Connecticut western news., 1873-11-14

IHe New TSme Ta6ls.--We publish in another column the new time table of the Conn. Western road, which went into ef- les, Monday. It is arranged for the west ern end of the road, and marks the time Of trains passing Salisbury. Canaan, &c. The train that leaves East Canaan at 8. .45 A. N. connects at Millerton with Harlem road for New York. People from Norfolk and l West Norfolk can drive to East Canaan ir the morning, and easily reach this train be. fore it leaves for New York. Another most excellent and very valuable connec. ton which the new arrangement has l drought about, is that at Canaan in the forenoon Passengers in Berkshire county can come down on their forenoon passen
 ger train on the Housatonic road, which leaves Pittsf1eld at nine o'clock, and make 8 close and sure connection with Conduct. or Eggleston's train for Hartford, which ar- rives ID that city at l.2S P. N. There IS nu question but that . large amount of travel will be opened up aS soon as this convsn- tent arrangement becomes known. Nt should have said further in coAnection wit, the above that Berkshire people can hay
 ? 8-4 hours in Hartford for business, or from 8 l-2 to 6 hours in Winsted. (drpend ing Ou which train they will r.turn, ) | and return to their homes on the evening ! frsin on the HOusstOnic road. A further acquaintance with the new time table strengthens our opinion of last week that 1 it is very much the best for people the en- | tire length of the road, and very likely is as good as can possibly be arranged.
 High Points cf Lan6-Last Tuesday a party of gentlemen consisting of Robbins Battell Esq. and a MT. Lawrence of Nor folk, Lawyer Fyler of West Winsted and a Mf. Bradford, formerly connected with the Conn. Western railroad as civil engineer, made @ tour of the mountains west of us for the purpose of ascertaining their alti- l tude. They found Bald Peak to he 1896 feet high, which, As far AS has been accu- rately ascertained.is the highest land in tht, state. They thought however, that away farther north, and before the range reaches the Massat husetts state line, the peak known as Bear Mountain is higher, the ex- act altitude of which is left for another time to obtain. These gentlemen gave us the following attitudes of high land, " hich, they tell us, were obtained by careful and accurate measurements. Next to Bald Peak. (l9S6 feetI Mt. Bradford (which by the way they said as it had no name, they would christen it Mt. Bradford, } and which is about 1-2 miles west.of Canaan Moun- tain pond, is found to be 1860 feet high. Bald Mountain in Norfolk is TITO; Hay stack Mountain also in Norfolk 1872, and Ivy Mountain in Goshen. l642 feet high The highest point in Winchester is Cham berlain Hill. l4so feet high. Canaan Pond IS l460 and Mt. Riga in Salisbury between 1900 and l7oO feet hlgh. Spauldng's Sum- nit on the Conn. Western railroad IS 1886 fee: measuring from top of Tails of the track. The altitude at West Winsted, only few miles below is only ITS, which shows pretty rapid sliding down hill. Litch- field hillis said to be about 1900 feet up toward the track of the recently demoral- ized Graphic balloon, which passed over that village.
 LakeviHs Notss.-The lecture by Moses Colt Tyler at Lakeville, Monday evening. amply fulfilled the high expectations which were entertained of hlm as being one of our most popular and interesting public speakers. His subject was 'Old English Ballads" We are able only to give brief and imperfect sketch of his lecture, which was warmly applauded and attentively lis- tened to by large ard appreciativs audi ence. He commenced his discourse by re- ferring to the first appearance of these old songs among the English people, and the important influence which they had exerted upon them in their after history. During the lecture he recited number of ballads commencing with those which dealt in the supernatural, and eYinced amongst other things the comfortable belief which the people at that time had in personal dev- it." Passing on from there be recited oth- CTS, some of which were satirical and full of hits at the many failings of man and womankind. His lecture was full of pas Stages of Fare wit, and the frequent allu- sions to the events and questions of the time never failed to bring down the house. The close of his discourse was especially fine, in which he alludes to the interest which we. as Americans, had in these old ballads which had exerted such powerful influence on our English forcfathers by keeping alive the spirit of freedom and love of liberty which we inherited from them The association were fortunate in the suspicious opening of their course. The next entertainment will consist of readings and concert by E. Q. Jepson, the cele- brated elocutionist, Monday evening, De cember lst......Mr. Low, the popular res taurant keeper at Lakeville, has invented a little machine which goes by the name of 'griddle greaser," and is about to mauu- faeture the article, for which be has al- ready received a number of orders. As the season is at hand when the savory buckwbeat cake is popular article of diet we doubt not that Mir, l.. will find 8 ready sale for his invention. JUAN,
 West O0Rmw@Il.
 T. s. Gold had eleven sheep killed and wounded by dogs one night last week. ...... J. Sanford Johnson, we are sorry to hear,