Connecticut western news., 1878-04-11

Mrs. Theo. Sweet, Union Grove, Wie., "25 E. Snedeker. Marketable. Conn.,, 55 R. J. Arnold, Otsego, N. r., 5O H. E. Howe, Huntsville, Conn.,, 1s M. Stevens, Chapinville, Conn.,, 6e v. McClerrin. Chapinville, Conn.,, SU Mrs. W. Bissell. Wakeman, Ohio, 6 IS Wm. Hunt: 10 John St., Worcester, Mass., l2 s. Silyernail Elkhart. Ind. 30
 Winsted Murphys.-That Brotherly Love writes us that they closed their meet. ings in Winsted last Monday evening with two thousand. one hundred and fifty signers to the pledge.
 Saturday Night-Remember the Mur. phy meeting at Town Hall in this village next Saturday evening. Prof. Hurlburt, Mr. George K. Peck and others will address the meeting. Let everybody come.
 The Reading Room.-The Reading Room Association has decided to have its room located at the Warner House, as we said last week probably would be the case, and next Tuesday evening it is expected the room will be formally opened to the public as free reading room.
 The Temperance Hotel.-The Warner House in this village is receiving large patronage, and is merlting it, too; all ot which goes to show that first class tenn perance hotel can succeed here. People can now go there with an assurance of 8 quiet, home-like residence, grand good table, and 8 nights rest undisturbed by the riotlngs of rum.
 Large Musical House Thomas Broth CTS of Catsklll, N. Y., have new adver- tsement in THE NEWS this week. These gentlemen sell pianos and organs, as well as musical instruments of all kinds, and their patronage appears to reach out to long range or radius about them, as IS evident by what we hear of them. We are fully per suaded they are thoroughly reliable gentle men, and conduct a large and very success full musical house in Catskill. Read thelr advertisement.
 Episcopal ED. NEWS :-The services in ''Christ Church" on Palm Sunday, April IA, will be at lO.45 a. m., and 3.3O p. m. The latter service is designed especially for children, but all are welcome. Good Fri day, April 19, services 80, a. m., and 7.3O, p. m., with sermon in the morning and lecture at 730. Other days in Holy Week, 10.30, 8. m.. and 7.30, p. m. Eas- ter day, April 21, services at 7.so, and 10. 30 a. m. and p. m. At the last service the sacrament of Bsptlsm will be administered. The seats are a1 free.
 H. l BODILY, Rector.
 Reading Room Subscriptions. The subscriptions to the support of the reading room at the Warner House in this place for the ensuing year, amount to two hundred and six dollars, sum quite adequate to the work ss it is mapped out for the year. A committee of five was appointed to this work of soliciting subscriptions; three young ladies and two young men. One of the ladies was not able to assist in the work. Two days were devoted to the eff fort, with the result as stated above, the young ladies receiving two hundred and five dollars on their paper, and the young men, by dint of very hard work, succeeded in obtaining the munificent sum of one dol lar O making grand total of two hun. dred and six dollars, as stated above. The names of the two successful collectors are Miss Emma Hunt and Miss Ellen Peirce. When the young gents who brought in their paper with it's sum total of one dollar on it, want their names in print, Tn connec ton with statement of the result of theil effort at collecting, we'll print them and wont charge them 8 cent.
 Lakevil1e.-DEAR NEws.-
 Some men were born for great things,
 Some were born for small
 Of some 'tis not recorded
 Why they were born at all.
 Under this text let me call your attention and that of the paper-readlng public to some persons who were apparently born fol smaller, dirtier and meaner things than is usual with even the lowest of a fallen race | A party-well known among us too-trom Salisbury Center has been in this village or various occasions and enticed dogs from the yards of their respective owners and shot | them, taking their scalps to tt Town Clerh and receiving for them the $2 offered by I the town. This has been done in three ol four instances, and, as if to prove the state ment freely made at the meeting held by the town to decide on the dog question, il has been done by those who could not 1T any wise tarnish their past record. The poorest pieces of human mechanism thai the Almighty has ever put forth on the world do this sort of thing, and none oth CTS. As before stated, the names of these blots on humanity's name are well known and from what I hear, venture the opln lon that the next scalp taken in the way al
 uded to will be fully worth $2. Sometimes
 he old maxim of Penny wise, pound fool .sh" receives fresh and telling illustrations from inartistic but strong hands, and if we mistake not something of the kind will hap pen if the dog business is kept brisk. We of Lakeville can and will kill our dogs when we see it and draw the bounty our. selves, but we do not propose to have the offscourings and scum of creation call out a dog worth more than the one who calls him, rob him of muzzle worth as much as
 he apology (by courtesey called human) that robs him, kill the dog and rob the dog's owner of $2 anyway for any great time to come. It will not be safe to continue it. OPTIC.