Connecticut western news., 1875-07-02

Struck by Lightning. Saturday afternoon, during the heavy shower at that time, bolt of lightning struck Dewitt Will bur's house in Chapinville, tearing off a portion of the roof. It is said the fluid dodged into every room in the house, fin ishing up its antics in the wood box, where 1t tore lot of papers into fine pieces, but what seems quite strange, nothing took fresfrom it. l Wooden Wedding.-While MT. c. s. Kelsey of Lakeville was in Mlllerton last Tuesday evening, large number of friends from Lakeville and surrounding villages took possession of hls residence, and on his
 arrival on the evening train, he was escort
 ed by goodly number of the party from
 the depot to his home, which he found il
 lumlnated and ready to receive him with
 rather more than the usual ceremony. On
 his arrival at the house he was met with a
 speech of welcome by the Rev. MT. Ste-
 vens, and a presentation of numerous to-
 kens of respect from those present. The
 presents consisted of marble top centre
 table, stand, chairs ard whole room full
 of other thin gs. A wooden jack knife IA
 inches long; wooden fish, emblematlcal
 of the prime mover and manager of the en-
 tertainment, MT. Will Fish, were promi
 nent among them. After the remarks of
 Mir. Stevens, supper, which was brought
 by the "surprisers," was served, and. al- I fhnl1oh ho rfv &ho
 of cake and other good things was larger
 but when MT. Kelsey attempted to cut and
 serve the brides loaf, no words could be
 more eloquent than his looks. expressive
 of the fact 'ssold, for the delicious" vii
 and was also made of wood and although
 he wood if he could, he couldn't, because
 it was wood. After the refreshments were
 served, the Lawton & Knight quadrille
 band ''struck up," and the gay and festive
 ''eight hands around" whirled away the
 hours till deep into the night.
 Martha's Vineyard.-As so many here
 about are contemplating trip to Oak
 Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard this season, we
 concluded it was advisable to go down
 there last week and look over the ground
 and see if the country was in condition
 to receive and care for SO many as will
 probably go. We took along party of
 seven others to help us do it, part of whom were from Cornwall and portion from
 Massachusetts. Conductor Eggleston's train whizzed us oyer Norfolk hills Tues day forenoon, and in the afternoon Hart ford, Providence 6 Fishkil car landed us in Providence, where we ''pitched" for the night. Two or three hours ride by rail to
 New Bedford the next forenoon, and two
 hours sail across Buzzard's bay completed F our trip.
 The Bluffs and camp meeting grounds are continually undergoing the change in appearance, that the constant increase in ] the number of new cottages would be ex- B pected to make, and the interest there r seems every year to increase. It is very properly named the Cottage city by the sea-" It is slight misfortune to the peo- 8 pie there this year, that the small oak trees j. are quite badly eaten by worms; the leaves 8 in some sections of the grounds being en- tirely eaten from the trees, while in other 2 parts, they are not so much disturbed by ] them. It is thought these squirmy pests f are now nearly through their destruction ] for this season, and it is hoped, for all g time. t1i1 -.- - The new narrow gauge railroad, running from Oak Bluffs to sEdgartown and Kata e ma, IS one of the most important additions 1 to the comfort and convenience of the sc- I journers of the eastern part of the island 9 The train makes frequent trips between the places mentioned, and the ride around the e sea coast, and quite near the water, is Q without exception, the pleasantest rail cal !. ride we, have ever enjoyed. A strol
 through that quaint old burgh, Edgartown a is not the least interesting feature of wis d it to the island. This place was once ia f nous for it's, extensive business in whal, d fishing, sending out a great number of yes ,f sels, and the wealth brought to it from th, Q far away frozen oceans, is still visible il a the numerous mansions, which, in days O. d yore, sheltered the families of sea captain. Q and others engaged in the business, who ! ANO SOA4C HI tnOoC uAOIC AnOuCIu udyS, Ju- d bricated their road to wealth with 'sile"
 The only newspaper on the island, th
 Vineyard Gazette, is published in Edgar P town, and it was our good fortune to talk le by the hand it's talented editor, who, ,thougl d getting along in years somewhat. shows n 'f abatement of enthusiasm in his honorabl
 and honored profession.
 r. Friday we succeeded in chartering a fish of ing smack, and the male members of ou le party, making crew of six, including tn sd captain and the cabin boys, started fror Id Oak Bluffs for a sail after blue fish. Coin of out around Capt Poge light, and down O re the southern part of the island about twelv ss miles from the starting point and out O ne the broad Atlantic, we came to the fishin at ground. "A rough seq, says Capt. Morton y. ''is best for fshIng," and we came to tn ty conclusion at once,i if he stated the truth, " It were to have isgood luck, for the wave he some of the time stood us almost on 'or or heads, and although the good ship, "Col IT, Lee" was staunch vessel, the breaker 'c- dashed over our party in manner scare h. ly relished at first, but needed less after of little more experience, or in other word as ''after we got used to it." There was or ng thing the captain said was against US, an es that was the time of day: For right zoe
 luck. said he, we ought to have started ol at 3 o'clock in the morning, and as we, ,lil a- other hard working men, are aIaoays up - thot time ira the morning, it is too bad N na couldn't have been apprised of the fs mentioned SO We could have gone m tn