Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, Gulled from The News Files
 1880.

OeCemDer 5. U. l.. PelrCe returned from protracted visit in Illinois.
 "James A. Bierce, IT,, who spent the summer and fall in Bridgeport, has taken up winter quarters at the Warner House.
 Jenson Emmons, of Canaan Valley, butchered seven hogs Thursday, whose aggregate weight was 3,2o3 pounds, an average of over 457 pounds each.
 "Theodore Tilton's lecture in Great Harrington last Thursday night did not attract many from this way, their exper- fence in waiting until o'clock in the morning for the return train after John B. Coughs lecture recently, dampening their ardor somewhat"
 As A. T. Roraback, Esq, was blowing out lamp in his office, preparatory to closing up for the night, it exploded with a deafening report into a thousand pieces, knocking Mir. R. across the room, completely covering him with minute particles of glass and slightly cutting his face.
 The Methodist society planned to have a Christmas tree for the Sunday school. The committees to solicit funds were as follows: Carrie Hotchkiss, Ada Hinton, Florence B. New, Mamie L. Cummings, Nellie Andrus, Mrs. G. DeHart, Emily Mead, Minnie Briggs; purchasing com mittee, Mrs. J. Corbit, Mrs. P. C. Cum mings.
 A Winsted man is said to have a secret for keeping apples in sound state for great length of time"
 Great Burlington had new hose com pany with 20 men.
 Geo. w. Garfield, of Tyringham, made over 2,ooo barrels of cider this fall.
 Pittsfeld juveniles talked of organizing society for the protection of animals.
 Pittsfelds police made AZ arrests and cared for A tramps in November.
 "The AdamsFreeman (newspaper) has been attached and the office locked up to satisfy $25 claim for rent"
 "S,673 letters were mailed at the Pitts field postoffice the first week in Decem- Der; 2,3o9 postal cards and 1o736 news papers,"
 Great Barrington's temperance union elected these officers: President, Col. George Church; Vice president, C. Tick nor; secretary, Dr. T. w. French; treas urer, James A. Bryan; board of directors, Edmond Humphrey, ,Dr. s. Camp, Charles Tillotson.
 1.-TWO unsuccessful Pittsfeld sportsmen mischievously took fine duck from in front of market, and presented it to the editor of one of the local papers, in a neat, formal speech. The owner of the duck threatens to make it hot for them. '
 A lady, Jennette Hennessy, was fined for drunkenness in North Adams.
 A valuable colt belonging to Wm. Dean, West Cornwall, was accidentally and fatally hung in its stall. 7 West Cornwall Sunday school officers were elected as follows George Hughes, president; R. N. Cochrane, superintend- ent; D. L. Smith, assistant; Frank Wood librarian; T. ]. Bosworth, secretary and treasurer.
 The remains of Levi Butler, an old time resident of Norfolk, were brought there for burial from Morris, where he died.
 lj John VanValkenburgh, an aged resi- dent of Salisbury, dropped dead in his home from heart disease. The father. of P. B. Burnett, of Falls Village, vas run over and killed by the cars at New Haven.
 A son was born to M. A. Brown, al Amesville. on the 10th.
 A horse owned by joint stock com pany and valued at SIS was rallied off at fTucker's store, Falls Village. A. P. Chapman was the winner, who sold the prize back to the syndicate for s.,
 Married, in Mill River, Dec. }, by Deacon Edwin Adams, Edwin Ladd to Miss Hattie Stevens.
 December 22. Mrs. H. H. Cogswell was sick with pneumonia.
 "The bass drum of the C. C. B. has been handsomely lettered by Artist Mundry, of Falls Village"
 MT. Clarence E. Vroman was laid up with broken arm at his father in laws MT. D. L. Peirce.
 MT. George Brinton, of Canaan Valley exhibits bean pods raised in his garden measuring from two feet to two rods in l length"
 "Dr. John Scoville, the veteran physi clan of Ashley Falls, recently had the misfortune to thrust a small twig of g tree into the ball of his eye, and there is danger of his losing it."
 "The wedding of MT. Irving Ferguson l formerly ticket agent at the station, now station agent at Housatonic, to Miss Emma Abbott, of Ashley Falls, is to be performed at Ashley Falls at 12 o'clock today, "Irv" is one of Evangeline's bachelors, of whom only few remain un scathed."
 Tonight and tomorrow night the banc entertainments were booked, the frs ing the concert, consisting of selection: by the band; vocal solos by Miss Bens Rodemeyer, violin and piano solos anc duets by Willard Underwood and Mrs c. w. Camp, and cornet solo by w. R North. The second evening the drama "Bread on the Waters" was presented with cast including Miss Jenny Brown Miss Emma Stiner, Miss Bena Rode meyer, Miss Ella Mcintyre, Messrs John Rodemeyer, IT,, Arthur Partridge Peter Hicks, Charles Spaulding, Franl Barnum. The farce, IA Little More Cider" followed the drama, with th' same artists in the cast.