Connecticut western news., 1878-05-02

American Register, of April l3, published in London and Paris, and in the London catalogue of Americans abroad, we observe Mir. Ensign registered as stopping at the 'Bow Lane'' in that city. His stay in London was probably not of long duration, as the Paris Exposition is the object of his visit abroad.
 Lakeville. Two years slnce Village Improvement Society was organized in Lakeville and quite large sum was sub- scribed to be paid in mothly installments. A portion of the subscription has been paid, but some of the subscribers have never paid the first installment. A certain amount of the money collected was expended m mak- ing grayeled walk from the bank building to the railroad track near the depot, and from the railroad bridge to the building oc- cupied by Miss Stuart. Since that time nothing has been done by the organization. Individuals have. in some instances, lm- proved the sidewalks in the vicinity of their residences. Recently, two young men of the village, Mir. E. B. Bostwick and MT. H. A. Knight, have repaired in first rate manner the sidewalk on the hill slope, be- tween the residences of Mrs. Bostwick and George c. Dodge. This was done without any aid from the Village Improvement So- ciety or from any person. Those knowing the locality and the situation of the ground, will see that it required much labor to &C., complish the result obtained, X.
 Early Rys.-'Tis wheat to n-oat the pro-grass of the approach of spring. Onion-der hills and meadows, nature is bean arrayed ID all herb beauty. The farm CT manifests cider-apple zeal in his efforts to secure early field crops, while the gardens, with t-hay-r radish ional work are being carefully attended to. Last Saturday afternoon MT. Nelson Ham shoat us 8 stalk of rye, haylng g well de- veloped, full bearded head. Veal looked at it in assonishment, some mutton. willing to be-liver ryes, and it was some minutes beef-ore we would steak our reputation on it. We wanted to cabbage it and carrot home, but he wouldn't even lettuce have a peas of it. Now, who'll turnip to beet that.
 l Or in ether words, it IS a fact that our neighbor, Mir. Nelson Ham gleaned ! flom the field of Nathan Watson Esq. a spear of rye last Saturday, April 27, that measured two feet and eight inches in height, and was ''headed out" If this was ever before done so early in the sea- son, we shall be glad to give space in the NEWS for the fact, but we doubt very much if our oldest inhabitant can beat the record of this spring.
 Accounts For sale.--We desire to cal attention to our advertisement in another column with the caption Accounts Fol Sale" We are sorry that we are driven tc this last resort for the collection of what i: due US, but as It is our duty to collect the reasonable remuneration for our labor, we take thls course, hoping to find customers for some. if not for all of these accounts Will furnish bills of items to purchasers and will make 0ery Aeogy discounts fol cash. We make this offer, hoping to fnd somebody with more time than we have tc attend to it, and with facilities for cork screwing accounts due from delinquent debtors superior to what we possess, and who will offer us sonaets5ng for any, or all of them. We have many others which we shall add to this list if they are not soon 1 paid. One man. a prominent citizen of Sal- isbury. and who owes us nearly thirty do,' lars, and whose account has been running ceTning the matter. acknowledged the ac' count but sad he 'sshould settle when he got d-n good ready" If that account is collectable we shall collect it, but if we dc not succeed it will soon be advertised fol sale to the highest bidder.
 High Pressure. Tt was only last August that Odebolt in Iowa began to grow into g town, and our readers will remember oul speaking of the rapid growth of the place, for in about three months from August the village contained more stores and more bus, mess then Canaan or any of it's surrounding villages, and now the Odebclt Reporter o1 April 18th comes to us with its much news on the various topics, and amongst the rest we chanced to observe the Notice of elec- tion," which begins as follows:
 1 We, the undersigned commissioners ap pointed by the Circui. Court of Sac county, Iowa, to hold an election for the purpose of voting on the question of incorporation in the town of Odebolt, hereby give notice, etc., etc.
 I-Giving notice to the electors to meet and see If they would incorporate their town or not, and the name of our old friend and schoolmate, Mir. Ward Van Deusen, is al the head, and of course is chairman of this board of commissioners. Thus It is: Only last August the town of Odebolt began it's existance and now it is to be incorporated. By the time It becomes year old 1t will probably have it's mayor and aldermen, its 1 fire and police departments. theatres, thieves, bootblscks, pickpockets and all the etcetera of full fedged city. Verify these Western people move and have their being on the high pressure principle.
 1 Great Barrington.-MR. EDITOR Tt is probable that the exceedingly interesting gathering in your town last week will be followed by your own full report of the same, and demanding too much space to leave room for all correspondence. The earnest-hearted workers in the temperance cause here still deslre your favorable coop eration in rendering wholesome publicity to the on-goings of the good cause amo, 2 us. Our weekly meeting of this everipe (Monday 29th inst.) proved very co, diai aocial one It afforded infn,m ,li,,u ui inc