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WOLCOTTVILLE.-The fourth annual fair and cattle show of the Torrington Agricultural Society occurred on Wednesday. The day was rather chilly for out-door amuse ments, but the fair was well attended and passed off both pleasantly and profitably. The exhibition was not large, but some excellent stock was entered, silowing that the farmers in this section are wide awake to the value of improved stock. The display of vegetables, fruit and agricultural products generally was worth seeing.Waterbury American. The American justly commends the Torringtonians for not introducing the seductive Horse Trot, usually the closing and most lucrative feature of the " Agricultural" Fair. NORFOLK.-The Stockholders of the Norfolk Bank have petitioned the Superior Court for the appointment of a Receiver, SUDDEN INSANITY. Ou Thusday last, Martin Decker of Salisbury, Conn., came home with his team, and while in the barn taking care of his horses, he was taken suddenly insane. He ran down street,and into several houses, going into every room, and then passing into the next. He was subsequently secured by Mr. Daniel Pratt (not the great American traveller,) but we judge he had to "travel" to catch the fugitive), and is now a raving mauiac. He was taken to the insane asylum at Middletown on Tuesday.-Berkshire Courier. From the Winsted Herald: WINSTED -At the instigation of Mr. T. M. Clark, Mr. Wm. L. Gilbert has been appointed Town railroad agent, vice Mr. John T. Rockwell. - E. S. Woodford has been appointed one of the Directors of the Connecticut State Prison, vice Wm. K. Peck, resigned. Messrs. Ripley and Blake, contractors of sections 33 and 34, are now busily engaged in putting up shanties for the accommodation of their workmen, and next week Hall's Summit will be all alive; spades, trumps. - The recent horse show superinduced an immense amount of hookeyism among the schoolboys in this vicinity. The juveniles have become alarmingly proficient in turf talk. They "go their pile" on Mercer and Lady Sheridan, and if there is any thing you don't understand about the exalted business, ask them. RIVERTON.-A local Amateur Ethiopian Minstrel club is giving entertainments to crowded houses. They are said to be equal to Billy Morris or any other man. - The Cattle Show was very successful. The stock and field products on exhibition were finer than at any other fair in this vicinity for a long time. - Stephens & Co.'s Rale Factory is run ung day and night to fill orders. GOSHEN,-Potatoes are plenty; apples e scarce.
