Connecticut western news., 1916-11-09
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.
Forty-fve Years Ago This Wsek-fSH

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 Norfolk people were "scandalized" by the passing of a work train while the church bells were ringing on Sun. day morning
 People were suffering from short. age of coal; due to the fact thet the Duchess and Columbia and Conn. Western roads were "Indulging in first class snarl at each other"
 The firm of Alderman Ives S O., East Canaan, was dissolved
 Lucius Scoville and Miss Nellie A. Sullivan, Canaan, were married in Ashley Falls.
 Forty-four Years Ago This Week-fS72
 Hundreds of horses in this section were sick with distemper.
 Mrs. Glancy's barn on town hill, Salisbury, was burned.
 A young Irish lad visiting at Michael Boyle's, in Salisbury, played with the water.tank at the station, emptied the tank and undermined the track.
 First snow of the season Nov. i.
 John o. Merchant, Salisbury, died, aged S2.
 A 20-ton boulder rolled onto the track at West Norfolk and delayed trains nearly four hours, until it could be blasted aud "snaked" off by the engine.
 Seventy.tive acres of Boston's busi ness section was destroyed by fire on Nov Q.
 Mrs. George H. Wheaton, West Corn. wall, died, aged 2S.
 Articles of association of the Sharon Valley Iron O., were published.
 Edward Roberts and Anna J. Nal. lory of Norfolk were married in Ga. naan.
 Forty-three Years Ago This Week-f675
 First snow of the season, Nov. l2.
 A man who refused to pay his fare from Canaan to East Canaan paid at the rate Of $500 a mile, in court.
 A MT. Low, restaurant keeper in Lakeville, invented a griddle.greaser, [" and was making preparations to manu. facture them.
 Henry T. Curtis of Norfolk was thrown under a loaded wagon and died two days later from the injuries
 T. s. Gold, West Cornwall, had eleven sheep killed and wounded by dogs.
 Pork was selling at $7.50 per hun dred; beef at $S to S9.
 Mrs. Abel Benedict, Sharon, died, aged 45.
 Ithamar Baldwin, Cornwall, died, aged 8S.
 Forty 1.-Two Years Ago This Week-f674
 A 12-ton.stone from Norfolk granite quarries, was placed in position in the arch st the western end of Hoosac tun. nel Nov. 3. Kirkland Parsons was knocked sense. less with a fractured skull and hole cut above his eye by the breaking of a large screw at Chapin's cider mill, Ashley Falls.
 The Maxwell quarries in East Ga. naan were hustling out marble for the new state capitol at Hartford at the rate of four carloads day.
 Trinity church, Lime Rock, was consecrated.
 Chapin's cider mill in Ashley Falls was doing fiourishing business. There were 1860 bushels of apples on hand and more coming at the rate of a hun dred bushels day. A barn belonging to BOoile Rogers, West Cornwall, was burned down.
 Jasper s. Brewster, Cornwall, died, aged 5s-
 FortY-oDe Years Ago This wesk-fS75
 B. S. Thompson, M. D., and Isabelle G. Reid, of Salisbury, were married.
 MT. and Mrs. T. L. Norton, Lake. vile, returned from a southern trip.
 Charles O. Foster, West Cornwall, died, aged 19.
 Mrs. Emily Cobb, Norfolk, died, aged 5S.
 Esrty Years Ago This Heek-fS76
 J. B. Heath, M. D., of South Lee, moved to Falls Village and began practice.
 Hiram Briggs was elected represen- tative in North Canasn; Horace Lan- don end Charles H. Bissell in Salis- bayy; Austin Wooster and Henry G. Smith iD Norfolk.
 A husking bee was held at Deacon Dwight Pratt's and an apple-paring bee at Ralph I. Scovine's, Cream Hill,
 A hive of bees was stolen from 1NuHhs ZA5hANJ A strange and unknown animal was shot on the mountain west of Falls Village. It was little larger than a fox, but mouse color, and without a bushy tail.
 Francis DOnalds, Canaan Valley, died, aged "A.
 Thirty eight Tears Ago This Week-fS7S
 Dr. H. M. Knight was ordained deacon of Salisbury Congregational church.
 Barnum, Richardson Co.,, East Ga naan were building a stone dam at their saw mill.
 John Maybe, Canaan, died, aged 69.
 Mrs. Hiram Traver, sharon, died, aged 62.
 The meat market in the basement of the Cummings block. Canaan, was be. ing made ready for occupancy by Robert VanDeusen.
 Judpe Granger Canaan was presid