Connecticut western news., 1872-11-01
Facts and FancieS.

Was William Penn's pocket handker- chief the original pen wiper
 Ohio is the second of the great cheese producing States of the Union.
 A loving swain in Maine dedicated @ napkin ring To my almost wife,"
 If topper and quart of whiskey were left together, which would be drunk first |?
 500 coolies, of the West Indies, are returning to China with $70,000 sav- ings.
 Long Island has fifty-nine trout ponds which, with accessories, are worth $1,- 100000.
 An Italian and Japanese woman have been married in California. What mixture :!
 The average of 1t. AGO persons weighed at the Cincinnati exposition was only 16O pounds.
 A party of men in Caldwell, Kansas, lately disposed of eleven horse theives at one fell swoop.
 A notice on the outside of St. Louis street cars says: Cars cannot wait for la- dies to kiss good-by.
 To make good broil-leave letter from one of your old sweethearts whSre your wife can find it.
 Why is selfish friend like the letter "P ?" Because, though the first in pity, he is the last in help.
 Just enough sickness is reported in western town to ssmake the physicians happy" This is rather an indefinite statement.
 A new style of ear-drop screws into the lobe of the tortured member, so that the pearl or diamond rests upon the ear as if with no support.
 The efforts made to cultivate the tea plant at Callistoga. California, have en- tirely failed, Nearly all of the plants, it is stated are dead.
 More rain has fallen in New Hamp- shire this year than the average quantity of the correspondingimonths during the last seventeen years.
 As you begin to start up the fires, look we'll to your chimneys, that they are not cracked, and see that no pipe-holes are unstopped, or filled with combustible matter.
 It'is reported that two thirds of the priests in Paris are ready to follow Hyacinthe's example-as soon as they + can find the essential American widows with 5000 apiece. A hot water mitrailleur has been lr- vented and put in use in India. 1t IS intended for shipboard, and can give at short range very murderous broad side of scalding steam.
 It is said the odors of Colonge are not such as we might expect from the name, and by like unftness, the exceedingly dirty city of Antioch dees 8 consider able business in soap manufacturing. Although the number of new steam boats now building for lake and river navigation in the west and southwest IS not equal to that of former years, yet the aggregate tonnage exceeds any for mer years work.
 An old lady of nearly eighty having recently hanged herself in Kentucky, the coroner's jury was divided in opinion concerning the nice psychological dis tinction between temporary insanity and a ''fit of hanger"
 Chicago's last wonder of smartness is a boy who began business some time ago by selling a square of paper and pack of envelopes, ,and now owns stationery store a paper route and a printing office, and proposes to edit weekly paper. , According to the Gazette de Cologne, the consumption of opium in the United States has latterly increased to fright full extent, the importation of the drug having augmented from 4, ,073, "A ounces in 1870, to D. ,946 ounces in 1871.
 Just before going to bed, eat two pigs feet and cold apple pie. In less than an hour you will see snake larger than hawser devouring light blue e-haired children which have just escaped from c monster with sorrel eyes and red hot overcoat.
 The engineer and fireman of a Tennessee train, at full speed, lately had fight which resulted adversely to the engineer. The fireman then suddenly reversed the engine with such shook that several cars were smashed and the train delayed several hours.
 A tradesmen in Bristol, Eng, has just made monster umbrella for an African chief. It is 65 feet in circumference, the | lacewood ribs belng six feet long. and there are 140 yards of material Tn 1t. It l is made of red, blue, and white ch1ntz, | and takes two men to expand 1t. Lord Kinnaird has informed his tenant ry in Perthshire that he will make re- | duction in the rent of his farms commen- surate with the loss which his tenants 1 have sustained by the badness of the har- | vest. With the view of carrying out this intention, he will take into his counsels two of his tenants.
 Some of the ultra fashionable ladies | of New York have introduced new cus- tom, or rather readopted a very old one. When an acquaintance calls and is so un- fortunate as to find the ladies out, instead of being asked to leave his card, he IS re- ouested to inscribe his name in hand some visiting book. ..t
 The following sparkling dialogue is represented by the London Punch as taking place between a lady and gen. tleman during the dreary half hour be- fore dinner 'tDining at Lady Labur- num's tomorrow" ''Yes." "So am l. ssSo glad" 'sSo glad you're glad!" "So glad you're glad I'm glad"
 The cholera has broken out with great virulence in different parts of India. Up to August A the deaths of 227lEuropeans all in the army had been reported. The disease has severely attacked her Males- tvs Sixty-6 regiment, and at last ac- counts the troops were to be sent into camp at Rawul Pinde. The natives are also suffering terribly. ...'..~
 MT. Collette, Secretary of the Eng fish Society for the Suppression of Vice, says in late report on obscene books that the public would scarcely credit the authenticity of the, list were the names of the applicants for such de- moralizing books to be published. ln- cluding as it does the names of so many reputable men and women. : The Amherst Stndard is responsible