Connecticut western news., 1872-04-26

1 4 G00d- Appol7l tnaent. MT. Charles Elm
 mons has been appointed conductor of
 passenger train on the Housatonic road
 gace H. R. Fowler. Mir. Emmops entere,
 upon his duties yesterday [Thursday] tax
 ing the Pittsfield train into Bridgeport
 This is indeed worthy appointment. Paralyttc. Edwin Belden of Soutl
 Canaan, suffered paralytic shock las
 Tuesday afternoon, at about o'clock, an,
 died the following night. It is rather re
 markable that two cases of palsy, SO simi
 lar in their every feature, as that of MT
 Belden and Mir. Sparks, spoken of In an
 other place, should occur within 24 hour
 of each other.
 BoggGge Checks.-The Conn. Wester
 R. R. Co.,, last Tuesday distributed alons
 the various stations of its route, a new
 style of baggage check, which will be uset
 by the road to mark and check it's baggage These checks are SO arranged that when
 piece of baggage has one attached, it i:
 not only properly numbered to match $ corresponding check in the hands of it. owner, but contains card on which is printed in large letters the name of the station, which is its destination. This must effectually prevent the miscarriage of baggage, and prove an important auxiliary to that perfection in railroad management which is so much desired by all.
 Sudden DeoM.-Last Monday evening, Mir. Calvin Sparks received shock of paralysis, effecting his left side, and died the next morning at about half-past four. He was about the village apparently enjoy ing his usual health during Monday, and al five o'clock in the evening went to the mill on Factory street, and while there he said he experienced peculiar unpleasant sensa tion about the head. He drove his team home and put it in the barn, and while in the act of mixing feed for the horses, fell on the floor of the barn. He was carried to his house and as we said above, died al an early hour the next morning. We saw him on the street Monday aud conversed with him as we have frequently done re- gently, and of course with no thought whatever of his being SO suddenly taken away, as he was as we supposed, in the en joyment of a. fair degree of health. All this is but another illustration of the truth that we know absolutely nothing of what will occur in one moments time of the flu ture. His age was 64 years.
 4 Valua6le BooE.-Nr. M. B. Mead ot Canaan, will canvas this town next week for the sale of book entitled ''The Grea, Industries of the United States" This work, which contains over 1900 pages, with 800 illustrations, is neatly and substantially bound in library style, and is sold at the very low figure of $3.5O. It is Q historical summary of the origin. growth and per. lection of the chief industrial arts of the country, including personal sketches of the men who best represent its inventive gen. jus and it's mechanical enterprise, contain ing we'll executed cuts, Illustrating all man. ner of machinery, from a steamboat, or a Hoe ten-cylinder printing press to a pick axe. It is book in which none, who pos sess spark of mechanical genius, will fail to be interested, nor will this interest abate as with the ordinary class of travelling literature, for every time its contents are or re-examined, something really and instructive will be obtain ed. Let all give this work reasonable ex- before they refuse its purchase and knoao july what they arc turning away.
 Ancient LakeoiUe.-Mr. Editor,-The of "Lakeville as it was Six. y Years since, iu your issue of the 18th nst., recalls to mind an anecdote told at hat period, and which you may tell again, or not, just as you please.
 Col. Porter was farmer, as well as phy- 'ician, and in the culture of crops on that fertile plain took much pleasure, pride and profit "a heavy crop of corn near his res- dence was nearly ready for harvesting; md the seeds of plant ripening far above he luxurient corn, gave good evidence Of he rich soil. A noted wag of the town, dubbed Col. of the "lazy regiment" rode ID to the farmers gate and called as loudly md Justify az his position and dignity per- nitted, for Col P. On the appearance of he latter, the following colloquy took ,lace:
 Col. of L. RI wish, Col Porter, to ngage all the seed which you can spare, of hat vegetable which is taller than the .orn."
 Col. P. (sAa1ply)-' l tell you that corn las been well hoed, three times."
 Col. of l.. R." Never mind, the psg- 'eed is plant that aciu flourish, in our egiment" H.s.N
 LakeciUe .Jotttags gs-Business at the Lake file station is pretty brisk just now, the usiness last month amounting to over $2l. .....Miss M. J. .Bradley's select reading at hall, on Monday evening, was ot very fully attended, but those present xpressed themselves well pleased with the sdy's rendering of the selections which she Jade from some of our most popular au. 1ors. Mrs. Caudle's lecture, in particular, 'as treated in manner peculiarly .teani- ine......It is daily occurrence now to see len upon our sidewalks, too much intoxi- ated to walk. Ladies are exposed to in- ut every time they venture out without scort. It would appear that liquor can be btained more freely than formerly, from le increase of drunkenness observable,
 Matrimonial Felicity. is what's le matter with Patrick and Margaret.