Connecticut western news., 1878-05-09
Love and Nf;IIa~ ;r -.,oon I'll

l Love and Miller in Canaan.-The
 temperance meeting at Town Hall last
 Tuesday evening was very largely attend
 ed' the seating capacity of the hall, up
 stars as we'll as down. being entirely occu-
 pieo, and large number, coming in little
 ate' were compelled to stand. On account
 or the very short time given to advertise
 the meeting (only since the previous Sat
 uruay) fears were entertained of a slim at-
 tendance, but our people have now learned
 that If they want house full to overflow
 Ing, they must call temperance meeting,
 a remark that would indeed sound strange
 it heard before this movement began.
 Love and Miller were in the best of spirits
 and they gave us grand good time, every,
 body seeming to enjoy their lectures very
 much indeed. It isn't necessary to again
 speak of the gentlemen who have wrought
 such great work, not only amongst us in
 Canaan, but in nearly all of Litchfield
 County, for nearly everybody has now be-
 come acquainted with them and long will
 their memory, as we'll as the grand results
 of their noble labors it is hoped and expect
 ed, abide with us, and may God bless them,
 as we know He has, andlwill. Several new
 names were at this meeting, added to the
 already very full list, but the number to be
 obtained could not be expected to be large,
 for the reason that nearly everybody had
 previously signed, and were already wear
 ing the blue. A meeting will be held at the
 reading room at the Warner House next
 Saturday evening for the election of officers
 for permanent organization.
 The Aeoldent Investigated.-Mr. Lyn-
 chan of this place, feeling that thorough
 examination should be made into the cause
 of the death of his son, who was accident
 ally shot by Grove Knickerbocker few
 days since, and that the amount of censure, if any, should be known, caused hearing of the case before Justice Prescott last
 Thursday afternoon, in the Town Hall in
 this village. Lawyer Tenn of Winsted
 was invited by MT. Lynehan to enquire ln-
 to the case. and Messrs. Warner $ Warner
 conducted the examination on the part of
 MT. Knickerbocker. Several witnesses
 were examined, but nothing new was elicit the important witness in the case, who stood near KnickerbOcker when the gun
 was discharged, being substantially what
 was reported in the NEWS in it's account of the accident, and Justice Prescott decided
 there was not sufficient evidence of man.
 slaughter to carry the case to higher } court, and dismissed it. The two young 3 men were friends, and on the best ot terms, 3 and there can be conceived no motive fol the intentional discharge of this gun at that ) time, and no censure can be attached ex cept for carelessness, but which in this : case is sad enough yet the country is ful 7 of precisely such reckessness, which, prob , ably in the vast majority of cases results ir g no harm, and is scarcely thought of. The remarks of Justice Prescott in rendering s his decision were certainly worthy of atten - tion, and his suggestions should be acted t Iupon. He alluded to the common practice of the children carrying pistols or revolYers S which they were able to obtain at the low : price at which they are sold, and said thus a dangerous business should be stopped, anG t at once and forever made an end of. Pa s rents should know if their children have r these weapons, and should see to it tha 8 they do not have them. Let them bt f amused with more innocent toys till ole l. enough to have and safely care for the s death dealing weapons of the world.
 That Impostor. New Milford Rag says:-
 ' Some months ago the Rev. J. B. Bonal j. published card declaring Waldensiar l. who was among us collecting money tt 6 build church, an impostor. It will also :, be remembered that he afterwards publish ed another card in which the Waldensiar | denied the truth of the first assertion an( e Mir. Bonar gave him the benefit of tht l. doubt. The Congregationallst now pub q fishes the following of the same man.
 ''Some three or four years ago, O young
 man, protesting to be an Italian theological @ student, collecting monies for erecting b. chapels for the Free Italian Church, was ir # the vicinity of New Bedford, where he collected considerable eums; he then bore letters of credential from Revs. Drs. Webt q and Manning. of Boston, and gave the ? name of John Cereghino. During the pas winter the same young man has been in the J. Massachusetts. He had secured letters , from Dr. Leonard Bacon of New Haver Q and Dr. s. G. Buckingham of Springfield
 But now he gives the name of Cereghini
 not Cereghino. His collections have been g quite large. Subsequent disclosures lee
 Dr. Buckingham to withdraw his letter
 l and the result of inquiries by the subscriber e maSS,~ it almost certain that the Italian is fraud, I. he can be found he should be d
 once arrested. that he may either clear him . self or be punished. He has professed tc be endorsed by Dr. Howard C!osby. bu 8 the latter says he has never given nm l. letter. and with his present knowledge o1 Q him, if Cereghini should call upon him, rht
 would soon visit our city prison. Dr - Buckingham says; q think 1t pretty eVl- l. dent that this man is fraud"
 l. Haydenvlle, Mass.
 w. H. HAWKES., oi We distinctly remember the fact that wt V were taken to task for speaking in tho a NEWS in language regarded as rather
 strong against this impostor. and that othel
 near by journals commented with some SC . yerity upon the treatment he received. Wt are not specially delighted to have thu' a proven the fact that this man WAS and i! e an impostor, as we stated him to be, bu e are grati6ed to have it proven that we stat
 ed what was absolutely true, and we repea ! what we said in the NEWS at that time, tha ! before our kind aud benevolent citizens oa give their hard-earned dollars to strangers a to aid in good work, be ye sure of theil Q credentials. by previously Ieceiyed adyices from reliable sources, of their coming, anG c of the object of their coming.