Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20


 presiding. Officers and committees were elected for the ensuing six months, the list, however, being nearly ths same as before, with the exception, principally of secretary and the indispensable CD acquisition of as sistant secretary. The report of the treas urer showed surplus of Sll .Oo now in the treasury. Prof. Adams, as secretary pro- tenn, informed the members that the semi yearly dues of ten cents had become due Oct. lst, and but few had paid up, and be urge d prompt payments to Mr Geo. L. Par sops, treasurer, Mir. Joseph Ives of East Canaan, secretary, or to the assistant secfe- tary, who, although impr, ssed into otfice, isn't the one to shrink the duty of handling money; so pass up your ten centses. The following resolution was unanimously adopted. and the meetin' adjourned to East Canaan, Saturday evenin', Nov. 30:
 Resolged, that this Temp rance Union | recognizes With great satisfaction the recent No License vote of the town of North Can aan. We rejoice at the rise and prevalence
 
 cured thIs result,- result never before re- alized in the history of this town; and we | call the attention of the officers of this un- ion and of all other friends of Temperance. to the new obligations which this emphatic and gratifying No License vote elioms. To vote measures that are not sustained, is worse than not to vote them at all We, earnestly beg therefore the friends of sohr. etY generally, to exercise the utmost vigi- lance, and to allow no deceit of the enemy to thwart or rob us in any way of the ren- ( fits of this law.
 The pulpit of the M. B. church, in the absence of tue pastor, was most efficiently filled last Sunday morning by Prof. S. T. | Frost of the South Berkshire Institute. who spoke from the text: Il Kings, ii-23, "A, And he (E!isha) went up from thence un- to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up thou balG head; go up thou bald head. And he turned back and look ed on them and cursed them in the name of the Lord and there came forth two she bears out of the wood and tare forty and
 
 stance when Uzzah touched the ark of God and was slain by Him. The speaker said these instances of death punishment, wheth CT or not the justice of their severity may be questioned, were not inflicted to appeast the suddenly aroused anger of vindictivt God, and exharst their pertnence and ap- pcability with their execution. Their sig nifcance txtends even down to our day, al- though we may fail to see their adoption to our case, for Truth is many sided, and since those times of blood we have had the ex- ample of Christ, His teachings and Testa- 'nent. The peaceful feeling of security with which We may to day worship in con- fortable churches on cushioned seats, and | according to the dictates of our own con- sciences, was purchased with fearful pric, | ot suffering and martyrdom. There was no l service in the evening. The Berkshire selectmen. representing l2 towns. assembled at the county commis. | sioner's room at Pittsfeld, Friday, and had | very informal and free discussion of the | tramp nuisance, resulting in the adoption of the following resolution:
 Resolved, That the selectmen of thevari | ous towns in Berkshire county ue It que sse q | to instruct 1helr town and county officers ic | arrest all such persons AS in their opinion | can Ee convicted of vagrency, and tha, proper notices be put up in all the lOck-ups, almshouses aLd cross roads, giving notice of this resolution and their proposed ucll on, and that such proceedings go into feet cr and after Dece mber next.
 If this kind of medicine is effective in Berkshire county. why wouldn't a dose ot it go we'll with LitcLfield county? Time and experiments have repeatedly demon strated the fact that the most effectual pre- ventative to the depredations and ravages of these nomadic outlaws is the fear of de tention. This was verified only a few mor ths ago, right bere in our midst, whel name to pcrmeate the entire community who swallowed his story of being shot b, tramps, and the town was agitated into ferment of indignation and every tramp within a radius of six miles on the day oI the alleged assault, will remember Canaan with anything but feeling of good will, as arrests were made for identification, and with such seriousness that the same parties were sometimes arrested twice. The select. men offeIed a reward of $l0O for their con viction. What was the result of this bulla baloo? Fer the ensuing two weeks, or un Ill the story came to be universally believed hat the whole affair was a hoax; thai Green had shot himself, and invented tht ramp story to immortalize his name, not Tramp showed his physiognony within the limits ot the township, and, as one of the was heard afterward to express t, il ''Wasn't safe 10 travel; ;" and such 5 'esu!t is most ardently to be desired. Use his means to make travel 'sunsafe," and the nuisance will subside, if not cease al .ogether. Such result can probably bt brought about only through legislation. To ( )e sure, we are not obliged 10 feed tramps | lnless we choose, bur, the farmer is not al I ways at home, and when a tramp calls d !! he farmhouse and d, msnds foo@. which s h's invariabie plea, the housewives ob , get is to comply, and get rld of him the I ,- siest way possible, rather than by refu ' al, provoke him to the most dark T T md viilainous deeds of which the C representative tramp is capable. No one questions the fact thai r ociety suffers at the hands of tramps; that | derives no benefit whatever from their fra " ernity; that they are consumers and non- s producers, and that the tramp army increas h $ with every wear For pTOOf that tbav d