Connecticut western news., 1874-10-23

ScrhpttOn Is paid thus. R B. smith 5Jul74, indicates that r. Smith has paid for his paper to July 5lh, 1874. It ia hoped that subscribers will see to 1t that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their subscription, will observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event Of error. to inform ua for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be consid cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, ae the regular receipt of tho paper with the date to which the subscription ia paid plainly printed thereon. is prima facie evidence of it's ac ceptanee as correct. y. l.. PHASE.
 Cheap cider.-Cider sells in Kent for g.. co per barrel. t -...,- ... a. 1
 Left Over.-COnsid.r Table correspon-- dence is unavoidably left over .unti next week. .,...,,.., .~-. An Address.--A letter was received in the post office in this village last Saturday, with the following supcrscription .aoi ', '' RiC ks salbarrv senter Con-" ,.,..
 Concert at Lime Rock.-Prof Stillman, with others from -Lakev,lle, will give a musical entertainment at Trinity Church in Lime Rock next Tuesday evening, as will he seen by the advertisements in another column. ''
 Enterprise.-M. & c. j.. Camp & Go. change the,r advertisement this week These gentlemen are full of enterprise, and sell the best of goods at the lowest prices. They are persistent advertisers. which accounts for their store being always full of customers .& tn "i-. :" ".-
 Maggie Mitohell.-An extra train will, he run on the Honsatonic road to Pittsfield Friday evening of this week, leaving Falls Village at 5 o'clock, selling return tickets A, reduced price to those who choose to at, tend Maggie Mitchells new play, "The Or. phan of Lowood." .u..
 A Serious Fall.-Mr. George Melvin of this village, while painting on the Episco. pal Church in Canaan3 last Tuesday, fell with staging which had given way with him, n distance of about thirty feet, min ring his spine very severely. He was brought home on the freight train. -..
 Another New Adail.-Steps are being taken to obtain way mail on Conductor Eggleston's train on the Conn. Western road, and it is thought the project will be successful Another mail on this road ia very much needed, and the whole people will rejoice to see 1t established. } The marvellous nultitudi- nR Rha 4T circumstances are the ineurmountuble diff culties which enthusiastically prevent the skeptic from discovering truth These were the words of a minister not hundred miles from Bridgeport, some weeks ago. Neao Fork Sun.
 How old was this man when he was born?-and does he smoke plug tobacco?
 Fire in New Hartford.-Early last Mon day morning, the drug store in New Hartford belonging to Mir. Geo. w. Will Hams IT, caught fire from the stove. and nearly destroyed one entire side of his store before the progress of the fan es could be arrested. It is regarded as almost a miracle that the fire was stopped before all was destroyed.
 A Card.-To my neighbors and friends, who so generously gave me their assistance to fill up the gap made by the floods of June last. would say, you have my warm est thanks for the great favor your assist ance has done me. Also 10 the Eessrs Taylor Brothers, who SO generously ten dered the privilege of removing the earth from their premises to repair the breach. shall cherish that spot as g lasting me mento of what willing hearts and hands can do, and hope no future floods will de- privc m" of that pleasure.
 N. l.. DEXTER,
 Another Word from Pope Bushnell MR EDITOR: Three thousand two hundred and three years The united ages of thir- weight individuals now living in the town of Salisbury, Connecticut, averaging over eighty.four years! Eighty-four years :! What reach of time is that! Many and startling events are crowded into It's period It includes. the whole of our national his- tory from the election of George Washing ton to the present time. Some of the most startling occurrences with which this world has been shaken, have occurred within the life time of those thirty -eigbt individuals. The horrors of the first French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon I, with all the discoveries and improve ! ments in art and science that have made H. lustriods the nineteenth century: illumina- ton by gas, navigation by steam, and its application to manufacture, railroads threading the continent, reducing tue flu. tigucs of journeying, and annihilating tune to such degree that distance which once required months to perform may now be accomplished in week. the use of mineral coal by which the rigor of 8 northern win ter may be increased to any desired tenn perature, the telegraph perforating and pulsating through the seas and glrding the earth with it's endless lines, and last of all bat not least the abolition of human slavery, which may be regarded as one of the grandest and most magnificent steps toward higher civilization in America.
 All these things have, as by magic. been sprung upon us since those thirty eight now living persons were children, our country then considered 80 small and feeble thai her petitions to it's mother for justice and representation was in the language of Lord North regarded as but ",he wailings of an infant in the cradle" is now reckoned among and as one of the greatest and most powerful nations of the earth.
 In behalf of self and seyt ral others who were once residents of Salisbury l give thanks to the compiler of that list of aged persons of the town. Many of those names ann f., hor., t.,o ovCho n Oo