Connecticut western news., 1907-02-28
LOOKING BACKWARD
REcOLLEcTIONS OF BY-GONE DAYS
Happenings of Thirty-five, Thirty, Twenty, Fifteen, Ten and Five Years Ago This Week as They Appear in the Files of |" The News"
35 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.


 in the Files of '' The News"
 35 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
 A railroad from Springfield, Mass, to Tariffville, Conn.,, was under con- sideration.
 Joseph Lord of Sharon was thrown from a load of wood and sustained a broken shoulder.
 T. B. Strong sold his store, house, barn, etc., at Ashley Falls, to A. Leroy An extension of the Housatonic rail road from Pittsfield to the Vermont line was talked of.
 Canaan folks were agltating the sub feet of a savings bank. And they got it-ED.]
 The house of D. R. Gould, near Sharon, was destroyed by fire.
 A Sharon man was relieved of $555 in Bridgeport.
 Messrs. Grant 6 Sweet of Lakevllle bought a $17, ,oOO hotel at Naugatuck. The Lime Rock M. E. Ladies' Aid Society realized $110 from a fair and festival.
 The annual election of officers of the Housatonic railroad resulted as follows: President, w. H. Barnum; vice-presl- dent, D. l.. Draper, secretary and treas urer, c. K Averill; superintendent, H. w. Franklin of Canaan.
 J. o. Adams of West Cornwall sold his place to Louis Howard, and Mrs. McMurtry of the same village sold her place to R. N. Cochrane.
 During 1871 the milk shipped from West Cornwall was 23,31 quarts, and from Sheffield 3,281 quarts.
 Ben Cole opened fish market in West Cornwall Ca day goods box in the brook, chained to willow tree) where he dispensed suckers in great quantities. Crissey 6 Stannard opened meat market at Norfolk.
 A feather cleaning machine was being operated in Sharon by s. Swift of Nor folk
 The Housatonic railroad dividends for 1871 were $142,81O. The rolling stock consisted of Is engines, "A passenger cars and 33O freight cars.
 30 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
 Miss Sarah Catlin won a spelling match at West Cornwall
 Pepson Jacobs of Canaan butchered a six months old pig weighing 309 pounds. Special trains were run from Miller ton to Winsted, the occasion being lec- ture at Winsted by John B. Cough. "Hen'' Whitbeck of Salisbury sued "Hen" Dexter of the same place for throwing hen into the mill pond. The case was tried before justice whose front name was 1AHen."
 The Cornwall Cornet Band was being resuscitated.
 Dr. Sanford of West Cornwall bought the residence of B. B. North in Cornwall. Wm. Jones sold his place at Lakeville to George Wood, Jr.
 A movement was on foot to have the January term of the Superior Court held at Canaan each year.
 Representative Benjamin of Lakeville announced that he intended to build a shoe factory in that village.
 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
 Edward Bartram and Hiram Bissell bought out Griggs & Champlin at Lakeville.
 Mrs. Applebeck died at Lakeville, aged TT years.
 Surveyors were locating railroad route through New Marlboro.
 Mrs. Hugh Lyon died at Kent.
 A. T. Robbins bought the John Her. rick place in Great Burlington for $3OO0. The pay roll at the Monument Mills, Housatonic, was about $2oOO per week. The Fuller 6 Peet partnership at Ga naan was dissolved.
 There had been 26 snow storms during the winter.
 0. H. Briggs of Canaan shipped ten tons of tobacco to New Milford.
 John G. Lawrence of East Canaan boasted of apples two years old and still I'fit to eat."
 J. w. Pert purchased the Pendleton place ill Canaan for $2500. Two years previous it was sold for $2000.
 'sAd" Ostrander of Canaan fell and broke leg while hunting near Sails bury.
 Walter and William Landon of Lake vile bought J. R. Eunist's stock of goods at Norfolk.
 15 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK.
 Fred Chattleton of Huntsville, brake man on the Housatonic railroad was