Connecticut western news., 1916-10-12

Carl Burkett was one of the first hunters out and brought in three nice birds Monday.
 The Dairymen's League held an enthusiastic and largely attended meet. ing at Citizens hall Thursday night. Seldom is there seen so many farmers gathered together. Several new mem- bers were added to the list of members.
 Rev. T. W. Haven will attend con. ference of Methodist preachers in New York next week Monday and Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. M. A. Brown of Lenox were guests the past week at T. F. Watson's.
 Miles Hanchett and family of Orange, N. J., were at the homestead over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. M. W. Fish have re- turned to their home at Mt. Kisco, N. Y, after visiting at John Vosburgh's at Twin Lakes.
 Mrs. Van Tassell, who has been spending the summer with her cousin, Mrs. Wagoner, has returned to her home in New Rochelle.
 Mrs. Hazard and Miss Gladys Root are visiting Mrs. l.. J. Morse.
 Mrs. Maria Brayman spent two days last week in Winsted.
 Allyn Hurlburt and party offriends motored to Bridgeport, Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Arthur Hathaway of Lebanon were at Mrs. c. Hallaway's over Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Emily Heinz are up from Bridgeport, taking care of the homestead in the absence of MT. and Mrs. Edward Heinz
 Mark Hurlburt was home from Sey mour over Sunday.
 The republican caucus for the nomi. nation of representative and justice of the peace will be held Friday evening at o'clock in the selectmen's room. The democratic caucus meets at the same place Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
 G. Whitfield Simonon, prohibition candidate for governor, is to speak Thursday afternoon at o'clock, near the postoffice.
 Mrs. Welles Yale is visiting her nieces, the Misses Sanford at Katonah, N. Y.
 Mrs. Ida Francis Huntington of Brooklyn, N. Y, is visiting her daugh. ter, Mrs. W. T. Bruorton.
 MT. and Mrs. George Bacon ofWater. bury were in town Friday of last week.
 Nelson Peterson of Hartford has been the guest of 3artle Brothers for few days.
 An automobile party from Newtown and New Haven were at $. J. Sabin's, Friday and Saturday.
 J. $. Tracy met with the county comm issioners in Winsted and Torring ton. Monday, and in New Milford, Tuesday.
 Rev. Lee M: Dean of Providence, R. l., has been the guest of his father, Lee P. Dean for few days.
 MT. and Mrs. William 0. Baldwin of Lee called on friends in town the past week.
 Mrs. Lydia Sherman is staying at O. E. Holcomb's in South Canaan for the winter.
 Miss Eva Jones of Port Jefferson, L. l., is visiting at Rev. E. A. Hazeltine's.
 Harry Austin is assisting Bruno Heinz at the store.
 Miss Minnie Jacobi spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Winsted and Torrington.
 Harold Russell has returned to Pitts. field to work for the Stanley Company.
 Hoyt Simons moved his household goods by auto truck to Waterbury. Sun. day.
 Roscoe Brinton took an automobile party of young men, who work on the Power Company's job, to Hartford. Saturday, returning Sunday afternoon
 Mrs. A. $. Davis of Sheffield called on friends in town Saturday.
 Mrs. Mary Wilcox and Mrs. John Beck of Canaan spent Saturday at the Jarrett homestead.
 James Wilkinson and Ruth Bates of the Amesville Agricultural club both received premiums at the Hartford fair; the former on an exhibition of corn, the latter on vegetables.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Heinz are wis. iting their son in Northampton, Mass, and incidentally celebrating the fortieth anniversary of their wedding trip.
 Ralph Sedgwick has been home from Cornwall the past week.
 Miss Van Cleft and her associate, Salisbury's visiting nurses, are looking after the work in this place and Lime Rock, pending the securing a successor to Miss Gile.
 Among those who attended the Ep- worth League convention at Millerton, Tuesday and Wednesday, were Rev. T. w. Haven, Mrs. J. s. Tracy, Miss Belle Hanchett, Mrs. w. H. Hart and Mrs. H. N. Wright. \
 Conductor George Seymour of New York dropped dead on his train re-