Connecticut western news., 1874-09-11

the characteristics of the people of Europe, l in regard to the petty meannesses of their paltry charges. was once asked penny | for wharfage on Loch Lomond, shilling l each to the driver of the stage; sixpence for putting on the baggage; a fourpence for sheet of paper and envelope at the Liverpool Northwestern Hotel, and though the rule of the hotel is not to pay tue ser wants, as the charges are all included in the hotel bill, yet it was impossible to withstand the imploring looks of the troops of scr wants that witnessed our departure. won der that the Press and writers of travels in Europe have not inserted notices of these extortions, giving the names of the hotels and sending copies to each of them for their amusement. Truly yours,
 Westfield, Mass, Sept. 1874.
 Luna vs. Enani.-MR. EDITOR. In last weeks NEWS vail appeared sounding from the vicinity of Falls Village, which decided in the mind of one bachelor the fate of poor Widder Simpson of Warren fame. Now as this person took my name in valn, it behooves me to make answer in brief, for doubtless the Widder will give him his deserts without any assistance. To - -, alias Enaml, l hereby send greet ing, thanking him for the many compli- ments he publicly paid me, and for the anxiety he expresses lest my light be dim med by contact with this uneducated and unsophisticated Jane Ann Simpson. All honor to that brave woman I should be proud had the pleasure of her acquaint- ance. In modern times there are fewwomen who can tend the dairy, care tor the tobac- co crops and keep the farm in order, and methinks even Enami would rejoice had he just such wife to manage his Canaan Mountain farm! But doubtless those sec ond hand clothes were not fit, and now Enami if you have been rejected by the widow, don't try to put the blame on one who is innocent of all machinations cast out the line again, there are many good fish in the sea which can easily be caught with a golden bait. Try, try again. LUNA.
 Those Mysterious Disappearances.- 1 Up to the present writing nothing is known of the whereabouts of the young lady who left her home in Burlington in her night clothes; the particulars of which we gave in THE NEWS last week. The rivers have been thoroughly searched for miles around,
 and everything that could possibly suggest itself to the minds of the people has been
 done, but without avail. It certainly is a
 very mysterious case indeed. How young lady could leave her home in the night time
 clothed in her night clothes, and make such
 a disposition of herself that the extraordi-
 nary search which has been made, fails to
 find her, is remarkable. Last Friday hun
 dred men were employed in the search, and
 it would seem impossible for her to be in
 that region and not be discovered. This
 very singular carse reminds us of the man
 from Winsted, who disappeared early last spring; was last seen in Canaan, and Ash ley Falls, and whose tracks in the snow
 (thought to be his tracks, walked off the
 Housatonic river bridge above the las'
 named village. Has anything been heard
 from this man, whom search of severa
 weeks failed to find?
 LATER.-There is rumor that after ,
 time, suit of wearing apparel was discoy-
 cred to have also disappeared with the los
 Harrington girl; which, if true, would hay,
 a tendency to contract the range of conjec
 ture as to the solution of the mystery.
 A Word From "Illanoy."-CoNN. WEST ERN NEWS. Hyde Park is quite flourish ing village On the bank of Lake Michigan
 about seven miles south of the court hous
 in the city of Chicago, and the inhabitant of the village, or most of them. do bushes in the city of Chicago. The town of Hyd
 Park has been hard at work for the pas
 year in putting up n building to be used fo
 the purpose of supplying the town witt | water. and they have the pipes laid and ex pect soon to have them in operation. Tn l citizens held meeting last evening to or ganize hose company in the north part o the Village. It is very dry in this part o t the state, and the grass is nearly all drie } up. was in Chicago about two hours to day. There are quite number of ney :, buildings starting in the burnt district. Tn , new post-office and custom house con , menced last year is progressing finely. Bus mess is generally dull, and all complain o 3 hard times. saw by your paper of Aug 18th, in the news from Ellsworth. that MI y Alva R. St. John was East on visit H l. has returned l believe MT. and Mrs. Slla A. St. John, formerly of Canaan, Conn a but who for the past five or six years hay
 been at Remington. Ind, are now at Ca
 naan visiting their old friends and acquain
 ances Mrs. St. John has two sisters and $ brother living in Canaan, at which plac /, they are visiting at present. JACK. Il Hyde Park, Ill.,. Sept. 1st, 1874. .. %. f "EIad Her in Box."-Some time sine n an Otis Irishman went to Lee, and vIsitin
 a priest, solicited his services in attendanc d on his wife. On being asked by the Re Q father where his wife was, replied, that s'H if had her out there in the yard in box. V Surely enough, he had brought his wife | ,s- the cemetery the night before, and diggir d shallow trench, laid the box in it ar if threw some dirt over it; only partially co
 ering it, however, ,and awaited the approac e of dawn to have the priest give her u e consoling benefit of his presence. Perhal - the above sketch of an epoch in the Ii "a history of this illustrious irishman may D
 be exactly pertinent to the circumstan,
 tbat was the direct occasion of an item n his behalf at this time; but for the sake ,e better knowledge of the man, we take u d trouble to allude to it. This self-appoint'