Connecticut western news., 1907-08-15
SOME ECHOES OF
 THE OLDEN DAYS
AS SHOWN BY THE NEWS FILES
Happenings of 25, 20, 15 and 10 Years Ago This Week-NeWs was About to Issue Camp Meeting DaiIy-Roadside Bushes Were Cut.

AD0ut 10 issue a Camp Meeung
 DaiIY-Roadside Bushes Were Cut.
 Twenty Five Years Ago This Week
 J. B. Hardenbergh was the editor and proprietor of THE NEWS. s. A. Turner of Southfield had tanned 800 deer skins during the year. .s Money was being raised in Goshen to construct tower on Ivy mountain. The church at East Canaan was un- dergoing extensive repairs.
 w. R. Hubbell of Amesville accepted a position in the National Iron Bank at Falls Village.
 John Lowe, former employe at the railroad shops at Falls Village, was drowned in Twin Lakes, the result of the overturning of sail boat.
 There were prospects of an unusually short potato crop because of drouth.
 THE NEWS announced its intention of issuing daily edition during Canaan camp meeting.
 Calves were selling. at 81a cents per pound.
 The East Canaan Sunday School held its annual picnic at Lakeville.
 A turn table was being installed at Canaan.
 A salmon trout weighing seven pounds and measuring 25 inches was caught at Twin Lakes. Robert Orr resigned as clerk in Halls store at Falls Village and became travel ing salesman for Bennett, Sloan & Co.,
 A surveyor ascended Mt Prospect and found it's elevation to be 100 feet above Falls Village.
 o,alzell 6 Go. of Egremont, Mass. wanted to move their axle manufactory to Ashley Falls but found the water power inadequate.
 Twenty Years Ago This Week.
 William Shepard purchased the Gibbs place at West Cornwall.
 The bear mountain monument in Salisbury was raised 15 feet.
 The cheese factory in Chapinville opened for business.
 Hiram Meacham died at Ashley Falls. %-
 Potatoes promised to be small and few in hill
 Pine Grove camp meeting was ill pro- gress.
 The Episcopal Sunday School of Ca naan held it's annual picnic at Twin Lakes. ...
 H. R. Bunnell of Clayton showed corn stalks 916 and 10 feet tall from corn planted June 6.
 Robert Cooley died at Lakeville as the result of injuries sustained in fight with Milton Rice. Rice was confined ill the county jail.
 A new chapel was being erected in Norfolk.
 J. F. Bartlett of Falls Village resigned his position as master bridge builder for the Housatopic road.
 Dr. Averill's personal effects were sold at auction at Falls Village.
 The Lakeville M. E. Church was re- dedicated.
 A new tabernacle was complete and ready for dedication at Pine Grove camp ground.
 John Casey of East Canaan laid to rest within ten days his wife and three children. Typhoid dysentery caused their death.
 John Wilcox bought the Averill house at Falls Village.
 Harlow Merriman rented the Higley cider mill at Falls Village.
 Fifteen Years Ago This Week
 The arch bridge at Falls Village was being taken down and was replaced by 25 foot iron girder bridge. ...
 Dr. Livingston located in West Corn wall
 The Cornwall postoffice was made a money order office.
 The Canaan Cornet band was giving weekly open-air concerts.
 Mrs. w. H. Sabin died at Falls Will lage.
 O. G. Bradley of Lakeville sustained a stroke of paralysis.
 The railroad records showed that Lakeville business concerns were re- ceiving 100 carloads of freight per month. r-<-.
 Henry Mum died at Sheffield.
 Nicholas O'Brien murdered his wife at Litchfield.