Connecticut western news., 1908-11-12
ASHLEY FALLS


 Monday, erecting monument.
 Mrs. Julia Roraback spent Sunday with the family of James Roraback Ill Sheffield
 Mrs. Alice Granger is assisting Miss Kate Heaton in the care of Mir. and Mrs. Heaton.
 Lee Roraback of Pasa Rovles, Gal was guest of Mrs. Julia Roraback one day last week.
 MT. and Mrs. Thomas Heaton, who have been i'll for some time, are grad ually recovering.
 The regular monthly business meeting of the Christian Endeavor society was held Monday evening.
 The Misses Mary Carpenter and Bessie Thompson are spending few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Manvel.
 Henry Clark is confined to the house as the result of fall sustained few days ago while saving wood.
 There has been a noticeable falling off in the amount of mail matter received by the men folks since election.
 Correspondent Lester has decided to defer tle changes to be made i'll the railroad depot" until next spring.
 E. L. Woodford has practically com pleted the addition to his shop and is already doing wood work therein.
 Mrs. Sarah Manvel has been spending few days in Cornwall Bridge and while there attended the funeral of Chasles Hall.
 A. Androli, former employee at the marble works, has obtained a position in West Stockbridge, Mass. and moved there Monday.
 | Rev. o. B. Landon preached an excel lent sermon in the Methodist church Sunday in the absence of the pastor, Rev. MT. Snyder. ! The we'll with plenty of dampness in it is curiosity these days. Unless rain comes during the next few days, water will b. at 8 premium here. l Apples in considerable quantities are being skipped from the local station al- though the barrels are not as numerous as in some of the former years.
 It is expected that the weighing of the malls, which has been in progress at the local postoffice for several months. will be continued at least January 1st.
 Charles Lloyd, who now resides in the Church place, Cooper hill, purchased the Freeman farm, near Sheffield, which was sold at auction on Saturday of last week.
 In another column of to-day's paper, Charles Ashley advertises that he will pay no more bills contracted by his wife, Mariette Ashley. This is the fourth time, Mir. Ashley says, that she has left his bed and board. She is now liv- ing in Mill River, Mass.
 We understand that the Ashley Falls Marble Company are practically ready to abandon the quarry from which they have been obtaining marble for some time and will soon open the new quarry north of the plant. The electrically operated derrick and other machinery will, of course, be removed to the new location. -. s-. .s-a. - Young men, or men not so young, who are in search of exercise that will harden the muscles and remove super fuous flesh, should apply to the owner of almost any back yard in Ashley Falls. Those who have tried it say that noth- ing in the exercise line beats yanking a piece of notched steel repeatedly across the bosom of cord wood stick.
 Local folks believe that representative Curtiss will have quite some influence toward obtaining that trolley extension for this section. And everyone hopes subsequent events will prove that the belief is correct. The relief from the present. imitation train service of the N. Y, N. H. 6 H. road cannot come too soon to suit the people hereabouts.
 It is said that a newspaper clipping which has hung in the postoffice for some time was accountable for the large number of Taft votes cast by Ashley Falls folks. It reads this way: ''If the drouth is due to Bryan, there will prob ably be no rain until after Taft's cleo tion. Vote for Taft" But even Taft's victory has not brought much dampness as yet.
 The man who writes the Ashley Falls news for The Eagle says that the "rais- ing of the dam over the Housatonic at Canaan, has "hooded many cellars.' We don't exactly understand how rais- ing dam lover" a river could flood anything. As matter of fact no dams have been raised, therefore it is difficult to see how any cellars could have been flooded.
 Eggs are more than usually scarce at this time of year. Storekeeper Smith says he hasn't seen one in so long that he couldn't draw a picture of one from memory. MT. Adsit of the Clayton store was i'll MT. Smith store at the time customer was in search of hen fruit and remarked that two and-half dozen was the largest quantity he has seen at one time in dogs age.
 The Methodist people have adopted the pay-as-you-go motto in the con- struction of their entertainment hall, consequently they have no hall debt to pay. The money is available to pay for the ceiling of the inside. now ill pro- gress and before the construction of the kitchen is commenced, the money to pay for the same will be either on hand or in sight. It is planned to hold more suppers, etc. by which to raise these funds. A change has been mads. in the architecture of the proposed addition and when it is constructed, it will be the same shape as the main portion of the hall
 NO T1CE
 My wife. Marietta Ashley. having left my bed and hoard without inst ra1ISa