Connecticut western news., 1873-12-12

Ou&IOup LOOK p!ACe O@ sunday, ana was
 very sudden shock to that wide circle iu
 which he was 90 well known. He died in
 his carriage from disease of the hears-no
 far from Mr. Robert Smith's-while on hi
 way to attend funeral at Amenia Union His age was seYentY.three years.
 1he 1renaGi1se Concert third o
 tue course of six entertainments of the Ly
 ceum Association was given at Laksvill'
 Hall Tuesday evening. by the Trelnain' Opera troupe, and very truthfully can VI
 say the Association was fortunate in secur ing these most excellent singers for one O.
 the course. Their concert was one of tn,
 best that ever visited here, and the large
 attendance, which, notwithstanding tho
 uafaYorable weather, was larger than al
 any of the previous entertainments, fully
 attested it's appreciation by it's almos ct con
 stant applause. It would seem as though
 none could be dissatisfied with the lectures
 and concerts of the course thus far, and
 we feel sure that many are happily disap
 pointed, by being treated to something
 much better than they had expected. It is
 to be presumed the remaining three of the
 course will be equally satisfactory. The
 next, Dr. Hoffmsn's lecture. will be given
 as before announced, Dec. 29th.
 That Mysterious Death Concerning
 the death of Amos Wright alluded to in last weeks NEWS. we have but few addi, tional facts to add. It was his own son. a young man about twenty years old, who drove the horse and sleigh at such furious pace from Canaan, and when arriving in Falls Village and putting the horse under the shed, was so drunk he didn't know thai his father. was dead in the sleigh, and stag gered out and across the street to the bank. ostensiblY for the purpose of getting Il check cashed. It is asserted the father had become almost insensibly intoxicated in Canaan, and was there loaded into the sleigh with his son, who also was almost helplessly drunk, and the two sent of, hu: for the truth of this statement we cannot vouch. When found in tue shed at Falls
 Village, the head of the dead man was re- clining on the cutter seat and his body in the bottom of the sleigh, with one hand hanging out at one side, aud grasping an icicle. What story to tell of father and son! The young man staggering about the streets making bets, getting drinks and conducting himself after the manner of . first-class drunk, and all the time his fa- ,her lay dead in sleigh under horse shed. It is thought by those who have looked into the matter that the man died very soon after leaving Canaan. Here is another spectacle: A son driving at a break-neck pace through the country; 20 ing, he scarcely knew where; in fact, knowing or caring but very little about any thing, only that the poor b orse was pound ed along; going now On this side cf the road and then on that. and the lifeless body of his father rolling and tumbling about in every imaginable position, and in the most revolting manner! Who or what is respon sible for this ! Everybody knows that it is Tuaa Oh God! we would that the dam nab!e and soul soaring Curse to human existence could be removed from among as! Talk of war as nations curse! Give us MousanG acars but spare us the curse of rum.
 NorJolk Industries.-Few of our readers 'ealize the importance to the business in erests of this section, of the new industri Il enterprises which have recently been es- ablished between the villages of Norfolk proper and West Norfolk. Last Saturday Ve spent few moments looking among hem, and readily confess ourself greatly urprised at the amount there is being done here, as we'll as brilliant prospect of a apid increase in the near future.
 In the immense building. which has un. fortunately so long remained idle, we found he Hartford Axle Go. at work. The pon- rous water wheel, which for many years las carried off the palm in point of size in his region, was slowly revolving, carrying with it the trip hammers and lathes, ham, nering aud turning out axles. The work Ve saw here certainly gave an appearance # unsurpassed excellency of execution, nd if the quality of iron used was the best hat could be obtained for the purpose, as Ve were assured, and we have no doubt, i, Vas, they will probably experience no rouble in obtaining ready market for all heir ample facilities for manufacture can produce. The Hartford Axle CT. is com osed of the Hon. N. B. Stevens, John B 'lapp and John Connolly, all of Hartford l Vest of the Axle works is the new silk dill. Unfortunately for us we did not ar- i've at this mill till nearly dark, and not till he work had ceased for the day, and al- hough the proprietors or superintendent, l 7ere not present to answer our questions. l 'e found the kindly young man in charge 'illing to assist us in any information at is command. The large room contained i
 number of very large and peculiarly con- Iructed machines for the manufacture of l ilk, which is received here as It is import from China, being reeled direct from th. ! ocoon ot the silk worm. These skeins 1 re placed on long series of swifts in this ill, and which are arranged on what Is alled winder. It Is thus wound on large pools, which are then placed on ow of pins on another aud tue silk is 'ansferred to still other spools, passing trough knives in this transfer, which serve ) remove all knots or other uneven places r Irregularities. It next goes to the Doub- 1T, which takes the thread which has up ) now been treated singly, and doubles i, B many times as is necessary to make it oi le proper degree of coarseness, after 'hich it IS spun, matched, twisted and
 retched, each process requiring machine onstructed especially for the business.