Connecticut western news., 1871-11-17
Facts and FancieS.


 Risky concerns-Insurance compa- nies.
 The torch of hymen-The domestic match.
 Coming to grief-Meeting trouble halfway.
 Light employment-building castles in the air.
 The grandest verse in existence-The universe.
 A woman's pride and sailors guide The needle.
 When is bow not O bow When it's bow-knot.
 One hundred and twenty-nine school teachers were thrown out of employ ment by the Chicago fire.
 A query for mothers-Why is scream ing baby like the goddess of morning :? Because it's roarer (Aurora.)
 Liberal advertisers are the men who "mean business" Those who don't ad- vertise only do mean business.
 "Peter," said a mother to her son, "are you into them sweetmeats, again ?" "No, ma'am them sweetmeats is into me-"
 Sacks of cloth, made without slSeves, with deep cape, lined with crimson silk, are very stylish garments for young ladies.
 Inviolable fidelity, good humor and complacency of temper outtve all the charms of fine face, and make the decay of it invisible.
 Some one describes bore as one who keeps talking to you about himself, when you are extremely anxious to talk to him about yourself.
 Three Providence families have named their cats : Morgianna Longtail, Nico- demus Peachblossom, and Josephas Orangeblossom.
 What should be done to the school master who planted his pupils up to their necks in the garden beds, and said he did it to mould their characters Q
 "What substitute can there be for the endearments of ones sister ?" exclaim- ed Mary. "The endearments of some other fellows sister," replied John.
 "I hope this hand is not counterfeit. :" said lover, as he was toying with his sweetheart's hand. "Tke best way to find out is to ring it." was the reply.
 Thousands of farms in France and Ger many are divided one from another only by a narrow path in this country the cost of fences is estimated at $500, ,O00,- GOO.
 The Russian style of Dress is to be adopted here this Winter, and bonnets, gloves, boots, dresses, cloaks and veils are to be trimmed with all sorts and kinds of fur.
 The following advertisement appeared in London paper: Discipline-Wanted, the assistance of kind. judicious Lady, used to girls, and accustomed to apply the birch rod. .-.....
 Acceyeing to the English Independent thero are 3,665 Congregational churches, besides about 3, 900 preaching ''stations," :" in the British empire. The number of ministers is 2,908.
 Butter was at first made for cosmetic, and was once used for Illuminating pur- poses. It was not known as an assistant in despatching bread, much, if any, be- fore the Christian era.
 A St. Lotus lawyer attempted to try case the other day while he was half drunk, but the Judge stopped him, say ing :-"No lawyer can practice at two bars at the same time."
 An old-fashioned receipt for obtaining brilliant complexion was to bathe the face in very hot water, and then to wash it thoroughly in Rhine wine, and rub off with course harsh towel.
 Near Manistee, Mich., is we'll thirty one feet deep, in which there is an abun- dant supply of water when the wind blows from the west, but which iA f when it comes from the east.
 So much fun has been made of R~s g Greeley as farmer that the Louisville Courier Journal proposes "that base ball shall be abolished and Greeley pro- claimed the national game"
 Twelve men out of thirteen wear their hair parted on the left side of their heads-why Because nearly all of our barbers use their right hand in their profession instead of the left. A Kansas paper, urging cnlistments for a regiment to fight the Indians, says: %The service will last three or four months only, and will be source of health, pleasure and profit to all who enlist"
 In Hamilton, Ohio, few days since, a fee of twenty-five cents was collected from all persons who entered church for the purpose of witnessing a marriage. The money was given to the young couple to start them in life.
 In the Jewish Marriage ceremony the bride and groom stand under silken canopy which is held by four or six of their gentlemen friends, and glass is used to drink wine, which is broken to pieces at the conclusion of the cere- mony.
 At horse case tried in Massachusetts, the other day, one witness, on being asked what kind of medicine was used in the treatment of the dilapidated ami nal, said that Che would be busted if he knowed, but he ryther guessed it was oadrchy." -......... A Vermont man who last Fall took the agency for the sale of a patent pitchfork, and signed what he supposed was an order for specimen, twas lately surprised by notice from a neighboring bank that his note for $204 was due at that institution.
 At late New York wedding all the | bridesmaids and the brides wore high } necks and long sleeves. The brides maids were all dressed alike in blue silk, l and all came up the aisles in body t close together. This rrrangemeSA wal l much prettier thpn the usual somewhat struggling procession,