Connecticut western news., 1877-04-20

| unanimous call, and urged the bishop to appoint him to serve them, but the Lake vllle church had 8 representative at the Conference to protest against his removal from the Lakeville charge. When Mir. Oakley learned that he would probably be sent to Hudson, he sent a note to the Bish. op asking that he might not be removed from Lakeville. So he sacrificed a city ap. pointment and large salary for the sake of serving his old friends in Lakevllle. The Rev. Oakley is certainly doing grand work in his church at L.
 Something New at Lakeville. Rev. J. c. Oakley has initiated novel plan for church financiering at Lakeville. He has tion, Missionary. Superannuated Preachers, Women's foreign missions, Tract, s. sun. ion, Freedman's aid, and education. and the Presiding Elders claim, the Sexton's pay, the bill for fuel, light and insurance, and the pastors salary, and has presented the sum total required to run the church for the year to the congregation. They have subscribed the amount required, and made the seats of the church free to all. There is not to be single collection taken up in Lakeville church this Conference year. Good!
 Lakeville. e.-Douglas Owen has returned from the West, and is in company with W. Bunnel in the meat market. Joseph Har- ris. of the firm of Harris Bros., of Miller. ton, has rented room over Bunnel & Ow- ems market, where be may be found Tues day of each week. Ali who want we'll made and well fitting garments, and just what they are represented to be, should give him call. Joe. is a curiosity, being "a tailor that don't lie.". ".,,,..Mr. Samuel Owen has opened the Lakevillc hotel m this Yillage......We had a mad dog scare here the other day. It was not Spitz, but it was the next thing to 1t; cur. It was promptly shot before it had done any dam age.,...The Rife club met for practice the other day, and expect to have their shoots regularly the coming summer and fall. OPTIC.
 Ksnt.-The Roman Catholic people have been holding 8 series of services at the Town Hall the past few days, which have been well attended. ...... Miss Rowland who has lately purchased the residence owned by the Episcopal Society, is making exten- sive improvements thereon by the addition of a cottage roof, new fences, larger win- dows, aud porch. It will be one of the most attractive places in the village...... MT. w. Fl. Kirk, dealer in boots and shoes has removed from hls old stand over Wat sons building. to the house which he has lately purchased on West St......We are glad to see W. H. Camp, the gentlemanly and popular clerk, in his old position at MT. Conn's drug store. Here he will dispense medicines to the sick, and soda water to the we'll. at prices that will defy compeu- ton. Give him call. QUILL DRIVER.
 To "Observer."-
 Keep thy lsurels so generously gwen, Since thy maiden-heart with sorrow IS riven; May they ease thy brow, and Hull thy pain, And keep "thy tears from falling like rain" None so worthy as thou, to wear The "laurels" upon thy sunny hair; None have felt more anguish and grief, we
 know,
 Than thou, O fair one e,-the need of beau. Keep them until life seems no longer dark, Or until thy pathway is lighted by "a
 spark"
 Not like the "spark" of by-gone days, But one that IS older, and has kept it's rays. Languish not yet,-life is so sweet.- Who knows what treasures may be laid at
 thy feetf
 "Garden of flowers'' thy mind portrays, And we shall look for thy sonuets in flu
 ture days,
 When we hope that the ''Fields" will
 have eased thy mind,
 And thy heart shall beat lighter because
 soothed by mankind.
 The Unfortunate Pole.-A Polander living in what is known as the "barn house" in Clayton, and who is . workman in Taft's Clay bed, has not been fortunate in everything he has tried to do during the few weeks he has been in this country. Some days since he fell down the cellar stairs in the house where he lives, and cut an ugly gash ID hls head. Recovering par tiallY from this, and being able to be about, he last Sunday saw two ducks flying oyer, and ran and got his gun to shoot at them, and Tn his haste in clambering over fence he accidentally discharged the weapon, sending the contents into one of his arms. It is thought amputation will not become necessary. This ought to teach the unfortu- nate Pole, that whatever may be the GUS tom in his country concerning duck hunt ing on the Lords day, he cannot practise it with impunitY in Puritanic New England. On Monday, Dr. Camp of this village, and Dr. scoville of Ashley Falls. re- moved from his arm seventy shot, some gun wadding and piece of his undercloth ing.
 Sheffield. weather for the past week has been simply superb, while the roads are dusty enough to cause one to think that Summer has come in earnest, without giving Spring chance to speak for itself......Our much enduring pastor re- turned from Washington, D. C., where he, with his family, has been spending short time; they arrived home on Wednesday of last week. His numerous friends assem- bled in the evening and gave him a cordial s'welcome home." There were at least two hundred present and very enjoyable evening was spent. An original poem was read by Mrs. Phillips which we hope to see in print, as 1t was well written and pecul- iarlv aYanrnnriaka EooH darr nnrxz;<,nn r.uo.o