Connecticut western news., 1878-02-14
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The ''Tarifvil1e" Repaired. We un- derstand the engine Tar ffviIle" which was one of the two that went down in the wreck at the Tariffvile bridge, is now fully repaired and on the road again. This To- c0'notve, or what there was left of it, was drawn into the locomotive repair shops of Conn. Western road Saturday evening, Feb. 2 and when we were Tn those shops las, Siiurday ait rnoon, the repairs upon i, Were nearly completed, and Master Me chanlc Barton told us it would undoubtedly be entirely so and ready for service upon the road Monday night. This is certainty credtable record for Master Mechanic Barton, for the "Tarffville" was iu pretty bad shape, cab smashed all to pieces, bell broken and nearly all of the m ,chnery har- messed to the top aud sides of the boiler. bent and broken, as well as much else, which of course We do not knuw well enough about to describe. With the facill- tles of these shops, which are first class su lar as they go, but on account of the nee
 essary economy praciis, 5y the company are limited, uo tools and machinery beiu9 piaced 10 the assistance ot the wOrku.en uut what are absolutely necessary; we Say, with these limited facilities, the task oI bril ging the Tariff 3ille" out on the road again ln such short time, (only seven daYs) IS, as we said above, very crcd.table 10 Mas. ter Mechanic Barton, and the half dozen workmen under his superintendencc. Flrsl ! l,.,h 6.Gy
 which all who saw it as it lay after it's tum- hle, bottom upward, eff the treslle work. know Was all broken up except the driving w"eels and boiler, will come sIrut,ing over Nnrto.k hills, bright as a new Bland Nal Ihews silver dollar. and bearing upon ills body not d scar of the many wounds it re- celved from it's terrible and disastrous fall.
 West Cornwall Doctor Hall gave a lecture last "Wednesday evening SntjecL "GlacieIs" There was fair audience. and all spoke of the Doctor as Very interest ing speaker. But our good Deacon did net quite see how ice could move without the help of water. This the Doctor explain' d, although by the Way tue Deacon shook his head. he had not q lile got it settled in his mind...... Last Saturday when quite a num- Der of men and boys were fishing on the ice at the Dinsey Hole, it commenc,d nov ing away from score. and had got q 'i'e a start before nolic, d, but when it was dis covered there Was rush. Those that c 'uld jump we'll reached the shore all dry, while few who were not good on the jump got landed in the water. IL tn, r hurry to get, to shore they forgot their ii 'h = ing tackle, fish and pail of cider that had just been brought from the village. The pail was borrowed one. and Bul Morgan Wants to know who is 10 pay for it..... Both the shear shops here are running full bast. Thr Union Shear G.. ale making some very nice silver plated shears aLd scissors. The Ma!lson Shear Works are behind W tn their orders, and the hands fl c plenty 10 do. Most Oi them have to work nights, and then cannot ke D up with the d mand. .Cochranc E rulhers are kee ping the carpenters busy fixing up the Hal building, and the nlce Yefanda they put up last week is great improvement to ue looks of the building and will, ge. They intend to have us nice and conYenient stur. aud lln shop as any body. They are als' h,ving quite a number of orGers for milk cans. IL does laok as if the hard tim were st......There is veIy good sleishlng t. day, (Munday) and We notice those thal have good ,urnous are improving the time. . Mr. Horace H uchcock was over from ,li, Plains with his fine pair of horses. Doc. S,nford was over with his bran spanking new pair of bays and Charley Miller had his new torse, White Stocking" out for .xrr. clse......Ice houses empty yet. B.
 West Norfolk.-Ipasmuch as 1t has been several weeks since you have received Il report from ,hls place, we seud you whal we hnvt.....,In the way of business, tue Axle works are not ruuniug very strong, but are shipping considerable quantities ot goods west...... The lights in the windows at the silk mill indicate that business is again resumed there, and no dnuht the new Company. with Mi. J"seph S,lden as su- prrin,eudent. and Mir. A wood as formau, will be succrss ul The tanntries of MT Shrpard, after SC ,son of ill.heath ar, again convalescent, and supposed to bt furnishing green-backs for tue owner, as well as rrud and bu ter for the employees. ......At the fashionable emporium of Ms. Wason-the neuralgia having deparle d. hard mes have DO ff"ct. In proof, Wit ness lhe swarm of ladies ever prestnr.....
 Our mail carrier and depot agent, Mir. Mur- pny IS vrlY. accommodating, and alst s.rms qu,te happy, as he has reason to be, being the grandfather to. and having the care of A finr pair of twin boys of some three years old. Bob Merrill" is as ever
 faithful in attending 10 the work given him
 to do, and furnishes good share of 'he brains at the evening sessiOns at Mir. Shep-
 ,Id's slorr..T The district school, uDd' I the management of MT. SIlas Palmer, is in d progressing Among tue sick ones Drucnr Humphrey has had business all winter i'll caring or wife and daughter Mrs. H. was cor sderahly down during lht tfaI !, nd esrly winter. but is now able u
 attend to huusehold duties. Miss Anna Is slowly recovering from u ten weeks seize. ......Mr. Harlow BiowL having reached t good old age, sickeu,d last summer, but after htile time, having lived as long as he want to, dismissed his physician, would take no III, dIcinr, and ul very hlllt nourishment. arranged his worldly if .lls. aad gave hlmselt up 10 die. Alter balanc- ing between life anu d. alh for long time