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Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
The Observance of Easter.

The proper day for the observance of Easter was as mach as matter of dis cussion, and even of bitter feud, among the early Christians, who did not begin to commemorate the leading events in our Savior's history for many years. after His ascension. It is said that the Apos- ties first celebrated Easter in the year 68, though there seems to be no authen- tic authority for the statement. In the second century, however, the festival was strictly observed, and it was toward the close of that century that the dispute began between the Eastern and Western Churches as to the day on which it should be kept. The Asiatic Churches were accustomed to celebrate the Cruci- fxion on the 14th day of Nissan, the first month of the Jewish year, and the Re surrection three days afterward. Thus the Asiatic Easter generally fell on a week day, a source of great religious Ivexation to the Western Churches, who, moreover, celebrated their Paschal feast the night before the Resurrection. In the reign of Antoninus Plus, Polycarp vainly endeavored to harmonize the contenling section of the Church and it was not till the Council of Aries was held, in 314, that anything like an un- derstanding was arrived at. At that Council it was decreed that the festival of Easter should be observed on the Sunday next after the full moon follow ing the 21st of March. It was also de creed that if the 21st of March came on Sunday, the festival should be observed on the following Sunday. This was tc keep clear of the Jewish Passover
 which, was, of course, kept on the day of the full moon. The decree, however
 was far from being unanimously accept ed and, at the instigation of the Elm
 peror Constantine, it was solemnly af
 frmed at the Council of Nice, in tho year 325. From that time to the rectifi
 cation of the calendar (which had go
 ten days out of the true reckoningl by
 Pope Gregory, in 1582, Easter was cele
 brated on the same day by all the Chris
 tian Churches. The Greek Church
 however, to this day has never accepted
 Gregory's calendar. -...
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
A Terrible Earthuuake.

A telegram received from Constanti- nople, states that most appalling earth quake has, occurred at Antioch, and that half the City of Antioch is destroyed. The number of lives lost cannot be yet ascertained, but as near as can be esti- mated the total killed will be not less than fifteen hundred.
 Early in the morning an appalling rumbling noise was heard, followed i'm mediately by three successive shocks, and earth waves. which caused the build ings to rock to and fro. The people rushed terror stricken from the falling houses, and shrie ed in dismay as they endeavored to make their from the city to the open country.
 The river Orontes rose andswept over the lower portions of the city. The two bridges across the river were carried away, and great portions of the city walls have been thrown down. Assistance was rapidly being sent from adjacent cities to the scene of the disaster.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
An Old Maid.

Sitting with folded hands, that have dropped the needle and thread,
 Looking athvart the fields, where the evening light is shed On the waving grass, and from whence arises the lowing of herds,
 While the happy leafage thrills because of the time of the singing of birds. Sixty rings. as think have circled her life trees girth, Sixty years of the world,. with it's mingled pathos and mirth > -s r.$g < = Gs&it tf, steps were set .s .. = k s rz Among the anemone's bloom, and the sweets VI 'no 'ioAess ~ ..s.-.s .i-ssss4 ssrs1 F. What has she been, who sitteth with delicate lights dropping down 'st On the bowed heads silver locks and the folds of the silken gown? .....-. -.-., Has she not walked on the way that she chose at the gates of youth,
 Bright in the graces of holiness, grand in the splendors of truth ss..s Zriseu% Bearing the hopes of the sowing, the gladness of those who reap, -.-s, Smiling with those who are joyful, weeping with those who weep
 Graciously grave, serenely bright, with a wis dom large and mild,
 A man clear judgment, woman's love, and the faith of little child. ssi-E.sl' In that heart of hers nestle the children, tired of the ball and race,
 Rested because of the love that shines in he1 beautiful face;
 .... Women and men too, whose eyes have wept for the false or the dead, 4 s.5s%. r-ya One silent clasp of that firm, calm hand most deeply has comforted.
 And many . heart that bleeds for it's sin, and yet could not lay bare The throb of it's shuddering nerves to cold analytical stare, ss=sz Lying lone on the wayside of life, she, tenderly bending above,
 Doth soothe with the unguent of mercy, and cheer with the strong wine of love-. Was there ever pitiful cry in the depths o her gracious soul .,.-..--y For the wifehood's joy denied, and the mother hoods aureole? .-.. i. Can her thought go back to time when he patient footsteps trod .as ls Among the grieving thorns, alone with sorroy and God? ss,s.. z.. ..t.z..s However it be, on her face is the look of swee content ss 2. 2 e. ,-- ---,-..t That comes when the music of life, of love an, duty is blent; .''a And peace is hers that is moro than the joy o morning prime, a-sr ,...s.;.. 5t F And light that is greater than day, has com
 at her evening time.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

duties ? Who teaches him lessons of for- bearance, patience and kind consideration for his oyer-tasked wife? Little is said on this score.s The world goes on and hun dreds, like Mrs. Lundy, go down to their graves before their time, and no one dreams
 that their husbands are accessaries to their death. But it is even so Not in maternal duties alone lies the cause of the wife's pale face and dropping form, but in the over tasks oi her. peculiar position she is worked too hard-harder than the toiler in the cotton field. Too often she is nurse and seamstress for half dozen children and superintendent of her household be- sides. She will bend over her work night after night in pain or suffering from lassi- volume by her side, not dreaming that it is his duty, in order to save his wife from toll beyond her strength, to prolong his labors, if that be necessary, in order to af- ford her the assistance required in meeting thousand wants of her children and house. hold. If there are any other tasks to per the one who should perform or make them, not the wife, for he has superior strength. We hear a great deal about the husband comluS uOIne WeaIleu AFoM IFS sIoie, LIS counting room, his office, or his workshop, and the wife is repeatedly enjoined to re- gard him on this account, and to provide comfort, quietude and repose for him at home.' This is all we'll enough, and she should do so as far as lies in her power, but we doubt if as many men come home over-wearied with toll to their wives as come home to wives who are themselves over -wearied. Husbands, if you love your wives, think of these things. Don't say the story suits MT. So and-so admira- ply. Look narrowly into your own sayings and idoings at home, and see if it doesn't suit you in more than one particular. E.H.s.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
What Caused the Earthquake.

At scientific lecture delivered in San Jose, California, the lecturer, Prof. Stewart, said that for many years he had closely observed and studiously reflected upon earthquakes and their cause. The result of his reading, study and observa- tions is an opinion that they are caused by the meeting of electrical currents which move, one upon the earth's sur face, the other in the region of clouds, and that they are brought together by those natural conductors, vapor and rain clouds-the meeting of the two cur rents upon the surface of the earth caus- ing an earthquake. Prof. Stewart also maintains that these terrible phenomena are comfortable by the same means that we control the lightning and prevent it, through iron conductors, from destroy ing our houses. He says the iron rails of railways are as logically conductors of the electricity that causes earthquakes as lightning rods are of that electricity that comes from the clouds during thunder storm. He maintained in h1s lecture that by means of these and other conductors 1t is in the power of man to so distribute the force of the electric currents which cause earthquakes that they will be as harmless as the lightning conducted down lghtning-rod into the earth. He says that the trans-continental iron track and wires are already doing this valuable service for California, in sending part of the earthquake forces far and wide into the heart of the continent, by which distribution the danger and intensity of the shocks are lessened there.
 The late earthquake furnished the most opportune and assuring proof of the soundness of Stewards theory. Exactly the atmospheric condition which his theory requires to bring the two electric currents together then existed; and what transpired upon their meeting was pre- cisely that which his theory called for
 The shock was felt all along the lines of the railways from Oakland to Winne- mucca, being most severe at points near est to that point where the cloud con- ductors were most dense, and where the opposing electrical currents may be as- sumed to have been first brought to- gether. Off the line of the railway any considerable distance there was no per oeptible. shock, or at least only very slight one. At San Francisco, hitherto supposed to be standing on the most quaky ground, there was not shock enough to cause alarm, though at Oakland il lasted over 0 minute, and was startling. In San Jose it lasted not less than @ minute and half, part of the time severe enough to shake the plaster from walls, and everywhere to drive people in alarm from their beds and a number out oi their houses. At Cult, directly on the line of the railway, twenty-five miles west 1 of San Jose, the shock was strong enough to throw one person out of bed and it was also heavy on, the line of the road eastward, since the railway track has been laid down, there have been foul other earthquakes, all following the same course this one followed, none of then reaching San Francisco at all, and all O. them being most severe in the towns directly upon the line of the railway.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

THE PATAGoNIANs.- Patagonians consist of three distinct races of Indians, differing in physique and language. Each race is broken up into bands which, when the season permits, are constantly rowing about the country. They travel on horseback, and in fact may almost be said to live in the saddle. Even tho animals of the camp seem to share this nomadic instinct, for Masters mentions the. case of hen that sat upon 8 clatch of eggs and safely reared six chickens ]; hen, nest and all being at the same time carefully transported on horseback. The people are tall, muscular, active, not easily fatigued, and endowed with re- markable powers of abstinence, often going without food for two or three days at time, without apparent incon- venienee. They are inveterate gamblers, hut play fairl y and for high stakes. Like the Indians of North America they believe in Great Spirit who made them; in their views of the devil, however, they appear to be quite original. The general belief is in multiplicity of devils, and these are supposed to be de- parted spirits of members of the medical profession. The main object of their religious ceremonies is too keep these devils at a distance their previous ex- perience with the feshly embodiment acting no doubt as powerful stimulus to their zeal. ......
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
The Railroad Interest.

The railway statistics of the United States are not entirely accurate, and diff ferent authorities vary as to the actual number of miles constructed. The miles in operation, are not less than 4,00O, and some 4O,00O beside are in progress of construction More than half of all these miles has been constructed during the last ten years, and at present rates of progress, the decade on which we have entered will show a railway growth of quired for these new roads is something enormous, while the wear and tear of rails will necessitate the use of as much more, 8 portion of which may be pro- duced by re-rolling. Eighty tons of rail to mile indicate 5, 120,000 tons for the roads already built, and 100000 for the coming 50,OOO miles. Within ten years nearly every mile of rail now laid will be relaid, and with the miles to be built not less than 9,O00,OO0 tons will be required. The import of rails at pre- sent is nearly 60O,O00 tons per annum, and the home manufacture reaches some thing like 900,000 tons, product alto gether of 100000 tons, or enough to relay or, construct IS, 900 miles of road. Already we have many more miles of railway than all Europe, and however stupendous may be the railway enter prises of that Continent, of Asia, and of Australia, the largest mileage will be laid here so that the, greatest demand for the iron product will be in the Uni ted States, This railway development stimulates the production of iron, es- pecially in this country, where it Is pro- gressing at rate of speed which bids fair to place it in the front rank of in dustries. Nothing eau check the growth and expansion of railroad enterprises. ] In the new States they are projected on Ia grand scale. In the old States the links are considerably shorter, but no less important; and everywhere they keep pace with the national growth. In all our cities the street lines are laid. In the mining districts the Wales guage is received with favor, and two great iron ways are slowly pushing their way to the Pacific to make, when completed
 the third iron highway across the conti nent.. The whole country feels the i'm
 pulse, and the general prosperity is ev
 erywhere enhanced. Already the invest
 ment of capital is immense, and the sum! yet to be placed in these enterprises art fabulous in amount. But they pay il the general material prosperity as nc other investment can.--N. 7. pqpeq.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

A BAToH.-The Tichborne case will at least have the merit of giving lawyers remarkable illustration of the talllbllity of human testimony. The would-be baronet was supported in his claim by his own evidence and the oaths of 70 witnesses, comprising Lady Tichborne, the family solicitor, l baronet, 6 magis- trates, l general, colonels, l malor' 2 captains, 32 non-commissioned officers and privates, clergymen, tenants ot the estate 16 servants of the family, and 12 general witnesses who all swore to his identity. On the other hand, l7 witnesses denied his claim, but the evi- dence of less than four of them plainly sufficed to convince the jury that the claimants case was based enurely upon false or at least mistaken testimony.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
A FAMILY OF FoUR BURNED TO DEATH

A FAMILY OF FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. A terrible calamity occurred at Rock. away, Morris county, N. J., which re- suited in. the burning of family of four persons. A frame dwelling, occu- pied by MT. Givenen and his family, took fire, it is supposed, from defective fue, about two o'clock A. M., and was quickly burned to the ground. MT. and Mrs. Givenen and three children were sleeping in an upper story. Before Mrs. Givenen and the children could be got out the fire had reached them and es- cape was impossible. When the build ing had been torn to pieces and the fire extinguished, the charred remains of the woman and children were recovered. It is suspected that the fire was the work of incendiaries. There was in the house $3, ,0OO in cash, and although no proof has been found that there were robbers about, it is suspected that the money was stolen and the house afterwards fired.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
An Agricultural Strike.

No fewer than two thousand men have joined the Agricultural Laborers' League of England but lnasmuch as it has only recently been formed, the funds were not sufficient for general strike, so it was decided, for some reason, that War wickshire should take the lead, and there the strike of farm laborers has been general Many laborers have gone from Hereford and Dorset, where they were getting $2.25 week. to Yorkshire, where they receive $3.5O. :.
 The Warwickshire strikers are said to have chosen particularly effective pc riod for their operations. The ground was in just that state in which the labor CT is most worth his hire, and many farmers are reported to have at once consented to give @ fourth of the addi- tional sum demanded weekly. The War wickshire demand IS that wages should be raised dollar week. The present rate is $3 week.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

PARTED AT THE ALTAR.-Some time ago, after an acquaintance of several years, young lady named lshor was married in Detroit to ayoung man named Taylor, of Indianapolis. The ceremony was hardly over when Taylor receeived Q telegram from Lynn, Mass, that his aged mother was dying, and in an hour he left Detroit. calculating to return within ten days at the furthest. He wrote one letter back, and shortly after his bride received news that mother and son were both dead. He was exposed to the smallpox somewhere on the route, took a severe cold, and died the day be. fore his mother died. The wife fainted on reading the sad news, and the attend ing physician believes that she will be rendered maniac by the blow.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
FOOLED BY 1r.-The organ was a big

FOOLED BY 1r.-The organ was big thing among the Indians after they had man to sit in front of his hut and grind it every night. It was set to play "Yan- kee Doodle" and Yankee Doodle" it played every night, week in and week out, without variation. One night in fooling with the machine the Indian grinder shifted the stop, and when he resumed. the crank out came "Pop Goes the Weasel" The old chief listened moment and supposing the machine was spoiled, seized his tomahawk, leaped from the door of his hut, and with 8 fierce yell brained the discoverer of the new tune upon the spot.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

MARROW EscAPE.-The passengers on an English road lately had very reali- z1ng sense of danger. At point on the line where there was no station, the train slowed up" and finally stopped. After the passengers finally grew uneasy, and one going up to the engine, found the engineer and fremen both helpiessly drunk and asleep, the steam exhausted, and the fire out. --
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
SAD INDEED.-The incidents of little

SAD INDEED.-The incidents of little romance are thus given in despatch from Boston "In boarding house in this city, the wife of Thomas Williams, 8 mechanic, whom she had labored to support and nurse during @ long and incurable illness, died in his presence from an overdose of laudanum taken to quiet her nerves and procure rest. The husband was unable to render aid or call for assistance and died himself. Mrs. Williams is said to have married against the consent of her parents, who are people of wealth living in Newport, and who cast her off but while both were dying letter was on the way offer ing the assistance too long withheld. The bodies were taken to Newport fo1 burial.'
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

A Western editor thus winds up de finition of eternity "Why, my friends, after millions and millions of years had rolled away into eternity it would be hundred thousand years to breakfast time"
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

SIR TRAvERs Tw1ss, whose wife mys. teriously disappeared from London dur ing the examination of MT. Chaffers up- on the charge of publishing articles defamatory to her charscter, has become insane.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

MoRTUARY STATISTICS The following are the last tables issued by the census authorities of Great Britain and the United States, as well as from some of the leading insurance companies:
 EUROPEAN,
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

In the ruins of oftheJeffersonville, Ind, car works was found the body of the incendiary, who was enable to escape after firing the building, and thereby met speedy retribution.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

SOLOMON ZIMMERMAN hung himself at Janesville, Wis, because his potatoes froze. He had about five thousand bushels.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
To A Child.

If by any device or knowledge
 The rosebud it's beauty could know, It would stay rosebud forever,
 Nor into it's fullness grow. And if thou couldst know thy own sweetness O little one, perfect and sweet Thou wouldst be child forever,
 Completer whilst incomplete.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19

One Boston physician has been vacoi- mated ffty-three times.
Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-02-17
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Nov. II, 1871.