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Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

Very neat and elegant are the paper col lars that you can now buy with Q picture of George Washington on each corner Martha is supposed to be on behind sewing on the buttons.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13
A Card.

To the ladies of Lakeville and vicinity:
 The Misses s. A. and M. E. Chambers wish to say to the public that they have opened
 MILLINERY STORE adjoining the Miller Hotel. Lakevile. We offer at low prices good assortment of LADIES' HATS. trimmed and untrimmed, Ribbons. Feathers, Laces, and all kinds of Millinery Goods, all or whic h are new goods of the latest styles, and at
 The Lowest Possible Prices. Please call and examine our goods before pur- chasing elsewhere. 3m14
 Lakeville, Conn.,, Oct 9th, 1876.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

kW- Births, Marriages and deaths inserted free. Obituary notices five cents line.
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Hartford, AA khn
Connecticut Rifle Association.

Connecticut Rifle Association.
 Around the top of the cup are festoons of wreaths surrounding spaces for the names of winners. The base is richly or pamented, and the arms on the sides are decorated, and the wreaths are also of the same elegant style of workmanship. The trophy Is enclosed in an elegant case of black-wainut and French-walnut, the in terior being lined with blue puffed satin. On the sides are silver ring handles and on the top an engraved plate.
 The trophy will be open to competition to teams of four from different towns in the state. The members of teams, how ever, must be members also of the Connect icut Rife association.
 The manner of competition is not yet decided upon. but it will probably be fol scores of fifteen shots at 800, 700 and BOG yards, or possibly 500, 800 and 1000 yards
 TOAD STooLs Vs. MusHReoMs.-L Las week Monday Miss Emma Baker, step daughter of Ira Skinner. Orange. N. J.. and Miss Martha Poole, daughter of Mir James Poole, of the Newark Savings Insti tuition, went to Connecticut Farms to Visl daughter of Ambrose Crane. During tn afternoon boy ten years old employed ol the farm collected a quantity of what h supposed to be mushrooms, but whicl proved to be toadstools. and he and tn young ladies ate some of them. Mis Poole did not like the taste, but the bo maintained that they were ''all right" she would only put little vinegar on them She refused to eat them, however, hayin taking but Q portion of the first one. A an early hour cn Tuesday morning all wh had eaten of the putative mushrooms b. came sick, aud their symptoms grown rapidly worse medical aid was summone and remedies administered, but without e feet. On Thursday afternoon at o'cloe Miss Baker died; Miss Crane was rapid sinking and the doctors say there IS no hol of her recovery. The boy is also in d. ing condition. Miss Poole was removed her residence in Newark yesterday. and is thought she will recover, as the quanti of poison taken by her was small.-N
 World.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

It consoles the New Orleans REPUBL1' CAN thet Charlie Ross will Soon be bla
 enough to find himself.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

My bark Is on the sea-" as the cur said when the captain threw him overheard,
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

w- We are informed by postmasters the fol- lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS. and as they did not notify us of their change of post-off1ce. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names we pub fish their only address known to us and if any of our readers know of the whereab bouts of any of Is it exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars are due, and then leave the postmaster to inform the paper is not re- ce ived, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows where? The following have done this: Does
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13
Assessors Notice.

A IL persons liable to pay taxes in the Town A ofSalsburY are hereby notified to bring in perfected list of the taxable property belonging to them on the 1st day of October 1S76
 Persons not perfecting their lists according to law will have lists made for them with 10 per cent addition the law requires.
 Blank lists can be had at the various post of- fees in town. at the town clerks office and of the assessors Perfected lists be left at the post offices in town, at town clerks office or with the assessors. SII.AS B. MOORE,
 aw14 HENRY WOODWORTH,
 VIM. A. CROWElL, Salisbury, Get. 6, '76. Assessors.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

4.7sO,sss 1.45s, 1856 69Os.2l5 &, 26s.s4 The following table shows the total at tendance, largest single days attendance, and the total receipts of all previous exhi- bitions. together with our own as far as it has gone, the highest number present at Vienna on any given day being estimated: |: ... Total At- Largest in Total
 Place. Days. tendance. One Day. Receipts: London 'bi i44 6t39 1e5 1o9. .9l5 g 2,118 ,960. % Parie. 'bb 200 6,l62,38O 123.017 40,990. % London, '62 in 6.s1i .1os 67,s91 2I043, 55o. co Paris, CT 9l7 s,so5s69 163.923 1.1os, ,610. % % Vienna. 'T3 1s6 6,74O 800 100000 1,072, ,sS0. % fhila., '7s 124 6,aC7.sls s74,9l9 2,21e, s.24
 The commission have appointed com mittee to write history of the great exhi- bition.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

A prudent man. says somebody, I like pm; his head prevents hll from going too tar.'
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

District Court. The October term of the District Court commenced its session in Winsted on Monday of this week. Court will probably be in session for ten days. The first case tried Monday was Peters vs. Stewart, Cornwall case, ,and one that prop erly belongs to Falls Village, but which was tried by agreement of parties at Wlnsted.
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13


 display of glass is wonderful, beyond im- agination to conceive or pen to describe.
 Queen Anne's bed room is an object of much interest. also the wonderful bed stead made by Pottier & Stymns of New York, which received the medal above all nations. It is made of amaranth and black, walnut, the wood brought from Africa. It is val ued at $l2,o0O. Would one be likely to dream of hard times while sleeping on a couch like this2 Many and beautiful are the styles of artistic furniture on exhibi ton. France excels in the beauty of he1 | porcelain and china. An old tea set is shown which was used to entertain La Fayette during his visit to New Yolk II 177S. Washington's false teeth are expos ed to public gaze, and we think our presi dents nowadays would hardly like to weal such looking grinders. Washington's ole carnage attracts many visitors, also hi' clothing. We almost expected to see the much respected father step forth himself from the depths of this ancient vehicle.
 A cake of silver worth $72, ,Oo0 is shown, all of which was gathered from mine dur ing this year. The diamonds, the grea opal of Austria, the Swiss watches, the Bel gian faces, the curiosities of India and thu East Indies are sure to attract the crowds The great organ sends forth its grand melodies twice each day, and from the or gan loft one can command view of thu whole Main building, taking in an idea O it's yastness better than from any other DO sitioE. In the Art Gallery one who love pictures can get their fill of delight, bu don't attempt to see them all in one day better far look we'll at a part. The statue of marble are exquisite. It seems impossi
 ble to believe such work can be wrought il
Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

Accident At East Canaan. Mir. Salmon Barlow was slightly scalded by the top of this still blowing off on Saturday last. No serious injury was sustained, as MT. B. will soon be able to resume business,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Broad Wheel Tires.


Bad roads are common in this country.
In many places the thoroughfares are so
cut up with wheels that they have become
perfect quagmires, and farmers and others
have been compelled to travel on horse
back u on foot, it being impossible for
horses to drag even an empty wagon
through the deep ruts. Much of this diff
ficulty would be obviated by the use Of
broad instead Of narrow wheels. Broad
tires, it is argued, sometimes sink into the
mud and are heavier to drag out than
narrow ones; but on the contrary, the use
Of broad tires for all heavy wagons would
benefit the roads instead of injuring them.
1t was found that the macadamized streets
of Paris were in danger of being entirely
ruined by the use of narrow tires, and it
became necessary to drive them out of use
by taxing them heavily and reducing the
tax on broad tires to almost nothing. The
same method is frequently observed by
turnpike companies, who find it to their
interest to encourage the use of broad tires
exclusively, experienced road men state
that most country roads are actually i'm
proved, even when the ground is soft by
the use of broad tires, while under similar
circumstances the constant use of narrow
tires cut deep ruts, and soon renders almost
or quite impossible. Many wretched roads
in this country would now be in good con-
dition if only broad tires were in use, and
until some improved system of road max
ing comes into fashion, farmers and team
sters would do well to use broad tires, and
to discourage the use of narrow ones on
every possible occasion except for very
light vehicles.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Wood Ashes as a Potash Fertilizer.

From very elaborate and thorough in.
vestigation of the composition of wood
ashes from household FIRE, by Prof. Storer,
it appears that these contain, unleached
and dry, about 81 per cent of potash, some.
what more than the lowest grades Of Ger.
man potash salts. Either leached or un-
leached, the dry ashes contain about two
per cent of phosphoric acid, of which none
occurs in the German salts. In Storer
field experiments, wood ashes (unleached)
applied in large quantities brought larger
yields of barley beans and rutabagas than
farm-yard manure, city stable manure, or
any single potash salt, as sulphate, car
Donate, or even nitrate. In commenting
upon these results, Storer says Wood
ashes are more serviceable than any single
potash salt, not only because they contain
some phosphoric acid, lime, magnesia, and
the less valuable clements Of plant food.
but because, considering them merely as q
potassic manure, they contain a mixture
OF potash salts. II may be regarded as
well nigh certain that given amount Of
potash applied in the form Of appropriate
mixtures Of sulphate, carbonate, silicate,
and chloride Of potassium, viii, generally
speaking, do more than when applied in
the form ofeither one Of these compounds.
But in wood ashes we find mixture Of
these salts ready at hand; not the best
mixture, perhaps, but one already formed
and in this country at least very easily
obtained.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Turkey Breeding.

A flock of well grown turkeys make
such an agreeable addition to the receipts
Of the farm, and they are often raised with
SO little trouble, that wonder at the
seeming indifference Of 50 many farmers
with reference to them. The rules for
breeding are simple and easily understood,
and failures are due to two prominent
causes--one, the weather, which, in some
seasons, puts at fault the utmost possible
care; the other negligence.
A hot and dry season is well nigh an
essential for success with turkeys. This
is so important that it is Of little use to
be in haste to get turkeys Matched early,
as We may do with chickens; though old
birds are tough enough, young ones are
exceedingly tender. If brought out by
the first Of June, it will, in most cases,
be early enough. Even if they live thro'
such chilly and damp weather as is COM
mon in May, they will not grow much
until hot weather and bugs come to their
relief; but, let them hatch out in June, in
weather which drives the breeder to the
shade, and little turkeys Just enjoy it; they
will stretch themselves in the sun and
clay off, with every token of delight.
Damp, chilly weather is their ruin; rain
abomination; morning dew poison sure
to blight the hopes Of inexperienced OF
careless breeders. Turkeys must be al.
lowed to range very freely to insure sue
cess, but not while the grass is wet--that
is, during the first two months or so Of
their lives, After that, one need not be
quite so particular
Early turkeys not being advisable, the
first litter Of eggs from hen may be re.
served for common hen in May, and the
turkey hen be invited to lay second lit.
ter, which she will do if broken up.
think the earliest turkeys do better in any
case with common hen, as she roams less
and the chicks become more tractable,
and the females from among them make
more manageable mothers for next year.
--RaraI World
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
The British Patent Office.


The Commissioners of Patents of Queen
Victoria have just made public their an.
nual report, which will be in the hands of
Parliament in few days. 1t is a docu.
ment differing widely from the similar
publication issued, not long ago, by the
United States Patent Office but is, not,
withstanding, full of interesting informa.
ton. Messrs. Louis Bagger & Co., Patent
Attorneys, Washington, d. c., have com.
piled some tables from this report, of
which the following is an extract
The total number of Patents granted in
Great Britain Exclusive Of the colonies J
last year was 1861, or very few more than,
during the same period of time, were
granted in the United States to residents
in the State of New York alone. The
revenue of the office was 9110 $50 sterling,
or more than six times that of the United
States Patent Office. OF the number of
applications filed, l, 173 were forfeited and
became public property, owing to the non
payment of the required fees. Within
the past eighteen months, the London
Patent Office has had added to it the
Office for registering trademarks; this
latter office being new creation entirely,
while the former Office was merely trans
ferred from the London Board Of Trade.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Pigeons for Farmers.

Farmers are apt to regard pigeons as
very destructive to have around the farm
and say they dig up the grain and eat it,
thus running the crops. This is preju.
dice entirely without foundation. Pig
cons bills are not suited to digging; neither
would they have sense enough as they are
prominently "dumb." They will, Of
course, eat the grains which lie upon the
ground, but these, of course, would waste
or be picked up by birds in any case. The
farmer has splendid chances to breed pig
cons. He can fix up corner of his barn
loft with little trouble, and letting the
birds fly they will pick up their own feed
in summer time. They require compare
lively no care-the loft need be cleaned
only twice year. A frequent cause or
lack Of success is that farmers instead Of
fixing up small loft with nests inside,
nail boxes to the side of the barn, and
here the sqaubs, being exposed to the iu-
clemency Of the weather, necessarily per-
ish. In winter the pigeons will feed with
the poultry. They will breed on an aver
age eight or nine pairs of young a year,
which will find ready market when four
weeks old for fifty cents per pair; in win
ter seyenty-five cents. If the stock con-
sists Of Dutchies or common runts, which
will cost $3.50 per pair to start with,
squads twice the size Of common ones can
be raised and will of course command much
higher price. Breeding birds of the COM
mon variety cost only fifty cents per pair,
and will pay for themselves within two
months Country Gentleman.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
OH &armer,
Drops for Poor Lands.

1t often happened that farmer has
portions Of land on his farm so poor that
they hardly pay for cultivating. Often
the soil is chiefly sand or gravel, though
it may be clay. Not unfrequently the ex-
posture is favorable to ripening fruit.
These portions Of land are hardly more
valuable for grass chan for cultivated
crops. It is true they might be made
productive by the application of sufficient
manure; but sufficient manure would cost
enough to purchase an equal number of
acres of fertile land.
The best way to utilize these portions of
poor land is to put in them some crop
where the individual plants grow at some
distance from each other. By doing this
the ground may be highly MANFRED and
deeply pulverized at the places where the
plants are to stand, while no manure and
but little labor need be expended on the
remainder Of the ground. By this course
a little manure may be made to ego great
ways" and the comparatively barren piece
Of land may be made as productive of
crops as any portion of the farm, even the
most fertile. This will be in consequence
Of the manure being placed where it will
do the most good
1t is the nature of quite number of
plants to 'sspread themselves although
their roots extend but short distance in
any direction. Pumpkins, squashes and
citrons send their vines long distances
over the surface of the ground, although
their roots are confined to very limited
area. These plants require a large space
in order that the fruit may thoroughly
ripen. There is actually an advantage in
having the soil over which the vines ex-
tend poor, as the labor in keeping down
the weeds is very small. The poor soil
will be improved by the shade and by the
plants that go to decay upon it.
Lands of this kind may also be advan-
tageously planted with those varieties of
grapes that have extensive branches, such
as the Delaware (2) and Fox. By having
wide and strong supports these vines do
their best to produce the best fruit when
they stand at nearerthan twelve or sixteen
feet apart Large holes may be dug at
the places where the vines are to be plant
ed, and full load of manure be placed in
each. If the earth be mixed with this,
there will be a supply of plant food sufici-
ent to last the vines for years.
Tomatoes furnished another excellent
crop for land of the kind mentioned.
They do best when they stand FIVE or six
feet apart. For convenience in working
the soil and gathering the fruit, consid-
cradle space is required between the
plants. This space may as well be on
poor ground as good. Indeed, poor
ground is preferred, for the reason that It
viii produce few weeds. BY having the
roots of the plants confined in a somewhat
limited space of rich earth, vigorous
growth is insured early in the spring. As
the roots are checked in the extension
later in the season an increased fruitful
ness is the result.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Scotch Farmers Ruined by Mice.

The Scotch farmers. with all their
shrewdness, are apparently utterly beaten
by the ridiculous mus. So far. az least
they have been unable to devise any
means of Kidding themselves of the armies
Of these insignificant creatures which have
quartered themselves on the border farms
About three months AGO the attention Of
the public In general. and the local aor;
cultural clubs IN particular. was called 10
the depredations caused bv these t;nv
quadrupeds, which, il was suddenly ais.
covered, had increased to such an alarm.
ing extent as to have actually DESTROYED
large expanse Of pasturape and 10 threaten
to overrun the country. The land i re-
presented as resembling the ground in the
neighborhood Of targets for rife practice.
being iiterarally riddIed with holes. Tho
whole Of the vegetation is DESTROYED IN
certain localities in Teviotdale. not merely
the blades Of grass being eaten by the
mice, but the roots being consumed as well.
The consequence has been that the sheen
have been robbed of their natural food.
and the recent lambing season has been
one Of the most disastrous ever known.
both ewes and lambs being deprived of
sustenance and perishing in numbers.
The plague is almost identical with that
which has so seriously interfered with the
progress of sheep farming 10 New Zealand,
only there it is the rabbits that have
caused the mischief; and unless it can be
stamped out it threatens the ruin Of manv
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02

DR.. Leonard Bacon, of New Haven,
Conn, at late meeting of the Centre
Church, in that city, related the history of
silver basin which is used in the bap-
tismal service of the church. The basin
was presented to the church in the year
l735 by jeremiah Atwater, who was at
that time New Haven merchant, buying
his supplies in Boston, and receiving them
from that place by vessel. Among the
goods received were several nail casks, one
Of which, under layer Of nails at each
end, was found to be filed with silver
dollars. Mr.. Atwater, who was con.
scientious man, Immediately wrote to the
Boston merchant that there must be some
mistake in the invoice of nails, as some Of
the casks contained other articles besides
nails. It was promptly answered that the
supposed nails were bought for nails, sold
for nails, and nails they must be. Mr.
Atwater then melted the silver, and had
made from it the silver basin, which he
presented to the Centre Church.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02

The ways of the buffalo as described by
travellers in the far West are as strange as
those of the Heather Chinee. If herd
of these animals gets on the north side of
track, it will stand stupidity gazing, though
the locomotive passes within hundred
yards of it. But if two miles from the
track on the south side, the whole herd is
thrown into the widest commontion. Re-
CARELESS Of consequence it will make for
the track, and if the train is in its way,
each individual buffalo will go at it with
the desperation of despair, plunging against
or between the locomotive and the car
There was notable instance of this in the
severe winter of 1S71-72, when the ponds
and small rivers were frozen solid, and the
buffalo was forced to the larger rivers for
water. The conductors of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, after hav-
ing trains ditched twice in one week,
learned to have very decided respect for
the idiosyncrasies of the buffalo, and when
there was possibility of striking a herd
on the rampage for the north side of the
track, stopped the train until it passed.
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.pablit afairs.
The Russian Army and Navy.

The warlike attitude reeantly assumed
by Russia is directing attention to the
military and naval strength Of that EN-
pire. The regular troops in the Russian
army number 100, 900, and If to these are
added the reserves, numbering 100000,
the 377 900 Of troops in garrisons and
depots, the Cossaeks and various local
forces, the total army strength reaches the
aggregate of l ,463, 600 Out of this it is
thought by competent observers that some.
what more than three-ffths are actually
available for field service-752 900 in
fantry and l72, 900 cavalry. The Russian
army also has 2,76S guns, of which 400
are mitrailleuses. Russia, like other Eu-
ropean countries, has, by law, universal
liability to military service, and theoreti-
cally this ought to give her between two
and three millions of soldiers, but practi-
cally, the most strenuous efforts cannot it
seems, procure her greater force than
that mentioned above. The Russian army
in its recent peace footing had 10000
officers and, as We have stated, 730, 900
men. On war footing this is increased
to 10000 officers aud 100000 men.
The Government has for years past been
carrying out reforms calculated to improve
the morale of the troops, but the army is
at best in a transition state, and these re-
forms cannot be completed for several
years. The mobilization of the army will
occupy at least two months, The Rus
sian navy contains nearly 300 vessels,
mounting 1900 guns, of which 30 are
iron-clads, with 1S4 guns, The manning
of the navy requires about $4,000 men,
The Peter the Great and the Admiral
Popoff are the most powerful war vessels
in the Russian feet. The former is a
double-turret ship, and the latter a circu-
lar battery of novel construction.