Connecticut western news., 1909-07-29

A waist of tumbling waters wide,
 A wasit by me as yet untried, Vague with the doubt of unknown lands. What makes friend? what filmy stsands Are these that turn to iron bands,
 What knot is this so firmly tied
 That naught but fate can now divide i? AL, these are things one understands But once or twice, when fate commands. After a man becomes rich, about the first thing he tries to do is to become re- respectable,
 If ambitious young men want to rise in the world, let them follow the prices of foodstuffs.
 It is said to be statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach Hell, than the righteous do to reach Heaven. If prohibition does not prohibit, what in the world are the brewers and hquor- dealers bowling about?
 If the natives call Mr. Roosevelt
 
 Master, ? what on earth would they call Mr Taft?
 It seems strange that after all his sweet associations with the G. O. F. emblem, "Teddy" should have the heart to shoot an elephant.
 Despatchos from Chicago advise that the wheat market is extremely nervous. So is the consumer.
 Mrs. 0. w. Bassett is on the sick list. Harold Banks is guest at the Dem ing home.
 Miss Martha Palmer is Q guest at Miss Emeline Farmers.
 Rev. G. l.. Forte spent Sunday with his parents in Springfield, Mass.
 Mrs. Roland Marckres returned last Saturday from visit to St. Johnsville. N. Y.
 Miss Clara Peabody is spending a couple of weeks with friends in Pough- keepsie.
 Horace M. Dunbar has been appointed administrator upon the estate of Thos, M. Lord.
 Mrs. George Starr of Bethel, Conn.,, has been a recent guests of Mrs. Marsh Fairchild.
 Miss Nettie Schermerhorn, of Dover, was guest of her sister, Mrs. F. l.. Bristol, last week.
 Mrs. Aaron Marsh and daughter, Althea, of West Cornwall, are visiting at Mrs. H. A. Raban's.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Monahan and MT. and Mrs. George Dunbar were at Keans- burg, N. J., over Sunday.
 Mrs. w K Landon and daughter spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. R. L. Andrews at Hudson, N. Y. Mrs. Morgan, nee Miss Aline Gobillot, and daughter of Danbury, Conn.,, has been visiting relatives and friends in town. .e Miss Sadie Eggleston, who has been spending 8 short vacation with relatives here, returned to Poughkeepsie this week
 Edward Eggleston, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. called upon relatives here Monday and Tuesday. MT. Eggleston IS a motor cycle enthusiast, and made the trip upon his trusty Indian"
 Mrs. Myra Hotchkiss, accompanied by
 
 Miss Eva Scott and Miss Inch Ross, and with w. Ross at the wheel. took pleasant auto trip to Hillsdale last week, calling while there, upon Rev. MT. Seeholtzer, a former pastor of the M. E. church at this place.
 Real Estate Transfers The following properties in this vicinity have been sold by the local manager of A. 0. Foss at Millerton; Farm of 40 acres on Silver Lake, owned by John Liner, sold to Daniel B. Freedman, of New York city; farm of l50 acres, owned by the Baldwin Reed Estate, sold to w Somers, of New York city; farm of 60 : acres, I l1a mile from the village of Sharon owned by Frank Lebing, sold to Miss Carrie B. Rogers, of New York; small place in Sharon Valley, owned by Dwight StJohn, sold to J. O. Aladdin, of Mahopac Falls, N. Y. . And the Hen Game Back ... . Chester Bartram is rejoicing over the unlocked for ressection of favorite pet hen. This hen had been missing week and was given up for lost, when she was accidentally discovered wedged under a door in the barn so that 1t was impossi- ble for her to get away. Her only food during thls time had been little grass within reach and her only drink little water that dripped from the caves when it rained Her joy at being released from her perilous position was exceeded only by Chester's upon the recovery of