Connecticut western news., 1912-06-27
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CulIed from The News Files.
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 August 4. "Conductor Cummings train narrowly avoided three accidents last Thursday, on the trip from Hartford. At Winsted man who was walking on the track jumped off justin time to brush the dust off the pilot with his coat-tail. At East Canaan a COW was assisted to her pasture in an adjoining lot, and at the crossing this side of Salisbury, team attached to hay rigging very narrowly escaped being run into."
 Five persons were living in Litchfield who united ages were 463 years, an aver age of oI.
 Following is list of the jurors drawn for the August terms of the district court in Falls Village: Jerome Leonard, Jere- miah Fuller, Perry Hufcut, Charles Richards from Kent; T. Dwight St. John, Reuben Parmelee, Edward F. Gillette, Sharon; Wm. L. Clark, Victory C. Beers, Wm. Chipman. Chauncey E. Baldwin, Samuel s. Reed, Cornwall; Myron U. Dean, Frank Hanchett, James H. flakes, Stephen Brigner, Canaan.
 James Finchs store in Millerton was burglarized and robbed of $2,275 in cash, stamps and checks.
 "Dr. Tanner begins the 38th day of his fast at noon today. He is quite weak and irritable, but confident of finishing his 40 days. He has lost about 3I pounds of flesh"
 Presiding Elder Sanford preached sermon at the union quarterly meeting for Falls Village, Norfolk and Goshen circuits at Pine Grove Sunday.
 The Norfolk postoffice run by Mrs. O. H. WolCott was entered by burglars who blew open the safe and were frightened away by the noise of their own explosive, leaving everything behind, including fine kit of burglars tools. The safe con tained quantity of jewelry, cash, stamps, etc.
 "A Berkshire sheriff got so drunk in Pittsfeld the other day that he had to be loaded onto the car, by his companions, just like hog"
 August IT. Walter Paul, of Hudson, was visiting his father Charles Paul. in this place.
 "Passengers for the Camp Ground are now on nearly every train, and Pine Grove is quite busy village"
 A. T. Roraback and Lyman were at tending the republican state convention in Hartford
 Bishop Williams, preached in Christ Church Sunday morning and evening" with confirmation ceremonies in the morning.
 Peter Nihil, the new car knocker moved his family from Springfield and took rooms over the depot.
 "Ovid Gillette had ten watermelons on his wagon last Saturday which aggregated 300 pounds in weight, some of which weighed 36 pounds each. and contained ever so much cholera morbus."
 Rev. Wm. G. Peirce, of Champaign, III, preached in the Congregational church last Sunday.
 "Mrs. David Proper, of Elizaville, N. &Y., who is visiting at Judge Granger's in this place, received aletter from her hus- band last week, stating that their house had been totally destroyed by fire and but very little of the furniture was saved"
 The notorious sewing machine case" brought by Peter Funk against John Calvin, to recover possession of sewing machine sold by lottery and claimed by both Funk and Calvin, each holding a ticket having the winning number, had just been decided again, the district court finding for plaintiff to recover $2o dama- ges. The machine was worth only about h$Io.
 Cornwall had more than 12s summer boarders and many applicants were be- ling refused
 Roberts meat market in Winsted was burglarized by boys.
 "Charles Webster, of Canaan Valley, aged I5, stepped with both feet on a scythe, at Ashley Falls last week, and is now suffering with lockjaw.
 General Freight Agent H. C. Cogs- we'll and friends from Bridgeport were encamped at Twin Lakes.
 "As the Pittsfield excursion train was passing West Cornwall on its return from Bridgeport last Thursday a saucy miss in one of the cars snatched the hat off a young mans head, standing on the platform. He returned the courtesy by reaching into the car window and taking her dolman, and each of the other kept token,' until the next day, when Agent Norton, of Pittsfeld, wrote to Agent Old field, suing for cessation of hostilities' and the restoration of the spells which were agreed to. Pittsfeld darlings must be careful how they fool with the West Cornwall boys"