of open time on cows. Others
prefer a close time for FIVE years on
all moose.
| Men who have studied game condit
ions for many years in Piscataquis
county say that in some localities
where game was plentiful FIVE years
ago not deer can be found. One
well known trapper tells of certain
section of burned country where re
Gently l6 COW moose were seen in
four days and only three bulls in the
same length Of time
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
UNCLE JOE IN WASHINGTON
Has Four White Duck Suits for TriI
TO Panama


Washington, Nov. 6.-Uncle Joe
Cannon Of Danville, ILL.,, arrived this
morning with four white duck suits,
a pain in his stomach and a gloomy
opinion of the outlook for the Repub-
lican party. He explained the pain
aud the duck suits, but was rather
communicative on politics.
Haven't been feeling well lately,
he said. Got some old fashioned
slow malaria in my spstem and lit
tie Indigestion on the side, but !
think couple of weeks aboard ship
will fix me up. I'm going to New
York tomorrow and take the boat for
Panama Thursday. All the swells
wear white duck down there"
Mr.. Cannon is not sure that his
voyage to the Isthmus and back is go
ing to be free of excitement The
Appropriations committee, of which
he is a member, is making the trip
ostensibly to inspect the canal and
frame the appropriations for the com
ing session of Congress. but in addit
ion has decided to take along the Dis
trict of Columbia, Notifications anC
legislative appropriation bills and pc:
sibly even the sundry civil bills which
carries a total OF about 1885, 100000
and to put in some hard work durinl
the three weeks Immediately proceed
ing the converting OF Congress tina
they will be away from Washington
So there will probably be sufiicien
opportunity for arguments to gratif!
even Mr. Cannon's taste in that dir
ection.
Mr.. Cannon asked with some inter
est concerning President Taft's tril
and whether or not il was considered
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
THE ELECTIONS

The TACT tnat DOtn the RepuOilcdns
and the Democrats are able to ex-
tract some cheer from the results of
Tuesdays election Is the best proof
that the outcome has no particular
bearing on national issues or on the
presidential campaign of next year.
Only the most violent partizans of
the Democratic party can see any
great significance in Democratic sue
cess in Mississippi where there
wasn't Republican ticket in the field
or in Kentucky which is normally as
strongly Democratic as Vermont Is
Republican. Only Republicans who
think their party has first mortgage
on the plan of salvation, will argue
that there is anything much to brag
about from a party standpoint be-
cause the rotten record of the Tam
many Dix Democratic legislature re-
suited in the people kicking 1t out OF
the statehouse at the first opportuni-
| ty, or because reaction and revolt be-
cause OF state scandals accidentally
gave the Republicans narrow mar
gin of victory In Maryland.
The election throughout the coun-
try hinged on state and local issues
and victories were so evenly divided
that no pronounced tendency on ma
tional issues can be said to have been
indicated.
It has been heralded all over the
country that the contest in Massa-
chusetts was being fought on national
issues, but we, who dwell adjacent to
the land of the social Goldfish know
better. The issue was Foss and moth
ing more. His slump from $4,000
plurality year ago to 5000 this year
has no significance beyond Foss' own
personality. He is an able man and
has made an excellent record as gov
ernor but brags, blows and busters
so much that he gradually alienates
his admirers. He will easily talk him
self TO death in another year.
In Rhode Island the Democrats tried
the experiment Of putting up an aris-
tocrat against plain honest man of
the people. Consequently the greatly
increased Republican majority. In
New Jersey 1t seems rather strange
that the people wouldn't back up a
great national figure of such high
standing as Woodrow Wilson. The
result there is undoubtedly due to the
jealousy and small mindedness of mar
row calibre men whose Ignorance and
| concelt make them think II brilliant
part to drag down a man of high
standing because they do not agree
with him on some small and unim-
portant issue.
Arizona appears to have elected a
Republican legislature and a Demo
cratic governor which gives the Re
publicans much the best of It as the
legislature will elect two United
States senators. Here in New Eng
land we know nothing of the issues
on which this mixed result was &C
complished City and municipal cleo
tons amount to nothing as showing
any party tendency because while
party names are used party poll
tics have little or nothing to do with
the result.
Looking at the election as a whole
the party which seems to have mos
reason to be pleased with the result
is the Socialist party which in man!
widespread sections OF the country
has made great gains at the expens,
of both the other parties.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09

solves the problem 1t is located just beneath the
CRATE and connected by sheet iron pipe straight
down through the kitchen floor to ash barrel in
cellar. No part is in sight. Not particle of dust
can escape. Just slide the damper once each day
and drop the ashes directly into the ash barrel.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
to nave heIped aim materiaIIy.

81 met man from San Francisco
the other day" he said, "who told me
that California was extremely strong
for President Taft. asked him
whether 1t was before or after the
Presidents visit that the state had
voted to adopt the initiative and refer
endum and recall and woman sui
frage.'
Whereupon Mr. Cannon bit a cigar
in half, and, looking out upon the
soaked and sodden landscape, sug
gested that the country was in for O
long spell of unpleasant weather
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09
ATTACKS MRS. EDDVs WILL
Son Of Christian Scientist FoundcI
Charges Fraud In Bequests.

Son OF Christian Scientist Founder
Charges Fraud In Requests.
Concord. N. H., Nov 7-George w.
Glover of Lead, s. d., has filed a petit
ton with the Superior Court here for
permission to appeal from the probate
Of the will Of his mother, Mrs Mary
Baker c. Eddy.
The petition states that the petit
toner did not contest the probate OF
the will before. because the informa
ton that the requests made TO the
Mother Church in Boston we're illegal
contrary to public policy and secured
by fraud and undue influence" did
not come to him until after his right
Of appeal had expired.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-11-09

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OF Vermont. (Mutual) Earle 8
Klnsley, General Agent Mead Build
ing. Rutland. W.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20

ST. LOUIS, July 2o-The lads are
still laughing at the neat trick played
on a couple Of loafers in the lobby OF
the Great Northern Hotel the other day
by Bobby Groom and Dolly Gray. The
two twirlers room together. and, coming
down to the lobby to await lunch,
looked for a seat. There was no empty
one in sight, the usual crowd OF chair
warmers occupying all Of them.
I'D like to sit over there, near that
light" said Groom to Gray.
so would l." remarked Dolly. but
there's nothing doing in that line in this
lobby"
That so?" replied Groom. You go
over near those seats and wait till l
come back. Then you'll see some ac-
ton"
A short while after that Groom came
In quickly and said to Gray: Bad ac-
cident out there on Dearborn street
Yes, a car hit an auto and 4 woman
was thrown out to the street. The
cops have collared the motorman and
the chauffeur"
Like a fash two loafers, followed by a
couple more, left their seats and head
ed for the Dearborn street entrance Of
the hotel.
Then Gray and Groom sat down.
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
Where "wid" Got His "Pep."

The day Walter johnson defeated the
White Sox, incidentally pIastering
them most beautifully with a coat of
whitening. Wild" Conroy quite outdid
himself in the field, and also hung a
three-bagger on the fence IN left field
later scoring on Ainsmith's long fly 10
Bodie. He galloped over to the Sox
rathskeller for a foul, and pranced
across the diamond a couple Of times
to make one-hand stops, and always
got his man before he reached the first
corner. All in all, Wild" was a merry
sprite that cool afternoon. Here's the
why, according to Prof. Joe Quirk.
had been told to visit a cousin of
mine in Chicago" explains Prof. Joe,
and so 1 asked Conroy to come along
with me. He came and we found my
cousin after long journey on the cleo
tries. He Is a wholesale dealer in fancy
spices. Connie seemed interested in
the stock in the place, and Just before
we left the place he said: CORY, I'd
like to have some of that stuff to bring
nome. It's the greatest stuff I've ever
seem.
so my cousin fixed him up a bundle
Of spices and pepper for him to take
away, and. do you know, 1 think he
took some of the pepper out to the park
The Washington times., 1911-07-20
And They Waited.

When the Nationals arrived in Chi
cago, Jimmy McAleer, Kid Elberfeld,
and Tom Hughes disappeared, and when
they showed up. told what a narrow es-
cape they had Of being carried out to
South Chicago again. The long train,
of which their special car was the very
last, pulled slowly through the immense
yards. The three of them were sitting
comfortably in the smoking room.
talking over the prospects of the team.
I'm all ready for breakfast" said
Elberfeld- Wish we'd hurry UP and
get in. This stopping in the yards is
tiresome."
You're right. Kid" Joined in Hughes.
We'll get a-Koing soon, though"
And they waited The minutes crawled
along and they continued to talk base
ball. Finally McAleer said: well, I'm
going to see what's the matter with this
outfit"
Come on. You fellows" he shouted a
moment after. were in and the bunch
is gone"
Then the three Of them piled out on
the platform where their baggage had
been carried by the porter and walked
half a mile or SD to the street They
found the van out OF sight and, by a
streak OF good luck. just caught Prof.
Joe Ouirk starting for the hotel with
the baggage. The three of them clam
bered in upon the suit cases and bags
and rode to the Great Northern Hotel In
that unsuitable style.
I'VE waited for YOU" explained Sec
retary Fowler at the hotel, but some
body said you had walked, up
you waited?" replied McAleer, who
had not had any breakfast. You