Connecticut western news., 1907-09-12
LOOKING BACKWARD.
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED
Events of Former Years as Shown by the Files of The NeWs-Sharon Man Threshing by Moonlight.

Uy lIIc TlIco VI iIC NCWo Sho'oh Man Threshing by Moonlight.
 Thirty Years Ago This Week. l The Falls Village fair was advertised to be held Sept. Il and 12.
 Nearly 5000 people attended Sunday service at the Canaan camp ground. The question of providing better pro- tection against fire was being agitated in Canaan.
 A chapel was being erected at West Cornwall.
 An Old Folks Concert was held at West Cornwall.
 A festival was held on the green at Sharon to raise village improvement funds. The Sharon band furnished the music.
 A son was born to MT. and Mrs. O. Gordon of Sharon.
 The Sharon Schools were closing for vacation.
 A Sharon man, whose name the cores pondent did not give, was doing his threshing by moonlight in order to avoid the 900 heat during the day.
 She Sharon Sunday School held a picnic at Holleys's grove, Lakeville. Charles Barnum was constructing a mansion at Lime Rock.
 Hicks & Pascal opened meat market in Salisbury.
 W. F. Harrison had narrow escape from drowning in the mill pond.
 Twenty Years Ago This Week The Pine Grove Camp deficit was said to be $500,
 A contest for the county jail was on between Litchfeld, Winsted and New Milford,
 J. s. New of Canaan narrowly escaped being killed by the cars at the Warner House crossing.
 Horse thieves entered H. Q. Allyn's barn at East Canaan but werediscovered and frightened away.
 Ichabea Everett died at West Corn wall.
 Hiram Bartlett died at East Canaan. A son was born Sept. to MT. and MT. and MfS M. U. Dean.
 An unusually small crop of tobacco was cut at Falls Village.
 Misses Mary French and Hattie Owen were the teachers in the Ameswille school The Ashley Falls school opened with Mrs Blodgett as teacher.
 Manly Wickwire placed a saw mill on the Lee farm at Salisbury,
 Salisbury schools opened with the fol- lowing teachers; Miss $. J. Roraback, Miss Carrie .Conklin and Miss Almira Cleaveland.
 Repairs on the Salisbury dam were completed and 1900 acres of landt1ooded
 Fifteen Wears Ago This Week Joel c. Whitford and daughter of Chapinville were severely injured by be- ing thrown from a wagon by a runa- way horse. w. G. Brinton bought farm and saw mill of William Garfield at Canaan Valley. Miss Mary E. Lee of Southfeid, Mass opened the Canaan Valley school.
 The Clayton school opened with % scholars.
 A reunion of. Mrs. Julia Brinton Miners schoolmntes was held at her home in Falls Village.
 Ore Hill defeated Sharon at base bal on the Ore Hill grounds 27 to 6.
 The Ore Hill station was opened after having been closed nine weeks.
 George Dederick was building house in Canaan.
 Gov Bulkeley and Lieutenant Governor Merwin visited Canaan and held an informal reception at the station. Charles Lees circus exhibited at Ga naan. '.. Edward Clifford and Miss Celia Ryan of Canaan were married.
 Ten Years Ago This Week
 John G. Beckley of Canaan and Miss Mabel Johnson of East Canaan were married.
 Miss F. E. Bigelow of East Canaan opened the school in the Sodom district. The Rev. H. I. Bodley, formerly of \ Canaan, resigned as dean of Grace Cathedrel, Topeka, Kans.
 The mercury rose to 90 in the shade. Four hundred people went to Albany on c, N E. excursion.
 The school in Canaan opened with 18O pupils in attendance.
 Charles Clark died at Salisbury.
 Mrs. E. w. Spurr died at Falls Village.
 Big Fish The Misses Skidmofe of Twin Lakes and Edward Ball of Chapinville re- gently took II Oswego bass from Twin Lakes, the largest of which weighed six and one-quarter pounds and the smallest one aud three-quarters pounds.