Connecticut western news., 1917-04-05
"REMINISCENCES OF LONG AGO
Interesting Happenings Cleaned from
 the Early Files of The News.
Fort, five Years Ago This Week-tS72

W. E. Hicks 6 O., Salisbury, began dealing in farmers produce for New York market.
 Mrs. John s. Pease Ashley Falls, died April f, aged 63.
 Jame Pierce, Salisbury died March 31, aged 92.
 Henry Freeman, 58, an employe of George W. Peet, Falls Village drove pair of oxen to the river to drink. They 1 walked into rotten ice, broke through and one OK and Freeman were drowned.
 The old hoe shop ill Norfolk was stripped of its tools and machinery, which were sold for old iron. and the shop was offered for sale.
 M. A. Nickerson began teaching the West Cornwall school April l.
 Knickerbocker Brothers of Pine Plains opened meat, fish and vegetable market in Salisbury.
 Forty-foUr Years Ago This Week-f675
 T. B. Strong, for 30 years merchant and depot agent at Ashley Falls sold his house and store and moved to Great Harrington J. S. New, formerly freight conductor, succeeded MT. Strong as depot agent.
 The milk, ore and passenger train on the Conn. Western road left Miller ton at eight o'clock in the evening arriving in Winsted at five in the morning. A rock weighing many tons rolled onto the track at Stony Lone- some requiring three large blasts to remove it before the train could pass.
 Mrs. Philo Smith, Norfolk, died March 31, aged 75.
 Mrs. Lucy Paine of East Canaan diesl March 80, aged AT.
 T. H. Lane was the new Methodist minister at Canaan and Ashley Falls; J. H. Loomis at Falls Village; W. s. Bouton at Lakeville.
 The copartnership of R. I. Crissey and H. A. Standard, Norfolk, was dis. solved.
 The copartnership of Ferris w. Henry and Charles q. Watson, Canaan, was dissolved.
 Mrs. Loveridge of Salisbury sold her place near the Episcopal church and moved, with her mother to Nashua, N. H.
 E. W. Warner sold his hotel in 1 Sdh duh tO ID. os
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 Miss Bouton, daughter of the M. K. pastor in Lakeville, was the recipient of beautiful writing desk at surprise party at the parsonage
 Mr. and Mrs. T. s, Gold of West Cornwall celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary April 8.
 Polly A. Crossman of Falls Village died April 8, aged 76.
 The copartnership of Adam 6 Ives, East Canaan, was dissolved April 1. Forty two Years Ago This Wesk-fS75
 A hotel was talked of at Twin Lakes. t Rev. Dr. Joseph Eldridge of Norfolk died March 31, aged Fl.
 The town of Sheffield, at a special meeting, voted to build new district school house on the grounds of the high school building.
 Hon. William H. Barnum sold I2, 900 tons of iron to go to the Lake Superior region. IA.
 At the state election on Monday, April 5, these representatives were elected from local towns: North Canaan, Edward s. Roberts; Canaan, Myron M. Dean; Salisbury, John P. Walton and Chauncey R. Morris; Sharon, Baldwin Reed and William E. Marsh; Norfolk, Miles Riggs and Charles M. Ryan.
 MT. Darius Joslen, Ashley Falls, died April 4, aged 35. Forty-one Ysars Ago This Kssk-f876
 Among Samuel Scoville's flock of sheep in Chapinville 24 were the happy mothers of 49 "bran new lambs".
 Wesley Prescott was elected repre-. sentatives from North Canaan; J. D. Clemans from Canaan (Falls Village) i; Orange Benjamin and Robert H. Ball from Salisbury; Levi F. Phelps and Henry J. Holt from Norfolk.
 Samuel Bower left the clerkship in Clark's store, Salisbury, and went to Illinois.
 Arrangements were made to stock Twin Lakes with land.locked salmon.
 Mrs. Sylvia Grant, Ore Hill, died April 8, aged S5.
 Ira Langdon, Canaan Valley, died March 31, aged 36.
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 H. Sturges of South Canaan exchanged hIs farm with H. E. Howe for the hotel property in Huntsville.
 The house known as the Foley place on the road from Canaan to Falls Village, west of the river, was burned down.
 Milton Rice was caught in the money drawer at the hotel in Lakeville and was fined $5 and costs and twenty days in jail.
 O. Benjamin was putting up shoe shop opposite Miller's harness store in Lakeville.
 The charter of the North Canaan Water Go. was published in full in The News of March 80.
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