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Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05

h99T0o0tsng. -" God bless the man who first invented-railroads. Though WE all say amen to the above sentiment. and often grow enthusiastic in our praises of this great modern luxury, yet we sometimes are sorely tempted to give utterance to other wishes fully as emphatic, but less favorable. For instance, in tho early history of the Housatonic railroad, an old farmer from '''e oack"ooass; Rearing that special train ~ool@ ! 4ssN7e I've New Milford for Bridgeport on
 certain Monday morning, made every ex- ertion possible to reach New Milford in time to take his first ride on the cars. Puff ing panting and blowing, he rushed up to the station just in time to hear the depart ing shriek of the locomotive. Throwing his two-story carpet bag down on the plat form, and marching into the agents office, he roared out "Say has the railroad gone ?" t
 Irritated- Agent" No, you d-d fool, but the cars have"
 Backwoods Farmer" Helen Blszes 1! have walked all night. gone without my breakfast, and all for nothing. Go to the dogs with your railroad. I'll put my rail- road stock in tue stove when 1 get home." Somewhat akin to this were our own feelings, when coming down from the Housatonic wishing to connect with the Conn. Western at Canaan so as to reach Salisbury in time to carry out long cher ished piscatorial project. We saw the train on the Conn. Western fast disappear ing. How we wished we had the power of expression of Whitbeck or Greeley. We make practice of fishing but one day in a year, and on this occasion we had every arrangement perfected for grand time, and to be thrown out of joint by the rail. | road was rather too much. By certain peculiarly scientific twist of the elbow, we succeeded in getting into town the nexl morning Qast Saturday. in time to load into the buggy of D. T. Warmer, Esq, who rapidly wheeled us to the Mt. Riga ponds Being much interested of late in our cores pondence from that enterprising burg, we naturally were on the alert for the variou: objects of interest. As we approached tho suburbs, an evidence of the city was visi ble, in the shape of a log cabin, c lo man sard As we pursued our course onward the |" objects multiplied till we found our selves in the heart of the city. We canno afford the space for detailed description of all of Riga's public buildings it's magnificent works of aaature,. etc., etc.
 neither will we weary the reader with al account of our successful piscatorial expe rience. It is sufficient to say that, seated as we were in our seventy-four gun fishin! smack, with Old Sol gazing down approv ingly upon us The old vagabond pushed the murcury in the thermometer up to eye d thousand in the shade,) we were cheere' by numerous glorious nibbles, and grea number (perhaps 30 alltold,) of huge fish some of them in fact nearly as large a those we used for bait. It always pays t go fishing. We are, after Saturdays expe rience, fully satisfied as to the correctnes of the theory, that the actinic rays of tn sun will impart color Our face isn't red
 Oh, no! It is only pretty we'll cooked,
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05

HORACE GREELEY's MARoH.-We have received copy of music entitled: "our Next President;" Horace Greeley March, which is arranged as was played by Grafulla's Seventh Regiment band. of New York. It appeal rs to be very fine piece of instrumental music for the piano, It is published by Horace Waters, 4sl Broadway. New York.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05

The National Bank. of Norwalk has 70 far recovered from the effects of the rob bery as to be able to resume its old place among the five per cent semi.annual divi- depd paying institutions.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05
Building Lots For Sale :!

Desirable Building Lots can now be obtained on the east side of the Conn. Western R. R. in this
 village. Prices to suit all purchasers For all in formation, &c., inquire of D. T. Warner, who is my authorized attorney and agent:
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05
Mem Advertisements.
Directors Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Connecticut Western Railroad Company will be held at the Company's office, Hartford, on Tues day July 16, 1s7a, at 10 o'clock, A. M., for the upon the question of acceptance of amendments to the charter and the transaction of any business proper to be done at said meeeting. 1wb0 Hartford, Conn.,, July 6, 1872
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05

sss We shall feel 7, catly obliged to any of our friends in the count. elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under their notice.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-05
Mer, Advertisements,
N7rISTRY

DRH. F. SMITHE, having lately returned from D Washington. win resume his business at Lakeville, Conn. Regular appointm ents the third Tuesday of each month, 50tf
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New Advertisements.
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10 Our Subscribers. The first. year of the publication of the NEWS will end July 9th, and all of our subscribers who sub scribed at the commencement and received the first number of the NEWS, will re- ceiye that day the last number of their first years subscription. While can vassiDg for subscribers, before we com- menced the publication of our journal, We were asked by so many of those who sub- scrlbed, to stop the paper when the time was out" that we concluded to try the ex- pertinent of adopting that plan with all, instead of charging $250, were we not paid in advance, as many other journals do. That thls plan of stopping at the expiration of every subscription is for the interest and advantage of subscriber as well as publish CT, there Is not question. Among the many reasons why 1t is to their advantage are, firstly subscriber Is liable to forget to renew his subscription as soon as it ex- pires, and time unconsciously passes on, and az he continues to take the paper from the post office, he is obliged to pay for it, and his bill will soon come to him, at the rate of $2.50 per year, thus paying 50 This is pretty steep interest to pay for the use of money. Another reason why the stop plan is for their interest is, that if they do not choose to take the paper an- other year. they are not obliged to write three or four times to choke the unwelcome journal off. It must be clear to all, that it is not for our interest to get our subscribers provoked at us because we stop their paper, and we hope none will be sen sitive on that point, as we shall treat Gll alike in that matter, and in doing so are trying to do what we think is for the inter. est of all concerned. Our books are now opened for renewal of the subscriptions of our original subscribers, and all who arc satisfied with our efforts thus far in making newspaper to represent the interests o1 Western Litchf1eld county, we shall gladly welcome with renewal of their subscrip
 tions before the expiration of the year July 9th, and thus have no [" stopping o1 their paper. For the generous and unex
 pected patronage of the year SO nearly past
 we have to say to our patrons: we thanl you most heartily: You have naade o.
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06
Youths Department.
WHAT THE CHOIR sang ABOUT
THE NEW BONNET.
BY HARRiErTE HAMMOND.

HARRIETTE HAMMOND
A FOOLISH little maiden bought foolish little bon
With ribbon, and feather and bit of lace upon
it,
And that the maidens of the little town might
know il,
She Thought she'd go to meeting the next Sunday,
just to show il.
But though the little bonnet was scarce larger
than dime,
The getting of it settled proved to be work of
time;
So when t fairly tied all the bells had stopped
their ringing
And when she came to meeting, sure enough, the
folks were singing
So this foolish little maiden stood and waited at
the door:
And she shook her rufles out behind, and smoothed
them down before.
"Hallelujah halleluj ah," sang the choir above
her head
Hardly knew you, hardly knew YOU" were the
words she thought they said.
This made the little maiden feel 20 very, reyy
That she gave her little mouth twist, her little
For she thought the very hymn they sang was all
about ner bonnet,
With the ribbon, and the feather, and the bit of
lace upon it.
And she would not wait to listen to the sermon or
the prayer
But battered down the silent and hurried up
Till she'd reached her little bureau, and in band
box on it
Had hidden, safe from critics eye, her foolish little
bonnet
Which proves my little maidens, that each of you
will find
In every Sabbath service but echo of your
mind;
And that the little head that's filed with silly little
airs
Will never get blessing from sermons or from
Our ToungFoks.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

spacious play ground 1t should have
plenty of soft green grass, and trees, and
fountains, and broad space to run and
jump, and to play suitable plays. 1
would make it as pleasant, as lovely, as
it could be, and l would give it to the
boys TO play in; and when the play was
ended, / would tell them to go home.
For when boys hang around the street
corners, and the stables, they get slouchy,
and listlcss of all things / dislike list
ess boy or girl. 1 would have hundred
boys like hundred yachts, with every
spar straight, and every rope taut. the
decks and sides clean, the rigging all in
order, and everything ready to slip the
cable and fly before the wind when the
word comes to GO
But this cannot be if you lounge about
the streets, and loaf about the corners,
and idle away your time at the stables and
saloons.
When you are from home have some
business; attend to your business, and
then go home.-iSunday School Scholar.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06
Unlucky John.

On the 2Sth of November, 1870, Jason
McCord, a wealthy gentleman of Chicago,
departed this life. Before his death he
made no will and it was left for the
courts to saw who should inherit his
riches. An appraisal of his real and per,
sonal property showed that he had died
worth upwards of 5000, 900 Costly build
ines in the southern and western parts of
the city blocks of city land and acres
of country ferns /; hallway, insurance
and bank shares; live stock and steam
boats were scheduled to vast amount,
while those who made out the papers
wished they were his next of kin.
Outside Of Chica 90, some eighteen miles
or more, there has lived for many years
poor, hard working farmer named John
McCord DESPITE his toiling and his con
slant tilling of the soil. II nlucky John,
as his neighbors called him, grew poorer
and poorer as he grew old in years. The
only thing in which he prospered was in
the raising of IA large family. Horses and
cattle and hogs sickened and died, but
children to the number of ten lusty boys
and Girls were born beneath their fathers
lucky star When the boys were big
enough they too worked on the farm
only il was hard to raise enough for SO
many.
A few weeks since, the court decided
that John McCord, brother of the de-
ceased, and his only living relative, was
heir to all his possessions. And the far.
mer. who is no more - Cnlucky john
Int g Lucky Mister McCord," is often
seen. dressed in Il fine suit of clothes, IN
the County Clerks office, waiting until
the last entry is made in the title books,
to take full possession.-ChicGgo Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06
CANTON MISS. SATURDAY,

So it was not lore, but de5t that had ag
onized him so, Thee may know | was
only too glad to forgive the coward what
he owed | heard nothing more about
lacerated affections; and the cringing fel
low went away very well pleased. Then
my heart danced for joy. The world
! might saw what it pleased. | was free
and even my father was heartily glad OF
the turn things had taken.
Thus ends the first chapter of my
preachments; and if thee doesn't see the
moral it is this
"A bad promise is better broken than
kept"
The second chapter of my story is very
short; l mean that part of it which will
bear the telling.
Friend Edward came home from the
army. / was very shy about letting him
see how glad l was, for l had no more
/ right to any emotions now than | had
when he went away, though for differ
ent reason.
"Why, Eve, no welcome for me ~
Everybody can't be pleased as Mir
lam, l suppose said 1 and | wished
next minute | could bite my tongue out
for its foolishness !
"Thee doesn't mean to say thee believes
that silly gossip ?" said Friend Edward
reproachfully, looking as bright, never
theless, as June sunbeam.
why, why, thee knows it's no con-
Germ of NINE" stammered l, like an
idiot.
Then there was more said on both
sides.
By-and-by l ventured to look up, and
said 1:
"Ah, Friend Edward, if thee only
loves me so much as that, l think the
least q can do is to-to-be true to my
self"
That remark of mine was rather am
biguous but it appeared to give entire
satisfaction it showed Friend Edward
that l remembered and respected his adj
vice.
Mr.. Douglass" said he to my father,
"can you consent to give your daughter
to one of the worlds people ~
"As to that replied my father, be-
nignly, :" if the girl aoW marry out of
meeting, I'd as soon g i've her to thee as to
any one l know"
Which was saying good deal for faith
er.
Cousin Sophia did not seem at first al
together pleased; but after she decided to
marry the Reverend Seth Witham, of
Marlboro, her views of my prospects
underwent a change.
Adam and Miriam have gone to house
keeping across the river, like a pair of
turtle doves
Edward and 1 were welded three years
ago come next month; and it is a true
marriage; so l suppose thee will say, that
is all thee cares to hear about it.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

We say to all the children save youl
dimes. Don't eat them. Many children
spend all their dimes for candy or some
thing of the sort, and then eat the candy.
1t amounts to about the same thing as
eating the dimes. Better save them TIL
enough is gained to buy good book, then
read the book carefully, and you beneft
your mind which is equivalent to putting
the dimes into your mind where they will
always stay. \ dollars worth of know !,
edge well stored up is something that VIII
never leave one and will always be OF
service.
Again, save your dimes till you have
enough to invest in some piece or proper
tv, a pig, IA sheep, a calf, Il fruit-tree, or
something of the kind. Such property
could easily be made to increase in value,
so that in few years snug little prop
erty would be acquire SO save your
dimes and use them well.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06
Go Home, Boys.

Boys, don't hang around the corners OF
the streets. If YOU have anything To do,
do it promptly, right on, then go home,
Home is the place for boys. About
the street corners, and at the stables
tI.cv learn to talk slang, and they
learn to swear to smoke tobacco, and
to 90 many other things that they ought
not 10 10.
30 so,.r business and then go home If
vour business is play, play, and make a
business Of it ] like to see boys play,
good. earnest healthful games. If were
tie town | would give the boys good
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06
Poetry.
DON'T GRU-NBLE.

TINS world has its roses and thorns,
Made up both Of pleasure and sorrow,
And often the saddest to-day
- found the most joyful TO morrow.
varied the changes
W bile twenty -four hours ale gliding,
That wiser that mortal will be-
Prepared for whatever bedding:
Then halt not, though rough be the ground
They fall no are fearful Of stumbling,
And hard as your lot may be found.
Did you ever know good come from grumbling
The man who doth ri.e with the lark
Seeking, like the bee. for the honey
FINDS sosnethlng turn up before dark.
fnat brffgs 10 the pocket the money.
Inc sol - be titled for the grain,
The n f<t he cast for the fehes.
And OIL, striving It's plain,
VIII fortune fan IN with Ger wishes
Then halt not. though rough be the ground
They fall who fearful of stumbling;
And hard your lot may be found,
Did You ever know good come from e-rumbliny s
Don't always depend your friends,
Who fly at the tidiDcs OF sorrow.
But rather your purse touch with care
Seeing that il Yields for the morrow;
In fact. be n friend to Yourself
And thus by ssif-effort succeeding
gu soon unto Others can say.
TT hank h you but your aid I'm not needing"
L hen halt nor, though rough be the ground
They fail - no are fearful OF stumbling;
and hard rs your lot may be found.
'd Eo'i ever know good come from grumblinC
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

A SMART young man in East Arlington,
having had some trouble with his father,
went to Boston the other day and teie-
graphed to his parents that their son had
fallen o / India wharf and been drowned.
The sad intelligence nearly crazed his
mother, and his father having made ar
engagements for the funeral, proceeded :"
Boston for the corpse, while the Noung
man returned to attend his own funeral.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

-Thare amt but phew can stick white
handkerchief into the hrest pocket ov
their overcoat without letting a niue OF
it stick out-iust by acksident-,joSt BIZ
Nngs.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

PHYsIcIANs say that thirty thousand
people die annually in this country from
using tobacco.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-04-06

LONDON papers state that the comet ca
nard has had serious effect there, alarm
ing many weak people, and making many
weaker people positively sick"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-11-19
A Kansas Tragedy.

A despatch from Newton, Kansas, dated
on the 9th inst, says:-A very serious
shooting affair occurred here to-day. A
desperate, named NJ. ]. Fitzpatrick, who
has been on continued drunk for some
time past, got wild with whisky, and while
in that state picked fuss with Justice
Holiday, which resulted in Fitzpatrick
shooting and killing Judge Holiday. The
citizens got together and formed a safety
committee. After the shooting Of Mr.. Hol-
liday, Fitzpatrick walked in the middle of
the street towards his saloon, and on arriv-
ing there he looked back and saw the city
marshal, Jack johnson coming towards him
with heavy rife. He immediately turned
round, and fourishing his revolver, walked
toward johnson. Johnson demanded him
to surrender and throw up his hands,
Fitzpatrick replied by leyeling his revolver
at Johnson's heart. johnson then shot
him through the heart, killing him in
stantly in his tracks. Fitzpatrick, before
the serious fight occurred, had beaten foul
other persons in the face and over the heac
with his revolver, and shot a man through
the hat Judge Holiday was respectable
citizen, and we'll liked in Newton. HI
was shot in the gold room. Several bat
characters have had notice to leave town
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-11-19
ALL r o AID s
READING RAIL-ROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Thursday, August LIST, Is72.

Tralnsleaye Harrisburg for New York, ,asfollows:
Az 800 and $40, A. NJ, and ZOO P. M, connecting
arriving at New York at 1910 $50, and $40 D.
Retufnins; Leave New York at 900 a. M, 1906
$50 pm. ''''' O''' - ms Gnu
Leave Harrisburg for Reading, PottsvilIe, Tama-
qua, Minersyille, Ashland, Shamokin, Allentown
and Philadelphia at 500 and 10 a. M, 200 and
AO5 p M stopping at Lebanon and principal way
stations; stations ne a0S p M train connecting for Phil
vile, Schuylkill Haven and Auburn, via Schuyl-
XII and snsquehanna Railroad leave Harrisburg
East Pennsylvania Railroad trains leave Read
ing for Allentown, Easton and New York at 90
and and 10; Goa 40 a. M "a and 4OS p m Returning, leave
Allentown at 7.25 a. M, i225 2i5, ABS and oSb pm.
Way Passenger Train leaves Philadelphia at 80
a. M, connecting with train on East Penn'a. Rail
road, returning from Reading at 620 p. m, stop
Leave Pottsviiie at $50 and 900 a. m :, and $50
and Ills a. M, Ashland at T.05 a. M, and r. p.
M. Mahanoy City at 7.5l m and l2Op m, ia
New York, Reading, Harrisburg, &c. f''''
Leave Pottsyllle via Schuylkllland Susquehan a
Railroad at SIS m for Harrisburg, and l1.45
Pottsyille Accommodation Train leaves Potts
vile at $3.50 m; passes Heading at ICS m, ar
leaves Philadelphia at 5.l5 m, passes Reading
at 7.4Q IN; arriving at Pottsville at 9:20p M
as nc eaSss naSn dOs
(Ninth and Green,) at 4.3O pm.
Columbia Railroad Trains leave Reading at 7:20
m, and 6;l5 m; for Ephrata, Litiz, Lancaster,
Columbia &C.; returning leave Lancaster at s. 20
m, and 325 m, and Columbia at 8.l5 m and
BIS pm
PerkiOmen Railroad trains leave Perkiomen
junction at 35 and 1855 a M 255 and $40 m (;
returning, leave Green Lane at 6.15 IN, 1235 and
4;2O p IN, connecting with trains on Reading Rail
Road.
Pickering Valley Railroad trains leave Phoenix
vile at 9 10 q IN, $40 and $3.50 p m returning,
leave Byers at 6.35 m, AS and 4 30 p m, con-
Meeting with trains on Reading Railroad.
ColebrOOkdale Railroad trains leave P0ttstOwn
at 9:40 a IN and 20, 625 and 7:15 p m, returning
leave Mount Pleasant at 500, 800 and II :25 m
and 325 p IN, connecting with trains on Reading
Railroad.
Chester Valley Railroad trains leave Bridgeport
at $3.50 m, 2:40 and 5:33 IN, returning, leave
Downingtown at 655 m, l2:9 and 5:4O p IN, con-
Meeting with trains on Reading Railroad
delphia at 500 a IN and 3:l5 p IN, (the 500 a m
train running only to ReadingD leave Potttvlle at
$500 IN, leave Harrisburg at $500 m and 200 p
m; leave Allentown at 4:S5 and 935 p m; leave
Reading at 7:l5 m, and 1855 IN, for Harris
burg, at 200 q m. for New York, at 7:20 m for
Allentown at $40 IN and 4:l5 p m. for Philadel-
phia
Communication, Mileage, Season, School and Ex-
cursion Tickets, to and from all points, at re-
duced rates.
Baggage checked through; 100 pounds allowed
j.. L. WOOTTEN,
Asst. Supt. & Eng. Machry.
Reading, Pa, August l, 1872
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-11-19
The SteInnecke VIII Case.

The Baltimore American says There
was filed in the Orphans Court of this city,
on Saturday, by Messrs. William A. Stew
art and John r. Kelso, Jr., as executors of
the late Miss Mary M. Steinnecke, an an
swer to the petition of Paul Shoeppe, in
which he prayed the court to grant him
letters of administration upon Miss Stein
necke's estate, and claiming to be her law
full husband, having, as he alleges, been
married to her two weeks before her death
in Carlisle, Pa. The respondent states that
the will was found among the papers of the
deceased on the morning after her death,
and Paul Schoeppe was present with his
counsel when the will was handed to John
III. Rheem, relative of the deceased, at
Carlisle, who had charge of the body, and
who delivered the will to Mr.. Stewart, who
retained it until it was offered for probate.
Mr.. Stewart, one of the executors, states
that Paul Schoeppe was introduced to him
on the day of the funeral of Miss Stein
necke by Rheem, at which time Schoeppe
made no pretentions of being the husband
of Miss Steinnecke, but spoke of her as his
late patient. The document further AYERS
that when on the 1st day of February, 1869,
Paul Schoeppe appeared in the Orphans
Court with the view of propounding for
probate paper which he alleges was the
last will and testament of Maria NJ. Stein
nicke, purporting to be signed by her in
her maiden name, and bearing the date of
the Sd of December, A. d. 1868, in the
hand writing of Paul Schoeppe, Mr. Stew
art distinctly asked him whether he and
Miss Steinnecke were married, to which
Schoeppe replied that they were not. The
respondents deny that Miss Steinnecke
died intestate, although they admit that
she died without issue, she never having
been married, and having on the morning
of the day preceding her death signed a
check in her maiden name on the Carlisle
Deposit bank. The respondents charge
that Schoeppe's allegations that "he be-
came the lawful husband of Miss Stein
necke in Carlisle on The 14th of January,
1857 is utterly without foundation and
fraudulent. The respondents pray to be
dismissed with the costs.