Connecticut western news., 1915-03-18
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record ot Doings from Week to Week Culled from The News Files,
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Culled from he News Files,
 1888
 August 15. New platforms had been Luilt at the station by the H. &. C. w. railroad company.
 Fred Bartlett was spending his va. cation at Twin Lakes.
 William Adam, of East Canaan, was very ill.
 Fred B. Young. who was camping at Twin Lakes, caught two bass and one pickerel that weighed over seven pounds.
 Charles s. Benedict, NJ. D., house surgeon at St Niucent's hospital. New York, was visiting Mir. S. A. Eddy.
 Peter D. Boinay was married to Miss Amy F. Ward, of Charlottesville.
 Miss Mary Shuckrrow was very ill with pneumonia at her home north of this village.
 H. N. Bcsworth. of Berlin, Vt. J. J. O'Keefe, of Hartford. Conn.,, and Miss Lucira $. Crane. of Northtield, Vt., were boarding at William H. Smiths.
 Edmund D. Lawrence and Henry C. Barnes were in Saratoga for two weeks.
 Miss Elizabeth W. Greenwood as to preach ill the Methodist church the fol lowing Sunday.
 The High school building as recciv- ing a coat of paint.
 Jacob Schamerhorn and son Frede- rick were building lime kiln at Brooktield for Peirce, Lawrence x Co.
 Over 40 boats were rented at Twin Lakes ill one day, and more than 300 pickerel caught on that day.
 The annual picnlc of Christ Church Sunday scnool was held at Twin Lakes.
 The Canaan cornet band gave an open air concert in front of the War ner House.
 Thomas Baker, better known as Thomas Brown, died at his home on Railroad street.
 The Peirce & Freeman camp at Twin Lakes gave q candy pull.
 Forty tents had been pitched at Twin Lakes during the summer.
 Falls Village-Sevecal vases of beautiful flowers decorated the Congre- gational church on Sunday. Telephone poles had been set between Litchfield and this place and were to be set be- tween this village and Lime Rock. The last musical was held at the Con- gregational parsonage, the next one was to be held at the Methodist parson- age. D. P. NJ. Jaqua was spending some time with his daughter, Mr.. M. A. H"u. Messrs. Capron and Cole paugh caught 20 bass, weighing 30 pounds at Long Pond. William A. Burkett, who had been employed by J. T. Bates, lumber dealer, in Danbury, had been taken into partnership by his employer. ...
 Vest Cornwall-James A. Ford had landed the biggest fish yet caught in the Housatonic river. Its weight was 2 pounds. Miss Anna Yutzler was home from Bridgeport, for vacation of two weeks. Fred Wood had re- covered from his illness and gone to New York. Rev. D. M. Pratt and wife, of Higganum, were making their annual visit at their fathers, Deacon E. D. Pratt, of Cream Hill. Thomas Fenn, the chief clerk at Smith and Sons store. was spending his vacation in New York. Mrs. James H. Cole was visiting friends in Hudson, N. Y. Charles R. Smith, of Danbury, spent Sunday with his aunt, Mrs. Isaac Marsh. c. R. Manville and family, of Waterbury, were guests of M. $. Nick erson.
 Berkshire County-The public schools in New Marlboro were to open with nearly all of the old corps of teachers. Miss Ella Rhoades was to teach in Southtield, Miss c. Knickerbocker in Reyes district and Miss Lizzie Wilcox in Mill River. The ladies of the Episcopal church ill Great Harrington, cleared $750 at their annual fair and festival. A bass weighing pounds was caught at Lake Buel.