Connecticut western news., 1874-12-25
Items of Interest.

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 According to official statistics just pub- lished, there were 5,275 salcldes Ill France ill 1872.
 A Spanish woman's mantilln is held sacred by the laws of Spain, and cannot be sold for dobt.
 4 smart yol,ng man may feel flattered at being called chip of the old block, but when solid timber is wanted the old block is best.
 Three hundred years ago tho ladles used to comb their hair on ther heads. Now they iiang it over the back ot chair to comb it. A brass band in Virginia City, Nevada. has been earnestly requested to practice exclusively in tho isolated passage ot nline 600 feet under ground.
 The increase of Lutherans in Amorica the past year was 29, 160 communicants. They have 2,546 pnstors, 4,595 congroga- tions, and 559, l19 members.
 "Take wing?" said presumptuous i flop to sensible young lady, extending his bent arm toward Her. Not of gander," she quietly replied, and walked home with her mother. lJUEWl1t SVltt SSNltblN bNll'NNH III 'et DAN he hates to have man come mp and sny, Good morning, Mir. Darwin how's your old baboon of grandfather, and how's the apess, your grandmother. Encourage her to tnko her beau into the house nnd our grown.up sons and daughters won't have so many severe colds And yet it's funny feellng-- this kissing when both noses are cold.
 On retiring from business q wise old man said to his son and successor: Now, my boy, remember that common sense is the best thing you can bring to bear sn every ntfair of life except love making"
 Have you heard of the greatest herds. man in the worldl His name is Samuel w. Allen. He has ranche 80 miles long by 40 wide, lying between the Ne, vada and Colorado rivers, m Texas, and he has 225, 900 cattle.
 Michael Bion, once Il member of the French Legion of Honor, has been scnt to the Connecticut State prison for ten years. He was accused of burglary, and in revenge he tried to blow up the house of his accuser with gunpowdcr. -...
 Thirteen millions is what tho United States pay annually for postmasters and their clerks. With what eager pride and exultation must these figures be road by the hundreds who preside over the destinies of village post-otlices at ta prince ly salary of $150 per annum.
 :" Has that gal got ftsI" asked an old farmer, who had paused to sec young lady go through with her calesthenic tx- ercises ill the garden. Mo-" replied the servant girl, "that's jimmynasticS. "So," said the farmer, in pltymg tone "poor thing how leng'R she had em !'
 A Texas jury recently retired from tho court room long enough to write n yer dict of "not guilty, ut which the ac- cused was SO reioiced that ho told the jury to "gs down to the grocery and help themselves" for which tho judge fined him $50.
 A matron dwelling on the banks of the Tee, England, under cross-eNaminntIou as witness at the Durham Assizos. turned up her nose at the illsinuation that her daughter was inclined to wed widower "Very likely, indeed" said she, with toss of her head, "that my daughter should marry secondhand man "
 Among the Brahmius in Southern India, when tho husband takes a wife, he binds around hor neck the badge of owl- ership, as you bind your badge of own- crship about tho neck of your Spitzber" gen dog. She cooks her husband s food, stands behind and serves him, and whom he has finished his meal she oats what he has left, if he leaves anything, aud if not, she gets along the best way sho can.
 Mrs. Livermore says that Massachu- setts women have in some respects gH more than their rights. The last Legis- lature of that State passed a law under which a wife may go into business on her own account, and, no natter how much money she may make, or how poor her husband may be, can force him to this as unjust to husbands and Ns un asked for by wives
 The social function of Albert Wagner, of Berne, Albany county, N. Y., is to act as arbitrator ill nearly all of the disputes that arise i'll that town. Sometimes quite important matters, such as disputed land questions, or disagreements in famihes, are submitted to him. His decision is usually final, and his informal court is free, because he charges no fees. He is an old man, and for more than twenty years has arbitrated for his neighbors ac- ceptably.
 An Akron physician tells of a little Akron boy who came to him and said, "Doctor, want some epicac." "What do you want it for2" Never mind, just give it to me-" "Who sent you here5" Nobody sent me, came my. self" "I can't let you have it unless you tell me what you are going to do with it." "Well, " doctor, our hired girl has swallowed silver quarter, and she said that if I would give her something that would bring it up, I might have it."