Connecticut western news., 1911-01-26
CANAAN

va February dance double header" with fullgrown orchestra. The committee in charge of the assembly for next week will be MT. Rowe Mrs. Rowe, MT. Vosburg, Mrs. Vosubrg, Miss Mary Ferguson. The committee for Feb. 10 will be Miss Roraback, MT. Sam. Reel, Mrs. Reel. Mr. Whiting. Mrs. Whiting, Mrs. Theo. Adams.
 Fred. K. Allyn, while driving out with his sister. Sunday, saw on Cooper Hill nine deer grazing on the hillside. The animals huddled together and watched the Allen equipage for some minutes and finally turned and trotted off over the brow of the hill, out of sight.
 Deputy Sheriff ''Ike" Hornbeck of Falls Village was in Town Tuesday. Not word could be got out of him, but his actions indicated that he had clue.
 Salmon Barlow, who has been in a serious condition for some time, was taken to the hospital at Pittsfeld Mon- day. .
 The new machinery for the Berkshire Power Co.'S auxiliary steam plant is now in position. It was started up Tuesday for the first time, on an experimental run, and showed very few defects that will require remedy, none of them serious.
 Mrs Esther Williams spent Saturday in Ct. Harrington.
 Miss Bessie Frein of Ct. Burlington was weekend guest at the home of H O. Barnes.
 Miss Marjorie Nicoll has been spend ing few days with relatives in Ct. Harrington.
 Miss Sarah Ferguson was guest of Mrs. Kellogg in Ct. Harrington Saturday night and Sunday.
 Miss Edith Green has gone for three weeks visit with friends in New York.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Peef of Bridge port are guests of his mother at Dr. O. W. Camps. ...-t#
 A son was born Saturday to MT. and Mrs. Ed. Brewer on Bragg street.
 Mrs. O. w. Camp returned Monday from a weeks visit with friends in Wlnsted.
 William Nicon of New York was 8 guest of Mrs. John N1col Monday.
 The Mission Circle of the Pilgrim Church will meet with Mrs. Jackson on Friday afternoon at 2:3O. The meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society is postponed for one week. The topic for the meeting this evening will be ''The Parable the good Samaritan" Mrs. H. J. Bissell of Lakeville was Canaan visitor Tuesday.
 Miss Irva Brown, daughter of MT. and Mrs.. Will. Brown of Hartford, IS recovering from an operation for appendicitis in the Hartford hospital.
 Mrs. A. J. Best and Mrs. Thalimer, of Sheffield, spent Tuesday in Canaan.
 J. H. Cummings of Lime Rock made a business trip to Canaan on Tuesday.
 Miss Mabel Swanson of Cornwall came to Canaan yesterday to spend the day.
 It was simply phonetic error, through which Miss Frein received credit that belonged to Mrs Freeman last week, In the school officials acknowledgment of special efforts to make the teachers convention 8 success.
 Rev. D. c. Stone. of Stonington, formerly of Canaan, was married in Norwich Jan. 1, to Miss Fannie Storrs Barrows, of Brooklyn. The ceremonyw was performed by Rev. John O. Barrows, of Norwich, father of the bride.
 Miss Hill, teacher in the High school, is indisposed, at The Naples, having suffered sort of nervous breakdown. Her place in the school is taken, during her sickness, by Miss Abbott. of the Danbury Normal school.
 Many Canaan friends of "Joe" Ives will regret to learn of his death. in our East Canaan letter this week. He was a young man of rare qualities, and fine principles, an honor to his name and to the town in which he had his birth.
 Janitor Kemp of the High school building is laid up with the grip.
 Edward Merchant went to Housatonlc last week to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Frank Brown, who died of pneumonia, at the age of 40.
 Miss Frances Freeman, daughter of MT, and Mrs. A. P. Freeman, left Fri day night for Fredonia, N. Y, where she will spend the rest of the winter with Miss Helen T. Jones, who is very we'll known in Canaan.
 Mrs. H. l.. Ross visited relatives in Bethel, Sunday.
 The Cranford club will meet this af-