Connecticut western news., 1873-10-31

night, from stove in one of it's rooms, an, was nearly destroyed.
 Man KiUed.-The freight train on th Conn. Western road, while going int,
 Hartford Tuesday afternoon, considerabl, behind time, ran over a man as the trail
 was rounding curve, killing him instantly
 He was terribly cut to pieces.
 1 Conti~ BIOck at Auction.-The 4 new larg,
 brick block of stores in Millerton, known
 sas Conlin's Block, was sold at auction las
 Tuesday to Wm. Barton of that village,
 for BIO, POO. Like all forced sales at this
 ume, 1t brought but very small part of its
 original cost and actual value.
 In 1rou6le.- Edgar Parsons, a lad ir
 the employ of MT. Silas Wells is in trouble
 He has had charge of turnip field be-
 longing to Mir. Wells, and has raised fouI
 turnips that weigh twenty-three pounds
 and has concluded he can make no better
 use of them, than to give to the poor. He
 has given them to us.
 The Lime Rock Skeleton.-No new de-
 velopments concerning the mystery whici,
 surrounds the finding of the skeleton in
 Lime Rock have appeared. A man tum-
 bled in hole in such rude manner as
 was indicated by the position of this skel-
 eton when found, evidently was foully
 dealt with, but nobody now living seems
 able to throw any light upon it.
 Those Stray LeI0es. said something
 last week about stray leaves from orange
 blossoms huttering around in prophecy of
 weddings to be, and were we not right !
 The atmosphere has been full of weddings
 ever since. The Congregational church in
 this village was full of it last Wednesday
 Even "A. Bachelor, Esq.," whom every
 body judged by his writings, to be proof
 against Cupid's darts, is among the slain Like Crocket's coon, "he had to come down." His dasto-obituary appears in> an other column.
 Had q V1cGtion.-Mr. Charles Emmons. whom everybody along the line of the Housatonic railroad formerly knew as one of the most accommodating freight con- ductors in the world, (the world is d large area over which to spread comparison, but we mean it, but who has more recent ly been general manager and overseer of the Union Depot at Canaan. has just returned from vacation of six weeks, which he has spent at Stony Point on Long Island Sound. His many friends are glad to learn that such a faithful officer and worthy cit izen has been enjoying we'll earned vaca- ton. and that he has returned with renewed vigor and improved health.
 4 Common Mistake-One of our most honored citizens told us the other day, that while reading ill last weeks NEWS our item about the necessity of our being paid by those who owe she thought it very singu- lar that people will let such small bills, such as newspaper subscriptions for in- stance, run so long without being paid, and while reading, it occurred to him to look at his own date, when he found he had not pdsd Ats oaon subscription, and exclaimed with still more astonishment, "Ir IS ME HE Is TALKING TO NOW :" N hen he saw us few hours afterwards, he paid his subscrp- tion, and said he could have done it at ona time as well as anclner but would never think of it. So it Is in large number of cases. Won't those h arrears look at the date of their paper, and see if we were not talking to them last week.
 1he Literary Association. The Wacho- castlnook LiteraryAsociatiou have for few weeks past been deliberating as to whether course ot lectures could be supported | amongst us during the coming winter. One ot the members of the association has en- tered into correspondence with several lecture bureaus, and at late meeting it was decided to make canvass for the sale of season tickets in order to ascertain whether the project would receive encour- Agement enough to justify the association to make arrangements for course. The result of the canvass, we are glad to say. has been such that the association have de- clded to make arrangements at once for a course consisting of lectures. interspersed with concert and readings. The price of season tickets, securing the bearer 8 re- served seat for each entertainment. has been fixed at the low figure of two dollars and half, and we trust that those of our citi- zens who have not provided themselves will help the good cause along and secure them without delay.
 That MusSc.-Oh, OH, OH! Did you near that soul stirring music in Lakeville last Tuesday evening? If there is man, woman or child in that village, whose soul wasn't stirred at the very generous amount of tin horn and horse fiddle melody thai was poured upon the clear night air with perfect looseness," that soul is past beii 2 saved. Talk about the tune the COW died 'n, every COW in the nelghborhood of that torlorn wall. elevated her tail to an angle ,f 45 degrees, and-went somewhere. Men, who never before were known to be 'ffected by music, dropped their evening papers and stepped to the doors and listen d. The first vigorous ''strain" sent them pack into the house shaking their heads. Enough! Enough take 'em off !" Was { 'erched on every feature of their counte- lances. Such music affects people differ 'ntly. One man, whose disposition IS or. linarily cheerful enough, heard it, and tarted at once to brace himself against ence to swear. Another, with his broad palm serenely resting upon his stomach, aid 'such music goes directly to my leart." eve came near asking him if he z iept his heart under that hand) He said I reminded him of that tender and pathetic l ollege ballad, Saw my leg off; Saw my ( 90 off O The inalnedinto nans, of th;a a,, 1