Connecticut western news., 1913-08-21

afternoon.
 H. D. Humphrey is visiting friends in Chatham, N. Y.
 Charles Abbott, of East Lee, Mass, called on friends in town Sunday.
 Next week there will be four days of services at Pine Grove Camp Grounds, beginning Thursday morning. Pro- grams can be obtained by addressing the secretary at Pine Grove.
 MT. and Mrs. George H. Trieschmann and daughter. Ina, spent Sunday at Highland Lake, Winsted.
 Miss Isabelle Roger. bookkeeper for The Canaan Printing Co., is taking her vacation this week.
 Miss Beatrice Shields, daughter of Thomas Shields, of Waterbury, is visit ing relatives in town.
 Miss Ethel Laidlaw, of Oneonta, N. Y, is visiting the Misses kegler.
 "Perry," Swede who works for Noah Rogers, in Cornwall, last week caught a black bass in Cream Hill Lake, weighing seven pounds.
 Miss Florence Vinegar and her friend, Mrs. Charles Gibbs, of Great Harrington, visited at Dr. o. W. Camps last week.
 Special communication of Housatonic Lodge, F. and A. M. tonight to consider important matters. Every member is urged to be present. The regular com munications of the lodge will be re- stunned, after the summer recess, on the second Thursday evening in September, the 11th.
 There will be an entertainment at Pill grim Church on Tuesday evening of next week given by Rev. MT. Ehrens, of New Jersey, for the benefit of the Young Peoples Society. It will consist of the exhibition of very beautiful lantern slides on Yellowstone Park and the Canadian Rockies. The exhibition of pictures will be interspersed with bell-ringing num- bers. The hour of the entertainment will be eight o'clock.
 Mrs. E. A. Brewer and children spent Friday in Lakeville.
 Miss Etta Yates, of Stratford is visit ing Mss Louise Trieschmann.
 President R. J. Orr and Secretary A. P. Chapman, of the Bald-Hea Club of America, were in town last week to con- sider the banquet preliminaries.
 Mrs. Adelbert Blass and son Ernest, have returned from visit to relatives at Green Haven and Ancram, N. Y.
 Secretary Pease of the Fish and Game Commission, has compiled an abstract of the fish and game laws of the state, in concise and convenient form, whereby the provisions of the various laws may be taken ln at 8 glance. The abstract has been printed in the form of small four page. folder, convenient for carrying in the pocket.
 MT. Charles K. Bailey, postmaster at Bethel, was guest of Dr. and Mrs. Ross, Saturday and Sunday.
 John G. Beckley. of the Hartford Times staff has been spending few days of his two weeks vacation in Canaan with his mother, Mrs. s. 0. Beckley. John appears about the same as when he wielded the quill on The News, some years ago.
 Miss Lula Vim, after spending cou. pie of weeks with her sister Mrs. O. T. Vosburgh, returned to her home in Pitts field, Monday.
 MT. John $. SculIy, of Washington. a summer It sident of Great Harrington, has awarded to Contractor E. R. LOT raine, of Canaan, the contract for the erection of $25, ,OOO residence on what is known as Berkshire Heights, in Great Harrington. MT. Scully is valuable adjunct to the town, and has done more for its improvement, especially in the way of improving the highways than fortunate in having him ''in her midst" "
 All used cars must be sold now aG Ben iamin's Au to Shop to make room for new cars coming in. There are bargains now Tor every one in new and used cars at Benjamin's.
 The Pilgrim Church Sunday School picnic will be held at Lake Buel today, If the weather is favor able-otherwlse tomorrow. The trip to the lake will be by automobile, so far as possible, and it Is ex pected there will be a general turn out on the part of the school and friends of the school.
 Nelson Parsons has been spending a | few days with Le wis Roraback in camp, at Twin Lakes.
 Miss Emma Kegler went yesterday to New Haven, for visit with relatives
 MT. and Mrs. w. N. Beebe and daugh. ter Mildred, of Londonville, N. Y. spent Sunday with friends in town.