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Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12

spin 8 long yarn about it, but the upshot was that he confessed to me that it was his hand which struck me down ten years ago.
 It was always my opinion that he did it., said the wife.
 "And mine too," continued Ryan ''but there was no proof, so held my tongue. He was sopenitent and broken down that I could offer him no reproof, even If l had been inclined to. He worked nobody's ruin so surely as his own, for he never did any good by his prating; he was just clever enough to make mischief, but had not the brains to work himself into any position in the trade societies, so he lost his work again and again, until ho became what I saw tonight. He is coming to the yard to- morrow"
 Will you give him work, Robert9' ~ "Why not, Polly? I think the man is not too bad to mend. There are the materials of decent man in him, if he will only give up drinking At all events l will give him a chance; I think it is only doing my duty to do so.''
 Morgan gave up his drink, and went to his work, and by following the advice of Ryan, and seeking Divine help, he shortly became happy and contented Christian man. He may never be so prosperous as Ryan; but however hum ble his lot, hewill never regret that night when he met the man he had wronged, and received from him a helping hand and Christian forgiveness.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
The Bonanza Excitement.

The panic in mining stocks which was expected after the excitement, has brought great distress to thousands of people in the Pacific States. Tempted by the stories of sudden fortunes ac- uuired by investments in the bonanza mines, they mortgaged their houses and farms, or otherwise sacrificed their prop erty, in order to buy shares at the fancy prices ruling in the height of the excite ment. The rise and fall of the Ophir stock was something wonderful. In De- tober last shares ranged in price in the San Francisco market at from $43 to S64. Through the adroit management of the stock jobbers, by January 18th they were run up to $230, and we believe at one time they reached $500 or very near ly to that point. In two months and half the nominal value of the mine in: creased, according to the quotations ot the board of brokers, from &, ,O4O, coo to 1928, 194, 900, gain of over $17, ,OOO, OOO, On February 9th it was once more sell ing at $61 per share. In Nevada the shock which followed the collapse was terrible. Nearly the whole population were interested even women had in vested largely in the high priced shares ; and many families in moderate clrcum- stances were utterly ruined. few for tuuate speculators with abundant means have scooped up nearly all the looso cash there was ahoat, and there being no further demand for stock by reason of the financial stringency thus produced, the shares went down with rush.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Sugar Secreted by the Liver.

Up to the year 1948 even physiologists supposed the only important function of tho liver was to secrete bile. At this date Bernard announced to the scien- tifc world that he had discovered ill the liver a new function, that of form ing sugar, and proceeded to show it by experiments. The variety of sugar secreted is the same as that found in the urine in diabetes; but it is not, like that, passed out of the system to it's great in
 jury. Indeed, it is not even passed into the bile duets as part of the bile; but it is passed through the liver, and emerges with the venous blood in the hepatic vein. Bernard examined the blood in all the other parts of the body and the tissues, and found no sugar in any of them except what could be traced to the liver; and he traced it from this organ to the heart, then to the lungs, true that the portal vein, which empties it's contents into the liver, may contain sugar if it is taken in the food, but if none is taken in the food than none is found there; whereas the hepatic vein does contain sugar, whether any is taken in the food or not. Indeed, to be sure IllaG Ine sugar WaS uOG ueTlfeu IfOm Ine food, most of the experiments have been made on carnivorous animals, in the food of which no sugar exists. The kind of sugar formed in the liver re- sembles glucose, or the sugar resulting from the digestion of starch. The quantity is small. It ferments readily, and is destroyed in the animal economy with great facility. The use of the sugar formed in the liver is not well known. It almost always disappears in the lungs, and probably serves the same use as the sugar taken as food-viz.: the produc- tion of animal heat. The liver is known also to produce some other changes in the blood not yet very well understood.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
The Best MilkeI'.

Mike Welsh had been recommended to Simpson as a fit man to assist him III taking care of horses and COWS; so Mike was hired, and placed in charge of this department. One morning, after Mike had been 0 month at the place, Simpson, who had made ready to start off with his milk-cart, said to him:
 "Mike, you may give the COWS some oatmeal this morning; and be sure you give my best milker an extra quantity.
 "The best milker, is it, sir ?"
 "Yes; you know the old COW that gives the most milk
 "Bedad, think do, sir "
 "Well, you give her four quarts of the mash. <"
 "An right, sir. I'll do that same."
 On the evening of that day Simpson had occasion to go to the old wooden pump in the yard. He tried the handle, but it wouldn't work. The pump seemed to be entirely choked up. Finally he discovered that all the upper part was loaded with something very nearly resembling oatmeal mash. He called his man.
 "Mike," said he, "what is the matter with the pump?'
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 "Yes. How came this oatmeal mash here?"
 "Sure, sir, put it in myself"
 "You stupid blockhead why did you do that ?"
 "It was yerself that told me, sir"
 CT told you to put it heros'
 "Indade ye did, sir !''
 "Why, you thick-headed rascal, what do you mean2'
 ssDon't be in passion, master. Did ye not tell me to give your best milker an extra quantity of the mash2 And where in all the world, I'd like to know, is the crather that gives so much milk to yer cans as does this old pump ?"
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
The Nebraska Sufferers.

A Nebraska paper says: A half Q score of army ieutenants are at this time scattered around in different parts of this State, by the orders of the com manding general, distributing clothing and supplies to people who are probably as we'll if not better off than they ever were before in their lives. A story is told of one man who appeared at one of the towns on the railroad with a two- horse wagon to demand contribution of load of flour. He confessed that he had never been so we'll off before, but "as long as the provisions is goin' I want my sheer," said he. In some To- calities it is doubtful whether the peo- pie will put in any crops this year, as they say that there is no use planting for the hoppers, and that enough has been given them to last them through the year. And all this time the people of the East and South have been giving money, food and clothing to the grass hopper-plague sufferers with q liberal hand.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
A Romantic Story.

Thirty-one years ago Q little boy, four years old, the son of Daniel Hutchins, of Burlington, N. J., while playing outside the door of the home of his parents, was kidnapped by two men and taken to Philadelphia on board of @ steamboat. From that city the boy was soon after ward taken to the West, where he grew up under the charge of his captors. Upon arriving at the age of manhood he started out in life for himself, and tray eled over nearly every part of the civi- lized world. At the time of his disap- pearance from home his parents became almost frantic with grief because of his loss, and had the Delaware river and it's tributaries, together with the surround ing country, searched for his where abouts, dead or alive, but all in vain. The people of Burlington showed the deepest sympathy for the sorrow-stricken parents and large rewards were offered for the recovery of the lost one, notwith- standing which the event remained shrouded in mystery for the long space of thirty one years, when the lost one ap- peared at the scenes of his childhood in quest of his parents. In the meantime the father and mother died, it is sup posed, from pure grief, thinking that their boy must be dead. After fighting the battles of the world and making for himself a snug competence, the young man became convinced that he was not the child of the men with whom he had been living, and he determined to find his parents. He entertained slight recollection of his old home, and he finally ascertained that he could find tidings of his parents in New Jersey, and, aided by inquiry, he fixed upon Burlington as the place, arriving only to find his parents dead.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Ducks and Hens.

Some interesting experiments have re- gently been made upon the comparative fecundity of ducks and hens, so as to de- termine from which of the two the larger number of eggs can be obtained in the same time. For this purpose three hens and three ducks were selected, and all matched in February and nourished with suitable food. In the following autumn the ducks laid two hundred and twenty five eggs, while the hens laid none. In the next February the laying season be- gan again with the ducks and continued uninterruptedly until August. They showed no inclination to set, but became very thin, although they were afteswa1d fattened up somewhat. The total num- Der of eggs laid by the hens amounted to two hundredand fifty-seven, or eighty six eggs each, and three hundred and ninety three, or one hundred and thirty one each, for the ducks Although the eggs of tho ducks were rather smaller than those of the hens, yet they proved to be decidedly superior in nrtritive material, so that the superiority in pro- ductiveness appears to be decidedly with the ducks.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Away from the Wolves.

Among other accomplishments Miss Nellie, a young lady living in Lyon county, Iowa, numbered that of skating. Nearly every Saturday, when she enjoy ed brief respite from her educational duties, the skatorial fever forced her to the ice, and presently made possible the spectacle of an awfully pretty girl float ing along to the ringing music of the steel.
 One Saturday Nellie put on her pretti- est walking costume and started for the river. Her skates once adjusted upon her dainty feet, she glided out upon the ice, and flew before the wind with all sails spread. How long she skated, Nellie hardly knew in her excitement; and she was somewhat surprised, on awaking from her dream of pleasure, to find that she had progressed into strange localities, and that there was the stamp of loneliness upon everything, which had chilling effect. It didn't mend matters when a dismal vail upon the breeze told her, as 1t would tell any Western girl, that wolves were about. And 1t most certainly didn't mend matters when the cry grew stronger, as the pack drew near CT. Suddenly they struck the ice about 8 hundred yards behind her, and the race for life was begun in an instant. The skates flashed, the steel rang, and the doleful song of the pursuing fends sounded like 8 death-kneu in her ears. She was all excitement, and strained every nerve. Like blooded horse the pretty girl summoned all her physical and mental powers to the front, but it was useless. Steadily the pack gained upon her. A tree grew out of the ice where the river had overfowed the bank. For that tree Nellie instinctively went, and just as hope was dying in her heart, and her breast was all a-fiutter with the fear of death, she glided into reach of a low-growing limb, and with an agility entirely unstudied-possessing no grace-swung herself into safety. The disappointed wolves clamored about the trunk of the tree, and serenaded their fair prisoner continually, until certain handsome young man of the town slzated that way-quite by accident, for, of course, he didn't know Nellie's pastime of Saturday-and with his seven-shooter reduced the population of the wolves in Lyon county. They do say 8 marriage is to come off the adven- t71rn
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
News from the Black Hills.

A special dispatch to the Sioux City Journal from Yankton says Eph Witch CT, o well-known citizen, who was mem Der of the expedition to the Black Hills, arrived in Yankton. He reports having left his companions at the stockade of the expedition, within two miles of liar ney's Peak, on Box Elder creek. MT. Witcher says the expedition was com posed of twenty-seven men, and one woman and her son. There were six wagons, and the party were well armed, some being mounted. They were also we'll supplied with provisions and mining tools. They struck Niobrara river about 12O miles above its mouth, and after fol lowing the stream some distance, they crossed the country to point east of the Black Hills. On Cheyenne river they met party of 200 mounted Indians, with whom they held @ peaceable barley.
 After reaching an apparently passable path at the foot of the hills, they struck into the mountains, and after picking their way, reached a point within two miles of Harney's Peak in fifteen days from the date of their entry into the hills. They erected @ stockade eighty feet long, and built log cabins from an abundant supply of timber which they found The cold weather greatly i'm peded their prospecting. They sank twenty-five prospect holes and struck gold in every instance. From the grass to the bed of the rock they found numer- ous gold and silver bearing quartz lodes, and the specimens MT. Witcher has brought back are pronounced very rich. The party never saw an Indian while in the hills.
 MT. Witcher describes the parts of the hills they saw as having magnificent val leys, seemingly limitless forests of pine, and abundance of elk, deer, and other game. The greater portion of the re- turn trip was made through snow drifts, over Q trackless country, ill most stormy and severe weather. They discovered in coming out of the hills what has been named Witcher's pass, a good natural wagon road. This shortens the way out of the hills by thirteen days. Their ami malls lived on the grass they found be- meath the snow. MT. Witcher says he can take loaded OK teams into the hills from Sioux City in thirty days.
 The members left ill the hills are ill good health and spirits. MT. Witcher returned for endorsements. He says there is no evidence of other parties being in the hills. MT. Gordon, who came with him part of the way, was de- layed by his horse giving out Nothing was heard or seen of the two army expe- ditions sent out to intercept them.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
The Centennial.

New Jersey, besides appropriating $1OO,OOO to the Centennial exhibition, intends to make State display of it's wares, minerals, and other articles of wealth, and it's State board of agricul- ture has appointed committee to col: lect and arrange them. Besides this, it is proposed, in accordance with resolu- tion of the State Historical Society, to adopt measures for the collection, in con- nection with the taking of the State census this year, of statistics showing the present condition and the progress of New Jersey in agriculture, manufac- lures, mining, and commerce, with a view to the presentation of the results to the Centennial exposition. To secure this end State law is suggested, and a bill has been introduced into it's Legisla- t1lre providing for the compensation of the enumerators and prescribing their contemplated duties.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Disastrous Effects of the Frost.

The severity of the extremely cold weather is said to have played havoc with birds of the air and water fowl in sections of Maryland. Thousands of crows have been starved and frozen to death. They have also been found blind, unable to navigate from loss of sight, and helpless from cold and want of food. This blindness is caused by the starved birds picking each others eyes out at night on their roosts, where in their reduced state from hunger they fight with desperation and practice in extremity sort of fierce cannibalism on each other. Many wild ducks have been captured, stupeied and starving.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12

IDENTITY There isa striking personal resemblance between John w. Hart and Edward l.. Ayres of San Francisco. Ayres forged an order on 8 banker for twenty dollars, and gotthe money. The crime was discovered, and the banker, misled by the likeness, accused Hart of being the man to whom the money was paid, The Identification was positive, and Hart protested against arrest i'll vain. Doubtless he would have been convicted, as he was unable to clearly preve an alDi, had not. detective arrested Ayres on suspicion, and induced him to confess
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Spare the Crow.

Talking of crows, says the Baltimore Stns, Belair stage stage driver tells us that the country. people are poisoning them with strychnine, according to 8 time-honored religious custom at this season of the year. The fatal dose is ad- ministered by being saturated ill corn, which is scattered around freely. Some of the crows die on the spot, others fly away and somersault ill the sky, and others go blind and die of starvation and the stomachache. An instance is cited of one worthy but wicked countryman gathering up 1 200 CT he had poison ed, taking their scalps and reaping his rewal d from the county authorities, six and one-half cents apiece, amounting to seventy-fve dollars. Crows, no doubt, perform a better part for farmers than they are given credit for. Nature fur nishes scavenger birds and animals In South America the condors perform this part, aided by the bazzards, which latter birds are also an important feature in preserving the sanitary equilibrium in the southern portions of the United States. In Charleston, s. o., the buz- zards are protected by wise laws, which IuPoSe nuo OI i've OOlldfS LOT every one slain. The birds are so tame in Charleston that they sit on the roofs of the market houses on the watch to grab up every bit of offal that is thrown out from the butchers stalls In the sum- mer time, the birds being very numer- ous, do a large part of the city's scaven- ger work. In the same way crows, no doubt, are beneficial to the country in this latitude, as their name of "carrion crows " would indicate, besides making themselves generally useful in roofing out the grubs that hatch insects to de- stroy the labors of the farmer. No doubt, if the crows were properly encouragedto do so, they would be useful in destroy ing the potato bug, lately so destructive in all parts of this country. Who knows until we have tried them?
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
How They Enjoyed Themselves.

A copy of the London Tunes of Oc- tober 3, 1798, contains the following pro- gramme of sports to be participated in on the anniversary of the birth of her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Wur- temburg:
 All persons of jovial, friendly and loyal dispositions are invited to be pres ent at and to partake of the under-men- toned country sports which, with others to be declared on the ground, are in tended, if the weather is fine, to be ex- hi1sited at Marsden Castle, near Dor chester, this day at eleven o'clock in the morning, in honor of the birthday of her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Wurtemburg
 To be played for at cricket, round of beef, each man of the winning set to have ribband.
 A cheese to be rolled down the hill prize to whoever stops it.
 A silver cup to be run for by ponies the best three heats.
 A pound of tobacco to be grinned for.
 A barrel of beer to be rolled down the hill-prize to whoever stops it.
 A Michaelmas-day goose to be dived for.
 A good hat to be cudgeled for.
 Half a guinea for the best ass in three heats.
 A handsome hat for the most expert in catching 8 roll dipped in treacle, and suspended by string.
 A leg of mutton and gallon of DOT ter to the winner of race of one hun dred yards in sacks.
 A good hat to be wrestled for.
 Half guinea to the rider of the ass who wins the best of three heats by com ing in last.
 A big prize to whoever catche him bv the fail
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
A Good Sign.

A New York barkeeper upon being interviewed as to the state of business, reported that men who used to spend ten dollars day, now could scarcely find Ca quarter" in their pockets for a humble drink. "How's business ?'' said gentleman who entered, and the barkeeper bitterly replied, "You can see for yourself" There was, in fact, but one other guest in the room. It is said, the reporter adds, that times arc never so bad or money soscarce thata 8 man cannot find it to buy whisky with, even if he has to go hungry or half naked. Just now seems to be an exception.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12

THE TURKTY.-A story is told of a newly married couple who commenced housekeeping with 0 turkey dinner: Tho wife took great pride in having 1t all ready when John came home. John came, and shortly after tho young hus-- band, with very pale expression of countenance, was seen to stride across the back yard and throw whole turkey over the fence. The inexperienced house. wife had roasted it without removing the interior works, and it was altogether too much turkey for him.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
Laura.


 70 hateful death ," my angry spirit cries, ''Who thus eouldst take my darling from my - s' sight, # ..... .s. -- Shrouding her beauty in sepulchral night; o cruel unto prayers, and tears, and sighs Inexorable." Hush p my soul replies; Be just, o stricken heart !-the mortal Which we call sdeath birth to higher
 life, At .' a+ Safe in the Father mansion in the skies She bides thy ooraing; only gone before, .' A little while, that at thy parting breath, Tho ou mayst endure lighter pain of death, And gladlier pass beyond this earthly shore; For, with thy Laura calling from on high, It cannot, sure, be very hard to die p ..- -John G. Sdae, i1s Scribraer.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
A Man Who Never Tasted Meat,

A correspondent writes that about one half mile soutl4 of Holmesdorf, Pa., lives an old farmer by the name of Abra- ham Blatt, who is about sixty years of age, is healthy, robust and as strong as horse, who has never in his lifetime tasted the least bit of meat of any kind. He says he never tasted beef, pork, nut, ton or veal, no kind of poultry, no kind of fish, no kind of game, in fact nothing pertaining to meat. He has such an ab- horrence of meat that when they kill a COW or a hog on his premises, he gener- ally leaves home and goes about other business. He is the father of large family, all healthy children. Among the lot is also one boy, who, like his father, eats no meat of any kind. In reply to the questions put to the father how he could work so hard without eat ing any meat, he says he believes he is much healthier than if he ate meat. He uses very little butter.
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12

DrpHrHERIA.--A thorough investiga- tion into the nature of diphtheria and it's causes is being made by the New York Medical Society. It is good thing to 1o
Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
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