Connecticut western news., 1874-06-05

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 Masonic.-A special communication ol Montgomery Lodge will be held at Lime Rock, Wednesday evening, June 10th; Work M. M.
 Flower Culture.-Mr. Pequigney of Ca naan has indeed very fine collection ot flowers in the bay window of his house. He seems to have passion for flowers and gives much attention to their culture meet ing with most excellent success in his eff forts with them.
 Personal.-Frank E. Cleveland, who has so recently been admitted to the Connecti- cut bar, and who is now located at Win sted, graduated at Ann Arbor in March ot the present year. We are informed tha MT. Cleveland bids fair to'be one of Con necticut's most success full practitioners.
 New Cars.-The new passenger cars which have just been added to the rolling stock of the Conn. Western road are very finely finished. The baggage cars are lon ger and. having no middle department fol the mail agent; not being designed to TUT on mail trains, are roomy and convenient
 Fixed At Last.-Agent Watson desires us to say the telegraph office in this village IS now open for the business of regularly transmitting and receiving messages; he having received the tariffs and all necessa " instructions and authority for opening the office for business.
 The New Milk Route.-Mr. Milkman Goodsell, to better accommodate his pat rons during the warm weather. will make his trip Sunday mornings, the same as oth- CT mornings in the week. He will con- mence on this new arrangement next Sun day morning. MT. Goodsell seems to be meeting with most excellent success in his new business, and we think has a guaranty of sufficient amount of regular custom !; that which can be relied upon permanently, to establish him as fixture in the business. That MT. G. is popular with his patrons, we know to be true, and all rejoice that just such man IS in just that place.
 Solemn "Fax."-Benjamin 6 Frary of Wfnsted may not be crazy, but they are ex- ceedingly careless. They have fifty double plated casters, with bottles of best glass elegant designs and very beautiful every way, which they are determined to sell for R3. 75 each. Of course they will Ego to he dogs'' if they do things in that way, but we can't help it.-If you don't want silver caster; get married and go up to Fines monument works and buy grave stone. MT. Pine has large ''hock" of men pounding with sledges on the numer- ous marble blocks at the works, and it is yrGce fact that his fame as marble work er is getting abroad into all lands. He has just completed an elegant brown stone monument for the late George B. Cook of Sheffield.
 Conductors Badges.-The Housatonic Railroad Go. has furnished all its passen- ger conductors with elegant gold badges, which are worn on the left lapel # the coat. These badges are in he form of large shield, perhaps two nches long by one and half wide. In the enter of this shield stands in relief the coat if arms of the state of Connecticut, over which is the word in plain type; Con luctor," and underneath the same; 'sHousa- onic R. R. Co.," The whole is surmount- d by an eagle, whose wings extend entire y over and across it. This badge is beau iful in design and execution, and is anoth- T evidence of the rapid advance of this oad, in its minor affairs as we'll as those f greater moment, toward that degree of l which ranks among the first 9 the country. |
 Measles vs. Nails.-in the early spring |
 little son of w. Manvel of Cornwall | widowed tack nail, and for time he uHered no evil effects. Soon after he was snt to his grandfather's in Sheffield, where 6 was taken very i'll. At first it was bought to be measles, as the child suffered ,uch from coughing, and was nursed for nat disease, but no measles presented lemselves Physicians of both schools 7ere called and each gave name to the isease and doctored accordingly. The riends made mention of his having swal- owed the nail, but the physicians said it ould not cause his sickness. He was re- lrned to his home in Cornwall and one ay after violent coughing, ran to his moth F saying, Here's the nail swallowed" nd there it was in his hand, just as it came rom hls stomach or lungs. The child | ,pidly grew better and has fully recovered.
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 Where's That Dog.-Last summer. an | Id house in Ashley Falls, being scarcely ble to stand under its weight of years, was Iken down; and in the removal of the rge chimney, two of the brick were ound to have a deep imprint of dogs pot in them. One of these brick bearing le impression of the foot is before us as e write, and the mould is as perfect as a og's foot imbedded in soft clay could pos bly, make it. It is surmised that when le clay for the brick was moulded, and hile it was yet soft, dog ran across the le; and judging from the deep imprint of le fore part of the foot, and the distinct sss of the toe nails, it seems evident that e animal was very unceremoniously in-l ted to s'gtI" As it is certainly known be more than one hundred and fifteen