Connecticut western news., 1916-09-21
EAST CANAAN

Miss Katherine O'Brien of Water. bury is spending few days at Harry Carley's.
 Miss Geraldine Tierney has been under the doctors care the past week.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Kegler and daughter Geraldine, are spending few days at South Windham.
 William Torrant, Michael Foley, William Wallace and Jerome Hayward attended a clam bake given by the Moose at Winsted, Sunday. Miss Hazel Miller returned to her home after spending her vacation with her brother in Sheffield.
 An automobile party consisting of Mrs. William Ahearn and son William, Mrs. Michael Mullen of Winsted, Mrs. Frank Maher and daughter of Rock. port, Mass, spent last Thursday at John Folev's.
 George Perdizet is having few days vacation.
 Mrs. Annis Porter and son Myron are spending two weeks in Vermont.
 In an address in the Congregational church Sunday morning, Rev. k. Ian.
 
 The Connecticut Temperance Union, speaking on the license question, said in part as follows: "Your town had three licenses, not including druggists. The increased fees from them to town, county and state, amount to about $ll75. If that were divided among the people of the town it would give each one little less than $.55. To raise the same amount by taxes on your grand list, the tax rate would be increased only eight. tenths of a mill. The net internal revenue from the liquor traffic amounts to about $I. 80 for each person in the country, so that for your town it would be about $3,. 915, if it got its share. On the other side, according to the liquor dealers association, the average liquor dealer takes in about S6,700 year, so that your drink bill is about $20,00 per year. You paid $1, 792 in the year in support of the poor, and ordinarily not less than one-third of that expense item is due to drink, $597. You have .03 of the population of the county, and your county tax, the most of which is for the support of the children's home, the jail and the license system as ad- ministered by the commissioners, is $40. Two thirds of that can be charged to drink, $93. Your share of the state expense in caring for defcients, delinquents and dependents, is $3, 3,G01, two thirds of which must be charged to drink, S2. 264."
 The ladies aid meets this week Thursday with Miss c. NJ Bottum.
 The corn supper held Friday night was not as largely attended on account of tine rain, but nice sum was raised as starter toward the furnace fund. Several were up from Canaan in spite of the weather.
 Emily Stratton has been quite i'll for a week.
 MT. and Mrs. Spencer are at J. Gil. lettes'. Mr. Spencer's heal.h forcing him to stop work for awhile.
 School opened at No. with Miss Baker of sharon, teacher. Miss Baker boards with Mrs. k. Gaylord. Rev. Lanphear and Mir. Bochman of Hartford gave excellent talks in the church Sunday. MT. Bochman appeal ed to the voters of the town to save the boys from Accused saloon. He gave his own experience and it touched the hearts of all who heard it.
 Mrs. George Scott of New Haven visited at her fathers, Frank Goodwin last week.
 Decker & Beebe will install the new heater at the church.
 Two children (twins) of Clifton Fields were buried at Hillside ceme. tery within week; one buried Friday, the other Monday. They were brought here from Winsted.