Connecticut western news., 1911-02-16
CAN)NA N

Gentlemen to whom invitations have been sent, for the Board of Trade banquet are requested by the committee to send in their responses, on accompany ing return postcards. at once in order that the committee and Landlord Baker may make arrangements for seating and serving. Send i'll your acceptances at your earliest convenience. The com ? mittee have received 8 number of re- quests from out of town for ticket ap- plication blanks, from parties who de- sire to sit down to the feast and enjoy the speaking.
 A number of neighbors dropped in on MT. and Mrs. R. D. Peirce, unexpectedly, Monday evening at their home on High street, and spent the evening most ep- ioyabls, games and dancing being a feature.
 At the last semi-annual corn-pop and sasferilly drink of the First Ward Jokers' Club, these officers were elected: Presi- dent, Lew Rhoades secretary, Henry D. Reed treasurer, Howard Beirce ; pepper, B. A. Peirce; sheller, Fred Morin chaplain, A. H. Hartman.
 The Canaan National Bank was closed Monday in honor of Lincoln's birthday. There was no general observance of the day, about town.
 The Town Hall interior has been put into good shape, by selectman Peirce- he basketball season having closed.
 There will be 8 tea for the teachers and officers of the Sunday School at the Pilgrim church Thursday evening at six o'clock. The usual mid-week meet Ing will follow at 7:30, the topic being the parable of the "Unjust Steward" and the spirit of forgivness.
 The Hawthorne Club meets today with Miss Fannie Whittlesey at the Wangum.
 Miss Edith Stanton of Waterbury spent Tuesday at her home here, accom- panied by Corporal E. A. Higgins, of Fort Adams, L. I.
 Rev. U. G. Warren. of Brooklyn, is visiting at the home of Mrs. Hamm.
 Frederick Gillette has been appointed administrator on the estate of Salmon Barlow. The estate will inventory over $1O,O0O., in savings bank deposits and securities.
 Arthur P. Freeman, as conservtor of Julia S. Freliger, has solds the Louis Steiner place near the furnace at East Canaan, to Carlo and Mary Bianchi.
 A. J. Wigglesworth made a business trip to his old home in Naugatuck yes terday, incidentally taking in the big banquet of the Naugatuck Business Mems Association.
 Gate-keeper King, at the Main street crossing complains that number of persons are in the habit of going under the gates, while they are down, and cross ing the tracks in front of approaching passenger trains and while freights are
  some of them have had escapes that have made his hair stand on end, and he wishes they'd stop it.
 G. O. Badglev, of Bangall, N. Y., spent Sunday with his brother, O. E. Bldgley in Canaan. Representative J. Monroe Benjamin, oc Noll nP nN Io a short visit to Canaan, (town of North Canaan) Tuesday.
 Mrs. Cowles, of Norfolk, was in town Monday.
 Mrs. Wm. Smith went to Brooklyn yesterday for a visit with her brother William Lawerence.
 Mrs. Burns, Miss Emma Lawrence and Miss Minnie Peirce went to New York yesterday on a pleasure and stopping tour.
 Mrs. N. Watson Hardenbergh has sent out invitations for a bridge whist at her home next Monday afternoon.
 Mrs. Theodore Sturges, of Cornwall, called on friends in Canaan on Tuesday.
 Game Warden Ross received word from Special Protector Niokerson Tues day, that while herd of seven deer were crossing the Natgatuck railroad tracks, short distance below Torring- ton, a passenger train killed two of them.
 A savage dog-fght between bull dog and bird dog furnished short season of excitement, near Main street railroad crossing Monday afternoon, and the re- markable feature of 1t was that the bird dog walloped the bulldog to the queens taste, shaking him as if he were rat. The bull-d dog is a pugnaoious, quarrel some beast, too, always looking for trou. ble.