Connecticut western news., 1873-10-24
New Advertisements.

l Auction, Washinee Mill For Sale, James Stuart 1 Stiles Estate, N Commission CTS
 Was1sSnee AuctSon.-The Washinee prop erty will positively be sold at auction next Tuesday, (Oct. 2sth.) The advertisement, in another column tells about it
 Gar on FSre.-Wednesday evening of
 last week, the passenger car belonging to the ore train on the Conn. Western road, which was standing on side track, was set on fire by the stove (so supposed,) ana the entire inside was badly burned, charred and blackened. It was discovered by John Lepyon, who burst open the door and threw water until it was extinguished
 School TIsitors' Meeting AdSoau'ned.- The meeting of the Board of School Wis itors stands adjourned to Saturday, Oct. 25th, 1873, at ? o'clock, P. M. at the Acad, emy Hall in this village, at which meeting all teachers not already examined must present themselves for examination. A punctual attendance of all the members of the board is requested. lwl5 Salisbury Drug Store.-Everybody is glad that we have drug store in our vii, lage, and that it is such a neat and every way attractive store, with a large variety of everything in the line of medicines, and is located so conveniently for everybody, is ! 6.c robl Ahef sk k,r,sn ho <l and patronized by all, there is no question. Mir. Graham's advertisement in another col. umn tells what he has to sell.
 Winsted Music and Jeaoe1ry Store.-The new music and jewelry store of Messrs. Benjamin & Frary, under the new Music Hall in Winsted. is one of the finest estab- lishments of the kind in Connecticut. IL seems to he the headqual ters for organs, pianos and melodeons for Litch6eld county, and for fine jewelry, silver and plated ware, their elegant and extensive stock is not easily surpassed. Indeed their store, for elegance of arrangement and dis play of goods, is quite palace.
 Lust Weeks News.-Our account of Dr. Welch's funeral in last weeks NEWS created far greater demand for papers than we were prepared to meet, and although we had generous supply of extra copies printed, they were exhausted almost before the ink was dry. Thinking perhaps that some copies might remain unsold at some of the fifteen newsrooms where THE NEWS is sold, we sent to have such, if any, re- turned to us, and thus far have succeeded in gathering just seven copies, which those who want, and will come first, can have.
 Kent There is considerable sickness in town just now. Typhoid fever seems to be the prevailing disease, and Dr., King finds his services in good demand. .....The late frosts have opened the chestnut burrs, and now under every tree may be seen an ur- chin to every nut......The young men and maidens of this vicinity passed pleasant evening on the 10th inst at Miss Flora Straight's. Dancing was freely indulged in, and the company went home in the morning. We hear that on the following day only one was Gas young as he used to be"......Our tall friend has recently engaged in the business of horticulture. All in want of choice plants will do we'll to call on him. SoL.
 More L0rge Pototoes.-This season is un- occasionally an unusual one for large pota. toes. So much has been said and such huge ones exhibited, we had thought the largest had been found and it's history duly chroni- cled, but we think MT. John Odenbreit at the Twin Lakes is justly ahead of all. Oth- CTS have, with diligent search found soli- tary potato among their lot. of fair size, and in one instaLce man found one that pur- ported to weigh three pounds, but this ap- parent monstrosity was all there was to boast of In the field. When MT. Oden- brett brought us some pears the other day, he said he thought he would throw in two or three potatoes, to show us that they could grow pretty fair crops at The Lakes. He didn't pretend to say these were very much in size, in comparison to what he might find if he really set about it. These three potatoes weighed respectively three. two and one half and two and a quarter pounds. For the number produced by one man, these are ahead of any reported.
 1he "Crooked' Shepaug Road.-The Litchfeld Enquirer of last week publishes the alignment of Connecticut railroads, and the much sneered at and unjustly abused Shepaug road, is found to be straighter than the Conn. Western, which is the crookedest road in the state with only two exceptions. We give below the remarks of the editor and the alignment mentioned.
 As so much has been said, and written, about the crooked Shepaug railroad, by persons who evidently expect to find an All Line road in the valley of river running through the mountain country ot Connectl- cut, we have taken the trouble to compil the following table from the published re port of the Railroad Commissioners. IL will be borne in mind that these returns are sworn to annually by the officials of the vAri- ous companies. The roads which failed to re- turn their alignment are of course not found in the table. The percentage of straight line may be of interest 10 our read CTS.
 PLACEMENTS OF CONN. RAILROADS.