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Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28
Sheffield.

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 Reader. were you at tue Friendly Union Hall last Friday evening" If SO, you will agree with me that ws there enjoyed a rare treat while listening to the remarks of our lady president. A large crowd of the in- terested were in attendance, for it had been rumored abroad that Miss Dewey was to tell us of her adventures in Europe, and we knew it would not be of ordinary inter- est; no disappointed faces were seen when the lecture was over, though all vialed it had been longer; and we hope for the con- tinusnce of the story some future evening. Miss Dewey also read us two beautiful DO. ems in her charming nanner-the first description of shipwreck, which brought tears to all sympathetic eyes, while the fol. lowing poem was the we'll known one of Hoods. entitled "The Lost Heir" This was rendered in style 60 forcible as to provoke bursts of laughter and shouts of applause. The music of the elee club sd- ded much to the evenings enjoyment, while others so inclined passed an hOsr in social games. Aside from this pleasant gather ing, there is little to chronicle from Shef- held this week. The slelghing is being well improved. all declaring it was never better; but for one think it ahead of time and wish it somewhere else for month yet however. for others pleasure fain would sacrifice my own and be resigned.
 LUNA.
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West Cornwall.
 The case of Potter vs. Messck was de- cided in favor of the former, and Messick WAS sent to jail for non-payment of costs ......F. W. Smith of New York city was in town last Friday and looks as hale and hearty as ever......The Cornwall band mt, in the Village Hall las. Saturday night to practice. Owing to'a lack of musical cul- ture we are unable to judge of their play . ing, but eur neighbors across the way say they play admirably Sheriff Scovlic says business is little dull now a,days...... The tramp" business is lively, and Select man Crandsll has good deal of patronage ......R. N. Cochrane and A. D. Warmer have been to New York. Warner says it is quite village....We hear that B J. Bradley is taking lessons in euchre, and Is learning very fast...... We notice in the Mar quette Mining Journal that resident ot Fucker avenue, NeGaunee. has accom- piished wonderful teats on an empty flour barrel. It is sufficient to say that it " wss his first and last attempt at acrobatic feats, and that he has gone back to his profes- sional duties sadder but wiser man. We knew that man when he lived ip the nut meg state, and had we been with him should have cautioned him against any attempt to win renown as all acrobat. We now say to him: Stick to your profession.
 NuF CED.
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AFT IN OUR SoRooIS-We call Ahs stten! ton Of the Boards of Education, School Directors, Trustees and Teachers through out the land to the report of the proceed lngs and the remarks of Dr. H. D. Rsaney upon the occasion of the presentation of q beautiful photographic picture of the Pres- idents of the United States to Grammar school No. 9e of this city, by the publish CTS. Nessrs. L. A. Flnaey & Co. The ln. troduction of we'll conceived and appropri- ate pictures. enSravinxs snd paintings in our schools is good idea, and carries with it many strong and conclusive arguments in it's favor. Art in this Ahape makes iua- prsssions upon the youthful mind that time cannot shAce. The picture in question u emincntly appropriate for such purpose, and we trust no psrsirnonious policy will deter the introduction of this work of art and instruction in our schools eanerally.- Nsw Fork School JoUr1el.
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STATE NEWS.

Thomas Welsh, New Haven hackman Vss nes1ly sukocsted Thursday night by iHhsling coal gas which escaped by dis arrangement of the dampers It is doubt . fpl if he recovers.
 The hsiu of the late George P. Sanborn oS Bridgeport who have been contendins about the will oR the deceased, came to 6 settlement last week, just one year from the time that they went to law. The estate vse inventoried at $2s, 1859.
 The people of Providence are highly in ssAse4 at vhs discovery of an old English 6A1ttesA psblbhed iH IT'S, which de earihes Bristol @ town ia New England "havine . connections harbor, at the en. trance af which lics Rhode Islond"
 Saturday morning Richard Thompson, aged ninetesn years, was found dead at the foot of an embARkmeat eight feet high, in NaassbRy. Ths supposition is that he fell down 1t during the night. The body was frezsn stiff.
 In the Superior Caurt. Monday. Judge Granger heard tss sfplics.ion of twenty Ave ciuzsNs of Asrid.o Ssr rnandamus ts conpal she board Of ssisctmen to call a special town 1sssine. st which the elect ors shAll declare who is asst seleetrhan, and slso ax his salary. The judge has ordered the seleetAen ts show cause, etc.
 The Rridsepest Eorser says: "We sre glad ts he shis to announce that the affairs of As Move sachiae company are in a deciaaAS improved condition, and it's pros PeaR ars daily brHhtsning. rbey now owe. we Hrs told, lesa than $2o, 900 for lahor. esd it is believed this entire amount will bs ssstlad vi.hin two weeks
 Aig Maria seelsy, agsd sixty, of Mon rne. VsRt Into ths woods to aad . stray hasse one evening Aeo the darkBess coming on suddenly sks lost her way. The old lady had sn unpleasans time of 1t, falling down aad sprainisg an ankle, and crawling about vaiAly shouting for help She was found, almost exhausted, the next day.
 One of the Japanese students while out for stroll. was accosted by green Soph- omorS with. 'What's your name ?" The gaausman from Japan answered politely, giving his surname. ''Oh," rejoined tbe voala bs witty questioner. "you heathen aon't have but one name, I see." "What v@ the first pame of Moses ?" was the asss reply.
 Miss Magic Unmaek Of Waterbury, ,now residing in Lawrence, Mass, has had as sadden . recovery of speech as that caused by the Graphic balloon in Canaan. Last 5uas. after reading book, she fell asleep, and waeR she swoke had lost the power of speech. Upon the night of her recovery in Lawrence. kerosene lamp burst in a room adjoining hers. and startled her so tbst from that time she could speak.
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FmllW WAllMw@.

There has not hsen tue ususl number of "tip-overS" during the past week, only one being as yet reported, and that has been kept 90 private that ferbear to mention any names......Seven persons who have pro. fessed conversion during the protracted meetings of the past few weeks, received the rite of baptism at the N. E. Church in this place on Sunday last. The rsstor seems to think that he has been amply re- warded for the extra labor that he has Der formed, and if the converts all remain faithful he may indeed feel glad. .. The Falls Village Literary Society held their second debate in the basement of the N. K. Church, on Friday evening of last week. Subject: Resolved that spurious liquor causes more evil than money" A decision was rendered in the negative.....J. B. Ca pron's jewelry establishment seems to pros per, and all who have pstronized him seem to think that he is worthy of all the patron age bestowed on him. SrH1xx.
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OLD BACHELORS. In the old times it wa considered snpatriotc In e sitizeH .o rs- main bachelor all his days. By the Spar. tan laws those citiasns who remained bach elors after middle age were excluded freps all offices. civil and nilitsry. At certain feasts they were exposed to psblie dsrisioa and led around the market piece. Although, generally speaking, age vas usually rec. pected in Sparta, yet this feeling was no, manifested toward old bAehelorA. "Why shall make way for yos," sAid . Sssrtau youth to gray-hsaded cid bachelor. "vho will never have son to do sae the sane honor when am oldp" The Roman law pursued the same policy toward old bach eloFs' They had to pay extra and special taxes. Under AuSustus lav vaa enacted by which old bachelors were made iucapA- bie of acquiring legacies aad deyisss of real estate by will. except from their rsla- lives.
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New Milford

Our people young and old are row study ing up the first chapter of Genesis to be ready for Haydn's Orstorio "The Crss- tion, <" which is to be sung in the Congrega- tional church Friday evening, Dec. 9th, un- der the direction of Mir. Earle Buckingham of Washington. A competent organist and several accomplished solo singers from abroad have been engaged for the occasion, and the choruses will be taken by seventy five voices. comprising many of the best singers of our own and adjoining towns. It will be sn event ln the musical line which rarely occurs outside the city, and if the weather proves favorable, many will come long way to enjoy it. Our singing schools, at the rate of two per week, ap. pear to flourish nicely, and many out of the hundred or more persons who attend, seem to be making rapid progress. About dozen street lamps have lately been put up. and we now wonder that we could have gone SO long without them. .... Last Satur- day night 8 number of our citizens met to organize au association to prevent horse stealing. Hereafter horse thieves may ex pect no mercy. 0.
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2rnbate AsttteS.

nISTRICT or SALISBURY ke: PROBATE D COURT, Nsvsm Der 17th, 1878.
 Estate of Dr. Benjamin Welch, late ef Sails. bury, ia said District, deceased.
 Tks Court of Probate for the District of Sails bury hath Limited and allowed six months fron the date hereof, for the creditors of eaid estnto represented inbolvent, in which to exhibit their claims thereto; ; and has appointsd William ,. Pettss and James Ensign, Eeqs., Commissioners to receive ana examine saId claims.
 Certified by Albert Moore, Clerk.
 The subscribers give notice that they shsll meet at the otkes of the late deceased at Lakevile, in eala Salisbury ON the 18th day of DeceM ser 1873, and the 1sth day of May. 1874 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on each of said days, for the purpose of attending on the bnsiness of said appointment.
 JAIks SNsiaN' Commissioners.
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Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28

Coop AND TRuE.-We are glad to see that good old family newspaper, the Neas
 Iork Obsercer, has come out boldly in Op- position to the foolish practice of batting subscribers with chesp pictures. It declares the premium business demoralzing, and repudiates it altogether. It will not be tong before every paper that is worth hav- ing will take the s,me stand, A good fam ,y newspaper at 43 year is the cheapt st luxury that can be enjoyed, and We .can heartily recommend the Nc,o Fork O6ser- cer as such paper. 8. l. Prime & Co.,, 37 Park Row, New York.
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0- This is the way the wicked get pun

~ This is the way the wicked get pun aAsd. A Detroit business man found a counterfeit fifty cent scrip among his cur rency the other day, and he put it in his vest, sad that afternoon gave it to little Sirl begging in the streets. When he came essk from tea he found the same piece of scsiD in the drawer again, and questioning Ae clerk he learned that H.tle girl had brought in, bought stick of gum, and gene svaY yith fery nine good ssata.
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~ A young man vho professes to have travelled, says that the only difference in the vhlskys of tho two principal cities of Cal. iforniA is, thst Aftsr taking drink of Sac ramsutos chain lightning you immediately take shert cut to the railroad and go to sleep oa ths track; whereas after imbibing little of saa Fraueisco's bottled insanity. burning dsalrs takes possession sf you to s<ssl ho-ss sud bvSxy.
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S@ A young gentleman of Ksnsas Oity sent seventy-6ve cents to New York re- gently for method to write without pen or ink. He received the following inscrip- tion, in large type, on 8 card: "Write with pencil"
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Ladies in delicate health should go to Colorado. The case of Mrs. PIather of Golden City shows the wonderful restora- tive effects of the climate. She could net even sweep her room when they lived in Ohio, but in less than year after her ar- rival in the territory, she chased her hus- hand mils sad quarter with pitshf0rk.
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e@ "Tire shotgun in any direction ir this country" says the Detroit Free PrSs and you hit poet" And You will fnc when you have hit hipa that, in something more than nine cases out of tea, he is no, worth the powder and lead.
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0R Thanksgiving.

Let us honor the nan who invented The glorious thanksgiving day,
 Long. lOag, shsll his death be lamsnted, kss sAe rest of his soul" lot us pray. aay the blessing of Heaven attend him, wherever his soul has its home, And . mepcifal God sure defend him Wherever it chooses to roam.
 Nay the year never come that shall miss it, 0r the ehild Ger be born that would say, ] scorp this old day; and I'll hiss it, This old fsshioaed thanksgiving day. Its glorious day of nice cooking. Of puddings aud pies full score; Asd the servants ars working and looking And longing to eat the rich store. h glorious day of full feasting Qa biYalves and Aies chicken pies, When the old and the young are all testing HiA wit that brings tears to the eyes Its glorious day of full eating On turkeys all stuffed and cooked brown, You must eat and not think of resisting, But make the old goblsr pass down. Its . glorious dsy for good drinking, Of co&ee aBd nice favored tea, And thus rouse the mind to quick thinking Of apt jokes and keen repartee. ! vish could go to thanksgiving And join in the mirth and good cheer, And share iB some kisd friends good living Aad forget all the cares have here. wish could go to thanksgiving, And meet some in memory dear; Long, lons are they absent, though living Where parting ne'er causes . tear. By and by will go to thanksgiving, Some friend will invite to come, And I'll % whore some loved ones are
 living
 h nansioa family home. Yes, I'll 70 to that happy thanksgiving. And lag all my cares here aside; I'll go Vh&s those loved ones are living, And witA them forever abide. 0A there will be 6 thanksgiving 3ach aS earth eaa ne'er bring to my heart, Where most of nay children are living, And tAsp ve shall never more part. YsA, I'll patiently wait for thanksgiving, For the message is now on it's way, t will cone te each one of the living, Though no sne expects it to-day.
 sstleld, Nov. 10th. 1878. ONYX,
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Gsnt Adptrtisemsats.
Farm for Sale.

A FART of the farM known as the Averill A Farm. and located in the " WstanR drtrict and which iE bounded essterly en the H6usatonic riy- or and contains sbost 1so acrss of and r for sale or to rcnt for one or nore years Ths farm for ts saas saiA ts ss ose sf tho very best in Litch nsld seunty. It IF yell provided with geod build. iA2s the bArns bsinx new and well arranged fer ksspinS dairy. 1ta location is very dSsirable, 1t bsing aurrsllded by Ave villages. Is only about l@ rotk ffsp station on the Oosn. wsstern rail roaA. On thfs place are @ cows and horses, and in nsvorahls seasons, will keep larger number Prtos 9e @o. Fsxns easy ct per cent interest.
 AS this 10 . most excellent dairy farm, 1t would he advisable that whoever designs to occupy it for tins to house ios for fhs season. Possessiou siy- sA by April list, if dssirsA.
 For further particulars snquirs of E. Van Deu. sen, on the farm. 3 VAN DEUSEN.
 salisbury, Nev. aafd 1873. 9otf
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A reporter of Louisville paper recently found a pocket book f1lIrd with money, and immediately handed it over to tue police. The money was counterfeit.
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8ams 8ews.

a"s We shall feed greatly obliged to any of oar
 friends ia the coRaty, or elsewhere. who will send
 particulars of any occurrences of interest vhisA may come under theif nottos
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A justice of the peace at Kansas Cit, puts it: ''Now let the gAul darnsd jad, wince."
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28

A Fort Plain merchant advertises hi, goods at oxyun. That man has alway, steered clear of newspapers.
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Wulcn ConJuFoF or nATiSDnrg, Penn, chooses to advertise himself.
 When JonAh's fellow-passengers pitched him overheard they evidently regarded him as neither prophet nor loss. The editor of Nevada newspaper gives notice that he cannot bs bribed with : live cent cigar to write i've dollar pun. Tho slowly starving editor of q paper in Bratueboro, Vt., drops into poetry as fol- lows:
 'We had sweet dreams the other nixht.
 When all around was still;
 We dreamed we saw host of folks
 Pay up their priatsrs' bill.
 We wish the dream would come to pass
 Aud our empty pockets all- Tar da utnp te diddls dunn,
 Te jump ts fiddle dili.
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-28

TW1ED eEEYKEoED.-"Boss" Tweed, who enriched himself and all bis friends by bis plundsrings of the peoples money while bees of the ring in New York city, was last Saturday sentenced by Judge Davis to imprisonment in ihe New York state prison for tern of twelve years, and fine of twelve thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. ''The way of the transgressor is hard, evsn if it is Boss" Tweed himself.
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To keep warm on cold day, the women double the Cape and the men double the Horn.
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R0RM.

At LAksvtlls, Hsv. Vh, dAushtas to MT. and Mrs. Chsrlss Dsy. At RAs&Canaan. Nov. l0th, a aAughtsr to Qeorge
 Lawrence
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kINs's CoKBEArIoN.-Last week we all luded to the excitement among jewellers concerning spectacles, and now c. K. Hub bard, whose advertisement has been in our columns for tive weeks past, comes in with word to say about lens for spects, which he says buries all others entirely out of sight. It is called Kings Conbina- don," and 1t is said on account of the puri- ty of the material of which they are made they cause no dizziness or wavering of sight; are very brilliant and easy to the eye, and from the construction of the frames, are more durable than others. The price. @l.7S, brings them within the reach of all. It wouldn't be bad idea, befor, buying, to take look at this Kings Con- binatiOR," sold by O. K Hubbard, 70 Asy- lum st, Hartford. Mr. Hubbard has in ane lot of goods ln his line, and would be glad to show them to all who will find ii conveniept to call on him. 1w3O
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Baslliconthaumaturgat is the tltle by which c3njurer of Harrisburg, Penn chooses to advertise hlnself.
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N otice.

~HKRRAR my wife, Mary Woodin, has left w my bed and beard without just cause and rsaeen, Asvsw notify all persona Aot to trust or credit her oa my account, as shall pay no bills of her coatraeting, aftAr this date.
 JAhEs sYLvEsTER WooDIN. Salisbury, Nov. 18th. 1873. 4WlS
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STOCK OF GOOdS! Bankruptcy Prices.

propose to give my customers the bensAt of the sams. New ts the time to buy goods at prices Tn fashion before tke war. Come with your double team and bring all your first wlfe's rsla!ionsl
 North Canaan. Conn, Nov. 19, 'Ta. 1eN
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"e ""uue' 'o Sn interesting poodle dog be.
 longing to the popular master mechanic of the Housatonic railroad, Mir. Chaupcev
 Morris. This delicate little dog continues to increase in size, and we presume Chaun- ceY will not have to take him up in his lap and feed him with spoon much longer.
 Last summer, when he was thin in flesh. he didn't weigh bu. about l7O pounds, but as he IS in rather better condition now. he un- douotedly weighs more. MT. Pierre Mun- drey, the skillful ornamental painter of the Hoosatonic company, is making an oil painting of this dorg. He is putting him on piece of canvas which mrasures 2s14o inches. and says this will take only about two thirds of lis full size. The
 work was nearly completed last Saturday
 when we saw it, and we think it is one of the 1aest oil paintings of an animal we ever saw. 1t is so perfectly natural and true to nature, that stray cat that chanced to wander through the room the other day,
 immediately struck an attitude full of gen. uine cat dignity on spying 1t, and with her back in the shape of an OK bow and her tail as big as your leg, went for" that dog in true business style, and it was only by
 the most dextrous use of long pole that prevented ''cat hole" being made in that canvas. Anyway, if the above concerning the cat isn't true, Chauncey, with bis mind
 full of plan for the next new locomotive.
 turned suddenly as he was leaving the paint room day or two since. and whistled to call him out with him. Mr. Muudry has painted another excellent picture of dogs head Closely resembling as likeness, this huge dog of Mr. Morris, ) on one side Of the head light to the locomotive 'Thayer," which is now in the repair shop. The housatonic company have an artist in lhe person of Ar. Pierre Mundry, they may well feel proud of, nd one who ornaments their locomotives and cars in the mos sp- 1 periOr msAnsr.