Connecticut western news., 1877-05-25

When am not ct home. Pm "happy" 'cause, there never was,
 A thing to make me sad, But why it was, that's not my "biZ;"
 You'd better ask my dad My wife so rare, has not red hair,
 Nor does she raise strife; We ne'er debate, Pm not out late,-
 never had wife!
 Who builds the fire ? A boy I hire:
 And then, why, if 1 choose, fix the cover, roll gently over,
 And take another snooze. My friend next door, Ae walks the floor;
 With babe at twilight dlm, And happy feel, as l hear a sQueal,
 To think am not hina! Of course my clothes, as you suppose,
 Are like those of other men, Though extra stout. wear them out,
 But / aoeGT them S71 again. We'll, yes, Aunt Jane. to speak quite plain, am happy, as clam! May It not be, because Pm "free,"
 That am thus, as l anls I have no price, for my advice,
 Your friends can here Deruse It; But if they, like you, are welded @ too,
 fear they cannot use it. Of course each one, beneath the sun,
 At times will have his troubles, But all that light on me, l smite,
 Just like so many bubbles. I know. dear Aunt, some persons can't,
 But they at least can try And not look glum, when such things come, And then sit down and cry. For life doth teach, that such 8 screech,
 AVaIIS us nothing here: A laugh is better, some hate ''fretter,"
 And so does
 M. WERNER. P.S.-
 Don't take offense, in consequence,
 Of what you here peruse, If Pm not explicit, why, then dismiss it.
 And ask wIser muse.
 West Winsted.-'Ten half, eleven half, eight half, seven half, nineteen" were the magic words of Paul, as he announced the dimensions of patron for suit of clothes at Foster & Hurlbutt's clothing store in West Winsted last Friday asternoon while we were there. The aforesaid patron stood like statue of clay, (Henry Clay, for in- stance) while Paul encircled him with the tape, and Recorder Smith echoed his fig ures, and made the usual hieroglyphics on the book. This Paul is not the Paul of old whose much learning King Agrippa thought made him mad, for he IS as calm as stone quarry and his sanity is beyond question, giving the figures in the clear dig nified and commanding tone and language that always characterizes him while on his regular annual crulse on the high seas, when he sings out to the man at the wheel, ''Star the larboard !" ''helm the port p and to the rest of the crew to ''map the pinnacle and let fly the jib boom '' Foster & Hurl butt, the proprietors of the largest clothing house in North Western Connecticut, are very much gratified over their spring trade thus far. They have great variety of goods on hand, large portion of which are of foreign manufacture and imported by them direct. Their advertisement has stood in its allotted space in THE NEWS for several years past, and never has it, even | for short period of time been discontinued and they now reap their reward: almost everybody under the sun is complaining of dull times, but MT. Foster, when we net him the other day was as cheerful as lark, and evidently is not much disturbed by the prevailing depressed trade everywhere else. A generous advertisement in the NEWS, and left there constantly, as has been that of Messrs. Foster 6 Hurlbutt, will certainly make mans business prosperous and pay. l inc lot tho onO I,o hot These gentlemen know that to be fact and will SO testify.
 MT. Jeweler Kirk is another persistent advertiser. and although his business is what would be thought to feel the poverty of the people soonest, he is doing very vel indeed. He IS kept constantly busy at his bench, and IS selling the best of goods al the lowest prices that can be put upon them. MT. Kirk, we verify believe is $ thoroughly honest and reliable jeweler, and one that the people love to patronize.
 We think the inhabitants of this region are beginning to learn that it is not wise tc pay car fare all the way to Hartford to buy furniture. MT. s. B. Forbes of West Win sted probably keeps very nearly. if mol quite. as large an assortment of furniture as any store in Hartford, Springfield or Bridge port, varying Tn style and quality from the cheapest to the most elegant sets to be ob tained anywhere. There certainly IS nc occasion to go farther than West Winsted to buy furniture. MT. Forbes prices we know to be very low indeed. His rents are not as high as city rents and his ambition to make profit no greater than it ought to be. Mr., Forbes will make it pleasant and profitable for iallj who will call upon him.
 Messrs. Woodford & Camp have theil large store full of new goods. and are hay ing fair spring trade, but not what we know they would have ifithey had their ad vertisement GW tue time in THE NEWS. To enjoy first-class trade in this region with no advertisement in the CoNNEoTIoUTW EST ERN NEws, ought not. in the very nature of things, to be expected. It can't be done, and zoe E1aoao St !
 Messrs. Wing & Hendricks store was pretty well filled with customers when we were there Friday afternoon. They keep choice stock of goods and always please l their patrons.