Connecticut western news., 1908-02-27
FALLS VILLAGE
OLD SHOEMAKER IN ALMSHOUSE

Contemplation-BaII not a Financial
 Success-Drawing Ice at Dollar a
 Load-tluntsviIIe School Observes
 Washington's Birthday-EgIeston and
 the Limerick.
 Lent begins next Wednesday.
 I.P. Hornbeck spent Friday in Sharon.
 Michael Jennings is seriously i'll and doubts are entertained as to his recovery.
 The Board of Relief. held their final meeting Saturday afternoon in the town room.
 Mrs. G. E. Frink and son, Harry, spent Sunday with Mrs. l.. P. Ashman In Salisbury.
 On Friday evening kitchen dance was held at Fred Blake's. Twenty couples attended.
 Falls Village is for Roosevelt accord ing to the result of the straw vote. An article on page one tells about 1t.
 The Lime Rock Red Men held a dance in The Casino last evening and, as usual, goodly number from Falls Village at- tended.
 A half dozen Falls Village people at tended the Masonic ball in Canaan Fr1- day evening and greatly enjoyed the event.
 A very pleasant whist party was that held at the resid ence of Hezekiah Good win Monday evening and it was we'll at tended. '>.
 The net proceeds of the annual chicken pie supper, held by the Ladies' Aid soci- ety of the Methodist church last We'd nesday evening amounted to about $S5. co.
 It was hard lines for the school children to have WashinKton's birthday fall on Saturday this year thus preolud- ing the possibility of days vacation. Q
 A few residences were more or less decorated with the national oolors Sat urday in observance of the birthday of the man who could tell . lie but wouldn't.
 E. G. Ward found it necessary to kill a valuable COW last week because of her being afflicted with tuberculosis, The killing followed an examination by two veterinarians.
 Judge Gruber evidenced his spirit of patriotism Saturday by finging the stars and stripes to the breeze from the top of the flagstaff on his lawn.
 Ice from the Goodwin pond was cut last week for the Borden ice house at Lime Rock. During the latter part of the week 30 teams were employed. The price paid for drawing the cakes was $1 .00 per load.
 Patrick Hines, aged 55 years, died Friday night after having been in poor health for five or six years" He is sur vived by three brothers, Michael, James and Peter, and one sister, Mrs. Michael Jennings.
 The young people of the community are discussing the advisabiity of giving a high grade concert in the not far dis tant future. Some most excellent music is being considered and the Rev. H. B.. Chown was instructed to correspond with the dealers relative to price on the same. ....E s f.
 The P. D. B. ball, after all the bills were paid, was not 8 pronounced suo- cess financially. Nobody expected it would be. It was not a money making affair. It was for social enjoyment only and along this line 1t was decidedly suc- cessful.
 Among the guests who registered at The Inn during the week are: D. W. Smaller, Winsted; J. H Bronson, New Haven; Chester B. Smith. New Haven; N. M. Beach, Bridgeport; Geo. O. Miller, Millerton; M. F. White, New Haven; H. B. Burton, Springfield; P. I. Balch, Providence; R. R. Gotta, North Adams; Frank Bruey, Canaan; w. H. Phyfe, Chatham, N. T.; R. J. Orr, Pittsfsld.
 In sending hls Limerick lines, F. E. Egleston writes the editor of THE NEWS as follows; There are so many thingn the average young lady of Falls Village could have said at the end of your Liner ick this week that hardly know which to send. One substitute for an actual proposal which she could have made if her knees got shaky is: "Take me to the next P. D. B. ball" Or if she were kneeling before the most popular young man in town q understand he has a wait ing list of IA proposals already) and in stinctively concluded that 8 humorous way out would perhaps be better after all, she probably said: 'I am yours, John, heart, liver and gall" But if she really meant business and saw that she had the chap coming her way at the wind up she had very likely concluded by say ing: "Let's make Judge Gruber call. '' knowing very we'll that once in the presence of the court all would be well.
 A very interesting programme, appro- priate to Washington's birthday was rendered at the Huntsville school last Friday. The Rev. H. B. Chown, Miles Blodgett and Myron Dean addressed the pupils, taking the Father of His Country for their subject. Miss Alice Dean is the teacher. The programme in which the pupils participated was as follows: Noble Washington. song by school; A High Resolve; Harold Willard The Boy Washington, Ersel Passini; George Washington, song by school; Good Old Times, Margarete Chase; Short Speech, Charles Lucas, Washing ton Song, school; Something Better. Louise Passini; Would Tell, Five Girls; Boys Poem on Washington, Ray Dean; The Little Red Stomp, Lena Warner;