Connecticut western news., 1876-05-26
Snouu and Sunshine. -Onlv th,ee weeks


 ago to-day as we write, (Monday) when we had one of the severest snow storms of the season and to-day the weather IS ex- ceedingly summery, mercury in thermom- eters marking 80 degrees in the shade. Within few days past, vegetation has pushed forward with great rapidity, the grass being quite heavy and beautifully green in the fields, and the atmosphere full of the songs of the birds. We ttrongly in- cline to the opinion no country in the world is more beautiful than our own in the months of May and June. In countries where the climate is of summer mildness and warmth during almost the entire year, seldom, and perhaps never. is seen the beautiful green sod of our New England soil.
 Decoration Day.-The committee on the order of exercises for Decoration Day have suggested the following programme, ! and would earnestly urge all of our citizens to assist in carrying out the same: Contri- buttons of flowers will be received at Acad- emy Hall, Salisbury, and at the Academy Hall in Lakeville, until 10 o'clock on the 3Oth inst. Committees, to be hereafter ap- | pointed, will visit the graves of soldiers on Town Hill and Mt. Riga. At one o'clock, all who are desirous to join i'll the process sion from Lakeville are invited to meet at the Academy in Lakeville, from whence the procession will move to Salisbury, headed by drum corps especially engaged for the occasion. The public exercises will then be held at the Congregational, church, commencing at two o'clock, to consist of ! prcUpr. oinUipn EU a co1ootod ohoip ,1pdor the leadership of D. F. Stillman; address i; reading of the list of Salisbury's deceased soldiers by Dr. Knight; prayer and singing The procession will then reform and march to the cemetery and decorate the graves.
 The final preliminary meeting of the sol diers will be held at the Lakeville Academy on Friday evening of this week. The following is a corrected list of sol diers who are cordially invited to partici . pate in the ceremonies of Decoration Day, as are also others whose names may not have been obtained:
 JQ Ames, L Ashman, H Ayers, G Ash man. Irving Ayers.
 A Bates. c Bowers, c H Bundy. H Bur gess, T Broderick. H Brinton, H Ball, c
 Ball, s. Bushnell, w Blodgett, H Brinton,
 B J Barden, O N Briggs, c Barley, J Bra zie, Geo Blake.,
 MIR Christian, Geo Cook, G Capron, A
 Calvin, s Caller, A Colligan. .
 FDawsey, c Dawsey, N J Dexter, F A Day, c w Delliber, A Decker, Thos Do
 ran, Thos DotY, Jay Doty.
 W Fish, w B Fish, Chas Frlnk, A F
 Felts.
 Gibbons, G w Gardiner, W Gibbs.
 Dennis Hanley, P E Herter, E Hoffman w Huhbell. s Hill, s Holman, 0 Harvey J Judd. A Jewell, D Jones, P Jones E Jenks. c James.
 M Kpickerbocker.
 McCarrck, P Mundry, G Munson. F McNei, Marshall, H McClen, N Nor
 rison. McElroy, T l. Norton. DOwen, J Ostrander.
 , E Pitkin, w Pectrol, A Phelps, B F Palmer.
 WE Rudd. w D Reid, F Richardson, l , Reed.
 E F Sanford. P c Storms, J sherw ood
 G Snyder, G Seeley, s Scribner, Fl Smith
 Sardam, s Silvernail, Geo F Sherwood, f
 Sherwood, Henry Smith. 3 P Turner, W Turner, M c Turner, l 8 Taylor, M Tyler, G Tyler, Gray Vosburg ] W White, L G Wells, Welch, G Win ] ters.
 More Old Papers.-To the Rev. Mir s Johnson of thls village we are indebted fo g copies of old papers. He too has cop s of the Neso Eagzand Weekly Journal 0 April 8tb, 1728, the same precisely as is i ,, the possession of MT. Clemans of Falls Vi ] lage. From copy of the Boston Gazett. ] we extract the doings at the town meetin in Roxbury on March Sth, TITO, held to SC
 what action the people would take in rels
 tion to the grievous duties on tea, etc., ete
 There are in thls copy of the paper re ports of the doings at meetings held for th e same purpose in Littleton and Acton, br e as the report of the Roxbury meeting ws Il very like that at the other places, it's publi cation alone will serve to refresh our his torical memory in this centennial year, 0 D the scenes our fathers were passing throug e a hundred years ago. We give the Rol # bury meeting below. On the Gut ~ side pages of this Gazette, of ITO. is T full account of the Boston massacre on th y 5th of March, TITO, and which is publshe ,- with extra heavy black lines of mourning Q These old papers are valuable, and very ir N teresting
 g THE ROXBURY MEETING. 6 At meeting of the freeholders and otht inhabitants of the town of Roxbury ,legall |, assembled. on Monday the 9th day ( ls March. TITO, the inhabitants taking int e consideration a clause in the warrant ft D calling said meeting, viz: And to know tt !" minds of the town, whether they will q
 any thing to strengthen the hands of Il e merchants in their non-importation agre ; ment.
 o Voted. That Capt. Wm. Heath, Col. Jt s seph Williams, MT. Eeazer Weld, Cap 70 Joseph Mayo and Doctor Thomas William
 be committee to take the matter into CO 7t sideration and report to the town what the er shall think proper to be done thereon. D. The meeting was then adjourned to u at 8th inst, two o'clock afternoon at whiC zu time the inhabitants being again assemble 7. the committee made the following repol 10 viz:
 " Whereas, the merchants and traders v- the town of Boston, and almost all the ma of itime towns on the continent, from pril 70 ciple truly noble and generous, aud to Il ,o sacrificing of their own private interest le have entered into an agreement not to il at port British goods Ca few necessary articl ne excepted) until the act of Parliament il ,;o posing certain duties on tea, glass, pape
 painters colors, oyls, etc., for the expre nu purpose of raising revenue in Americ 5" be repealed; which agreement. if strict nd adhered to, will not fail to produce Il :, most salutary effects. Therefore,
 Voted-That the inhabitants of this tov ny do highly applaud the conduct and resol Ist ton to said merchants and traders and Y is do take this opportunity to express o ,or warmest gratitude to said merchants, f 'o' the spirited measures which they have n- ken. And we do hereby declare that ter will, to the utmost of our power, aid a in assist said merchants, in every constitute # al way, to render said agreement effectu :. Toted-That we do with the utmost a his horrence and detestation, view the lit ie, mean and sordid conduct of few tradt inc in this province, who have and still do i, ,-,, port British goods contrary to said agre Ny ment. and have thereby discovered that th