Connecticut western news., 1875-07-02
Item Items of Interest,

I bought in Maine at about the price paid last year for logs at the mill. w D"
 Shirkargo, "The City of Sharks" is the eloquent heading of a St. Louis edi- torial upon Chicago'sd delinquent tax l list M, agasu sal brg5rs 10 .saalrEa
 Take away my first lettery takea away my second letter., take away all my let ters. and I am still il the sameTiThe same The post man.
 Speaking of railroads 3 a a3Swaalgg Swaagg remnsafk ked that they are now built on three gauges, viz: broad gauge, narrow gauge and mortgage. s1sG Tsi4HGRG9 2l gre y"This hot weather is good, for nix, |" remarked facetious young man in 8 horse car. "Yes, for pic-nix," replied his companion. r-s. .,...,. t.--.-s--
 Said one man to another: elf it wasn't Sunday, how much would you take for that lumber2' bsIf 1t wasn't Sunday I'd tell yous Twas the very proper feplysOd |na Onel of ' tkh nuh hodest1a 1aittls 3ufarming patches in Illinois is laid outbin Hs0D0 acres of corn. 2,500 acres of flax. LOGO acres of oats, and enough, grass to pro duce about eight thousand tons of hay.
 At Yonkers, N. r., Henry Bates, aged nineteen, was sentenced to the Albany penitentiary for one year on his confes- sion of having broken into St. John's church and rified the poor box of1its contents. a 5gblvb ar awoi daaL .soRo ssg An old writer on manners says; ;OWhen woman would impress the beholders favorably let her carry, ,herselfwith her chin drawn on as by bridle. It giyeth an air of decorum and stateliness becom- ing to her womanhood. "iH' @A'A 0'saS'
 MT. Evarts' sentences during his plea for MT. Beecher were of extraordinary length, which made ait hard for athe listeners to keep track of bis incoming. ! The II longest sentence filed fifty7six lines of common newspaper print. ,,, ,oibaiw
 The fund for the erection of a bronze equestrian statue of General Meade now amounts to $1, ,49017. alIt is necessary to raise $15,000, in'gorder to securei the 5000 promised ,conditionally byc the Paramount Park Asso ociation of Phliladel- II del
 The Evansville ill Ind, 13C Courier rte telis3 lii3l it's readers of tarantrila found in a bunch of bananas hanging in a fruit store 1t that place, It was ofgalfurry black, and measured about two inches from the head to the end of the body, and, hal claws equally as long. yHmsrjxs u7s,ssw While writing, verses for my love, lookedsup .s- from the paper; ,sT. And there, she stood d I rose in haste, oSnd me overturned the taper, baalhgI 10 sdtu @p b "Is it srirpiising,"h WY ps phS 'oas siask | Tanswered, 'tthat Iquenched any lampwhend
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 Dr. James Blake says, the sounding sand, accounts Of which have been pub lished throughou thb country Is conn posed. of small bits of coral ,Eperfomtei with resonant fl cavities, ,aaid ,thatIethe sounds. are caused by, mutual friction, When wet the sand will not give out sounds. -.
 Among the divers and suunndrry import! ed articles consumed in this country during the year 1874w were ], ,626, ,835 pounds of arsenic, 769, 7spoundstI tIofs eamphor, 116, ,053 pounds of ialep. 26.S 202 pounds of ,ipecac, and, 297, 2l3 der is that anybody is left to tell tRe tale; A queer bird has made it's app pearance about Ithaca, N. Y.5,i which is den hounced |, as the ttcanafy killer, "tfroini sthes fActi that it seems to besa deadly enemy Eofa canaries., It, is 8 large bird, somethingi like hawk, and possesses a long fbeak,, which it darts into the cages as, it flies against them, and the carary is either struck by it and killed, or drops from fright.uH .z3g gGidismos vEa sqHdTsq INV |
 The earthquakes which recently took place in Asia Minor were more fatal than was at first reported. In one village nearly all the houses were destroyed, thirtyon persons killed, and seventeen wounded. In another village 285 houses were destroyed oatof 300, i180 persons killed, and 170 wounded rOthervilhges are also said to have suffered in the same proportion. ,-... saf vlHr,oi ind, al bav i
 "Parlor Amusements"" furnishes theo following amusing and instructive game: One person leaves the, roorns and during his absence some historical parsonage is selected. Upon his return the others address him as if he were the person upon whom they had fixed, and he is to guess who it is by their remarks. The one by whose remark the name was guessed must in turn go out. i'!'".'' ''D ,
 One of our young men when he was married didn't want to patronize the baker. He said bread tasted ever so much better made by her dear handsgs This delighted her. But when she wanted scuttle of coal and he suggested that she get it, as the fire would feel so much better if the coal was brought by her dear hands, she was disgusted. Women are so changeable. D0n6ugy NeaOS. .I...# -aEal llBd ga trl
 On street car the other day boy made sudden grab among the straw, V caught something, and, as he. straight ened up, he inquired Who's lost, @ fifty cent piece?" Seven men held out their hands to him, and four wahted to but felt afraid. There was a painful pause, and then the boy unclasped his hand and exhibited pants button, Seven men suddenly sank back to medi- tate, and the other four indulged in winks.
 Jay Cooke is credited with this mode of fishing at Putin Bay, for description of which all lazy fisherman will be thank full: He had large glass jar filled with minnows, in the place which he ire quented The big fishes would swarm around the jar, seeing their coveted pray, and hungry for the expected feast. He would drop his hook among them, and haul out the victims of his novel de- fusion with the utmost ease and readi- ness, until tired of the unsportsmanlike sport. ...7 .. rl v.rf.,..9 .FT ysji aa SO.
 The London Lancet, discussing foot ball as college sport, says that while it is perfectly safe when engaged in by boys who are sound and healthy, yet with grown up men the case is different. Football is essentially a rough-and-tum- ble game, and man does not fall as lightly or as clever as boy can. A col lisiOn which simply "knocks the, wind out" of the latter, may seriously injure or even rupture some important organ in the former, -..''