Connecticut western news., 1875-02-05
Items of Interest.

The stamp of civilization--ThS postage stamp. @' '..''
 There are seven foreigners out of the nine members of the Covington (Ky.) City Council. -..a., ..,hre1@
 It is proposed to send out expeditions from India to Bentinck Island and the Andaman Islands to observe the eclipse of the sun in April next. ,.......
 A Western poet who had expressed @ wish to die "amid the, grand solitude of the eternal mountain tops," was killed by the explosion of o pint of cheap koro- sene. . .-a r.a B aH' O iHl
 An exchange recalls the famous toast of an Acton farmer at an agricultural dinner "The Battle of Lexington Concord furnished the Field and Acton the Men !"
 A Chicago boy excused himself for throwing stones at railroad train on the ground that he was tnonemaniac, and was always dreaming that he was throw ing base balls. "-' .U ', g.5ar '..
 Marble men now make small tomb stones by the quantity, with the epitaph already cut : "Didnt know 1t was loaded" They leave Q blank for the name and age,
 Don't dun your creditors through the post-offiee with postal card. An Ohio court has decided it to be hbelous, as 1t tends to the injury of mans business reputation. It must not be dun,
 A pin manufactory at Hartford, Conn.,, | it is estimated, turns out about 4,9l4,- OOO. 900 of these useful little articles yearly. And then comes the old ques- tion "What becomes of all the pins9" | A butcher in London was tried for sending bad meat to market a short time ago, and the charge being proved he was given 8 month in prison, without the option of fine. His punishment was meet. ... ...s ,..,, .... a....
 Mrs. Charles Hardy, of Groveland, Mass. who has been deaf fer years, had her hearing restored recently by n blow upon the ear from the leg of chair which one of her children tipped over. ... .. .s rao.e .wtr r-ys a4
 The latest conundrum is: "Why IS the Fourth of July 7''- That's all. An ln- terval of fifteen minutes IS here allowed for guessing the answer: Then the conundrum Is put again Ill this form "Y is the of July" 'ai q'' "'
 " For heavens sake, lend mo five dol lars, said a destitute man to his friend, "I have had nothing in my house to cat for four days but rice. :" 2, Rice sad the other, eff had known you had rice I would have come round to dinner. The five dollars were not forthcoming,
 An editor who proposes hereafter to publish list of births, as well as mar riages and deaths, says: To prevent mistakes and abuses, we shall make rule that the births bo handed in to us by the father of the new conner. We trust the object of this precaution will be appreciated .I r-,.,,-., r.-..s
 A singular case of death from fright occurred recently at Lerwick, Scotland. A young woman whe was employed to watch with sick woman was found one morning dead in chair by the bed on which lay the corpse of the invalid. The medical opinion was that the patient hay ing died in the night tho shock killed the watcher. ,,--,., ,,., ...,.,.-..,
 De Kalb county, H., has nice little claim to adjust. Thirteen years ago the supervisors passed a resolution granting each volunteer in the Eighth cavalry bounty of $100, of which $65 were paid to each, the county contributing $40 men. The survivors and heirs of these now sue for [" back pay" If they win the county will have to. raise $50, 900 to pay the claims with the accumulated ln- terest. 'f t' L"' e''' 1'''H '9H'.
 Alcibiades had shrewd way of divert ing attention from his vices He once paid seventy minse (about $1, 400 for dog of remarkable size and beauty, and generally admired for its tail. He cut the tail off. and when his friends scolded him and said that everybody was vexed about the dog and abusing him, he an swered, with laugh: [" That is what I want; I wish them to talk about this, that they may say nothing worse or me-" ..., ....t -...,,., ..g. .,.,-+
 To distinguish cotton when woven into professedly linen fabrics, it is well to know that linen fiber, wheA dipped Ill an alcoholic solution of rosolic acid, next in Q concentrated aqueous solution of carbonate of soda, and finally washed several times with strong soda, attains beautiful red color. while the cotton fibers are not dyed. Before testing, the dressing should be washed out of the goods and few threads travelled out on each of three sides.
 A woman of Port Austin, Mich, lately sued liquor dealer for selling ardent spirits to her husband, and the proof was so clear that the defendant settled, paying twenty-five dollars and costs. The novel plan adopted by the prosecu. trix when she discovered her husband drinking was to rush in and seize the glass, and when they took it away from her, put her fingers into tho liquor that remained, tasting it, so that she could swear positively as to it's character.
 A Boston paper states that waile King Kalakaua was visiting patent medicine establishment at Lowell, an interesting episode occurred while the party were in the "vigor" department. MT. Aver said to His Majesty: Here is where you can get your. head replenished with hair if it is naked" Kalakaun immedi- ately retorted, "Why do you not put some on your own head, then 2" 1nas- much as MT. Ayer's head is very bald, the point was quickly seen, and hearty laugh ensued.
 In Springfield, recently, young mar ried woman became possessed with the idea that her proper vocation was that of a novelist. So she secretly began thrilling story in which the hero was to be strangled by lhs jealous wife. Into the murder scene she determined to threw her whole soul, and in order to properly describe it, she went to the bed side of her spouse, and placing her hands about his neck, choked him into insensi- | l>.ls+-, ITn l,,,nol,al har 1nu,,, with o