Connecticut western news., 1908-05-07
ASHLEY FALLS
MORE CONTRACTS FOR MARBLE

Stone Cutters Held SociaI-Success-
 fu Social Club-Jews Wouldn't
 Trust Each Other-A Freak Weather
 Forecast-Sheffield Water Wanted
 Annual Church Meeting.
 Miss Powell led the c. E. service Sunday evening.
 Miss Harriet Benedict, who has been ill, IS convalescing.
 Thomos Heaton fell in his yard few days ago and quite severely injured his back.
 Miss Mary A. Devine of Westville, Conn.,, was a Sunday guest at Henry ClarK's.
 The annual meeting of the M. E. church will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 George Boldgett returned from the West Saturday evening, with another carload of horses.
 George Hall shipped headstone to New Milford, Monday, and went there yesterday to erect it.
 Mrs. Jane Snyder left Monday for Cornwall Bridge where she has posi- tion as housekeeper.
 A railroad painter was in town Mon day painting the switches and switch targets in the railroad yard.
 Mrs. Charles Ashley, who spent the winter with relatives in Mill River and Stockbridga, has returned home.
 The gas machine for the Maplewood Inn arrived the latter part of last week and specialist" arrived Monday to install it.
 Ordinarily the summer table takes effect about May. 18th, but as yet no notification of change has been sent to this station.
 The forecast for Tuesday of this week, which the weather bureau sent to Ash ley Falls, read this way: "For Tuesday Fair Except Rain"
 w. A. Beattie, superintendent ot the Congregational Sunday school, repre- sented the school at the County Sunday School convention at Stockbridgs yester- day.
 The work on the Methodist hall pro- gresses rapidly toward completion. During a portion of the present week the carpenters have been placing the siding and sheathing thereon.
 We are informed that the Ashley Falls Marble company received during the past few days. additional contracts which will insure full time and full force operations at the plant for num- Der of months.
 The local stone cutters held a social last evening in the club rooms and in- vited the members of the Ashley Falls Gncio1 (Nl11h fn otfon6 thnir Ctc An enjoyable program was rendered and refreshments were served.
 The Ashley Falls Social Club is prov ing all that it's organizers hoped 1t would be- Although the attendance was great ly decreased during the dull times at the quarry, 1t Is now increasing and the men find it a pleasant and profitable place to spend their evenings.
 Station agent Atkins informs us that the amount of farm machinery received at this station this Spring is much less than that of any recent year. Either the farmers pocket books are fiat this year or they are already we'll supplied or they propose to do their work by hand.
 It is understood the N. Y, N. H. 6 H. officials have worn out a dozen or more lead pencils, making plans for changes
 
 not, as yet, progressed beyond the plan stage. It's the same old station and, 1 from all reports is likely to be for some | time to come.
 An amusing incident took place at the railroad station the other day. One Jew 1 junk peddler sold a quantity of junk to another Jew and neither seemed willing to trust the other to weigh it.. They loaded the stuff on the scales and then commenced haggling over the ounces. The outcome of the difference was that an outside party was appealed to to weigh the purchase.
 Station Agent Atkins isn't the only Ashley Falls man owning a rooster whose name is entitled to a mention in the public prints. Ed. Woodford has one that is equally deserving of mention One day last week MT. Woodford was standing in his yard oonversing with 8 neighbor. MT. Woodford's Plymouth Rock rooster was strutting b u 1 and when the neighbor took a tobacco pouch from his pocket to get chew of the weed, he droppeda small quantity on the ground. The rooster saw it. ran anc Eobbled it up and went to chewing like 6 veteran. But the Imaginable part of il happened Ed. says. when that rooster tried to spit.
 Mrs. Beattie and her sister from Aber deen. Scotland, were in Great Barring ton, Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs. R. P. Lee attended tn, South Berkshire Conference of Churche at Great Harrington Tuesday. The Y. P. s. 0. E. held thelr regula, monthly business meeting in the Chape last Monday evening. There was good attendance of members. After th, transaction of business light refresh ments were served and games were en Joyed by the younger people.
 Corlys Hurlburt has with drawn iron this school and is attending school il Sheffield and making his home with hi grandparents. MT. and Mrs. Alonz' Hurlburt. Corlvs will be missed among the young people and especially in thu Sunday School where he was regula attendant.
 The discussion of the prospect of tn extension of the water pipes to this vii 1ara from, Sbpffio16 uSDa11v ta xpS n1ac