Connecticut western news., 1902-01-23

The Berkley, California, Gazette, of Jan. 4th. 1902, contains the following advertisement.
 B. PEABODY,
 SCIENTIFIC oPTICIAN,
 2127 CENTER STREET, BERKELEY.
 Not finding Honolulu to his liking, Mir Peabody has returned and hung out his shingle on the Pacific coast.
 HI. M. Adams of Warehouse Point, superintendent of the Hartford County Temporary Home for Dependent Chil- dren, writes under date of January 16th and renews his subscription to the NEWS. and also takes occasion to remark, "We have S2 children at present. two in the hospital with scarlet fever and an encouraging prospect of no new cases. Mrs Adams is again convalecent and taking her meals again with the family" Rev H. H. Spooner ofKensiugton, who represents the Connecticut State Tenn perance Union also the State Sunday School work. spoke most excellently and interestingly in Pilgrim church Sunday morning and addressed the Methodist Sunday school at noon, spoke in the chapel at Clay ton in the afternoon, and in the evening addressed . union meeting in the Pilgrim church of the o. E. society and Young Peoples meeting
 Lent commences Feb. 18th this year which is an unusually early date. This brings Easter Sunday on the 30th of March In 1908 Easter will occur on April 18th. in 1905 the date will be April sS, and it will not have as early date as this year till 1910, then it will occur on March 27, and. in 1913 it will be the earliest in the century, March 23. In 1943 Easter will fall upon the latest date in the century which is April 25.
 We have learned from excellent authority that Lewis Belden, whom we mentioned in car local romance last week. was never employed by nor con- nected with the Law and Order League in any way, but that he did represent himself as being an agent of the Law and Order League, and during his trial for blackmail he testified under oath that he had made such representations but that they were untrue. This ex- plAnation is due the Law and Order League and we in common with some other newspapers made the error of stating that Belden WAS . Law and Order League man, instead of that he POSED as a Law and Order League man.
 There was . strange woman in town last Saturday who made call on many of the towns people. soliciting help in different ways, In some instances ask ing for something to eat and then order ing how she would have it. She was dressed peculiarly, having her head done up in brown veil covering the hair and ears entirely. She proved to be light fingered also, for she walked into Jackson, Eggleston & Co.'S store where she helped herself to two pieces of dress goods and walked out, but the vigilant Jackson was on to her curves and followed her to the railroad station, procuring the stolen goods. She took ho nar, v
 There has been considerable stir of late h Chinese circles in town. Some weeks ago our mild and jovial laundry. man, Young Hoe, left town after a stay of about two years among us. Another celestial was found in the wash room who said Young Hoe was coming back but Hoe has not como back and it vas learned that Hoe, besides leaving town was leaving debts behind. A brother i've think the real Ark Lee) from Win sted appeared on the scene and ssid that Young Hoe was bad. but his brother, and he must pay his debts; 80 he began iquidsting the claims against his brother as fast as he could take in the cash at Winsted. He was accumu- lating quite bunch of receipted bills when another brother from Great Bar rington placed an attachment on the laundry fixtures and moved them out. Nothing daunted, the Winsted brother arranged to have the attachment lifted, the tubs, etcetera moved back, and now an almond-eyed Mongolian may be found doing business at the old stand, the honor of Chinese family saved by the Winsted brother. and the white men nothing out by an acquaintance with Young Hoe. "The heathen ohines is peculiar"