Connecticut western news., 1907-11-21
SOME ECHOES OF
YEARS GONE BY
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED

5000 Barrels of Cider-Sharon Ca
sino Company 0rganized-North Ca
naan Had no Safe Place for Public
Records Zero Weather.
Twenty Years Ago This Week
The interior of the Canaan Methodist
church was being improved.
The B. R. furnace at East Canaan had
just gone out of blast after running 131
weeks on one hearth and making IL, ITO
tons of pig iron.
Salisbury had lodge of 45 Good
Templars.
Sidney Russell of Salisbury bought
the'John Russell farm in Weatogue.
The daily product of charcoal from
the Flood job at Salisbury was 1900
bushels.
The ladies of the Falls Village Con-
gregational church held New England
supper and corn festival.
@. w. Everett established a grist mill
in Ellsworth
The Canaan Valley school was not an
easy one to manage and it was decided
to hire man teacher.
Ezra Landon of Canaan Valley ground
121 900 bushels of apples, making 5000
barrels of cider.
Jensen Emmons of Canaan Valley
killed six hogs weighing more than 400
pounds each. He sold them for sc. 90
per 100 pounds. ...
A strike occurred at the Norfolk shear
shop but was settled in few days.
Coal was 800 per ton in Canaan.
Bragg street in Canaan was staked out.
The Congregational societies of Falls
Village and South Canaan jointly en-
gagged Rev. L. Buel of New Haven as
pastor for six months.
Fifteen Years Ago This Week
The town of North Canaan had no
proper place in which to keep it's public
records. A meeting of citizens was
called and the present fireproof vault is
the result of the agitation.
A democratic parade was held in Nor
folk. 1t was participated in by Norfolk,
Canaan and Winsted people.
Cecil Miles of Salisbury was injured
by the accidental discharge of gun.
His leg was amputated as a result.
Mrs. W. @. Hart died at West Corn
wall 49,.
| N. Gridley Clark retired as proprie-
tor of the Falls Village Inn and was
succeeded by Mr.. Bannon of Canaan.
| Repairs at the Falls Village Congre-
gational church had just been COM
pleted. .s..-
| Dennis Murphey and Kate Ryan were
married at Falls Village.
High wind blew the Episcopal sheds
at Canaan off their foundation.
! Arrangements were being made for
display of fireworks on Canaan noun
tain Thanksgiving night.
Ten Years Ago This Week
| The first snow of the season fell No
vember "a and the temperature fell to
two degrees below zero.
Dennis Mellen died at Canaan
The Sharon Casino Company was in
corporated. Mrs. E. A. Deming owned
Sc of the 100 shares and 26 other Sharon
ties owned from one to six shares. The
subscribers were Mrs. E. A. Deming,
Ralph Deming, E. A. Deming, A. M
Gard and wife, Willard Baker, Ruth
Prindle, H. M. Hoag, @. M. Gard, J. J.
Ryan. S. Kirby, ID. N. Eggleston, T. M
Whitney, @. G. Walton, Q. H. Marvin,
e. H. Middlebrooks, Susan st John, J.
d. st John, Mary st John, Bertha st
John, E. F. Gillette. F. w. Dakin, W.
E. Hotaling, @. O.. Gordon, I. N Bart
ram, E. b. st John, Jane B. Walton.
The citizens of Lakeville and Col.
Gard of Millerton were having verbal
set-to relative to what sort of news
paper Lakeville should have.
J. D. Decker of Millerton was in
structing the Salisbury band
A. @. Randall died in Falls Village.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Burial of Lake
vile celebrated their 4Oth wedding an
niversary.
Degree Conferred
On Tuesday evening of this week