Connecticut western news., 1911-07-20
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cul1ed from The
 News Files of Dates Given.
1879

1879
 Feb. 12-Mrs. D. A. Riker took sleigh load of people to Falls Village to hear the Tucker band concert.
 Donation arranged for Rev. E. H. w. Barden in the "old tavern stand at Clayton"
 Ovid Gillette purchased the fish and oyster business of O. W. Bassett, who twill engage in the mercantile business with G. W. Hall ill Falls Village"
 Mrs. Eunice McArthur, wife of Joseph Candee, of Sheffield, died, aged 29.
 Gus Caldwell apprenticed himself to learn the jewellers trade with G. B. Gardner
 H. O. Rowley of Sharon preparing to start the Real Estate Record, to be issued monthly.
 AT the auction sale of the Pratt & Foster real estate in Cornwall. David L. Smith bid off the Pratt house at $3, 186 and the store building at $2,000. The Foster mansion was struck off to Frank Reed, at $2,000.
 Frank Frink of Mount Riga was found frozen to death near that place.
 Lots of sickness. "Dr. Camp is almost continually on the road having calls at , all hours of the day and night, hls charge in Ashley Falls since Dr. Scoville's departure for California increasing his business greatly"
 Reuben Mcintyre returned from the St. Louis S5 Southeastern railroad, after year and half away from Canaan.
 John Hillyer killed by the cars at the Blodgstt crossing above Ashley Falls. He was driving across to get his daughter, who taught school on the west side of the river, and was unable to see the approaching train. "The horse cleared but the engine struck the sleigh, shivering it to atoms and horribly mangling MT. Hillyer, who died in- stantly." f
 Sherwood Cum mings hired Dwight Vests team and took sleigh load of d rollicking load Of sweetness and beauty, and not a boy was permitted to even look at the procession" They took supper at the Miller House.
 An adjourned meeting of the Union Agricultural Soclety was held at Falls Village, President 0. W. Barnum in the chair; Harry Sedgwick, secretary pro tenn. An executive committee from the different towns was appointed as follows: Canaan, E. w. Spur; North Canaan, Henry 0. Stevens; Norfolk, J. B. Eld- ridge; Cornwall. Harry Sec swick aDd T. s. Gold; Salisbury, M. H. Robbins; Lime Rock E. D. Goodwin; Sheffield, w. 5. Wilcox. It was voted that Daniel Brewster be assistant, treasurer; Gibson Gillette of Lime Rock, superintendent of cattle department and Job W. Gillette superintendent of fruit and vegetables. Meeting called at Adams store, East Canaan, to talk about starting 8 cream cry, amounted to nothing.
 James R. Lef1ngwen and Lydia B., Rhoades, of New Marlboro, were married by Rev. Robert Hunt.
 John w., youngest child of John Lepyon, died in Canaan.
 In Canaan Valley, Mrs. Jane Crofutt died, aged "A <
 At Ashley Falls, Lucy, widow of the late Deacon Dennis Rood died, aged 59.
 Edwin McNeil of Chapinville showed "a hens egg measuring inches by 65s inches
 Aunt Dinah's Pledge" was produced by the Falls Village Good Templars. Mrs Ida Wolf as Aunt Dinah, and Eugene Brown as Edgar, covered them selves with glory.
 > A party of three skated from Falls Village to Canaan.
 John H. Belden of Falls Village wa recovering from serious illness.
 Feb. 19-"Alvin Ferguson is the new lamp lighter, in place of Ovid Gillette, resigned"
 Protracted meetings in the Methodist church are discontinued.
 The grandson of the proprietor of the New York Times was attending Rev L, H. Reid's school here.
 Miss Sarah Hawthorne left town for Elgin, H., where her father located shortly before.
 A Miss Wilcox of West Stockbridge took charge of the Canaan telegraph office
 ErnestI. Webster of East Canaan left his position as school teacher at Lee, to take a clerkship in a drug store in Castl6ton, N. Y.
 "Kib" Coggswel, engineer, was laid up with boils.
 George Brinton of Canaan Valley had a Plymouth Rock hen that laid an egg measuring 534 by 814 inches.
 Hon. W. D. Bishop resigned the presi-