Connecticut western news., 1881-07-06
Monterey.

Monterey.
 Rev. Wm A. Fobss of Chesterfield, Mass, moved his family into the W. c. Langdon house last week, and he will preside over this congregation.
 Hosing, having and fourth of July cslsbra- tions all in heap. The past few days have been favorable, and crops have improved finely.
 Lorenzo Webb, our noted tobacco raiser, has finished, last week setting his acres for the first time, and he says that the worms trouble but little this year.
 Last Saturday we were called to the tuner. al of another of our townsmen, Charles c. Gregory, 8 veteran of the 57 Mass. V. M. For the past several years he has been in failing health, called consumption. He died on Thursday, few minutes after he had par. took of hearty dinner, for him, speaking how good things tasted to him. His wife stepped out to see about a little hay in the yard, and heard him make Q strange noise. She quickly returned to the house, finding him falling from his chair, and expired in less than five minutes. Rev. MT. Fobes conduct ed the funeral, and his remains were deposit cd in the old centre cemetery beside small child which had gone before
 l.. M. Hall lost some chickens one night last week, the next night some more. then he set trap and caught tho culprit which car ries his own essence free gratis, but he failed to partake.
 Last Saturday evening we received the sad news of President Garfeld's assassination, and on Sunday Rev. Mir. Fobss' desk was draped in mourning. Sunday evening MT. Fobes preached an interesting sermon on the assas. sination. PAUL Goshen.
 MT. Willard Parsons, of the N. Y. Evening Post, addressed the people of this place last Monday evening, for the purpose of securing home for two weeks for worthy children of New York, who need the pure air and healthy food of the country. The evening was rainy, go the audience was not as large as might be desired.
 MT. and Mrs. Cassimir Bronson of Water bury, are visiting at Dea. Palmer's.
 Misses Fannie and Auna Beach are home for their summer vacation from their schools In Hartford and Harwinton, and Mss Eliza Herald from her school in Torrington.
 MT. and Mrs. K. A. Hayes of Torring. ton spent the Sabbath at Dea Edw. Norton's.
 Mrs. Lorenzo Beach of Bridgeport is visit. ing her father, MT. James Hunter.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Miles have arrived at Mr. Moses Gray's.
 MT. and Mrs. Wm. Smith, and MT. and Mrs. Chas. Smith, of New York, are visiting at Dea. Smiths.
 The young people had a picnic at Tyler Pond on the fourth.
 Sewing society meets on Thursday after noon with Mrs Edward Norton. B. B. New nIaIsoFa.::
 MT. Wm. D. Black has staked out the ground for a large stone house up on Towr Hill. The site commands one of the prstties views to be found in the County, and tht house will be an ornament to the village The buildings on Bank street are being numbered. The town has appropriated on' thousand dollars, and $2, 500 more have beer raised by subscription to complete the work o laying sewers wherever needed in the vii lage.
 Strawberries which have been very abun dant this season, are now passing away, bu new potatoes are being dug, to ''stay thu stomach" until the appearance of raspberries
 Work on the new Episcopal church nov progresses rapidly. Some of the members o this church have seeded, organized 8 nev parish, and will build another Episcops church just north of the residence of Col Blinn, on Town Hill.
 Farmers have set their tobacco plants Frequent rains made the work easier thai last season, but the cold weather made tn plants very backward about coming for ward" Some pieces have been hood once and are finely started. c.