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Connecticut western news., 1875-02-05

Canaan.
 Friend Pease The latest sensation in town is the return of Mir. F. Watson and his young bride. The event was celebrated on Saturday evening by public and free concert, given by an amateur club. The pieces rendered were all of foreign compo- sition. The harmony at times was most perfect, the most skilled ear could not have detected the least discordant note in a strain, for they were all solos, each ins,ru- ment having separate part, and the paris were easily distinguished. The instruments were of as novel patterns as the music The bugles were furnished at the tin shop, the cymbals at the public house, the bassn hy dry goods box from the store meta morphosed into @ ''horse fiddle," hem lock piece serving as bow. The inter ludes were chiefly vocal. and might b. described IS a funeral dirge of . msrrisg, chant. At the residence of tue happy couple darkness and silence most profound rtinned, while under the shadow of the sev- eral store and tavern stoops a large and ap nreciative audience cheered most heartily the first effort of :he amateur musicians Had the Town Hall been secured, there is no doubt but the grandest entertainment oi the season would have been witnessed. .. ... On Sunday we had the greatest fall of snow "t the season, aud on Monday Mesers Beckl.y & Lawrence were out with their snow blows, making the sidewalks passabl.. ......On Saturday evening a company ot young men from Canaan took Q sleigh ride. Report comes to us that they passed through Ashley Falls making night hideous by their ''oarse and rowdyish shouts, awaking tn. peace full inhahltants of that village witi fearful apprehensions of some threatened
 langer. The same night . horse blanks' and lap robe were taken from Dr. Granger. norse while he was in counsel with Dr Scoville at the house of Chester Bowen.
 md the next day the blanket was returned. 'he finder claiming it was thrown into his yard by a sleigh-losd from Canaan. Now. noys. come forward and clear up this mat ter, and when you go out to ride act like men, and leave no disgrace on the name you bear or the place where you reside. withhold names, but can give them If called for, and will if the like occurs again Some of the boys who went home Sunda. to See their ma did not return until day light, and strange to say, afoot, but not scross lots. Yours, CANAAN.
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Go1D MINE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. There is quartz ledge about three miles from Pc terborough, N. H., says correspondent of the Boston Globe, which has been supposed to contain gold. Last fall several old miners and others made examinations, and the more satisfactory, they assert, the re- suits have been. The examinations in De- cember are declared to have been conclu- sive. A quantity of ore was subjected to ihe actual working process. and gold found in payirg quantities. Early last month a company was organized, board of direc- tors chosen. the property of fifty acres pur- chased, and contract made for the entire machinery, with twenty stamps and Rae's superior process of amalgamation. A boarding house is nearly completed for oc = cupancy. and the whole Is to be in success ful operation early in April. MT. J. A. Sperry, of the firm of Boore & Sperry of Liberty street, New York, is president; i; Moses Fairbanks of Boston, treasurer, and M. A. Lathrop of Boston, superintendent At the mine. The president and superin- tendent are exporter ced miners in Califor- uia and Mexico, and from assays and ex- ,minations are positive that gold can be produced at large profit from this mine At any rate, tLey have put in the stamps" and mean business. Three-ffths of the stock was taken the day of organ:za- lion and the cash paid in. The average of twelve working tests by milling process and assays is $l49 72 per ton, none of the ore coming from a depth lower than 20 feet from the surface of the surrounding ground. The Peterborough Transcript 4ays that the capital of the company is S5o, 1000. The parties who have taken the contract for the erection of the buildings
 md the working of the mine invest $lo j.. 900 in the stock. The machinery is 10 bt worked ten days upon trial before accept
 lnce.
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A NOVEL WAY TO GET RID OF Hus- BAND.-"A few months ago." says the rroy Whig, ''a married woman on Ida hill
 rcame acquainted with a maiden lady of ioriy who resides near the junction of Con- sress and Ferry streets. They had been acquainted but a short time when the mar ried ~oulan made Q proposition to the maiden. and offered her hu-band for sale
 The price fixed was two cents. This was quickly paid and the pair soon parted
 When night came Mrs. As husband failed 10 make an appearance up to last night he was still missing. Mrs. A. says she was only in jest when she made the proposi. tion. but. unfortunately for bel, the maid en. who happens to be somewhat advanced in life, took the matter in earnest, and she Is now lord and master of Mrs. As bus
 band. The disturbed feelings of one and the supposed rejnicing of the other canno, easily be portrayed, and the circumstances connected therewith belong only to them selves, no doubt. Anxious friends, how eyer, are awaiting further deve lopments.
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Antnt Ae1rs.

Asa We shall feel greatly obliged to any of oul friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will send particulars of any occurrences of interest which may come under thelr notice.
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HOusNtOnics
 The dull times. of which SO much is said concerning other places, have not az yet reached this village. The mills are all run ning on full time and are scarcely able to fill their orders. The manufacture of coun- terpanes and bed-spreads which was con- menced here few years since, has now be- come an important branch of industry, furnishing employment to a large numhcr of hands and supplying the public with superior bed-clothing at about one.half the price formerly paid for that article. The sale of these counterpanes has thus far been chiefly confined to the cities, but as they are also largely used in the country, it will not be long before our country mer- chants will realize the necessity of keeping a supply of these goods for ssle......At MT. H. D. Cones paper mill, business. appears to be unusually brisk. Mir. c. has recently begun manufacturing new style of writ ing paper, the invention of himself and for which he has received a patent. This pa- per meets with ready sale. and is used ex cluslvely by some of the largest houses in New York. At present the demand exceeds his facilities for supplying, but with the completion of the new mill Mir. c. will b, able to meet all the requirements of the public In the stationery line......This will lage, although containing 1000 inhabitants, belongs to Great Harrington, four miles dis. tant. The inhabitants are nearly all in favor of being dis-snnexed from that town and of forming a new town, to be called H0usatonic, and as there IS no common in. ter, st between the two places, this result is sure to occur sooner or later.....Mr. J. M. PAlm,r of this vi lage has plant If the cactus variety, which equals, if 1t does not exceed. the one mentioned in THE NEws as belonging to Lawyer Rorabsck Of Canaan This plant is Ave feet six inc hes in height, has several branches measuring from two to three feet in length, and is still growing. Mir. P. will shortly be obliged to add q tower to his house if 1t continues spreading itself as rapidly us 1t has for the past year. | OCCASIONAL
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1OR N.

At New Marlboro, Maaa.. Feb ad, Q con to Wm. Horton and grandson to James Shores. Esq.
 At Canaan. Feb. 2d. 8 daughter to John Hoag.
 At Huntsville, Jan. 20tb, con to Thomas Doc. ley, EsQ
 At Canton. Jan. 10th. e daughter to Sebastian and SophfA Warnor
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An old lady in town has become dlsgusted with almanscs. Sbe says If all the people In the country were to stop buying slma. macs, maybe the printers who make them would put ID some total ecIipses of the sun and moon and some trausits of Venus that would bs ylsihls hsre."
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NOTICE.

TAKEN by virtue cf an execution to me di- 1 rocted, and will he rold at public vendue. to the highest bidder at the public siGn post In the town of sharon. twenty one days after date, which will be on the 9th day of February. A. D. iR7b, as 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to kalfrfy rad execa. tion and my fees thereon, the following dcrcribed property. to wit One three eeated, pletfota spring Wagon. with pole
 Dated at Sharon, this 18th day Of Jan uary. 1875.
 b.. VIM. 5. PARRY, 3wa6 Deputy sheriff.
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For Sale.

IN the village of Lakeville, House and Lot, neat \ Depot, alec Carpenter Shop and Furpitafs
 stf = - G.H, BUNDY.
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NOTICE.

HousatOnic Railroad Company.
 TRRAsunmR's oyRgcR, |
 Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. q, iS1S. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders ot the U Houeatonic Railroad Company will be held ct their office, in the city of Bridgeport, Conn.,, on FRIDAY, the 96th inel.. at l-s clock P. M, for the purpoee of electing Q Board of Directors fer said company for the year ensuing and to dc sny other buftnees proper to be done at raia meeting. he lransfer books wt be cloaed from the 18th to the 26th inst, both days inclusive,
 CHARLES K. AVERILL. 8w3O Treasurer.
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It Is better 10 be alone ln tho world than so being up boy io play cn the Ace0rdsop.
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Store for Sale.

I will sell my Store, located on the pFinei pal busiress street in the village of salisbury, tth the lot on which 1t stands, containing three. which ie new. is two stories h gh, the aecond tory being nni~hsd f,r the residence oI family. I will sell the above property
 At a Very Low Figure.
 Also. will sell the goods and axtutss h the Store if desired. 's.. rr arg-
 e8- All indebted to me will plcaee call aWd set tic Mrr. VARY RICHARDSON.
 Salisbury Conn Dec. ~, 1878. 9mSAs
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Aeis' Adrertise'tIents.
Teacher. Wanted.

WANTED, a Teacher for the Mt. Riga School. w Apply to J. II HURLBukT,
 lwS0 Lime Rock, Conn.
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WAN Y E ID.

A DRESSED HOO. to weigh from 800 to sTs "A ponnds. To be delivered at any time be- ore Feb. 18th. Npply at this office. 3M2
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For Sale.

A GENTLkMAN'S COMPLETE HUNTING A OUTFIT; double bArreled, breech loading, ''Mortimer" Gun. shells, wad-cuttsrs. vaIchel ana every tool for relosdlng and capping cartridgsa.
 Apply to K WfNCkWoRTh,
 9w30 Miller Houee, LAkeville.
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LOOK AT THIS ! BOOTS & SHOES

NEADE OR REPAIRED AT LOWER CASH MI PRICES than anywhere else. Fine bOets made for &A; comm0n eiout boots for 46 and 4f. B0ots or ShoeR (mea's sixes) aoed and hselsd for 76 Gemess
 All wolk warranted to be Hrpt claae.
 WEN 0G GAa. 0OTZ, SOtf Town Hall Building Baliabuyy.
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Wild Cat shot--Mr. James Hoisradt of this village, shot a wild cat on the East Mountain last Tuesday, which measured from tlp of nose to tip of tail exactly four feet. James did creditable decd.
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Appreoiated.-1n note to us renewing his subscription, Ben R. Abbott, Esq, of Bloomington, H., pleasantly alludes to THE NEWS and its village correspondents as follows:
 We are living busy, earnest life out here. in this great state of hog and hominy, yet We cease not to feel lively interest in our native town and the weekly visits of the NEWS. It adds much to our enjoyment and helps memory in our reviews of other days To the locals who send you the weekly gleanings of news in their respect i've districts, the sons of Salisbury abroad unite in hearty thanks; ana to you, Mir. Editor, may 1875 be happy year indeed.
 RrN R Apnnrr
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NEW CREST MILL.

Also the various kinds of GRAIN.
 IL is our purpose 10 endeavor to make the beet work of all kindr, and every branch of the husi- ness will receive our especial attention.
 By employing new method for cleaning Buck. wheat, we expect to make as good (and Shall try to mako better)
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 brought him in guilty. If these ''Dutch judges" occupy high position in life; if they do the thinking for those around them. their premature decisions will be be- lieved to be correct, and we desire to ask lh,m m if they would like to be declared guilty of heinous crime before any part of the evidence of their defense had been heard? It must be plain to them that ten words have been said by the Tilton party, in it's efforts to damn Henry Ward Beech CT, to one in his defence. The world Was sept full of the nauseaiing trash before Mr. Bet cher said word, aud since his one paper before the investigating committee, statement after statement has been thrust into the public prints by Hilton and Moul- ton, and now in the progress of the trial up to this time, nothing but the prosecution has been heard. We ask, in the name of religion, of morality, and all else that is cruel, unjust, and premature remarks. It is uncharitable, unchristian, unmanly and totally unfair, to prejudge man in this manner, and that, too, lin tue face and eyes, of the fact that the court is ID session and the evidence, upon she scho1e of which only can a correct decision be ar rived at. is being given in us rapidly as pos. sble. Do not allow tue scum of the earth. who, reeking with sin and iniqui,y, would rejoice to see Henry Ward Beecher brought to their own level do not, we say, allow such to feed from your hand on morscls SD much to their relish. We ask you to wait {! The vilest criminal that ever had existence is, by the laws of the land, accounted in nocent till proved guilty. Is not Henry ] Ward Bvechsr entitled to go much2
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-05-29

On WASHING House PLANTS.
Have large pail or tub filled with
warm soapsuds, then spreading the
fingers and palm Of the left hand
over the soil in the pot; turn the
branches topsy.turvy into the warm
soapsuds, swing the plant briskly in
the water till every leaf has become
saturated, then put it through a
pail of clean water, and rub each
leaf with tie thumb and finger; give
it good shake, and then dry, re
turn it to it's place in the window.
The leaves of ii plant are its lungs,
each leaf being furnished with hun
drcds of minute pores, whence the
plants breathe in carbon and exhale
oxygen. The peIspiration Of plants
is said to be seventeen times that Of
a human body. Many plants never
bloom on account of the accumula.
ton of dust upon their leaves. "A
plant too large to be laid down in a
tub, as above described, may be
syringed and each leaf rubbed clean
with the finger and thumb, which
are better for this purpose than a
brush or clOth.-Ldnd and Water.
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On the Sunday following his

On the Sunday following his
capture ofTiconderoga, Ethan Allen
attended divine worship in the little
Westinghouse at Bennington. The
clergyman was as devOut as he was
patriotic, took occasion, during the
long prayer that preceded tho ser
mon, to give all the glory of the ex-
plot to the God of battles. Aliens
notion Of the share which Provi-
dence had in the matter did not ex-
actly agree with the PASTORS. He
held his peace for some time, but ii.
nally, overcome by q passing i'm
pulse, arose in his seat and called
out, "Parson Dewey! Please men.
ton the fact that Ethan Allen was
there"
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A DUTCHMAN's Trick. While =
Dufchman vas passing through a
city in Vermont, q Yankee came up
to him and said:
"Shon. IT, you will treat the cider
| will learn you a trick"
Shon agreed. Yank then placed
his hand against the fence, and told
him to strike it as hard as he could.
ShOn, not thinking any harm could
bctall him Ivy doing so, struck a
blacksmi,h's blow, but, instead of
hitting Yank's hand, the latter jerk
ing it away, poor Shon struck the
fence board knocking it of.
"Mein Colt in Himmelr cried
Shon. "What you makes foolish I
| knock mine hand off clean up to
the elbow! Oh, sucker blitz! my
poor frau, what will she sayi"
Poor ShOn, was bound to have a
revenge; TO one day, as he was
passing through field, he espied a
man. Going up to him he said:
"Mynheer, show you one little
trick for noddink."
AS there was no fence or trees
near, ShOn put his hand up against
his mouth, and said: "Strike yust
as hard as you can" +
Mynheer struck, and Shon pulled
away his hand and received the blow
on his mouth, and was knocked
down. Shon jumped up, his mouth
bleeding, and commenced dancing
with pain.
"Sherusalem q tOusand tuyfel
dake dis goontry l goes back to
Holland "
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,ALDERNEy Cows. Alderney is

~ ,ALDERNEy Cows. Alderney is
we'll known for The breed Of cows
which bears its name. These are no
called probably because the first ones
exported were from that island, NJ
= though now very few that are sold
IS Alderney COWS are directly from
tDeIe. Those OF that breed actually
exported from these islands are gem
ernny from Jersey. where the cattle
are much the same as those OF Alder.
ney. small, with tapering heads, ana
of Il delicate fawIrcOlor. The Guerh'
sey COW is esteemed by some even
more highly than the Aldernry; it
is rather larger, and more OF red,
brindled in color. The cows are
MIXED three times daily, and the
milk is churned without Swimming;
one pound of butter day is by no
means an uncommon yield for
good COW. The COW cabbage is made
to reach II size so large that the
leaves are used to wrap the butter
in for market, while the stalks are
vanished and armed with ferrules
and extensively used at st. llelier's
for canes. The cows are very care
fully coddled. The grass they feed
on is highly enriched by the vraic.
species of sea-wead gathered from
the reefs at low tide. There are two
vraic harvests appointed by the gov
ernnent, one in the spring, the
other in August, although it is
gathered at other times in small
quantities. All hands turn out in
the season with boats and carts,
frequently at night, and it is Il very
lively, picturesque occupation, tho
often attended with risk and loss of
life from the overlooking of boats or
sudden rising of the tide. The cows
are always tethcred when feeding;
they eat less in this way, really Civ
ing more milk than if glutted with
food. and while they are cropping
the grass on one side of the field. it
has time to spring up on the, other
side. When they have done eating
they are at once removed from the
sun into the sahde. The breed is pre-
served from intcrmiXture with other
breeds by strong and arbitrary laws
very carefully enforced. No cattle
are allowed to enter the islands ex
cepr for slaughter within a certain
number of days, with the exception
of oxen for draught,-FIOm Har-
psr's Magazine for June.
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DON'T BE SCARED. Some

DON'T BE SCARED. Somebody
sent Il man in Lyme a copy of the
OPINION whereupon the man sends
a postal card which reads thusly:
"Mr. Stanton, Sir-As have not
subscribed for your paper, the Opin.
ion, l wish you would discont inue il
at once, as | shall not take it from
the office" We notice this card as
we have received several to the
same purpOrt where persons have
sent a copy OF tue paper to a friend.
The OPINION is not sent to any one
unless subscribed for, SO if you get a
copy without subscribing read it
without fear that you will be called
upon TO pay. 4
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The Opinion News DepOt

has been largely patlOnized since it
was commenced Il few months ago.
Its patrons appreciate the advan
tages it offers for procuring maya
zines, newspapers, pictures, sheet
music, Sc, without the trouble of
writing to the publishers, and the
risk of sending money by mail, or
the expense of post office orders or
express charges. Many persons
who cannot really spare % or 81 at
a time for reading matter, can pay
6 or s cents q week without incOn-
vcnience. Another advantage of
the News Agency plan is. ifa per-
son is notsatisfied with the paper or
magazine he is taking he can
change it for some other, or discon.
tinue it altogether. This is far pre-
ferable to the old style Of yearly
subscriptions, when the subscriber
is obliged to take the paper whole
year or lose the money paid in ad.
vance. We furnish books, periOdi-
icals, music, pictures, &C., at pub
lishevs' prices.
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THE STATE FOLLY.-The fact
that tramps are nightly filling the
.jails and police stations in our larg,
er towns and are being supported at
the public expense merely to keep
them from committing crime, is call
ing attention sharply to the made
quacy of our laws for the punish
ment and reformation of all classes
ofminOr offenders. All through the
long. hard winter just closed, the
jails in st. Adams, Burlington, tut-
land, Montpelier, and very likely
elsewhere in the State, have afforded
homes of incidence and schools of
crime to Il considerable number of
able bodied men who were delin-
quent on fines. or in default Of bail,
or refused to testify where they got
liquors, or were guilty of some other
mistlpmeanor, and now the State is
as badly troubled as the IrishiLan
who caught catamount and called
on the bystanders to help him "let
the piaguv thing CO."
4ut IVeo l. 1000, di'cA O'thS oouiV
very convincing facts from the Chit
tenden county Jail, puts in a strong
plea for one or more warehouses.
This is, without doubt, the true
remedy. Gov. Stewart recommend
ed it and Gov. Peck has urged it
upon the legislature. Last fall the
subject came under the examination
Of joint special committee, of
which Senator Clarke OF this county
was chairman, and the result was
the passage of bill by the Senate
for the establishment of che work
house for the State, but it failed to
pass the House. And such meas
ures. always will fail until public
sentiment is educated up to the i'm
pOrtance of the subject and made IA
miliar with the waste, in an econ
Omical point of view, of our present
system, and it's utter failure to re-
press crime or reform offenders.
For this reason we are glad that
the newspapers are giving their
to the barbalism of the
policy that the State out
grew long ago, and We are conf
den" mat the more~tlrey examine
it the worse it will appear.-N.
lems 1tsSmynt
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DEATH OF JUDGE HOWARD. A
st. .Iohnsbury, May 7th, 1915, The
ron Howard, aged nearly rs years.
Judge Howard was born at Gilsum,
N. H., July II. 1899. and went to
Danville to reside, Sept. 30, 1921.
There and at PeacIam he followed
his trade Of shoenaking until June,
1924, when lie entered the Office of
Geo. b. Shaw, then . prominent
lawyer in Danville, where he faith.
fully studied until the September
term Of the County Court in 1927,
when he was admitted to practice as
an attorney, ut the same time with
Geo. b. Chandler and Joseph p.
Fairbanks. He resided at Cabot
during few years. but returned to
Danville and became partner with
his fellOw-student in the firm of
Chandler & Howard. Mr.. Howard
was elected States Attorney as IA
Democrat, and was for many years
an active member of that party;
but he early recognized and entered
the ''irrepressible conflict" and, as
a member of the Free Soil party,
sat as a delegate from Vermont in
the National Convention of Buffalo
in 1S4S, which nominated ex.presi
dent Van Buren, and Chas. Francis
Adams for the two chief executive
Offices of the nation and he was an
~,
In 1913, he was elected
Judge of Probate for Caledonia
District, which Office he administer.
ed until 1852. and in 1856 he repre-
sentcd Danville in the General AS
He moved to st. Johns
bury in March, 1862, where he re-
sided up to the time of his death.