Connecticut western news., 1914-10-29
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record ot Doings from Week to Week CuIled from The News Files.
 1883.


 March 2S. Mrs. T. F. Watson, of New Milford, had been in town for a few days.
 The village school had opened with l50 scholars.
 John B. Davis was the guest of friends ill town for a week.
 Miss Lillie Thomas, of Chatham, N. T., was visiting Miss Florence B. New.
 Messrs. Roberts and Terrill, of Tariffville, had been visiting Mir. C.. E. Taft, principal of schools.
 Christ Church Guild was to meet at the rectory.
 Rev. MT. Phillips of the Methodist church had just moved into the new parsonage.
 MT. G. E. Taft and MT. w. A. Rora- back had been visiting Sheffield high school.
 MT. Sheridan Barnes was recovering from slight attack of pneumonia.
 Charles Gillette and family of Buffalo, N. r., were the guests of rela- tives in town MT. Gillette had &C., cepted a position in Manastee, Mich., where they were to move.
 Samuel Ferguson, who had been at- tending Lehigh University, Pennsyl- vania, had returned because of poor health. ..#
 Henry Goodro had returned from a mont. -
 Humphreys drug store presented a fine appearance after many repairs.
 MT. and Mrs. Myron Decker, of Ashley Falls had moved to Hudson, N. Y. Mrs. Decker had been a mem- Der of the Methodist choir in Ashley Falls for 15 years. E ..--
 The children's service at Christ church on Sunday evening was an in- teresting feature of the day.
 The annual meeting of the reading room association was to be held the following Saturday evening.
 w. H. Camp spent week in Kent.
 Sheffield voted license by 75 ma jority. ...@
 The old board of official members of Christ Church was elected at the an- nual meeting. &
 Four hundred and seventy five dozens of eggs were shipped from this station in the previous week.
 Clarence Humphrey was working in Strong's tin shop.
 Lyman Dunning had taken the con tract for repairing the roads for the coming year for $1,000. Nathan Wat son was inspector. #,
 Owing to the large amount of busi- ness on the Hartford, Poughkeepsie & Boston railroad, the Connecticut Vest ern trains could not be accommodated on their track and were running up the Harlem railroad. h.
 Falls Village - About 25 personal friends of Hon. Daniel Brewster called at his residence to extend to him con- gratulations on the occasion of his sixty second birthday. There was no service on Sunday in the Congregation al church, in consequence of the absence of the pastor The Congregational Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs. H. O. Crandall. Mir. John Barnum sur prised his friends by bringing home a fine looking bride. Twenty friends of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Ruiger assem- bled at their residence to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. Owing to the ill health of the proprie- tor the Crandall House was closed. Rev. J. l.. Gamble, who had been pas tor of the Methodist church for two years was to preach his farewell sermon. MT. and Mrs. William Wolfe had re- turned from Paterson N. J., where they had been spending several weeks
 West Cornwall-Mr Charles Gold, of Cream Hill, was home from Yale for short vacation. MT. and Mrs. Mark Nickerson, of Wolcott, were spending a week in town. A large delegation of farmers attended special milk meeting at New Milford. Miss Jessie Hart was taking music lessons of teacher in Sheffield. The death of Mrs. Elias Scoville had occurred after an illness of twenty-four hours, of acute pneumonia. T. J. Bosworth had on exhibition at his rooms, a fine organ from the Ithaca Manufacturing Com pany. The second appearance of Miss Anna Lancashire was greeted by an appreciative audience. School had closed having been taught ill a most satisfactory manner by Mrs. Helen Page MT. John Bailiss, of Tarrytown was a guest of John Wood. Harry Bosworth was to run a grocery wagon for Smith Brothers for the season. Misses Ella and Katie Harrison had returned to Wesleyan Institute, Wilbraham, Mass.
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