Connecticut western news., 1875-03-05
Washington.


 It has been some time since I have sent you any items from ,his old town. It has not been because there was nothing to tell, for there have been several items of inter est that hope will interest your readers and hope to make up for lost time now. This town is much nottd for it's assOcia- tions that have for their object, the ad- var cement of the intsllec. ual power of it's inhabitants. We have Lecture Associa- tion, Dramatic Associuiion and the New time and money to provide interesting and instructive entertainmt ntS. 1n my last, 1 gave you an account of the dedication of the new hall and the lecture by Dr. Hol. land. Since that time the Dramatic Asso- citation have given us two very interesting entertainments and on Friday evening, Feb. l2, the drama, She stoops to conquer, was played before very good house. Your core spondent was not SO fortunate as to be present, so can not give any particulars. On Friday evening. Feb. 19, they played that popular drama, Uncle Toms cabin. To speak of any particular performer and not of all. would be hardly fair. as every ore determined to do their best, and the effort was duly rewarded by large and crowded house of more than five hundred. and heavy applause was frequently given. The New Milford Cornet Band were pres ent and added very much to the entertain ment by their excellent music. eve noticed our old friend and fellow member of tho Cornwall Cornet Band, Mir. Wm. Palmer, as oAe of it's members The receipts of the evening amounted to nearly $l16. The association expect to give one or two more entertainments in March, at one of which it is expected Neighbor lockwood will be performed. l can not forbear making mention of the beautiful new scenery which has been painted expressly for the new hall by an artist from New Haven. There are six changes of scenes. and all arranged SO as to be shifted in few moments with out any noise or confusion. The drop cur tain is an elegant one, said to be the finest of its size in the state and affords a very pleasant view while waiting between the acts......On Tuesday. Feb. l6, tue State Board of Agriculture held convention in Farmers Hall. Messrs. T. s. Gold and N. Hart of Cornwall and Prof. Johnson of New Haven were present. In the after noon there was very interesting discus sion on the subject of doing business, and in the evening lecture by Prof. Johnson on the subject of agricul experiment sta tions, all of which were very interesting and instructivs......T The cold wave' has be- slowed it's benefits upon us during the past month, the same as In other parts of the country. The Shepsug R. R. Water sup. ply has been frozen up for two weeks and we have had something in the way of ice, ard at the present time the bed of the She paug river is filled with cakes of ice for . distance of over half mile, and piled ma ny feet above it's banks. T. O'Hara was obliged to leave his house on Thursdsy night when the ice broke up, but there was no serious damage done to him except fil- ling his cellar with water and his door yard with about 100 tons of ice. Olmstead'a mill had it's side partly crushed in and the dam now lies from six to eight feet below the top of the ice which lodged upon it The Match Factory had more than foo, of water in their basement and Baker & Bunsmade, about the same depth in theil stone cellar. The road between the depot and the green was impossible fer @ time, owing to about three feet of ice blocking ur about g couple rods of it. The bridge wal also moved about foot from it's position but no further damage done. We expect to have good supply of ice this year
 think we may get rid of some of it by the 4th of July. X. X.