Connecticut western news., 1873-02-28

4 a success, the hall being full, notwithstand- the terrible snow.
 Large Eagsne-The Hartford, Provi- dence & Fishkill Railroad Company, are building locomotive which, for passen- ger engine is of remarkable size. It is to weigh sixty thousand pounds, and will have sixty-two inch cylinder and twenty-two iuch stroke. The driving wheels will be five feet in diameter.
 Another Old inha6itant Gone.- Rev. Joseph Harvey, of Harvey, Mich, died on the tenth of February, in the 88th year of his age. He was born in and for while lived in Litcbfield county, in this state. He was the originator of the Sandwich Island Missions, his attention being drawn in that, direction by young native of the Islands, who came 10 New Haven in whaler in 1909. and went to live in Mir. Harvey's family at Goshen. This was the first native Hawaiian ever in New England
 DuU Tunes. Merchant Kellogg, of the firm of Kellogg S Skiff, at Cornwall Bridge says it is the dullest winter for busi- ness he ever saw, in tact he says,it is full dull, and to corroborate the statement he told us that the only customer they have had s;nce-well it is so long ago since they had had one before that the event had cnti rely passed out of his memory-who came into their store last week. and being determined to sell him something, offered him as good d barrel nf four AS he ever had in his house for 'rm cents in cash. Tie customer said he didn't know but he would take it sf Ae Aad the money.
 iShorel Out The Rond.-Friend Peasc- There are snowbanks in the highlands be tween Lakevlle and Lime Rock which one man with shovel could remove in fifteen minutes, and which lie within twenty rods of the house of thrifty farmer It is al- mos; impossible for teams to get through. there being no chance to go in the lots. This place has been blockaded more or les all winter, and not shovelfull of snow has been removed. I presume there are many other such places in town, where a very small amount of labor would save much trouble. Every man for himself is the motto of such people.
 A TRAVELLER. l. Pnint'M Aecident. We were very sorry to learn that MT. Charles Emmons, who is l the fl .gman at tue station in Canaan, while sllacklng cars last week Wednesday, got his hand between them and cruelty smashed. Mir. Emmons is an old hand atthe btisi- ness, having served over twenly-two years at it without getting scratch and although it was no part of his duty on the occasion in question, he could not resist the temptation to step forward to assist and accommodate a train hand, when he received the injury 10 his hand spoken of above. Mir Emmons, for so long time q conductor on the Housatonic road, is well
 known by the patrons of that road as one of the most accommodating, reliable and trusw orthy conductors that ever ran or that or any other road, and they will learn with regret of his misfortune.
 Wdssdtc. NEWS The news items from Wsssaic are wei! reported in the Amenia Tunes and Duchess Farmer, but as know of no correspondent to youl worthy paper here. it is not strange perhaps that you know so little of the place. We are not in the habit of "tooting our owr horn, in the papers very much, but as yor seem so desirous of gaining information
 we hereby resolve ourself into a sclf-ap the cordial Inequalities of Wassaic. Wt invite you to visit the furnace, milk con densng factory, sash and blind factory , store, temperance hotel, etc., etc., and car } show you some plans for proposed church
 Wassaic takes it's name from the stream o1
 water that comes from the mountains wes
 of. ..us, and it's Indian signification is ' har( hunting ground" Mir, N. Gridley says h' has known for nearly fifty years, that i meant-hard la60r, He came here witt the gentlemen who purchased the site O
 the furnace, when this was wilderness, ii the Fall of 1895. The engine spoken of by your would-be correspondent "G. M.," ii used for crushing the ore; but of the peo pie and the industries of the place, we dt
 not wish to skeak, as we leave that for yo, l to do. when you accept the invitation of WAssAIo. ) Wassaic, N. Y., Feb. goth, 1873.
 Thank you, sir, for this kind invitation to visit Wassaic. We have learned by in 5 quiry that Wassaic is quite an enterprisin,
 village, and have concluded to accept you invitation, and improve the earliest conven tent season to go down and see about n.-
 ED. NEws.]
 1hc Last St0Tm.-Anothcr of those SC were snow storms, for which the presen winter is becoming famous, visited this re zion last Friday and very effectually block aded the railroads of the country, or a least portion of them. All day Frida, and nearly all Friday night the snow cam
 down very rapidly indeed, and certainly Il, less than foot or fifteen inches fell durin, the day and night, and what gave the rail
 roads more trouble than they have befor experienced this present winter was th wind, which blew gale all Friday nigh
 and piled the snow in huge heaps. Tn
 trains on the Housatonic road ran witt
 tolerable regularity Friday and Saturday
 being an hour or two late in some instan ces, but the trains of the Conn. Wester ,, Road suffered considerable delay, in fac being scarcely able to run at all Saturday Conductor Eggleston's train Friday after noon came as far as West Winsted and be ing unable to proceed further remaine' over night and started back to Hartford il the morning on its regular time from Win sted. Conductor Hinsdale passed Canaan 2