Connecticut western news., 1910-04-07
"REMINISCENCES
 0F BY-GONE DAYS
THIRTY-sEvEN YEARS AGO (18731
East Sheffield Changed to Clayton SaIisbury's Haunted House Other Incidents and Happenings in the Months of April and May.

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 1-Albert Melius bought the Paul Herter place, in Salisbury.
 1-Carpenter Bundy. of Salisbury, was awarded the contract for building the new court house in Falls Village.
 1-T. s. Russell bought of Martin Harris, Salisbury, the large double build ing near the Episcopal church for tn making of hotel (now the Maple Shade).
 1-George E. Marble, Falls Village, sold his drug business to Timothy Tucker. -East-bounde evening train on O. w. R. R. was delayed seven hours at Stony Lonesome, by rock and mud on the track. Reached Winsted at five o'clock in the morning.
 3-David Scott. Wetaug. caught IS pounds of rats at one haul in his buck wheat bin. They were chased into a bag and dispatched by dancing on them"
 Mrs. John Curtiss, of Clayton, was shot by her little child who was playing with pistol.
 7-Hon Robert D. Livingstone and John Boyd were elected representatives from Sharon.
 9-Died: At South Canaan, Hannah, wife of Jacob Michaels, aged TO-
 1O-T. B. Strong, Ashley Falls, moved to Great Harrington. He was merchant and depot agent at that station for thirty years. Jerry S. New succeeded him al the depot.
 10-Post- office formerly known as East Sheffield changed it's name to Clay ton, Mass o. E Barnes, postmaster. 10-WiH Bowen, Ashley Falls, acct dentally chopped off W. A. Dunham $ finger
 11-Died: At Ashley Falls, Mrs Harriet Gorharn, aged 53.
 12-Contract for carpenter work on Salisbury's new school house was awarded to w. Niver. His price was $3,125.
 13-The worst landslide the 0. W. R. R. eyer had occurred at Whiting river cut. Trains did not run over that part of the track for two days.
 13-Conference appointments: North Canaan and Ashley Falls, J. H. Lane; Falls Village, J. H. Loomis; Lakeville, W. s. Bouton; Sheffield, w. s. Cnipp.
 14-Married:-At West Cornwall, Herman Berthelmess to Miss Anna Sel- ewski
 16-The Lee farm in Chapinville, was sold at auction to Horace Landon, for $3,O25.
 16AMarried: At Sheffield, Will H. Little and Miss Clara Forbes.
 17-Died: At Huntsville, on his 10th birthday, in the same house and room in which he was born, Miles l.. Blodgett. Referring to the spring styles for ladies THE News stated that "the new hustle has mansard roof, and is too lovely for anything"
 19-C, E. Baldwin was appointed post master at West Cornwall.
 2O-Died: At Lime Rock, Eli Webster, aged 93
 21-''An eating house aud hotel for transients was opened i'll the second story of the new depot at Canaan, by O. H. Corbin, of Delaware Go. New York. " 2l-The bell in the Episcopal church, Salisbury, was found to be cracked and unsafe to ring. 2l-Died: At Sharon, Dennis Eggles- ton, aged 97.
 22-Rey. William Johnson, of Salls- bury, went to Bermuda.
 22-District Mo- II (Amesville) voted to raise $I000for repairs on school house. 27-Ice broke upin Twin Lakes.
 MAY, 1873
 Agent Crandall opened a refresh ment room in West Cornwall station. 1-Banking honse of Cowles & Eld- ridge, Norfolk, established.
 3-Enough snow fell to make good sledding on the Cornwall hills,
 4-In Mount Riga fight, Frank Bailey punished Henry Ostrander by breaking his jaw ill two places, lifting one eye out of his countenance, and eating one of his ears" 6-Donald T. Warner was admitted to the bar.
 8-Ashley Falls boys were playing the game of ''inversion" Changing each other by the heels to picket fence) until Al. Bowen began having fits, then they abandoned the game.
 9-Merwin, the feather bed renovator, moved from Canaan to East Canaan ..near the Charter Oak hotel. :"