Connecticut western news., 1874-05-08

The Governors Message. We are very sorry we cannot give the Governors mes- sage entire this week as it is too volumi- nous for 80 little time now left before the hour of publication. Concerning Dr. Knights Lakeville school he spoke as fol lows:
 At the School for Imbeciles at Lakeville. in Salisbury, there are now slxty-four pu
 pills: of which twenty-nine are state benefi ciaries, and of these, twenty have lost one or both parents. By recent enlargements of the buildings, 100 can be accommoda- ted. The results of Dr. Knigth's training of these unfortunates are very satisfactory.
 A Prominent Citizen Gone.-Mr. Ar. chibald Taft. for many years one of the most prominent men in the town of Shelf field, died in Saratoga. N. Y, early We'd nesday morning. April 29th, suddenly, of an aggravated state of chronic disease MT, Taft had gone to Saratoga to try new
 methods of treatment. and having taken more exercise on the day preceding his NOolh AAou AA0 COOlO SUStAlUs XTGW rapidly worse in the evening and died the next morning. His funeral was largely at- tended in Ashley Falls last Friday. After ~eadlng by special request of the family. the 6lst chap. of Isaiah, then selecting few verses of the llth chap. of Job, commenc- ing with the 5th and concluding with the l7th verses; and singing by the choir of the 1065th hymn
 Tremendous God, with humble fear,
 Prostrate before Thy awful throne,
 The word unchangeable we hear
 Thy sov'reign righteousness we own.
 the Rev. MT. Noble ot Sheffield took for his text. six verses of the 18th chap. of 1st Corinthians, beginning with the 2Oth verse. Our space will not admit of giving even a synopsis of the Reverend gentlemans dis courae, which was. in 8 word, an eloquent appeal to humanity to serve God through Christ Jesus. and not rely upon any merit of our own to secure eternal happiness in the world to come.
 The remains were taken to the family burial lot in Konkapot, and thus has passed from the life scenes of this world, one of the kindest of fathers. almost genial compan. ion ard one of the best citizens the town of Shelf Id has eyer known. MT. Archi- bald Taft was one of the most prominent business men of the town in which he lived. He was prominent not only for the magni- tude of his business, but for being very successful and honorable business man. He was generous; giving liberally for all benevolent purposes His motives were alw' ys good, and now at the close of his life. his large circle of friends and ac. quaintances recognize loss they may we'll regard as irreparable: Ills place will not be easily filled.
 Official Troubles.-The selectmen of the town are usually very good natured trio. but last Monday if Selectman Bissell scold ed little while searching the streets for somebody to unlock the town drawer in the ''town hall" he is not to be blamed, With about four inches of pure and upde filed Democratic dirt on the hall floor which is the only place in town provided for their meeting; no fire and not chair in the room; if the countenances of the town fathers suddenly elongated to an in- definite length as they entered the door. it is matter of no surprise. On the first day of April, Town Janitor Adams' time ex. pired. and as his successor has up to this tune failed to put in an appearance, the hall has received no attention whatever since the election on the 9th day of April last; and when the selectmen entered with in it's sacred walls last Monday, as we said above, the floor was found covered with mud. old cigar stumps, quids of tobacco and everything essential to the comfort of Riga voters on the day of election: The railing used on election days to fence out the crowds from those who have charge of | the ballot boxes was in the position it oc- cupied on election day; there was no stove in the room, and no wood to burn ID one. if one had been there, and no chairs. Be- ing men of muscle, they soon succeeded in 1 shoveling away place large enough for 1 their table, and with some hard board | benches without backs, and fire made in the open fire place, using as fuel part of the fence just erected by the town on the new road to the freight depot in this vi,- 'ages they made out about ten o'clock in the forenoon to get seated at their business of examining claims against the town.
 A committee was appointed at one of the town meetings year or two since to have charge of the matter of building a town hall for this town to make & report of plans, &c., &c. A report from this com mittee recommending the erection of a suitable hall. or the repair of the present one was unanimously adopted at subse. quent meeting, since which tune nothing has been done. The people of 'hls town seem content to occupy the poor 'st building. affording the poorest accom- nodations that Can he obtained within the town limits to transact their public busi- ness; and why is. this SO? We are in. formed it is on the score of econonpv! and Lhe presumption is that so long as there is tn old barn that Can be hired, i n which to the business of the town, it will not be thought necessary to erect new building: In fact the people cannot af- ford decent place in which to transact business, as there are probably not over sixty or seventy men in the whole town who are worth over $500, 900 each, and with 80 much poverty must be practiced  BSarnumvfIle, Vts
 Winter seems to pay very little attention 10 old established rules. and is as careless md indifferent about the welfare and con-