Connecticut western news., 1877-06-22
West CornVtall-After the service in ]

West CorntRall.-After the service in l the hall last Sunday evening, wife asked | her better half how he liked the sermon. | to her surprise he answered, quite well, for | he was glad to hear that the more she toil- | ed and scrubbed and rubbed in this world, | the greater Joy she would have in the next, and as he had very anxious care for her welfare he advised her to work harder than ever. Oh horrid critter !......The little ''ta- ter bug" is on the increase, and is the sub iect of much talk......The little B. B. Nine are also on the increase. They increased the 'Ancient Brethren" by l5 runs [: that is for having Buffalo Bill on their side. We would recommend to the catcher of the Ancients wire mask which prevents in1u- " to the catcher. .... MT. Mark Nickinsons house looks nice with it's new coat of paint. ......J. A. Cochrane, in getting out stone for his barn, got poisoned ard has been laid up for few days. The Iron-Clad
 must have had rest......Jennie and Sarah Mallinson are home making a it.....The
 lOAluIJ tuCCIlnS OA bhC N. O 1ASoOOlobiOh will be held in the Village Hall, Friday evening of this week.. What, are you catching bass in June ?......The Mallinson Shear Co. are repairing their Hume, and Abe Gee has nothing to do. He thinks of going to Long Branch to rusticate.
 GRATIS.
 IA Snc h,,kS isn't that what some cynical old fogy has saidG w ell. we thought so last Thursday. and not only rain, but hail, thunder and lightning. We hear of damages all around us. but in our immediate vicinity but few serious results are seen. GrBin was some what injured, and more or less panes of glass were shattered ln many houses; that of MT Dewitt Curtis. something over a mile from Clayton, having, we are told, twenty-five panes broken. A fine brood of chickens owned by MT. Morris, was out in the whole storm without sign of an um-
 brella More pitiable looking objects than
 they were, as they were fisheds more dead than alive. from among the tall grass, are difficult to ind. No, we don't want any, thank you..-...Mr. N. VanDeusen has
 been improving his house by the addition of ne at verandah, and now his barn IS undergoing tearing down.and rebuilding.
 .......T That Warner who will rSse in the
 world in spite of opposition, has been
 going over MT. Sbeldon's many buildings of late. We wish we could tell you how many shingles he has laid this season but we doubt if even he can keep tally.
 Have you seen that wonderful kerosene stove, "The Florence,' on exhibition at the house of MT. Jackson ShultzP We own, we
 listened with very slender faith, as the
 agent, a Mir. Morse of Norfolk, discussed the merits of the diminutive affair, b ut when we saw that the water boiled ID the tea-kettle in ten minutes. timing 1t ourselves, and brace of hat-irons heated
 in ten minutes more. we were astonlshed,
 to say the least. Then the agent put over it an oven sufficiently large to hold four loaves of bread, and we saw strawberry shortcake beautifully baked in twenty
 minutes. Our prejudice was lost in
 admiration. Call and judge for your
 selves-although we cannot promise that
 Mrs. s. will get up shortcake for each
 interested party,-albeit their garden
 abounds in mammoth specimens of that
 luscious fruit. Now AND THEN.
 Nothing To Do."-MR. EDITOR :- Why are so many young men standing on the corners of the streets with nothing that is ben-hc1al 10 do. They say there are too many people in the world more hands than labor. Three school teachers z where two are needed, four mechanics
 where two can find work more merchant ts
 than can live by their business. more law yers than can find employment, and more ministers than churches to be supplied. st . they stand around umblinR This is jus
 my luck. land waiting for something tt :, turn up. Now look here: whining abou bad lnck is an insult to the Providence O : God. Instead of waiting for something tt turn up, start out and turn up something !. yourself. If you are mechanic, teacher '. lawyer or minister, don't stop at the foo ' of the ladder of usefulness ard fame. Tht :, laggards and lunkheads hang on to tn, = lower rounds. Go up above this crowd
 The higher you go the more room you vii
 find for your services. There is plenty oi "" " room at the top. Daniel Webster, Henr = Clay. Charles Sumner, and thousands o T ObuOAS AdfO AOOuu piOhVJ OA AOoH up WI 4CA U :, they were in their days of usefulness. G. :, up. G. 1.-The idea suggested Tn th1s correspond s ence; vz., there are too many people i :, the world," IS. we think. correct; and thes = Hunk heads" as our esteemed correspond - ent is pleased to call them, have no longe = an excuse for not making themselves
 ,s benefit to the world. It is true, as ever , body knows. that the complaint amongs ,. them is general, There IS nothing for U to do ;" and why is 1t that there is nothin ~ for them to dof Is 1t not because they ut terly and absolutely refuse to work unles T, they are now paid wages that good servic ' commanded during the war, and which ar ~ 80 high that those who have the mean
 to give employment, cannot possibly pa '' them and keep their business in existence
 Is not this the causef
 " If cant have two dollars and a hali re three dollars or three dollars and half ,d day, as used to have, Jas the1r case ma
 be, J I'll suggest the idea of labor unio1 ~ and we'll strike! and these strikers, c 'o those who would strike if they had an h. thing to strike at, continue to hang abou E. the street corners because they ask nor Id for their labor than it IS worth, and as v. consequence nobody wants it. Very man ,e of them we mistrust are chronic loafer n- and say they want work. when that is tn . last of all things theyactually desire. The
 say they want work because it sounds we Fl and serves as an excuse for their habit ( u loafing. As we said at the beginning ot kThls class of humanity certainly has n or longer an excuse for not making then ." selves an actual benefit to the world. The d say there are too many people h th 1e world, and we have no doubt of it whate, ,d er and we recommend they turn the =, attention toward suic1de at Onee Par