Connecticut western news., 1874-01-30

Massachusetts. The annual gathering of thu Sons and Daughters of Massachusetts was held st the Beardsley House, Winsted, last Wednesday evening. Outsiders irreverently call this the t'Are or Were" meeting, from the wording an enthusiastic officer once gave to a call, inving 'all who are or were natives of Massachusetts, etc. It Is usn- ally attended by large number of persons from this and the surrounding towns, and is an occasion of much enjoyment to all concerned. We expect to give full ac- count of this meeting next week, by our special correspondent, taken ou the spot Being almost life long inhabitant of the old Bay State, we should have been pleased to have been present, did not the meeting co me at a time in the week when we could not be absent from buslness.
 7he Last Lecture-Tne closing lecture of the Lyceum Course was delivered by Wallace Bruce of Poughkeepsie, upon the Landmarks of Scott The lecture was one of the finest of the course and abound ed in passages of rare eloquence and beau ty. MT. Bruce is an ardent admirer of Scott, and has visited in person many of the localities which the magic pen of the Wizard of the North has made as famil- far as household words to'his readers. The speaker was most attentively listened to, and the audience tcstified-thcir appreciation at the close of his remarks by hearty ap- plause. We are happy 10 state that in spite of the panic, and the disagreeablc weather which attended nearly every entertainment, the course has been a finan eial success, ,and it has shown conclusively that course of lectures can be supported in our midst.
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 Cahifornia.-Mr. George H. Bundy, who left Lskevile for California few weeks since, was not we'll pleased with San Fran cisco, and has gone to Santa Barbara, where he says he finds delightful summer weath CT, and the most delicious fruits be is well pleased with the country and would be glad to make it his home If the inhabitants were not SO wicked. The children, born and raised there, know nothing whatever of the Christian Sabbath, and regard the day as one set aside for especial amusement, such as horse racing, dog fighting and kindred sports. A man who lives there and does n't swear, is looked upon as natural curi
 osity. and is regarded as dangerous. All sizes, from the cradle to the grave, swUal by the Rule of Three,' three oaths to one word of anything else. To live there and teach ones children the ways of the aver age Californian, is to voluntarily consigr them to the tender mercy of the devil:
 Tery Sudden Death.-Lsst Friday after noon, between four and five o'clock, MT John E. Frost, who lives in Mir. Bunnels house, located about half mile east of ths town house, on the road leading from Lak e vile to Falls Village, started on foot to at- tend prayer meeting on Washinee street
 in this village. When only about thirty ol forty rods from their house, his wife ex- claimed suddenly, I am dying! MT. Eros caught her In his arms and endeavorcd te support her till they could return to tho house, but could only get just inside tho door yard gate, and about twelve feet from the door, when she expired, and her bus band earned her into the house dead. The husband, scarcely realizing the possibility of her being dead, sent for doctor, but the facts becoming known, the physician ot course did not go. The cause of hel sudden death is sad to be disease of the heart. Her funeral was attended at the church in Lakevi!le last Sabbath ..
 More About Me Telegraph. .-MR EDITOR The subject of establishing telegraph station at this place to which you alluded ln your paper of the l6th inst, meets with hearty response from the public in this vicinity, and it is exceedingly gratifying to the many friends of the Hon. Wm. H, Barnum, to learn that he has promised to carry into effect that which has long been needed as convenience to the railroad company and necessity 10 the people in this section. Not only would the people of Salisbury be greatly accommodated, but the inhabitants of Chapinvile and large number living on the Undermountain road, extending nearly five miles north of this place, would, as matter of convenience, come here to avail themselves of It's bene- fits. It would be a substantial advantage 10 the railroad company to establish sta- ton here. by materially diminishing the chances of accidents which are most liable to occur on this end of the road. in conse. quence of the long trains of cars which run daily, as extras, transporting ore to the extensive furnaces of the Hon. Wm. H. Balnum, Landon & Co.,, and others on the line of the Housatonlc railroad, and might be the means of saving the company many times the amount it would cost in a single year. There is another strong point to be considered so far as income is concerned. It has become almost @ matter of necessity for the people of the cities to spend the summer months in the country, and espec- ially so the families of wealthy business men, the family remaining in the country while they spend much of their time at home, only visiting their loved ones once or twice in each week, and we have every season great number of this class of peo- pie who come here to breathe the fresh air of the mountains; and the thunder would be largely increased by having a telegraph station here, which would afford them easy communication and financially be benefit to the telegraph as well as the railroad. It would also be advisable to take into con- sideratlon the fact that the Washince mill is soon to go into operation. by men who practically and financially can and will run it to it's full capacity, which will increase the bu lness at this station. The experience of the past proves most conclusively that bus ness increases in proportion to the facili- ties offered by easy transportation and SO much so, that some of