Connecticut western news., 1874-10-09

Pound Keeper, William Bundy.
 Haywards, Walter Niver, M. H. Robbins, A. J. Spur, w. H. Walton, Jr., Frederick Evarts, Alexander Bierce, Warren Sparks.
 Fence V5ea0ers, Wm. Bundy, James VanDeusen, N. w. Clark, Martin Harris.
 zoacn Agent to Vote on Conn. Western R. R. Stock, Horace Landon.
 The vote on the Constitutional Amend ment resulted in 165 no and 76 yes.
 The following business was transacted It was voted
 That the Selectmen's report be laid on the table till the adjouned meeting on Sat- urday, Oct. 17th.
 That the School Visitors report be ac cepted, approved and lodged on file.
 That tax of one cent on the dollar be laid in grand list next to be perfected to defray the usual expenses of the town for he ensuing year.
 That the Selectmen be directed to repair, build and take care of, the roads and bridges in the town until they shall be otherwise directed by the town.
 That when the town build bridge over the Riga stream in the Centre village, they build good, substantial, iron bridge.
 The following resolution was passed:
 ResoIUed, That the Selectmen be and are hereby instructed to erect suitable bridge for the use and convenience of foot pas sengers, in the Center village, across the Nit. Riga brook, so called, of the same. width as, and in line with the side walk, as it now is. 3
 Ashley Falls and the " Street Folks" Some weeks since there appeared in the columns of the NEWS an article from Ash | ley Falls which deserves an answer, inas- much as your correspondent from that 1 place made some statements which were unkind and not strictly true. It is no- ticeable fact that for years there has existed among some of the people of Ashley Falls,
 smothered feeling of ill-nature towards
 the inhabitants of the center village. do
 not say this feeling is shared by all, but l
 believe it is felt by many, and manifests
 itself occasionally in spiteful remarks aud
 unjust jealousles, both in church matters as
 well as in town affairs. We hear of this,
 and are sorry to belief that it is so. If any
 one can tell us what we can do to prove
 that we are friendly to the people of Ash
 ley Falls we shall be grateful. It was
 stated in the communication from that
 place that the town had only expended
 $2Oo in the work at the bridge. We are
 creditably informed by Henry Burch, the
 road overseer, who has the honor of doing
 that piece of work so well, that in raising
 the road, building the bridge and making
 repairs at Ashley Falls, the town has ex pended this year more than $55O. Two years ago the town gave this district a nice : school building and the center district die not grumble, although they are still using miserable house for their district school To be sure we have High school here but this is for the accommodation of tho whole town, and the larger village scholar have only an equal right there. The schoo building at Ashley Falls was providentiallJ destroyed this year, and again the tow1 builds a good house and not a grumbl' have l heard from the :" street people concerning it, and deep sympathy was fel and expressed by many here for the suf ferers at Ashley Falls when the tornado swept over them. As to tue cemeter, question, for your correspondent charge us with a desire for burying your dead. will say that no one this way wishes any extra graves in our too thickly populated grave yards Some years ago an associa ton was found among the citizens of thi , village, and ground was purchased for . cemetery, which was laid out in lots ane z sold to families each owning their owr burial ground. Surely some of the enter prising citizens of Ashley Falls can Ge likewise. We are glad to see the improve !, ments in Ashley Falls. We like to rid' over safe bridges and good roads, and W,
 appreciate good school houses, We con
 gratuate our brethren of the southern dis trict that they have all these, and we hop, , their school will equal our High school But word in kindness we would add fo = the benefit of all persons in Ashley Fall , who feel tempted to secede from thei mother town, and grumble because they don't get their share of the public money
 Please consider the amount expended
 there for two years, then count up tn, taxes paid by citizens of Ashley Falls. an6 am sure if you are versed in percentag, . you will allow that the town gives you liberal share. The man you called , l lo
 the expense, is one of the largest tax-pay
 CTS, and naturally feels interested, but il as liberally inclined to public improvement as many who pay less tax. write this ir behalf of many who felt the injustice o , the article from Ashley Falls, and who asl = only that justice may be done the " Stree Folks" B.