Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

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 Read It.-The Boston Clothing Store have changed their advertisement this week and now appear in"A message to the people," Read 1t.
 Personal.-Dr. Knight is in Norfolk, Virginia. A New York physician visited while in the city gives him much encour- agement, and says he can regain fully his former very good health.
 Old Wicket.-The Lakeville ball players opened the season last Monday with the old fashioned game of wicket. It was refresh ing to see that ancient and honored game played with something like the spirit our fathers in days of yore infused into it, and seemed far more sensible than hammering ene's hands into hash with the cast iron balls of tue "National game" Let us have more wicket.
 A Fine Harness. B. Richardson Esq. of Lime Rock has just purchased of Pittsfeld dealer, $25O. harness. The Pittsield Eagle says: We never saw 8 better specimen of workmanship or better stock than were exhibited in MT. Richard sons haruess. That may all be very true, out we hope people will not forget that the new Lakevile harness maker isn't at all be- hind his brothers in the craft in the larger places, whether the work is the $250. kind or cheaper.
 The New Merchant.-Mr. A. R. Clark, who takes possession Saturday of this week, (May lsD of the store in this village occu- pied by MT. M. c. Jewell, is in New York buying goods. We are informed it is his purpose to fill the store with an entirely new stock, and intends to contlne himself closely to the cash or ready pay system. MT. Clark will try hard to gain the confidence of his patrons and become worthy of their patron age, and we hope his most sanguine cxpecta- ii ons will be realized.
 Field Fires.-The dry winds of few days last week so thoroughly extracted the moisture from the leaves and the grass, that spark was all that was necessary in some cases to ignite large section and burn il over. The leaves in Mrs. Chittenden's grove east of this village became ignited by locomotive sparks, and considerable effort was required to extInguish them Last Friday a large section south of the station in Ca naan was burned over, and other fires were visible on the mountains about.
 Free Lecture.-We are infor med fir. lecture was given in Wilcox Hall in Ashley Falls. few evenings since, by lady, Ly- dia A. Burtch. We did not learn the sub ject of the lecture, but presume it was th. favorite theme, woman suffrage, or som C. thing akin to it. A collection was taken a the close of the lecture, the surplus aftel paying expenses, being generously donated
 by the fair and eloquent lecturer, to thu treasurer of the United States for the pay
 ment of the government indebtedness.
 Through Car to Albany.-Arrange-
 ments are consummated to run through
 palace car from Boston through Providence
 and over the Hartford Providence 6 Fish
 kill road to Hartford, and Connection
 Western, Rhinebeck & Connecticut ant
 Hudson River roads te Albany, connecting
 with through fast trains for the west. Th'
 arrangement is to go into eff, ct June lst. Flo
 people going west, thls will be very grea
 convenience, and we have no doubt vii
 secure for this route the very conSiderabl
 portion of western travel that has gone b,
 other routes.
 The Game Meeting.-The meeting o the Salisbury Bird and Fish Proteotiv Company ut LakevlIle Hotel last Saturda,
 evening was well attended, notwithstand , ing the threatening weather. At this meet ing the constitution and by laws were per fccted and copy will be deposited witt the town clerk and with the secretary o
 state, as rt quired by law. P. L. Barton, Esq , the president of the company, was selecte
 to attend the legislature at It's next session
 and act in conjunction with other gam
 protection companies of the state, to SC
 cure needed legislation looking to the bel ter protection of game. The executiv committee were directed to procure tn assistance of detectives to aid in the en ] forcement of the laws in the protection o , game. The clergymen of the town wer . admitted as honorary members. The lis names of active members now contain l fftY-two signatures. The next meeting wi s be held at Academy Hall in this villag next Saturday evening.
 Slightly Airy.-If Lee and Becket il
 Berkshire county are not putting on airs :, they are at least wing with each other il 2 their claims for living souvenirs of th great Brooklyn trial. Becket claims to hay
 sold a son of Henry c. Bowen of tn , Independent, farm of six hundre acres of land, and that young Bowe is going there to live. Lee zoe , ono better and claims among its citizen ? the parents of Miss Bessie Turner and Frank Moulton. Beckett may get it's Bow
 en and Lee may have it's Moulton, and fo :. aught we know may justly claim the homo of being the birthplace of the renowne
 Joyce Heath; of Barnum's woolly hors and score of porcupine toads, but that ol
 Barney McDermot is the father of Bessi
 Turner, is crowding the mourners littl
 too hard. We are prepared to believe al
 most anything of Lee, whether it be good
 bad or indifferent, but the enterprising in habitants of that thriving burg will have tt