Connecticut western news., 1878-08-01
TEMPERANCE MEErt,,
GsAs, ANOs UGH. NObert Love and EA~
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: coh' Aofe stepped flor ra1n e1a route to Barrjr Il Monday evenings or or Canaan, fell at O. .lgton, and fortunately ue ~ managers of ace into the clutches of | so Just return ne temperance society. He u ,o ~ ule c1 Y ed from Nepaug, ,and he report K Ae best meetings he had held dur ,,r campaign. He was enthusiastic over ,-s, opposed camp meeting in September, and 55Ap ected to be here in consultation with the : rectors, Friday, and had Photographed Edward Murphy to meet him here, which he had prom 1sed to do. It did not take long, but & grand rally of the friends of temperance was arrang- ed for that evening, and so we are glad to eS, nounce that, at the Town Hall in this Yil,age. Friday evening, Aug. 2, Gen. Love and Ed, ndenca wa5a Murphy Will be present and address the cry one should be out and hear these two prominent advocates of temperance. Gen. Love needs no comment from us, Edward Murpny' the oldest son of Francis, is the t';.ii Si nis iashT and there are many who 'niiiA nilu eNe'-I superior as speaker.
 was P.'a Tramp7-About one week ago tn's Section of the county was thoroughly ar oused at the announcement that an out rageous assault had been made upon one Mortimer Green, young man in the em- ploy of Wm. Beunett, of this place, by a couple of tramps. Prompt aud energetic measures were taken to arrest the guilty parties for couple of days, when many of the citizens of this community became convinced that we had been duped; that Green had in some way shot himself, and at the present time it is almost the univer- sal opinion that the whole thing was hoax. It has been ascertained that Green was the owner of a pistol at the time of the pretended assault, and tEat he has always been very careless in carrying and handling the same. The spot where the attack is claimed to have been made, is but a few rods from the residence of MT. Nathan Watson. and neither Mir. w. nor any of his family, saw or heard anything of the disturbance. The circumstances surround ing the shooting, as told by the young man, will not bear the closest scrutiny. His de-N scription and identification of some of the tramps arrested, aroused some suspicion. These circumstances, taken in connection with others, lead to the above conclusion.
 And now there cometh Winsted subscriber who doesn't take much stock in the tramp sto ", and writes us as follows about it :-
 TWISTED, July 30, 1878.
 Editor News Dear Sir Being 8 reader and subscriber of your paper, could not help noticing the sstramp scare" Should like to be many citizens Of Canaan believe that MT. Green was shot on the highway near N. Wat sons at 9 a. m., Monday morning. Will pay for some placards with certain inscription in small capitals, for the common populace that did believe, and should like some with large capitals for selectmen, and one larger one for the editor, etc. This is verse than temper ance hotel, and the sale of whiskey in the barn. Yours Respectfully, 0.
 Mortimer Green, also, sends us the following note of warning, which we give in his own words: .......
 -...- JULY 30 1878
 MT editor understand that you have re- ported that shot my self Idont want to heare enney more of it if you do shall make you trubble Mortimer R Greene
 Lenox furnace mss
 The Catholic Institute Picnic at Lake yille.-The trip of the Hartford Catholic Institute to Lakeville, yesterday. was an exceedingly pleasant one. The party was not so large in numbers as it was expected it would be, but there were seven cars in the train, all of them we'll tiled. MT. Jones, the gentlemanly superintendent of the Con- nc ectlcut Western. railroad, accompanied the party, and gave his personal supervision to administer to the pleasure and comfort of the excursionlsts. The grove, which is of oak trees, is delightful one, situated close beside the track of the railroad ard upon the side of a lake that is three miles in cir conference. On the grounds are two pa vilions, one. for dancing. the other for sa- loon purposes, and there are the necessary appliances for pleasure, such as tables, swings, etc. A little steam propeller, a sail boat, row boats and barges are at the ser vice of excursionists who wish to go out ou the lake, while in the near vicinity are sev- eral points of interest worthy of a visit, in cluding Drs Knights school for imbeciles. the Lakevllle cutlery worke, and the Bar mum iron works at Ore Hill. Close by the grove, across the railroad track, is the resi- dence of ex- Governor Holiey. The latter gentleman, who is the president of the com pany owning the grove. was upon the grounds much of the time, yesterday. A short distance away is the Wononsco
 House, a pleasant summer hotel, which at
 the present time is filled with boarders,
 many of whom have engaged rooms for the
 entire season. That the region is very
 beautiful one we need not tell the readers
 of the Times who know anything of the
 natural attractions to be found in Litchfield
 county. The place is certainly an exceed
 ingly attractive one us picnic resort. and
 is sure to become more popular in the fr.
 ture.-Hartford Duly Tunes July 26.
 Highly Satisfactory The Temperance
 meeting at East Canaan, Saturday evening
 notwithstanding the busy season. the coun'
 ter-attraction of music at the Depot, ane
 the absence of expected speakers, was {
 great success. By count. nearly. or quite
 one hundred people were present. MT. J. l.. Bragg was called to the chair. Th' scripture was read, and prayer offered by Rev. MT. Reid. Gospel Hyms were sung and several sddres ses were made. The ab sence of expected speakers, gave an oppor- tunity for home speaking. MT. Bragg al chairman of a committee, reported muct good work done. Rev. MT. Reid told Temperance story that he had obtained : from MT. William Adam. relating to young man who lived at East Canaan sixty five years ago. Mir. William H. Crocker secretary of the Town Union, made an ex 5 cellent speech on the evil effects of alcoho upon the physical system. As MT. Crocke 5 has been clerk in drug store, and is nov studying medicine, the speech was directl D in his line. It was highly gratifying to se !, vonnu man taking this stand, and tussllea