Connecticut western news., 1906-07-19

MT. and Mrs. Mrs. Frank H. Bristol of Chatham made brief visit at H. D. Humphreys last week. I The farmers in this locality are har- vesting the largest crop of grass that has ever been known here. Augustus Prentice has moved his family to West Stotkbridge, Mass, where he is employed ill the new Borden plant.
 Miss Anna Brown, stenographer at the New England Lime Company's office, is entertaining her sister for two ! weeks.
 Rev. E. O. Gillette's cottage at Twin Lakes is completed and he and his fam ily expect to move there soon to spend the rest of the summer.
 Mrs. Leonard Miller and Miss l.. c. Blodgett of Great Harrington have been spending few days with friends here.
 Large quantities of bricks have been delivered on Geo. s. Fuller's Railroad street lot to be used in the construction of the new store building.
 Miss Frances Clark of Norfolk was a recent guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Beebe of Railroad street and also visited at H. D. Humphreys.
 The Italian barber who has been in the employ of Lewis Rhoades for few weeks, discontinued his labors Saturday night and has returned to Torrington.
 Liveryman A. P. Briggs purchased the coal that was dumped from the car where the recent collision occurred at the station. He drew it to his bins last week.
 Attorney L. J. Nickerson was ill town Monday on his return home from Mount Riga where he spent several days at the camp ot states attorney Warner of Salisbury. Miss Emma Van Deusen of Watkins, N. r., is visiting her brother, George H. Van Deusen. She is graduate of Vassar hospital training school for nurses at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 That the reading privileges afforded by the Douglas Library are appreciated is evidenced by the large number of people who visi. the little building each Wednesday and Saturday. The collec- tion of literature there is a large one and something to appeal to every taste may be found.
 Frank Hitchcock has had hay fork and carrier installed in his barn. MT. Hitchcock is one of the first in this section to adopt this modern method of unloading hay from the wagons. The apparatus is operated by a gasoline engine. An ordinary load of hay is placed in the barn by three or four trips of the fork.
 New Telephones.
 The Southern New England Tele- phone Company recently installed in- struments for Chas. l.. Gold. Cornwall; A. V. A. Felten, Twin Lakes; O. N. k. Ky. Co.,, Twin Lakes; A. P. Briggs, l (residence); Peter Bozzolo, Salisbury; Miss Bartlett, Twin Lakes; Chas. Blake, Twin Lakes; F. R. Holmes, Twin Lakes; Vacation House, Canaan; Mountain View Inn, Pine Grove; Frank McCarty, Clayton; c. M. Walton, Canaan. Fortunate Business Man.
 A certain business man in Canaan takes especial pride in the fact that dur ing the six years he has been dealing with the public in the capacity of pro- prietor that he has had but two, un- I collectable accounts. one of $19.00 and the other of $9.00. And well may this man point with pride to that record. He says some feelings of unpleasantness have been caused on account of his declining to extend credit to certain parties but it has resulted to his financial advantage. Wangum Arrivals.
 Recent arrivals at The Wangum are T. H. Mckenzie, Hartford, Conn; Miss Langdon and friend, Sharon; Mrs. M. Carpenter and daughter, Shekoneck, N. J.; Miss Hazel Beeman, Winsted; w G. Mayer and wife, Miss Mayer, A. O. Mayer, Waterville, N. Y; Mrs. M N. Blue, Miss Virginia M. Blue, New York City; Emmet H. Conklin, Waikiki, N. Y; Miss Anna D. Bodley, Miss Eleanor s. Bodley, New Britain, Conn; Lester Adams, Norwalk, Conn.
 Railroad RumbIings.
 Daniel Coughlin of Bridgeport, Conn. has been temperorily acting as car inspector here for the N. Y, N. H. & H. road during the absence of inspector Gore who attended the funeral of u relative.
 On Monday afternoon Dr. F. H. Lee was called to attend conductor Shook when his train arrived Mere. MT. Shook was afflicted by profuse bleeding from the nose. Dr. Lee gave him relief and he proceeded to his home in Hartford Conductor Michael Welch took charge of the train.
 The directors of the N. Ys N. H. & H. road held their July meeting ill New York on Saturday and declared the usual quarterly dividend of ? 2per cent, payable September 30.
 Warner House Repairs
 No definite plans for the remodeling of the Warner House have as yet been decided upon by the purchaser, William Garfield, although he has numerous