Connecticut western news., 1881-12-21
BERKSHlRE COUNTY.

Stockbridge is talking of new road to Curtisville.
 George Leonard 'the old essence peddler" is dying in Afford.
 Lenox boasts twelve chess players, but no street lamp lighter. r A number of Baptist converts were ducked in Lee last Sunday.
 The woman's land league, of Pittsfeld give coffee party Jan. 2.
 A Pitts6eld harness maker fell and broke rib last week-his own rib
 Sheriff Heath of Tyringham has butchered hog weighing 504 pounds.
 North Adams sings, "Oh, pity, pity me-" She IS to be Pinafored again.
 Pork brings nine cents pound in Savoy, and potatoes one dollar a bushel. The Monument Mills Go. of Housatonic have built new blacksmith shop. The Lee water company have built reser voir with capacity for l2,OOO, 900 gallons. The Methodist revival In Adams resulted ID an increased church membership of sixty converts.
 stockbridge has new undertaking estab- lishment. Skating has begun on the lakes in that region.
 Rev. H. w. Byrnes of Ct Harrington had donation visit from his parishoners last Wednesday.
 Pittsfeld young men talk of establishing permanent skating rink. It's such fun to see the girls tumble.
 ''Brookside," David Leavitts summer res. l idence in Ct. Burlington is to be bought by New York parties. Wire fences are becoming quite common in Curtisville, but the Sunday night, gate-swing | ing young man is mad about it. l Santa Claus will hold high carnival in all the Sunday Schools in the county on Christ mas, judging from our exchanges.
 Geo. Shutis of Lee has killed sixteen fox es this season. The number of foxes he kill. ed but didn't own up to, isn't given.
 An ''impudent picture pedlar' has been n- sulting the good housewives of Lee. and a vigilance committee is being organized. Gimlich < White of Pittsfield have new fangled pale lager containing only three per cent. of alcohol, for new beginners.
 The Terry Clock company of Pittsheld are running the manufactory thirteen hours a day. They make good time in double sense.
 Secretary Blaine is to deliver an address before Williams College at the next commence ment, and will eulogize the late president Garfield.
 John Hazlet of North Adams has been sent up for four months as a common drunkard. This seems to be one of the commonest flea. lures of that place.
 Louis Blanchard, an insolvent harness maker of Lee has compromised with his cred itors by paying 30 cents on the dollar, and goes into business agan.
 The Housatonic Agricultural Society will hold their annual festival at Sheffield omor row. "What know about farming will be shown around the festive board.
 Gross marble quarries in Lee have sus- pended operations for the winter, having got ten out larger amount of stone the past sea- son than ever before in one oeason.
 John s. Pease of Ashley Falls claims the belt, in having butchered four legged hog that weighed 65l pounds, and he challenges all competitors to show better record.
 A Sandisfield COW rammed her owner up against the stanchions in the stable the other day, and fractured three of his ribs He pro nounced it a cow-ardly piece of bulldozing.
 A Pttsfield man, out late, last Tuesday night was stoned by roughs as he was going home. Mud, roughs and rocks have great l hours.
 A Lee correspondent of the Cleaner, who signs himself Sufferer" wants a dose of oil lectmen's room. He thinks it will facilitate business.
 MT. and Mrs. Ebenezer Durham of Pitts | field, celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage last Wednesday, and started out on l hnir hOnouDonnn xryfh hriH al frir1 tn St Louis.
 | A party of fishermen caught big string of pickerel in Otis reservoir last week Sunday 1t was done in self defense, the fish having firted water on them as they were returning from church.
 Leroy Durham, the horse doctor, hunter, trapper, chicken raiser, story teller railroader and corset stitcher of Southern Berkshire has gone to New York to study for the minis try -so he says.
 Michael Hayes, the champion shootist Of Lee won pr,ze a handsome volume of Irv ing's works the other day If Michael keeps on taking prizes as he hns begun, he will soon have enough to set fellow up in house. keeping,
 Punctuality is enforced in the Congrega- tional prayer meetings in Lenox, by large blackboard placed facing the entrance, after the services have begun, bearing this strange device: 'I am late," which lollards cannot fail to see as they enter. Miss Rose NJ Harding of Pttsield is to take part in the musical exercises in the North Adams Methodist church on Christmas eve. That mellow toned cornet has come to be considered as indispensable as an audience, to successful musical entertainment in Berkshire.
 Housatonic man has invented a street lamp extnguisher. If he would now go to N ork and invent street lamp that would bear lighting on dark night, perhaps our fair weather street lighter might be induce to brave the darkness sufficiently to venture out when Luna is smiling on China.
 John T Harper of Lenox Furnace was caught in gearing in the Valley mill the other day, and was only saved from death by pocket book and rule in his pocket which caught in the machinery and kept him from being wound up. This isn't the first instance where man was saved by his pocket book.
 Rev. H. W. Byrnes of the Ct. Harrington Methodist church is preparing to publish a monthly journal ln that place, devoted to choice literature, religion, etc. The good dominic will probably let the printing out by the job; otherwise he might be able to see, | "as through glass darkly," why the devotees Of the ''art preservatlve" are endowed with | the Job like patience for which they are pro. |