Connecticut western news., 1875-08-06
Singular Mathematios.-coal ,a, from tn

Singular Mathematics.-Coal from the Hudson river to Hartford, over Norfolk hills, costs one dollar and seventy cents per ton for transportation. The same coal, if stopped off at Ore Hill, Lskeville, Sails bury, Canaan, Norfolk, etc., costs two dol lars per ton transportation from the Hud- son. A bit of competition in Hartford, up the Connecticut river of course is the cause of the $1.70 price, but if coal can be trans ported over the roads to Hartford from tho Hudson river at one dSl1ar per ton, and make living business of it, as asserted could be done by an officer of the road high in authority, 1t would seem as if 1t would even pay fair profit, and one that would satisfy most people to reduce the charge to Salisbury, Lskevllle. etc., at least few cents on ton. The people here are will ing to submit to almost anything that bears 8 good moral character, but the mathemat- ics displayed in coal transportation as de- tailed above, disturbs their religion very much.
 The European Party. .-Ex Gov. Holley and Dr. Knight, of Lakeville, accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Reid of this place, will sail for Europe Saturday forenoon. The friends of Dr. Reid are very glad he will go. and have manifested their esteem for him by presenting him with funds sufficient to de. fray the entire expense of his journey. The amount required for his short trip was per. haps not sufficient to test the full generosi ty of the people, as we are informed oul esteemed former townsman, Mir. John Sec vile, of the firm of J. & N. 0. Scoville, ei Buffalo, N. r., very extensive manufactur CTS of cars, car wheels and iron, and who is now on short visit to his old home in the north part of the town, insisted upor giving Ao!f of the amount, and we don know but he would have paid the whole bill if he hadn't been choked off. MT. Freder ick Miles brought the amount up to abou two-thirds, and some others, who saw thei chance was getting rapidly less, rushed il with the other third. The party will lant at Queenstown, and ''do" Ireland first, go. ing up through to Giants CausewaY, art sail from Belfast across to Glasgow, visit ing Edinburgh, and Scotland generally down through England to London and ove to Paris. Returning. they will sail iron Liverpool. It is hoped and expected thei short journey will be one of very mucl pleasure and benefit to them. @
 Town Hall Talk.-The town has had tn use of rooms in which to transact it's tow business, and has had these rooms lighte and warmed for the past seventy.five years and has not only not paid one copper flo them as remuneration for the same, but ha laid and collected annually tax on tn building, which has been paid by the own CTS thereof, and for many years past tn owners have been those who have donate to the town three thousand dollars in ali of it's poor; five hundred dollars for ceme tery purposes, as well as numerous othe benefactions of no small magnitude; an 1 there are some now who maintain that tn same parties should be compelled to kee in repair this old cavern which is now bt ing used for town purposes, perhaps anott CT seventy five years. The manifestatio of spirit so contemptibly mean so mfr itessimally small in gratitude; so totally d. void ofnot only manhood. but common dc cency, is enough to banish every spark c benevolence. philanthropy and desire fc the public welfare. that exists in the heart of the few. If the appreciation and grati tu0e of benedcia-ies are to be regarded any degree as remuneration for the liberal ty of the public spirited and charitable, th question will arise: Does it pay to be gel erous? Let the town of Salisbury com forward now to the work of building
 town hall, in manner worthy of the dig
 nifty and respect of town. Let it com
 forward with no more ifs nor ands, an
 build hall suitable for it's business. Motl
 CT Earth has generously given from he
 bosom her substantial wealth to its citizen
 and they are able, abundantly able. to bull
 a hall, that for elegance would put to blus
 even the ancient temple of Solomon.-Br
 they will not need to do that: Let thel
 build them good and durable structure
 and in comparison with other towns in thu
 respect, be at least deeently provided for.
 Bugs and Hoppers in Lime Rock
 FRIEND PEAsE.-Some three weeks since
 received box of the hated grasshopper
 as the Northwestern farmers call them, ar
 the same that has done such immense dan
 age in that section of country. The be
 was sent to me through the mails by n
 nephew, Frank P. Brooks. who resides
 Dakota Territory, on the banks of the Mi
 sour river, some two thousand miles ava,
 The hoppers arrived in good order, and u
 red parasites were plainly seen on the
 wings--the same that is said to prey upe
 their bodies and destroy them. These pa asites are the hope of the western farme
 that they (the parasite) will eventually e ; terminate the hated grasshoppers. ha examined them through glass by the si of our own winged grasshoppers and O ! see no difference in them. Frank writ me that the hoppers have done no dama there yet; but swarm of them passed ov 3 going south, some ten days since, very ft 3 stopping there. This swarm was one ho 7 and half going over, and they were r thick as to actually darken the air, a r along the horizon they looked like hes ] clouds of smoke. n.-.. -.o~ When the Colorado potato bug was fl
 discovered some weeks since in this pla, ? Lime Rock) got some of the larv@ frt Q my own and my neighbors' vines and n them on potato leaves under glass m = of them proved to be lady bugs, and u could not find single beetle that looked