Connecticut western news., 1873-02-07

wal IcCelNcu JuSI IOO AoSO AOl Iu4S Wcch NEWS. They will both keep we'll till next week, but we are very sorry to be com pelled to salt down such interesting com to be used the next week after they are received. Correspondence that does not reach us till Wednesday afternoon, is very liable to be too late, and if at all eng thy is almost sure to be. Please get to us as early as Tuesday of each week.
 7he Wdshicast,nooE.-The Washicasti- nook Literary Association will hold meet ing for debate in Academy Hall, Salisbury, on Monday evening, Feb. 10th at 6 l-2 o'clock. Question Resolved, That the Right of Franchise should be guarded by education. Afirmative-T. l.. Norton, H. M. Knight. Negative--D. T.Warner, J. H. Hurlbut. Any member of the Club may speak as volunteer on either side. Singing by the Glee Club.
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 M. H. ROBBINS
 Horrible Suicide.-One of the most suicides that ever occurred in the town of Kent, occurred in that village last Sunday night, or more properly speaking, at 1 o'clock Monday morning. One of the most respected and esteemed citizens of Kent, Mir. Nathan B. Chamber lain, ST., committed suicide by placing the of a long-barrelled shot gun under his chin, near the wind-pipc, and springing the lock with bis toes. It was d terrible affair and has cast gloom over the whole town. No cause is assigned for the rash act, and it is supposed he was temporarily insane.
 Prairie Chjckens.-One of the most agreeable surprises we have had since our occupancy of the editorial chair, was pair of prairie chickens fresh from the praires of Iowa. Mir. Luther Langdon, of Iowa City, brother-in-law of MT. James Van Deusen, of Ore Hill, sent to that gentleman a box of six of the wild chicks, a pair of which found their way to our sanctum last Wednesday afternoon. Nothing pleascs us SO much as choice wild game, and 10 have such rare present from the far away prai- ries fills our soul with joy, and the least we can do is to say to the donors, Thank you. Thank you, gentlemen, and may you live 8 thousand years to luxuriate on such tooth some and delicious game.
 Too Warm. young man, one of Ga naan's most esteemed, finds the cars on tn. Conn. Western road as they leave or ap- proach that station, always too warm when he chances to be on them, and as d conse- quencc invariably steps out on the platform of the car to fan himself with his handkel chief. Col. Hardenburgh says he don't know anything about it, but if Frienc Dunning, in East Canaan, had seen the reflection of that handkerchief in the win dow of the house yonder, he would have had material with which to "even up with MT. So and So, for his abusive arti. cle ln the NEWS last week.
 Mir. Dunning asks us how much young disciple of Blackstone aoougd eat if he was n't choxed off He says he attempted tc satisfy the appetite of one last week, but VOWS he'll never be caught in such scrape again, as the entire stock of his winters pro visions are now thoroughly discouraged.
 FaUs V5Uage. Tailor Gardner says there is no rubbing it out anyway: Falls Village is getting to be about as good place fol business as any in this section. He is making clothing for his drove of customert and is doing his ''level best" to keep uE with the rush of business. He says his neighbors, Druggist Marble. Jeweler Allyn the tooth-man Clemans, Merchants Miner and Brewster & Garfield, Timer Dean, ant in fact all the rest of his near neighbour may be moving about pretty lively, trying to keep up with their business, but ht thinks he can cut and make up suit G1 clothes Nhat will fit and wear longer thai any of them. He also says that Landlord Dudley, of the hotel near the depot has the name of having one of the mo st con veniently located and arranged hotels ir the country and can feed and harbor the multitude in manner that wins to himself fresh laurels as well as customers every day. He of course congratulates him ol his success. but still adheres to the fac that he can dive as deep into piece o cloth and bring up as hobby suit as any the rest of 'em.
 The .S1etield Dramatics.-W Wednesday night of last week was little cool around the edges, as everybody knows, but none perhaps were more mindful of it than { party of us who started from Lime Rock tt attend the Dramatics in Sheffield. We no arrived at our destination in time to see the curtain drop for the first act. Perhaps had not better say much about the journey for the laugh would be at our expense, bu if some of those Shefielders could have seen the procession moving through tho snow banks, with Prof. Stillman, of Lake vile, on the lead, Che went to keep us il harmony) up to his waist in the "beautifu snow," while others were demolishing raj fences and stone walls to make an advance Il say if those backwoodsmen up there il Southwestern Sheffield had seen us, ant had any pity in their hearts, they would have the roads open between now ant next July, so if there should chance to b. another team passing that way they coult have some prospect of getting througl alive; but they are resting at peace an' want to be let alone till spring, when they will come out of their burroughs like wood chucks. After emptying the snow out O. our boots and hitching our horses in Land lord Miller's hen roost (the best he coult do with them he said), we repaired to tn, Town Hall and were we'll paid for all ou trouble. The piece was splendidly plsye(