Connecticut western news., 1873-06-27

again been visited by burglars. On Friday
 night last the house of George Church was t entered by the light-fngered gentry, who, [ however, carried away but little plunder, 6 as they were probably frightened away, t Mir. Church being up during the night, but was not aware that he had visitors of that description. In the morning some articles were found collected together which in their haste the thieves had left. The same
 night the house of Mir. Williams at the
 shoe store was broken into. Mrs. Williams
 seeing light got up, when the rascals fled.
 Here, too, they had collected together sev-
 eral articles of value to carry away, but
 were obliged to leave them. The family
 missed nothing but carving knife. On
 Saturday night the postoffice at West Stock
 bridge was broken open, but we have no
 particulars except that the carving knife
 taken from MT. Williams in Great Barring
 ton was left in the office.
 | TNe SAepaug E. R-Thcre are no repair
 shops for either locomotives or cars on the
 Shepaug R. R., and when the rolling stock |
 need repairs, it is wheeled to the shops of
 some other road. Last Friday Housaton-
 ic engineer went down to that road to lead
 one of their disabled locomotives up to the
 Housatonc repair shops in Falls Village to
 be tinkered up. We hope this Shepaug
 rold, concerning the poor prospects of inn
 mediate dividends to the stockholders, of
 which SO much has been written and said,
 will some day be stronger and able to
 '.paddle its own canoe." The people along
 the route of the proposed Lee & New Ha-
 ven R. R. have been for the past forty
 years trying to impoverish themselves by
 building another such road as the Shepaug
 We think the prospect of road paying
 running expenses after it has been worked
 d hundred years or whereabouts, is far more flattering for the Shepaug road than for the Lee & New Haven, and the action of the Governor of Massachusetts, in vetoing the
 bill passed by the legislature of that state,
 to take $500, ,OOO stock in the road as state property, was not only wise one on his part and for the interest of the state. but indeed charitable one for those who have , railroad SO deeply imbedded in their rural brains, as to willingly consent to being buried, body and soul, among the rocks of Otis and Sandistield. This ghost of road, from its first inception to it's present fail 7 ure has been nothing but series of spas modic effort, which was always sure to
 carry in it's train succeeding series ot failure, because it does not contain within itself the element of success. One hun dred thousand dollars are already expended T. in grading, we are informed, when the T Governors veto fell on the work and '' crushed it. Too bad to have so much
 money lie idle, or perhaps worse than that, wasted, but this is better than to make the ' amount six or seven times that figure!
 e L0keoiUe N0tes.-The Governor arc : members of the legislature, to the numbe' 1T of about two hundred, visited the Lakeville If school for imbeces Wednesday, the 18th c A special train for their accommodation al was run over the Conn. Western road Z, reaching Lakeville at about 2.3O P. M., ane ). returning at four o'clock. Upon their ar It rival the party were met by Dr. Knigh le and other gentlemen, and escorted to th' n institution. After short time spent il Id looking about the grounds and building le the party were invited into the new schoo
 building, where large table literally groanet
 beneath the weight of the tempting viand \ placed upon it. Notwithstanding It's for Id midable appearance our legislators wer h. equal to the emergency, and acquitted , themselves right bravoly, and by their ac ,e tions emphatically contradicted the impu ,o tation that the savory shad was the onl. V, article of food consumed by the law mak v CTS of our state. After the wants of th V. inner man had been amply supplied, hi i excellency, Gov. Jewell. the committee ol 1e humane institutions and others visited tn Id school room, and after short addresses b, b. Dr. Knight and others, witnessed the usua m exercises of the school. In the meantim he another party headed by ex-Gov. Holle, ti- drove around the lake and visited the othe . points of interest in the village. Toward of four o'clock the excursionists began t. 8: gather at the depot; some of them i'm ,lf proved the opportunity, while so near, t. es step across the track and visit the Holle, a Mfg Co.'s works. Among the numbe h, was Gov Ingersoll, who was presented wit H. a knife by Gov. Holley, as souvenir o ,s. his visit to Lakeville, the handle of whic Ter was made from a piece of oak taken iron ry the old frigate Constitution, and olive woo he from Mentone After short time spen
 in viewing the samples of cutlery displaye
 in the office the party embarked on th
 train which was in waiting, evidently i'm ~ pressed with the idea that their afternoo in Lakeville had been pleasant one, an 's that Dr. Knights reputation for hOspitalit 'o' was most justly deserved...". Your core! pondent desires to pay a tribute to the men HUI ory of one whose circle of friends extend 7'0 ed wherever his winning voice was hearc n0 that voice once so rich and full of melod we fear we shall never hear again. H will be more especially regretted by thos
 of us who reside near the placid Wonons 0o' copomoc, which was the scene of his lon ,ri- and useful career. Our friend was ad 'o' vanced in years time had no doubt dea US gently with him, for his voice was cle' 'n' and tuneful when last we heard it, ar ns' showed no sign of weakness or decay. O' 'no first acquaintance with him began ye na' ago, Cat which time he was in active prep n'S ration for the Boston Jubilee,) and contil se ued till the chill blasts of November con ou' pelled him to go into winter quarters. Vii 'NO the approach of spring we have listen'
 with painful anxiety for his dulcet voic in but alas, without being rewarded, and v res are compelled to believe that he has left u