Connecticut western news., 1916-05-25
COLBY MADE A HIT
At Smoker of Business Mems Associa-
 ton Thursday Evening.


 ton Thursday Evening.
 The smoker of the Canaan Business Mems Association Thursday evening brought out the largest attendance in a long time and proved an enjoyable affair, the talk" of MT. Charles A. Colley. president of the Waterbury Chamber of Commerce being the chief feature of the occasion.
 President Joseph L. Parsons started the ball rolling at $ o'clock sharp, in accordance with his hard and fast rule, and Secretary Creevey read the minutes and a number of communications.
 A committee, the appointment of which was suggested by Secretary Val entine, of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, was appointed by President Parsons, to investigate the matter of freight delays. locally, as follows: E. A. Creevey, R. D. Peirce and A. w. Holsapple.
 MT. Creevey reported for the pub licity committee that bid had been received from Pittsfield firm, giving $100 as the price for making, painting and delivering If. O. b. Canaan," four bulletin boards 8x12 containing the new Canaan slogan, with map design. Referred to the finance committee.
 Chairman R. D. Peirce, of the play grounds committee, reported encourag- ing progress, and will be ready to make more exhaustive report later. The committee will soon solicit subscrip- tions for the carrying out of the plans decided upon. We will see you dur ing the week, to ascertain just how in- terested you are in the project" said MT. Peirce and the hearers understood President Parsons then introduced the speaker of the evening, MT. Colley, as busy man of affairs, who had come tonight, at no small personal sacrifice, to keep a promise made to a Canaan friend.
 MT. Colley, who spoke to the bus mess men here year ago, was received with a hearty round of applause, and immediately launched into one of his characteristic talks" which was run. ming fire of humorous allus ,ons, funny stories, persoual ilits aud sound sense- distinctively Colleyesque speech which nobody but Collev could have made. He kept his listeners convulsed | with laughter, and at the same time gave them something to think about But they had to think fast, for the speakers talk flowed constantly, with out pause CT let-up, in rippling stream of words that came out, as one listener said, like pouring them out of jug" COlley carries too many verbal guns for event an expert stenographer, and the ordinary long hand reporter who attempts to follow him finds himself hopelessly up tree at the very send off, for by the time he has jotted down the opening sentence the speaker is two jokes and a home thrust ahead of him and working on the third story, and gaining at the rate of a mile a minute. He congratulated Canaan on its attractive appearance and com- mended the Business Mems Associa- tion on its endeavors to keep the town in the line of progress There may be times he said, when it seems that all your efforts are not amounting to much, but in the long run they are sure to count for good.
 At the close of MT. Colley's talk a rising vote of thanks followed burst of appreciative applause, and the meet . ing adjourned for refreshments, which were served by Landlord Gillette, of the White House Cafe.
 Early the next morning Mir. Collev, accompanied by MT. M. ". Hall, of Waterbury, chaperoned by Sam Camp, and chauffeured by John Barrett who, piloted the party from Waterbury, motored to the Konkapot region, where they spent a good part of the day not only fishing for trout but catching them. They returned to Canaan late in the afternoon, and at The News office Mr. Colley displayed with modest pride, basketful of speckled beauties, and ill the top layer the identical big fellow that got away from him last year. However, he hooked another-a still bigger one Friday, that led him a merry chase for some minutes and finally broke away, and Colley resolved to cone back in few days and tackle him again. The party left for Water bury about o'clock, well pleased with their outing.