Connecticut western news., 1880-09-22

prices, ana the shortest men ID the county. They are short, but sweet, and one will like them better after, than before, trading with them. Their stock is all new, having just started in business, and as varied as could be wished. So when you go up cattle show next week just drop in and see lem. They'll treat you well, even if you don't buy any goods.
 ED. NEWS: We so often hear it re- marked that Canaan is very unsocial place, that we are glad to note any fact to prove that some social feeling exists. Some of your readers may not be aware that for the past thirteen years number of ladies in town have met several times every year for good old-fashioned tea party, usually selecting the birth day of some one of their number, and finding much pleasure in the social, friendly feeling promoted by these frequent gatherings. These ladies were most of them school-mates in East Canaan, between the years 1880 and 1840. We are told that they usually meet five or six times year, and we hope that this custom will be continued so long as they are able to get to one another's homes to ex- change friendly greetings. We think none of them will object to seeing their names 'in print" since they set such good example to unsociabIe Canaanites: Mrs. Leonard Law renee, Mrs. Lyman Cunning, Mrs. Hannah Stewart, Mrs. Hiram Briggs, Mrs. G. Humph- rey, Mrs. Henry Holt, Mrs. Amy Andrews Mrs. c. Morris, Miss Kate Lawrence, Miss J. Daboll. z. Perhaps no other town can boast more precocious lot of well posted politics talking youngsters than this village. Every street urchin can tell just how the bari business op- erated in the Maine election, and what the in- evitable consequences will be of the election of either of the presidential candidates. Here is a trundle-bed politician who with wise look and dubious expression, sagely predicts the upbuilding of a monarchial government and the downfall of all free institutions, in the further continuance of the present corrupt administration in power. Here is another spankable Daniel Webster leaning up against the hitching post and ventilating himself on the solid south, rebel brigadiers, southern claims, etc. and the rebel rule and ultimate disgrace of our nation in case of Hancock s election; while here is ragged little boot black working his elbows like a locomotive piston, on Hancock shine" for five cents, at the same time trying to get his customer to "take him up" on a thousand dollar bet
 that Garfield will carry New York. Oh, there
 are lots of coming Webster's, Clay's, Cal
 houn's, sumner's etc. here, but they are small yet-little ones for cent.
 l -DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE l-"SHooT HIM ON
 THE SpoT!"-AND THE COCK CREwl-BLooD
 MURDER AND FEATHERS THE FLAG INSULT
 EDI-REvENGE, REMoRsE, AND REPENTANCE l To ARMS !-To ARMS l-"ON TO RICHMOND ? | CoCKADooDLEDANDYl-T GOOSE HANG;
 HIGH l-SHANGHA1 HANGS HIGHER!-
 BREAK, A FALL, A SHOCKING SHoCKl-NIGH' HAWKS ON THE WARPATH AMERICAN LIB
 ERTY JEoPARD1zEDl-KU KLUx KLAl
 EcLIPsED l-The citizens of our hitherto quie and peaceable little village were thrown int the widest state of Connecticut and excite
 ment last Saturday morning, by the announce
 ment that the large campaign banner swing ing across the street had been desecrate
 during the night, by some unpatriotic vandala
 who suspended from the bottom of it, dea
 rooster, slaughtered for the occasion. Tn string, however, by which it was attached
 had got broken, probably by the wind, an when found, Mr. Rooster was lying on hi back in the middle of the road, taking birds , l eye view of the flirting motto Have 70
 heard from Maine ?" over his head. Now
 ! is we'll known that the NEWS is not an orga nor jewsharp, either for that matter
 for any party or organization, but the champion of law and good order
 as the upholder and upholstererO of indiviC 3 ual liberty as the moulder of public sent f ment, and as the respecter of the inalienab : rights of all orthodox roosters, the CONNECT
 CUT WESTERN NEWS, (which, now that V < think of it, will be sent to nea0 from now UT I til January first, 1881; for only 25 cents; sa isfaction guaranteed or money refunded-t1 litD sets the seal of it's condemnation upc
 an outrageous attempt to palm ofupon an il telligent, poultry wise community, a roostt without comb, spurs, domineering pride s any of the traits of masculine lordliness whiC , infallibly show the difference between u
 genuine rooster and the kind of hair-pin th n 1uttered in the breeze last Friday nigh l. which, it has been discovered, was a-a- |. lady rooster. That's where the outras 7 comes in. If the people of this communi
 are to be crowed over, they should be spare n the modification of having the offciatir I ''rooster" break into cackle.
 > Charlie Wood, sup't. stillson's confder '- tial clerk will please accept thanks for cou l. tesies extended the NEWS local, during \. brief call at the general offices in Bridgepo IF the other day. Through his politeness V :. were shown through the various office r. which, by the way, are pleasantly located ar :, most conveniently arranged. In the chi
 clerks office we ran upon "Colonel Watso
 brother of Mrs. H. W. Franklin fthis plac
 who but recently was promoted to the desi l. able position he fills. They find the tc e round almost invariably, these Ltchfe U county boys,-by the way, "Woody" is Il Lakevillian himself; and young yet, but n giddy. In another room general ticket agel a Fl. D. Averill was mounted on a three stol V stool, boring over his books and ''iggerir 7, { up' we suppose, as his face wore the expres sion of perplexity frequently shown by u d aowery Adonis when about to write to h # sdoxie" and trying to decide whether to b. a gin with ''My precious darllng!' or to leay
 off the ''My"-And right here we voluntet
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