Connecticut western news., 1912-04-04
Gossip of Days Gone. By
News of the Week, as Culled from The
 News Files of DatesiGfven.

haSG' Oanaan1CoS, TOT Gn6 D6n0ub O1 "Evangeline" and other maidens who might wish to "pop." W. Pete Pelton, aged 57, bachelor Richard Beebe, 27, wldower Edward L. Ives, 20; George s. Clark, go; Myron N. Clark, 24: W. H. Orocker. M. D., 21 Joseph l.. Ives, 24 James R. Leighton, 22; Norman B. Lawton. 27; Wm. D. Lawrence, 21 ; Leonard s. Adams, about 60; Charles Morris, 22; Asa Ives; George s. Dun ning 20; Ernest I. Webster, 20; Ma thaniel s, Stevens, 21.
 Shelley & Macrea were "doing a rush. ing business in the Ashley Falls monu- ment works.
 Chester Bowen, of Ashley Falls, had threshed 2,000 bushels of grain since Nov. 1.
 IS. A. Barlow, East Canaan, will go next month to the Pine Regions in Washington Territory, to superintend the construction of an extensive steam mill"
 "Exra Roraback. East Canaan, has built and put up, of his own design, a model pump, which he is now operating in connection with the engine. Ez. can build anything, from sulphur match to 69 horse power engine"
 Norfolk spring changes included these E. D. Ives. now boarding at the Norfolk House, will take the house belonging to u4I goes into the house formerly occupied by N. Demars, and George T. Johnson takes the place vacated by MT. Holt, known as the Reyes place.
 George H. Brinton, of Canaan Valley had just recovered from the humps. ''Three or four others have just taken them in."
 Born, in Canaan. March 28, a daugh. ter to James and Louisa Sheffield; same day son to Charles H. and Irene Fow- Ter.
 Married, in Canaan, March 24, by Rev. D. M. Moore, Sidney W. Beebe and Miss Esther Benson, both of Canaan.
 Died, in Norfolk. March 30, Miss liar riet Holt, aged 94': in Norfolk, March 25. Orlo H, Wolcott. aged Al; in Falls Village, March 21, Lottie, wife of Henry Brinton, aged 38.
 April 2. Ives meat market in Canaan closed for the season.
 Miss Minnie Lynehan was visiting her sisters in Bridgeport. '".>..+ ..". ...
 Philip Phillips, the singing evangelist, was announced to sing in the Methodist church. e3 "A large and commodious horse shed has been erected near the Stevens House 4 barn."
 Miss Nellie J. Andrus closed her school in Lakeville and returned to her home in Canaan. -< ~
 "Miss Dora Brewster, of Falls Village, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. F. Watson, in this place."
 "James Fitzgerald, for the past two years MT. N. Q. Wards right-hand man, is going to Boston for employment.
 "Station Agent T. F. Watson, who represented this town in the last legisla- ture. is again at his post Tn the ticket office, and Sam. Ferguson, his substitute, has retired to the farm"
 Michael Madden and James Reel were severely burned by the premature ex- plosion of a blast at Peirce 6 Law renoe's lime quarry.
 A barn belonging to George Thomp- son, Canaan Valley, was destroyed by %c 0f ok i tons of hay belonging to M. B. Tobey, four tons of baled hay belonging to c. H. Briggs, moving machine and other farming tools. No insurance "The fire is supposed to have been incendiary. Canaan Valley" the scribe declared, "has reputation for getting up more excitement in the way of incendiary fires, than any other hamlet of cores. bonding callbre in the state and if it had f1ourished in the time of MT. Ne. buchadnezzor, that self lf-suficient ruler might have brought the obstinate Shad. rach, Meshec and Abednego to time by sending them to Canaan Valley"
 Spring changes in Canaan Ovid Gil. lette has removed into John Van. Deusen's house Chas, Fowler to Judge Changers tenement George Benedict to Whittlesey's; Wm. Smith to the Marvin house Patrick Quinn from the Joslyn place to the Ferris farm George Parmelee to J. l.. Bragg's new house Rev. L. H. Reid to Rye, N. Y; M. Xiii mer to Conway's tenement ; George L. Parsons to his new house; w. H. Dau, ehy goes to Chapinville Wm. H. Ham ilton to Colebrook River; Deacon Hins- dale to Winchester; U. H. Whiting to Cheshire; James Curtis to Trescotts, or Benedict Hill Ben Wade to Wm. Ben. nett's tenement; Frank Coons to Peirce 6 Lawrence's farmhouse Josh Colby from the town farm to Cream Hill Mrs. Staley to COrbin's tenement Mrs