Connecticut western news., 1912-01-11
Gossip of Days Gone By
News of the Week, as Cu11ed from The News Files of Dates Given.
1873


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 Evergreen wreaths for the decoration of Christ Church at Christmas were being prepared in the store recently occupied by Miss Norton as 8 millinery establishment. / "The cord holding one of the weights in the large railroad clock in union depot, recently broke, and the weight, weighing about six pounds, knocked out the bottom of the clock and struck with in few inches of waiting passengers handaon the ticket shelf" ....
 Gardner, the jeweler, is puzzled. A few days since. he ordered a gold ring, of New York firm, for a cus- tomer, who shortly afterward changed his mind and countermanded the order Gardner immediately telegraphed the New York firm not to send the ring A few days afterward, however, the ring came, and in the package with the ring, was a note saying "Your tele- gram received too late the ring is on the way" Now what Gardner wants to know is, if the ring was on the way when, the telegram was received, how did the note catch up with It and crawl into the package P t.@
 A meeting was held by number of young men, to talk up the proposition to organize brass band In Canaan, but the subject was indefinitely postponed.
 Billy" Colepaugh, of Falls Village, had white weasel for pet.
 James M Gray was arrested as an accomplice of his brother. .in-law, Web ster, the assailant of Goodale, and was charged with complicity in 8 number of burglaries around Chapinville, Sheffield and other places.
 R. w. Ford left Lakeville to engage In the hardware business in Waterbury.
 T. L. Norton of Lakeville, had just greeted telephone line between his house and his fathers.
 B. J. Bradley was selling out his stock of goods in West Cornwall and contemplated going to Great Harrington to run hotel. Sunday school officers in West Corn wall were elected as follows "Dr. Isaac Sanford, president; Robert N. Coch- rane, assistant superintendent Thomas G. Bosworth, secretary and treasurer i; Henry Yutzler, librarian.
 Born At Canaan Valley, Dec. IA, 8 son to Miles Rockwell. At Canaan Val ley. Dec 15, daughter to Miles Rock we'll"
 December 3l.-Timothy Britt returned home after three weeks stay in Mary land. .~.
 D. s. Proper and family, of Elizaville, N. Y., were visitinga at Judge Granger's. tRev. E. H. Roys of Housatonic, has recovered from his recent attack of par Rlysis, and is preaching again"
 w. H. Crocker, of East Canaan med ical student at New York University, spent Christmas at his home.
 Some of the young men erected dam and flooded Gfllette's meadow from the brook running through it, and were waiting for ''cold snap" to form skat ing rink. .#'l ."
 E. Grove Lawrence, of Norfolk, and Hiram F. Lawrence of Winsted, at tended the celebration of the one hun dredth birthday anniversary of Levi Pettibone, Esq, of Louisiana, Mo-, Dec. IT. MT. Pettibone was 8 native of Norfolk .
 George V. Capron of Falls Village, took the agency for the Smith org an.
 "Rev. E. H. Roys of Housatonic was substantially remembered by his parish toners on Christmas, as the followin 2 list of gifts from the two Christmas trees in his charge will testify ; $72.5O in money, silver-plated castor, marble shelf with brackets. pair of beautiful vases, stereoscope, thermometer, set O table mats, pair mittens, two char tidies, match safe, two sets of toy bells for baby stove holder, brush broom and case, ream of sermon paper. knife rest, pocket diary, handsome bedquilt, be- sides several chickens and other articles of food"
 Christmas tree exercises at East Ca. naan church were largely attended Rev MT. Reed read an address or sChristmas ;" c. H. Briggs read g poem -; "Misses Florence New and Jennie Brown rendered declamations ir their usual graceful manner ;' Ohristmaf r SOLOS were SuuS Dy V. H. IllSSS, mIs $. 0. Beckley. Miss, Jennie Brown ane others. MT. H. B. Stevens had charge of the exercises.
 A drunken teamster. from Mill River came to town for a "time." He wa! put ont of both hotels and went tC Humphreys drug store, where he "tum bled into pile of toy furniture doinf about $5 worth of damage exTricatine himself, he seized Billy Humphrey who came around from behind th' counter to see what caused the crash and pitched him headlong into th' wreck he had made he then prepared to smash a showcase, but before h eould do this John Lepyon, who was spectator to the scene, laid broad han' on h1s shoulder twitched him nearly ou Df his boots and put him out of doors.
 George Dudley 6 Son of Winsted purchased the J. K. Shepard tannerie at Norfolk.
 q w. Scoyille, the undertaken, pun