Connecticut western news., 1877-07-20

duntsY4l0.-A gloom has been cast oyer our neighborhood by the sudden death of Mrs. Lewis Leapean. The circumstan
 ces of her death are very sad. Her hus- band was away at his business in Haddam and did not reach home till several hours after she died. She was but twenty-four years old and left child but day old....... Charles P. Emmons of Easton, Pa., and M. N. Burbank and mother of Pittsfeld, Mass, are guests at the home of J. Bates. ......District schools have closed for thelr summer vacations. and the young ideas will run loose for the next three months. In District No. 3, Libbie Lamb was the only scholar not absent nor tardy during the term; she having missed but nine days of attendance during the school year of thirty weeks...... These warm evenings have caused the inhabitants to throw open their doors in hospitable manner, and now and then. strange bits of conyersation are wait ed out from the recesses of the house to the great ears of the passer-by. One even ing strolling by residence chanced to stumble over rolling stone.-Don't think my head was not level; the irregularitY of my walk was merely caused by the occult arlty of our payements-I stumbled, made low obeisance to the ground, when l heard shrill voice from within call, 'There, Jack, the game is up; here comes Sis best bower.'" passed" on. and tried my best to believe the remarks not personal. JOHN Goss1P.
 Sheffield. .-MR. EDIroR:-I have not reported fer some months, as you seemed to be well supplied with correspondents from Sheffield. d......Rev.D .Delos Lull and wife were in town last week, stopping at Rev. MT, Germond's. He is the present presid. ing elder for this district ......The Sewing society met at the residence of MT. A. Bas- sett. Forty were present, and we under stand all had nice tlme......Mr. Hewes lectured at the M. E. church on temper ance, Sunday evening, and had quite a large audience. He spoke of the increase of drunkenness, but do not see much diff ference from what it used to be, only there are more inhabitants. Fifty years ago a man who bought a new coat had to treat, and take receipt to show he had done It up Co m0de... ....Sheffield is generally pretty quiet, and those who drink keep quiet about it. Women can pass through the streets unmolested by rowdles, which is more than can be said of some other towns in Massachusetts. IA friend writes that Mrs. c. A. Phillips was poet of the day at con. vention in Chicopee last week, and she was so we'll appreciated that the audience rose en masse to return vote of thanks, and that s'she possessed the advantage of g powerful voice.. "......I believe it has not been reported that Rev. Mason Noble Sen. preached in the Congregational church Sunday, July sth. He is fine speaker, and preached an excellent sermon.
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 The Poughkeepsie Br1dge.-FR1ENr PEAsE:-Being ill Poughkeepsie Thursday I availed myself of the opportunity of visi- ing the works on the piers of the Pough keepsle bridge. My friend and self took g small steam yacht at tie wharf and steam l ed around the caissons and landed on the second one, which has been recently anchored. will not attempt to give you the modus operandi of building piers way down in the deep rolling waters of ths Hudson, and excavating forty feet of mud to find solid foundation on which to real the pile of masonry that makes 8 pier
 But 20 and see for yourself, and you vii soon be satisfied that 1t can be done, anC that. when completed, the piers will be as firm as the rocks of the shores.
 We met there an intelligent mechanic and foreman, who courteously answered our questions. and illustrated by diagrams how the structures are founded and built The caissons are made of very large sQuar. timbers, part prepared on the east shore O
 the river, then floated to their place anG anchored. and the work con tinues of pilihs and bolting on immense square tlmbers il several compartments, The outer ones art filled with stone and concrete to sink tht caissons to the mud. Then the stean dredging machine is applied to the inner compartments. and every five minutes down goes the dredge. and up comes the mud and down goes the caisson, and more timber is added until firm foundation ii reached; then will the solld masonry b, commenced. The third calsson will b. anchored this summer, and the work or the three will be completed above higl water before winter. Three hundred mel are employed by the company on thes, piers. Said to the foreman, T have beer told that 1t will be many years before, i eyer. the bridge will be built" He replied emphatically, "The work will progress sir; the bridge will be built. There is on, man, SIT twhose name am not permitte, to give). engaged in this enterprise wh
 will have it built. sir. It may take nor
 time than first expected, but, sir, it will b
 built. "~ Pine Grove Camp Meeting The fol lowing from the Presiding Elder we ar
 asked to give place to in THE NEWS:
 Camp Meeting at Pine Grove from Au gust 20, to 27. First public service O , Monday evening" "a feast of preparation , First sermon on Tuesday, p. m.. at
 o'clock, by the Rev. John Johns of Ne, , York. A large attendance and a season 0 deep interest are expected. To meet ez penses. and if possible, help reduce hea> indebtedness, without the interruption an l painful annoyance of forced collection. t other methods will be chiefly relied upor , among which will be charge of 10 cent 8 admission to the grounds for single team: and l5 cents for double teams. Railroa f fare reduced as usual. D. LULU, P. E. r. We are authoritatlYely informed that th
 Rev. Dr. Fowler of New York and Dr
 Storrs of Brooklyn have promised to be !, :. attendance at some period in the week, an
 will preach. It is entirely unnecessary ft