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Connecticut western news., 1872-09-20

Kent.
 MT. B. G. Norlhrop, secretary of the State Board of Education, advertised to lec- ture last Thursday evening, at the Congre. gational church, but by some means the lecturer did not arrive till l-2 o'clock, consequently slim attendance and short lecture. 1.-The well-known firm of Fuller tS Cos is no more. They have disposed of their remaining stock to MT. w. Watson, of Marbledale, who takes possession to day, (Monday), and will replenish it and drive things for while. MT. w. is young man of extraordinary mercantile abilities, having heretofore been very successful at the business......T The carpenters commenced the wood work on St. Andrews church one week ago today, and if the work shows as fast for couple of weeks to come as for a week past, it will be nearly completed. The raasons also are driving ahead nicely ......Several of our citizens leave for pleas, ure trip West this week. We wish them much pleasure and a safe return.
 XZYMENUs.
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Town Meeting.

The inhabitants of the town of Salisbury, legal ly qualified to vote in Town Meeting, are hereby warned to meet in Town Hall in Salisbury, Oct. q 1872, at o'clock A. M., for the following purposes to wit:
 1st-To choose the necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
 2d-To lay tax to dcfray the necessary tswn expenses, 3d.-To appoint collector of said tax,
 4th-Ts see what course the tswn will adopt in regard to the late license law.
 bth-So vote yes or no in regard to the establish. ment of District Court in certain towns in Litch- field county, in pursuance of an act passed at the last session of the legislature.
 6th-To see what the town will do concerning the building of New Town Hall, and to do any other business necessary to be done at said meet ing. 2w10 JOHN R. WARD JP. WALTON, SSeectmen. c. H. RESELL, Salisbury Sept 16 1872 ...
Connecticut western news., 1872-09-20

Here is new outburst of the Western salutatory mania: "With our publication we want to please everybody, but never acquired the knack of placing each persons advertisement at the head of the first col umn, we don't expect to. We don't mean to be very touching in our personal re- marks, but if as reform educator, or any thing of the kind, we displease any parties, it may be well for them to consider the fact, before taking means of summary ven- geance in their hands, that our weight is al- ways over 15o pounds, and that in many leisure moments we have had the pleasure of entertaining in our earlier career, we went heavy into the practice of hoisting two hundred pound snvils over our head, holding bags of flour at arms length. and other feats for muscular development. This is not told as dampener to any of the pu- gilissic spirits of this community, but to let people know that we are independent and fearless
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What \ Ikmovv About VincAand.

This city which is all done but finishing, is about two hours ride from Philadelphia by West Jersey railroad, and about five hours from New York by New JeIsey Southern the two roads crossing at about right angles near the center of the town
 When the place will be finished, probably tho one that sells the lots, draws the maps, locates the churches, ol-houses, depots, etc., can tell better, or as we'll as can. As it now looks to me think it will be some years before it will be the largest city in New Jersey. There is one mile square laid out in blocks at right angles, and streets opened and buildings on the most of the blocks of some kind. Many of them quite small and great proportion of the lots not very much improved. The chief products are grapes, peaches, melons, sweet potatoes, pears and berries, which grow finely with good fostering and thorough cultiYa- ton. But when you come to corn, Irish potatoes, apples, grass, and dairy products, Vineland makes poor show, and it strikes me that men cannot live on grapes and melons alone, neither will the leaves of the vine or peach tree answer for raiment, any more than the fig leaves did for Mother Eve. Your Salisbury farmers far excel in everything except those fruits which l have named. l notice on almost every square, For Sale.' There are scores of men that came here with few hundred dollars and invested in a plot of land, built a small shel, ter for thelr families, and now find it hard work to get the absolute necessities of life, and are willing to sell for about one-hal: what their places cost them. A man that has plenty of money can live here very comfortable, but not any more comfortable
 or with less expense than he can in Conn ecticut. Then why go to Vineland? Tho only benefit that l can see is having milo winters instead of the cold rough weather which you have in New England. The in habitants are from almost every state in tht Union; the majority are northern or east ern people; very seldom that you meet al Irishman or black. The excitement in re gard to Vineland has been gotten up by Mo1' o'tgh 0doertising, and am of the opinion that three-quarters of the inhabitants woult gladly sacrifice on their property to get i into cash. ] notice in the real estate of1ic, a map of the village of Landis, all mad, out in good shape, so that stranger woul( suppose it was flourishing village. pass ed through it on the cars and thought
 l foly houses, and prominent buildings. But To and behold the village consisted of a yer, small depot which might have cost $50 0 $75, standing in a forest of shrub oaks, ant not another building in sight. So you SCI
 how cities and villages are made in South ern New Jersey. BENTLEY.
 VMELAND. N. J., Aug 21st, 1872.
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Alabama Claims Settled.

WAsHlNGTcN, Sept IA telegram re. ceivcd at the State department today from s. c. Bancroft Davis, agent of the United States, says that the text of the award ot the Arbitrators at Geneva has been to-day publicly announced there. The United States receive gross sum of a little ovea three million sterling-fiftcen and one-halt million dollars ($l5, 500, ,OOO) for losses sus. tained by the acts of the Alabama, the Florida and the Shenandoah. The dam. ages by the latter were after leaving Mel. bourne. By the terms of treaty the award is payable in gold at Washington, within one year from date of the award.
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Norfolk

Norfolk
 A Grant and Wilson club was organized in this town, Monday evening, Sept. 19th composed of 75 members, and adjourned until Monday next to complete organization 1.-The Adams express office in this place was broken into on Thursday night, and some $7.00 in money stolen several ex- press packages and two or three trunks broken into and some small articles taken No clue to the thieves. ..... No applications for liscensc under the new law have been received by our selcctmen up to this time. .....We understand Mir. Jno. Richardson and family, and Mrs. J. B. Bredalban and family, start for Jacksonville, Florida, about Oct. lst, at which place, they have leased for term of years, large and com modious house and lands, for the purpose of opening first class boarding house...... MT. Chas. E. Cobb has sold his place to Loring Gaylord. Price, $l,O5U. Mir. Cobb has leased the house now owned and occupied by Mrs. Bedalban, and takes pos session Oct. 1st SERT SE BEA.
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THOSE BUILDING LoTs.-The supply was not equal to the demand; accordingly, Mr. Frederick Bushnell, approaching the wants of the public, has thrown his lots into the market. Geo. W. Peet, Esq, still has g "few more sites left desirable for busi ness purposes, residences, burial lots, or a race course. am agent for Messrs. Peet and Bushnell, and at any time will furnish full information to purchasers. 4tf
 D. T. WARNER.
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GoDEY's LADY BooK.-This veteran monthly could not have reached it's eighty fifth volume except by unusual excellence, and by keeping fully abreast the times The old volumes look queerly when compared with the present, but they were none the less excellent in their day and generation. What work has this excellent magazine done in the homes of America, of amusing, instructing and refining one generation after another. Read the inducements offered of clubbing this valuable magazine with the NEWS, in another column.
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West Cornwall.

West COrMHVnU.
 John Q. Adams, Esq, of Negaunee, Michigan; Is in town and will remain three or four weeks. He looks hale and hearty; says he likes the ways of the Wolverines. ......The summer boarders have all left for the city,. Doodle Rogers will finish hay ing in about six weeks if he has good luck. ......The district court seems to meet with almost universal approval here, and will undoubtedly receive nearly a unanimous vote in its favor. H. G.
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Sheffield.

Sheffield.
 The Sheffield Friendly Union opened for the season last Friday evening, with fifty or sixty present. Tuesday evening Dr. Dewey delivered lecture. Next Tuesday Miss Dewey is to give a reading, and the following Tuesday Dr. Grover is to lecture on the circulation of the blood, the nervous system, etc.......The high school opened for the fall term, on Tuesday, with about twenty pupils. 1.-The annual meeting of the Berkshire Sunday School Union was held at North Adams, on Wednesday, the 4th inst. Subjects of discussion were as follows: Morning. Relation of Sunday School to the Church, ,'-opencd by Mr. Schute, of Boston. Afternoon-' Best method of conducting Sunday school exer- cises, including library, ,-opened by w. J. Bartlett, Esq, of Lee. Evening-'Best mode of conducting Sunday School Con- certs and Teachers Meetings, s,'-opened by Rev. T. A. Griffin, of North Adams. A large number of ministers and superintend ants were present, the lay element being better represented than is usual in religious gatherings. Methodist, Baptist. and Cong regational churches unite in this organiza- tion, though none of the Methodist churches of Southern Berkshire were represented at this meeting, partly perhaps because they belong to another conference, and partly from the general fact that this denomina- tion do not work very we'll in concert with others. Some idea of the interest of the proc eedings may be gathered from the fact that 2S speakers took part in them, all thor oughly and practically acquainted with the subject, and almost every one contributing something of value to the general stock. In the course of the afternoon, an interest ing address was delivered by Gen. Arm- strong, of Virginia, on the Freedmen's schools.
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DOGS 4

All persons owning or harboring dogs are here by warned and notified to have them registered and numbered by Oct. 10th. 1872, or be dealt with according to Law.
 JOHN R. WARD,
 !. P. WALTON, SSelectmen sw10 CHARLES H. BISSELL,
 TrOtting Stock atAuetion. My health and strength being insufficient to cen. offer my entire stock at auction on Saturday Sept. 2S 1S72, at Il o'clock A. M. consisting of i've ere; colts and Allies, 2years-old, ysarlings and weanings, the get eff Young Dexter, and Fslters Grand Hambletonia an Bashaw, both by Rysdyk's of their ancestry. shall regret their sacrifice but they must go. Also, two good cows three seat be harnesses, some new and very lne Sale of horses at o'clock, P. M. Location net far from railroad station. Satisfactory endorsed notes at six months and interest from date acceptable, 2w10 s. W. ELLIOTT. Salisbury, Conn.,, Sept. 14th, lS72
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Ap1lle Me1vs.

**& We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under thelr notice,
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TIE Loss OF THE METIs-DAMAGING EvI DENOE IN UAND.-The secretary of the Treasury is ill possession of evidence which will, in addition to the testimony atready taken regarding the disaster to the steam boat Nletis, prove beyond doubt that the vessel was ouiy partially equipped, and that her owners knew she was running in viola tion of the steamboat law. This much it is said, has been got since the disaster, while documentary evidence beyond qucs- ton will be submitted with the report of the inspectors. An investigation indepen- dent of that conducted by the local inspec- tors has been going on for week past, and it is alleged, will prove more than all the testimony taken from passengers.
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NEW POSTAGE LAw-SoMETnING TO RE MEMBER.-The Post Office Department rules, under the new code, that the unpaid postage on a@ matter on which prepayment is reQuirc'I must be doubled, and collected on delivery tiis ruling applies to the bal anco due on matter not july prepaid as well as 10 matter ~1o52y unpaid. Thus, if you get a letter, say from Omaha, on which there is 8 3 cent stamp, and that stamp does not fully pay the true weight of the letter, therc will probably be marked, in the office, ''3c cue" But when you take out that let ter you are required under the new law, to pay, not 9, but 6 cents. Newspaper post age, too, is often misunderstood, under the new law. A newspaper weighing over ? onucoa requires n t200 cent stamp.
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Teachers Notice,

All persons employed to teach in the several
 schools of this town, for the year beginning Sept.
 must receive certificates from the Board of Vis-
 itors before beginning school, in accordance with the requirements of law. Teachers can prsaent themselves to the chairman of the Board, at Lime Rock, at any time.
 JH HURLBURT, II. M KNIGHT, 1w10 J. l.. PEASE
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M oTICE !!
$500 REWARD
MILLINERY!
HOUSE FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers for sale the desirable prop. erty, opposite the Barnard House, at Salisbury Centre, comprising dwelling house, office, barn. and aboat one acre ofland For further particulars enquire of the undersigned, at Laksville, Conn.
 3w10 MRS. l.. B. WERDEN
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MAR REED.

In Lakeville, Sept. 15, by the Rev. W: s: Bou- ton, MT. John M. Prince to Miss Jennie M. Thorp, all of Salisbury.
 In Kent, Sept 10th, by the Rev. A. G. Crosby; Mir. H. A. Hodge of New Milford, and Miss Eva D. Leonard of Kent.
 At Kent, Sept: 17th, by the Rev. A. e. Crosby; MT. J. Chaffee of Amenia, N. Y., to Miss Lydia Judd of Kent.
 AtHousatonic, Mass, September 18th, at the brides, by Rev. James H. Mitchell, MT. J. H. Galloway of Summervile, N. J., to Miss Nancy A. Deming. At Canaan Corners, N. Y. by Rev. -; Nelson B. Parish of West Stockbridge, Mass, to Miss Mary Elton of Hudson, N Y. Mitchel Richard Evans of Glendale, to Miss Pau line Bradley.
 At North Egremont, Sept. 18th, by Rev. MT. Bennett; MT. Miller, connected with the 1nterna! Revenue Department at Washington, ID. C., ana Miss Alice k. Van Bramer.
Connecticut western news., 1872-09-20

The gentle editor of Western exchange makes the amcnde honorable in the follow ing elaborate style: ''There is a fly in our office, one particular. aggressive fly, distin- guishcd from his bretheren by pertinacity and untiring energy that, if properly direc- ted, are enough to make him President. Other flies we can dispose of by whisking a paper at them, or putting them out of the window. But this fly we can't manage. We don't like to kill flies There is some thing so confiding about them, that it seems like breach of hospitality to kill them. That fly tumbles into our ink stand, crawls out and dries his little feet by walking over our paper as we write. The compositor has hard work to decipher our manuscript some times. And in this connection we should make slight correction. In the last mum Der of our paper, we called the Hon. MT. - 'an unprincipled demagogue,' we should have said a high toned patriot Ii was all the fault of that fly. The brother of the Hon. MT, - came into our office this morning with new and substantial looking cane and reminded us of the mis print"
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E3j" The Hon. Roger Ayerill of Danbury, formerly of Salisbury, is man about 5 feet 9 inches high, but he walks into his garden and looks up 9 feet and 3 inches to the tassels on his corn, which makes 15 feet from the corns on his feet to the tas- sels on his corn. n.-Hdrtford Post.
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JOUR DARLING" !"

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.
 Mir. Godey offers as a premium to new subscrib- CTS to his Ladys Book, beautiful chromo, entitled JOUR DARLINa." The regular price of this excel lent magazine is 8 per year but 50 sent to us as NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS oR RENEWALS, to the CoNM WESTERN NRws, will secure tho NEWS and the magazine each one year, together with the elegant chromo mentioned above. 10tf
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0SOSheAs
 Wm. Norton is building cider mill a West Goshen, to meet the requirements of the farmers in this town. With few ex- captions the farmers are through having. ......lt takes two barrels of cider to buy 8 cider barrel this year. The late cold snap has interfered with the mosquito crop ...... L. H. 6 Allyn do their freighting on the Shepaug R. R. A CITIZEN.
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A SIoN MOTHER LOSES HER CHILD OVER DoAED-THE CONDUCTOR REFUSES TO STOP. The Fort Scott, Kansas, Monitor relates the following sad story of an accident on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad last week: "A train bound for Texas had on board large number of travellers and emigrants, among them a lady with q little boy aged 7, who had the :Eue. When about sixty miles below the s1 4te line the little boy, who had been walking about the car during the evening, fell off. This was not known by the mother until the train had gone two miles, and the lady sought the conductor and asked him to back the train, which he refused to do. The lady then asked him to stop the train and let her off, which he also refused to do, and, in spite of her tears and eltreaties carried her down to tue next station, where she was compelled to stay over night and wait fol the up-train the next morning. On return ing, the boy was found. He had crawled up the embankment among the grass, and resting his head among the wild flowers, and drenched with the terrific thunder storm of Friday night, he was dead.
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Iogc, Sept. 10th and 1lth, 1872.
 PREMIUMS.
 FALL CROPS.
 Spring Wheat. Charles Spur, 1st, 8 400
 Winter WAeat. Nathan Hart, 2d, 800
 Rye. Charles Hatch, 400 H. w. Franklin, 800
 Best Fioe Acres cf Corn. Harvey Holcomb, 500 Robert Little, 2d, 800
 Best Three Acres of Corn. John Odenbreit, 2d 800
 Best One Acre Corn. H. L. Candee 400 M. s. Spaulding, 2d 200
 Best FSve Acres Oats. Frank Howet 400 Wolcott Bushnell, 2d 800
 Best One Acre Oats. Wm. c. Hart 200 Ingersoll Reed, 2d 200
 Stoeedish Turntps. R. I. Scoville 200
 Field TurnSps.
 Apple OrcAard, Smith Cleveland 300 Nathan Hart 2 % SEEDS AND VEGETABLES.
 Variety of Garden Vegetables. Zacheus Candee 400 Davis Barnes, 2d 800 Fioe Varieties Seed Corn. Harmon Blake 100 HALF BUsHEL SEED CORN. | w. Bunnel 50 HALF BUsHKL OATS. G. F. Bartholomew 50 HALF BUsHEL RYE. | Warren Candee l % | STEPHEN BRIaNER, On Greeley Squash 50 Sample pumpkins 5O-l % c. R. MORRIS, On Citrons and Beets 50 G. w. GAaER 1-2 bu Field Turnips 50 DWIGHT ANDREWS l-2 bu White rye 50 E. M. GREEN Half bush. potatoes 50 R. I. SoovlLLE Sample tomatoes 25 H. c. PR1NDLE Boston Squash 25 Ruloff Dean Bunch peanuts 50
 DAIRY, BREAD, CAKE AND HONEY. Mrs. Wm. Dakin jar Fall butter 200 jar Summer butter 3OO-5 % Mrs. D. H. Dean Sample Summer butter 200 H. Wickwire On Summer butter 200 Mrs. F. G. Dean Sample Fall butter 300 Mrs. Joseph Candee Fall butter co c. s. Norton New English Dairy Cheese 300
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Chester WiCkWlro
 New Cutting Cheese 3Co Mrs. D. H. Dean
 New Cutting Cheese 200 c. Wickwire
 New English dairy cheese 200 Mrs. Erastus Merwin
 Old English dairy cheese 3 % Old sage cheese OO-5 % | J. E. Swallow Box Honey 200 Mrs. James Van Deusen One loaf wheat bread 50 plate French loaf 25- 75 Mrs. Joseph Candse l loaf rye bread 50 l plate buscuit 25- 75 Mrs. Warren Candee l loaf rye bread 50 plate huscuit 25- 75
 FRUIT AND HORTICULTURE. Zacheus Candee Fruit and Horticulture 5ooI Warren Candee Best variety of pears 200 Cbarles Hatch
 On 20 varieties apples 300 Charles Spur
 l2>varieties apples 200 l2 do peius 50 l2 do peaches 5O-S OO s. S. Robbins
 Best plate peaches 50 Mrs. McArthur
 Best plate plums 50 Mrs. Warren Candee
 Maple syrup 50 Native wine 50-1 co Joseph Candee
 Blackberry wine co Mrs. z. Candee
 Pie plant wine 50 Mrs. Willis Bartholomew
 l bottle metEe lin 30 Mrs. George Gagcr
 l bottle Catawba wine % E. w. Dean
 Collection of grapes 200 E. M. Dean
 Peck of Fall apples 200 F. G. Dean Winter apples 100 Fall apples 50 H. c. Prindle-Fall apples 100 R. l. Scovlle-Winter apples 50 Nathan Hart-on fr,ait 200 MECHANICAL PRODUCTIONS. Griswod & Peck-t>Yo American sewing machines 250 Harrison Brothers-I Domestic sew ing-machines 250 J. D. Eglestop-Sprimg mattresses 200 Abram Palmer-pruniu and hedge shears 50 J. A. Decker-two seated wagon 300 Treat & Whittlesey-h,rse rake and hay tedder 200 A. Bryan--5 flaming mills 200 DEVON GRADE OXEN AND sTRERs. c. B. Baldwin, pr oxen, lst 6 % Charles Owen-1 pair oxen, 2d 500
 DURHAM GRADE OXEN AND STEERS. Harvey Holcomb-l pr oxen, 1st 500 Spencer Nott-l pr oxen, 2d 400 R. I. Scoville-two year-old steers, lst 2 % NATIVE AND MIXED GRADE OXEN AND sTRERs- H. E. Wetherell-I pr oxe n, lst 600 F. G. Dean-l pr oxen, 2tl 400 Ingersol Reed-yearling steers goo
 DEVON BLOOD STOCK.
 H. E. Wetherell
 l yearling heifer 200 yearling grade heifer 1oo-3 % DURHAM BLOOD STOCK.
 L. L. Howell bull calf 200 M. B. Richardson-I By ear-old bull 500 JERSEY BLOOD SHOOK.
 H. w. Franklin
 l yearling bull goo do heifer l 0O-S % Rev. J. E. Swallow-l COW 800 George 0. Dodge-1 s-year-old bull 500 c. B. Maltbie
 l 2-year-old bull 200 l COW 200 yearling heifer zoo calf O0-S OO AYRSHIRE BLOOD STOCK. T. s. Gold-1 yearling bull 200 l bull calf 200 yearling heifer OO-6 Oo c. B. Maltbie-1 yearling bull % GRADE BULLS.
 w. Bunnell-l 2-year-old bull 200 Frdnk Hanchett-1 yearling bull co Ingersoll Reed-1-year-old bull % Charles Owens-l yearling bull 200 [Continued next week.
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BoRN N.

In this town. Sept. 9, a son ts Chas. Fenn.
 At Winsted, Sept. 18th, daughter to J. II. Vaills man aging editor of Winsted Herald.