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Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
The New Year.

There is something demoralizing about New Years, says Dr. Howaad. Not at all that demoralization is the main out come of the institution; but man must be strong in the faith to withstand the effect upon his moral system of the knowledge that New Years brings, even to the best of us. For it is at this sea- son of the year that man, so to speak, takes stock of himself. He takes his good resolutions, his good deeds, his bad impulses and actions, his mixed motives-in fact, his whole moral be- longings and accomplishments, down from the shelves, ,dusts them, looks them over, and enters them in his books. There may be profit, growth, advance i; but there is apt to be Q melancholy side to the fairest showing.
 For suppose that, on the whole, we have reason to be encouraged by the condition of affairs revealed-there are few of us who do not find with each New Year an increased sense of imi- tation. For we are creatures of inheri-. tance, and of habit; the spirit may be willing, but O, how weak the flesh
 It is not merely that we are too apt to fail in the spiritual, with all our striving but strange barriers loom along the intellectual horizon. As we grow older, the very element of Time, which in our youth seems such vague, shadowy enemy-if not a friend of in- finite l0rgesse-comes bearing down upon us, mighty, resistless-an army with banners.
 There are so many things that for so many years have been hoping to do before each succeeding New Years Day. The contemplated crusades of boyhood even yet haunt me as things destined to fortunate occurrence. Sure ly the summer day is yet to come when shall take up my adventurous march on the Crosswicks turnpike the same night pitch my rag carpet tent in the mysterious Pines -'sleep to the en- trancing music of the hyena and the | iackal, and sally forth the next day to slay white Polar bear with my ivory paper cutter.
 Shall confess how often, since las New Years, have stood looking ovel the railing of the ferryboat, and i'm agined that at last the Moment haG come the Child had fallen into th' water; I had handed my coat to the benevolent gentleman with Quake: hat and blue spectacles, my gold watcl 10 celebrated stock-gambler-(who Ii
 50 much impressed by the generou
 confidence, and the general eublimit..
 of the scene, that he is a reformed mai
 from that moment )-and am only hesi
 tating whether to place my pocket-bool in the keeping of the pretty lactory-g with pink parasol, or in that of tn
 clerical looking gentleman, who ma, turn out to be a pickpocket in disguise before taking the final, heroic plunge l E-Scr66ne7's
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
A Watch Trade.

Old Davis, of Ossipee-the we'll known shingle and clapboard autocrat of thirty years ago-had a dog named Watch. The dog had become old and 8 nuisance. Davis had threatened of- ten to kill the brute, and had as often relented. ....,. ii .jagpt.. .e
 One day Sim Brown, the Concord peddier, drove up to Davis store, but Dav1s wanted to buy nothing.
 Cant I sell you clock ? I've got lem as cheap as dirt, and real good ones." H.a
 "I havn't got the money.".
 "Drat the moneyl I'll take fair exchange of anything"
 Davis scratched his head, whereat Brown continued: A si
 "Come, we'll have e trade somehow. You've got to have one of my clocks; What have you got to exchange for 1t ?"
 "I've got nothing but watch,
 aEh?~a watch P cried the peddler, brightening up. r" What kind of watch 2" l0 i a. 1sa E3d ss
 "'Tain't. of course, a very geod one, or wouldn't want to trade it of. :"
 "What kind O cases Y' ",
 ssI can't say much for the cases, but the insides is in good order, and It runs we'll. It'll let you know when feedin' time comes, sartain."
 How'll you trade" 4e' :.
 "Pl give youmy watch for. one of your clocks, and call it bargain with out any sifs' or lands. ,"
 "Done l' cried Brown, and he se-- lected steeple-topped Connecticut clock and brought it into the store. ",There's your clock. Now, where's your watch ?"
 Davis went to the door and whistled, and called: .Hke .A
 "Watch Watch Here, old fellow, you're wanted l" . ..@'.~-.-.a
 The dog came in with q bound. "That's the watch, Brown. You'll find his in'ards perfect, and he can run ] like Sancho, and when it comes meal time, if he don't let you know 1t, I'm mistaken in him." t
 The peddler gasped and staggered, and he said something not quite proper to ears polite but he did not back down. He only said, as he hitched the dog to the axle-tree of his wagon and prepared to drive of {:
 "Somebody'll pay me for that clock before night" m
 And l opine that there are hundreds of people o-day in that section of New Hampshire, who have firm belief that they helped to pay old Brown for that T clock
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
Items of Interest.

The Governor of Pennsylvania pro- claims that the State paid $1 ,504, 672. 70 of it's debt during the past year.
 Hens won't work in Nevada without sufficient inducement, and hence tray elers have to pay dollar and half for two eggs out there. ,,s
 A Montana man has been exiled from the Territory under pain of pitch and plumage, for the crime of marrying a China woman. h@
 A woman living near Altoona recent ly entered stable attached to the house in which she lived, when horse caught her by the nose and bit 1t of.
 The Rothschilds are worth about one thousand millions of dollars, as @ firm, twelve of them, including their indi- vidual fortunes. They need not cry for soup.
 Five great church festivals occurred during the month of December. St. Thomas, 21st; Christmas, 25th St. Stephen, 26th i; and Holy Innocents, 2sth.
 Mrs. Lucy Penney was murdered in her bed, in Grafton, Maine, by her hus- band, Moses Penney, a blind pauper. eighty years of age, who is now under arrest. tN
 There is a young man in Saginaw, Mich., who was stolen and taken among the Indians when an infant, and lately escaped after twenty-six years of say age life.
 The Howard Association of Memphis has struck a balance sheet, and finds itself the possessor of $35, 900, which it has decided to hold in reservefor future emergencies. sa SeA<
 The Londen Times, estimates that "A, ,O00, 900 bushels of wheat will be re- quired from this country to supply the markets of Europe until the crop of 1874 is harvested.
 A gentleman writing letter conclud- ed it as follows: "Give Everybody's love to Everybody, SC that Nobody may be aggrieved by Anybody being for gotten by Somebody" ,e#
 Says the Atchison Globe :: tWhile the soldiers were digging up the dead at old Fort Kearney, g, few days since, one coffin was taken up that was liter ally filled with snakes.
 It is said that the late Prof. Agassiz, having authority to name his own suc- cessor as President of the school at Penikese, selected his son, Alexander Agassiz, for the position. It is also announced that Mrs. Agassiz will pub fish soon the biography of her late husband, which she began several years ago. @
 Recent startling discoveries in Wash ing, Louisville, Baltimore, and other cities make it evident that the crime of disinterring dead bodies and selling them to physicians is much more com mon than has been generally supposed. Unless the criminals when arrested are severely dealt with, it will be difficult to stop the practice.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
SALISBURY, CONN, FRIDAY, JANUARY le, 1874.

upon the bosoms of the long waves. Both the life buoys were driven past them. Luke's strength began to fail him, but still he held the form of the insensible Judith. He began to waver, and twice his head sank bereath the surface of the running sea but as he arose the second time, the boat had reached him, and caught him by the collar of his jacket. He was fairly it1- sensible when touched him; but his grasp upon Judith was like 8 death grip, and soon they were both safe in the boat. ,s
 "We reached the ship in safety. Mrs. Warren had tainted but the hus- band caught the form of his daughter and rushed to the cabin, whither Luke was also conveyed, and ere long they were both brought back to conscious ness. MT. Warren pressed the boy to his bosom, and promised to be father to him, and even the rejoiced mother did not hesitate to look kindly upon the preserver of her daughter.
 cit was sometime before Luke re- covered; but when he did get about, he went not back to the cooks galley, but waited upon the cabin. He was now allowed to associate freely with Judith and many an hour did I see them sit together upon the poop, listen ing to each others simple stories. Sometimes Mrs. Warren looked nervous when she saw them thus, but she dared not forbid it; public opinion was too strong against the prejudices which she still cherished, though in modi- fed form.
 "We anchored in the Hoogly, and MT. Warren went to Calcutta. He took Luke Winship with him and from that morning till to-day, I saw him not again. Shipmates, you noticed that man with whom was talking on the quarterback this afternoon, didn't you ?"
 "Yes," we all returned.
 "And you noticed that splendid looking woman by his side ?'' .
 "Yes, yes.
 "Well," resumed old Ben, as he brushed away tear from his bronzed cheek, "that was Luke Winship. That woman was Judith, and she is now his wife. Fifteen years have passed away since we parted at the gangway of the old ship Hunter, but he knew me the moment he saw me, and so did Judith. He is now rich merchant, doing a heavy shipping business in New York, and is up here on business. He made the captain promise that l should go on snere and visit him tomorrow. Ben, said he, as he shook me by the hand, I am rich, but have never for gotten, nor broken, that sacred prom1se I made to my father on his death-bed. And, shipmates, I don't believe he ever has,"
 As the old boatswain's mate closed his yarn, he turned slowly, thought fully away, and went below, and soon afterward we all followed his example. No remarks were made by those who had heard the story; but I could see that the sentiments it inculcated had reached their hearts, and excited their noble sympathies.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
A London Fog.

If we may judge from a London let ter we in this country know little of fogs. The writer says: This has been a week of fog-the densest and darkest known for several years-and people are still coughing and gasping from the poisonous effects of the villainous mix ture of gas and coal dust which has been pumped into their lungs. Busi- ness has been more than half sus- pended. The fog was not confined to the streets, but penetrated into ware houses and offices, so that even with gas and candles it was scarcely possible to read or write. This is ot course very busy time, and the docks are full of ships waiting to discharge their car goes, but while the fog lasted, nothing could be done in this way. Navigation was entirely stopped on the Thames and the canals. Many omnibuses gave up running; and cabs could only make their way through the town with the help of torch-bearer at the horse's head. On the whole, people in the city have not had pleasant time of it. To breathe suffocating and poisonous atmosphere to have to grope about
 he streets in 8 darkness more impene- .rabla than that of night and when alf-blinded with the stinging vapor, to be exposed to the onslaught of CT ratio vehicles, makes up the sum of human misery. There was a pressure of running trains, as usual, on the rail- ways but most of them were an hour or so late in starting, and they only crawled on, with frequent stoppages, amid the incessant banging of fog sig nals, so that they were several hours late in reaching their destinations. The railways now traverse all parts of the metropolis, and from the detona- tions constantly going on, the inhabi- tants might have fancied that they lived in a bombarded city. There have, of course, been great number of accidents, collisions on railways, plate-layers run over while fastening fog signals on the rails, people run down in the streets, people tumbling all kinds of pitfalls. Yet, after all, the number is less than might have been expected. The fat animals at the cattle show suffered most, and many had to be killed, while others were removed in point at which they can only. just l DreaGne, the Wretcneo creatures nave enough to do to live in pure atmos
 phere, and the fog simply choked them. Theatres, concert halls, and other places of amusement were all filled with the irrepressible mist, so that the stage was dimly seen amid the blaze oi gas, and singers warbled, as it were
 out of cloud. Altogether the loss in
 ficted on London must have amounted to some handreds of thousands O
 pounds. Nothing makes great cit,
 so helpless as an infiction of this kind
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
VOL. III.
An Old Mans New Years Song.


 will not stir abroad to-day, But find at home what cheer may. Old men like me are out of date: Who wants to see grizzled pate If silver hairs were locks of gold, might be as was of old For then my dead would all be here, And that would make happy Year The old man now, the young man then Are we the same, or different men? One sits at home with slippered feet The other braves the driving sleet; His light heart suits itself with wine It will not warm this heart of mine: One sees the bridal, one the bier, And each, in his own way, the Year. Where are the friends used to know Ned, Fred-not many years ago, Whose glass clinked mine amid the din Of-Old Ye0r out and Ne,o Year i,e? 'Dead rhymes with Ned" the Master
 said Himself among the Masters dead: Alack and drear, and fear, and tear Methinks all sad words rhyme with Year! Some one, perhaps, will care for me When no longer hear or see. hope my little man of ten, When he shall take my place with men, Will think about me in the grave If only for the gifts gave And say, If father was but here, It would be such happy Year !" Peace, old man, peace and cease this
 song,
 Which does the merry season wrong. You have the sweetness of regret The friendships you remember yet You have what time will not destroy The love of your remembering boy: These surely are enough to'cheer The morning of the saddest Year.
 R. H. SToDDARD.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
Not Very Sensible.

A little tale in Detroit paper illus trates the noble ambition of the un- feathered biped when he is animated by great purpose and inspired by lofty determination.
 Some time ago four men seated them selves around table in Larned street saloon, to play game of cards for a half-starved turkey that none of them would have accepted as gift, paying fifty cents each for the privilege, the loser to pay the drinks for six persons. At midnight each couple had owned that turkey seven times, the bartender had collected $10.40 of the quartette, and the turkey was sonearly dead that he couldn't say "quit."
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16

We do not expect to dlssuade people from kindling their fires with the dan gerous aid of kerosene, though we have probably printed accounts of from 4O,- GOO to 50,000 accidents, more or less fatal, the result of this incautious ex- pedient. It may do no harm, however, to mention that woman in Fort Wayne, Ind, who, week or two ago, had O pair of beautiful arms, is now totally want ing in those useful limbs. AmpuJated, !, both of them and all because of kind ling with kerosene
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16

What was intended to be mock marriage at Fond du Lao evening party has been found to be legal one, and the funny pair find themselves com pelled to make the best of it.
Connecticut western news., 1874-01-16
CLOCKS! ]!

Besides splendid assortment of Fancy Goods Pocket Cutlery, Musical Instruments, Stationery together with thousand and one other articles too numerous to mention.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

prominent New York physician lately
complained to Dundas Dick. about his San
dalwood Oil Capsulas, stating that sotne-
times they cured miraculouhy bnt that a
patient of his had taken them for sometime
without effect. On being informed that
several limitations were made and sold, he
been taking eapsulas sold in bottles, and not
DUNDAS DICK l. cos.
What happened to this physician may have
happened to others, and DUNDAS DICK &
CO., take this method ofproteoting "Oil Of
Sandalwood" from this disrepute.
PHYSICIANS who onoe prescribe the
Capsulas will CONTINUE TO DO so, for
they contain the PURE OIL in the BEST
AND CHEAPEST form.
OIL OF SANDLEWOOD is fact SUPER
seding every other remedy. sixty Cspsues
ONLY being required TO insure safe and
certain cure in six or eighl days. From
no other medicin can this result be had.
DICKS SoF7 CArsuLEs sslte the prob
lem long considered by many eminent ply
sicians, of how to avoid the nausea and dis
gust experienced in swallowing, which are
well known 10 detI8ct from, If no; destroy,
the goo effects of many valuable remedies.
Soft Capsules ale put up in tin-foil and
neat hoxes, thirty in each, and are the
only capsules prescribed by Physicians.
ss5-tuEsE WERE THE ONLY CAP
sULEs ADMITTED 10 THE LAST
PARIS EXPOSITION.
Send for Circular to 36 Wooster ST., N Y.
SOLD At ALL DRUG STORES.
General Agency, llO Reade Street, N. Y.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15
EOTEdE.

The appeals will be held in the sevCra
township of Elk County, as follows:
Spring Greek township, at the hoase OF
Thos. Irwin, Frilay, Feb. Sd, 1874.
Milestone township, at the house Of Hiram
Ranght, Wednesday, Feb, 4th, 1874.
Horton township, at the house of o. H.
Clark, Friday, Feb. 9th, 1874.
Fox township. at the MoCauley House.
Satuatlay, Feb. Tth. 1874.
jay township, at the house Of Michae
Spehgler, Tuesday, Feb. 10th, 1874.
Benezette township; at the Behezett'
Hotel, Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 1874.
Berzinger township. at the house Of Jos
windfelder, Friday, Fe5. 18th, 1874.
st. Mary's, Boro., at the house Of Jos
Windfelder, Saturday, Feb. l4th, 1874.
Jones township, at the house Of Ma'tin
Sewers, Tuesday Feb. 18th. 1874.
Highland township, at the house OF
Thos. Campbell, Wednesday forenoon.
Feb. 18th, 1874.
Ridgway township. at the Commits
sioner's office, Feb 18th, and Goth.
For Unseated Lands at the Commission
er's office. Feb. 10th, and Goth.
At which time and place persons feeling
themselves aggrievcd by the assessment o
1874 can attend if they see proper. BY
order Of the board.
c. II. McCAULEY, Clerk.
Ridgway, Pa, jan. 5th, l874.-n46.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

TEE PHRENoLoGICAL JOURNAL
epeus the year 1874 with most credita-
BILE lumber for January. The features
which make up its long table of contents
are of an unusually inviting character,
and, with the numerous illustrations,
leave nothing to be desired by any
reader. Among them are: Gerald
Massey, the Poet Author, with fine
portrait Real Success; Analogous Ex-
preston in Man and hnimals, with illus
trations; The Articulation School for
the deaf and dumb; Hoosao Tunnel,
with illustrations; The Currency of the
Future--a Money articlsj Clean Or
Unclean Literature ; o hIy Oncej The
Slave Trade and Those interested, illus
tratedj Insanity, Its Moral Treatment
"a patients experience and suggestions;
The Use of it; The Origin of Coal ;
Sir Roderish Murchison, with portrait ;
Bourbon Revival in Europe; Pen Pic
lures of Irish Customs; Agricultural
Hints. Price 80 cents for the numb er
So year. Now 10 the time to subscribe
Address, s. R. Wells, 389 Broadway
New York.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

\ DEAN, dear old Advoca's, With al thy
faults we love thee still.-E2k Democrat.
t.. The above quotation we find in last
weeks Democrat, and in connection
with it is an article that for brillau t
ideas and happy sentiment, puts to
blush the wittiest writers of Wit. He
describes our devil as dancing an "Es =
sence Of Old Virginia in exuberance of
JOY" and styles him (the devil afore-
said) the "Gander-leg- editor of the vir-
<uom ADVOCATE" He thinks that the
preparation of aceighty articles has pros
trated our devil, and from the generous
impulses Of his conscientious I? natur G
magnamiously offers to take up con-
tribution for the benefit of said devil
We imagine Skippie, as he appeared
after the production of this great..article ;
he lays down his yet quivering pen, and
with grin Of self-satistactiong be sum-
mons his confederates, scar-nosed Jim
and his tobacco stained, ink-spattered
imp, Irve, and reads to them this de-
lirious "effusion" Of course they ap.
plaud, from the same reason the Beadle
did in "Oliver Twist" to please their
master. We admit that our devH is
somewhat lengthy in stature, yet is the
fault his? Witness gentle reader the
limited proportions OF the nock-kneed
editor Of the Democrat, the lilliputian
knight of the paste-pot, and the
courageous bantam OF the editorial
tripod (in tie mother tongue three leg.
ged stooD, and judge if he be like
Cesar's wife, "above reproach." How
the walls of the Democrat sanctuna
q lst have resounded as the wrapt fat E.
.,,U with "exuberance of joy" at the
mighty deed, prolonged the echoing
laugh. Skippic reads the article again,
and when he arrives at the part we have
taken!for our text, he assumed an atti-
tude and with solemn gesture and i'm
pressive brow, slowly and distinctly re-
peats the loving words. Then he con-
signs our devil to Boot Jack or Dog Hol-
low, aud with mighty effort sinks back
iato his chair exhausted. Avaunt
Avaunt! thou cl assicaL Lbrowed youth,
erst our devil, meeting you on the Boot
Jack pike, in righteous rage, shonld
gulp you down at one swallow, and
then the blank left in the literary world
can better be imagined than described.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15
New Advertisements.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Com
IN missiohers of Elk County will meet
at their ofico in Ridgway, Pa, on Friday,
February Goth, 1874, for the pttpose of re-
viewing the Military Enrolment Of 1874 at
which time and plaje persons feeling them
selves aggrieved by said enrolment can at.
tend if they gee proper. The assessors oi
the several townships are requested to be
in attendance. By order Of the board.
C. II. McCAULEY, Clerk.
Ridgway, Pa, Jan. 9th, lS74.-n56.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

TEE Wisconsin Lumberman esti-
mates the grand total Of the pine stump
age Of Wisconsin at the enormous
amount Of 4O,OOO,OOO,OOO feet. Pine
grows in the forests with wonderful rap
idity, and if the above figures are not
exaggerated, there is likely to be as much
pine cut in the State forty years hence
as during any of the recent years. The
supply is practically inexhaustibls.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-01-15

BAD LucK.-Our friend and former fol-
low-citizan, II. 8. Belnap, Of Reynoldsvil lie,
has been quite unfortunate of late. Sever al
months ago the boilers in his new mill ex
ploded, causing O wholesale destruction OF
his property. Nothing daunted by this
catastrophe, he commenced the erection OF
a dwelling house. Everything went along
swimmingly, and he had just finished roof
ing it, when the storm which swept over
that country on the morning Of the 4th,
blew it down. This, coupled with destruc
tion of his mill, is quite loss to Mr.. Bel
nap, in which he has the sympathies Of bis
many friends in Elk and Jefferson' counties.
-[Elk Democrat.
Belnap's house was three stories high,
A4x36, and in ten days from the time it
fell down he had it up again. He sawed
the lumber himself. The house is again
inclaed, and probably by this date is
nearly completed. The damage has
not been less than seven hundred dollars
which with the loss of his mill last sum-
mer, makes three thousand dollars, that
he has lost in one season; but Belnap is
an energetic nan who allows no small
matter to interfere with his progress,
the mill and house are up and nearly
completed. The people Of his town an {
county should stand by him, as undoubt
edly they do.-[Warren Ledger.