Connecticut western news., 1878-02-07

shef6eld.-J'ast at present there ie more excitement about the scarlet fever than anything else. There have been uumber of cases among the scholars of the distrtct school in the village. and the committee have thought it necessary to have ahs school close until the epidemic passes over. In most cases the attacks have been very light......Dr. Smith was very sick for a few days. but he was worn out, and con- tnued to visit bis patients as long as he could keep from hls bed after the fever had taken hold of him. Dr. Beebe very kindly and promptly took charge of the sick until Dr. Smith shall be able to do 1t himself. It is said that there are five sick in the family of MT. Edward ADdrua; one of them dan The Friendly Union is very much less ln- teresting than in years past. Occasionally there will be something unusually good, ,aud
 hen some evenings nothing but the games of the children. I judge the society cares very little for music, either vocal or ins .ru- mental. or they would take some pains to borrow some occasionally from B4rrington or some other of the adjoining towns...... The dancing schooli is prospering better than could be expected in these times. G
 Tt seems really refreshing to get 8 cor respondence from the good old town O, Shfffield again. We wish we could have 1t every week.-ED.1
 Ten Eyek's E arly Urimes.-As will be seen in an item in another place, Ten Eyck's trial is to begin the second Tuesday in May. 1tsppears that this John Ten Eyck is pretty extensively known throdgh-' out quite region of country about, and has been for long period of time, and from all we hear, it would seem d. .f1 :ult task tO learn anything good 6f him. Something like dozen years ago. Mir. Joseph Knight of Lakeville Was .ilor at the Lcn0x jsil, which position be held for about five years. and in those five years MT. Knight says Ten Eyck was in the jail 8 good share of the time, being in for various crimes, and says he was then ''as quick and sly as fox, and was awful ugly" He threatened Mir. Knights life and was regarded as one of the most dangerous pris ,ners that came under iris care. Mr. Knight says he knew Ten Eyck when he (KnighD lived in Peru, Mas sachusetts, something ike twenty-five years ago. and he caught him there at one time stealing his sheep; caught him in the act. he having got one of his sheep captured and safely secured in stall where be could manage the animal. Thus i. is; this old williams misdeeds committed even quarter of . century ago, now rise up against him, and it is to be hoped the career of this bad aud dangerous man IS near its end. Whr will say be has not cursed the earth long enoughl
 A Light in the Window for Mark Two or three weeks ago our esteemed FAll' Village correspondent stated that Engineel Marx. BArnum ot locomotive No. 2 com I piained to him that our new house was al-
 ways dark when he passed there, aud asked
 us to illuminate occasionally. for it alway'
 seemed so lonesome; whereupon we deter ] mined at once that ''Tbere should be High I in the window for thee, Mark. and accord ingly gave proper attention to the matte on two or three occasions when the Througl
 freight passs d. for somehow we got the inl
 pression that WAS the train we were to she'
 our editorial light upon. but no b ed wa given to us, and we concluded the knight .
 the throttle, Mark, no longer sought light
 but one night last week as the Egpres
 freight passed. we heard low, soft vOic
 speaking to us, and we recognized it 5
 once. Twas Mark talking to us througl
 bis locomotive whistle. He told us lou
 doleful story of how. dark it was up b
 those woods that he WAS afraid of lh
 tr, mps who do congregate there in larg gangs, and if we would only put light il
 the window SO be could flnd his way u
 past them. he would give us ride on hi
 nice big engine some day, and-well--O
 course,-who could refuse The light dIch
 cred in the window and Mark marche
 courageously up by the woods. and whe
 he reached "Hoag's crossing" beyond, b
 whistled that same old tune we have 8
 many times heard Ut that place. So lon
 as there is 0 s'taller candle" on the premise friend Mark shall have light. &
 Housaton1c Small news seems rathe
 scarce here at present, but can give vo
 something in the way of temperance ths
 eee ms wonderful big to us. If one ha
 told us here month ago that our villsg people could have been 30 thorough awakened upon the sut j-ct of ttmpersncs
 we should have felt inclined to dispul them. but when we come 10 see and kno' it s being grand reality, we are please , and r jOice. Messrs Love and Miller. wh |, represent the great Murphy movernen have within the past three weeks vlsite , our place, and have been the means ( gaining over 300 signatures to the temp rance pledge. During these meetings tt church has been filed 10 iis utmost capac ty, and no pains have been spared ry an
 who professed to be temperance men, 1
 make them doubly interesting and glorlor ID results Some of the most intemperal men of our pace bave signed, and moI : than that, we believe they are keeping A meeting was called Tuesday evening. ft ) tue purpose of orgariz ng 8 temperate club; whereupon officers were chosen continue on the good work already bogus and to carry on m the best possible wal this grand and much needed reforma:.ol Ynur correspondent wrii Riys you full rt port of this meeting's dUings in your nt1 issue. During the storm and wind of Ia I Thursday night portion of the roof (