The Press., 1896-03-26


 M. E. church, will take place next Mon
 day evening at 7.3O sharp.
 State Attorney Reed and A. E. Con
 verse were at New Haven yesterday at. tending the meeting of the United Order Golden Cross.
 -Workmen are busily engaged leveling the lot for the new barn for M. D. Blair. | The timber has all been made ready, and as soon as it is drawn will be put together in short order. MT. Rockwell is consid- ering the advisability of having an old fashioned raising.
 Martin Sharp, while returning to his home at Hydeville, Saturday evening, was thrown from his wagon, by the seat breaking, and badly cut about the head, necessitating several stitches. Mrs. Ser afin, an Italian, working at Rawitser Bros mill, caught her hand in gear this morn ing and lost the end of one finger Dr. Rafftery attended both cases.
 The schools of the borough closed Tuesday7for a vacation of two weeks. In the high school the afternoon session was devoted to a close and animated debate on "Resolved-It IS better for a man to be born poor than rich" The speakers for the affirmative were c. D. Walker, c. F. Chandler, w. F. Engley and Arthur Meyers; for the negative, B. F. Cooley, c. c. Pinney, E.. N. Druley and G. W. Brackett. The judges were Miss M. A. Sergeant, Miss A. L. Tobin and Mrs. F. B. Cady, and the decision was rendered in unanimous affirmative.
 Anthony Adams of the borough and Mrs, Jacob Glover of Stafford were called to Norwich this week to attend the funer- al of their sister, Mrs. Mary Richter, who died suddenly last Sunday.
 Names of scholars neither absent nor tardy in the public school during the past term:
 Grade T. Ada Gary, Charles Gary, Arthur J. Lee, Harry Wise
 Grade II-George Gary, Emma Werner, Albert Dugro.
 Grade III and IV-Alice Bailey. Tillie Brown, Emma Gary. Annie Hoyle, Eva Rounds, Lena Balbian, Lees Furness, Pearl. Newell, Bertha Parker, Frank Whitaker.
 Grade V and VI-Ethel s. Gary, Ralph H. Harris, Ralph W. Lee, Carl B. Martin. Alvan J. Smith.
 Grade VII and VIII-Maurice Demond, Grant Foster, Emma Kuehne, Robert Mcleod, James Mullen, Archer Simpson, Louie Smith, Hattie Tuthill, Louise Web ster
 Grade IX-Roy Adams, Frank Cahill, Florence Chapman, Bertha Lyon, Charles Demond.
 High school-S. E. Brown, A. E. Sis son, J. G. Findeisen, w. A. Foster, E. l.. Johnson, c. Walker.
 It would probably be money in the pockets of farmers to have their cattle treated for tuberculosis, and if 1t exists in herd to have the diseased cattle killed. The disease spreads through herd un- less it is discovered in time and prevented by prompt measures. Prominent farmers in Holland have been obliged to kill some of their finest appearing cattle in order to prevent the ravages of the disease It is only question of time, in all probabil- ity, when the law will require each far mer to have his herd examined As the disease is often taken from animals bv persons, the law should be so framed as to insure public safety as far as possible
 The season for highway work is near at hand, and a very important question presents itself before the selectmen of the town: Shall the old system, crude, cost E-4J, and unsatisfactory, be continued, o1a shall better methods be adopted? Every board shrinks from the task of inaugu rating a wise, practical and comprehensive plan, for two reasons first, because of no well-defned idea of how to begin and work out system of high character and permanent results, and, second, because of fear that the cost will look large in proportion to results obtained in one years labor. The underlying cause of much unsatisfactory showing in town af- fairs is the baneful habit of change from year to year, giving no board of officers opportunity to inaugurate and establish good and settled plan or system of con- duct for road or other affairs. The greed for office ito De dressed in a little brief authority'' so far outweighs all thought of public good that party strife and party spells prove costly experiences for these hard hill towns. Reference is made to these facts and conditions because they are, in measure, responsible for thou sands of dollars of wasted public funds Years of hard dragging over rough and muddy ways, thousands of dollars of trade lost, and business undone because of roads nearly impossible, and from some cause untold agonies imposed upon helpless horses and cattle. With the money expended in time past, say in past twenty-five years, in the crude and waste full manner of drag and patch work, with that same money wisely handled, ju- diciously expended, in accordance with some well-defned plan or sysem, this town would have been blessed with sys- rem of roads second to none in the state. The question is, Shall the same old course be gone over? Shall we go on expending six to eight thousand dollars each year, with little to show for the money when the succeeding spring opens, or shall wise course be adopted? Have our se- lectmen the 'back bone to face the mu- sic," and meet the issue squarely once and for all? A few unmentionables will howl and vail; for brief season the life of 8 selectman will be anything but one of peace or pleasure; but pluck and pa- tience will carry them through, and time will bring a sure and lasting reward. Every town has within itS bOr6ars a IarOe number of men, and boys, too, who know to a nicety just how every detail of town affairs should be run, and especially those affairs which are in their nature immedi- ately under observance, or upon the street; matters not whether the individu- al has ever consulted or studied any more profound authority than the New York World or Ayers Almanac, ideas he has, and is ready to declare them from every street corner or ash barrel. All the se- lectmen have need of is patience with