Connecticut western news., 1874-05-15
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Items of Interest.

New Hampshire ships clothes-pins to Europe.
 The winds are responsible for many an unlucky blow.
 A broken engagement is always the precursor of cry-sis.
 A splendid ear, but a very poor voice, as tie organ. grinder said of tine donkey.
 A frequenter of public dinners com- plains of the overwhelming quantity of dry toast. ..a5 s
 A retiring disposition is appropriate only to those who have money to fall back upon. . r..
 A good-natured spinster used to boast that she always had two good beaux- they were elbows.
 It is not lazy farmer who sticks to his bed late in the morning, providing it is garden bed.
 The room where the matrimonial har- ness is kept is indeed we'll termed @ "bridle-chamber P
 A dyspeptic who has tried hydro pathy, allopathy and homeopathy, finds great relief in antipathy.
 Malice and uncharitableness as often consist in the vivid remembrance of the pang inflicted, as in that of the blow that caused it.
 A strong effort is making in the Pennsylvania Legislature to repeal the section of the game law which pro. hlbits the sale of game and fish out of their proper season.
 A worthy Kentucky farmer being asked if daughter recently married was still living with him, replied: "No sir when one of my girls swarms, she must hunt her own hive"
 A patent has been granted for a new style of trousers, the peculiarities of which are that they are worn without suspenders and have an adjustable strap and buckle over each hip.
 It is proposed to establish three hospitals for the sole use of crippled miners in Pennsylvania, to be built and sustained by tax of one cent per ton on all coal mined in the State.
 The Chicago 1Enaes predicts that that city will one day become an inland place-left high and dry by the receding of the waters, and the gradual accre- tions of alluvium or made earth.
 A relic of the ill-fated steamship Atlantic in the shape of passengers ticket printed in German and English, has been taken from the stomach of a preserved salmon at St. John, New Brunswick.
 Wooden shipbuilding in Maine bids fair to revive. In the district of Port land thirty-three vessels, aggregating 24, 900 tons, and to costabout $1, 800, 900, are under contract for immediate con- struction. . ..... r. .s.srt#E
 A Danbury man somewhat dissatisfied with his last ton of coal, sends us the following communication: "What is the difference between Dick Turpin and a coal dealer? One was highwayman, and the other isn't" .-'.
 A San Francisco paper mentions a bank in that city which in five years has repaid in dividends to the original stockholders the value of their stock, and has cash surplus of 8 quarter of 8 million of dollars.
 A party of men have purchased 1,600 acres of land in Wisconsin for the ex- elusive purpose of raising muskrats. Last year they captured 4,000 of the animals, and anticipate take of 5000 this year. The skins sell at thirty cents each. ...-.
 A backward spring is generally fol- lowed by healthy summer, and usually a productive one, especially in those products that are endangered by late frosts. So it is hardly worth while to complain of the cold and backward weather. .-..-.
 Some of the old records of the town of Duxbury, Mass, have just been un- earthed one of them, bearing date 1865, tells that the town voted to pur- chase cone half quire of paper for use of the town" and such extravaganza was criticised by the old inhabitants.
 If you are in 8 hurry, never get be- hind couple that are courting. They want to make so much of each other that they wouldn't move quick if they were going to a funeral. Get behind your jolly married folks, who have lots of children at home, if you want to move fast: . 2. --.-s s~.'..N .--.
 A Western paper has the following funeral notic: "A long funeral cortege wended it's solemn way to the cemetery yesterday. The deceased was 8 man who neglected to buy nice warm suit of underwear at the Emporium Bazaar. Be wise in time. The store is crowded with lovely ladies, and the spruce clerks are hopping round like flea on . hot griddle. Gall before it is too late"