Connecticut western news., 1878-08-29

with Prof. Frost at its head, will prove something more than an experiment. The outlook is favorable. Quite large num- Der of students are already booked for the fall term. We bespeak for the enterprise
 hearty public sympathy, and generous patronage. 8. R. F.
 Ore HiII.-
 Excursions, picncs, etc. have been of quite frequent occurrence of late, and have served as pleasant diversions from the tedium of the summer. Twin Lakes, Long Pond and other places of interest were visited, and company of the younger people hereabouts spent day at Bash Bish, agreeing unanimously that the affair, the falls, the fun and all, were ''perfect- ly splendid" The mining interests of this neighborhood are uncommonly active at pres ent, and the amount of ore shipped is almost unprecedented. The Brook Pit Go. has found it necessary to increase the number of it's horses, and is rushing its work, while the Chattield Co. exhibits an equal spirit of enter
 prise, and for some weeks past has dug and shipped daily over one hundred tons of ore.
 ..... While Mir. Frank Riley was working in
 the Chattield mine some fragments of dirt and
 ore above him, becoming detached, rolled
 against and precipitated him into the pit, a
 distance of nearly fifty feet but although he
 was insensible when removed to his home, and
 is even now in very precarious condition, his ultimate recovery is not despaired of Col.
 and Mrs. H. P. Harris, accompanied by Misses Gibbs and Wells, are absent attending the re-
 union of the Putnam Phalanx, of which the Col. is an honorary member. The enjoyable features of the occasion include an excursion | by steamer to Martha's Vineyard and Nantuck- | ct. Despite the threatening state of the | weather on Sunday last, quite goodly num- | Der from this place attended the camp meet | ing at Pine Grove, and much satisfaction is
 expressed with the Improvements made upon
 the grounds, which add to the comfort of the visitants. In the absence of Col. Harris, the superintendency of tn eChatfeld mine devolves
 upon the gentlemanly book-keeper, MT. Lee Ensign. The school in this district will begin Monday next, Sept. 2, and we under stand that MT. Smelling and Miss Fish have
 been re-engaged as teachers. Misses Grant and Fish are spending two or three weeks with l friends near Boston Miss Gibbs has been retained as teacher in the Harrison district
 her school commencing next Monday.
 ! Twin Lnkes.-
 l Camping parties are more numerous than
 ever before and the cry is 'Still they
 come" It would really seem as though
 people had found out that out of-doors and
 under canvass was just the thing, not only
 for robust men, but for women and children
 as well. and many hot-house-grown gi,l
 and boy will doubtless date their new de-
 parture towards health from the time they
 played tag with the sparkling nipples of the
 pretty Twins. One of tue most notable of
 the new camps is the one in Miles picnic
 grove, just east of the station, composed
 mostly of Salisbury and Winsted ladies and
 gentlemen in about equal proportions.
 There are two spacious tents. with the usu-
 al fixtures, cook stove ''as is stove," ta-
 bles, hammocks, easy chars and a croquet
 ground that bears marks of having been put
 to good use. The party consists of J. P.
 Roraback Esq. and Jennie A. Pine, Win.
 sted J. N. Dexter and Mamie c. Dexter,
 Waverly, N. Y.; Theo. F. Dexter, Hattie
 L. Dexter. Edgar c. Dexter. Jennie 0.
 Dexter, Salisbury Mary l.. Spur, Shef.
 field, late of New Jersey, where she has
 been spurring the juveniles to do their pret-
 tiest-for the pret,est of Yankee school
 ma'ams. Besides the above e-paned, Jen
 nie NJ. Sheldon, Wm. Sheldon and "Dea'
 con" Sheldon of Mill River, have come
 and gone, and the camp is about to break
 up, not, however, until our r sident artist has made capital sketch of the tents and
 surroundings, not forgetting the grand Mo down in clam-shells and covering three ol
 four rods Tn length of the dark ground OF which they fairly shine. It was device oi the legal gentleman of the party, and neat ly carried out by one of the Dextei-ous brotherhood. Northeast of this camp, anG some ways up the shore of the lake, is the one scattering tent of what was the New
 Britain camp, and which is now "manned' by s. A. Eddy, of the N. Y. University , who is determined to catch few more boss bass before he gives it up. A very nea, camp stove was cooking his ''frugal mea' as we iotted this item.
 Gong north few rods we came upon the canvass camp, two tents, in charge of the Messrs. Whittlesey, and still further or
 the Canaan-Shctfield camp, of which the Rev. Mir. Noble is the Presiding Elder and Sam. Adam the presiding younger, and its three tents seem to be well provided for, and Its numerous women and children en = toying their ''oplum and digitalis," to the : full extent of the law, medicine and gospel. A little to the north of this is the Bsrnum- Blodgett shanty, dancing floor, barber chair and it's score or so of "Boats to Let, Turn In Here," which tend to keep things lively, if they don't quite continue to keep hotel. ) Reaching the Bement Place, we come across the splendid camp of the Pough keepsle and N. Y. party of some seven
 pitched on a most picturesque spot, some
 six feet above the lake with pebbly beach
 and bold shore close at hand. They are
 enthusiastic anglers and sporssmen, and
 have 'sbeen all over" and seen things. They
 have the good sense to come with theIr own
 team, Ca span of fine roadsters), and a few
 days since made an exploring trip to Sage's
 Ravine and one of them, New Yorker,