Connecticut western news., 1881-06-22

opening of the room; it's objects were ex- plained, and plans suggested for further im- provement. The intervals were enlivered with music furnished by W. W. Under. woods orchestra.
 In his 5-minute speech in the literary room last Thursday evening, Rev. Dr. Eddy urged the advisablity of improving the roads in this town. This is an idea which the NEWS has repeatedly advanced, and which deserves the consideration of our citizens. It is an in- disputable fact that no worse roads can be found in community which boasts so much ''mental, moral, and social culture," than our town is afflicted with. In almost everything else indicative of progress, we are on the front seat, we'll up with other villages of our size. In societies, hotels, stores railway, mail, tel egraph and telephone facilities we are "thar every time," but in the matter of good roads, we are silent. In wet weather we have mud; in dry weather. dust and sand. The soil is such that with bright sunshine, it is only few hours after wallowing Ill the mud, that we are choked and blinded by clouds oi flying dust. The only relief is in macadami- zation, or else a liberal overlay of clay and gravel. The annual raking and scraping which they receive will not make good roads out of poor ones, any more than new coat can be made by cutting out the ragged parts. To bring the roads to tolerable state of per- lection must necessarily involve considera- ble expense, but this is no loss when the gain is counted The only hindrance to our village being thronged every summer with city people, IS the abominable state of the roads. The scenery hereabouts is most beau. tiful. the climate healthy. the air, when un- encumbered with dust, refreshing; good fish. ing and hunting grounds are within 20 min utes' drive in short, the surroundings are just such as are calculated to attfact city boarders but, as was the case in several in' stances last year, they are disgusted at first sight of the roads, and take the first train out of town.
 Dr. Eddy's plan is, to begin the war by making good driving road from the "Lower Corner" cemetery, through the village to Judge Granger's, distance of perhaps mile and half, and thls suggestion MT. Eddy backs up with proposition to contribute ia good many days work and good many dol lars" toward the accomplishment of the task, which proposition ought to inspire at least those of our citizens who would derive vastly greater benefits from improved roads than Dr. Eddy with courage to pitch into the work with will, especially as the object in view is to promote their own convenience as we'll as the best interests of their town. We venture t1 fhoffh fhnr io rn% fory nr horse owner Tn this vicinity who would hes itate if appealed to, to contribute consdera. ble labor to that object, and with the work once fairly commenced, and the people con- vinced that the undertaking means business, every citizen will contribute his share in money and labor, and will rest satisfied only when they have roads that will compare fav- orably with those ln our sister town of Shef | field, where driving is positive pleasure, and whose roads, we are told, were as bad as ours until public spirit and enterprise trans l formed them into Ia thing of beauty and joy 1 forever" As Dr. Eddy says, if we go at the work with will, and especially it we get those creatures (may I call them Creatures ? the dear women, interested, success is cer tain" Then let some pioneer patriot set the ball rolling, and generations yet unborn will rise up and call him blessed.
 | With this issue, the NEWS reaches the close of the tenth year of it's existence We've lived ten years, and had pretty fail time, thank ye although we don't propose te retire on our laurels just yet and thus deprive suffering humanity of one of the most indis pensable necessaries of life and happiness
 We are one of those happy go-lucky insttu | ii fbofv ri but good-anyway, our readers tell us we're good, and we never could find proof to con tradict the assertion, and wouldn't if w could. We've got more "esteemed contem l poraries' in this narrow field, to make lift | worth living, than we had when we first say | the light and were awakened to life by tho shrill screech of the old c. w. R. R. bob tailed locomotive "State Line, as she wen l bobbing and hissing into Salisbury, our birth place, for the first time ton years ago, making the eyes of the natives bung out like peeled onions. Since our day, the Millerton Tele gram has made it's bow, now conducted by couple of plucky young roosters with spur
 on their heels and sand in their crops tn New Milford Gazette, which has made corr
 patch of our toes, quack doctor of it's owl
 first editor, and dyspeptc of it's presen one; the Thomaston Express, which handle
 
 biographical and pronouncing vocabulary an
 political compendium; the Torrington Regis
 ter which was recently consumed in the fir that is not quenched; the New Hartfor
 Tribune, whose proof is read by moonlight tn
 Winsted Press, too wicked to live, and cer
 taiuly too wicked to die the Winsted Times
 "a few more sighs a few more tears; 1t won
 be long," the Cornwall Star, Mrs. Winsiow'
 soothing syrup always on hand the Fall
 Village Item, "How we apples swim. .'-an
 several others Some of them are smaller I and some the same size as ourselves. We ar
 no larger now than when we were born, bu it is fully as easy to go around uS as it is t
 walk over us We have had quite a varie
 experience during our short life; we hay
 seen the dark side Of the cloud, and again w
 have had some fun, and on ths whole hay
 ing lived in this world for ten years, we ca
 truthfully say that it is about, as good world t ] live in, as any that we have ever been con nected with In conclusion, friends, (Roy
 don't get frightened and Jump to the copclu
 sion that this will end with "for sale by al
 druggists, y if any who are not on our list
 are desirous of following us through our sec ond decade, to see how we maintain ou
 standard of excellence" we shall be pleased
 to make your acquaintance. Price $l 50 year; no chromos nor cork screws but pa
 per, of itself, worth Ahe price
 l VICINITY.
 Echo Farm, Litchfield, has lost one of it: most valuable cows.
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