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An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section of an
Act, Approved July eth, 1870, entitled an "Act to
Reassess the Lands throughout the Common
wealth." In force January Path, 1872.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Tnke your own Home Paper.

"What tells us so readily the standard of town or city as the appearance of it's paper? And it's youth or it's age can as we'll be determined by the observing az by personal notice. The enterprise of its citizens is depicted by it's advertisements. their liberality by the looks of the paper Some papers show good, solid, healthy foundation, pletho, ic purses, and wellto do appearance generally; others show striving to contend with the grasping thous. ands around them, trying hard to wrench out an existence from the close-fsted con- munity around them. An occasional me. teoric display in it's columns of telegraph or local or of editorials, show what it can do if it had the means, but it cannot con tlnue in the expensive work until support comes, which ought to be readily granted A newspaper is like church it wants fos tcring in the commencement, and for a few years; then, as general thing, it can walk alone, and reflect credit upon it's location Take your home paper; 1t gives you more news of immediate interest than New York or other papers; it talks for you when other localities belle you; it stands up for your rights; you always have champion il your home paper, and those who stand mp for you should certainly be well sus tained. Your interests are kindred and equal, and you must rise or fall together Therefore, it is your interest to support your home paper; not grudgingly, but in liberal spirit; as pleasure, not as disa- greeable duty; but as an investment that will amply pay the expenditure. "-G Godeys LndY'S B00E,
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
A Touching Case.

The Meriden Repu65iean publishes the following:-
 "A gentleman nearly craZed with grief was in ihis city Tuesday, searching for his daughter, who had evidently been enticed away from home by fiend in human form, and doubtless ruined. She had been away from home since Saturday, and no reliable tidngs of her had been received. The father, in his search about Hart ford. came across some friends of the man who had eniiced her from her home. and by them hr Was given to understand. though not posi- lively told, that he would probably find his daughter at certain place of bad rrpute in this city. She was not there, and he is convinced that she has not been. He was. doubtless. put. on the wrong track purposrly by the rascals friends The girls mother is but just alive. She has consumption and the father is nearly dead with grief. His family have always had good name, aud this blow almost cruShes him. So sen- siive is he that he nPglpcts ihe best means Ot ascrrtaining his daughters whereabouts. by refusing 10 acquant the police with her absence; tearing the publicity that would result. He leaves the following description of his daughter. and requests that any in Formation concerning her be sent to this office. He leaves sum of money suffi ci"Et to pay any one for the trouble of sending the information :-The daughter is fifteen years old. very light hair, blue eyes. light comp'' xiOn. even but somewhat sharp features, and almost five feet in height He is not able to tell d finitrly what sho wore away but thinks sine had black hat and black velvet cloak. heavily trimmed with what material he failed to state
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Railroads i'm Connecticut.

During the past year one hundred and miles of railroad were compile ted in the State, as follows: Connecticut Western-completed from Hartford west ward to a junction with the New York and Harlem and Duchess and Columbia roads at Millerton, N. r., 67 l-2 miles; Connec- ticut Valley-completed from Hartford southeasterly down the west bank of the Connecticut river to Saybrook Point, 43 miles; Shepaug Valley-completed from Hawleyville, on the Housatonic railroad, northeasteriy to Litchfeld, 52 l-2 miles :; Boston, Hartford and Erie-track extended from Putnam. on the Norwich and Wor- cester railroad, southeastelly to Williman tic, 22 miles. The, total mileage in this State in January 1871, was 7+2 miles, and at the beginning of this year, 9o9 miles.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Cornwall.

A grand temperance rally was held on dnesday of last week in tue church in this place. Addresses were made by Char les Marsh, Q Adams Esq. and H. Hitch cock Adams being the speaker from abroad of course occupied most of the time his subject being Temperance, and thrsin of pr0tane swearing" after which he read F. selection from ''Pollock's s course of time,' on the subject of islander, ''the vllest whelp of sin. The cornet band was ill attendance and furnished music for the occasion from he gallery. The meeting opened by the band playing Masonic march," and then We waited for the speaker but no speaker appeared, but upon the band playing
 Charming waltz," a noise was heard pro ceeding from the basement of the church when the Band of Hope" and speaker. about fifty strong, rushed in and took their places in tho body of the church. It was altogether ''nohby' time, and we are glad to say that there has not been drop of liq uor sold in the village since the rally.- The first Congregational church have given the R;.v. MT. Prince call to settle as pas tor of thls people, for salary of eleven hundred dollars year and the use of the parsonage. X. Y. z.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Vaccination.


 As small pox is prevailing to some con- siderable extent in certain localities in ouI state, We give the following statistics oi the merits of vaccination. as preventiv, of that much dreaded disease.
 When small pox was raging as an epidemic in London in 1863. observations were mad, by the physicians upon 10000 children belonging to national and parochial schools, warehouses, etc. Some of the children had never been vaccinated; the great ma 1nritY had in various ways and degrees. Or every 900 children without any marks of vaccination, 96O had marks of small pox While of every 1000 children who had evidence of vaccination only IFS had any trace of the disease. In regard to tn, amount of vaccinations. it was fouCd thai of children having four or more cicatrices only 062 per thousand were scared wilt small pox. Sn ihe best vaccination proved thirty fold more protective than the worst and the worst Was twenty seven times bet ter than none at all.
 . Tine study of l5 GOO cases of small pox at the London hospital shows that the un- vaccinatcd died at the rate of 37 per cent. and the vaccnsted at the rate of only 6 2 Der cent; th" mortality among those with four scars being ony 0, 55. while that among those with only single scar was 7.37. A comparison of the statistics indicate that a well vaccinated person runs only enc seventh the risk which is taken by thos' who refuse to avail themselves o: vaccina tioRs. The courageous Lady Montague who suffered the first vaccination to b. made upon her daughter, is vindicated by the records of the history and progress oi the disease since then; and the great army of doubters who hold aloof from vaccina- tion for no better reason than superstition or insufficient knowledge of facts, are Jeff the consolation of knowing thai their cours, greatly increases the risk they would other wise ruh.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26

now reached point in our journey, where we intend to make a few weeks sojourn. It is the Florida of France, and within gun shot of Italy. One of our ladies walked into Italy yesterday, stealing the march upon the rest of us. This little town of Mentone, somewhat larger than Saratoga, has long been resort for invalids, and Is most curiousy situated on the Meditcran- can shore. Imagine the letter c. or more properly, semicircle, quite perfect, the cord of which would be about two miles across the water, the outlook of which, from all points IS on the wide, open and beautiful blue sea. This semicircle is backed by foot hills several hundred feet in night, and these again by snow covered Alps, thousands of feet higher still 80 that tue place is most efectually protected from the cold winds that come down upon other portions of the coast. These lower hills undoubtedly once formed the sea shore at their base, but fine Sea wall for almost the entire curve, now gives room for fine, we'll paved street, with substantial side walks, on the two sides, and long line of hotels and boarding houses on the land side, occupying the space opened by using the earth and rock used to fill in behind the sea wall. Behind these rise still other villas and dwellings on hill side, as rough and steep as the mountain in front of our friend Hutchinson. Since writing the above 1 have taken a walk of couple of miles with my wife, over part of the celebrated Comechie road, which extends from Nice to Genoa; one of the most remarkable roads in Europe. In many places it is formed of galleries cut out of the rocks, that run down into the sea. The views from some of the projecting points of the rugged and towering coast, are exceedingly grand. This road, which was the work of ages, and which has stood for ages, is about to be superseded by the Paris, Lyons and Marsailles railway. the terminus of which
 is for the present in this village, but which
 is soon to be opened to Genoa. This ad- mirable railroad has occupied several years in its construction, and will undoubtedly be opened next month, |, as we used to say of the Conn. Western. There are miles and miles of tunnels, hundreds of bridges and culverts, all constructed in the most sub- stantisl manner, and of most perfect and beautiful masonry. do not know what it may have cost here, but in our country that portion of it between here and Mar. sailles would not have cost less than $20O,- 900 per mile. The workmanship upon it IS incompsrsble. It does an American eye good to see how complete, substantial and thorough. every public work in these old countries is constructed.
 Dec. 18th If this should reach you before nert Christmas, it will do to wish a merry one. The sun never rose more glo- riously ou any land, than it has this morn- ing on this. Orange trees, roses, olive trees and lemon trees are every where brilliant under it's rays, only wish that hund eds of our friendsl could be here to look upon the scene with us. H.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26

THE PRAYER MEETING Rev. Dewitt Tallmadge says:-A brother rises in prayer meeting 10 lead in supplcation. After he has hegun, the door slams, and you peep through your fingers to See who is coming in. You gay to yourself what a finely expressed prayer, or what a laundering specimen. But how long he keeps on Wish he would stop! He prays for the worlds conversion. I wonder how much he gives towards it. There I don't think l turned the gas down in the paror. Wonder if Bridget has got home yet! wonder if they have thought to take that cake out of the oven!" Oh, ''what fool l Was to put my name on the back of that note Ought to have sold those goods for cash and not on credit" And SO you go on tumbling over one thing after another, until the gentleman closes his prayer with "Amen," and you Eft up your head say ing, There, haven't prayed one bit. l am not christian Yes you are, if you have resisted the tendency. Christ knows how much you have resisted, and how thoroughly we are disordered of sin, and He will pick out the one earnest petition from the rubbish and answer it. To the very depth of His nature He sympathizcs with the infi!mIty of our prayers.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
ERlIN YillnXG.

Falls ViIInEc.
 DEAR NRws.-It is several weeks since you have heard from me. The reasons why are many. First: The scarcity of items; we have degc nerated into quiet, peace and temperance loving society, there fore we have no great deeds to record Then agnin; left the field open for any new aspirant to newspaper h0nors, and when saw it taken few days ago, ccr tainly felt relieved; but as that failed, am forced to take up the quill again. through fear of taxation without represen; a. lion, which you know once caused great row......Our Holidays passed quietly by, with the usual evergreen tree and toys, and ''very one made happy, and we are once more settled to business, at least those tbat ness, we call ''sitters," and they are fore tellers of the weather, but always predic, bad weather, never good. You meet one on a fine day, and bid him good morning; fine day; tiptop wheeling fine time for farmers to finish threshing or cutting wood - ''yas, he drawIs out "but look out for tomorrow, to day is a bree- der" Now supposing it is a breeder. Isn't it just as likely to breed fair as foul weather? Why not accept the day as it is, and not be always looking for the dark day. Sup posing snow is six feet deep on the c. P. R. R. it isn't necessary for us to go out there to get into it. Let us enjoy the fine | weather while we have it. ......O Our young people seem to enjoy the fine walking and wheeling and are very attentive to all the evening meetings, also singing schools and parties. 1.-The work on the railroad shops here, that was suspended during the early part of the winter, has been renewed with redoubled energy, under the superinten- dence of a Mir. Reese of Bridgeport; who is both gentleman and mechanic. He has force of about 20 men at work con- verting the last of the forge buildings into car shops. The blowing works are torn l away; the Hume and the addition on the back side are also being taken down; par titions are to be run through the shop, the foundations of which are already being laid. The stone are taken from the garden wall, surrounding the house SO long occu- pied by Mr. Thomas. The wall was fine piece of mason work, laid by Joseph Jacobi, while in the employ of Mir. Ames. The neighbors say they are tired of read ing about this establishment. To those let me say; it is not written for them, for they can see for themselves, but it is writ ten for those who were once our ncighbors and shopmates, but who are now scattered abroad throughout the land, but in whose memory the dear old place is ever fresh. CLARIo.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26

A GRAND WoRK.-We have before us Briggs & Brothers catalogue of flowers and vegetable seeds, for 1872. The publishers are seedsmen. said to be the most extensive in the world; who raise and sell flower and vegetable seeds, sending them in large or small quantities to all parts of the coun try. They own no end of gardens and farms. both in and out of New York State having 26O acre farm at Clinton, Iowa, devoted expressly to seeds, and their estab lishment at Rochester, has upwards of 60, GOO feet of flooring. devoted exclusively to packing and shipping seeds.
 But to revert to the catalogue before us. we must say, that it is more than was promised in the advertisements of the firm. Its typography is perfect. Ils Illustrated plates are models of pictorial beauty. Its contents embrace useful hints upon the growth and raising of flowers and vegrta bles, and are the results of years of prac tlcal experience. The purchaser of n caia logue Gan order to Dr ggs 6 Brother for for one dollars worth of seeds. secures it free,) also receives an insight into what he may obtain on certain conditions. in the way of one or two chromo Autographs of flower bouquets, representing bouquets of choice natural flowers, raised by Briggs & Brother. These chromOs are fully equal 'o IhO CuIDil)S SDIu, dDU are fit ornament for parlor or sitting room. The catalogue also contains two representative engravings of the chromos. and parties ordering only one, which, with out an order for seeds. requir, an enclosure of seventy five cents, can select which they prefer
 There is no person interested in flowers, house or garden plants. or engaged in the raising of vegetables or market cereals, who cannot be benefited by the possession of this valuable and beautiful illustrated cata logue. An enclosure of twenty-five cents secures it prepaid, and the amount in seeds is returned. if an order follows the purchase of d catalogue.
 It is now time to be Mjnkjng about the spring work. as the venerable Robt Thomas says in his almanack, and the plans for thls work are never complete till the seeds are provided and ready for gardening S"nd to Briggs & Brothers of Rochester for their catalogue, and make your selections.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26

RAILROAD LEGISLATION. The following quotation is from the message of Gov. Wash5urn of Massachusetts It will be of interest to those who are at present agita ting the question of the effect of high tar ifs, upon business community.
 That railaoads have added largely to our wealth, that they have built villages and towns on every hand, that they have pDmoted business enterprises and developed struggling industries, that they have quick ened the life and stimulated the activity of the whole commonwealth, and that in all this !here is much for unstinted praise and commendatlon. no man at this day will pre- tend to contrOvert. Yet it should never be forgotten that railways are creatures of the staie Extraordinary powers and privileges have been granted to them, not to be used solely for their own benefit and agsrandize- ment, but upon conditions and with restric- tions which make them in measure public property, and responsible to the state for Nn honest and faithful discharge of their trusts. Each road has special mission. and must be held to it's strict fulfilment It is under obligations to furnish the best possible facilities for the accommodation of the public at the lowest possible cost. after retaining to itself fair compensation above expenses for the use of it's invested capital. Better roads, improved accommo- dations and cheaper transportation are re- quisites of the hour. That the railway corporations of the state may be enabled to respond to the reasonable demand of the public in these regards, it is necessary that they should be wisely economical in ex- penditure and wisely liberal in management. 1t is vitalIy important, not less to their fu- lure than to the future of the community, that they encourage local business along their lines by affording cheap and rapid communication, not only with the markets, nut also with the points supplying raw material used in manufactures and the me chanic arts.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Indians at the White House.

An Indian delegation of Cherokees. Greeks and Choctaws called on the Presi dent last Saturday. They informed the President they were opposed to congress ional legislation which proposed for them a territorial government, and were satls fled with such institutions as they now have in inc Indian country. The President re- piled to them kindly, and said that as far as he was concernedk no territorial govern ment would he extended over the Cherokee country unless they wanted one. He ex- pressed his qualification at their social pro- gress, and assured them that he would at all times do whatever lay in his power to pro- mote their prosperity. The delegation were much pleased with the interview.
Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Huntsville.

The wife of M. H. Loomis (our village Wetherel's barn. fell from the second floor through feed hole to the first floor distance of- eight feet and severely in iurpd one of her ankles SO ruch so that she was unable to walk. T|inkinr per haps some Of tho homes might be broken. it was thought hest to send for surgeon Martin Henry startod post haste. and aft., driving over half the town returned with onr "hotanical physician a gentlemen of 20 years experience in ''hoeing ont disense" hut heretofore had never hppn known as 2 surgeon. On reaching the house. the m inrnd ladv was somewhat surprised. and inquired of the doctor if he knew anything about setting broken homes. He r~nlied that he had never had much experience hut he once set 6uTs leg. and the bull cot well. This heinz deemed satisfactory ''Saw Bones" commenced an examination and after due delheration gave the follow ing lucid and Jack Bunslv opinion ''that if there was any bones broken they were bro ken. if 7aOt. there was no bones hrokpn.' The ladies present acknowledged the decis ion to be an opinion as was an opinion The doctor then prescribed an emhroca- ton of his "wnrld renowned. universal compound. Magic Pain Killing Lotion." and was soon returned to his domicile. hiohiv elated with his success AS a surgeon and happy in the thought of handsome fee, in prospect. The lady is fast conva- lescing. owinr undouht' div 10 the skilful manipulation of the aforesaid "Saw Bones" ......S. B. Wetherell has sold his farm of AS acres to Nick Lindy. one of the work men at Hunt Lyman Iron Co.'S furnace. Mr Wetherell intends moving to Iowa in the spring. George Barnes offers to sell his farm with all the buildings thereon with fairprospect of consummating sale.
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Connecticut western news., 1872-01-26
Remarkable Instance of Memory.


 John Franklin was native of Canaan, LitchtielG County, Connecticut. An in stance of his remarkable memory, when a lad of seventeen, will show that he was no ordinary boy. Having accompanied the family to the place of worship, the meet ing house being only enclosed, but neither ceied nor plastered, the beams and rafters were all exposed to view. John saw that his austere father Sat through the sermon with great uneasiuess, but could not divine the cause. On reaching home, ''John,'' said his father, it is my duty to give you d severe thrashing. Common. in old times, ) and you shall have it presently so prepare yourself.
 But you. won't whip me, father, with out telling me what for?'
 No, certain!y-your conduct at meet ing. sir, is the Cause. Instead of attend ing to the sermon, you were all tue while gaping about as if you were counting the beums and railers of the meeting house."
 Well. father, can you repeat the ser mun?"
 ''S"rmon! No. 1 had as much as could do to watch your inattention."
 If I'll tell you all the minister said, you won't whip me?'
 No. John, no; but that is impossible" Young Franklin immediately narued the text, and taking up the discourse, went through every head of it with surprising accuracy.
 "Up"n my word" said the delighted pa rent, Il should not have thought it.
 And now father," said John, Il can tell you exactly how many beams and raft CTS there are in the meeting house. w. Miners History of Wyoneing.