Connecticut western news., 1912-06-06

l hLS. O6OTR0 Obuuloy' OI 'SOInWhAA was recent guest Sof her sister, Miss Jennie Ferry, and other friends in this place.
 A special meeting of Housatonic Lodge, F. & A. M. No. 61, will be held Saturday night of this week The third degree will be worked.
 "The first real hot spell of the sum mer will come about June 10, and will last about five days, " says Uncle Horace Johnson, the veteran weather guesser.
 A much-needed cross walk is to be constructed on Railroad Street, from Wigglesworth's store across to the bakery.
 Miss Katherine Considine. of Passaic. N. J., is spending the week with her sister Miss Ella Considine.
 Miss Margaret Trebllcock. who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. John G.. Adam, returns this week to her home in Canada.
 P. J. Kane, wife and son, of Housa- tome, were in town yesterday.
 Mrs. H. H. Stanton died at her home in Weatogue, Sunday morning. She had not been in good health for some time but was only seriously i'll for about a week. Her remains were taken to Blandford, Mass, for burial.
 Mason Noble has moved from E. s. Roots house to his farm, near Dutcher's bridge.
 Mrs. Theodore Baird is the happy owner of an Anderson Player Piano.
 The Epworth League give lawn party on Mrs. Clemans' lawn next Tues day afternoon and evening from 4 to 8:3O.
 Mrs. Ida Evans Schweizer. of Bethel, and Miss Anna Macauley. of Danbury, are at Dr. Ross's.
 Mrs. Frank Anson, of Northampton, is visiting old friends here, and taking in the Norfolk concerts.
 Extensive improvements in the Far mum drug store have been authorized by Mrs. w. H. Camp, the owner, and Con- tractor Lorrain will soon begin the work of installing an entire new front, new floor. new entrance, etc. The present unsightly "stoop" is to be removed and the sidewalk put into up-to-date shape. Mrs. Camp is enrolled among the public. spirited Canaanites supporting the mod ern movement for progressiveness and public improvement.
 The Womens Missionary Society will meet at the Pilgrim church on Friday afternoon at 2:30.
 Canaan will be represented at the aviation show in Winsted, on Saturday of this week, for which an exciting pro gram of events is arranged.
 Rev. H. Oornford is spending the most of this week in New York city.
 Mrs. Agnes Spaulding, of Norfolk, has been visiting at The Naples.
 Monday night one candidate received the first degree from the Odd Fellows. Next week the second degree will be put on, and the week following Great Bar rington Lodge will be present. with a full degree team to work the third de- gree. ~" Y >, :. -, .-.. @- 2 Children's day will not be observed at the Pllgram church nextSunday. There will be oAildren's exercises and thetSun day school anniversary June Is at four o'clock. Plans for the anniversary ex- ercises of June IT are being completed and will be announced next week
 Notwithstanding this is the month for June weddings there seems to be slump in the matrimonial mar ket, locally. The immigration of love- birds from Massa- chusetts has practically stopped altogeth- CT. and Justice Ford, who enjoyed practical monopoly of the weddedwhile you-wait performances, is seriously thinking of organizing an investigation.
 The hourly schedule Is not yet ln operation on the electric line. but the "pneumonia cars' are, and the "end- seat hog" is getting his innings.
 Highway Commissioner Butler, with Deputy Commissioners Joe Kegler and Wm. McGuire, has done a good job scraping the surface dirt from the streets and diminishing the dust nuisance to that extent.
 Deacon H. B. Stevens continues to i'm. prove gradually.
 With, dislocated jawbone, young Wilcox, first baseman of the Hotchkiss school baseball team, came to Dr. Turrill for treatment, Saturday evening. He was struck on the jaw by hot foul tip, in the game with the Hill school team of Pottstown, Penn. in the afternoon. and received painful though not neces.