Connecticut western news., 1911-07-13
FALLS VILLAGE

taIIS Village, ana MT. John Il. Taylor, of Newark, N. J., were married yester. day at high noon, by the brother of the bride, Rev. Lee M. Dean, of Chicago About fifty guests were present, includ- ing friends from New York Hartford and other cities. The ceremony was solem- inized in tent on the lawn, after which congratulations were extended the happy pair, in the open air, and a bounteous collation. was served on tables spread in the shade on the grounds.
 The yard was elaborately decorated with evergreen and laurel and presented the appearance of a fairyland,
 The happy pair were taken to Canaan by automobile, where they boarded the south-bound express for an extended wedding tour.
 Miss Josephine HalIock is now de- lightfully settled in her splendid new bungalow, The Pines," which is one of the finest country residences in this sec- tion of the county and a credit not only to the builder, E. R. Lorraine, of Canaan, but to the architect who designed it, MT. Frank II. Hutton, of the firm of Hutton & Buys, of 311 Madison Avenue, New York. MT. Hutton came up last Saturday for final inspection of the building and expressed himself well pleased with the manner in which his plans had been executed. MT. Hutton is the designer of several hotels, cottages and bungalows in Twilight Park in the Catskills and elsewhere and is recog- nized as an architect of great skill.
 Work of repairing and re-modeling George w. Halls "Tucker block" has begun, under direction of John Cudney. The front will undergo considerable transformation, the interior will be greatly improved, new stairs leading to the veranda constructed, and new cement walk laid in front.
 MT. Cudney will soon begin the con. struction of house for Fred Andrews, near the Hunt School.
 William Roth of Frink's drug store, has successfully passed his examina. tion before the state board of pharmacy.
 John H. Belden, chief clerk in the state controllers office at Hartford. and his family, are in town for the sum- mer vacation. Mir. and Mrs. Belden are at The Inn and Miss Catherine Belden and Clark Belden are at Miss Calls. John signalized his first day in town by pulling the rusty tacks out of the public sign post and preparing it to receive a coat of paint. A petition is being circu- lated, imploring him not to use the same color on the sign-p post that he used on the railing around the "state oak tree" which he set out with becoming cere- monies some years ago.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles How'd, of Am herst. Mass, were guests of F. k. How'd last week.
 Mir. and Mrs. E. s. Ford and son Ola. renee, were at W. R. Hubbell's last Fri day.
 Mrs. Clarence Gillette has returned home after an absence of several months in New York and Hartford.
 A considerable number of city people are summering in the vicinity of Ames- vile.
 Mrs. Lyman Finkle, former resident of this place, who died in Winsted last week, was buried in Salisbury, her birthplace, on Monday. Her husband, formerly ad engineer on the Berkshire division, now runs between Winsted and Stamford. Mrs. Finkle was a Miss Merrittibefore her marriage, and was one of three Merritt sisters who married Finkle brothers.
 Large quantities of hay, of fair quality, have been harvested this week.
 John Barberi, the Italian who at. tempted to cut his throat at the Lime Rock station, last week. was not taken to the Middletown asylum, as proposed. Constable like" Hornbeck got into com. munication with Barberi's nephew in Great Barnngton, who, with the Great 1eNA AAHShOA4 SiiASA OA EOllCSy Calll6 uOWu, with papers legally made out. and agreed to transport the man back to Italy, where he has a family, and they were allowed to take him away.
 A considerable number of good sized bass are being taken from the river.
 The Man About icwn notes that the spirited and sometimes refra tory autos owned by Dr. Skiff, Rev Blakeney. Sedgwick Tracey and Real Estate Agent Bard, are quite tame. submissive and obedient, and running smoothly again, since the hot wave struck uS. He notes 100, as he strolls about at o'clock in the morning, that a number of people make beds on the verandas, porches and other open air spots where the breezes can find them.
 w. R. Hubbell and family will spend Sunday in New Haven.
 Miss May Mlllard and Miss Blakeney. l