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Connecticut western news., 1874-01-09

| LdkecWe N0tcS-In the last Lakevillf Notes your correspondent gave the date of the tableaux and oyster supper to be given by our young people, as Jan Sth, which was incorrect, Tuesday, Jan. 18th being the date decided upon. Our young people are busily engaged in the preparations for the performance and will spare no pains to make it success..... For some time past the citizens of our village have been sub Jected to considerable annoyance by the refusal of the proprietor of the stage route between Salisbury and Falls Village to stop at LAkevllle with the mail, which he has the contract for carrying. The reason ot this refusal, we understand, was that I1akevIlle was not expressly mentioned in hls contract, and that the people of Lake Vile refused to grant him an extra compen- satlon tor stopping. Our citizens on tbe other hand have held that the design of the contract was to include Lakeyille. and thai the olnisslon Was an error in the drawing up Of the documents, as all previous con- tracts had included our village in this route The stage in the meantime has stopppd Il, LikevllIe as usual, for passengers, but re fused to allow the mail to be changed. car rying it on to Salisbury, where it remained till brought back by some volunteer post man. Our people have brought this sub Ject to the notice of the P o. Department several times, and finally, thanks to the ef forts of Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, with sue cess. A short time since our P. M., Mir. Norton. received letter from the depart mcnt containing the gratifying intelligence that on Friday, Dec. 26th, our mail would be called for and delivered as heretofore. For Congressman Hawleys prompt atten- uon to our case he deserves and will re- ceive the hearty thanks of the citizens of Lakcville, it being in keeping with his course in Congress-, where he has always shown himself true representative of the people and always watchfu of their inter- ests. In regard 10 the proprietor of the stage route, we fear that the peculiar way that he has taken to accommodate the pub- lie in this place, will be duly appreciated by them in the future, and will not serve to increase bis revenue to very large extent.
 JUAN.
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DIE Q.

In Monterey, Mass., Dee. 29th. Mrs. Luna Bid. we'll aged IS years, sister of the late Dr. BelJa- min Welch.
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aew Adrerti5rments.
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HouS SEE and lot. also Carpenter shop and Fur l1 niture ware rooms with stock of Furniture all of which will be sold at cost G. H. BUNDY.
 Lakeville, Conn.,, Jan.. 1874. 26tf
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At Ct Burlington, Dec. 18th, SOB 10 George $ Day.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-09
A Meat Market
AT NORTH CANAAN, CONN

AT NORTH CANAAN, CONN. The subscriber respectfully announces 10 the people or North Canaan and vicinity that he has fitted up rooms in the basement of the
 TOWN HALL BUILDING, Where he will keep on hand supply of Meat ot all kinds. Fresh, Concd and Smoked. Also
 DRESSED POULTRY, Fresh Fish, &c, shall receive Oysters from New Haven the same day they are opened, which will retail by the quart or gallon as low as the lowest. Please give me call NJ. NANGlON. North Canaan, Dec. 9th, lStS. 4w2
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-09

rs ~SodaAsh, Sal-Sodo and Concentrated Potash, at Grahnm's Drug Store.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-09
Cider for Sale.

10 Barrels Sweet Cider for sale.
 GEORGE BUSHNELL, Lakcrille, Ct. Dec. 10th, 1873. 6w9S%
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"Go0d Lord De1iUer Us"-Last Monday
 afternoon. young and, we are assured,
 very pretty white girl visited Millerton on
 the westward bound train on the Conn.
 Western road, having in her company a
 sta!wart negro, on whose arm she hung
 with the tenderness of a true lover. Pro-
 cceding to the office of Squire Scutt in that
 village, the two besought the astonished
 squire to make tie twain no longer twain,
 but one. With great reluctance, yet scarce
 ly realizing what he was doing: acting
 perhaps more from force of habit in re-
 spending promptly to such requests, he
 performed the ceremony and duly recorded
 the transaction in "6Iach and ,chits," leav-
 ing the twain no longer twain no longer
 black and white, but-m0nsrd. o! pro- taAum rulgus! 0 tempora! Q mores
 Young and handsome is this damsel, says our informant, and her husband @ d large, thick tipped specimen of the pure blooded charcoal Congo. The total ab- sence of self esteem so necessary to effect such an amalgamated alliance, is indeed de plorable. Oh God. Have mercy on us, and let such not be accounted as worthy of fellowship with the ,rest of the human race: Let us-cry
 Practical ButcASring.-A young, ambi- tlous and prosperous farmer in Western Sheffield, hutchered his well fatted porker a few days since. He ''could do it all "hmself. Didn't want any of your pro "fessional' butchers around in the way; drinking up all his cider" and all that sort O thing, you know, and to his credit be it said that he did most admirably handle his hog. He soused it in the boiling chal- dron and scraped the shoemaker's needles from it's back with dexterity that com manded the admiration of the spectators. He hung the animal high in the air and hourished his knife with the skill of Practlcal surgeon. His reputation as butcher was now at the highest standard of excellence, and long would it have re- mained SO, did no spare ribs grow in mod ern swine. Split down the back and spread flat upon his ample meat bench in his eel lar, lay this slaughtered porker, and with his gittering scimeter, whetted keenly on the tapering steel, he proceeded to ''cut out the spare rib." A huge slash from the point of the shortest rib to the base of the same, and the work was we'll begun.- Ihrusting his thumb between the first and second ribs, and eleyating the piece slight ly, his knife gidcd rapidly underneath the same; lodging first 10 one side and then to another until the whole side of the hog, as it were, was freed from the hams and shoulders, and was exultingly suspended before the admiring gaze of the aforesaid audience. What beautiful spare rib" says one "yes, and so full! and good,'' says another; "but arAere's your side pork" asks the astonished mother. Heavens and airth! there is nothing but the hide eft!' And surely enough, he had peeled t clean to the skin!
 That ''side l1or1, was packed and salt ed, as is the regular way of doing things. md if our young friend hasn't "as much pork and potatoes in his cellar as any oth 1T farmer" it's because he did his own mt tr harinr
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this country die of intemP|
and when We think of the
lives that live in want ana. ana
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visited, and was so fortunate as to
see large organs in process of con-
struction. When one sees the delicate
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sisls IND Its followlngs.
In the FIRST place, ] will say una. tna'
We knaM little of hrnnth in NOftherh
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through our field-glasses ''The Roy
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and-nextz Prince of IFalps lIn--
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ofire. It was Prince Albert Nc
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one rises early, generally about
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beautiful words of the Psalmist Cps.
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SIMPLY directed to prepare for the
morning drive. The only thing that
marks the approach of royalty here
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The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
EDITORIAL NOTES.

THE Rice County Journal advises us
to ''kecp COOL" Now, Brother Whea.
ton, why will you be so tantalizing, or
if you must joke, please do not touch
us in such a sensitive spot. KEEP
Cool! With the mercury all evapo.
rated, with the lead pencil melting in
our hand as We write, with the table
blistering under our paper and in the
shade, with the precious grease of our
body sizzling in our linen, with the
bricks roasting around us, with the air
like unto that in a heated oven-in
short, with tophet begun on earth, we
are advised to keep cool. Great Good.
ness! Why, Brother Whea-there,
We feel our wrist turning to jelly. 1t
is finished.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

The States of Kentucky and Tennes-
see have just been carried by immense
majorities by the Democrats and Con-
servatives. The struggle has been a
very bitter one, and may possibly have
inaugurated the long talked of war of
races, for under whatever names the
contending parties may have entered
the field they were really a White
Mans party and Black Mans party.
The former left the field overwhelming.
ly victorious. What will be the issue
Of this warfare between the races, God
only knows. At present the prospect
is exceedingly foreboding. Riots have
occurred at various places in Mississ-
ippi and it seems now as if the issue BE-
tween the whites and blacks was about
to absorb all other questions in the
South. To say the least, this is very
dangerous situation, and liable to result
in riot and bloodshed. at almost any
time or place. May the God of nations
spare the poor South another deluge oi
blood, and may the bright bow of prom.
ise and peace soon arise in. the now
blackening and foreboding sky.
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the negotiations CORRESPONDENTS rand,
actions, which are woven into = Tilton i
statement and there madesto appear as
confirmation Of guilt which
Beecher did not until YER lately even
know he was accused Of
From the whole story it appea rs that
Mr.. Beecher, believing that-he had un-
consciously and without intention won
Mrs. Tilton's love and so caused all of
Tilton's family troubles, and that he
had by Misrepresentation of
Tilton's character, caused his loss
of the profitable place he
held in Bowen's employ-was earnestly
desirous of doing all he could to restore
him to happiness and prosperity. In
this Moulton was his sole confdant and
adviser. His remorseful expressions,
quoted by Tilton, had no further mean
ing than this. His long silence had no
other purpose than this, save to avoid
opening scandal which was likely to
draw other scandals to it, for Mr..
Beecher is not the only one whom Til
ton has accused of criminal intimacy
with his wife. More than this Mr..
beecher solemnly and repeatedly de-
MES.
He is yet in doubt whether Mr..
Moulton played him false or not, but
he challenges the production of all
evidence Moulton may hold, and COM
plains Of the latter's Withholding the
letters and papers in his possession.
Here the affair seems to rest, and un-
less Mr.. Moulton responds to Mr..
Beecher's challenge or Tilton, as he
still intimates he will, carries the affair
into the courts, MIR. Beecher is, at the
least, entitled to a popular verdict of
mot proven and will likely be gener-
ally sympathized with as one, generous,
sympathetic and afectionate, who has
been greatly imposed upon and abused
for many years, and who has been most
terribly slandered.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

sNlton or,Mterlsonofs ts Both together will
speak tomorrow, but their Immediate
friends doubt it. ~-s:,r =. -. -
Mr.. Beecher IS on his farm near
Peekskill, Mr.. Tilton is at home, Mr..
Moulton is Buffers guest at Gloucester,
Mass, and Mrs. Tilton in some O. becuri-
ty known only to Mr.. Ovingtcn.
BOWEN SAILS.
On the list Of passengers for Europe
by the Brittiania on Saturday. apnerrs
the name Henry c. Bowen, Of the In-
dependent.
Mr.. Tilton says be will have another
statement to make, but after Moulton
speaks. If Mr.. Moulton speaks it will
probably be to tell the whole truth and
nothing but the truth, which is said to
embrace the
BOWEN FEATURE OF THE SCANDAL.
and the papers which are in his possess
sion. The investigating committee
seems to have sunk out of sight and but
little Importance is attached to the re-
port they may make.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

seryation that nothing tends So strongly
to change and confusion in the laws as
the system Of electing legislators so
frequently as We do. We do
not expect any reformation in this mat
ter until we elect for longer terms.
Senators arc elected for two years and
Representatives for one year. A ses-
sion Of the Legislature lasts thirty
days. A man must be far more than
mortal if he can do much more t han
get familiar with the mere routine of
legislative duties in that time. It is Ut
terly impossible for him, in that short
time, to find out wha:. has been done
by preceding Legislatures, or what the
actual condition of the statute law is.
How, then, is he capable Of changing,
amending or repeating that of which he
Knows nothing about! If he was elect
ed for four or five years, he could so "a
miliarize himself with the law that he
would know just wherein it was defect.
i've and what remedy was required.
He would know what he was about
when he voted to change, amend or re-
peal a law. He would also get over the
notion that he was sent to the Legisla-
ture for the purpose of tearing every
thing to pieces, and to play smash gen.
orally.
Besides this man would study up
and try to post himself on the duties
of his Office if he was elected for a term
of years, but he thinks it hardly worth
his while making any great effort TO
qualify himself for a term of thirty
days. It's generally thought neces-
sary for man to spend years in fitting
himself for any trade or profession.
But for the high and grave duties of
law maker he is supposed to come per-
fectly finished and qualified from the
hand Of nature. What folly!
We constantly hear men denouncing
the law, because of it's blindness and
obscurity, it's twists, and It's quirks,
and its technicalities. The only won
der is that it is not a thousand times
worse than it is, when we consider the
way in which it is made.
Let us act like reasonable beings in
this matter. Let us not only see that
we elect gooI men, but give them an
opportunity of making good laws and
rendering good service by keeping them
long enough to give them some experi-
ence. If We elect man for a number
of years We shall be more particular
about who we elect, and we shan't send
every Tom, Dick and Harry who con-
siders himself born to give laws to the
world.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

TH8 GRANGE ADVANCE is furnished ia clubs
for the next thirty days to single subscribers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or mora
for four months At 81 cents each on trial. We
want i've thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, snd can have them il every one Of
our friends will 60 to work in earnest.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

OxE Of the most unm;tigated evils of
the day is the practice Of continually
changing the laws. What we make
this year we unmake next year. We
scarcely learn Of the existence of a law
before it is amended, changed or en-
tirely repealed. Like the Irishman's
flea, if you attempt to put your finger
upon it, you will generally strike where
it recently was. The average legisla-
tor conceives it to be his duty to tear
everything to pieces that has been done,
and to reconstruct. according to his pri-
vate notions. He starts for the Capi.
tol with blood in his eye and destruc-
tion in his heart. Old thing gs are to be
done away and all things to become
new. Solon and Blackstone, and men;
Of that ilk are to be thrown in the
shade4, :. With =. hundred such mon as
this in the "a Legislature, is there any
wonder that the professional lawyer
can scarcely giye anopinion upon any
question Of statute law! He never
ventures beyond guess at it. ..:.-...,.
= Blackstone said that . bad law which
is certain is letter than } good law
which is uncertain. The laws bf the Medes
and Persians which were absolutely un-
changable, were infinitely preferable to
those that are unstable IS water. Per-
petually changing laws discourage busi-
ness and trade Of every kind; increase
tho necessity for non-prodqcing profess
sional lawyers, and bring discredit upon
and disrespect for, the majesty Of the
hW. $50 - sv-ssy<,.G,,3 80.
s'e But how are We to prevent it, As
we'll attempt 70 change the leopsrd's
spots . e, chansv the nature Of the
Avssagel lsgislatsr. Liks alleyils Il usv.
&. .ean hes wholly sprsvents4 but :. are
,sa1isfieda fffom'e experience and close q Oh
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
THE BEEcAER: :1llIox SCANDAL.
Mr.. Beecheras Statement Of Its ORR
gin and History.

statement in making which he was as
sisted by notes he had beforehand pre-
pared. A part Of his statement and
cross-examination appears to have been
suppressed by the committee, on &C.
count Of its having included other mat
ters and involved other persons besides
those known to the public in connec-
ton with the scandal, but what is pub
lished forms connected story yet is
SO long that We are compelled to pre-
sent it in 4 condensed form.
Theodore Tilton, Mr.. Beecher says
first became known to him as = report
er of his sermons. Tilton was then a
youth, just from school. Subsequent
ly, when Beecher became editor Of the
Independent, in 1861, Tilton vas his
assistant and Beecher became much at
tached to: and intimate with him, and,
through much urging, became . fire.
quent and familiar visitor at the home
Of Tilton. In 1868 Beecher aided to
make Tilton editor of the Independent,
and their very friendly relations con-
tinued unchanged till 1865, when Tilton
assailed Beecher's position IS taken in
his Cleveland letter, after which their
political sympathies were sundered,
but their personal and social
relations were scarcely disturbed. As
late as 1859, at Tilton's request, Mr..
Beecher sat to Page for his portrait for
nd At y
studio Mr.. ~, Beecher ~ first II met
Frank D. Moulton. During his three
years intimacy in Tilton's s. family MI.
Beeeher was treated there ~ ! father or
elder brother.1o The children loved him
and he them and, for Mrs. sGlton he had
;astrue and honest regard She seemed
to him anoadectionate mother and de-
voted wife-a woman Of schild-like ma
ture whose affection for; him. was like
that Of her little girl: t1l' / ''3'' :'&'
His last interview before the trouble
broke out) with Mrs. Tilton WAS in
July, 1870. Neither at this nor any
other interview, he solemnly declares,
did anything occur which might not
with propriety have occurred between
brother and sister or father and child:
Nor did she give him , hint even that
there WAS any trouble between her and
her husband on his account. y... s...
~ In December, 1870, young girl
| adopted BY Mrs. Tilton, came to Mr..
Beecher from Mrs. Elton asking him to
call On her at her mothers The girl;
said Mrs. ,Tilton had left her husband
because Of his ill-treatment Of her, and
vent On to describe It. In the, course
| ofs her narrative she told Of Tilton's
having. viGitedf fker. gifi's) ichal4bes
at night. TIE result of this interview
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19
Latest Reports.

Robinson. who has been occupying the
Plymouth pulpit for some time past,
ventilated himself yesterday in refer
ence to the star actor of that establish
ment, whom he endeavored, like the
committee, to whitewash or entirely alb
solve. He prayed fervently for Beech
er, whom he eulogized as demigod and
gave it as his conviction that were even
Saviour Of mankind to return to earth
he would be likewise harassed. The
pastor of Plymouth church, he admitted
had been extraordinarily weak
but that was easily Explained by his
muni6cence of soul and his incessant
watchfulness of his congregation. Mr..
Robinson broke down, being entirely
unable to proceed in his eulogy of
Beecher flor whom he is mere hire
ling) and for an unusual period he
stood before his audience trans6xed.
On recovering his senses he suddenly
made his exit, apparently dissatisfied
with himself and his hearers, for it was
pretty we'll understood that Robinson
had receiv ed instructions from Beecher
to make the scandal special feature of
his sermon on which he and the pastor
labored all the week, aiming at vindi-
cation in the Sunday sermon. His
theories throughout were bad and
most miserable failure was the result.
PLYMOUTH CONGREGATION Is DIVIDED,
and notwithstanding the statement of
:Shearman to the contrary large mum.
Der Of pews in Plymouth church have
been made vacant.
Sunday afternoon had converse.
ton with one Of our leading dry goods
merchants here, and who has for over
20 years occupied a family pew under
-. THE STAR ACTOR.
This gentleman expressed his ideas
without reserve, and stated that he
knew at least 20 families who had
already notified Mr.. Shearman Of their
determination TO-. no longer occupy
pews in the church, inasmuch as it
was no longer a place wherein, under
the pastorate Of Beecher, the Word of
God should be preached.
il You say, said the writer, that twenty
parishioners have already withdrawn
from Plymouth Church, notwithstand-
ing that on Friday night there was a
general jubilee in favor of Beecher.
< So do, and | further. state that in
side of another month Plymouth Church
will be deserted by many more of its
most Jealous members and Supporters
and furthermore, let me tell you, there
has already been started movement
for the organization =. Of
new independent Congregation al Church
in. Brook IN, which has caused consid-
cradle CONSERVATION among Beecher's
friends, who in this move sseee; that Ply
mouth church, after all, is q frail
structure, and is gradually crum bling.
Tilton this afternoon is repor ted to
have received a - -.
TELEGRAM FROM n0rLrox,
in which Moulton states that, by the
latest, bis extended statement will be
ready on Tuesday. He is more than
explicit on the matter Of blackmail, and
it is stated threatens unless iBeechex
withar4ws his statement to '.'' -,
~ '5%Zo4 ;HoRsRNnn HIN.
The cooler coonsels Of Ben. Butler
however, keep him somewhat quiet,
nasmuch as that . old warrior
advises Moulton to go slow for the
present and IS he graphically puts it !
)s57s @cOnE IHsAryrHB DEArH.': =;
There are rumors tonight that either
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

SAuK CENTRE is having glorious
temperance reformation, starting from
circulation Of the pledge and resulting
in most of the habitual drinkers of the
place renouncing the habit.
DoS'r box your threshing-machine
tnmbling-rods or employ cautious men,
farmers, for, if you do, accidents, which
help to fill up the local columns ofyour
county papers, will be few.
The Grange advance., 1874-08-19

Special notices In editorial columns, rs cents
per line.
Cash before ineertiou for all advertisements
for . month or lees, and invariably in ADVANCE
unless SPECIAL arrsngements are made.
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All money should be sent by Draft or Post
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Pleaee send in your subscriptions at once.