Connecticut western news., 1873-02-21

Housatonic valley has capital of $lOO, 900 already subscribed. The plans of the com pany are to buy depot for storing milk, employ men to deliver it, buy all milk cans belonging to the farmers, and give the pro- ducer as much if not more than he now re- ceives for the milk, and the remaining half IS to go to the stockholders, who after pay ing expenses are to declare dividend in the same manner as other corporations. At recent meeting held at New Milford, the following officers were chosen Presi- dent, P. N. Hall :; Vice Presidents, M A. Wickwire, Ashley Falls; s. s. Warner, Lanesville; A. Bradley, Lee, Mass Sec retary and Treasurer, T. 8. Gold; Direc- tors, N. Hart, E. Smith, H. A. Barlow, J. B. Lake, s. w. Hopson, D. H. Wanzer.
 Fsne Prtnting.-We hope the people of this region will bear in mind that we are doing, at our office here in Salisbury, some of the finest job printing the country pro- duces. Our new type and presses ''tell the story" on job, enabling us to turn out the very neatest and best, and our prices we are determined shall be Gs 1Oao as the lotoest. All who want letter heads, note heads, bill heads, monthly statements, shipping bills, way bills, envelopes, business cards, store bills, auction bills, hand bills, programmes, dodgers, circulars, wedding cards, address cards. visiting cards, ball tickets, show cards, pamphlets, bylaws, constitution blanks, or plain and ornamental printing of any kind, should give us 8 chance to show them that we are ready for them. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
 Address, J. L. PEAsE, r..
 Salisbury, Conn.
 Singular Aceident.-A very singular ac-- cident occurred on the Hudson River read train and standing on the main track at Dobh's Ferry, while the engineer was in the office receiving orders, was backed into by train of freight cars which were being switched about, and which were going at a pretty fair rate of speed, and the shock to the engine was so heavy that it threw open the throttle-valve, and being adjusted for going ahead it sprang forward and tore along through the country at 8 frightful pace, (some say 60 or 70 miles an hOur) until it reached passenger train which had left the same station some minutes be- fore, and plunged into the rear end of it, tearing the cars into splinters. It SO hap, pened that there were no passengers ill the rear cars, and the breaking of the leg of tue conductor and other injuries to one or two of the brakemen of not so serious character we understand was all that were injured by what might have proved ter rible slaughter had :he cars contained pas sengers.
 As11ey F'aNs.-Mr. H. B. Chapin has recently added new planer to the machin- cry of his m ills, and with the huge circular saw is driving large business in lumber. MT. R. c. Taft is brushing up the old de- pot store, putting in new shelves, and fix ing it up in really first class style, prepara- tory to the reception of his large stock of new goods, which he contemplates putting there and opening to the public about the l st of April. MT. Leroy, the merchant across the way, doesn't seem to care how many stores there are in the village the more the merrier. But the store question has nothing to do with Mir. Leroy's cat which when weighed few days since brought the scales down with bump at eighteen and 8 quarter pounds. Talk about your big cats! if anybody can come up to this figure or anywhere in that vicinity, let them speak at once. The dance at Land lord Ferris hotel this, Friday, evening will be largely attended if it docs not rain big guns and drive everybody away. Those who have been there to dances know that he gives one of the very best entertainments in every respect
 Pitefesd. d.-PitIsfeld, in Massachusetts, which has recently been incorporated as a city, is growing rapidly in wealth and pop ulation. It is the county seat of Berkshire county, and the new court house which is Just completed is massive and elegant structure, as is also the new jail erected in the suburbs. Editor Harding, of the Berkshire County Eagle, justly proud of the city and it's sights, piloted us about while | on visit there few days since, and after starting out from his sanctum, the first ob- | ject of interest was a man on the corner of | the street with spools of thread stuck all | over him, sel ling needle e-threaders attached | to thimbles at one dollar edch, which | amount being more than the united capital l of both of us, we concluded to let him pass | and turned rather unceremoniously and 1 dodged into the National Bank, with the | avOwed intention of asking loan of one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand l for the express purpose of making run on the thimble man. We knew our ''collaterals' were O K, and were immedi- atelY invited into the directors room, from whence we undoubtedly would have been directed in the direction of the outside door, had there been director there to di- rect us, but fortunately there was none and we wandered loosly about the elegantly frescoed and splendidly furnished apart ment, gazing with widely open eyes Cand mouths) at the superabundance of arts choicest handiwork, until Editor Harding chanced to spy the table in the center of the room, around which the directors are to sit while ''perfecting their de- liberations," and excitedly remarked, "What table for an editors sanctum! what editorials could write on that; and this is the way I'd do it," Suiting the ac- tion to the word he spread himself at full length upon it, and with his paper under his face, indicated the manner in which he would occupy such table, and occupy it he did, filling it absolutely full. The Bap- tist denomination sof Pitts6eld have nearly