Connecticut western news., 1873-09-12

flock to Winsted in swarms to witness it, fl they could be assured bona fids ascension was to be made. Let there be one right off, or as soon as 1t can consistently be brought about. We shall expect the Pres, will press this matter to an early consum- nation.
 Neao D''ug Store, 0bisS, &s.-Mr. M. L. Grahams new drug storels now completed, and his goods are nearly all on their shelves. A drug store has long been need ed in this village, and this of Mr. Graham'a bids fair to fully supply the want Although not large. his store is one of the neatest in the county, and being SO fully supplied with everything usually kept in a drug store, it will be sure to receive faii share of the patronage of the section. In the rooms above the drug store, Dr. Thompson has an office, which is fixed up in very good style, and very convenient for his business. These rooms are we'll lighted and very cheerful. The Doctor is meeting with most excellent success as physician here, and has already obtained large prac. tice.
 Burned Out.-John Van volkenburg who is well known in Chapinville and about these parts generally, and who has been at work in coal bush in New Hartford was badly burned while asleep in his cabin last Thursday night. He was 30 annoyed by mosquitoes in the night that he arose, and gathering some leaves set them on fire in the middle of the room to smoke them out, and went to bed again on his heap of loose straw. While sleeping soundly, gust of wind entered his palatial abode and pushed some of the burning leaves on to the straw on which he was sleeping, which, becom- ing ignited, burned John cruelty before he could get away. The doctor says it is a pretty tough case, but he thinks he may possibly recover.
 Hon'eUGrd Bound.-Our venerable friend, Mir. Eliphalet Buel, who has been travelling in the West all Summer, is gradually work ing toward home. In friendly note re- ceived from him few days since from l
 shall have to send you my specs If you don't read more carefully my letters. As you have it, reads, After I left Niwau- kee, we passed through a ruins and other beautiful places" Now ruins never looked very beautiful to me. Racine it should be, that we passed through, g beautiful city on the lake shore. am now nearing home every move make. have few more stopping places before bid goodbye to my western friends. It hes been a long journey, but have enjoyed it. Next year if am well will take you along, and l think can shove you through to Califor- nia. Yours truly.
 Sept. 1st, 1878. E. BUEL. Worked Too H0rd.-We have seen in some of our exchanges, an assertion that the Housatonic Railroad Company are drawing their locomotives too hard that they are being strained by the heavy loads. This appeared at first sight something like the principle CD in mechanics, that it strains gun to shoot it up hill, but an inquiry as to the truth of such a statement, of one who knows, results in it's complete estab- lishment as fact. We had heretofore re- garded the capacity or strength of loco. motive as so many horse power, with 8 given pressure of steam, as for instance l20 pounds pressure would do 6 certain work, and when that maximum power was reached, the locomotive must stop; it could do no more; but this appears not to be SO. We are informed that the hotter a locomotive is made, the more load it will draw, and yet carrying only l2O pounds of steam and to draw tho vastly increased and constantly increasing freights of the Housatonic road, their engines are necessa- rily made so hot as to strain them, hence the truth of the assertion of our contem- porary. The freighting business of the Housatonic road is indeed immense, and constant increase of motive power Is de manded and is constantly being provided for, but the most excellent management of President Barnum and Sup't Franklin, brings business to the road little faster than is anticipated, and the increased pro vision of motive power seems a little be- hind, and as consequence their locomo- tives are compelled to do too much work for their very good health. The stockhold- CTS of 8 road could not desire more healthy state of affairs.
 West C0rnaoGU Foundry. foundry in West Cornwall is now in full operation. casting all manner of everything, from the largest in size to the smallest. This foundry is built new, and expressly for the business; and everything that would contribute to the successful prosecution of the work seems to have been provided. MT. John Mollan, the superintendent of the works, is a skill ful foundryman, and. thoroughly under stands his business. The castings produced there are pronounced by those who know about those things, equal in smoothness and correctness of execution to anything produced in the country. This company do large amount of work for the Housa- tonic R. R. Co.,, and we understand with entire satisfaction to that company. We visited these works last Saturday, and chanced to be there just in time to see them ''cast." With the veteran foundryman James Cochrane to regulate the flow of the moulten Iron from the base of the stack, and the always industrious Riley Rexford with long iren poking open the incrusts- tions on the edges of the buckets for carry ing the liquid fire. so that il. would ''pour good" we ask in all the unsophisticated in- nocence of greenhorn, how such an es- tablishment could help but prosper. Rex ford says Brewster don't work more than half the tune, and he shan't stand it much longer;and if it wasn't for Lawyer Warner (Cornwalls Warner,) and Sheriff Scoville to help some of those other fellows every casting day hold m the door which is ono