Connecticut western news., 1908-02-13
FALLS VILLAGE
LADIES ENJOYED A BANQUET

Champion Chickens-Big Time To-
 morrow Evening-Few Tax Kicks
 Party at Jndge BIodgett ts-Judge
 Gruber Takirg :'Post Graduate"
 Course-Court of Common Pleas
 Found Nothing Doing-Mors About
 the Mems Banquet-"Fire" in the
 Cellar-DeIegatio Went to Witness
 Drama-Girls Object to Being Left
 Behind-Annual Chicken Pie Sup
 per-Estimates on Parsonage Con-
 struction.
 We recently read of a man who has never smoked but one cigar, who has never chewed tobacco, never put his foot inside of saloon, whose strongest swear word is gosh" and who brides himself on being 7o>years old. He has rival in the person of a man near here who has smoked aud chewed tobacco from boYhood, who has been in the habit of taking drink whenever the spirit moved him thereto, who can swear the conscience out of an army mule and yet the poor old chap is round AhS SNN AAS OAG AsASeAA
 H. Wolf has read about champion egg producing hens but he can find nothing in the statistics relative to champion non-producers. He thinks he has them. During the past three months they have been so busy eating warm mashes etc. that they have only found time to pro- vide one egg. There are ten hens and . rooster. MT. Wolfe hopes to persuade them to reduce the production by one during the coming quArter-year and thus clinch the championship. +.--
 Tomorrow evening occurs the social event of the season in the line of dances, the P. D. B. ball, in Citizens hall. People are expected from manywhere (another chance to use that new word) and that all will have good time is . foregone conclusion. J4s ta3E
 There are still few untagged canines in town. The number Is small, how ever.
 Mrs. Daniel Dean of Huntsville is ill with pneumonia.
 John Dean is ill at his home in Hunts vile with an attack of pneumonia. -t.
 The Board of Relief held an ad- journed meeting in Citizens Hall Sat
 
 sessment ''kicks" made.
 Falls Village sent good-sized delega- tion to Lime Rock Monday evening to witness the play Nevada" presented by the Canaan amateurs and to partic;- pate in the dance which followed
 Deputy Sheriff I. P. Hornbeck was in Pittsfield Saturday.
 On Friday evening most enjoyable social party was held at the residence of Miles Blodgstt. More than 20 couples were in attendance. Dancing and an excellent supper were the features of the evening Messrs. Ball and Dean furnished the music for the tripping of the light fantastic.
 Miss Bump and George w. Oapron are spending week in Bridgeport.
 Fred Wiley expects to move, about March 1. to the Hattie Kellogg farm
 Judge Grubsr and wife left Monday for New York City where they will re- main for about ten days. During his stay in the city the judge is to take a course of instruction in performing marriage ceremonies according to latest methods therefore the Falls Village girls are requested to defer their leap year proposals until his return.
 Judge Granger and wife of Spring field, Mass. are visiting Miss. Ellen En- sign. .-.1s. .te s..4-=s =E.1 .s
 Favorable reports come from the Pittsfeld House of Mercy where Mrs Abbe recently underwent an operation for appendicitis. @4
 Great ice weather last week and many ice houses were filled.
 Jeweler Allyn of Canaan has pur- chased of Mrs. Frank Reed the stock of jewelry belonging to the estate of the late James Capron. s. a...#.
 The court of common pleas officials, who came here last week simply drew their breath and salary as there was ab- solutely nothing doing" Peace and harmony prevails
 Contractors have been asked to sub init estimates on the construction of a Congregational parsonage. .-. .rs
 The Borden Company have been out ting ice at ''the bend" for several days It IS about 15 inches thick. The com pany were compelled to come hero for ice because the river near their plant has not yet frozen sufficiently to permit ice cutting.
 Two banquets in one week IS rather unusual for Falls Village but both were enjoyed to the utmost.
 In the way of supplemsnting what we have already said about the mems banquet last week, we will add that the speakers were Rev. H. B. Chown, who spoke in Q humorous vein on various matters. Judge Gruber ably handled the toast "The Ladies" and took occa- sion to remark that he Is still ready to help them into matrimony. William Kane spoke in 8 reminiscent vein, Dr. Skiff gave few side lights on the joys and sorrows of the life of medical practitioner. Rev. Father Brennan spoke of Lakeville. the social value of the gathering together of business men and their friends and touched on other interesting subjects, Miles Blodgett spoke on ''The Town of Canaan" and