Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
Another Centennial ReEc.-Mr. F.

uOEu 1aSb 4ueSuays WRACus AO1 Als Wc6Atu OA years, is not much behind the horns re- gently alluded to. It has engraved upon it the name, "Jedediah Frost, sergent," and the date, "Sept. 17th, 1756," with the usu- al number of images representing Indians, cattle and various animals. Has anybody horn older than this namely, nearly l2o years.
 Fish Culture. e.-The Salisbury Bird and Fish Protective Go. placed last Monday in one of the Twin Lakes, 'Washining," "O 1000 land loch salmon, and 10, 900 in lake Wononscopomoc in Lakeville. The fish were furnished by the state commissioners. and are among the first ever brought into this region. An article in the interest of the fish question we understand is in prep aratlon for THE NEWS, by one who is thor oughly conversant with fish culture, and able to handle it in an instructive and en- tertaining manner. Such an article will be read with much interest, and we shall be glad to be able to lay it before our readers.
 Vegetable Garden.--Messrs. Holley & Camp of LakeYille have their vegetable garden in full bloom thus early, and let tuce, radishes and ''sich," also house plants of Almost every variety, are now being sold by them in great quantities. 'Tis sweet to be remembered, we thought the other morning as MT. Camp appeared at our door with generous donation of let tuce and radishes, accompanied by the re- mark he thought it would help us to come more gradually from our Flori1a diet of green things, to the winter stored provis- ions of the North; and he is right: His kindness shall be remembered, and when we go to Florida again, will bring him nice little present; an alligator, nigger, or something of the sort, you know Go to Holley & Camps vegetable garden and get your early garden sass.'
 Lee, Town Hall.-Two or three years ago, Lee, ID Massachusetts, built new town hall, and when in that village few days since, we were invited by MT. J. c. Chaffee, the postmaster of Lee, to a professional examination of the structure. It is large three story mansard roof brick building, very high between joints, and with basement. In the second story is the hall, which occupies that entire story. It will seat comfortably about 1000 individ- uals, and possesses all the conveniences needed for the business of the town, also to accommodate lectures and entertainments. Two large and very beautiful tablets are erected or each side of the stage, which contain the names of the soldiers who went from the town to the war of the Rebellion and died or were killed in the service. The hall is called Memorial Hall." The lower story accommodates the post-off1ce, and
 rooms for all the officers of the town; two
 or three stores, a town library room, etc.,
 etc. The library room is one of tue finest
 we ever saw. It is very high between joints and neatly finished. The massive
 black walnut cases are elegantly wrought
 is appropriate and does credit of the large
 and wealthy town of Lee. The library
 contains at present about 5000 volumes, but
 additions are constantly being made. Ex-
 actly how much more wealth Lee possesses
 than Salisbury, we, of course, do moi
 know; but that our town is able to posses:
 a structure for it's town business, that wll
 at least approximate to the hall in Lee
 there is no question. The people would
 cheerfully pay the cost of such a structure
 but will, or at least must, be content witt
 what the ''powers that be" grant them q
 anyrate, they submissively beg that they
 may have sonaethSng.
 To Relic Hunters Editors =
 All persons who have mama for gather
 ing relics can now gratify thelr desires b! visiting this village. The old town hall i
 being dismantled, and the curiosity seeker as soon as board or shingle is displaced seize upon it and bear it away. This GOV etous disposition is not confined to native
 alone, but is shared in by many of the rep
 resentatives of foreign nations, who nov live with us and call this the land of thei
 adoption. All seem actuated by one com mon impulse, viz; to possess some smal
 part of the ancient edifice-one of the fev remaining monuments that link the presen
 with the past. Almost anything seems t fulfill their desires; any detatched piece f even if nothing more than a shingle tha has SO long sheltered the loyalty and patr
 ous desire larger pieces and will even talk
 clapboard or window shutter; and som
 more greedy still have taken two of tn : five doric columns that once supported th upper colonade. Many will remember tn stately appearance of the old hall in year ', gone by, with its long row of square 1oni
 columns below extending it's whole lengtt 5 surmounted by an entablature and balus trade, from which rose the upper colonnd with its beautiful turned doric column J gracefully supporting canopy of woo u and mortar, beneath which the sturdy yo
 marry of, the town have been wont to a semble on the annually recurring electio
 days to exercise the rights of the electiS u franchise, or perhaps listen to the words ( J. wisdom from the mouths of those who a d pired to be leaders. Three of the origin n five columns remain, two having been spi it ited away, and for aught know now adol l. some public park or private grounds. TT ,r remaining three should be secured by son lyceum society or art union associatio " who are gathering historical cabinet, al ? place them where their beauty can be set IF and their historic associations venerate' D. The old structure of which we are speakiu D. dates back several generations. Within i s walls during the dark days of the Revol