Connecticut western news., 1912-05-09
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CuIIed from The News Files.
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 1880. May I2. pr. Camps young trotter de teated Myron Decker's on the local trot-- ting track, in SOP, and Squire George Peet, with old "Dolly," a saddle backed nag of 20 years old, sped around. with the Squire and reporter in the buggy, in an exhibition heat, in two-miles- min ute speed.
 A Weataug farmer finished planting corn week ago.
 Jerome Bennett, of Cornwall, cut BOO cords of wood during the winter. "Mr. Bennett says he will match his. son George, against any man in this county choPPing wood, at any time they may | agree upon."
 Two Connecticut river salmon recently | sold for $45 in New York
 Mrs. M, Barnum, mother of Hon. Wm. Il. Barnum, died in Lime Rock, aged 84. The pallbearers were her grandsons.
 May Io. Mrs. H. l. Bodley, who had been dangerously i'll in New York, re- turned to her home in Canaan.
 "Miss Anna Carman, at s. C. Beckley's, fell and put both hands on top of a red hot stove, seriously burning herself"
 According to the Herald, Winsted Is organizing 'Drunkards' Club and the Herald proposes to publish a list of the members"
 Celia Lawrence L. Lawrence was granted divorce from Wade Lawrence, in Massachusetts court. Sheridan Barnes was beautifying his residence by erecting pretty grape arbor and laying broad plank walk in his yard.
 "Sam A. Eddy and Miss Sarah Eddy, son and daughter of Rev. Dr. Hiram Eddy, of Jersey City are visiting at their grandtather's, MT. Wm. Adam, in this place"
 Milton Roraback was appointed census taker for the town of North Canaan; Myron w. Dean for Canaan; Hubert Williams and George D. Smelling for Salisbury; John K. Shepard for Norfolkc Edwin A. White for Cornwall
 Dr. Albert A. Wright, who practiced medicine in Canaan for fifty years, died May I4, and was buried with Masonic rites. The pallbearers we're: D. L. Peirce, Hiram Robey, Wm. Adam 2d, Henry Barnes, D. L, Freeman and Theo- dore Morris.
 A Conn. Western railroad excursion brought the young ladies of Vassar Col lege to Ore Hill and East Canaan to see the "processes which the iron ore under
 
 John Fl. Mnrray's circus exhibited on Watson't lot,-on Railroad street
 Unknown persons attempted to burn the house of Mrs. Rosser Rogers, in Falls Village, by placing an armful of hay on the roof and igniting it. It was discovered in time and eXtinguished.
 Ambrose Rogers Clark, of Salisbury, died, aged 27.
 "H. M. s. Pinafore" was given in Town Hall by Salisbury talent. The characters were; Dr. Orton as Captain Corcoran; Mrs. Chapin as Little Buttercup; MT. Wilson as Ralph Rackstraw; Miss Arm strong as Josephine; F. A. Jewell as Sir Joseph Porter; Miss Lillie Bundy as Hebe; MT. Sherlocke as Dick Deadeye; MT. Turner as the boatswain.
 Thomas L. Norton gave stirring t-m- perance address in West Cornwall.
 A charade was given in the Lime Rock hall, in which John Hubbard, Charles Wiesing, Misses Ellen and Kinnie Ensign, Flora Wiesing and Hattie Stone participated. ... Thirty thousand land-locked salmon were placed intake Buel.
 Mrs. Eunice Loomis, mother of Mrs. Henry Barnes of this place, died in Lime Rock, aged 78.
 May 26. Myron Decker's colt made a mile, on the local track, in ass.
 Wm. H. Barnum, of Lime Rock, was elected president of the Little Pittsburgh mine, at Leadville.
 John Riley and Michael Madden left Canaan for Waterbury, where they se- cured employment.
 "'Squire Roraback, who takes great pride in beautifying his premises, has just added a fountain to his door yard, which cools the air and makes quite an ornament" --.
 pr. Eddy, of Jersey City, came on for short visit at Wm. Adams.
 ]. A. Bushnell, of Winsted, the tailor, made an assignment to $. A. Herman, Esq, for the benefit of his creditors.
 Elihu Donalds, of Canaan Valley, was severely kicked by horse.
 Robert Knickerbocker (brother of Mrs. ]. E. RhoadeS0 moved to Springfield, to engage in carpentry.
 E, $. Roberts, general agent of the Tobacco Growers Insurance Co.,, was establishing agencies through Hartford County.
 The Methodist Society voted not to run the "victualing house" at Pine Grove during the next camp meeting. Housatonic Lodge, F. & A. M.. passed resolutions on the death of Dr. Wright, signed by E. s. Roberts, W. M, and M. Roraback, secretary.
 Fred A. Bartlett, The News Falls Vil- lage agent, accepted a clerkship in Geo. w. Halls store and was appointed as sistant postmaster. Pom pey Phillips, aged 100, died in Great Burlington. In cleaning the garret of an old house in Lenox, a number of books over Iso years old were found, together with a curled apple tree cane. "And is this an heirloom, too?c, asked the visitor, picking up a brick that lay on tue center table.