Connecticut western news., 1876-10-20

UcLt, nuu A0uy OCyuOuE WILL ucE C6Lls WcIc highly esteemed by all good judges. The COW Hilbert weighs 700 pounds, and during the one month of August last she gave 949 l-2 pounds of milk by actual weight. being just about 25O pounds more than she herself weighs. This illustrates the value of good COWS, and these are of the best.
 When we published that the butter from these cows milk sells in New York for dollar pound, the statement was received with such incredulity that VIC had to get certificates of the fact to satisfy unbe- lievers.
 Political Bones.-MR. EDIToR.-I no tice that the two political parties of this state have the names of three men on their tickets by the name of Hubbard, which sug- gests the propriety of their singing the old nursery song beginning thus;
 "Old Mother Hubbard
 Went to the cupboard
 To get her dog bone,
 But when she got there
 She found 1t empty and bare
 And the poor dog got none.
 RIG.
 rBut what does all this amount to, any | wayP Are we to infer that these three | Hubbards, when they get into the political cupboards. will, like their alma mater of yore, find no bones to pick :? We are in- cllned to the opinion that there is little else in the political cupboard of our country but bones, and that they have already been pretty severely picked is fact that every body will recognize.
 The First Snow A slight sprinkling of snow partially whitened the ground last Sunday morning, and right smart furry was whrled by stout breeze upon the face of all out doors the same ev ening. Tue mountains were considerably whitened by the storm. This is the first of the sea- son, and were there none, not one, to extend to this return of the beautiful snow" cordial welcome? This symbol of purity is all very nice to have, but most people could get along with much less than they are compelled to take. It seems as if it was but few minutes ago that the snows of last winter and early spring were upon the ground, and now here they are again. Pshaw, let's all go to Florida and live amongst the oranges and alligators. Only . week ago the warmth and glow Ofsweeteet summer time:
 Only week ago the bud and blow Of some fair tropic cline.
 Only a week ago, and now the glow Of fervld heat has turned
 To wintry snow. and sharp winds blow 1 Where tropic splendors burned. That Game of Bau.--Of course Messrs. Jacob Decker, David Scott, Horace Barnum and George Blodgett make no pre- tensions to being anything more in the Ma tional game than amateur base ball players, for they played their first game 8 week ago last Saturday. Pretty well along in years. to be sure, to begin the practice of this mo- ble athletic game, but 'you see" it was just like this. These people gathered at the house of one of thelr number on that day in Wetaug. ostensibly for tho purpose of enjoying, with their families, an afternoons social visit, but in reality the purpose of the ''conventon" was to form themselves into @ base ball club, to be known as the Wetaug Antediluvian club. Being inform ed by small boy, Of whom they borrowed S regulation ball, that nine and not four
 was the required number, they gave him three cents to go out into the by ways and hedges and call in four others, who, with
 himself, would make up the nine, but the
 lad succeeded in getting only three, and
 they decided to open the game with eight, entirely ignoring the fact that eighteen is
 the required number for full grown game
 of base ball. Away off down in the mead.
 ows where they were sure they wouldn't be
 seen or heard, the bases were placed and ] the exercises began. Scott seized the bal and Decker ''sent in" the ball, and desiring to make it manifest he was no novice at the bat, Scott struck with all his strength, de ] termined to give it an "old sender" the first hit, but putting more zeal into the ef fort than caution, he missed, and instead oi ( hitting the ball the ball hut him, taking hin
 plump in the mouth. Scott don't swear , but as this was an extraordinary occasion |, be attempted to ejaculate d-n, but ther, a were 80 many teeth rattling around in hil v mouth he couldn't say word. After cir n culating his tongue around among the de moralized grinders for some minutes, en- a deayoring to sort them out. the idea oc ', cured to him that he wouldn't be bluffet . off in that manner. and he stepped asid ,. just as if be hadn't been hit at all, snt
 awaited with much patience and no littl
 dread for his turn again at the bat. Mean As time Barnum struck the ball and sent l. hlgh iu the air, when Blodgett went for al at ''out on the ay," and caught 1t bravely. bu s' the leaden toy flew through his hands an ID hitting him in the stomach doubled him u re like jack knife. Blodge.t, as he neare n' Scott, sad he enjoyed the game very mucE 'S- but as he had heard that Scott had som
 good cider. be thought it was bis duty @, go up and see 1t. Scott said "All righ ge I'll go up and show it to you. land althoug si- Mir. Barnum and Mir. Decker insisted tt in game was not ended, Scott and Blodge o, said they had played long enough, au is couldn't be induced to go further with ,a- They didn't believe in base ball, and SC O. they think the game a foolish waste he time. They went up and saw Scott's (
 der.