Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
ASHLEY FALLS
Brief Notes and Jottings of the Week s
 Happenings.

George Hall is in Pittsfield this week, {, doing jury duty.
 Mrs. Walter VanDeusen entertains with whist this evening.
 Mrs. F. P. Smith is visiting her daugh- ter, Mrs. Strong. in New Haven.
 The whistle at the marble company's plant is welcome sound once more.
 Mrs. A. R. Wake, of Terryville, Conn.,, is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Ira Manvel.
 E. L. Woo ford has just completed another set of those famous hand made bobs for +. H. Smith & Go.
 Fred Manvel, of Pittsfield, was a re- cent guest of his cousin, R. A. Manvel, who Is visiting his parents here.s
 And of couse you'll want piece of Scripture Cake" and a Mystery box at the mid-winter supper at the chapel.
 It is good slipping and the farmers and others who have heavy teaming to do are taking advantage of the condi- tion.
 George Blodgett is probably the first in this section to commence the ice har- vest. He began drawing the congealed cubes to his ice hoAse on Monday.
 The people of Ashley Falls are what uOCNOIS Shg AC at the present time. While grip is pre- valent ill the surrounding villages, there are no cases here.
 The mid-winter supper of the Con- gregational church will be held at the chapel tomorrow evening (Friday). The tables will be ready at 5:30 and the tariff will be % cents.
 : The farmers have commenced the aE- nual hunt for help during the coming year. It Is little early to determine whether it will be scarce or plenty but it is not anticipated that 1t will be as diff cult to secure men as it was in 1907.
 On Saturday evening of this week, at F. P. Smiths hotel, 700 o'clock, the Ashley Falls Cemetery Association will hold meeting for the purpose of elect ing officers for the ensuing year and transacting other business.
 The Italian Rellef Committee of Massachusetts have issued an appeal to the citizens of the town of Sheffield to assist in this work of humanity and have designated Henry c. Clark as the person to receive and forward the said contributions.
 The week of prayer is being observed l by the Methodist congregation. The first meeting was held Monday evening at the residence of Mrs. George Bene- dict The balance of the meetings are l being held in the church and are being conducted by the Rev. c, B. Landon. ] Mrs. Julia Roraback received, few days ago, a postal from Miss Bessie Bartholomew stating t h she is ill Santa Barbara, California and that she is greatly enjoying that western country. 1 She will not return east until there is ! less use for the coal shovel than there is at the present time.
 1 A NJ Hewlns jr., has leased the tract ! of land across the street from the office of the Ashley Falls Marble Company ] and, as soon as weather will permit, will ! begin the construction of buildings to contain saw mill, shingle making ma chine and other equipment of thls sort. l It is understood that he will also install cider making machinery.
 ] The greatest drop in temperature dur ] ing any day thus far this winter was that of Monday. At seven o'clock i'll i the morning the thermometers regis tered 22 degrees above zero and at six o'clock in the afternoon the mercury had fallen to four degrees below, difference of 26 degrees in II hours. That's pretty good for small place like Ashley Falls.
 mTS. l 1nOUldS 6edIOu anu mTS. O6OTp6 Wood were the receptents of a box of oranges last week from Miss Ida Van Deusen. of Altamoute Springs, Florida. They shared the precious fruit with their neighbors and the old friends of the VanDeusen family, who for many years were residents of this village.
 Rev. $. P. Cook, County Missionary, preached ill the chapel last Sunday even ing. Rev. MT. Anderson is expected tc conduct a service in the chapel next Sun, urday evening which will be the begin ing of series of meetings to be held next week.
 While playing a game, ill which both were blindfolded, at the Methodist re ception last Friday evening, Miss Jennie l Albert and Joseph Deloge collideu with much force, MT. Deloge's head coming ill contact with Miss Albert's forehead The injury was so severe that she was placed under the care of a physician ano was unable to resume her duties a: teacher of the grammar department ot the local school, Monday morning.
 The reception, given last Friday even ing at the Methodist church hall to tht Rev. NJ. B. Snyder, was we'll attended The receipts of the evening were S18.0( and the Ladies' Aid Society contributed enough more to swell the total to 1000 This amount was given to Mir. Snyder tC