Connecticut western news., 1901-09-26
W EST CORN W ALI,.

 spending the week with Mrs Mary Salswskl.
 Helen J. Wolfe and John Q. Adams were in Bridgeport on Wednesday last.
 William D. Bosler left on Monday fo' Albany, N. Y., where he will entor the senior class of the law department of Union University. Mir Bosler will be absent until next June
 One road improvement in our village. The hollow ln front of the post office has been raised to the level of the road. A long needed want.
 P. O. Donnell has returned from Cornwall where he has been caring for Col. Dwight Pierce.
 The southeastern end of Smith X Sons large storage building, which has been used by B. s. Tweedy as a storing place for clay, gave away on Friday morning of last week and about 25 tons of clay was precipitated to the ground
 Mir and Mrs Walter Leete have re- turned to their home on Leete Island.
 The Bennett-Swanson case was con- tinued before Justice Yutzler on Mon- day last.
 Fred Yutzler's barber shop presents l 8 handsome appearance with its fresh coat of paint and paper.
 George W. Cochrane entertained the young people of the vicinity with a frankfurt roast on Saturday evening last in the grove near his home. A pleasant evening was passed. The affair was decided success, some thirty five gathered and enjoyed the ''all hots" and immense camp fire.
 Mrs Oils Arnold and Mss Duteher are at W. k. Brush's home. May Root of Sharon Valley is at O. F. Calkins. .. William Shea has returned from New York and assumed the clerical duties at the Shear Shop.
 ! Miss Mabel Harrison is teaching at South Manchester for the coming year. George z. Hotchkiss of Lawrence, Mass, is home for visit after an absence of more than two years.
 Mrs Gustave Taeker of New York IS { visiting at home of G. H. Becks.
 Mrs Dwight l.. Rogers of Beverly, Mass, is at the home of Deacon D. l.. Rogers, North Cornwall.
 With thls issue the writer's labors as correspondent of the NEWS ceases. As correspondent he has tried to ful. fill his duties faithfully, not only to the readers but to the editor as we'll. If at times the sharp sting of sarcasm fell frcm his pen it was only because he i felt the object merited his criticism. He trusts that 1t may be the lot of the editor to find another correspondent who will serve the interests of the NEWS in manner that befits it's standing among the newspaper fraternity of our county.
 l TThe editor of the NEWS regrets tc lose his West Cornwall correspondent, who has served so faithfully for several years. but the time he, arrived when the correspondent lays down his pen tc enter the senior class of the law depart ment of Unlon University. The editor endorses what the correspondents says in his farewell, nevertheless the editor wishes to state that just before leaving home the correspondent secured . successor who will endeavor to have West Cornwall we'll represented in the columns of the NEWS Editor
 MEMORIAL SERVICES
 Thursday, Sept. 18th, was observed by the people of our village in accor. dauoe with the proclamation of the President. The stores and post offics were closed for the greater part of ths day. The school board on the day previous closed the schools of our town Ia the afternoon for period of an hou1 between half past two and half pas three o'clock the chu.ch bell was tollet three times, 58 strokes each time, pause of fifteen seconds between eacl stroke.
 The usual Thursday evening praye meeting was held at seven-thirty o'clocl and at o'clock Blazing Star Lodge No "A, F. & A NJ. entered the chapel The leader of the prayer meeting witl a greeting of welcome invited tn, Masonic fraternity to take charge of thu ceremonies connected with the assem bling. Hon. l. J. Nickerson a Worshipful Master replied, acceptin, the greeting of christian fellowship ant proceeded to open a"Lodge of Sorrow At the left of the W. NJ, sat Hon. Jobl Q. Adams, a prominent lawyer aut resident of Negaunee, Mich, who is thirty second degree Mason. At hi right sat Past Master Traver of Mont gomery Lodge of Lakeville. Tn officers of the lodge occupied thei , usual stations, which were draped il mourning. Near the center of th church and resting upon the seats wa the black cstafalque with it's lighted candles. the urn inlthe center and tn
 white apron, the badge of the fraternity lay ing across the top. Two Americal
 flags draped in heavy mourning wer censpisiously display ed on the easterl and western walls of the building. , The usual Masonic ceremonies at tending the opening of the lodge bein, ended, the Master called for remark from Hon. J. Q. Adams, Robert N 1 Cochrane, Past Master Traver, Senate
 David L. Smith and William D. Bosler each of whom responded in short an,
 glowing tributes to the noble and illus
 trious dead A quartette consisting 0 t Mrs James A. Cochrane, Mrs Georg , Ford, Whiting J. Wilcox and Georg
 Dean, assisted by Miss Jessie 0. Coch . rane as organist, rendered, "Neare
 my God to Thee," "Lead Kindly Light The entire choir assisted in singing
 "Pleyels Hymn," and the service | OiOoCo " phO oidSihB oi amoTlCd U, the assembled congregation. The remarks being concluded tn
 remaining ceremonies were taken u , after which the Lodge of Sorrow" wa declared closed by the Master. 3 Our tribute was only one of tn t thousands that went up from sorrow t ing nation. McKinley's life speaks f,
 itself; it needs no and of steel t
 engraye it iDdelib!y forever upon th , hearts of the American people. , State of Ohio, City of Toledo,