Connecticut western news., 1914-04-02
GOOD OLD NEWS
Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi- can of 66 Years Ago.

can of 56 Years Ago.
 In the Housatonic tFAlls village) Re- publican of February Q. 1858. the editor, the late Dr. O. B. Maltbie. wielded the heavy hammer in an editorial directed aRaInst the editor of the Winsted Herald was it the late "Tom" Clsrkf--as a sort of after-clap of the republican state convention. We would like to see rec produced the winsted Herald article that called forth the Republicans reply. Perhaps the Citizen can dig 1t out of the files. Editor Maltbies editorial, in part. is as follows;
 Ut is an old adage that fool should be answered according to his folly, and were we willing tn be accounted as the most indecent aud dishouorable black guard of the Country we might perhaps be inclined to pay the Tom fool editor of the Wlnsted Herald, whose gas-bag of self-conceit and vulgar wit congresses the larger part of him, in his own coin--but in cases where the fool bedaubs himself the worst bv his log. mean, contempti- ble and abusive islanders, as the afore- said animal (called editor) did last week, he should generally be treared with si- lent contempt; and we apologise Co our readers for mentioning the subject at this time. by saying that about one year ago we commenced the Republican, with the desire to live iD peace with all man kind but soon we found that our neigh bor considered us as somewhat in his way, as also that he had taken to him, self the green. eyed monster (jealousy) b can. however, still lives, notwithstand- ing the alliance made last winter be- tween General Tom, of Winsted. and Major Ed. of Litohfield, to Kill 1t, and who even numbered its days in their sanguine expectations of success. The Wlnsted animal is no doubt a cross be- tween the Skunk and Hyena, and as such durst not speak for the paternity of any newborn thing about him, unless 1t be the aspirations of some broken down political hack whom he is desirous to ride so long as the pap holds out. It is impossible for all such animals to throw their filthy essence at foe with out rendering themselves completely saturated with the abominable perfume and we venture to say that poor Toms last splurge of his vile stuff at us has rendered him much more despicable in the eyes of his friends than in ours. We pity the poor animal, who is anything but humanin his appearance. aspirations, words or actions If the stream be SO abominably filthy, what must the foun- tain be sew As for the questions we propounded to him two weeks nnoe, perhaps now that his superabundant gas has exploded. he can deign to answer them. < Are these questions intelh- gible to the long. cared numb skull of the Herald. whose pate would resist an idea forced with all the bombshells in the universe, even if loaded with something besides a rag bag, the contents of which no doubt the editor understands better than political economy. But 20 ahead. Mir. Jackass, with your succotash of venom and nuearthly brays, as no doubt you will feel better when you get the vile stuff out of you. We shall take the liberty when your wind-bag again gets dangerously full, to tap you. for the ben eft of yourself, all the world, and the rest of mankind"
 The same issue contained notice of & special meeting of the stockholders of The Iron Bank "for the purpose of ex- amining the books. accounts and securi- ties of said Bank, by committee or otherwise" The call was signed by the following stockholders, owning not less in all than one hundred shares of the stock :" Landon 6 O., William H. Wal ton, William Bissell. Charles H. Bissell, Henry Clark, William Bushnell, A, & s. B. Moore, John Landon, John Cleave' land.
 News item I've would remind all of our party gong friends that there will be Valentine party at the Hotel of Mir. Wm. Sims, of East Canaan, Ct. on the evening of Friday. February 18th. and would suggest that, should they go. there could be no doubt of their getting full pay for their money and trouble, as the Host has proved himself happy entertainer of pleasure guests"
 Vital statistics of the town of Salis- bury showed that in 1857 there were % births, 21 marriages classified thus : Both parties American, 12; both parties foreign, 6; foreign male and American female, 1; colored, 9. There were 4S deaths. including two over 90 years old, and three over 30.