Connecticut western news., 1875-08-27
NH. Stephens Lotter.

AAOAA NAA' 4ACull Us OIcpucuSs GuO ShAoo man, who recently visited this place and vi- cinity, will be read with pleasure by those who have seen, conversed with and patron ized him:
 Having promised several of the readers of your excellent paper that would inform them through your columns of my opera tions in Salisbury, Lakeville, Canaan, Shef- field and Burlington, and write up any in teresting incidents which might occur, with your gracious permission will now pro- ceed to do so, with the hope that others may be kind enough to peruse what have to write.
 was soldier in the Union army during the late war, and while in the line of my duty contracted by exposure and suffering a disease which made me totally deaf and nearly blind. For some years after the close of the war I was writer of stories, incidents and sketches and reporter for New York city, Boston and New Jersey papers. Iu the spring of 1874 however. my eyesight became so feeble that was compelled to discontinue that work. Since then have been travelling from place to place with fine oil chromos for sale.
 The above preface is necessary to prop CT understanding of what is to follow, as not a few of your readers have neither seen nor heard of me. Of Falls Village, Canaan and Salisbury I have only to say that l was received and treated with the greatest kind. ness and consideration by all the people, and sold something in nearly every house. No incident worth mentioning occurred until after my arrival in Lakeville. Some of the ladies of that beautiful village were slow in making up their minds which one or more of my chromos they would take Madam said to one of them, the prof it's on my goods are small and have to sell great many pictures in day. My time is worth one cent a minute. or about sixty cents per hour to me- As it is impos- sible to hold communication with me ex- cept by writing, she motioned for my slate and wrote, after glancing at the clock :- Well, you have been here just ten min utes. Now sit still and keep still fifteen minutes longer and will give you twenty five cents besides paying you for what shall select" 1 was silenced and rebuked.
 The two Gin my opinion) most fasclnat-
 
 presented me with superb boquet of choice flowers from their garden. When am in want of boquet (and I am seldom seen without one), have only to say to the ladies, My wife says am chromo and flower crazy, and l suppose she knows more about me than anybody else, land then cast a longing glance in the direction of the garden.
 One day last winter, while cauvassing in Winsted, gentleman stopped me in the street and handed me scrap of paper ID on which he had written DO you love Je- susT I do sir,' replied and passed on.
 In the month of June, while canvassing in Meriden, l entered the handsomely fur nished office of Q medical doctor and met the same gentleman who, as soon as he much as ever?' Quite us much sir I re- piled. then learned that had the pleas ure of addressing the Rev. Thomas McDon- aid, the proprietor-a Baptist minister and travelling physician, On the second or third day of the present month, while in the office of the hotel at Sheffield looking at the rain that poured and thinking of home and the loved ones, some one tapped my shoulder to arrest my attention and handed me piece of paper upon which read Do you love Jesus still? I do in deed, my dear doctor, and I am glad to see you here, was my reply as started to my feet and grasped his offered hand. We were soon engaged in earnest conversation, wonderful medicines that could not help thinking he was either trying to feel my pulse or sell me box of his pills.
 A very good old lady in Sheffield, after buying Is cent picture of ne and eyeing me for some time with much apparent m terest asked, What are the news sir what is going on in the world outside of this place? seldom see paper Madam I am sorry you asked me. said I, flor now Il becomes my painful duty to inform you that the yellow fever is raging in the south; several railroad accidents have happened lately; the tramps are tramping around doing all the mischief they can |; the house breakers are at work in some parts of this state; floods and freshets have destroyed half the crops in some parts of the Western States; the army worm in countless mil lions has appeared on Long Island and k deVouring the corn crops; my wife keeps - At this point the old lady Elaced hel hands over her ears and stopped my re marks. That will do for today sht wrote. But madam, l exclaimed earnest ly, there are more misenes-more ba( news Why what can be worse than yo, have relatedT she asked curiously. 'My wife keeps boarding house, 1 replied witt sigh as walked toward the door follow ed by the surprised old lady. I think tha like your subscribers she ought to take tn, CONN. WESTERN NEWS, and unlike some o them, pay for it in advance
 l met many agreeable persons in Shef field and did well in my business there. NJ, stay in Barrlngton was very pleasant. On day entered plainly but neatly furnshe, room in house occupied by mechan end saw before me five children standing in line, each head shorter than the oth CT. The lady of the house called her bus band, who was in an adjoining room, an together they examined my chromos, an to my surprise selected three of the bes pieces. Everything in and about the roor was in such good order, and so very nes aud clean, and the appearance of the we behaved children so inviting that coul not help giving utterance to expressions C the pleasure which felt. You seem | have quite family sir, said to the fatht as received my money from his wllin hand, and distributed some small picture among the children as presents. For an
 wer he held up three fingers and then poin ed in the direction of the school house
 Three more outside,' I exclaimed, and ad ded, you must find it difficult to support
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 children are great comfort to us, VITO,
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 helpmate. We work together and som,
 how we get along we'll at any rate q
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 two or three nice pictures to make ol
 home cheerful and pleasant; desirab
 book to read aloud to my family, and tai
 good newspaper and pay for it in a
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 claimed impulsively. Let me have u
 honor of shaking you heartily by the han
 you are man after my own heart one
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