Connecticut western news., 1912-02-22
DISTINGUISHED RECOGNITION

The Canaan Business Mems Associa- tion and the banquet committee get dis tinguished recognition from the editor of the New Haven Onion, in an editorial printed in last Saturdays issue of that paper and reproduced in another column on this page of The News today. The editor of The Union, Philip Troup, who was a guest and speaker at the Canaan Business Mems banquet ill January, has been attending banquets at the rate of from two to six each week, all winter, and knows good thing when he sits down to it. hence we Canaanites may consider his observation that the Canaan banquet was, ''in every feature, except the speech of the editor of this paper, an affair of which any city organization of the kind might have been proud," as 'praise from Sir Hubert"
 To his single exception, however, we take exception. The speech by the editor of The Union, to which he refers, was a sparkling gem and combined wit. humor. eloquence and sound philosophy in an ideal after dinner talk, in which Mr. l Troup revealed himself as a fine running mate to that prince of after-dinner takers, Colonel Osborn. It is plain, however. that he is not entirely free from that besetting vice, editorial modesty." With regard to another statement in that editorial. we feel constrained to assume the role of schoolmaster to the New Haven journalist and add to hls sum of human knowledge. In digging into the State Register and Manual for data. he committed 8 common error and stopped at the wrong page. The Canaan he refers to is the town of Canaan, which is called Falls Village because that isn't | it's correct name whereas the Canaan he means IS the town of North Canaan. which is called Canaan because people call it Canaan. In other words, properly speaking, Canaan is not Canaan at all i; it's North Canaan. And Falls Village is not Falls Village it's Canaan. Had the editor turned to the right page in the State Register and Manual he would have learned that the population of the Canaan J is given as 2,l71-and lots of Canaanites are firmly of the opinion that the census taker failed to count all the noses, at that. However we are none | tl Nf hn ch old town makes in the comparison drawn by the generous and modest New Haven editor, and of the distinguished consid- eration he extends to the Canaan Busi- ness Mems Association.
 Editor Jones, of the Lakeville Journal. is to tell the LakeYille Mems Club to- morrow evening how 8 country news paper is made. If MT. Jones goes into details on all the trials and perplexities that attend the making of country newspaper, his listeners will be qualified to view it's manifest shortcomings with something more of tolerance and chris tian charity.
 When in doubt call special town meeting.
 It's the free show that draws the full house.
 - Now then, all together : First in war First in peace First diddle dum- dunn, dee e1le-doodle-dum."
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 The Equal Franchise League made 8 mistake in neglecting to attend the spe- cial town meeting, Saturday, and learn Ing how the old thing works. 1 In two different churches in Canaan last Sunday, it is said, the ministers preached on "churoh unity" Splendid Tho Gat To0athor Pn11 TOorokbor SDirik