Connecticut western news., 1871-10-20

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 Wdnted.-Two or three loads of good | dry chips; would prefer hard wood chips. | Enquire at this office.
 Congregational Society.-Remembe the meeting of the Congregational society in the schurch tomorrow afterno on. It is hoped that there will be large attendance.
 MogM.-Thc elephant which recently went on rampage in Meriden, died We'd nesday near Derby. His poundings, burn- ings, and shootings probably hastened his end. He was fifty.two years old.
 "7v5i".-Whose correspondence for this week is good, and well worthy a place in the NEWS, we are sorry to say is anonymous and of course cannot be published unless the name of the author is known to us. Why don't you tell us who you arc? We do not divulge the names of our correspondents.
 Windy.-Ne do not remember that last Sabbath was an unusually windy day in Salisbury, but in East Canaan it appears to have been different. It blew hard there all day, and more particularly so at about II o'clock, when hurricane breeze came along and toppled over one of the large oak trees in the park in that village.
 Braco Mi. Martin Harris summoned to his assistance last Wednesday afternoon, Q few of our citizens, and finished the walk north of the hotel With these walks and foot bridges in the good order they now are, our village is in very presentable condition. We'll not Aarass Mir. Harris any more about this job.
 Read Them.-It is an established fact that those who advertise most lberally. sell tho most goods, and as consequence can afford to sell the cheapest Read not only the new advertisements for this week, but all of the advertising page of the NEWS, and thus know where to buy what you may need for the lowest price.
 CAange.-Thc Washinee manufacturing Co. of this village, by order of A. T. Stewart of New York, are about to make a change from the regular line of goods they have been making for him during the past two years. viz waterproof, to cassimaretts and meltons Mir. Stewart takes oil the Q 9ods the mill is able to produce. About AGO yards of 3-4 wide goods are here made every siay.
 Iom5. Stone Literature. strolling in the cemetery in this village few days since, we noticed on a large and very ex pensivc mon nment, in deeply cut and showy letters, an inscription, in which were tn c names o.f the two wives of Nehe- miah---. It sayA' that they were ''wifes of Neamiah"---.O On another is this inscription; "Ruth M. daughter of wylys & eliza ford died july 24Ah" sSc. Such an exhibition of stupidity in & stone cutter who will thus make monument of his disgust ing ignorance, is inexcusable; ana we are sur priscd that such work was ever accepted
 Cemetery new cemetery in this village is now staked out into lots, avenues and alleys, and the lots are appraised and for sale. Information concerning them can be obtained of the committees; Dea. M. L. Graham, Col. Tupper and John Landon. The appraisals are at low fig ure, in fact only nominal price is fixed for the lots. A proposition has been made by somebody, that the principal avenues, of which there are seven, should be named after some of the ancient residents of the town, those who were once prominent citi- zens. This suggestion, it seems to us, is very timely and sensible These ancient fathers, who wrought out the early history of the town, are worthy of this perpetua- tion of their memory.
 Wooden Wedding.-A goodly number of the many friends of Mir. and Mrs. T. L. Norton of Lakeville, assembled themselves together last Monday evening and quietly took possession of his residence. For a few hours they managed the affairs of that household in manner peculiar to them selves. Almost every conceivable article of wooden manufacture, from the most expensive furniture to a cloth es pin was thought necessary to add to the complete ness of the occasion. As slight testi- monial of the regard and esteem in which MT Norton is held as teacher of his class in the Sabbath school in this village, they presented him with an elegant and very expensive chair. The party was composed of our best citizens, who are disposed to turn out en moss, ut every opportunity which may present itself, to do honor to a man every way so worthy of it as is our friend MT. T. l.. Norton.
 Housatonic RaSlroad.-The Ashley Falls depot on the Housatonic railroad is now completed and opened for business. This depot is the largest and finest on the road between Pittsfeld and Bridgeport. It is l31 feet in length and 30 feet wide, has deep veranda around one side and end, with platform beneath and which extends 40 feet beyond the building at the north end. Another platform east of the build ing, and between the switch and main track, is 200 feet long and feet wide. The freight room of the depot occupies the greater part of the building. In the south end is the waiting room for passengers, and the office for the agent, all heated by a urge AuEnaCe OA tAo LoOsG appIoFeu patIeiu. The building is surmounted with cupola and altogether it is a very imposing edifice. The depot at West Cornwall which this company have recently erected on the site of the one destroyed by fire few months since, is certainly not only neatly and substantially built depot, but the general arrangement of all it's parts for convenience in doing the work of the station is con- mendable. We learn that the plans were drawn by Depot Agent Crandall who is now, and for so many years has been agent at that station. The two new de- pots are credit to the road and are noth