Connecticut western news., 1917-01-04
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.

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 Dexter Brothers were doing a fine business making tintypes in their gal. lery at Salisbury.
 s. w. Elliott, Salisbury, adver tised his place for sale.
 Bion, the Frenchman, who was charged with burglarizing Lyman Dunning's store in East Canaan, was tried in Canaan before Justice Tres colt. The counsel for the state was Dean and Hardenbergh and for the de- fence Graves of Litchfield and Rora- back of Canaan.
 Forty -four Years Ago This Week-1S72-3
 There were fifty-six deaths in the town of Salisbury in 1872.
 Edward o. Cowdrey of Lakeville and Miss M. Abbie Hollabird were mar ried Jan. 1.
 Sarah E. Wentworth, Mt. Riga, died Dec. 3l, aged S2.
 W. J. Garfield, Falls Village, fell from the roof of his dwelling and broke his ankle.
 There were 143 scholars in the Lake. vile district.
 A. Gardner, Twin Lakes, stopped a freight train on the Conn. Western road to treat the crew to cider.
 Rev. Hiram Eddy gave lecture in Canaan town hall on "The Coming Woman"
 Jesse W. Lake, Sharon, died Jan. 4 aged 69.
 Forty three Years Ago This Wesk-f575-4
 M. M. Blake sold his farm in Sails bury to an Albany man.
 There we forty four deaths in Salisbury in 1878.
 The dairymen of the Housatonic val ley combined and arranged for the sale of milk in New York through J. W. Tuthill.
 The stage from Lime Rock to Sails. bury refused to deliver mail at Lake. vile.
 Andrew Newell, Salisbury, was found dead by Thomas Stapleton near the Mt. Riga brook.
 The Gold Sanitary Heating Co.,, West Cornwall, suspended work.
 Pierre Mundry, Falls Village, and Miss Emma O. Hall of Bridgeport were Dec. 3I.
 G. H. Corbin, proprietor of the "hotel in the mammoth and elegant Union station at Canaan" was troubled by his competitors blocking his en. trance.
 Forty-tWo Years Ago This Wesk-f874-5
 An effort was made to stop Sunday fishing on Twin Lakes. '-
 There were forty. eight deaths in Salisbury in 1874.
 Hartford parties leased the marble quarries in Ashley Falls belonging to Dr. John Scoville.
 The new Iron bridge in Salisbury village was completed and ready to use.
 Thieving was the popular amuse. ment in Sheffield. W. s. Wilcox had a lamb killed in his yard and carried off {; pigs, chickens and sheep were disap. bearing nearly every night.
 An oyster supper for the benefit of Rev. J. H. Lane was given at Clayton.
 The property in Canaan, bought a few weeks ago by MT. Wilcox of South Canaan, was sold again last week to M.. Mcintyre.
 Henry Brewster, Canaan, moved into the farm house of William Shields on the back road to Ashley Falls
 Potatoes were selling for 75c. a bushel.
 FOrty-one Years Ago This Heek--f675-6
 There were 21, STA cans of milk ship. ped from West Cornwall station in 1875.
 Newton Cogswell, West Cornwall, shot his wife with a revolver, two bull. lets lodging in her head. Cogswell 
 The new. B. R. Co.,, furnace at East Canaan made 105 tons of iron last week and had averaged 90 tons a week for 24 weeks. a4#
 Chapinville depot was burglarized and tickets to New York and Albany were taken.
 James Linehan, Ore Hill fell through the railroad bridge and broke his hip and arm.
 Rev. R. Hunt, J. vanDeusen, E. R. Hall, and E. J. Coons played croquet on H. H. CogsWelL's lawn in Canaan On New Years day, the mercury stand ing at 80.
 Henry Chapin bought the Thurston place in Ashley Falls. R. O. Taft bought the old Thurston store.
 O. H. Briggs of East Canaan started a singing school in Ashley Falls.
 MT. Goodsell, on the Joslen farm in Wetaug, had eleven sheep killed and several others badly bitten by dogs.
 MT. and Mrs. A. T. Roraback, Ga naan, were nearly suffocated by coal gas in their room.
 William A. Thurston of Ashley Falls and Miss Fannie Hubbard, Sheffield, were married Dec. S1.
 Forty Years Ago This Week-f676-7
 Marvin A. Dean and Miss Carrie. A Caufipld of Falls Uillapa vvara mar