Connecticut western news., 1913-08-07
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week
 Culled from The News Files.

1881.
 December '. Miss Gertie Pulver, of Copake was visiting her sister Cora, in Canaan.
 "Mr. William Watson is clerk at NJ. B. Meads book store, which, by the way, is rapidly growing in favor"
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank A. Peet were in New York, and the telegraph office was in charge of w. A. Parsons, of West Winsted.
 Mir. Levi Bronson had family horse over s years old.
 Leon Frazier, of the Barnes lime kiln won a horse at a raffie at the Stevens House. The rafie netted the horse owner about S8.
 Dr. Hiram Eddy was engaged to de- liver his lecture, "Push and Clear Grit" in Great Harrington, in the lecture course.
 John Rodemeyer butchered hog that weighed 4so pounds.
 A daughter, weight oH pounds, to Ovid P. Gillette, was born Nov. 30. Dy lnG way, our promises to be full of local interest most oi the time during the winter"
 Housatonic Lodge, F. and A. M., elected the following officers: w. M., Col. I. B. Hardenbergh; 5. w., H. E. Macrae: J. w., s. A. Bennett; treasurer, U. A. Underwood; secretary, Robert VanDeusen; s. D., John Rodemeyer, IT,; J. D., E. J. Prescott; tyler, Peter Hicks. Col. Hardenbergh succeeded H. | ]. Mead as Worshipful Master.
 Canaan Oornet Band gave a minstrel show in the Town Hall, which packed to the doors. Among the audience were i Editors Harding, of Pittsfeld, and Erwin, of New Milford.
 The following is one of the Woodbury Reporter mans awful lies but it shows his proficiency in the art of story telling: Some years ago a worthy clergyman having charge in Canaan, Conn, prayed very earnestly at family, prayers one morning, for the poor, God-forsaken wretches who were wallowing in the slums of wickedness and unbelief.' His little four-year- old daughter listened very earnestly, and remembered the prayer, as the sequel proved. Later in the day day the editor of the Connecticut West ern News called on the worthy divine to i solicit a subscription to his paper. The i minister was out, but the little girl ans wered the summons at the door, and ushered him in as follows: Come right | in, you poor, God-forsaken wretch, and papa will pray for you as soon as he gets home.'"
 Falls Village-Superinten Stillson of the H. R. R. was down with rheuma- tism. G. w. Hall won an organ in a raffle at Colepaugh's barber shop, Mrs. U. H. Miner was limping with asprained ankle. George V. Capron and B. |. | Bradley were in New York, buying goods for the holiday season. s. P. Ensign had returned from business trip in the West. Alfred Evans was badly crushed by the cars he was coupling at Lime Rock Rev. Alpheus Winter, secretary of the State Temperance Society, was to lecture here.
 In the writing class of Prof. Lee, at Lakeville, these pupils showed the great est proficiency: Robert D. Kaye, Wm. B. Perry, George E. Davis, Maggie Nc Donough, Fannie Rudd, Mrs. Wallace, F. ]. Yerk, George E. Kaye, J. E. Weible, Mary ]. Dowd, Annie Kane, Nettie Bar nett, ]. Marvin Reed, G. F. Bradley, Arthur s. Bunnell. I.ibbie Kane, Sarah Holley, Wesley Bradley, T. w. Arm strong, D. Lorigan, J. s. Griggs, IT,, Emma Turner, Emma Wallace, Maggie Lavin, Marcella Farley, Ward Dennis, August 'Pequigney, Ella Ford, Almira Armstrong, Fannie Cum, Will Stuart.