Connecticut western news., 1882-01-11

It has just occurred to us, says the Naug atuck Review, "that the young man who zoe. into mlnlng for business cannot begin at tn, bottom and work up." Perhaps not brothe Beale; but supposing the young man court. the miners daughter; the old gent don't likt him, and introduces the toe of his boot to tht cross patch of the young mans pants. How does the sensation convey itself along the spinal column?
 They must be lazy lot down in Danbury We notice from our exchanges that at least S29 easy chairs have been presented to boss es in the hat shops, Sunday School teachers cholr leaders, etc. by their admirers. Why even brother Bailey of the News received all easy chair from his Sunday School class. The idea! Do those admirers" think an editor is as lazy as shop boss or ever finds time to lop around in an easy chair?
 l Maggie, the clock has just struck ten."- Bpt. Edgte. Dear, dear, we've heard that before, and tt carries us right back to the days that are gone, and revives host of memo. ries the parlor, sofa taffy-oh yes, and Maggie, and that internal clock that seemed to strike every ten minutes and strike all the harder when the lamp was turned down low, and the shrill voice of the old lady at the head of the stars-yes, yes, we've heard that before.
 The Winsted Hoe company have sued the Hurlburt Ton company of that place, for 50 900 damages on ian action to determine whether the Iron compsny have the monopo- ly of Mad Rivers water privilege. The Iron companys heavy hammers require SO much water to run them, that while they are run, nlng, the Hoe company's dam, which is situ. ated below, does not receive water enough to drive their machinery, and the suit will be watched with interest.
 George Botsford, who forced the switch open and pushed three freight cars out onto the main track at Newtown station the other | night, causing collision and three hours de-. lay to the night freight train coming north, was arrested by detective Taylor of Bridge port, and brought before a Justice, plead guilty, offering drunkenness in extenuation of the otense, and was bound over to the supe- rior court for sentence in the sum of $4,OO0, ln detault of which he was committed We have seen in about 99e of our exchang. es during the past month, paragraph saying that ''lf Mrs. Sybil Ticknor of Cornwall lives until Feb. 4th next, she will be 100 years od.' We'll, nobody disputes that, and if she lives until Feb, 1882 she'll be 200 years old. Please pass that around awhile, brethren, LATER Since the above was set up we learn from our Cornwall correspondent that sybil has died, which will probably set the same old paragraph going the rounds again.
 Patrick Haggerty of Bridgewater was killed by hls horse falling upon him, as he was driY- ing from New Milford, to his home few nights ago, in company with James Finnen and Michael Langdon. Allthree were drunk. How the horse happened to fall upon Hagger- ty IS mystery; what became of $lOO. which Haggerty had in his pocket on leaving home is also mystery, and what Finnen knows about it, who started out with them but could not be found after the accident, is still anoth- CT mystery. Langdon was found unconscious under the wagon, which was upset The whole affair is an impressive temperance lec- ture.