Connecticut western news., 1876-12-22

wood has lem, and he'll sell them cheap, soo.- ''Don't you forget it."
 IN SALISBURY. Clark Brothers of Salisbury have remodel | ed their advertisement this week. Their l store IS trimmed with flags, and they talk | solemnly about extremely low prices before | inventory, etc. TheiT advertisement is most excellent reading matter. Don't fail to see it. MT. Graham at the Salisbury drug store, has books, diaries and various arti- | cles handy to have around about Christ l mas time.
 LAKRvILLR.
 In Lakeville, Messrs. Cornell & Hoyt are about the only establishment that makes a specially of holiday goods. Their store is absolutelyfull of nice things. Go and see them.
 MLLERTON.
 Jeweler Tripp of Millerton is headquar- ters for St. Nick. in that village. or at least partially so. Beach, Hawley & Go. have under the sun you can think of, and if the assortment at this store is not exactly what you "have your eye on." go over to Friend Tripp's and get silver set, a gold watch, or something of the sort. Es
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 Woodford 6 Camp, whose store is always full of goods, and of customers to buy them, too, are specially prepared for the holiday trade. People will trade there somehow. Some attraction or other there. Extra nice goods and awful low prices, or something of the sort.
 At Jeweler Kirk's in West Winsted is one of the finest displays of choice chromos (none of the cheap newspaper premium sort, by any means) we eyer saw. He has also full stock of jewelry, silverware, watches, fine opera glasses, etc., and we always stand ready to stake our reputation on MT. Kirk as an honest, upright and everYway reliable merchant. Don't forget Friend Kirk.
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 Up in the other village is that neyer-to- be forgotten Benjamin. No; we'll never forget him, for he tried to send us Cover the hill to the poor house." MT. Benjamin has :his week new half-column adver- tisement about his Christmas goods. Wont you please ''hunt 1t up" and read it It is most excellent for hRd digestion, Read it; read it two or three times. We'll warrant 8 cure in the worst cases-bu that reminds us of his large showcases o1 rich jewelrY, watches and-well, you mus read that advertisement, for it is the grand panacea for every i'll. We cant forge that musical Benjamin, and we don't wan our readers to.
 J. B. Dean, the candy manufacturer, ha supplied the merchats hereabout, and O course has left them all happy. MT. D. i doing good business, as his many friend in this region are glad to know.
 The Silk Swindler in Sheffield old saying 'Misery likes company" oftimes true, and never more than in tn present Victor machine twist swindlel
 We are certainly glad to find that we ar not alone in our modification Tn allowin
 ourselves to be so deceived. The ,rascs
 said his silk was superior to Hemingway'E
 and that he did not make a practice c
 retailing, but after selling to the principl merchants in the place, he had few boxe left, which he would sell to families fc
 $1 per box of one dozen spools. warrante
 one hundred yards; but on measuring, ,eac
 spool was found to have but forty-tw yards and box, he said, had diffe ent letters from coarse to fin o proved to be all fine. and poor Q that. He also claimed that a dressmake
 in that place bought largely of him, as st
 liked his silk better than any other. O ] being told that we heard two or three yea Q ago there was some one around in u U same business. who proved to be chea g he said it was not him, and that he can = around every four months. l hope evel 5 one who reads the NEWS In the Unii, r States will be on the lookout for such "a . calls, and have them arrested for sellir U warranted goods that are good for almo a nothing. It is very easy matter to fiji n the spool through such thin covering !, silk, and I hope no one wtll buy witho y examining the spool, which Tn thls instan e is readily seen by crowding the silk lit !. one side. ANOTHER VICTIM. Shefheld.-A donation visit was paid s the M. E. parsonage last week, when | , friends of the pastor spent an enjoyat
 evening. and left him as token of th' y appreciation, purse of $72. Mr, G It mond begins this week, a series of eve e ing meetings at the church. and we cal r. estly hope for him a glorious success 'f revival work. k...... The funeral services of I. rin Curtis jr., was attended at the resden <, of hls father on Saturday last, the Rev N h man Kellogg being the officiating clerg ,e man 1.-The monthly teachers meeti SC was held at the high school on Friday a a ernoon the question, was ''How shall ' 3. inspire thirst for knowledge into t y minds of our pupils p These meetings c g be made source of much profit by c 'i- teachers, and thls last one was of intere to Miss Dewey labors faithfully to raise 8. standard of education in cur schools, a It. already we begin to see the fruits of | ,e work. She has thus far filled her positi ,r so ably that no one can justly find fau ~ ......At the Union, last week MT. Hall ( '. livered his fifteen minutes lecture. taxi a for his subject "Blood." Mir Easty the e h. ebrated elocutionist, was ID town over Sl M day, and it was rumored that he wo, '' give public reading at the Hall Mond he eve., but the severity of the weather W ht not in his favor, for which we are sol .p as his readings are always great treats... T, MT Stone has established himself at ~ Drug store, where he invites the patrons oi of the people We wish him success, Wh as we earnestly hope he may found his br ,rt ness on temperance principles, taking wa ,nt ing from his predecessor. and making % 'u' our town drug store of which we m ole not he ashamed MT. John Huggins,