Connecticut western news., 1875-12-17
Remember 1t.-Thursday evening pray CT meeting in Academy Hall in this village.

Os Lsf Remember It.-Thursday evening pray
 CT meeting in Academy Hall in this village Silver Wedding MT. and Mrs. Georg
 Blodgett of Ashley Falls will celebrate then
 silver wedding Friday evening of nex1 week, Christmas eve)
 Episcopal-Bishop Williams has com
 pleted the regular visitations of the au
 tumn. The summary of acts and service
 from September 12th to Nov. 2sth inclu
 sive, is as follows: Parishes and missions
 visited 5S, sermons and addresses 97, con-
 firmed (since convention) 87O, ordained
 deacon l, corner stones laid 8, churches
 re.epened 3.
 The Highest school-Carpenter Adam
 feels by no meaus slightly honored as being
 the architect of the edifice for the highest
 school in the state. He built the schoo
 house in the Mt. Riga district, which Sur
 veyor Pestee said in last weeks NEWS is
 over seventeen hundred feet above tide
 water, and the highest point of land in
 Connecticut, outside of this town, Isn't il
 an honor to graduate in that school3
 New Locomotive.-One of the two To-
 comotives recently ordered built for the
 Conn.,: Western road, is completed, and
 passed over the road to the shops in Hart
 ford one day last week. It is named ''Tar,
 iffville," and is designed for use both as a
 passenger and freight locomotive. It is
 painted and decorated with rather mora
 lively colors than any other locomotive on
 the road, and is quite attractive in appear ance. 1E3 '-@ A'
 Berkshire Sheep Dogs.-The dogs have
 been making sad havoc with the sheep of Berkshire county, Mass. James H. Row. ley of Egremont had IS killed and others bitten, for which he gets but $l0O from the dog fund; W. W. Miner of Great Barring ton found two dogs worrying his flock, and killed one of the dogs; H. H. B. Turner of Housatonic saw dog kill one of his flock before he could reach him; and J. K. Kline and H. w. Burget of Egremont have each lost portions of their flocks. l., 2
 oanaan.-The Congregational socisble last week was at the house of MT. Charles Briggs in Canaan Valley. Prof. Stillman of Lakevllle was present and entertained the company with some very fine music. An oyster supper instead of a sociable is to be held at the residence of MT. George Ro- raback in East Canaan on Friday evening of thie week......A lyceum has been started here. The first meeting was held in the basement of the M. k. church on Wednes- day evening of this week. Subject Ought Women to Vote 2'......A temper ance lecture was given at the Congregation al church in East Canaan last Tuesday evening. x.
 The Farmers' Column.-One of the staunch, thrifty and reliable farmers of the county tells us he thinks if we would set apart in our advertising columns what space would be required for the advertisements of the farmers of the region, and have 1t known and recognized as the Farmers Col amn, that it would be well patronized :- That when farmer wanted to buy or sell B yoke of cattle, span of horses, sell or lease his farm, sell or buy hay, cattle, ,hogs, sheep, or any other business of the farm, an advertisement in the Farmers Column would be especially valuable to him, and the expense of an advertisement in most instances would be slight in comparison with the cost of bringing about the desired result without such assistance, and he thinks such 8 column or space would be largely and very generally patronlzed The above suggestion certainly bears fair look upon its face, and we are disposed to give 1t trial as soon as the farm advertisements for the spring changes are handed in, SO that we can have sufficient number to make fair start. The Farmers Column shall have good location, and every ad- vertisement pertaining to the farm and farmers will be found in this column, and the suggestion shall have fair trial. -.
 9xplosion.-MR. EDIroR.-At Ore Hill last Friday morning, while Messrs. James and 'McGee Grant were attempting to shut off the steam from boiler which was con. nected with vat of cider, the tub being over-charged exploded, frightfuIly scalding and burning said brothers. James received extensive burns over almost every portion of the body and extremities, while McGees' injuries were confined to the extremities. Dr. Orton of Lakeville and Dr. Stillman of Millerton were promptly The latest account reports them as doing well. OAKS.
 FURTHER PARuoULARs.-The tank which the cider would hold about eigh, barrels. and stood something like five feet from the boiler. The valve or stop cock in the boiler, to which was connected the pipe that led to and into the tank, to con. vey the steam for healing the cider for dis tilling, became disarranged, and the full volume of steam which the boiler genera ted poured into the tank. Unable to con trol the stop cock, James mounted the boiler and was in the act of opening the safety valve to relieve the pressure, while McGee started the pump to throw cold wa ter in the boiler when the tank exploded, blowing off large portion of the north end of the building, and throwing the ma chinery, tanks and scalding cider in all di- and the two young men amongst it somewhere, they scarcely know where. At all events they got clear of it, but were badly scalded. AS stated in the communi- cation above, James, injuries are very scri- 'us, but hopes arc entertained of his recov-