Connecticut western news., 1874-11-13


 quarries are own,d and worked by Alex.
 Esq, of New York city, who has spent already, in the preparation for the work, about $70.OOO, and 1t is n't done yet.
 The cost of this marble is about $l.00 per cubic foot, delivered at the depot in East Canaan; and with their present facilities, they gre able to ship from three to four car loads day to Hartford. Two huge der
 ricks, strong enough to lift the universe and 8 part of Rhode Island, are now employed | here; but these are not enough. Another, | and much larger and stronger one, is in process of erection, as well as other i'm provements constantly being added to facil- | itate the work. About fifty men arc em ployed here; but the introduction of im- proved machinery is taking the place and doing the work of the men, till the number required is now not nearly SO large as at first. .r.-.s
 Winckworth's Ocean Voyage. - Just landed after a splendid voyage of 8 days and houls to Queenstown, arriving at l2 o'clock midnight on Monday, leaving at once for Liverpool and putting passengers on board of tender at P. NJ. making length of entire voyage 9 days and about 5 hours, and now to give you few of the cXperien- ces of my trip. Saturday the i7th was the
 lime appointed for sailing, and at 10, 30 we
 W, re out in the stream and fairly off, the
 Inman steamer City of Paris just ahead,
 she starting from Pier 45, and we from
 Pier 52. We passed out of the harbor, dipping our colours in the usual manner,
 and by three o'clock had discharged our pilot and were out on the old ocean. We
 had passed the City of Paris and when turned in, her lights were just visible, far away astern. About , o'clock we shipped our first salt water, and indeed our last. for that was the only time, our decks were wet
 with salt water the entire trip, with the ex- ceptlon of what she shipped from rolling,
 and then only on the second and third days out. Day in and day out saw us making
 from l3 to l5 knots an hour accordingly as l the wind was favorable or otherwise. Now
 let me ask: have any, of the readers of this
 letter ever been sea-sick? if not, they know
 nothing of what I am going to write. # I
 have at any rate, and how do you think l | felt; will try and explain. AS soon as we
 passed out of the harbour began to chuck
 le when saw several of my fellow passen-
 gers turn pale when they felt the motion of lhe vessel, thinks I: my experience with
 the Nautilus Club in August last has surely initiated me and I shall escape sea-sickness
 I laughed at the idea of looking as some of
 them looked, but vain hope, retired to
 my berth feeling a little qualmish, but
 but thinks that will pass off, was dis
 turbed several times in the night by noises
 which sounded good deal like heaving
 up" which did not tend to calm my pertur-
 bed feelings at all, l arose early in the mor-
 ming and did not care for any breakfast,
 something a little out of the ordinary for
 me, and the top of my head did not seem
 to be quite in it's place; it seemed kind Of
 loose and swimming round. looked ou,
 for quiet spot where enjoy could enjoy
 the scenery [all sky and waterl alone.
 found it and when all alone in my glory, ]
 well, yes d, you know what mean, it's
 no use mincing matters, made my first offer ing-yes, 4 who went to sea in the, J ulia
 Tate, and lay all night in the dead swell of
 Point Judith, went cod fishing off Block : Island in gale, heaved up and settled mat
 ters on the spot, leaving no balance, in spite af my efforts to the contrary,p I doh't } beleiUe there was any, any way, for l fell hollow all the way down to my boots, an6 as if did not care much for anything , however little tonic, accidentally fount in my bunk, somewhat revived me; but could not eat-oh, no. Buckwheat cake.
 and beefsteak were at great discount quit, . drug, in fact, and all day felt the same l Towards night had another settlement some more tonic, and then turned in early to shorten that day, although I believe i ? was the longest day ever lived. Monda. 3 felt the same, had repetition of the same 3 and began to feel better. Tuesday ate little breakfast, felt good deal better, be
 gan to laugh, which l thought was goot
 sign, ate 8 hearty dinner and bigger sup
 per, since which time never felt better O ate more. I think have made great dis
 covery, and think it my duty to my fellow
 creatures to give it to the world, using thu c. w. NRws as the medium. Sea sickness is a great cure for Rheumatism; it is aston ishing how limpsy fellow gets, before b, ' has been out 24 hours. have friend II 1. the States, that, if he could only be induced z to take one sea voyage and feelthe ful
 benefit of the ocean roll, would be perma ? nenty cured of that chronic trouble of tn
 back and shoulders, from which he suffer
 SO terribly; now, James is so long, that :, should he ever get like some l saw, he coul ! easily be tied into knot, without fear o ;. breaking, and then how he would look! = It is a remarkable fact, that. considerir , the immense number of vessels afloat, S few are seen after leaving the coast; bu
 we did not average one day, and for tw <, or three days saw nothing. l hardly thin o it possible to get greater proof of the ir
 significance of the works of man, in con
 parison with those of the Almighty, tha :, to go to sea ln an ocean steamer, over 40 feet long, with every appliance and comfol . the ingenuity of man can contrive and carr ;: out, with engines of thousands of hors
 power, thousands of tons of freight, an
 nearly 500 souls--to see how powerless the
 are; to see how they arc tossed out, appar N ently without cause. You look over th '> water and see no swell, nearly sufficient, s N you think, to make such an immense bod ~ roll SO, and roll she does, in spite of all th T, weight and power aboard; and if the fla " weather we experienced will cause such J 1 .,nrr,af,,al Gnd fnrhld if ahnnl