Connecticut western news., 1912-12-05
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CuIled from The News Files.
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March 30. Miss Nellie ]. Andrus was engaged to teach the spring term of school at Canaan Valley.
 The Charles Franklin farm was offered for rent.
 "Landlord Warner is improving his hotel, inside and out, with additions, paint and putty"
 Samuel A. Eddy took possession of the Wm. Adam farm, and was "getting things into shape for spring work"
 Charles Callender moved his house hold goods into Frank Cummings house on Church street.
 Jerome Root will drive a market wagon and cry 'F-i-i-sh! for Ovid Gil lette, the shad man, during the shad season."
 Four children of the late David Me Graw was reported ill with small pox in Housatonic.
 | Sherwood Cummings, of Norwalk, was spending his vacation at his home here.
 Miss Emma Stiner closed her school in ! Wetaug, and Miss Fannie Benedict closed her Huntsville school.
 "Dr. C. w. Camp has been kept quite busy for some time past, there being a large amount of sickness, and the won der is that the genial Doctor isn't worn out"
 Landlord Macdonald was preparing to give "calico masquerade" at the Stevens House.
 MT. Parrett, of Falls Village, hired A. T. RorabaCk's blacksmith shop to take possession April | He was to occupy Wm. Haynard's house, II. Merchant was to occupy Ben Com stock farm at SandlOwn.
 Hon. Gideon Hollister, of Litchfeld died.
 The promissory notes, book accounts, surgical instruments, etc, of the late Dr. A. A. Wright were advertised to be sold at auction at Humphreys drug store.
 Mrs. Flavia Gillette, mother of the late George S Gillette, died March "A, aged 83 years. The funeral was largely at tended at the residence of N. M. Brown, Rev. Dr. Eddy officiating.
 Arthur w. VanDeusen, son of Robert VanDeusen, started for Kansas, to en- gage in the butchering business.
 "The band serenaded c. B. Gardner and bride last night, George Oldfeld, of the West Cornwall band, rattling the drum sticks"
 l. l.. Bragg moved into his house on "School Hill," formerly occupied by George Parmelee, who moved into Spaulding's house on Cottage street." Mrs. Peck moved into the Adam house which Mir. Bragg left, and Dr. Eddy Oc- cppied the Franklin house vacated by Mrs. Peck.
 A. T. Roraback, Esq. received a con Signment of Florida oranges from Judge D. ]. Warner; who was wintering in Florida.
 Rev. w. A. Mackey was to preach his farewell sermon, the coming Sunday, in the Methodist church, though it was un- dcrstood MT. Mackey would be his own successor.
 The main water pipe burst in front of the Warner House, and water shop up out of tue ground ''in perfect fountain" Plumber Strong fiXedit up, and the next day another break occurred within ten faet of the first one.,
 fThe Village Improvement Association voted to lease the lower room in Town Hall, for the purpose of holding enter tainments, lectures, etc, for the benefit of the Association. A committee of five was appointed to act as general managers, as follows: Miss 5. w. Adam, Mrs. Sar- tial Root, Mrs. H. H. Cogswell, MT. D. l.. Freeman, Rev. H. I. Bodley.
 A meeting of the Congregational so- ciety, to see about extending d "call" to Rev. s. R. Free, developed considerable lively discussion. It was voted finally to invite Rev. Dr. Hiram Eddy to become Bastor of the church, but pr. Eddy de- clined on the ground that the society was not sufficiently united. In a sermon at the church the previous Sunday, he is quoted as having given some broad hints and healthy advice. He said some church fights are beneficial to the cause, when all unite in fighting a common foe; but when a society fight like Kilkenny cats, until there is nothing left but the tips of their tails, the progress of the ceived a call from the Sheffield Congre g2tionalists, to succeed Rev. Mason Noble"
 "Winsted's telephone exchange has IS subscribers"
 A Newtown man caught ten coons in four days, with the help of his dog.
 The Barnum Richardson Go. employed a large number of men chopping wood at Newtown all winter.
 A quantity of liquor valued at $50, seized in raid on the Union Club rooms at Winsted, was destroyed
 Ten thousand trout were placed in the streams about Falls Village.
 Professor J. M. Lee, who conducted a writing school in Canaan, was forming classes in Salisbury, Lakeville and Mil lerton.
 Warren Silvernail committed suicide at the town farm in Salisbury, by hOrri- bly, mutillating himself with a pocket knife.
 Married in West Cornwall, March "A, by Rev. C. N. Fitch, Joseph Memmott and Miss Mary Miller.
 Lyman Page walked from his home near South Canaan, to Falls Village, on his 85th birthday.
 At the annual town meeting in Great Burlington these officers were elected: Town clerk, Isaac Seeley; town treasur- CT, F. N. Deland; selectman, w. w. Langdon, John Taylor and MT MOrrell; assessors,C. J. Burget Win. | VanDeu- sen, Reuben Brewer.
 Miss Agnes Doyle closed her school in West Cornwall. The pupils present every day during the term were: Matte