Connecticut western news., 1914-08-27
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Ysaye, the Belgian violinist, is to enlist in the Belgian army. If he takes his fiddle with him he may anticipate doing the Nero stunt while something is burning. His rival, Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist, is already an officer in the Austrian army, and is doubtless all tuned up to give Ysaye a serenade if they should chance to meet Both these distinguished musical patriots have performed at Norfolk concerts, and they have many admiring friends here who will devoutly hope nothing will happen to either one of them. If they can shoot as well as they can fiddle let us hope they won't get within gun-shot of each other.
 Floyd Knight returned to Mount Hermon Boys School Tuesday for the fall term He was accompanied by Percy Knickerbocker, a nephew of F. R. Collin.
 Misses Chrissie Stewart, of New Haven and Catherine Stewart of Spring field are spending the week with Miss Margaret Mcclure
 Next Sunday morning at the Metho- dist church the sacrament of Holy Communion will be administered. The change in the date is made because Rev. l.. E. Travis is to be away on vacation at the regular time for that service.
 At the close of the regular services in Christ church, Sunday morning Bishop Olmstead married Peter Colli- gan and Miss Florence Barlow, of Winsted.
 Miss. Clara Gillette, of Housatonic is visiting her cousin, Miss Clara Merchant, on Railroad street.
 Miss Margaret Hanlon returned to Hartford, Monday after having spent two weeks at her home here.
 Homemade bread. pies, cake, cookies, curllers also baked beans Wednesday and Saturday, can be had of Mrs. Gray, Railroad street, Canaan. Adv.
 County Health Officer W. w. Bierce, of Torrington, was in town Tuesday.
 Rev. John Luther Kilbon, of the Park Congregational church Spring field, accompanied by his wife and daughter, were guests of his brother-in- law, Rev. E. 0. Gillette, Tuesday.
 Miss Mary Collins is spending DOT tion of her vacation at Rockville Center, N. Y.
 Mrs. James Quinn, who has been in the House of Mercy at Pittsfield, for an operation, for the past two weeks, has been dismissed and will visit her son in Pittsfield before returning home.
 Esther Chapter, No. 72 o. E. s. will resume their work next week Wednes- day evening, September ?. All mem- bers are requested to make special effort to attend.
 Mrs A. D. Wait and daughter Marion, of Cohoes, are spending the week with Dr. and Mrs. H. l.. Ross.
 The Citizen Band came out Tuesday evening and paraded in order to get into step for the Labor Day meet, at Phil. mont.
 Miss Mable Donalds, daughter of Elihu Donalds, of Canaan Valley, is among the graduates of the Memorial Training School for Nurses, who receive diplomas today, at the House of Mercy, Pittsfeld. There are 21 young ladies in the graduating class.
 Public Utilities Commissioner Richard T. Higgins and family, of Winsted, who have been doing the British Islands, sailed from Liverpool yesterday, on the New York, and are expected to reach New York, Sept. 8.
 Miss Emma Skinner, well known here, who has been suffering with a broken hip received in fall in Lake ville last winter, had further mis- fortune last week when she fell in Winsted and dislocated a knee
 Miss Vera Marsh, of West Cornwall, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry Morsey.
 Mrs. Mary Howe, of Falls Village, who has been visiting her son, l.. E. Howe, returned home Wednesday,
 Word has been received here, from Mrs. Lucy Ensign Mortensen, of the death of MT. Ira J. Meagley, of Wash ington, D. O., who was frequent guests at the Canfield during recent York hospital, following an operation for kidney trouble, on Sunday, Aug. 9.
 The trees on the Town Hall Green have been treated to haircut, and present all improved appearance shorn of their surplus twigs and branches.
 The local democratic caucus for the selection of delegates to the various conventions, will be held in Town Hall Friday, Sept. 4, at 3:30 o'clock.
 MT. R. R. Noble, of Winsted, stopped off at Canaan yesterday, enroute to Pittsfeld to attend the 47th annual reunion of the 49th Massachusetts regi- ment, of which he was adjutant during the war.
 The republican town caucus for the election of delegates to the state con- gressional and senatorial conventions will be held in Town Hall Monady afternoon, Aug 31, at 3 o'clock.
 E. w. Warner celebrated his 74th birthday Tuesday. A hale, hearty and