Connecticut western news., 1907-08-15
FALLS VILLAGE
THE PHILOSOPHERS MEDITATIONs

THE PHILOSOPHERS MEDITATIONs Curiosity Aroused-Meat Man Jumps
 to Save His Bacon -D Death of
 Charles Dean-The Ivy Cottage
 Currant Events-SociaI and Per-
 sonaI Notes.
 CURRANT EVENTS.
 In MT. Olin's garden are 15 currant bushes. At the beginning of the season MT. Olin decided to give them special treatment and plenty of attention and he did everything which the currant specialists say will make bush get up and hump itself. Mrs. Olin sends The News the following communication: Our currant bushes have not only been a thing of beauty, hanging over the gar den wall, but have been productive Of much fruit which has reached many families of the village and surroundings before they were fully ripe. After using, selling and giving away over 100 quarts, Orville Hosford picked 30 quarts, b of which were taken to Pine Grove to fill orders. The entrants were not quite as large as usual and were sold for eight cents per quart. One generous lady at the grove insisted on paying 10 cents a quart for six quarts. The money re- ceiyed at the grove was used to purchase two of the new hym- M. E. church. A few weeks ago Mrs. n1i,, hro mol, If tho n Pine Grove and presented them to New York lady and they fell into the hands of an artist. A beautiful picture was painted and is on exhibition at the grove. The artist says it will sell for $25 in New York"
 WHAT Is IT?
 That platform on the shores of the majestic Housatonic, near the bridge has aroused amazing curiosity. Some have said that it was built by order of MT. Bill Bryan of Nebraska that he might come here and tell people what a democrat is, another man claimed 1t Is to be occupied by John D. Rockefeller while delivering his famous lecture on How to do the People Good "or" How to do the Good People" or something of that sort; we've forgotten exactly how he did express it. The man whose oc- cupation is picking flowers off century plants tells us it's a dance platform, built i'll that particular spot so that the water will be handy to jump into when one wants to cool off. Our opinion Is that none of these guesses are correct. To us the things looks like dufunny to be attached to the nigh side of the gim- ick while making a gew gaw or a fippy Il nryln fn O And there are lots of other Falls Village folks who think the same way.
 FLYING LEAP
 The Robbins circus folks heard about Emil Heinz's experience near Ore Hill the other day and wanted to engage him to do acrobatics for them but he de. clined. Anyway that's how the story goes. He was on his way to Millerton and at Ore Hill his horses became frightened by the cars and ran. One ot the bits broke and Emil leaped over the horse, tie rope in hand, threw the rope over the horses neck, then around the nose and succeeded in bringing the team to a stop. And his flying leap was made while the team was going at about the clip at which the ordinary auto is run through a village where spent laws are not enforced.
 Inn arrivals during the week are: F. w. Willoughby, New Haven; J.W. Sat- ger, Hartford; 0. D. Weeks, HIS. Brown, New York; H. D. McArthur, Millerton; A. B. Hickie, Hartford; W. F. Rogers, Derby; W. 0. Williams, W. 0. Will Hams, Rutherford, N. J.; James McNeff, Danbury; l.. E. Mason, NewHaven; w. W. Lindeman, L. D. Blomsteen, Anne mia; O. l.. Miller, Hartford; William Peet, D. Mccarthy, Bridgeport; R. w. Hunter, Poughkeepsie.
 DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT
 Charles E. Dean, aged about 73, a former Falls Villager, died at his home in Danbury Friday The funeral was held in the M. E. church here Sunday and the remains were inferred in the Lime Rock cemetery. He was the son of Elisha Dean, who resided at Lime Rock station. The funeral services were largely attended by his former friends and neighbors
 A GREEN FRONT
 The family who occupy ivy Cottage below the arch. have not found 1t nec- essary to spread any paint on the front of the house this year. The ivy has completely covered 1t and has started to do a job of roofing but people who have used them, declare that ivy leaf shingles are not what they're cracked up to be.
 THE FIRST WORD
 The "Go Slow' sign near the arch bridge now sticks up like sore thumb since the weeds and bushes have been cut. But the autoists don't see it any more plainly than before; anyhow they don't act so. To judge by the way they run, they simply read the first word.
 l.. B. Tinker provoked W. D. Nisbit to the point of assault at the camp ground the other day. On Saturday Tinker caused Nisbet's arrest for as sault and battery and the case was tried here befare justice Blodgett. Nisbet pleaded guilty and was fined $500 and costs $20 in all, which he paid.
 John Belden came totown last week to spend Sunday, as usual. In his grip he brought bundle of pamphlets, fresh from the press, containing the Connec- I Ioxxy role %a Yyan. .a1A