Year: 1878

Since writing you, houseon Fluteville row has been burned. It Was tenement house fully insured, and occupied by tive families ; one up stairs and the other down. It was burned in the night and the family up stairs lost everything including a months pay for two, barely escaping with their lives.

 A couple of deaths have occurred here. the circumstances of which are peculiarly sad, both being young men. The body of the first one has been opened to learn the exact cause of his death but have not heard the conclu- sion arrived at.

 The new cutlery shop is finished and work begun. Most of the help have come out of town so that almost every tenement is occu- pied.

 A man by the name of Barnes has open ed market under Dr. Cooks.

 B. T. Goodwin has managed from the profits of two or three runnawaysto to buy new truck wagon.

 Little Gohnnie mentions the experience your correspondent enjoyed in Harwinton re- gently. "A story half told, had better be un- told" He tells how nicely I was ''histed" cut of the yard but says nothing whatever about the time and tracks he made for safety. Mir. Hayden did not take me along with him when he bought the COWS. He had one or two boys with him to help bring them home in case he purchased any. He bought two of Mir. Vaill, one of which after being driven mile or so and racing around in the woods and swamps till dark, got the best of the boys, went 2:4O for ''home, sweet home" jumping over fences barns, &c., in it's mad career. Mir. H. came home and next day took help enough, as he supposed, to make sure thing of it. He would tie the COW head to foot, and then she would act little more reasonable. The COW was properly tied and the pair was again start ed out for pastures new. The COW seemed to have an excessive bump of locality, and would net go at all, but would turn and fight like a tiger. She came very near killing Joseph Van Toble, got him down, but he managed to get out back of her. The hat he left the COW went for like cavalry charge. Night came on again. MT. Hayden, seeing he could not get her home that day, left the pair in Widow Smiths yard concluding to adjourn till anoth CT day.

 This was getting serious. Two days work and the COWS in Harwinton still The next day Mir. H. got me to go with him. We took along another man and boy, heavy truck wagon, and rope enough to stock paper mill. After pretty cold morning drive of about four hours we found our game. The COW stood in the yard paving the ground and lash ing her tail like wild beast. She reminded me of Mayor Clark's "Untamable hyena." I thought would get up to her and quiet her a little, but gave it up, and placed myself out side the yard for fear of getting my feet wet where the COW was. If Little Gohnnie says the COW was the motive power, think he was mistaken, but will not deny it positively. Somebody that Mir. Wilson called Cattle-dealer succeeded in getting lasse around her hsfns and then the game was in cur power. The wagon was backed up to the bars, the rope drawn through a staple and the COW was pull ed mghty unwilling captive to Unionville. 1 It may interest Little Gehnnie to know that we had to put a blanket over her head in order to lead her to the stable where she has remain ed ever since as gentle as akitten. Mr. H. bid of two more COWS at Mir. Vailrs auction. l WEEKS