The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Litchdeld County News.
1st Class Post Ohce.

Beginning July l, the Torrington postoface will be changed from sec ond to first class. as the receipts are now averaging over $40,O0O for each quarter. This will involve an increase in the salary of Postmaster H. " Cronfn from $2.90o to ,S3,100 and for the assistant postmaster an increase from $1, 400 to $1-50o. Some of the clerks and carriers will be advanced t$100 year.
 Loses $15sooo Suit
 The suit of Vernon H. Main for $1O,o0O damages and the suit Of his father. Zachary Main, for $5,00O against Erwin Willard, which were tried in winsted recently, have been decided in favor of the defendant by Judge Case of the Superior court Th e suits were the outgrowth of d fight in which Vernon H. Main and Willard took part. In the mixup Main was shot in the leg, which later was am putated. The father brought suit be- cause he lost the services of his boy.
 R F. D. Carriers,
 Examinations will be held June 77, at New Milford, Torrin gton, .VVinsted and Bristol. to obtain eligibles to fill vacancies in the rural carrier force. at Terryville.
 Came to Life
 An interesting experience with d pair or huD1I11nE D1ToS occurred on one of the recent cold windy days which prevailed before the heat wave came on. A workman while cutting, the lawn on Whitehouse, the estate of MT. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, in Nor folk found two of these little speci- mems of bird life, male and it's mate. Tying heIpless and almost zdea dzon the ground. They were picked up and carried ipto the house and lay as dead in the hand of one of the maids but it could be observed that slight heart beats were still there After little greenhouse one revived and few from the hand that held it and the other after a. short stay in a. soft nest in the greenhouse also tscame to's ana was allowed to fly away.
 Discharge of Judy.
 The jury in the case of Antonio. QuatreIlo of Torrington against the Strong Manufacturing Company Of Winsted and George Colt of Torring- which has been on trial in the court. of common pleas in Winsted, was dis charged Friday because of its failure to agree. In answer to a question put by the judge, the foreman declar- ed that the jury was divided six come of a collision between a horse owned by Quatrello and an automo- bile owned by the Strong Company and driven by MT. Colt in Torrington Actual damages of $S44.50 were claimed. An insurance company was understood to be the real defen- dant in the case
 Bitten by Rat.
 Mrs. Harry s. Kinney. of North vile. is suffering from badly lacerat- ed hands received in an encounter with a. rat the past week
 While feeding her flock of chick ems the other day. she was amazed to see one start suddenly toward a rat-hoIe aided and abetted by a good sized rat. Mrs. Kinney darted after the rat and grabbed him just as he was disappearing into his hole. Tine. rat dropped the chicken and began Q desperate struggle. He bit so rap idly that Mrs. Kinney had hardly time to realize her predicament, and his fangs penetrated so deeply that she could not throw him off. Then desperately she squeezed the animals body in an effort to crush it to death causing the rat to fight the more vic. ioszsIy Finally her screarms attract ed the attention of her husband and when he arrived the rat was nearly dead. Mrs. Kinney had six bad wounds Though the experience was a painful one, she is rapidly recover ing from it's effects.