Connecticut western news., 1872-11-01

train, amused thelr satanic disposition by cutting the cushions of several of the car seats SO badly, that the car was sent into the shop to be repaired. Conductor Hins- dale has caused the furnace door of his To- comotive to be enlarged, and when they come on his train again, he will give them free pass to the smoke stack via. the in- side route. Hanging won't kill such ami mals They must be cooked.
 Speed.-A package of posters plainly marked for New Milford, was tsse1se days getting to that village after thay were ship ed. They were put in the care of the Adams Express Co.,, which of course ac- counts for it. This company charges enough to get the packages entrusted to their care to their destination sometime during the same season it is shipped, but it doesn't al- ways do it. The package sent by us is said to have left the office in Falls Village on time, and ought to have arrived in New Milford in an hour after, but where it has been for the other eleven daysi is a mystery. We shall ship by the OK team and stone boat route hereafter, when we happen to be in hurry.
 The Hoxse Warmaing.-A rainy and everyway unfavorable evening was the lot of those interested in the warming" of the new and elegant school house in Ashley Falls last Friday evening, but notwith- standing the rain and mud, there was 8 much larger attendance the most sanguine could have expected. In the upper room long tables were heavily loaded with all that is good, which was served by full complement of the beautiful fair, of which that village is noted, while in the large room below the '' Eight hands around kept time to the soNl-stirring strains from the violin of ye veteran musicker,- Decker. Four setts could easily occupy the floor, and when, on account of fatigue or any other reason, only three couple could be obtained for the fourth set. three went the rounds with equal skill with the rest, the head couple occupying not only their own position, but that of a side couple, and it made no difference if this exceedingly use- full and accommodating couple were 6oth gentlemen, it was all right, and away they went with ''hop, skip and a jump," ex- tending their hands when there were none to grasp them, and ''fuor ladies forward and back, when there were only two to do it, but as we said before, twas all right and their fraction of a set enjoyed themselves quite as well as the others. The receipts were large, and are to be applied toward the paying for the cupola on the building. We shall look for another festival or some thing of that sort, to pay for the bell which is to occupy this cupola.
 IoDa-Rezigion, Politics and Orops.- The following correspondence from an old subscriber in Iowa, is not only spicy, but right to the point and well worth read ing. -.
 EDITOR NEws-I have received 8 splen- did mess of Pease each week since the commencement of the publication of the CONN. WESTERN NEWS, and as regularly as & tea party, to the present time. To say that the quantity or quality cannot be sur- passed, is only saying that live Connectl- cut Yankee is running the machine. A perusal of your excellent paper is almost equal to 8 visit to the land of my nativity. I observe that other editors are finding q Tartar when they mix in your porridge too freely. We, in South Eastern Iowa, are enjoying beautiful aNtumn. Grapes and apples are Gas was said of religion in a cer- tain village) plenty and cheap. Wheat averages about eight bushels per acre. worth $1.25. Corn is hardly an average crop, 2s to 30 cents. Oats, . bountiful crop, 20 cts. probably. Potatoes, especially late ones are few. hardly half crop; selling now at 50 cents. Buckwheat is an uncertain crop here, but frequently we obtain bountiful crops. Iowa-(ss it's name implies in the Indian tongue,) is not only 6saut!tt1 Iand but 6ounsGfuI one. We would advise those not through having, East, to contin- ue it all winter if they like it. Our having and harvesting is finished by the 1st of August. That crop with us was only g medium one this year. Fat cattle for beef are three to four cents, live. or gross weight. An OK team would be as great a novelty to the rising generation as Barnum's show. Respecting politics; it appears by the Wes, Cornwall correspondent they are not quite SO mild in their enthusiasm as we are in thil section. know Cor used to) Geo. A. like book. Tell him if Greedy is elected, I will go back to my ssGtige startsng posaa and help him around familiar old Teri Did dle anyhow, and will wheel Greeley fol , half fare at that. F.M. J. , AUGUSTA, DEs MONIES Co.,
 Iowa, Oct. 21, 1872.
 , East Canaan Furn0ce.-The new Hot ? blast furnace which is being erected il East Canaan by the Barnum Richardson Co. is said to be the largest furnace of thu kind in the United States, and is said to b. F in many respects the best one. The nam moth stack, which is built of huge block , of marble cut perfectly square, is 34 fee square at the base and 25 feet high, and th
 large timbers supporting the building abou t it are held entirely clear of it by hug'
 iron braces and plates. The boiler for sup
 plying the tweir pipes with water weigh Q about four tons. The buildings about tn a stack are very large and roomy, and bull f in the most substantial manner, much at 8 tention being given in their construction d to the arrangement for ample room for tn e workmen, which is certainly very desil 7 able feature in the construction of 8 fur. 8 mace. Some idea of the magnitude of tn g works will be obtained by those conversan :, with furnaces and their construction, whe J. we tell them the height of the top or stac 't house, which is about 70 feet. In the con