Connecticut western news., 1874-11-13


 on stump in the middle of the field. Soon another discoycred it, and the signal was given to form circle around the ghost; and, as they gradually drew near, the cap tain called out to the ghost, saying: "Sam, if you are playing it on us, say SO, or will shoot! Speak quick! Or if you arc ghost, l will shoot any way!"-'Don't! Don't" cried the several voices,. 'you may shoot some of us in the darkness" Bring the lantern," said Dave. "Set the dog in it." said Will. "No, mol" cried Dick; 'let's l jest go right up, all bands, and catch the l thing" And that was the order. But just as they were about to seize it, Tom cried out: Boys, don't tear it, for mercy's sake; it is the only shirt have with me-" The plea was heard-and the ghost hunters" made Tom stand treat on cider and apples at the old Cors, and returned-weaker but
 wiser boys. REPORTER.
 Consecration of Trinity Chrch.-On
 Thursday, Nov. 9th, the new church at
 Lime Rock was consccrated to the service
 of Almighty God, by the Rt. Rev. John Williams, Bishop of Connecticut. The day
 was warm and beautiful, and long before
 the hour appointed the streets were thronged
 with people on their way to the church. The building was crowded to its fullest ca
 pacity, nearly hundred people standing without, unable to obtain admission. The
 beautiful edi6ce, SO tasteful and church like
 in it's Oeslgn, SO substantially constructed,
 and SO richly finished, was universally ad-
 mired There is no more complete church building in the State. It is magnificent
 monument to the liberality of it's builders
 Al the time appointed, the Bishop, followed
 by nine clergYmen Of his diocese, was met
 at the door of the church by the Hon. Wm. H. Barnum and Mir. James H. Barnunl, by
 whom they were preceded to the chanccl i;
 the Bishop and clergy repeating alternately
 the 24th Psalm. The Bishop conducted the consecratlon service proper. At its
 close, the Rev. Mir. Whittlesey, of North
 Canaan, began the morning service, Rev.
 Mir. La Selle reading the first and Rev. MT.
 Jessup the second lessen. The prayers were
 said by the Rev. Mir. Clark, of Bridgeport.
 At the close of the service the Bishop preached one of his finest discourses, talk ing for his text the sixth verse of the 93rd Psalni. He dwelt particularly upon the views of the Church in relation to the sacred character imparted to the edi6ce hY the ac' of consecration; requiring that the ground the edlfice, and every thing connected with | cat rt fnroupr Tn hnIV 10 and that no holy character had been i'm parted-as many suppose--to the materis of which the building is composed. Nc report can do justice to the Bishops dis course. Suffice it to say, that he held his large audience to the close fairly entranced by his eloquence. At the conclusion of the sermon, the Holy Communion was admins tered to 8 large number of members. The music throughout was of the simplest kind but very excelleptly rendered. MT. Allen
 organlst of the church at Hoosac Falls a N. r., presided at the organ, and the choil : of St. Johns Church, in Salisbury, sang
 The services were very solemn and i'm ] pressive. The fact that here, in quie 0 little village among the hills, one of tht 8 most elegant church es in the State had beer |. built, by devoted hands, called forth SC g large concourse of people. The erection t of this church has filled want lorg felt II t this community. It is seldom that any t Christian body build a church in tielt n never before occupied, and find congrega O tion ready at hand to open and sustain it 1T worship. Our first regular Sunday servic 1t was very largely attended, by delighted Il congregation. We shali have one of tn e largest parishes in Litchfiell county. Hov It many souls are filled with gratitude, tha ,t God has put it into the hearts of his SGT n wants to carry out so magnificent an under > taking without stint of means. That churcl B. will stand, for ages, the most enduring an' it the grandest monument which an individua g can erect for himself. The memory of tn d pious ones who reared it's solid proportion e will grow green in the hearts of all thos 8 who partake of it's benefits, so long as any n one shall worship at its altar. X,
 East Canaan Quarr1es.-Probubly no in = dustry in Western Connecticut is in nor thriving condition than the quarries in Eas a Canaan, winch are supplying marble for tn ., construction of the new State house il |. Hartford. Between trains last Saturda h gave us thirty five minutes at these quarries which time we found was proftablY an ,o pleasantly spent in looking about the works o Four steam drills are now employed 10 wor :. out the marble, and an examination c these alone, as they were at work, borin
 and channeling the beautiful marble, is
 novice we'll worth the trouble and ex > pense of visiting the quarries. A new di' ,' :, mond drill chsnneler, which has but yer " recently been put at work here, is marve
 It works two spindle drills, which, havin ,s S conical points, with diamonds set in then 'a /. will bore with astonishing rapidity tw ;. holes at a time. It can be made to drill tw ~ holes, l A inches in diameter. foot eacl
 minute, but this extraordinary speed
 not maintained as an average. Besides tn
 new machine, there are two steam chal
 neling gang pointed drills, one of which hs st two gangs of drills, working one on eac st side of it; also horizontal or gadder dril De for cutting out the blocks from the bottom to After the dirt is removed and section 1T, the surface of the marble made clean, cha B. nels are cut from ten to forty or fifty fe ed in length, according as the condition of u ut surface will admit, and SIX feet deep. The D. longitudinal sections are then sliced in He blocks of various thicknesses, as may at required tor the different kinds of wor ad after which they are taken to the saw m tn near by and split, the saws leaving a vel