Connecticut western news., 1897-06-03
LAX EvILLE.

The w. o. Witter family, of New York city, is expected to arrive at their summer residence for the season Friday of this week, also the George Milmine family, of New York city, will come to- day and occupy their elegant new sum- mer residence on the east side of the lake.
 O. Benjamin arrived home Tuesday from his trip to Meriden, New Haven and Bridgeport.
 Grove Capron, of Poughkeepsie, a printer, was here Tuesday and had a drink out of a spring which his grand father, Mir Thorpe, owned half cen tury ago. Mir Capron hardly knew Lakeville. It has changed so for the | better.
 Mir and Mrs Burrall, of Waterbury, were here Monday visiting MT and Mrs Geo. B. Burrall Mir Burial is a brother of our esteemed townsman Geo. B. Burrsll, and Is hale and hearty at the advanced age of four score years. Memorial Day was spent in various ways. Many of our people went toMiller- ton Monday to attend a horse and bi- cycle race. The ladies of the Taconic school took ride to Mt. Everett The 18th Century club took a ride to Bash Bish Falls. All our stores were closed and many of our public buildings had flags floating from their upper windows and from flag poles, all of which gave the day patriotic aspect. The de- coration of the soldiers graves in the Salisbury cemetery last Sunday evening by the veterans and Sons of Veterans was witnessed by large concourse of people. After this the procession started for the Congregational church, which was soon filled with a large con- gregation of veterans and their friends. Dr Knight presided at the organ and played some grand organ voluntsries interspersed with national airs, which reused the patriotic spirit of the assem- blaze. The quartette choir of the Church sang a beautiful Mem orisl day anthem in fine style. Rev F. D. Abrams then offered prayer, after which Rev J. O Goddard preached grand patriotic sermon from a text found in IT Chronicles xxx, 15. "Thus saith the Lord unto you, be not afraid or dismsy- ed by reason of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but Gods. |" The reverend gentleman divided his sermon into three parts, which he named shots of God. The first shot delivered was when Fort Sumpter was l fired on, which reused the discordant spirit of the North into unity, and brought order out of chaos. The sec- ond shot was fired by the little "Moni- tor, :" "which the Rebels called cheese box" This shot weighed 166 lbs. and was fired into the Rebel iron clad | "Merrimac" at a time when the spirit of the North was crestfallen. for they expected to see the "Merrimac" in New York harbor and shell the city, but the little "Monitor" poured her 166 lb shots for four hours into the "Merri- mac" which prevented the trip to New York and laid this seemingly invulner- able warship low forever The hearts of the people of the North swelled with gratitude to God for this signal delivery from the enemy. The third shot, wac fired when the greatest fighting General of the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson, was laid low at the hands of one of his | own men who accidentally shot him on a night reconnoitering trip in the woods. The sermon was full of strik- ing war incidents graphically described and was listened to with rapt attention. The meeting closed by singing "Ameri- ca." The church was elegantly trimmed with ''Old Glory" flags
 Dr Neumann. of theH otchkiss School, addressed the men at the Mems meeting at their hall last Friday evening. Sub- | ject, "Germany as a nation and her military establishment He showed on large map how Germany is sur rounded by rival nations, which com pells her to keep up @ standing army to hold her own territory intact Germany, he said. does not keep Der enrolled army of six million men, for 8 fighting machine, as some people think, but for the sake of peace in her borders. Pre- vious to 1870 Germany had been dis rupted or split up into small principali- ties for 200 years solely on account of her quarrelsome neighbors. The doctor had number of military caps of the German army and pictures of uniform ed soldiers with him, which he showed to the men The doctor was heartily applauded at the close of his address. The annual school meeaing was held Tuesday evening. Col. Wm. B Rudd was the chairman. Geo. B. Burrsll, Thos. Martin and Chss. Day were elect ed committee: H s. Wilson, clerk; Wm. B Perry. treas. and collector. A vote of thanks was given to J. D Marvin, principal of our high grade school, for his excellent management of our public schools. We understand that Mir Mar win will go to Harvard college to take a course of study and the scholars and people at large regret his leaving here. I he Julian Comedy Go. Is perform ing at Roberts Opera House the first half of this week. They also exhibit the wonderful kineoptoscope living pic lures, Edison's great invention. Every body who sees them is rapturous over them and desires all his friends to go and see them.
 Mrs NJ. H. Silvernale, of Kenyon, Minn., who came here visiting her par ents, is at present in Winsted visiting her sister. Mrs Alfred Heaton. She will also go to Riverton and visit the family of Theodore Wachter.