Connecticut western news., 1875-11-19

the meetings, and Jesus was with us and blessed us. The Rev. Dr, Gale made some interesting remarks and thanked the breth- ren of the bands for coming to Lee. At the close of the meeting quite number arose for prayers. This was the commence ment of a series of revival meetings, and we hope and believe they will receive a glorious outpouring of Gods spirit as the result of their earnest prayers and labors. The people of Lee treated the members of the bands with great cord1alitY and kind ness. The bands received several letters to hold meetings in the neigh boring towns, and it is expected to hold the next meeting at Housatonic next week, but the time is not yet determined. D.
 Berkshire South Conference. an nuai meeting of the Berkshire South Con- ference of Congregational churches was held at Stockbridge, Mass, on Wednesday of last week. The day was very stormy, but there was good attendance. The stockbridge people spared no pains to care for and cordially entertain the ministers and delegates from the other towns. The morning session was given to devotional exercises. business and reports from the churches. Some of the reports were very encouraging: the Rev. Clark of Monterey reported about one hundred and thirty con- versions in that town within the last year, and that sixty-nine have united with the church in Monterey quite a number with other neighboring churches, and a number more are soon to unite with the church in Monterey. Surely this does not look as if they had all gone back as we have heard it reported. The whole population of Mon terey is about six hundred and thirty. MT. Clark spoke with great praise of the labors of the praying bands.
 sion was, Have our churches the influence on the masses that they ought to have. and if not, why not?'' MT. Bassett of Lee opened the discussion. Time and space will not allow me to give full report of the discussion, but it seemed to be the opin- ion of all that the churches do not have the influence they ought to have, and not the influence they might have if the individual members of the churches would realize the responsibility resting upon them and would be more ready and willing to work for the Master. The Rev. Dr. Sale spoke of that earnest disciple of Christ, Uncle John Vas sar, and of some of his earnest and success ful labors, as an example that any might follow, and especially in regard to personal conversation with the nnconverted on the subject of religion. A desire of the con- ference was expressed that the Y. M. CA. should send workers to labor in Southern Berkshire this fall and winter. The Rev. Pratt Of South Adams preached in the evening. D. An Early Train.-An extra train ~Nwas run from Mlllerton to Canaan last Tuesday morning to take the stockholders from this | end of the road to connect with the early train out of Canaan to Hartford, to attend the meeting of the stockholders of the Conn. Western road, held in that city that day. It has for some time past been hoped by the people at this CT of the road, that an early train between Millerton and Ca naan might be made to pay sufficiently to insure it's becoming a fixture amongst the regular trans of the road. For instance let Conductor Eggleston's train, which is idle in Mllerton till after ten o'clock in the morning, leave that station at the time it left last Tuesday morning; viz, 52O, arriv- ing in Canaan in time to connect with the early train to Hartford and the early train north on the Housatonic road, both of which leave Canaan at o'clock in the morning.
 Returning, leave Canaan at say, ten min utes past six, arriving in Millerton at ten minutes to seven, and in time to connect with some of the early trains on the four other different roads out of that station. Such train ought to connect with aU the early morning trains out of that station, but that would be hoping for too much. It would connect with the Chatham express south on the Harlem road, taking business men from the southern part of Berkshire county (from Burlington to Canaan) and from Falls Village, as we'll as all on the Conn. Western, west of Canaan, to New York, and giving them from four to five hours in the city, permitting them to return the same day. It would seem that with such multiplicity of advantages by the way of desirable connections from every
 where; sending people on the Conn. West
 ern road on early trains to Hartford, Spring field, Providence and Boston, and on the Housatonic road 10 Pittsfield and the north: also taking them from Burlington, Shet field, Ashley Falls, Canaan, Falls Village, and all stations west ot Canaan to New , York as mentioned above, we say /; that with this network of advantages 10 be af
 forded by simply running train which has nothing to do till past ten in the morning from Millerton to Canaan and return, il would seem as if such an arrangement f ought to be, and we presume will be
 brought about at no very late day. That such train would pay the first few trips it
 would make should not be expected, bu after it is once established there can be nc question but that it would pay. Everybody wants such train and everybody would
 patronize it.
 It isn't at all likely Conductor Egglestor
 and his train hands will pass vote oi
 thanks to us for proposing and advocating , measure that will start them out SO early , in the morning, and we shall dodge them for the next few days, or until we think , they have forgotten this item.
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