Connecticut western news., 1910-03-24
"REMINISCENCES
 OF BY-GONE DAYS
HAPPENINGS OF JANUARY. 1873
Tannery at Norfolk Burned-East Ca
 naan Depot Finished-Canaan Val
 ley Abandoned Stopped a Train
 for a Drink of Cider.
JANUARY, 1873

for Drink Of Cider. l
 JANUARY. 1873
 1-Married: At Sharon, Isaac T. Hoag to Mrs, Carrie Lloyd.
 1-J. N. VanDeusen, North Canaan, opened meat market.
 1-New depot-at East Canaan first oc- cupied Wallace A. Roberts, agent.
 1-"The new firm of Peirce 6 Law renee of Canaan sonsummated the pur. chase of what is known as the A. Kellogg farm, containing about 200 acres"
 IN. w. Brown was promoted from station agent at Pittstield to Bridgeport. 1-Married: At Falls Village, Edward o. Cowdrey, of Lakeville, to Miss M. Abbie Holabird
 Married: At Amenia. N. Y., Phile- tus s. Hicks, of Salisbury and Emma A. Ackley, of sharon.
 1-ConnecticutW Western railroad trains ceased to stop at what was known as Ca naan Valley station.
 1-Telegraph instruments were moved from Henry 6 Watson's store to their new quarters in Union station, Canaan. 2-Rev. Hiram Eddy, of Jersey City, lectured ill Canaan; subject, "The Com ing Woman.
 2-Perer F. Everts tenement house in Ore Hill, burned.
 3-W. J. Garfield, Falls Village, fell from roof of his house and broke his ankle
 4-Jesse W. Lake. Sharon. died, age 69.
 6-Social reunion of the farmers club" at T s. Colds, Cream Hill. This was one of the oldest of it's kind in the country, being then in irs 29th year.
 10-Cider was selling for five cents a gallon.
 10-Kent was proud of the poetical names of her "'suburhs' Boar Town, Sheborgan, Dog Tail Corners, Bog Hol low, Broinica. Bulls Run and Pig Tail. " 1o-A. Gardner at Twin Lakes made a great ado and stopped Conductor Goes freight train. On inquiring Of him what was the trouble, he sad: Don't you want drink of cider?" And they did.
 l1-Died At East Canaan, Robert Hobson, aged 46.
 12-Mrs. Archibald Taft died at Kon- kapot, New Marlboro.
 13-Tin wedding at Lemuel Bulman's, Lime Rock.
 15-January thaw. A tributary of the Blackberry river in Canaan, running through the village, overfowed it's banks and undermined culvert on the Housa- tonic railroad, and flooded the cellars of several houses along it's banks.
 17-Myron Tripp, Chapinville, died.
 18-Mrs. Jonathan Prescott, East Sheffield (Clayton), died, aged 76.
 21-Mrs. Palmer Stevens, East Canaan, died, aged TT.
 22-Married: At Sheffield, Frederick B. Wilcox to Miss Martha Manyille.
 22-Body of an unknown man was found on Sharon mountain.
 25-Mrs. Mary Brown, Salisbury, died, aged 42
 25-Passenger train on Housatonic rail road ran into yoke of oxen at Cornwall Bridge, killing both and throwing one car off the track,
 27-John K. Shepard's tannery in West Norfolk burned. Loss 5000; in sured for $3, 800
 29-A party from Lime Rock took a slelgh rideto Sheffield to attend drama. Prof. Stillman from Lakeville acted as leader, and with the exception of "an ear, part of q nose and one thumb" which were frozen, the party enjoyed tn cir trip, wallowing through snow drifts, taking down fences and demolishing stone walls
 29-The 0. H. Reyes house in Mill River was burned to the ground.
 30-The team of William Shields of North Canaan was stolen from in front of Bradley's hall, Falls Village, in the small hours of the night. The driver went into the hall to notify the dancers "all aboard for Canaan," and someone removed the bells from the horses and drove off.
 30-Coldest day in many years-32 be- low zero at Salisbury.