Connecticut western news., 1878-05-09

SenaCO1AaA NOSeS. The Washington Post illustrates and comments on the sena- torial noses. It has the following for the Connecticut senators :-The nose of Sena- tor Eaton is heavy, sprawling nose, wide at the base and somewhat dish shaped The nostrils are wide and inflated. It is the nose of a good feeder, and indicates a man it is safe to sit beside and initiate at a banquet, for he instlnctively picks out the choicest dishes. There is no ultra refine ment about it. Pork and beans are nOt rejected because terrapin and canvas back are not available, but the pork must be sound and the beans we'll cooked. The man with such nose would be more like ly to thrash an incompetent cook than an absconding debtor. Senator Barnum has a very long nose. large and strong. being a decided resemblance to that of MT. Herman; precise nose with tendency to sharpness and inquisltiveness. It is dashing, rather needless nose, indicative of shrewdness rather than depth. The owner of such a nose cannot be badly cheated in trade. It is just the nose for dicker. Had MT. Barnum been peddler fifty years ago he would have sold more horn gun-flints than all the rest of Connecticut.
 Salisbury. William Clark of Clark Hill has been removing the rocks near his residence by the aid of dynamite. An expert from New Haven superintended the operations......A four year old child of Adam Ostrander last week fell from the roof of his dwelling on Bunker Hill, to the ground, distance ofSslxteen feet, without sustaining serious injury. ....The evening train from Hartford on Monday ran through drove of young cattle belonging to Deacon Myron Hutchinson, killing three outright, and injuring others. Three butchers now dispense meat through ou1 streets on Tuesdays andiSaturdays of eact week, selling beef and veal steak at 12 cts per pound......The long storm has raised the Mt. Riga stream so that the road il overhowed in several places. ... Gus. Hol- lister exhibited 9 1-2 pounds of trout taker from the Moore brook one day last week.. ......No hopes are entertained for the re covery of Mrs. Wm. Burral, who lies il with paralysis at the residence of her sister Mrs. J. A. McArthur......The temperanc, meeting on Saturday night was not largely attended owing to the unfavorable weather 1t was voted to secure the services of MT Lawson ot Willimantic for brief season about the middle of the present month.
 Transit of Mercury. Monday va a busy day among the astronomers of tn world. Mercury ln it's passage across th sun afforded an opportunity for the scien lists to obtain further facts in relation l. the heavenly bodies they regard as of COT siderable value, enabling them to obtain de ta from which to calculate more accurate
 the distance of the sun from the earth which, though generally supposed to b quite definitely settled, is by no means pos itively known. It is only as instrument become more nearly perfect, and many ot servatloDs at points far apart are taken, the this important measurement can be reduce to great closeness. It is probable that thi trensit will aid much ln determining whett CT there is little planet revolving betwee Mercury and the sun, a matter which mos of our readers may be surprised to learn still in doubt. It was also expected that ou astronomers with their improved appliance would be able to detect Mercury's moon, she is rich enough to have one, and to satis factorily decide on it's absence if she without such an attendant. Then certai questions concerning the tubbling of tn suns surface, and the color of the light it's extreme margin are expected to be hell ed towards solution. It will be seen there fore, that this is an event of great sclentifi interest. Mondays transit was distinctl seen by few of our citizens who though to give enough attention to it to make tb effort. Through large glass kindly loar ed to us by MT. William Adam of th place, it was watched at various times du ing the day as It slowly pursued its cours across the suns disk. Clouds at times ol scured the view, but during sufficient pal of the day was the sun plainly visible satisfy the astronomicslly inclined in an about our office. The planet appeared yer small indeed ss seen through MT. Adam glass, and it required a steady and close ol servation for few moments to locate i but when once found by an observer, D trouble was afterwards experienced in ge ting it. Altogether it was an ipterestln study.
 Canaan Water Works We realize tn fact it is not a time favorable to the sue cess of the enterprise of bringing the e1 cellent water from Canaan Mountain int this village, to discuss the project, but
 casual conversation with MT. F. T. Whi ing of Ct. Burlington few days sine leads us to speak of it. MT. Whiting il formed us the project of supplying hIs vi lage with water from neighbortng hil met with the strongest opposition frol many of the citizens of Burlington, wh fought it ''tooth and nail," and it was onl by the hardest work the necessary funC were raised, and the work accomplished but stock company was finally formed and the stock taken by few who wei keen vsioned enough to see not only
 vast deal of comfort and convenience, an benefit ln hundred ways, in having tn water in every desired part of the house of the village, but speedy return of hea thy dividends on their investments, and tt day, those wto fought the enterprise th hardest are It's very best friends; and th fire department, which was urged to tak this water business, would rejoice to | able to lay it's hands upon this much cove ed stock. which pays the fortunate holder