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Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04

Large Train.-Conductor Eggleston took into Hartford nine cars heavily laden with horse racers last Friday. A large number went from this region.
 Rough Customers.-A couple of wo- men, wild with rum, rcamed through the streets of North Canaan Wednesday night of last week, uttering the vllest curses, hurling stones through windows and insult ing everybody they met. They were ar rested aud application made at each of the hotels for place to harbor them through the night, and in every instance were re- fused, (who would blame landlord for re- fusing to keep such filthy creatures ? A room was finally obtained and they were compelled to remain quiet till morning, when they were released. and the last seen of them they were making their way to the camp meeting grounds, cursing to the full extent of the law, their benefactors of the night before. Sheriff Richmond says this was little the poorest pay be ever receiv- ed for acting the part of the Good Samari- tan; and Lawyer Roraback is carrying a ten-inch columbiad in his pocket to shoot the first man who dares to hint a word about That Wednesday night in his pres ence.
 Always Tell the Truth.-A day or two since, as the vegetable man was driving at hurried pace through our streets, he ob- served hand beckoning somewhat excit- edly for him from one of our village stores Whirling suddenly about, he brought his loaded wagon up to the door, with his horses facing an opposite direction from that in which he had been driving, when Henry AYres, Esq, stalked out to the Wa gon, and after examining his cucumbers, melons, cabbages, &c., for a time, asked the price of sweet potatoes, and when told it was 75 cents and that they cost 60 cents, responded with much earnestness and feel. ing: II believe you sir! Always tell the truth and people will respect you! 1" after which he turned about and went in the store. The cucumber man said if he was n't member of church, he would have 'swoln like lightning;" and as it is, if Hen Ayres comes to Millerton, he'll have to carry himself pretty straight, or he'll weigh him off about 75 cents worth of something he cant buy at the stores; or in every cabbage cart that comes along either.
 The Lime Rock organ.-The following is the specification for the new organ which has just been completed for the Episcopal church m Lime Rock by the well-known builders, Johnson & Son, Westfeld. Mass. Compass of manuals from co to A 58 keys.
 Pedale eco to D 27 keys.
 FIRST MAMMAL OR GREAr nRcAN
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
DI E D..

In this village. Aug 26th, Freddie, son of N. IT. Daniels, aged months and 13 days.
 At Sheffield, Aug. 24th, an infant son of Arthur Hewans, aged months.
 At Canaan, Aug. 10th, John Partridge aged 50 years.
 At Burrv;lle, (by drowning) Aug. 2srd, John Ca ry of West Hill New Hartford, aged 2s years.
 At winsted, Aug. ssth, Czar Knapp, aged 7s years.
 At Collinsyille, Aug. 18th, Henry W. Robinson,
 At Pleasant Valley, Aug. 21st, Victor son of Victor Provost, aged years.
 At New Milford Aug. 17th, youngest daughter Of the Rev. c. G. and Elizabeth c. Acly, aged 20 years.
 At Riverton, Aug. 14th, Alphens Moore, aged 2l years.
 At Pittsfeld, Mass, Aug. 4th, Otis Peck, aged 40 years. At Pittsfeld, Mass, Aug 18th, Geo. Brown, aged 6S years.
 At Bristol, Aug. 18th, Woodruff Candee aged 76 years,
 At Hackensack N. J., Edward s. Champlain, aged 10 months, son of Edward E. Champlin, for merly of Litchield.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
Aoule Melvs,

*** We shall feel greatly obliged to any of oul friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send us particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under their notice.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04

A St. Louis paper had a two column ac- count of hotel of that city. The bedbugs after reading it over carefully, held meet ing and denounced the paper for not men tioning them.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04

$1OtO $1OOO invested in Wall Street often leads to fortune. Pam- phlets with explanations and statistics of Railroads, Stocks, Bonds, &c,, with other valuable information, mailed on receipt of 30 cents. Address ALEX FRoTHINGHAM & Co.,, Bankers and Brokers, l2 Wall Street, N, Y.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
SECOND DAY.

Exhibition of horses and articles in the hall throughout the day. Examination Of horses at 12 o'clock NJ. Grand parade of matched and single carriage horses at o'clock r. M. Address by Theodore s. Gold, Esq of Cornwall at o'clock P. M. At2 o'clock P. M., trials of speed
 FIRST CLASS. Premiums, $40, 20, TO- Open to all horses that have never trotted better than $250
 SECOND CLASS. Premiums, $75, 90, %. Free for all double teams.
 E.w. sPURR, President.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
SIXTEENTH

Az much attention has been given to the ar engagement and generous distribution of premiums Tn every department of the exhibition this season, a larger and finer display of the produce of the farm, garden and household is expected than ever is as follows
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
FIR ST DAY.

Exhibition of articles in the hall throughout the day, and of all animals entered for premiums (except horses) from o'clock A. M. until P. M. All entries of cattle must be made previous to i9 o'clock M., as the Judges commence their exami- nation at o'clock P. M.
 Drawing match at 5 o'clock P. M.
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04
Wanted.

A GOOD, thorough, practical man, to work at A the stove and tin business. None other need apply. A.F. BROWN
 Successor to W. H. Dean.) Fals Village, Aug, 24th, 1874. 7tf
Connecticut western news., 1874-09-04

Large Tfain.-Conductor Eggleston took into Hartford nine cars heavily laden with horse racers last Friday. A large number went from this region.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Why All Nevada Rivers Run Into the
Ground.

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise
says: f'It is a well-known peculiarly
of our Washoe rivers that they all sink
into the earth. Each river empties into
what is called it's "sink, ," or lake. None
of them get out of the state or empty
into the sea. This curious fact was once
curiously accounted for by queer old
fellow who made his home in the shad-
CIV of Mount Davidson. Saidhe " The
way it came about was in this wise
The Almighty, at the time He was
creatin' and fashionin' this ere yearth,
got along to this section late on Satur-
day evenin.' He had got through with
all the great lakes, like Superior, Mich
igan, Huron, Erie, and them; had
made the Ohio, Missouri, and Missis-
sippi Rivers, and, as a sort of wind-up,
concluded to make river that would
beat anything He had done in that line.
He started an traced out Humboldt
River, an Reese River, an all the other
rivers, an He was a leadin' of 'em along,
calkelatin' to bring 'em all together
into one big boss river, an' then lead
that off an let it empty into the Gulf of
Mexico or the Gulf of California, as
might be most convenient; but as He
was bringin' down and leadin' along His
branches -Truckee, Humboldt, Carson,
Walker, an them-all atonce it came on
dark, an not bein' able to carry out His
plan, He just tucked the lower ends of
the several streams inter the ground
whar they war, an they've stayed thar
ever since"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
JapaneSe Dentistry.

DentlStry Is famous trade in
Japan. It is well known that although
the Japanese possess fine teeth, they
dye them black, and, whether from this
custom or from the use of wooden
brushes, they loose them very early in
life. To us it seems that their tooth
brushes should receive most of the
blame, as they consist of tough wood
pounded at one end to loosen the fibres.
They resemble paint brushes, and, ow-
ing to their shape, it is impossible to
get one behind the teeth. As might be
expected, there is an accumulation of
tartar which frequently draws the
teeth. Their process Of manufacturing
false teeth is very crude. The plates
are made of wood, and the teeth consist
of tacks driven up from under the side.
A piece of wax is heated and pressed
into the roof Of the mouth. It is then
taken out, and hardened by putting it
into cold water. Another piece of heat
ed wax is applied to the impression,
and, after being pressed into shape, is
hardened. A piece of wood is then
roughly cut into the desired form, and
the model, having been smeared with
red paint, is applied to it. Where they
touch each other mark is left by the
paint. This is cut away until they
touch evenly oil over. Sharks teeth,
bits of ivory, or stone, for teeth, are
set into the wood and retained in posi-
tion by being strung on thread, which
is secured on each end by peg driven
into the hole where the thread makes
it's exit from the base. Iron or copper
tacks are driven into the ridge to serve
for masticating purposes, the unequal
wear of the wood and metal keeping up
the desired roughness. Their full sets
answer admirably for the mastication
of food, but as they do not improve the
looks, they are Worn but little for orna-
ment. The ordinary services of set
of teeth is about five years, but they
frequently last much longer. All full
upper sets are retained by atmospheric
pressure. This principal is coevalwith
the art. In Japan dentistry exists only
as q mechanical trade, and the status
of those who practice it is not very high.
It is, in fact, graded with carpenters
their word AatlyiAfsO,s meaning "tooth-
| carnenter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Accidents and Crimes.

J. H. PoN1ER, residing at 331 Wabash Avenue.
Chicago, shot himself through tho head with a
pistol at the Brevoort House, in that city, re-
Gently.
JOHN II. BRECKENRIDGE, youngest son of the
late DIR. Robt. J. Breckenridge, was fatally shot,
at law school, at Lebanon, Ky., on the 9th.
ONE Avdazolan, an italian, near Orange,
Texas, entered the house of Mr.. Jett during
his absence, and murdered his wife and two
children, after which he endeavored to burn
the bodies. After his arrest he was taken from
the Jail and shot by mob.
Two steam boilers used in driving machinery
at the Musconetcoving Tunnel, ON the Easton
and Amboy Railroad, exploded ON the 7th inst,
killing the master mechanic, foreman and
helper, and wounding the engineer. The boil.
ers were comparatively new, and the cause OF
the explosion is unknown.
FRANK EARBE, who was shot by Henry
Koepler, At Evansville, Ind, has since died
Koepler is still at large.
Cambridge, Mass, Margaret Merritt, widow
sick of rheumatic fever, and Isabelle White
aged IS, her attendant, were suffocated.
In an ARRAY which occurred at Bondville, Ill.,
recently, Newton Lytle shot John Birch, lodg
ing 80 to 100 small shot inside the calf of the
leg. Modification set in unexpectedly, ant
Birch died.
D. BEvoN, an old citizen of Ironton, O., wa.
brought before the United States Commission
or, on the 7th inst, charged with fraud il
1869, in pension claim for which he wa.
agent.
z. w. W1cKERMAN has been arrested at Min
neapolis for swindling the Merchants Nationa
Bank, of St. Paul, out Of s3, 600 by means of
forged note.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Unconscious Vandalism.

Recent evidence about the last allied
war against China, shows that at the
taking OF the Summer palace one build
ing was full of silks, the produce of
tax which requires every manufacturer
to send in the first piece he makes of
each sort. A part of these was used in
stead of ropes, which were wanting to
ticket the French horses. Then there
was palace full of drawings, series
of four thousand, illustrating the whole
history of China. The soldiers, igno-
rant Of their value, trod them under
foot and used them for kindling fires.
Scarcely two hundred were saved. Then
there was the carriage palace, in which
were found the magnificent coaches
which were presented to the Emperor
Of China by the English embassy in
1918. Since then they had never been
used. The iron work was loose, and
the leather had become as hard and
brittle rs wood. One palace was full OF
furs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
The Greatest Rell in tho World.

The greatest bell in the world, the
" Emperor William bell," destined for
the Cologne Cathedral, has Just been
finished. It weighs about 10000
pounds, is eighteen feet high and four
teen feet wide. The first moulding of
the bell proved failure, and consider
able difficulty has yet to be overcome in
transporting the immense mass from
Frankenthal, where it was cast, to the
top of the tower of the Cologne Cattle
dral.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16

TIE young lady who exclaimed thco-
retically that she ''could no more" was
somewhat annoyed by her friends re-
marking that it wouldn't hurt her fshe
did know a little.
MICHIGAN has $500 miles of railroad.
All hut four of the roads are supplied
with air brakes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
THE NEWS.
Wa1hlnR

THE Senate has confirmed tho nomination Of
Henry G. Johnson AZ Commissioner OF Customs,
vice William G.. Haines, removed.
THE report that Commissioner Of Patents
Leggett has resigned is denied by that gontlc-
man.
The House Committee OIL Patents has de-
cided to report adversely Oh the bill proposing
to Appropriate 81 ,OOO, 900 to be disblIsed py
scientific commission to inventors OF new ana
useful articles machines, ctc., during tho noA'
ten years.
A MEMORIAL, has been introduced i'll the
House asking for tho appointment Of deloga-
ton, composed i'll part of women, to visit the
Indian tribes and devise means to improve
their condition.
\ llll has boon introduced in tho House
providing that government otliccrs shall receive
nothing but their salaries for SERVICES thus do
ing away with tho moicty system.
"MolEry" SANpoEN stated before the Con-
sressional Committee that lo had received
*sl3.51s, and had expended S156, 43s. This
lattcr sum was itemized, the chief items being
s43,s75 paid to W. G. Morrison and two as
sistants III Europe; SIS, 600 to Prescott for
services, legal expenses and disbursements !;
SIS, 600 for Presbery and Green; $4,000 for
salary Of secretary; "a, 22O to District Attorney
Bliss; IS, $50 to Waddell $4,000 personal ex-
penses, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENT is made of the acceptance Of
the resignation Of Special Treasury Agent r.
G. Jayne, dating March Sth Tho letter Of ac-
ceptancc it is said, compliments Jayne for his
zeal III tho service Of the government.
Mis-. BELvA \. LOCKWOOD, a female attor-
ney of Washington, has applied for permission
to practice in tho court Of claims. As tho
r1'lcs governing admission require that an at
torncy must be a "man, Of good moral charac-
ter" it is Difficult to see how Belva can be s,,c-
cessful.
The Postmaster General has asked that q
provision be made in tho deficiency bill for
furnishing his department. with 5000 to ena-
bio him to offer reward for tho apprehension of
sundry mail robbers, in Texas and elsewhere.
THE President has sent tho following nomina-
tions to the Senate: Benj. p. Avery, Of Cali
fornis, Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister
Plenipotentiary to China, vice F. F. Lowe, re-
signed; l.: L. Davis, Receiver Of Public Monies
at 1ronton, Missouri.
The President has nominated John W. Allen
for postmaster at Cleveland.
The hearing in the case Of Senator Chand-
lor against A. c. Buell. correspondent, charging
the latter with libel, has been postponed until
the 10th inst, by request Of defendants coun-
eel.
TAE Senate confirmed tho nomination of
Moses Hallett, Chief Justice Of Colorado.
Postmasters-James Former, at Jef1orsonville,
Ind; E. A. Trebon. Tecumseh, Mich; George
b. White, Mt. Vernon, o.; Martin Melville, at
Delaware, Wis. Army promotions - Lieut..
Col. Charles r. Woods, to be Colonel; Maj.
Joseph NJ. G. Whistler, to he Lieutenant Col
onel; Capts. Guido, nges, and Alfred L.
Hough, to be Majors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
A Lyric.

At dawn, while winter tlallicd set,
Earth got tho s,,n-gods warning,
And shadow into sunlight grew
Night softcncd into morning.
\ song burst forth, aud, ut the sound,
King Winter ahlicnted;
Earth chose himself tliaticru,
And lie and Spring were mated.
Full OH Ills brow shonc many GEM
A goodly constellation
Clothed in rainbow-colorcdr robe
That we'll became his station.
Spring wore bridal garb IN pure
Az eer won courtly praises
with violet loops and primrose stars,
wreathcd lilies, kingcups, daisies.
Tho harebclls rang; dcw-jcwcls, too,
Blazcl III buds half cnfoldcn);
They quatfu ncpenthe, and their cups
We're buttercups al golden.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Kindling q Fire without Matches.

Sir Samuel Baker tells us of q new
way of kindling fires, which he often
tried when in the desertwilds of Africa.
Having first collected an abundance of
dry leaves and grass and small twigs,
he would bruise with stick about half
a teaspoonful of gunpowder; in this he
would rub o rag Of dr. cotton or linen
cloth until it was perfectly blackened.
Then he would place an end of this rag
in the pan of an unloaded musket-re-
member that, boys, unloaded, there
should be no careless handling of fire.
arms-and pull the trigger. In an in
stant the rag would unite and burn
fercely. Then quickly gathering the
rag and few of the dry twigs together
in his hand, in the form of a bouquet,
he would swing it rapidly round to
make good draught of air, and the
whole would be in blaze in moment.
Laying this flaming bundle of twigs on
the ground, our ingenious traveller
would place over it some sticksof wood,
and then cautiously pile on largersticks
until fine, roaring, cracking fire was
obtained by which he could warm him
self, drive away the swarms of mosqui-
toes, and roast wild birds, or toast thin
slices Of hippopotamus meat for his
evening meal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
The South.


The trustees Of the Southern Railroad i'd
vertise for proposals to mako thirty miles of
road III Scott county, Kansas.
HloH winds and heavy rains have made the
mississippi run over the levee at New Orleans
and vicinity, doing considerable damage.
LOUIS MARKS, boot and shoe dealer at
Memphis, has served out an Injunction restrain
ing bank from paying Solomon Loube, his
partner, SIS, 600 drawn at the Louisville lottery.
on the ground that Loube bought the coupon
with the firm money
IHE Arkansas Democratic central committee
and congressional district committees meet at
Little Rock, May Goth.
A HEAVY snow storm prevailed at Louisville
KY, Oh tho 9th inst.
IL. NJ. T. HUNTER has been elected State
Treasurer of Virginia.
HCsHKUCKANG leyee, near Sunflower. Missis-
slppl, broke recently, and the break is now one
hundred yards wide. This cndangers the whole
OF ouhnoWcr and Yazoo river bottoms which
are among the richest i'll the Mississippi valley
The East.
The New England Methodist Confcrcnce
adopted protest against any repeal of the
prohibitory law.
PREPARATIONS are being made among the
working men of New York City for strike in
case the master mechanics persist in their de-
termination to demand ten hours as a dav'x
labor.
A NEW combination between the Panama and
Pacific Mail Steamship Combany is regarded a.
almost an accomplished fact.
C1ouou, who shot Dooncy Harris on Thurs.
day night, has been arrested He was playing
cards in saloon, three blocks from the scene
OF the notable homicide, when taken.
THE Episcopal Church in Worcester, Mass.
burned on the night of tho It'll inst. LOSS
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
MEETING Of prominent members of Ply.
mouth Church and prominent citizens OF
Brooklyn has been held, at which it was decid.
od to build new church for Mr. Bcechcr
Four hundred Thousand dollars arc necessary
5000, 900 for the land, $4,000 for the house
The church. is to hold 5000 people, and to com
bine all modern improvements.
The Senate OF New York, will, only thre
negative votes, and tho Assembly unanimous
ly passed resolutions endorsing the antj-lnfa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
The boot-blacks of London are 400

The boot-blacks of London are 400
in number. They are we'll organized,
and SO successful that they seldom re-
main very long in the brigade. Pro
motion is certain, and often very rapid.
The total earnings of these boot
blacks exceeds $50, 900 year. They
last year contributed Sc, 600 to built =
"Boot-blacks' Home" Many of them
contribute largely to help their parents
or mothers and sisters, and almost all
have money in the savings banks: In
short, IL member of the London Boot
black Brigade has about as gooda start
in life as a boy needs, for their educa-
ton is carefully attended to.
AS NJ. de Pene, the editor of the
Paris Journal, was fencing a few days
since in Paris, his foil broke near the
button and went clean through the
fencing masters lung. The mans re-
covery is considered doubtful,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16

When deaeh from 6pnof fir faee
In sfeaIfn9 liza svsvz

When deekh from Gp0efsir fsee
1sstealins Lie avay,
Al weep, asye abe, the grace
That Earth shall lose to-day.
when Time from some fair face
Steals besuty year by year,
For her slow fading grace
Who sheds, save she, tear7
And Death not often dares
To wake the Worlds distress;
While Time, the cunning, mars
surely Ill loveliness.
Yet though by breath and breath
Fades al Our fairest prime,
Men shrink from cruel Death,
But honor crafty Time.
-Londot Spectator.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Baby Goethe.

That it was the loveliest baby ever
seen, exciting admiration wherever
nurse or mother carried him, and ex-
hibiting. in swaddling clothes, the most
wonderful intelligence, we need no bio
grapher to tell us. Is it not said of
every baby? But that he was in truth
a wonderful child we have undeniable
evidence. and of kind less questiona-
BILE than the statement of mothers
and relatives. At three years old he
could seldom be brought to play with
little children, and only on the condi-
in I a NE; neigh6or's s'i house, % he suddenly,
began to cry and exclaim, That black
child must 60 away I can't bear him I"
And he howled till he was carried home,
where he was slowly pacified the whole
cause of his grief being the ugliness of
the child.-'Syo,y Of Goethe's Life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
Senate.
SATURDAY, April 1.-THE Senate was
not in session.
SATURDAY. April 1.-THE report

SATURDAY, April 1.-THE report of
the committee on elections in the Kentucky elec-
ton case, declaring Young entitled to . seat, was
agreed to-Bills were passed: Permitting aliens
to act pilots providing they have resided in the
United States two months relating to inland nsvi.
CATION; also many bills Of = private nature.-A
resolution offered to inquire into the expedien-
cy Of lght-ship at the mouth Of the Detroit river
The House then resumed consideration OF the
currency bill After some discussion and the offer
and rejection of several amendments, the previous
question was moved, pending which motion to 3D.
iourn prevailed. The status OF the bill being that
the previous question is pending, and the various
amendments, including the Senate bill - substi-
tute comes up ON Tuesday.