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Connecticut western news., 1872-05-10
West Cornwall.

West Cornwall.
 Sunday, May 4, the West Cornwall Sab bath school held its annual election fol choice of officers for the ensuing year Isaac A. Marsh was chosen president; R. R. Pratt, superintendent, and J. c. Sher- wood, librarian. Tho inhabitants of Dib ble Hill continue to furnish their usua amount of petty law suits: M. Nickerson, Esq has sworn the peace against Mrs. A. N. Dibble, and the trial comes off May II which no doubt will be highly entertain. ing......The new time table of the Housa- tonlc R. R. Go. gives universal satisfaction. The Express stops at this station. There were 1779 cans of milk shipped from this station in April....." Joe says Jon athan Smith," late of Sheffield, England, has taken an interest in the "Hotel de Hump; an alliance of the '' British lion " and " French eagle" "How is that for high ?" Jonathan ought to put on a line of carriages to and from the dcpot...... The "shad eaters have commenced their weekly trips to New Haven, which &C., counts for the scarcity of shad up this way.
 NuF CEp.
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Sharon.

Sharon.
 have been sometimes surprised to see to what a low degree of meann, S some peo- pie will condescend. A short time since one of the good women of our town who is a great lover of flowers, had a choice lot of daliah roots or bulbs in boxes filled with earth and kept on the piazza the south side of the house, hoping thereby to give them an early start, that she and the pass CTS by might enjoy the sight of the beauti- ful flowers in the days to come as we have in days past. But now comes the disap- pointment. Certain parties passing in the night did steal said daliahs from off said piazza, did carry away and appropriate them to their own use thereby causing the above mentioned good woman greatly to mourn and bewail the loss thereof would hereby mention that the parties who took them are we'll known, and from what l can learn, it would be wei! to return them soon and in the same cautious manner in which they were taken. R.
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DIE D..

In this village, May 4th, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, aged 56 years.
 In this town. May Sd, Alanson Bryan, aged Fl years.
 At Canaan, May 2d, Rosina, wife of Deacon Levi w. Beckley, aged 55 years.
 At Sharon, April 25th, Aurelia, wife of Isaac T. Hoag, aged A years.
 At Cleaveland, Ohio, April 3Oth, Edward Church, infant and only son of Rev. G. w. and Louie M. Cowles, aged six months
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Sharon, No: 2.

Sharon, No: 2.
 There is but little news to record from
 this staid old village except that the mer.
 chants are unusually busy getting in new
 stocks of the latest and most fashionable
 styles of goods, and supplying the wants of
 their numerous customers who flock hither
 from many miles around, even from Sails
 bury. It speaks well for their enterprise and tact, that there are four stores, carry ing stocks of from fourteen to fifteen thou sand dollars, and doing business of from thirty to sixty-five thousand dollars each, in this small village. Come down and see how it is done The farmers are on the war path, carrying on vigorous campaign with old mother Earth, repeating ever and anon the worn-out and annual remark, "'Tis the latest spring 1 ever saw," and it strikes me that this time It is not far from correct......Dr. Knights little son Charlie was accidentally run over to-day by load ed wagon, and severely but not fatally in- jured......Miss Williams of Hitchcock's Corner, has recently purchased the new house of MT. Van Alstine, and will soon open boarding school for misses. We understand her to be an experienced and successful teacher, and wish her success in her undertaking. We shall then have three boarding schools; two for boys and one for girls; the more the merrier A new secret society has recently been discovered in our midst, but the secrets are SO scrupu- lously kept, that 'tis impossible to record it's object. Its badge consists of Maltese cross with white silk ribbon, pendant upon which are artistically worked the let ters s. 0. G. We do not apprehend that it has any base designs upon the public good, judging from the high responsibility of its known members. More anon. Qu1s.
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Finn c by Telegraph.

Noticing the other day, In addresses at
 the Morse testimonial meeting at the capital, instances given of the wonderful things which the telegraph enables us to do, it oc- cured to us that there was one great result to which allusion was not made, to wit !: the transmission of time by telegraph. Through the agency of the wire and the electric spark, the transit, except in some central city results or an observation taken or calculation made can be sent over the wires hundreds of miles in every direction in infinitely less time than the twinkling of an eye. Many jewellers avail themselves of the telegraph in ascertaining the time and governing the regulators. Take for in- stance Mcssrs. D. H. Buell. d5 Co.,, of this city, who have an arrangement with eel ebruted New York expert, who with a com. plete and costly set of instruments can make calculations with unerring accuracy. Two or three times week Mr. Buell. goes to the telegraph office, gets clear wire and Waits "at this end of the line" while the expert is at the other Both have out their watches. The New Yorker sends word that at precisely such a moment he shall send the time; and all being ready and the second hand on the dot, the opera tor touches the instrument, and in flash, in the infnitisimal fraction of a second, practically ''in no time at all," the wire at this end clicks, MT. Buell. instantaneously starts his watch, previously stopped at the minute designated, and allowance being made for tue difference between New York and Hartford time, the work is done Thus by the telegraph do we get the cor rect time, without the local. aid of transit. Courant.
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A GRAND OPPORTUNITY!

MFRS. F. M. OLlN, of Falls Village, wishing XN1 to retire from business the 1st of July, will sell her entire stock of goods to some one compe- tent to carry on @ drst-class Millinery and Fancy Store. Until the above mentioned date (July Ief) Mrs. Oin will keep full assortment of all the la test styles of
 MilliD cry and Trimmings, Which Tn view of the closing out sale will be sold at greatly reduced prices. 43.f
 Falls Village, May 1, 1872.
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Aull1e Aews.

&** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of our friends in the county, elsewhere, who will send particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under their notice
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M AR REEF

At Lime Rock, April 9oth, MT. Charles Vosburgh and Miss Phebe Silvernail, both of Lime Rock.
 At Goshen, May 9th, by the Rev. Joseph OKeefe, Timothy Hensy, of Waterbury, to Mary Doyle of Goshen.
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FOR 30 DAYS!

FoR SALE at the residence of NTrs. F. MI. Household Furniture, consisting of Black Walnut Extension Table, made to order; 6 Black Walnut Dining Chairs l Chestnut Marble Top Chamber Sett; 1 Black Walnut Sofa Bedstead; Marble Top Center Table. l Tete-a-tete. Sofa; Wash stands, Chairs, Bureaus, &c. all of which will be sold at low prices. Also one Boardman & Gray Cottage Piano for sale to rent for three years.
 Falls Village, May 1st, 1S72 43tf
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CWAPHNvILLE rHARkE FITS.
RoR N.

At the Mansion House, in Chapinville, April P, daughter to John c. Landon. At New Hartford, May lst, daughter to B. M. and A. c. Curtis.
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Connecticut Western News.

New Advertisements. A
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sent themselves ana invite him to grasp
 them and step up higher on tue road tc
 wealth and fame, but he cannot see that
 old ways are not as swell as any, and be
 turns cold shoulder on them and asks fol
 s' little more sleep and little more slum. ber."
 It is sometimes so with villages. Being accustomed year after year to sec the old wheel of time revolvc, and every time around find themselves precisely where they were when the previous revolution was completed, they come to think the old stand still way is as we'll as anyway. None will admit that in the case of man at the age of 2l years, it is as well that he should adopt the stand still plan; but to the con trary would say: Do something stir about and accomplish something! make progress your watchword and stamp in large type your mark in ths history of the world
 Let us labor no longer under the delu- sion, but open wide our eyes to our own interests and grasp the opportunities as they present themselves, and.grow. Let us start in modest sort of way by building B town hall such as is worthy of the town, and if a large hotel, which would accom- modate something like two or three hun dred city boarders, should be erected, the would pay largely, but we will not push this matter of needs too far at the The town hall and hotel sre neededI immediately. (Not that our present hotel is not good one, because it s; but it is not large enough for the pur- pose mentioned.) None will attempt to conceal the fact that the present wants of Salisbury are many, and whoever attempts o supply these wants, in however small a will reap rich harvest.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24

The following are the cotton quotation,
received at the National Savings Company,
corner Union and College stress, where
cotton, gold, bond and stock quotations are
received hourly, and are always accessible
to the public:
LIVERPOOL, March %, 11:15.-Cotton
quiet. Middling uplands I'D; Orleans III
20 115d. Sales 5000 bales.
LIVERPOOL, March %, 1:OO.-COttOn
unchanged. Middling upIands lid; Orleans
l1t6115d. Sales to-day 10000 bales.
New YORK, March %, 1O:23.-Market
quiet. Ordinary 1870; good ordinary 2lc;
low middling 213c; middling 22sc; Alabama
22@c; Orleans 222c; Texas 23c. March de-
livery PC; April 22Sc.
New YORK, March %, 12:13-Holders
firm, with light offerings but few buyers.
Ordinary uplsnds 1850; good ordinary q &c;
low middling &c; middling 22sc; Alabama
224c; Orleans 23c; Texas 234c. March de-
livery p Bloc; April p size; May p 10
Ice; July 1910.
NEW YORK, March %, 3:OO.-COtton
quiet. Ordinary uplands 1899; good ordi-
nary 81 &c; low middliDg 22c; middling 22sc;
Alabama 222c; Orleans 23c; Texas % &c.
Sales to-day 233 bales for export; 345 for
consumption. April delivery 22Ic; May
225c; July 23Sc; August 233c. Net re-
ceipts 6,6S2 bales; exports to Great Britain
6,795 bales; stock Of all classes 444, 1855
bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24
THE EARTH0TEKE 1915.

Mr.. Godfrey Lesieur, one of the oldest
inhabitants of Southeast Missouri, has been
writing for the st. Louis Republican some
"reminiscences of the famous earthquakes
which occurred in the region Of New Mad
rid about the beginning of the year 1912.
The first shock took place on the 10Th of
December, 1911, and was followed by sew
eral others within the space of three months.
Some of these shocks caused great injury to
the land, forming extensive assures, chang
ing high lands into lakes, and raising high
lands from the bottom of the
deep lakes. Some of the lands
which formerly constituted the beds
of lakes are now under cultivation, and
have proved richer and more productive
than any in Southeast Missouri. Mr.. Ee-
sieur tells a story of these earthquakes
which seems rather improbable, but the
truth of which he says can be confirmed by
many living witnesses. An old man by the
name of CulberSOn lived on his farm on the
bank of the Pemiscot river, about ten miles
from the town of Little Prairie. Between
the house and the river stood his well and
smoke-hOuse. On the morning of the 10th
of December, 1911, Mrs. CulSerson started
from the house to go to the well for water,
and to the smoke-hOuse for breakfast meat,
when to her utter bewilderment neither
smoke house nor well was to be found. A
search for the missing propertywas instituted
when both the well and smoke house were
discovered on the opposite side of the river.
The explanation Of the phenomenon is that
as the river formed very short crook or
angle at this point, an opening of the earth
let the main body of the river through,
while by the great pressure of the land
wave the land of the point of the angle was
forced across to the main shore, taking the
well and smoke house with it. Admitting
the truth of the story, the well must have
been remarkably well made to have stood
so extraordinary a removal.
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sPECTLATION IN GERMANY.

The influx of money into Germany, which
has been occasioned by the success Of the
French war, has produced its legitimate re-
suits in awakening a spirit of reckless spec
ulstion, which appears to have taken pos
session of all classes. The necessaries of
life have advanced Is or so per cent in price,
and real estate has risen more than 100 per
cent in certain speculative sections. Stock
companies of all kinds are being formed to
an unparalleled extent, and banks are being
organized with great rapidity. Among
other indications of this spirit, it may be
mentioned that even that conservative in
stitution, the Bank of Berlin, has establish
ed special branches with 100000 capital in
Shanghai and Yokohama, and taken new
Chinese railway under its protecting egis.
Mar. Emil Seligman, lately Of Tarrytown, is
the head efthe concern. German fnanciers
may well ask themselves whittier they are
tending; and it does not appear altogether
improbable that the idemnity demanded of
France may work quite as much harm as
good to the conquerors.-FtnaHcter.
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| BIZ SAMUEL BUREHAM.
Shivering, sad
/ Scantily clad,
And face so pale and 50 old;
With weary, worn feet,
Treading the street,
WiRdy, and wintry, and coIdl
Something to wear
Something TO eatl
Poorest of fare
In hunger is sweet
Blessed and holy the angelic strain
That sweetly descended on Bethlehem's plain.
Oh, wonderful story!
To God be the glory,
And peace and goodwill unto meni
And down the long ages,
By bards and by sages,
By priest and by people,
By pulpit and steeple,
BY bell and by voice,
The nations rejoice
IT'S peace and goodwill unto meni
Shivering, sad, .
Scantily clad,
She stands in the windows light;
She sees the joy of the merry throng,
She hears the music of Christmas-song,
She sees the table all spread with food,
And when she wonders if God is gOOdi
And weeps-for tits Christmas night!
"COme in, my child" said a cheerful voice;
"COme in, and help us all rejoice.
Within there is warmth and food for You;
Come in, and find Gods promise true"
ana she STOOD WITHIN the cheerful hall,
She heard the welcome to one and all,
And the tears were dried from her gladdening
eyes,
While the stars looked down from the Christmas
skies.
And so for the weary and worn of earth
Do the blessings come from the heavenly birth;
And still sounds forth the blessed strain,
As sweet as of old on Beth1ehem's plain,
The wonderful story,
"To God be the glory,
And peace and goodwill unto men!"
"Come unto me, We weary and faint;
Come unto me with every complaint.
The door is wide open; come, enter ye in;
Leave behind you all trouble all care, and all sin
Listen the Christmas-song once and again;
Peace on earth and goodwill unto men,"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24

Swift said he was too proud to be vain.
A Mr.. Shallanhamabamber lives in
Wisconsin.
Joaquin Miller is engaged for lecture in
the Eastern States.
The first organ built in America was con-
structed by Edward Bromfeld, Jr., in Bos-
ton, in 1745.
Prince Bismarck has half-bother in AL
bany, New York, named NJ. Lilienthal.
Paul Morphy, the chess player, has turned
corner grocer at New Orleans.
The Queen of Madagascar INDUCES in
crinoline, and (sub roSG) has weakness
for port wine.
Edward J. Roye, the drowned President
of Liberia, was barber in Terre Haute,
Indiana, thirty years ago.
Gen. A. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance
United States Army, is lying dangerously i'll
of Bright's disease at his residence in Wash
ingtOn.
Detroit papers mention rUmOr that A.
T. Stewart has rented one of the largest
new building in that city for a dry goods
store.
Walt Whitman has been invited to de-
liver the poem before the literary societies
of Dartmouth College, at the commence
ment, in July next.
Carlyle, as industrious and as impossible
as ever, has had the pleasure of seeing 3d.
900 of his Sartor Resartus sold in the form
of two shilling edition in London.
Sturgeon experiences great physical ex-
haustiOn after public speaking and his ply
stefan advises him to desist for awhile. He
has published over one thousand sermons
in London.
TIE Empress Elizabeth of Austria is uni
versally admitted to be the handsomest
Princess in all Europe. She strongly re-
sembles the American type of beauty, so
letter-writers aver.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves son-in-law,
Rev. Fl. T. Allen, has been appointed rec
tor of a church at Amherst, Mass, and Mrs.
Stowe will make that town her summer
residence, in order to be under the drop
pings of the Rev. Aliens sanctuary.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24
rOADs as INSECT DEsrRoxERs.

The English are thoroughly alive to the
Importance of toads and even reptiles, and
their value as insect destroyers. Toads are
now regular article of commerce between
that country and France. A toad of good
size and in fair condition viii fetch a shilling
twenty-five centS) in the London market,
and dozen of extra quality are worth FL
sterling (S5). You may see these imported
toads in all the market gardens, and they
even prepare shelter for them. Many grave
persons have shaken their heads when they
heard of this new within of the English; but
those laugh best who laugh the last. This
time the English are in the right, The toad
is very helpful to the husbandman as de-
stroyer of Injurious insects, upon which it
chiefly feeds, and every farmer should pro
tect them. Even snakes should be protect
ed, except those having poisonous fangs.
All the slender land or garter snakes are
harmless, and live almost entirely upon in
sects; and it is high time we should give up
the old superstition that a snake should be
destroyed because it is a snake, or that a
toad should be killed to get the jewel which
its head was supposed to contain.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-03-24
NINE. RISTORI.
The Tragedienne's Account of the
Railroad Accident by Which She
was Injured.


The Tragedienne's Account of the
Railroad Accident by Which She
was Injured.
The Italian consul at Boston has re-
ceived letter from Madame RstOri, in
which she thus describes her recent railroad
misfortune: 81 was invited by Secretary
Of Florence to give 'Mary Stuart and
Marie AntOinette' for the benefit of an un
fortunate institution. With husband and
children, l left by express train at o'clock
in the morning. At $50 we were aroused
from our slumbers by a tremendous shock,
and were thrown about in our compartment
as five were so many gum-elastic balls,
and crying in vain for aid. All at once
everything was broken into the smallest
pieces, and myself and husband were VIC
lently thrown upon the stony road, near
the engine, which had been thrown from
the track and upset, and which not only
enVelOped us in thick smoke, but threatened
to tear us in pieces by the explosion. Its
noise was so great that We were unable to
hear the cries of Blance, who was left in
the compartment among the splinters and
miraculously saved from injury. We were
in utter darkness, and this added to the
distress of our situation. George, in order
to let US sleep more easily, had gone with a
|, friend of ours into another car. In vain
we called for him, but there was no
answer. Those minutes of anguish and
anxiety are to be compared only to the last
moments of man condemned to death; but
fortunately his car was simply overturned,
and though it was impossible for him to ex-
tricate himself to come to our aid, yet l
give a thousand thanks TO the Almighty
that he, as well as Blance, was saved. Ju-
liam was wounded in the head, bUt nOtwith-
standing the large quantity of blood that he
lost, is now quite well. had fractured the
cap of my left knee. 1t was happy thing
that the tendons and nerves were not frac-
tured, for would have been laid up for
two months, instead of which was con-
fined only fifteen days with splints and ban
dageS."
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NoRODY,s nARI.rNa.

Little and pallid, ard poor and shy
With a dOwncast look In her soft grew eve
No scornful toss Of a queenly head,
But dropping bend OF the neck instead
No ringing laugh, and no dancing feet,
No subtle wiles, and abandon sweet,
No jewels costly, no garments fine
She is Nobody's DarliHg-but minel
No ODDLY Warden" coquettish airs;
No high-heel boots to throw her down stairs:
No yachting jacket and nautical style,
With sailors hat that she calls her sftile."
But t'Lady' is stamped on her quiet brow;
And she crept in my heart l can't tell how,
Not made to dazzle not born to shine
Nobody's-nobody's Darling-but minei
No saucy, raYishing girlisl grace,
But settled calm ON the sweet pale face:
No sparkling chatter and repartee;
Very silent and still is She
White and still is my pearl OF pearls,
Yet to me she seemeth the queen of girls;
Why love her can't define
For she's NobOdy's-nObOdy' IS Darling-but mine!
Were riches hers, or beauty rare, -
She would lose her charm, become less fair:
Were rings to shine on those fingers small
They could not add to their grace at all:
She would learn to smile and to speak by rule
IN the foolish book of Dame Fashions Schools
And the world TO spoil her would soon combine;
AoiO she's Nobody's Darling-but minel
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ayes 50, noes 81, after which the resolution
as amended, was concurred In.
HOUSE BILL ON THIRD HEADING.
To repeal so much Of the act passed at
the last session defining the duties of the
Attorney General and Reporter, as refers to
editing, publishing, etc, of the Supreme
Court reports-with amendments recon-
mended by the Committee on Section o.
The amendments were adopted, and the
bill passed as amended.
HOUSE BILL ON SECOND HEADING.
The motion to reconsider the vote by
which the House rejected, on Wednesday,
House bill to amend the charters Of incor-
porated cities and towns so as to authorize
them to levy tax for the support of COM
mon schools, was taken up and adopted.
Adjourned to ii A. NJ. Monday.