Connecticut western news., 1916-08-03

W6ll-knOW0 CIVIL engineer, Qleu dG Ills home Sunday, after long and painful illness, aged G3. His death occurred just one month after the death of his oldest son, Charles. MT. Bradford was one of the engineers who built the Connecticut Western Railroad, the present o. N. E.. and had his head. quarters in Canaan in the early 70's.
 MT. A. A. Lawrence was visitor in Winsted, Saturday.
 George M. Hanchett, of Bridgeport, Walter Chspin, of Orange, N. J., and a party of other friends are encamped on the banks of the Housatonic river at Ashley Falls.
 David Curtis, of Newburg, N. Y., with his sons, Harry and Carl, and daughter Fanny, were in town the first of the week. MT. Curtis is operating barrel factory at present expecting to put out 5000 or more apple barrels before apple picking time.
 Harry Dodge is off duty on account of illness. Perrin Stanton, of East Chatham, has been calling on friends in town. Mrs. William Trieschmann and daughter Lillian and son Harold mo. tored from Torrington, Sunday and visited at G. H. Trieschmann's
 Miss Mary Roger was home from Winsted from Friuay until Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Ford and MT. and Mrs. Clinton Goodale, of Athol, Mass, visited Judge and Mrs. George W. Ford, Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. W. R. Hubbell, of Falls Village. called on friends in Canaan, Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. John H. Belden, of Hartford, who are stopping at Falls Village, called on MT. and Mrs. George W. Hall, Saturday.
 Elisha Benedict has been in serious condition with heart trouble for several days, but is now improving. Saturday he was overcome while working on his farm, and had to be taken to his home. Dr. Lee was summoned, who found the sufferers heart action very faint, and applied remedies which gradually took effect and placed him on the road to recovery. For time. however, his life apparently hung in the balance.
 Peter Butler, of Bath, N. r., called on friends in town Tuesday just to prove that he is not dead as was re- ported few months ago.
 Herbert Beebe. of Lakeville, was a visitor in Canaan the first of the week.
 Mrs. T. F. Watson, of Falls Village, and her sister, Mrs. Dora Brewster Lyman, of Bridgeport, were visitors in town Friday.
 District Deputy Mrs. Mary Shaver, of Winsted, visited Queen Esther Re- bekah Lodge, No. 49, last Friday eve- ming at their regular meeting. Light refreshments were served after the meeting.
 Messrs Martin Buckbee, Keith Adam and Charles Rodemeyer and Misses Clara Merchant, May Parmalee and Fanny Condon motored to Wallingford, Sunday to visit Miss Helen Osborn.
 Miss Katherine Quinn, of Worcester, Mass, is visiting at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. James Quinn.
 Louis H. Grunauer, of Paterson, N. J.. prominent attorney of that city, is visiting his sister, Mrs. H. Wellner, 1 in Canaan, for week.
 Says tho Torrington Register: George J. Vogel, of Torrington, will be a speaker at the library institute to be conducted from August l 4 to 25 by the Connecticut Public Library Committee. Miss Ebba Sanburs, of Ivoryton, has been visiting her cousins, the Misses Lindell.
 MT. and Mrs Elton Jones motored from Winsted and spent the weekend at Hiram Dings. |
 MT. and Mrs. O. T. Vosburgh and MT. and Mrs. Robert Black motored to Lake Buell., Sunday and spent the day. The "Fejejemas'' will start Thurs day for Lake Buel, where they are to occupy the Gibson cottage or ten days outing. Tbe Fejejemas are nine young ladies, of Canaan, the initials of whose first names spell the name of the organization.
 MT. Godfrey J. Zimmerman, of Troy, was Canaan visitor, Thursday, stopping over one train on his way home from Bridgeport. MT. Trimmer. menn was we'll known to most of the Canaanites of forty years ago, when he bought crops of tobacco all through this region.
 Mrs. s. A. Bennett is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. L.. F. Burpee at Twin Lakes.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Stanton and daughter Emma and son Samuel, of East Chatham, have been visiting Mrs. Stanton's sister, Mrs. J. H. Lansing and family.
 Mrs. J. H. Lansing has been on the sick list the past week. David Everts has resigned his posi- tion at Brewer Bros. garage and &C., cepted a position with Mrs. William Rand near Salisbury.
 Miss Dorothy Rood, of New York City, is visiting at A. P. Briggs.