Connecticut western news., 1875-02-26
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"the front tooth of girl fourteen years old. Will pay liberally and replace artistically." ..-.,,.'. '.' .,
 A new arrival describes New Workers as "berry fine peoples, who go about der streets sheating each other, and dey call dat bizziness." ..4.l aeiaa'i
 Comfort Smith, of Maine, wanted to marry man who had in many ways tried to iniure her father. The old man finally consented to give Comfort to the enemy. '"
 The divorce business seems to be pretty good in Maine. Last yearfour hun dred and eighty seven bills were granted, of which two hundred and thirty-elght were for desertion. .-.-......., ,..l,
 A thousand wise men are wiser than one wise man; but a thousand fools are not wiser than one fool. On the con- trary, they are likely to be aboutia thou sand times as foolish. -a g,sri Ja'
 An elephant is 1, ,227, 1886 times larger than flea, but there are women who growl at paying two shillings to visit 2 menagerie, and will turn q feather bed over half day to hunt flea.
 A Frenchman is about opening m stHymeneal Academy" in Covington, Ky, in which young ladies will be taught the marriage service, with all the propersobs, sighs, and mysteries, sin three easy lessons.
 An Irish peasant being asked why he permitted his pig to take up its quarters with his family, made an answer abound ing with satirical nuivete:: Why notY Doesn't the place afford every conven- fence that pig can require f|9af
 A Pennsylvania bull caught sight of circus elephant going to water and charged him. The man who owned the bull said that there was nothing worth saving except the ring in the nose, and that was badly bent " .,,-..'.,-..,.,- '...
 MT. Mitchell, of Sterling, III, while under the influence of intoxicating houors attempted burglary, and was fatally shot. Mrs. Mitchell has since compelled each of three saloon keepers, who sold him the liquors, to pay, her $500 damages. .s, . ,,..o., s.,.,gs,
 Two Bridgeport Conn young men, who wanted the same girl, met for mortal combat the other day, with what weapons has not been made known to the world, but they both came out of the contest alive, and were subsequently both dis. missed by the young lady on account ot their fight. ---uu----------
 Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,. thinks the granges have proved the best friends of the railroads. They have stopped construction, which is good thing, H the mania for railway building had gone on unchecked much longer there would have been nothing but railroads ieit ln the country. 'eDs - a.io" aa '' .91eiH
 There are in the United States ono hundred and fifty-six firms and corpora- tions engaged in the silk manutactnres with an aggregate capital of $l6, ,OOo,Voo and with force of 10,651 operators New York has sixty-one of the establish ments, New Jersey thirty, Connecticut twenty-two, and Massachusetts twelve.
 An Illinois man, who wants to do good, thus writes to Chicago agent of the Kansas grasshopper sufferers :, "Mr. Ludlow, Sir: I understand you are an agent for Kansas sufferers, and as am not duing anything at present, l tEIn6 It would be u good thing to go from one town to another and collect money for the Sufferers wich would like to do. would expect sum pay for it." '4!
 A little girl about nine years old, III Detroit, having her fathers dinner pail on her arm, when man gave pull at the long braid of her hair hanging down her back. "Did you do that, sir 2"- she exclaimed, whirling around. He ad- mitted that he did, and she continued, "May be you don't know who nm, SIT: I'm engaged to Jack Thompson, siry and we're to be married in nine years, SIT F
 The Granger order is said to be rapidly growing in numbers and strength throughout the South. In Alabama there are now reported to be six hun dred and forty one granges, with 32, 5oO members; in Florida, one hundred and eight granges, with $500 members ; III Arkansas, five hundred and twenty-one granges, with 21, 900 members; while in the other States there are also numerous lodges with large memberships. ,,
 MT. Magufin braced himself against the boarding-house table and tried once more to cut the steak The edge of the knife turned, but the meat showed. no mark. Then he called the waiter. "Thomas, has the cook used the ax much lately to chop kindling wood on the cellar-door steps2" "I don't know,.. said Thomas, ssWhy, sira" " Because, said MT. Magufin, eff it ain't too dull I'd like to try it on this steak. " .,,-, B.
 Mrs. John Wachtel, an old resident of Lancaster, O., some twelve years ago ran needle into her breast and failed to have it extracted, as it never occasioned her either pain or inconvenience. A few days since, however, the lady felt strange pricking sensation in a bunion on one of her feet, and, upon examina- tion, found the point of needle pro truding from the excrescence. With but little trouble it was taken out, and 1t appears to be the same needle she lost in her breast dozen years ago. E-a
 Ostrich raising is one of the indus tries of the Cape of Good Hope. The birds feed on grass, like cattle, and re- quire but little care. They are some times very irritable, and strike at per son so savagely with their long legs as to infict severe and sometimes fatal wounds. They are not easily beaten off, and one of them is 0 dangerous ad- versary for an unarmed man. Singular ly enough, notwithstanding their long legs, @ fallen log or Q fence foot high is to them an impossible barrier-they will never try to step over 1t.
 Two brigands were guillotined in Athens. They were cousins, named Burchos, and one of them was the last survivor of the band of Takos that com mitted the terrible outrage on the Eng lishmen near Marathon four years ago. Before execution they both confessed themselves guilty of several murders; one of peculiar atrocity was that of Q poor Turkish girl, who was taken from her parents and kept for six months in expectation of a large ransom, but as that could not be obtained, these wretches murdered her in manner horribly brutal
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