Connecticut western news., 1871-08-04
Facts and FancieS.


 The horse disease has broken out in Louisville, Ky. De-. .. St. Louis teamsters correct their mules with pickaxes. ... e.snln 0-l Prairie chickens will be scarce thia year owing to the frequent rains. g
 A stylish bonnet in California costs [, more than mule.
 A man whom we can put up with-A good hotel keeper.
 Nine-tenths of all the school teachers in Massachusetts, are women. '.'"L 7
 Mr. Dada, of Iowa, is the "dad" of nineteen children-eight pairs and three aces. # 1,lag g .rf3T.~- -El3ly .!t | The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor and the fourth wit ....
 At Atlanta, Georgia, the municipal authorities propose to legislate against COWS loafing on the sidewalk. s'
 A Missouri panther, hunted down by brave party, proved to be large yellow dog which had gotlost. &eig t
 An apothecary lately sent in bill to O widow lady, which run thus :: '' TO cur ing your husband until he died P tea
 Lightning knocked the trowel out of a plasterer's hand at Nevada, during reI cent storm, without iniuring the man,
 An Iowa man ate five dozen boiled eggs and drank quart of beer on wager the other day. The result was widow and several orphans. s' aat e7 A young man topped into book-shop and said he wanted GA young mans companion" tsWell, sir" said the book r seller, "there's my only daughter.
 A crustv old bachelor says that Glove is wretched business, consisting of a little signing, little crying, little dying, and deal of lying"
 The word for the hour-be cleansed. Scatter disinfectants, remove every cause of disease, he careful of your personal habits. And you will be happy. ia2a
 "My dear Madam" observed the po- {. lite Dr. Johnson, "pray consider what your flattery is worth before you choke me with it." "'- s' ~
 Plainfeld. Vt, boasts an eight year old damsel who harnesses and drives pair of spirited horses that nobody else can approach.
 When the priests in Rome wish to give you blessing, they say Bless you here present, and all the absent ones you love-" -.....- .......
 "Salt' is the subject of school boys latest composition "The salt is spice which spells the potatoes, if you forget to put it on." s-,s Jjs.I4 aa
 The Boston Times counts up twenty seven candidates for the next governor ship thus far, to say nothing of those who are quietly "indulging hope. !" g s <.
 Twelve thousand acres of land were .., sold near Winchester, Tenn, a few days ago, at ten cents per acre. It IS all mountain and heavily timbered.
 An Indiana widow so worked upon ., young mans fears by threatening to. marry him that he turned over all his e' property to her and ran away. q gadm)
 matrimonially y-inclined cotemporary says that girl with three thousand-dol- lars a year, or more, is always an object r of interest," because she has so much principal. -.''.
 A city evening journal certifies to the v existence of young lady who took out fiftv-seven hairpins from her coiffure, a and yet her hair did not come down. 4il'
 It is announced in England that the, Queens second son, the Duke of Edin- burgh, is to be married to daughter of. the King of Denmark, sister of the Princess of Wales. 'H s'~' '- 7" ."'e'
 A remarkable family lives in Dellas l County, Ark. The father is 108 years if old, the mother l06, and the two are the7U parents of twenty nine children-fifteenl1 boys and fourteen girls. -... n,
 A gentleman at the Round Lake camp !, meeting said he had been married twen ty-five years, and had never given his wife crossword, Ans never to know the joys of making up."
 A photograph of the lace purchased by Kate Chase, wife of Senator Sprague, s is retained in the shop at Paris, it being the finest lace ever made, and costing SIS, 900 for six yards. .-.... .....
 Commercial instinct-Dugald "Did ye hear that Sawnev McNab was taken up for stealth coo ?" Donald: 'tHoot, toot, the stipid bodie Could he no. bocht it an no paid fort --.,t H,7c
 "Bill," said Rob, "why is that. tree B, called the weeping willow ?'' tS st Cause one of the sneaking, plaguey things grew near the schoolhouse and supplied the Y. master with switches" sst ,sT ,a
 A Methodist conference in Iowa has resolved "that the movement now being s- made to enfranchise woman is both wise and just, the genius of our government, the rights of woman, and the good of society, alike requiring it." ''" "l !" n0
 On the 22d of April, 1773, James Riv. < ington, a royalist, began the publication '' of newspaper in New York, entitled . "The New York Gazeteer; or, The Con- a necticut, New Jersey, Hudson's River, and Quebec Weekly Advertiser. .J,sc n
 A crusty old bachelor sends us the fol \, lowing conundrum-What is the differ ence between honeycomb and honey moon A honeycomb consists of a mum, Der of small "cells." and honeymoon -. consists of one great "sen." et nsYsy fa 8
 According to one of the resolutions } lately adopted at B woman 'sirights meet- ! ing, 't one of the most detestable sights, ever seen is a parcel of old bachelors lounging around smoking, and talking of the horrors of married life. ,F.a
 A chap in Cairo, in saluting a newly married couple by discharging an old ' blunderbuss under their lattice, window, was blown up by the weapon burs ting. He succeeded in soaring them out of their wits, but it will cost him an arm.
 A man was divorced from his wife, and she married another. whereupon husband No. inquired of No. 2, .a''What relation z are you to me?" None, that r know q of P 'sYes you are.f' said No. < sSyortl are my stephusband-I stepped out and