Connecticut western news., 1894-02-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEoPLE
Call 1t Jerusalem.

Edsfor Qf tae Conusecticta Western Netcs,
 Dear Sir:--Some one has been send ing me marked copies of your excellent paper in which the great controversy about changing the name of the village of Canaan is now raging. The question. of course. is of the greatest inr portance, and every body who has the least inter- est in the future growth and greatness of the village which now absolutely de- mands new name should make 8 sug- geetion, or if he cannot make one, bor- row one already made, and send it to you to help in giving an appropriate name to great place I hope that the name of the land itself will not be changed !; for section of country where flows so much of the milk of human kindness, and where there is so much honey of real happiness gathered by the busy-bee-ike industry of the inhabi- tants, should always be called "the Land of Canaan"
 But as the Canaan where the "CoN- NEcTICUT WESTERN NEWS is issued. is by far the most important place in all that happy. if not Holy Land, why not follow ancient precedent and call it Jerusalem? In that case East Canaan could take the name of Jericho; and Falls Village. in the southern portion of the land, might be called Hebron, noted as the burial place of Patriarchs; or, if they don't like that name, let them take another south Canaan name, even Beth lehem, the birthplace of the Greatest that was ever born.
 There are only eight Jerusalems in the United States, if you count Jerusa- lem Mills; but there are twenty-two Caraans, including Canasnville.-en- tirely too many. The "Land of Ga naan. !" the only place in this country that ought to have Jerusalem, has none! We always associate Jerusalem with Canaan. A Canaan without Jeru- salem is too much like Hamlet with Hamlet left out.
 It would not only be appropriate to have Jerusalem in the land of Canaan but it would be suggestive of the an- cient glory and greatness of Jerusalem in another land of Canaan here below; and it would also remind the people of your town of the Jerusalem which is above, where they all would like to go, and some of them probably will go there; but as to the rest I hesitate to speak positively until they change some what their present faith and practice If you should conclude to call your place Jerusalem. then Great Burlington could still retain its first name; for the single name of Jerusalem would sound a thousand times greater than the double name of Great Harrington. It seems to me that if you will name your village Jerusalem, the name will be large enough for the place and in harmony with the eternal fitness of things; for Jerusalem is the greatest place in the Canaan of Syria, and Jerusalem should be the name of the greatest place in the Canaan of Connecticut.
 The adoption of the name Jerusalem would probably end all controversy. please anybody. and sufficiently desig nate the magnitude and importance of your village. We hope to hear the con- iuctors at no very distant day when the tram is approaching your village. shout ing through the cars, "The next place is Jerusalem! Change cars for Great Harrington, Hartford. Poughkeepsie and New York. This train goes no further than Jerusalem!" J.s.o.
 P. S.-H you call your place Jerusa- lem, you might call the Pine Grove Camp Ground the Wilderness of Judes, where the John-the- Bsptists presch,- saying, The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand"