Connecticut western news., 1911-04-20
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Culled from The News Files of Dates Given.


o6rVIoeS aCGen ing 6n6 Laylng or 6u9 corner stone of the new chapel wore held at West Cornwall.
 MT. John Barton, who had been engi- neer on the Conn. Western railroad since 1t was opened, was appointed master mechanic.
 The depot building at the camp ground station, was being rebuilt. having been destroyedtby severe gale Tn December. The News was publishing daily paper during the week of the Pine Grove camp meeting. t'... A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. O, W. Ohapin at Lakeville.
 Nicholas Van Deusen died at Wetaug, aged 73. A.> . Jessie, the eight-months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milo B. Richardson, died at Lime Rock. % Aug. 24-Thieves broke into John Van Deusen's barn on Church street and stole lap robes and awhip. :. B. J. Bradley purchased the Effing ham house in West Cornwall. of A. T. Roraback, agent. &
 A matched game of croquet was played at Falls Village, between Geo. Knight and Tom Norton, against Joseph Can field and Dwight Dean. Score 3 to o in favor of Falls Village. Fairs and festivals were being held at Sharon by the Woman's Missionary Society, the Methodist and Episcopal churches.
 Aug. 31-Mr. John Pulver brought to The News office, handful of buckwheat fresh from the field, which measured five feet four inches in height. >
 Alpine tree was cut on Ashley Noun tain, near Ashley Falls, which made fifteen logs, ten feet long, two logs four teen feet long, two twelve feet long and two seven feet long. ' The barn and sheds belonging to Mr. Frederick Watson were destroyed by fire. The Episcopal church was some what damaged, but was saved from destruction by the united efforts of townsmen.
 The event of the week aU West Corn
 
 Concert, for the benefit of the W. 0. M. Association. The selection of singers as arranged by Father Peirce were as fol- lows: Sopranos, Mrs. E, H. Dean and Misses Benedict, Nickerson and North 1; contralto, Mrs. J A. Cochrane; tenors, Geo. Hughes and Father Peircs bass. Miles Scoville and W. H. Porter. Mrs. E. Scoyille played the organ.
 The gate admissions to the camp ground on Sunday numbered between 4,0O0 and 5000 Among the lots sold was one to Rev. Hoyt of Stamford, Rev. A H. Ferguson of Hudson, N. M. Brown. Supt Housatonic railroad, and Rev. Dr. Ferguson of Newburgh.
 Messrs Harding and Oatman, editors of the Pittsfield Eagle and Pittsf1eld Sun, visited Pine Ground camp ground and kindly offered The News their assistance for the day, which resulted in one of the best dailies published during the week. .ss ..
 The work on the chapel at West Corn. wall was progressing rapidly with MT. ,Beardsley and MT. Odell at the helm.
 Hon. James Monroe. M. O., and wife of Ohio visited their daughter, Mrs O. N. Fitch of West Cornwall.
 B. Giotta, the tobacco buyer of New York visited West Cornwall, and twas looking after the man who sells butcher knives" .. t. ..-..
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Con- gregational church. Sheffield, with sixty guests, met at James Van Deusen's.
 he district school at Cream Hill, with Miss Kitty Rogers teacher closed, and Masters Willie Rogers and Samuel Sco- vile, 2d, <had neither been absent nor tardy for over year.
 Russel Bierce of Cornwall Bridge be- came the owner of the celebrated Ca- nadian mare "Kit."
 Col. Zimmerman and two sisters, cf Troy, N. Y, and daughters of Chief of Police Chamberlain of Hartford, who were all stopping at Beers Bros. in Corn wall Bridge enjoyed horseback ride to Goshen, and spent the day fishing.
 Hon. IA. T. Granger and family, with Misses Ella and Hattie Noble of New Milford, Miss Minnie Henry of Morris. ania, N. Y, and Messrs. F. Henry, O. Dusenberry. O. A. Hodgman and A. G. Seaman of Tuckahoe, NY, picnicked on the grounds of Rev. Hoyt at Pine Grove
 A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs Alpheus Leffingwell at New Marlboro
 Samuel Scoville, aged 76, died at the home of Mrs. Eliza Rogers at West Cornwall.
 Sept. 7-Cattle show at Falls Village was being advertised.
 Mr. Charles Barnum of Lime Rock was building an elegant and commodioul house.
 The Parrot Hotel & famous summer