Connecticut western news., 1911-10-05
Gossip of Days. Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu1led from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1879

Village by concert in the evening" oy the Sunday School.
 Mad dog scare at East Canaan. Chop ping heads off just back of the ears, was recommended as sure way to prevent the dogs from getting hydrophobia.
 A party of young people were enter tained at the home of Miss Carrie Hotch- kiss, at East Canaan.
 A severe hail storm visited Norfolk and did considerable damage. Some of the hail stones measured 2A inches 1n length and weighed from two to three ounces.
 MT, and Mrs. G. S. Gibbs, of Ore Hill celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding.
 A Sunday school convention was largely attended at the Methodist church in town. Among the speakers were' Dr. H. M. Knight, T. L. Norton, Rev. MT. Maokey, Edmund Lawrence, Dwight Pratt and Rev. L. H. Reid, A daughter was born to MT. and Mrs. James Oocnrane at West Cornwall. June 25-Mrs. N. M. Brown moved into her new house on West Main street Y A Ball and D. T. Warner of Sa lisbury were rusticating at Columbia Springs Several parties ''took in" the excur' sion to Coney Island. Miss Laura Roys. of New Brunswick N. J.~s was visiting her old home In East Canaan.
 MT. ID. L. Freeman commenced the erection of barn on his lot near the Catholic church.
 Conductor Clark Lane, recovered from his injuries, resumed his duties on the H. R. R. +-l. No firecrackers were on sale in town. The Sunday school of Christ Church held picnic on Church Hill. in rear of Rev. H. I. Bodley's residence.
 Miss Julia Gillette, teacher in 8 female college in Bordentown, N. J., was visiting her father, MT. Lawrence Gillette.
 The Methodist society held straw berry and ice cream festival in the church parlors.
 H. H. Coggswell picked five quarts of fine strawberries, Monarch of the Vest variety, some of which measured from 411a to 51a inches in circumference, and one measured 6 inches. \.
 Dr. Samuel Camp, of Ct. Burlington, made an investigation of the causes ot the wholesale death of fish in Lake Buel and Monterey Pond, and found it due to certain poisonous vegetable matter which had grown with unusual luxu- riance during the hot weather, causing the water to purge and foment. : A couple of pugilists gave free en tertainment in front of Leroy's store al Ashley Falls and Willie Bowen played leap frog to amuse the crowd between the heats. Reunion of former pastors of the M E. church at Sheffield. Elder Sanforc opened the services by reading ant prayer, then asked for subscriptions fo raising the church debt of $9oo whicl was accomplished in an hour. Hindman Barney the one-armed tenn psrance lecturer, delivered an address a the Town Hall in Mill River. The young people of Falls Villag held social at the residence of G. W Hall Mrs Shepard, Mrs. U. H. Mine and Miss Dakin, favored with songs Mrs Hall and Miss Richardson played Misses MiIlspaugh and Maltbie rendere a duet, MT. Belcher read choice select ion, and Misses Spnrr and Maltbie req original papers.
 A surprise party was given to Mrs. Il A. Lawrence at Norfolk, at which he friends presented her with beautifr picture, Moonlight on the Nile" A interesting mock-marriage tableau wa presented in which Messrs. M Morga and Edward Doyle officiated.
 s. A. Palmer was building house Norfolk for Dr. W. o. Welch.
 4 large barn in Canaan Valley b longing to Benjamin Hawley was burn to the ground. Supposed to be u work of tramp, to whom he had l fused cider earlier in the day.
 Dr. W. W. Welch was treating r. kins child at Norfolk which had be bitten by 8 mad dog, with his famo hydrophobia cure.
 The ladies ald society of the Gong gational church at Falls Village held { ice cream and strawberry sale at U.
 Miners store building, proceeds amour ed to $28.
 Mrs. Julius Oorbit. of East Canaa was visiting friends in Colorado.
 At Millerton, Frank Barnum, of ( naan and Miss Emma VanTassel,
 Gallatin, N. Y, were married by R.
 J. H. Mitchell.
 At Clayton, by Rev. MT. Benedi
 MT. Edward Cook to Miss Florel
 Fitch, both of Clayton.