Connecticut western news., 1921-09-01

is a little more than two years since Dr. Eddy left us, answering to his name in the last great roll call.
 Chaplain of the Second Conntc- ticut Volunteers, he was taken pri- soner after the first battle of Bull Run. Carried South, he was taken from place to place, till he had been an inmate, for longer CT shorter periods, of five Confederate prisons. After twelve months of confinement he was most unexpectedly released. Worn and haggard though he was on his return, his magnificent physique gradually regained it's Wo"ted strength. Those who were privileged to know him to the last felt, that even though the four score years were reached, "His sun had zone down while it was yet noon;" for "His eye was not dim, nor his natural strength abated."
 To-day, the chief industries of Canaan are iron and lime.
 The Barnum-Richardson Company have three furnaces; and when all are in blast, the output is about 70 tons per day.
 It is charcoal iron, and as the Salisbury ore is used, in part, the product is of very superior quality.
 The lime business is carried on, at the present time, by five companies; of which Charles Barnes Sons is the oldest.
 This firm has been in existence since 184O, and is we'll known in the state for the excellent quality of it's lime. One of the recent companies has an oil-kiln; and they each pro- duce an article of fine quality; proved by the ready market which they all find.
 It would seem that in this way, at least, Canaan does her part in ce- menting the homes and hearthstones of her sons and daughters; and yet with humiliation, we see that her divorce court still has full calendar
 Connecticut is justly proud of her beautiful capitol at Hartford, and Canaan does not forget that the marble with which it is built came from one of her inexhaustible quar- ries.
 The Bromfoxit or Blackberry river offers a fine water power; not to be despised even in these days of steam; and there are major and minor opportunities for the right man in the right place to make his mark. But should he be a misfit--- ''the round man, in the square hole" ---even Canaan is powerless to aid Lying on the junction of the Berk- shire division of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the New England division of the Phila- delphia & Reading Railroad, the facilities for going and coming are excellent.
 Our scenery is fine, the drives beautiful, as Mother Nature has been generous to Northern Connecticut. Canaan mountain, called by the h. dians, Wangum, a spur of the Green mountains, is interesting for the variety of it's outline, and the beauti- full sheet of water--Lake Wangum-- lying on one of it7 sumnlits.
 We have four churches; so there is no lack of variety in the theologi- csl feasts spread before all corners while the clerical opponents of the various creeds are living demonstra- tions of obedience to the divine com mand, "Let brotherly love continue" What an anomaly it would be, should the "land flowing with milk and hon. ey" be the abiding place of fanati- cism and religious discord
 Although the towns about us are supporting good boarding and day schools, Canaan steps to the front again, in wholesome competition.
 We have an excellent high school ; while the Canaan Academy for boys offers a home where parents can place their sons, finding the advan- tages of education are combined with other essentials for the proper development of mental and physical growth
 Another good gift from Dame Ma ture to our town is her water sup ply. The chemist of the State Board of Health last year made an analy- Sis of some Canaan water, and the result was exceedingly pleasant reading to water-drinkers.
 Our Douglas Library, contain ing about three thousand valumes, would be blessing to any town, and is appreciated by us and our neighbors; especially since it has been so nicely housed in a building, all its own, provided by the generos- jty of one of our citizens. It is now free; has fund by which it is in- creased from year to year, so that there is no lack of mental food for those who are blessed with that kind of an appetite.
 The writer of this paper is not a native of Canaan, so ought not to be accused of undue partiality, or of trying to produce on paper the Gar den of Eden; but if any one in quest of that favored spot will visit us, we hope they will feel constrained to eXclaim, like the Queen of Sheba, as she saw the glory of Solomon, To,,r+