Connecticut western news., 1873-11-07
Connecticut Western News.

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 4 Shady Inprooenaent.-The residence of MT. James Cassady, at Shady Side Gime Rock,) has recently been enlarged and very much improved. Merchant French says no little credit is due Carpenter Rayns- ford, the architect, for the successful exc cution of the job.
 Bzack it Ooer.-Mr. Martin Harris says the panic has brought him right down to hard pan. A large hole is worn in the knee of his. pants, and he says he is undecided b ack it over to correspond ID color with the cloth surrounding it. Considering the times, he seems to think there is more econ- omy in the blacking process.
 AccidentSn Milerton McArthur of Ancram, while unloading some farm produce at the depot in Millerton last Mon day, was thrown from his wagon by his horses becoming frightened at the cars and his leg very badly broken below the knee. He is man of about seventy years old, and this accident will fall heavily on Eim. He was attended by Drs. Stillman and Blodgett, but owing to bis advanced age, as stated above there is slight prospect of his recovery.
 FJoridG.-A week or two since we had something to say about a company being formed Ill Vermont to erect a mammoth hotel in Florida, to accommodate winter visitors to that lovely cline. A week | from next Tuesday committee will start south to look up location, ard the work will be driven ahead with great rapidity. A company is formed to issue $25O.OOO of first mortgage bonds, and an equal amount of stock the bonds to be secured upon all the property of the company. A small ad- vertisement in another column will give some idea of what is their purpose to do.
 ReEgious Matters in M;nerton. .-MR ED- 1ToR. A ,ries of meetings are being held at the Methodist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. Lent. They are increas- Ing in interest, and we anticipate from them much good. IA donation will te given to Mir. Lent on Wednesday evening, the 9th inst by the Methodist society at North East Center......The new Baptist church is about to be opened. The society have SC cured the services of the Rev. John Hol- man. The house south of the Baptist church, owned by Lawyer Simmons, will be used as parsonage until one can be built >. K Coal Outdoors.-The Amenia Times says: A German chemist has made experi- | ments to ascertain the amount of loss that | coal undergoes when exposed to the wealth CT. It will perhaps surprise many readers to hear that the loss is considerable. An- thracite and camel coal, as might be ex- pected from their compactness. suffer least; but ordinary bituminons coal loses nearly one third its weight and nearly one half it's gas making quality. From this it will be understood that coal should be kept dry and under cover; and to expose it to rain or damp is to lessen it's quantity and weaken it's quality.
 4 NeD Street.-A new street is laid out from the main street in our village, to pass just south of the Congregational church direct to the passenger depot. Sidewalks on either eide are being made. along which rows of trees will be transplanted. The work is being done on the take hold and give us a lift" plan. Nr. Lawyer Warner seems to have the matter in charge, and every man that comes along who can lift an ounce and half, he invites them to do it, and generally succee 8 in getting them The idea is a most excellent one, and when the street is done will add much to the ap- pearance of our village.
 THe Neao !Stote House.-We have received | from the State House Commissioners at Hartford photo-lthographic copy of the new State House, which is in process of erection in that city, and confess ourself agreeablY surprised at the magniicence and grandeur of the edifce. To properly de- | scribe it's plan of construction, we scarcely feel sufficiently versed in architecture to attempt. We have showed the picture to several of our citizens, all of whom ex- pressed themselves as highly pleased with it, and think, with us, that when completed, it will be 8 capitol building,of which every citizen in the whole state will be proud, and point out to citizens of other states as the State House of Connecticut.
 Lime Rock Wegeta6les Lime Rock ''beats the old Harry" raising beets and turnlps. Wednesday forenoon. MT. French hitched up his team and drew us up load of three beets and two turnips, and we must say, in size, they ''beat all creation. |" The beets were as large as big dog, and weighed altogether, s6 pounds. They were raised by Congressman Barnum's farmer, Mir. Robert Winterbottom, in his beet patch on MT. Barnums land. One oe them mea- sures twenty-two and half inches in cir conference, and another twenty-one inches long. The turnips were raised by Uncle" Thomas Tompkins, the fat man of Lime Rock, who is said to have wasted away twenty-five pounds of flesh raising these turnlps. There IS no question but that he has given them his especial attention, and following his example, when in their youth, they did some pretty tall growing. The two weighed fifteen and half pounds, and as MT. French was coming up this way, he thought he would send up couple. He says when work gets little slack in the furnaces and foundries there, he will try to