Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
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 pleted. It rests on bed ten feet long and stands about seven feet high. It will have gravity escapement in place of the usual pm escapement, and some idea of it's DOW CT and size may be learned from the fact that the pendulum rod and ball alone weigh 75o pounds. Its hammer will strike 1s- ooo pound bell. This company is also building another clock of nearly the same description for the old Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
 Those Terrible Burns.-Mr. William Conway, the young man. who was badly burned in Sheffield last week, IS Slightly improving at last accounts. He was terribly burnt. While in the barn driving out stock, the scaffold above came down upon him, burying him in its mass Of burning timbers and grain, and it is a mystery how he finally succeeded in getting himself extricated from it. His hair and clothes were all burnt off, also both ears and his nose entirely gone. The fingers of both hands are burnt off, bones and all, to the trunk of the hand. None but the strongest constitution could remain alive when so terribly burnt.
 Our Union Meetings.-The union prav- CT meetings held alternately in tie Acad- emY hall in this village and the Academy school room in Lakevilie, are becoming in- tensely interesting. These meetings com menced with the week of prayer and are now held four evenings each week, con- mencing Tuesday evening at Lakeville, thus leaving Monday and Saturday evenines clear for other duties. They have gradually increased in numbers until tbe halls are nearly full every night; still there is always room for more. The usual Sabbath even. Ing meetings continue as before in both places. To our friends in Lakeville we feel deeply grateful for their regular at- tendance and aid, especially the Rev. MT. Stevens, pastor of the Methodist church in that village, who manifests great zeal in winning souls to Christ by his untiring ef- forts in their behalf. Let us hope that these efforts and prayers may not be all in vain, but that we may reap rich harvest in consequence and be numbered with ad joining towns and villages as not having been passed by
 T. Dewitt Talmadge.-It must be ad- mitted that in the pulpit, as in Congress, it requires (to speak paradoxically) certain sort of genius for man to exhibit himself ! as f1rst-class donkey. If there is in the American pulpit greater ass than the Rev. Dewitt Talmadge, we don't know where to look for him among the conspic- uous headlights. .-Hartford Times.
 It was Dr. CD Talmadge who, alluding to the Beecher trial then in progress, elevated his nose in his pulpit last April and said: There are five thousand carrion crows | which alight every morning at II o'clock | on the top of the court house and stay there | till four o'clock in the afternoon, and then ! fly north, south, east and west. with exult- ant Cav! cav! cawp Eternal God when will this surging, grooming, stupen- dous, overwhelming nastiness come to an end The city needs thorough fumigation Will somebody burn rag?
 Referring to the remarks above of the Times, we quote Dr. Talmadge's beautiful oratorical expression, "WiU somebody burn
 
 priate too in it's latter application. The Rev. T. Dewitt Talmadge is the acknowl- edged "head grand centre" of that unchar- itable portion of the population of the world who profess to believe that the Rey. Henry Ward Beecher is guilty of adultery; and is he not worthy chief?
 How He Got His Horse Hast Satur- day evening, gentleman purporting to be policeman from New York city, hired a horse of Landlord Butterly to go to South Canaan to make an arrest. He was fur nished good establishment and drove off, but not returning Sunday as he said he would do, Landlord B., becoming suspi- cious, drove to South Canaan in the even- ing and ascertained he had not been there. MT. Butterly had some posters struck off, offering reward of hundred dollars, but before they were extensively circulated he received from the self-styled police officer the following letter:
 P1TTsF1RLD, January 25rd, 1876. MR. JOHN BUTTERLY.-Dear Sir: am very sorry to have to pen you few lines of this kind. When I reached the Falls last night found out that my man had gone to Ct. Darlington so drove to Ca naan and there took the cars to Harrington. l did not have all the money that wanted | to use, so l borrowed $5. co of Smith, the hotel proprietor at Canaan and left your | horse there. Please go and get hlm and pay the said $5 % and will come up from New York some day the middle of the | week and refund to you whatever the bill may be. have checks with me for $500, but 1t being Sunday I can't get the money l today or would send you the money my self to pay Smith.
 am sir, very respectf'y yours, JOHN WEXFORD. As the letter says, the horse was in Ca- naan, and was found there by Mr. Butterly and brought home to Salisbury. A very clever trick of the rascal to get the use of a horse and five dollars in money.
 The Poughkeepsie Bridge.-It is good news that contracts have been signed for the construction of the long talked of bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. It will be better news when the announce ment is made that the money is provided for it's completion. Considering the i'm portance of the enterprise to the great rail- road interests which it can be made to serve, there ought to be no question upon this point. There has been reason to hope that when it could be made clear that the bridge could be built for anything under five million dollars, the capitalists of Bos- ton would incline to invest in the corpcra- ton. The contract with responsible and experienced firm who undertake to do the work for less than three and half mil lions is certainly very encouraging and