Connecticut western news., 1879-05-21
Rain.

Rain.
 Grass grows green.
 Hen berries 10 cents dozen.
 -Picnics, ice cream, soda water, etc.
 Fire bydrants are being set along the street.
 Goal is selling Tn West Stockbridge for $3. .65 per ton.
 Pete Hicks wants to pasture stock. on the old VanDsusen place.
 Advent meetings are being held in Can aan Valley, and two baptisms are reported.
 -'.Johnny Morgan" was in town the other day. "His sister played the tanbeur- ine."
 Sunday afternoon Rev. Mir. Bodley of Christ Church preached sermon to chil- dren.
 1T. F. Watson has been building lit tie shady piazz. over a portion of the depot roof.
 A temperance meeting was held in Town hall last night. addressed by Rev. MT. Benedict of Seuthfeld.
 MT. George w. Cowdrey of this place has just purchased fine black work horse of G. W. Hall at Falls Village.
 A feur-days' trotting meeting will be held On Charter Oak park at Hartford June 24-27, and at Plainville July IA.
 Dr.: Cummings wants more elbow room. He has just taken in portion of his piszza to enlarge his sitting room.
 The single men of Amenia want to play the married men game of ball, or walk 25 miles with them on the track.
 -Harper's Weekly last week contained wood cut of ''The Housatonic River," re. produced from J. P. Bristol's picture.
 The town of Lenox has bought 5000 road-scraper, and with six horses from one to three miles of read . day are repaired.
 Large numbers of fishing parties have been improving the late rainy weather with better than ordinary "fsherman's luck"
 The Supreme Court of Errors comes in at Litchfield Tuesday of next week. The term will not probably last over one day.
 Burton Peirce has hen that laid an other of those small eggs, measuring x6 1-4 inches. Fetch on your Plymouth Rocks.
 According to new c. w. R. R. time table, the Sunday milk train leaves this place at 2. .oI D. m. instead of 3.14 as here tofore.
 The workmen constructing the water works are digging down msin-st., but the late rainy weather retards their progress somewhat.
 The other day little daughter of Levi Bronson of East Canaan fell and broke her arm. It was set by Dr. Camp and she is now doing we'll.
 The Presbyterian Society of Amenla have decided to raise their church debt, and have appointed committee to take proper sters in the matter.
 We are indebted to Mr. T. s. Gold of West Cornwall, secretary, for copy of the report of the State board of Agriculture and experiment station for 1878.
 MT. John H. Peet, of the late firm of Whittemore, Peet, Post & Co. of New York, spent the Sabbath with his brother, Mir. Joseph w. Peet in thls place.
 Two hquor cases and an action to recover damages in the case of Yorker vs. Dooley. were tried before Justice Roberts last Sat urday. Decisions reserved until 3lst inst |.
 W. H. Miner has just returned from Canada with fine lot of horses, and will be at Frank GoodwlA's next Monday to give anybody an opportunity to buy or trade.
 As Cat. De Hart, of Canaan Valley, was catching bau the ether day, he got t,e third finger of his rigAt hand knocked out ot joint, the bone protruding through tho skin. Who'd be ball playerP
 Sunday morning services in the N. E. Church begin at lO.30, fifteen minutes earller than heretofore, to allow the pastor to devote more time to the Sunday School before going to his charge in Ashley Falls.
 P. c. Cummings has taken up his drive we'll near his large block. It was done, however, to get the pump rather than to avoid paying the royalty which is kick ing up such rumpus in some parts of the state.
 Daley and Montgomery, the Berkshire murderers, were sentenced by the Superior Court last week to State prison for life. Daley, it will be remembered, murdered Spsllmsn, Q scissors grinder, at North Ad- ans last summer.
 John Waldrea, an Irishman of New Milford, dled last Saturday. after finger ing illness of a peculiarly painful kind. By the closing of an internal passage. caused by cancer, he could not take any food and he literally starved to death.
 Fuller & Peet are making considerable improvement in the appearance of their store. A new piazza is being built, with new roof large show windows are to be put in, and the little glass office removed. Harm. Schsmmerhorn dees the work. W. G. Humphrey has ''fired up" his soda fountain. and as the Murphy pledge doesH't condemn this foaming ::beverage, it will probably have . goed sale the coming