Connecticut western news., 1899-12-07
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Theodore Sturges was in New Haven last week on business.
 Dances are the rage here at present. Every week there are one or two. This furnishes the only recreation that the young people are having here this fall and winter.
 Miss Lizzie Lasher of West Stock bridge, Mass. is visiting at c. F. Cal kins'.
 Mir and Mrs Levi Drake visited in Holy oke, Mass. for the week past.
 Samuel Coons from Ohio has moved into one of the Shear compsny's houses, recently vacated by Dwight Handlin who has removed to Goshen.
 James H. Cole has been on the sick list but is much improved at this writ ing.
 Mrs David F. Smith of Sharon has been visiting at her fathers, H, c. Hart's.
 Misses Julia Cochrane, Alice Murray and number of others attended an in- formal dance at the Casino at Lime Rock on Friday evening last. DrA NJ Pratt spent Thanksgiving with his father at Deep River.
 Henry Waters and family were in Brookfield for short visit. Among the many home comings of village people for Thanksgiving we DO tice the following: Orson Nickerson, George Dean, William Oviatt, Rob. | Cochrane, Agnes Cochrane. Mrs Wm. O. Hart has returned from visit away.
 John Wood is visiting iu New York city.
 Messrs D. L., R F, J B. and sister Miss Ellen Smith, were in Thomsst T on Friday last attending the funeral oi | David Potter of that place. MT and Mrs Jacob Ashman were al Charles R. Smiths for few days last week. Ar Ashman IS brother of Mir Smith.
 | Miss Josephine Fenn, our primary teacher, spent Thanksgiving at hel nome in Plymouth.
 Dr Douglass Gold and Mrs Colin D Morgan were at Hon. T. s. Colds ovel Thanksgiving.
 Mir and Mrs George Southergill O Hartford have been at Mrs John T Hubbard's for short visit.
 One thing that has not yet become al established fact in our village is this: -- the closing of our places of business a $ o'clock for one or two nights week Our surrounding towns are fast adopt ing this rule and it would seem tha there is no reason why it ought not t, be brought into vogue here. There ar none of our merchants who desire tt work all of the time and ss matters nov stand there is no night of recreation save Sunday, which is usually taken up witl the regular religious services Ever one plight 8 week for our average mer chant to devote to his own fresid might mean @ vast difference in th, present social condition of our village In pecuniary sense it would meaI really no loss but rather saving Th, people outside of our village would be come acquainted with the state of affair and defer their visit to the stores t | some other more convenient night What vast amount of general know ledge could be gained by the averag, business man of our village by spendinl one night at his freside aud become ac quainted with the outside world. Ther are few, if any, of our business men wlit spare more than five minutes ds, glancing over the daily papers and sel dom, if ever. get the time to read frs class magazine article. Would it no be good thing to try this for thre' months each winter? You would secur, a we'll earned rest and at the same tim, free your clerks from the bondage o the counter. Why not confer togethe and see what arrangements can be mad, for the long winter, and forget that yoI are a selfish man and remember you ar, here but short time to cast ray o sunlight for the frightening of som, life that is to fill your place when yol are zone.