Connecticut western news., 1874-06-19

observe whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of an error to errors in these accounts will hereafter be consid- cred, unless presented within thirty made, as the regular receipt of the paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of its ac ceptance as correct. J. L. PEAsE.
 Improved.-Mr. Dclliber has moved his new shop, which he built few weeks since on Depot street, so that it now fronts on Main street. It looks better.
 Those Gunboats.-'Tis said, ''Nothing is built in vain." So the people of Lakeville thought when they rushed for those gun boats (No. 17 shoes) in Jones' store on the night of the 14th. The rains may descend and the floods come upon the face of the earth, but Lakeville is safe.
 Personal.-We learn that Bro. DeLacey of the Amenia IEnaes was in town inter. viewing the floods that had taken posses. sion of our streets Monday (15th We cant blame him for not calling on us, as our office was entirely surrounded with wa. ter, but had we known he was here. would have sent boat around after him.
 Kent-Mr. Wellington Watson has re- gently completed his coal yard, which will be decided convenience to our town. The new depot will be another-when we get ii ......The late freshet in Salisbury and vicin. ity occasioned the rise of the Housatonic river at this place and flooded the river roads, rendering them impossible for a time. The river was filled with floating debris......Mr. Lewis Spooner died on Fri day night after long illness. His funeral was attended the following Sunday.
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 Fixing Up.-The floods have created a vast amount of work for the laboring class es, and man who will sit about now com plaining of scarcity of work and dull times, deserves no sympathy in his indolent mis- cry. The roads are being repaired, bridges rebuilt, dams on the streams reconstructed; and the time is not far distant when all will again be in presentable condition. The Washinee Go. are pushing the dam at their factory right up into position again, and probably in less than week the waters of the Washicastinook will turn their wheels and rattle their looms as rapidly and loudly as ever.
 A Sweet Item.-The new candy and confectionery manufactory in Winsted is really becoming one of the finest institu : tions of the country. We were in their works the other day and were much inter- ested in the process of manufacturing the various kinds of candies sc. Everything looked so neat and the sugars used in the work, so white and nice, we are free to recommend their candies as really ''good enough to eat." Almost the exclusive pat ronage of the dealers in this section is giv- en to these gentlemen, whose work seems every way worthy of it.
 Housatonic R. R.-MR. EDITOR. 1 would like to correct through your paper, state- ment that has been circulated by several of the papers in this county and state, in re- gard to passenger rushing wildly from the platform at the station during the rain of June 9th, and swinging his hat and stop ping the train just in time to save fearful plunge into terrible wash out on the Housatonic road. This is all false. The section foreman himself went over the road as soon as possible, starting while 1t was raining Gas train was soon due.) He discovered the break and promptly re- turned, notifying the train and got men to set about the needed repairs, which occupied about two hours, when tEe train went over the break safe and sound. S.F.
 Falls Village, June 18th, 1874.
 Work Well Done.-No better evidence of the policy of doing things well is need ed, than an examination of the culvert un- der the Housatonic railroad at Falls Village after the recent severe test it has experi- enced. This storm of few days since was much more violent than anything of the kind that eyer before visited this section of the country, and this culvert has come out of it perfectly sound in every respect. The masonry was of the very firstclass; noth- ing better could be built, and it is certainly safe to say that, had it been even ordinarily good, it would have all washed away, and carried with it the track for 8 long distance, engendering an expense altogether perhaps, in the delay of trains &c.,, of several times the cost of it's present thorough construc- ton: Thus we have another lesson of truth that ought to be better known and acted upon than it is, that 'whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing we'll ;" and we add-as well as it is possible to do it.
 A Word of Sympathy.-EDIToR NEWS. The CONN. WESTERN NEWS came to hand Saturday morning with more than usual in- terest to the many subscribers who once lived in Salisbury. First came the list of those who were killed in the late Rebellion, and among those notice the names of some of the best men Salisbury sent out, such for instance as Egbert F. Mott. None knew him but to respect him, and those he left to mourn his loss may God bless them; and as one of your townsmen recently said: No more fitting tribute could be raised to their memory than lasting monument = Then came the disastrous flood and it is to be regretted that the Hon. Wm. H. Barnum met with so great loss; a man so largely interested in the towns welfare and the many others who are not so fortunate as to possess SO much of this worlds goods, I can truly say and sympathise with them, for although many years away from my native town Salisbury, it is yet fresh in my memory. Yours truly,
 H.
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