Connecticut western news., 1872-09-27

were brought to Tariffville, where they spent the day enjoying their picnic.
 Col16ns Works. .-Apropos of the article in another column concerning the extensive blow manufactory of Mir. T. D. Brewster, in Peru, Illinois, we next week propose to publish :detailed account of the immense works of the Collins Company in Collins vile, where not only great many blows are made, but are manufactured very ex- tensively the world renowned Collins axes, besides large quantities of other tools, con- sisting in part of wrenches, sledges, hoes, and knives for the South American and Cuban trade, and in fact receiving not only from these countries, but from various oth- CT countries, heavy orders for their goods. We visited few acres of these works last Tuesday, in company with MT. Brewster and Judge Moore, and Q journey among the armies of laborers at work at these tools in their every stage of completion, as well as an examination of the masses of intricate machinery in operation, was well worth visit there. In this room is row of grindstones something less than mile long, astride of each of which was man, throwing showers of sparks from the tool he is grinding, but what noise they make in the next shop! A long row of trip ham, mers rattle and smash, each seeming to vie with the other in making the most noise, and lengthy stay there is anything but agreed ble. How those sturdy workmen get accustomed to such a pandemonium of racket is mystery to us, yet they seem to be in no wise annoyed by 1t. Their sam- pie room of knives possessed a. degree of interest no: obtained everywhere. Here were arranged in order the various patterns of knives made by them, and it would be a matter of little choice with us if we were to be butchered, which style of these knives was to be used to chop us up. Some of them had blades two feet or more in length and thence down to a real Bowie knife, which although about the smallest, looked as though it wanted to chaw somebody. As souuenir of the visit we brought home one of these curiously wrought knives, which, chained to the bed post allows us to repose with no dread of burglars: We must leave till next week the description of
 these works in detail. In behalf of oul
 whole party we thank Mir. Wm. T. Wood,
 the vice president of the company, and Mr.
 E.. H. Sears, of the office, for the many
 courtesies extended to us while on this
 visit.
 Harttord and West Wj1asted.-Sincet the
 Conn. Western railroad was opened the
 people of this region have used it freely tc
 go to the larger places to look at the large
 assortment of goods to be found there, ane perchance to occasionally make purchase
 Hartford and West Winsted have beel freely visited, and those enterprislng mer chants who have made Western Connect cut SO well acquainted with them and thei
 business, by their advertisements in th' NEWS, have reaped their reward, and ou y people who have been their patron
 have been made glad. Messrs. Weatherby
 Knous 6 Pelton, of Hartford, are thi week advertising their immense stock o goods for their fall trade. These gentle
 men somehow succeed in making it for tn interest of country merchants hereabouts buy of them at wholesale. Messrs. M. c. J. Camp & Co.,, of West Winsted, hay also sent in change for their advertise ment. The Messrs. Camp are carrying on
 of the heaviest stocks of goods to be foun e in the State, embracing all manner c l. everything the most fastidious coul
 desire. Their counters last Saturday afte a noon were loaded full of goods, scientific s ally tumbled into the most discouragin !. masses, tired clerk could desire to loo ,' upon. Just across the way is the larg e drX goods establishment of Messrs Win l. & Griswold, whose advertisement e double column also occupies prominel V place in the NEWS, large additions hay
 also been made to what before was called
 large stock of goods, and they are con ' manding large trade. We'll leave u '' women folks to do their own shopping ., these dry goods establishments, and aga }" cross the street, and see the machine II
 
 $ they will chuck a man and when he com a. ~ out he'll be dressed like prince, and
 wont cost him very much either. If ol | does not find suit of the ready-ma ss clothing, with which those long tables a i, , so heavily loaded as to make them gro -N with the back ache, exactly what he want 'a he'll find MT. Foster capable of givil
 fourth proof fits, to anything from 10
 of brown bread to barrel of squint-ey h. potatoes. Say what you choose: he dot rt- n't eat more than others, so far as ' Il, know, but he'll fit a man with a coat, jac il- ct, or pants, so exquisitely that he'll fair IT, yell with delight. Can't get the time to ,te up and see that Noble Boot and shoe ma h, little further up the street, and we a n- glad we can't go. The fifteen cents ' lie have left won't buy pair of good boo le, and to go and see such as he sells would he an aggrivation to which editors only g m accustomed.
 oh 7hot Disgracef1 Wrangle.-Since ! he started the publication of the NEWS here nm Salisbury, Rogers of the Harrington Co1
 Ter has nestled around in his editorial ch
 in an exceedingly nervous manner. Whe SC. eyer he could imagine there was an opp 'ur tunity to say something that would appt to our disadvantage, he has never failed his improve it. The reason of this uneasin or is patent in the minds of his readers. bis could not have more plainly told them u en- we were cutting in on his subscription m, in manner that was by no means agre E. ble to him. He has several times alluG 'ge to our manner of publishing our paper, i've so long as so many of our patrons hays t too us they thought the NEWS better pa, 1 Al,nG lA