Connecticut western news., 1874-08-14

Mysterious EXIt.-A. J. Wheeler, har-
 ness maker, who has carried on business for several years in Sharon, disappeared suddenly about Aug. 1st. The cause of
 his mysterious exit is shrouded in mystery j;
 his business was, and has been always fourishing, being the only harness maker in the vicinity. The circumstances attend ing his disappearance were as follows: He took his wife and child to her fathers on Sunday evening and told them he had some
 business to attend to out of town which would compel him to be absent for several days; returned to his shop, packed up his tools and clothes and left town Monday morning, since which tune he has not been beard from. ALPHA.
 An Odd Experiment. correspondent to the Hartford Couroaat gives the follow ing very singular experiment: "Let full grown man lie flat on his back with mus cles rigid. Then let four men of abou: equal size stand two on each side of the prostrate man-at his head and feet-then let each one of the four place the index finger of each hand under the subject and at given signal let each one of the filters and the lifted CD make slow, full and pro- longed inspiration and at the same time lift, and the man on the floor will go up as high as the extended arms can reach with an apparent weight of 10 or Is pounds. Having seen this done hundreds of times when boy, and having done it with oth- CTS, know it's truth. What I want to know of the scientists is the reason why."
 "Mutton Legs."-A long, lean, round shouldered, overall trowsered denizen of Mt. Riga, stalked into one of the stores in this village two or three days since and said he wanted two m-m-mut-mut-mutto bigosh. Two w-h-a-t?' questioned the merchant, scratching his head for the idea the appearance of his customer had caused him to lose: Two U1at / says he: Nut mut-m-u-t muttoneggsisaid. Point to them, ejaculated the merchant, who was still as much in the fog as at first Not be- ing able to fix his eye on the article he was trying to pronounce,a gentleman suggested nutmegs as possibly what he wanted. 'Yis nut-nut-nutmegsbiged:' but the meanest part of the transaction was; after lar of nutmegs was shown him and he had fum- bled them over some minutes, he said The gues-guest- guessed edhewouldnthaveany.
 The Recent Storm.-During the rains of Friday, Saturday and Sunday the fall of water in thls vicinity was considerable, yet the storm was not of character to excite especial remark. In some other parts of New England the rain fall was greater than ever before known at one storm. In Hart ford 1-2 inches by actual measurement with rain guage fell, also at Providence and New London about the same amounts. The greatest fall was at Norwich and New Haven. The Bulletin says: According to the guage of H. B. Winship at the wa ter works on Saturday at P. M., 2.13 in ches had fallen at P. M. 4.3O. On Sunday at 5 A. M 9.s5, with the guages full. At l P. M. there was an addition of l. 66 inches at P. M. .33, making in all an amount of 1l.34. At one or two of the visits to the guages they were found to be overflowing, so that probably not less than twelve:inches ot water fell in the course of forty hours, making the most remarkable rain fall with in memory"
 Camp Meeting Excursion Tickets.-I The Housatonic Railroad company will sell tickets to the Pine Grove camp meeting between Canaan and Falls Village from Monday, the 24th inst, to and includ- ing Monday alst, good to 90 aaad return on at any time during the week at the follow ing reduced rates.