Connecticut western news., 1878-03-07

Murphy. Next Saturday evening there will be a Murphy meeting at the Town hall in this village at o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by interesting speakers, and it is expected the hall will be full. Let everybody come.
 Saturday Evening Meeting. Tho meet ing of "The Murphys" at Town Hall last Saturday evening was especially interesting as we'll as profitable. The speaking was good, and the enthusiasm and zeal ,n the cause of temperance was very refreshing. Before Mir. Love commenced his remarks he read the following telegram from Bar rington which was received with applause
 (Gr. HARRINGTON. MAss.,
 March l, 1878.
 GEN'L ROBERT H. LovE:-
 Canaan.
 Great Burlington sends greetings to Can aan. Let Connecticut and Massachusetts join hands in this glorious fight for inde- penoence. Canaan, my old play ground may her sun shine bright, and may the Blue carry everything before it. Will try and be with you Sunday night.
 GEO. E. RUSSELL. When an invitation was extended at the close of the speaking to come forward and sign the pledge, large number ct once gathered about the secretaries desks, and the names went down in quick succession. ''The railroad boys are not going to be be- hind Tn this Datter," said Roadmaster John Lane, of the Housatonic road as he passed us at the head of long file of the sturdy knights of the throttle and the brake, an6 forward to the stand they marched, and to- day their names are in the Roll of Honor over in the column beyond.
 Now for Falls Villago.-These eloquen and successful Murphy workers, Nessrs Love and Miller, who have done such great work in our town. are going to Fall Village the last part of this present week Meetings will be held in Citizens Hall or Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings The doors of the hall will be opened at o'clock, and the exercises of the meeting will begin at 7.s0. Let nobody "withil the hearing of our voice" forget the plac and time of these meetings. Go and hea the wonderful "Loye ;" he who was raise, from the gutter. There will be no charg for admission. Only go, hear, be conyinc ed and sign! It Is presumed, and of cours expected that the good and influential clti zens of Falls Village and vicinity will fel low the example of North Canaan, of Salit bury, Sharon. Ct. Burlington and Ne, Marlboro and come right forward, and fo the time lay aside almost all other work and labor zealously for the cause of tempe rance. We adjure you, all ye men c might, influence and money, to not perm this opportunity to pass without 8 gran harvest. Come forward at once, manfull and boldly to the work, thrust In the sick and ''gather them in." If this work fai in Falls Village; if it fails in accomplishin a glorious work of reformation. it will ia because its best citizens do not s'put the shoulders to the work" About all tt strength the prohibition ticket in polite has had in this region, has come frol , Falls Village, and now an opportunity
 to be given the people of that place make manifest the actual truth, strengt and merit of their professions. We shs expect at least full column of Murphy for publication next week. Are we to ha, iti The world waits to see if we shall
 Temperance in Canaan.-Never befo in the history of this town has there bee such universal revival in temperance has been realized here sirce Thursday cyl ming of last week. On that evening Il first meeting was held at the M. E. churcl and almost everybody there was astonishs to find that almost everybody else was the too, for the church was full. It must ha, been manifest from the first to Messrs Lo, and Miller, the efficient and earnest worl CTS in this Murphy temperance movemen that the people were ready for the advel of just such an effort as they inaugurate here, and that they were certainly mo welcome amongst us. These geutleme seem peculiarly adapted to the work f, which they are chosen, and their entire different temperaments are happily selecte and joined for cooperative labor with u best possible results. MT. Miller is
 straightforward and earnest speaker, ar after his plain and forcible statement ( facts, MT. Loves remarks are always order, and we have no hesitation in sayir they are not 'LoYe's labor lost'as was evil ced by the general rush to the stand to sig the Murphy pledge at the first lnvitatio and opportunity to do SO.
 Very few attended this first meeting vii faith in any specially successful results, an when the large number went forward once to slgn the pledge in fact we migl consistently say the whole meeting adjourn ed to the front, and among the very fir who seemed to strive for the earliest oppo tunity to sign, being many who neede most the sympathy and assistance all "Ndu phys" are now bound to extend to then the surprise and astonishment of all wei beyond anything of the kind ever befo experienced here.
 Friday evening another meeting was he in the Congregational church in East Car aan and Saturday evening in Town Hal Sunday morning Messrs. Love and Mill conducted the services in the M. E. churcl Sunday afternoon prayer meeting COT ducted by these gentlemen was held in tl Town Hall and Sunday evening the mee ing in East Canaan closed the services these earnest, talented and faithful worke , in this town;-and what harvestl LOG at the closely packed column of names another place in this weeks NEws! New was such a work wrought here. and nobod had ever dared to hope it could be wrougl