Connecticut western news., 1875-08-20
Sheffield.

She ffield.
 Must apologize for silence again? You heard of my wanderings among the noun tains of New Marlboro two weeks ago. Your correspondent told the story very well, but no pen can picture that night of terror to me. never before experienced the feelings of the Babes in the woods, and can better sympathize with the poor tramps now than before......I have often heard the saying: Every dog has hls day. and truly 1t is verified this year, for dog days seem to make up our summer...... The music of the haymakers is yet heard upon the meadows, and the harvesters toll pa tiently on, taking breath between the ire quent showers, and many are looking for ward to few play days on the camp ground this week. ...... Health continues at par in spite of the increase of physicians here and the hot weather. There was a | great arrival in town last week of the cele- brated Dr. Powers, who is stopping at the hotel. This gentlemanly doctor comes without call /; invites himself to peoples houses and gives advice gratis; but his medicines must be the pure article, if we may judge by the price he puts upon them, as tis said he forced upon one man quart of his life-giving syrup and then asked in re- turn the small sum of $12OO. Evident ly Dr. Powers believes in p0ooer-ful doses... There are many new arrivals in town. MT. H. Suydam has his house well filled with boarders from New York and Boston. A party of these, consisting of Mrs. Curtis and her friends, visited Salisbury lakes on the 9th inst. The day was fine, but strong breeze was blowing from the south, and the waves ran high. Six of the party entered one boat, and as their total weight was 900 pounds it brought the boat almost to the waters edge. They did not realize their danger till far out on the'water in the deep. est part of the lake. The waves ran high and poured in fury upon the party at times; the boat ran in what is called the trough ot the waves, and the gentlemen at the oars proved that they were very unskilled in the use of the oars being from the city they were entirely unused to the labor of rowing a boat. The ladies seeing the danger. were terror stricken. Every hope of life seemed to have fled and they gave themselves up
 the piercing cry of mother rung out ir heart-rending tones, as she thought of hel
 children who would be motherless, and with great difficulty she was prevented from casting herself into the water. Fo , fifteen minutes they drifted helplessly, th, boat turning round and round, till the cur rent bore them to smoother part of in,
 lake and they at last run ashore. MT. A E Bradford of this place testifies that he saw their danger from his boat and believed tha they must be swamped, but very gallantly (? waited for the crisis before offering his as
 sistance. It was painful lesson to all th'
 party, and should be needed by all wh'
 venture in those light boats upon the lakes which are not built for heavy burdens..... We notice that Wm. Little and Dr. Mile have been spending some time among th
 Adirondacks, and others are pleasuring b,
 the sea shore Miss s. N. Burtch sool
 leaves town for years sojourn in South ern New Jersey; she goes 10 take charg of music class in the Seminary of Bridge
 ton. LUNA. l A coffin is wanted for dying echo.