Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

It Iiyes.-Hold on there Don't say an- other word about it! We sowed nine of | Prof. Northrop's Babylonlan willows, and one of them actually shows signs of life.
 We have built a fence around 1t and hope to save what we have no doubt will be Q l curiosity to the world, for it is the only one SO far as we have heard. of five thousand ! scions sent to every part of the State by Prot. Northrop, that has manifested dis l position to live. Stand back, we sey till l the varmint is fully conscious of its exist. ence, when it can be seen at the usual mod- crate charge, children half price. &c.
 Meteorological The Hartford Post of Monday says the hottest weather in Con-
 nectlcut during the past century occurred
 eighty-seven years ago this summer (179l).
 when the mercury ranged from 30 to ll5 degrees in the shade. In 1876 there were
 forty-nine consecutive days of extreme hot
 weather, the mercury ranging from 80 to
 lO5 degrees in the shade. The hottest day
 thus far this summer occurred on Saturday.
 when the mercury indicated S5 degrees at
 noon. June thus far has been cool and au- tumn like. On Thursday, the 18th, three transparent showers occurred in succession
 when the sunlight could be seen through
 the falling rain drops. Such day will not
 probably occur again for a generation.
 During the past week rain fell on six differ
 ent days. Next Friday will be the longest day in the year, it being 15 hours. min. utes and 22 seconds Tn length. Sixty-two years ago to-day snow fell six inches deep on level Tn Hartford. MT. J. A. Vince
 lock has daily record of the weather for more than century, and for thirty three years in his own handwriting. l.. That strawberry.-We will not say the strawberry brought into our sanctum the
 other morning by MT. H. H. Cogswell of
 this village is the largest we ever saw, but
 we do not remember of ever before seeing
 one so large. This berry measured four and three quarters inches in circumference
 and was certainly very delicious in flavor
 and altogether very nice to have. MT. c.
 grew it in his garden and we have no doubt
 has more of the same sort. I4ATER-We have seen more of Mir. Cogs-
 wells strawberries since writing the above,
 and find large per cent. of them as large,
 or almost as large as the berry mentioned
 above. These strawberries are called the
 Monarch of the Vest" What if we did
 see strawberry in the post office in Lake
 vile the other evening, raised ID the garden
 of MT. Cornell, and which measured. or
 was said to measure, five and half inches
 around it. Probably Mir. Cornell has give D
 special attention to those two or three ber-
 ries, and has nursed them with tenderest care, while these shown us by Friend Cogs-
 well were what he can find most any day in
 theyear on his vines CD of course he can. If
 Mir. Cogswell should really try once to raise
 large strawberry, we really can't imagine
 how large it would be, but it would be aw'
 ful big, and- these Lakeville berries would
 wish they had never been born.
 At Pine Grove Camp Meeting. The Pittsfield 'Young Mems Band of Christian ! Workers" connected with the Methodist church there are arranging to spend at leas three days at our Pine Grove camp meet ing, and will be of material assistance 1T conducting the services there. It Is com posed entirely of young men, and has beer organized about year and half, their ob
 ject is the holding of outside meetinRs. ant has, altogether, some forty members, al though seldom more than eight or ten gt
 at one time. During the year they hav' carried on a nnmber of meetings in thei own vicinity, and with good results, ant : when pastors have taken vacations, hay made very pleasing substitute by 4thei novel services for two or thrse Sabbaths, a at Washington, Dalton, Lanesboro, Tyring ham and other places in that vicinity. A
 revival meetings they have also been yer. active, and are well known as great help in that direction. Route agent Merry o the Housatonic road is their leader, land al . organist and singer of considerable ability Their meetings run very smoothly. thei leader knowing each one's peculiar ftnes for a certain duty every one knows jus
 when to speak, and, in general way, ol
 what topic, for the hour, and at the conclu
 sion, while one or two carry on the spiri,
 ed singing at the altar, the remainder g
 out into the audience, and kindlyi convers
 with anyone. None are above s6. an
 most are less than 20 years of age. Not t
 interfere with any other meetings, the
 will probably occupy tent. and whereve
 they can be useful they will work, unde
 direction of the elders and their leader.
 Sharon The great event of the pas ], week has been the temperance meeting, an the able address of Miss E. M. GYeenwoo f of Brooklyn on Wednesday evening. He !. justly deserved reputation brought togethe many people, and the Congregations ' church was filled to it's utmost capacity h Miss Greenwood seems to have thrown he n whole soul into this great work. and is in 70 strumental, no doubt, in doing much good , Her argumentative discourse was appeaIip
 and convincing, and we realized then g never before, the necessity of immediai 70 action. Rev. Hollis Reid will address th i. Temperance Union this (Monday) evening :. ......A party of fishermen went from th "a place last Thursday. They told us som . large stories which were not what we teri = in fisherman's parlance, fish stories" alt, II gether, for they dld have great success.... Bogs have commenced depredations ,agair this-timekllling two fine calves belongin
 to J. B. Smithe. They were caught in tt
 act and speedily dispatched. rabid do J hailinn frnm Cnnnanficnf aa anrmiaad fro,