Connecticut western news., 1873-05-02

Post Office. L0kevte. F. c. French's Lime Rock. Post Ofice Cornwall Bridge. Humphreys Drug Store Canaan Post Office Norfolk. Post Office, Ashley Falls. Post Office, West Cornwall. Fuller & Co.'S store, Kent. Gager Brothers. sharon II. II. Churchill. West Winsted. l w. w. Merrifeld, Millerton. N. Y F. L. Pond & Co.,. Winsted Lawrence's Drug Store Canaan.
 Bust1ing.-The new hustle has Mansard TOO f, and is too lovely for anything.
 4 Worthy Appointment.-M. B. Rich ardson. Esq, of Lime Rock. Is sppolnttd d by the Governor elect ss one of the aides on his staff
 Poetical. old couplet "AprN Snow CTS bring May flowers" has been amended by Lakeyille poet, April hlows"s bring blue noses"
 tSAcron.-How about that Sharon cor. respondence2 Are you out of stamps? or what is the matter? Won't somebody give ns some Sharon items?
 ] For House Cleaners. We have nice clean, wholesome lot of large newspapers made almost expressly for butiery shelves, which we will sell for ten cents dozen 1 Tue Late Season. The ice in one of the Twin Lakes in this town, Ohe Washining) disappeared last Sunday night, April 27th, which is said to be about month later than in former years.
 Bnse BuU.-The Mechanics Base Ball Tub of Lakeville has leased of Frederic Holly the grounds occupied by the club last season. The Mechanics expect to enter the field against all Litchfheld county soon.
 Resigned.-Mr. Roberts of Lakeville, has resigned his position as telegraph operator in that village, because the Conn. Western railroad will not extend to him courtesies received by operators the world over, from railway companiee. This is another prac- tical result of the new ''economy" SO re gently adopted by this road.
 NeU Rote5 and ResteurGnt.-A hotel and restaurant has been opened in the new Union depot at Canaan, by G. H. Gorbin of the state of New York. Mr. Corbin is gentleman that thoroughly understands the wants of the travelling public, and dur ing his short sojourn among the Canaanites has left a favorable impression and estab- iished good reputation for himself and house. X. | GrG6U0te6. c. Barton, Esq, the son of our popular senator, of this town, who has been in the Harvard Law College at Cambrige, Mass, for the last year or more. was admitted to the bar in Boston last Fri fay. He graduated with high honors, passing the best examination of any candidate that was presented. The many friends of Mir. Barton hereabou,s will be glad to hear of his success
 ShGd.-The coming event of the Con necticut Legislature has cast it's shad -ow be- fore. The first shad of the season arrived In town last week. It was gentleman shsd with an expressive cOuntenance, u sparkling eye; hailed from North River: Enquired the way to John Liddy's, and was sixty cents. Where is our boasted civ ilizAtion with North River shsd selling in open day at sixty cents? S(h)adden,ng re- flection
 Poeticai.-The following curious bit ol machine poetry passed through the mails on letters not many years since: you please,
 And leave me up at Ashley Falls, with my old friend John Pease:
 We'll now, if Johns an honest man, and surely John 8. Is,
 He'll hand you OCT to Hattie Maine, who's up there a viz.
 Now Ashley Falls, (sad to relate ) Is up in Massa- churetts state.
 IndorseG. are grati6ed to find tha, our recent efforts at exposing the scientific disconnections of the trains on the Conn Western road, as ttey Iow run, with othrr roads, are meeting with an appreciation by the people not expected by us. The lettel of Fair Play" from Lakeville last week, | and from Norfolk this week tell us that the people, whom w. serve, are with us in this matter, and sus tain US in our efforts to bring about an i'm proved state of affairs.
 Canaan 7ntsoes.-A lady from Collins vile had her purse stolen from her travel ing bag at the Canaan depot few days since, in the ladies' room. She had jus, purchased her ticket to Sheffield and re- placed her purse of money, and left it oD the seat while she went across the room {" converse with another lady. The light-tin gered people aie not confined altogether 10 the male sex, everybody knows, but who stole that moneyr Come, Mr. Sheriff Richmond: Hunt 'em up!
 Mines and Msners.-The ore miners are commencing the spring campaign with vigor. At the Chaifield bed the mild and persuasive accents of the gente Harris urge on his faithful band of Italians. There is a right smart chance of mud there now. but H. P is bound for ore, mud or no mud. He told us so OCT aud OCT. At the old Hill, SO called, fat dividend awaits tho arrival of the proprietors, provided they don't forget to claim 1t. Everts has great deal of trouble In persuading the ore bed proprietors to put in an appearance twice a year for their dividends. He has known dividends to remain unclaimed as long as an hour and a half after they were declared
 Down at the Porter, Hartford, Salisbury. L,ppitt & Dodge bed, they don't have any trouble with dividends: In fact they ar, not bothered by divid' nds at all. As the miners say, there is good ''chance" a,