Connecticut western news., 1873-10-31

tnu villages, and some few from more dis tant points. There were two or three com onations formed to bid off the property
 ana hold 1t for speculation and in fuc, some acknowledged that if obtained by
 'hem' they should strip it of it's valuable machinery, and sell it, and make whatever disposition of the buildings could profitably
 oe made. thus entirely and forever destroy ing the prospect of having manufactur.
 Ing business carried on here. Bidding against these combinations. was a Mir Bowers, of Pleasant Valley, New York state' whom it was quite evident from the
 commencement, "mean: business" and i,
 was amusing to see the sly glances from one to another. accompanied as they were,
 oy scowls that betokened trouble, as their
 i've and ten dollar bids Were followed by
 MT. Bowers substantial lifts of $25O % at
 tune. Toward the last they rapidly be-
 came discouraged, and the property was
 struck off to Mr. Bowers for seven thou
 sand dollars. As was expected, the mill,
 filled as It is with machinery that is worth
 twice the price obtained for all, and the six
 dwelling houses and nine acres of land. was
 almost given away in the Sale, but it is
 comfort to know it has fallen into the hands
 or Just such man as Mir. Bowers, who
 has associated with him in the purchase. Ii
 Mr. Edwards, also of Pleasant Valley, N.
 !. We are informed, that although these
 gentlemen are young in years. they are old
 ln experience, in the business of buying
 and selling wool and manufacturing it into
 cloth. It is their purpose to come on at
 once tand live among us, put the factory
 in running order, and although the times
 will not permit them to run it at it's fullest
 capacity at present, it is their purpose to
 Keep the wheels turning, and the machinery
 In running order, and when the panic is
 ended, to drive ahead and make a business
 that will be an advantage to the region
 about to have here. Thus we say /; although
 given away; it will inquest. .onably uti-
 mately result to our great advantage to have
 It given to just such men as Mr. Bowers
 aud Mr. Edwards of Pleasant Valley, N. Y. East Canaan Coreans From tue Dailv
 Grdphtc of Monday, Oct. 2Oth, we clip
 the following concerning the inhabitants of Canaan, where the balloon, .belongiug to that company, landed so recently. The Canaanites are likened 10 the harbarous in habitants of Corea, in their proclvities to rob and pluuder. Exactly how great the provocalion in this particular instance. to such scurrious attack upon the inhabit- ants in the vicinity of where the balloon laLded. We are not prepared to say, and should be glad to receive the other side of the story from those immediately con- cerned, for publication, if it so be that this graphic" description is not indeed the truth, and there should not be another yer sion of the affair. We trust the qchoze truth has not been told, and that the slan
 dered denlzens of the happy land of Ca
 naan will be able to present the matter in
 an entirely different light. Not only are
 the people of Canaan compared to the na-
 tives of Corea, but tAe aoho1e of LitcA-
 tteId County. This sweeping assertion.
 which none will credit, naturally carries
 with it an impression that all else said in
 the Graphic is equally liable to be found to be incorrect and almost, if not entirely, destroys their claim to any credence what ever in any of their assertions. Won't East Canaan write up the facts in the Case, ana give to us for publication or, as we hlnted above; is the truth, the absolute ac- tual truth better that it should slumber. Speak! thou slandered Canaanites, and hurl this damnable imputation back into tue thief infested Gotham. We await your defence. Below is tue article alluded To
 We are frequently told of the morality of the rural districts, and of their vast superi- ollty ln this respect over the wicked and corrupt inhabitants of cities That the ru- ral members of our State Legislatures are more ready to sell themselves and their votes to the highest bidder than are the members that represent city con . sti'uencles might seem, at fist sight, to { conflict with the theory of the immac ulate , virtue of the country but the explanation ot this apparent lnct nsistency is that the Vl"tuous farmers, whenever neghbor be- l comes exceptionally protligate, immediate , ly send him to the legislature in order to rid , themselves of his contaminating presence
 Among the other virtues Ot tue cOuutry- man is his profound gratitude for any unex- pected blessing, aud his eagcrness to make 1 the best possible use of it. The average , lnhabitant of Canaan and its vicinity is a striking example of the extent to which the virtue of gratitude exists in the bosom q of the Connecticut person; and the expe- r Iience of the eronauts of The Daily Graphic r. balloon, when their air ship so suddenylund. . ed alnoEg them. is worth the attention of all | admirers of rural generosity and goodness. b When the hapless voyagers reached the | balloon and tound it lying col apsed ln field, 1t was already surrounded :. oy crowd of happy Canaauites. There U was nothing portable upon which these f grateful people had not seized. Even the p spare coats of the prOnauts were ornament , ng the angular shoulders of the local farm ITS, and their spare trousers were rolled un- o 1ei the arms of the fortunate finders The crowd of those who were anxious to emu ~ ate the avidity of the Bahama wreckers in
 turning the misfortuncs of others to their personal benefit continually increased. Men tt came Ill wagons to carry away heavy and f. 'ulky articles. Others stripped the boat ot .. Is panklHg, and strOve to find the valve of
 he balloon under the folds of the canvass Il hat hid 1t, in order to seize and convert it's o llngeS to their own use. The eronauts ir were encompassed about with great cloud 't acqusitlve deacons and selectmen and :" honest agricultulists. To them the descent h 't the balloon, with his freighted life-boat, It vas providential dispensation for supply h ng their families with food and brass in :. truments. and they were determined that 's ne sln Of an ungrateful rejection of those ln 'leSSlngs should not rest upon theil con- oi ciences. The fortunate man on who's r.. aud the balloon had fallen at once claimed
 eavy damages for the trespass. The man |" Vho had caught the machine after i: had VI "me to rest, and the man who had pre- tl ented the deacons and other wreckers al rom cutting the balloon to pieces also '' lalmed large sums by way of payment a'