Connecticut western news., 1907-03-14
FALLS VILLAGE

Miss Lucy Randall went to New Haven last Wednesday to attend the funeral of General Samuel Merwin and will remain an indefinite time. Miss Louise Gibbs of Kent spent Sun day with her brother A. F. Gibbs.
 Mrs. Walter Lord of Bridgeport was in town Sunday.
 Miss Stella Roraback called on friends last week.
 Preston Burnett spent Sunday with his brother and his daughter Mrs. Edith Ward
 Mrs. George Ayres and Miss Ruth went to Salisbury Saturday for a few days.
 Mr and Mrs. Roth spent Sunday in Stockbridge. A son was born last Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dickinson.
 Local doctors are busy men these days ministering to the needs of the various people who are i'll. There are no serious cases in this immediate vicinity, how ever.
 Aug. Curtiss of Norfolk was in town Friday,
 Bruno Heinz has rented the living apartments now occupied by Mrs. Frank Reed and will take possession April |.
 Harry Benton of Bedding who recent ly purchased the Brinton farm on Brin- tom hill, of Mir. Melius, superintendent of the Salisbury town farm, will take possession April 1.
 Mrs. Frank Reed, who now occupies rooms at the rear of her jewelry store, is to move to the Fitch house, where her husband already resides.
 James Gruber will arrive from New York about April and open his summer residence for the season.
 Charles Beach, & former proprietor of The Inn. was in town Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. Lee Baird of Ninevah Junction, NY have been visiting their son, L. w. Baird.
 Mrs. Bruno Heinz returned Thursday from Bridgeport where she has been spending several weeks.
 Mrs Lloyd Brinton, who has been spending several days with her parents in Daubury, returned home the latter part of last week.
 THEY'RE "FRIz."
 The village water pipes are again fill ed with congealed wetness. A closer proximity to China would be one most excellent remedy for this fault.
 THICK ICE.
 It is understood that in some places the Housatonic river is frozen from top to bottom. One man who was getting in his seasons supply of ice obtained it all from 20x20 feet area. He tore 1t apart with dynamite and discovered that it was just eight feet thick. An otlrsr party while gathering ice hauled out a cake in which a half dozen fish were frozen solid.
 ANTIQUE CONFERENCES.
 n Il IL. which to become posted on the ancient styles of sleigh architecture. Several of these old-fashioned vehicles are seen on the streets during every "spell of sleigh iug.n They would delight the connois- seur of antiques, but almost everyone who possesses such sleigh desires to retain ownership of it either because of its value as a relic or for sentimental reasons.
 SANITARIUM OR GAME PRESERVE. There are rumors to the effect that the Luman O. Wiokwire farm of 1000 acres, recently sold to Dr. Cobb by K. J. Horn beck, executor of the estate may be uti- lized either as sanitarium or game preserve. A Frenchman named Dennis Barbeaux is to reside on the farm the coming year.
 GRABBED JOHN l.. IS PAW. w. T. Pulver while in Hartford the other day shook hands with the renown- ed John l.. Sullivan, who had just been doing a vaudeville turn in that city.
 NO LAW ON BUCKwHEAT CAKES. Augustus and John Mott of NewYor city have been spending several days at the Hollenbeck Clnb. They remark that while the laws and seasons interfere with hunting and fishing just .c 1a tba .,1I fn ger.