Connecticut western news., 1880-11-17

Charlie Pease of this place, youngest son of the late Editor Pease, seems to have rare talent for drawing. Some of his specimens were recently shown to artist Muadry of Falls Village, who complimented the boy highly, and predicted for him success as an artist.
 MT. D. L. Peirce started last Friday night for Penn Yan, N. Y., where he will stop for few days, with friends. From there he will go to Champaign, H., where his brother. Rev. William G. Peirce, formely of this place, now resides. He will be gone about month
 The basement of the Methodist church is being partitioned of, and about one.half will be used for prayer meetings, the entire room, as at present being larger than necess ary to accommodate the number attending. It IS reported that the revival meetings of last winter will be continued this season.
 George M. Brown, who committed mat "imony last Thursday stopped at this place, is old home, over Sunday, on short we'd ling tour, and made us pleasant call Mon lay morning, taking the afternoon train with his bride, for Bridgeport George has the pest wishes of host of friends, and certain ly no ones outlook is brighter.
 That Canaan cornet band is having a good time. They played around big bon ire the other night, and then were treated to m oyster supper. That band has done noth ing but eat for the last month. -Neao Md- ford Gazette.
 You're another! That band" has done as much blowing aB the New Milford Gazette, although it hasn't half the amount of brass.
 -Rev. Mir. Mackey will preach mission. ary sermon next Sunday morning. In an nouncing it last Sunday the pastor requested the audience not to stay sway, assuring them that Il will endeavor to avoid preaching a very dry sermon, and won't ask you for a cent of money" Mir Mackey knows how to preach an interesting sermon, even on dry subject.
 The Canaan cornet band is to give a couple of entertainments about the middle o1 next month the first evening will be devoted to music vocal and instrumental and the second to a dramatic entertainment. The committee chosen to arrange for the concert consists of Willard W. Underwood, A. T. Roraback Esq, H. H. Cogswell, G P. Strong and D. L. Peirce, and under their manage ment successful entertainment is certain.
 A woman who solicited and received considerable money in this place from the ing to be the widow of freemason, and dis playing masonic pin to give color to her claim, was previously arrested at Winsted, for obtaining money under false pretenses, and proved to be an impostor. She was dis. charged, however, on giving her promise to leave the state, 8 promise which she evident ly forgot, as she had hardly got 20 miles away from the place of her exposure before she tried-and successfully same game. Pass her along.
 -Sandtown has the floor again. Olin Nash gives us glowing account of the latest, from which it appears that he (Nash) was robbed of $25.0s, "United States money" a short time ago, by sable inhabitant whom he was befriending. Nash threatened him with arrest and exposure, and got the sheriff tc scowl at him, which so frightened the guilty coon that he turned white around the gills, and lied about it, swearing up and down that he didn't know muffin bout it nohow." Sub that in order to save his bacon he must make clean breast of it, and "fork over," and he was Sharp enough to act accordingly. The $25 5.08, "United States money" has been re stored to Nash, and the thief, who, by the | way is member of the famous "Han 'cuf and Garter Club,' is madder and wiser thar he was.