Connecticut western news., 1914-07-23
CANAAN

The picnic of the Methodist Sunday school that was to have been held today at Lake Buel, has been postponed until Friday, July 31.
 Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Barnes were i'll Rochester, N. Y, last week to attend the funeral of a cousin of Mrs. Barnes, MT. L. B. Mattison.
 Manager Hewitt of the Mahaiwe Theatre, Great Harrington, has secured the great New. York Hudson Theatre success by Porter Emerson Browne, en- titled "The Spend thrift" tor Wednes- day evening, July go. The play had a run of six months in New York. Dealing as it does with live topic, 1t has proven to be one of the greatest successes of the year. It will be pre- sented with complete production and admirable cast
 Mrs. Albert Barnes, of We terly, R. I has been spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. J. E.. Rhoades.
 George O. Peet, of Bridgeport, visited his mother i'll town, Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. O. E. Vroman, of Brook field, motored up to Canaan, Sunday, for short visit with MT. D. l.. Peirce and family. ~.
 Miss Irene Green, of New York, is sps 1ding her vacation at her home in Canaan.
 Quentin Rogers, of East Chatham, has been calling on friends in town.
 MT. J. H. Rosebaugh, of Middletown a graduate. of the Beckeley Divinity School, will officiate in Christ church next Sunday. Rev. L. E. Travis was in New York and Ossining, Monday and Tuesday.
 Nelson Parsons and Floyd Knight came home Tuesday from Mount Her mon Boys school for the summer vaca- tion. Es
 Bert Lee, who owns land near the Housatonic river, has an immense field of corn some of the stalks measuring 12 feet high and still growing.
 Rev. E. O. Gillette has done his part toward showing that nothing really serious has happened to "the good old fashion of laying things on the editors table, He brought in specimen of fine ripe tomatoes-the, first, he thinks, that has been picked in this town, from his own garden. I
 Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Blodgett and children Marion and Paul have been visiting relatives in Boston Corners, N. Y. & N A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. Robert Black, Tuesday, July 21.
 Miss Mary Bodley is rejoicing in the birth of grandnephew, a son to her nephew and niece MT. and Mrs. Nelson, of Kellogg, Idaho, who arrived last week. a...
 Hiram G. Oles, of Baltimore, is spending few days with his mother, Mrs George H. Oles, at A.. A. Hub lads. Mr. Oles was resident of Ga naan during his boyhood, when his flther was baggagemaster for the Housa- tonic railroad, some years ago, His sister, Blanche, now Mrs. Alfred Southern, of New York, also is visiting her mother at Mr. Hubbard's, and will remain several weeks.
 Landlord Sauter of the Hotel Win chester, with party of Winsted bald heads, passed through town yesterday, u game preserve of Payne Whitney, be- yond Lenox, to engage a half dozen bald eagles to perch on the chandeliers of the Winchester dining room and furnish the high scream for the bald head banquet, next October.
 The trolley cars on the south end of the Berkshire line were stalled Friday evening from until about 10 o'clock. A tree was blown over and broke down some of the tension wires somewhere on the mountain line. It took some time for the lineman to locate the exact spot of the trouble. Passengers from Canaan were stalled in Great Barring ton, and had to remain all night.
 There were fifty-nine violent deaths in Litchfeld county during the first six Il onths of the year, according to list given out by Coroner s. A. Herman.
 Coroner and Mrs. s. A. Herman, and MT. and Mrs. Walter D. Hood. of Win sted, left Monday for an automobile trip through the White Mountains and a portion of northern New York.
 Mrs. Mary Collins is having a new piazza built on her home. E. s. Pease is doing the work.
 MT. and Mrs. George Roger are spend. ing week at the Ives cottage at Twin Lakes.
 Miss Mary Roger spent Tuesday al Twin Lakes.
 Miss Mary c. Hill has returned tc the Naples after an extended visit at Norwich.
 Vernon Main, of Winsted, is visiting his sister, Mrs. V. M. Coe.
 There will be no preaching service al Pilgrim church next Sunday as the pastor, Rev. MT. Gillette, will take il as the first of his vacation Sundays The Sunday school and Young Peo ple's meetings will be held as usual Announcement will be made later as tc the further vacation plans.