Connecticut western news., 1875-08-13
Rarrinston Bank Burplarv.-Detec

son, on complaint of N. Deland, cashier of l the Mahaiwe Bank of Great Harrington, who charges that the $1. GOO bond of Des Moins, Ia., found in his possession, was . part of the burglary recently committed at the Burlington bank.
 The Oil Painters.-Messrs. Thomas Robinson and Marcus Waterman, the ar- lists who have been stopping at the Barn. ard House and making oil sketches about this village for the past two or three weeks, have gathered some very beautiful studies. They express themselves as delighted with the scenery about here, and are determined to come again another season prepared for longer sojourn. They appear to be among the best artists in Che country, their work made here being indeed very beauti- full and true to life. MT. Robinson's studio is at 616 Washington street, Boston, and Mr. Waterman's is at Providence, although he does much work in Boston. These de- llneators of Natures beauty are quite well come among us.
 Welcome Visitors.-We were made glad Tuesday forenoon of last week. to see the genial countenance of our old friend, T. D. Brewster Esq, of Peru, Illinois. MT. B. arrived in town last Monday evening, and although he says he has worked hard CT the past year than he wanted to, he seems to have thrived under it, as his avoirdupois is greater by several pounds, than when here last season. Being the originator and proprietor of one of the largest blow man.
 ufacturing establishments in the West, one would naturally be curious to know how man of his age could have accomplished so much. An examination of the massive gold headed cane he carries discloses the singular fact that it was presented to him by his friends on the occasion of his FGff- tees,th birthday, on February 29th, 1872.
 When we say he is sixty-three years old,
 our readers will probably see at once there is 'scat. in the meal" somewhere, and
 we'll leave them to find it. MT. Brewster
 has been spending few days at Saratoga and at DanburY in this state, and after a l few months in Salisbury (We shall keep
 him here a few months If we can) he will
 return to Saratoga for another short so- journ and then on home. MT. B. says the
 west is growing rapidly rich. The crops
 this year are really wonderful and the farm
 CTS are happy and independent, and manu-
 featuring business of all kinds is as good as
 at any time during the war. While enjoy
 ing this agreeable tete tete with Friend
 Brewster, another gentleman, who was'
 years past and gone, well-known resident
 of Salisbury, came in upon us to pay hls
 subscription and take look at us. John A. Ensign Esq, of Cleveland, Ono, for he
 is the gentleman alluded to. was born on
 the Salisbury side of the river in Falls Vil-
 lage, and spent the early years of his life
 in thls town. He was at one time deputy
 sheriff and collector here, and although he
 has been gone twenty-five years, will be
 we'll remembered by very many of our old
 CT citizens. He has been an extensive
 dealer in real estate in Cleveland, but has
 now retired from business and is enjoying
 the fruits of an honest, honorable and suc-
 cessful business life. It is pleasant to see
 the faces of these people, returning to the
 scenes of their boyhood days, and hear
 them recount the incidents and events of
 ye days of yore. . .-.7 l.,-,.
 Down Among the ships.-Last week
 the steamships ''State of Pennsylvania" and
 ''State of Nevada" arrived in New York
 almost simultaneously, and as the former
 ship was the one in which we crossed the
 Atlantic last summer, and the latter the one in which we returned, and the fact of their being at the docks in New York at one and } the same time when we could see them : both at one visit an event, like the transit } of Venus, not likely to occur again very
 soon, and also the fact that three of our , citizens were going to sail for Europe that forenoon, was excuse enough for our arriv- al in that city on Saturday morning.
 At eight o'clock we were on board one ; of the steamers of the National line in search of the Governor and his two profes- , sional companions, and although we went through the cabin and corkscrewed oul l way among the state rooms several times, no trace of the departing Salisburians
 could be found, and remaining on board as 3 longIas we dared to before the gang plank was drawn in. we gave up in despair, con
 cluding they were somewhere, but where,
 we hoped they knew for we couldn't imag inc. It appears that the National Line sent out two steamers Saturday, one fol London direct and the other for Liverpool
 and which were two docks apart. No . conscious of this fact, we went on board D the first of that Line we came to, anG
 which proved to be the London steamer while our friends were on board the Liver pool vessel. Although the National Lin, London steamer purports to be first class il u every respect, we sincerely hope, for th, comfort of our Salisbury friends, thei E Liverpool ship of that line was far superior Of course we can make no comparison be . tween the steamers of that line and thos E of any other but the new State Line, ol . steamers of which we rode the great dee]
 last summer, and for arrangement of stat V rooms and apartments on deck for comfort it was certainly far inferior, and for ele e gance and luxuriousness. the difference e as great as between an elegantly furnishes II parlor and common sitting room. Thi It statement is certainly not an overdrawl IS picture, and the very good New Yor n friend, through whose influence our Sails s bury people were induced to choose tn ', National Line, undoubtedly did what u '- thought was especially to their comfort an 'S advantage, but we hope next time will talk y look at the new steamers of the Stat Ie Line before he renders hls decision