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Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Strange Recovery.

The Evansville Qnd. Courier relates the following on the authority of & neighbor of the lady who is the subject of the story: In our neighboring town of Newburg, which represents Warrick county on the Ohio, some weeks since, Elizabeth Lippert, the wife of a farmer named Gottlieb Lippert, was taken very ill with inf1ammatory rheumatism, and the disease continuing, her life was de- spaired of. She continued to grow weaker and weaker, and few days since died, or expired to all appearances. The grief of the family was very great, but at the death-bed there were also a num- Der of neighbors. In the hour of dis tress, they proceeded to prepare the corpse for burial. The body was placed in @ convenient position, and was noticed to be still warm, but not more so than they are usually after dying of levers. The neighbors, about half an hour after Mrs Lippert's death, commenced to wash the body. As soon as water was placed on the face, however, the corpse seemed to become inspired with life, and after the ablutions had continued for nearly fifteen minutes she opened her eyes, much to the astonishment of the attendants, who were not little frightened, for they thought they were dealing with 8 corpse instead of one still on this side of the celestial world. The women continued their attentions, how ever, until Mrs. Lippert was able to speak. She said that just before she "died" everything about her became dark, and soon she went to sleep. When she woke it was bright, and as she tells it, she was in strange place, feeling an ecstasy of pleasure, and was devoid of all the racking pains with which she was afflicted during her illness. She gives no definite idea of the land into which she had in spirit wandered, or the peo- pie she met, but is certain she was in heaven, and in her simple way described the place as being an asylum of bliss. While enjoying all this it became dark suddenly, and she woke as from a pleas ant dream to find that she had been 8 corpse for nearly an hour, and that the neighbo1s were washing her face. Since then Mrs. Lippert has entirely recover ed, and is now able to be about attend ing to her household duties, and in her leisure moments relates to the open mouthed Newburgers the story of her 1nofb .,. ....-.s..f
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Little JOhnny's Composition.

Their whole name is hippopotamusses,
 but hippo is their pet name, like my sister is called Missy, tho she is a grate
 big girl, but not so big as Q hippo. Un- | Gle Ned he says hippo means horse,
 but if that is SO I think the man that first said it was fool, cos horse is easier to say, and these animals issent any more like horse than Mister Briley the butchers meat block is like 8 game of lcrokay. g !. sr-ts.s ;. '.. -
 oHippose is found in Africa, but wen you have foun one wot can you do9 Its like @ man wich was 1ookin for other
 man to give him good hidin, and wen he come up to him he said my fine feller, Ave foun yon now, and the other man he said he had, that was fack, and wen he said it he pick up big stick. Then the first man wich spoke said yes, I've foun you at last, and the other man said he T uddent deny it, and was @ rolen up his sleeve. Then the first man wich spoke said did he kno wot street they was in, and the other man he said course I do, you raskil, it is Cliff street. Then the first man wich spoke said o, if you aint lost it was no use me findin you, and he walked away as fass as he could.
 There is two Impose in the menagerie, and a, little hippo wich is Guy Fox. Un- cle Ned he says callin Guy Fox little makes him think of wen he was in Cal hforny, cos one day they was young vale come shore. and every boddy was goin to the beach to see it, and it was long like tug bote and thicker than a ephalent, but a. young lady wich went with uncle Ned lookt at it and said jest to think of such tiny creetur havin no mother, mite she take it in her lap if she woud be careful And every woman wich came to see it said wot sweet little vale. ..r
 Did you ever see the Impose at the menagerie hole open their mouths for biscits ? I tel you it's fritefe til you git use to it. Vile one is bein fed the other is off to one side watchin, and wen it sees the biscit in the others mouth it winks it's eye, and the other shets it's mouth and swollers, cos you mite put hole lofe in their mouths and they wud dent kno it less the other tole 'em, but that way they don't vase no time on bad boys wich makes beleeve.
 Wen my sister toks to her dicky bird spose it thinks like we do about the hippo, wot horrid grate mouth But if she new it thot that spect she would fine out it was wicked to keep birds in cages, and wud sel it for jus wot any boddy woud give, but wen it comics to birds go in for eagles, wich wops all the uthers, and flies roun, and roun, and up, up, up, hooray! .r#. r..E
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A Terrible Epidemic in Mexico.

It will be remembered that Secretary McCreery introduceda 0 bill in the United States Senate promising that it had been reported in Q responsible medical journal of the United States and that it had been announced in Texas paper that a dis ease resembling cholera was raging in Mexico, at no great distance from the frontier of the United States, and direct ing, therefore, that the Secretary of War detail medical officer of the army, under the direction of the Surgeons General, to investigate carefully the matter of said reports. It is understood that the Surgeon General does not deem 1t ad- visable to expend the appropriation on such evidence and declines to detail the medical officer. The rapidity with which the yellow fever. is reported to have taken hold of Key West, says an ex- change, would seem to indicate favor able condition of climate for the spread of epidemic diseases, and it is possible Surgeon General Barnes will be induced to comply with the act authorizing the expenditure of $2,000 before it is too late.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23

bright lad, and it's great pity you are so rough, and use such bad words and fight and quarrel so. , .-. @%'s ZA1.t ! I" We'll, sir, better folks does that, an gives Ils the cue, an calls US Arabs, an sich like hard names, an they cusses us an calls us little rascals an all that Them fine folks as has plenty of money don't care nothin' for us boys what's got no home. There's a mighty sight of difference tween their boys and me. They won't look at me, and I don't care for them neither. There's Q mighty sight of difference tween us. -r - :.
 ''' And you don't want five dollars?"
 | 's Who said I didn't g'' III Y .-s-. F 5tsYou said so.''5I saJ .taf-a-ss ..su-.- H "No you don't I didn't say that"
 .e What did you saya" y.. 4,.-# ..," l didn't want your money" .. '
 s"s Where do you live ?"
 >"I don't live nowhere. I sleeps sometimes one place, sometimes another; now hdreJ now there, ani sstsswhat, bcan A The p gentleman walked on. on "A A com eol rade called to Sandy, and he bounded away across the street and was lost in the rushing throng of people. 4 A waif iadrift on the sea of life, and yet in that ragged urehin there was the material for the making of 9 man. "An' they calls me Arab" The low are sent lower, the. poor made, if possible, poorer, and so the worlds whirls on. "There's @ mighty sight of difference between the people who make the aggregate 3YaI o:Tl ,
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
About Bad Spelling,

It may be more than suspected, says an exchange, referring to the spelling matches, that good many persons es- cape the charge of bad spelling by means of their bad penmanship. When an in dividual writes such hand that nobody can tell an from an i, or an a from II, or an O from any one of them, he can misplace the vowels with impunity. But even when the chirographyis pretty dis tinct, an error in spelling does not show in manuscript as it does in print. There are great many letters, written by peo- pie who have no idea that they ever make a mistake in spelling, which would look very queer in book or newspaper if all the words were spelled exactly in conformity with the original.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
The Gamins, Spelling Match.

:. The spelling school fever affected some of the gamins of Detroit. They talked it up around the post-offce, and 8 dozen or more adjourned to an alley and stood in row while one of their number pronounced words "out of his head. d."':... "Dog," "cat," "boot," !" ."lemon," and some other words had
 been got along with, when the word "morocco came into the teachers mind. The first boy spelled it '.tmore- rock-o," and all the rest followed, and when the teacher filed his demurrer they ran him over pile of barrels and hit him with frozen potatoes, thus interrupt
 ing the harmony and breaking up the
 school. One of the boys was afterward heard saying: "What's spellin good for, anyhow, unless feller wants to write
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Turkish Time.

A lettes writer in Constantinople says: One of the perplexing things is the com putation of time. The Turks reckon from the time of the flight of the prophet from Mecca, and it takes five hundred and thirty Turkish years to make five hundred and twenty-one of our years. At sunset of each day watches and clocks are set tomark twelve clock, and until the twelfth hour after sunset the hands on the dial indicate the time that has elapsed since sunset Aftnr that hour they indicate the number of hours that will intervene before sunset of the next day plus or minus the daily variation in the length of the days.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
An EngliShman,S Onininn.

MT. Childers, speaking at Pontefract, England, gave an account of his late American tour. He spoke in terms of high eulogy of America. The Urited States, he thought, was probably the most prosperous country in tb world. He estimated that in fifty years iO would contain one hundred and fifty million in habitants, while the progress of Eng land Was necessarily limited. He forci- bly presented the reasons why Eng land should seek the friendship and alli- ance of the United States.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A Singular Position,

A French resident of New York who took the proper steps to have his daugh- ter's birth registered by the board of health ten years ago, finds now that the board did not register it and applies to have the record corrected. This the board peremptorily refuses to hear of, alleging, oddly enough, that if the records are corrected "the vital statis- tics will be vitiated." This seems to us, says n city lmper, n wonderful saying. But the ways of hoards a,- not :s, :.!s .s,v, ways of other men.. If the Frenchmal, s daughter does not appear in the register as having been born, it is probably an orutage to pretend that she exists.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A Granger Funeral.

The Staunton (Va.) V5atzscotor gives
 the following account of the ceremonies
 at a. recent burial of 8 lady member of
 the granger order :H-, ,...,. pn., s.... a.. Early in the morning the. grangers,
 each wearing small bouquet in his coat,
 commenced arriving at the Presbyterian
 church, where the funeral was to take
 place, and of which the deceased had
 been @ constant member. Among those who arrived were the designated pail
 bearers of the grange wearing white
 baldrics, and the marsha1s of the pro- cession, who, wore the orange-colored baldrics of their office. The funeral sermon was preached, after which the concourse of persons, numbering over five hundred, proceededto the cemetery. The pall-bearers of the order bore the coffin decorated with flowers to the gate, followed in order by the family of the deceased, the lady members of the order, thed' male members of the order, and last, the procession of citizens. At fl the gate i the coffin was stopped, and the members of the grange opened ranks and passed on each side of it to the grave, around which they formed circle, the coffin being placed at the side of the excavation in their midst. 2. The master of the grange then made brief address, followed by the chaplain, who repeated the Lords Pray CT, the repetition being followed hy all members of the order. The chaplain then read from the burial service of the order some words of comfort to the relatives of the dead and brief address to the members of the order. A hymn was then very sweetly sung, during which the grangers passed around the empty grave and breaking their bouquets apart dropped in the flowers. The chaplain then read the beautiful burial service which ends with the twenty third psalm, during which the coffin was lowered into the grave, and the lady members of the grange then passed around it, each break ing her bouquet and scattering flowers on the coffin, Q very sweet hymn being sung during the time. The master of the lodge and the pail bearers then ad- va11ced to the grave and threw in their bouquets, the master saying "A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth. He shall go as he came, and take nothing of his labor which he may carry in his hand" He then took up a handful of earth and sprinkled it in the grave, which concluded the cere- monies. s..s s..-r... ;. -,t -...-.--.- .....- .s The grange has set apart day for planting memorial tree, as is the GUS tom of the order, at the grave. They also have in the summer o memorial day, on which they visit the graves of the deceased members and scatter flowers.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Damages Wanted.

Margaret Lamadrid has filed petition in the Common Pleas court, Louisville, Kentucky, in a suit against the Daniel Boone Lodge, Knights of Pythias, claiming $50, ,O00 for the alleged death of her husband. In her petition the plain tiff states that on the 18th of March, 1874, her husband was initiated into the Daniel Boone Lodge, and during the initiatcry ceremonies received injuries which resulted in his death on the 1st of April of the same year. For the defense it is claimed that there is nothing in the initiatory ceremonies of the Knights of Pj-tttsiss: P., 5tsiss;: by wia:cl. injuriez eerla have lccc ililto,., .., .,....,.o.., ant, 1t IS TUT ther alleged that Mrs. Lamadrid is of unsound mind.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Destruction of, Property.

A letter from Oienfuegos has been re- eeived by Spanish, house in the States. The following paragraphs from the letter show the terrible destruction of property going on in the island of Cuba by the insurgents: n- .'5
 The destruction of estates still con- tinues. In one day alone they burned eleven estates, with all their buildings and machinery, in the jurisdiction of Sagua, and over three thousand hogs heads of sugar were destroyed. In Remedies the destruction has been still greater. In four days Boulon burned sixteen estates and seven thousand hogsheads of sugar. The same devasta- tion has been going on in the estates about Gamarones and Las Cruces. In these districts the insurgents have cut the telegraphs and destroyed all the rail roads. No sugar can now reach the out ports.
 One day recently they visited the splendid sugar estate ' Carmltta of Ponvert & Go. The Cubans numbered two hundred and fifty men, and they TO- mained three hours. They carried off what horses they wanted and an unknown sum of money, in consequence of which they refrained from firing the place. It Is publicly stated here that MT. Ponvert is Cuban at heart, and that his estate was saved in consideration of free gift of rifles and ammunition which he made to the cause some six years ago.
 They next went to the sugar estate "Te- esq, the property of the quondam millionaire Don Thomas Terry. The Cu1,sns numbered three hsns!raa anA an attempt was made to defend the place by a body of one hundred Spanish cavalry. The fight was an obstinate one, but the Spaniards were at last cut to pieces and left killed on the field their commanding officer, a major, one cap tain, and some eighty men. The sixteen or eighteen who escaped fled into the woods.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
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 How a Peddler Manages.

An itinerant ieweler, who is very honest in his business transactions, has Q great horror of telling lies. Every morning, ere he sets ont on his day $ journey, he spread his ware on the family table, and his wife is summoned when all is ready. ,......
 "Sarah, offer me s15 for that watch. 7"
 Sarah makes tho bid, which the hus- band refuses to take. Sarah then makes other offers for the rest of the articles, which her spouse habitually declines to accept. He then marches away with a clear conscience When customer bids e14 for the watch, his reply is:
 My dear sir, assure you was of fered 915 for the article this very morning, aud I refused to take it."
 And so he proceeded with the re- mainder of his goods. and in each in sc,sl,oc swearing that ho has had such and such bid already, which he re- fused. The ieweler is a thriving man and chngs to the old adage, "Honesty is the best policy. ......~-
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A Jo1NT-SrooK BONNET young

women in the Halifax works, says a London correspondent, are certainly not pretty, but they seem to have a fine flow of spirits. I am told that they have a remarkably fine taste in dress. A lady in Halifax having occasion to enter milliner's shop had her attentionH at- tracted by 8 beautiful and yerYse sex- pensive French bonnet, and inquired the price; she was told it was sold. Oh, had no idea of buying such an expensive bonnet" said the lady, upon which the milliner said: cit isa joint stock bonnet-that is, it belongs to three factory girls, who wear it by turns on Sunday" ..-..-
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Would Not Ask.

Just before Chief Justice Chase was elevated to the beffch of the United States Supreme Court, he wrote to Senator Sumner manly note, in which he said: I have feared that the Presi- dent might suppose that l have some agency in the representations which reach him favorable to my appointment. If he has, I hope you will disabuse him of the impression. would not have the office on the terms oS being obliged to ask for it.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Here issomething that should be me

Here issomething that should be more generally known. It is said that bed bugs will live year without aid or food, if placed in a dramatically sealed bottle. Persons who desire to keep their bed bugs over the winter without feeding them will do well to remember this. Thus science assists the most hum- I,la
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
WHY THEY OuARRr1rp.

WHY THEY QuARRE1ED.-A corre- spondent of the New York Heruld, referring to the difficulty at Vineland, says that on one occasion, Landis, at a public meeting, recommended that Car ruth be driven out of Vineland. He says that one of the great reasons of the editors antagonism to Landis was based on what he considered to be general " humbuggery on the part of MT. Lam dis in advertising Vineland and its affairs,
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23

A CURE FOR CUTs.-A correspondent writes: The hest simple remedy have i,...-. 1,.. wo,..,us, ss,.sI. ,, .,.:, abrasions of the skin, etc., is charcoal. Take coal from the stove, pulverize it, apply 1t to the wound and then cover the whole with rag. The charcoal absorbs the fluids secreted by the wound and lays the foundation of the scab it also prevents the rag from irritating the flesh, and 1t is antiseptic.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23

To show the carelessness of Sheridan in money matters it is related that the butler once found the window frames stuffed with papers to keep them from ratthng, and, on taking them out saw they were bank notes, which Sheridan had used for this purpose some stormy night and never missed them.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Awakening.


 How fair it comes, the wonderful hour .. 4 When nature from sleep awakes,, f. .,.... And over the face of the earth at last
 A newborn gladness breaks The stars grow pale in the shadowy sky, l'.A And over the mountains creep hl'2 'a'I" The mists that are part of the waking world, And part of tine earth's sweet sleep. u3.tal The restless birds in the tree-tops high Ei y Are stretching their wings at last, ,,g .gn4 And chirp and twitter their songs of praise AS the dawn comes on so fast,
 But Vho can tell of the wondrous charm
 When over the distant hills '' x ''@'-' The days bright king in his glory comes. '4 9 And the earth with radiance fills {? I-.-.H Now scatter, ye mists, from the mountain 91p side.g fs.aasa fsy lo ss5o lu1.ra 4 And die in the sky's soft blue, 3 .fl L,.a-r, For For the dawn has passed and the be- day i "wltb its light and Bi:if ifoy So o# ##us ss2la" 'qid,
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23

WHAT Is THE MATrERe-Are the mountains sinking, or is the sea rising In 1745a Quito, in South Amerioa, was found to be 9,596 feet above the sea. Several times since then its height has been measured, and each time reported less than before. In 1870 it was stated to be 9,368 feet above the sea---a differ ence of al0 feetT If these measurements were exact, it would seem to indicate that the Andies are sinking gradually.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
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Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-06-10
MISCELLANEOUS.
Attachment Notice.

Mary Dorm, Plf, Before E. NJ. Grimes, J. P.
VS. }Of Canton township, Stark
Charles Reide, Def. county, Ohio.
ON the 18th day of May A. D. 1875 said Justioe
issued an order Of attachment in the above action
for hearing on the 18th day Of june A. D. 1875, at
o'clock a. m. MARY DORM.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-06-10
LIME.
LEGAL.
LegaL Nohcg.

TIENRY BUCK, whose residence Is unknown,
III will take notice that Samuel S. Fluke, Ad-
ministator of the estate Of Sarah Buck, deceased
of Stark county, State of Ohio did on the Goth day
of May 1875, file his petition In the Court oi Com
mon Pleas of said Stark county, against the said
Henry Buck and others defendants, setting forth
in substance, that under the will of Robert N
Buck, deceased certain real estate in the town Of
Alliance in said county, devised by said will was
chargeable with the support and maintainance Of
said Sarah Buck during her life time, that large
amount of claims for such support and maintain
ance exists against the estate of said Sarah Buck
amounting to near six thousand dollars, includ.
ing costs Of adm iniSIation and praying that said
real estate may be sold TO satisfy said claims and
costs and the said Henry Buck is notified and re-
quired to appear and answer said petition on or
before the third Saturday after the 9th day Of July
next. SAMUEL S; FLUkE,
Administrator Of Sarah Buck, deceased.
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