Connecticut western news., 1908-05-21
FALLS VILLAGE

Saturday
 Bob" Orr of Pittsfield was in town Saturday.
 I. P. Hornbeck and F. H. Reed were in Litchfield Monday.
 Miss Clara Mead is visiting Miss Dora Andrews in New York.
 Mrs. George Brown of Winsted has been visiting at Mrs. Mead's.
 Miles Hanchet of Orange, N. J. has been spending few days at Charles Hanchet's.
 c. W. Hall and Pope Chapman spent Friday in Hartford and were the guests of John Belden.
 F. E. Eg9leston is renovating with paint and paper several of the houses in tae neighborhood.
 w. B. Dickerman and wife of Ma maroneck, N. Y. have been spending a few days at the Hollenbeck club house.
 The net proceeds of the strawberry shortcake supper held by the ladies of the Congregational church amounted to $35.0O.
 The blind musicians gave an excellent concert here Thursday evening and were greeted by good sized audience. The proceeds were about $25.OO.
 A Great Harrington contractor is pre- pairing plans and specifications for the concrete vault which the cemetery asso- citation contemplate erecting.
 MT. Howard and son of Danbury were in town again the latter part of last week, fishing. As on previous visits here they had good success.
 Garden seeds are in great demand av,1 fo 1fy among the men behind the hoe and the rake. But few gardens were made un- til last week.
 The fishing has been unusually good in this vicinity during the past week or two and there has been hardly an in- stance where an angler came home with an empty basket.
 Summer people are already turning their attention toward Falls Village. The postmaster has received several queries from city people relative to the possibilities of obtaining board here dur ing the warm weather. I. R. Fenton of Lime Rock was in town Saturday. shaking hands with hia many friends. This was his first trip away from home since he was taken seriously ill number of week ago.
 Apple trees in bloom, May 10. other fruit trees are blooming profusely. The great abundance and variety of birds is noticed by everyone. the air is musical with their notes. Grass hourishes, and isvery forward for the season.
 J. D. Eggleston, who was taken to the Winsted Hospital after falling on the ice and breaking his hip, is to be removed to some other hospital as his case has be- come chronic and they do not treat chronic cases there. -..
 Two knights of the turnpike came tc town the other day and among the places where they stopped to ask for . hand-out was the Inn. Landlord Casey needed two men to tidy things up bit about the place and they both went tc work (fact) and proved to be capable help.
 Florence, the six -year-old daughter ot MT. and Mrs. Charles Hanchet. waI taken to Hartford Friday, by Mrs. Han chet and Dr. Cobb. and an operation is thought sne will be enabled to walk The lower limbs are in plaster cast at present and will SO remain for eight weeks.
 Judge Gruber fears that should hs Y local olergymen will begin to object fol the reason that it will to certain ex tent. enoroach upon their perquisite field. But when one looks back yea, or so that particular field, so far aS con cerns weddings. has been . remarkably barren one in Falls Village.
 Rev. P. A. Bradford has announced tc the members of the Congregations church that if they feel go disposed they are at liberty to hear candidates fol the pastorate after June 1 as it will be at least September and possibly Octo Der before he will be able to move hii family here, The church board hal taken no officiAlaotion in the matter al yet.
 A man living near here came to grlei the other day whom he bought horse from the band of gypsies encamped neal the Catholic church. They allowed hin days trial of tho animal and to al appearances it filled the bill in every particular but at the end of a week il began to show abnormal activity in iti hind legs and the only thing it hasn' , kicked off the farm up to date is tht cupola on the barn.
 l.. w. Baird, local agent for tho Prevalent Life and Trust Company o1 Philadelphia has paid to Mrs. Mary K Fields the amount of the 5000 policy on the life of her son, Everett Fields who died from the injuries he sustained . by being thrown from. wagon II West Cornwall. The company evi : denced unusual promptnsss of paying the claim. The proof of death was received by the company last Friday and tht claim was paid Tuesday.
 An explosion that nearly shook tn, ties out of the roadbed occurred one day last week in the freight house and as { result of it there was an impartial dis tribution of molasses that covered nearly everything in reach. The molasses wal in barrel consigned to Bartls Brothers Station agent Davis borrowed thu grocery team to get load of sawdust tt ! absorb the sticky fluid, and slid off tn, F wagon. injuring his means of looomo , tion. He will be obliged to deal ou