Connecticut western news., 1879-01-08

fence, made few impromptu remarks to the band, complimenting them on their fine execution, and referring to the small audi ence present in extenuatory language. In speaking of the absence of Prof. Frost, he charged them to ''take message and to- ken" to him, in the shape of reminder that in view of the fact that this was not | the first time he had disappointed an audience in this place, a repetition of the | offense would be considered urpardonable and although the indignation of disap- pointed Canaan audience claims no analogy To the horrors of the bottomless nit, iA which the nearer one is 10 the bottom the farther he is from the top, yet it means something more impressive than eighty cents, and isn't to be provoked with impu- nity.-It Ia barely possible, however, that if the Professor had been present and con-
 pelled to face an eighty cent audience, there
 might have been some disappointment on the other side of the house.
 What a wonderful thing a newspaper
 is! The leopard cannot change his spo,s
 nor the Ethiopian his skin, but news
 paper, la me! it ia no trouble at all. Now you see it as you have seen it for years
 there can't be any mistake about it, but presto, change! and it comes forth looking
 for all the world like something else, e,-like new creation. There is our old neigh
 bor the Berkshire Courier; we had known
 it for years. Its form and appearance was
 as familiar to us as a first cousin, but last
 week it came to us and we scarcely knewit,
 SO complete had been the metamorphosis.
 We thought it must be some young inexpe-
 rienced thing that had just left it's ma aud 1 got astray, but upon closer inspection we
 discovered the some old features, the fur
 rows and scars of age could not be con-
 cealed. The outward form was changed, out the same old soul was there beaming
 with intelligence. Although it was pretty { we'll advanced in life, and it was awfullY cold. the dear old creature had gone and
 stripped off all it's old clothesand cast them aside and come out in brand new fashion
 able dress, with an entire new trousseau,
 and looked as young and fresh and lovely
 as youthful bride robed for her nuptials. and such material and such fit Oh oh Worth could scarcely have improved on it.
 When we gszed upon it we could not helI exelaiming iD the language of the poet, "A thing of beauty is joy forever" and ther , when we looked on our own old soiled anc , tattered garments, we were almost ashamed , of ourself. But it was not envy frienc Courier, Oh no. we wish you much joy anC r and happy New Year and long life ant f prosperity.
 "A few days ago number of our ambi . tious young men who were out of employ ment conceived the Idea of hiring out on coal job to chop wood. Accordingly the.
 made known their wants to Frenchmal who worked an extensive tract near Nev
 Boston and struck bargain with him, t '- chop at 50 cents a cord, and pay $l2 l. month for board. On Sunday mornin Il they started for New Boston afoot, an d Monday morning were taken into the wood t and given their respective ''lines" to wor 0 from. None of them had ever choppe e wood before, and up to noon one of ther @ had succeeded in felling f1sh-pole abou s five feet from the roots another had near # ly killed one of his comrades by letting hi st ax fly from his grasp; another had haggle d all around big tree, ripping ard hackin e the bark from the roots up to as far as b e could reach. Their greatest victory wa ~e xkn had Ak,e
 by dint of sweat and patience, in chopin halfway through a sapling foot in dian r. eter, and all united their forces on the ul 6 hill side and with long push, stron ,d push, and push altogether, succeeded ,d 'sfelling" the ''monarch of the forest .h snapping and crashing at their feet; the ,o fired with victory, they mounted the falle ,- ssmoparchn and gave three rousing chee ,- for Canaan and the Sand Bankl Their a D. dor, however, soon cooled. and towart 10 night they began to fleet seriously. ar 1e then to ''fgger," and an algebraic caleul ,o tion revealed the fact that according to u of progress of the first day, it would take ju is months. IA days. 9 hours and IT minut .v of chopping, to pay for one mouths boar ' The next morning before dawn, revealed
 party of chop-fallen but wise looking you er sneLking from bush to bush along the ro' E from New Boston to the Sand Bank. H y' gan now thinks Nature designed him for ''' shoveler in gravel-rit. Jimmy sughrua re well Jimmy thinks there's no money pc wpod-chopping. and the rest of the bo a. think "AmenW
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