Connecticut western news., 1912-02-08
FALLS VILLAGE

The oyster supper given by the ladies of the Methodist church Friday evening was an enjoyable affair and financial success, about ss5 being realized.
 The Twin Lakes cottage owned princi- pally by the Bartle brothers, on the "lit- tie lake," was destroyed by fire Wednes- day night, with all it's contents. The loss is about $450; partially insured. The building contained, besides the camp utensils, a couple of boats. It is thought the fire was started from the embers of a bonfire which party of Salisbury fish, ermen built close by, and which they neglected to extinguish when they left.
 The Bordens finished filling their Lime Rock ice houses Monday.
 Fay Chaffee, who has been seriously ill for several weeks. is improving, and smoked his first cigar Monday.
 Landlord Martin Langs is making very slow improvement from the recent injury to his spine, though he now walks with only one cane.
 The Housatonic Valley Preachers As sociation held the monthly meeting here Monday.
 The union meeting Ill the Chapel Sun day night had slim attendance owing to the unfavorable weather.
 Rufus Whitford conveyed a big sleigh load of worshippers from Canaan to the South Canaan church Sunday.
 John A. Vosburgh is seriously i'll of pneumonia. at his home, the Robbins place.
 A number of Falls Village young peo. pie attended the Haymakers' dance at Lime Rock. Miles Blodgett carried good sized and merry load to the festiYi- ties.
 To witness the conferring of the third degree on Thomas Bartle, a number of Falls Village Masons went to Lakeville and attended the communication of Montgomery Lodge last week.
 The remains of Mrs. Ellen Peck, relict of George K. Peck, an old-time hotel keeper in Falls Village, were brought to South Canaan for interment in Sand Hill cemetery, last week. Mrs, Peck was sister of the wife of the late Dr. Gillette. She died at the residence of her niece. Mrs. Fred Gillette. in Great BarringtonA
 Everybody is invited to "box social" to be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. McCrory on Friday evening Feb. 9th. Ladies are requested to furnish lunch.
 The District Superintendent of the Methodist church will visit Falls Village tomorrow for the last quarterly confer. ence of the current year.
 l. P. Hornbeok's team carried . load of festive guests to the chicken pie sup- per in LAkeville last night. Dr. Skin is out again, after about ten days confinement with the prevailing grip.
 It is suggested that there should be some suitable place provided where the young men could play basket ball. A lively team could be organized, and it is thought there is sufficient interest in the sport to warrant it, if O place to play were provided.
 The falls at Amesville are frozen solid and present . pleasing and picturesque spectacle.
 M;uc Moo pokkmrSnu oS r Sx,aa po,lp fS stopping at Mrs. Wells Yals's for the present.
 Miss Ella Langs returned last week from her visit in Springfield and Boston.
 Miss Josephine Hallock, of "The PineB," is on the sick list with the grip.
 Leon E. Moon, of New York, who re. gently purchased the Frank Reed farm. was in town oyer Sunday. It is an nounced that Michael GogRin win man. age she farm the coming season.
 Clarence Turner is proud of the record his poultry made during January. From 73 hens he got S75 eggs during the month. One pen, of % Rhode Island Reds laid 3S9; pen of l5 of the same breed laid 150; pen of five laid 76; 6 pen of 1s Plymouth Rocks laid 1S5. and two pens of the same, of two and four hens, laid S4 and 46 eggs respectively. MT. Turner has sold all his Ply mouth rocks since the end of January. !