Connecticut western news., 1874-09-25
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Large numbers of Indians are said to be employed in the Oregon harvest fields. -
 The railway system of the United States represents capital of $s,sO0,- 00,000.
 There is 8 horse at Williamsport, Pa, which has hauled 30,000 tons of coal in 25 years. '.
 We are judged by the meanness of our actions, not by the nobleness of our thoughts.
 A lady in Mobile has been badly poi soned while cleaning @ silk dress with fg-leaf tea. ...r..
 It is stated that in future French packet ships will be commanded by naval officers.
 In the Boston Public Library there are 213, ,000 volumes, with 40, ,000 more in the branches. A.f.' It has been noticed that nothing makes woman laugh. so much as Q new set of teeth. - '-45'- oft
 Sheep in Albuquerque, Col, bring only $1.50 per head, and the owners are glad to get that. .... .-.s... ...e... ...
 The Omnibus company of London, estimate their annual loss by conduct ors' stealing, at the handsome sum of $15O, ,O00. '
 A church trustee was shot dead in Carlisle, Ky, by disturber of public worship whom the deceased was trying to put out.
 The father of four legged girl has left California in disgust, not being permitted to exhibit her juvenile curi- osity in that State.
 An association of wealthy citizens has been formed in California for the purpose of lending money to poor and deserving students. H
 An Indianapolis fireman claims the championship in melon eating. In five hours and three. quarters he ate seven- teen and three-quarter mush melons, and, stranger still, he lives to tell the tale.
 Some singers at concerS were some what startled, the other evening, by finding that the selection, "When wea- ried wretches sink to sleep," had been printed on the programmes, ,"When married wretches," etc. .asE .l .,ft oa
 Commodore Vanderbilt wears woolen socks all the year round, and attributes his uninterrupted good health to that fact. The Commodore claims that they prevent the escape of electricity, which is known to be @ powerful physical conservative. e. ..e -. .5
 A gentleman undertook for wager to stand for whole day on London bridge with tray full of good sterling sovereigns, and would fail to find cus- toners for them at penny apiece; and hn fho xxyoero a a all vaoRGQrn- -hU thought he was trying to cheat them with brass limitations. ..-r -.. . s
 Recently a swimming match was ar- ranged to take place at Eastbourne, England, between 8 fisherman and mastiff. But there was no race, be- cause the dog, once in the water with to save the latter's life, and persisted in his endeavors to Keep the man afoat by thrusting his head under his oppo- uent's chin.
 A ranchman in Virginia city, Neva- da, saved his crop from the grasshop- pers by six weeks fight. His grain is surrounded by an irrigating ditch, and when the grasshoppers began to hatch he covered the field with water, and kept it there till the insects were QrOWu0u. HIS u0lSuUOIS buAoIou co- verely from the insects.
 A shower of white toads took place in Larimer county, Ool. The shower embraced strip of country half mile wide and several miles in length, From distance the frogs, as they bounced along the ground, looked for all the world like hail stones. After the storm the frogs hopped about over the country in droves of ten thousand.
 A story is told concerning storm on Lake Erie, when one of the passengers was bemoaning the critical state in which the vessel and it's passengers were then placed, and asked friend if the captain did not think the vessel was in great peril. The reply was that he thought they would get through all right if they could keep out in deep water. Why" said the terrified one, "can't we drown just as we'll in deep water as we can in shallow?" "Yes," was the reply, "but then you know if we keep in deep water, when the vessel rolls over the masts won't stick fast in the mud on the bottom and hold us down." -..L-.. ....r ...-