Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28
East Canaan.


 The people of East Canaan seem to be
 enjoying the sleighing to the utmost, at
 least we've seen everybody and his wife out
 tbese last few days......The pulpit of the
 Congregational church has been supplied
 for the last three Sabbaths by Mr. Mclean.
 of Harrington. and that village ought to be
 proud of him. He is young man and has
 not yet finished his studies, but seldom is
 there an opportunity to listen to such elo-
 quent and logical sermons as those deliv-
 cred by him. A few years hence will
 place him in the foremost rank of pulpit
 orators we predict. ...... Business is not active
 here, but probably we do not feel the hard
 times SO much as in villages where there is
 greater amount of manufacturing.
 There are certain classes of men who are
 always thrown out of employment in the
 winter season. and we cannot see that
 there are any more this winter than usual
 ......Bsrnum, Richardson Go. are running
 all their furnaces, but are reducing the psy
 of the men.....The quSrries are employing quite large force of workmen and are sending some very fine stone to Hartford
 We saw one loaded the other day that
 weighed eight tors. Routes for track
 from the quarry to intersect the Conn
 Western railroad have been survey ed. One route ls to intersect the main track in the
 rear of the new school house, and another at the Whiting River Fill. Since the sur vey of these routes great number of Car loads of sand have been dumped at the de-
 pot. thereby rendering the loading of stone much easier, and judging from the expense Of so doing, it will bc some time before switch track will be built We notice that Mr. Chauncey Yorker has inst moved into his new cottage, anl very neat one it IS too; built on the street leading from the furnace to the school house. It is the finest location in the vicinity, and the views from all points arc most extended and de- lightful......M Joey Corbitt hAs added s veranda and bay window to his house, and from the amount of green leaves which are visible. we expect ere long that it wilrbudsnd blossom a the r0se...... Our winter schools on Monday of last week one under the care of Ar. Elisha Rood and the other under that of Miss Carrie Smith. ... ... speaking of the schools reminds us of the school house. We chaDced to enter it one day when the schools were in session. and were greatly disappointed in it. The new school house has been something which there has been an abundance of boosting about. also considerable heavy taxing. With that laudable spirit of economy which is always pursued when school house is to be built. but which in barn building would be detected, they have built but one en trance to the building, but then you know there are no valuable cattle, sheep or horses to be stabbed there. Nothing but children to be herded! The floor of the upper room has not been deadened in any way, and the noise from that room is per fectly deafening ln tine lower The teach l sr in tue primary room being unable to tell whether their own room is still or not in- Iced it would require no stretch of imagi- | nation to imagine grist mill in active ope. l alton overhead, when tue upper school is l n session. Upon going into the upper 'oom we found that it was not the fault of | uose in the room, but was owing to the ,adly constructed floors. The walls have ,een elaborAtely colored with some kind of pink wash, which rubs off at the slightest ouch, and with which we SAW Young america pcntiiully sneaIing tue face, hair md clothing of his next neiyhbor. We aw the smallest children in the room vain- 7 endeaY Yoring when seated, to touch their eet to the floor. Still, they may not have urvlture of the spine, for it may be that he Lord designs to dispose of them in some 'ther WAY. Then again We noticed there Vas neither the blackboard, map, chart or
 lobe in either of the departments. Al hough the teac hers had repeatedly asked or them, not the slightest attention has een paid to their requests. And we un- erstsud that teachers have been placed in ne schools again this winter aud not a blackboard upon tue walls. Perhaps na- lre has so gifted these teachers, that they an teach successfully without these appli- nces. If they do they will take rank mong the seven wonders. We must say lat this building, 30 far as educational are concerned, is compete fail-