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Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22
Cornwall.

Cornwall.
 noticed hy your last issue that you had ''traveled," and had been within three miles of our village and found 0 place where ''the people all had something to do and all seemed to be doing something" if you had taken the stage and came to Cornwall, you would have found place where the people have not only their own affairs to look after, but also the affairs of their neighbors require great deal of their times Talk about the shoemaker's shop at Corn wall Bridge; well now Mir. Editor, we have a manufacturer of boots and shoes, that is surpassed by few and equeled by none. So far as aiceneSS of work is concerned, he is not to be beat.......Rev. MT. Prince gave O very interesting sermon last Sun day, on the subject of the destruction of the cities of the plain, and the proba- bility of the dead sea now covering the place where they once stood. People arc mostly filling their icehouses now so as to improve the sledding. M. Beers & Sons are laying up Q large stock of ice, in order to dispense cooling drinks to thirsty base ballist's and all others who stand ill need of them, and now MT. Editor if you come to Cornwall next summer, it will stand you in hand to call at the museum and see the way the people use editors. guess they can beat the Deacon. Try it and then you "will know how it is yourself"
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Kent.
 Last Saturday night, the store of Gaylord and Underhill was entered by burglars. They effected their entrance at the rear of the building by breaking pain of glass, and then boring through the blind which was fastened by bolt. They carried away with them about $75, worth of goods; principally clothing and hardware. They were evidently afraid of the strong arm of Uncle Sam, as they left his stamps alone, but took those of other people. There was found some three or four dol lars worth untouched. MT. Wedge the freighter, we believe had some bills there, some of which they took. The first dis covery of the burglary was made in the morning by MT. Gaylord, who when try ing to open the door of his store, found the key hole filled with wires, and was unable to turn the lock, and on going to the south side of his store, discovered the blind open. No trace of the thieves has yet been discovered, although I understand that liberal reward has been offered.
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tance of perhaps two or thee miles, is slightly descending, and it is said that a car started at ''Spaulding's Summit" in Norfolk, (which by the way is the highest ground in the state, if not in New England, being 1900 feet above the level of the sea, and where we arrived just in time to see the sun rise) would, if left to ltselfy run into Hartford, distance of A miles. Our thanks arc due Directors Watson and But Ter andRoadmasterG Greer for courtesies. As at present organized, we append list of
 THE oFFl GERS OF THE ROAD.
 The present officers of the road are :- William H. Barnum, Salisbury, President i; George w. Bartholomew, Hartford, Vice. President: William G. Coe, Winsted, Sec. retary William l.. Gilbert, Winsted, Treas urer; William F. Skunk, West Winsted, Chief Engineer. Directors: William H. Barnum, A. H. Holley, Salisbury Fred erick Watson, Canaan; E. T. Butler, Nor folk; George Dudley, William l.. Gilbert, Winsted; George M. Bartholomew, James L. Howard, George w. Moore, N. B.. Stevens, Jonathan B. Bunce, Charles R. Chapman, Hartfor; Byron Loomis, Suf- field. George M. Bartholomew, managing director; Samuel Greer, roadmaster; Wm. H. Yeomans, master of transportation i; N. Slingland, master mechanic. Charle D. Mott, agent at Hartford, E. w. Row ley, superintendent's assistant.
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West COrmW@lls

West Cornwall.
 J. 0. Adams has raised his dwelling house one story higher, built piazza on two sides and painted the fence, which adds much to its general appearance. Wm. s. Dean has built an addition to his house and reconstructed the interior of the same....... J, c. Sherwood is shipping quite number of Colds Heaters. The demand for them is an indication of their superior quality, and also demonstrates the advantages of liberal advertising. .......Judglng by the num- Der of New York milk dealers that have been here within two weeks, there must be a great demand for milk, for which they offer cts. per quart. The producers seem to have the advantage this winter, and ought to use it as they undoubtedly will. MT. Pegg, agt. of the Producers Milk Co.,, of New York city, has been here looking after milk, and purchased several dairies, he was also prospecting for the erection of
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Nnrfnlk.

Norfolk.
 Our town has again been called to mourn the loss of one of its most worthy citizens by death; Dea. James M. Cowles. Mir. 0. was born in Norfolk, and spent his entire life here, and during his long life, bis pub lie and private virtues have endearcd him to all, and hls loss to the church and town is most deplorable. When such men are taken from community like this, We find it almost impossible to make their places good. As citizen; he was uprigh., honest, public spirited, taking an interest in all public matters that would rebound to the benefit of all As a christian he lived up to his professions; his religion was not alone in words, but he embodied in his daily life and conversation, all those rare christian virtues which so endeared him to us all.......Our passenger depot has received its first coat of plaster, and the freight depot is covered and ready for busi- ness. The appointment of depot agent, If made, is not us yet public. understand there has been some 50 applicants toE the position. A certain person of my acquain tance used to say, if you wanted candi date for any position, from selectman to president, there always was plenty of men in Norfolk ready to accept the position. have always considered this a. species of libel upon our good old town, but begin to think he was not far out of the way. lis however a consolation to know that all cant have it at once. MT. E. T. Butler of our town has had the honor of taking out the first dirt and driving the last spike on the Conn. Western R. R. This is as it should be. Mr. B. is undoubtedly the father of the road, and we all hope he may ever in the future, have reason to feel proud of his | offspring, and although so long thought premature and chimerical by his friends, and called by others crazy, wild, railroad mad, &c.,, he has lived to see the compile ton of his darling scheme, and now all unite in praising his farseeing comprehen- sion. Who is there amongst us all who,
 when the iron horse comes snorting, puff fing and screaming along, making these ! ancient hills echo with the unaccustomed sound; who is there that don't feel like taking off his hat and crying with all his
 might and main 'Oh how dat was for
 high; eh?'' Encore, let him roar, once
 more, once more! SEET-sE-BEA.
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Masonic Song.
Sung at the festival of St. Johns lodge. E. & A. M. at Salisbury, about AS years ago.

Sung at the festival of St. Johns lodge. E. & A. M. at Salisbury, about 4S years ago. -t An hail to the morning, ~ That bids us rejoice; ->( The Temple is completed,
 Exalt high each voice:
 The Cap stone is finished, Our labor is o'er
 The sound of the gavel
 Shall hail us no more To the power, Almighty, who ever has guided, The tribes of old Israel exalting their fame, ohim who hath governed our hearts undivided. Let's send forth voices to praise his great Companions assembled on this joyful
 day,
 The occasion is glorious, The key stone to lay;
 Fathllea IS the promise,
 By the ancient of days,
 To bring forth the Keystone
 With shouting and praise. There Is no occasion for labor's plumb line, For trowel or gavel, for compass or square; Our work is completed. the ark safely seated, And we shall be greeted as workmen most rare. To those who are worthy, Our tolls who have shared,
 And have proved themselves faithful, Shall meet their reward,
 Their virtue and knowledge,
 Industry and skill,
 Have onr appreciation,
 Have gained our good will We accept and receive them most excellent mas ters, Invested with honors, with powers to preside, Among worthy craftsmen, where ever assembled, The knowledge of Masons to spread far and wide Almighty Jehovah,
 Decend now and fill
 This Lodge with thy glory,
 Our hearts with good will;
 Preside at our meetings
 And assist us to find,
 True pleasure in teaching
 Good will to mankind. Thy wisdom inspired the great institution, Thy strength shall support till nature expires, And when the Creation shall fall into rnsn, It's beauty shah rise through the midst of the hr'
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Cllnpinville.

ChnpinviIIe.
 MIR. EDIroR:-We arc having no preach ing in our church now, and l understand the.cause of the absence of this civlizing influence, IS the want of funds. This should not be so. Almost lnnumerable rum shops are in existence in this region and are we'll supported, but preacher must starve if he comes here. Rum steps in and the preacher steps out. hope the citizens of our village will think of this matter.......On the estate of James T. Ball, about 50 choppers are at work, cutting wood to be made into charcoal the coming spring and summer, and delivered at the Lime Rock furnace. About 5000 cords are to be cut off. The men are paid from 65 cents to so cents per cord for chopping. ......Collector Perry, who was in our will lage one day last week, trying to collect the school house tax, has concluded 10 charge mileage fee hereafter, as he met with such poor success at that time, get ting only $l0O as the result of his days work......Our branch railroad from the SOuu. VSoLShu tO 11uAuoli ~ SO lutuuCG is nearly completed. Much credit is due Mr. J. c Landon, for the energy he has exhibited Tn the work. Those through whose land this road passes, ask an exhor- bitant price for the narrow strip of their possessions which this road takes .. Our mails continue SO irregular, we hardly know whether we have any or not, but we are patient under the expectation that those regular trains will soon be coming. ..... The frost being from l2 to l6 inches deep, it is thought the telegraph poles which are dis tributed at regular distances past our sta tion, and along the road generally. will not get put up just at present....... Our miller, MT. Dean, has removed from among us to more extensive field for milling opera tions. South Egremont now gets the bene- fit of his skilful work. MT. Dean is an A No. l miler.......Mr. Mallory, our vil- lage butcher, met with quite an accident while in the act of putting his horse in the stable, few evenings since. He stepped upon stone, slipped and fell backward, striking his head on the stone, making a serious scalp wound about five inches in length. By careful nursing, it is thought he will be about again soon.
Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22

NEWSPAPER TRAINING. can safely recommend a graduate of newspaper office for almost any station in life, at least for all such as require pretty good knowledge of the peculiarities and charac- teristics of the human family. A man who can preserve the serenity of his tenn per, the sweetness of christian disposition, and an undagging perseverance and all the obstacles and difficulties which newspaper publication presents, deserves to be ranked with Job for. patience, Baxter for good ness, and the Iron Duke, for instance, fol nerve, power and obstinate determination -Christsan World
Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22

MR. EDITOR. R.-President Barnum and commissioners of the Conn. Western rail- road, on Wednesday Dec. 18th, 1871, passed over the road to inspect it, but for some reason or other they sighted us at Chapin- vile. They stopped at every station or depot from Canaan to Millerton, save Cha pinville. People congregated there to see them, supposing they would make halt, but did not. Among the number was myself, who am one of the largest stock holders individually, from State Line to Winsted. But am of no account. In other words they have treated me so from the commencement to thls day. They have taken my property without saying word to me, or without any remuneration what ever, and have damaged me largely, and ness, they have called on me for freight bill at 'exorbitant prices, or tariff, Gin pro- portion to other men in the same business for the month of November, to the tune of -four Hundred and thirty taoa-3S-1O0 dollars. have been obliged to "back" some part of my pig iron across the railroad track to load it. There are no conveniences for getting to and from the supposed depot, without trespassing, and l have been for bidden to cross land, and agreed with the owner to pay him specified amount for crossing said land. I should like to have every person examine the tariff rates, and bring a similitude between MT. Barnum and myself, with all the privileges that have been granted him. I have had noth- ing but what have paid for, except prom ises which are poor pay. Before this road was built, could save in transportation of ore less than MT. Barnum, about five dol lars on ton of pig iron, now he can get his ore for less than can, to make ton of pig iron. H. LANDoN.
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N NationaI Iron Bank.

rNNHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of this 1 Bank for the election of Directors for the year ensuing. will be holden at their Banking house in Falls Village, on Tuesday the 9th dny of Jan. next nt 10 o'clock AIM. And for the transaction of any other business proper to come before said meeting.
 DIVIDEND.
 semi-annual dividend of eix per cent Gree from government tax )has this day been declared the Capital Stock of said bank, out Of the net earn ings of the last six months, payable on and after the 2nd day of January next.
 HThe Transfer Books will be closed from this date to tho 10th day of January next. Falls Village, Dec. 18th, 1871.
 A, c. RANDALL. Cashier.
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Ao1l1e Aelrs.

s*s We shah feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any of interest which may come under their notice.
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a cheese factory and creamery. He says James Cochrans farm possesses superior facilities for the business namely, an excellent spring, and being near the rail road. There were l72l cans of milk shipped from this station during the month of No vember 1871. ....Larry Minion. native of the "Oid Dart" recently assaulted and threatened the life of w. P. Sturges of Cornwall Bridge, for which offence he was brought before Justice Nickerson of this place, and required 10 give bonds to keep the peace. The necessary bonds were given and the prisoner discharged. Fusill oil seemed to be the principle cause of the trouble. Mike Tully of Dibble Hill, was arrested last Tuesday on the charge of relic ring w. Sanger of pair of gloves at J5lillars hotel, but owing to some defect in the writ, was liberated, rearres:ed and accui.ted. ,.....J. F. Brewster Esq. has recently returned from an extensive tour through northern New York and the Cana das. He reports the weather in that sec ton as extremely frigid. ,.....The skating on the Housatonic river ut this place is very fine, the skaters, both middle aged and young, seem to be enjoying the sport hugely Tho ice is l2 inches thick and
 very clear. ..... The thermometer indicated
 degrees below zero Saturday morning,
 Dec. 1lth. Our "oldest inhabitant" does not remember another such spell of cold weather at this season of the year....... Cochrane & Crandall have contracted to fill the ice house of the Housatonic R. R.
 Co.,, at this station and to deliver on the cars for shipment to Bridgeport, 200 tons.
 ......Geo. Fl. Wheaton, "1He Druggist,
 has surprised the inhabitants of this place
 by the resumption of special payment,
 Gin a way that is peculiar, the same I'll
 not try to explain" NUFF CED.
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Paralytic. MT. Henry Belcher of Lime Rock suffered shock of paralysis last week Tuesday, his right side being entirely paralyzed.
Connecticut western news., 1871-12-22

A tax of half mill has been voted by the representatives of Fairfield county to build proper county buildings in Danbury.
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M AR REED.

In New Milford, Dec. l7th, by Rev. A. Booth, Doct. Henry H. Hartwell, to Miss Mary R., young est daughter of Calvin Crossman, Esq, all of New Milford.
 At Harwinton, Dec, 2, by the Rev. Mir. Curtis, Geo. E. Andrus, of Harwinton, to Miss Amanda A. Leriver, of Kent.
 At Danbury, Dec. 5, by Rev. W. F. Hatfield, Amos M. Judd, of Watertown, to Mrs. Cornelia E. Warner, of Roxbury.
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 Connecticut.
THE CONNECTICUT CoURANT,

ITS the oldest newspaper of prominence in the \ United States, and with less than half a-dozen guage It was founded in 1784, and has been pub lished uninterruptedly under the same title, ever since. It is large and handsome quarto sheet, carefully made up of the most valuable matter ap- bearing in the daily, and accompanied every other week, by an eight page literary suppliment. Its making it one of the best advertising mediums in New England. Its terms are $20O per year. Every NEW subscriber who will send us his name NOW, with the subscription price for lS72 two dollarsl shall receive the paper during the month of De. cember, 1871, FREE Now IS THE TIME TO SUB SCRIBE! Address
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DI E D.

At Norfolk, Dec. 18th, Deacon James N. Cowles, aged GA.
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Conn Western Rai1rOnds The iron rail is all laid, The connections are all made, The engine is on the track, And there is nothing we lack. We are happy as we can be, Like the nigger when set free, For our railroad is all done; And we'll ride to the setting sun. The cars are handsome and fair, Their breaks work with compressed air, The bumpers and heaters are new, And the workmen are all true. So let us all take a ride, And az ore the hills we glide, Without servant or sutleH Wen think of our friend Butler. For Butler was the first man, Who devised the great plan Of railway ore our hill, And along our lakes and rills.
 WASTE BASKET.
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conscientiousncss. It is impossible for us to make three months calculation in ad vance, to any sort of advantage.
 LABoRER.
 4 Farmers CIub.-Friend Pease Since reading your report of the farmers reunion at Litchield of Dec. 12, and the suggestion made there of establishing farmers clubs more generally, the thought occurred to me, that we can and ought to have in this town one of the best clubs of any in the county. This town was not settled until after many in this part of the state, owing, no doubt, to the report given by the original survey ors who were appointed to survey Corn- wall, Canaan, Salisbury and other towns, which was, that after surveying these towns, they had been where they could see the most of township M., (Salisbury,) and in their judgment it was not worth the cost of the survey, being composed of noun tains, swamps and lakes No town can boast of any better,if of as good, grain and grazing land as this. None can show more bushels of wheat, corn or barley per acre, or sweeter and more yellow butter than ours. The Holley; Porter; Landon; Nor ton and others, were formerly noted as wheat growing farms, and where will you now find better land, Qn this part of Connecticut I mean,I or better managed farms than the Bissell's; Clark's Walton's {; Landon's ScoviIles; Wards; Little's; Nc Meals and many others that could men, tion? What better material, would like to ask, does any one want from which to make up good, interesting and instruc- tive, Farmers Club" than the men that manage these same farms? I say, let us send for neighbor Gold and estab- fish one and keep it ap. FARNER.
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