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Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

GO SOUTH. YOUNG M,N-GO TO FLoRI- " DA-$E0 will buy 10 acre. of oranR- land. 6 v,to0 acres to relect from Country healthy, tnlckly settled On the line of kR fr"m Fernan-
 d,na to Cedar Keys Oranges. bananas, etc, grow ,U perfection. Address. inclOsing 1Oc, fur copy of fLoRIDA NKw YORKER containing large
 maps with viewr of Florida Ncenery, J. R. OLL- vER Gen Agent s4 Park Row, New York City. lWl9
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24
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At Colshrook Nov. 15. e son to Mr and Nr4 W. Irving Sparks. ~
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

JoURNALIsN IN TRxAs s-Trxss Journal ls,s. it appears. have peculiar experience ss we'll as their NortberR 5srthreu of the quill and paste pot. The following 6surrs. from a statistical memorandum of the life of an editor Tn the Lone Star State, are interest
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

The woman who neRlec her husband's shlr. front. is not the vie of has bosom.
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

any body know where they aEeT
 Geo. Weed, Great Bend, Pa.. $4 co Mrs. Theo. Sweet. Union Grove, Wis, 2s <. Snedeker. Marketable. Conn.,, F5 R. J. Arnold, Otrego, NY, N d. E. Howe, Huntsville, Conn.,, 8 M, Stevens, Chapinville Conn., SIS
 McClerrin Chapinville, Conn.,, 1 10 Mrs, w. Bisssll Wakeman, Ohio, 8 60 Wm Hunt 10 John St., Worcester, Mass, 6 IS 5. Silvernail, Elkhart. Ind. 20 tIAnd large number of others. whose names will be added ss soon as we have time to look up their accounts.l
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

~ We are informed by postmastere tho fol- lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving TIE NEWS, and az they did not notify us Of their change of post-otiice. and are In arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names, we pub .ish their only address known to us. and If any of
 UT readers know of the whereabouts of any O hem they Will do us favor by informing us-- Is 1t exactly HONEST treatmeDG. to receive Q news
 paper till several dollars due, and then leave
 he postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ce ived, and the subscriber gone nobody knows wheres The following have done this: Does
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24

GW- Births, Marriages and deathR inserted rec. Obituary notices Ave cents line.
Connecticut western news., 1876-11-24
Aeu' Adrertisrllleuts.
Notice.

Whereas my wife Alice has left my bed and board without jnst cause or provocaitOn. this ia to forbid all persOns harboring or trusitnR her on my account, as shall pay no bills of her con- tracting after this dats.
 salisbury. Ct.. Nov. 3ist. 1876. IwsO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06

we can never hope to become indie
pendent of foreign nations, either for
our stock or for our wool. Neither
can our wooden manufacture become a
steady business, but will always be in
jured and discouraged by alternate
prosperity and reverses. Wool can be
grown at profit for thirty cents a
pound, when mutton can be sold at
present prices, and where pastures are
so cheap or costless as in the Far
West, half this price will pay a fair
profit to the shepherd. Instead of
abandoning the pursuit it would be a
profitable thing to do to improve the
flock and make each sheep produce
more wool and mutton, which, if sold
for less price, will bring just as much
money. Wool manufacturing will
then be put upon a steady basis, and
farmers can afford to laugh at tariffs.
-AmeTjcdR AGIicuItuTiSt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
Principles Of Good Farming.

TIE better to retain important facts
in the memory, | am ever fond Of re-
ducing the principles of good farming
to brief maXims and rules, compress
ing into single short sentence the gist
OF many a page. Thus / carry about
me mental pabulum to be digested at
the handle Of the plow OF hoe. The
following are some Of these princi-
pies:
l. The farmer who would succeed
well, and derive pleasure as well as
profit from his calling, must manifest
an active and abiding interest in his
vocation. 1t takes heart-Work to make
hand-Work pleasant.
?. The farmer must study how best
to increase and maintain fertility to his
soils. There is no inertia in agricul-
ture. There must be progress, either
forward OF retrOgrade.
,. The farmer must strive TO in
crease the quality as well as the guam
tity of his crops. It is the quality that
determines the price. In this "EX-
celsior'' should be his unvaryingm0tto.
i. The farmer must seek with a
watchful eye to improve his market
facilities. 1t is transportation that eats
up the profits.
). The art of raising better stock is
not as well known as it should be-
Keep no more animals than you have
the facilities to feed and care for
Well
6. The farmer must seek to improve
his social, intellectual and financial
c0ndition.-Ercbange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
The Limit.

A CoLORED man living on Fort
street east has a sign on his house
reading: ''Meals for eight cents. .
The sign attracted the attention OF a
hungry man of color the other day,
and he stepped in and said he would
have dinner A slice of bread and a
bowl of water were placed on the
table. and he was told to draw up.
"What sort Of a meal is dat? he
demanded, drawing away instead of
drawing up.
.'Dat's an eight-cent meal, my
friend"
L isn't prepared to squar' off in
front Of no such dinner, groWled the
stranger, getting out of doors.
1T isn't no festival. dat's true, ="
replied the proprietor; but when de
price is limited down to eight cents
you must spec de food will be limited
down to about two courses. Oar S
bread, and dar's water, and if you
want to make it ten cents I'll put on
de pepper-box and knife and fork. -
Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
Saving and Having.

EITHER man must be content with
to deny himself some Injuries, and
save, to lay the base of independence
in the future. But if Il man defies the
future, and spends all he earns (Wheth-
Ell his earnings be one OF ten dollars
every day), let him look for lean and
hungry want at some future time-for
it will surely come, no matter what he
thinks. To save is absolutely the only
way to get solid fortune; there is no
other certain mode. Those who shut
their eyes and ears to these plain facts
Will be forever poor, and for their OBJ
stinate rejection Of truth, mayhap will
die in rags and filth. Let them so die,
and thank themselves. But no. They
take sort of recOmpense in cursing
fortune. Great waste Of breath. They
might as we'll curse mountains and
eternal hills. For | can tell them for
tune does not give away real and sub
Stantial goods. She sells them to the
highest bidder, to the hardest and wis
est worker for the boon. Men never
make so fatal mistake as when they
think themselves creatures of fate; ;
It's the sheerest folly in the world.
Every man may make or mar his life,
whichever he may choose. Fortune is
for those who by diligence, honesty
and frugality, place themselves in a
position to grasp hold of fortune when
it appears in view. The best evidence
of frugality is the five hundred dollars
or more standing in your name at the
savings bank. The best evidence of
honesty is both diligence and frugality.
=EGch01lQe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
4 Late Autumn Wedding,

MAKE a note of the 18th of June,
those who were SO happy to be mar
ried, OF began any enterprise OH that
date, for it was said by the stars to be
most conspicuous day. Be that as it
may, it witnessed a somewhat eXcep-
tional and decidedly interesting bridal
ceremony. The principal parties con-
sisted of a widow over fifty, and d
widower of probably year OF two
nearer sixty, who had been lovers in
their youth; had separated, married
each some one else; lost their partners,
and after many Years Of marriage and
WidOWh0Od have come together again,
both seemingly as much i'll love as ev-
er; have renewed their youth in that
love, and been united till death do them
part.
There might be luck in such an eX-
pertinent with some people, but this
promises most auspiciously. The lady
is young looking, still handsome, with
a complexion that many girls might
envy; has an ample income Of her
own, and no children to suffer from
the loss Of their mother, OF the acqui-
sitiOn Of a father. The gentleman is
Well-preserved, Well-tO-dO," and has
two grown SOnS-nO daughterS-WhO
pet their new mamma much more.
probably, than if it were their old one.
No bride of twenty was evermOre shy,
more glad, more sweet, than this bride
of fifty, in whose cheeks the white and
red played 50 alternately Us if she had
not already passed the summer Of her
days and reached the autumn, but still
felt the thrill Of expectancy beating at
her heart, with its pain, its wonder, its
| mystery.
Few lives have two springs or two
summers VOuchSafed to them, and so a
friend ventured to suggest, urging also
the freedom" she had enjoyed, the
independence of actions as likely to af-
ford an agreeable contrast to the new
scene of restraint which marriage
would impose.
but it is 50 dreadfully lonely" re-
marked the then unmarried bride,
FFand | don't want to be free OF indie
pendent. | think our limitations are
more the source Of happiness than we
dream Of At any rate, | shall be glad
to have some one sufficiently interested
in my movements to inquire about my
goings-out and my comings-in, and /
shall accept the slight restriction it
may impose for the sake of the comfort
affection gives. ''-Jel1l1je June, in Bal
| tilnOre Alnericn1l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
The WOOIen Interests.

ONE of those strange and I'M
necessary periodical panics, which so
seriously affect, and for time pros
trate, the Wool-grOWing and wooden
manufacturing interests, seems to be
approaching The first symptoms of
the outbreak are occurring in CalifOr-
MIA, that home of alternate flush times
and panics-of the most sanguine eX-
pectatiOnS, or the most reckless hope
lessness. We read of tiOcks being sold
for one dollar per head, or slaughtered
by the deluded owners for their peltS
and talloW. 1t is to be hoped that this
absurd feeling may not spread. 1t is
the most ruinOuS thing in all our ag-
ricultural affairs, this eager haste to
abandon pursuit at the first fear Of a
falling off III profit; for there is no
question of any loss in the business.
Wool does not bring SO good a price as
formerly, and instead Of taking the
bad seasons with the good, and await
ing the surely coming turn in bust
ness, farmers throw away their fiOckS
and abandon Strengthening. The con-
sequence will be, a scarcity by and by.
and then the pressure will come upon
the manufacturers, who, from the lack
of material for their factories, will be
obliged to pay eXorbitant prices, or
seek foreign markets. The high prices
will then put farmers in a fever again,
and at length the usual revulsiOn
will come once more. So occurs
this childish OF foolish alterna-
ton, which brings disaster, and
prevents proper regard being given to
the Improvement of our fiocks. Had
not few men in Vermont preserved
the blood of our merinos pure, and
kept their tiocks intact when others
slaughtered them for their pelts, where
to-day would have been the American
merinos? Extinct. and all the IaboTs
of those patriotic and thoughtful men
who first introduced the Spanish me-
rinos into America would have been in
vain. Until this senseless and destruc-
tive habit can be cured, and farmers
learn to stick to Il chosen line of bust
ness, through fair weather and foul,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
Effects of Smoke or Negeta-
ton.

IN paper addressed to the French
Academy of Sciences, NJ. c. Husson
calls attention to the disastrous effect
of smoke ON vegetation. For many
years proprietors of vineyards situated
in the vicinity of lime kilnS have been
complaining of the damage done to
them by these announcement neighbors,
and various chemists have confirmed
their statements. M. HuSSon. having
an opportunity of examining the mat
ter himself in vineyard known as the
Saint Esprit, near TOul, where lime
kilns have been built, found that the
wine made there had disagreeable
smoke and smell. This VINEYARD is sit
uated on the slope of a small hill. be-
tween the canal and the railroad. The
kllns occupy lower side. The west
ern winds drive the smoke from the
kllnS to the vineyard. The leaves of
the vines had taste quite similar to
that with which the wine was infected.
and the few remaining grapes had it
all the more ripper they were. On the
opposite side of the railway line there
are other vineyards, which, being shell
tered from the emanations of the lime
kllns, present none of these disagree
able characteristics. Several DAYS later.
the kilns being eXtinguished, a new in
spectlon was proceeded to after.copious
falls OF rains. The bad smell and taste
had disappeared from the leaves. By
way OF experiment an engine was made
to 90 up and down along the vineyard,
its heavy black smoke being driven up
on the leaves by wind; thick deposit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
Farm Implements.

IT is |'penny wise and pound fool
ish'' to buy poor implements because
they can be had at low price. Such
implements cost q great deal Of time
and patience, and no little money to
keep them in working order, and then
will not give satisfaction. There is d
great deal Of pleasure in using machine
OF simple tool of the best make; not
because it is expensive, but because it
does the work in the best manner, and
In the long run is the cheapest.
At ten per cent, the interest on an
implement costing ten dollars is only
one dollar, while it is fifty cents on one
costing five dollars. Very often the
ten-dollar implement will save fifty
cents day over the fve-dollar one, by
its superior work and saving of man
and team power. When a good nipple
ment is procured let it be taken care
of. Before using it, put itin complete
order. If it is q mower, the knives
should be well ground, the wheels,
joints and bearings well oiled, and the
gearing put into perfect trim. Other
wise it will get out of order, something
will break, time and patience will be
lost, and work will be unsatisfactory
The same is true Of all tools or ma
chimes used on the farm OF in the shop.
To-day we saw a pillow standing in
the furroW, and yesterday we saw one
thrown up by the fence where the
blowing ended last spring. Last winter
we saw cultivatOrS and horse rakes
dragged up in a corner of the field
among the bushes. We have seen eX-
pensive horse-pOwers left out in the
weather from one season to another
Implements so used seldom have the
IRON oiled to prevent rust, or the wood
painted to prevent rot. It is the testi-
mOny of all good farmers that time and
money spent in painting is much more
than repaid in increased durability.
Very few farmers can afford to have
such large holes in their pockets as this
carelessness makes. If it is true, as
often declared, that farming does not
pay over five per cent. on the capital
invested, we cannot see how any one
can afford such expensive habits: be-
sides, such style of living exerts a
bad influence on ones family, and in
deed on the neighbOrhood in which he
lives. u. ". Cljnga11, IN ohio Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06

passenger has no proper hold of the
upper ropes, which are too thick and
rough to be grasped by the hand, and
that at the eXtremities they are SO far
apart that it is difficult to have any
hold of both at the same time, while
danger is incurred 10y the bend or hang
OF the jhula, which is much lower in
the middle than at its ends. He has
also to stoop painfully to move along,
and it is seldom safe for him to rest his
feet on the lower rope, except where it
is supported by the transverse ends.
To fall into the raging torrent under
meath would be almost certain destruc-
ton. The high winds which prevail
in the Himalaya during the day makes
the whole structure swing frightfully.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
The Flying Bridges Of the Him.
aIaya.

\. WILSON, in his recently published
account of a journey through the upper
valleys Of the Himalaya, says that
these bridges are constructed OF twigs,
chiefly from birch trees or bushes
twisted together. Two thick ropes Of
these twigs, about the size of man S
thigh or little larger, are stretched
across the river at distance of from
four to six feet from each other, and
a similar rope runs between them,
three or four feet lower, being con-
nected with the upper ropes by more
slender ropes running at an interval Of
about five feet from each other. The
unpleasantness of a jhula is that the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
HCUSEHOLD HINTS.

CHOCOLATE FOR THE SICk.-When
an invalid uses chocolate, it should be
made in the ordinary way and then
suffered to stand until cold. The oily
parts collecting on the surface should
be taken off. Then boil the liquid
again, and add sugar and milk as
usual. Western Rural.
KEEPING MEAT.-One of the GIN
cj?1n0tj GQzette's correspondents says
this is a good way to keep meat after
it is smoked: Take one pint Of mo-
laSses, One-half pound black pepper,
and six eggs; mix together and paste it
on the meat side. The above amount
will answer for eight OF ten hams. We
have practiced this method seven or
eight years and never failed to keep
SPANISH CREAM.-The Christian
Unions recipe is this: One quart of
milk, four eggs, One-half ounce gela-
tine, then add the other pint of milk,
and stir it over the fire, in a farina
kettle. Beat the yells of the eggs with
three tablespoons of sugar, and stir
into milk, just before it boils. When
it comes to boil, take it off, stir into
it the whites Of the eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth, with three tablespoons Of
sugar. Flavor with vanilla; pour into
molds. Use the next day.
Concerning the care Of the feet the
! Scientific Amerjca21 says: Many are
| careless in the keeping Of the feet. II
! they wash them once a week they think
they are doing well. They do not con-
slider that the largest pores are. located
! in the bottom of the foot, and that the
most offensive matter is discharged
through the pores. They wear stock
| ingS from the beginning to the end Of
/ the week without change, which be-
come perfectly saturated with offensive
matter. III health is generated by such
treatment of the feet. The pores are
not only repellants but absOrbents, and
/ fetid matter, to a greater OF less eN-
! tent, is taken back into the system.
The feet should be washed every day
with pure water only, IS we'll as the
armpits, from which an offensive odor
is also emitted, unless daily ablution is
practiced. Stockings should not be
Worn more than day OF two at d
time. They may be worn one day, and
then aired and summed, and worn an
other day if necessary.
PERSONS suffering from dyspepsia,
constipation, congestion Of brain and
other ills which attend on general de-
bility, are accustomed to apply to the
doctors for bitters for the stomach, ca
tharticS for the bowels and iron for the
blood. But it is generally found that
the relief to the stomach and bowels
induced by medicine is temporary, and
when reaction takes place after Stimu-
lation, the vital organs are weaker and
the patient is worse off in every re-
spect than when he commenced the
use Of medicine. / have a remedy to
suggest which, although it may not be
of universal application, has in my
own case and that of many others who
at my suggestion have tried it, brought
relief after all drug remedies had
failed. Apples are a natural stimulant
to the stomach, bowels and kidneys,
and unlike medicine, keep UP when
habitually eaten, a continued healthy
action Of these organs. Apples are
not only stimulative, they are also nu-
tritiEe.-LG2Cs Of life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic.

IN the atmosphere experienced here during ths
summer months the lethargy produced by the hea.
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and fire.
quent preparations reduce bodily energy particu-
arly those suffering from the effects of facilitating
diseases. In order TO keep natural heaithfui activ
ity of the system must resort to artificial
means For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very etfectual. A few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated
body. For dyspepsia it is invaluable. Many emf
nent physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose. The Sea
Weed Tonic in its nature is totally different from
such drugs. 1t contains corrosive minerals or
acids; in fact it assists the regular operations of
nature and supplies her deficiencies. The Tonic in
its nature so much resembles the gastric juice that
it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which, in healthy
condition of the body, causes the food to be di-
gested; and when this juice is not excreted in suf-
fcent quantities, indigestion with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows. The Sea Weed Tonic per-
forms the duty of the gastric Juice when the latter
is deficient. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic sold by
Il DRUGGISTS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06

WILU0FT's roNIc!--A SAFE, SURE AND
SCIENTIFIC CURE.-Thc unprecedented sale
OF this world-rcu0Wncd medicine proves in
c0ntcst8bly that no remedy has superseded
the use OF this reliable Tonic No spleen
has been found so hard rs not to yiel0 - its
softcnng influence, and no liver SO hyper
trophicd as not to give up its iong-retained
bilious sccrctions, and no T. hill or Fever las
vet refused to fail into line. G. r. FiNLAY
y Co, Projectors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06

of SCOT was found on the leaves. but
which impaired no taste to them.
Hence it was proved beyond doubt
that the empyreumatic taste and smell.
resembling that of creosora, was entire
ly owing to the decomposition Of lime
stone in the kilns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-06

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE of grain, so irep7Rbls
aCh other styles Of Threshers, be SAVED by ais
Improved Machine sufficient every job TO more thGs
pdy all expenses of threShing
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MILLET, HUNGARIAN and
like seeds threshed, separated cleaned and saved
as easily and perfectly Wheat, Oats, Rye Barley.
AN EXTRA PRICE is usually paid for grain and
seeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN of 1875 these were sl,bstan-
tally the ONLY MACHINES that could with profit
or economy, doing fast, thorough and perfect work,
qCLeR others utterly failed.
ALL GRAIN, TIME and MONEY wasting complica"
TONS such ENDLESS Aprons 'Raddles" "BeaersP
"Pickers ETC., entirely dispensed aUh; less than
Onehalf the usual Gears Belts Boxes and Journalss
easier managed durable light running cost
ly repairs; dust; no litterings to clean up not
troubled by adverse winds, rain storms.
FARMERS and GRAIN RAISERS who are posted
in the large saving made by it will not empO infe
rior and wastefui machines, but will insist this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 6, s, 10 and IL Hors3
Powers. Also a speciality of SEPARATIONS, designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER.
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, viz: our I'M
proved "Triple Gear" and our "Spur Speed" Wood
bury Style) both Mounted on four wheels.
IF INTERESTED in Threshing Grain Raising,
apply to nearest Dealer write to for Hlusta
ted Circular ent ree giving full particulars of Sizes
Styles, Prices, Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard Dc Co.,