Connecticut western news., 1909-02-04
FALLS VILLAGE


 week.
 Dr. Skiff, who has been i'll for some time, is improving slowly.
 The members of the Board of Relief of the town of Canaan held a meeting Monday.
 L. w. Baird has established real es- tate agency ill addition to his insurance business.
 Station agent A. s. Davis continues 1 to progress toward recovery and is now able to sit up.
 Mrs. F. D. Dayton of has been spend ing a few days as the guest of her brother, W. R. Hubbell
 According to the post cards which are beiny seut out, there is tU ue balloon ascension at the P. D. B. b.lllon the 18th.
 We arc requested to state that the prlc,. of tle tickets for the P. D. B. bull will bt4 SI.50, the same as In former years
 Miss Mittie Simpson of Springfield, wnn nas b .tn spending a number of duAs her., has ,Spne TO New York City to v!.II rel..tlv,>.
 John Malette., who assaulted Robert ! Boomer few days ago has, up to date, failed to notify anyone here as to his present postotfice address.
 The Southern Ne England telephone company have installed two new in struments in the village, one for L. W. Baird and one for Mrs. w. l.. Willard.
 Lincoln's birthday will be observed Sunday in the Methodist church. Rev. H. B. Chown will deliver Q sermon on ''The Significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
 James Mcintosh dled few days ago in New Haven. While the car shops were located ill Amesville, he was the boss boiler maker and continued i'll the employ of the company after the shops were moved to New Haven.
 A social hop will be given tomorrow evening in Citizens hall. The com mittee of arrangements consists of Charles Boomer, 5. Vosburg, H. Beck ley and J. A. Hall. The tickets cost 50 cents and everyone is invited.
 On the evening ofILincoln's birthday, Friday, February l2, a social will be held in the Methodist church, the pro- ceeds to be applied toward the purchase of new chandeliers for the Sunday school room. Ice crem will be served.
 Jerome Mays Bridgeport orchestra, which has given such excellent satisfac- I been engaged to provide the music for the event which this now famous local organization will hold on Friday evening February 18th.
 Sheldon Dean and Deputy Sheriff I. P. Hornbeck attended the sale of the horses which were in the possession of Harvey Wagner at the time of hls arrest on suspicion of having stClen MT. Deans horse. The sale took place i'll Sharon on Saturday morning.
 Mss May Willard has completed her three years course as trained nurse, in the House of Mercy at Pittsfeld, and will return to her home here in few days. She expects to locate permanently in this village and place her services at the disposal of those who may need them.
 Good sleighing will bring bigger crowd to the P. D. B. ball than has ever been seen there before. And we are in- formed that the committee of arrange ments have made a deal with the weather man not to remove the last de- posit of "the beautiful" until after the ball is over.
 Falls Village sent the usual delegation to the Haymakers' ball in Lime Rock last Thursday evening. The event was well attended and everyone had 8 first class time. We are informed that SUD- per was served to 200 people, therefore it was one of the largest crowds that ever congregated at one of these dances.
 The regular meeting of the Current Events Club, ill the library last Wednes- day evening, was in charge of Mrs. J. s. Tracy who, aided and abetted by cashier Dean, sprung a surprise on Mrs. W. R. Hubbell. It was Mrs. Hubbell's birthday and after the Club meeting a social time was enjoyed, Mrs. Tracy providing the refreshments.
 George Frink went to Canaan Friday afternoon to attend a meeting of the directors of the Housatonic Valley League. There IS plenty of base ball enthusiasm here and everyone predicts that the streamer will futter from the stick on the Lime Rock grounds. Pope Chapman is almost ready to make this famous bet of peck of peanuts on the outcome of the struggle.
 Many people have wondered why it is that the wealthy people from the cities, who are looking for desirable sites for summer homes, do not turn their faces toward Falls Village. At last one of this sort of people IS headed this way, thanks to the enterprise of real estate agent l.. w. Baird. A few days ago a New York man was here inspecting various sites and. even though his visit was made in the winter, expressed him. self as being favorably impressed with the village and its surroundings. What | he desires is location on which to con- struct a pretentiOus residence for him. self and at least a half dozen small cottages, or bungalows, to rent to other city people who wish to spend the sum- mer in the country. He has made no purchases, however, and he may decide not to locate here but there are symp- toms and this is encouraging inasmuch as even these have not existed before. P. D, B. BALL