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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-25

blessed the marriage the field Christmas against the
foul Druid of the dark and bloody groves
But Yue- Tide then utterly vanqushed? All, no. Yule
Tide fights against Christmas frost with fire. darkness
with light as love with cruelty. Yued with the shopgrl
and the mail carrier with the expreman and the
YueTde for housandno Christmas Still of dark significance
the parasitic miste and the red beams of the holly radae
we'll stored sunlight.
Are guilty inner longer
simply kind? Are unque this greatest of all festivals be-
longer dedicated simply and unudiedy to love?
Perhaps Christmas more, by
helping the long, long battle of Christmas against Yulede
Let try!H.
THE BABE THAT WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM (PA1
BY O. P. Newman
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
CANAAN LOST
Local Basketball Team Couldn't Beat
 the Umpire.

Local Basketball Team Couldn't Beat
 the Umpire.
 The Canaan basketball team managed by Gene Williams went to Sheffield, Thursday night and played a red-hot game against the Sheffield.Mill Rivers and the umpire, and almost beat the in. vulnerable combination, at that. They report that in the middle of the last half, when the Canaans were in the lead, the umpire, who had been totally blind to the fouls consistently perpetrated by the home team, began to call fouls on the visitors whenever they were sure of making basket. and by the most fla grant exhibitions of unfairness deprived the Canaan boys of victory that was rightly theirs. as they played "all around" the Sheff1elds. They lost the game by the score of 13 to II.
 Manager Williams is so confident that his team is in every way the superior of the other that he has challenged the Sheffield Mill Rivers to mother game on their own ground, with 8 neutral um- pire who will give decisions according to the dictates of fair play and with some regard for the rules of the game, and he proposes that the winner of the game take the entire purse and the loser take nothing and pay their own expenses.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
GILBERT'S FATAL FALL
One-Armed Mail Clerk Succumbs to
 IpiIriAs

One-Armed Mail Clerk Succumbs to
 Injuries.
 Smith $. Gilbert, for many years a railroad mail clerk on the Central New England railroad, died Friday evening in the Hartford hospital as the result of Fl fall he got in Union station in that city Tuesday afternoon. He received internal injuries and his head was hurt. He was native of Haddam and for many years that was his home. The last two winters, however, he had spent in Winsted. He was seventy years old and was a veteran of tho civil war.
 A number of years ago he lost an arm in Fourth of July celebration and was widely known as the "one- armed mail clerk" In spite of his handicap, he could sort mail as fast as many better equiped for the work. He is survived by a wife, who was Eliza Jane Smaller of Haddam.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
SOUTHFIELD WHIP CONCERN
 WANTS CHANGE OF BASE
Said to be Desirous of Getting Better Shipping Facilities that Parti- Cular Canaan Offers Best Induce ments Within 50 Miles.

The Great Burlington correspondent of the Springfield Republican says, in yesterdays issue
 "Jules A. Turner, of Southfeld, re- presenting the firm of Turner & Cook of that place, was in Great Harrington yes terday and during the afternoon went to South Egremont, there in company with W. 0. Dalzell he looked over the Dalzell axle plant with view of leasing or buy ing the plant for d whip manufacturing concern. For some time Turner 6 Cook have had an idea that they would leave Southfield and locate in some town where there were better shipping facili- ties, and where it would not cost them such sum for carriage At present their carriage costs about S3000 a year, which is large item. They are a prosperous concern and employ over 50 hands and have 8 pay roll that amounts to more than $30, ,000 a year. The Egremont plant is in good condition and could easily be fitted up for the whip business It would mean the building up of Egre- mont and would also be an addition to Great Burlington as the trolley connec- tions makes Egremont a suburb to Great Burlington"
 Here would seem to be an opportunity to serve the mutual advantage of both the Turner & Cook Co. and the town of Canaan, by getting together. Ga naan oan furnish the advantageous ship ping facilities which the company re- quires, and which no other town within radins of 50 miles can offer. The heavy loss Tn time, money and wear and tear which the concern now has to meet by reason of the long haul by wagon. would be done away with entirely if the plant were located here. and would not be in either Egremont or Great Burlington,
 The Canaan Business Mems Associa- tion is interesting itself in the matter and will call the Southfield concerns s at. tentiou to several points of advantage to be derived by looking over this locality.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
SIDEWALK ROLL OF HONOR
 BEGINNING TO GROW
Entire New and Up-to-Date Sidewalk to be Built Around Parsons
 Corner

Merchant Joseph l.. Parsons, of G. L. Parsons 6 Son, who is member of the Business Mems Association and an ad- vocate of community progress and lm- provement, shows himself right in tune with the present day sentiment i'll the matter of good sidewalks, and starts the "roll of honor" by outlining his plans for improving Parsons corner," at Main and Railroad streets.
 In reply to casual question the other morning, as to whether Joe intended to repair the walk around the store, in ac- cordance with the general movement advocated by the Business Mems Asso- citation, Joe replied:
 "No sir '"
 What don't you think it ought at least to be patched up, in spots ?"
 "No indeed, " was the reply, ''it would be a waste of time and effort. We are going to put in an entire new and up-to- date walk !'
 "Hooray !'' exclaimed the other. "You re going to stand close to the head of the roll of honor in the order of Town Pashaheads. ....-
 The new Parsons walk will extend to the curb, which, by the way, has been set at point so far below the present walk that "drop" or step, practically the whole length of the Main street walk will be necessary at thU outer edge. The improvement to this corner. when the new walk is laid, will be most marked and appreciable, and will stand as an example for other central property own CTS.
 It has been Stated that the walks around the Humphrey drug store, along the west side of the track and over the railroad crossing on both sides of the planking would be attended to as soon as the parties in interest. including the town and the railroad company, could come to some agreement as to location, responsibility, layout, or something, and when that is all settled, that corner and crossing will be reclaimed from their present barbarous, wretched and scandal ous condition. 4 .......s-
 Tn the meantime other property own CTS are planning sidewalk improvement in the spring-and the moveme mt for a more beautiful and wholesome Canaan is coming on.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Continued on page 2.)
]. H. WILCOX

Popular Citizen Who Dies After Short
 Illness.
 The remains of MT. John H. Wilcox, who died at the residence of his son, Frank H. Wilcox on West Main street, Wednesday night, were taken to Morris. N. Y, Saturday for interment. Brief services were held at the house, here, Saturday morning, Rev. Mir. Smyth. of Christ Church, officiating. The bearers were Henry B. Ives, Dr. H. l.. Ross, William 0. Bullock and George Roger. An escort of Masons from St. Johns ledge attended the service and acc0m- panied the remains from the house to railroad station.
 At Morris, the former home of deceased, the funeral services were conducted by the Masonic fraternity and were largely attended, on Sunday. The body was placed in a vault to await interment later in the season.
 MT. Wilcox had been a resident of Ca Eaan nearly five years and had endeHgsd himself to the entire community, by whom his death is sincerely mourned. He was in the 79th year of his age, but he was active and energetic as man 20 years younger, and kept fully abreast of the times, in hisinclinations and his pro- gressiveness, and in the exuberance and cheerfulness of hls spirits. He was ono of the youngest of "old men" and found his greatest enjoyment in the society of young people and in the atmosphere of social life and good cheer.
 He leaves two sons, Charles, residing in Binghamton, and Frank H. and Minnie, in Canaan, His wife died in Canaan last May.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Sophie Kritchman Insane

Gov. Baldwin on the report of the aot- ing warden of the state prison at Weth- ersfield, that Sophie Kitchmau, confined there for manslaughter, is insane, has ordered that she be transferred to the Connecticut Hospital for the insane.
 Sophie Kitchman was sent to state prison for killing Brouislaw Kplvinskas, Sept. IS, 1909, near Union City, and she was tried in the Superior court in Water. bury. Joseph Mitchell, who, according to her testimony, forced her to do the act, was convicted of murder in the SC. cond degree. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Errors was taken by counsel for Mitchell, and Justice Alberto Rora- back, in an opinion given Wednesday held that there was no error in the action of the Superior court.
 The murder of Kulvinskas was a shocking one. He was found alive, with his neck gashed and suffering from 12 bullet wounds.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
NORTON'S SHOOTING
EDS" FATHER USED TO
 HIT SWALLOWS ON THE WlNG
Deacon Stevens RecoIIections of Ger shom Fitch and the Quaker Meet ings-0ther Interesting Reminis- cences of OId-Time Canaan.
(BY II. B. sTEvENS)

Just north of the Brigham house was building which for some time was used by different parties as a store. Next to this was the house of Lyman Smith, who was a wagon maker and carried on that business until his death. He had cue or two sons but do not know their names. think ons was 8 doctor He had one daughter who was the wifi of Luther Linsey. I do not know who owns the house at present.
 The next is house on the corner op- posite the Arnold house, also built by Squire Deming. remember being at the raising of this house. Squire Dam- ing kept store anI the postoffice at East Sheffield, from my earliest recollec- tions until his death, which occurrel some time in the late sixties I think. His wife and the wife of Alexander Rorabatcher were sisters but l do not know their names before marriage. Squire had three children, Sebelia. who married Henry Sheldon; Elzur, wlo married the only daughter of Josiah Arnold both of whom died soon after, and Mary Deming, who died when a young woman. At the time of his death the Squire owned besides his house 'tnd the old store and hotel property, la-gs amount of land which was held by Ile Sheldon heirs until very few years ago, when it was sold. It is now owned in part by Frank Miller and part by George 1 Green, who live Tn the Deming house.
 We now go across the road and also across the state line to the Clark Stevens store on the corner of the road leaving to Southfeld. The first remember of this store it was kept by Daniel Norton, but whether as proprietor or clerk do not know. He was the father of Edward and Jane Norton of this village, and recall that it was said he would sit on the front porch and shoot swallows on the wing with rife. If Edward D, can equal that kind of shooting should not like to have been a target for him wheDhe looked across his rife in the army.
 This store was later occupied by differ ent parties, think at one time by Sam ual Emmons, also by Calvin Barnes. and George Mcintyre, and is now carried on by Mir. Adsit. Directly across the road on the opposite corner was the old tavern and store owned by Squire Deming. The ell part was used as 8 store, but the upright was rented and used as hotel and was conducted by different parties. The first remember was Orson Austin; later by William Roraback, Miles Miner and William Peck, son of Major Peck, whom the Canaan Scrap Book" speaks of as conducting the hotel at Canaan in the late forties aud early fifties.
 can remember when stage-coaches and covered oyster wagons were run over the Hartford and Albany turnpike. also teams carrying grain, lumber and lime to eastern markets as far as Hart
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
FRANK SMITH DEAD
Railroad Conductor Succumbs to Par
 esis in Middletown.

Railroad Conductor Succumbs to Par
 esis in Middletown.
 Frank Smith, 8 native of Canaan. died in Middletown Monday morning.
 He was 42 years of age and was em- ployed on the 0. N.. E. road about 20 years and was conductor of passenger train for a long time. He left the em- ploy of the railroad company on account of impaired mind, and from that time failed rapidly.
 The body was brought to Winsted Tuesday, where his widow and infant child reside The funeral occurs today.
 Deceased leaves mother, Mrs. Wm. Smith, and sister, Mrs. Arthur P. Free man. of Canaan. and brother, Engin- eer George Smith of Great Burlington. He was Mason and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Bone Lodged in Throat

Monday morning, a freight engine drawing a caboose ran into South Nor. walk with the speed of an express train, bearing in the caboose Jay w. Mallory of Norwalk, a fiagman, who was slowly but surely being strangled to death by a chicken bone which became lodged in his windpipe. The Danbury way freight was slowly vending it's way through Wilson, W hen suddenly the engineer got the signal from behind to stop. Mallory was strangling to death with a chicken bone in his throat. On the way, the crew of the train had been working over Mallory and had succeeded in pushing the bone down into his windpipe farther until the man could breathe enough to keep up life. A doctor removed the bone, and Mallory resumed work.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
TOOK CHILDREN AWAY
JUDGE WHITTLESEY SENDS
 CHILDREN TO COUNTY HOME
Constable Rhoades Had to Hunt for the Youngsters, Who Had Been Sent off Over the Massachusetts Line by Their Mother.

For some months the local authorities have been considering the advisability of placing the children of MT. and Mrs. H. l.. Bartlett, East Canaan, in the Gil bert Home, at Winsted State Humane Agent Thrall investigated the conditions at the Bartlett home last fall. and found them such as to lmpel him to advise the separation of the children from their parents. He found the children insuffi- ciently clothed and insufficiently fed, and the home environment generally such as to make it seem inadvisable to permit the children to remain there.
 H. L. Bartlett, the father is in such a state of health that it is impossible for him to do the work on the farm, although it is said the place is capable of support, ing the family in good shape and rAis- ing stock for market, and his wife IS reported as opposing any proposition for selling the place or leasing it. AS 8 consequence tue family are unable to ge t an adequate living from it. and the children have suffered.
 Nothing had been done by the author ities, however, until this week, when Constable Rhoades, fortified with writ sworn out by the selectmen, went up and summoned Mrs. Bartlett to, appear, with her children, before Probate Judge Whittlesey, on Monday, to show cause why her children should not be placed in 8 county home. He drove up, with 8 three. seated wagon, but Mrs. Bartlett, who had been appraised of his coming, met him at the door and informed him that he could not get the children, as she had sent them up to Lee, in Massachu- setts, where he could not touch them. At the same time she handed him an illuminated postcard bearing this senti- nent: Flowers are lovely; Love is fower-like. Friendship is sheltering tree.-Coleridge ]" and asked him always 10 It remember it, She then walke1 down to the East Canaan station and to rk the train to Canaan, to appear before Judge Whittlesey.
 The coustat le drove back home. and was told to go and search for the chll- dren. He started up across the state line, through Ashley Falls and Clayton, where he learned that the mother had been seen with some of her children earlier ill the day, and up beyond Clay ton village he found them, three at the, hone of John Sardam, and two at MT. Leftingwell's. Evidently the children had been coached, for they made no ef- fort to hide from the officer, and even dehed him. saying, We are ill Massa- ohusetts now ,; you can't touch us here"
 Nevertheless, the officer gathered them in-four girls and one boy, ranging in age from to 13 years-and they were taken. later in the day to Winsted and placed in the Gilbert home.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
ROAD TO ECONOMIZE
Reductions Partly Result of Interstate
 Commerce Rulings.

Reductions Partly Result of Interstate
 Commerce Rulings.
 Partly as result of the recent decision of the interstate commerce commission against increase of freight rates, the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company will order extensive reductions very soon upon it's system. The reduc- tions will apply to the matter of supplies which will be curtailed, and bo the cost of maintenance aud operation. New work already i'll progress and where con- tracts are already out is not likely to be much affected.
 It IS understood that the most import. ant reduction will be made in the shops where it will apply to the number em- ployed and not to wages. The reduction practically, will not go into force until about the first of next month and will thus affect the last quarter of the fiscal year of the com pany.
 In this connection it is pointed out that in his last annual report President Mellen expressed the belief that the net loss in the. advance of wages over and above increased passenger rates, amounting to $858, 753, would be made good from advances allowed on through freight rates by the interstate commerce commission. AS those advances have not been allowed the present reductions follow.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Anoos DunnInp Dead

News came of the death of Amos Dun ming, a native of Canaan, at Syracuse, N. Y, at the age of 80 years. He was born in Canaan, a son of Rufus and Roxa Dunning, 1850. For 38 years he had lived in Canada, and the last ten years of his life were passed ill Syracuse. He had been associated with the Ma tional Casket Company, as travelling salesman. He leaves a wife and one dAugi ter.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Clint. Roraback, George Hardenbsrgh
 and Allyn Fuller.
 President Lyles, of the Canaan Busi- ness Mems Association, announces his appointment of the committee on mem bership. as follows:
 J.-Clinton Roraback,
 George P. Hardenbergh,
 Allyn Fuller.
 The appointment of this committee was authorized by the Association at the last meeting, to revise and increase the membership list.
 The annual dues have been fixed at s1.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
SHOULD COME HERE CARLETON'S LETTER
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER
 STILL BIG PUZZLE
Legislative Writer of The News Thinks Him" Macdonald Has Already Made it Unlikely that Governor Can Get Successor Confirmed.

Hartford, March 14-If the Republi. can party doesn't hand out few appro- prlatlons for armories and other truck here and there, there is going to be a scarcity of Republican votes in certain quarters on November 6, 1911.
 If this Republican legislature does hand out any of those things or even if it sticks only to the routine appropria- tions, their increase has been such that the sum total of appropriations is going to make the finest kind of an argument for Judge Baldwin in the economy argu- ment of which he sounded the keynote in that special message last week and on which he is going to run next year. If, as my friend Democratic Chairman Com stock. privately maintains. it was the high cost of living that elected Baldwin last fall, what do you think it will do for him a year from next fall? Haven t noticed living getting and cheaper. have you?
 What is the governor going to do about Mac Donald? That isn't the ques. tion. Everybody knows what the gover- nor is going to do about Macdonald what remains to be learned is what Mcdonald is going to do about the governor. The latter will send to the Senate the name of Democrat to take MacDonald's place as highway commits ' cinnnF and Ohoh h1xy VI before this is printed, but getting the Senate to approve it is different pro position from putting Burton Mansfield in Theodore McDonald's place. Jim has probably got that Senate where the governors nomination cannot be al proved. ..>..
 Not only that, bat the highway com missioner will this afternoon make { speech to the roads, rivers and lridgei committee which will startle the state He will say that it is Standard Oil anC the asphalt trust and some Connection gentlemen who own gas plants in Massa chusetts and would like to sell him gal tar for his roads when he insists on coa i tar who are behind all these attacks uI him. He may say that these are the in terssts which have tried, anyhow, CG reach the governor s ear. He will alsc produce the endorsement of the select men of every town in Connecticut. .whicl is something.
 The present appropriations committe, is doing its best to relieve the state treas ury and succeeding but poorly. At th' same time. the state's exchequer is in nc such wretched condition as ex-T Treasure Patten's statement would make it appeal for he put in there a number of expenses such as good roads, which do not pro perly come out of the running revenues of the state at all. With those out there is no probable deficit of three o four millions, but one of something lik, | $10O,0 900. as Governor Baldwin has it This state of estimates doesn't cover ap propriations for armories and simila, purposes, however. CARLETON.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
MINISTER'S MEETING
Interesting Session of the LitchtieId
 North Association.


 North Association.
 The quarterly meeting of the LitCh- field North Association of Congrega- tional ministers was held at the Pilgrim church Tuesday. An interesting pro gram had been arranged and the papers and discussions were instructive and profitable.
 Rev. M. A. Hazeltine's paper on "Is there a better solution for the license problem?" was a comprehensive one and evoked general discussion.
 Key. H. K. Jobs paper on "Ozone in Religion" was interesting and original.
 The open discussion of the question, "How can we increase the efficiency four association?" brought out variety of arguments and suggestions in which certain of the clerical brethren evinced intense earnestness. The ministers pres ent were: Rev. J. c. Goddard, Sails. bury; Rev Chas. N. Fitch. Cornwall i; Rev. E. 0, Starr, Cornwall Rev. W. F. Stearns, Norfolk; Rev. w. E. Page, Torringtord Rev. A. F. Goodenough, Winchester Rev. G. F. Goodenough, Northfeld; Rev. G. W. Judson. Win, sted Rev. F. E. Small, Goshen Rev 0. W. Bryant, West Torrington Rev. 0. H. Perry, Kent; Rev. E. Tinker, Clayton i; Rev. E. A. Hazeltine; Rev. H. K. Job. West Haven; Rev. K. o. Gillette.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16
Three Good Ones Gone

Three we'll known state newspaper men die l last week-W. w. Kirk of the New Canaan Messenger, Henry C.. O'Sullivan of the New Haven Register and John H. Kane of the Bridgeport Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16

Fifteen thousand corkscrews were delivered to the Canadian Parliament recently. There must be large amount of legislation bottled up there.-Grand Rapids Press.
 He-Darling. be mine aud your small est wishes shall ever be fulfilled.
 She (coldly)-I am able to do that my self What I want is man who will gratify my biggest wishes.-Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16

"Why do yon want to take sides in feud that doeSn't concern you? Ton run great risks
 II know I do, pard. But it's safer than being an innocent bystander. "- Washington Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16

City explains whiskey bill against it by stating that the liquor was for sick horses. The citys steeds are developing I bad appetite Palladium.
Connecticut western news., 1911-03-16

The new Turkish trouser- skirt is to be called the "Air 'em. ."-Sporting Times,