Connecticut western news., 1916-11-30
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happe nings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.
Forty five Years Ago This Week-fS7f

co be thus promoted oil the Conn. West ern road.
 The road to the depot in Norfolk was l finished Nov. 2S. The freight depot was being painted and the passenger station lathed. A special town meeting was held in Cornwall ito consider the expendiency of purchasing hearse and appointing a sexton, to be owned by the town" "
 Thanksgiving temperature aG Nor. folk was just zero with the wind blow. ing a gale.
 Forty y-foUr Years Ago This Week-f672
 Horace Greeley died Nov. go, aged 61.
 Lyman Dunning's store in East Ca naan was burglarized and relieved of about a hundred dollars worth of goods.
 J. D. Egleston, Falls Village, sup. piled the furniture for twenty five TO Jms in Miller Brothers new hotel at Lakeville.
 Willis Bartholomew cider mill in Sheffield consumed 20,000 bushels of apples from which were made 2500 bar. rels of cider during the season.
 The ground was covered with six to eight inches of snow.
 At school meeting in the old Grove school house in Salisbury it was voted to build a new school house from plans submitted by Walter Niver, the size to be 30x46 and two stories high.
 pr. Blodgett of Salisbury moved to Hartford, having bought an interest in drug store there.
 The Canaan Union Station was pro. nounced complete. Engineer Shunk was the designer, G. H. Bundy of Lakeville superintended the carpenter the mason work.
 A billiard hall was opened in Falls Village by Dwight Brinton.
 Forty-tbree Years Ago This Week-fS73
 The "north wye" at Canaan was built.
 A shooting match was held opposite the depot in Canaan on Thanksgiving day.
 j. L.. Richardson's roan horse Family Pet" died in Lime Rock.
 Rev. c. N. Fitch of New Haven was supplying the pulpit of North Cornwall church.
 The Farmers Club held their an- nual meeting at T. s. Colds, Cream Hill.
 Theodore Leach of West Cornwall was thrown out of his wagon by his horse becoming frightened at boys coastiug.
 Ferdinand l.. Beckley of North Ga. naan and Miss Mary Bradford of Corn wall were married Nov. 27.
 Jothan Lord, Wetaug, died Nov. 27, aged 62.
 Forty-two Years Ago This Week-fS74 Frank Clark of Poughkeepsie became landlord of the Lakeville hotel.
 William Adams store in East Ga. naan was burglarized.
 William Doten of Sheffield was killed by a Housatonic railroad train on a bridge between Canaan and Falls Will lage.
 A reward was offered in Salisbury for information that would lead to the recovery of the iron bridge (30 feet long) that was washed away during the flood of last June.
 A man named Bion, who attempted to blow up the parsonage in East Ga naan in February (by mistake for Lyman Dunning's place) was sentenced to ten years in state prison.
 Noah s. Wadhsms (formerly with the Holley Mfg. Co.,, Lakeville) died Nov. 29, in Goshen.
 Forty-one EeGFs Ago This Week-f875
 Henry Bunnell's horse, on the way home from Canaan to Clayton, ran away and threw the entire party of four out on the frozen ground, from which Mrs. Bunnell received internal injuries, and died three days later.
 The Housatonic road was preparing to install a system of air brakes to re. place hand -braking on passenger trains.
 The grlst mill, saw mill, blaming mill and cider mill in Ashley Falls were running to their limit
 Thomas Armstrong, Lakeville, died Nov. 28, aged 52.
 Forty Years Ago This Week-fS76
 George Gillette was building a new tenement house on Gravel street, the new street leading from Main to the hay press in Canaan.
 The Lee & Hudson railroad, which cost several hundred thousand dollars, was sold at auction to the Smith Paper Go, Lee, for $l0, 900. Cream Hill had, besides the district school which ranked first i'll the town, two private schools for advanced scholars.
 Henry Werden of Hammertown was sent to Litchfield jail for striking his wife and turning her out doors.
 William G. Brooks saw mill in New Marlboro was burned to the ground, doubtless by an incendiary.
 At a meeting in the old school house in Canaan, Nov. 27, it was voted to build new school house, and Miles T. Granger, Nathaniel c. Ward and Daniel L. Peirce were appointed building com. mittee. A tax of two mills was laid 1,, lo ;,,f tho liatrsok tr IaFra4r