Connecticut western news., 1913-02-13
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week, CulIed from The News Files.
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June s. Frank A. Peet made public announcement of his marriage three months before, to Miss Hattie A. Wilcox. The couple were congratulated on sue cessfully keeping the matter secret for so long a time, and took up quarters at the Warner House. The regulation mar riage notice read as follows: "Married at Dorchester, N. Y., March 9, by Rev. J. Bastow, Frank A. Peet and Miss Hattie A. Wilcox, both of this place."
 M. w. Prescott was iR Albany buying cattle.
 Dr. Will H. Crocker, of Ancram, was visiting his mother in East Canaan.
 Miss $. P. Norton and her nephew, York.
 The Warner House office had just been painted and grained by Silas Knicker- booker. -
 Miss Jenny E. Brown was prevented by sickness from teaching her school, for a week. his father, P. VanDeusen, of Aurora, IT.
 
 ford to "see the sights and get glimpse of the prominent generals at the reunion of the Army of the Potomac"
 Ferris w. Henry, of Tuckahoe, N. r., formerly a Canaan merchant, was mar ried to Miss Kate ]. Bell.
 "Last Saturday night as Mrs. George Brinton and daughter, Mrs. G. E. De- Hart, of Canaan Valley, were driving to- ward this village to listen to the open air concert, their horse took fright at some thing near the Barnes lime kilns, and shied, throwing out Mrs. Brinton-Mrs. DeHart having jumped out before the wagon tipped. Both ladies escaped seri- ous injury; the wagon suffered consider ably, and the horse was unhurt
 "The C. c. B.'s open air concert in front of the Warner House Saturday night, attracted quite an assemblage of listeners. Frank A. Peet, who, with his bride, was sitting on the upper balcony, made a speech, thanking the band for their music, to which the boys responded with three cheers"
 On the Riverside Park track Myron Decker's horse defeated those of Dibble and Mcintyre, making mile in :46 and 2:59.
 At the annual school meeting, District No. 2, G. L. Parsons acting as clerk pro tenn in the absence of E. D. Lawrence, and A. T.. Roraback, Esq. moderator, "all went smoothly until the question of con tinuing the 25 cents a week plan for maintaining a school of high grade in the upper room, came up, when Mir. F. C. Cummings expressed his objections to the principle, and a decidedly warm and interesting debate ensued, which re- suited in vote to continue after the old plann
 "It is now Sheriff Porter, of Litchfeld county"
 Miss .Libbie Stevens, of East Canaan, was teaching school in Simsbury.
 "HaiIstones as big as butternuts are said to have fallen in Cornwall Bridge last week"
 C. w. Barnum, of Lime Rock. sold his trotter Ethel, to F. Bostwick, of Pine Plains.
 George w. Hall, the Falls Village and meal building, with Orville Hosford in charge.
 MT. and Mrs. D. K. Cplepaugh, of Falls Village, mourned the sudden death of their only child, Floyd D.
 1.-Two cows were struck by lightning in Litchfield, during a recent thunder storm, and fast colt was also taken by surprise and struck in the back.
 "The foundation wall for the new Episcopal church in New Milford is pro- nounced safe, Bob Erwin having walked around on it with his shoes on without cracking it in any place."
 "The fire insurance companies doing business in this state have $I28,oooooo of assets, and insure risks amounting to $6,232,ooo,ooo; companies located in the slate having $67oooo, 900 of the risks"