Connecticut western news., 1880-12-22
he programme for the concert tonight, is as

The programme for the concert tonight, is as follows: Red, White, and.Blue," Canaan Cornet Band Song, "Meettng." Miss Bena Rodemeyer Violin & Piauo Duett.
 wv. Underwood, Mrs. c. W. Camp Cornet Solo. "Gland Fantaisie," W. R. North Waltz, Sweet Memories" Band luickstcp. "Cecilia," Band oug, "The Dream,' Mrs. c. W. Camp Violin Solo, De Berlot's 9th Air. W. Underwood Song, Miss Bena Rodemeyer Vocal Duett, Friendship,
 Mrs. c. W. Camp, Mrs. $. c. Beckley Quartctte, The Cleaners,
 ialop, Apollo, Baud
 To morrow evening the drama, Bread on the Waters" will be presented, with the fol lowing cast:
 Dr. Harlem, Principal of Greenlake Seminary.
 Arthur Pa fridge larry Harlem. hts son, John Roc" meyer, Jr. Bob Winders, pupil, Frank VanDeusel tred Hastings pupil, Charles Spauding iutts Constable Peter Hicks Mrs. Lori"g, nousckeeper. Mss D. Rodemeyer ucy Harlem. the Dr's daughter, r,. uo,..u, Oily, Bread oh the Waters" Miss Jenny Brown Followed by the Imaginable farce, "A Little lore Cider; cast as follows:
 Erastus App'ejack. cider maker, Frank Hitchcock L"b. his son, Frank VanDenser OTtcOn eachblossom, Peter HICKS ans Drinker, Dutchman. John Rodemey'r, Jr. Miss fati"rce old maid, Mics Bena Rodemeyer 'oliy 'pplejack, Mss Jenny Brown 1etty Macon. Miss Emma Stlner
 An orchestra of six pieces will discourse music during the intervals of the play. Doors open at o'clock; entertainments commence p .omptly at 7.45. The south bound through freight train will stop at Falls Village and West Cornwall both evenings, to accommo- late passengers.
 No PAPER NEXT WEEK.-We purpose to omit the publication of the NEWS next week, ill order to enable ourselves to recuper- | ate, 'clean house." tinker our press, count our money received during the past year and devise means of getting rid of it, etc. This | is a custom which the former publisher, the late J. l. Pease. followed during the last few years ofhis management of the NEWS. Many | of the state papers, weekly and daily, suspend 10 celebrate Christmas and other legal holi days, and tho respite is duly appreciated l Very few, aside from the attaches off news paper office can fully appreciate the monotony of the routine duties of country newspaper the constant vigilance respectfully | In a small town whose inhabitants generally are given to attending strictly to their owr bushes ito find material that will interest without giving ofIence,-aud perhaps there is no business man. in whatever profession ht may be engaged, who must of necessity, GU, deavor to please ese, yb0dy more than the ed tor, who caters to all grades and shades o nationality, religion, politics, etc.
 Tie weekly paper IS looked upon as a "mat l ter of course'-a sort of necessary evil so ething to be expected. So far as matte and make up is concerned, there must be n, | ''dull season" with it. No matter how close ly people attend to thelr own business; hov persistently somebody's horse refuses to ru away and smash up the wagon; how stub nornly drunken man avoids being run owe by the cars; how tantalIzingy the small bo refuses to fall through the ice and get drowr ed on the skating pond, the weekly paper expected to come out promptly on time bright, spicy and full of sensational news The readers expect it. They "pay for it, an have right to expect it."
 Our subscribers will be willing to grant u the week of, " and Our advertisers shall T, ceive their lull deserts. We shall epdeavC to make the next issue of the NEWS (Jan , SO good, with local news and correspondence that our readers will feel that they have To- nothing by our request to ''glve us a rest"