Connecticut western news., 1907-09-26
FALLS VILLAGE

 man election.
 The Main street road improvement is well under way.
 The list of voters to be made, consists of 29 names.
 Mrs. Skiff has been visiting the doctor at Ellsworth.
 George w. Capron has been spending a few days ill Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Charles Weising was recent guest of Mrs. c. B. Frink.
 Miss Mary Ellis of Holyoke, Mass. has been visiting Miss Frances Dean.
 Three nonresident pupils are attend ing the Falls Village schools.
 Falls Village is well represented at the Great Harrington fair this week.
 Miss Betsey A. Owen. who has been ill for 15 weeks, is ill critical condition.
 Mrs. Frank Irish, who was injured 0 few evenings since, is progressing toward recovery.
 J. M. Benjamin has placed sign on his place of business bearing the in- scription "The Arch"
 Louis Davis has purchased a Boehm flute, artists model. These are consid- cred to be the acme of perfection in | nuCe cOnSCrucI1On.
 Mrs. Sanders of Camden, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. s. Davis. She is accompanied by Miss Ala Van Hassen also of Camden, N. Y.
 Mrs. A. s. Leverty of Bridgeport, &C., companied by her son, Dr. Gordon S. Leverty, his wife and two children, are spending the month at the Leverty summer cottage. Dr. Leverty is suffer ing from the effects of overwork and came to avail himself of the recupera- tive influence of Falls Village ozone.
 ELECTORS MUST SWEAR
 The selectmen and the town clerk will hold forth at the selectmen's room this week Saturday for the purpose of administering the electors oath. They'll be on the job from a. m. to p. m.
 HERE AND THERE
 The leaves are beginning to fall and the head of the family behind the rake and his better half with the broom are kept busy removing them from the lawn. At least that's the case here and there perhaps more there than here.
 INN RENOVATION
 D. H. Casey proprietor of The Inn has been expending large amount of \ money in improving the interior Of the hotel. The thorough renovation in- cludes painting and papering, upstairs and down. new carpets, new cork hno- leum new single light windows and many artistic touches here and there all of which contribute toward a decided improvement in the general appearance of the inside of this popular hostelry. ' TIP OVER.
 Frank Reed started for Canaan with load of furniture the other day. When part way there an auto came suddenly around a corner and frightened his horses. One of them made frantic effort to pull down telephone wire, the wagon was tipped over, the furni' ture was " unused up and there were fast and furious doings for 8 few minutes. Things were finally strengthened out with no bones broken or Jlnatomies mutilated.
 soME DAY
 The world at large should be pretty well informed by this time that there are no secret societies in Falls Village The item which The News printed tc this effect was widely copied, without credit, and some fine day. or possibly on day not so fine, an organizer for the Modern Woodmen, the American Me
 
 Legion, the Maocabees or some other organization will swoop down upon the village and Falls Village residents of the male persuasion will be so full ot secret order lore that every vest will need @ gusset and every hat will be stretched to the utmost.
 AT THE INN Folks who have partaksn of Inn oui- sine during the week include Harry 2 Hellyer, Easton, Pa.; E. N. Warehouse, Bristol; J. O. Rorabaok. Canaan; H. H. Little, Norfolk; I. R. Fenton, Lime : Rock; l.. J. Nickerson. West Cornwall J. Van Aernam, Red Hook N. Y.;C. E. Dow, Hartford; M. H Griffing, Danbury J. H. Bronson, New Haven; s. D. La. throp, Andover; J. Mo. Mfr, Danbury F. J. Barrett, Enfield; O. A. Smith New York: B. l.. Brown, New Haven O. E. Tillottson, New Haven; E. J Mater, Rochester, N. Y.; O. O. Saskey New York.
 "NICK's' MYSTERIOUS QUADRAPED Among the packages of express matter ! arriving here a few days ago was one containing canine pup, consigned te ] Nick" Rogers. It was shipped from \ Siberia. When it left that country { April 31st. 1t was a native bloodhound ! but the long jaunt overland, by water ! and by rail had a disastrous effect oI it's constitution and when it arrived here it had shrnnk alarmingly so mucf ' so that local dog expects who floeked to view the animal, reached the conclusion that it is part mongrel, part Jersey part hound, some pointer, has a trace O q Dominique blood. part Poland China and the balance just dog. Nick had , great mind to show the animal at tn, < Great Burlington fair but changed hi mind for fear that further transporta , ton would "evolute" it into an ouran, outang or chimpanzee and that the of tinialS Suorld xxrithnld tha rrannin he