Connecticut western news., 1909-01-28
FALLS VILLAGE

JOnn bdrtle was III NeW RnhAoAu lasI week.
 Charles Seeger of Winsted was in town Saturday.
 Mrs. A. s. Davis spent & portion of Monday in Canaan.
 Mrs T. F. Watson has returned from her visit to New Haven.
 Miss Jane Wilcox has been on the sick list for several days.
 The Board of Relief will hold a meet inp the first Monday ill February.
 George McCann made his annual visit 10 New Preston relatives last week.
 Miss Ma tie Simpson of Southbridge, Mass is 6 guest of Mrs Frank Owen.
 Carol Schmidt of South Norwalk, C,r.u. has been spending several days with B. C. Heinz.
 A f.,v uf the Villagers exp:ct to at tent rhe 1aymakers ball at The Casino in Ll ne k ok this evening.
 We arc pleaset to learn that station agent \. 5. U wis is recovering from his s.:rI.us Illness and is able to sit up a portiUn of each day.
 The town has secured Michael Cog gin to c.nvey the Wetaug and upper Anesvilla children to Amesvllle school on account of the distance.
 Edward Carroll has returned from the Hillcrest hospital, Pittsfcld, where his leg was re- e-broken last week. The mem Der is encased in plaster of paris cast.
 The primary school of Amesyille has won the silver loving cup fer the second time this school year on account of the highest average attendance i'll the town.
 Harvey Wagner, the alleged purloiner of horse flesh. remains calm-l1ke rela- tc nf Deans horse, consequently the address of the animal is still unknown.
 We hear that daring one day last week, the Borden company harvested 400 tons of ice on Gibson Gillette ponl at Lime Rock and stored the same in the ice house they have on MT. Glllette's land.
 Frank Reed IS again behind the counter at Roth's grocery. MT. Reed is MT. Roth's s'stand. by' when 1t comes to finding someone to fill temporary vacancy ill the store force. The latest vacancy was occasioned by the resigna- tion of Joseph Behler.
 The members of that mysterious local organization, the "P. D. B" club, are making elaborate arrangements for their annnal ball which will take place on the evening of February 18th. Last years ball was the best yet and this years event will eclipse it if hard work on the part of the P. D. B.'s will bring it about.
 Arrangements have been completed for the sale of the schoolhouse at "Lower City" to Benson brothers. The consideration is $35. School in that district was discontinued some time ago since which time the building has been vacant. It is understood that the Messrs. Benson will use it as a farm building.
 The gang of Southern New England Telephone Company hnemen. who are engaged Tn the rebuilding of the line from Canaan to Brookfeld Junction, are boardlng at "The Inn" and expect to remain there several weeks. When they make their next jump" their headquarters will probably be in Corn wall Bridge or West Cornwall.
 The Falls Villagers read in last week s NEWS about lthe proposed business mems banquet in Canaan and 1t in spired within them the desire for an other gathering of that sort in this will laze inasmuch as the one held last year was so decidedly successful. therefore you may expect to hear the announce
 
 ment of & committee of arrangements. Rev. H. B. Chown has been fishing again. It is a noticeable fact that he always takes someone along by whom he can verify his stories. The latest trip was made last week in company with Hezekiah Goodwin and George Capron. When they came home, their stories agreed perfectly. They claimed to have hooked g pickerel. William Peohtal was out two days last week and caught total of 26 pickerel. At any rate so the story goes.
 On Friday of last week motor boat races were held on the St. Johns river, at Jacksonville, Florida. One of the boats was the "Dewey" owned by w. F. Coachman and operated by Roscoe Brinton, who is we'll known here and who was a member of last season s hyphen ball team. The course was ten miles i'll length and the "Dewey" fur nished second in 26 minutes and II seconds. The winning boat was named Bear Cat" and made the distance in 25 minutes and 37 seconds. The "Dewey's" mile rating is 2;33 and the Bear Cats" 2:31. The "Dewey" beat the third boat by three minutes.
 Canaan folks are not the only ones who recently purchased books under 8 misapprehension. Shortly after the Ca naan people signed what they suppose were receipts and later found them to be prommisory notes. the agent came to this village and arranged to send few sets of books here. The same story was told, i. e., that someone would be around in few weeks and if the books were not satisfactory, they could be returned. But the someone" failed to appear and the purchasers are waiting for these 're- ceipts" to turn up i'll The National Iron Bank" AS was the case with the Ca naan customers, the book purchasers be. lieve they received their moneys worth ($18 O0) but they are not pleased with this m of dnin h1lSinoSS