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Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31
The Great Railway Combination

The Great Railway Combinations
 The citizens ot Waterbury and vicinity will! take more than ordinary interest in the great railway combination that has been recently formed, because of it's bearings on the early completion of the Boston & Erie | road.
 l For more than three years responsible and wealthy parties have been silently but effectively maturing the plans, which in their final completion must revolutionize the travel between the east and the west as well as the north. This railroad system includes new trunk line from New York to Montreal, which is already nearly com pleted by the consolidation of the New York 6 Boston, the Putnam & Duchess, the Duchess & Columbia, the Pine Plains & Albany, and the Harlem Extension, that reaches Rutland, Vermont. From Rutland the way is clear over well,known lines to Montreal. Among the leading branch roads is one to Brewster's Station that will connect with the Boston, Hartford & Erie and thence with the Portland, Bangor X Halifax road. Passengers by this line can take European steamers at Halifax and save two days time from New York to Liverpool, reducing the ocean trip to five days. This, however, is only one of the several reasons that will lead to the speedy completion of the Boston & Erie road. This great combination has finally outwitted Commodore Vanderbilt in gaming control of the franchise and right by which they can build an elevated railway from Harlem to tue lower part of New York. Work is to be commenced at once on this gigantic enterprise that it is estimated will cost $2O, ,OOO,O When completed, the Erie road, in connection with other great lines from the West, not controlled by Wander bilt, will have an open way into the very heart of the metropolis. In order that the great advantage may be made available it is necessary that bridge should be built across the Hudson. The engineers have selected as the best place for this bridge a point from Fort Clinton to Anthony's Nose. The bridge will have a clear span of 1,6oS feet, and is to be built in the most thorough manner, at an estimated cost ot &, ,5O0, 900 With the erection of this bridge the open ing of the road from this city to the Hudson will soon follow, and the long dreamed of ana delayed project of direct road to the Pennsylvania coal fields into New England will be realized. Our brief sketch shows how intimately the interests of several of our great railroad lines are affected by these plans, so that the large outlay of money will not be likely to deter them from doing what is absolutely necessary for their present and future success. The prospect is encouraging that by 1875 or whereabouts we can go to New York by the way of Danbury and Brewsters Station and also reach any of tue great cities west or south without single change of cars. How it may affect our material interests we shall hereafter refer to. - Waterbury American.
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WimSted.


 The Calico Ball at Camps Hall on Friday night was decided success, in spite of the unfavorable weather, and if there were any among the fifty couples present who did not enjoy themselves it was those who are too uncomfortably "select" to be capable of enjoyment. Probably none such were there. Calico did not predominate, because, we understand, but few of the young ladies of Winsted are sufficiently beautiful to admit of their appearance before criticising eyes in so plain garb as calico, which It is certainly very praiseworthy in them to acknowledge. Several were dressed ln fancy and old-style costumes, and chief among the latter was Mrs. 'sWidow Bedot' Barber with her boy "Kiah," who showed the "highty tighty young'uns' how they used to dance, and distributed doughnuts to a hoast of admirers. The;promptlng by E. J. Roberts was unusually good and he wound the dancers into an incorrigible snarl and there left them to untangle them selves and start for home, which was suc- cessfully accomplished at the very seascna- ble hour of one o'clock in the morning. ...... The sleighing is excellent, though the un- usually deep snow makes it difficult for teams to pass each other on the less travel ed roads of the surrounding country...... Music Hall is progressing, under the super intendence of MT. John c. Wetmore. The villagers are impatiently waiting for it's completion, though they can find no fault with Boss Carpenters Wetmore and Culver, who, with large force of skilled workmen, are pushing the work as fast as circumstan- ces will permit......Mr. Henry R. Elliott, formerly connected with the editorial staff of theiNew Haven Patlad5una has accepted 8 position as assistant editor of the Herald. ......A poor fellow, Supposed to be insane) calling himself Grant. and who is a re- lation of the President, we believe, has been creating some disturbance in this vil- age-frightening women and children. He is perfectly harmless, though rather annoy ing. Some charitably disposed persons gave him money to help get him to his friends in California.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

It is considered cool to take a mans hat with his name written on it, simply because you want his autograph.
 Which would you rather, that lion ate you, or tiger? Why you would rather that the lion ate the tiger of course.
 "Mother, here is a grammatical error in the Bible" "Kill it kill the pesky thing! It is the very thing that has been eating the leaves and book marks"
 St. Louis is rather proud of young man who stole the Bibles from three churches and sold them to get Christmas bonnet for his poor old mother.
 When a new town is started on the plains, Chicago drummers camp out. and wait for the new stores to be completed, so as to sell the owners bill of goods.
 There is only one paper in Illinois that pent that "the old year is dead," and that one said, tomorrow the old year dies."
 AuGIlCduS ICdu LuOIC AChopoPC1o Luou any. other people, but do not read more books. Probably because the average newspaper is better than the average book.
 Parchment paper may be made by dip ping common plotting paper in strong solution of alum, then drying and passing through concentrated sulphuric acid, wash ing and drying slowly.
 The Jacksonville Journal states that a blooming, blushing schoolgirl called at that office the other day and called for sspapers for week back" The idea sug- gested was that she wanted them for aHpan- fer.
 Among other things Ethat Wells & Far go's firm is not responsible for as carriers is one couched in the following language in their regulations s'Not for any loss or damage by fire, the acts of God, the In dians, or any other public enemies of the ] Government.
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Sheffield, No. 2.


 Another bachelor gone! Married at the house of Danlel Manville, on Wednesday, January 22d, by Rev. c. D. Townsend, Frederick B. Wilcox to Miss Martha Man vile, both of this place. How the conta- zion spreads Your correspondent who wrote concerning the epidemic in these parts was certainly we'll informed. Who goes next? Our friend Fred has departed the life of single bliss to dare the perils on the unknown sea of matrimony. We will not deplore his loss in ''our circle" but follow his example # aoe cGn.. Sheffield is we'll known as a quiet agricultural town. It is rich in beautiful farms and most bountiful orchards, but it lacks in enter prise. We want more life here; in fact we need a thorough waking up Our wealthy farmers are content to live retired lives, enjoying the fruits of their broad acres, and forgetting that this monotonous life is not the thing to keep their sons and daughters near them. The consequence is that our boys grow to manhood and find their native place too dull for them, and leaving the homesteads they seek. business places and more active life. Our girls are left to endure the dullness of society as best they may, save few of the more in dependent sort, who strike out for them selves. Hraving public opinion they dare ''paddle their own cano." Sheffield needs all her young men and should do all in her power to keep them here. The Dramatic Club give another of their entertainments Wednesday evening of this week. They are to play the celebrated comedy "Lon- don Assurance" and we intend to be there to see how they do it.......We noticed that the "moon" did not shine in your columns last week. We hope she is not eclipsed, for we like moonshine, especially while this beautiful sleighing lasts. SoL.
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Rumor is visiting III neighboring towns just now, so I can get no news from her to chronicle. Therefore it remains for me to do the gossipping myself. enter tainment given by the Dramatic Club drew full house last week. We learn that their receipts for the evening amounted to $130. All seemed satisfied with what they saw and heard, and many determined to go and hear them again at their next......The donation visit to the Rev. Mir. Chipp passed off agreeably. His house was we'll filled with social friends, who testified in sub stantial way to their good feeling toward hlm by leaving purse of $95 for his ac- ceptance. The Housatonic Railroad Co. lately bu ilt an immense ice house near the station in Sheffield for the accommodation of the milk dealers along the northern part of the road......Those persons who attend ed the Cong. Church last week Sunday listened to very excellent discourse from the Rev. MT. Noble. His text, selected from Hosea, read: "Ephram is cake not turned" The singularity of the phrase fixed the attention of all and we listened with interest to his expositions. His appli- cations of the text to different classes of the so called christians were truly good. We know many Christian profess ors, who, like Ephram, are "half baked'-as cake 8 not turned-uneatabe, disgusting. They perhaps enGeavor to keep the Drowned side to public view, and to appear the saint, but the dough of which they are made is plainly discernable ....S Sheffield is town of some 2,50O inhabitants. IL has four good churches, but the average attend ance at the Sunday service does not equal more than third of the population. Where are the remaining two-thirds ? We seem to have faithful ministers here Whose fault then is it that so many living within sound ofthe church bells pass their Sabbaths in such a heathenish way? Sure ly here is a missionary field of labor for some earnest disciple. Who will enter it ? l ..Sleighrides continue fashionable here and the music of the bells makes merry these wintry days coco. Many thanks to l AANAa SVAs "AV SofO uo 0 AStiS VI HIS sunshine in the last NEWS. We hope to hear from him again: for the moon will not shine m these parts next week.
 | LUNA. | Doubtless many of our readers have heard of the "great elm" in Sheffield. l, measures thirty feet around the trunk at the base, and it's branches spread out over SO great surface that 800 persons can stand beneath it's shade. For many years
 the people of this place held annual cele
 brations under it, and these gatherings
 were truly interesting and pleasant affairs.
 For some reason these gatherings were
 discontinued. We wish the custom mlgh
 be revived the coming summer. The tree
 is now owLed by w. $. Wilcox. A gir just over from the Emerald Isle on first be
 holding the tree exclaimed to her mistress
 ''An' what sort of a tree is that marm P
 The lady replied that it was an elm
 "Please marm, does it grow apples on it ?
 was the next intelligent question. A mega
 tive answer and Bridget decided, "Sure then it's no good!" R.
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A NOVEL IDEA IN JOURNALISM. Early
 in February next there is to be issued in
 New York a journal which will depart
 from all custom and will present features
 strictly novel to the newspaper habit of the
 period. It is to be a quarto daily, with all it's four outside pages handsomely illustrat- ed, and the inside filled with the best edi- torial work procurable. MT. David G. Croly, who for twelve years was managing editor of the New York World, will have charge of the paper, and will be handsome ly assisted by Mir. A. Ford, writer well known in New England. The new paper is the property of a company having $500, 900 capital now paid in. They have offices at Nos 39 and Al Park place, where elegant counting and editorial rooms have been fitted. The basement now contains five large presses, and the upper stories contain ample apartments for artists and photographers. The publication is to be illustrated by the photo-ll -llthographIc pro cess, which will enable the publishers to put sketch, equal in all respects to the old copper etchlngs, on the press within half an hour after the design enters the office. This means of embodying the re. porters' ideas is certainly novel, and in many instances places the draughtsnan fal in advance of the most adroit reporter, who must, at best, rely on the vocabulary for his most graphic descriptions, The Daily Graphic is to be the title of the enterprise. It is to be issued twice each evening, at : centsa copy. ., t-'---. '.' ,--''
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GOShem.

Goshen.
 At a republican caucus held on Saturday, January 25th, 1873, the following delegates were appointed: State-Henry Norton, R. F. Cook, M. D., F. Smith, Albert Spring. Congressional-N. $. Wadhams, Wilbur H. Wadhams, Frank w. Griswold, Noah O. Miner. Senatorial-Hubert s. Scoville, Chas. J. Porter, Julius J. Mer- win, O. E. Holcomb. Pro6ate-Watts H. Brooks, Joseph Palmer, Henry Norton; Aanson Stoddard. 7oaon Committee -Chas. J. Porter, Hubert s. Scoville, Frank w. Griswold.
 Francis Wadhams has bought the resi- dence of Henry Pendleton for twelve hun dred dollars. ...... Hartley, who was sent to jail last week, is out; his better half re- tented and furnished the stamps to pay the fine and costs. The snow is badly drift red and it is very bad getting about...... Clark says he has not contracted to break roads..... The snow of Monday is about fourteen inches deep on level, and some snowbanks are ten feet deep. 20.
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Kent.
 The work on St. Andrews Church is pre- gressing slowly. We are informed that it will not be opened for service until April, as there is to be some additional work which was not in the original plan
 Thieves are about, as there were several robes and horse blankets stolen from the sleighs Sunday evening while the owners were in church. h......The correspondent of the New Milford Journal, styling himself ''Nicodemus," says that U. l.. Roberts, the confidential clerk of J. w. Watson, has left and gone into partnership with G. R. Bull; and being quite favorite with the fair sex will doubtless draw large share of their patronage" think ''Nicodemus' must be laboring under mistake, as I am sure that the largest share of them think the book keeper at Watson's store is alto gether ahead of J. K. l.. They say that J. K. l.. is ''too corpulent for bis size, and his whiskers are not trimmed as nice as the book-keeper's mustache, also the same book-keeper is of better form, has more vim, keeps fast horse, takes the ladies out riding, and his horse can beat any horse in town, which was proved last week in the race with Dr. Comstocks horse. 9 ''Nicodemus" also says we arc to have a new acquisition next spring in the shape of rich bachelor. I would like to know how he knows that he is bachelor Much else our prolific Nicodemus says of equal interest to the general reader, which I'll not take the time or space to discuss In this nasty jotting of Kent news...... The party at Dr. J. W. Kings was a grand affair, and resulted not only in providing an excel lent evenings entertainment, but in dem- onstrating the exceeding popularity of our worthy and trusted physician......T Epis- copal Mite Society will hold meeting at Mrs. o. R. Camps next Wednesday even ing......What has become of my friend Roraback, with his fine oysters His genial, generous countenance is much miss ed among us. Can it be possible the mili- tary coat was too much for him or has he found better field, musically consider ed2 These things ought to receive the at. teption they deserve. G1TuPANGIT.
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Penn Yam, N. Y., Jan. 18th, 1873.

AN INFAMOUS WoMAN.-Josephine Mans field seems bound to make a sensation wherever she goes. It does seem as if when his satanic majesty would play a trump card he uses some bad woman to do his bidding. The unfortunate position of Stokes is probably owing more to this be- deviling woman than to all other causes. And now we have the intelligence from Paris that she has been the occasion of q duel between the editor of theatrical journal, who had criticised her. extensively gaudy and ill-bred appearance at an opera, 'and one of her deluded admirers. The contest took place in a suburb of Paris, the weapons being broadswords. They >cut and slashed away at each other until the editor was severely wounded in the left arm, when the surgeon interfered and the duel was ended. What a pity that this brazen-faced courtesan Mansfield couldn't herself be made target for some of hel cast off lovers. This would be one way oi ridding the world of demoralizing hui
 sance. .-....-..
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REDUCED POSTAGE. House post office committee few days since unani mously authorized Gen. Farnsworth, the chairman, to prepare bill to reduce letter postage to two cents, and require payment on all printed matter except weekly papers circulating in counties where they are printed. These to be unaffected by the proposed bill. An estimate from the pos! office department shows that $l, ,OOO IS annually lost on account of postage on printed matter being uncollected or confis- cated by postmasters.
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Falls Village.

Falls Village.
 The young peoples sociable at Bradley s Hall, Falls Village, Jan. 22d, was a grand affair. The evening was propitious; the ladies were out in good numbers the boys were never in better trim, and it has rarely happened that so excellent a company were gathered in one party at Bradley Hail. Other sociables have been good, but this was superlatively so. Truly there is good management in all this. To the gentlemen Geo. E. Marble, Dr. A. T. Watson, and D. M. Brown the participants return thanks for favors shown, and hope that this may be only the first of many such parties yet to come. D. Y. w. Y. K. w.
 ...,. (Who didn't enjoy it.)
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A CAR D.

desire to tender my thanks to the citizens of Norfolk for the very efficient aid rendered me by them in saving the buildings adjoining, or near to, the tannery, destroyed by fire last Monday, Jan. 27th also. in saving the large quantities of bark, etc., which would have surely been destroy ed, had not this assistance been so freely render ed. I cannot particularize. as every man present property. aAgain say to all, most heartily: THANK YoU J. K. SHEPARD.
 West Norfolk, Jan. 2Sth, 1873. lw29
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HUMBrG.-A young man living in Hyde Park is, humility personifed. The other day he asked young lady if he might be allowed the privilege of going home with her, and was indignantly refused Where upon he inquired very humbly if he might be allowed to sit on the fence: and see her go by.
Connecticut western news., 1873-01-31

Another week filled with busy care has gone, and the time draws near when Friend Pease has right to expect some items from this part of the world. Now what can tell him Surely the events of ev-
 eryday life which have filled the week for me will have no interest to the outside world, and items are so scarce. Mrs.
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For Sale!

House and Lot at Lakeville for sale Recently occupied by W. E. Pettee. Situated on Meadow Street; built last season. Possession at once. $1600; one-half down. Apply to
 1w29* W.J. PETITE.
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ROR N.

At West Norfolk, Jan. l6, a son to A. E. Cobb. At Coebrook, Jan. 6, daughter to Arthur Cobb,
 At Cornwall Bridge, Jan. 23d, a daughter to J. D. Hall.
 At Ramapo, NY, Jar. .25. a son to Lyman Curtis Weight nine pounds.
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FIsH.---Negus at his restaurant has 8 fresh supply of fresh fish, such as bluefsh, halibut and cod. He. also keeps choice beef and oysters. 1w29
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Aoalte Metts,

*** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any pccurrences of interest which may come under their notice. ya- k--
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sg" sg- JOB PRINTING in any style done in the best manner, at short notice and at the VERY LOWEST PRICES. .sa .ea
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Farm For Sale <!

The Farm belonging to the estate of Edmund Belden, deceased situated in Canaan, containing 15O acres, and more if desired The buildings are large and:in good repair, and water abundant at the house and barns. For particulars enquire of E. P. BELDEN at South Canaan. 2Stf
 Jan IS, 1873. ...
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For Sale!

At FALLS VILLAGE, in the town of Canaan, a one and half story cottage, pleasantly situated near the railroad depot on the road to West Corn wall There is good barn and about one acfe of land For view, terms, etc., apply to
 2w28 HENRY SHEPPARD,
 Jan 20th, 1873. Falls Village, Conn.
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.Ne1t5 Advertisements.
Auction '!

The ORR PLACE at Salisbury Centre, will be sold at Auction, Saturday, Mar. 1st at o'clock p. m., unless previously sold at private sale:
 29tf O. JEWELL.
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DI E D.

In this village, Jan. 25th, Mrs. Mary Brown aged 42 years
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NETWORK, BOSTON AND
 MONTREAL RAILWAY
HON IT IIO11zNI 1t1AAI V1AIs Duchess & Columbia Division.
HOUsATONIC LODGE,

NTO 61, F. & A. M. Regular communication, lN First and Third Tuesdays of every month.
 2Stf -...,. !s'.
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House For Sale.

will sell at a low figure for cash my one and a half story house built in 1870, and located in the village of Salisbury. About this house Is 3-4 of an acre of land. For a cash customer this is rare chance for a barg0in.
 28tf N, L. DANIELS.
 Salisbury, Conn.,, Jan 21st 1873.
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sConnectics,t Western News.

COMMecthCtlI " WeSteFM NeWba Extra Copies of the NEWS can be obtained at
 E. II. Beardsley New Preston Conn., Williams Drug Store, New Hartford
 Marbles Drug Store, Falls Village. G. S Erwin's News rooms, New Milford
 PoStOflicc Tn this Village. Post Office. Lakeville
 F. c. French's Lime Rock. Post Office Cornwall Bridge. Humphreys Drug Store Canaan Post Office Norfolk. Post Office, Ashley Falls Post Office, West Cornwall
 Fuller x Cos store, Kent tiaLcr Brothers. Sharon II. Il. Churchill. West Winsted. ". ". Merrifeld, Millerton. NY F. l.. Pond & Co.,, Winsted
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New Advertisements.

To Rent. or three good, pleasant rooms in the best location in this village for business. These rooms are particular ly suitable for the millinery or dress making business. Possession can be had at once if desired. Apply at this office.