Connecticut western news., 1871-08-11

S*A We snail feel greatly ODlSeu tO any Ol 0ur riends in the county or elsewhere who will send is s particulars of any occurrences ofinterest which nay come under their notice & to
 Where is Norfolk ? Let's hunt itup. ; l,
 What is the matter with East Canaan ? |
 Huntsville ought to be attended to. I
 Somebody say something about South Canaan.
 Who will send us items from Chapin- vile
 Where is our Cornwall Bridge cores pondent?
 Anybody ought to understand why the anonymous correspondence from Nor folk, does not appear in the NEWS.
 Our space will not admit of the com munication from Arthur" at Niagara Falls, being published this week. We hope to have room for it soon.
 -Rob't Little of Wetaug, one day last week cut eight tons of hay in two and half hours, with one team and moving machine. Does this indicate scarcity of hay?
 We are in receipt of the "Ycar book and Almanac" published by the Neao Y0rk O6sercer. This is the most complete com pendulum of general information, useful alike to all classes, that ever came to our notice. It embraces statistics of religion, giving complete lists of clergy of every Protestant denomination in North Americas all manner of statistics of interest to the professional man, the farmer, the business man, the merchant and the mechanic. Its cost is but one dollar, and as book of reference, is worth many times the price. Reward.-A liberal reward will be paid to the finder of tho ladys gold pin, adver- tised in another column, if left at this office,
 or with T. l.. Norton, Lakevlle.
 Chareoal.-A large quantity of charcoal
 is being made at New Hartford, which is
 10 be brought to Chapinville, as soon as the
 Connecticut Western is open for business.
 Neao Bar6er.-A first class German bar
 Der, fresh from New York, has engaged
 rooms in the Barnard House in this village.
 He is expected to be here the last of this
 week.
 Sold Ou5.-Mr. Wm Bundy of Lakeville
 is reported to have sold his residence in
 that village, to Col. Lorepzo Tupper, for
 $3oOo. MT. B. contemplates leaving town.
 Don't want you to go, MT Bundy. ..
 Lakepi1e Depot. ot.-Ground for the Conn,
 Western depot in Lakeville is being pre-
 pared. A ''sea wall'' along the little pond
 is to be constructed, and is even now Rice
 ing slowly. Plenty of Lyme being used.
 Snake.-Henry Whtbeck tells us that
 he killed in the school house grove in this
 village last Tuesday, a black snake, five
 feet long. Didn't know that reptiles of that
 size, inhabited that grove. If there are any
 more there, we hope he will hunt them
 out, and treat them in the manner he did the five footer mentioned. Pleasant com panions these, for our school children who , play in that grove.
 Risky. firing of the Ames cannon , into the foot of Sugar hill, during the past few days, wast the occasion of much anxiety on the part of MT. How'd, whose residence : on the hill is in exact range of the guns. He thought, and evidently with good req son, that it was exposing, in times of peace,
 bis family, cattle, horses and buildings to $
 greater risk than was agreeable, as pieces
 of shell very frequently flew around, and
 very close to them.
 Cdn,aon Btrst.-Last Tuesday afternoon when the third of the l5 pound charges , was fired from one of the Ames cannon at , FallsVillage, about three feet of the breech o1 the gun was blown off. The muzzle tipped so much before the shell left it, on account of the great weight so suddenly taken of . way in front of the target, ln the meadow It could be plainly seen that it was very imperfect weld. Nobody was injured by , the accident. 7 Nossy.-The noisiest lot of individuals l we have lately heard, was congregated in 3 our town hall last Monday. The select ] men who met at that time to transact some l special business, we conclude are the hap l piest trio in town Their large talk, anc , side shaking guffaws, echoed and re-echoe6 : against those ancient walls, and semi-oc. casionally darting down stairs, entered oul
 soasctun' in all exceedingly confused con ] dition. Although they add so little to oul 8 efforts in writing up our weighty CD edi torials, we have to say,-let em ''larf." : Horse Djsease.-The horse disease whct 3 has recently appeared among the horses al ' Ore Hill, is causing some alarm in that D vicinity. It is suggested that as the select | men of the town are sanitary board, that l they ought to look to the matter, and ii . possible prevent it from spreading It k 2 feared that it is the same disease which has caused the death of so many valuable s horses in New York within few months past; indeed we have noticed in our ex changes. that the disease has appeared in ! several localities as far as 20 or 30 miles from the city. It is hoped that it has not taken long leap and brought up here. Attention should be given to the matter r NsiIlerroEa. think the sign of the old weather proph-
 ct in regard to forty days rain" may prove correct, at least it has proved rainy enough thus far. 1.-The farmers are complaining