The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-29

sOUTHIg6TO6.

and the back yards and the side walks and are trampied upon under foot, but no one slips on them. They are wet with the rain of the past two days, but the sunshine when 1t comes VIII soon dry them and some of them will be gathered and put to use for bedding while others will be carried hither and wonder by the wind and will find odd hooks and corners to lie in under the snow during the winter.
 A wet day like that of Thursday has It's pleasures out of doors. but one needs to be protected by an overcoat.
 The men who are engaged at work ar farmers earning livelihood are the ones who are about as earnest as any one in working to do the very best they can in shaping political affairs 80 that people will have more confidence in each other and more charity for one another's views and opinions and they are eager to find out from men who work at other trades If there has any thing new taken place the past summer while they were busy at work which they should know before casting their ballots on Monday. November D. AS class, the farmer is willing to trade off some of his knowledge and experience with the people of other occupations and wants to bring to the polls with him all the wisdom he possesses, hop ing to do the very best that he can so that the business of the stae will be carried on in good shape by good men for wo more years. The farmer of to- day Is willing to put his shoulder side by side with any other workman and give a shove to anything which wants either a steady move or simply a boost.
 Men are at work in the shop Of the Connecticut Motor company getting 1t ready for New York men, who are to carry On a manufacturing business there.
 The raw cold weather of Thursday set people to thinking about things to do for personal comfort the coming winter and as a consequence wood and coal men may expect a better business as soon as the weather cleers. Wood chop pers do not engage in the regular busi- ness of chopping wood until after the ground is covered with snow. With a heavy pair of boots on and thick clothing they can do a good days work out in the crisp, cold, bracing air of winter, and when noon comes the sun is generally warm enough so that they can find warm spot in an opening among the trees to eat their dinner end plan out the afternoons work CT talk about the likelihood of more snow to sled the wood home in.
 The electric light poles are few inches over thirty feet in length and as they are each sunk about five feet in the ground they stand twenty-five feet high. The wires when strung will be nearly that far from the ground. There are not many walnuts here about this season.
 Very few farmers are without teams and none of them were forced to trudge all the way down to town hall Thurs day to bring in their tax list and swear to its correctness, but those who drove .n found the assessors ready to take their list and willing to remain all day and wear a good natured smile for the merchant, banker or workingman, as each in turn made out their individual lists. As a general thing manufactur' | ing concerns are the last to bring iT their llsts.s They prefer the last day as this enables them to make note o1 all new business up to the last moment | The republicans voters of the towr of Southington will hold & caucus in the town hall on Wednesday evening, Oct 31, to nominate candidates for repre-
 sentatives, judge of probate and jus tices of the pease, and to do any other
 business proper for the meeting to do
 It is little over a year before thu
 national election of 1896 and betweer
 now and then all citizens interested il
 politics will have an opportunity to SC
 themselves right on political questions
 In the meantime we are to have {
 state election which must be consid
 cred quite important, and every vote
 who can conveniently do so should g,
 to the polls on election day, Novembe
 5, this year, and vote and show that h.
 takes an interest in public matters.