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Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Last Slave Sale of New Jersey.

The Vest Jersey Press has this bit of local history with reference to Glouces- ter County: A few days agowe listened to the recital of the circumstances at- tending probably the last sale of slaves that took place in Gloucester County, nearly sixty years ago. A free colored man became enamored of 8 colored girl, 8 slave, belonging to family in that county, and desired to marry her, but as the law would not permit the mar riage, ke determined to buy her. He applied to the owner, who agreed to sell her to him for half & crown. The money was never paid, however, but this. fact was not developed until years after, when, by an accident which befel daughter by this marriage, she became charge upon the county. This took place within a few months after the death of the owner of the girls mother. and the executors of the estate sought counsel in the premises, and were told, in advertising the personal effects of the deceased, to conclude it with these words: Together with all the person al property of said deceased" This was done, and at the sale, which took place in the year 1915, the father of the girl bought his wife and four chil- dren for forty cents. The descendants of this family are now living in Salem
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
On a Mission.

Brother Badger was rather taken aback g few Sundays since. Brother Badger is senior deacon of the crack church of Raybridge, and Brother Badger owns great deal of property in Raybridge, and is very loud in his praises of the town. He would advise everybody, and everybody's relatives, to come and settle in that peaceful moral, and beautiful municipality and to further so laudable an end, he would sell them land upon which to build houses.
 It was Sunday evening, and at the close of the prayer-meeting Parson Logos, who is the settled pastor of the crack church of Raybridge, informed his friends that Rev. MT. Swan, of Lake side, would supply his pulpit on the following Sabbath and he gave as a reason for the exchange that he himself should have no time to prepare sermon as he was going on a mission to the Heather. .I
 The assembly were in consternation. They loved their pastor, and did not wish to part with him.
 Brother Badger arose and addressed the minister openly. He was surprised and pained.
 Wherefore? ?" asked the pastor.
 "That you whom we so love and re- spect, should make ready for doing such thing without giving us more warning"
 Doing what thing, Brother Badger ?"
 "Going off to the Heather, sir.
 "Why, bless you, my dear brother, 1 ana not going 0ut Of toaO7a !'
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
A Good " Uncle.o

"Uncle Cook" is Boston philan- thropist whose charitable propensities are specially moved by the woes of the criminal classes. He has been for some time Chaplain of the Suffolk County Jail l; and in that capacity has done much good. But his great work has been in the Municipal Court of Boston. For the last ten years this faithful man has been a constant attendant at the Court, watching specially after the in terest of the unfortunate women who are there arraigned. His success has been very marked, and, in not few instances, he has reclaimed those who have been called "hopeless cases " for many years. The Court, recognizing his usefulness, often places these unfor- trnate women under his care, on proba- tion. During the year ending June 1, he took in charge, in this manner, four hundred and thirty-two persons, be- coming personally responsible for their good department. Of this number, 85 per cent. have proved not unworthy of the confidence which "Uncle Cook had intrusted in them. Some of these were victims of intemperance, who have been saved to life of usefulness, through the untiring zeal of this good man. Others were young girls, who were saved or rescued frore life of shame by Uncle Cooks" care and Christian kindness.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Plants and Health.

There are various impressions as tc the relations of plants and flowers to health, and the editor of Hygiene has taken the proper method to collect facts. The following circular explains itself, and we willingly give place to it, with the request that replies be made to Ed itor of Hygiene, care of G. P. Put nam's Sons, 4th Ave. and 23rd Street, New York.
 In view of the recent discoveries of Prof. Mantegazza, of Pavia, Italy, con- cerning the production of ozone by certain plants and fruits, and the prob able hygienic advantages to be derived from the cultivation of such plants, it is desired to obtain the experience of nurserymen and florists concerning the following points:
 "I. What is the popular opinion of the effect of edorous plants on health |?
 "II. What plants are believed to effect the health by their odors ?'
 III. What plants are believed to exert injurious effects by their odors
 "IV. What diseases are believed to be affected by odorous plants, and how -favorably or unfavorably?
 "V. Have you noticed any exemption from diseases as fever and ague, or other malarious diseases, by those in Horticulture?
 "VI. Do you know any instance of the health of 8 neighborhood having been benefcially affected by the culti- vation of flowers ? If so, what diseases were modified or checked, and what were the flowers and plants to the cul- tivation of which the result was attri- buted?
 "Answers to the foregoing questions, and any other information touching the subject, may be made as briefly or as elaborately as you choose-the object being to elicit such facts as exist, and the publication of which, it is believed, may do much towards increasing the cultivation of flowers for sanitary reasons, if for no other.
 "A copy of the Hygiene, containing the result, will be mailed to those who contribute by their answers to this effort
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
A Little Fun With Ropkins.

Some years ago, says Max Adler in Saturday Night, new fire company was organized at Reading, and the mem bers one evening thought they would have little fun at the expense of Hop kins, their foreman. They decided to rush around with the engine to Hop kins's house after dark, to throw up their ladders, pull out their hose, climb on his roof and scare him with the be- lief that his dwelling was on fire. But that very day Hopkins moved out of the house, and Presbyterian clergyman moved in, without the company being aware of the change. So about eight o'clock the humorists dashed out, and went through all the movements, get ting on the roof and splashing water around, and creating terrific disturb ance generally. A rival company noti- clng what was going on also hurried to the scene, and without understanding the joke, attached their hose to plug, smashed in the front windows, and be- gan to empty two-inch stream on the family of that Presbyterian clergyman. They squirted into all the rooms, split up the window-shutters with an axe, broke down the front door, ran out the furniture, tore off the shingles, and bawled through the trumpets until the hired girl had convulsions on the kitch- en stairs. The first company tried to explain, but the newcomers thought an effort was being made to get them ont of the way, and fight ensued, and presently fremen were sliding off the roof, and pelting down the chimneys, and bleeding over the entry carpet, aud having boisterous encounters with span ners and brass horns on the stairs. And the next morning that Presbyterian divine and his family moved out. They said the place seemed to be too ami mated and sensational for quiet, do- nestle circle. They wanted a house where there was more calmness and peace where they could have more security for their privacy and pianos, and for their front doors and shingles and peace of mind and window-sashes.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
A Sad Story.
The Tender Appeal of a Deserted Fam

The Tender Appeal of a Deserted Fam "
 Postmaster Billings, of Santa Clara, Gal has received the following letter, which he has had published in order to reach the missing man if possible. It tells its own sad story?
 70 the Postmaster. ot Santa Czarn.- Will you be so kind as to inquire if there is such a man as George Ray in your city or where he is if he has left Santa Clara? He is about thirty-seyen years of age, dark eyes and hair, not very tall, and is carpenter by trade. He IS my dear father, and we have not heard word from him for more than two years. Ma is left with five child ren, and am'' the oldest and am fourteen years old. Sometimes ma thinks he is dead, but I dreamed, the other night, that he came home to us, and it has made me think so much about him that l cannot help writing to you, for I can- not give up all hopes. Oh dear MT. Postmaster will you do this favor for poor, homeless girl? and you shall have many warm thanks. If you can see him, or hear where he is, will YOU be so good as to send him this letter !? Will you please answer? Yours, truly,
 The following is the letter enclosed:
 My DEAR, DEAR PA.-How can I tell you how sad my heart is while I write to you, not knowing whether you are dead or alive. Do you love us any more? Why is it that we do not hear from you any more? If you are sick and discouraged, we will try and help you to come home, and then we will work and take care of you. Oh, how hard it is to live as we do, now that the children are all separated! Willie is at the State Reform School in Lancaster. in this State, and ma does not have to pay his board; man in Berlin has adopted Frankie as his daughter. and rich farmer in the country has Libbie as his child, and Henry is at Fredericks- burgh. l am working for wages in a small family in Massillon. Ma has learned the dressmaker's trade, and sews by the day in this city, and helps me all she can. She has been working in the city for the last two weeks, and will be there some time. It is hard to have no home, no pa to love us-and oh, pa, do take pity on us, and come back We will all receive you with open arms. And how happy we will be to have you with us, as you have been once. Oh. pa, do write, and tell us if you love us still. Your sorrowful daughter,
 EMMA A. RAY,
 Massillon, Stark County, Ohio.
 Could anything be more touching than the fervent, earnest appeal of the young girl?
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Indians as ISraeIites.

A correspondence of the Chronological Journal, writing from the South, gives the following statement:
 Among the points of resemblance which seem to give plausibility to the theory that the American Indians are descendants of a remnant of the lost tribes of Israsl, IS 8 custom of theirs agreeing in it's main features with one described in the book of Leviticus. Ac- cording to the Indian usage, the nearest of kin had right to slay the murderer wherever he found him, during the in- terval that elapsed from the time the deed was done till the Green Corn Fes- tlval but If the murderer eluded his pursuers up to that time, and then eff fected an entrance into the sacred circle of the dancers, he was safe from the Avenger of Blood. This Avenger had 1t also in his power to grant the mur- derer respite. An old white settler, who lived in this country before the Indians left, tells @ story of one who was thus respited for fortnight, at the end of which time he was to meet the Avenger of Blood at designated spot, to be put to death. Every day during the interval the doomed man approached the rendezvous and sang his death song, recapitulating his deeds of prowess and his immortality of glory. At nine o'clock on the fair spring morning of the ap- pointed day the victim and executioner appeared under the shining green leaves of the beach, in the heart of the dewy forest glade. The white hunter had concealed himself near, and looked on eagerly, half expecting to see the vic tim sue for mercy, or the stern execu- tioner relent from his purpose but no! he first placed himself at the ri ght dis tance, crossed his arms on his breast and looked calmly in the face of the Avenger, who, coolly taking aim, shot him through the heart p
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Resuscitating the Drowned.

A case of restoration from apparent drowning has lately taken place in the city of Brussels, where man had fallen into the water, and was only recovered after considerable time. Dr. Joux, an eminent physician in the city, immedi- ately initiated the necessary measures towards his restoration, and for three hours applied all the remedies that could be thought of. No evidence of life manifesting itself in this interval, Dr. Joux proceeded to apply plates of iron heated to white heat, to the upper parts of the body, near the more vital organs. After short time, to the as tonishment of the assistants, faint signs of breathing were observed, and in the course of half an hour the man came to life, and was finally fully restored, the only inconvenience sustained being the severe cauterization which his skin nec- essarily underwent.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Preparing for the Cholera.
Disinfectants to be Used.

Now that the cholera is in our midst, well-known physician gives the follow ing hints:
 Prepare the following solution, keep ing it on hand during the warm months: 10 lbs. copperas dissolved in 5 gals. water, to which add half pint of crude carbolic acid, or half the quantity of pure acid stir this well together, when 1t is ready for use. One pint of this solution should be poured into every water-closet pan or privy seat, and yard privy, twice daily: For decompos- ing masses of filth which may not be immediately removed, saturate we'll connected with the house, pour in 8 quart daily, or oftener, if offensive.
 The chamber vessels should always have small quantity therein before use, and immediately after use. All soiled clothing or bedding should be at once removed from patient and placed in tub having sufficient of this disin- fecting solution to saturate them; should be allowed to remain therein for an hour at least, after which they
 
 half an hour or more.
 Handling such articles is far more dangerous than handling or attending the patient; and especially so after a certain period has elapsed. Hence the necessity for their immediate care, be- fore the vitilizing principle developed by decomposition has time to develop.
 Should the patient recover or die, the apartment or room should be imme- diately closed, and thoroughly fumigat- ed as follows:
 Placing an iron dish in the centre of the room, upon some bricks or some thing by which fire may not be com municated, put therein or lbs. com mon sulphur, pour over it small quan- tity of alcohol, and, after seeing that the room is tightly closed, set the alco- hol on fire and let it burn slowly ont. This iberates dense volumes of sul- phurous acid, which permates every crevice and fibre of bedding and cloth ing. Allowing the room to remain closed or 4 hours, it may then be thrown wide open and thoroughly ven- tilated. All soiled clothing and bedding must then be placed in the disinfecting and treated as before mention ed. Never put away the smallest piece of cloth, clothing, .sheets, bedding, pocket-handkerchiefs or any textile fabric until it has been thoroughly dis and boiled, for this disease has been transmitted and communicated months and years after by being thus
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
VOL. III.
Down by the Brook

 Down by the brook went Ellie and I. Down by the brook heath the forest trees, When the air with the breath of flowers wa
 sweet
 And the long grass swayed in the summe
 breeze. The brooklet danced in tho sunbeams bright And murmured it's own sweet song of glee While over our heads the merry birds Were filling the air with melody. An, me l wonder if ever now Her thoughts go back to that dear old time, When under the trees alone we sat, Hearing the nipples dreamy rhyme? And dipping her hand in the waters bright How lazily she with the nipples played! And the dimples hid in her soft, fair cheek As I watched her there heath the old trees
 shade. Alas, for the VOWS we plighted then Her heart was fckle, and mine was strong; The love she gave on that summer day Lasted only the summer long! Down by the brook, heath the grand old trees. Fife and mo more may go, And only the birds in their leafy nests Shall hark to the ripples' dreamy flow.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Women Sent to Prison.

A few days since seventeen women, living in the village of Ascott, England, , so Emily Faithful tells ms, were sum- moned for threatening, intimidating, and molesting two young men who had been induced by farmer to work on a farm from which the laborers in a body had seeded because he would not in crease their wages from 12 shillings to IA shillings 8 week. Two clergymen, in their capacity as magistrates, heard the case. The evidence was conflicting. The unpaid justices had full scope for mercy, but the women were condemned seven to ten days imprisonment, the rest to seven days with hard labor. The working people rose ese naasse through out the district the police station was assailed; but with the first ray of light 8 prison van containing these victims stole out of Chipping Norton and de- posted them all in the county jail, to- gether with two babies at the breast, while score or more of motherless children were left behind.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18
Ph@nician Inscriptions in Brazil.

Some time since it was stated that
 certain inscriptions had been discovered
 in Brazil, which, upon examination,
 proved to be Phmnician, and to record
 the presence there, five centuries be-
 fore Christ, of Phanician colony. In
 the New York Eve'ai,ag Post the circum-
 stances of the discovery are given as
 follows:
 Visconde de Sapercahy, member
 of the Emperor's Council of State, re-
 ceived, three months ago, letter from
 Parahyba, inclosing a drawing of the
 ters slaves had come upon during their
 agricultural labors on his farm, and
 which drawing had been taken by the
 writer's son, young man who could
 draw little. This copy was turned over to the Historical Society of Rio, and by it to Senhor Ladislao Netto, Di- rector of the Rio Museum, for an ex- animation. On examining it, he found the letters to be pure Phonician.
 The inscription is of commemorate stone-a rough monument erected by some Phoenicians of Sidonia, apparent land, between the ninth and tenth years of the reign of a king named Hiram. These rash or unfortunate Canaanites- designate themselves-left the port of Avonizaber (now Akaba), a port upon the Red Sea, and sailed for twelve gionlunes Ounar months) along the land of Egypt-that is, Africa. The number of vessels they had and the number of males and females composing the ad- venturous expedition are all set forth in a concise and seemingly elegant style, these particulars being placed interme- diate between the invocation-some at the beginning, and the others at the end of the inscription of the A1onim Valo- nuth-that is, gods and goddesses, or superoS SuperaSQ,Ies, as is the Latin translation of those well-known Poeni- elan words. The inscription is in eight lines of most beautiful Phenician let ters, but without separation of the words, without the vowel points, and quiescent 1etters-three great obstacles to the interpretation, to over come which 8 mere knowledge of Bibli- cal Hebrew is insufficient.
 Writing to the finder on the sub- ject, Senhor Netto expresses the opinion that the voyage was made during the reign of the second Hiram, who sue ceeded Solomon's ally on the throne of Phenicia. He explains their crossing, of which they themselves appeared to be unaware, by resort to Maury's obser- vations on oceanic currents. Like Ca- bral, in fleeing from the storm reigning from the Cape of Good Hope up to they steered into the high sea, and, seized blythe famous equatori- al current, which sometimes flows with | extraordinary swiftness, they unexpect- edly came upon the Brazilian shores. 5enhor Netto writes to Ernest Renan and to Father Barges, giving them some words of his version, and asking. their advice how to make his efforts of the | most service to science"
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18

Wagner, when he goes to the Maine State Prison under sentence of death, will find ten others there in the same condition; :o The last hanging in Maine could be hanged any day ththesie Gov ernor saw fit to order the execution.
Connecticut western news., 1873-07-18

The position of State Geologist of Kentucky has been accepted by Prof. Shaler of Harvard.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-05
4 Life for a Tooth.

Willie BARLEY, son of Col. VIM. T..
BARLEY, of the firm of BARLEY, johnson
& Co., having been a sufferer from
toothache for several days past, went to
the dental rooms of DR.. @. E. Dunn, on
Second street, near Green, yesterday
afternoon, to have the tooth extracted.
He dreaded the pain of the operation,
and requested to have chloroform adj
ministered, which request was acceded
to by his brother-in-law, Mr.. George
Dunn called in DIR. Gait, who admins
tered the drug. A slight potion only
was given the boy, when he was seized
with a violent vomiting. This, however,
soon passed away and the operation pro-
ceeded. DR.. Calf states that he admin
istered the chloroform in a very careful
manner, and that at no time was young
BARLEY completely under its influence,
as he was sensible to the pain and re-
sisted the operation. Almost immedi-
ately after the tooth was taken out the
doctors noticed a strange pallor over
spreading the boys countenance, at
tended with a slight discoloration of the
features.
They Immediately laid him on the
floor, but Notwithstanding their efforts
at introducing artificial respiration, he
died in a few minutes. DR.. Gait gives it
as his opinion that death resulted from
a shock to the nerves of the heart. The
boy was ID years of age, and was an un-
usually bright and intelligent lad.
1t is the opinion of medical men that
in all cases where death ensues from
chloroform the patient is at the time
suffering from affection of the heart OF
inflammation of the bowels. 1t has al
ways been considered unsafe to admin
lister cholorofcGm on a full stomach, and,
although it was not known at the time,
it was afterward ascertained that young
BARLEY had partaken very freely of fruit
before he underwent the operation, and
this in all probability interferred with
the action of the heart, which was more
or less affected by disease. DR.. Gait is
one of the most careful and discreet men
in the profession, and much more sensi.
tive and tender in his feeling for his
patients than many others. This un-
fortunate occurrence, for which he is in
no way responsible, will affect him very
deeply.-Ilou5sviAe Commercial.