Connecticut western news., 1875-11-12

where they talk eloquently about cloaks.
 Agriculture.-The winter meeting of the State Board of Agriculture for lectures and discussions, will be held at West Winsted, December 18th, 18th and nth. The sub jects will embrace the laying out and fen eng of farms. farm ande country roads, farm houses, farm buildings and other kin dred topics.
 First Prenium.-Mrs. Hannah Sparks, nee Ingraham, ,an old lady very well known in Southern Sheffield, but who now resides with her daughter in Wolcottville, in this state, took the first premium on knit socks at the cattle show and fair of the Torring- ton Agricultural Society held in Wolcott- vile last month. It may not at first appear anything remarkable Shat an old lady should take premium on her knitting, but when we say that Mrs. Sparks is in her ras1aetseth gear, and almost totally blind, it will probably be conceded that to do better knitting than anybody else in that region could produce. is triumph worthy of es- pecial mention.
 Yerick a Horse Thief. Now then Blacksmith Yerick, he who shoes horses in lavender kids at his shop in this village, was accosted last Sunday morning while driving along the road near Green River in New York state. by Sheriff Msnser of Ct. Bar rington, who accused him with having sto- len the horse he was driving. Yerickwas nat urally little surprised at such information from the sheriff, and at once said to him that Eff he thought that was stolen horse, to take Aina," at the same time removing his overcoat and laying It on the seat beside him. The sheriff, evidently not pleased with the physical appearance of the black smith. preferred cautious discussion of the merits of the case at safe distance. After being satisfied that hoss-tllities would not be immediately opened, Mir. Y. pro- duced several papers and documents, which served to convince the vigilant sheriff, his name is J. D. Yerick, blacksmith of Sal isbury, after which an apology on the part of MT. Manser seemed most excellent thing to have, which he made by saying ''There were so many horse thieves about, and the fact ofa MT. Y.'s horse being sweaty, and appeared to have been hardly driven that morning, led him to mistrust him to have been stolen animal, and Mir. Yerick the thief" ... ...
 "Exactly so," says Yerick, ''and when 1 have my good clothes on, do look almost as well as horse thief, and feel highly complimented by your apology" rf.
 All About It.-You see; it was just like this: Frank Riviel, David Funk, Horace Ball IT,, Frank Bailey, John Keplar and Sandie Kepler were there, and sewing machine was what they rallied for.-Of course John Van Valkenburgh Jr. was there too, because it was at his house on the Undermountain road and we'll up to wards Hammertown, that this sociable was held, and as the coppers began to get pret- ty well mixed in the hat ;-''This war nigh onto about 1even o'clock last Thursday night,n according to Witness Funk, and as we had started to say l: as the coppers be- gan to get pretty we'll mixed, the hydrogin, nitrogin and Hammertown gln in the sha- kers began to assimiate, when it was not long before there wss more general mix ing of things there than is usually regarded as conducive to good order. Funk knocked down Ball, and Bailey welted Riveil W ith his steel knuckles, and it is said the wood box was full of Keplers after which Ball stalked around the room saying in sten- torian voice: II would like to strike some body; would like to strike somebody" Balls attitude while pining, like Alexander of old, tor something more to conquer, was said to be very strSking, and the effect ex- ceedingly dramatic, particularly so the wood box part of the drama. One of the Keplers made motion to adjourn to Mon day of this present week at tle police court rooms in this village, where Judge Spur would officiate as stage manager, and as Funk said 'sAs soon as we could git out doors we went right hum" the inference is, they adjourned. ...l.
 Wolcottville.-We chanced to have an hour or two in Wolcottville the other day, and again looked about among the large l number of manufacturing establishments | there; finding ourself much interested in what we saw, notwithstanding the fact we have seen them two or three times before There is one shop, however, we didn't gc into. Perhaps we had a villaInous look, an eagle eye. or some other readily recognizee feature essential to the make up ot an edi- tor. Be that as it may; we were not per mitted to gaze upon the wonders within | We are informed the Excelsior Sewins Machine Needle Go. imagine they have ir their diminutiye brick shop an infantile el- ephant with four trunks and two tails, ant that even the very elect are not permitted to look upon the animal. It is surmiset there is nothing in these works of especia value in the manufacture of sewing ma I chine needles, and the exclusive merit O those produced at this establishment lays il the fact the purchaser of them is made t
 believe there is some wonderful process bl
 which they are forged and swedged, ant
 which renders them superior to any other and the success of this delusion depend
 entirely upon permitting nobody to see tha
 there is in reality, nothing in their shol
 more remarkable than in any other simila
 establishment.-We do not believe tE above statement, or more properly speak ing, surmise, but really think there is somt thiag in there; some intricate machiner probably almost as complicated as an ar , vii.
 :, WolcottYille is one of the pleasantes
 manufacturing villages in tho country, an,
 although some of the mills are rum in