Litchfield enquirer., 1870-05-05
COUNTY ITEMS.

COUNTY ITEMS.
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 FAr1s VILLAGE. correspondent Of the 2 Bridgeport Farmer takes the following gloomy view. of the future prospects of Falls Village:- sr6
 It may not be entirely uninteresting to your readers to know something of the prospect of this, our weuld-ike to have been second Lowell. The great machine
 which was to have proved itself boon to pr0perty holders here. viz: The Water Power Co, has utterly failed to produce the desired efeck as not Q privilege has as yet been sold, and there seems to be an impossible barrier in the way of the Ca- nnl ever beneftiug the place, or the concern.
 Falls Village niga have been 8 second Lowell once, but the time has gone by.
 Manufacturers find it much more to their. interests to locale near tide water than to pay such enormous rates for freight. The Ames Iron works are doing little or noth@ ing where from 200 to 300 men formerly found steady employment The fact is,
 nothing seems to thrive. and the only way the few mercantile establishments live is by small sales and large profits, which alone renders the place unattractive for He -a4
 Some pretend to think that the Canal will be used at no distant day, but it has stood idle for the last lS years, during which time capital nsiyht have been invest. cd here fn manufacturing to mush greats CT advantage than now. sAga4 as
 The Transportation of iron ore and iron hGs furnished employment for numbers of men and teams, but railroad communica- tion will soon put an end to this, and we mighi as well settle down into farming community and let capital seek employ ment elsewhere.
 a large amount of the business here has been with parties from over the mountains in Salisbury, and when the O. w. R. R. is complete we cannot expect people to transport lumber, coal and other heavy merchandise over six or seven miles of mountainous roads when the same can be purchased cheaper at home. Thel stock holders in the aforementioned Canal or Water Power Co.,, are for the most part non-rt sidents, and consequently have no local interests to promote, and are there fore indifferent about active business op- erations on the Canal. It therefore re- mains for homo capital to encourage man. ufacturers in coming here. By encour- aging mean subscribing to tue capital stock necessary to start anything which will promise a safe inyestment. Once get tue ball rolling and there will be no trouble. Strangers temporarily sojourn- ing here say we have the finest water privilege in Connecticut Why let it re- main idle? Capital is the thing needed.
 SzARoN.-Dr. o. H. Shears is to open in Sharon Rural Home School" for lads. on Wednesday the 4th May. He is now rapidly fitting up the school building. which has fine situation; and will, no doubt, judging from his educational tastes and abilities, add @ permanent feature to the village. --
 Rev. R. D. Gaadner's School opened the 27th of March. Sharon, considering its summer beauty and perfect educational facilities, ought to be more than ever popular as summer resort.-Amenia Times.
 PIxMouTH.-A new physician: Dr. Hig- gins, has located here; he comes we'll rec commended.
 -J. B. Hopkins has opened his store of 1 dry goods in the brick building, aud is l selling n excellent quality of goods at astonishingly low prices.
 pr. 5. A. Salisbury, who has been | spending the winter in Aiken, s. O., for the benefit of his. health, returned on Tues. | day last, apparently much improved. |
 David Shelton, ,who resides on the Hill. has sold his place to MT. Loomis of Thom- aston, and will soon remove to New Haven. Mr. 8. Is valuable citizen and will be missed.
 A fair and festival for the benefit of the Thomaston Oornet Band, was held by ladies interested in the object, on Tuesday evening last. Everything passed off pleas antly and Q handsome sum-we did not ascertain the exact amount--was realized. l -Inder.
 TERRYvILLE.--At special town meeting held in Plymouth, April IS, it was voted by four majority to have the selectmen ap- point town agents for the sale of liquors. On petition of twenty-two voters, another special meeting was called, Tuesday, April 26, to rescind the vote taken at the last meeting. This included both those who go for free sale and those who go for no sale at all. The meeting created conside- rable excitement, although the selectmen had made their appointments and purchas- ed the necessary stock, and expected to stand to the contract. The vote was taken by ballot. and occupied about an hour voting by check list-at the rate of six per minute, and resulted in not resembling the former vote, Yeas, 204; Nays, 199; making majority against resembling. Every other man y ou see is an expounder of the law. Temperance and rum is the topic of the day.-Ha,yord Post.