Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
FALLS VILLAGE

Advices from Hartford are to the effect that Frank Reed is not making the most encouraging progress toward recovery.
 L. E. Moon was in town over Sunday and Monday.
 A. A. Bray, of New York, who re- gently purchased the Robbins farm, has shipped a carload of goods to the farm and brought up fine pair of horses
 MT. and Mrs. Martin Langs spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Joseph Graham in Suffield.
 Two of the expert staff of the Stone 6 Webster Company, McGinnis and Peterson, purchased Pope motorcycles from Brewer Brothers, in Canaan, last week, and went up Sunday morning to ride them home. They started from Brewers in fine style and gay spirits, but after riding couple of miles the machines developed eccentricities for which they were not prepared, and it became case of getting off and walk ing and working their passage. Peter son arrived at Falls Village an hour or two ahead of McGinnis, who arrived late in the afternoon, having led his heavy machine about four miles.
 Barney Smiths family moved this week to the Maltbie house.
 Dr. Skiff received his new Overland auto, Monday, and drove it in from Ga naan. The car worked splendidly, but when it encountered the stretch of foot deep mud in the new road near Grassy Hill Cemetery, it became stuck-not even a Mogul locomotive could have plowed through it. Planks were pro- cured and laid under the wheels, and after an hour and half delay the ma- chine succeeded in getting upon terra firma and there was no more trouble.
 Rev. Dr. F. J Belcher, of the Five Points Mission, New York, spent Sun- day with his sister, Mrs. I. P. Horn beck. .... ..s..
 Rev. MT. Bryant, the new Methodist minister, arrived last week with his wife and young son, and occupied his pulpit Sunday, making fine impress sion upon his people.
 M. G. Marcy's child is seriously i'll.
 The town has purchased new road grading machine and team of work horses, and considerable work on the town roads is being done.
 Mrs. Julia Miner, who has been con- fined to her house with sickness all win ter, is able to be about with comfort.
 Game Warden Hornbeck has received complaint from Cornwall that sawdust from a saw-mill in that town, is al lowed to run into trout stream and is killing the fish. A number of dead fish have been picked up along the banks.
 Dwight E. Dean went to New York Monday.
 Jack Smith returned last week from the hospital in Pittsfield, where he had toes amputated from both feet.
 MT. and Mrs. Slagle have returned to town.
 MT. and Mrs. Marjorie Argall) Zam- boni returned Monday from their honey moon tour, during which they visited St, Louis, Washington, New York and Bridgeport. They are at present at w. H. Hart's.
 Charles H. Gaylord, of Des Moines, Iowa, visited H. O. Gaylord last week
 Mr. and Mrs. A. $. Davis have been visiting in New York.
 Mrs. T. F. Watson spent few days in New Haven last week.
 Mrs. Ward spent few days in Bridge port last week, and her mother, Mrs. P. B. Burnett, returned home with her.
 Books recently added to the Library: Non- -Fiction-All the Days of My Life, an autobiography of Amelia E. Barr; Faith of Ancient Egypt, Coryu; (The Making of Town, McVey; (The) Quest of the Best, Hyde; Renaissance of Italy, Symonds; Some Influences in Modern Philosophic Thought, Hadley; (The) Story of the Panama Canal, Mar shall.
 Fiction-African Campfres, White; Ariadne of Allan Water, Mccall; Bar nabetta, Martin; (The) Best Man, Lutz; Black is White, McCutcheon; Cap'n Dams Daughter, Lincoln; Chance, Conrad; Custom of the Country, Whar- ton; Dark Hollow, Green; (The) Eter- nal Masculine, Andrews; From an Is- land Outpost, Waller; (The) Forester's Daughter, Garland; (The) Fortunate Youth, Locke; Gen. John Regan, Bir- mingEam; Home, Cunningham; Hon. Senator Sagebrush, Lynde; It Happen ed in Egypt, Williamson; Penrod, Tark- ington; Rocks of Valpre, Dell; Story of Waitstill Baxter, Wiggin; Sunshine Jane, Warner; (The) Treasure, Norris; Westways, Mitchell.
 Clarence H. Gillette is spending this week with friends in Hartford.