Connecticut western news., 1916-08-24
CANAAN

to consciousness by sprinkllng water in his face and was apparently none the worse for the experience. A similar experience befell William Drumm at the same place couple of dsys later The heat at that place is well-nigh intoler. able.
 MT. and Mrs. William Darling, of New Haven, have been spending several days at the home of Mrs. Darling's father, Hiram Schamerhorn.
 MT. and Mrs. William Schmitt mo- tored to Brewster, Sunday.
 Mrs. Wilbur M Deming, whose hus- band died last week, with her son Perry, visited her sister-in. law, Mrs. Frederick Gillette, Sunday.
 Rev. Samuel F. Adam, of Clyde, N. Y., arrived ill town Monday for a few days stay.
 That supplementary superficial top dressing of oil, which the state high way department sprinkled on the streets of Canaan last week, filled long-felt and dusty want.
 Deans Rheumatic pills for rheuma- tism and Neuralgia. Entirely vege- table. Safe.-Adv.
 Lew Reilly, of the Bridgeport Farmer staff, son of ex-Congressman Tom Reilly. of Meriden, motored through Canaan, Conn.,, Saturday, on his way to Canaan, N. Y., stopping off at The News office long enough to get accurate instructions as to how to get there-and back again.
 This afternoon at 3 o'clock the republican caucus will be held in Town Hall for the election of delegates to the various conventions.
 If you want to be popular, buy Ford car, they are everybOdy's friend. George W. Hall sells them.-Adv.
 Miss Mary F. Hall, who is teaching at Amagansett, l.. l., has been spend- ing week of her vacation with her aunt, Mrs. M. G. Buckbee.
 Mrs. Albert E. Barnes, of Staten Island, is visiting at Junius Rhoades'.
 Mrs. Mary Collins has been spending few days with relatives in Lakeville.
 John Bianchi has purchased the tailor business in Millerton, N. Y., formerly owned by Thomas Dye and recently conducted by Gideon Dakin.
 s. J. Bates, of Falls Village, has just commenced saving lumber for George W. Hall on the timber lot east of Ashley Falls on the Judge Hillyer place. MT. Bates is using his saws.
 A thorough job of moving has been done, the past week, around the Town Hall the rank growth of weeds across the roadway has been removed, and the landscape materially improved in that neighborhood.
 Mrs. Cressey, the lady hiker who of times within the last two weeks ago, and spent a few days on Charles H. Peases domain on the west side of the Housatonic river, headed for Massa- chusetts when she left this section and was last heard from hiking over the Mohawk Trial.
 Colonel Jchn H. Wade, of Bridge port, ard Mrs. Wade, who are spend. ing part of the summer in Stock bridge, motored to Pine Grove yester. day, where they spent several sum- mers, in years past.
 MT. Hiram Beebe went to Winsted yesterday in his auto and brought back Mrs Beebe, who has been in the Win sted hospital three weeks, and Miss Leona Mariana Beebe, who was born there Sunday the 18th.
 Eugene T. Rowe has accepted the position as superintendent of Lower Cemetery. He entered upon his duties the first of the week.
 Artist Walter King Stone has been spending a few days with Walter Prichard Eaton in Stockbridge.
 "Kib" Cogswell, of Gary. Ill.,, is making an Eastern visit to relatives in Pittsfeld and Great Burlington. He was formerly a Canaan resident, for years an engineer on the old Housa- tonic road. and ran the first locomotive on the Conn. Western, (present c. N. E. ) the little bob.tailed Estate Line"
 Miss Lillie S. Brown, sister of Mrs. w. M. Barnes, of Clayton, is the new clerk at the dry goods counter in G. L. Parsons 6 Sons store.
 Dr. Adams children, Douglas and Norma, have been enjoying themselves during the hot days with all the de. lights of bathing in the Doctors capa- cious back yard. The children have a sprayer set in the middle of the yard, on the lawn, and dressed in bathing suits, stand in the spray, jump through 1t, dive through it, crawl through it, roll through it and have all the pleas ure of crowded bathing resort with out danger of drowning or being bitten in two by man eating sharks.
 Mrs. Hannah Roger and son Quentin. of Winsted. visited at Norman w. Moore's on Monday, enroute from East Chatham, N. Y., where they visited Mrs. Percy Stanton and family.
 Miss Louise Trieschmann spent Mon- day with friends in Danbury.
 MT and Mrs. 2. $. Tweedy have hoo,, c,on5irC, faxry 1ox-c in,