Connecticut western news., 1879-12-17

Mrs. J. L. Camp and sisters, the Misses Granger, have returned from their visit to New York and Philadelphia.
 Prof. Lawson's elocutionary entertain ment last evening called together goodly audience, considering the entertainment in the church the same evening. The selections were very much enjoyed, being rendered in the Profs usual masterly style, and deserves a more extended notice than our limited time and space will allow.
 Prof. Lees writing school is prospecting. and giving good satisfaction to the pupils, who even now begin to show marked im- provement in penmanship. The Prof. is establishing school in East Canaan, and will have the first lesson tonight at the No. school house. Prospects are good for large school there.
 Gardner, the jeweler of this place, is puzzled. A few days since, he ordered gold ring, of New York firm, for customer, who shortly afterward changed his mind and coun- termanded the order. Gardner immediately telegraphed the New York firm not to send the ring. A few days afterward, however, the ring came, and in the package with the ring was note saying, 'your telegram re- ceived too late; the ring is on the way" Now what Gardner wants to know is, if the ring was on the way when the telegram was received, how did the note catch up with and crawl into the package?
 A perplexing case occurred the other day before Justice Finch at Westport, Ct. Constable Gowan, who tends the drawbridge over the Saugatuck River saw man drive over the bridge on smart trot This was clear violation of the law, and the man was arrested. It proved to be one of the Finch brothers. The brothers were twins, and looked and dressed precisely alike. When the ward. ''There is charge against one of the Finch brothers," said the justice, ''of violating the law regarding fast driving over the Saugatuck River" The Finch brothers stood up but they said not word. "Were both brothers in the team, constable ?' asked the justice. "No, sir; only one of them," said the constable "You must say which one of the brothers it was that you saw. You must be able to swear to the identity" said the justice. The constable looked appealingly at both of them. Bystanders thought he was going to ask them which one it was. But they said noth- ing. "Your Honor. I can't swear to either of them. know it was one of them, but wouldn't want to say which one on oath. " "Well, can't fine both of them, neither can fine hap hazard: the law doesn't compel them to testify see no way but to discharge them. The complaint is dismissed until the Finch brothers are identified"
 We publish by request the following from the Garrettsville (Ohio) Journal, relative to a native of this place:
 DIED.-At the residence of her brother, MT. John D. Pierce, in Hiram, Nov. 26th, 1879, Mrs. Harriet Green, aged 7S years.
 The deceased was born in Canaan, Litch- field county, Conn.,, and came to Ohio some eleven years ago, and since the death of her husband has made her home with her brother Sister Green had been a member of the M. B. church for more than fifty years, and was one of those whose life illustrated the practicability of the religion of Jesus Christ. Hers was no empty profession, but life of faith accom- panied with works. For some years she had been afflicted with disease of the heart, but suffered with that resignation which was born of trust in God Although she leaves no fam fly, yet two brothers, J. D. and R. Pierce oi Hiram, mourn her loss, and an entire con- munity crown her memory with benedictions. Yet their loss is her gain and the angels ot Heaven rejoice that her soul is safely entered into rest. lH. N. STEADMAN.
 The newspaper correspondents of East Canaan are bad lot. A couple of innocent and inofensive young Canaanites who see fiji to occasionally walk to East Canaan to at' tend church, are obliged to run the gantlet o horde of village correspondents, who the orize and speculate upon the motives which prompt them ito wander so far away from home to attend church. One correspondent says knowingly that they walk up there tt s'look at the girls, attracted thither, no doubt by his frequent allusions to the ''sunny faces of East Canaan's fair ones. The Falls Village Items correspondent, however, intimates tha they are actuated by worldly motives, and g there to transact business, "pick up items etc. Now, Messrs. Correspondents, when { man shows an inclination to put himself once week, in a way to receive profitable impres sions, do for goodness sake give him the ben eft of at least a charitable supposition tha his motives are sincere, so long as his actions do not indicate otherwise. Don't judge oth CTS by yourselves; there must be beam il your own eyes. The old legend, ''to the pure all things are pure," applied to this case doesn't speak we'll for the motives whic1 drive y0al to church. Be the motives of tht Canaanites what they may, they profess to bs able, at the close of the service, to repeat the entire sermon verbatim, while the native COT respondents can only tell the benediction, tht number of founces and buttons on the girl: dresses, whether their hair was "frizzled' ol Changed" and the reason each one attends church.
 A meeting of the prospective Canaan cornet band was called last Tuesday evening and only six of the pledgedimembers respond ed. Grove Knickerbocker was chosen to pre- side over the deliberations of the meeting After being called to order, the secretary fig ured up the cost of instruments, tuition, mu sic, rent for band room, coal, lights, etc, al $40 or upwards per man. After this an nouncement the members suddenly discovered that they couldn't spare. the time for practice necessary to become accomplished musicians Ehe chairman vehemently protested against such an outlandish and extravagant way oi figuring the expense, and assured them that after few lessons from Tucker they wouldn't require the services of teacher the secre- tary's estimate was far too high. But they were now too thoroughly frightened to listen to reason, and gave all sorts ssof trumped-ur excuses: one had to go to the legislature