Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1907-11-21
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L. J. Nickerson was in New York
Monday night and is to attend Masonic
event in Danbury tomorrow night.
A gang of telephone linemen has been
in town for a few days doing repair and
construction work.
Miss Cora B. Hallett and Miss Maude
McCready attended the Princeton
football game at New Haven last Satur-
day and remained over Sunday with
Miss Hallett's grandparents, Mr. aud
Mrs. j. b. Hallett in Bridgeport.
James Fitch of Kansas City, Mo-, spent
several days last week with his parents
here enroute for Brooklyn.
Mrs. g. Toles of Plainville and Mrs.
Merit Slade of Cornwall Bridge visited
Miss Sarah @. Read at D. L. Smith s
Thursday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Oviatt of
Bantam>spent last Thursday at George
w. McCoy's.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Sheppard
and s. J. Adams attended the National
Grange meeting at Hartford.
Charles Listman left last week for
Plainfeld, N. j., where he will spend
the winter with his son, G. Leo Listman.
w. r. Van Deusen, night operator at
this station, had charge of the Ashley
Falls station several days recently, dur
ing the absence Of Agent Atkins at that
place. Agent McCready took Mr.. Van
Deusen's place here as night operator.
George H. Trieschman of Bantam was
in town Saturday.
Poles are being set to enable the plac-
ing of telephone connections in the home
of Nurse Wheaton.
The S. S. Club meets this week Friday
with Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. McCready, the
subject for consideration being William
the Conqueror. A sketch of the COP
queror's home town at the present time
is to be presented by Mrs. Fitch.
| Robert Horner and Christopher Rora-
back were in Bridgeport Monday.
The church organ has been removed
to New Milford by A. Leroy Conkey
for repairs.
! A strange dog was in town last week
mapping and snarling at local CANNES
and biting one or two. 1t created quite
mad dog scare at the time and Charles
Whitney attempted to kill the animal
without success. 1t has been thought
since. however, that the dog belonged
to one of the Italian Golfers and was
only mad at the treatment and suspicion
it received from all sides.
Quite a contrast is noticed in reports
of the weather in recently received let.
ters Miss Clara Smith writes from
Saranac Lake i'll the Adirondacks that
s'the lake is frozen over and the ground
has been covered with snow for week, u
while from Orange City, Florida, Mrs
James A. Cochrane writes that " the
roses are in bloom, orange trees yellow
with fruit; thermometer registering
80 degrees, quite dry and hoping fol
rain"
Farmer Corntossel" is indicated
The tables have been turned! A man
from the city-a drummer at that, who
is supposed to have his eyes open-has
been buncoed! fit wasn't a gold brick
it was one of the good old fashioned kind
which he found in his grip, when he
took the train from this station last
Thursday noon-to say nothing of the
''lemon."
Hon. D. L. Smith was in New York
several days last week in the interest OF
his firm.
A. G. Mallinson has been home from
New Haven for short vacation
Rev. and Mrs. Fitch left Saturday fol-
Brooklyn to be present at the marriage
Of their son in that city on Wednesday
of this week.
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