Connecticut western news., 1890-09-03
FALLS VILLAGE.

1u0 IuQ0Tal or MrS lCuCn WaTu DFeW- ster, who died Thursday at Pine Grove camp ground, was attended on Satur- day at the house of her brother, Edward Ward, north of Amesville. Rev B. H. Burtch officiated. She had been an in- valid for eight years A beautiful pillow of flowers with the words "Our Aunt was one of the tributes. Her age was 45 years. The burial was at Salisbury.
 Mrs H. Rider spent the latter part of the week in New York and Coney Island
 Rev T. A. Kenney, pastor of the M E. church here, died Thursday at Clintondale, N. Y. The funeral was held Monday at Highland, N. Y. Some 15 persons from here, including the official board, attended the funeral
 Mrs Robinson and Mrs c. B. Griffin, of DanLury, were recent guests in this place.
 Mir and Mrs Henry Wolfe spent portion of the week at Manhattan beach and New York city.
 MT I. De We're Warner and wife, of Bridgeport, were at D. J. Hornbeck's over Sunday.
 Roman Seeger, of Canton, spent the week here.
 Alex Barker, from New York, is D. K Colepaugh's new barber.
 Mrs Wm Clark, of New Brunswick, was guest at Henry Wolfe's last week.
 The board of school visitors have voted to repair the Grassy Hill school house sufficiently to admit of school being kept there, to begin in a week or two.
 Miss Anna Crandall gave tea party last Wednesday afternoon to twelve of her lady friends, previous to her depar- ture for school at Bridgeport.
 Memorial services will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday, for their deceased pastor, and no services will be held at the Congl church in consequence. Presiding Elder Travis will preach the sermon.
 No use of going dirty when H. c. Crandall will sell you bars of Brussels soap (no rosin) for 50 cents.
 Miss Julia Goodwin will return to Vermont to teach in small seminary.
 MT and Mrs J. w. Ford, of Curtis vile, Mass, were guests of friends in this section over Sunday.
 The gold medal contest Sept 18th will be the last one and preparations are being made to make it the most successful of any yet held. Prof Harvey will have charge of the music.
 Mir and Mrs Frank McDonald and Wm B. Mcdonald, of Hartford, attend ed the funeral of Mrs Botsford on Sunday
 Mrs Wm Bertram, of Hartford, visit ed in town last week.
 MT and Mrs Dudley returned from their trip the fore part of last week.
 Rev Jesse Alderman was guest in this village one day recently.
 Thursday and will teach in Bethlehem, Penn, this fall.
 Edward Ford returned Saturday from two weeks visit at Thomaston. He will soon move there. Miss Cora Brown gave progressive euchre party to dozen friends Friday night.
 Mrs Chester Holcomb fell from a wagon while alighting Saturday and broke her wrist.
 Several have covered the street with a good coat of coarse gravel in front of their residences the past week. Brussels soap tho rosin) has sprung into popularity almost in day. H. c. Crandall is having large sale of it.
 Louis Caul, from Bridgeport, return ed Monday from few days visit here.
 Henry Townsend, of Hartford, visited at Edw Hawver's last week.
 Miss Gertrude Kasson, Miss Edna Mallory and Geo M. Kasson, of Bethle. hem, were at B. M. Turner's last week.
 Miss Jennie Clark was home from Kent over Sunday, Mrs l.. F. Dean and two younger children were at her old home over Sunday. The two boys return this week to attend school in Bridgeport.
 Wm Watson and wife, of North Adams, were in town over Sunday.
 Miss Bertha Pulver, of Copake, N. Y., is viaiting friends here. Robert l.. Gray, of Bridgeport, has been spending a few days with friends in this vicinity.
 Mrs Ira Ellingwood has returned from two months sojourn near Ban. gor, Maine.
 Miss Lulu Burnett returned Saturday from New Haven.
 A number from here attended the concerts of Oilers Octet at Lakeville last week.
 Charles F. Basset, of New Haven, has been spending few weeks with friends in this locality.
 George Botsford has lately been con. fined to his room with severe cold.
 MT and Mrs H. A. Botsford, of Hart. ford, attended the funeral of his mother last Sunday.
 The improvements on the interior o1 the Congl church, particularly the carpenter work, were finished last week and services were held Sunday. The clustering overhead has been removed and the surface is ceiled with narrow pine strips like the postoffice New car pets cover the entire church. A plat form for entertainments has been built to remain permanently. New chimnies have been put up in the vestibule, thus doing away with the long string of pipe across the church. Crimson draperies are placed across the recess back of the pulpit, and the wallis papered,, with heavy bordering. Other changes and additions are contemplated. The funeral of Mrs Fannie Botsford was held at her late residence on Sun. day afternoon. Rev B. H. Burtch, who 20 years ago was pastor of the M. B. church here, preached the sermon. Mrs Botsford was born June IA, 1794, in the early days of the Republic, when Gen Washington was president, and she distinctly remembered the events in the country's history during the second war with Great Britain. Her mother, when quite young lady, sat on the knee of Washington and sang Yankee Doodle. Mrs Botsford was a good neighbor and of a cheerful dis position, bringing sunshine to all who came into her presence. She was fond of lively and young society. She had lived on the farm 43 years, originally coming from Litchfield. She had five