Connecticut western news., 1875-06-25

x 6 l the village editor on his opinions in the Beecher-Tilton trial. As we are not in the habit of giving heed to communications which appear in sheet of as small ca)ibre as the Sun, we cannot notice this, but if the writer of the article will deviate from his usual custom with those to whom he IS in debted, and pay up his subscription to THE NEWS, which is over three years in arrears, that we will cheerful1y notice.
 New Hotel in sharon.-The new hotel which MT. I. N. Bartram is erecting in Sharon, and which will be known as the Branch House, is nearly completed. MT Bartram has leased it to Charles Futile of Amenia, who will open it for business in the early part of July. This new hotel will accommodate forty guests, and is con- structed with special accommodations for city boarders, in connection with the more local custom. The most excellent fishing at Nudge pond; the beautiful scenery and splendid drives about Sharon, will be at- fractions that will probably prove potent in drawing custom to the new hotel.
 Runaway.-While the headstall was be- ing removed from horse belonging to some parties visiting at the Rev. Mir. John sons, Thursday of last week, the animal became frightened at something,yet exactly what is not known, and sprang away from the man in charge, and dashed down Main street at fearful rate of speed, dragging the wagon with him. Landlord Russel and another man, seeing the animal com ing, ran into the street and succeeded in turning him in toward the hotel barns, when the wagon struck a tree and lodged, the horse tearing himself out of his harness, ard was caught. The wagon and harness was pretty badly broken, but the horse sus- tained no serious injury.
 A Grave subjeot.-The manner of bury ing their dead in Ashley Falls,o at least as it was buried in one instance recently, is hardly to be commended. A corpse was buried in the cemetery in the rear of the M. K. church few days since, the coffin be- ing placed on another which had been in- tered there nearly thirty years. and which was found also to have beer placed when deposited, on the third coffin previously in- tered, and which contained remains of somebody now not known. When coffin No. 3 was deposited, the grave was so shal- low that the foot of 1t was only six inches below the surface, and the head eight inches. It is well enough to economize land, but to pile three corpses, one upon another, in one grave, is carrying the econ- omy teo far. Corpse No. 8 was ordered removed to new grave.
 Guess Again.-MR. EDITOR The grass hoppers are just now occupying good deal of public attention. Among the causes assigned for their destructive visitations by varlous writers, is one at first sight plausa. ble-the killing off of the birds. No doubt the American people have wastefully used and destroyed the birds, as they have the fish, game aud forests of the country. In ali these respects wise and more pruden,
 policy is loudly called for. But very lit. tie thought will convince any one that this popular explanation of the grasshopper Cor rather locust) plague is entirely insufficient and unsatisfactory. The older Western
 States, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, now comparatively densely populated, must have
 exterminated their birds to vastly greater
 extent than those newly settled. It is there
 then Con this theory) we ought to look fol
 destructive ravages by insects. But we
 hear nothing from them. Does any sane
 man believe that Nebraska, with popula-
 tion of less than two to the square mile, ol
 Kansas with population less than five, ol
 Minnesota less than six, (census of l870,.
 have been at all swept of their birds. Or
 as he reads of the millions of locusts dark
 ening the sun, does he know of any birds
 capable of dealing with them? Among
 second causes which God employs, tho
 most reasonable seems to the writer to b'
 that our settlements have at last reached {
 region where climate and soil favor thes'
 pests. Hitherto, separated from them by
 wide belt of uncultivated land, we hav'
 now an almost continuous line of farm and crops, inviting them to migrate il
 search of food from thelr desert hom towards the east. It is certainly ominou that we hear of them this year for the frs time in Missouri, but let us hope they vii not follow the course of the Colorado DO tato bug, now dreaded oyer in Europe.
 W. A. J.
 Kent Jottings.-The good people o
 Kent are blessed with an abundant suppl of good soft spring water, brought from al lage, about half mile away the mai pipe leading from the spring being onl , 3-4 inch. These works, s,-and they are yer - simple and of light expense,-were put i B years ago, and have paid for themselves : hundred fold. The citizens of Salisbur l. ought to profit by the experience of Ken
 and bring down the water from the hill f west of our village. The fall in Kent . only about 50 feet above the level of tn r street, and here almost any night could b obtained... R. Fuller contemplate i sending the milk from his large dairies
 the milk condensing works at Wassait ,, Mr. F. is one of the most extensive mil y producers in the state. He owns betwee a 2OOO and 5000 acres of land, and about l6 !. COWS, which give him about 30 cans C
 milk per day......Mr. Burrett Eaton Is quit
 extensively improving his residence; as ir also Dr. King, who is fixing up and repai e ing what is known as the Cleveland place J. ......Show us the man who does not kno e Rents landlord in days of yore, MT. E. !, Judd, and who is not better for hayir 8. kno VII him. We met him moment at Il n danot the oiher dAY and his genial. goc