Connecticut western news., 1911-10-26
WEST co WALL

tie were in Canaa. st Saturday on Q shopping trip.
 Miss Lona Salisbury spent several days last week with Miss Elsie Hatch at Cornwall Bridge.
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph T. Mallinson, and son Charlie. of New Haven, are visiting Mrs. Letitia Mallinson and Mrs N. E. Miller.
 Miss Ethel Oliver, Miss Olive Oliver, Miss Lillian J. Smith and Lawrence O.. Sturges were the delegates from this village to New Milford to the Y. P. S.. 0. E. fall meeting of the Housatonic Union, last Saturday. The Sharon delegates to this same convention came over in Deacon Smiths car, and his daughter, Miss Mary ,courageously drove them home despite the rain and ap- preaching darkness.
 George H. Beck has been handicapped this week with a sprained shoulder caused by fall from his wheel, so much rain having made the roads slip pery and unsafe.
 Mrs. William Shailor, of Sharon, was in town this last week.
 Francis Cole ls/ determined to keep before the public, and this past week has been spending his vacation with his sister, Mrs. Daniel Minnehan at Camil- Jus, N. Y, But this time he did not trust to the motor cycle to get him to his destination, but relied on the old time steam cars.
 Mrs. Mary Bradley has returned from Norfolk. ,....\ --..-
 David l.. Smith had @ rather serious attack of acute indigestion last Sunday morning which has kept him close to the house this week.
 Attorney Bosler of New York, and Mrs. Secor with her attorney from Bridgeport were in attendance at the Probate-court last Monday in the matter of the proving of the will of the late George H. Crandall.
 Charles R. Smith visited his wife at Hillcrest Hospital, Pittsfield last Sun. day, and Mrs. R. F. Smith, Jr. also made her visit one day last week. z.
 The B. N. Beard Go. have been un' loading car of 24 inch tile for use in their construction work on the State road at Cornwall Center.
 It will be a convenience for the towns people who have to send their shoe re. pairing out of town to patronize May Katz of Winsted who expects to drive through this section every other Mon day.
 Sunday evening after church service the Key. Charles N. Fitch united il marriage Miss Ethel Knapp and Ben jamin Bailey. The young couple at tended church and then quietly walked to the parsonage next door, where the knoVwas tied as surprise to their many friends.
 Miss Knapp has for a number oi years been housekeeper for Noah Rogers at North Cornwall, and won many friends in this, her adopted home, while MT. Bailey is manager of Cherry Hil Farm for l.. o. Hedden, and has fitted up home for his bride in Mrs. Sco ville's house at Colds Mills, and while friends knew of the happy preparations they were not informed as to the coming event, hence the surprise. MT. and Mrs. Bailey left at noon Monday from Lime Rock, thinking also to work another surprise, but in these days oi telephones and enterpriSing brothers who are not to be thwarted Q second time, this attempt was not so success fully consummated.
 Dr. Joseph Robinson was in the city for the day last week.
 Miss Ethel Oliver has given up hel position with the Estee Mfg. Go. anc has again taken up her work of dress making which is change much appre ciated by her former patrons.
 The friends of Edward O. Baldwin professor of English at the University of Illinois, will be interested to know that the Hebrews of the city of Chicago have invited him 70 come to Chicago and deliver a lecture on the Literature of Israel. The lecture will be given al Handel Hall, one of the largest auditor iums in the city, on the evening ot January ninth.