Connecticut western news., 1914-07-09


 Miss Edith E. Greene, and Mrs. M. B. Parsons, of Ashley Falls, motored tc Bennington, Vt, and back the Fourth.
 Miss Elizabeth O'Brien and Miss Elizabeth Lawton, of Hartford, spent Sunday at the Fitzgerald farm. Miss Lawton returned home Monday.
 George w. Hall has rented one ot Mr. Rossire's cottages on the west shore for the season to Simon Luddy from New Britain.
 Charles Butcher stands to lose ton of hay, which he cut in his lot near the corner of Main and Elm street, because the chemical used for spraying the elm trees along the roadside poisoned the grass and rendered it unfit for feeding to. livestock. He says the grass got much more of the chemical than the trees did, when the spraying was done.
 School Supervisor George J. Vogel went to Danbury, Sunday, where he will lecture on phonics ill the summer school for teachers during the present month.
 Miss Lulu O'Brien, of New Britain, and Miss Ethel Hines, of New Haven, are guests at Joseph Kegler's.
 c. E. Badgley and family motored to Salt Point, N. Y., Saturday and spent Sunday and Monday at the parental home.
 MT. and Mrs. F. R. Collin spent the Fourth and Sunday with relatives in l Shekomkeo.
 Alex MacPherson, of Winsted, spent Sunday at James Graney's.
 Dr. and Mrs. Corwin and children motored to Poughkeepsie and spent the Fourth.
 Mrs. Charles Moore visited at Hawley Wickwire's in Falls Village last week.
 An exchange aptly says: When town ceases to grow it begins to die, and the more people try to kill each others business in their own town the more readily will utter ruin come to all. Stand together for the advancement of every citizen. If man shows ability to prosper do not pull him back.
 An item in The News referring to a monument just erected in the Lower Cemetery on the plot of "Charles Decker should have read Charles Butcher. It was a mistake of the types. Rev. F. w. Barnett officiated in Christ Church last Sunday. It was MT. Mills's first Sunday at his new church in Ansonia.
 Mrs. N. w. Blodgett has been enter taining her friend, Miss Jeannette Car men.
 Mrs. G. H. Trieschmann and daugh- ter Ina, spent the Fourth in Torrington.
 Misses Dorothy Rood and Ella Boyd, of New York city. spent the Fourth and Sunday at A. P. Briggs's.
 Miss Rose Lowe, of Bridgeport, spent the Fourth with friends in town.
 MT. and Mrs. W. G. Trieschmann and children, Lillian and Harold, of Torrington, spent Sunday at G. H. Trieschmann's.
 Mrs. James Reel and daughter Sara spent Sunday in Sheffield. l Miss Florence Fitzgerald visited Mrs | Ophelia Kilmer in Millerton one day last week.
 Mrs. X. Morrisey remains about the same, two nurses are in constant at- tendance.
 Mr. and Mrs. George Mather and children spent Sunday in Winsted.
 Mr. and Mrs. Belcher, MT. F. Fritts and Earl Bierce, of Torrington, were weekend visitors at James Graney's.
 MT. F. w. Yutzler, of West Cornwall, was in town Monday, having come to listen to the trial that wasn't tried. Pope Chapman of Falls Village, also came with his court clothes on, but was disappointed.
 Mrs. Thomas McClelland is entertain ing her sister, Miss Jerome, of North | Adams, Mass.
 The offering at Pilgrim Church next Sunday will be for the Aged Ministers fund. Mrs. H. B. Ives is entertaining the Misses Merwin at the Ives cottage, Twin Lakes.
 Among the late corners at Twin Lakes are Rollin M. Rood and family, of Man chester.
 MT. and Mrs. Samuel G. Camp and daughter spent the Fourth at Lake Garfield, in Monterey.
 E. w. and Mrs. Warner are visiting their niece, Mrs. Emma Waldorf Cor win, in Ludlow, Mass.
 Frank N Brown and wife were in town short time Friday, en route to Sharon, where they are spending some time with MT. Browns brother, Will liam, who has cottage at Indian Lake.
 MT. T. Irving Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson were in town Sunday, visit ing MT. Ferguson's sisters, Misses Sarah and Mary Ferguson. Wasting the Oil.