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Eight Years. squabbling over $3.50.

The case of Hotchkiss VS.. Hoey, which
| has been in court for nearly eight years,
has reached the Supreme Court. The
smallness of the sum involved-$7. SO
and the principle embodied in the suit,
| makes its appearance in the highest
court of the State subject of consider
able comment. Let us relate briefly
the course of the litigation. On Jan.
%, 1867, on the public highway leading
from Cheshire to Waterbury, the plain
tiff was driving a sleigh containing
pleasure party, and drawn by six horses,
when the defendant appeared before
him with one-horse sleigh-compara-
lively no team at all-and persisted in
walking his horse. The plaintiff de-
sired the defendant to turn out so that
his pleasure party might pass, but he
was implacable. For two long, dreary
miles, the plaintiff alleges, the one
horse sleigh was unnecessarily, wrong
fully and unlawfully in
slow walk Immediately forward of the
plaintiffs team" It was not until Geo.
Hines house was reached that the de-
fendant allowed the plaintiff to pass
The feelings of the plaintiff at the time
can be imagined, but it is difficult to
conceive of a deliberate journey to a
| lawyers Office and an overhauling of the
statute books. An act concerning the
driving of carriages and the manage
ment of steamboats," was found. The
penalty for a violation of the statute is
| 81. 7.50-half to the town in which the
| violation is done and half to the in
former. A suit was at once brought be-
fore Justice, and Mr.. Hotchkiss got
his 50. 75-that is, he got q judgment
for that amount. The case was then
taken to the SuperioraCourt on an ap-
peal, and from thence to the Supreme
Court by the plaintiff, because the de-
fendant's demurrer that the declaration
was insufficient was sustained Eight
years of litigation for $3.50 has cost
somebody something for counsel fees,
and will cost somebody more before the
climax is reached.-Nea0 Haven Pal
LIdiH3Jl
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A PRov1DENrIAL MAN.-This title
now justly belongs TO physician who
has added to the list of medicines a
new remedy which appears to include
all that is most valuable in the old
pharmacopmia, and not to include any
of the drawbacks with which the So
called specifics of the Faculty are
chargeable. The providentia1 man is
DR.. JOSEPH WALKER, of California,
whose VINEGAR BIrTERs have achieved,
in the short space of two years, a de-
gree of popularity never before at
tanned by any advertised preparation
in this country. We have too much
confidence in the shrewdness of the
American people to suppose that this
sudden and surprising celebrity is the
outgrowth of deIusion. Indeed, we
have reason to know that it is founded
on innumerable and well-authenticated
cures of almost all the bodily ills that
flesh is heir to. Not the least among
the merits of the famous Tonic and
Restorative, is its entire freedom from
alcohol, as well as from all mineral
drugs. It is composed exclusively of
rare vegetable extracts. IL
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some more genial cline, where such
beings as Tom Jones and Miss Choker
do not luxuriate. But earthly joys are
heeting, and sleep, blessed sleep, came
to nay relief, and caused me to forget
my tribulations.
The morning dawned at length, ana
under the influence of the delicious
oder-peculiar to Thanksgiving Prepa-
rations-that pervaded the atmosphere,
Is Richard was himself again" But my
| bliss was of short duration, tor
Aunt Miranda proposed ride for the
young folks, - to prepare them for DIM
ner. Tom, the ''school marm, and
| Miss Choker were delighted. L
pleaded a headache, but, alas ] Miss
| ChokSr was suddenly afflicted with a
cold, and would not nture forth. Be
| coming desperate, I concluded to go, but
on Toms suggesting to Miss Choker
that without her presence the ride would
be an impossibility, she gladly laid
aside her cold, and modestly appro-
priated the seat by my side.
The misery of the next few hours the
most vivid imagination would fail to
describe. The feelings of ecstasy that
| thrilled me as Miss Choker would grasp
an arm when descending hill, the en-
tertaining conversation with which L
was regaled, and the tortures that only
occur upon such ride, with the pres
ence of an adorable being of the Miss
| Choker style in the vicinity, can only
| be imagined.
| The ride over, the grand, glorious
climax was reached-the dinner was
before us-and forgot my sufferings
ia demolislnng the results of Aunt
Miranda Iabors The memory of those
| happy moments haunts me yet, but the
pleasure is marred by certain auburn
| ringlets, gazelle @ like eyes and the
recollection of the scenes that followed.
Tom offered the toast, "Our hostess, !"
to which I ioyfully responded; then
| followed Thanksgiving" ARd-must
write 1t p" Our lovely guest, Miss
Choker." With feelings of utter de-
spair filing my soul to overfowing, I
mechanically rose, with a howl of agony
tainted, and only regained conscious
/ ness upon reaching the depot to return
| to Mrs. Green's mansion of rest.
Tom Jones did not go with me. 'Tis
said that the s.school marin" has de-
| clared vacation in her school. Doubt
| less the usual result Will follow, although
I fear / may be overlooked in the
| distribution of the wedding cake.
! Miss Choker has laid aside her gar
ments of green. and put on the robes
of mourning. She is inconsolable-at
| least, so / should suppose from the
fact that have been served with IA
notice of proceedings against me for
breach of promise of marriage, with the
damages to her youthful affections laid
| at $4,000. (Which is why remark
that Thanksgiving does not impress me
| with the enthusiasm that it did before
my journey to Bangtown.
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Habits of the Grasshopper.

Prof. Humiston. of Worthington, Mimi,
described to the Tribune correspondent the
grasshopper's mode of depositing her eggs in
the soil, a subject which he has had excellent
opportunity for studying this year. The tail
of the female locust consists of a hard, bony,
cone-shaped substance, capable of being
thrust into the ground fl ON one-half of an
inch to an inch in depth. just above this, on
the body of the insect, and attached to it, is
the egg cell. The grasshopper is able to push
it's con1cal tail down into the ground and
leave it there. with the cell containing tho
eggs. The warm sun in the spring causes
the eggs to hatch, and the field is covered
large a kernel Of wheat, just when the
tender shoots of grain begin to show them
selves above the groun!. The damage they
do is immense, for they remain long time
Ia 4one spot. and work upon the young
shoots. Perhaps the best mode of treat
ment is back setting or blowing the field,
and thus turning the surface soil, with
its store of eggs. several inches under.
This prevents Matching, and, though not
complete remedy, is very usefuI.-Scjen-
titic Miscellany, in The GALAXY for Decera-
Der.
This is a correct account of the
method of the grasshopper in deposit
ing her eggs, but, unless those
who are familiar with these insects are
greatly at fault in their observations
the writer is not accurately informed
concerning the predatory habits of the
young grasshoppers. Gen. Brisbin,
while here in behalf of the Nebraska
Relief Association, informed us that
these grasshoppers do very little, if
any, damage to the crops during their
young days. They do not show voraci-
ty until they have grown large and
strong enough to take their first flight.
Then when they alight upon any field
every green thing suffers. They cover
the fields SO completely as to hide the
local color of the vegetation AHoht-
ing on hill of corn, for instance, they
cluster upon the blades, the tasse1, the
tender ear, the stalk, frequently break
ing it down by their numbers and
weight, and never leaving it until it is
stripped SO completely that the stalk
looks as though it had been scorched by
fire. Cincinnati Conlnlerciak.
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lndisput.b,e Evidence.

ST.. ELMO, ILL., July 8, 1874
r. V. PIERCE, NJ D., Buffalo, N. vi wish
tive properties of your Alt. Ext, or Golden
Medical Discovery. I have taken great in-
ferest in this medicine since first used it.
I was badly afflicted with dyspepsia, liver de-
the nervous system. So rapid and complete
uo the Discovery effect perfect cure that it
seemed moro like magic and perfect wonder
20 myself, and since that time we have never
Deen without bottle of the Discovery and
Furgative Pellets in the house. They are a
solid, sound family physician in the house.
anS ready at all times to fly to the relief of
slckness-without charge. We have never
lac nAo doctor in the. house since we first began
sne use OF yonr Pellets and Dicovery. have
recommended the use of these medicines in
several severe and complicated cases arising
from, as 1 thought, an impure state of the
Dlooo, and IN no one case have thev failed TO
loTe AZ Inan accomplish all they are claimed to
~. ~ l Wlll only mention one as remarkable
Stnough l could give you dozens)-Hanrv
hoster, furniture dealer of this place WHO
was one OF the most pitiful objects ever seen
nls lace swollen Out of shape, scales and
which was completely covered with blofc6oS1
anu scales. Nothing that he took seemed to
anecc 1t particle. I finally induced him to
Try q Few bottles of the Golden Medical Dis
coVery, with daily use of the Pellets assuring
nln IL would surely cure him. He commenced
It's use some six weeks since, taking two
PeAets each night for week, then one each
night, and the Discovery as directed. The re-
sun Is To-Day ms skin Is perfectly smooth, and
the scaiy eruptlons are gone. He has taken
some seven or eight bottles in all, and con-
slders himself cured. This case had baffied
the skill OF our best physicians. Messrs
Dunsford Co., druggists of this place. are
selling largely of your medicines, and the de-
mand steadily increases, and they give perfect
satisfaction in every case Respectfully
w. Fl. CHMPLIN, Agt. Am. EXP Co.
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DIR. J. Walkers California vin.

Dr. J. Walkers California Win.
egar Bitters are purely Vegetable
preparation. made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found OH the lower ranges OF
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
mia, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERS?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great,
blood purifier and & life giving principle.
a perfect Renovator. and Inyigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BrrrERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Pnrgatiye as we'll as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or. inflammation OF
the Liver and visccral Organs. III Bilious
Diseases. ""I
The properties of DR.. 7yALKEf,'s
VINEGAR BiTrERs Aperient. Did2horetic
Carminative, Nutritious Laxative Duretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudorific Altera
tive, and Anti Bilious
r.. II IcIOEALD g. CO..
! DrugriTts and Gen. AGcs San Francisco California
and Of Washington and Charlton SITS. N Y.
Sold by ali Druggists and Dealers.
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A Gnnd Hammer

Iwenty-nlne years ago, when David
Maydole was a roadside blacksmith at
Norwich, n. Y, six carpenters came to
the village from the next county to
work upon a new church, one of whom,
having left his hammer behind, came to
the blacksmith's s to get one made, there
being none at the village store.
Make me a good one" said the car
penter, "as good good as you know
how"
"But," said the young blacksmith,
who had already considered hammers,
and had arrived at some notion of what
hammer ought to be, and had a proper
contempt for cheapness in all its forms,
perhaps you don't want to pay for as
good a hammer as / can make"
Yes, l do / want a. good hammer"
And so David Maydole made good
hammer, the best one probably that
had ever been made since Tubal Cain,
and one that perfectly satisfied the car
penter. The next day the mans five
companions came, each of them want
ing just such hammer, and when they
were done the employer came and or
dered two more. Next the storekeeper
of the village ordered two dozen, which
were bought by New York tool mer-
chant, who left standing order for as
many such hammers as David Maydole
could make. And from that day to this
he has gone on making hammers until
now he has 115 men at work He has
never advertised, he has never pushed,
he has never borrowed He has never
tried to compete with others in price.
He has never reduced price because
other men had done so. His only care
has been to make perfect hammer, to
make as many such as people wanted,
and no more, and to sell them at fair
price-P0rtOn
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THAKKsG1vlNG.
puarr.s sAppHrc OF 1850,

When the old fathers of New England sought to
Honor the Heavens with substance and with first
fruits,
They, with their blessings, all uncounted, summed
up
Their undeserving.
They praised Jehovah for the wheat sheaves gath
cred:
For corn and CATTLE and the thrifty orchards
Blessings of basket storehouse, homestead, hamlet,
OF land and water.
They praised Jehovah for the depth of riches
Opened and lavished in q world of penury;
Wines, whose red ore, unpriced, unbOught, is
poured from
Veins unexhausted.
They made confession of their open errors,
Honestly told God of their secret follies,
AEresh their service true yassals pledged Him.
And then were merry
Strong was their purpose, nature made then
mobiles,
Religion made them Kings, to reign forever.
Hymns of thanksglvfhR were their happy faces,
Bearllinc in music
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SAFE, PERMANENT AND COMPLETE =
Wilhoft's Tonic cures Chills and Fever, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers-those Titans that
kin their Thousands whore this remedy is un-
known. 1t cures Enlargement of the Spleen.
1t cures Hypertrophy of the Liver. It hurts
no one. It cures all types af Malarial Feyers
and is perfectly protective in all it's effects
Try Wilhoft's Tonic. the great infallibIe Chill
Cure. WHEELoCK, FISLAY & Co, Proprietors,
New Orleans For sale by all druggists.
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CAUTION.

Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machines,
parties have largely been engaged in pur-
chasing old and secondhand machines
of that make, and imposed upon the pub
lie by selling them as newmachines. The
Wheeler & Wilson Company begs to ad
wise thepublic thatany one desiring to buy
their secondhand machines can be sup
piled by that Company direct, on better
terms than others can afford them, and be
assured of what they are buying. Address
WHEELER & WILSON MFG co.
625 BROADWAY. New YORK.
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IF you want to look we'll and feel
nicely around the neck, wear the Improved
Warwick Collar. It is the latest style in
width, and all the edges being folded, tho
corners do not turn up. It looks better than
any other collar, whether linen or paper.
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RECENT statistics show that tailors,
Notwithstanding the cross-legged atti-
tude, are long lived. This is evidently
in accordance with the Darwinian theory
of the survival of the "fittist. ."-,Sf.
Louis Journal.
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IF the time ever comes for the expIa-
nation of the mysteries of this world we
should like to know why the young man
who remarks on leaving church &c
can preach better sermon than that
myself" is content to wear out his life
over q counter at $50 month.
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THE Sherman House, Chicago, recog-
nizing the necessity for retrenchment
these close times, has made material
reduction in its rates. But there has
been no reduction in its merits as a
first-class hotel.
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Pianos and Organs.

Fine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops. $125-
Good secondhand pianos, $3.50 to 5000.
Reeds Temple of Music, Chicago.
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Tonic and Recuperant Plantation Bit
ters.-The constantly increasing patronage which
it receives has it is true excited the petty envy
Of certain splenetic advertisers Of pnchbeck PAN
aceas, who hope to make q market for their own
staRnant, watery wares by decrytng all spfrituous
medicinal preparations. But the public can stona
ach neither their arguments nor8their potations,
and consequently reject these very weak imita-
tions of the enemy as entirely too thinl
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VEGETA BILE PULMONARY RALSANT |!
Most approved. reliable and weil-known remedy
for Coughs Colds and umption. Get the genuine.
Price 81 small soc. CUTLER BROS. & Co, Boston.
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The Prettiest Nv oman ln sew York. NJ

THE NORTHWESTERN horse Nail Co, IS
'' Finished - Nail is tue best in the world.
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The Currency.

Plenty of currency for all the legitimate of
the country, with Elasticity to quantity and Sta
bility to value by conyertbty into coin. An end
should be put to the continual fluctuations in the value
OF the currency which ntiicts incalcuable injury
industry and enterprise, it Introduces element
doubt and uncertainty into all Actions and makes
business little better than gambling 1t is National
disgrace well evil for the netary standard of
values to be kept in such vacillating and changeabe
condition.
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Damned by Faint Praase.-Jas. Beekman,
clergyman of New York, was recently badly kicked
by q horse, and speedily cured by using the
celebrated Mexican Mustang Liniment. when the
proprietor asked him for q certificate, he replied
that he considered it q remarkable article, but
it wouldn't wer for him to indorse remedy in
print" Here's consistency. But we didn't kick
him, as the horse did. The world knows that for
Rheumatism, Bruises, Swellings, SPAWN, Scratch
es, Inf ANN alton, Lameness, any flesh, bone or
muscle ailment upon man or animal, there is moth
ing like the Mustang Liniment It costs but so cts
and 100 per bottle, and should every fam
lily. It is wrapped in hne steel-plate label, and
signed IS G. W. Westbrook, Chemist"
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FORESTS of standing trees have been
discovered in Yorkshire, England, and
in Ireland, imbedded in stone.
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THE CINCINNATI WEEKLY STAR

Including postage and the fnely.i1lustrated Star
Almanac, 81 per year. ANTI AOnOpoly-the
Gsrangcr'S PaDer-cOntaning large pages of
excellent reading matter. The farmer, merchant
and mechanic in any part of the country will hI1a
this the best of the weeklies to say NOT thing of
low price Agents offered inducements superb
or to anything heretofore attempted. Specimen
copies free Address i" THE STAR" Cincinnati, o.
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No Reputation.

THE TRIBUNE will sternly combat Reputation c
public obligations in the form of watering and debas n
the currency any other guise II may assume 70
every dollar out OF which the public creditors
cheated by any form of currency dilution repud;
ton the people will suffer the loss hundred wic
viii result from the destruction of credit that viii fa
like blight State and Municipal Governments q
well as on corporations and individuals. The nations
credit must be maintained pure and unsullied,
like the virtue of Caesar's wife, above suspicion
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wELLf wELLu WHAT DOES THIS MEAN7 So
many children, and such a dini Grandma can
scarcely" hear her own ears for the nois2 they
make. They have each obtained copy CT the
YOUNG FOLKS n E VS. and finding it full of
Nice Stories, aud Games, and Beautiful Pic
lures. they are begging Grandma to subscribe for
every one of them, and 30 get handsome Chrome
for each. Grandma has promised to crafty them,
for the is not only Lively and Entertaining,
but Instructive too and she loves to make glad the
heart of cIiiid. Father Motheri yot wiah your
child to be bright and happy? Why not gladd his
heart, II = by sending him copy of the 1OUNGS
q handsome Chrome also. that will make him still
more happy? It is published weekly at S1s25
per year, postage paid, and a Chromo either 50 A
FrOlic ina the Woods - ssThe Boot Race"
ssGSettfng Ready for Sea,s' The ship
wreck is sent as present. Or the paper, with
either Chrome mounted, for $1.5O; or with ttOo
mos mounted, S2.25. Mounted Chromos best.
Send a three-cent stamp for Specimen Number.
ALFRED NIARTIEN, Publisher,
al South seventh Street, Philadelphia.
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Reduction of state and Local Taxes.

The utmost reduction of all direct taxes must be in
sisted upon by the people. Within few county,
township and municipal taxation has enormously in
creased and become almost beyond endurance roug-
out the western States. Steps must be taken to
trench these expenditures well those of the Ma
tional Government. and choke down the Unsuitable
greed OF the local aXeaters before all the surplus
earnings of the industrious confiscaed by
tax-deYoureFs
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The FretfiesG Woman ma New York. Miss
x, we'll known in our fashionable society for
her distingus appearance and beautiful complex
ion, was once a sallow, rouRh-sktnned girl, cha
0rined at her red, freckled face She pitched into
HaRan's Magnolia Balm, and is now ss pretty in
complexion she Is charming in manners. This
article overcomes freckles, tan, salowness, moth
patches, ring-marks, etc, and makes one look ten
years younger than they are. Magnolia Balm for
q transparent complexion, and Lyons Kathairon
make the hair plentiful, luxuriant, soft and del
icate. have no rivals. The Kathairon prevents the
hair from turning gray, eradicates uandruh, and
is the best and cheapest dressing in the world
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Tarifr and Tra nsportation Charges.

THE TRIBUNE will advocate the adoption of such
measures will cheaper transportation and reduce
the taxes goods. The lightest tariff which will pro-
vide the Government with necessary funds carry
it and maintain its credit should only be imposed
on imports, and the national highways should be
proved TO create stronger competition with the rail-
road monopolies. which will compel them TO lower
their tariff of charges.
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DE-. WHTTTTEW.

WHEN WRITING 4@r ADyEcssfs,1SSKcr ~ =.
w please say you saw { ac a1avc RI sgen.sn
hn this paper
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The Tribune's Platform.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE's position the leading
measures before the country may be condensed
into the following enunciations:
As Agriculture is the basis National wealth. what
ever policy benefits that great interest promotes the
prosperity of the whole country The trans
portation of Western farm products TO foreign
kets consumes half the selling value, and the high du-
ties levied to subsidze special interests doubles the
retail price of the goods received i'll exchange the
crops-thus bleeding and burdening the farmer until
he staggers from weakness under the weight of the
load. Hence the chief cause of hard times" among
farmers
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& G9n per day at home. Terms free. Address
] u u EU GEO. STINsoN L Co. Portland, Maine.