Connecticut western news., 1913-07-17
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week Culled from The News Files.
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November 9. Mir. Harry Carter, of Delhi, N. Y., spent Sunday at w. Me Intyre's.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bell, of Chatham, N. Y., were visiting at J. S. News.
 Miss Belle Merrifeld, of Ore Hill, was attending Canaan High school.
 The local election resulted in the usual democratic victory, Henry G. Williams being elected representative. Other representatives were, Falls Village, Samuel w. Bradley; Salisbury, ]. H. Hurlburt and Lewis Ashmun; Sharon, Wm. Dakin and E. J. Reed; Norfolk, Plumb Brown and A. s. Cowles. Milo B. Richardson was elected state senator. | Henry Goodro, who worked for N. C. Ward, was going to his home in Yer mont, ito spend Thanksgiving and hunt bears"
 Mrs. Chester M. Deming died Nov. 4, aged 56. Howard C. Deming, her oldest son, of South Greece, N. r., came home to attend the funeral.
 "It is said that MT. H. B. Stevens, of East Canaan, intends to build house on his lot on West Main street."
 "Mrs. l. 5. New has returned to Leete's Island, her health having failed since her return from her former visit there" Frank VanDeusen was about to begin pressing hay and straw at his baling es- tablishment near the Blackberry river.
 Miss Nellie E. Richardson visited Miss Jennie E. Brown. Miss Brown, who had been teaching a select school in East Ca oI tr, fh ha district school in Huntsville, the coming winter"
 "A purse was made up by the citizens l interested in the election returns, to keep Operator Frank Peet in his office until they were all in election night" l Samuel A. Eddy had so far recovered from severe illness as to be able to ride out.
 "W. D. Daly, Esq.,, of Jersey City, spent the Sabbath in town, with his wife, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Eddy, who has spent the summer here"
 "Mrs. ]. Frederick, of Pittsfeld, is at her grandmother's, Mrs. Sallie Bettice, in this place, where she will remain all winter, to nurse the old lady, whose health is extremely poor"
 The widow of the late R. l. Lake, of Chatham, N. Y., formerly of Canaan, was visiting Mrs. Luther Brown in Ca naan.
 "Mr. $. Barlow's new house on Church street is now being plastered. The carpenter work was all done by MT. Bar low, single handed, who can turn his hand to anything, from making a jews- harp to building a locomotive or steam I boat"
 Frank VanDeusen, having leased his farm to Mir. Roper, was boarding, with Mrs. VanDeusen at the Warner House. Prescott Brothers, Edward and Martin, opened a meat market in the basement of the Stevens House. Prof. w. R. North, of Cornwall, who tutored the original Canaan Cornet Band and subsequently, enlisted in the U. S. Army as musician, was discharged from the service owing to sickness, and was on his way home from Fort Vancouver, Washington Territory.
 Falls Village. George Cogswell was auctioneer at the sale of books constituting the circulating library, at George w. Halls store. Howard Smith, of Cole brook, was organizing a singing school. Tickets were being sold by Dr. J. D. kClemans and P. B. Burnett, for $2 for Lodge, Good Templars, elected these officers: Worthy Chief Templar, Charles E. Ford; w. V. T., Miss Fannie Decker; secretary, Frank E. How'd; assistant secretary, Henry C. Crandall, IT,, financial secretary, James Winterbottom; treas urer, Miss Ida Sylvernale; chaplain Dwight E. Dean; marshal, Albert Shep- pard; deputy marshal, Miss Minnie Stephens; guard, Robert E. Haskins; sentinel, John Welch;. R. H. S., Miss Abbie Kellogg; L. H. S., Miss Maggie Connolly. MT. J. Bartlett and family at- tended the funeral of MT. B.'s mother, aged 93, in Bridgeport.