Connecticut western news., 1881-12-21
VICINITY.

A WaterOury OOy learned uSeIul leSSot on Sabbath breaking, by getting drowned while skating last Sunday.
 The Bridgeport Eagle says that "Christma' packages are lumbering up the females to al enormous extent" S-oo? The monthly pay roll of the Bridgepor manufactures amounts to $275, 900 -enougl to "conduct" the city election. A COW in Newtown took a chew of tobacc the other day, and died. Little boy, talk warning, and give up your tobacco box t' papa.
 Rev. T. M Miles. formerly of Winsted, i: very low with congestion of the lungs, il Lawrence, Mass, of which his wife died only few days ago.
 l The New Hartford Tribune man likes {, dance where the prompter sings out, 'Prom enade to your se-the bar" He's an origi ! nal genius, that Hungerlord
 An exchange says that boy who fell into ihe water at ThompsonvIlle recently, wal 'Fbarely rescued" It must have been em barrassngly cool for his 'bare rescuer."
 John Gallup of Windham, for man, years president of the Wlndham Nationa bank, killed himself with pistol last Friday out of despondency, induced by paralysis. New Hartford and Barkhamsted are going to petition the legislature to transfer then from Litchfeld to Hartford County, and thu rest of Litchfeld County says ''git eoutl"
 The city of Bridgeport has accepted P. T Barnum's offer of 8 driveway between Sea eide Park and Black Rock, and some of tht newspapers that fought it, have nothing tt say.n
 What shall we do with our boys ?" ask the New Hartford Tribune man. Why stand 'em up against the passenger depot, o cn the street corners to make remarks abou people passing.
 Another marriage of young lady of thi: place will soon be announced" says the Wind sor Locks Journal. There just say that ovel again and relieve the young lady from tho ] suspicion of bgamy.
 Wicked Pinney thinks the Winsted Metho dist church needs some repairing; but, he says, "if the church is neglected till it tum bles down, we know of one man that it wou be likely to fall upon." Willimantic reports a case of hydrophobia in which the victim, woman, was bitten by | a dog about ten years ago, and the symptoms have only recently developed. Dog poisoning is as lasting as scandal. Buckwheat cakes are up te the scratch. - 0eLReb LeUgeT. II you LnlDK, DrOtnef Cole, that you can make folks believe that pancakes | or even lack of items account for the muss | ed up condition of your hair, you are ''ms' l tooken."
 The Danbury News says, 'Two churches 1 in Danbury are in want of pastors" Send 'em | right up here, brother Bailey Canaan sup plies two Sheffield pulpits with eloquence and can look after Danbury sinners just az ] well as not.
 Knox, of the Woodbury Reporter, must have attended 8 church sociable lately for he says it's sweet to kiss ''cousin," and urges the ladies to adopt this motto: 'If man smacks thee on one cheek. turn to him the other also." A "statement" will be in order pretty soon.
 The grave of young woman who was buried several years ago in Brookheld cem etery is said to have been desecrated and robbed recently. The casket contained the wedding watch and other valuable jewelry of deceased, who was the daughter of promi- nent Bridgeport man.
 A widow lady named Mrs Bowling, resid- ing in Derby, while on her return home from Birmingham, where she had been to see about her pension papers, the other night, was assaulted by four negroes uudera cover ed bridge, and knocked down, drugged, and brutallv outraged When found the next mc rning she was nearly dead, all her clothing had been torn from her body, and sho was fearfuIly bruised from head to foot. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the cowardlY crime.