Connecticut western news., 1872-09-20

man nS block on Railroad street He has ! very fine line of these goods, and being stirring business man, success awaits him. -The Rev. MT. Archibald Burpee, of the the Congregational church, is to be absent two Sabbaths on a visiting tour, to the do. minion of Canada, via Boston, to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Montreal and Quebec. The pulpit is to be supplied du- ring the absence of MT. B. by Mir. w. J. Bartlett, of Lee. x. CorWacaW B,Tdge e-Sickness has again entered our usually healthy village; this time working on one of our best, oldest and most influential citizens, Mr. Myron Harri- son who is now very sick with the typhoid | fever. Also, one of the most hardy, Mir. Edward Ble-ce, man accustomed to cx- posture to all kinds of weather and at all times at night, knowing no end to work. These, with the many others with less dan gerous diseases, makes our E. B. Heady, M' D., fly around day and night. We will give him credit for dong good service in all cases thus far, gaining favor rapidly in the suburbs of the city, as well as in its center.-Our gin mills continue to deal out the fluid in spite of the late stringent law, which was to take effect the 18th.
 ShGron.-The Armenia Tunes says that on Thursday runaway horse and wagon came tearing along the broad street of Shar- on, knocking down and injuring two wo l nnn n,Nffl fl,n1 her arms at the time of the concussion, which received such severe bruises in the face that the life of the little thing is con- sidercd to be in imminent danger.-Quite an excitement has been produced in the fact that suit at law is in contemplation on the part of the heirs, to recover posses sion of property which had been devised by will to certain parties, by one who had no right to do so, the parties contesting believ- ing that they are the legitimate owners thereof. Judge Livingstone has been re- tained as counsel tor the heirs.
 Wet Through. We have learned that a portion of the readers of the NEWS received their last weeks paper in anything but d f1attering condition. While the mail was being transported from this village to the Falls Village office last Friday forenoon, the bag was allowed to ride all the way Tn the rain, which was pouring down power fully at the time, and as d consequence, the water not only went through the bag, but pretty thoroughly saturated its contents. At the Falls Village office, the packages of mail were removed and spread about and dried ss well as they could be. but in the case of the NEWS the names, which were pasted on the packages, were ill many cases soaked off and lost, and whoever failed in getting their paper last week may reason ably assign this 'sosker. which the bag got on its way to Falls Village, as the cause. We have learned that not only were the names soaked off, but the papers were so wet and dirty as to be not fit for subscub- CTS to receive. We think the mail will be protected hereafter
 Farm 1dlk Although 2 Hoosier by adoption, l am native of your county, and am much interested in some of the To- cal items that appear in the NEWS from time to time. For instance, in your issue of August 23rd was communi- cation from H. Belden of Falls Village. Now am acquainted with Mir. B. and know of no reason why should not believe all things therein contained, except one. We have some tall corn ID Hoosierdom, and I can ride through my own cornfeld, on an ordinary sized horse and find plenty of ears as high as my shoulders, on the stalk. But when you come to ears eight feet long, 1 must pass. That is ahead of Indiana and l shall believe it, Gf believe it at alp just to accommodate friend Belden. The nearest we can come to eight feet ears in this coun- try are mules ears, and they lack some six or seven feet of filling the bill. Isaw cab bages measured this day that were four feet and tour inches in circumference, the clean head, and not done growing yet Tell our Connecticut friends to write some more and if large enough stories can be told l will come down and look at them.
 s. A.
 Remington, Ind, Sept. 10th.
 l Cdnaan.-For some months past @ town temperance society has been supported here at North Canaan. Public meetings have been held in two churches, alternately each month, sustained chiefly by the temperance men of our town. No effort has been made other than that of circulating the l v>lo ol Soko question in the minds of our more intelli. gent and influential townsmen. True, some facts have been brought out of the enor- nous expenditure in our midst for this need less article, also the amount of poverty and wretchedness wrought by the use of liquor as beverage. Yet it is admitted by some, best informed on this question, that there is not sufficient temperance sentiment to carry an election under the new law for 100 license. Political or pecuniary views it is supposed will prevent o full expression on this question, of even all the professed temperance men. Surely this is matter of too serious character to be thus treated. It is to the interest of every sober, industri- ous, and law-abiding citizen to sustain the temperance cause. Last Sabbath evening we had temperance meeting in the Meth odist church, in thls village, addressed by Rev. Harris, of Goshen. He very earnest. ly urged the duty of personal work, in the more direct way of personal sympathy with the fallen, taking them by the hand and lifting them up to sobriety and virtue. He was followed by Revs. Powell and Lane. At our meetings, our chief feature has been the singing of good stirring temperance ol active christian songs. It is to be hoped part of our christian temperance men, may result more favorabIy than we have antici'