Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

Q many of the old residents of Lake lille and Salisbury. who are now scatter d over the world, and who, with tn, love of tleir birthplace strong within tn m, seek to keer up an acquaintance with the old home by reading the col u.nns of the CONN. WESTERN NEWS, they must be fed weekly upon the arrant trash and balder-dash which has, for the past two or three weeks appeared from Lakeville correspondents. If such would occupy their time and the meas ure of brains they possess, in giving whatever items of netrs there may be to communicate, there would be great gain to the readers of the paper, and the correspondents themselves would tide from the public, to a great degree, the exceeding length of their ears.
 The mildness of December and Janu- ary Is now being atoned for, and Febru- Iry is genuine winter month. Snow IS deep and evenly distributed and the sleighing is elegant.
 The failure of the ice crop so general ly predicted by the knowing ones, has proved to have been remarkably false prophecy, for rarely has finer or heavier ice been formed on our lake, and the houses are filled with crystal cakes of great clearness and freedom from snow. The ice cutting machine, used so gener- ally, last winter, does not seem to have given much satisfaction, as is evidenced by the fact that Jim Van Dyke and his saw have been in very brisk demand, and he has cut about 5000 cakes, If \ 24 inches in size, at the moderate price of one cent per cake. Mathematically inclined readers can amuse themselves bv figuring how many miles he has sawed.
 It IS whispered that grand sleighride will be organized this week, to come back and have supper and possibly a little dance at the Wononsco house. That would be fine and we hope it will not fail. and that We shall be invited. It would be good time to repeat the "O Old Folks" dance too, while the Sleighing and bright moonlight con- | tinue.
 Lakeville has book club. It is the custom to sell the books at half their .ost to the club, at the end of the year. As the price in the first instance is at test trade discount, this gives purchas- CTS an opportunity to buy at very low figures. The club have now on hand about 50 volumes for sale, and any vil- age library could be enriched at small outlay. The books are all in good con- lition.
 The thirty street-lamps put up and maintained by the Village Improvement society have proved an immense success. In proof of which, bright as their .rfection is, it is hardly possible even III its strong light, to find one of the chronic growlers against the society, whose voices have so frequently and so udly been heard Tn the village, in past
 avs. The growlers, by the way, never were known to give cent to assist the ociety, unless perchance they paid a Inarter for a fifty cent supper at Acade- my hall. No matter, "the rain falls lpon the just and the unjust. The snow blow, also maintained by the soci- sty, has wrestled in vain with the last mixture of snow, sleet and rain. The crust is too stiff for it, or for the horse that draws it. At all events,
 As from the wing, no scar the sky
 retains;
 The parted wave, no furrow from the
 keel"
 So on the piles and drifts upon our walks no trace of the snow blows pas sage is left, and the sleigh path serves for man and beast alike.