Connecticut western news., 1874-11-06

More Beet.-And now w. P. Silvernail | of Lakeville brings in beet grown in hls garden, which measures twenty-five inches in length. Next?
 "The Moon."-The sun was so read as it rose above the hills last Tuesday morning, that MT. Delliber was sure it was the moon and was ready to go his bottom dollar on it.
 Another Station Depot.-The Conn. Western company has the foundation laid for new depot at Stratton Brook, and pur pose to push the structure to rapid com plction'
 Accident. -Leyitt Bryan, while making fence near the house of J. R. Eggleston, last Monday, nearly severed, with an axe, two toes of his left foot. They were dressed and properly cared for by Dr. Thompson of this village.
 strawberries.-Straw in blossom also in other stages of growth, from small green ones, up, in Walter Turner's garden in Lakeville. We have concluded not to go to Florida this winter. but will eat our Chrlstmas strawberries in Salisbury.
 Robbed. - While Samuel Madrea, of Winsted, was walking home Wednesday evening, last week, he was assaulted by two men. One of them threw coat over his head, while the other robbed him of $45. Then they made good thelr escape.
 Court Matters.-Owing to the superior court being in sesslon in Lltcbfield during the first two weeks of November, Judge Foster has postponed the session of the district court at Canaan from the first Mon day to the third Monday of November, in order to give the attorneys time to attend both the superior and district courts.
 Weather Talk.-Last Tuesday morning was probably the coldest of the season thus far. Ice forming in standing water to about quarter of an inch in thickness. In a private note to us, MT. '. M. Wells writint from Negaunee, Michigan, says we are bu two days later Tn having the first snow, as reported in THE NEWS, than they were. away up in that Lake Superior region, and by what he says further, we conclude that since that first furry, they have had about as fine weather as we have enjoyed through nearly the whole of October and Novemhe thus far.
 Burglary.-An effort was made last Tues Io~- %o h,,r Mr r. R PooH)ax,,c store in Lakeville. The burglars broke into the wagon shop of MT. Stuart, and, obtain ing chisel, crowbar and lever. proceeded to MT. B.'s store and endeavored to effect an entrance at the front door, but, failing in that, went to the rear of the store and succeeded in getting in a window. They seemed to have rummaged the store pretty thoroughly from cellar to garret, and, find ing no money, which evidently was what they were after, left, taking nothing with them but three briarwood pipes; at least the pipes are all there is missed at this writing.
 ProN6c.- This section seems to be doing it's handsomest this season in the production of extraordinary specimens of various kinds of vegetable growth. Beets of man. mouth proportions; strawberry vines and appletrees in blossom in November, ard now comes an account of rose bush, in the yard of Harmon Schammerhorn, in Ga naan, which, as that variety of rose is in the habit of doing every season, came out of the ground last Spring. and, as for that matter, kept creeping out of Mother Earth, till it was thirteen feet long, and has borne more than hundred roses during the sea- son. How is this for sweetness long drawn out" - thirteen feet long. for in- stance?
 In l9l9.-We publish in another place this week an historical sketch of Salisbury, as it was in 1919; taking the extract from an old work written in that year and pub llshed as "A Gazetteer of the States of Con necticut and Rhode Island, written with care and impartiality from original and au- thenhc materials by John c. Pease and John M. Miles," It is our purpose to re- publish from time to time, from this work, what it has to say of a historical character, of the towns of Sharon. Canaan, Norfolk, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, New Hartford, New Milford, Warren, and perhaps some other towns in this county, which we hope and expect will be of much interest to the inhabitants thereof, giving to many, who have not seen this Gazetteer, information perhaps not to be found elsewhere
 That sate.-somebody says that the county commissioners, part whose duty it is to examine into the means for the proper preservation of town records, &c. of the various towns in their jurisdiction have condemned our town safe, which the town purchased at the enormous cost o1 forty do1lars;' they not deeming 1t sufficient. Iy secure, and not meeting the requirements of the law. AS it is also a part of their duty to see to it that towns not properly cared for, in this respect, are made to do it, Vt understand the selectmen of our town were asked to meet the commissioners in this vii lage one day last week, for the purpose ot conferring with them about this matter and not one of them was present, or wh. re the commissioners could get at them con veniently. This may be all right, but we are informed that in such a case the com. missioners have but one prescribed course to pursue. and that is to follow the statute instructions made and provided for such cases, without further effort to consult with the selectmen about the matter.