Connecticut western news., 1873-07-11
Items of Interest.

To remove stains from character-get rich.
 A Michigan sheep was lately relieved of twenty-two pound fleece of wool.
 When young gentleman in Canada wishes to pay attention to young lady, he usually, if it be winter, undertakes to kill her with kindness-by taking her out and sleighing her.
 A soldier telling his mother of the terrible fire at Chickamauga, was asked by her why he did not get behind tree. 'FTree!" said be-. "there wasn't trees enough for the officers.
 A worthy old farmer who was being worried in his osssss-examination by lawyer, in Maine, exclaimed "Look here, Squire, don't you ask good many foolish questions ?"
 A citizen of Connecticut recently in troduced to newly married man, con- graduated him warmly, and said, "'Ah, these Litchfeld county girls make clever wives, I've had three of 'em."
 There are now living of the family of the late Jonathan and Ruth Parker, of Nantucket, Mass, twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, whose ages are respectively 73, Il, 66, 65, 63, 60, 58, 56, 54, 51, 49, and AZ.
 Josephine Kimball, of Cincinnati, Ohio, recovered $7,OOO from Jacob Stever, of the Massillon (Ohio) Furnace Company, short time ago, for breach of promise of marriage. What lesson | to bachelors
 Somebody has found out that the heat received from the sun in one minute is equivalent to the force of two thousand steam-engines of one hundred horse power each working continually for four thousand years.
 A daring innovation was introduced into Quaker meeting at Newport, R. l., the other day. Somebody in the meet ing struck up Coronation" when the whole congregation joined in with 8 will, in utter defiance of the traditions of the sect. ,....
 The Scandinavians of the Northwest ern States are going to build ,O00 monument at Madison, Wis, to the discoverer of America, whose name, they say, is not Christopher Columbus, but Jeff Ericson, and whose discovery is dated not in 1492 but 1000.
 To remove stains from marble, take two parts of common soda, one part of pumice-stone, and one of fne1y-pow- dered chalk sift it through @ fine sieve, and mix it with water then rub it we'll over the marble, and the stains will be removed. Wash the marble afterward with soap and water.
 Capt. James A. McClung, constable in Mt. Sidney, Va., having retired to rest feeling as well as usual, awoke in the morning to find that his voice was about gone, and it has now gone alto gether. He is not only dumb, but he has also grown deaf and likewise blind. Such a sudden loss of three of the senses at the same time is very uncom- mon, and would seem to indicate some physical affection as yet undescribed. ,, The people of Fort Scott, Kansas, are in deep distress. Recently there arrived in the town, on its way to Bos- ton, and intended for a museum there, an immense collection of Texas taran- talas, centipedes, scorpions and horned frogs. By accident the case was broken up, and the agreeable creatures are now domiciled at Fort Scott, where they are likely to increase and multiply, not in the least to the comfort of the Fort Scotchmen. :. =.a.r. a5t .,
 Rev. Mark Wilkes once introduced his text in this manner: "My hearers, did you ever see cat Did you ever see a cat walk? Did you ever see cat walk on top of wall Did you ever see cat walk on top of wall covered with broken glass How carefully she lifted - each foot! How slowly and cautiously she set it down again So would the text } from which I am about to speak have you act-'See that you walk cir-cum- specify.
 ,, Two suicides occurred in St. Johns vile, N. Y. It appears that physician named A. D. Wheelock, married man , was paying attention to Miss Ruth Smith. The parents of the young lady objected to his conduct on the ground Z that he was not divorced. For some reason unknown, proceedings for divorce 3 having been commenced, Miss Smitl
 took arsenic and died, and the doctor
 on learning the fact, took a dose O.
 morphine and expired. a.. a. ......