Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16

ness of the HOusatOnic road seems to be pretty good. especially the through freight. The Through freight train going north last Monday evening consisted Of thirty eight long freignt cars. drawn by two locomo- tivss. As the freight Cars are about thirv feet long, This tram was almost . quarter of mile in length. The passenger traffic on all roads ls now exceedingly slim, all trans going with almost empty cars. but 1t is expected tn" business of tho railroads will soon be better. and in fact . general beiiet prevails that the bu lness of the country will soon show un istakable signs of improvement, and the spring mouths will bring revlval of trade truly refresh.
 IT z to the now almost discouraged popu- lace. "S" mote it be-"
 West Cornwall Mfr. and Mrs. Cornell left town for their new home in Gu,lford. the 5sh lnst.. "A few of our people vlslted
 MT. aud Mrs. Frank Raed last Tuea,la, evening. We presume they would much rather report accurately relative to the
 good tlme they had. than of the hour thev
 'eturned home. The slelghing was roor iu
 places, whioh OecaslOned break down 70 one of tue party. who however rufa d h,s
 feeilnRs mlg't have been). was brought
 into the best lmax,n.b!s humor by eati.e
 four of Mrs. R-ed's best douenuts and
 other goodies" in proportion. .. The Mil
 lerites" he'd a meeting in the hall last
 Wednesday e. eninR. Pratt & Foster are
 selling oil goods at cost, preparatory t0 tSki' g an inventory of thelr stock.
 freight train of forty cars. drawn by two engines. passed tho mllk tram at thls sta
 ton Monday. Our youths couldn't wal,
 for the 1Ath, and val3ntines have already
 made several 0lrls laugh. Mir Porter has quite s supply. and no doubt gets hls share of Q jOyment ln COntrlhutfnR s.p much to
 tue pleasure uf the young folKs. No 9.
 Clayton Mir. George Smith has fin,shed
 his stuales in the Medical College in AL osny for tue present, aud is home oa a visit.
 He is to go 10 Sarfield soon to study with
 hrs bro her. D Henrs Smith for . time.. c. E. BarHss is suffering from severe at
 tack of 'e 'th-achs and rouralgla Mr>.
 Morr,s is quite ill with ,uA .matlou of the
 eyes, and eIysipslss. The evening meet IngR which have been discontinued for | awhile on account of tne bad travelling
 aud cod weather. are held in the scinol-
 house every Sunday evening Mir. Hut
 of Canaan. breaches every two weeks on
 Wednesday evening. Some interest has
 been shown. and we hope much good may
 be Gone.. E. Ladd has gone to Hyde Park
 and 10 SnGaU-d n the wagon buAiness | there. be!leve.. ,. The people of this place
 seem to be very social this nice weather.
 vislting from house to house. one or two nights in . week. in companies of five to
 twenty. Well, enjoy yourselves aud take
 advantage of the long eve lnRs. or the,
 are growing shOlter. aud soon will be spring work. cleaning b use. and work m.
 tsad "f play. H.
 Beware of the Spitz "A careful ex ami
 nation of the statistics Of desihs from iY-
 drophobia, which we publish in the article
 entitled Beware of the Dog." will con.
 vince any reasonable peison of the danger
 attending the introduc,iOn into this coun.
 try of the Spi.z dog. Since his advent
 there has been sn alarmiay increase in the
 number of deaths from hydrophobia. r This is due to the savage habits of the sni
 nal, which r. ndrr him most undesirabl. n.ighbOr. The Spi,z dog came from tbt } forests Of P.m+rsnia. where he exists in < \ srmi.savsge state. and wnere be is in con stant contact with the still more savag. wolf. Although domraticated. the savag. instincts of tue brute remain, and un.ik. other canines which have long dwelt will man. th'' Spits seem incapable of folmin. { lasting frieLdship with his benefactOr , is well ascertaintd that he is liable tt turn upon his master at any mom-nt. Ant those who have visited houses where tn, ' Spi'z hss been admitted ss pet, probabl, 'ntertain a lively impression of his yer,
 pron"unced hostility |" sir"ngrrs Tn,
 besu,y of this animal is VI II calculated |, m 4ke him \ fAvuri.e with the ladies. wht
 ,tO not think Ot thr terrlol. perl t0 wnici s the possession Oi their p.t .xpt,sss ih. III | In the case of children The d>uGer is parlic 7 ular'y great. as the young people alw"y make friend of a d"g, and are also gly-l . |" indu'ging in practical jokes at the tx pense of their canine companions. In lh, F case of thoroughly dU1aeslicated dogs, thi : IS not attended with any serious results, be x Cause the dogs take it kindly but the sul len and suappish nature ot the Sprz may Il any time break nui an,i r.-sult iu injury |, the children. involving \ horrible death A And death strIns in result inevitably iron r he bite of Spnz dog In view of ih > well.asc. .rtain'tl savage na,ur. of this anl . mal it is th, duty nt tn" com on c"unrl r other authorities tn take immediate al z 6 ringent measures tm Lis suppression d The epnz dog is a public cn.my N ? J He, G!d.
 :. Mislaio Tine following commun,cA,i, Tue SchUul for lubecileS." WAS pr- pAr. Ii for last weeks NEWS, tut was over-look,1 F ',y the compositions. IL is of value AS s r item. although it is N week late, and " l. shalt use It.
 d The Hartford Ceurant says. the Con - necticut SchWl for Imtseciles at Lsk, will !. was visited last Friday hy the Egis~tiv - committee on hum me institutions. a larg is numl,.r of their fellow members an u uthe,s. ID all about sixty individuals. Nil e Chamberlain of M-riden, Mir. C0lYer q .. D Hitu, and Mir. NrwhaIl of Middtetowr d were accompanied by their wives, and ther '- were other ladies in the party. Depar,in d upon the lO:l5 train On the Conntciict B. Western, Lsk. v,Ile was reaeE.d ,rar Fl pleasant j"urney ot three hours. Tt s weather was mild, and the sun dld u, 3, shine SD brightly as to dszz'e the eyes b Id the r'd ct,on from the snow so that th 8 picturesque scenery could be admired "i'I ..nt .nn,,y unce The scenery b, vOnd w n