Connecticut western news., 1877-12-21

o~J xOOtS. xt SeeueO while n hls store the. other day as if he had abou everythiDG in his line one could thlnk 0, tor hls 6;s ses were full of rich and elegan gooos' and which he is selling at astonisl, lngly low prices. Watches and silver we're of the very best grades he lnformr, as he sells at prices that are remarkabl, low; for instance; splendid triple plul silver Casters at only $3.OO, which is g po'rt lower than it was thought could b r'eached. All other silver ware he ha. put at equally low figures. Mr Kirk is . square, reliable jeweler, one whom it Is [, comfort and pleasure to deal with. M BeDj amin up in the other village offrI some rare bargains in musical instruments as does also Mir. Forbes at his music aD. furniture store in West Winsted. MT F. makes specially of the renowned an, always r,lable Chickrring pianos, a re, ommendation of which from our pen IS en 4,r. ly uncsU.d for, as they are known, an, have been for many years, as inferior il. no respect to any instrument ever intro duced into this country. Mr Forbes s,U instruments of other m nufacturers at yer, reasonable prices, also Mason & Hxml,. and other cabinet organs.
 Sharon. The Golden LinGa Society vii, hold their fair at the Town Hall un We'd n' sday and Thursday of this week. Fancy articles and toys suitable for holiday pres. -nts will be numerous and scld at reason.. ble prices. Among the attractions will b. supper furnished for the low price of 50 cents 1.-The farm belonging to Mr. w Jam, of Sharon Station was sold on Sa, urday at auction. A Mir. Tripp of Dutch tss Co. was the purchaser One of tbe barns on the premises was destroyed earl, on Saturday morning by fire, evidently the work of incendiaries the smell of ker. oseue oil being perceplible. After the fir. tad been nearly exilnguished. little corn house at the back of the barn caught Are and was in flames instsntly-proof enough that oil had been used. A neighbor going 10 her well for water @ little before the fl 'mrs burst out, Saw strange man sup posed to be tramp hurrying from the harn. Mr. Perry Loukes lost about $5O worth of hay by the fire, and hay press telongipg to MT. Benson came pretty near being destroyed The Metbodists are hold ng prayer meetings ut the different school houses around. The meetings are we'll at- tended and hoped with good results. The Sunday evening service is better attended than folmerly......Mr. White, known as "Old MT. Whitr," dled suddenly last week and was buried from the Episcopal church. un Sunday. He had been sick for long time but was seemingly getting better...... Business still keeps dull teamsters are l,e. coming discouraged. and many are trying to sru out the low prices for carting not enabling them to support family and keep team. X.
 The Clergy vs. the Press. The ques ion before the ly ceum in this village las Monday evening; VIZ: -' R, solved that the pulpit has a greater influence than the press" was decided in the negative. Ws
 dislike very much to speak of this victory over our clerical brethren, for we do Du regard it as go' taste to exult over tht vanquished. Ofcourse the question couIc not be decided d ,fferently, for while oul highly este m. clerical friends in th. country, in the vast majority of cases, wil speak to an audience of hundr, and per kD lace ,kxr. while the most brilliant, the most influrn tiAl pulpit orator in the world spe aks seldom to an audience of one thousand, a little country paper, the CONNECTICUT WEsTERs NEWS for instance which makes no pre- IrDtions to being anything in the field o jnurualism;-almosta cypher as for tha matter. talks in laundering tones" tt nn audience cf 0oer .fUe thousand every week, and every one of these willing listen CTS receives the truths we generously i'm part to them Cat only $2. .O0 a year in ad vance, single copies Aye cents) and belieYr every word we say. It was inevitable Th' question could not pnsslby have beer 'reated differently We extend to the cler " our editorial hand. which they will fine chuck full of sympathy for them. Tn, | 'yceum tor its next weeks debate have thu question: "Rrsolvrd-ThAt the potato bu, has been ben, fit to the farmer" Is i possible! How the mighty are fallen
 What a question is this in comparison witt he one that occupied the attention of tn, deb"ters last Monday evening. From al 'ditor down, the distance to fall is no great, but from 8 minister to Q potato bu, Is terrific tumble.
 The "Poor" Tramp We have rec, ivet a communication complaining of the undr served treatment of tramps by the select men Ot CornwalI; pleading in behalf of ''th' poor fellows" who are compelled ito slecl 'n the bushes by the sid. of the raillors; [, sleep in the wuOds." etc., because the door of Cornwall are not thrown open to them
 We acknowledge frankly our admmatio tor the kind and sy mpathetic heart ths 'hus beats warmly for suffering humanity tut our fair correspondent must pardon u for our opinion that it is scarcely worth lh, while to devote the necessary space in ou columns to an article of six manuscrip pages in the interest of tramps: for ,hei crimes committed upon other ''suffrrius numaDily" already occupy too much of ,h, space of the newspapers ot the country. seems lo us that not one of the thousand,
 nf iramps with which the country is cursed nerd be tramp only from cnOice. Thi, kind lady should ssk herself tue question Is there one young man in Cornwall wlC would be permitted by the gooh people o that town to go hungry and to sleep in th. bushes by the roadside on cold nights, o it wise for him to go tramping from plac