Connecticut western news., 1875-09-03

the train will leave Falls Village to carry the excursionsts to and from Pitts field and Hudson. Instead of 8 special | train from Falls Village in the morning. Supt. Franklin has arranged to use the reg ular train for the excursion, leaving Falls l Village at 5.45 instead of 5.30 as was 1 first talked of. From Hudson the party will sail in the steamer 'Nuhpa' down the
 river, between the celebrated Highlands
 to West Point, making river trip of 15O
 miles, stopping at NeWburg to land there any of the passengers who wish to pay
 their respects to the great museum of revo-
 lutionary relics and mementoes at Wash 1 ington's Headquarters Editor Harding 1 ing has made arrangements for running the | Housatonfc train over the Boston & Albany
 tracks from Pittsfeld to Hudson, so that
 there will be no troublesome change of
 cars at that station, either going or return ing, convenience that all will appreciate.
 The Lee Cornet Band and the Mozart Quin-
 tette Club, in all 2s pieces, will furnish the. music. It should be understood that eve rybody is invited to participate in the pleas
 ure of this grand trip. It will probably be
 the last opportunity of this sort we shall have, and no one should lose it. It will be
 day full of happiness, novelty and inter- est. and one to remember a life time. We hope to meet hosts of our readers and friends on the wey and to share in their Ejoy. Tickets are now on sale, and can be had from M. A. Dean at the Falls Village Savings Bank and at the railroad stations in
 Canaan, Ashley Falls and Sheffield. GET THEM TO-DAY, (Thursday). ...'. Housatonic Industries.-Probably the best writing paper made anywhere, not on ly in this country but in the world, is made by Mir. H. D. Cone in his large mill in Housatonic, Massachusetts. Hearing much
 about this justly celebrated paper we spent half hour between trains last Friday. af- ternoon to look about the mill wherei it was made, but found the time allotted us much
 too short to do anything like justice to the
 work. We had only time for nasty glance around about amongst things, but saw enough to form text for a word or two.fa gss- .te=s. Tsz r7.1- .r.- -- ---.. + The mill in which is made this beautiful paper, and which is a little less than three . quarters of a ml,e long, is one of the finest in Berkshire county. Every part of the | immense structure is built in the best possi-
 ble manner no second class work or ma
 terial being allowed to enter into it's con struction. The apartments in which the various branches of the work is carried on,
 are as eleanly kept and as neat as the swept and garnished kitchen of the tidyest house wife, and most perfect order and system I controls everything. -'-.'', g The, paper made here is entirely unlike any made anywhere else, and is the inven- tion of MT. Cone. Instead of being per
 fectly smooth, it's surface is embossed and
 finished in manner that not only adds to the beauty of the paper itself, but actually len@s charm to the writing it may bear,
 look upon. The ruling is made by the lines being more deeply indented, and the fin ished paper bears upon it's surface no sem blance of ruling Ink, or anything whatever but pure and unadulterated paper, made from the best quality of linen and cotton rags. MT. c. is meeting with large sale of this paper, and his present works, which employs about r30 hands, are kept busy supplying the demand. Near by is going up another mill which will be when com l IVo1o 1orr fn o11f mills as the present one in it, and then they i would rattle around. J MT. Gone said the other day, by way of an excuse for build ing another mill, ,-he had little money and couldn't think of anything else to do with
 it, so he told some men to go to work and make another mill, ,sithinking perhaps Ii
 might come handy sometime. t;>
 Mir. Cone, is superintendent and man
 ager of his own business, believing in
 Franklin's maxim, that ''he who would
 thrive, must either hold the blow or drive, }
 and although abundantly able to ride
 about in his coach and ''see to things" as
 things are seen to 1n that way of doing it,
 he prefers to personally manage his own
 affairs, himself included, and every day
 finds him at his post near the helm and
 compass, to see that the ship is kept or her course Nor is the welfare and com
 fort of his employees beneath hls notice
 and care. A large brick building near hi'
 mill contains library of 2l50 volumes, anC
 which is placed in charge of the lady who
 attends t e telegraph machine in the same
 room, and all are invited to freely partakt
 of the stores of knowledge therein.
 Thanks to MT. Cone, to Cashier French } and to MT. Adams, who told us he didn' occupy any position about the mill woltl
 mentioning, but ''kind to loafed around ] there part the time, ,"-and yet we feel sur his "loafng" commands good price ;-w' say, thanks to these gentlemen for kindl, attention and courtesy, and when the ney } mill is completed and ready for business may we be there to see what is to be don with it. a.
 The village of Housatonic is rapidl, growing into one of the busiest manufac turing places in the Housatonic valley. Tn Monument Mills Go. own three large mill here, which are running on full time, ma ] king cotton warps. These mills employ
 large number of hands and are doing . large business, and with the other opportn mites for labor, Housatonic appears at th F present time, when business eYerywher ? else is so seriously depressed, one of th ] most desirable places in the country. W f are informed that Dr. Blodgett, who re
 moved to that village from Salisbury yea n or more ago, is meeting with most excel :, lent success, having large practice, fac his friends hereabout will be glad to learr