Connecticut western news., 1872-03-29

scroll saws, with q power one would hardly suppose could be obtained for machine to be turned by hand. It is very simple in its construction, thoroughly practical, and combines the two essential principles nec- essaly to secure for such 8 machine suc- cess; viz, speed and power.
 LakeriHe.-Mr. D, W. Stone wlNe drawing wood for Dr. Knight last Friday, was seriously injured by the capsizing of a load of wood upon which he was seated. Almost miraculously he escaped with no broken bones, and is now in a fair way of recovery.-Mr. w. J. Pettee contemplates the improvement of the new road north of his residence, by nearly doubling its width. Messrs. Pettee, Walton. and Cleaveland; why can you not continue the avenue to the saw milh?-Scarlet fever upllfts its front in our midst quite too muchly for comfort. II
 Bnildinp Lots.-Wlere are those build ing lots which Lawyer Peet of Falls Vii lage was to have staked out and ready for sale 80 soon? Seventeen hundred and four houses ready to set on those, lots, SC soon as you will sell them to us.' Give us good building lot Friend Peet, and we'll agree to stop punching you, hut if you was obliged to hustle your goods around from one house to another, as often as poor editors do, you would feel like begging or borrowing & small piece of terra frma, and raising barn door at an angle of +5 de- grees, and stow away under it your wheel barrow load of household furniture and ''sich," and, crawling under congratulate yourself in being ct home. Come over this way and we'll talk it up with you.
 Lee.-The people of Lee have talked railroad almost necessarily for the past forty years, but their efforts in that respect have never resulted in anything more than talk. until quite recently they have pro jcct under way for the building of Q road from there to West Stockbridge. This enterprise they now regard as certain of being consummased. Last Saturday, Presi- dent Barnum of the FIousatonic road called meeting of the principle fye,ghters of that town, st the depot in that village, for the purpose of ascertaining their wants in re- gard to railroad facilities. This meeting was well attended. Mr. Barnum made advantageous offers of freight, and en- gagged to join in building branch road from Glendale to West Stockbridge, and to give the Lee people the best of railroad facilities. The answer of Lee is 10 be given soon,
 Winter.-Another snow storm of the usual magnitude of this winters storms fell last Monday night. About one and one quarter inches was the depth of snow Tuesday morning. The past winter has been one peculiar 50 itself, and very unlike anything t.at has occurred for many years. No, vember and December were intensely cold January and Fe bruary unusually mild and March has been a continuous season of the sinking to point as low as it usually does in tue coldest snaps" of any winter. After two or three hours cessation of the storm Tuesday morning, 1t commenced with re newed energy and showed hard till 10 or II o'clock Tuesday night, and Wednesday morning about eight inches of snow covered the ground, which is much the deepest snow of the season. Thus it is March has given the deepest snow and the coldest weather. One year ago, last Monday, DO tatoes were planted in some parts of this State, To-day, 1t would be necessary to dig through the snow and two or three feet of frost to plant them. Gough.-John B. Cough, one of the hest lecturers that ever mounted rostrun as everybody knows, lectures in Winsted this (Friday) evening, his subject being twill it pay" The church in which the lecture is to he held, will seat but 800 people, and the tickets for this number were sold almost before they were offered for sale. To engage Cough for lecture it would seem necessary to have building of the size of the coliseum for the coming Worlds Jubilee in Boston to accommodate all who wish to hear him. Winsted has long stood in need of large hall for .exhi bitions, lectures &c. and company is formed to build new music hall, the sub scription to the stock of which has already reached $25, ,OoO. How wonderful tha, man can obtain sEch reputation that the simple announcement of his name will cal together the people of whole county. His lecture in Winsted tonight, is under thf auspices of the Young Mems Christian As sociation, which is to be congratulated in its success in getting such man to lecture before them as John B. Cough.
 Uara Louisa Kellogg. The good people of Winsted are ''brim full'' of. enterprise Not being content with the illustriou: Cough, who delivers lecture there thi: (Friday) evening, they have secured the world renowned and charming American prima donna, Miss Clara Louisa Kellogg 1 who, with troupe, are expected to give s
 Grand Fare1ceu Concert in the 2d Congre gational church, in that village, probably about the 18th of April, previous to sailing for London, where she has an engagement at Her Majesty s theatre in May. We have said above that probably April 18th will be the time of the concert, as the eract date is not positively fixed. It is expected tha extra trains will be run as far west as Lake vile. We expect next week to be able tt give full particulars. Miss Kelloggs ex penses, with her troupe are necessarily large and she has put her price for thil concert down to the lowest possible figures to clear her expenses in coming among hel Litchfield county friends previous to hel departure abroad. The price of tickets o
 admission will be one dollar each, reserved without extra charge.