Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
1 Record ot Doings from Week to Week CuIIed from The News Files. 1888

August 8. Communion services were to be held at the Methodist church on Sunday.
 Mir. John D Humphrey and wife, of New Britain, were guests of MT. and Mrs. z. T. Adams.
 John Drum was building a cottage at Pine Grove for MT. Warfield, of Housatonic, Mass.
 MT. Frederick Hunt, of New York, has been spending few days in town.
 A number of Canaan people went to Norfolk every day to hear the concerts on the Green, given by Oilers Septet, of New York.
 Canaan was represented at Twin Lakes by three camping parties, viz: Mir. D. L. Peirce's and Mir. D. l.. Free mans families in one camp, MT. A. T. Roraback's and MT. George E. Taft's families in another, F. B. Young, G. B. Gardner, F. R. Lawrence and party in the third camp. A terrific thunder and hail storm did great damage to the tobacco crop. Most of the tobacco was insured. MT. George L. Parsons was spending sometime at Leete's Island, where his wife and daughter were boarding for the summer.
 MT. Ferriol Pequigney died at the age of 48 years.
 MT. and Mrs. R. c. Newton and sor, Rollin and Miss Ida Leverish, of Mount Vernon, N. r., were boarding at s. c. Beckley's.
 Humphreys drug store and Strongs' tin shop were entered by burglars. Sheriff Robert VanDeusen had an exciting encounter with horse thieves, near Pine Grove.
 The tools used in burglarizing the drug store and the tin shop, were found near the H. 6. O. W. railroad bridge over the Housatonic river.
 A horse, harness and carriage, stolen from MT. O. Clark, of Winsted, Conn. ', were found on Canaan Mountain.
 A large delegation from Canaan at- tended the firemen's parade in Winsted.
 Judge Granger, Col. Hardenbergh, J. w. Peet and N. C.. Ward spent Sunday in the Catskills.
 Several members of Housatonic Lodge. No. 61, F. 6 A. M, attended the funeral of Conductor E. W. Bills, of the H. &. O. W. R. R., at Salisbury.
 The Barnes family held their reunion at High Rock.
 Rev. David Phillips was to speak at the meeting of the Housatonic Valley Methodist Ministers Association, to be held at Hillsdale, N. Y.
 MT. Henry Hanchett placed a street i,,f INFl l,;a
 Prof. Stillmau, of Ripon, Wis, gave an organ recital Ell the church at East Canaan.
 MT. Seth Hastings Grant, brother of the Rev. Harry GTsnt, former pastor of East Canaan Congregational Chruyeh. was appointed controller of the city of New York.
 Falls Village-H. R- Wolfe arrived home from Fort Wayne, Ind, for B vs- cation of month. Rev O.. J. Range, of Guilford, G. W. C.. T. of the stater delivered a temperance address in Citi- zen's Hall. The Housabonic R. R. cor- net band gave an open air concert One new cottage was built at Pine Grove and three were raised one story
 TTss Falls Village nine played Lime Rock and were defeated 2I to I3. A committee from the Congregational church was appointed to- confer with the other churches regarding a. union picnic-
 West Cornwall--Miss Nickerson was visiting her sister, Mrs. Daniel Smith, of Cortland, N. Y. MT. and Mrs. A. D. Warner were visiting st their old, home i'm Woodbury. Mir. M. J. Nor gan, of Cambridge, Vt., was, the gnest of R. N Cochrane, who returned from Vermont with large drove of cattle, Misses Mattie Lyon and Mary Wells, who had been visiting at Shni Wood s.. had resurned to New York. Two children of Phillip Fishan of North. Cornwall, were poisoned by eating the berries of & shrub known as the deadly night shade. The older child, bright little girl, died, the younger was imr, proving
 Berkshire County-The fair and, festival of the Congregational ladies at Great Harrington was a grand, success. The net proceeds were $500 which, is to be applied on their subscription to the church, and chapel. The great organ, for the Congregational. church in. Great Harrington, was still. in the hands of the woxkmen. MT. Peck, proprietor of the Collins House, Great Burlington, had e& boarders.