Connecticut western news., 1880-02-11
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.: =, .., --Asn. Weonesday. ssss -Mra Clark is holding revival meetings in {: <. New Milford. s:,.: The Blackberry river is frozen over with : s' . inches of ice. x: :E~:' The late Dr. Knight held $lOooo life :: .s insurance policy. s ':- ;=-ice houses are being filed in this place, with Pittaheld ice. !. .s'' =: - Why is an umbrella like the next 40 Hs'4 dsysf TcOpyrighted.l
 ..... -r-Fsbruary will not have five Sundays ''' ." again until the year 1920.
 ! =. :: Monday, the 2d, was Candlemas day Half the wood and half the hay. No revival meetings held in the M E. church in this place this week. s.;..'' -Measles are epidemic in the Rood-st. dis trict, old and young being taken alike.
 The schools are preparing for an exhibi- :,: :: ton, to be given at the end of the term. Prof. Denton is to give four scientific lectures in ,Winsted this month on geology. s t,s s.es-A sister of W T. Ferguson, and two chil- k. dren, from Virginia are visiting in this place. The new converts at the Methodist church are to be baptized next Sunday morn ..'>singE
 The Cong prayer and teachers meeting will be held tomorrow evening at J. L. .a..... Bragg's<
 John Robinson of this place has cala x. measuring inches in length, and IA inch e lFide..
 ,3:. A dance was given in Town Hall last Thursday night by parties from this place and Mill River.
 Another communication on the reading .room, from Traveller No. 2" is unavoidably crowded out of this issue.
 Frank Durant of Ct. Harrington lformer- ly of Fassett Durant, has gone to Colorado, where he is to go into mining,
 s;' ;. z. .--'Mrs Uriah Clarke with her husband" !" as correspondent puts it, has had success ful revival meetings in Housatonic
 |. :.4..The. "Kansas Letter" in another column sssWas written by>H. J. Holt, formerly of West .' Norfolk, and will be of interest to his friends :: in this vicinity.
 "A "Home Missionary sociable for the benefit Of poor children will be held at the residence of Mrs J. B. Reed Thursday eve .9spg, g., Feb. Feb. 12th.
 Rev. Mr. Mackey preached sermon to :- young men last Sunday night, from the text, $. .Thave written unt you, young men, be- S6ause ye are strong"
 MT. Howard Deming of Rochester, N Y. formerly clerk in Fuller 6 Peet's store in this Asplacer and wife have been spending some time with MT. c. M. Deming.
 The sherlocke family gave concert in Town Hall Monday night to small but ap- preciative audience, who are enthusiastic in their praises of the entertainment.
 -Chas. Walsh has sold the Amena Times to Herman c. Rowley and J.wade Hughes oi Sharon, and Seward Baker of Amenia The paper will be conducted under the firm name of Fl. c. Rowley &Co. The long trestle work of the Conn West ern. road over the meadows at Simsbury near the fatal Tarifville bridge, is being replaced by a substantial earth embankment, the work on which approaches completion. Six hun dred feet archways are still left for the circu- lstion of water on the meadows in times of flood -.
 It is understood that the school for 1m- beetles, at Lakeville, now that Dr. Knight is dead, will be carried on by his son, Dr. Rob- ert P. Knight, and his mother, who has long taken an active interest in the establishment There are about eighty-fve inmates of the school-chieAy little children, but few are 20 or even 30 years old.
 The article in the last issue of the NEWS entitled "The other side" was so surprising and grievous to the people of this community generally, that to get at the exact facts,a thor ough canvassing of the congregation has been made, and l66 persons connected with the church and congregation, including all the of Hcers of the church and society have signed 8 paper signifying their regard for MT. Reid, and requesting him to continue with them as their uastor as follows five the undersign- cd, members of the Congregational church and congregation at East Canaan, hereby certify to our unabated confidence in the character and usefulness of our pastor, Rev L. H.. Reid, and our earnest desire that he will continue his labors among us.' It is found that but a very small number hold the opinion expressed in the article referred to.
 Rev Mir. Reid preached an able and in- teresting sermon last Sunday, taking as his text, Jeremiah, XIII, 2l: "What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee?' The speaker gave to the unconverted the comforting as- surance that in view of the warnings, impor- tunities and opportunities presented them, and which they had neglected: their age, and hardened state of heart the probabilities are they never will be saved. Assuming then, that they are called before the Great White Throne unsaved, he applied the question con- tained in the text Will you plead morality, ignorance of duty, disbelief in the Bible, dis belief in God? etc. etc. All are unayailing Morality and good works are not to be dis.
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