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Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
Freed by a Buck.

Old Phin, Pennsylvania hunter, tells a great many stories of his adventures i'll the woods, and loves to dwell on the many scrapes he has been in during his long life as hunter. He tells about being treed once by wounded and re- vengeful buck, and says it was about the most exciting adventure he ever had. It was on the borders of Wayne and Pike counties, in the year 1921, about three miles from the village of Hawley. He was hunting on what is called the Paul pack ridge. There were three in the party, one being the late Hon. Paul s. Preston. Phin stood on a runway near the Wallenpaupack creek, and all at once an immense buck came tearing down from the mountain and plunged into the stream. The hunter sent rife ball after him, and put it behind his foreshoulder. The buck went down, but was up again in a second, and turn ed to take the back track. Phin met him on the bank, and drawing his hunt ing knife attacked him. The buck used his horns and feet to such advantage that the hunter was compelled to flee to save his life. The deer was evidently determined to have nothing less than 8 complete victory, and pursued. Phin "shinned it up the nealest tree, and took @ position on limb out of the reach of the infuriated beast. He SUD- posed, of course, that the buck would finally succumb to the shot he had given or make off into the woods. It did neither, but after walking around the tree several times lay down on the ground beneath it, as much as to say that he had plenty of time and would wait for the hunter to come down. Phln had left his gun on the bank of the stream. It was bitter cold, and night was coming on. To add to the unpleas- antness of his position it was not likely that his companions would come that way, as they were to meet at place about mile up the creek. He knew from experience that wounded buck brought to bay was the worst thing in the world to fight; and he did not care to get out of the tree to test the qualities of the one in question. The deer was alert, and at every move of the treed hunter was on it's feet in an instant ready for wh might come. Phin shouted for his companions until he was hoarse. Night came on, and every minute 1t grew colder. He remained in the tree, watch ed by the deer, from five o'clock in the afternoon till ten at night. The moon was shining, and it was as light as day. To keep his blood in circulation he climbed from his perch to the top of the tree and back from time to time, feat that was attended with no little dlth- culty and danger. About ten o'clock he heard shout, and returned 1t. Ills companions were out looking for him. They approached the tree, but the deer was still game, and stood his ground against the attack of the hounds, until ball from Paul Preston's rifle went whizzing through his heart, and he fell dead in his tracks. Although this hap pened fifty years ago and more, old Phin still laughs heartily at the recollection of his ridiculous yet very unpleasant adven- ] t1ra.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
How Fishermen Cook Fish.

A correspondent who visited the fish cries of the North says: It was night fall. The men had just returned from setting their nets and were busily pre- pairing supper. In some of the cabins were ancient and rude freplaces of stone, and from them the fires gleamed warm and cheerful. Great pots of coffee were steaming, and generous slices of salt pork and the daintiest parts of the dainty whitefsh were sputtering in the fryingpans. Two or three fires were burning on the beach, for some of the men have a notion that an open fire is better to cook by than is the stove. and then, too, it affords an opportunity to prepare the fish in the most popular manner among them, that is baking it on board. The fish are prepared and sea- >oned, pinned to board by wooden pegs, and then board and all are propped up close to the fire. The fish is very quickly baked brown, and by this method it retains all it's flavor. Another popu- lar, but lazy, method is to cover the fish with clay two inches thick, and throw it into the hottest of the fire. The clay hardens almost instantly, and the fish in it's tough oven bakes through and through, retaining also it's juices. The clay is then poked out of the fire, cooled with dash of water, and sharp stroke with stick separates it from the fish. The fish's skin peels off with the clay, and the dish is ready. Plain bread and potatoes constitute the rest of the meal. There are no women in the colony; the men are their own housekeepers. After supper the pipes are produced, and the fishermen, gathering in the largest cabins, devote the evening to hilarity and mirth, spinning yarns, playing cards, dancing jubas, and smoking. Every few minutes fishermen stride to the door to get points on the weather probabili- ties for the following day, and every variation in the wind, stir in the clouds, or twinkle of the stars is gravely an nounced to the merry makers within. Everybody assured the visitor that " twas goin' to Flow from the nor'west right steady termorror," and that he might as well make up his mind to stay ashore all day, there would be no getting ont
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
Another Case of Vinegar Bitters.

In the evidence of the divorce suit of Dr. Walker, of vinegar bitters notoriety, from his wife, Eliza Jane, it was shown that the doctor commenced making the bitters in California, some years ago, making and selling them in 8 basket. His present wife-the doctors third from whom he is trying to separate legally, then widow, visited him, and when a sufficient quantity of the medi- cine had been made, she took some bot ties, and with basket on her arm ped dled the preparation through the streets of Stockton. She sold large quantities, and from these sales Walker realized his first thousand dollars. He then went to San Francisco, leaving Mrs. Brenton in Stockton, and she managed the business there. Walker at length sent for Mrs. Brenton, and, on the 31st of August, 1869,. they were married. They lived happily until about 1870. At this time Walker had amassed over $1, 1000, 900, and his bitters were yielding net profit of from $40O to $500 per coal peddler in New York city.s His wife, in 8 counter suit demands that Walker "be ordered to provide her with suitable house and furniture in New York city, of the kind to which she has been accustomed. to enable her to properly live pending the suit, and to pay her the sum of three hundred dol lars per week for her support and main tenance during that time," suitable counsel fee, and for final decree she de- mands that Che pay her the sum of $2O, GOO per annum during her life as permanent alimony, and that the same be guarded by decree or judgment of lein, of at least the sum of $2O0, ,000, to prevent his disposal thereof by gift or otherwise"
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
The Old Year.

Oh, good old year This nights your last. And must you gol With you I've passed Some days that bear revision. For these I'd thank you, ere you make Your journey to the stygian lake,
 Or to the fields Elysian. Long have you been our household guest, To keep you we have tried our best.
 You must not stay, you tell us; Not cen to introduce your heir, Who comes so fresh and debonair
 He needs must make you jealous. At twelve o'clock tonight Queen Nab Will take you in her spectral cab
 To catch the downward fast train. Some of us will sit up with you And drink . parting cup with you
 While indite this last strain Oh, good, old, wise, frost headed year, You've brought us health and strength an6
 cheer,
 Though sometimes care and sorrow. Each morn you gave us newer hope That reached beyond the cloudy scope
 Of each unseen tomorrow. You go to join the million years The great yelled sky that never clears
 Before our mortal seeing: The shrouded death-the evolving life The growth, the mystery, the strife
 Of elemental being.
 An, no more rhymes for you and mo, Old year, shall we together see;
 For we tonight must sever. Good-bye-old number seventy-fve! Iris nearly time you took your drive Into the dark forever. The train that stops for you will let A stranger out we never met,
 To take your place and station. With greetings glad and shouts of joy They'll welcome him, while you, old boy,
 Depart with no ovation. Five minutes yet? But talk must end. On with your cloak and cap, old friend!
 Too long have been prating. Your blessing now! We'll think of you--- An there's the clock Adieu, adieu-
 I see your cab is waiting.
 m The Independemt.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28

s' don't want you to debate with me. It is your duty to look after these things,

s'I don't want you to debate with me. It is your duty to look after these things, and l want you to do it.
 He turned on his heel, affecting in- dignation. Grusom mumbled a final protest, and spiritlessly resumed his quill driving. The appearance of the room ln which this pleasant conversa- tion passed betokened want of care. The windows were dirty, the floor unclean, the chairs out of order, and the spare desk looked as though it had not been troubled with duster for week. Sev- eraI flies lay in a promiscuous heap in one conner account books were piled upon each other without regard to order | ln another; specimens of merchandise, which had no claim whatever to be in such place, were thrown around con- fusedly.
 The impression conveyed at first sight was that this was just the place for things to be topsy -turvey and unbusiness- like; and the opinion would force itself that he who tolerated such state of affairs was devoid of the first principles of business character.
 Nor would closer acquaintance with MT. Goesloe have altered these ideas. He was not one who had received good training for trade. Some ten years be- fore he had gone into business where there was good field, and with his lit tie capital had 8 fair chance to work out an ample competency. But he has never done much. His patrons have never so far increased in number as to necessitate the employment of more clerks than Job Grusom, who came to him as boy, and who is indebted to him for very care less training.
 Goesloe rushes along from day to day, always doing very little, always creating great confusion when doing that little. He never has accomplished much more than a living, and is never likely to.
 Advertised in the papers2 Not bit, for he has "never believed in that sort of thing"
 Possibly if he had he would have been happier and richer to-day. The amount of business which would have accrued to him through them might have taught him to be systematic, and have prevented him from becoming the irritable and comparatively unsuccess- ful man we find him.-Advertdsers' l Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
Items of Interest.

| More than one-quarter of the brewer ies in Wisconsin have suspended for lack of patronage.
 Rabbits are so thick on the lower DOT tion of Beaver river, Utah, that no crops can be raised.
 India has not single port on the vast sea coast line between Bombay and Cal cutta where vessel could discharge her cargo at pier.
 The total bank note circulation of Germany at the end of October was 54,- S03, ,O00 thalers, including four millions of small notes,
 Col. Emby, who shot D. R. Anthony at Leavenworth, Kan, several months ago, has just been acquitted of the charge of murderous assault.
 On tho body of suicide of Browns vile was letter which read as follows :: "D Dear mother-Here's a good bye. Liquor has done the work" Trying to do business without adver- tising is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark you may know what you are doing, but nobody else does. A negro boy was driven barefooted on cold day from the house of farmer for whom he worked in North George, N. Y. The boys feet were so frozen that they had to be amputated.
 Forest and Stream describesa curious race of sheep living on an island in Eng ishman's bay, on the coast of Maine. They are nearly as wild as deer. Their principal winter food is seaweed, chiefly dulse they also eat the branches of trees which grow on the island.
 The San Francisco Bulletin bemoans the use of narrow carriage tires, which are rutting their streets badly, and points longingly to Paris, where tires are taxed, the narrowest paying the largest license and the largest almost nothing.
 A Stratford school teacher got the boys down on him by taking their apples away from them when they had them around during school time, and eating them himself, but he looks at them very carefully since he ate one charged with red pepper.
 When two young Chinamen, now being educated in @ Lowell factory, made ap- | plication the other day for permission to cut off their pigtails, for fear of their catching in the machinery, the request had to be first forwarded to the authori- ties in China.
 Paisley, near Glasgow, is probably the greatest thread manufacturing cen ter in the world, its exports of sewing cottons for last year amounting to near 8,000,000. The United States is the best customer, taking last year 2,314, 900 pounds, valued at $2, ,450, GOO.
 A Western correspondent h inter- viewed young Joe Smith, son of the Nor mon prophet. Young Joe is described as broad-shouldered, good-looking and forty three. He is opposed to poly gamy, but says the Mormons of Utah will not give it up without fight.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
THE MAN WHO DON'T ADVERTISE,

Umph! Can't you do what you are told, young man Didn't I say last night, the very last thing before I left, that wanted that invoice made out first thing to-day Now here's letter cCuntermanding the order, which ought to have been filled three days ago. There's another good customer lost al- together, shouldn't wonder"
 These were the words addressed in an ireful tone to meager, shabby looking young man, who was cashier, accountant, and factotum-in-generalt to John Goesloe, Esq, as some of his correspondents dubbed him.
 Job Grusom, who had been meekly re- garding the floor during the progress of the trade, looked ''the boss timorously in the face, when it had come to an end, and explained
 "You see, sir, I've been as busy as I can all this morning making out these bills, which yesterday yon told me it was most important should be mailed be- fore noon. How was l to know you wanted the invoice to get the prefer ence2"
 Finding himself in bit of dilemma, and entirely averse to admitting any fault, he replied peremptorily:
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
Worth the Careful Reading and COnsldera-
 tiOn of Alls

Worth the Careful Reading and Consldera- tiOn of All,
 THE MAN WHO ADvERTIsEs.
 "Good morning, gentlemen, said he, as he came briskly into his office, and smilingly saluted his three counting house clerks.
 At nine A. M. to the tick MT. Benson is at his post, and daily he goes through pretty much the same class of work. He is never excited. Bustle is unknown to him. Everything about him is sys- tematic, and all goes like clock work. No one would ever doubt the old aphor- ism, "Method is the soul of business, D who once beheld his regularity and order and the complete success of their working.
 A consequence of his routine way of doing things is that he is never in doubt as to whether he has discharged certain duties, and is therefore very free from anxiety, which more than anything else lessens the energies and impairs the health of men actively engaged in com mercial pursuits.
 Another result is that those who assist him know precisely what labor they have to perform, and how and when it is to be done. Employment is stripped of it's repugnant features. To work is to them a pleasure, for so long as they do the duties prescribed for them they know there is no fear of things going awry, and that nothing unpleasant will by any chance be said.
 Even Mrs. Mccarthy, the clean look ing charwomar, glides calmly along in the methodic groove. She is convert to the faith "a place for everything and everything in it's place." and therefore all is natty, orderly and clean. What surprises old MT. Benson's &C., quaintances who are not very intimate with him is how he managed to acquire such wealth and such influence in the business world.
 It is clear enough from even cursory view that his is branch which depends very considerably upon publicity. It is not by local patronage such 8 trade as his could be sustained. Only by wide spread dealings could it be made even moderately remnnerative. Therefore no doubt can exist that, to have attained to the success he has, MT. Benson must have had connections extending over a wide scope. Nevertheless, it is well known he does not employ single com mercial traveller, and those who have heard him sketch his struggles and ex- periences- both have been more than moderate-say that he ayers he has never used one.
 The secret of his success, he believes, lies in an unfaltering ventilation of what he traff1cs in by means of advertising. In advertising he has been systematic and persistent, and has never broken faith with those who have been led by his announcements to bestow patronage.
 We'll directed, sustained endeavor has done for him what equally hard working but less perspicacious men often fail after lifetime's struggle to accomplish.
 He sits in his office receiving and at tending to correspondence which has directly and indirectly come to him through advertising.
 Others strive to accomplish results equaling his by personal endeavor-re, jecting the aid of the newspaper-and the rewards of their labor are mediocre only,
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
A Troubled Family.

A Louisville paper announces this: Mir. and Mrs. Lane and several children arrived in Memphis, from Mississippi, the other day, without money enough to pay the January interest on six and a fourth cents worth of Tennessee bonds. They took rooms in an old, dilap!dated house. where they had neither food nor fire. On Thursday an infant Lane came into the world to see how the rest of the family were getting along; on Saturday another put in an appearance, and on Sunday third waltzed in among them. On Monday-but the wires are down, an we don't know what happened on Monday.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28

Two gamblers have been converted in Portland, Oregon. One of them, upon his first attendance at class meeting, handed to the leader worn dice box and the dice. "Those have been my means of livelihood for years, he aid, "and l have become so expert with them that l can beat game in which loaded dice are used against me. I haven't any other trade. and it is like trading competence for poverty to give up my tools.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28

Oregon has within its limits 2.752, COO acres of fertile soil.
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
Lowest Prices.

And in quality, variety and completeness oi stock, I claim to offer superior inducements Strictly frst-clAss, and one price. 1Yfm46voh
Connecticut western news., 1876-01-28
THE POOR OF A CITY.

HOW they Live, and Facts for the PhiIan- ihropist to COnsider---Scenes Among the Very Destitute
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-06
Confederate Claims .

The following dispatch from Ten
nessee shows with what sort Of
promises they are firing the South
ern heart for Tilden:
Jamestown, TENN, Sept. 80,
1S76.-The Hon. j. Y. Riddle, candi-
date for reelection to Congress for
this (the Fourth) district of Tennes-
see, addressed the people here yes
terday. He claimed that all losses
caused by the Federal troops or by
the Federal Government should be
paid alike; that all the Southern
people are now loyal; and that no
distinction should be made In the
settlement of claims against the
Government, but everybody should
be paid; and pledged himself to
work to that effect. He will proba-
bly, be reelected; his doctrine Is pop
ular with our ex-Confederates; they
say 1t will make money plenty, and
good times in the South"
That this man Riddle means what
he says is shown by the following
bill, which he introduced in Con-
gress last winter, and which was re-
ferred by the Democratic House to
the Judiciary Committee:
"a Bill directing compensation to
be allowed for the use ard occupa-
ton of property by the United
States army during the late war.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the
United States OF America in Con-
gress assembled, That the Secretary
of War be and is hereby authorized
to allow reasonable compensation to
ALL CITIZENS OF the United
States for the use and occupation Of
their property by the q. s. army, or
any part thereof, during the late
Civil War, in the same manner and
under the same regulations as COM
pensation is now allowed for Quar-
termasters' stores used by said army:
Provided, however, That the affida-
Wit of the claimant, supported by
the competent testimony of any
reputable citizen, SHALL BE SUI
FICIENT PROOF TO ESTAB-
LLSH THE FACT of the use and
occupation Of said property by said
army. But IL is not the intention OF
this act to limit the parties to the
amount OF proof herein specified;
but other and additional testimony
may be taken to establish the fact OF
the use and occupation, and the
rental value of the property occu-
pied.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-11-06
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THE GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
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trains 10 and nom Philadelphia VIII pas through
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Gus large hotels contiguous to this station ana
the Exhibitions conyenience q tne ggeatest
value TO visitors, and Afforded exclusively BY the
Pennsylvania Railroad which IL tho only line
running direct to the Centennial buildings. kx.
cursicns win also stop at the Encampment OF tho
Patrons of Husbandry. At Elm Station on THIS
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Be sure that your tickets read via the Great
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General Manager. Gent Pdss'r Apeas.