Connecticut western news., 1913-09-25
CORNWALL

! 1OlClng Ill Gn6 DlrCn or an 6lRnG anu u half pound son on the evening of the twentieth.
 Miss Charlotte E. Clarke was taken seriously ill the middle of last week, ap- peared to amend for a tlma, but grew worse on Sunday and died Sunday night. Funeral was held Wednesday afternoon. Miss Clarke was the last survivor of a family that had been prominent in the town, and of whom some besides herself were notable teachers. She was presi. dent of the Library Association, and ac- tive until very recently in the Village Improvement Society and the First Church aud it's Sunday School, although 8 member of St. Johns (Episcopall Church in New Milford. She was spe. cially devoted to, and active in, the prayer meetings of the church here, which she early joined and in which she remained until she removed from town. She taught iu our public schools when quite young, afterward, i'll private fam lilies, fitted boys for college. later engag- ed in business in New Jersey, and then returned to Cornwall for her later years. which were made very comfortable by a bequest from an uncle in California, added to her own acquisitions She was interested i'll missions and was an accep- table speaker on that subject, and for several years led the Mission Study class. Universally respected. with many warm friends, and gwen to varied activities she will be greatly missed.
 This town has been distinguished for its bookishhess, which has been maui fested in it's libraries. About 1900 the United Proprietors' Library ceased its received into the Public Library of Corn wall at half price, in 1804-probably for bringing their books with them. The last mentioned library bought out the Youths Library of sixty volumes score of years later, but was itself sold at auc- tion In 1883. About thls time the Frank lin l. brary Association was formed in North Cornwall and it became heir to at least part of the books of a predecessor, the Social Library. The latest record of the Franklin Library is i'll 1847, but it was in use for perhaps ten years longer. In 1869 the Cornwall Library Associa- tion was organized, and soon after in corporated and endowed, and few years since was given it's handsome stone build ing. The West Cornwall Library Asso- citation dates from 1889. Besides these good share of our school districts have had their separate libraries, and the For elgn Mission School had a considerable one, and the various private schools have had their owr. In the Cornwall Library are preserved fragment of the constitu- tion of the earliest of these. the records of two others, and some of the books that were in several of them.
 Recent additions to the Cornwall Library
 REPORTS
 Labor Statistics, 1911, 1912.
 Souvenir of the Capitol, 19l1-l9l2. Connecticut,
 Connecticut Register and Manual, 1912, 1913.
 
 Interstate Commerce, 19l0-1al2.
 Agricultural and Experiment. Station, 1911, 1912 Connections. ) Smithsonian, 1910, 1911.
 Library of Congress, 1911, 1912. Litchfield County, Choral Uuion, 19O0- 1912. Vols. l, Il, J. H. Valll.
 BIOGRAPHY
 de Hegerman- Lindencrone, l., In the Courts of Memory.
 MISCELLANY
 Bismaya or The Lost City of Adab, E. J. Banks.
 One Way Out. w. Carleton.
 New Lives for Old, w. Carleton. The Montessorl Method, Montessori.
 SCIENCE
 The Moth Book, w. J. Holland.
 FICTION
 The Upas Tree. Barclay.
 Through the Postern Gate, Barclay. Love the Judge, w. Carey.
 The Inside of the Cup, w. Churchill The White Waterfall, Dwyer.
 Virginia, Glasgow. J. V's. Eyes, H. s. Harrison.
 The Crystal Stopper. Le Blanc. Little Thank You. O'Connor.
 Laddie, G. $. Porter.
 The Lions Share, Thanet.
 HISTORICA COLLECTION
 Records of School Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 10. Rt cords of the Public Library of Corn wall
 An Antique Watch. Iron Powders.
 Part of Cement Water. Pipe, 18th Gen. tury.
 WEST CORNWALL