Connecticut western news., 1881-02-02

has already several subscribers in this town and we suppose throughout tho County, this | item may be of interest. iL
 At the last dance of the l. D. D. Y. Club I there were 20invited couples present, besides ! the members of the club. As the series ! :iraws toia close the interest seems to,in- ! creaseS Every dance haabeen social sue. cess, the comoapies being made up ofthe most I desirable portions, of this and nd joining towns. rheSnext dance comes of next week Wed nesday evening An exchange truthfully says: "A local newspaper man is generally expected to be ;.3erywhere, see every thing and catch every item ahoat simply because it is his profession. But he can't do it His friends can help him though by sending or bringing such items as ire of interest, All manner of legitimate To
 ,ar'news go to make up an interesting paper, md will be received with thanks
 An idea of how solid the snow was pack cd in the 'cutsp: on the railroad, can be got
 rom the following A small drift near Nor folk last Friday night, looked SO insignificant hat the engineer of the gravel train locomo- tive thought he could easily run his engine through 1t, and accordingly put on the steam. She struck the drift but instead of going through, climbed right up on the top oft, and the engineer quickly reversed her, when; she backed down, but instead of landing on the rails went off the track. The engineer started ahead the second time, climbed the drift again, and backed off slowly, when the loco motive landed squarely on "all fours' on the rails: The, dritt was. then shopeled out, and ! the blowing" business abandoned.
 Friday is evidently an.unlucky day-for railroads lon that day, week before last oc- cured the violent SHOW. storm which block ! lded both the Conn. Western and Housatonic R. R's delaying some of the trains several 1 hours: Last Friday hurricane wind filled up many of; the excavations on both roads ! with fine, heavy-snow, and caused considera- ole annoyance, especially on the Conn. West ern R. R. between Norfolk and Winsted. | Conductor Cummings train coming west stayed at Winsted all .nightr and. Conductor Pollard's milk, trainswas unable to- pass Nor ! folk on it's return trip to Winsted, and so stayed at Millerton all night. The next morn ing it ran on Cummings time to Hartford, the track, having been cleared by a large gang of workmen who had an "all nights session, D
 Cummings having gone in from Winsted ear ly in the morning on Pollard's time.
 The Courier says that 'sthe Housatonic
 railroad has the 6ossest bevy of conductors of any road in New England" That's so, every
 word of it; and they're not only accommo.
 dating and civil, but they are also about as
 good looking lot as can be found. Take those three portly veterans who look so near
 ike-Smith, Lathrop and Cele-either one
 of them is dignifed and popular enough tc run for president Then there is Thomas,
 who doubles the road every day, making
 more miles than any other conductor on the
 road -32O miles, from the time lie leaves
 Pittsfield in the morning until he heaves 1T
 again;late at night, the whole length of hls !
 genial mood, with an eye single to the com
 forts of his passengers. Charles .Emmons ("By Guyl) whom everybody knows ant
 loves, is probably the oldest conductor in the
 employ of the. road Eand his great big heart
 and friendly disposition have won for hin
 more friends than he can ccucS Then witt
 Clark Lane, who is just as much at home In (
 palace car, with his brass buttons on, as on { .positions he is alternately placed; and witt the spruce young Sid. Spencer as, "extra,
 whose train the girls so exclusively patronize
 the 'bevy" is full (fguratively) and where can it be excelled?
 A young fellow; giving the name of Al
 bert Brockway, apparently about 20 years O
 with gray horse and good cutter. and i'm
 mediately tried, to, make a trade with tho . landlord He hadn't been in town more thar . l2 hours before he had swapped of both horse :. and cutter, and all the personal property he
 had, including jack-knife, finger rings; cigars .I etc. His peculiar actions reused MT. War ner's suspicious, and he telegraphed to the
 man ot whom Brockway claimed to have got I his horse, and received answer that it was all right. Broadway squared up his bills here and started for Pitts6eld week ago last Sun- day, and the next day Mr.. Warner received telegrams from the Pittsfeld chief of police and others, asking if Broadway was all right.
 The Eagle of last week said that he arrived in
 Pittsfeld with his horse reeking with sweat
 and at once began to negotiate for trade He was arrested and detained until the police
 were satisfied by answers to 'teleSrams that
 he was not thief. He had plenty of money, and is the son of rich farmer in Manchester. N H. He started out on a swapping expe- dition and for good time, some weeks ago,
 having good span of horses and good sleigh.
 His first trade was for piece of land in Yer. Emont but after the exchange was effected he discovered that the man he traded with had
 no title to the land, and after some difficulty
 he got his team back Heehas been arrested l on susp cion four times. swapped several times, and had what he called 'good time' I generally. He left Pittstield for Williams
 town Monday night, having the roads to Mon, treal, Canada, marked out'on card, whlther he headed his blind horse, Warners Carney
 mare.'
 ! : Last August, our readers will remember, stranger hrred horse and carriage at War uer's livery stables, for week.. At the ex piration of the week, as'the fellow failed to