Connecticut western news., 1872-03-15
New !AdverGascnAaemes.
Too Late.-Canaan and Goshen core

In Trouble Cornwall Bridge has got the humps.
 Election Returns.-The Republicans of New Hampshire claim 1900 majority iu the election of last Tuesday.
 Comtracted. -ATessrs. Niver & Daniels of ! this village have contracted for the build. ing of the new house. which Mrs. Dakin will soon have erected in Lakevilie.
 T,Oelcs Hours Lomg.-The day and night will be nearly equal mex: Sunday. Two seconds being all the difference, the day being two seconds longer than the night
 Real EStote Changes, Among the nu- merous real estate changes in Sharon this spring is the sale of his house and land to Chaunccy Chapman by Wm. Pitcher Theron Oak in has bought the Stoddard farm near the Benedict mix.
 Clean Em Out.-Bridgepor is so full of chicken thieves, that if one man meets another in the street at night, each will suspect the other to be chicke,. thief, and will instantly wallop him over the head with club or blaze away at him with 8 Smith tS Wesson's six shooter.
 Con nua5escing,-The Hon. Wm. c. Bates is well known in this region. Some time since he went to Clifton Springs, N. Y., thinking to benefit hls health, which for several years past has been very poor. While at the Springs he has been very sick. His friends will be glad to know he is re- covering, and hope soon to see him about . again.
 Merriden Recorder.-The Brothers Riggs of the Merriden Recorder are succeeding admirably in making that journal second to mono in the stale, both as daily and a weekly. That IS precisely the way we like to see journal conducted. Pitch in with will and make it either the best ol the poorest. Let there be no half way l work about it.
 Talcott G Post.-We hope our people ot this section of the state, who go to Hart ford to do their trading, will look into the extensive dry goods establishment oi Messrs Talcott & Post, before they return from the city. They appear just now tc be making special efforts in rich silks and dress fabrics, household furnishing goods, church carpets and cushions, paper deco rating, oil cloths, mattings, feathers &c. Read their new advertisement in another column.
 Change cf Base. A. r. Roraback Esq, who for year or two has been in the office of Col Hardenburgh of Canaan, conteln plates going to West Cornwall in the spring, to occupy the office of J. Q. Adams Esq, who goes to Negaunee this month. The people of West Cornwall will find in Mir. Roraback. of he should go among them,, an unusually talented, able and successful lawyer, for one of his years and experience, and one worthy of their confidence and patronage. Our advice to the Cornwall people is: get him if you can.
 MasQuerade.-AtM MT. Rudd's in Lake vile, last week Thursday evening, was one of the pleasantest gatherings of the season. Almost every character from monk to au indian was accurately represented. The press was represented by one of the hand somest damsels in the country. She was elaborately arrayed in newspapers, her gart being cut in the latest style, the bias folds of which were formed by newspaper head ings, among which was conspicuousy visi ble the "CoNNEorIoUT WESTERN NEWS This entertainment was perfect success, there being house full and almost all who came, entered fully into the spirit of the play. We hope to hear of more of the same sort.
 Good Fishing.-Mr. A. A. Hotchkiss oi Sharon drew off his factory dam few days since, and caught about 400 pounds of fine fish. The smaller specimens of the finny tribe were put back into the water to grow bigger, and be ready when he wants to draw off the water again, to present a bet ter appearance when again tumbled out or the land. Mir. Hotchkiss met with rather better luck than those chaps who came out from Hartford, and endeavored in day or two to drain the Sharon ponds, of all that was worth catching. AS for fish, theil show was indeed slim, but many though when they paid $25O for that two year ole colt, of the Goodwins, they got bite which would undoubtedly satisfy this ar dent taste for fishing.
 | Chicago BeNs.-T. Steele S Son of Hart ford are out this week in their advertise ment space under the head of Specia Notices, with an advertisement of the Chicago bells." The history Of these bells is quite interesting. The court house bell fell in tho fire and ll,7s2 pounds ot bell metal were picked up, and after re peated sales was bought by the party tha now manufactures these charms. The little bells are made quite light, and seventy two of them are made from every pound ot bell metal. As charms for ladies or gents watch chains, they are very popular ir many places, $500, ,OOO worth having beer sold already. Ball & Black, in New York have sold $75, ,OOo worth of them. Messrs Steel & Son guarantee the genuineness o those sold by them. The metal of tn, Chicago bell cost the manufacturers O. ! these miniature bells, $42, ,OOO. Send dowl and get souvenir of the largest fire in thu world. The cost is only $l,5o. We hay, heard of editors going astray; never coulo tell where to fiEd them like feas; you get where they are, and they are not there
 They are this side of the question in on, issue of their journal, and the other side th' next. For such one of these bells would be invaluable. Like other cattle, a bel seems to be necessary to lead to their where } abouts. It is not necessary to say the % have no occasion to wear bell.