Connecticut western news., 1877-04-20
A Venerable Clock.-The New Milford

A Venerable Clock.-The New Milford Ray says:-
 There is an old clock now owned by A. J. Taintor of Lee, Mass, which for the associations centered around it, ought to be owned in New Milford and kept here until It drops to pieces like the lone hoss shay. |" The clock was owned by Rev. Nathaniel Taylor, who was ordained pastor of the congregational Church here in l748 and resided here until 1900. During the Revo- lutionary war, it is said that the want of lead to make bullets out of, was SO great, that the clock weights were generally en- pioyed for that purpose but as this clock belonged to minister it's weights were not so used according to the account, but iu some way they became lost, and iron weights are now used. After the clock left Mr. Taylor's family it went into the possession of family in Canaan, by the name of Bennett. It lay in William Ben netts garret among the rubbish for over forty years, and had been in his fathers possession long time before. MT. Tain tor purchased it of William Bennett, added the iron weights, the lead ones having dis appeared and is now standing in the for mers sitting room. is running, and keeps good tlme. It is brass clock, made of course in the old style, and reaches from the floor to the ceiling. Such a valuable relic as this is. ought. we say again, to be owned in New Milford. It is pity that it was ever permitted to leave the place. We don't know that 1t can be purchased now. for the owner, we understand, is an anti ouarian, but we have no doubt that many natives of this town would be glad to have It back here.
 West Cornwall.-Hand organs have made thelr appearance. Trailing arbn tus sdorn the button holes of all our n,ce young men nowadays. MT. Beecher. of Goshen, brought fat calt to market last saturday. and improved the opportunity to swap oxen with Jas. Cochrane and started for home. but had not gone far before he regretted the transaction and
 
 MT. Cochrane and changed oxen again. leaving the bootmoney lying around loose. Th's didn't exactly suit MT. C., and A. D. Warner Esq. was called upon to arbitrate. which resulted in costing MT. B. the price ot the fat calt. Last Friday Esou1re Warner thought he would clear up the rubbish in the garden and burn the same. which was all very nice provided he had watched it closely but he was called off for few moments. and during hls absence some of the neighbora discovered that an l out'house had taken fire, and an alarm was sounded on short notice, and the flames | were extinRuished before reaching the barn had the latter caught fire it would probably have made sad havoc among sev- eral adjoining buildings. Moral Do not tr1ne with fre......R N. Cochrane has just returned from West Albany with car load or hne lat cattle which hewlll slaugh- ter as occasion requires, for his retail trade. Mir. c. has transformed the old slaughter house into an ice house, in which he has done off 8 large and commodious refrigerator where he keeps his fresh meats, thus being able to keep constantly on hand large and varied stock of meats. tish, and vegetables with which to supply tue wants of his numerous patrons,
 Mrs. Holmes has Just received large and fashionable lot of spring millinery and fancy goods which she will dispose of at reasonable prices: all in want of such goods will do well to call on her before purchasing elsewhere. ....I hope that Observer" will now and then favor us nf hnr we also hope to hear from the other fair poetess. NUF CED.
 Clayton. In your last weeks issue the mention of our weekly prayer meeting placed it on Saturday evening it should have read Sabbath evening. We have but one meeting in week at present, with oc- casional preaching by Rev. R. Hunt, of Canaan. We hear that our class meeting is to be revived and held weekly, as before the cold weather interrupted. One of our young ladies, Miss w. Shultx has taken flight to distant part of the town known as the Wheeler District to engage in the laudable occupation of Reaching the young idea" We wish her abundant success in this. her first experience....." Behold! how great matter little fire kindIeth, but Porter forgot all about this scriptural cau- tion when he touched that wicked Lucifer to an insignificant pile of brush on We'd nesdaY of last waek. The flames spread so rapidly among the dried grass and weeds that he was forced to call for help, and the neighbors quickly. rallied to his assistance. After furious fight of nearly two hours they succeeded iu subdulng the raging ele. ment. The summing up of the damages showed some thirty rods of rail fence with small quantity of new rails destroy ed. belonging to H. P. Sheldon's property, and an awful scare belonging to Porter. His father, Edward Ferry was confined to the house at the time, in conse quence of severe fall short time before. One of the Poles, Truman Anglaski by name, em. ployed in the Clay works, met with shocking accident while on hunt for wild ducks last Sabbath. In loading his gun, the piece was carelesslv discharged, and the contents entered his arm, passing upward to hIs shoulder. Drs Scoville and Camp dressed the wound, extracting a large number of shot therefrom. At the latest account he was doing as well as could be expected. It is refreshing to see the farm CTS getting in their early 'taters" etc., and we have been grati6edw,th the reception of a boquet of trailing arbutus.
 Now AND THEN,
 MT. Moody says if you cannot be light. house, be candle. But, Mr. Moody, a candle is wick ed.