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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

REGULAR EATING Half the girls in
the land become dyspeptic before they are
out Of their teens, in consequence of being
about the house and nibbling at every
thing that is good to eat whereas, were
they to cut but three times day at regu-
lar times, and not on atom between meals
they might enjoy perfect health. To di-
gest full meal and pass it out Of tho
stomach requires not less time than five
hours. Ii II person eats between meals,
the process of digestion Of the food already
in the stomach Is arrested until the last
that is eaten is brought into the condition
Of the former meal just as If water was
boiling and ice Is put in, the whole ceases
to boil until the ice has been melted and
brought to the boiling point, and then the
whole bols together. No wonder that
dyspeptics are cross and peevish How
can they bo otherwise, since disordered
stomach is the source Of so many pangs 2
Yet thoy deserve punishment for neglect
ing to obey the laws which nature renders
imperative il health is to bc preserved.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09
NUMBER 10.

INro EACH LIFE SoME RAIN MUsr
FALL.-There is something sad in the
, following relative to the life and death
of Charles Sumner. 1t shows how little
we know of the inner lives of those sur
rounding us. How little we know OF
what cares, disappointments, heartaches
and darkened hopes are common to the
world of humanity. How little we know
where the bitter waters fow to sadden
the lives of the greatest and humbest
alike. An Eastern paper thus brings to
light the sad chapter in Senator Summers
life. 1t says:
Can a man pass the age of sixty
without woman steps over his line of
life to bless or to blast 7 The part which
a woman played in the life of Charles
Sumner was sad one. 1t might not be
dragged to view now but for the woman's
own act. Only two or three days before
his death his divorced wife made applica-
ton, through her attorney, to marry
again. The divorce was OF Summers
seeking, and by the Massachusetts law
she could not marry again while the first
husband lived without special permission
of the Courts. Sumner went to his death
cheered by no womanly word, no wiiely
prayers. His pillow was smoothed by
the highest in the land, and the man
whom II country honors stood by and
groaned in spirit us no passed away. And
the woman who had been his wife, who
he put away on account of Incompatible
ity, was at that timo wondering how long
it would be ere the Court would hear and
decide the petition which should give her
to the arms of another man. Can any
body die without making somebody glad1
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09
A NEW YORK MOCK AUCTION
DODGE.

Is there any limit to human credulity ?
The mock auctions in this city have been
so ettectually exposed that the rogues
We're compelled To resort TO new lodges.
The dodge was forthcoming AS soon as il
was needed. Here is the way they work
it:
SCENE-A small room on Nassau or
Ann street. Auctioneer with case of
jewelry-crowd of persons, consisting of
honest innocents and contederates. En-
ter old man, in dirty suit of clothes,
with woetul face, that looks as though
no TODD had entered it for "A week.
What do you want?" queries the auc-
tloneer OF old poverty.
Slowly the wretched old man pulls
from hts pocket a watch and says he
wants it sold.
"How did you get this watchG" de-
mands the auctioneer.
am from Wisconsin," answers the
old man, humbly. ~ am here in New
York prosecuting suit for the recovery
of some property, aud am out OF funds
and want to raise enough to get home.
| have seen better days.
Auctioneer-"Arey you aware sir of the
fact that this is n first class, double -cased, +,
Engllsh-levcr, chronometer- balance, jew
eled in topand bottom, gold watch, worth
at least $3.50 ?"
Old Man paid Sl75 tor it il Mon
treal, four years ago, when could afford
such a watch"
Auctioneer-" Don't lot mo sell your
watch, old man. Don't do it. Take it
to some pawnbrokcr and pawn it any OF
them will advance you 800 upon it, and
you can send for it whom you get home,
1t will be sacrificed here it will, indeed. "
Old Man 1t don't matter All
want is to get homo and-de. Itdoesn't
matter to mo whether | get what it is
worth or not"
Every good ; | will sell it /; but it is IL
shame. How much do | hear for this
watch?'
A cappcr starts it for S25, and up it
goes to $50, $40, $50, $50, when ii is struck
oil. The money is paid to the auctionoor
VINO gives il less his commission, 10 per
cent, to the old man, who thanks him
tearIully, and goes slowly and sadly out.
Then the nuctoneor closes tho sale for
the day, that he may got rid of the peo-
pie, SO rs to open IN an hour with new
lot OF victims, in whose presence the aged
Wisconsin man and the auctionecr go
through the old farce again. 1t Is need
less to say that the purchaser OF the gold
English lever jewelod watch finds him
sell stuck with an oroido bogus ticker
that would be dear ut three dollars II
bushel. In one den on Ann street the
thing is played twenty times II day
NeW York Letter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

NOVEL LIGHT. To obtain light in
stantly without the use of matches and
without the danger OF setting things on
fire, take an obong vial of tho whitest
and clearest glass put into il u piece OF
phOsphorOus about the size of a pea, upon
which pour some olive OIL heated to the
boiling point, filling the vial about one
third full and then seal the vial hermet-
ically. To use it, remove the cork, and
allow the air to enter the vial and then
rccork it. The whole empty space in the
vial will then become luminous, and the
light obtained will be equal to that of "a
lamp. AS soon as the light grows weak
its power can be increased by opening
the vial and allowing fresh supply OF
air to enter. In Winter II is sometimes
necessary to heat the vial between the
hands to increase the fiuidity of the OIL
Thus prepared the vial may be used for
six months. This contrivance Is now
used by the watchmen of Paris in all
magazines where explosive or inhamma-
bic materials are stored.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

WHEN man begins life, heaven is
like a picture on the ceiling of cathe-
dral. He has to bend his neck out Of
shape to see il, and don't like it after ne
has seen it. Before long it seems to him
like good place, in which to get away
from hell, kind of insurance Office
Then it becomes a matter of sentiment.
But at last, when the real toll OF life
comes, and Gods love shows itself in his
discipline, and the yoke is heavy on his
neck, his suffering intorprets heaven for
him, as he never saw it before. What
dry place heaven is to many till father
goes there, or mother, or sister. Then
it becomes populous. To many q man
the gate of heaven is shut till his little
child goes up to open it for him. have
FIVE up there. So we build our own heav-
en- out of our griefs and pleasures, but
we know everything will be lar better
than we have sketchsd .-Beecier.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

REMARkABLE ATTRACTIoH.-AM Mas
sachusetts farmer says; My cattle will
follow me until leave the lot, and on
the way to the barnyard in the evening,
stop and call for Il lock OF hay" Smith
son says there is nothing remarkable in
that. He went into barnyard IN the
country one day last week, where he had
not the slightest acquaintance with the
cattle, and the old bull not only followed
him till he left the lot, but took the gate
of the hinges and raced with him to the
house in the most familiar manner pos
sible. Smithson says he has no doubt
that the old fellow would have called for
something ii he had waited little while,
but he didn't want to keep the folks wait
ing dinner, SO he hung one tail OF his coat
and II piece Of his pants ON the bulls
horns, and went into the house.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

THINGS THAT ENDURE.-Dld you ever
think what it must be to be shut away
from all the activities which are so much
to you-to give up the work that you
love, the plans that you have laid, the
pleasures that you enjoy, to be shut up
with pair and WEAKNESS, left alone with
yourself? Sooner or later this experience
comes to most of us. We find ourselves
with nothing to interpose between us and
our own soul. 1t is a great thing to have
friends about one at such time, but a
still greater to be at peace with ones
self. AS we sit in that solitude, unable
to work, unable to read, unable to con-
verse with friends, how fortunate are we
if memory brings us the record of daya
we'll spent, good deeds done, kind words
spoken. Then, indeed, may the sick
room be the vcstbule of Heaven, its still
ness freighted with the peace of God.
In one of the families where l visited
recently, was an old man, blind and deaf,
tHu ullilOsI HCiplcso' aseilS IN icN5 u
the room where he sat, looking into the
still face, | tried to picture to myself the
world in which he lived. Does he live
over again, thought |, his tar-away child
hood? Does his mothers face shine in
upon the darkness in which he sits? Do
his youthful days come back to him, aud
were they innocent, unsoltish, such as it
gives him pleasure to recall2 Was he a
good husband and father, and a useful
member OF society? Did the poor find in
him helper, the wronged and oppressed
a friend? Then is the darkness in which
he sits only apparent, not real. All the
past befricnds him and makes populous
his solitude. He has laid up store of the
things that endure they serve him in
the winter of age they procure for him
divine compensations, and abundant en-
trance into life.
We are not half particular enough
about the motives and acts that we admit
into our lives. We are particular about
the people we invite to our houses and
admit into our families t; how is it that
we are SO careless about the thoughts
that come and go in the chambers of the
soul? We can get rid of the unwelcome
guests, we can make little space be-
tween ourselves and the disagreeable
member OF the family; but how shall we
rid oursef of an impure thought, OF the
effect of hate ;hat had in it the spirit Of
murder, from the memory of the unkind-
ness that wrung another's heart, the in
difference that failed to sympathize with
another's distress.
Have you ever stood by the grave OF
one dear to you, and been compelled to
remember how much happier you might
have made that life which has now pass
ed beyond your reach? Has the hasty or
unkind word come back to you, ard re-
peated itself over and over again till you
would gladly have given year OF your
own life to recall it, and make it as if it
had never been? Let us remember that
those who are now living may soon be
dead, and beware of adding to the things
done that ought not to have been DONE
Cetia Burieigh, in Christian Union.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

Then my dear Stone, let mo entreat
you, that whatever you do, don't give
Miss Warren your explanation about the
letters"
" Why shouldn't ?"
Don't you see ? She thought you
didn't send back the letters for senti-
mental reason, because they were so dear
to you that you could not possibly part
with them and so, in point of fact, that
little misunderstanding Of hers led to the
re- establishment of your love affair"
Do you think so ?" he said, musing
ly. But il George has made any mis-
take about the matter, think that am
bound to set her right"
My dear Stone, take my advice for
fear Of accident set her right after the
wedding ceremony, not before"
Whether or not he took my advice
am not aware. He was married in due
course OF time to Miss Warren, and |
know that the lady was heard to declare
that she married the best husband in the
world,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

The other day little boy, while play
ing with his sister, sweet little girl of
five summers, got hold OF his fathers
gun, which had carelessly been left stand
ing in the kitchen by the thoughtless pa
rent, pointed the gun at his playmate, and
saying jokingly, "I'll kill you !" pulled
the trigger. What must have been that
boys feelings when he found that he had
told lie that the gun wasn't loaded.
and that his innocent little sister had
knocked off portion Of his nose with a
stick Of wood.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

FROSTED FEET. twenty-five years
ago | was terribly afflicted with chilblains
and had been for fifteen years, being laid
up some winters for weeks, and after try
ing many remedies stumbled on the fol-
lowing: Soak the feet in hot water for
ut least half an hour, occasionally adding
hot water to keep up the heat all that can
be endured. After wiping the feet, hold
them by hot stove just us hot as can be
endured another half hour, occasionally
bathing them with some healing linimont.
Repeat this for three or four nights. l
have never suffered an hour since this
trial was madc.-P. u. S., ia country
Geahtcmda.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09
SATURDAY, MAY o, 1874.
HAVE YOU A MOTHER :


Have you a mother? Love her well,
While she is spared on earth,
Wait not till death shall call her hence,
10 know her precious worth.
Wait not till she lies cold and still,
Nj ost beautiful, though dead,
To think of what you should have done
Before her dear life iled.
Think now how much she should be loved
And prize her as you ought;
Or else your life, when she is done,
With sorrow shall be fraught.
Oh, watch her, guard her with your love,
While with you she is left,
For when she leaves you life will seem
Of every joy bcrcit.
Oh, soothe her in her hours of pain,
BE gentle and be mild;
How sweet twill be for you to think
You've been faithful child.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

a SOLITARY TwIN.-The 1" Fat Con-
tributor" furnishes the Utica O6Selrer
with the following strange story of =" A
Twin"
There is woman out West who gave
birth to one twin-just one, that's all
there was of him. She never had anoth.
er solitary twin SO long MS she lived. lie
was melancholy child from the first,
and wore such lonesome look. He al
ways seemed to be watching and listening
for somebody who never came. He APP
peared to realize that he wasn't altogcth-
er-that he was kind OF human paren-
thesis with one bracket gone-animatcd
dumb bells and one dumb bell missing
II pair that couldn't beat deuces and was
hardly worth drawing to. llo used to
moan in his sleep and paw around on the
pillow for his missing brother. When
that boy grew up he was different from
amy boy | ever knew-that is to say, any
one boy. He seemed more like two boys
at least he was altogether two boys ter
Gus for me. If he had fight it was with
boy twice as big as he was, for he
seemed to feel somehow, as though there
were two of him, or ought to be. He nj
ways managed to get two pieces OF pie ut
the table, just as if one of them was for
the other OF him who wasn't there, and
there was thin pretence of taking care
OF it for him, but he always took care to
eat 1T noticed. He only half learned
his lessons, aud double entry book-kecp-
ing nigh about set him crazy, because, as
| told you, there wasn't but half Of him
there, and he couldn't keep double entry.
He wouldn't sleep with any other boy,
because, he said, it crowded cm. lie
grow up, but he never got married. Once
or twice he attempted to court girl, but
left her when it was half done, rs though
that other twin would be along and court
the other half. don't know what be-
came Of him. | heard that he died from
sheer loneliness, but only believe half
hear about that boy, anyhow. If he's
dead, you can bet he is only half dead.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS.

Canon city, Junction City and Wea-
verviIIe Express and Passenger Line
j. II. DRIVER, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns ON Monday, Wednesday and Friday
emger and Express Lime, J. S. HOYT,
Proprietor. Weekly. Leaves Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week leaves Wea-
yer Tuesday morning of each week.
u. n. Mail and Express Line, from
WeaveryiRIe TO Areafa, JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Arcata, every
Monday morning,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

A YOUNG man who was married in
Detroit six months ago, has joined in the
discussion OF the question of family econ
omy, his little contribution is far from
satisfactory. II do not" he says, "un-
derstand how it is. used to figure 1t
out, as / sat with my arm around her
waist on Sunday nights, and all it would
then cost to live would be 81 95 cents a
week, and now spend $40, and am hun
cry half the time"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

A NEGRO in Boston complained at
police station that brother colored man
had broken a chair all to splinters over his
head. Being told there were no marks
on his Uranium, he said T" No 'e didn't
make no marks but he smashed dc char
all ter pieces, and de char belonged to
me-"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09
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OUR AGENTS:

TlIOS. BOYCE, Room No. 80. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city.
GEO. II. ROwELL & CO., 40 Park
Row, are our only authorized Agents in New
York City.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-05-09

"INsULTs." says a modern philosopher
"are like counterfeit money; we cannot
hinder their being offered, but we are not
Obliged to take them"
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
CLuPpsRos.

Arkansas Brooks run. dry.
 FUR-FErcHED-Alaska seaI-skins. Public opinion is second conscience. Theodore Parker says nun is an T or ganized old maid. .<.
 Next to a diary. the most difficult thing to keep is lead-pencil. a8)
 It is not the victory that makes the ioy of noble hearts. but the combat.
 ''The gridiron of death'' is the ceduc- tive name of a railroad crossing in Port land. Me.
 A chemist suggests as a motto for the temperance crusade, ''H Ol every one that thIrstethl" TE2
 The subject of cream-ation, says the Graphic. might with propriety be dis cHssed during the berrying season,w
 Fadover tells us Mrs. eFaaoysr aavs when cremation is adopted babies viii naturally deserve the title of small fry.
 A small Aberdeen child. being asked by her Sunday school teaeher. What did the Israelites no after they crosseed the Red Sea? answered, I do not known. ma'am; but psrhaps they. dried tliem.. seiveAs& AOk sp BEsz
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
SHEPAUG RAILROAD.
 E1SN EzE1lE . Winter Arrangement.

0N and after Monday Nov. IT, 1873, until fur V ther notice, trains will run as follows: GOING SOUTH-LEAVE LITCHFIELD: TAO A. M.-Express Passenger Train: arrivipga at Hawleyville, $40; Bethel, 9:5S; South
 Norwalk, 1854; New York (via N. Y. and N. H. R. R. Express train) at
 12:S5 P. M. WiH connect: at flaw
 leyville with Housatonic R. R. U1:28
 A. M.) for Albany, Saratoga and the
 West; also for Bridgeport and New
 Haven, at 1:12 P. M; atBethel, with
 train arriving in Dsnbury at 1O:56 A.
 M.; at South Norwalk, with N. Y. N.
 H. & H. R. R.
 3'30 P. M.-Milk Train, with passenger ear at-
 tached; arriving at Hawleyville. 600,
 Bethel, 6:35; South Norwalk, 300;
 New York (via N.Y.N. H. d H. R.
 R. Express train) ,11:12 P. M. VM
 connect: at Hawleyyille, with Hou-
 'satonic R. R. (7:30 P. M for Bridge
 port and New Haven also for the
 North, at GAO P. M; at Bethel with
 train arriving in Danbury at 6:5O P.
 M.; at South Norwalk with N. Y. N.
 H. & Fl. R. R.
 Sunday Milk Train, will leave Litehfeld at 4:8O P. M.; connecting at Hawleyville for Bridgeport, and at South Norwalk for New York. GOING NORTH-LEAVE SOUTH NORWALK: o.40 A Accommodation Train lon arrival of
 805 A. M. Express train from N M Bethel, 1O:5O; Hawleyville, 1I:SO; ar
 irving in Litchfeld at 2:15 P M.
 WiH connect: at Bethel, with train
 leaving Danbury at 9:45 A. M.; at Hawleyville, with Housatonic R. k. train leaving Bridgeport at 1O:S0 A. M., and connecting from Now Ha- ven at 9:45 A. M,
 4:S5 P. M.-Express Passenger Train Con arrival of BOO P. M, Express train from New York;, Bethel, 5:45; Hawleyville 6:25; arriving in Litchield at S;15 P. M. Win connect: at Bethel, with train leaving Danbury at 4:20 P. M.; at HaWlevyillo. with HOusatODic R. R. train leaving Bridgeport at 5:25 P. M., and connecting from New Ha- ven at 4:45 r. M. Sunday evening train, leaves HaWleyville for Litchfeld at zoo P. M.
 STAGE LINES.
 Fenn's stage, from Litchheld Station, on the Naugatuck Railroad, will arrive to connect with the 3:3O P. M. trains from Ltchheld. The Stage for Woodville, leaves Romford Sta ton on arrfvel of the 7:45 A. M train from Litch field; and the 9:41 A. M. train from South Nor walk.
 Bennetts Stage connects with all trains, at New Preston Station, for New Preston, Marble dale and Waramaug Lake. .. The Stage from Southville, leaves Shepaug Station on arrival of 7:45 A. M. train from Litch- field; and the 9:41 A. M. train from South Nor walk.
 St. Johns Stage leaves Danbury, for Brew sters Station, connecting with Harlem railroad A discount of five cents from the regular fare made to passengers purchasing tickets at the offices.
 E8 ag.a FREIGHT. '@.@t In addition to the above important connections the new and extensive wharf accommodations of the D. & N. R. R., at South Norwalk, afford un- surpassed facilities for handling Cargo and Heavy Freights, and, in connection with STEAMBOAT and PRoPELLERs TO AND FROM NEW YORK, DAILY, en- ables this line to guarantee prompt dispatch to all Freight Consignments.
 CHARLES H. PLATT, .. Superintendent. Litchfeld. Jan. 1878. 13tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

A Kentucky farmer says that three good bulldogs roaming the yard nights will do more to keep man honest than all the talking in the world. M a@ 8
 The saddest thing in life is to see a yong person who has burnt all the hair of her forehead with a hot slate pencil, and cannot afford to buy row of curls.
 Some people who have evidently known what 1t is to pay ten dollars for fve-cent pen-wlpers, have petitioned the Illinois legislature to abolish church fairs.
 A AChinaman, on trial in California for larceny, proved that he was not within 8 mile of the property when it was stolen. He was let off with one years imprison- ment for contempt of court.
 A darky gives the following reason why the coiored race are superior to the whites: All men are made of clay. and like the meerschaum pipe, they are more valuable when highly colored. 3
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

Dr. J. Walkers California Yin. egar BitterS are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from the native herbs found on thelower ranges of the Sier- "a Nevada mountains of California, the medicinal properties of which are extract ed therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almostdaily asked, 'ssWhat is the cause of the unparalleled success of VINEGAR BTTTERs?" Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient recovers his health. They are the great blood purifier and a life giving prin- ciple, a perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the system. Never before in the history of the world has medicine been com pounded possessing the remarkable quail ities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the sick of every disease man is heir to. They are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic, reliey- ing Congestion or Inflammation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious Dis eases.
 If men will enjoy good health, let them use VINEGAR BTTERs as medicine, and avoid the use of alcoholic stimulants m every form.
 R. HI. MCDONALD E CO.,,
 Druggists and General Agents San Francisco Califor- na and cor. Washington and Charlton sts, New York
 Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

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