Connecticut western news., 1877-06-29

It will besseen that we nave gwen only two or three of the largest offices in Berk- shire County, and all on the line in Litch- field County, and it will strike most people as little remarkable that places in Litch- field courty, which have heen too modest to pretend to be anything really large, somehow manage to ''pan out" several thousand pounds more of mall matter month than their neighbors in the county above. For instance Barrington's total for the thirty days, including all that was sent and received for both north and south, is 3.66O, and Canaan's total is 6.638. .-..
 Those figures look well-to us-and we will not do the good people of Burlington the injustice of stating that Capaan's great excess of mail matter over Burlington is due to the fact that Canaan people write any more letters, read any more newspa- pers, or otherwise indicate a greater amount of intelligence than their Barring ton neighbors, but the reason Ganaan's weight of mails, and which in the above enumeration embraces the business of the Housatonic road only, and does not include any naail sent on the Connecticut Western road, is almost double that of Harrington, is probably on account of the greater nun
 Der of copies of the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS sent out in these mails than of some of the newspapers up Harrington way. ''Facts are stubborn things" it is said, but old avoirdupois settles the matter in man. ner that leaves no chance for argument. Cut out these figures and paste them in your hat. They are an infallble proven tive of sun stroke. Burlington 3,66O pounds, Canaan 6, ,63S pounds.
 Bear Town and Prophet Beebe.-EpIT- OR PEAsE :-Did you ever go to Bear Town If not, you have never seen the beauties of Nature from the elevated posi-
 tion of the Prophet Beebe, who, like Rob veys. is monarch of Bsartown mountain. To get to this lofty position, take the cars to South Lee, then follow winding road in southerlY direction, turning toward the
 
 tiful stream of water in which there must
 be trout, unless the boys took them from the crystal pools which are so numerous in this mountain stream. About two miles from SouthLee you find short turn in the road, and you are face to face with the Mountain Prophets plantation of acres al
 most unnumbered, and dwelling and barns,
 roomy and convenient. MT. Beebe is a man about 50 years old, tall, strong, and
 healthy nan of energy, aLd great obz
 server of the signs of the times and wealth
 CT. Some of his fields are smooth and lux
 uriant the rocks and stones have been re
 moved and made into stone walls, and the
 surface of the meadows are SO smooth that
 he can cut the grass with 8 moving ma =
 chine. Other lots are rugged and rocky.
 but what is lost in smoothness is well made
 up in quantity. 1 asked a lad who sup
 posed was a son to MT. Beebe, how many
 acres there was in 8 pasture lot lying south
 of the barns : the boy said he couldn't tell
 exactly somewhere from 100 to l50 acres.
 The view from the mountain is splendid :
 you can see Gray Lock, which is nearly 40
 miles north of the Kattskill Mountains. About the same distance in the south west,
 and you can look down the Hopsatonic valley as far as your sight extends. AL though Beebe lives so much nearer the up- per regions than the rest of Berkshire farm CTS, he did not forget to give thanks to his Heavanly Father for the blessings of life and the excellent dinner which the lady of ) the house provided, and of which your humble correspondent partook so freely. } For the hospitality of the family is shown l in way that makes one soon feel almost ], at home although an entire stranger. MT. } Beebe says he owns 1000 acres seven
 tenths of it wood land, which will be worth 25 years hence, at the lowest estimate, ,$25,, , 900, While standing in the front yard with clear sky and refreshing breeze from the northwest, MT. Beebe says i've shall have northeast storm Tn less than three days." looked around and thought to myself, you have made mistake this time, but sure enough, before twenty-four } hours had passed, real northeaster came upon us, which put white mantle upon the mountain tops. although near the mid. dle of May.-But hold on ny yarn is too long already. z.