Connecticut western news., 1876-02-18

In Jai1.-The self-styled New York de- tective, Whitford, who has been making
 free with horses. overcoats, etc., belonging
 to people in this region, we understand iG now pining in Pittsfield (Mass. jail.
 His Wife in E'u-ope.-We made an item
 some time since concerning James Hill
 (colored) being asked the time of day by
 his gold CD watch, by wag who met him.
 the question being suggested by the large
 chain prominently displayed, and whose
 huge brass links danced on his vest at every step, and his reply that he ''left it Aonne on tue piano" O Again James has been
 weighed, and by no means has he been found wanting. One day last week while buying tea at Clark's store, somebody said to him: "James, why don't you ask me down to take tea with you" q would,' said the eyer ready James, "6ut a,sy soife Ss Sn Europe, and nobody at Home but tAe Aared gir1 /"
 New Enterprise Carpenter Dan- iels, having rented the building formerly occupied by the Taylor Brothers, No. 2 Washinee street, proposes to engage in the manufacture of refrigerators, for which ar- ticle he has large orders. Mir. Daniels is a different stamp of workman from the form CT occupants of these premises, and will undoubtedly make success of tkis bus mess. To make it an inducement for people to buy his refrigerators, he proposes to fill each and every one with pickerel from Plantain Pond, Mt. Washington, Mass. Ask Wallace about thls pickerel business; but aside from the pickerel clause, MT. D.'s enterprise will be gladly welcomed by our people. -...
 Pilfering.-A young man by the name of Earle. son of the treasurer of the Nor folk and New Brunswick knitting company of New Brunswick, N. J., who has been employed by his father as assistant book : keeper in their office at that plaeahas been embedding money of the conpany for about year past to the amount of $142,- 900. MT. Earle ST. has made good the loss to the company out of his own pocket, thereby saving his son from prosecution. The factories of the company are situated in Norfolk, thls state, and New Brunswick, N. J. They have always maintained the highest reputation for their goods, and have always received higher prices for the same than any other manufacturers of the same goods in the country.
 A Sweet Item.-Mr. H. H. Churchill of West Winsted has begun the manufacture of confectionery in that village. His ad- vertlsement appeared for the first time in THE NEWS of last week. He was through this region few days since, talking up the facts in the case with the merchants hereabout, and we understand he met with favorable reception, his sales among them being very satisfactory. While in our of flee a few moments, we got the impression by what MT. Churchill said, that it was his purpose to manufacture class of confec- tionery that would recommend itself to the people, and to substantiate his statement said he would send us sample of what he was making. He did SO and it was sam pie, generous in quantity and indeed most gratifying to receive. We make no pre- tension to being an expert in the confec- tionery business, but the large box of ''sam- pie" he sent us, required no great skill to discover the fact it was in quality amongst the very finest the country can produce. In West Wlnsted, where he IS known, MT. Churchill has the reputation of being an honest, upright business man. and we feel sure our merchants will find him SO in their dealings with him.
 p A Lower Plane of Morals Gambling, drinking, obscenity, quarrelsomeness, petty thieving--are all offences against good or der. They iDJure society and endanger the existence of any school in which they are permitted. They are mischievous to the scholars own character and to his welfare as citizen. Although St eooatld De better to repress these eUals 6y tue hSghest naotiyes, get Mere Ss G6uaoC1Daat naea7ae and tue best 0u- th01ity, for the incuZcation of good morals from c loaoer pldae than Mat of piety.-H ". Beecher Ma Christian Union. ....
 "A lower plane than that of piety.' As tonished by such a proposition from a teacher of religion, we feared that we must have always been mistaken in our definition of piety. Looking it up in the dictionary, we find it to mean, as we supposed-the discharge of duty to God. Then MT. Beech CT, as teacher of youth in school, soould 'inculcate good morals from a lower plane than that of duty to God.-New York O6- sef0er.
 The O6seroer, with the above text, occu- pied last week nearly column and half in saying bad things about MT. Beecher and his expressed sentiments. Referring to the remark above, is any better evidence need ed to convince even the most careless read CT, of the presence of the virus of profes- sional jealousy, by it's endeayoring as it does Tn it's rendering, to give an entirely different meaning to the language employ ed. Does MT. Beecher say he ''qoougG in- culcate good morals from a lower plane than that of duty to God?" By no means: He says plainly that there is other means for the medication of good morals, than that of piety, but says 5t aoould De better to employ tue higher msOttoe. In every con- munity are men who are honest, upright and just; who are among the best and most trusted in society; "whose word is as good as their note," and their note as good as the gold, but who, we are very sor- ry to say, never give any consid- erable thought on the subject of piety, and whose code of morals, it would be great stretch of the truth to say, was founded and established on piety. These men do right because it 5s right because it is hon- orable to do right; because it is manly and noble, and MT. Beecher's meaning, that it is we'll to inculcate good morals by the senti-