Connecticut western news., 1872-11-15

4 Trip to SprinaJield. Last Friday we went to Springfield, Massachusetts. Con- ductor Eggleston had us in charge, proper ly way-billed and checked. About half-an- hour after arriving in Hartford, we were loaded on to the regular accommodation train of the New Haven, Hartford and Springfield road, and soon were flying through the air at the rate of nearly hun dred miles in hundred consecutive hours.
 Iris fearful thing in winter
 To be shattered by the blast;
 To hear the rattling trumpet thunder,
 "Cut.away the mastl'
 Such were our thoughts as we gazed with sublime awe" upon the shipping of the raging Connecticut and the canal which forms junction with it at Windsor Locks, as we tore along through the country to- ward Springfield. The New Haven, Hart foId &S Springfield railroad is remarkable road. It is extensively known and is cele- brated for the red smoke stacks displayed on all its locomotives. Springfield is good grazing country. We arrived there on the lO:45 train at about quarter to eleven o'clock, and were greeted by the believing of cattle and their drivers. Springfield scouts at the idea of using hor- ses. The people of that wide-awake burg drive their business so much on the high pressure principle, that cattle are universal | ly used, and the aristocratic haw and gee are heard from early morn till late at night from one end of the city to the other. Here goes milk wagon drawn by yoke of sturdy bovines, and there is a,-well but hold on; there they do go, sure enough, yoke of cattle on an express wagon on a "dead run." They turn short corner as they go around Court Square, and throw the wagon bottom up and the barrels and boxes promiscuously about the street. Talk about your spirited steeds. We'll bet our money on the horned racers every time The city of Springfield is a very large town, and is chiefly noted for it's being the loca- ton of Moore Bros. extensive photograph gallery which IS known by the sign of the revolving star, r,-(Charles and Chauncy are stars in their profession, hence tte origin of their sign,) and Billy Williams and his tooth shop. Billy Williams and his dog carry on an immense establishment in Springfield, supplying the dentists of the United States with everything needed by them to make tooth pulling an agreeable pastime. Thus it is, for the reasons above given and hereinbefore mentioned: Spring field in Massachusetts is the capital of Hampden County and is altogether a viii lage of much importance, and can be reached from this section over the Conn. Western road, starting on the early morn ing train, getting into Hartford at 9.O5, and thence at 937 for Springfield, arriving there at HAS; and to retarn leave S.--at 12.l0, arriving in Hartford at one o'clock, giving three hours in the latter city before starting for home on the evening train at o'clock; or if more time is needed in Springfield, can leave there on the 220 train. arriving in Hartford half an hour before the evening train starts out on Conn. Western road.
 TAe Boston Fire.-The following cor respondehce from an eye witness of the re- cent appalling confagration in Boston, will be read with interest:
 BOSTON, MASS, Nov. II, '72. DEAR NEws-That fire so great in ex- tent as that which little more than year ago nearly destroyed Chicago, would sweep away the very heart of the business inter ests of Boston could hardly be believed by any one. But such is the fact, and this morning the sight of that part of the city which was devastated by the fire is terrible to behold. The gloomy appearance of the streets occasioned by the smoke, and filled with, debris of all kinds, shows sud con. trast in comparison with the elegant and stately structures of granite, marble and iron, which were the ornament and pride of our city, but forty-eight hours ago. Il is like the fires winch swept away great ' portions of Portland and Chicago. Al though vast sums of money have thus been destroyed, yet it is subject of congratula- ton that SO few dwelling houses were burn ed, and that there will be so little personal suffering The city will in all probability l be able to meet all the wants of those whC are rendered homeless, The fire began ou Saturday night, having caught from an en l zine used in running an elevator in six l story granite building. The flames rolled l up the elevator almost instantly and spread f through the top story, which was Man q sard roof, so that it was really out of react : of the water which the Fire Departmen a was vainly directing toward it; and ther began the destruction of building aftel e building. The flames seemed to jump iron roof to roof in an instant. Summer, King 6 ston, Franklin and other streets succumbet f in quick succession and all the efforts o e the Fire Department seemed useless as fla e as checking the flames was concerned Il The heat became intense. Buildings whicl n were constructed us fire proof, seemed tt n yield readily to the intense heat and t' p crumble and fall us quickly as structure = supposed to be less durable. Between h and o'clock, Sunday morning it becam 1T evident that water was of no avail to sta, s the steady and uuyielding progress of tn n fire, at which time powder was brought il n requisition and several buildings were un
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