Connecticut western news., 1910-06-30
STRAIGHT GOODS
 FROMFALLSV VILLAGE
UnaIIoyed News Nuggets From One of the
 County's Richest Mining Deposits.
From Expert News Assayists by Wireless Telepathy.

Jim Gillette of South Canaan, spent Monday night in the village cooler. Jim is half witted character who has lived around that part of the town TOT several years, and has always been re- garded as harmless, but recently he has taken to prowling around nights and annoying the neighborhood by rapplng on peoples doors and creating other acts of disturbance, and otnerwlse making @ nuisance of himself. While up to his tricks Sunday night he wasrecognized and Monday Sheriff Horn- beck placed him under arrest. He was brought to the lookup but didn't appear to relish the sight of the local refrigerator and put up fierce fight. It was not until the darbys were clap ped on his wrists that he quieted down. He was locked up and during the day was given to understand that any fur ther antics on his part would be strongly dealt with. After giving him a thor ough scare, and in the belief that 1t will have a reformatory effect on him. Gillette was turned loose. It may be found necessary to commit him to some institution should his demonstrations continue as he is believed to be of decidedly unsound mind.
 The Champion Fisherman
 There has been a sort of neck and neck race for the county championship in the fishing line of late between the Rev. H. B. Chown and Station Agent A. l.. Davis. The domino had the lead for quite while. Those six big lake trout that he caught out in the Lake Withthejawbreakingname, put him i'll the lead and for some time the jovial face of the reverend fisherman glowed with the radiance of a full moon, but this week Davis takes the lead. The fun-loving manipulator of tickets had heard of big fish lying along the river bank down by the big bend and he de- termined to investigate. So he took a shark hook and batting it with a pound of pork, borrowed skittering pole and set out for the fishing ground. Under one arm he held a base ball bat, an ac- tual necessity for fishermen in this sec ton, where the fish are so big they have to be knocked in head with club inn mediately they are captured, otherwise they are apt to grab the fisherman by the pants and jump into the river with % him and drown him. At least that is the reputation some of the big fish have around Falls Village waters.
 Davis Leads the Race
 Davis went skittering and Tn short time there was 8 tremendous bite or that chunk of pork and he landed or the river bank one of the largest pickere captured in these waters this season After knocking it on the head with a clut he took it home The fish weighed two and half pounds, actual weight, and has been growing heavier eyer since So the station agent scores one ahead oi the domino in this weeks championship race, although the reverend brother tried hard to work up his score. He might have succeeded, had he not invited that prince of Canaan fisherman, the Rev. Harry Cornford, out here to catch trout with him over on the HollenbecB brook. Brother Cornford didn't give the Falls Village brother any sort ot show in the fishing. AS fast as trout bit it was Cornford's. Most of the trout were cornfed by the time the reverend fishermen got through with them and and the Canaan domine's creel held si1 beauties. But the end is not yet. Wai until Brother Chown gets another cas- at those big trout up in the Indian lake and he'll make Brother Davis hustle fol his laurels.
 The Colt Showed His Faces
 .Dr. Loewe has a handsome colt. Ht was out driving with it Monday night and left it for @ few minutes at thu depot, while attending to some persona matters. The train was about coming into the station, when the colt chanceC to remember patient living up thu street that the doctor had overlooked and, like the good faithful animal tha he is, decided that this was not accord ing to professional ethics, and he prompt ly started out to make up for the doc tors neglect. He had reached poin on his journey near the blacksmith shop when Harry E. Frink, and R, P. Alsepl met him, and, under the mistaken lde that he was running away, took hi coltship into custody. The colt trie to explain how it was, but the boy didn't understand colt dialect, and was not until the doctor had him i hand that full explanations ensued, an the doctor, reminded of that belate call, thanked his equine mentor for tn hint and proceeded on his professions rounds. The colt indignantly denies an
 attempt at running away, and says ths things have come to pretty pass whe
 doctors colt can't pass along the street 1ninding his own business withou