Connecticut western news., 1876-06-16

passenger depot, and has done the work well. The new road has never before been what would be regarded as made. It has been hood around little, and has been scarcely more than an open path through lot, but the attention it has received this week entities it properly to be classed as road, and very good road too.
 Home From the Wars.-Or if not home from the wars, the party who left this vil- lage last week Monday arc home from the Centennial. MT. and Mrs. Albert Moore, Mrs. G. B. Clark, Mrs. Stoddard and A. R. Clark returned last Monday evening, hay ing been gone from home just week. They do say the Centennial exhibition is certainly the greatest show the world, or any member of their party, eyer before witnessed, and that, like the queen of She ba, ''the half had not been told" them. Yes, everything on the face of the globe is there, and it is worth going to the ends of the earth to see, says one and, it is ''perfectly splendid" says another, and when lady says anything is 'perfectly splendid" it means good deal, as everybody knows:
 Took Him of His Feet.-A few even ings ago young lady abruptly turned the corner of street in Sheffield, and very rudely ran against small boy, ragged and shoeless. Stopping as soon as she could. she turned to him and said, I beg your pardon indeed I am very sorry.' The small, ragged boy looked up ln blank amazement for an instant; then taking off about three-fourths of cap, he bowed very low smiled until his face became lost in the smile and answered: Yer can hev my par ding, an welcome miss; an yer may run agin me and knock me clean down, an 1 won't say word.' After the young lady passed on he turned to a comrade, half apologetically, I never had any one ask my parding, an it kind O took me off my feet. Poughkeepsie District Conference This conference will commence it's next session on Wednesday, June 2sth, at 2 p. following order will be observed: Organ izatlon election of committees; regular conference business; sermon at 1-2 D. no. by Rev. J. M. King of New York.
 l --Thursday-Prayer meeting from s to 2 a. m. Conference business resumed Els
 say, by Rev. G. Daniel, followed by gene
 ral discussion on late church legislation
 Essay-Personality and work of the Holy
 Ghost, by Rev. s. Fitch. Temperance
 mass meeting at 2 12 D. m., with singing
 by the choir and addresses by Revs. W. A
 Mackey, J. c. Oakley, and others.
 N. B.-Annual meeting of the Distric
 Stewards at p. m. on Thursday. All ar'
 respectfully invited to attend.
 w. c. Smith, G. Daniel and A. Ostran-
 der, committee.
 VIM Goss, Presiding Elder.
 The Sheffield Celebration.-Our cores
 pondent from Sheffield gives this weel
 somewhat in detail. the celebration a
 planned for the observance of the one hun
 dredth anniversary of the day when wa
 held in Sheffield town meeting, at whicl
 the people ''solemnly engaged with thei
 lives and fortunes to support the independ
 ence of the American Colonies, should
 be declared" This meeting was held Jun
 18th, 1776, and next Sunday, being the cen
 tennial anniversary of that day, will be ot served by appropriate religious exercises
 and Monday the celebration will be conclu ded by the observance of the secular pol ton of the order of exercises. The goo
 people of Sheffield have arranged for a ce
 ebration that will do honor to the good ol town, and very large gathering, includin many from abroad, is expected will b present. As we said above, further partic ulars are given by our correspondent fror that village.
 A Union Flag.-It has been suggeste
 that large flag be raised on a pole on th
 hill at the south east of this village, an permitted to remain there throughout tt centennial year. The hill, and which ] known as Town House Hill, rises to , height that makes its summit visible frol u almost all over the town, and large fs
 | clear of the surrounding trees, would seen from large area of the surroundir r country. The material need not necessari l. be expensive, but to the contrary, chea }. yet strong and durable. Now then, let u IF parties who have the matter in it's embr, !, state push it. Let the flag be large ol a and made at once. Who will start a su e scription paper for the purpose of proc 1t ring the material and hiring it made? M g Silas Wells, will you do it? Large cont k buttons will not be required. Ask eUe1,
 body for quarter or half dollar, and y
 will soon have enough. Remember a '. u. make flag that soiW appear zarge # SC ~ ., from ten naj5es away, and raise it high abo ,A those trees; spike it firmly to the mast a ~ let it float proudly on the breeze.
 .o If there is rhyme in the closing wol 0, above, we were unconscious of it's exi ." ence there when we penned them, 'o where there is ''poetry in the soul," u soI etimes, like murder, twill out" in sp - of our efforts to choke it back. Anywt y let's have the flag, and have it at once. ro Ireland and the Irish.-The Rev. J. ar Oakley, M. A., of Lakeville will give er ture in Academy Hall in that village Mt b. day evening next, on Ireland and the IT
 people. MT. Oakley has but recently co to this town and assumed the pastorate iio the M. B. church in LakeYille, and his la journ here has already established him no the minds of the people as clergyn Ire possessing superior talent and ability, an loe scholar of no mean order. Mir. Oakley 'ge for some years past been settled in \ no York city with large salary, but his he' demanded change from the city t the .: 1