Connecticut western news., 1914-06-11
GOOD OLD NEWS
Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi-
 can of 56 Years Ago.

In the Housatonic Republican, of Falls Village, issue of April 24, 1858, the editor, o. B. Maltbie, printed the following explanation of democratic gains in Canaan at the recent election:
 Some of our neighboring news men find fault with Canaan for not. doing more for the republican cause at the last election, and to them we present the following extract from cores pondent of the Bridgeport Farmer, as full and ample reason for the appar- ent democratic gain this year, and think no one who reads it and believes it will again be disposed to sheer al Canaan or her political material. The 18th district also had State Commit tee, located in Winsted, who left his Law practice to attend to the wants political of his party. Therefore let the following apply to both, if it must apply anywhere: 5#
 The canvass in the Seventeenth Distriet was conducted by Geo. w Peet, Esq. ,, Representatives from the town of Canaan and a, member of the State Central Committees H This gentle man, with the most lucrative practice of any lawyer in the County of Litch- field, devoted himself to the Demo- cratic cause with zeal, a judgment and an efficiency deserving or all com mendation. Unlike many gentlemen of his profession, who make their buSI- ness an excuse for neglecting the, r political duties, MT. Peet nobly sacrI- 6oad b;c t;,,,a o p5 ,,ra.t;oa for tha ,,ur pose of rallying the Democracy and sus- taining the administration of Buchanan against the traitors who are trying to overthrow it. In order to draw out the full force of the Democracy of his town, he consented to stand as a can didate for the legislature. He was elected by more than forty majority, and his popularity largely increased our majority on the State ticket Such in- stances of disinterested devotion in the cause of honor and principle should not be forgotten. as%
 A news paragraph relates this: "A man by the name of Grant few days since was robbed. at. the Litchfield House, in this aCounty, while intoxi- cated, by an Irish attendant. The Irishman was pursued and was over taken at little distance from Goshen. | The articles stolen were found in his possession, and he was lodged in the County jail"
 A communication from reader gave to Editor Maltbie an opportunity to stick another pin into Editor Tom Clark, his pet aversion, of the Winsted Herald, thus:
 '"Editor of The Republican. Sir:- l. want you to give Tom Clark his just dues every week, and much oblige an insulted community. Yours, etc !"
 To which Editor Maltbie made reply as follows:
 ''The above is a polite request, and we assure our readers, the world and all the rest of mankind, that it came from. very, very respectable quarter, and from a source that we are bound to respect; yet we must say that we think our correspondent asks us to do little more than any mortal is able to do, for it is not probable that the gentleman will ever get his just dues from any one this side of Perdition. If, how ever, we were able to perform all asked of us, we should doubt the propriety of doing so, as no mortal should attempt to foresta1 Beelzebub in his opera tions. !"