Connecticut western news., 1878-09-12

Berkshire Institute, is at New Marlboro. arranging for the oprning of the school on Monday. 16th. This school furnishes one of the best opportunities to the people of Canaan and vicinity, to educate their chil- dren at comparatively small expense.
 Henry Carpenter, an insane colored man, of Bridgewater about GO years of ageE was found dead in the street in Danburv Thursday night Deceased was familiarly known in adjoining towns, ,andwhenever he visited them, which he frequently did, the boys would gather around to sell him horses and cattle, receiving his s'checks" in payment He was possessed of some prop- erty. s-
 Now that the gathering shades" are steadily and perceptibly drawing nearer and nearer the noon-mark, the young folks of this place ale thinking of instituting another debating club to while away the long winter evenings. Their last years or ganization was success, and the good start made at that time, will insure them more abundant success this year.
 -Hezekiah Rodgers, the giant spoken of in our last issue, is now stopping in Norfolk where he claims to have relatives, and many of his statements are corroborated by Norfolk people. He is graduate of Yale; also graduated at prominent law school. He was an active politician during the election and administration of Van- Buren, and in 1S40-1, had cAGrge D A,t- fwres in Sardinia, since which he is never supposed to have been in his right mind. Canaan is to have circus-a veritable circus. John H. Murray's great railroad show will visit this place next Wednesday, 18th lnst., and give the people of thls vicin- ltY really first-class entertainment. They have just returned from successful tour of the West Indies, where they were every. where greeted with enthusiastic audiences. His list of artists comprises some of the finest talent in the world, and our people who desire to witness genuine treat, will do we'll to attend. ..-
 A little romance of our recent camp meeting seems to have been denied merited notice. A young man from Cornwall Bridge visited the meeting, and while there, became acquainted with, and enamored of young lady residing near the grounds. They spent most of their time in each oth. CTS company, and the mischievous god l StoV nkH kbo man, and he wooed and won the affections of his fair enchantress and forthwith they were married after an acquaintance of less than forty-eight hours.
 Mrs. Lucy Jaqua, cue of the pioneer residents of Hudson, died at her home or l Streetboro avenue, at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, Aug. 23d, aged 72 years. Of $ | family of five who came here from Con necticut in the early days of Hudson, Mrs. Jaqua was the last representative -
 Hudson (O.) Enterprise.
 Deceased was formerly we'll known ir North Canaan as Lucy Cobb. She wat one of five sisters-family of nine-one oi whom is Mrs. Leonard Lawrence, of Eas Canaan. - Herald
 Will the NEWS please notify those boys who tried so bad to ''hook" green water mellion on Sunday last, not million miles from Twin Lakes, that there is traq Ca good many traps) set for them, and that they had better take warning before they sput their foot in it, or Justice Warner makes it warm for them and their daddys pockets; and further, if they think they are ''up to trap." perheps they may have "a charge (of shoD to keep" that vii sting worser than swarm of double B's, O Willium's mam's hand, when it went
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 It has been the practice of number o the Good Samaritans living in the neighbor hood of the camp ground, known as th' ''Plains," to gather in the pine grove every Sabbath, inviting all the colored resident of the place. and all others who migh avail themselves of the invitation, and holt meetings of song and. praise, and it i thought much good has been done in thi way; but since the last camp meeting. in structions have been given those in charg of the grounds by the managers, that thes meetings must be discontinued, and nov the Sabbath stiffness of the sacred place re mains unbroken.
 An yclept fisherman of this place wen plying his profession in the Housatonic riv CT last Saturday. and furnished practica illustration of the inestimable value of bi, feet. After fishing for some time with in different success, he rowed along the banl in search of good place to land, and cam upon 8 small branch of tree, protrudin, out over the water. This was his place Coming directly under the limb, he seized hold and drew himself up, but scarcely hat he given his weight to it when it broke, ant shocking to tell {; from his rope in an in stant, poor narlt quin fell. Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, he dropped !; his feet entering one side O the boat, which tipped slightly, and the res of our hero going into the water,-and thu he hung unabte to scramble into the boa and unable to get his feet out, until { youngster on the bank came to his rescue 1 The temperance sermon preached by Rev. Mir. Barden at the M. E. Church las Sunday night, was an earnest and argu mentatiye deprecation of our license sys- tenn; an exposition of the deceit practicee in the rum traffic. He said we might as wei license incendiarism. murder, theft. se duction and like crimes, as to license that which, in itself is productive of all the others. If the evil of intemperance could be rooted out, such revival of religion would sweep over our land within the next ten years, as the world never saw. Our eff ! forts in that direction will ha encnaesiu ul