Connecticut western news., 1872-01-05
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 Dry goods Weatherby, Knous & Pelton. National Iron Bank Report. A. c. Randall. Dividend Notice, Housatonic Railroad. For Sale, Dr. Edward Sanford For sale, s. w. Elliott. New Millinery Store Mrs M K. Delliber.
 ISntypes. s.-Dexter Brothers are making some very fine tintypes in their gallery in MT. Glens' building.
 Geozogy-Dr. Lee of Peekskill is writ ing series of very interesting letters to the Highland Democrat entitled Theological Sketches"
 Bunk Meeting.-The stockholders of the National Iron Bank of Falls Village, will please remember the annual meeting on Tuesday of next week, as per advertise ment in another column.
 Fire 9, Water6ury.-The shop of the American Ring Go. in Waterbury, was burned last Monday night. Loss between $l5,0OO and $2O,OoO. Fully covered by insurance.
 Cou KsUed.-Last Tuesday afternoon while the train from Millerton was passing Ore Hill, it ran into a COW in the rock cui west of the bridge and pretty generally smashed her up.
 Vest Corn,oaU, Norfolk, Mjllerton, Kent, and Cor7saoaB Bridge.-Wil! our correspon' dents from these villages, who have sent us such good reports for this week, of the ''doings" in those places, please excuse us for keeping them over till next week? Oul correspondence from everywhere is unusu- ally full, and we are almost crowded out of our usual local item space. This large amount of correspondence is what we want, as we design to make the NEWS for Gft the villages in this region, as much as for Sails bury. We hope and expect that such val uable correspondence will not be left over again.
 Statc Board of AgaSculture.-A meeting of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture, will be held at the borough of Danielson- vile, in Killingly, January 9th, 10th, llth and 18th. After the business meeting at the Attawangan House Tuesday, Alexander Hyde of Lee will discuss the potato ques- ton. On Wednesday, after the lecture of Prof. s. w. Johnson, discussions on vari- ous features in farming will occupy the remainder of that day, and Thursday simi- lar discussions will precede lecture by J.. Stanton Gould, of Hudson, N. Y. Friday will close the meeting by report of the entymologist. All persons interested in agriculture are invited to be present and engage in the discussions. The leading railroads of the state give free return tick cts to those who have paid one full fare.
 Lets Do N!-Our correspondent from Norfolk says that $25, has been raised in that village by subscription, to buy a clock for the locomotive named after that town !; the ''Norfolk This is capital idea. Wont old Salisbury buy ono for the pas senger locomotive, named after her? If she wont, we'll extend an invitation to some of the former residents. who now soiourn in distant parts and who ''know a thing or two," of what is going on at their old home. They would purchase $25 clock for the locomotive Salisbury, "quick-ern wink" if they had chance. Let us not ask them to do it, but put one in that "bullgine" right quick. Engineer Barton is capital hand to keep nice clock in goodrunning order.
 OAso Thafft.-A subscriber in Vernon Ohio, who by the way is farming it little for amusement as we'll as profit, writes that they made their last cheese the 18th oi last month, and during the season they have made from 16 COWS, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy five pounds ot cheese, being 492 pounds to each COW. IT that time they have also made from these COWS, eight hundred pounds of butter, ant have raised eleven calves, fatted two hog to sell on foot before being fed with corn besides what butter and cheese they ueet for their own family use. We have beer shown specimen ot wool from their hert of sheep. They failed to tell the numbe of sheep in their herd, and the kind.) Thi wool measures over one foot long and is tn, finest and softest we ever saw. The sheel from which this wool was cut weighed 23O pounds. Surveying in their minds thu result of this seasons work, they ma, justly exclaim How is this for Hi-o? l CAange ;n Tune Ia6te.-So soon afte the commencement of regular trains ove the Conn. W estern road. an almost entir change in their running time is found nee
 essary. Last Monday, this new arrange
 ment went into effect. The first train fron
 Millerton in the morning passes this statio as before at 6.3O, but it's time of running made faster and it getsto Hartford at 10.1 in the forenoon instead of 1O.35. Tn , rnnning time of nearly all the other train is made faster. Study the time table i , another column and become posted. ! , regular through freight tram from liar ford to Millerton, commenced running las
 Monday morning. It leaves Hartford MoI , day, Wednesday and Friday mornings, { 6. .45, arriving in Winsted at 1925; at No folk at 11.2O; at Canaan o'clock P. M
 Salisbury 235; Lakeville 800; Ore Hi 3.lO; and Millerton at 3.25. Returning leaves Millerton Tuesdays, Thursdays an
 Saturdays at II o'clock A. M., passing Ol
 Hill at I1.25; Lakeville ll.45; Salisbul 12.1OP. M.; Canaan 100; Norfolk 2. 5e Winsted 400 arriving in Hartford at 7.s in the evening.