Connecticut western news., 1878-10-30

his familiar place, to see the we'll known faces of his late parishioners. He was also glad to hear the good reports of their record as church which their pastor had been able to give him. Although he thought hardly sufficient time had elapsed since his removal to warrant an exchange of rulpits, yet he loved to consider it an impossibility that any extended period of absence could make him a stranger here.
 Mir Horace Beckley of this place start ed for pleasure trip throug the West last Thursday. He intends to visit Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and other Western points, fetching up" In KaDkakee, Ills, :, where he has relatives. He was accompan- jed by Honest John" Robinson, who makes his destination Detroit, where he will visit MT. John R. Proctor, who is we'll known in this region, having carried on a tailoring establishment here a few years since.
 The organization and existence of the Temperance Reform and Prohibition Party is due to the fact that all other political parties and their candidates, either avoided or refused to take any acton or give any assurance towards procuring the enactments endorsements necessary to suppress the traffic in intoxicating beverages. The party IS founded upon the fact that all prosperity and happiness is based not only upon the encouragement but the enforcement of private morality and public virtne.
 One of the New Haven papers, in speaking of the system employed by Rev. J. P. Hoyt, principal of the Newtown Academy, and introduced at the Institute recently held in the former city, says:
 ''Rev. J. P. Hoyt, Principal of Academy Newtown, Conn.,, followed with hls idea of the essentials of language and grammar, illustrated by two girls and two boys he took with him on the platform. He be- gan by briefly describing his system, which introduced oral and written exercises, and | illustrated them with examples by his class | They showed a wonderful proficiency, and l their exercises were listened to with great | attention, while they showed to good ad vantage the workings of MT. Hoyt's meth cd.
 That Comical Browns Combination will appear at the Town Hall this evening, ! in one of their frst-class entertainments. The company is larger and better than any that MT. Brown has presented to his pat rons during his twenty-tour years before the public. Among the artists who will ap pear are Mss Minnie B. Upham, Boston's favolite soprano Miss Alice c. Ceavy,the gifted cOntralto vocalist; Prof. F. l.. Ben jamin, the great protean musical artist Qatt of the celebrated 'sAlleghanians") whose performances on the musical glasses anC other instruments alone are well worth the price of admission MT. Wm. $. Dunbar the eminent basso, formerly with the ''Hoi man Opera Troupe;" the Boston Guar tette and the Two Orphans,-all under the direction of That Comical Brown" who will appearin entirely neto songs and sketch es. The performance will not fail to please and our citizens will doubtless turn out anC patronage an entertainment that is far supe rior to the many claptrap shows that are in festing the people. advertising to do tha which they have not the ability to perform Reserved seats at the popular prices are now for sale at the Post.O Office, and patrons vii do well to secure them in advance.
 The Methodist church was well filled last night at the sacred song entertainment given by Philip Phillips, the famous sing ing pilgrim, who entertained his audience for about an hour and half A featur, of Mir. Phillips singing is the fact tha most of the words and music are origina with the singer, and he has a certain stylt peculiar to himself. He has recently re turned from three years tour around th' world. and many of his songs are based up on the habits and customs of the old coun- tries, especially the Holy Land. He sing no comic songs, as he says he prefers thost which come from the heart. His descrip tive song, 1.-The Power of Truth" wa very affecting; and each song is prefacet by few remarks explanatory of the cir cumstances connected with it's origin, thu | One remark made last night must have place here, as it is most miserable truth and for which every American citizel should blush for shame. MT. Phillips saiC while of all the countries in which he hat travelled, he admired America as being tn grandest in social advancement and It's sys tenn of government, yet he must say it i the most profane country he has ever seen He says there is more swearing done il the United States in one year, than in an1 other one country in thirty. The proceed of the entertainment were divided betweel MT. Phillips and the M. E. Church, ant must have netted good round sum.
 A good joke has just been perpetratet on some of our lean citizens, which wa productive of general mirthfulness, not on ly among the common populace, to whom it eventually ''leaked out" but the victim themselves seemed to enJoy it as much d the rest. It seems a short time ago, ruled blanks, captioned "a list of corpuent per sons" were sent to our druggists by Dr R. V. Pierce, the great medicine man O. Buffalo, N. Y., with the request to fl them out with the names of the ''solid' people in town. and return them. Thes, blanks in some way fell into mischievoui hands and were filled out with the names O. a number of gean persons, regardless of cir cumstances or dignity of profession, no excepting the clergy. and returned to Dr Pierce, who forwarded to each circu al you lean in thirty days" etc. One of the victims was the popular proprietor of oul cash store, who stands over six feet in his