Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
GOSSIP OF DAYS GONE BY
Record ot Doings from Week to Week Culled from The News Files,
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1884
 August 20. Farmers began cutting tobacco.
 Robert Whiting, of Brooklyn, N. Y. called on friends in town.
 The Episcopal Sunday school helC their annual picnic at Twin Lakes.
 James Beckley, of Chatham, N. Y, visited his brother, $. c. Beckley.
 The dime sociable at the rectory was largely attended and the receipts were over S48.
 There were eleven children at the temporary home for dependent children at East Canaan.
 The thermometer registered 94 de- grees at Camps drug store.
 Meta and Henry Rodemeyer, oi New York City, have recently visited their uncle, John Rodemeyer, of this village. They are the children of MT. Rodemeyer's oldest brother, Frederick. They have been in this country three years, but this is the first time their uncle has ever seen them"
 E. $. Green, of Negaunee. Mich. visited friends in town.
 Everardus Ives went west for a month.
 Barnum, Richardson Company placed watering trough on the lower road to East Canaan, near the Ferris farm house, and one near the upper furnace
 John Gibbons. a brakeman on the H. & O. W. railroad. was killed by the cars at this station.
 The eightieth birthday of ex-Gov. Holley, of Lakeville, was celebrated at his residence.
 The subject of Rev. E. F. Atwood s gational church on Sunday, was the International Sunday school convention recently held at Louisville, Ky.
 High school was to open early in September with MT. Frank Baldwin, of Bethel, as principal; Miss Fannie Benedict in the intermediate depart ment and Mrs. J. M. Root teacher of the primary department.
 The Congregational Sunday school held thelr picnic at Twin Lakes.
 The funeral of Mrs. Harriet M. Lawrence was attended from her late residence in East Canaan.
 Calvin Barnes and family moved from the Warner House to Clayton.
 George Vaughan, Jr., wife and child. and Miss l.. A. Vaughan, of New York, were guests Of Charles Paul.
 The Roman Catholic Church held their picnic at East Canaan.
 pr. W. H. Crocker, of Ancram, N. Y., and formerly of Canaan, went to West Dublin, Penn, to look after the medical needs of 1000 men employed at tunnel through the Blue Ridge Mountains.
 A slight earthquake was felt in this vicinity.
 Joseph l.. Ives, of Manning, Iowa, was visiting friends in town.
 At the republican caucus held at the Warner House, A. T. Roraback and Lyman Cunning were appointed dele- gates to the state convention; E. D. Lawrence and Robert Van Deusen, delegates to the congressional conven- tion, and Robert Van Deusen town committee.
 Falls Village-Mrs. Ransom Smith and two children, of Danbury, were visiting Mrs. M. A. Hall. Frederick Brown, of Jersey City, N. J., was the guest of his parents. George W. Hall returned from the shore. H. c. Gran dall, Jr., spent Sunday in town Miss Carrie Hall returned from her vaca- tion. Swan Brewster, of Bridgeport, spent several days in town.
 West Cornwall-The Cornwall band was in attendance at the cavalry picnic on Cream Hill. Extensive repairs were being made on the residence of Colonel Rogers by Builder J. H. Cole. Fifty persons were entertained at the Derby club. The parlors of Mrs. William Oldfield were crowded to wit ness the unfolding of night t-bloomlng cereus. R. N. Cochrane was appointed school committee. Messrs. George Hughes and Earl Stevens attended the convention at New Haven as delegates from the town. Mrs. H. w. Pierce, of Pittsfield, Mass, was visiting her mother, Mrs. s. H. Barnum. James Ford and wife, of Canton, N. Y., were making their annual visit in town. Miss Carrie Wilbur, of Michigan, was visiting her cousin, Mrs. David l.. Smith.