Connecticut western news., 1879-10-22

MT. and Mrs. Charles Ensign (who had late ly lost heavily through the burning of the factory) received a surprise party on Friday evening. The guests carried presents to the | amount of about seventy dollars, and spent a very pleasant evening. MT. Holcomb furnish ! ed music for dancing.
 Rev. MT. Moore of Hartford preached in | this church Sunday afternoon. He gave many interesting statistics regarding the early his- \ tory of the church.
 The Ladies Aid Society meet at the resi- dence of Mir. Whiting Kellogg on Friday af: ternoon.
 We had a much-needed rain on Saturday \ night and have decided change of weather since then.
 The beautiful autumn is drawing to a close and we must 'smeet winter as we may" Sheffield.
 The lect, re of Nellie Brigham drew a full ! house, and was delivered in an easy graceful manner. The main ideas were progress in heaven and final restoration. She believed that the slightest germ of goodness in the ' Ak seems to be the reverse in this world with the majority, and before this political campaign is through, we shall be safe to make hardly any exceptions.
 MT. McMurray and family will remove soon to New York.
 Miss Louisie Dewey has gone to attend school in Orange, N. Y.
 ! A tramp put up in barn on the Plain over night, and when discovered, he threw an arm over his face to conceal his features, and some supposed it was Webster, which was not at all likely, as he would shun these parts. There are rumors of gang bivouack. ing on the western mountains, having cruel bles, etc for melting silver.
 worked for several days, piled up and evened off with gravel, and in crossing we only sink in to the tops of our boots
 Messrs Levett and Curtis report killing 24 woodcock on a late gunning excursion.
 Mrs. Henry Coon is to have an auction or the 3Oth inst. for household goods, etc.
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 - The Pinafore base ball club played return game with the Nameless last Saturday, whicl resulted again in victory for the latter
 MT. H. Smith has completed the founda tion for an l. to his house.
 I IT. dE pie trees from his lot, evidently thinking tha tobacco is better paying investment tha the apple crop.
 r Fred Sanford has finished drawing bark and in company with his nephew, Georg Greene, is also to get the logs from the job.
 We mentioned last week that Miss Lbbl J. Stevens had been engaged to teach tn ) primary department in the school at Cole brook River. We since learn that she assum ed her duties last week.
 The sacrament of the Lords Supper will administered in the Congregational Church week from next Sunday. LETHUM, As usual it has been very quiet here an , what to write about I hardly know. Icannc tell how many of the people who read th NEWS are Greenback politicians, but thin that if they could have listened to the elc quent speech of Com Wm. Voorhies of Ny g ack on the 17th inst, at Millerton, N. Y., LII less they were old ard-hearted sinners pas redemption, they would have been converted and in the election in November they woul walk up to the polls with a radiant counte s nance thanking the giver of all good gift l that the scales had been removed from the }, eyes and that the blind could see that it
 only the Greenback vote that will restor prosperity to the people who have suffered b l the parties in power, whose villiany has n e equal in ancient or modern times.
 The Lakeville cornet band furnished mus :, for the Greenback mass meeting and playe a very we'll The diminutive drummer, Wlli | Stone, seemed to be the centre of attractio | when they played, and he just made thos d drumsticks go lively, and in good time, too.
 On Sunday, while walking out for comfor I walked up to the Washinee factory at Sali y bury to see how friend Keyworth was pr' t gressing, as have never been there since | 6 purchased it. Everything there looked pro-
 porous, and why not? with such an ente Il prising man as Mr. Charles Keyworth at tn V head. He has the incest factory that can |
 found for his business. Perhaps many wh :. read this will wonder W hat his business is S 5 will tell. He has six Or eight men, sawiu Il bone, ivory, pearl, buffalo horns, besides e 8 coa, lignum vitse, and several other kinds
 wood into thin pieces calfed scales for knil :, handles. I saw boxes with patterns in frol almost every knife company in the countr, y and to see his stock on hand one would thin # he could furnish enough for both continent
 and still he is behind a month or 80 in the o
 ders he has on hand. He has everything co,
 venient to work with; good machinery an n good water power to run it with. was SUI d prised to see the improvements around h
 
 ( terraces are perfection. Well, I, for one, al Y glad to see him thrive, and hope it will be ( a long duration, as he deserves it if anyone doe e Our barber, George Mowers, who has give all the best of satisfaction in hair cutting an
 shaving since he has been here, has opene
 shop at Lime Rock and will go there ever v Friday hereafter. for that day only.
 ST. ELMO LakevilIe No. ?.
 T MIR. ED1ToR:-Your Lakeville correspol dence of the last issue of your paper contain an article concerning 9 certain discussio
 which took place at the recent town meetin in Salisbury The article is supposed to b sarcastic and is Demosthenic and Ciceronia in the extreme. But with it and it's write
 whomI imagine to be, an estimable madel | lady whose sex would not permit of her pres 8 ence at thissmeeting, have little to do, Ill , less to depreeate such a careless and flppa1 way of speaking of what promises to be yer
 grave matter For this discussion and tn circumstances and results arising from it hay attracted considerable attention in this an surrounding towns, and although not ''amon . the prophets" feel safe in saying that a outgrQwth of this discussion will soon attrac more than local attention. MT. Editor, wha g do you and your conservative readers thin of "bulldozing" here in Puritan New England in Litchfeld County, Connecticut the yer strong hold of universal suffrage and fire speech of 'kukluxing" free-born nativ citizen here in conservative Connection where there are no uneducated freedmen, n valid excuse for the "shot gun policy? Blu because forsooth voter at town meeting aG vocates ably and strongly reform in whic } he thoroughly believes, and he is able enoug r to have his wishes carried out by the pobula vote at this town meeting where every Vote is ''free and equal" he i8 delpged with threat 7 ening letters, anonymous of coArse, aayic to leave the town," ''to undo what he ha done or he will be sorry" threats such a the fnllow1nr. ssWe are many and strong