Year: 1875

They Must be Paid.-We have on our books quite number of accounts for ad- vertising and printing, which are very long ways past due; in fact some of them are two and three years old and which must be paid. A few subscriptions are also as far in arrears as the above mentioned time, and we have come to the conclusion that it is the purpose of these parties to not pay us so long as they can avoid it. We are very sorry indeed to feel compelled to ask the assistance of the law to get that which is ours, but if driven to it, we must do it. Therefore we have to say right here, that if on the fifteenth day of this present month, (September) they are not paid, we shall cer- tainly place them in the hands of lawyer and tell him to collect them.

 Hartford Races. races in Hartford last week are regarded as the most success full series ever held on the American turf. The weather was rather too warm for con- fort, but favorable for fast time. Last Fri day was the day having the most interest and bringing the largest crowd of people. The weather was intensely hot, and nearly everybody seemed melting away in sweat. The races were all good, but that of Gold smith Maid against time, 2.14, was most eagerly observed. The Maid trotted in 2.l4 1-2 without skip, which is regarded as better than her 2. IA record, as she then broke considerably. The races during the entire week were all fast, as the average given by the CourGnt of all combined was 2.22. 'tei 1E

 Trains on all the railroads Friday were heavily loaded. The extra on the Conn. Western road was long and full train, and left Hartford at ten minutes to eight Q o'clock in the evening. The two locomotives did nicely till New Hartford was reached, when they were not equal to the task of anything like rapid motion, and about 9 1-2 hours were consumed getting to Norfolk. We would like to suggest while alluding to these large excursions, if it wouldn't be bet ter where two locomotives are required out of Hartford, to divide the train, getting all passengers going to Winsted and stations west of there into one train, and all east of Winsted into another. Send the train for the western end of the road ahead, making no stops for passengers to disembark till Winsted is reached. The eastern end train can make all the ''short stops" between Hartford and Winsted. By this plan all can reach home at something like season. able hour the eastern train with it's nu- merous stops will get its passengers home early enough anyway, and the western end excursionists, who are compelled to climb Norfolk mountains can also get home very much earlier. Another advantage of divi- ded train would be it would obviate the ex- treme difficulty of communicating in the darkness from one end of the train to the other, as is always experienced with train of I2, IA or 15 cars, such as was brought out of Hartford Friday night. These excursion trans are very nice and what the people want, but to drag a train full of passengers thoroughly fatigued with their days work, and Topping about in every imaginable attitude in their seats, from New Hartford to Norfolk at a snail like pace late at night, does too much toward making them unpopular. The road did very we'll on the occasion in question, and we presume will do better next time, as it certainly will do if it adopts the two train | n1an.