Connecticut western news., 1876-10-13

The creditors of H. A. Pierce, Springfield bankrupt, get one cont on dollar. s1a 'a .ss. .s
 A quack doctor advertises to this ef- feet: Cough when you can, for after you have taken one bottle of my medi- cine you can't. .s, "s. ... s.e"..
 The old mans toast: "It's hard work to keep your sons in check while they're young it's harder to keep them in checks when they grow older.
 The Chesapeake (Md.) Chesapike is new paper. Here IS the editors salutatory: What I have to say to this community will be said gradually"
 The German empire has now nine military schools, five schools of subal- terms, and nine of cadets. Four addi- tional schools for subalterns are soon to be opened. .. ..f,r....,.-..-'
 "I wish you would pay little atten- tion to what am saying, sir, !" roared lawyer at an exasperating witness. am paying as little as can," was the calm reply. ... .-....s -.......
 Every year Georgiafarmer cultivates distinct piece of cotton, which he calls his "preacher patch,"s because the avails of the crop go to the support of his minister. ---
 The Burlington Has0keye says: The first step toward making a man of your son is to train him to earn what be spends; then the best way to teach him to be frugal is to take away his money as fast as he earns it and spend it wisely for yourself. There is nothing like teaching the young by example. .t
 The miners of South Yorkshire were dissatisfied with their wages, and at tempted to become collery owners them selves. An association bought colliery, the profits of which were to be shared among them. The capital raised was about $400, 1000. The enterprise has proved unsuccessful, and the money is lost. .. .-..f. ...-,. .,.s.....-
 The ire of St. Louis paper toward the editor of 8 Chicago journal is let loose in this way: He stands up and lies, sits down and lies, eats lies, drinks lies and dreams lies. There is no other name but lies for his preposterous and unprincipled assertions. If there is really a place prepared for Liars, the smell of sulphur already arises to his nostrils.
 A large boy attacked smaller and cuffed his ears, but the noble little fellow did not strike back. He bore 1t all pa- tiently till the big boy had gone, and siivery haired old man had patted him on the head and given him something. Then he went around the corner and licked that big boys little brother till he couldn't stand up without leaning against the wall.
 There has been an interesting inquiry in Paris lately as to which trees stand town life best, and 1t is decided that be- yond all question no tree is so good for urban wants as the plane. The same verdict is returned in London. Smoke does not seem to affect them, and few finer specimens of this graceful and um- brageous tree can be seen than those on Berkeley square in that city. ~a0
 The annual Alpine horror has taken place. George w. Johnson, London solicitor, and bis guide, Franz Saarbach, being precipitated into a crevasse over a. hundred feet deep, and buried with ice and snow. His companion, MT. Hayman, and the other guide escaped, but only after great suffering. Large parties of guides have been out, but so far have wholly failed to recover the bodies. .......,,..s s,.> .s.....-., ,
 It is the custom in Lima when any religious question is debated in Parlia- ment for the ladies to goto the House of Assembly, carefully watch the proceed ings, and, after way of their own, take part in them. For example, during the last debate on liberty of worship, each speaker who defended the proposal to separate the church from the State had garland of weeds flung at his head from the ladies' gallery, and the defen- garlands. +, ,s. 4