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Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
vOLFERT'S BOOST.

A few miles above Dobb's Ferry, and just north of Irvington station, may be seen, on the low bank of the river, half concealed by the foliage, the white cot tage of "Sunnyside," around which cluster pleasant memories of its late beloved owner. Some of the best of Irving's romances of the Hudson are connected with that charming home of his, such as "Wolfert's Roost" and the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Itwas originally stone building, Irving says, with many gables
 and modelled after Governor Stuyvesant's cooked hat. It was built by Wolfert Acker, self-exiled councilman of Stuy- vesant's court, as an asylum from trouble. He was fretting his life away in the city because nobody agreed with him. He did not find rest there. His wife opposed him as much as did the citizens, and, the chronicler says, 'the cock of the roost was the most hen pecked bird in the county"
 The roost passed into the possession of Jacob Van Tassel valiant Dutchman and whig, whose long goose gun became the terror of Cowboys" and ''Skinners' and marauding craft on the river, and se- cured the dwelling from violence. Alas! Jacob was made prisoner by the British, and he and his goose gun were carried to New York. The Roost was then garri- soned by Jacobs stout wife and stouter sister and still stouter Dinah, negro servant. One day a boatful of armed men came from British ship to attack the rebel nest" as the Roost was called. The garrison flew to arms. They seized mops, pokers, shovels, tongs and broom sticks, and gave terrible volleys of words. There was dreadful uproar, but in vain. The house was plundered and burned, and the invaders tried to carry off Laney Van TasseI the beauty of the Roost. Then came the tug of war. Mother, aunt and Dinah flew to the rescue. The strug- gle continued to the waters edge, when trumpet vcice from the ship bade the men desist. So the beauty escaped "with only a rumpling of the feathers" The Roost was built in more modern style after the war; So Irving found it, with it's ancient walls, and upon these he fashioned the delightful cottage of Sunny side. At the foot of it's grassy bank, on the margin of the river, yet bubbles up in undiminished volume the delicious spring of water which tradition says Femmetie Van Blarcom took up near Rotterdam and brought over in her churn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE VELOCITY OF PRoJEcTILE.-- The Boulanger in- strument which measures the velocity of projectiles may be briefly described as follows: Placed in front of the gun, at an interval apart, are two wire screens, so arranged that the projectile in its flight tears through them one after the other. From two magnets attached to the in strument hang two metal rods, and the instant the first wire screen is torn by the shot a current of electricity is broken and the first of these rods falls As No. l is in the act of falling, however, the second wire screen is broken by the shot, releasing No. ? rod, and this sets in action complete trigger which strikes No. l rod before it has yet completed its fall. If the shot has been slow in travelling from one screen to another then rod Mo- l has naturally enough nearly fallen it's entire length before it receives a stroke from the trigger. The higher the mark is upon rod No.r1, or the more it has fallen, the less rapid has been the passage of the shot. After the mark is made, reference is made to a scale where velocities have been calcu- lated.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

and the large number of testimonials which con- stantly being received from persons who have been cured by it's lnsve proof of its great val u-. It is recommended by physicians and apotheca- ries As BoOdPurifer and health h-Restorer, it has equal
 vEGETINE is not prepared for a fancy drink made from poor liquors, which facilitates the system and tends to destroy health instead of >turing it. ent complaints satisfactory to any reasonable persons In many of these the persons say that their pain Scrofua. where, apparently, the whole body was one mass of corruption. If VEGETINR will relieve pain, cleanse, purify and such diseases restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physi clans, remedies, suffering for years, is not elusive proof if you sufferer, you can be cured Why is this medicine performing such great cures It works in the blood, the circulating fluid. It be truly called the Great Blood Parifer. The great of disease originates in the blood; and medi cine that des not act directly upon it, to ify and renovate has any just claim upon pubic attention. When the blood oeomes lifesss and stsgnant, either from chanee of weather or climate, want of exercse irregular diet from other cause, the VsGETINK will renew the blood, carry of the putrid humors, cleanse the stomsch, regulate the bowels and impar
 tone of vigor to the whole body. The conviction, is in the public mind as we'll as in the medical profes son that the remedies supplied by the Vegetable King
 more safe, more succsseful, m the cure Of dis ease, than mineral medicines. VEGETINE IS composed loots barks and herbs It is pleasant to take and perfectly safe to give infant. Do you need it Do not hesitate to try it. You will never r. gret it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
CaStOria.

Is plea ant and perfect substitute in all cases for Castor Oil. Castoria is the result of old Physicians effort to produce to his practice effective ,th- artic, pie isant to the taste and free from gripping
 Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis Mass, succeeded in combining. without alchoho a purgative agent as pleasant to take honey, and which possesses all the desir sble properties of Castor Oil.
 It is adapted to all ages, but is especially recom- mended to mothers reliable remedy for all dis orders of the stomach and bowels of children. It certain agreeable absolutely harmless and cheap. should be used for wind collie, sour stomach worms, costiveness, croup &c then children have sleep and mothers may rest.
 J. R. Rose Co.,, of 46 Dey Street, New York. are the sole preparers of Castoria after Dr. Pitchers cpe.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
PRIVILEGES OF WOMEN IN LEAP
 YEARS.


 We'll, ladies, here is pretty old authori- ty for the exercise of your leap year "prerogatives':-In book called Court ship, Love and Marriage" published in 1860, there is this clause concerning the privileges of women in leap years:-"Al- belt it is nowe become part of the con- mon law, in regard to the social relations of life,thatias every bisextile year doth re- turn, the ladyes have the sole priviledge during the time it continueth of making love unto the men, which they doe, either by words or lookes, as to them it seemeth prefer; and, moreover, no man will be entitled to the benefit of clergy who doth in anywise treat her proposal with slight or contumely."
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

APPARATUS FOR WASHING SNoKE-The statement is made that an apparatus for washing smoke by, the operation of which it is completely deprived of it's character as nuisance, has for some time been in use at factory in Menilmontant, Paris. In this arrangement a fine shower of water travelling in the same direction with the smoke. and at five times it's ve- locity, is projected into the chimney where it mixes with the smoke, taking up the soluble gases and precipi- tating the impurities carried up with the smoke by the draught. The. foul water is discharged into cisten, where it is collected, and fine black paint is obtained. from it. The eOntriyance is worthy of general introduction.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
WINE DRINKING IN FRANCE.

Mir. Hamerton, in "Notes of Rural Life in France" comments as follows on wine drinking:-
 The wine drunk during meals is always some cheap ein ordiRaiFs. An English. man wonders at first how rich people can be induced to drink such poor wine at all; but, after some experi- ence, he discovers that rin ordina;re is one of those common things which are better in their place than more expensive things. just as bread is better for con- stant use than plumcake. There are, however, very different qualities of rin o'dinGire, and the skill of the master
 of the house is never put to more se- rious test than in the choice of this om- mon wine, the merit of which is not to bear distant resemblance to bon cin but to keep the appetite alive (bon cin cloys it) and to bear mixture with water. A good pin OrtIinaire is not preferred to higher class of wine simply from econo- my. If the two were at the same price, the judicious Frenchman would choose an ordinaire for use until hunger was satisfied. A bottle of better wine is all ways produced at or before dessert if there is guest, but this is generally omitted when the family is alone, unless there is some excu SC for the indulgence; such as birthday, .fete day or the re- turn of member of the family from a distance. In summer white wine is often served as dejeUner and drunk with seltzer water, with which it makes very re-, freshing beverage, perhaps only too stimulating to the appetite. Coffee is hardly ever omitted after dejeuner, even in the most economical families-it is generally excellent, but not invariably. In houses where care is taken about cof- fee, it is roasted in vary small quantities at time and very moderately. The burnt, black coffee of the cafss is only fit for peasants at fair; the true connois- seur despises it and takes the greatest precautions to secure the unspoiled aroma. It is very probable that there may be some natural connection between the wine and the coffee, the wine seems to call for the coffee and perhaps physi- ologists may know the reason. The wine drunk varies from half bottle to bot tie at each meal for each man; ladies drink less, and seldom go beyond the half bottle. In hotels bottle is the regular allowance. Men often drink their wine pure, but ladies never do, except little at the end of the repast The quantity of wine drunk in France. sometimes appears excessive to modern Englishmen, though it would not have astonished the contemporaries of Sheri- dan and Pitt, while Americans rather suspect you of endency to intemper- snce if you drink anything but iced wa ter during meals. I have never perceived that Frenchman was less sober after his bottle of uin ordinaire, nor is there any reason to believe that it injures his health or shortens his exist ence; but if he drinks much wine, at meals he ought to abstain vigorously from drinking between meals, and the wisest Frenchmen are often very severe with themselves on this point. I know sev- eral whom nothing would induce to in- fringe their rule and who never enter 8 cafe.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

EXPLOSIVE POWER OF WATER.-Philoso- phers assure us that when they are en- abled to explode pure water without converting it into steam-as is believed to occur when an unusual volcanic erup- tiOn happens-a destructive instrumen- tality will have been made manifest which will utterly dwarf all our previous experience of explosives. Professor Piaz- zi Smyth said that he had momentarily caught this terrific power on one ocea- sion. when, having pushed Q single drop of water into large ladleful of melted lead, the whole of the metal was instantly dispersed in the air. Probably also, the recorded destruction of . certain copper foundry, through workman spit ting into cauldron of molten copper wes due to the same awful potentiality.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

WATER-PRooF ENAMEL.-A Geman pro- cess for obtaining waterproof enamel for card photographs-being . substi- trte for the collodion transfer process, and said to be much easier of applica- tion-is to first apply with brush, to the surface of the card, a solution of gum arabic, of sufficient strength tO give considerable gloss when dry. As soon as dry, coating of plain collodion is app piled, as in coating plate, and, if the collodion is not tough, two or three coat ings may be applied to advantage. On passing the card through roller, it re- ceives fine glossy finish. Care is nec- essary not to have the gum solution too thick. as the surface would then crack when dry, though there is brt little danger if the collodion is applied soon af- ter the gum becomes dry. Gelatin, in- stead of gum arabic, will produce sub stantially the same result, though it gives hardly as much gloss.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

A NEW R1FLE.-The ingenious rife recently invented by M. Peri of the French army, will, it is claimed, eventu- supersede all other weapons of it's class in present use. The peculiar novelty of this new rife is said to consist in the pe- culiar position of the trigger on the top of the stock, instead of underneath it. The trigger is attached to the cylinder which closes the breech, and forms the rear end of the spring, which retains the striker at full cock, and is protected against any injury by the two wings of the breech shoe. The situation of the trigger on the top of the stock has sim plifed the mechanism for closing the breech and firing, which consists of six pieces held together with screw. This rife has also been satisfactorily tested in other countries.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
! AwomAn's vsa1. q 5 ,
Iswss full many . season since.
 when wal summeking at Cape Eas

Nwes full many season since.
 when was summesang at Cape Eass g They had f60lish fAshion then
 Mayhsp they have the same today $ Tnak every lady in the dance. tssf3 t HplaasSa any. alsoald aos 1z.l gsfs Unto the partner she preferred, @ r Togiyelher yaili as And there was one mind me of.
 Whose name-well, never mind her nsuss Helen or Alice, Blanche or Jane,
 To you who read will be the same: But that old fashion of the veils. ss Haply recalls the past and stfrs Memories that cluster round the nighe
 She gave me hers. She flushed poor child, in giving it.
 And I, too. felt my brow grow warm, As laughingly. with fingers deft.
 She knotted it about my arm; And though the color on her cheek
 Was like the light in morning skiel, Thought I saw holier dawn
 Within her eyes. ~~Ao oeA<So "oS VFcIs anu We btfO1leO
 Out from the ball rooms glittaring press, To meet the breeze that. many-armed, Clasped each one in its cool caress; And sauntering on. we reached the sea, The far waltz music's cadence sweet Mixed with the sound of waves that died About our feet.
 We talked. of what, I now forget.
 But carelessly or seeming so; Next day was to leave, but then In town we'd meet again you know: Ah well-a-day the gods dispose.
 And ruined hopes are worse than vain; She laughed good-by-I never saw Her face again.
 Time changes us not for the best,
 Though grief sometimes defeats his art And keeps little patch spring green In the white winter ofthe heart And mine. though colder grown with ysars. Feels that it is not frozen quite As memory goes wandering back s. To that June night. And sometimes on the summer eycs. Within my chamber all alone. watch the moon rise OCT the roofs And think hear the ocean tone; And through the smoke of my cigar See loves and joys have not met, That, as they vanish in the haze. Leave my cheeks wet. . Lfe's . sad puzzle. and our hearts Grow faint in searching for the clue;, She went before at twenty-five And live on at hfty-two. And wait the end, for we'll know That shall meet her. withou: fail, On some spring morning, and till then keep the veil.
 --NeW Orleans EHigetin.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.

CHARLEsrowN, March 19, 1869. H. R. STEVENS DEAR SIR-This is to certify that have used your "Blood Preparation in family for several years. aud think that for Scrofula or Cancer us Humors, or Rheumatic Affections, cannot be excelled; and, as a blood purifier and spring medicine, it is the best thing have used; and have used almost every thing. cheer fully recommend 1t to any one in need of such medicine.
 Yours respectfully,
 Mrs 4. A. DiNSMORE.
 l9 Russell street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

IT is proposed to "crinoline" the British ironclads with 8 network of iron wire. supported by sbooms at distance of twenty-two feet, and reaching to :below the keel. to guard against the attacks Of the @fsh-torpedo.'
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
WHAT IS NEEDED.
Bos1os, Feb. 1s, 1871

B0sION, Feb. 13, 1871. HENRY R. STEVENS. ESQ.:-
 DEAR SIR-About one tear since found myself in feeble condition from general deiibity. VEeETINE was strongly recommended to my by friend who had been much benefited by it's procured the -art deut that there is medicine superior to 1t for those complaints for which it is especially prepared: and would cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they need something to restore them to perfect health Respectfully yours, U. L. PErTENGTLL, Firm of $. M Pettengin Co.,,
 No. 19 State st., Boston,
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

Dr. Edward Smith, author of an excel lent work on Foods" thinks that con- densed milk is not a suitable food as a substance for pure milk for infants. It is more fattening but less nourishin,a ,af and greatly reduces the childs power go resisting diseases.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

A subscription paper was lately circula- ted with the following object in view: eve subscribe and pay the amount set against our names for the purpose of pay ing the organist and boy to blow the same,"
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

RECENT experiments have demonstrat- ed, says the Popular Science Monthly, that when an animal with tuberculated lungs Consumption is yoked to healthy animal and the two are housed and fed together, the latter before long exhibits symptoms of tuberculosis. Krebs asserts that tubercle virus is present in the milk of cows, even when slightly affected, and he has produced tubercle in animals by giving them milk from those which were diseased; he ac- cidentally induced the disease in 8 dog by feeding it with the milk of tuber- culous COW.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

A simple and effectual remedy for ivy poisoning is said to be sweet spirits of nitre. Bathe the affected parts freely two or three times durino the day, and the next morning scarcely any trace of the poison will remain.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18

Tweed IS said to be secreted in the cap- ital of Canada West.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
Centaur IINIMEN'ES.
White, for the Human Family. Yellow, for Horses and Animals.

Thee Liniments simply the wonder of the world Tn ir effects little less than marvellous, 1 yet tn re are rome things which they will not do. | They vii not cure cancer or mend broken bones, but they Mill always allay pain. They have straight ened fingers, cured chronic rheumatism Of many standing taken the pain from terrible burns and scalds, which has been done by any other article.
 The White Iiniment is for the human family. will Rheumatism, scatica and Neuralgia from the system; Lumba2o, Chiliblains Palsy. Itch, and most Cutansous Eruptions; extracts frost from frozen hands and feet, and the poiscn of bites and stings of reptiles; it subdues swe hrgs, and alleviaes pain of every kind.
 For sprains bruises it is the most potent remedy ever discovered. The Centaur Eminent is used with great efficacy for Sore Throat, Toothache, Caked Breasts, Earache, and Weak Back. The following is | but sample of numerous testimouials: "INDIANA HOME. JEFF. Co.,, IND.. May 2s 1873. Fl think it my duty to inf nm you that have suf fered much with swollen feet and chords. have not been free from those swellings eight years. Now am perfectly well, thanhs to the Centaur Lniment. BENJAMIN. BROWN" The proof is in the trial. It reliable it s handy. | it is cheap, and every family should have if. To the sick and bedrldden, tho halt and lame, to the wounded and we say, "Come and be healed" To the poor nd diestresaed who have spe.,t their money for worthless medicines, bottle of Centaur Eminent will be given without charge.
 The Yellow Centaur Liniment is adapted to the touch muscles cords and flesh of horses and animals. It has performed more wonder. ful cures of Spavin, strain, 'ind gals. Scratches, Sweeny, and general ameness, than all other remedies in existence Read what the great Expressmen say of it:
 "NEw YORK. January, 1874. "Every owner of horses should give the CENTAUR LIEIMENT trial. consider II the best article used in our stables.
 HI. MARSH, supt. Adams Ex. Stables, NV.
 "E. PULTZ, Supt. U. S. Ex. Stables, N. Y.
 "ALBET s. OLIN, salt. Nat. Lx, Stables, N. Y.
 "MoNTGoMERY, ALA, Aug. r, 1874. e. 'NTLEMEN,-I have used over one gross of Gen. tour Liniment, yellow wrapper, on the mules of my pcanation, besides dozens of the family Lniment for my negroes. 1 want to purchase it at the wholesale price. and will thank you to ship by Savannah steamer one gross of each kind. Messrs A. T. Stew art Co. will pay your bill on presentation.
 Respectfully. JAMES DARRow." The best patrons of this Lniment are Farriers rnd Veterinary Surgeons. It heals Calls, Wounds and Pollevl Swellings, and is worth millions of dollars to Farmers, Lverymen. stockgrowers. Sheep raisers. and those havin horses or cattle.
 What Fsrrier cannot do for $2O the Centaur Lini- ment will do at trifng cost.
 The Liniments are warranted by the proprietors' and bottle will be given any Farrier Physician who desires to test them. Sold everywhere.
 Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,,
 46 DRY ST NEW YORK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND APPETITE.

My daughter has received great benefit from the of the vRGRTTNE. Her declining health was a source of great anxiety to all of her friends few bottles of the VEGETINE restored her health strength and ap- petite N. il. TILDEN,
 Insurance and Real Estate Agent No. 49 Sears Building, Boston. Mass.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
GAINED FIFTEEN POUNDS OF FLESH.

SOUTH BERWICK, ME-, Jan. IT, 1872. H. R. STvENS, tsY:-
 DEAR SR-I have had Dyepersia in it's wor.t form for the last ten years and have taken hundreds of dol lars worth of me 'icine without obtaining any relief In September last commenced taking the VRGETINR since which time my health has steadily improved. My food digess well and have gained fifteen pounds of flesh. Tuere several others in this place taking VEGETINR; and all have obtained relief
 Yours truly, Inn
 THOMAS E. MOORE, overseer of Card Room, Portsmouth Co.'s Mills. Eegetine is Sold by all Druggists
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
FOR SA-IE!

A DWELLING HOUSE and BARN, with sbout two E4 acres of land Also eight ten building lots ad. joining the Pleasantly located in this village. Soil dry, and fronting on tive streets. Inquire of A.stx9stt ]. l.. JUDD E. c. CHAMPLIN.
 Lite Med, Janasyy 18th, 1876 4l6
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-18
THEGREAT REPUTATION
Great and Good Medicine.

Which VEGETINE has attained in all parts of the coun try asa
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-01

A WITNESS for the prosecution in a
murder case was thus questioned By His
Honor:
You say yo1 saw the man shot AZ
and killed -
Yes. sir
You said. think, tina, the charge
struck the deceased. on his body. be-
tween the diaphragm aud the duods-
mum ?"
Witness No cir di,in', say any
sich thing. said he was shot bet ween
the hog pen and the wood house.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-01

THE Knoxville Wig figures il up
that tho clergy cost the United States
el2,0OO.O 900 annually the criminals,
90, 600 900; tho lawyers, 10000. 900,
and rum. t2OG, 900 600