Connecticut western news., 1875-03-26

ing buildings were saved by the cffolts of the people.
 In 1912, Joseph Buckley, who resided at Canaan Conn.,. was drowned in the mill pond. He was returning from Hudson with his team loaded with salt, shad and clans. It was during freshet and in the night. It is supposed his team turned out of the road before reaching the bridge, and was carried down by the stream. The next morning one of the horses was found on an island below the dam, and the other on the bank of the river below the old grist mill. The wagon was lodged on the rocks below the dam. Both horses were found alive and not much injured. His body was found by the miller, Mir. Tubbs, who want down early in the morning to see if any drift wood had lodged under the wheel, and seeing piece of cloth floating on the water, took hold of it and drew up the body of MT. Beckley, which had been carried over the dam, and under the water wheel. A few years after, boy who trapped for furs along the stream found a wooden bottle filled with St. CrOix rum, marked Beckley, which was aftrwards returned to the family. In 1919 a boy named Wm. Peck, who lived with Aschel P. Bennett, was drowned in the Hume of the old mill. He came to mill on horse back with grist. The miller ground it and put it on the horse. The boy did not return and Mir. Bennett came in search of him. Some one remembered seeing him passing out side door over the Hume, and the water gates were shut down and when the water was drawn off, his body was found in the bottom of the Hume. la 1887 PeterRichards attempted to cross the Hous.. tonic river aboveAshley Falls near the pres ent bridge. It was during freshet, and he took boat which was carried under the bridge and overturned. His body was found some weeks afterwards in the drift wood below the Ashley Bridge. William Fl. Chspin, son of the late Ansel Chapin, was drowned August 30th, ls46, aged l% years. He was sent after the cows and went in swimming with John Ashley in the Housatonic river south of the turnpike bridge. Getting suddenly and unexpected iy into deep water, and not being able to wsim, was drowned before assistance could reach him.
 In April, 1857, an old man named Benona Hall, who lived alone in the base ment of the house near Bsrnum's shop during a cold storm of rain and snow, wandered off and remained out during the | night in the swamp west of Ashley Falls. He at last made hls way out and fell into a cove on the farm now occupied by MT. | Grove Griffeth, where his body was after wards found. In 1s4s Charles Prince a colored man, in trying to escape from the sheriff, was drowned while attempting to cross the Housatonic river near what is known as the Taylor Point cove.
 Lest should weary your readers will close with two other historic matters. On the present Pease farm, along the back road leading to Cana An, are found heaps of lime cores, which it is supposed are the relics of lime burned in log pits. There is tradition that the lime used for plastering the first meeting house built in Sheffield,
 was burnt here. When the upper dam was taken down, it was found the stumps of the trees cut in the low grounds above.
 which had been covered by water, were all lifted up and left on top of the ground.
 This was done by the ice forming around them during the winter, and when freshet came in the spring, the stumps were lifted out by the ice. It was natures great stump puller; and now thanking You and your readers for patient hearing, will trouble no more with the early record of Ashley Falls.
 CWe desire to assure our respected friend, J. H. L., who has SO kindly worked up the historical sketches above, in connec- tion with those of last week, that he has been the source of no "trouble" to us in this matter, as he so modestly alludes to in his closing words, and instead of thanking us and our readers for our patient hearing, it IS far more fitting that we should thank him most sincerely and heartily for giving us these exceedingly interesting facts,
 which we hereby do. How about Canaan's history. Cant that be worked up7 It l seems as if 1t might be.-ED. NEWS