Connecticut western news., 1909-03-11
FALLS VILLAGE

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 Harold Northrup, of Middletown, Conn, is a guest at Miss Mary Wards.
 Mrs. Frank Reed represented Falls Village at the inauguration of President Taft last week.
 Station agent A. s. Davis continues to progress toward recovery although his improvement is slow.
 M. A. Hanchett, of Orange. N. J., has been spending a few days with his brother, Charles Hanchett.
 Oscar Schreiber, the local barber, who has been ill for some time, IS once more able to conduct his business. Dr. Lee, of Canaan, has been caring 1 for some of Dr. Skiff's patients during the doctors absence from town.
 The Misses Marcott and Potter, who have been spending several days here, have returned to their homes i'll New York City.
 One day last week the milk tram struck deer near the point of rocks. !" The animal was killed, being badly mangled.
 "A Gentleman From Mississippi is one of the best serial stories ever writ ten. It is running in THE NEWS. Sub SCr1De,
 Ward Dean, carpenter, has moved from New York state, and is occupying the rooms in the Howe building recently vacated by MT. Sammis.
 Several young people from Falls Will lage attended kitchen dance, Friday evening, at the home of Eugene Wick wire, who resides between Falls Village and West Cornwall.
 At the Methodist church Friday even ing ham and egg social was held. The provender was of the substantial sort and the event was we'll attended. The receipts were about $25,
 MT. Pinney, proprietor of "The Inn" is one of the Falls Villagers who found the ice situation becoming serious and therefore he had his ice house filled with i Twin Lakes ice last week.
 Little Florence, daughter of Charles Hanchett, who has been unable to walk for some time, is gradually improving, | and 1t is believed she will ultimately re- gain the use of her limbs.
 The Borden Company have had to do some tall hustling this year to obtain sufficient ice and during the past. few days have been harvesting from Gibson Gillette pond, near Lime Rock. A local man has discovered that green paint applied to hen houses will make hens lay under the impression that it is spring. With eggs at recent prices this invention is almost as imp )rtant as the wireless telegraph.
 The owners of local ice houses who failed U take advantage of the oppor- tunitY to harvest ice near home and who are now getting it from Twin Lakes, first tried the Canaan Mountain supply | but found 1t too thick (abOut 20 inches) and the haul too long and difficult.
 George McCann, who was formerly superintendent of upkeep ofmotivs power in Halls livery stable and who is now employed in similar vocation in Ga naan, remarks that he is gradually be- coming accustomed to city life although the change was very noticeable on the start.
 It has been often remarked that in no other village in this vicinity are suppers under the auspices of local organizations held so frequently. But they are suc- cessful else they would not be continued. As an usual thing they are we'll attended and this is sufficient evidence that they meet with public favor.
 Mrs. Nelson Howe, aged 83 years, ,dled Wednesday night, at the home of Mrs. George Judd, where she had lived for a number of years. Chronic bronchitis was the cause of death. The funeral was held at the home Friday and the remains were inferred in the Sand Hill cemetery, near South Canaan.
 But few of the Italians who left this section last fall and returned to their homes in Italy, nave come back. Many of these foreigners were engaged ill wood chopping and charcoal burning on the surrounding hills but inasmuch as the B. R. Go. at Lime Rock, have such an unusually large supply of both wood and charcoal on hand, there has been less demand than usual for the services of the Italians.
 This is the anniversary month of the memorable blizzard of 1888. A local man, who was in railroad employ at that lime, tells oe the difficulty the New Haven company had to bring about a resumption of traffic. A fiat car loaded with car wheels, iron etc., at the car shops did duty as blow and the en- tire shop force regardless ot their trades, were pressed into service as shovelers. With two engines behind the loaded car, the road was opened from the shops to the station Ill one forenoon, and during the afternoon Canaan was reached. Piece by piece the road was opened and after four days, trains were 0nce more running although not on schedule.