Connecticut western news., 1911-04-27
chased by its present owncr ,the Canaan

chased by its present owntr the Canaan Printing Company.
 Across the track from this store OF the opposite corner is the Humphrey drug store built soon after the building of the railroad by Merrill Humphrey and used for a short time by him as Il sore and then sold t) his brother Griswald Humphrey, who conducted it for few years, then discontinued it and went in to partnership with his brother.in law, Benjamin Jones, as has already been stated. I remember in the spring of 1859, when 1 first commenced house keeping, of buying goods at this store l will now quote again from the Canaan Scrap Book After year in this part nership however he (Humphrey) with drew, reopened his old store, which was enlarged aud made to front on Main s.rett and there he remained for the rest ot his life, with A capable lieutenant in the person of his son Billy" we'll re. membered as a veritable encyclopedia of railroad lore and local reminiscence Tne store is now owned and conducted by the only surviver of the family, Horace D. Humphrey"
 Since the Canaan Scrap Book was written MT, Humphrey has enlarged and greatly improved his store, making it ill all respects an up to date drug store. Next to the drug store was the Hum. phrey dwelling house and beyond this the old Warner House which. the Ca naan Scrap Book says, was moved from the ground now occupied by the Fuller 6 Peet building (Bullock & Folten's store) where it had been occupied by DeForest 6 Thorpe as a store, It was bought by Iohabod P. Stevens and on. larged and fitted up and conducted as hotel. It was later owned by Charles Kellogg and Griswold Humphrey and used as tenements, for school purposes, for stores etc., until it was bought by Mir. Warner and owned by him until bought by Mir. Garfield. who took down the old building and built the new build ing known as the Garfield block.
 The Fuller 6 Peet building was erected by Frederick Plumb. who conducted store there for some years. I remember being at his store with my father aud Mir. Plumb taking us out west of the store near where Mir. Parsons store now stands, and showing us where they pro- posed to open road, which was after ward done and is now known as Rail road street. This store was later con. ducted by the Union Woolen Co., Chapin 6 Williams, Mir. Williams, by John R. Fuller who bought the property, and still later by Fuller & Peet, who en. larged and greatly improved the prop. erty and afterward sold the business ex cepting the hardware part, to Jackson & Eggleston. The building is still owned by Mrs. Peet and the business IS conducted by The Canaan Mercantile Go.
 On the opposite corner, west, was the place formerly owned by A. N. Beach, who conducted stove and tn business. | 0OL1O HI bItO bllia was acquired by P. O. Cummings and he occupied the house until his death
 It included the house and all the land from the corner of Main and Railroad streets west as far as the Norton build ing, and north as far as the Riley honse now Badgley's block, excepting the ground occupied by the Porter block, now owned by J. P. Rains. Mir. Com- mings erected block on the corner of Main and Railroad streets, which he later sold to G. l.. Parsons & Sons, who enlarged and greatly improved it, mak- iug it frst-class up-to-date, depart ment store.
 After MT. Cummings' death his son Sherwood built block on Main street west of Parsons store, which was burned down but was rebuilt and is now occu- pied by the Canaan Savings Bank, F. R. Collin. ,jeweler, and the post office The house is now owned and occupied by Dr. J. G. Adam. The land north of Rains bakery is owned by the Canaan Printing Co.,, the Douglas Library and the Fuller Hardware Co.
 Continued next week)