Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09

MT. and Mrs. F. I. Manvel, of Pitts field, were guests at D. W. Manvel's Saturday and Sunday.
 Mrs. James Keenan spent Saturday in Pittsfeld with her sister Mrs. Katherine Briggs, who is in the House of Mercy. Q MT and Mrs. Freeman Dempsey spent Tuesday in Pittsfeld.
 Starr Rood and Miss Ethel Ferry, of Winsted, spent Sunday at Charles l.. Rood's.
 N. A. McNeil, of Lime Rock, is mak ing his annual visit to the Baths at Mt. Clemans, Mich.
 Mrs. Martha V. Gordon, of Lincoln, Neb., died last week. Deceased was formerly Miss Rhoades, and was born in Sheffield, Mass, in 1885. She was mar. ried to Harry s. Gordon, at one time station agent at VanDeusenville. They removed to Nebraska 40 years ago. h. terment in Sheffield, by the side of her husband, who died 14 years ago.
 Dr. H. L. Ross and Henry B. Ives will start tomorrow night for the Adiron- dacks, for few days fishing at Chatle- mac Lake, near North Creek, owned by the Chatiemac Club, of which Dr. Ross is a member and stockholder. They will take with them full complement of tackle and equipment, including bait consisting of about 8 solid peck of "night-walker' angleworms. pr. Ross will remain until. May 25; MT. Ives may return earlier,
 Fred and Gilbert Brewer have leased Badgley's barn and will open it May 15 as Brewer Brothers Garage" They have the agency for the Buick cars and will do repairing as we'll as run an auto mobile livery.
 The annual offering for the Congre- gationaI Home Missionary Society will be received next Sunday at the Pilgrim church.
 / pr. Homer S. Spanking, of DesMoines, Iowa, visited his parents and sisters in town last week He was on his way to New York city where he will spend some time in post graduate study.
 The joint "Men and Religion" con- mittee are planning a>meetlng for men and boys, similar to the Y. M. c. A. ;. Sunday afternoon meetings. It will be held in Odd Fellows Hall Sunday after. noon May 19 and the speaker will be>the Rev. Sherrod Soule, of Hartford, former ly of Naugatuck
 The Thursday evening meetings will belresumed at the Pilgrim church and the course on "Great Christians" will be continued. From now until the church anniversary the great congregational leaders will be so considered as to give something of history of the denomina- tion. This evening the topic will be, Robert Brown and the beginnings of Congregationalism."
 The Missionary Society of the PilgEim church will be held Friday afternoon with Mrs. Miner and the Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. George Bullock.
 The path of true love, through the Berkshire valley, runs with reasonable smoothness to Canaan. Last Saturday Town Clerk Allyn Fuller issued a mar riage license to Arthur Hathaway and Mrs. Maud Thompson, of Pittsfeld. who were married by Justice George w. Ford, and Monday to George E. Walsh of Pittsfield and Miss Martha Roach of Springfield. married by Key. E. 0. Gillette.
 Samuel Reels house, on Foote ave-. nue, has been sold to Victor N. Coe, through George W. Hall, of the Cornell agency. MT. Coe will take possession about June 1.
 Watch for Benjamin's announcement of the new "R. 0. H." 25 H. P Run about at $70O, this week. The greatest value out. Call and see it at your earh- est convenience.
 F. R. Collin spent couple of days the first of the week ill New York city on a business trip.
 On account of the illness of Miss M. c. Hill there was no school Tuesday in grade in the public school.
 George H. Blodgett, of Ashley Falls, returned Friday with another carload of horses from the Chicago market.
 Miss Mary Finnegan, of Bridgeport, is visiting her mother.
 The fruit and confectionery store of John DeBarberi, in the Porter building has been increased to practically double it's former size by the removal of the partition, giving the fruit store the en- tire width of the building, with windows on the west side as we'll as Tn front.
 Miss Margaret Treblecock. who had been spending several weeks with her sister, Mrs. John G. Adam, left yester- day for Pleasantville, N. Y, where she will spend few days before returning