Connecticut western news., 1882-08-02
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 Rye is ripe for the harvest.
 Miss Jennie Barber is cutting lashes for s, A. Turner.
 Blacksmith Card is out with new harness and buggy.
 Mrs Russell Baldwin is talking of repair ing her house.
 Henry Adams expects to enter Williams College this fall.
 Box 440, Westfeld, Mass, is the address Of MT. Kelsey The other Kelsey is soap man.
 Mrs. Dyer of West Upton, Mass, is com. ing here to live by and by, and raise fruit and poultry.
 Six of lem went up to sec Jumbo. They liked the show, and were pleased with the ride on the cars.
 Hammond's slug shot is having quite sale here. Unless we have rain soon it will be of no use, as the crop needs water.
 As MT. Babb was driving down Collins Hill, he struck at large spotted adder; the horse made jump, and MT. B. was tumbled out over the wheel c zG pumpkin, and the tire cut quite gash in his head. TATTLE TALE. Monterey. The rye harvest has begun, although there is not a large crop in this town. E. Kinnie recently had several sheep killed by dogs, for which the Selectm en promise an adjustment.
 HuckIeberries are ripe, and abundance of them, as usual, on the north mountain. They sell at 10 cents quart. Having progressed finely last week; we had four or five days of drying weather; on Friday, much needed shower. ' A three pound black bass was trolled one day last week from the waters of Lake Gar field, by Miss Georgie Whitcome. Some outrageous scoundrel entered the house or one of our old townswomen, on and raped her. She is a maiden, Miss Betsey Hale over 80 years of age, and lived alone, no family living nearer than 1-2 mile from her. She thinks she knows the person. On Sunday evening following, her back door was tried; being alarmed, she escaped by the front way and hastened to her brothers, a half mile distant, which she reached in safety. It is thought that tile object of the Sunday visit was to take her life, and thus hide the l evidence of guilt. PAUL. | COlEinsviIIe. l Walter Soudant is boring an artesian wei in the rear of his house 1 Wells, springs and cisterns are dried up and | families are in want of water.
 Byron J. Fem, station agent at Ore Hill was married to Carrie Emma, only daughter oi Warren Highly.
 James Blackwell died at thus place, aged eighty. .one. He commenced working for Col lins & Go. 56 years ago. 1 The widow of the late Alanson Andrus diec at her residence, last Friday. She was 6 half sister of Captain John l.. White late o1 Hartford
 George w. Eggleston died at Canton las week aged ffty,eight years. He was tht father of George M. Eggleston, conductor or the N. Y. and N. E. R. R. DB H. SOuthbury.
 Mrs. Orrin Murphy died in a fit about Il o'clock Friday night Her funeral was helt in the Methodist Church at South Britain Sunday at 1 o'clock F. M. The friends of Mrs. Charles Perce had council of Doctors for her, Sunday afternoon and they think her recovery very doubtful She has been a great sufferer for number O weeks.
 The Mapping School closes this week Fri day. We think the exercises will be quite brilliant, as the Teacher has two scholars only. MAC. 1 Ct. Harrington. | The Congregational ladies were very sue cessful in their festival and fair, last week The proceeds were seven hundred dollars Expense, eighty dollars.
 Rev. Mir. Reed of Salisbury, formerly o Canaan, occupied the desk in the Town Hall, where the Congregational Church worshiped last Sunday giving his hearers good lesson on the subject, "What were you made for p