Connecticut western news., 1912-09-19
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week. CuIled from The News Files.
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1850. December l. The Falls Village cores. pondent wrote: at seems there is still mistake in the name of the bride of Theron Dean, and the lady is quite in dignant over the name which has been published in the newspapers as Barton and she says her name is Caroline M. Britton."
 The West Cornwall Sabbath School Association gave an entertainment, the program including readings by Miss Carrie Barnum and MT. George H. Old field; cornet duets with organ accom- paniment by Miss Sarah Miller and James H. Cochrane, and tableau, "Devotion," by Miss Agnes Doyle.
 At East Canaan, Nov. 26, a son was born to Owen Sweeney.
 December 8. The ladies' aid society met with Mrs. P. C. Cummings.
 Fred Spaulding, ticket agent, was re- lieving the Lenox Furnace station agent.
 The Lawrence Barrett dramatic com pany changed cars here, enroute to Pitts field.
 William Hayward entered the employ of the H. R. R. at the Falls Village car penter shops.
 "A two months old child of Patrick Finnegan died of whooping cough"
 Fred Scamerhorn and a ferret caught nine rabbits in Williams woods, Thurs day.
 "The pond on Canaan mountain Is shallower now than ever before in the memory of the oldest inhabitants"
 s. ]. Barnes opened a photograph gallery north of Hardenbergh's law office.
 "A new fence has been built around the grounds of St. Joseph's church. which greatly improves its looks"
 "Geo. A. Randall, of Falls Village, con- templates opening a writing school in this place"
 "Frank Callendar, baggage master on Conductor Smiths passenger train, while boarding a moving car at Pittsfeld last Thursday, had his arm so badly lacerated that the muscles were exposed"
 The r. D. D. Y. dancing club opened the season with 20 couples present, in spite of raging snow storm.
 By order of the department all the mail was counted, the first week of December Canaan postoffice had 44o letters, Ioo postal cards, I,255 newspapers and 96' packages.
 Lawyer D. C. Kilbourn, of Litchfeld was in Georgia on legal business.
 Mrs. M. L. Graham died in Salisbury of typhoid fever.
 Cornwall farmers sold Io crops of 1880 tobacco for from I4 to I7H cents pound.
 Beers store in Cornwall was burglar ized for the fifth time in ten years.
 "Salisbury's veteran undertaken Hiram Bundy, has given up the business to his son George, owing to the infirmity of age. During the past 30 years he has buried over 2,ooo bodies"
 A thousand bushels of apples were frozen at Eastland's cider mill, West Stockbridge.
 "The Miller House, Great Burlington, is about to undergo another change in rroprietorship, Harry Vinegar and son, of. Dee, taking possession January I.
 Prof. Frost, of New Marlboro, was en- gagged in revising the McNally Geography for A. s. Barnes & Co.,, of New York.
 High Sheriff Graham A. Root died In Pittsfeld Friday night, after an illness of several weeks. He was to years old.
 Falls Village correspondent: "A gen. tleman resident in this village one day last week had occasion to visit a certain spring to see that 1t was all right for the winter, and on uplifting the lid to his surprise found on a projecting stone a nest of IA snakes, which had evidently gone into winter quarters. He, with the assistance of another man, succeeded in despatching ten"
 Oliver Watson, of Seekonk, aged 8s, shot wild cat as it was entering his hen coop.
 William Mallory was crushed to death at the Leet ore bed in West Stockbridge.
 Charles Dean, of Lime Rock, was erecting a steam sawmilE near his house.
 Mrs. Sardam, aged 8s, died in North Norfolk
 William B. Rudd was slated to be aide de-camp on Gov. Bigebow's staff.
 A valuable COW belonging to Cyrus E. Wetmore, of Roxbury, choked to death eating apples.