Connecticut western news., 1874-03-27
Read It.-Read Benjamin & Frary's full

An'O "S anls Week Ill manner that betOk ems more zeal than judgment. After read
 ing attentively his comm unication, we fin,
 he was made mad, absolutely red hot mat
 because the Poughkeepsie Eagle published
 something he wrote to the Times, and pro
 nounced it s'The Biggest Lie Ever Was, 'ant
 as the statement was slightly amusing tt
 say the least, we copied it, giving proper
 credit to the Eagle, whereupon this re-
 nowned ''L. P. H." comes down upon u.
 in his sublimely savage manner, accusing
 us of ''using correspondence without stin
 or credit, and froths at the mouth with
 rage because we ''refused to publish a cor
 respondence that made some reflections on
 the Would-be aristocracy of the old town of
 Furnace Village" Uakeville).
 To say the least, this man certainly acts
 very strangely indeed. Nobody has said a
 word to him, and why he should be in such
 nettle about THE NEWS and the affairs of
 this section generally is indeed mystery.
 Let's analyze him, and pretty generally ex
 amino into the first principles or elements
 ot this singular conglomeration of matter
 with the euphonous appellatlon ''L. P. H."
 We are informed this illustrious ssL. P.
 h." IS between 45 and 50 years old, a trife
 over hVe feet high, not only slimly built
 put sllm In every other respect, has bald
 head which needs no wig, as he keeps it
 warm these cold March days by tapping his
 ears up over the top of it and pinning them
 together; blue eyes, light hair, pink com l Dl4XlOn- a oh IT
 wart of goatec.
 A sketch of his life may also be of inter-
 est in this connection, and may aid in solving the problem of mystery alluded to above. Our informant says further:
 "He was once travelling agent for the Northtield Knife Co.,, and two or three years ago got on the train at Amenia.
 drunk; went to sleep and awoke in New 1 York minus two of his sample cases: has
 worked for the Manhattan Mining Co. as carpenter; has been tailor at Hot Ground.
 N. r.; was an ore digger at Sharon Sta, tlon been boat builder; painted wagons:
 nelpeo man peddle shad through Miller
 son' ore Hlil' @c., sitting in the rear end and blew horn, and when his couraoe taltered the man would remind him of 6is tallings in the following language: Keen on blowing or you wont get any whiskey.' went a hunting some time since: Sot drunk as usual when his companions an nolnted his face with boot blackinp and wheeled him to brook and durnned him in; was clerk in Mir. Jones' drug store in Nlllerton, and would have been discharged for drunkenness long before he was. had he not been so mighty handy to have around the drug store to cut pukes from, hence the initials, Il. P. H.'-Little Pukes Handy, and finally turns up in Millerton as clerk Tn the post office, where relative guarantees he will keep sober"
 An! ha! yes! yes This story as re. ported to us seems to illuminate matters considerably. Some of our subscribers in Millerton have complained recently of not receiving THE NEWS regularly. If ;hev meet with further trouble at that office we hope they will promptly inform us.-And this man now has the impudence to say we 'use correspondence without stint or cred 1t" Is it possible he means we use ASs? We have regular correspondent in Millerton. ana we cannot for moment think he would coRV the words of fool. If one syllable of the impotent twaddle that ema- mated from the brain of such a conceited simpleton had appeared in THE NEvs, we should cry in our agony to the gods to for give us, for most surely our readers wouid not.-But what are we doing! To give the slightest heed to man with such a life history fills us with disgust at our own self We spew from us the recollection of this dealings with him as the variest rutrifac- ton.
 Mysterious Farm Sales.-There seems 0 be no little excitement throughout the own about the sale ot farms to some real estate brokers of Albany who go by the 1rm name of A. w. Smith & Co. Mir smith, who purports to be one of the prin- 'lpals In this firm, has for partner a man y the name of Jay Stern. This Mir. smith is quite well known hereabouts as a attle droYier, and who has usually stopped Vhen here with MT. Smith Cleveland on Town Hill. During the winter months. Fhen not engaged in driving cattle, we are ntormed he occupies his time buying and cling farms, receiving a commission on uch sales as compensation. Learnine { ome weeks since that Mr. M M. Blake. 7ho lives on the road from Salisbury to I Ilme Rock, was desirous of selling his arm, he sought to negotiate with him by lVlng In exchange, property in the city of 8 Aioany. The sale or exchange was con- s and Mir. Calvin Belcher. who s yes still further toward Lime Rock. learn V 1g of the most excellent success of MT. 'lake in the disposition of his farm the | 'rge price obtained, &c.,, expressed his Il 'llllngness also to sell, and we understand c sale was effected with Mir. Smith in a a lanner similar to that with MT. Blake e here are two sides to this story, as there t sually is to all we'll regulated stories, and s 'e shaE reflect below, as we'll as we can t. le drift of the opinions we have heard e zpressed by our citizens at various times n nd places. It is sad that Mr. Blake and q lr. Belcher have made bona fide sales of c leir farms and personal property, and l' ere so blinded in the contamination of c le sales, by the tempting prices they were c receive, that they failed to exercise even a 'dinary caution to ascertain whether the u lbany property they were to receive in II le exchange was actually as valuable as O to be by MT. Smith, and closed II 'e bargains entirely on the strength of MT. V mith's word. Another version of the ansaction, as we have heard it is as fol- s ws: MT. Smith, learning MT. Blake as anxious to sell, convinced him he was !, gent for the purchase of farm for a MT. O,