Connecticut western news., 1913-06-26
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week
 Culled from The News Files. I88I

1881.
 October G9. "J. L. Bragg has painted his house a sort of green black color"
 The family of John Greer, fireman, were moving to Winsted.
 Several flakes of snow fell last week"
 "A South Canaan man has 36 feet of sons-six 6-fpoters."
 Sam Ferguson was selling tickets at the C. w. R. R. office.
 The Town Hall was being repainted.
 Mrs. G. P. Strong was visiting her sister, Mrs. H. K. Smith, in Philmont.
 Barnes Brothers were running three lime kilns, full blast.
 IA substantial new bridge has been built uver the Blackberry river on Elm street, in place of the old one, which was found to be unsafe'
 "Mrs. P. K. Cogswell, of Millerton, has been saying a visit to her father in this place. She starts soon to join her husband in Indiana"
 Emma Roraback, little school girl in East Canaan, had her shoulder dislocated accidentally while playing on the school grounds.
 Howard Smith, the Colebrook music teacher, was preparing to start teaching his Canaan class.
 Photographer Wilbur M. Deming be- came the proud father of bouncing boy.
 "Col. H. P. Harris, of Ore Hill, was in town last Thursday dressed in the uni form of the Putnam Phalaux, of which he is member"
 Miss Eva M. Warner, of Durham, Conn.,, was visiting her uncle, H. P. Bar mum, at Wetaug. ....
 The roof of the ell part of Hiram Briggs house in East Canaan caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished with out serious damage.
 Jay Dunning, of Saratoga, formerly of Canaan. was visiting his cousin, Lyman Dunning, in East Canaan.
 Peirce & Lawrence's new lime kiln was about completed. 4s
 Miss Jennie Adam, of East Canaan, gave her young friends a party at her home in honor of her birthday. Forty guests were present. "The evening was most enjoyably passed, with music, sing ing, dancing, games, and last but by no means least, an oyster supper, with cake and ice cream accompaniment"
 "The Canaan cornet band has taken a new lease of life and appointed F. N. Northrop leader, vice G. E. DeHart, who, owing to pressing business requirements, found 1t necessary to resign.
 Ovid Gillette, the Canaan fish market man, scored a good one on Merchant Lyman Cunning, in East Canaan. Driv- ing his fish-wagon to the store he walked briskly up to the merchant and asked "Do you want to pay me for quart of oysters now, or wait till another timer" MT. Dunning supposing the oysters had been left at his house across the street, said he would pay then, and counted out the cash. "Now where's your dish?" said the fish man, after he had pocketed the cash. "What! didn't you leave the oysters at my house?" asked MT. Dun- ming. "Oh, no. they told me up there they didn't want any," said Gillette. And his victim, laughing at the joke on himself, procured the dish and took the oysters. .... .
 Miles Rockwell received his commis- sion as postmaster at Canaan Valley.
 Falls Village-Sidney Ensign, J. F. Millspaugh and H. E. Wetherell were drawn as jurors for the. superior court. Dr. ]. D. Clemans and Wm. Sabin went to Boston on an excursion. Mir. and Mrs. Charles Wolcott had just returned from a visit in Bridgeport. A. L. Brown was plumbing and timing the "newly built Episcopal parsonage" in Lime Rock. "Arthur Sullivan has bought and moved into the old red school house." Mrs. Wm. Hubbell and daughter were visiting relatives in Bridgeport.
 Rev. C. N. Fitch resigned as pastor of the Congregational chapelin West Corn wall, to accept a call from Norwalk, Ohio. Resolutions ofregret were drawn up by Theodore s. Gold, Nathan s. Hart and Harry Sedgwick.