Connecticut western news., 1873-01-24

the past year, has removed his office to tn
 Miller House, where he may be seen Thurs
 day and Friday of each week. The docto
 has met with unusual success in Lakeville
 and we congratulate him on securing 8
 desirable an office. 1w26
 FostunGteAceidsDt.-Last Monday even
 ing, as Conductor Eggleston's train iron
 Hartford was coming into this village, on
 of the wheels of the rear truck of the ten
 der broke, and about quarter of the per
 iphery of the wheel went off on tangent
 The train was stopped, and as it happeDe'
 to be near one of the side tracks at th
 freight depot, was run on it out of the wa.
 of other trains. An engine from Millertol took the train home, and the locomotive
 City of Hartford" remained on the sid
 track, and Tuesday was jacked up and new trucks put in place of the one disabled, ant went into the shop at Hartford Tuesday afternoon. Expert judges pronounce { large portion of the break in the wheel a being an old one, those parts giving no in dication of being united for many months and 1t is regarded as almost 8 miracle tha that it held together SO long as it did Those chaps in Lime Rock who pour thu wheels and who turn out the best thu world produces, will have to look to thi matter little. They never make mistakes and why this wheel should conduct itself il exactly this manner is strange, to say thu least. Boys, you must do better than this or we'll have to come down and talk it uE with you.
 Poetry. Since we commenced the pub lication of the NEWS we have had an almos incessant stream Ot poetry poured in on us and very freely acknowledge that it ha been one of our most fruitful sources O revenue. as the writers thereof usually per their effusions on 8 very fine quality o paper, which sells for four ceats c pound The above may be little rough on thu poets of this region, but 1t is none too ex pressive. We receive piece of poetr. from an individual whom we dislike very much to displease, yet the poetry we eonno publish-a fact which is settled at once But what shall we do? Do what we will if the poetry is not published we are scold ed about. and perhaps gain the eternal i'll will of the writer. Oh ye gods Ask O us what ye will: to slide down hill on { rusty scythe; clean our teeth with sand paper to serve as clerk in saw filing es tablishment; or anything of a compara- lively soothing nature but don't. oh don ask us to publish more local poetry. Som' of it is good: it is aU good, but we canno publish 1t. We want items of interes which are constantly occurring everywhere and such are always joyfully welcomed a our sanctum. Instead of poetry send stemes. ITEMS! ITEMS!!!
 Our Cleveland Letter.-Editor NEWS: As one claiming former residence in Sails bury, and still having attachments to for mer associations, friends and relatives, tha remain in our good old Salisbury, talk, the liberty to write expressing my appreci stion most heartily of the publication O. the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEws,: :which have had the pleasure of reading for nor, than year. From the fact of not havins visited Salisbury fer nearly fifteen years look upon it as forerunner, deliniatins upon events we all feel more or less inter ested in, and welcome its arrival, even ii Cleveland, which was in days past consider ed the far West, but now called the East The rocky Mountains being the garden ot the West at the present day. With the addition of East Cleveland of late we have upwards of one hundred and twenty thou sand people in our city, and look forward to the expiration of another ten years for an increase to make the number of in habitants two hundred thousand. It was with regret that l learned several weeks since thrc ugh your columns of the death of our intimate friend and school companion, the Hon. George Cofing, which event gave me sadness of an unusual degree, and had . desire to be present and mingle my tears with others at the loss of 90 kind and g friend, but distance and time deprived me of that pleasure. 8. 8.
 Cleveland, Jan. 18th. 1873.
 F6Hs Vsllage and Lsme RocE.-Will you allow me through your excellent paper to express my thanks to my friends in this parish for the many tokens of regard which have received from them this winter. On the day before Christmas we were surpris- ed with the presentation of magnificent Afghan, worked and presented by the daughters and niece of MT. W. J. Canfield of this place, the real value of which is not ess than $30, and which has to us a value much greater as token of the regard from he donors. On New Years !eve we were permitted to pick from Q certain tree standing then in the church at Lime Rock, a beautiful silver pitcher, and $37 in cash, together with other articles of value. We thought it fine picking. The next evening brought the regular donation visit at the parsonage, which was a very pleasant affair. and highly interesting to the pastor, both in a social and pecuniary point of view, for the good friends not only left us heir Happy New Year, but also $115 in sash to help make it happy. On Wednes- lay evening of last week, Jan. 15, about fifty of our Lime Rock friends made IS surprise visit, which was a decided 'uccess in every respect. They came in & ot sixteen teams and brought enough to feed multitude. They ook possession of the house and proceeded o prepare supper. Two large tables were we'll supplied with the good things and at 'ne of them the parson and wife were in- 1ited to sit. The first dish passed to him vas one he did not object to receiv- ng, but really it was the only dish on the able that we thought was not eatable. It