Connecticut western news., 1881-10-12

oAosso"s on AlDerC DenCOnS 1arm last Wed- | nesday. We fear the frost of the night be. fore ruined the crop.
 Il. M. VanDeusen set out again Thursday.
 Russell Baldwin IS at home this week. He has shingled his barn.
 Rev. A. N. Benedict exchanged pulpits with Prof. Frost Sunday. Prof. F. gave us very good sermon from P. Pilates question, ''What is truth ?"
 MT. and Mrs. Grove Norton are away for a brief season.
 A few days ago, woman passed through here en route for Norfolk. She had broken arm, and heavy valise. Had been to three circuses this season, and hoped to be able to take in VanAmburg's at Lee. She had journeyed from West Otis.
 Miss Melinda Webster has returned after a two weeks trip to the seaside.
 MT. and Mrs. Will. Walter were visiting friends here last week.
 MT. Jas. Cook has added a much needed convenience to his cellar, hatchway, where. at the women folks rejoice.
 MT. and Mrs. Robt. Shaw were in the will lage Sunday. TATrLE TALE. West Cornwall NO.2
 ED. NEws.-Please allow me the use of your columns, to express an opinion on recent proceeding in this town. In the school report of the last year, there is slur cast on the management of our late teacher. In the report it reads as though made by the board of school visitors, but such is not the case; the report from the district was made by gentleman of the law, whom the town has elected as one of the school visitors, and this noble specimen of humanity kaaosos that his report from this district is false from beginning to end. There have been three visitors for this district during the year, and thls self important individual has only had charge of it for short time; both of the other visitors, as well as the state agent, gave this school very great praise, but the late teacher offended his ''royal highness," by administer ing just rebuke to him on the public street, and to revenge himself on defenseless fe- male, he has used his petty office to give her "stab iu the dark" If he had been a Spaniard or an Indian we should have known what to expect, but being native of Dibble Hill it is sad to see him lower himself so much. He says in the report that "there seemed to be lack of popularity on the part of the teacher with the scholars" Now such was not the case, as the following will show: At the close of the school, the children raised enough money by subscrip. ton, to present their teacher with handsome present, which never saw done before where a teacher was unpopular it is barely possible there may have been one, or even two schol. ars with whom the teacher was unpopular, but doubt that, and we all know that it is next to impossible for teacher to be popular with keeery one of her scholars even the famous teacher of the 9th district can't he so and the subject of this article knows from experience, that he himself could not accom-. plish the feat
 I have thus expressed myselfin the interest of fair play, and the teacher, who is not here to defend herself, but who made many friends among the best people of our village. , FAIR PLAY. l W NEAM&AGSAAmUs
 , ED. NEWS: This thriving town boasts o three live newspapers, but they are all o them too much crowded O to get in very much news. The Times and News is oul pictorial sheet, and calculated considerably well for children's scrap books. The Pres: is devoted largely to brother Pinney's hobby t -Greenbaokism anl the Herald, to the 2nt Congregational Church, parson Halloek, ant taking back statements published in It thu 5 week before. Nov all these things are req '~ thsis way, but the edge gets of in a'oe IA '--asve folks Qike some few years, and progress.
 , politicians), want change.
 Well, election is over; the Republican nom. inees as general thing 'got left" and some. body voted license, and license it is to be. r Some don't like so much vigor in prosecu tions. some growl at the taxation resulting therefrom. some dare to breathe that deputy sheriff who makes the seizures, ought tc make some slight pretentions toward personal temperance; others want little drop Satur day night, say, and among it all, we are once more going to legalize the traffic. We see certain ones making some preparations, and looking jolly around the corners of theil mouths, but our opinion is when they apply to Messrs.. in authority, they will say, eve never knew you.'
 The frost raised "hob" here last week, anc it is reported that old maids, tomato bushes pickle vines and garden sass slept cold, anG took damage.
 The recent scrimmage at the Hook and Ladder rooms was much more extensive ano disgraceful than the original report in the Herald, notwithstanding that organ has, tc please or placate some one, taken it all back and more too.
 A really good company played "Led ming, and were In very slaughtered circum' stances when the Hotel bill became due. The piazza of the Clarke House has it's usual quota of foreign extraction occupying all the room and chairs, filling the air with oaths, and covering the concrete walk with the juice of mastcated pig tail.
 Town meeting voted among other things, the usual number of new roads, demanded by no one except the land owners who project them, and the laborers who work on them.
 The Congregational ministers of the State expect to have pow-wow at parson Hallock's church next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs. day. The .brethering of the 2nd are many of lem too busy canning, etc, to take care of 'the cloth, so the o0eTtaoao Qt is hoped) will find standing room in the hearts and homes of the Methodists and parson Lees flock
 By the way, parson Lee still lives, and breaches the gospel holds prayer meetings