Connecticut western news., 1913-04-10
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week.
 CulIed from The News Files. I88I


 1881.
 August 3. Rev. George A. Gordon, of Boston, preached in the Congrega- tional church last Sunday.
 Chester M. Deming was building a large new barn on his farm, just west oi the village.
 "Gardner is having fine time and lots of business running the Pine Grove boarding house."
 "John and Timothy Britt of this place have secured positions as carpenters with Clark, of North Lee"
 The Methodist Sunday school held their picnic at Twin Lakes Friday.
 "A magnificent new grand square piano has been placed in the Warner House parlor."
 Miss Nellie Richardson, formerly oi this place goes this week to New Haven, where she will probably stay during the fall and winter"
 A rattlesnake measuring 5 feet and wearing eight rattles, was killed by Daniel Root, on the under-mountain road.
 Ashley Falls was entertaining 3I poor children from New York, sent there by the Evening Post fresh air fund.
 "Fred Laffargue and family, who left Ashley Falls for the West about five years ago, have returned. They drove through from Illinois is about B days, camping in their large covered wagon at night. The distance is about l, 200 miles" "
 "The Canaan Cornet Band is just a year old. Some changes were made at the last band meeting; Will Rodemeyer has been transferred from the trombone to the baritone, and Will Barnes from third b-flat cornet to second tenor"
 A daughter was born to Mir. and Mrs. Frank Tierney July 30.
 "New Milford, not content with getting on train six days in the week. is peti- tioning the H. R. k. for Sunday paper train.'
 up in Woodbury, and they don't know whether it's god or devil. If 1t has a handle on and holds about two gallons, it's Woodbury god"
 "John H. Murray's circus, which show ed in this place last year, gives us the go- by this season, and holds forth in Miller ton next Friday"
 "Captain Jack Slocum, of Winsted, died last Saturday, after brief illness, at the age of 8o. He was the last deputy sheriff of Winsted, and late Captain of the Steele Guard, Co. l, Fourth regi- ment, C. N. G., and had filled number of borough offices"
 "Sandtown has had another breaking out, and of course poor Sam Watkins has had to catch it, as usual. Last Sat urday night a vacant shanty near the camp ground station, belonging to Mer- ritt Spaulding, was burned, and Monday night tenement belonging to D. R. Spaulding, situated at the point of rocks, about a mile north of Amesville, was also destroyed. Sam Watkins was ar rested and examined before Chief Justice Kellogg at Falls Village last night but was discharged on account of insuf ficient evidence"
 "It has been suggested that the name of Cornwall's Echo Lake be changed since new York boarder, 'culchawed' belle, went out to hear the remarkable echoes in the vicinity and shouted at the top of her voice: 'Whatareyoudoingover- thereP to which the saucy echo answer ed, 'Noneofyourdambu
 "Sheff1eld's marble quarry is to be sold by the sheriff."
 "E. Bosworth, the Lee bankrupt, has been released by his creditors in consid- eration of 40 per cent. dividends"
 Tie saloons Of H w. Wright, L. Ramsey, O. ]. Brusie and John Norton Tn Great Harrington were raided last Satur- day, but no liquor was found except at Norton's."
 Samuel F. Jones, of Hartford, one of the criminal lawyers of the state, with party of friends was rusticating at Lake Garfield, in Monterey.
 The Pittsield Daily Journal was pur- chased by a joint stock company, and went under the management of C. E. Smart, graduate of Amherst.
 Falls Village: Orvillc Hosford has taken a job in Winsted D. K. Cole paugh opened an ice cream parlor in connection with his barber shop. Miss Stella Millspaugh accompanied Mir. and Mrs. Marvin Dean back to Chicago. MT. J. D. Egleston went to Guilford to assist his son Fred, in putting up the press for the Guilford Item, and fitting up the sanctum. A very fine monument was erected in Grassy Hill cemetery to the memory of Mrs. J. ]. Averill. Fresh air children from New York were taken for a fortnight, by Mrs. Fl. Sheppard, Mrs. Wm. Hart, Mrs. D. K. Colepaugh, Miss Dakin, Mrs. U. H. Miner, Mrs. A. F. Gibbs, Miss Hattie Hosford, Miss Fan nie Botsford, Mrs. Joseph Jacobi, Mrs. Isaac French, Mrs. ]. J. Ferris, Mrs. Lewis Cady, Mrs. l. A. Decker.