Connecticut western news., 1916-11-16
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.

Fort-6ve Years Ago This Week-fS7f
 Fifteen above zero in Norfolk, Nov. | I3.
 Henry Hall, Huntsville, died, Nov. 13, aged 38.
 A horse belonging to Serom Decker, Lakeville, dropped dead in front of Roberts store.
 A new passenger car, No 16, built entirely at the Falls Village shop, was put on the Housatonic road.
 There was from four to five inches of snow, and sleighs were us,d in Great Harrington and Pittsfield.
 William Hine, teller at Mahaiwe bank, Great Burlington, who skipped with $25, ,000, was arrested in San Francisco.
 The new cemetery in Salisbury was finished and being fenced.
 The first Conn. Western, passenger train, consisting of engine "City of Hartford" and one new passenger coach, "Kib" Coggswell, engineer, was run over the road to ascertain if there was satisfactory cleanance of platforms, trees and rock cuts, on Tuesday, Nov II.
 James A. Cochrane purchased the "old furnace property" of the Union Shear Co.,, West Cornwall. Noah Baldwin, West Cornwall, died Nov. 15, aged 76.
 Benjamin Wadsworth, East Canaan, died Nov. 13. aged 72. Forty-four Years Ago This Week-f872
 Snow two inches deep Nov. l5. Alonzo Goodsedl's barn, on the ! Lakeville.Lime Rock road, was burned down with ten tons of hay, cause: an employee set down a lantern and a COW kicked it over. | H. w. Franklin, Canaan, super intendent of the Housatonic railroad, whose horses were sick with epizootic, took his family to church st East Ca- naan with yoke of oxen hitched to the carriage. Nearly every horse in this section was sick with epizootic, and work at the ore mines in Ore Hill was practi- cally at a standstill.
 The Cansan Union depot was finished and "agents, passengers and freight were moving in." 1 T. O'Donnell's barn, West Cornwall, was burned down.
 Mrs. l.. Mundane Hubbard, Lake vile, died Nov. g, aged 61.
 Fory-three Years Ago This Week-fs73
 Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher was visit. ing in West Cornwall.
 A singing school, MT. Buckingham, teacher was opened in the basement of the M. k. church, Canaan. c. k. Baldwin, West Cornwall, was dragged out of his wagon by the break 1 ing of the neck-yoke starting his horses to run away, but not seriously hurt.
 Eggs, strictly fresh, were selling at Soc. a dozen.
 James H. Madden, Canaan, and Maggie s. Foley, Winsted, were mar ried, Now. 12 Mrs. Nancy Vosburg, Falls Village, died Nov. 10, aged 66.
 Forty two Years Ago This Wesk-tSz4
 A new granite quarry was open in West Norfolk by Perkins & Cook.
 Hobert Crosby's house in West Corn. wall was buHglarized. A drunken row and street fight en- tertained Canaan people in front of the Stevens, House in which one partici- pant came out with three broken ribs.
 A fire stauted in Sharon. but was ex- tinguished.
 Henry Betts and John Betts, Salis- bury, dissolved partnership. 1 Riley M. Rexford, Vest Cornwall, died, Nov. l6, aged 69.
 Forty-ons Eenrs Ago This Kssk-f575
 The iron "water kettle" for water. ing horses was erected at the foot of Washinee street, Salibsury-
 An exhibition was given ill the church by the Ashley Falls school.
 The first telegraph was installed in Ashley Falls, in R. O. Taft's store.
 Salisbury depot was burlarIzed and Agent Barton's overcoat, a pair of gloves and about fifty cents in pennies taken.
 The. annual statement of the Conn. Western road showed that the company owned only nine engines 6 of 32 tons, of 90 tons and 3 of 2S tons.)
 Miss L. Rolaback resigned her posi- | GlOu a1S tcdCil0I Ol buS OChpol school and began teaching in Salisbury.
 Dr. l. H. Smith, Canaan, died Nov. IA
 The Deacon Sears property in Sharon was sold to a MT. Taylor of the firm of Whitney & Taylor.
 Forty Years Ago This Week-fSz6
 The Millerton Telegram was born. It was printed by Eggleston & Deacon and edited by Cooley James.
 Ambrose Clark of the firm of Clark Brothers, Salisbury, sold his interest in the store to his brother George. who was to take possession in the spring.
 One of the cast iron lions on the Falls Village Savings bank steps was found hanging by the tail to the crane near the railroad.
 Miss Roraback and Miss Conway were teaching school in East CanaaL;