Connecticut western news., 1893-08-31
FALLS VILLAGE.

The schools of this town (Canaan) be- gin the autumn term of the school year Sept. 18th.
 Miss Lona Finkle has been spending a couple of weeks with friends in New Haven.
 Arthur Turner is home from Torring- | ton on visit.
 Mrs James Schofield and child are spending few weeks here from Bridge port.
 Elmer Dickinson, of Branford, was a guest of his brother Wallace, Sunday. Mrs Irving Higley and daughter were guests of relatives in town day or two last week.
 Mrs Jo. Watson and children are vis- iting under the paternal roof.
 Miss Aggie Hunt. of Bridgeport, is 8 guest of friends in this village.
 George Rapp is building new two story house on Housatonic Avenue.
 A number of new volumes of good literature have been recently added to the David M. Hunt Library.
 Rev 0. W. Hanna and wife, and Mir and Mrs Ingersol Reed start for the Worlds Fair next Monday. Schools in Amesville and throughout the town of Salisbury begin the fall term next Monday.
 Arthur Hurlburt, of Providence, R l., is guest of relatives here. E. R. Totten, of New York; E. s. Brown, of Wlnsted; R. M Hubbard, of New Orleans; MT and Mrs T. D. Barnes, of Rhinebeck; were all guests in town Saturday.
 G. w. Hall and H. o. Gaylord went to Narragansett Pier, Saturday, to en- joy the salt water breezes of the big pond.
 Wm. H. Jenks died last week Tues day, lacking but few weeks of being 69 years. The funeral was held Thurs day and the interment was at Millerton.
 George H. Brewster, of Cream Hill, Cornwall, was in town Saturday.
 Miss Belle Hanchett is visiting rela- tives in Orange, N. J.
 Dr H. E. Carter and wife started for the big fair last week.
 There will be no services at the Cong church for three Sundays after next Sunday. ....-
 Miss Louise Brinton plays the cornet at the camp ground this year.
 George Beebe, of Norfolk, was in town Monday.
 Mrs Henry Sheppard returned to this place Monday, having spent two weeks recent at Lake Placid in the Adaron- dacks
 Mrs James Hill, of St. Louis, Mo-. and Mrs s. B. Kilfoile, Albany, are guests in the neighborhood.
 James Hill, of St. Louis, spent Sun day in town.
 John Whitaker, of Boston, is the new foreman at the railroad shops, vice Brady gone elsewhere.
 Mrs W. O. Bannon, Wm. Jr., and daughter went to Hartford, Saturday, for few days visit.
 A. Thomson. of Albany, was a guest in the village Monday.
 to teach school at Gaylordsville this fall, which begins next Monday.
 Wolfe's band played at Pine Grove Refreshments were served the band by ladies of the Camp Ground.
 The high winds accompanying the rain storm last Thursday blew off large proportion of the winter apples through this section, but from the dearth of rain which had been withheld so long tu6 ReBcTOuS SuOW6rH On Gu6 uay III question overbalance all damage which orchards or shade trees received.
 The annual reception at the David M. Hunt School building occurs Saturday afternoon and evening in the Library parlors. The school maintains the high standard of excellence in all the depart ments which two years of experience have gained.
 A birthday party was given at the Inn Tuesday evening by Mrs Jessie Rey- holds, of New York, who has been spend ing the summer here, in honor of the twelfth birthday anniversary of Baxter. her eldest son. The dining hall was prettily decorated with Chinese lanterns and the menu was gotten up in fine shape by the proprietor of the Inn. Music and dancing was entered into with zest by the twenty five young guests who were present.
 Shrewd advertisers take advantage of the dull times to let the people know what they have for sale, and make in- ducements for purchasers to visit their stores. If you are a storekeeper, you should not lie idle, but attract cash cus- toners and purchasers Exchange.