Connecticut western news., 1872-08-02

few rods east of the Twin Lakes stopping place, for the accommodation of picnic and excursion parties. The grounds art being cleared up and they will have all ir readiness for parties next week. They vii sell tickets from Hartford to this grove an6 return, to parties of ten or more, or in fac
 to any point of their road west of Nor folk, for $2.OO, and to Norfolk from Hart ford and return for $1.5O. This is certain lY move in the right direction by the company, and we shall expect to record numerous excursions from the East to the West during the present season. Next Wednesday the Sunday school scholars ot Simsbury and Avon will picnic at this grove, the railroad company guaranteeing the completion of the building and every. thing in readiness to receive them.
 Juvenize Pic-a,sc ct LakeosHe. Dear Ed. itor: could not permit You to go to press this week, without telling you about fes- tival which was held in Holleys grove on Saturday, the 20th inst. It was proposed and carried out by ten enterprising young ladies of this village. The Misses Shaw, Turner, Lanehart and Cleveland deserve a large share of credit for the satisfactory manner in which it passed off. Is certainly due to their untiring efforts, and determina tion to succeed, although strenuously op- posed by many in the village. By dint of coaxing, and shedding a few tears, their papas and mammas finally consented to the arrangement, and by three o'clock, P. M., the grove presented quite scene of festiv- ity, and all went "merry as a marriage bell" The young ladies realized profit of nearly twenty dollars, which will be used to purchase books for the library of the Methodist church. LA1LA.
 Eastern Shopping. Saturday, Con- ductor Eggleston's train out of Hartford carried to their homes heavy load of the people of Western Connecticut who had been in Hartford during the day, doing their shopping and attending to the various business which called them there. Three long passenger cars and baggage car were loaded full, some in fact not able to get seats. We were informed that about 300 were on the train, and about half of them bought tickets for stations west of Winsted This is another evidence that the Hartford advertisements in the NEWS, are gently, but most surely pulling people from this region over that way, yet we are assured a fair share of them stop over at Winsted just to look about a little of course, and see if all they say in their advertisements in the NEWS, is correct. These heavy loads of Western Connecticut going to these eastern emporiums to buy goods, to be sure is no evidence that it pays to advertise in the NEWS. Oh, no!
 CnnGGn M0untdin.-This locality is more than usually infested with that poison our reptile, the rattlesnake. No less than four have been killed there this summer two of them being three or four feet long and having fifteen rattles each The last one was killed within a few feet of the schoolhouse door hy one of the small chil- dren, soE of Elisha Gillette. The teacher says the reptile was very happy previous to the killing process,yand gave, vent to some very melodiols music, accompanied by eight rattles. It must be plucky kind of school ma'am who has to face such musIc.... .Norfolk's summer boarders find considerable amusement visiting the pond on this mountain. Several parties have lately enjoyed the fine sailing and fishing. ......Real estate has changed hands some- what of late. The farm owned by K. J. Munson, Esq.,, has been sold to MT. Bird of Lakeville, to be occupied by his partner in the butchering business, who is to take the whole charge of the farm. The farm for merly owned by A. Munson, is now under the charge of a MT. Brazee. ......The saw mill is running under full head of water, and huge piles of lumber and immense quantities of logs show that business is thriving. FRITZ.
 IHe Pic-n5c Excursions. Pleasant in- deed was the meeting of the citizens along the line of the Conn. Western road from Hartford to Millerton, in Governor Holley s grove in Lakeville last Tuesday. Soon after ten o'clock in the forenoon, the long excursion train of seven cars and baggage car, all loaded to their fullest capacity, drove past our village and landed their prec. ious freight at the beautiful grove, where, by the side of the placid waters of Lake Wononscopomoc, they spread their tables and loaded them with the good things they brought with them. We learned that from Winsted, about one hundred from each vii lage loaded on the train at their respective depots, and from Norfolk about 75 West and South Norfolk, about twenty each ; from Canaan something like 25, beside large delegations from Hartford, Collins vile, Simsbury and Tn fact from all the sta tions along the line. As soon as the tables were in readiness the people, and particu larly those who had started early and come the greater distance, and whose appetite. were thus made exactly right for the en- joyment of feast, such as they had pre-
 pared for themselves, focked about then and partook generously of the good thing
 thereof, after which the Rev. A. Winter
 who, by the way, we might as we'll say
 here, is the Grand Worthy Chief Templa
 of the state, was introduced by Dr. Knight
 and spoke to the assembled multitude fo
 about twenty minutes, crowding into tha
 short time about as many good sound ar
 guments against the sale of spirituou
 liquors, as could well occupy the space.
 As a general gathering together of tn
 hosts of Templars, and day of enjoymen
 was the principle purpose, as we understan
 it, of this excursion, speech making seem
 ed to be made subseryient to the other ez
 exercises. yet during the day several gentle men of elOuuence entertained the masse