Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08

9TH OuclHel(l, SucaIcu d uOCh OL SuGep LnlS season which averaged 3l 1-2 pounds of wool to the fleece. MT. Candee says if people doubt his word. they can go and see his sheep, and if he can't pull the wool. over their eyes, and ears too, literally, it will be because their ears are so large his stock of wool won't cover them. If he added in parenthesls, the remark that his flock consisted of one sheep, Ca Spanish Merino, and requested that we say nothing of this part of the story, of course we will not tell folks of it here. Pretty much sheep MT. Candee has got: Most as much as drove.
 ,SamueJ E. Boteford. d.-Almost constantly there is one or more of those who were once inhabitants of thls town, but who years ago strayed to various parts of the country to ''seek their fortunes" who are here on a visit, looking about among the places and scenes that were once SO famil- far to them. Mir. Samuel E. Botsford of Cleveland, Ohio, has been on visit here the past week. Mr. B. left this town about twenty years ago, and this is his first visit here since he left. He is secretary and treasurer of the Kinsman Street Railroad Go. of Cleveland, and seems to be getting on pretty we'll in the world, as all his old acquaintances will be glad to learn.
 Lnke0jUe Notes.-The telegraph office was removed from Mir. A. F. Roberts store to the depot last week an operator from Hartford is in charge at present...... A couple of Lakcville fishermen recently ''eXtracted" about 25 pounds of picKerel and perch from Long Pond, which they consider pretty good days work. If we were in the insurance business we should immediately advance our rates 50 per cent. on the lives of Long Pond pickerel...... With the dog days, picnics thrive in our vicinity. A party of thirty or more from Winstcd visited HolcY's Grove on Tuesday of this week, and we learn that the Metho- dist Sunday School of this place will have | a picnic Thursday, the 7th, at Twin Lakes. JUAN.
 POughkeepsje.-MR. EDITOR As Pough- keepsie has now become one of our princi- pal near by cities, it may be well to notice through your valuable paper the advanta ges to the people on the line of the c. w. as market where most kinds of goods can be bought at reasonable prices, and where you can find square, reliable gentlemen tC | 1T wood, Willow & Co.,, dealers in lumber anC coal, and W. w. Reynold 6 Co.,, large dealers in grain, flour. &c.,; Kenworth & Smith, successors to J. c. Parker S Sons also Smith Bros, dealers in candy, fruit &c. of the very best quality; Loson Hol- dube, who has one of the largest assort ments of crOckery and glass ware this sidt of New York. Having done business witt all of these firms, can recommend then to the business people throughout the en tire line of the c. w. and F. tE E. railroads MT. Editor, let us become better acquainted with our neighbors of the Bridge City.
 P.K.
 H0rtfor0, Providence & FSs7ttW E. R. During the past year, the Hartford, Provi dence & Fishhill railroad has had added tt it's equipment many marked improvements which arc only additional evidences of tn health and prosperity of the road under it present management The track is bein. relaid with new and heavier rails, which ar laid with the improved fish plates, maxim! a continuous rail. New cars are constant, being added, and those that are the mos elegant and which are luxuriouslv uphol stercd. At the front end of each car il front of the passengers is placed box which announces the next station the trail will stop at, calling the attention of th passengers by the stroke of bell. Al passenger trains are supplied with the Smitl Vacuum brake, which is controlled by tn engineer, who handles his train with one O them with the utmost ease. The brak works on plan precisely the reverse of tn Westinghouse brake. When the enginee desires to apply the Vacuum brake, Il touches lever winch sends a volume o steam past the mouth of the pipe leadin to the air cylinders underneath the cars and which instantly exhausts the air, an its full weight is applied to the brakes. Tn pressure of the atmosphere is fiftee pounds 10 the square inch, and of cours that is the maximum power that can be ar piled. but this is sufficient in all ordinar uses of the brake. Each of the two kind of brakes mentioned have their advantage over the other; some features of the on r being more desirable than those of the otl } CT. but it is quite proper to say, either c ] them is good enough.
 , Neao MiJord SaO5ngs Bank-Som g weeks since we alluded to the past manage ) ment of the Savings Bank at New Milford r The Journal of last week published thre
 column article written by the Hon. A. I
 Mygatt, which purports to be correct re port, with comments, of meeting of th directors of that bank last Saturday after noon. We should be glad to publish th article entire, but it's great length, forbid ] our doing so.
 MT. Mygatt says the meeting was opene with the most unseeming haste, and befol
 all were present, and an attempt was mao y to rush through the election of officers o the lightning plan. It appears by MT. M F statement, that ring or clique was orga, e ized in the interest of MT. Terrill, and a
 such directors or officers as MT. Charles # Booth, who, ''with malice toward none ,- but that exact justice might be obtained ft q a1, insisted that proper examination int r. the affairs of the bank should be mad 7. were quickly showed out of their oftici e positions, and their places quickly filled