Connecticut western news., 1907-10-24

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 Jared Bradley has been spending a few days in Great Harrington. | Remember that THE NEWS is on sale every week at the store of Smith 6 Go.
 Fred Capron and wife of Danbury are visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia Roraback
 Joseph Gilbert has moved his family to Worcester, Mass, where he has a | position.
 Ashley Falls will join with Canaan and Sheffield in an application for that local train.
 The date is near at hand for the regular fall reduction of the force of section men.
 MT. Miller of Lakeville, Conn.,, was a guest of his brother in law, E. l.. Wood ford Monday.
 William Doolittle of Los Angeles cal led on his aunt, Mrs. Heaton, Tuesday and Wednesday.
 Halloween social at the Congrega- tional church next Thursday evening. Don't forget to remember it.
 Mrs. w. R. Bunker, who spent the summer at her place near here, has re- turned to New York for the winter.
 E. l.. Woodford has nearly completed the addition to his blacksmith shop which will provide much needed room. The farmers in this vicinity are ship ping large quantities of apples from this station. The larger portion goes to Bridgeport. 4.#.
 Mrs. Arlington Yutzler and Miss Florence YutzIer of West Cornwall, Conn.,, were guests, Saturday, of Mrs. Cora Atkins.
 Wigglesworth & Go. of Canaan have been awarded the contract for placing heating plant in the new residence of w. A. Beattie.
 Ashley Falls has had half dozen barbers in as many months and the will lages now have hopes that they have one who will stay spell.
 THE NEWS will be sent until January 1, 1909 to every person who subscribes now for one year, i. G., the months of November and December free to every new subscriber. When an Ashley Falls woman gets tired of waiting for her iege lord to trim up the apple trees bit, she takes her buck saw in hand and goes out and does it herself. At least, one woman does.
 George, Hall is to do some lettering on monuments in the Canaan cemetery for Mrs. William Smith and Fred Gillette MT. Hall has just completed the Smith job in the local cemetery, mentioned last l week. #
 The Maplewood barber shop is again open under, the proprietorship of J. H. White formerly of Pittsfeld MT. White plans to board here this winter and if he makes go of it'' will remove his family here in the spring.
 Judging from those Kentucky pack ages unloaded from the express cars and also from the names upon them, the Italians in this vicinity do not allow their whistles to go without wetting even if this is a no-license town.
 Conundrum: "Why are some of the barbers who have gone before, like the moon? ?' Don't all answer at once. You might suppose it is because they were sometimes reduced to their last quarter but that isn't the answer at all.
 The Ashley Falls Marble Company is a convenient institution to have at hand when one wants few pieces of marble of fancy shapes for yard, walk or flower bed decoration. The appearance of sev- eral pieces of Ashley Falls property has thus Deeu 1lnprOVeQ.
 The white Mr. Green with the red hirsute appendage and with independ- ent kerosene oil in blue barrel, now makes regular trips from Norfolk to Ashley Falls and is well patronized by those who wish to lessen the power of the Standard octopus.
 The man with the horse he hasn't dared to take off the farm during the summer isn't sorry the season is nearly here when automobiles will stop run ming. But the first thing yon know they'll put lem on runners and then it Il be worse than ever. Think of meet ing one on piece of drifted road.
 From 20 to 25 cans of milk are shipped. by Ashley Falls farmers from this station each day. It goes to Mount Vernon and also to three New York hotels, the Netherland, St. Andrews and Fifth Avenue. Before the Borden company invaded this territory, the daily ship ments consisted of about 100 cans.
 On Sunday an automobile party from Kingston, N. Y. came this way en route to Salisbury, Conn; On Cooper, Hill they became stalled in the mud and would probably have been there yet had they not been able to persuade William Bowen to hook his beasts of burden to the gasoline gig and haul it to solid ground.
 Byron Woodhead and wife of Palmer, Mass. are spending a few days vaca- ton with MT. and Mrs. W. A. Beattie. MT. Woodhead is photographer. He brought his camera with him and is to take several pictures for MT. Beattie as well as of the Ashley Falls Marble Com pany's plant and other points of interest in town.
 On Friday and Saturday of last week, assistant superintendent Carr of the Berkshire division rode up and down the line on freight trains. He wanted to see if it is possible to get the trains down and back in less time than they have consumed lately and it was a noticeable fact that not the usual amount of time was consumed.
 ROOT WAS TO BLAME Judge Walker B. Sanford of Great Harrington filed ill superior court Fri day h1s findings on the inquest held to