Connecticut western news., 1911-11-23

ous runaway.
 The firemen's demonstration, Thurs day evening. flooded the scales in front of the Ives & Peirce grain establishment, and in the morning the scales were frozen Up tight and it required half days work to thaw them out and put them into commission again.
 A number of Canaanites went to Great Burlington last night to see "Over Night" at the Mahaiwe.
 The ladies of the Epworth League of the Methodist church will sell Thanks giving bakery goods. at their dining rooms Tuesday afternoon Nov. 2S from 8 to o'clock. Any special orders should be left with Miss O. H. Roraback by Saturday of this week.
 Mrs. J. W. Peet is visiting her son George in Bridgeport.
 Miss Bessie Frein. of Great Barring ton, spent Sunday at her grandfather's, H. Q. Barnes.
 Improvements are in order in the west tern part of our village. H. B. Stevens has repainted his house, D. W. Manvel re-shingled, F. F. Stevens laid hard wood floors etc., J. G. Root has installed heat ing and plumbing in his house and minor improvements in other places. ..-. ..--
 Mrs. 0. H. Pease underwent an opera tion at the Hartford Hospital last Thurs day, and is reported as doing nicely.
 A brake beam on the tender of the engine drawing the Sunday morning train coming west, dropped from it's bearings and caught in the crossing blanks of the crossing at the Canfield lime kilns, East Canaan. ripping num- Der of them loose, and wedging them under the locomotive. The train was stopped and the difficulty remedied. Fortunately the train was not moving rapidly at the time. and no part of the engine was derailed. -'.
 The bridge whist club will meet with Miss Minnie Wilcox tomorrow evening.
 The song of the mock turtle is again heard in the land.
 The topic for this evening in the course in Great Christians" being given at the Pilgrim church prayer cneet ings will be "Athanasius and the Nicaean Creed" Missionary Society win meet with Mrs. Spauldiug on Fri day afternoon. The young peoples meeting at the Pilgrim church will be held at 6:30 Sunday evenings hereafter.
 At the Pilgrim church new furnace is to be installed capable of heating all rooms ill the church, thus Eliminating stoves ln the smaller rooms. Extensive alterations will also be made in the so- cial rooms of the church.
 Next Monday night the Odd Fellows work the third degree on two candi dates, and afterwards indulge in chicken-pie supper. All members of the order art urged to be present and participate. A good time is promised to all
 Joseph Dunn, of Lime Rock, called on friends in town, Tuesday afternoon.
 D. W. Manvel has been under the doc tors care the last few days.
 John O. Smith and family of Sheffield spent Thursday with O. G. Smiths fam ily.
 Charles O. Treat, of South Manchester, called on Edson Rood in Canaan, last Friday.
 Announcement is made of the mar riage, Saturday evening, of Miss Florence MacBay. formerly of Springfield. Mass, and George A. Storm. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Rey. E. O. Gillette, of Canaan, performing the ceremony. After an ex- tended trip the couple will make thelr home in Norfolk.
 The S7th annual convention of the Cornpop and Sasf'rilly Association was held Friday afternoon at the local pop perry, adjoining the reception room of Rhoades' tonsorial barber shop parlor. Delegates were present from every fire alarm district within the jurisdiction of the tax collector. President Rhoades presided at the box of popcorn, when he wasn't shaving somebody, and Vice. Chancellor Herriman chancelled out the sas' 'frilly from the shops big sprinkling can. John s. Reed was elected mem- Der of the board of trustees. On motion of Archie Adam it was voted to appro priate the price of new popper, and Al. Briggs and H. B. Ives were appointed a committee to select 1t Voted that the next cornpop be concluded with dance on the baseball field.
 Dr. Ross reports Mrs. Ross as making slow but steady progress toward re- coyery, after her serious operation in the Danbury hospital She is at present at the home of her sister, Mrs. Evans, in Bethel, and although not yet able to walk up stars she rides out almost daily and will DrOhahlv roturn homo