Connecticut western news., 1878-03-21

ln this village. MT. D. makes good pic lures and we are glad to see him doing well.
 "Reminiscences The letter of the Rev. MT. Ball in another column will be espec- ially interesting to the older inhabitants of this region, and will be enjoyed by all oth- CTS who will take the trouble to read it. MT. B. is an excellent writer, and we hope he will give us other "reminiscences of the days of ''auld lang syne."
 Murphy Work Elsewhere Over twelve hundred have signed the Murphy pledge in New Milford, and at Bridgeport the move ment has become almost universal, very large per cent of all it's citizens having don. ned the blue. Over nine hundred have sign ed the Murphy pledge in Salisbury, and we are informed that when one thousand were obtained the list would be sent to us for publication in THE NEws%
 Love and Miller Again.-It cannot be a bad plan to invite Love and Miller to sec ond series of meetings in places where they have been and have secured large number of pledge signers, as is very good evidence in the success they are meeting with in again going to Falls Village. They were at 'sthe Falls'' last Monday evening again, and notwithstanding the very large number obtained last week, seventy y-eight new sign CTS were added to the grand roll of honor. A meeting was held in Lime Rock Tuesday night. and agaln another at Falls Village Wednesday evening. We have not learned the results of these two last meetings, but have no doubt of their success. We hope to have sent us the names for publication, and we hope the party who will kindly do so, will send them as soon as he can conve nientlY.
 Falls Village. .-Messrs Love and Miller resumed their labors on Monday night. Many more are signing the pledge, and the harvest is glorious one......District Court opened this (Tuesday) morning after ad journing twice on account of Judge Fyler's illness. Edward C.. Storm was united in marriage to Miss Hattie B. White on Tues day evening of last week, at tue residence of Lyman Wickham, Huntsville. The wedding was strictly private one, none but the near relatives being present. The happy pair left for New York on Wednes- day morning. ......Miss Minnie Watson ot North Pownal, Vt. is visiting at her grand fathers, MT. Julius Hosford.. ......A solree dansante was held at Daniel Brewster's on Friday evening last. The ''hght fantastic was tripped until a: m. Saturday morn ing..... Miss Kate Sabine is Mrs. E.. C. Cowdrey's new clerk. Mrs. Cowd1ey is IT New York this week buying spring goods Nothing to chronicle but Temperance but lots of that. AJAX.
 Supper and sociable.-A supper and so ciable will be given at the Warner House 1T this village oD Tuesday evening of nex week (March 26), to properly inaugurat' the opening of the Warner House as tenn perance hotel. This supper and sociable ii expected to be an occasion for grand rally of all those who have recently signed thu Murphy temperance pledge, and it is hoped they will all be there. Let there be 2 larg turnout. A union prayer meeting was helt at the Warner House last Sunday evening which was largely attended, the sitt!nl room and parlors being well filled, notwith standing the severe storm. Had it no been such an unpleasant night, it is though the house could not have held all wh' would have come.-But don't forget tn supper and sociable. Love and Miller vii be at the opening of he Warner House and they will expect to see every Murph. in this region there next Tuesday night. The Lakev1lle School for Imbecl1es. - We have received the Twentieth Annus Report of the Connecticut School for Imbe ciles, to General Assembly. This school, al everybody knows, is located at Lakeville and we are glad that Dr. H. M. Knight, th worthy superintendent, is accredited by tn recognized highest authorities in the State with being one of the best managers anon the number who have the charge and keep ing of our beneficiary institutions. Tn | large school in Lakeville has prospered m der the Doctors care, and has done greg l work of mercy in assisting the feeble mind | of our state to think, act and do for them selves, and to become, so far as may be useful, producing, law-abiding citizens, in stead of existing in wretchedness aud beini to their friends an onerous and almost un
 endurable burden. No greater, more hu mane work can be conceived than this fo
 which this Lakevi1le institution was erecte
 and established, and certain it is the state
 to be congratulated in it's good fortune i
 securing so efficient and valuable a superi1
 tendelt and manager as Dr. H. M. Knigt has proved himself 10 be.
 Salisbury The gentle hreezes of balm spring have waited hither the usual con
 plement of vernal diseases. Adults strus
 gle with colds in the head, and childre
 wrestle with the whooping cough whic just now prevails quite extensively. Asid
 from this, the general health of the con
 munity is excellent. Many removals wi
 take place on the first of April. Auctio
 sales of real estate and personal propert
 are announced for nearly every day th
 week, which is gratifying CD exhibit. "
 in spite of the alleged hard times and dei
 titution which prevail in our midst, enter
 tainments are of frequent occurrence, an
 the proceeds are fully equal to those hel
 in more prosperous times......Last Thur
 day night the children of the district schot
 gave an entertainment in Academy hall fc
 the benefit of foreign missions, which wa
 largely attended and excellently msnag. d
 The proceeds netted about $36. % tor 1h heathen, We would suggest to our char