Connecticut western news., 1882-12-06
DIR E HILL.


 last week, I improved the oppor- tunity and visited the mining depart ment at here. Through the kind ness of MT. James Martin, the super intendent was enabled to see all of the workings of the department It is surprising to see the large amount of work that has been accomplished there during the short time it has been in op- eration. The shaft is one hundred and fifty-feet deep, and out of which @ large daily. The most ingenious contrivance the ore was drawn to the surface It is long iron bucket, capable of holding ton or more, working in the shaft be- tween two grooves to keep it in place. About one minute is required to haul it to the surface, when man slides back bolt, and by very simple contrivance the ore falls out of the bucket into 8 car which is rolled under for that pur- pose; the whole thing is dumped and the bucket going down again in about 8 minutes time; in this way a man at the top can handle hundred ton day with the greatest ease. It would be of interest to all those interested in mining to go there and examine it. This meth cd of digging ore seems to be more practicable than that of digging it in the open pit, and in the future will probably supersede the old method, thus dispensing with the use of horses which in itself would be 8 good thing for the poor overworked animals used at present for that purpose. H.
 GOSHEN. Thanksgiving sleighing has left us. HI. N" has been surveying in Burr ville
 Miss Ella Wooster has returned to Huntington.
 Jonathan Thomson has broken ground for @ new house.
 Elkanah Martin of Cornwall has nov ed into the Lamphire house.
 Will Wadhams of West side caught 30 pound wild cat the other day.
 Auction at the residence of the late Sterling Wooster, to day Dec. 6th).
 The young people had very enjoy able time at MT. Andrew Barton's, Fri day night.
 o Rev. M. Hazen preached very inter- esting sermon Thanksgiving morning to very small audience.
 MT. Henry Gaylord, Miss Clara Hurl- burt and the Misses Herald spent Thurs day in town at their respective homes.
 Sunday we experienced the first reg ular blizzard of the season, and the at tendance at divine worship was light.
 The celebrated Indian crank Prof | Gordello, from the back woods gave a lecture last Saturday night, dressed in pink tights, with 8 quiver of arrows on his back, hens feathers in his hat and George Washington's hatchet" in his hand. The Prof had quite an audience. BRADFORD MACAR.
 LAKEVILLE.
 MT. Charles Kelsey, started Friday, for Florida.
 MT. Alfred Day, who has been visiting in the west, returned home Friday.
 Judge Tupper is sorely afflicted with rheumatism, and is confined in the house.
 The raff1e for the cane at the Catholic church, on Thanksgiving night, was wor by Thomas Fender.
 Mrs. Miles, after very pleasant visit at her son Newman Mills in New Brit. ian, has returned in good spirits.
 The pnbGc school of this place will give & public school entertainment in the village hall on or about the 18th oi December.
 Col. Tupper, our depot agent, who has had & severe attack of rheumatism for two weeks, is able to be around again. His place at the depot was filled by MT. T Martin.
 Col. Wm. B. Rudd and family, vii shortly take up their winter quarters with Governor Haley, as has been hi! usual custom. His house will be unoc cupied for the winter.
 Joshua Burton has been visiting friends in iPoughkeepsie, and returned with his sister, who had very pleasan daughter, from N. Y., is home spending Thanksgiving
 COLLINSVILLEs o. A. Beckwith has gone to Detroi for the winter.
 The Connecticut Western depot a Collinsville has been repaired. Measles are quite prevalent aroun( here, and they caught one R. R. con , ductor.
 A cat in this vicinity recently chase, a mink up an apple tree where it wa captured.
 Victor Clements, fifteen year old la' broke his leg sliding down hill, Thanks } giving day.
 Mrs. Frank s. Crippen with her SO Fred, of Sheffield, Mass. spent Thanks giving with relatives in this place. 7 A pet parrot, 32 years old, belonging to Warren Higley of Canton, recent died at the house of his daughter, Mrs I Bion Tenn at Ore Hill. One of our grocers emptied bushe of potatoes in the soap barrel of GUS S toner, and soap dealer emptied pal g of soap in the pork barrel at anothe i place.
 Fred Crippen of Sheffield, Mass. 1 ' years old, in sliding down steep hi r struck his head against tree, render l Ing him partly unconcious and hell 8 less for some hours. D.BH
 ASHLEY FALLS. 7 Prayer meeting will be held to-nigl = "Wednesday at the house of Mr. Thoms r Heaton.
 : A few from this place are expectin to attend the Singing school in Canaa r this winter
 - The next society of the ''Willin y Workers will be held with Mrs. Niche ' las Van Deusen.
 MT. and Mrs. Dr. O. w. Kellogg an o daughter of Sufield spent Thanksgivin $ z with relatives in this village. r Harry Brigham, who is attendir