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Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
TallOW Dips.

Seventy years ago, when gas and kero- sene were not, and wax candles were an extravaganza indulged in only on state occasions, even by the wealthy, the tai low dip was an article of necessity, and "candle dip-day" was as certain of oc- currence as Christmas, though, perhaps, even less welcome than the equally cer- tain annual fast day. Fancy an i'm mense kitchen with before-mentioned fireplace in the center of one side. Over the blaze of backlog and forestick, and something like half cord of "eight-foot wood" are swinging the iron cranesl laden with great kettles of melting tallow. On the opposite side of the kitchen wolong poles, about two feet: apart, are support ed at their extremities upon the seats of chairs. Beside the poles are other great kettles containing melted tallow poured on the top of hot water. Across the poles are the slender candle-rods, from which depend ranks upon ranks of can dle-wicks made of tow, for cotton-wick is later invention. Little by little by endlessly repeating the slow process of dipping into the kettles of melted tallow and hanging them to cool, the wicks take on their proper coating of tallow.
 To make the candle as large as possible was the aim, for the more tallow the brighter the light. When done, the ranks of candles still depending from the rods were hung in the sunniest spots of sunny garret to bleach. ...
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
The Suet Butter Manufacture.

@ In spite of the prejudice which exists against suet butter, is it fact that the manufacture has of late made a great progress and the quantity of the ma terial now consumed is certainly now larger than ever before We illustrated the mode of making the butter many months ago. The process then described is the same as now practiced in this city and other places, under the original patent granted to M. Hippolyte Mege.
 There is large factory in Hamilton, Canada, from which some 2,000 pounds per week of imitation butter are shipped to all parts of the world. Another and still larger establishment in Boston, Mass, turns out very great product. finds it's way directly to the butter pro- ducing districts of New York and New Jersey, and then is sent to market as genuine spring butter. It is certain that immense quantities of the oleomar- garine are sold by dealers as true butter, and that; the profits of the trade are very large. We see it noted inn. g daily con temporary that the suet compound is in use in some of the principal hotels and restaurants in this city, and that the AAC4uCACoAS LII UA1So0 pAtCCS AhN0 uS ySt not discovered the fact. We do not pre- tend to the skill of tho professional but ter taster :; but we have no difficulty in instantly recognizing the artificial com pound. "1 t -1" si@- 4 We may add that, not long ago, we discovered it on the table of one of our New York hotels; and after satisfying ourselves as to its identity, we taxed the proprietor with it's use. He strenuously denied the charge; but at subsequent meal, we found the Cox butter" (as the Harvard students have named it) re- placed by "cow butter" bslt.a n... | .,. We do not mean to say that the oleo- margarine is unsavory or unwholesome. On the contrary, it is made with the ut most nicety from the cleanest of mate rials. Neither is it unpleasant in any marked degree to the palate, nor to the stomach. It certainly is infinitely better than the abomination sold by grocers under the generic name of cooking butter" Still most persons have a prejudice against suet butter, and that feeling, so far from being weakened, has been strengthened by the knowledge that the reprehensible practice of selling the imitation as the genuine is so widely practiced If the material were adver- tised and sold uniformly for what it is and on it's merits, we have no 2oubt but that the prejudice against it would in 8 great measure subside. For shipping to hot climates, it is, no doubt, far better than the butter usually sent to southern ports. .-Scienttfc American.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Beet Sugar.

The production of beet-root sugar in Europe has increased with amazing ra- pidity during the past ten years. It has now reached such point, and the flow of the article and the syrups ex- tracted from it into England has become so abundant that the sugar refners have protested against the further free intro duction of these articles into the coun- try. It is stated that France. Belgium, and Holland are manufacturing such im- mense quantities of beet sugar that they are underselling England in her own markets. The total increase ill the an- nual sugar product during the last fifteen years is put at 1,20O,00O tons, and of this increase 775,000 tons are said to have been supplied by the beet-pro- dncing nations and countries.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
SALISBURY, CONN" FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1875.
ed to remain with her new friends for a

ed to remain with her new friends for a few days. ..-.,
 Young John Percival was hospitab1y kind to the invalid guest, not seeming to perceive that she shrank from his atten- tlon in sensitive, disquieted way. Yet when his eyes were not on her, she was observed to study his face with pe- eullar lnquiring expression. She could not remember having seen that face at the fearful moment of her awaking, and she hoped he had not been witness of that walking trance, and she regarded it with absolute horror.
 | Finally, on the last day of her visit, finding herself alone with him for 8 mo- ment, under 8 desperate impulse, she | asked:
 Did you, too, see me that night, MT. Percival3" 'sssS D |i ,''s'--1S'4 @is9 '...s
 He was touched by the tremble in the voice and the wistful look in the dark eyes, but he answered honestly: .s.5<
 ''I cannot deny that I did see you."
 "Oh, sir! what must you have thought9" Fl 4'si *..# ~''e3 "Thought? Why I thought if ghosts would always come in such shape, I would never fear them more.'' ''av. ! a-e
 The shy smile and rosy blush that his playful answer called forth, seemed first to reveal to the young collegian the pale, sad vision of that night as a lovely walk ing flesh and blood reality. @'.-''
 We never heard of Lucy Elliot re- visiting the glimpses of the moon,'' as a somna1hbulist, after this; but we heard that on another Christmas night she stood on the hearth of the old farm house, dressed all in white, in the midst of the same family circle, and she gazed about her and said: ''I am afraid I am walking in my sleep again." and then put up her hands in pretty, deprecat ing way, and added, ''but if am, John, don't wake me-" .. ar.-.... / -....f#
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Chinese Eti0uette.

The poor little emperor of China-a child three or four years old-is the SUD- posed author of, some remarkable, docu- ments. According to Chinese etiquette, he is believed to have been in state of profound grief in consequence of the death of his predecessor The real fact, however, is that he has been taken from his mother, carried to the imperial pal ace, and the empress-mother and en- press-dowager have been teaching him to regard them in the place of his mater nal parent, and the little fellow stoutly rebels, with many tears. Nevertheless he is technically the new emperor, and is required by custom to mourn labori- ously for the previous occupant of the throne. In China all citizens are expect ed to wear mourning clothes for twenty seven daysafter the announcement of the death of an emperor, for one hundred days all Chinamen must go unshaven, and for the same time there are no mu- sical or theatrical performances in the kingdom. Moreover, there must be no month, and none among public officers for year. These rules and many others are vigorously enforced among public O1ACAS11os DuU 4CoS SO dluOu5 buO COu1luOu people. The new emperor, however, is supposed by Chinese etiquette to wear mourning for twenty-seven months. But there is also another custom which per nnits the princes of his court to impor- tune him to lay aside the mourning; and after series of petitions he yields to their request. And here come in the re- markable documents to which we have referred. A Pekin paper prints them in detail. In reply to memorial received by the emperor, entreating him not to mourn so long and so profoundly, he de- clares that "his grief and gratitude are so great that he cannot bring himself to abate the period of three years mourn ing imposed by the ancient ritual" So in few days afterward he receives a second petition from his subjects, which, with some ancestral precedents which he has discovered, moves him to reduce his term of mourning. Finally he is impor- tuned third time, when he kindly con sents to restrict his mourning to the time observed by the officers of the em- pire. All these replies are stately docu- ments popularly regarded-by etiquette -as written by this baby emperor.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Expensive PeWs.

The Christian ot WorE has lively article portraying the unchristian char acter of the present pew system. At an imagined pew auction sale the following incident is supposed to occur: The aisles were finally cleared of all save two, who at first peremptorily refused departure. The one was roughly jostled and asked who he was that he dared thus to interfere with this auction and he gave a startling announcement, which made all the chandeliers rattle, and the whole building quake as if under clap of thunder:
 "I am the Apostle James. If there there come unto your assembly man with gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also 8 poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him: Sit thou there, or sit here under my footstool; ;; are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts. ? S5
 But this was considered impertiuent, and two of the trustees of the church of heaven seized the Apostle James by the collar of his robe, and marched him of to the fastness in the tower, asking the municipal authorities to take charge of him till the next day.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
|" CIaWing OR.o

l As policeman was strolling past house on Fort street, east, woman year or two over forty, having her sleeve rolled up and her hands covered witt flour, ran out to the gate and called t, | him. ..- s. lsz a. a.. r C It's little delicate" she said, a she leaned over the gate and tried tt blush, "but I'm 8 person that knows my rights, and besides, I'm all alone il the world and no one to advise me"
 "Speak your mind freely, madam, replied the officer, as he tapped on tho pickets with his baton.
 "You know all about the law, don' you2" she inquired. &
 1" Everything, madam. can tel you how to go to work in an admiralty case, and bring you from that dow1 through divorce, bankruptcy, arson burglary, false pretenses, hitching { horse to a shade tree and getting intoxi cated. :" I 4ssr ..e...s2r fs sri{ - a 17 ter4
 "It's little delicate" she softly said, as she rubbed the flour off her hands t'but, as said before, I'm all alone.'' ?
 f "Trust me, madam-respose conf, denee in me, he replied, swelling out his chest. ...., !, r,...---. ..s..,s ....-'-.','
 Well, s'posen you were widow2"
 "Yes, nadams" - set- gf.E&
 "And s'posen one of the boarders gave you breastpin ?" VT ,.5T, ..s
 fsI see, madam. ' "And s'posen he smiled at you and sent you poetry, and asked you to ride out on Sunday, and the neighbors whis- pered around that you were engaged. J "Proceed, madam II congratulate you" 'a} ,@sts'F a3di a, H9ad 0sa9s1as
 Y ,s No, you musn' t, for s'posen after all this he suddenly began to claw off, and didn't smile on you any moreg and didn' t praise your cooking, and took another woman to the minstrel show2''g adg' ftt "Ah l! the traitor Perhaps he has transferred his affection to some one else"
 ss That what I think. Iknow it's lit tie delicate, but Pm all alone in the world, you see, and want to know if there isn' t a law to bear on him2 It isn't right to go and encourage lone woman like me and then claw off" -..t4sse-
 He ought to be roasted alive, he had l" yJ 5aaE.'- ,asatI 5s5-B R> .
 "I don't know. as I'd want him arrested, but I'd like to have you call on him and make threats. Tell him he's liable to State prison for clawing off this way. I tell you it's a pretty serious thing to go and encourage 8 woman of my age and then skulk around behind the hencoop all of a sudden. Isn't there law" ............ ,....,f
 "Less see. I hardly think there is. , "Wel, you can call on him. Take him alone-look ferce-have your hand cuffs in sight. Just tell him that you know all about it, and that I'm good hearted, pleasant, rich, and that he bet ter be careful how he prances around o1
 The, officer promised, and she rubbed the path with a light heart Detro5 Free Press. 1i r.l' ''s- "'s.Halat E -2aF'
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
English Horses.

Among turfmen in England there is 8 difference of opinion as to the relative merits of first class English race horse and horse of pure Arab blood. Ad- miral Rous, great authority, one of the Jockey Club stewards, believes in the superiority of the English thoroughbred, and thinks that the improved race horse can give an allowance in weight of twenty eight pounds to the Arabian. The result of a match which took place at the recent spring meeting at New market in England between Avowal, 8 nine-year- old colt--one- third of Arab and two-thirds of English blood the>race horse MT. Fox, seven years old, hardly sustains the admiral's view. Avowal, although allowed only ten pounds, and having been in training but three weeks, won easily. It is argued that this result shows that the infusion of Arab blood palpably enhances the staying powers of the British thorough bred, but, on the other hand, it is said that this match cannot be regarded as 8 true test, as MT. Fox is far from being one of the best horses in England, hav- ing been beaten badly by Lowlander in the Hunt Cup, and Scamp in the Good wood Stakes.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
She Was There.

It is mistake to suppose that the lady who concealed herself in room where '"slodge " was about to be held, and who when discovered was compelled or allowed to be initiated, is myth. The o'clock. case" may be myth, but the lady was not. She was the Hon. Mrs. Aldworth, and continued through life to take an active interest in the order into which in her youth she had so strangely gained admission. She founded the Dublin benevolent institu- tion for orphan daughters of Masons: Her portrait still hangs in the principal lodge-room in Cork, and under it, in .a glass case, the apron and jewel she used to wear when she attended lodge meet ings,
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Eighteen Years.

Eighteen years IS 8 good while. Eighteen years The proportion of the human race who die before they arc eighteenis very large. Eighteen springs, eighteen summers, eighteen autumns, and eighteen winters-all to be spent wearing coarse, striped clothes; living on coarse food; at hard labor, with no interest in it's remuneration; sleeping III a narrow, cold, stone cell, at night: is it not dreary prospect, when reduced to a certainty, with no probability, at least, of change, to put before & youth ?
 And yet it was to this that New York justice sentenced young man-and justly and properly sentenced him-a few days ago.
 Less than forty-eight hours before, this young man was as free as any of us. The avenues to happiness and indepen- dence, through industry and economy, were open to him. He preferred the precarious and atrocious undertaking of making a few dollars by knocking Q woman down in crowded street, and robbing her of her purse. Eighteen years in the State prison, at hard labor, "Is Eighteen td1 % yearal He goesi in young ys man, erect and sinewy. He will come out, if he lives, to come out, middle aged, and prematurely old. His chances in this life will be virtually gone. Who will know him9 No one. And it would only be the worse if any one did know him. His youthful companions will be dead or scattered. He will be stranger in a strange land, un6tted by his long incarceration to get on among his fellow mortals when he once more shall be on the outside of the prison walls, with his early hopes and sympathies and sources of happiness all dried up.
 Eighteen years in living tomb It is dreadful doom; and yet it is not too severe for crime indicating such reck- less depravity. Formerly the punish ment for highway robbery was hanging. Of late years, in many instances, the terms of imprisonment to which robbers have been sentenced have been too brief. Eighteen years! It is good while, but not two long! 5,,.
 The young wretch who committed this bold robbery made most deter mined effort to escape. We refer to1t for the purpose of paying deserved tribute to the faithful and resolute oil cer who accomplished his arrest. In the army such man would be promptly promoted, and he ought to be on the police. The robber fled to an alley way where he was surrounded by sympathiz- CTS of the most interruptions character; but the officer seized him by firm grip, led him triumphantly off, while he kept the depraved and desperate crowd around him at bay at the mouth of Q drawn revolver. r.-Ledger. .
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
The Black Hills.

A number of soldiers, under command of Captain Walker, entered camp at Gordon City, Neb., and burned fourteen wagons, rations and other supplies and arms, and destroyed everything belong ing to the Black Hills transportation company except some baggage, which they loaded on wagons and carried to Fort Randall, making the men go on foot, although some of them were bare footed. The mules gave out on the way and much of the baggage was thrown out of the wagons. After the capture the officers ransacked the camp, helping themselves to anything they could use, and then turned the soldiers loose on the remainder without intolerance.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Watching and Waiting.

'"t WhtCu1uS dHU Vd0bAWSs From my upper window, at the close of day Sadly watching passers on their homeward Sadly, sweetly thinking of the joy and glee When one came, my babies, home to you and F. q me :..ssg -..s..s. y.f.st .s- In the dusk, with faces close against the pane, Peered we through the starlight, snow, o1 ,,t summer rain, ...t -, Happy hearts and faces watching through the
 gloom
 For the blessed footstep that was sure to Hark! hear it's echo, babies mine, once Hear the latoh-key turning in the opening door -' ''' ''''. ' From my knee you're springing fearlessly in
 the gloom, ':s @# s.- WhileI flood with radiance all the dsrkened 585g room: .=u.l154 at sas a.1t. Swift you fly to met him, open wide the door, Closely are we gathered to his heart once
 "s more. TT 'I 8.--s-- . zE~5 Tender kiss and blessing greet your childish
 glee, z.. - But the warmest, babies, always was for me Fast my tears are falling OCT the memory
 sweet, e ..,, ..-er ...:;--. ..E While catch the echo still of passing feet; But through summer starlight or through win
 try rain ~ @s.'" Hi .'' S.'''" -- Never, oh my babies, will he come again! s IL 1l gz44 4,7- .tS E8s.r saS1.i ,gnH We are now the wanderers in the dusk and @"i gloom, He the one tRat's waiting in the happy home. From his upper window, though we may not .t T see, '33f' @i tf, .sf 7>+ Hes watching, oh my babies, to welcome you .g and me. -r.eac- s,5 =..sit sata.--.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18

The walnut tree is proverbially long lived, and an extraordinary instance is noted at Bonvilliers, village at the foot of the Vaudois Jura, An old walnut tree, whose age is estimated at between three and four hundred years, is there still in a fourishing condition. Its trunk measures over twenty feet in cir conference and notwithstanding it's great age it produced last year ovsS fifty bushels of walnuts.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18
Don't Fret and GrOwI.

It never pays to fret and growl r... When fortune seems our foe; r.., The better bred will push ahead And strike the brayer blow.
 For luck is work,
 And those who shirk Should not lament their doom,
 But yield the play, F#a i.. a And clear the way, f ,f#l That better men have room.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18

It is strange how soon some wives can tell their husbands " they ain,t wor'n salt" but you let 'em get kiliaa on . a railroad and see how quick she Il sue 'ne company for $50, ,000.
Connecticut western news., 1875-06-18

Thirteen million fruit and forest trees were planted in Nebraska last year.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-19

THE New York Tribune, finding that in
It's promiscuous abuse of the Board of In
dian Commissioners it had included General
Sibiey, of St. Paul, and learning further
more that that gentleman is a lifelong
Democrat, has gracefully retracted what
had been said against him. 1t would have
been more honorable and creditable 70 the
editor of the Tribune if he had made the
further statement that of all the members
of the board General Sibley is the only
one for whose appointment the Secretary
of the Interior is responsible, all the other
members having been selected by the sew
eral religious societies having an active in
terest in the Indian work. The editor was
fully informed of this last mentioned fact
but of course it is not the intention of the
Tribune to do justice to any prominent
Republican.