Connecticut western news., 1873-02-14

ling to give for the same. She built house thereon. Our worthy brother was quite enraged at being so much ''crowded" quietly tpursued her way, returning good for evil, thus trying to conciliate the offen
 ded. The house completed she moved her family into it. The conquered man re-
 venged himself by building an immense ice house immediately in front of her windows, thus hiding the view. Of course one can build as they please upon their own ground. The sister indnred in silence, but the town looked on and wondered why he did so
 A man of the world explains it as follows
 Why, understand 'tis monument to grace Brother l.. has been expecting and talking long time of convoy of angels who are coming to bear him away some day. He expects they are coming up before long. so he built the ice-house there for them to cool off in before they take him." The joke went round, but where deos that christian professor stand before the world to-day? Perhaps he thinks he is right, but we are told "by their fruits shall ye know them." Christians, take heed. A word to the wise is sufficient. A WANDRRER. Another 7raia.-The people of Ice, StocSbridge! and Grea: Burlington are pc litiOning the Housatonic railroad company to run another passenger train from Great Burlington to Pittsfield. There is now no train between 6 80 a. III. and ? l5 p. m.- Lee Gleaner.
 We think this idea a most excellent one if the new train will start from Canaan in
 stead of Gt Burlington, giving the people on the Conn. Western road chance to go to Burlington and Pittsfeld and return the same day, otherwise we think it would nol pay. A train to start at something like 9 o'clock in the forenoon could not help but connect with some of the early trains on the Connecticut Western road, and would reach Pittsfeld in ample time to connect
 with the ll.27 a. m. train west and LILO a. m. train east on the Boston & Albany
 road, also with the II 30 a. m train on the North Adams road. If the Housatonic Co.
 think the increase of business brought
 about by such nn arrangement not suth-
 cient to guarantee the addition of another
 train io the upper part of the road, we are
 strongly inclined to the opinion t!,nt if the
 milk train, which remains in Pittsficld over
 night and until twenty-five minutes to three
 in tue afternoon, would leave Pittstield as s
 special at about quarter to seven in the
 morning, arriving in Canaan at S.3C
 and returning leave Canaan at nine o'clock
 as stated above, would far better accom-
 modate the whole people than the Canaan
 special that now runs, and if necessary let
 that train be discontinued Chose trains re-
 maining in Pittsield over night instead oi
 coming to Canaan) and the new train sub
 stituted. With such an arrangement or
 the Housatonic road and the morning trair on the Conn. Western road to leave Miller ton at quarter to eight o'clock, arriving in Canaan ut about S.30, thus making ! connection that would accommodate peo pie from this way who want 10 go north il
 the morning, and those on the Housatonit road who wish to go east on the Conn , Western road. We feel assured that a. soon as Superintendents Franklin and Yco mans learn that it is the a1nioersal wish O.
 the people of Northwestern Connection
 and Southern and Central Berkshire tha
 such an arrangement should be made-anG an inquiry into the facts of the case vii
 soon convince them that it is-they vii
 give it the attention it deserves.
 Ihe WdshicdstSaooks- The first meeting of the Wsshicastinook Society was held il Academy Hall last Monday evening, ant
 was well attended. We were able to hea
 only portion of the remarks of the vari-
 ous debators, but must say that we wer,
 very much interested in all we did hear We presume the Society would hardly b. willing to pass vote of thanks to us fo
 reporting the speeches of it's members, ye
 without the thanks we shall be quite willing
 to publish an extract or two, which we ar,
 sure will not fail to interest our readers
 MT. T. l.. Norton led off in the debate anC
 discoursed eloquently on the educationa
 qualification of voters, and was followed by
 Mir. D. T. Warner on the negative side O.
 the question. We were called from tht room while these gentlemen were speaking and were too muck interrupted to follow
 the heavy drifts of thought that were pour } ed in rapid succession into the enraptuIet
 ears of their hearers, but when Dr. Knigh
 arose and among other most excellent ideas introduced by way of argument on a cer
 tain point the fact (and it has become firmly established facD that 'oratory, as means of reaching the public ear, and as power in the land, is not regarded as in thu
 days of Patrick Henry, but that the Pres is the all-important medium of influence |, being able to talk to it's thousands or it.
 hundreds of thousands of people, a , for that matter, while the most successful orator can only reach his hundreds" b, , drew us closely to him and we could scarce ly avoid rising, and in behalf of the Pres of the country, extending our most sheer , thanks for his frank acknowledgement After hammering away at several othe ideas in his peculiarly eloquent way O managing them, he suddenly stopped ant after scratching his head vigorously fo some minutes said he had one other ide, , which had lodged out of his mind, bu
 which was so important he felt very re. luctant about giving it up as lost, but wa compelled to sit ;down without it. Mex came forward Mir. Adams, who said h. had an idea, aud who chased it at break neck pace (which everybody knows is hi usual rate of speed) around the room sever
 al times and after completely running into the ground" made the announcement l that he had run out of ideas, and yielded t