Connecticut western news., 1915-09-30
CANAAN

and l.. c. Denegar, Of Lltchheld, stopped at The News office yesterday morning on their auto trip to the Great Barring ton fair. each with his pockets full of money for investment at the cane-ring- CTS. African Dodgers, All-hot, palm readers and thimble. .rigger's establish ments As they didn't stop on their way back, we are unable to report on their success.
 Mrs. John Sternhilber returne from Kingston, N. Y., Tuesday. MT. Stern hiIber has rented F. L. Beckley's house on High street which they will occupy.
 The mammoth pumpkin on display in Lew Rhoades's barber shop window was raised by Charles French on the Whit tlesey place, and weighs 79 pounds. It measures five feet six inches at the longest circumference.
 w. N. Decker has been on the sick list for the past week.
 Rev. l.. E. Travis will be home for the Sunday services. In the morning he will speak on Temperance.
 Mrs Mary Pusey has returned from Hartford and is now with Mrs. H. N. Adams.
 Next Sunday will be Rally Day at Pilgrim church and special efforts are being made to have large attendance at church and Sunday school. The children's S go-to church band will begin the fall term and the pastor will preach on "Mobilizing again" The rally will be especially observed in the Sun- day school with some features ill addi- ton to the usual program, including the introduction of new Christian flag with the singing of an appropriate salute The Brotherhood class will elect officers and discuss programs and plans for the season. The young peo- ple's meeting at 6:45 will be led by Roy Laffargue and the topic will be 'What will make our society greater success ?"
 MT and Mrs Perry Corlus and daugh- ter Dorothy, of Poughkeepsie, were recent guests at O. E. Badgley's.
 MT. and Mrs. H. B. Ives have moved from their Twin Lakes cottage to The Canfeld.
 Dr. Ross will be absent from his office from October 10 to November l.-Adv.
 "Salomy Jane," the dramatic adap. tation of Bret Harte's story is to be pre- sented in pictures at Town Hall next Wednesday evening. This is play in which Grace George starred few years ago. with great success, and is said to have been reduced to the films with re- ma"kable completeness. It will be worth seeing.
 Mrs. John D. Beck's White Wyan- dottes are now ninth in the list of ten leading Connecticut pens in the Storrs egg laying contest, fifth week, with 1,520 eggs to their credit. -- .....
 MT. Michael Keane, of East Canaan, will introduce Rev. Father Zurcher, the temperance orator, who will speak in Town Hall this evening.
 There will be union temperance rally at the Methodist church Sunday evening at 7:3O. Speaking by the ras .ors of the various churches.
 Mir and Mrs. J. H., Hawes and little daughter, of New York, are visiting Mrs. E. H. Burns.
 MT. and Mrs. R. Harley Kellogg are the happy parents of little daughter born Friday at Middletown. Mrs. Kel- logg was formerly Miss Jennie w. Hamm.
 The Epworth League will serve a Harvest supper at the Methodist church Wednesday, October 6.
 Thirty-fv new voters were "made" by the registrars and selectmen at their session in Town Hall last Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Lee Ensign, of Falls Village, and MT. and Mrs. w. H. Wiesing of New York, who are visiting at MT. Ensign's, were in Canaan, Satur- day.
 The local barber shops will close at noon today, owing to the general emil grafton to the Great Harrington fair.
 The ssionary Society of Pilgrim church will meet with Mrs. Spaulding on Friday afternoon at 2:30; and the Mission Circle will meet with Miss Beckley on the same afternoon at 3:00.
 The Rev A. B. Crichton will be home October l and will preach at Christ Church next Sunday. The services will be Holy Communion and sermon at 10:45, church school at 12 m, and evening prayer and sermon at 7:30.
 Five members of the Canaan Equal Franchise League attended the Litch- field County conference of Leagues held at Torrington, September 16, Mrs. R. D. Peirce, Miss Minnie Peirce, Mrs. H. B. Ives, Miss Ella Brown in the R. D. Peirce auto, while Mrs. F. Hitchcock joined the Lakeville auto party.
 The author of the poem, (Which shall it Be ?'' has received word that hundred more copies of it in leafiet form are wanted for distribution. The request comes from clergyman. The demand is so great from other sources that more copies have been ordered ill leafiet form.
 Mrs George D. Harrison attended the Conference of County Suffrage League at Torrington last Thursday. She was by special request asked to speak upon the school question in Con. necticut and did so. Mrs. Harrison