Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
CAN NKAN

Owing to the restriction of space. the limit of help, the crowding of holi- day advertisements and the fugitting of tempus, The News is compelled to slash and cut and omit quantity of local news, correspondence, letters. etc, this week.
 The Hawthorne Club meets this after noon with Miss Oliver at The Naples, The program includes a study of Swim burne's poem Tristan and Isolde" by Miss Bragg.
 MT. and Mrs. E. V. Nestell are spend ing few days with friends in Bayonne, N. J.
 Miss Elizabeth Eggleston. of Salisbury is spending the week with Mrs. George Dodge.
 Miss F1nnegan's children's dancing class reception. last Saturday afternoon, was greatly enjoyed by the parents and friends of the members of the class Thirty two children finished the course of instruction and gave evidence of the careful training they had receive'!. The grand march was in two sections; Eliza beth Peirce and George Lafargue led the older members of the class, while Doro- thy Corwin and James Lyles led the. little ones The program included six dances, which were all very prettily carried through. and greatly pleased the audience.
 Roy Johnson of Norfolk is assisting Jeweller Allyn in his clearance sale, which is now in progress.
 Mrs. Ross returned Saturday night after all absence of ten weeks, of which three weeks were passed in the Dan- bury hospital. For nearly two months Mrs. Ross had been recuperating, at her sisters in Bethel.
 School Superintendent George Vogel attended 8 meeting of the state school supervising agents at the Capitol, Hartford. Friday and on Friday eyen- ing he attended a meeting of the city and rural superintendents, i'll Meriden, and spoke on the subject of "The train ing of teachers, from the standpoint of the rural superintendent"
 At the Pilgrim church parsonage last Saturday Rev MT. Gillette marrietI Albert Beaujon, of Lakeville to Mrs. Clara Washington of Salisbury.
 The '.Thimble Club" is a new, popu.. lar and helpful organization of ladies who are handy with needle and thread. That big evergreen wreath in Jeweler Collins show window attracts many ad- miring comments.
 George L.. Parsons has three of his Buff Rock fowls on exhibition at the Bridgeport poultry show this week. F. F. Stevens has two Rhode Island Red fowls at the same exhibition.
 George w. Bump, who lives on the Dwight Brinton place South Canaan, and is well known in this vicinity. is to sell at auction his stock of cows, horses. farming tools. etc., at 10 o'clock next week Thursday, Dec. 21. F. H. Turk ington is the auctjoneer. .,: A.---
 Parsons can furnish you any book pub hshed.
 The Canaan National Bank announce change in the banking hours, so that after the first of January the bank will close at 3 p. m. instead of 4.
 George P. Strong was taken suddenly i'll Monday morning. but has improved so that he is ''on the job" once more.
 A 58 piece Dinner Set at Parsons, only $5.98.
 The sale and supper at the Methodist Church Tuesday evening was we'll pat ronized; the receipts amounted to about $6O.0O -.
 St. Johns Lodge F. and A. M. will hold it's annual election on Thursday evening. Dec. 28.
 The piano committee of Canaan High School acknowledge with thanks the receipts of subscriptions to the amount of $23.40 towards the school piano They are now considering some other way of still further increasing the fund.
 Rev. E. 0. Gillette of Pilgrim church, will exchange next Sunday with Rev. O. W. Hanna, of East Canaan.
 The topic at the Thursday evening meeting in Pilgrim church tonight. iu the series on Great Christians, will be Saint Augustine. .. ---.
 Dr. Adam is having an addition built on his office, to be used as reception room for Dr. TurrelI of New Milford, who will be associated with him in his medical work.
 The announcement of the engagement of Principal A. G. Eldridge and Miss Carre A. Fuller, was delightful surprise of the Hawthorne Club dinner at The Garfield, Wednesday evening. and that