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Connecticut western news., 1876-12-15
A Card.

To the ladies of Lakeyille and vicinity:
 The Misses s. A. and N. 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 O! Wnic are new goods, of the latest styles. and at
 The Lowest Possible Prices. chasing elsewhere 3mI1 H1A Lakeville, Conn.,, Oct 9th 1876.
Connecticut western news., 1876-12-15
grnbate 4utifes.

A "A COURT OF PROBATE holden at sharon A- Within and for the district of Sharon on the 9th day of December, A. D., 1876
 Present, Charles F. Sedgwick Judge This court doth decree the administrators on in said district deceased, settled as insolvent to give notice to. all persons interested in the estatate of said deceased, to appear if they
 en at the Probate office in said district on the
 2d day of January, 1877 at o'clock a m., to be
 ers said estate. by posting said order of notice on public signpost in said town of Sharon, near
 est to the place where the deceased last dwelt and by advertising the same in 8 newspaper published eD North Canaan. Certified from record
 BY28 CHAS. F. SEDGWICK, Clerk,
Connecticut western news., 1876-12-15
Route to New York
 WHAT STEAMER BRIDGEPORT. =

OHpts OMthss "eeK89 Will leave Bridgeport every night, (Satur6ay ex. cepted) from Steamboat Dock, at ii O'clock aT. irving in New York about 1 o'clock next morn. ing.
 Returning, will leave New York every morning. Sunday excepted9 from Pier 35, East Riyer fo6 of Catharine street at 11.30. Freights received and way-biled through to all stations on the Housatonic railroad at very low rates. Tickets can be purchased through to New York less than by all railroad, and baggage check. ed through from all trains. P. S.-The evening Milk train on the Housa&on- ic railroad connects with the Steamer Bridgeport 4Stf JOHN B. HUBBELL, Sup'k
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
A Brides TrOusseau.

A modiste is furnishing the 'trousseau
for Michigan bride, daughter OF an ex-
governor, and is also making dresses Tor
the brides mother and the bridesmaids,
and it is really rare treat just to look
at such artistically elegant garments.
The bride has seventeen dresses, bliss
full soul, and they each have equal at-
fractions, SO il one should try to de-
scribe the prettiest she could not posi-
bly, make up her mind which it shouh
be. The bridal dress of heavy white
silk is embroidered with leaves of white
Jet, which looks like frostwork, and is
exquisitely decorated with fringes OF
orange blossoms. 4. -
A lovely dress of light blue brocede
and silk is made with polonaise, when
is draped with charming grace. and
trimmed with rich Valenciennes lace,
plaitings of silk and satin Of thu same
shade. The underskirt is trimred in
novel manner, bands or lapels OF alter
nate silk and satin, edged withtw styles
Of fringes, falling over knilo plated
aounce of silk. Very largo flowers are
used for decoration. An elegant wrap
per of white crepe delaine is made
simply in the Gabrielle style, and
trimmed with torchon lace. which Is
wrought by hand with cardinal silk. Inc
street costumes are simple but extremely
elegant, and the reception dresses are
superb.
handso,es mantle of black cloth, trim
med with heavy jet braid. Jet is said
to be in great favor once more, and, in
deed, the streets Of Paris have never
ceased to sparkle with it, though we
have been considering it decidedly
passee here. The opera, cloak OF
heavy white silk called faconne, is made
in the mantle style, with two large
square pockets on either side, and
trimmed with border Of needlework in
lovely shaded tints and superb fringe.
The undergarments fairly take ones
breath away with admiration, they are
80 rich and dainty-the silken hose be-
ing embroidered in colors to match eaon
costume. ........ ..
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
A Test Case.

Some time ago Mrs. Marcus Stanly, of
New York, sued for the recovery OF
$11 ZOO rent alleged to be due for the
occupation of premises. The lessee
of the premises was John Chamberlain,
and the annual rental was $40, 900. The
suit was tried in the Monmouth county
IN. J.) court, and the defense offered
was that the premises were used for
gambling purposes, and that as the pur-
pose of occupation was illegal the plair-
tiff could not recover. The jury decided
in favor of Chamberlain.
The case was again brought before
Judge Scudder at the Monmouth county
court on motion of the plaintiff coun-
sci for new trial, on the ground that
the verdict was not in accordance with
the evidence. Judge Scudder said:
"The jury has right to take the state
ments Of either side as true, but the de-
fendant Chamberlin has sworn that the
gambling apparatus in the house was
the property OF plaintiff, and that Will
liam @. Traphagen, who was their conf
Dental agent, continued to let the house
to the defendant Chambcrlin while the
plaintiff and her husband we're in Eu-
rope. I Therefore think tho jury were
clearly warranted in their conclusion
that the plaintiff knew spd sanctioned
the purposes for which the house was
used. That under the common law q
gaming house is public nuisance"
The judge added he thought the jury
did their simple duty in finding the ver-
dict they did. 1t was a struck jury se-
lected from among the best luen in the
county, and they were only short time
in reaching their conclusion. He denied
the motion. The only appeal is TO the
general term of the supreme court.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
A Specimen Tramp i" Jour. !"

A tramp depressed by hunger, but
bristling with ambition to work, came
into the office one morning and want
ell a "sit." There was nothing for him
to do, the foreman told him. But he
begged all the harder. He was penni-
less, hungering, but he could not take
charity. He wanted work. His impor-
tunities grew so strong that compost
tor was induced to vacate his case
for the accommodation of the wretched
stranger, and the stick and rule were
given to him. It seemed as if he could
not be thankful enough for the favor.
He looked at the copy, at the case, and
then around the room with an express
sion like unto that of pleased child.
Then he mentioned that he would not
go to work until he had breakfast. It
lacked but an hour of noon, so the fore
man said that as the type was needed he
had better wait until that time. But
he was SO faint that he could not posi-
bly, lift type. So man was dispatched
with him to restaurant, and he break
tasted. He came back with face
radiant with gratitude. He took up the
stick again, smiled agreeably at the
copy, and said to the foreman
81 guess I'd better look up board
ing house, eh?"
The foreman kindly volunteered to
perform that office Tor him. Again he
toyed with the st ok, andagain he smiled
at the copy. Then he said:
GAS this is Saturday and too late in
the week to do much, guess I'll wait
till Monday to go to work, so as to COM
mence fresh and square"
There was a sudden commotion, a
hasty movement of legs, shooting sticks,
planer and few other articles of less
Importance, but tho at-oneAr rnonhAa
the door first.
The Office is waiting for Monday with
considerable anxiety. -Danbury Nea0s.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
Antiduity Of Man.

A correspondent writes to the London
Times: Mr.. Sydney B. 7. Skertchly,
who is stationed at Brandon, Suffolk,
has recently discovered some flint i'm
Elements in that neighborhood, in beds
formed before the close OF the glaclel
period. One was picked out OF the beds
in a pit at Culford, Suffolk, and two
others wcro dug ont of like beds IN q
pit at Botany bay, on the Norfolk side
OF Brandon. 1t was not till MIR.
Skertchly himself found another imple-
ment at Culford, and saw the bowlder
clay above the bed from which he ex-
trscted it, that the importance OF the
discovery dawned upon him. Along
side the Culford implement he found
deposit of broken and scraped mamma
liam bones and some fresh water shells.
These bones were all in circumscribed
area. A jawbone containing teeth has
been forward to London to be examined.
Underneath the bones the clay was
found to be burned. Mr.. Skertchly's
explanation is that we have here pre-
served the one solitary instal.te in the
whole world of camping ground OF
paleolithic men, aud this camping
ground occurred below the bowlder clay
which belonged to the earliest part OF
the glacial period. These remains were
thus far older than anything previously
discovered, Tracing the bowlder clay
and the beds beneath across the coun-
try, he saw that the implements found
at Botany bay we're of the same age.
The men who lived before the bowlder
clay appeared to him to be more init
mately connected in time with the men
Of the paleolithic gravels lying upon the
bowlder clay than we're the latter with
the men of the neolithic age, who
scooped out those ancient flint mines,
near Brandon. called "Grimes Graves"
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
Misspent Evenings.

The boy who spends an hour Of each
evening lounging idly on the street cor
ners, wastes in the course of a year
three hundred and sixty-five precious
hours, which, if applied TO study, would
familiarize him with the rudiments of
almost any of the familiar sciences. III
in addition to wasting an hour eat b
evening he spen is ten cents for cigar,
which is usually the case. the amount
thus worse than wasted would pay for
ten of the leading periodicals of the
country. Boys, think OF these things.
Think of how much time and money you
are wasting, and for whata The Rratifi.
cation afforded by the lounge on the
corner or the cigar is not only tempo
rary but positively hrttul. You cannot
indulge in them without seriously in
juring yourselves You acquire idle
and wasteful habits, which will cling to
you with each succeeding year. You
may in after life shake them Of, bnt the
probabilities are that the habits thus
formed in early life will remain with
you to your dying day. Be warned,
then, in time, and resolve that as the
hour spent in idleness is gone forever,
you will improve each passing one and
thereby fit yourself for usefulness and
happiness.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
The Cobra.

While the Earl Of Albermarle was per-
forming military service in India he had
frequent acquaintance with that deadly
reptile, the cobra di capello. At one
time servant who had been bitten by a
cobra was brought to the government
house, in hopes that the physicians in
attendance could save his life. The
remedies given were Intellectual, and the
man died in half an hour. His death
appeared perfectly painless, for so long
as life remained his body rested in a
state of complete repose, with the hands
open and the palms upward. The cobra
can be domesticated, and when tame
allows itself to be handled by persons to
whom it is accustomed with perfect i'm
punity. An instance of its amiable
bearing is cited by the earl
The general in command OF the Bar
rackport district in my time, an old gen.
tleman of the name of Hardwick,. was
passlOnAJely 1Ound OF cobras, of which
he had large collection. His pets, be-
ing of truant disposition, would fire.
quently escape into the adjoining COM
pounds, to the no small annoyance and
terror of his neighbors. I once paid a
visit to his snakery. I saw him seize a
cobra by the tail with his right hand,
while he passed the body of the animal
rapidly through his left till he reached
the head. He then forced open the
serpent's mouth and showed the poison
bag at the base of the fangs. When he
let the reptile go, so far from showing irri-
tation at such rough usuage. it seemed
rather gratified at having been chosen
to exhibit the idiosyncrasy of its species
in its own person.
The Hindoos have superstition that,
if cobra is killed, some of its relatives
will avenge its death. For this reason
the serpents are allowed by them to
multiply without molestation. 1t is
cd in recent publication that in the
of Bengal alone IL, 4l6 per-
sons died of snake bite in the year 1869.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
Charley Ross Again.

There is no longer any room for sur
prise at anything which may come I,
light concerning the Charley Ross case
30 many incredible things have hap
pened already in connection with it tha
We have come to regard anything a,
possible, and pretty nearly any thing al
probable. The abduction Of the chilt
was in many ways inexplicable in the
hrst place. The large number OF appa
rently stolen children closely resembling
Charley Ross, who we're found in vari
ous places, was astonishing. The tragic
death of Mosher and Douglas, and the
fruitless confession OF one of them, made
story which would never have been
ssSsRtsS bsobaSEe SEerf an nt Sc1 nssSa as s?S9
that can happen ought to surprise any
person who is familiar with the history
OF the case. The story which comes
from Philadelphia is strange one, how
ever; and if it is true there is reason
even now to hope that the lost boy may
be recovered, and that the men and
women who have had charge of him may
be punished. The story is vague still,
and its outlines need filing up, but in
the main it is sufficiently consistent to
be true.
Nelson Parker, OF Harrisburgh, Pa,
q colored man, was sent to prison sew
eral years ago for negotiating forged
note, given to him by some travelling
venders of medicines. In prison he re-
ceived some hundreds of letters from
tho medicine peddlers, some of which
have been shown in court, and if these
letters are genuine their writer's are un-
doubtedly the men who have control of
Charley Ross. Parker revealed his
knowledge of tho matter to the police,
and after tracking the suspected men for
many months and learning what was to
be learned with respect to their per-
formances in the past, detectives have
arrested them. Whether or not there is
sufficient evidence for their conviction,
or sufficient clew to the present situa-
tion of the boy to enable the police to
find him, cannot be known as yet; brt
the letters discovered, together with 80
evidence of other kinds collected, leave
little room for doubt that the right men
have been secured. It appears that
Westervelt was Justly convicted of COM
pAlCltJ AZ bllo CTlmo, auu LudG bllo DOy ~
probably alive still somewhere in Penn
sylvania. This is the substance of what
the letters show, if they are genuine,
and this may provo to be much or little,
according to circumstances.
In this instance, as in others connected
with this case, contradiction follows close
ly npon the heels of discovery, and
letter has been published in the
Cincinnati Enquirer the writer of which
declares that he is relative of Mosher;
that Charley Ross is not in Pennsyl-
vania, but in Indiana; that he was not
taken for the sake of extorting money,
but for other reasons; and that he will
be returned to his father as soon as the
person having him in charge can be as
sared that no questions will be asked.
The most that can be said of all this
is that it affords another chance for the
recovery of the kidnapped child, and
even in SO slender cause of hope the
public will rejoice with the stricken
father of the lost boy Evening Post.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
Fun with q Spider.

Spiders, in many respects, are just
like other animals, and can be tanned and
petted and taught great many lessons,
and which they will learn as readily as q
dog or cat. But you must take the
trouble to study their ways, and get ON
the good side of them. One day I had
been reading in q book how spiders
managed to get their webs across
streams and roads, and from the top Of
one tall tree to another. Invent out and
caught large garden spider, one Of
those blue-gray sprawling fellows, and
fixed him up for my experiment. took
a stick about eighteen inches in length
and fastened piece of iron to one end
of it, so that the stick would stand up
that end of itself. Then put this III
the center of a large tub half full of
water, and placed the spider on top OF
the stick. wanted to SEQ if it could
get to the "land," which was the edge
of the tub, without any help. He ran
down first one side of the stick and then
the other; each time he would stop
when he touched the water, and shaking
his foot as the cat does run up again.
At last he came to the conclusion that
ne was entirely surrounded Dy WaJef, on
an island, in fact. After remaining per
fectly quiet for a long while, during
which, have no doubt, he was arrang-
ing his plans, he began running around
the top of the stick, and throwing out
great coils of web with hind feet. In
few minutes little fine strings of web
were floating away in the light breeze
that was blowing. After little, one of
these threads touched the edge of the
tub and stuck fast, as all spider web will
do. This was just what Mr.. Spider was
looking for, and the next minute he took
hold of his web and gave jerk as
sailor does with rope when he wishes
to see how strong it is or make it fast.
Having satisfied himself that it was fast
at the other end, he gathered it in till it
was tight and straight, and then ran on 1t
to the shore, rescued castaway.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
Help for HerYia.

The wife Of tho italian consul at Bel
grade, Servia, an American lady, has
issued an appeal to her former country
men calling for help ior the sufferers.
She SOS: The government upon enter-
bodied men, 100, 900. out Of population
OF ]. 800, 900. The labor Of tho harvest,
and OF agriculture in general. has been
confided to old men, women and chill
dren; scarcely three-fourths Of tho pro-
ducts OF the earth have they been able
to reap. From the beginaRliRs6K gylalsK. i. .qt tbs
%HsfHYf6sufiEons fHfs fE in money but in products
OF every nature, so that all that was in
reserve has vanished; even II no other
event had unexpectedly come to aug.
mont the distress and number Of those
in want and misery, 1t would have been
impossible to provide sustenance for the
people or to SOW the autumn crop.
These evils were more or less to be pre-
dicted, but what contributes above all
to increase in great measure the dis
tress and famine for the coming winter
is that about the fourth part of the
country has been invaded and occupied
during period more or less prolonged
by an enemy who has sown destruction
and ruin the most complete. The most
fertile districts of the principality Of
Servia have been ravaged in such O
manner that not one house remains in
tact, not one tree Or vine standing. Tho
villages have been abandoned, the
women, the children and the in6rm
wandering without guide and without
means on the highways and in the
woods, while the able bodied men are
serving in the army, and the winter sea
son approaching will find them exposed
to cold and hunger, without being able
to be relieved by their impoverished
compatriots in an efficaOious manner.
The official cipher of these roofess peo-
pie approaches 250,e00. 1t is upon
such scene OF desolaion and distress
that wish to call the eattention of my
compatriots, and it is to ask them to aid
these distant members OF the great So
ciety of Christians that /, the only
finding myself ixed here, ap-
peal to the hearts of the American ma
tion to generously come forward and aid
the starving. My idea is b establish
here in Belgrade an economical kitchen
and to superintend personally the dis
tribution Of soup, meat andbrcad, and
if I have sufficient funds l will add arti-
cles of clothing. As soon as seceived l
will acknowledge the same, and the
amount and the name Of the d'nor shall
be published both in the SeNian and
American papers.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
The SOuirrel'S Duet.

The red and gray squirrels do not lay
by winter storea; their cheeks are made
without pockets and whatever they
transport is carried in their teeth. They
are more or less active all winter, but
October and November are their festive
months. Invade some butterput or
hickorynut grove on frosty October
morning, and hear the red squirrel beat
the "juba on horizontal branch. II
is a most lively jig, what the boys call
Irregular break k-down, "interspersed with
saueals and smokers and derisive laugh
ter. The most noticeable popularity
about the vocal part of it is the fact that
it is kind of duet. In other words, by
some ventriloquial trick he appears to
accompany himself, as if his voice split
up, part forming low gutteral sound,
and part sbrill nasal sound.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-11-11
along the line until four o'clock in the
morning.
A Terrible Explosion.

The correspondent OF the London
Times at Calcutta writes as follows
The river Hooghly was the scene OF O
terrible accident. Last year the ship
British Viceroy sunk at her moorings
OIL the strand road, within two hundred
yards Of tho crowded streets in the bust.
ness quarter OF the town. The wreck
impeded the navigation. and the torpedo
commission undertook to blow it mp.
TwS .i tntlsss .. sttsmRts were g. made:
pounds of gunpowder was anchored on
the spot, preparing for third attempt.
Sergeant Harrison, royal engineers. and
thirteen natives we're on board.
About two o'clock Harrison was seen
hamm'ripg a wooden plug with fuse
through it into an iron cylinder contain
ing four hundred pounds Of powder.
He called for some melted wax to make
the plug wateitight. A native melted
some wax in an iron ladle over fire in
the jolly boat alongside, and handed the
ladle to Sergeant Harrison, who twice
again called for more. As the ladle was
being halded to him for the third time
an explosion occurred. No traces have
been found Of Harrison and eight of the
crew. Four others and some persons
in neighboring boats and on shore were
injured. aud one is since dead. To.
gether with two hundred pounds Of
powder. blown uninjured into the strand
road, half human trunk was found and
head in Hare street. Fragments Of
flesh and limbs and pieces of iron were
scattered along the strand. All the
windows in the vicinity were broken
and some walls cracked, but no very
serious damage was done to property.
The torpedo boat sunk at once. Un-
til it is raised it is impossible to say
whether the whole cargo of powder in
the hold exploded, but probably not, or
the damage would have been much more
serious. The total killed consists of
Sergeant Harrison and eight natives.
There were twelve natives injured, one
of whom has died in the hospital.