Connecticut western news., 1913-03-06
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record of Doings from Week to Week. Culled from The News Files.
 1881,

 1881.
 June aS. Myron Decker won third prize in a Great Burlington horse trot last week. -a. ....ys
 Miss Alice Peirce, of Clayerack In- stitute, and MT. and Mrs. c. E. Vroman, of Irondale, N. r., were visiting at D. L. Peirce's. ...#...
 About 7s Canaanites attended Barnum's circus in Pittsfield. ... ---... -...
 Rev. MT. Bodley exchanged pulpits with Rev. D. G. Anderson, of Great Burlington.
 Miss Emma Stiner and Miss Mary Cummings closed their schools at Hunts vile and South Canaan, respectively.
 Charles H. Marvin and bride, of Sharon visited Mrs. G. Humphrey.
 Miss s. w. Adam purchased a hand some black pony, of M. F. Whitney, of Sharon. #
 Master Ensign Peet was propelling a tricycle. about town. '.... ..
 Conductor Elmore, of the C. w. R. R. passenger train, was taking a vacation and Conductor Pollard was running his train. ...
 Mir. Henry Hanchett was chosen to succeed H. H. Cogswell as chorister of the Methodist church choir.
 Miss Mary Cummings brought the pupils of her South Canaan school, up to her home here for lawn party at the Cummings homestead, and they had a delightful time.
 "Mr Fred w. Yutzler, of West Corn wall, will come to Canaan every Friday afternoon to take orders and measure ments for clothing"
 Canaan Cornet Band joined the other half dozen bands of the county in a union excursion and picnic at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, and had great day.
 Lakeville item: MT. Editor, You may be prepared to feast on considerable wedding cake soon, as it is rumored that three weddings are to take place in Lake vile this summer.n
 "Gen. Joe Hawley,' of Hartford, Is wis ting his aged and infirm father, Rev. I. R. Hawley, at Westfield, Mass"
 "Alvira Hosford, of Falls Village, long time fireman on the H. R. R., has just been promoted to the post of en- gineer."
 Will l.. Brown, formerly of Falls Will lage, while attempting to board a nov ing Naugatuck train in Winsted, fell and had his shoulder dislocated
 "The other night Dr. Welch's horse in Norfolk, who thought he would like to sleep upstairs, got up and mounted the stairs in the barn, and it was necessary to build platform to get him down."
 sRobert Dunn, of Winsted, was killed by the cars of that place by falling as he attempted to jump off while the train was running. He was under the influence of liquor.
 Pittsheld boys stone the Fl. R. R. trains from the tops of the covered bridges.
 "The Journal has been presented by Pittsfeld hen with an egg measuring 8x6K inches. The hen is doing we'll"
 "W. M. Pomeroy, of the Springfield Union, has purchased the late Henry Chickering's interest in the Pittsfield Eagle, and will assume the editorial man. agement."
 "In card fro E the managers of the Great Barnum show, published in the Pittsheld papers last week, they explain that they cannot exhibit the giant steer, which stone of the features of their advertise ements, because 'on account of his tremendous size and unwieldy shape, he has become incapacitated for railroad travel, hence we have been compelled to turn him out to pasture.' Very true. He was 'pastured' about six feet under ground in Bridgeport about month ago, having retired from both public and pri- vate life"
 Born in West Cornwall, June 72, a son to MT. and Mrs. Watson Hall. In North Cornwall, June B, son to MT. and Mrs. Harvey Baldwin.