Connecticut western news., 1874-04-17


 term of the District Court came in at New Milford on Tuesday, April 7th, at 2 P. M. The first case tried was Noble Bennett vs. Gerrardus Knapp, and was originally brought to the Superior Court, September Term, 1871, when it was tried at the Sc D tember term 1872, the jury disagreeing, Afterwards it was transferred to the Dis trict Court, and was to recover the balance claimed to be due for lot of tobacco sold the defendant while on the poles, the de- fendant not accounting for as much as It was estimated at when sold. Verdict for the plaintiff to recover $14s96 and his costs.
 The next was Henry w. Booth vs. the housatonic R. K. Co.,, and was to recover the value of colt killed by the train of the defendants, on their track in October 1870. It was proven that the colt strayed out of the pasture of the plaintiff by walking around the end of the fence at low water in the Housatonic river, the water in the bed Of the river not being over foot deep, and getting upon the grounds of the company through poor fence, which the adjoining proprietor was bound to maintain, the colt jumping upon the track immediately in front of the engine as it came around curve at usual speed. Verdict for defend ants to recover their cost. Turril and E. w. Seymour for plaintiff Peet & Dean defendants,
 Two cases were defaulted and two were settled and withdrawn. As the Superior Court at Litchfield is in session this week, and this being all the jury cases ready for trial, the jury was discharged and the trial of court cases postponed till the third Monday in May. The court adjourned Saturday noon.
 Northampton, Photography and Tom. Paine.-We spent few hours very pleas- antly in Northampton, away up in the middle of Massachusetts, last Friday. Leaving the Conn. Western road at Sims bury. we took train on the New Haven & Northampton railroad which was await ing the arrival of Conductor Eggleston's Conn. Western forenoon train, and sped rapidly in the direction of the land of mor- ality and state constables. This close con- nection of Conductor Eggleston's morning train east with the express on the New Ha- ven & Northampton road at Simsburv go- ing north: makes for Western Connecticut the most desirable route to the White Mountains and a,l points in New Hamp- shire, Vermont and Canada that now exists The New Haven & Northampton road run fast trains, which are provided with West inghouse air brakes. The cars are luxuri- ously furnished; the road in good condi tion, and with obliging officials this route to the North bids fair to become very pop ular. Northampton Is one of the many large, enterprising and thrifty towns for which Massachusetts is justly noted To make mention of all we saw there worthy of notice is not tue purpose of this article. It will interest many however. in the re- zion of South Canaan to know something of couple of gentlemen who were once rollicking lads in the streets of that village, and who are now inhabitants ot Northamp ton. We refer to Messrs Lee and Miles Ingraham, sons of Ara Ingraham, whom everybody in the region of South Canaan once knew as the best miller in the county. These young men have for several years been associated together in the business of photography, and are among the most sue cessful in that business. Engaging in that occupation just previous to the late war. that have met with marked success at every stage of their business life to the present time the secret of this success being en- tirely due to the fact that none but the very best of work was allowed to go out to the world, and in their efforts to obtain such work. they threw their whole existence in to their business or in other words, tbev filled their work full of Memssloes. A mans success in business is measured to him in proportion to the amount of him. self he puts into it, hence the success of these young men, and If they individually and collectively possess princely fortune, it is because they have earned it, and it is deseryingly theirs. The panic through which the country has been struggling for
 
 so many months seems not at all to have effected their business AS much help as ever, it has been found necessary to em- ploy, and their orders for their work seem not to have abated in the slightest degree. The method of "retouchlng," which has been recently introduced, is one of the greatest improvements the business has known. In these rooms, lady, who is an adept in the business, is given constant employment at retouching negatives, and under her sSillful pencil, pimples, freckles, blotches and all manner of the unscemly spots, shades and irregularities to which flesh Con the countenance) is heir, are made to disappear as if by magic. The homeIy are made beautiful, and of course happy.
 Florence, village within a mile of Northampton, and which is indeed sub urb of that place, is where the people make sewing machines and worship
 TOM PAINE.
 At this place is a 'relieious' denomination who call themselves Free Congregational ists, and who have recently erected large edifice, which they call Bosnian Hall, and in which they hold their meetings We notice in their annual report published in the Northampton Courier of last week, that when finished and ready to be dedicated in March last, it seemed suddenly to occur to them that the structure should be dedica. ted to somebody or something, but to whom, was puzzle. It was finally agreed to allow each member to dedicate it for himself. but it was thought that MT. Con- ner came the nearest to the mark when he dedicated it ''to the search after truth and