Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

when there are vacant seats in the school room? Here we have three schools in ses-
 sion all the time, and yet the streets and
 stores are full of children. Why is it Fl Complaint was made that the children did
 not learn and that they might az well re-
 main at home, and when Mir. J. Knight
 was elected committee, he thought he
 would fix it so there would be no reasona-
 ble cause for complaint, by engaging one
 of the few teachers, Mrs Dauchy, who
 knows just how to teach the young idea,
 to take charge of the advanced schools above
 and Miss Wells in the basement as assist
 ant, and yet they will not take advantage
 of their instruction. Mrs. Dauchy knows
 what ought to be done and just how to do
 it, and is willing to do her part well. The
 scholars unite in saying Mrs. D. is the best
 teacher they ever saw, but she is Gscful
 strict. It would do the parents good to go
 in the school one afternoon and see how
 their children are improving, not only in
 studies but in behaviour. It is plain to be
 seen that we have a teacher who loUes her
 scholars and tries to learn them how to be
 good and useful. Why wont they all send
 in the children and see for themselves how
 she teaches? ONE WHO KNOWS.
 Railroad Accidents.-A collision occur
 red on the Housatonic railroad last Friday
 afternoon about 8 mile and half south of
 Merwinsville. The up passenger train was
 disabled at that point by the stripping of
 valve stem, and halted about it's own length
 north of turn out at the gravel pit. The
 conductor, Mir. Fowler, to avoid accident,
 walked up the track to meet the down train.
 The down train waited twenty minutes at
 Mcrwinsville, and three minutes more to
 allow for variation of watches, and then
 started slowly down. The conductor of the
 up train met the down train, which held up
 so that he was able to inform the engineer
 of the accident and to get on board the train. He also told the engineer that either train
 could rnn upon the turn out and let the
 other pass. The engineer now states that
 he understood the conductor to say that his
 train was upon the turn out and he could
 therefore run past. Thinking that every
 thing was right. the engineer of the down
 train ran along at the rate of about twelve miles an hour, and did not discover the real
 situation of affairs, owing to bend in the
 road, till it was too late to avoid a collision.
 The down train ran into the up train stand
 ing on the track. The engines were both
 disabled and the cars shaken up and some what damaged, but fortunately no lives
 were lost, few slight sprains, scratches and bruises being the sum total of individu- al damage. A physician on one of tue
 trains immediately went over the passen. gers to ascertain if any needed assistance, . but there was no occasion for his services President Barnum was on the up tram go. ing home, but received no injury. A delay
 of three or four hours was caused, when g
 freight engine came in answer to a telegram and took the up train with the south ward bound passengers to Bridgeport reaching there about half-past four p. m Arrangements were made for taking for : ward the passengers going north, they changing into the cars of the down train - The road was clear in 8 short time.
 Having no inclination to be behind il
 any essential feature in the successful man . agement of first class railway, the nex day after the accident on the Housatoni' . road Oast Saturday., the Conn. Westerl , road concluded to get up slight 'tjam up Y on it's own hook. Seizing the very favora ble opportunity when ye editor was ol |, board, Conductor Hinsdale's train whil f running into Canaan station at about l: f o'clock noon, managed to dodge off on side track and bang into freight car
 smashing brake and making considerabl ! noise generally, calling quickly to the seen Q large delegation of Canaanites, who yer. n quickly and correctly concluded that tn f effort of our train to pass that freight ca , on that side track was not an eminent sue . cess. It appears that MT. Martin New Depot-agent Bennett's assistant, oiled tn
 switch in the forenoon, and when he left
 as completed job, he left the switch turn e ed to connect with the side track. A - Engineer Hatch with his Bloomfield locomo tive neared the place, he discovered by tn '- rails that the switch was turned and whist e tied down brakes. The train was brough to very low rate of speed before it struc r the car, or else much damage must hay e been the inevitable result. As it was, whe T. we whanged into that car, we were rattle l. around in the passenger car rather uncere IS moniously. There appears to be question c in the minds of some as to whether the ol' , fashioned and exceedingly dull target al e ranged on that switch is of more valu 1T than train of cars, which by 1t might y tumbled into the meadow on either side l. One of the large and plain targets, used O. j. nearly all of the side tracks on the road y would have enabled the engineer to hay l. discovered the danger in time to have pre- vented collision.
 The two accidents above mentioned or v what are regarded as fortunate ones, consid A ering what might have been the result The Conn. Western road has been yer l fortunate thus far in the line of mishapi ' which is directly due to the great care mar :, ifested by the managers to avoid them Certainly, quite as much can be said of th " Housatonic road. With help that is nc s only the most skillful but the most caution n in managing trains, this road, considerin a the immense business over the road is yer ,t successful in preventing accidents. Tn
 prompt and free acknowledgement of tn fault of leaving the switch turned and TUT
 ing the train on the Conn. Western roa ;r into the freight car, by MT. New, is iu = deed to be admired. As soon as the acc V dent occurred, and was thus reminded o :, his carlessness, he came immediately fc
 ward and said he eoGs the man to De bldnet