Connecticut western news., 1909-03-11

Rev. David N. Kirkby at the church every Friday evening. Everyone who has a desire to be confirmed will be | heartily welcome to attend.
 George H. Clark was confined to his home by illness during the greater part of last week.
 Charles Blakeslee, who now resides on the J. R. Harrison farm, is to move, April 1st, to Hon. D. T. Warmers tene- ment house.
 Benjamin Smith, who moved to State Line numt CT of months ago, has re- turned to Salisbury and is again occupy ing the Carpenter house.
 This is sample of-the good -natured repartee which takes place ill the Sails bury stores occasionally: A man en- tered one of them Saturday and asked for five cents worth of snuff. Do you want 1t to-day or tomorrow" asked the clerk. II want it tomorrow" replied the man. Had 1 wanted it to-day l would have asked one of the other clerks. Then they called it quits.
 '..Dr." Wanger and his assistant "Dr." {" Stalker of this village were in East Ca naan nearly all of last week, perform ing an operation, on the "wind-pipe" at the Barnum, Richardson furnace. The operation, as all operations are, was "a decided success" and the patient" Is as good as new, and perhaps better.
 William Beirce, now residing on Cream Hill, near Falls Village, is to succeed Charles Blakeslee, as the oc- cupancy of the Harrison farm tenement after April 1st.
 Mrs. Lydia M. Packard has been threatened with DneumOuia but is now gradually gaining.
 Mrs. Carrie Hoyt, of St Paul, Minn., who has been spending some time ill Paris, visited Salisbury friends last week on her way home. While here, she was the guest of Mrs. Lena Moore.
 Mrs. Barney has been numbered among the grip victims during the past few days.
 William Conklln obtained several loads of ice from Mt. Riga last week that averaged IT inches in thickness.
 It is reported that Charles w. Phelps, now superintendent of Grassland Farms at Chapinville, but who Is soou to remove to Canaan, has purchased the Bliss place, which has been owned by the Scovilles during the past few years. MT. Phelps intention is to engage ill AAu 4hAs OdAA1kJ OApCSOo VI work the land another year. The re- port of the sale revives a little history. The story is told that several years ago an effort to purchase the farm was made by a number of Jews. They wished to erect on the land a sanltarium for the accommodation of incurables. MT. Sco- vile preferred not to have an institution of this sort near Salisbury, therefore purchased the property.
 James Melvin has joined the ranks of owners of private iv1 houses. He has transformed portion of his barn into a repository TOT the congealed cubes.
 The report is now current that pr. Pike, who leased the SeIlew place, is not to move here from Lakeville.
 News was received here, last week, of the death, in Chicago, Wednesday, of W. T. Joyce, aged 40 years. He was we'll known here, having spent several summers at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Dibble, in "Joyceville." The funeral was held Saturday Ill Chicago and the remains were taken to Clinton, Iowa for interment.
 Alexander Surdam has purchased DOT ton of his brothers farm in Weatogue.
 Dr. James Starr Clark has been quite ill for several days.
 Miss Genevieve Burch is on the sick list as is Miss Catherine French.
 Misses Edith Flood and Maggie Travis have been visiting friends in Pittsfeld.
 Mrs. Hunter of Hartford was ill town last week, returing to Hartford Saturday.
 We have received the following from a Salisbury reader: "As read the pages of your highly esteemed paper last week, 1 noticed i'll the Salisbury column an item to the effect that the party from this village, while attending a social given at Chapinville a short time ago, used "Shank's mares' as 8 conveyance between the two villages. Although I do not doubt that your Chapinville cor respondent intended to be strictly truth full, permit me- to say that, in making that statement, he was very much in error. He could not have been present at the above mentioned festivities or he would have seen our worthy coachman, John Ball. The item in question further states that our appetites were increased very considerably by the walk. While not denying that we did eat heartily, your tumble servant noticed that one of the Chapinville young men had four boxes of lunch. Can Salisbury beat that record? Nay, nay"
 Chalmers Holbrook, Allen Goddard's s roornate at Yale, has heen spending a week at Rev. J. c. Goddard's.
 Allen Goddard of Yale came home Saturday to visit with lis sister, Mrs. Allsr, before her departure for the west.
 Miss Margaret Travis was out of town last week. Her place in the library was supplied by Mrs. John Travis.
 Mrs. Catherine Goddard Aller and her four months old baby, Betty, left Monday morning for Colorado to join her husband who went out there early last December for his health. Mrs. Alters father, Rev. J. c. Goddard went to New York with her and from New York to Chicago she was to be accom- panied by Miss Annlsdale Of Lakeville; but from Chicago to Colorado Springs, Mrs. Aller and baby are expecting to go alone. Mrs. Aller is much beloved in this village and will be greatly missed by old and young. All especially sym pathize with her parents, sisters and brothers at the parsonage which must l. l., 11- H. I ~