Connecticut western news., 1875-03-26

Salisbury Iron.-The following tests of the strength and tenacity of Salisbury iron, as compared with other irons, Is handed us for publication
 U. s. Senate, Pub. Doc. CD ssth Cong, 2d sess. page 641. Dee. Sd, 1s44. Under the supervision of the Naval Department.
 Salisbury, round, , 1s1 tons a,7'per et' Average of other s9,75 '' sss " '' ,, kinds tested: :, 6, Lowest {" s7a S.s6 ..
 Extract from paper No. 1882, read Nov, 24th, 1874, before the British Society of Civil Engineers.
 Salisbury iron is known widely as coal blast charcoal production of high character. Iron can be furniShsd which has tensile strength in the pig of from 28, 900 to 35, ,OOO lbs. per. square inch. Attention is solicited to the remarkable strength of these American cast iron wheels (car) One wheel, 2 feet inches in diame ter, was subjected to pressure applied to the rum in direct line with the nave with bearing upon the rim of 4l2 inches, required no tons to break it. Another was first forced by pressure of 134 tons on an axle one sixteenth of an inch larger than tho hole in the nave, was then taken off and bore pressure of IFS tons applied to the rim as in the former case without fracture. A steel tire wears thin and becomes dangerous while in cast iron wheels the chill is made so hard it cannot:Le turned. A cast iron wheel may be safer in cold weather than a wrought iron tire, being more homogeneous and less liable to snap. Cast iron wheels on the St. Peters burgh & Moscow Railway, as well as on our Canadian Lines, have withstood 8 temperature of 40 degrees below zero. These wheels of cast iron are very durable, having an estimated life of 100, ,00O miles, no authority placing it at less than 75, 900 miles,"
 Cast iron wheels of Salisbury iron have been on the Russian St, Petersburgh 6 Moscow R. R., 15 years, and an expression from Mir. Winans, it's Chief Engineer, that he could find no wheels to stand that terrible cold climate and the speed of 40 miles per hour, but these chilled cast wheels"
 New Postal Law.-It seems as if noth- ing could more appropriately close the la bors of a Congress which has made itself notorious by passing great number of such laws as the salary grab and press gag, and whose memory will to the end of all time stink in the minds of the people of every political faction, than to hurry through during the closing hours, bill in creasing the rate of postage on all third class matter, to double what it was before. Everything but letters, and newspapers mailed at an office of publication, is by this new law doubled in postage. It costs more Cor will when this law is put in force, to send single newspaper from Salisbury to Lakeville, distance of one and quar- ter miles, than it would to send the same paper across the ocean to Liverpool. This law was pushed through Congress by the Adams Express Company, and is made solely in the interest of that company al the expense of the people. Its original, ant
 evidently it's chief design, was to proven sending small parcels through the mails and compel people to patronize the compa ny instead, and pay the exorbitant charge! the company has been notorious for extort ing since its organization, but it is so word ed as to embrace all third class matter which includes transient newspapers. Ma ny people have made it a practice aftel they have read thelr papers to send them to others, who perhaps are scarcely able tc subscribe for paper. To do that under this new monstrosity of law @ would cost more than the original subscription. The accommodation afforded the people by the system of sending small parcels by mail at the then reasonable prices charged. was one of the greatest ever introduced, and it's benefits were just becoming appar- ent; but to do really good thing seems to have not been the forte of the last Congress, and we incline to the belief that this really desirable law, permitting parcels by mail as originally passed, was an over. sight, and as soon as they discovered they had done something really to the advantage and in the interest of the people, they has tened with all possible speed, with the aid of the Adams Express Co.,, to undo it. II is suggested for the sake of economy, that all transcicnt papers mailed from one office to another in this country, be sent via Liv erpool.
 The Library Exhibiion.-The entertain ment of the Literary and Library Associa ton at Maple Shade Hotel, Thursday evening of last week, was largely enjoyed by 8 full house. The evening was very pleasant, and the attendance quite as large as could be comfortably provided for.
 We cannot enter into an extended notice of all that was worthy of special mention and must be content to allude to few o1 the more prominent features. In the early evening, various exhibitions served to while away the time very pleasantly. The action for islander in the district court for the district of Mt. Riga was ably argued by the 'learned counsel' and adjudicated by the profoundly wise court with his gold snuff box. The next exhibition,of thrilling interest was that playcarded in front of the curtain as " Bonaparte crossing the Rhine," ant when the able manager announced tha 100, 900 were sold last year we are inclined to believe he (for once in his life, if he is g lawyer,) spoke the truth, yet we will not presume to state the exact number who were sold by it last Thursday evening. | is sufficient to say that all "who went ir to see the psho," came ou: with countenan ces deplcting wonder and astonishment in all their various phases. The old fashion ed kitchen, presided over by Polly and Jerusha, was 8 perfect picture of those ancient abodes of comfort, oontentment and peace, enjoyed by our forefathers in the early part of eur country's history. Mrs. Eggleston and her 'gap' Mrs. Sellick) as we'll as the rest of the old people, were