Connecticut western news., 1877-07-20

 usually plenty and perfect this year. s. G.
 Weeks on Hill street sold over six dollars worth from one tree. Raspberries are yielding well, and blackberr:es promise an abundant harvest. Currants have done better than for many previous years. Of grapes there is promise of @ large crop, both wild and cultivated. The boys and squirrels will rejoice at the prospect of a great crop ot chestnuts this year. Pota- toes are drug in the market at one dollar a bushel, and the growing crops never looked more promising than now, and 8 larger area has been planted than for ma ny years previous, despite the bugs. Corn and other grams, together with the grass crop, promise full average yield. Apples in this section will be almost an entire failure, while in Plainville, Southington and Cheshire there will be about half a crop. Pears and quinces will yield larger crop than usual; and on the whole, farmers and all others have reason to ''thank God anll take courage" The foregoing re- marks on fruit, grain and vegetables are the result of personal observation of your reporter while travelling during the past two weeks in Hartford, Litchfeld. and New Haven counties....B. M Mattoon, one of our esteemed citizens has just re- turned from six weeks trip in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, bringing home with him some pretty specimens, of different ores in that section. ......W. w. House, dep- iuty collector from Hartford, on the 9th of July seized two casks of spirits at the Col linsville depot. on which there was no gov ernment stamps......J ohn Shultz, who was wound around shaft and terribly mangled nearly eighteen months ago, is now barely able to get around on crutches, and if he entirely recovers one leg will be three inch es shorter than the other. Timothy Nc Carthy who was thrown from his wagon April 2, has been in a helpless condition nearly all of the time since, with little pros pect of recovery at present. Capt. Levi | Hough celebrated his 7oth birthday by in- viting his children, grandchildren and nu- merous friends to meet at his residence June 2s, and nearly 100 were present. Long tables were arranged In the shade south of the house, and were bountifully loaded with fruit and delicacies. Capt. Hough came to Collinsville 50 years age and built the first store for Orlow Brown. Capt. H. is the fourth of family of l2 children, seven of which are now living. He married Emily Hubbard of Bloomfield, by whom he had eleven children, only five of whom are living......The Colllnsyille Cornet Band furnished music in the even ing, and the occasion was one of rare in terest and enjoyment. D. B. II.
 Lakeyille Jottings. - A celebrated preacher once said as he entered his pulpit on sweltering hot day, ''lt's hot as h-l !" but supplimented his startling assertion after an interval or pause of painful length, by adding "were the words heard within the shadow of this church as I en tered it's doors," after which he preached { sermon that would make even the mos abandoned profanity blush at it's own vile
 ness. We will not say that it was as hot al the above remark calls for, when we were in Lskevllle last Monday afternoon. but i was so hot that Supt. Geo. Wood poured water on the rails of the Conn. Westerr road to cool them. This was we thought { strange proceeding, but Merchant Robert. made it all plain to us, when he said tha there was such an immense business dont at that station, that the rails become rec hot by so many cars running over them, an( MT. Wood was obliged to keep his watering pot pretty busy to keep them from melting Any way it IS a fact, Friend Wood has tt water those rails every hot day; he says tt shrink them sufficiently to permit him tt turn the switch, which If he did not do, tn, heat of the sun would swell the rails 8, snug he could not move them. This story is too tame, and we thInk MT. Roberts yer sion nearer the truth. We do not believ, Mr. Roberts would tell an untruth abou
 such a little matter: Do you? Alexan. der l.. Holley, ,son of the Hon. Gov. A. II Holley, is home on visit. This MT. Hol ley is prominent in the manufacture of th
 celebrated Bessemer steel, and possesse knowledge and skill in his business of very superior order. -''Am making phaeton harness for M. B. Richardson Esq, also trotting harness for Jame Richardson and have just completed an el egant double harness for Mrs. E. Sears o Sharon" were the words that met u ;,1 fhn h,,o establishment of Harnessmaker Miller, bu his store was so full of trunks of all kind
 that it was difficult matter to get in There were round trunks, square trunks Grand Trunks, long trunks. short trunks Saratoga trunks, hat trunks, and lots o trunks made for anything else but hats; Il
 fact all manner of trunks we ever heard o were there, except elephant trunks. but W
 have no doubt but that MT. Miller's energ
 will soon prompt him to lay in stock o this sort, so that he can accommodat anything or anybody. from double trun elephant down.-But the happiest man il town was MT. Shoe and Bootmaker Benjs min in hls new store and shop. This seem
 to be one of the most useful buildings il the village. The hall above is occupied b the cornet band as their headquarters. whil below is the store in front and the shoe an boot msnufactory in the rear. MT. BenJa min, somebody says, can truthfully boss , that he never tasted drop of intoxicatin liquor as beverage, and never has dro
 entered his system except as administere under the direction of physician nor ca
 any living person say they have ever hear !, him utter profane word. This for ma :. who lacks less than year of having seen