Connecticut western news., 1909-01-14
FALLS VILLAGE

 day of last week. ..
 Miss Lucy Murray is caring for Miss Adam of East Canaan.
 Lester Dean was in Salisbury. Canaan and Lime Rock Monday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Roy Martin and two daughters of Pittsfeld have been visit ing at Lee Wickwire's and Harry Rus sells.
 Lyman Howe of Canaan visited at Edward Deans Tuesday.
 Harold Russell was in Lakeville Mon- day.
 Mrs. Edward Dean and daughter Bentice were at M. c. Deans one day of last week.
 Miss Clara Mead and George W. Hall represented Falls Village at the inaugu- ral ball last week.
 Station agent A. S. Davis is very i'll with pneumonia. His son. Louis, is acting as agent and Otto Sabine is tho station assistant.
 The young folks enjoyed several days of skating on Kellog's pond last week.
 The falls have taken on their old time appearance since the rain of last week which raised the water in the Housatonic to its normal level.
 A son of Mrs. Charles Miller of West Cornwall has entered the local high school.
 Joseph Behler spent day or two in Danbury last week.
 Miss Jane Wilcox was in Danbury last week.
 One day last week Albert Belcher saw seven deer in pasture on the Frank Reed farm, near this village. Even the oldest inhabitant cannot recall fall and winter when as many deer have been seen in this vicinity. | Roth, the hustling grocer, is distribut- ing china calendar plaoques among those who are his customers and those whom he would like to have as custo-, mers. They are attractive souvenirs. Town assessors FrinlS and Dean have completed the assessment roll and the same is on file with town clerk J. Lee Ensign. The abstract will be completed | by February lst in fact Is practically completed now An increase in the Lgrand list will be shown.
 Sidney Morris, jr., has gone to Bridge port where he has couple of weeks employment.
 Tom Bartle is back on the job after sojourn in the metropolis.
 A decrease in tho population of local chicken roosts is due to take place to- day as the ladies of the Methodist church are to hold their annual chicken pie sup per in the church tomorrow evening. The serving of the viRnds will begin nt | five o'clock and continue as long as the appetites ard the provender hold out.
 The social whirl has not been whirl- ing with it's usual rapidity of late and that perhaps accounts for the fact that the house warming aud terpsichorean event scheduled for Friday evening in the opera house fell short of reality. That ennuye accustomed bv the holiday strenuositY among those who compose the aforesaid social whirl may have had something to do with the preference they seemed to have for lingering near the old fireside on that evening.
 There's been SO much matrimonial in- activity here and hereaboNts of late that two persons. of the gentler and sterner sex, can't leave town and go to Dan we'll never mind where--without sus- picions being aroused. We hear that something of that sort happened hero last week. Of course nobody expected there would be any owning up" when they returned but in order to be on the absolutely safe side the rice was pur- chased and was freely used and there were other little attentions paid, the same as if there had been n sure-enouRh matrimonial event. As was afterward .l found out, there wasn't any such event.
 Several people from Falls Village and vicinity went to Winsted last week as witnesses in the Savings Bank-Brews- ter case and the trip proved to be a wild goose chase for them. The attor- ney for Brewster did not have his oaso ready and therefore there was nothing doing. The witnesses were disgusted and had reason and when the Judge called the said attorney to account for not being ready to try tho case, the witnesseses listened with expressions on their faces that plainly said "Them's my sentiments"
 On December 4th Miss Eva Jaoklyn, of this village, became the bride of Win throp Wyckoff, of Canaan. The mar riage occurred at New Milford
 The fur coat is very popular article of wearing apparel in Falls Village. On a cold day, nearly every other man we meet is muffied to the ears in one of these garments. Particularly are they popular with the folks whose business necessitates their driving considerable distances daily.
 The case of the Falls Village Savings Bank vs George Brewster is on in Win sted. Briefly stated, the bank is en- deavoring to forclose a mortgage of s5000 on Brewsters farm, claiming that he has allowed the property to depreoiate and thut hack interest is duo. Brewster is opposing the contention, claiming that the property has not depreciated and denying other of the banks contentious.
 
 Miss Inez Russell and Miss Ethel Blake visited last week at Pittsheld.