Connecticut western news., 1911-08-17

~~SSNt AVA week.
 Mrs Esther Williams spent Saturday with old neighbors and friends in New Marlboro, Mass, her native town.
 Mrs. E. S. Green, of Detroit, sister of the late Milton and John 0. Roraback, who, with her granddaughter. Miss Margaret Davis, has been spending three weeks with Miss s. J. Roraback and Judge, and J. Henry Roraback, will re- turn home today.
 Two buttermilk machines have been added to the equipment at Borden's These machines combine vat and churn, and are the latest invention in that line.
 Miss Helen Co1yin, of Morris, N. Y, is guest of Frank and Minnie Wilcox ca West Main street.
 A party composed of Miss Minnie Will COX, Miss Ella Consadine, Mrs. H. l.. Ross, and Miss Helen Colyin, of Morris. N. Y, with Frank H. Wilcox as guide, enjoyed boat ride in Capt. H. R. Whit ford's excursion yacht, Monday after noon, going up the Housatonic river, to Ashley Falls and return.
 Miss Ethel Potter's school will open for the fall term on Monday, Sept. II.
 Emmett Conklin, of the Borden plant, spent the day Tuesday huckleberrying, in Norfolk.
 Mrs. O. T. Vosburgh continues to inn prove, under the care of Miss Finnigan, trained nurse. - R..
 Eugene Williams has returned from a visit in Boston.
 Miss Elizabeth O'Brien, of Hartford, formerly of Canaan, is visiting among relatives and friends in town,
 Victor M! Coe and family have return ed from two weeks visitwith relatives in Sydney, N. Y. William Joyce has been substituting as third trick operator in Charles O'ConnelPs place, and MT. O'Connell operating at first trick during MT. .Coe's absence from the Union Station.
 The lawn tea given at the home of Miss Carre Fuller yesterday afternoon and evening, under the auspices of the Woman's Union of Pilgrim Church, was delightful affair, amid ideal sur roundings, and was largely attended.
 The Vacation House is filled this week with guests to the number of 37, from Hartford, New Haven, Warehouse Point, Middletown, Thompsonville, Ridgefeld, Stafford Springs, South Norwalk. East Hampton and Stamford. Excursions to various points of interest near by are of daily occurrence. Wednesday party made the trip to Pittsfeld.
 The band will give an open-air con- cert Saturday evening on the Green in front of The Garfield.
 George o. Peet of Bridgeport has been a few days in town with his mother, Mrs. Joseph W. Peet. .'..
 W. G@Cargill of Westfeld, former resident of Canaan, was 1n town Tues day, calling on old friends. lH.
 Jos. W. Quinn of Hartford is spend- ing his vacation at home with his par ents, MT. and Mrs. James Quinn. William Schaefer. of Boston, is visit ing his uncle, at Rains bakery, and is at present driving the Twin Lakes bakery wagon.
 Mrs. E. W. Warner has sold the house on Gillette street to Joseph JoreyI of Cornwall. It is said to be Mrs. Warner 8 intention to purchase certain building lot in the village and erect tenement for rent. In so doing she will set an ex. ample to others with ready money, which will show the way to profitable invest ment. The crying need of Canaan today is tenements.
 Mrs. 0. s. Adam and son Forbes left town Monday for Short Beach, near Branford on the Sound, making the trip with MT. W. c. Bentley and sister, from from Florida.
 MT. and Mrs. F. R. Collin are enter taining their nephew, Percy F. Knick- erbocker, from Pine Plains, N. Y.
 The regular monthly meeting of the directors of the Canaan National Bank was held Monday morning.
 L. J. Streck and his painters have just finished re-decorating the apartments in the Garfield block, to be occupied by A. w. Holsapple and family.
 The local lodge of Odd Fellows re- ceived letter from New Haven lodge this week stating, that one of their members was missing. He was last seen in Torrington, Conn, on the 2nd of August and known to be sick at the time. He is described as 23 years of age five feet six inches high, weighs 135 pounds, light completion his name is