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Connecticut western news., 1876-12-22
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AS the glad centennial year draws to a close, and all the esrth seems to pulsate with joy, and hope and happiness. during these days intervening between the Thanks giving offering and the Christmas carol, comes the sad news. that, tired with this worlds cares and suffering, our Julia has fallen sweetly asleep in Jesus. Blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep. Long months of weariness and pain were hers, but they only fitted her to wear the priceless crown of glory and victory. Watched over tenderly and anxiously by loving father and mother, and one dearer to her than all earthly friends, she clung to life and it's passing prospects but always could say, Mot my will, O Father, but Thine be done." Who can tell what the harvest for the Master shall be from the seed sown by her dying bed sidea And though our unsvailing tears and the winter snows shall fail silently on her grave in the little valley where she first looked out upon life, ''She being dead, yet speaketh." " and bids us rejoice in the sweet assurance that she is safely gathered into the fold of the Good Shepherd. c.
 Lakevllle Ct. Dec. 6 1876.
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AN investigating naturalist recently hand ed his thumb to an impatient wasp he had caged in bottle. The wasp backed up to bis thumb with an abruptness which took the scientist by surprise. He became so deeply absorbed in the study of reme dies that he forgot to make scientific notes; but his wife made some mental notes as to the extraordinary effect of wasp stings up on the thumbs of nervous men.
 At Toulouse, France, curious law suit is going on. An oyster-opener, while open ing few bivalves for a purchaser, found m one of them a valuable pearl. This be at once pocketed but the buyer of the oyster insisted that it was his. He claimed that he bought shells, juice, oysters, ano everything, while the oyster-opener alleged that he only bought the oysters. The ques ton of ownership of the pearl is yet unde cided,
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Diphther1a appears in three varieties, which are thus briefly described: l. Fever, severe pains in the back and limbs, and very great prostration. There may be no soreness of the throat, but small white specks will be noticed on the tonsils. D. Large patches of false membrane both on the tonsils and back of the throat; but the glands of the neck do not become swollen. 3.-True malignant diphtheria, with the swelling of the glands of the neck and un- der the jaw profuse and often offensive exudations in the mouth and throat; more or less discharge from the nostrils. Simple treatment will usually cause recovery in majority of cases under the first and sec, ond varieties. Chlorste of potash, tannin, and sulphate of iron, put dry upon the tongue and allowed to dissolve slowly, are found the most efficient remedies in the early stages of the disease. The dose should be small, and repeated every hour. Chlorate of fpotash is, perhaps, the best and most simple remedy for home use. But the advice of a good physician should be sough on the first symptoms of this dangerou! disease.
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l VERY VALUABLE WORK,

The Illustrated History of tAs Centen- nSal Exhibition, soith q .fuH description of the Great Buildings and dU the objects of Interest Ezhi6ited iss them. By Janaes D. Nc Cube, Author of "7he Centennial HSs- tory of tue United States," etc. Ena6e3ssh- I'd eotth oper 300 fine engrGUsngs Cf Batstd- iaaos and scenes iaa Me Great Exhibition.
 There is universal demand for a work which shall embody complete and care fully written account of the great Centen- nial Exhibition, sketching it's swonderful and varied features, and presenting to the read CT not dry list of the articles exhibited, but brilliant and graphic description of the most magnificent display of the result of human skill and industry ever gathered together. Such a want The National Pub fishing Co.,, have supplied in this superb volume. It is from the pen of the well known author, James D. McCabe, of Phil adelphia.
 The book is complete hnd vivid des- cription of the great Exhibition. The Au- thor has written from hls own personal knowledge, having gone through every part of the great Worlds Fair, note book in hand, recording the vast and varied infor- nation contained in this work. He has re- ceived the constant and sympathetic assist ance of the Centennial authorities, and has enjoyed peculiar advantages in it's prepara- ton. The Author takes us through the ex- hibition grounds, and makes us familiar with every object of interest in them. We are then taken into the Main Building and are carried successively through it, and through every building, large and small. in the grounds. We are told the story of the construction and arrangements of each of these edfices, and the rare, beautiful and wonderful collections which they contain ed are graphically described.
 This work is invaluable to all classes of our people. To those who visited the exhi. bition, it will be a pleasing souvenir of their visit, and will enable them to recall the magnificent scenes they have witness ed. To those who could not make the journey, the book is 8 necessity, for it will enable them to enjoy the delight of thor ough acquaintance with the great Worlds Fair in the quIetude of their own home.
 There is not another book in print which gives one-fourth the information contained in this work. It is comprised in one large and handsome octave volume of STA pages, and is superbly illustrated. The. book is sold by subscription only, and agents want in every county. Published by the Ma tional Publishing Co.,, Philadelphia.
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HARPER's WEEKLY should be in every family throughout the land, as purer, more interesting, higher toned. better illustrated paper is not published Tn this or any other country. Commercial Bulle- tin, Boston.
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 The leadnig articles in HAMPERS WEEK. LY on political topics are models of high toned discussion and it's pictorial illustra- tions are often corroborative argument of no small foree.- Examiner and Chronicle. New York.
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"The lawmakers 1.-The always nonula,

"The "-The always popular cantata entitled "The Haymakers, compes- ed by George F. Root, Esq, and which il- ltstrates rnral life in song, will be given by the New Milford Musical Union in Great Barnngton. Friday evening, Dec. 29th. This beautiful cantata. as it will be render ed by this superior musical organization from New Milford, will certainly be one of the choicest and most delightful of enter tainments. By the way. we shall be able to sympathize fully with the renowned ''Snipkins," when he, in his unsophistics- ted innocence, is enjoying the presence of those little 'yellow flies" ID the hay field, and the treacherous insects sting him un- mercifully, for, in the language of the learned street gamin, ''Ive been thar. |" We are requested to say that the through freight train going south that evening will be detained till after the concert, to accom- modate all who wish to attend from stations south of Burlington.
 Clayton.-The donation for the benefit of the Rev. MT. Hunt, passed off pleasant ly. Oysters were in good demand, and were pronounced splendid they were fur nished by MT. Wadham of Canaan, Mir Hunt recieved nearly $40, not as much as he received from here last year, but "hard times" is the cry here as elsewhere, anG ministers realize it as we'll as the rest ol us......Mr. Elbridge Curtis seems to have been rather unfortunate with his horses
 this winter, having lost two the past montl ......Mr. George Smith who is attending medical college in Albany, has moved hi
 family there for the winter......Mr Taf
 has completed one new dwelling house fo
 his workmen, and family moved into
 last Monday. Other houses are being con
 structed, but slowly on account of the col
 weather......Mr. Butcher, our new painter
 in the place of Geo. Smith, seems rathe
 discouraged in his new home he says h
 could get plenty of business if he woul
 take cider for pay, but he thinks he can live on that alone, although little on
 cold day helps to keep warm, but Teller wants little beef steak once in 8 whil , which takes considerable cash if beef is To, We hope when we get our new president , we'll have better times, and plenty of mo1 } ey, of we ever should see that day.) H.
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Grand Tebs eco Crop.-Mr. David Scott of Wetau g, showed us the other day 2 package of tobacco which was a far spe- cimen of what he has raised this season, he having now on hand about twenty-eight hundred pounds. These leaves he showed us were certainly very nice. being the dark, soft, tough and silky kind that commands such good price,. One of the leaves measured thirty-eight inches long, and al- most two feet wide. This of course is a little larger than the average leaves, but they are all large. and very fine indeed.
 Those Burglars trial of the bur- glars who entered the house of Lemuel Peck of Ellsworth, and secured about a thousand dollars in money, Thanksgiving night, and who were arrested in Norfolk last week, was begun in Sharon last Tues day, before Justice Chaffee. and probably will not be concluded before Friday of this week. The evidence, all of which is circun stantial, is strongly against the accused thus far.
 oh!-Occasionally barbers get hold of a poor quality of bay rum, and when such is applied to the face of a man just shaved, it smarts like fire for few moments. A case of this kind occurred in s'Steb's'' bar Der shop few days ago. "Whoop Hold :! Holy Moses..!" yelled the man, springing from the chair, ''You may skin me-that's all right, but I'll be essentially cussed if Pm going to have pepper sauce rubbed on it afterwards. Now you hear me p Club Rates.-We will send THE CoNNEo- TIoUT WESTERN NEWS, with the following named journals to all new subscribers for the year 1877, at the following club prices, 1 all postage prepaid :-
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A steam yacht, with capacity for seat ing 75 persons, will ply at Snipsic lake, at Rockville next season.
 Uhe grand list of the city of Bridgeport | amounts to $S,857 ,9so, and that of the town to $l2, ,7sl, ,5ll.
 David B, Mathews, of Darien, is critical ly i'll of hydrophobia. He was bitten by a dog last spring, but the polson is just de- Yeloping itself.
 The Cornell place in Noroton was found occupied one recent eyeuing by two tramps. MT. Burton, who had charge of the place. discovered them and had them arrested. They had full set of burglars tools.
 Some perverse boys in Bridgeport laid plan to create panic in the opera house, Wednesday night by yelling ''fire." in the gallery. The police got wind of 1t and ar rested one of the boys and prevented the execution of this diabolical game.
 Two young ladies of Stamford, visiting in Brooklyn, had tickets purchased fer the performance at the Brooklyn theatre, on the fatal Tuesday night. After the pur- chase they became dissatisfied with their seats, and exchanged their tickets for other seats on the next evening. They chose better than they knew.
 George F. Sellick. sergeant of police of New Haven, was arrested Friday for false imprisonment, at the instance of Michael J. Lynch and James Longwortn of Water bury. It appears that on Saturday, Lynch and Richard Ash, hired team at Halls livery stable in Waterbury, to drive to Naugatuck: where they were to change horses and proceed to New Haven to at- tend the funeral of Father Lynch. They drove Halls horse all the way and tele- graphed him to that effect whereupon he become enraged, and ordered the arrest of Ash for horse stealing, Ash was arrested together with Lynch. James w. Thompson of Bethlehem. and David Longworth of Waterbury, and the over -of1cious New Ha. ven policemen took them to the station handcuffed All but Ash and Lynch, on arrival there. were allowed to go. and sub sequently, Lynch was released. Lynch is 8 member of the common council of Waterbury, and Thompson was last spring the representative from Bethlehem. The arrest seems to have been made on very slight grounds.
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Keep busy. The man who has nothing to do is the most miserable of beings, If you have no regular work do chores, as the farmers do when it rains too hard to work in the field. In occupation we for get our troubles. and get respite frou sorrow. The man whose hands and mind are busy finds no time to weep and vail. Ifwork is slack spend the time in reading No man ever knew too much. The hardest students in the world are the old men who kfow the most. If you lack books, there are free or very cheap libraries, at least in the cities, at your command. The man who does not acquire some item of useful know ledge between daybreak and bedtime must tnournfully say, with the Roman emperor, have lost day !'
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A Connecticut farmer, in the town of North Canton, while working on hls uncul- tivated land, recently unearthed two slabs of light-colored sandstone, containing the imprint of foot of bird, evidently gallinsceous, and also perfect cast of the human foot, eleven inches long, and per fectly formed, except that the inferior toes were unually long, and the great toe unus. ually short. The soil from which these slabs were taken IS evidentally depos,i consisting of comminuted clay and fine sand, and the slabs differ only ln color from the ordinary Portland brown stone, which abounds in bird tracks. Such are the reports respecting this remarkable dls- covery, but whether there is any hoax about it remains to be seen.
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SheriH'S Sale,

NOTICE-Taken by,virtue of an executionto me IN directed, and will be sold at public vendue the town of Norfolk. twenty-one days after date. which will be the 9th day of January. A. D. 1877. at o'clock in the afternoon, to satisfy said execution and my fees thereon. the following described property, to wit: Seventy pounds of Saddler's silk Q6 oz.)' Eighty nine pounds of Gill low raw silk. and four hundred and i've dozen of l0O-yard spool silk. 3w24
 Dated at Norfolk. this 18th day of December, 1S76 Wm. B. PERRY Deputy Sherih.
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A free institution of education has re- gently been opened in Madrid, which is largely sustained by English subscriptions. The Spanish government prohibits the use of the name University by educational es- tablishments for popnlar purposes. Prof. 'ryndall is one of the subscribers to the Madrid institution, which numbers at the outset seventy-three male and nine female students. The professors are said to be all men of high standing.
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0IVIn

THE Directors of the National Iron Bank have l this day declared dividend ot five (9 per cent. the capital stock out of the net earnings of the last six month. payable and after the 2d day of January next. A. c. RANDALL. Cashier.
 The transfer books will remain closed until the 10th day of January. 3ws4
 Falls Xlllape. Dec 12 121h
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The following letter from young uian was lately addressed to a Judge of Pro- bate ''Sir-MY father departed this life not long hence. leaving wife and five scorpions. He died detested, and his es- tate is likely to prove dissolvent. was left execut1oner, and being told that you were judge of reprobates. apply to you for letters of condemnation.
 A pickering pair of Quakers were lately heard in high controversy, the husband ex- claiming II am determined to have one quiet week with thee !"''But how wilt tthou be able to get it :" said the taunting spouse, in that sort of reiteration which married la dies so provokingly indulge in. "1 will keep thee week after thou art dead, ," was the Quaker's reioinder.
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If you want to see some fun, take your children to Cornell & Hoyt's Lakeville, to see the colored preacher just from South Carolina. He breaches every day. Sw22
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Dissolution.

TNHE FIRM of BIDwELL & GILLETTE. mar. l ble dealers, of Salisbury, Conn.,, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All accounts of the late firm must be presented to G. H. Gillette, snc cessor to Bidwell & Gillette.
 BIDWELL & GILLETTE. Salisbury, December 14, 1876. -lw24
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Lost :!

c SoMEWHERE in the village ot Canaan. on the = evening of Friday, December 16th, 1876.
 pocket-book containing a sum of money. The finder will be very liberally rewarded by returning 1t to E. PEQUIGNEY, Canaan. 2w24s
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NuMe 4ews.

...We sAallfee1 greatly obliged to anyot ont friends in the county, or elsewhere, who w1ilsend usparticulars ofany occurrence sof interestWnicn may come under theirnotice.
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lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and az they did not notify us of their change of post-offce. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names we pub
 fish their only address known to us, and if any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any ot them, they will do us favor by informing us.- Is 1t exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars due, and then leave the postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ceived, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows
 where? The following have done this: Does anYhOdY know where fhav are
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COmDliInentary.
OVhPAhAAk0hU Je From the Springfield Republican, ]

From the Springfield Republican,
 Our neighboring city, Hartford. has not few things to be proud of in the way of business establishments, and prominent, if not chief among them we count the mag nifcent jewelry and art store of Messrs. Thomas Steele & Son, at 407 Main street. This establishment which was founded in 1886, and is now under the admirable man. agement of MT, T. Sedgwick Steele, is one that would do credit to any metropolitan proprietor indeed, there can hardly be it's equal or even rival in New England out of Boston. The store and all it's furnishings are of the choicest character, and exceed inglY tasteful in style, embracing the latest and most elaborate devices for displaying d fine stock of goods. The stock itself is superband complete almost beyond descrip- tion. Elegant and graceful ornaments, beautiful and convenient table appoint ments, rich and rare jewels are scattered about in the most regal fashion, The taste that could not be satisfied among this Va ried assortment, would be quite impossible to please anywhere. Hartford is indeed fortunate in being the possessor of such royal treasury of art and articles of adorn' ment.
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Wanted.

A COMPETENT WOMAN to do general house. Awork. Must be a good cook. washer and ironer. Wages good for the times; good home for the right person. Apply at this office. lw94*
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BoR N.

At Argyle, N r., Dec. 18th, 6 daughter to George and Ida Hoadley. and granddaughter to Birdsie N Burtch, formerly of Salisbury.