Connecticut western news., 1875-07-23
Items of Interest.


 Items of Interest. sa
 A young lady in Sheffield, England, put lighted cigar in her pocket and was burned to death. ..-g'',rg
 Tho {" catch " of grosshoppers in Mi collet county, Minn., up to June 25th, as reported to the county auditor, was 6,777 bushels. eFta stE
 The White Hills of New Hampshire are getting more and more esteemed as the Switzerland of America, judging from the increasing travel thitherward.
 The German admiralty have deter mined to adopt for the future, in con- structing ironclads, the practice prevail ing in England and Russia of double ar nor. ..a -a .&'2 aia
 It appears that the terrible epidemic of measles in Fiji was an early result of civilization, as the disease was communi- cated to the natives from g British man of-war. .,# ... rs.lu1 Hatut
 The Connecticut Legislature has char tered another insurance company, with novel but perhaps useful featureA to in- sure losses against wind as well as fire and water. .+'.'54 .al.''.'H.,.e 1'l..e
 If man has got something to say, it is proper to let him say it. If he is a reasonable man he will be satisfied with the permission to speak, ,s and notiexpect you to quit work and listen to him.
 Our life is but wiuter's day; a9R VI
 Some only breakfast and away q. .sys'
 Others to dinner stay, and are full fedsl
 The oldest man but sups and goes to bed
 Large is his debt who fingers through the day, Who goes the soonest has the least to pay.
 A woman ragpicker of Indianapolis, who has always lived in the utmost squalor, and was supposed to be very poor, died the other day, and is now found to have been worth nearly $100, 900. .. ... }-d .sasHf tHiisase
 A philosopher says " cheerfulness lengthens the days of man, but he does not say how misers and grumblers man. age to live for years. and years after other people are willing they should go home. , .. 4 tr ttT5ouJ EaiE
 Cambridge is proud of n young woman so innocent and pure minded that she remarked to her intended the day pre- vious to their marriage: iFs Now mind I won't have a baby brought into the house." t."a''.t- -5' .-.'E
 A Maine girl left her clothing in an open boat and hid herself, and when her parents were crying and saying that if they only had her back they would obey her slightest wish, shenappeared and said she wanted to marry Jakeg sas5
 A wandering minstreiss lately arrested, assured the judge he made his living comfortably since fifteen years and did not know a single bar of music. The first notes he emitted from his clarionet secured him payment to, perform else where. ,,.s..-. ss. sual%a s.
 One of the peculiarities of the paper on which the Bank of England notes are printed is it's strength. A bank note will support thirty six pounds before be- ing sized, and afterward support q man for years if it is only for the light amount. -, sorog
 The Chicago Tribune tells of aswarm of grasshoppers which, moving at the rate of fifteen miles an hour, occupied sixty hours in passing over @ town in Missouri, and was estimated to be from thirty to seventy-ive miles wide and half mile deep. '- .tH-f s'a e.e
 A nine-year-old convict is under sen tence of five years imprisonment in the Richmond penitentiary for murder, in the second degree, and a morbidly inn pulsive little boy of twelve is before the court on an indictment for murder in the first degree. .g.sa gsgl Ia syom
 A three-year-old youngster saw drunken man tacking through the street. "Mother." said he, e," did God make that man 2" She replied in the affirrna- tive. The little fellow reflected for a moment and then exclaimed: l" l would not have done it." S1 r,rltl... sr;
 Two Yankees were once describing the character of another. One defended him, and the other disparaged,o his honesty. -" We'll, said the first, you must admit that he has lots aof's moral principle" 's He orter have,a retorted the second, "for he never uses aiiy.p
 When it is not convenient to take 8 lock apalt to fita new key, the key blank should be smoked over a candle, in- serted in the keyhole, and pressed firm ly against the opposing wards of the lock. The indentations in the smoked portion made by the wards will show where to file. -.2 '.+
 A man rushed breathlessly into law yer's office in St. Paul, and, approach ed the legal luminary, excitedly remark ed {: CA man has tied coop to. my horses tail can I do anything '" "Yes," replied the attorney, Ego and unite it." That was good advice, and didn't cost the man but five dollars, al aauie
 One of our young men when he was mar ried didn't want to patronize the baker. He sa1d bread tasted ever so much bet ter made by her dear hands. This de- lighted 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. a.
 The experiment. of destroying the body of dead horse by cremation has been made at Milan in the presence of several doctors and scientists. The car cass was placed in huge oven, through the lateral openings of which four hun dred jets of lighted gas were directed upon it, and three jets of gas and air applied to the three most difficult points of combustion. The operation lasted little over two hours. There was no residue from the combustion, and it was Ia1 1x, hoI odoro