Connecticut western news., 1912-06-20
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CuIIed from The News Files.
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 "Mr. Joseph w. Peet's two sons. George and Ensign, are taking country air at New Marlboro"
 Fred Hunt arrived in town from New York College, to spend his summer va cation with his grandmother, Mrs. John A. Beckley.
 "Russell Bierce's trotter is kept in Dr. Camps barn in this place, at present"
 MSs. D. L. Proper, of Elizaville, N. Y., was visiting at her uncle's, Hon. Judge Granger.
 "Section Master Tierney is putting in new side track on the south side of the Y, beginning at Bragg's crossing"
 H. P. Barnum shot hen-hawk meas uring feet 10 inches from tip to tip.
 pr. Camp and Myron Decker each purchased a colt from John R. Hurlburt near South Canaan.
 Hindman Barney, the One-armed tenn perance lecturer was in town, the guest of Rev. w. A. Mackey, and was schedul- ed to speak on temperance in the Metho- dist church next Sunday.
 James Warner, of Chicago, and his sis ter, Mrs. Luther Briggs, of Great Bar rington, visited their nephew, E. w. Warner, and other friends in Canaan.
 The largest tree in this vicinity, a Balm of Gilead," on the corner near Chester Deming's, was struck by light ing and considerably peeled and shatter- ed.
 lowing to serious break in our print ing press last week, while we were rum ming off the edition, we were obliged to take our forms to Winsted and finish at the Herald office"
 Mrs. John B. Cogswell, of Henderson, Ky, was visiting at H. H. Cogswell's in Canaan, and also Norfolk friends.
 kib Cogswell, who was the first loco motive engineer on the Conn. Western road, resigned and went to Wayne, Ind, to take an engine on the Wabash x St. Louis road.
 G. B. Gardner, Gus. Caldwell, George Smith and Fred Young were encamped at Twin Lakes.
 The Twin Lakes picnic ground was run by "Dry" Joslyn, for the railroad company.
 ''Washburn's Sensation" was an nounced to give two entertainments in tents, in Canaan, but owing to lack of in- terest it gave none.
 The committees to arrange for the an nual reunion of the "Second Heavies," to be held in Canaan in September were {: Committee of arrangements, George P. Strong, Dr. Chas. W. Camp, Milton Roraback, ]. F. Gleason, E. P. Smith, s. A. Palmer, George V. Capron, E. I. Dudley, Key. F. l. Belcher Committed on finance, C. H. Briggs, Lyman Dunning George w. Hall, George w. Peet, Ralph I. Crissey. Committee on invitations and speakers, A. T. Roraback, Rev, H. I. Bodley, Rev. w. A. Mackey. Com mittee on music, John Rodemeyer IT,, George B. Cogswell. E. s. Roberts was chairman of the general committee.
 It was expected that the complete cen sus would show that Connecticut had 6oo,ooo population.
 Rev. T. J. Lee, of Winsted, was pre- sented with a watch and chain.
 An apple tree 100 years old was cut down in Winsted.
 John K. Shepard and wife, of West Norfolk, went to Stony Creek, where MT. 5. expects to improve his health.
 "Litchfeld is full of babies, says a cor respondent, and there are also so widows, 7 widowers, old maids and old bache- lors."
 Edward A. Gillette, of Falls Village, employed by the H. R. R Co.,, accepted position at Fort Wayne, Ind.
 At the election of officers of Cascade Lodge, Good Templars, in Falls Village, these were elected C. T., Charles Pres ton; V. l. Miss Alice Dakin; Secretary, F. E Egleston; Financial secretary, C. E. Ford; Treasurer, Miss Ella Preston Chaplain, Rev. F. I. Belchtr: Marshal, Albert Sheppard; Guard, John Devoran | Sentinel, F. A. Bartlett.
 Messrs. George V. Capron and A, C. Randall, of Falls Village, returned from Martha's Vineyard where they had been on fishing trip aud catching bluefsh weighing from pounds up. The variety store of F. w. Yutzler, in West Cornwall, was burglarized and some cigars and small change stolen. August 4. The Canaan Cornet band was increased to B pieces. Ben Butler passed through Canaan on Conductor Elmore's train Monday. George Ford, of Falls Village, repaired the walls and ceilings at Union depot. Rev. Wm. G. Peirce, of Champaign, H., was visiting his brother D. L. Peirce, | in Canaan:
 "Charles Hinkley, George Cowdrey's right hand man, is seeking rest and health in the vicinity of his old home in Ulster County, N. Y.
 A social party was given at s. C. Beckley's, Saturday night, in honor of E. A. Gillette, who went yesterday to Ft. | Wayne, Ind. Fine music was executed by talent from this place and Falls Vil- lage."
 Ed. Prescott, of Canaan, has accepted position as overseer of the meat depart ment of a large establishment in Nauga- tuck.
 "Canaan Valley was struck by lightning last week, and MT. and Mrs. Ira Bunnell and ]. K. Crofut, who were in town when the bolt came down, were unhurt." "
 "George D. Smelling, of the Lakeville Academy, is camping out at Litchfeld."
 Miss Libbie w. Cleaveland was ap- poited postmistress at Lakeville. | These jurors from North Canaan, were drawn, under the new jury law: Chester M. Deming, Samuel C. Beckley, Nathan w. Watson, Henry C. Stevens, John G. Lawrence, Ira s. Bunnell, William J. Ferguson, Charles Gillette, Frederick Watson, Lewis Cartwright, Henry Han chett, Sabin Ives, George H. Brinton, Elisha M. Rood.
 "Some ladies from this place went to Lime Rock the other day and saw-or heard of-a big rattlesnake that was | killed in Nat Greens oat field. We are