Connecticut western news., 1916-08-10

auspices or the w WOman s OnlOn OL TlA- grim church at the residence of MT. Henry 0. Barnes tomorrow, Friday afternoon and evening, beginning at o'clock. Ice cream, and cake will be served. Fortune telling will be a feature of the evening.
 George W. Hall has sold the place known as the James H. flakes place at Huntsville, owned by Mrs. Edson s. Smith, of North Kent, to Mrs. Stringer, of New York city, who will make many improvements on, the place this fall Contractor Lorrain doing the work.
 Deans Rheumatic pills for rheuma- tism and Neuralgia. Entirely vege- table Safe.-Adv.
 A party of Boy Scouts spent Tues day night at The Wangum on their hike from New York to Pittsield.
 Joseph Allyn has abandoned the jitney livery business for the time be. ing, and.gone into railroading, having taken position as brakeman on the 0. N. E. The jitney business is now be- ing carried on by George VanDeusen, whose auto stand is in front of the Canfeld block.
 The heavy blow that accompanied the shower of Tuesday afternoon, broke off large limb from an apple tree in the yard of Jacob Schamerhorn, on West Main street.
 MT. O. L. Gold, of West Cornwall, was in town yesterday in the interest of the forthcoming fourth annual fair and field day of the Cornwall Agricul- tural Society, of which he is president. The event will take place Friday, Sep. tember 22, and decidedly attractive program is being arranged. It is en. couraging to note that the farmers generally are taking lively interest in the enterprise, which is growing in magnitude and interest, each year.
 The latest report from the sick bed of Mrs. Bertha Coons Root, of Bristol, is to the effect that her condition con- tinues practically unchanged. When the stork started from its home in the cloud.capped Mountains of the Moon, Sunday, to keep an ap. pointment at the home of MT. and Mrs. Hiram Beebe and little Miss Alfaretta Beebe, on West Main street, where it has been such familiar fowl for the last few years, it was met, on the way, by a garrulous little bird which told it something that caused MT. Cor Mrs. ) Stork to steer straight for the Winsted Hospital, instead. Mrs. Beebe had gone to the hospital two or three days before. We'll, the stork made the flight, and shortly afterward word was telephoned to West Main street that Miss Leona Mariana Beebe, weight 94 pounds, would come home with her mother in few days, and would be pleased to meet her sister Alfaretta, for the first time.
 MT. and Mrs. o. E. Badgley and Miss Saygers went to Sage's Ravine, Sunday, and had an out of door feast. MT. and Mrs. Dewey Garfield also visited the Ravine. on that day. Misses Jewel and Nellie Grace, of Philadelphia, have been spending a few days with their nieces, Misses Mary and Margaret Collins. The < Misses Grace are daughters of the late John Grace, and lived in Canaan when they were little girls. Their father I was killed in an accident at the Peirce and Freeman lime .quarries, where he was employed.
 Miss Kathleen Stone, of Bridgeport, has been visiting Misses Mary and Catherine Mansfield. t
 The Rev. Harris E. Adriance, of New York, will preach at Pilgrim church next Sunday. MT. Adriance has a summer home in Norfolk and has preached number of times at Pilgrim church and is very popular with the congregation.
 They had to come to it. The morn. ing train north, leaving Canaan at l 10:15, which had been terminating at VanDeusenville, now runs through to ] Pittsfield, arriving there at 11:55. The people above VanDeusenville clamored for the restoration of service from this train and the railroad con- 1 pany heard and needed. r
 Mrs. Mary Devine spent Sunday with friends in Norfolk. /
 Miss Amy Lansing has returned from two weeks visit with relatives at Salt Point. h.
 Miss Emily K. Beach, of New Haven, is guest at the Naples.
 Mrs. Samuel G. Camp and daughter Elizabeth are visiting Mrs. Camps parents at Monterey.
 Dr. O. W. Camp has procured Max we'll touring car, which he will use in his practice.