Connecticut western news., 1892-12-29
FALLS VILLAGE.

Mrs Hanna with silver orange spoon and bon-bon plate.
 Miss Mary Mo Gowan, Miss Nellie Halls milliner, returned to her home in New York, Saturday,
 Schools in Beebe Hill and Grassy Hill districts closed for holiday vaca- ton.
 Roman Seger has been selling the goods which he bought with his build ing last spring at cost the past few days. Misses Minnie Jacobi and Nellie Hayward closed their schools in the Amesville district Friday for a two | weeks vacation.
 A monument ordered built and ship | ped to this place by William A. Burkett of Danbury from New Preston ''chisel- | err, which has been in transit since Nov | ember 9th. arrived last week Monday and was placed in position on his plot in Grassy Hill cemetery last week. It is of blue granite, quite massive contain ing fine polish and of Gothic style The river "basin" opposite the rail road shops froze over last week, which requires more than ordinary cold to &C., | complish.
 They have made large amount of cheese at the creamery and are still ir the business as there is no great demand for milk at the ''city". The railroad shops shut down Satur- day night till Tuesday to give the work | man holiday Monday. Mrs c. H. Guiou closed her school at the David NJ. Hunt building Friday fo, a vacation and went to Little Falls N. Y. to spend the holidays.
 Gussie, daughter of Henry Williams. is sick and under medical treatment It is rumored the railroad shops, or rather the work done there, will soon be removed to New Haven as it would be cheaper for the company than to run two shops, which, if carried out, means quite an emigration from Amesville in the spring and many empty tenements. Mrs H. o. Crandall spent Sunday with her son in Stockbridge. It Is whispered that matrimonial union will be made in this vicinity at the incoming of the New Year. James Mo Intosh and son Sandy" spent Christmas in Brideport. Edward O. Burkett had a turkey raf- fle at Amesville, Thursday night, dis posing of all at a fair profit. Tho cold wave from Manitoba seems | to have swept over this section of New England the past week, mercury falling to nearly zero each morning with pierc- ing northerly winds.
 Many were the happy hearts who awoke Sunday morning to find that the mythical Santa Claus had SO generously rem-m b-rsd them with so many gifts, expensive and otherwise. Gifts were largely distributed and congratulations are freely exchanged.
 Several of the oung ladies went with escorts skating on the cove on Wednes- Hay night of last week lighted by the ''pale beams of the evening orb''. An elegant plush case of cellnloid toilet articles was won at dice contest it the H. and H store Saturday night. Willi m R. Hubbell being the lucky winner.
 Miss Louise Brinton gave birthday party last Tuesday night and snme if teen or twenty were present. She war the recipient of pretty gift as son. venir from her friends.
 The hennery and adjacent barn of J J. Hornbeck were invaded by rats it countless numbers recently. and, to tr, his skill as trapper, E l set large wire trap and the next morning on in- spection he found he had caged sixteen
 # the ''varmints' which it did not re- qnire much time IT a terrier to dispatch The sales of holiday goods at Gap ron's, Ford's, Hornbeck &, Dalnnm's Hall and Hornbeck's B and B-lden's has been larger than they anticipated and of course all wear cheerful couutenancea- Charlie Bloomer met with a seri,us accident while going over bis milk rout. saturday morning. He stopped 8, Charles O,trander's to deliver milk when the wind blew the blanket over he head of the horse which SD fright ned it that it started on keen rul lown the hill, smashing things mp gen -rally. He went to the livery stable
 horse and wagon and then purchased l two cans Of milk at tue creamery ano supplied his customers az usual. Miss Anna Crandall is home on her vacation from the Bridgeport training | school. The savings bank has had the Canfipld
 mousse newly painted from basement to | observatory.
 The concert at the Congregational '.hnrc b Sunday evening drew fnlI
 house, and tiIe choir singing especially
 has been spoken of in tue most flatteriDp
 terms. The exercises were spnewha
 varied. The pastor, Rev c. w Hanna
 made a short address and R-v l. A R bbins spoke for few minutes iu 8
 happy manner.
 Miss Matte Howe, of Unionville. is a
 guest of the Misses Hall. | Fred G Dean has been troubled more pr less with foxes among his poultry
 and thinking they had taken their shar.
 began trapping and invrigled fou~ into
 his traps in one weeks time. | Misses Clara and Emma Brinton are
 in Colebrook with relatives during the
 holidays.
 Mrs Frank Reed is dangerously sick
 pneumonia having set in, and her life is
 ieapaired of
 Mrs James H Kennard is much worse
 at this writing
 David Hill, who died in Bridgeport
 Nov. 29th, was buried in Grassey Hill
 cemetery. He was 72 yeras of age and
 was former resident of this place.
 Christmas was observed at the M. E.
 church in 8 manner befittipg the DC.
 casion. Two large well formed cedars
 were laden with gifts for the school,
 while declamations and vocal music in
 honor of Santa Claus made the evening
 one of rare enjoyment to all who partl
 cipated. The pastor. Rev l. A. Rob.
 bins, and family were handsomely re-
 membered in the way of gifts, and afte,
 a few fitting remarks by himself and MI
 Hanna, the trees were unladen of theil ] bnliJou fr,,;ta