Connecticut western news., 1874-05-15


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 Grand Masonic Meeting.-A meeting O
 the Grand Lodge of Masons for the stat
 of Connecticut is being held In Hartfort
 this week.
 | Sign of Rain.-A load of rakes wen
 through our streets last Tuesday which ''S sign cf rain /" and which is probably al sensible as any the rest of the 'signs."
 New Democratic Paper.-The Hartfort
 Post says it is rumored that joint stock company will soon begin the publication o1 democratic morning paper in that city.
 The New School Books.-The new reading books and also arithmetics, geog raphies, grammars, writing books and al the fxings needed by the scholars can be found at the drug store in this village.
 Measles.-Ashley Falls has got the measles very badly indeed. So many oi the scholars of the village school are sick with the disease that the teacher. having SC few in attendance to teach, has been com pelled to close the school for few days.
 Conn. Western Time Table.-The changes in the time table for the summer arrangement of the Conn. Western road. will not be made till the last week in this month, when the trains will run on New York instead of Hartford time, which is six or seven minutes slower.
 Vermont-The Hon. F. H. Orvis is now giving especial attention to his mammoth and elegant hotel in Manchester, Vermont, which is one of the best summer resorts in the country, but what about the Florida hotel we heard so much about last fall /? We hope he will tell us about it.
 Valuable Real Estate.-Aplat of ground was sold in this village last week at the rate of twenty-one thousand seven hun dred and eighty dollars per acre. This valuable property was not an ore bed, but simply front on Main street. Does this indicate depreciation in real estate here ?
 Convincing Testimony.-Hon. Vim. P. Frye thus sums up some of the evidences of the Maine prohibiterY liquor law: The sale of liquor has fallen off more than two thirds; more than one half of the state is absolutely free from it; the corner grocer ies and taYerns have gone for ever {; SO toe have all the evidences of poverty and suf- fering.'
 Street Cattle.-Who owns the cattle that have so soon commenced their regular rounds of roaming the streets, watching for gates to be left open to allow them to go into the back yards and tear down the clothes lines, tip over swill pails and to get into mischief generally? Wont the village hayward please drop his official eye on them.
 Insurance Report.-George s. Miller, Esq, the insurance commissioner of the state of Connecticut, has our thanks for a copy of the Ninth Annual Report of the lre and marine insurance business of the state. This Report contains information of much value to all interested in insurance matters; or in other words to all who nave property to be insured.
 High Authority.-An exchange says he Changers, recognizing the demoralizing tendency of horse-racing in connection with agricultural fairs, have protested against it's continuance in the West. This s undoubtedly wise, although it conflicts with the sober assertion of Josh Billings. 'n his visit to cattle show, that the peo- 'le banker after pure agricultural hoss- rots.'
 New oars.-The Springfield Union says: The ten freight cars of Congressman Bar lum's $80, 900 order have been shipped to he Connecticut Western railroad, and work being commenced on two mail and smo. Ilng cars combined, for the Housatonic cad. Besides these, two milk cars and | 'aggagc car will be shipped next week for he Connecticut Western, winch will con- ,lete the order.
 "Biz-nuss."-The auction sale of bank upt stock of boots and shoes in this vil- age Friday and Saturday furnished not a title amusement to those in attendance. When box of paper collars was bid off | or one cent, and the tonguey auctioneer ent it straight at the head of the bidder. md cried out: ''That's biz z-z-,euss in inc l bidder seldom failed to become impressed It once that he did mean biz-nuss."
 Pontoon Bridges.-The Hon. MT. s.Miltn Robbins of Lakeville says Merchant Jones an attack by the Fiji Island ITS, and has in readiness for the siege upply of pontoon bridges. To impoYer- sh the leather markets by making such arge shoes as some he has for sale in his tore is really too bad. To say they are as arge as raisin boxes only tamely tells the tory. These ''gunboats'' possess one ad- 'antage over all other shoes. If a man has 'n pair of them, it would be impossible o tip him over.
 The Bible Work.-The Salisbury Bible 'ociety are arranging to place in every keeping room :n all the hotels in this town. copy of the bible. MT. Jewett, to whom Ve alluded last week as in the employ of he Bible Society and as having arrived in own for the purpose of looking up the lole interests among the people, is meet ng with cordial reception everywhere. He prosecuting his work with great zeal, and 2 tne satisfaction of all. It is the purpose tae society through him, to furnish ev- !y ';hla .sy any ;s "ltn at least one copy of the