Connecticut western news., 1874-10-30
Items of Interest.

The good of mans life cannot be measured by the length of his funeral procession. ..y... L-a
 Nothing so much destroys mans paece of mind as to hear 8 woman ex- press an intention to give him a piece of hers.
 A fellow who hid under a sofa at an informal Boston missionary meeting, says that the thirty ladies spoke twice of the downtrodden heather, and more than one hundred times of new kind of hair-dye. ...+. ,'.
 There is firm of brass and copper wire manufacturers in Scotland who have made penny go farther than ever the thrifest Scotchman could yuake 1t, having drawn it out into 2,700 feet, or more than half mile of wire. rt ,rn
 In England poor curate, unable to live on his salary, supported himself by repairing watches. This was reported to the Bishop as @ disgrace to the cloth. "This must be put Q stop to, said the Bishop, indignantly, and he stopped it by giving the curate place worth $2,- 900 8 year. trfa ....ul ,E. .. .'s.,'
 "Mamma, where do the COWS get the milk ?" asked Willie, looking up from the foaming pan of milk which he had been intently regarding. "Where do you get your tears ?" was the answer. After a thoughtful silence he again broke out. Mamma, do the COWS have to be spanked" ..,.las ....5 g,.
 At squirrel hunt in Florence, Mass, recently, oue party showed 3, ,015 heads, and the other 4,S15, chipmunks being excluded. Among the game were 200 coons, 50 gray squirrels, 25 red squir. rels, 30 pigeons, 75 woodchucks, 100 crows, 100 henhawks, 50 rabbits, 200 foxes, and 75 cartridges. .yir gl..3
 Down in Connecticut, says an ex- change, lectures hold till ten o'clock in the evening In Boston, says the Globe, we teach lecturers their place better than that. If lecturer isn't through and off the platform before the Old South clock sounds the first stroke of nine, the audience just gets up and goes out. .,.,
 They have some fun down in New Orleans after all. One of their papers says "Governor Brooke, Governor Penn, Governor Kellogg, Governor McEnery, Governor Antoine-these are all the acting Governors we have had this year, but it's not our fault that we haven't had more. Times are hard, and we can't afford as much style as Costa Rica. ...". '' t'iaH V#'
 A good story is told of a last'yesr's freshman at Cambridge, who was sum- moned to the deans office, and being asked why he had out SC many recita; tions lately, replied. "Tooth out, " The dean, thinking that rather peor excuse. unwittingly said, "Too thin." the dean to see the ''point instantly, and he dismissed him forthwith. Hss.i
 A disease lately broke out among the pigs in the canton of Friburg, Switzer- land, and many of them dying, the farmers consulted an old woman wko is supposed to work prodigies by the aid of greasy pack of cards. Acting under her directions, large SOW, with a sort of scapular around it's neck, was led in procession along the highways of the district on the following Sunday, and great disappointment is now mani fested at the alarming spread of the disease. ...'t ."d@..'' di''s' '' hi
 A woman suffering from bulimia has lately died in Paris at the age of forty three. She ate every day on an aver. age about six pounds and 8 half, of bread and half 8 pound of meat. Bread formed her principal sustenance, of which she required about nine pounds to completely satisfy her appetite. The unfortunate creature earned about two shillings day. as g needlewoman, which, with Q little, income she pos sessed, was nearly all absorbed in pro; viding food for her unsuitable appetite.
 An inquest has been held at Man chester, England, on the body of 2 shoemaker named Donovan, who was an inmate of the Prestwich. 'Ltlnatic Asylum and worked at his trade there. He had great taste, for eating iron, and died suddenly on, September IS. The post mortem examination showed that the stomach contained one pouud ten ounces of nails, some an inch and half long, several pieces of iron half an inch square, and an 7awl without handle. His death resulted from peri tonitis. ...,..'.,.1 .-.l,.... ..-..... VI.