Connecticut western news., 1877-08-10

band players that go to the village Hall and drill night after night, and blow until they are red in the face, and with great drops of sweat chasing each other down their faces that go with spat on the floor as they tramp, tramp, tramp around the room. A stranger might enquire why all this con- stant drill, but we know they are getting ready to play at the great event of laying the corner stone of our church. or chapel I should say, and they well know that prac- tice makes perfect. The corner stone IS to be laid today, CThursdaY) and before this is read, the event long to be remembered will be accomplished; and as the corner stone is laid with it's precious keepings, let us one and all smother all personal feelings and prejudices, and join hand in hand, and with one mind encourage on this good work in our midst. Let us not be found wanting, but eyer ready to give our mite, a helping hand or encouraging word to those who have the matter in charge. Father Pierce of New York, gives an old folks concert in the church at South Cornwall Friday evening, Aug. 17. The singers are selected from the best talent in the choirs in the town, and appear in costumes of 100 years ago. All who attend the concert will find it a very enjoyable and pleasing enter tainment. Now AND THEN.
 sharon-Sharon is full of visitors and boarders. City people are beginning to ap- preciete our beautiful town. Each year adds to the number of pleasure seekers who come to enjoy our grand scenery, fine drives and pure air, and the hotels are do ing brisk business. ......Mr. Charles Haight and Mir. Mervin are very sick. Miss Flora Wells, the teacher of the Caulkins Town School is also sick and unable to attend school. Miss Hattie Bartram is better, and is able to ride out on fine days......There is to be fair and festival held at the Town Hall for the benefit of the Episcopal church on Thursday of this week. The Golden Link Society are preparing for g similar entertainment. Everyone looks busy and bright. ....Speaking of bright things. brings to mind brilliant-hued new Threshing Machine that has been purchased for MT. John Thorne. It has improve
 ments Qately added) complicated enougt to puzzle Philadelphia lawyer, but we presume John is equal to the occasion. H. certainly is an adept in the threshing busi ness, having followed it for twenty-on' years. May he and his new machin, make many friends, as well as pennies, a
 they go......There are several ladies inqir- ing for hired help. Servants are scare, around here. Why is it that girls prefer t' do almost anything than to assist in house workp This is 8 question that certainly needs an intelligent response. w.
 Thistles vs. Dlme NoYels.-MR. EDIT oR:-In writing up the Canada thistle about the first impression we have to ex press is, what an utterly worthless and ev
 cry way objectionable subject we have hi
 upon, and the next is it's almost infinite
 capacity to multiply itself. From a yer! small beginning it soon increases and as
 serts itself, and rapidly spreads till it claim
 precedence and is exceedingly difficult t dispossess. The net result of its being is as defined by Webster, ''great trouble t the farmer" It has not redeemlng trai or feature, being from first to last, and al ways, an unmitigated nuisance. We wer
 thinking about thstles the other day wnel
 we stumbled upon boy reading a dim
 novel, and the parallel and analogy at ono
 suggested themselves; viz: First, utterl,
 worthless; and second, capacity to multi
 ally ad finitum. It is now so arranged tha
 a boy can invest ten cents. and after peru
 sal can exchange and re-exchange as lon
 as he chooses, there being depositorie where from 50 to 200 are under one direC
 tion. Is not this an arrangement for
 growth of thistles in our midst that will i
 the end greatly trouble not only the "farm
 CT" but the world; and had not there ougb
 to be the same penalty attached to yello,
 da thlstles; viz.: five dollars each, and ou
 lawry. It is proposed to so amend the Cor stitution that women can vote on th question with PRoPRIETY.
 Lakeville. newly organized J' venile Temple Lodge, No. IT, Wononsco . pomoc, has now about fifty members, a
 of whom, as the name of the lodge implie , are children. They hold their meetings the Academy Hall. This organization ft
 int ho hla ,n;o1, . Q the young, the salutary sentiment and pu v thoughts of temperance, cannot be tt highly commended, and the example whie
 IAakeville gives to the world ought to l e followed, extensively followed. A juve :, ile temperance lodge should be estabIisht f in every village.-The Key. Dr. Eddy a. e dressed the meeting at Chapinville la 8 Sunday evening. The Doctor has bee l. camping out at Mt. Riga, and has vel d much enjoyed his rest and recreation,
 s hls tent pitched on the high lands of M s Riga. Our Sheffield correspondent sa 7 in another column that the Rev. Oakl' g will lecture ln their town on Wednesd, e evening next, on Rome and Pompeii. 1T o Rev. Oakley is busy in bis preparations f. e the Sabbath school picnic at the Tw = Lakes Thursday next. Ore Hill and Ch st pinvile are invited to join Lakeville in tt e picnic. ....Scarcely had we arrived in Lak r. vile last Monday when MT. Camp took
 e by the coat collar and led us straight up
 e the large market garden of the Messr }, Camp & Holley. and bade us rest under Il e shade of hill O corn. while he went aft o ten foot pole to measure it. Twelve te 7. and seven inches is the exact height thel r. of. There, says he, tell Mir. Greeley
 7, measure his coru again before he makes
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