Connecticut western news., 1872-05-31

Dy the OlQ-L0SnlOneQ COupllnS Slluln2 Dy the patent coupler of the passenger coach, thus allowing the two cars to come close togeth- CT, as to become unconscious, and being unable to make his situation known, as soon as the train started up fell with one leg across the track, and before the train could be stopped one wheel of the car had passed over his leg below the knee and the second wheel was standing on it. His leg was terribly crushed and amputation is doubtlessly inevitable. Conductor Hins. dale considered MT. Gallagher one of the very best men he ever had on his train, and this sad accident cannot but be regarded, not only by MT. Hinsdale, but by all others on the road as one particularly unfortunate. MT. Gallagher has the sympathy of his as. sociates and all who knew him.
 Canaan Thsift.-Those old hotel barns are cleared away from the grounds of the railroad company, and they are being gra- ded and fixed up for the purposes designed. W ork on the Union depot is progressing; tue mason work will soon be finished and the frame put on the foundations. The old barns which have been removed, have long been considered by the inhabitants of that happy land, as an "eYe sore," and now that they are cleared away, a long and refreshing breath of relief is being enjoyed Landlord Riker ot the Stevens House is making great improvement in the appear ance of his hotel, adding new blinds and repainting it entire outside and in. When done he thinks for taste, neatness and com fort, not many of the hotels in this region will surpass his. Landlord Warner, how ever, proposes to look to his laurels Q little, and has no intention of being be- hind the times. w. B. Curtis conductor, of the Housatonic railroad is progressing rapidly in the completion of his new house just west of the Methodist church. From it's present appearance it is quite evident Mir. Curtiss will have house, of which the village will not be ashamed
 Those Railroad Streets.-Mr Editor: Is it true that the selectmen of Salisbury have laid out, or are preparing to lay out, two highways through the grounds of the Cong regational society of this town2 Of course, if such is the fact, they have the legal right so to do. Will it be good policy, however, thus to contract those grounds, and disfg- ure the only green of the centre village It is rumored that the design is to lay out a highway to the passenger depot, direct from the Washinee road, the north line of which runs within thirty feet of the south side of the church. and also one just south of the academy building to the freight de- pot, leaving the grounds of the adjoining proprietors in better shape for sale. This is all very well if It were necessary, and if it were not for the fact that it would be a serious disadvantage to the society, not only for the present time, but possibly much more in the future. It is well known that the church is old, and should be moved some distance to the rear of it's present site, and modernized somewhat in it's external appearance,-or new building put up in its,stead. How much think you would be contributed for such an object, were the locality thus disfgurcd? It would appear that the pu6Ssc would not be a special gain CT to have the two highways laid out as proposed. K.
 East Canaam Depot. are credibly informed that more passenger tickets are sold at tue railroad station in East Canaan than any other on the line of the Conn Western road except Winsted. This is { good fair sized story for East Canaan peo pie to tell, and at the same time try to make others believe it, but that it is true we art inclined to think is fact, and yet the com pany does not condescend to grant them { depot, and obliges the good looking people of that thriving village to step into the wei trodden sand of the old Albany and Hart ford turnpike. Although there are many inconveniences to which this sand depo subjects them, there is one in particula which is exceedingly annoying to tht youthful portion of the population, viz. that after spending half day in putting the shine on their French Calf boots, tha Albany and Hartford sand, through whicl they must wade in order to get in or out O the cars, is too much for their good nature and although an East Canaan youth wa never known to swear, he is sometimes, ol these sandy. occasions, excused for sayin. privately: "Gol ram it all anyway" Th' good people plead in the fearful eloquenc of injured innocence, for depot if noth ing better can be afforded for station tha sells so many passenger tickets, wont tn company coax friendly barn up by tn side of the track, to be used for a depot
 If occasionally an old brown clapboar' flaps about to the tune of Old Boreas, not
 word of complaint will be lisped from tn lips of an East Canaanite.
 | AdoertSsing.-Does it pay to advertise
 is many times asked. Let us see if it pays Last week we told in local item that MT \ Spur, the coal man, would deliver 100 tons of coal at the stations in Ore Hill Lakeville, Salisbury and Chapinville, at s per ton, and what is the result? Coal al sold in less than week and another thou sand tons ordered to supply his numerou calls. Would he have sold 1000 tons o gold Gt cent c pound in that time, if b had not let people known what he wa about? Men in business make their great est mistake when they neglect or refuse -t
 advertise. Now let us look at another case viz. MT. D. R. Hill the Lakevllle harness maker. This week he leaves Lakeville t go to Lee, and we heard him say the reason of his leaving Lakeville, was because h.
 could not get business enough to live. On would naturally think it strange, that a good a workman as MT. Hill, would starv in such village as Lakeville, but the SC cret of the failure is: he did not aduertise