Connecticut western news., 1876-11-10
STATE NE WS.
The garrison at Fort Trumbull now num- bers five men.

 bers five men. The boiler house of Ira G. Briggs man. 900 worth by fire Sunday mornlng; unIn sured.
 The barque Acors Barnes, lost in the Arctic ocean. dld not hall from New Lon don, put from New Bedford. sle was sold t" New Bedford parties two years slnce for $12OUO.
 St. Michael's Roman Catholic church in SGon1ngton was re-dedlcated Sunday bv Bishop GalbprrY, assisted by Father P. A. Murphy of New Haven, and Father Fltz- patrick. pastor of tue church. An admls- slon fee ot S1 was exasted at both morn- Ing and evening services.
 A barn ID West Hartford, owned by Jo- seph Davenport and occupied by James McCormlck. milkman, was burned about l2 o'clock Monday night. The fire was probably incendlary. One horse worth $500 and valuable COW were burned. It. surance $500.
 The Norwich BULLETIN says .-"DwiRht Corey. 3 substantial farmer and one of the worthy cltlzers of Hopevllle, has lived within three miles of four railroad stations for oyer . ce ntu1y. aud had never ventur- cd to ride on the cars until last Saturday evening. He, ln company with one of hls friends. entered the cars and started for the Philadelphia expOsltlon." The railway stations which stood there a century ago might well be exhibited aU the Centennial.
 A QUEER GENIUS The oldest living graduate oi Yale College was, two week 8 ago. the Rev. Thomas Williams of Provi- dence, R. I. He has just died. Mr. w. Bowen relates some of his pt culiarities in The Independent When MT. Williams was principal of Woodst. ok Academy, Conn.,. the large cbimntys of bodybuilding sometimes took fancv 10 smoke at both ends, much to the annoyance of teacher and scholars. After several vain attempts one day to rempdY the matter, the principal rapped loudly on the table and called out: "Attention! Let us pray" He then pray ed the Lord to take away the smoke. And it went, as Mr. Williams .afterward, re- marked. One of Mir. Will sms' mottoes was, Cleanliness is next to godliness. " For nearly every morning during the win ter he was in the habit of walking down the hill back of the village church at Wood stock, and sitting on rock beside a spring, for half an hour would bathe his feet Before going to bed, he was ire qucntlv known to run around the church barefooted, when the snow wxshftern inchri deep. He would then sleep soundlv all night When be desired to preach partic ulary well, be was in the habit of taking off his shoes in the pulpit before he began his sermon. His illustrations were gener ally more forcible than elegant. He ac Icepted an invitation to preach in a smaI town in Massachusetts one Sunday. Ii the middle of his discourse he took occa sion to compare God's chosen people Cast ing Ill wickedness from their hearts to , horse kicking away whatever gave offense -l II tell you the horse would kick" he re peated, and with that he drew back and le his brother minister feel the practical ct fects of his forcible illustration. Tradition does not relate whether MT. Williams hat his shoes on at that time or not. Old Dr Nathaniel Emmons. one of the m 'st bril liant theological lights of the last genera ton, was an intima.e friend of MT. Will Hams. One day they each promised t' : write the funeral selmon of the other. StV eral years passrd by and Dr, Emmo's wa | anxious to hear how his friend judged hi
 character and writings. So. after som solicitation, MT. Williams began to rea' 7 the funeral sermon. He rolled alon' smoothly enough for half an hour. until b. began to un,apgle Df. Fmmons' theology t ..Stop! Stop!" cried the Doctor. "Tha is false 7" Hush "replied Mi. Williams ''you cant talk. You are dead man.
 ssDon't you think you have a pr. 1udiC