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Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
The Senate Postage Bill,

The bill reported by MT. hamlin iron
 the United States Senate postal com
 mlttee to fix the rate of postage ol
 third-class mail matter and for othe
 purposes, provides in its first section:
 That mailable matter of third -clas
 shall embrace pamphlets, occasiona
 publications, regular publications de voted primarily to advertising purposes or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal subscription rates, price, current, catalogues, annuals, handbills posters, unsealed circulars, prospec fuses, books bound or unbound, book manuscripts, proof-sheets, maps, prints engravings, blanks, flexible patterns samples, merchandise, sample cards, photographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photo graphic representations, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and all other mat. ter which may be declared mailable mat. ter by law, and all other articles moi above the weight prescribed by law, which are not from their form or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise lnjure tbe contents of the mail bags or the person of any one engaged in the postal service. It also provides that all liquids, poisons, glass, explosive ma terlals and obscene books or papers shall be excluded from the mails.
 The second section limits the weight of packages to four pounds, requires them to be postmarked, makes them subject to examination, and prescribes the following rates of postage: For all distances not exceeding 1000 miles, one'cent for each ounce or fractional part thereof for all distances over 1, 1000 miles, two cents per ounce or fractional part thereof.
 The next section provides that post ages on third-class matter shall be pre- paid by stamps, but if not fully prepaid and the sender is known he must be nc tlfied and the amount due collected from him, and in other cases where it has not been the evident intention to underpay, the package shall be forward ed and double the deficiency collected from the party receiving it.
 The fourth section allows the names and addresses of senders and the word From" to be written or printed on each package; also the number and name of the articles inclosed, or the State to which subscriptions have been paid.
 The fifth section provides that tran sient newspapers and magazines shall be carried in the mails at the rate of ono cent for every three ounces or frac- tional part thereof, and one cent for each two additional ounces'or fractional part of two ounces. Finally it is pro- vlded that the act shall take effect on the first day of next July.
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
The Most Cruel of Stepmethers.

., A sentence of six months imprison- ment has been passed at Birmingham, England, on woman named Hawkins, for cruelty to her stepson. aged eleven. Since her marriage to the boys father, eighteen months ago, she had habitual- ly beaten and starved the boy. He had often been seen picking crusts of dust heaps, and eating potato peelings and cabbage leaves. One morning he was sent to school with little breakfast, had no dinner, and on returning home ct six o'clock he helped himself to some bread in his stepmother's absence, Learning this sfterwurd, she stripped him and struck him about thirty times on the bank until it wMs naaaa oa bruises.
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
Little Worries.

 Though many ills may hamper life When fortune turns capricious, The great but nerve us for the strife, The small ones make us vicious. Fierce griefs are soon outstripped by one Who through existence scurries; It's harder for race to run With nimble "little worries" A button bids your shirt goodbye When late for dinner dressing, You have a kite you cannot fly, And creditors are pressing. You run to catoh-and lose-a train CThat fstalest of hurries), Your newest hat encounters rain Life's full of "ittle worries" From day to day some silly things Upset you altogether; There's naught so soon convulsion brings As tickling with feather. 'Gainst minor evils let him pray Who fortune's favor curries- For one that big misfortunes slay, Ten die of little worries"
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
A Mans Life.

According to French statistician, talk ing the mean of many accounts, man of fifty years of age has slept 6, ,OOO days, worked 6,50O days, walked 800 days, amused himself 4,O00 days, was eating 1,5OO, was sick 500 days, etc. Ho has eaten 17,OO0 pounds of bread, 16,OOO pounds of meat, 4,6OO pounds of vegeta- bles, eggs and fish, and drank 7,OOO gal Ions of liquid, viz: water, coffee, tea. beer, wine, etc., altogether. Tlli, would make respectable lake of 800 square feet surface and three feet dc ep, on which small steamboats could naVi- gate. And all this makes up the routine of an average mans life.
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
ADvERTIsING RATES:
The Mysteries.

Once on my mothers breast, . ohad, creph Holding my breath; Then, safe and sad, lay shuddering and wept At the dark mystery of deatb. Weary and weak and worn with all unrest, Spent with the strife Oh, mother, let me weep upon thy breast At the sad mystery of life
 W. D. Hotcens.
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21

A Cincinnati veterinary surgeon has succeeded in 8 remarkable exp eliment. He has fitted a wind broken house with a silver throat" An incision w.as made in the windpips, @ silver tube ipsertnd, and now the animal breathes ca sily ahd seems to suffer no inconvenience.
Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21

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Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
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Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21

Everybody is expected this Csnten. nial year to plant tree. If you can't do that, make bouRh.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
Money In a Holto,o Tree.

a month ago, perhaps, man by the
name of Jeffries, in company with his
family, was out in the woods hunting
nuts, at Palmyra, Missouri, when one of
the girls saw something that attracted
her attention in a hollow tree, and called
to her mother to come and look att.
Mrs. Jeffries mlde some examination,
and soon found it to be an old paint keg.
Upon taking it out, there was found
within it an earthen jar containg 1888
in gold and silver. They did not know
what to do with it, but concluded to
keep quiet and wait for developments.
However, some of the children mentioned
it at school, and thence it came to the
ears of Issac and Jacob johnson, who
came at once to see Jeffries, and soon
convinced him that the treasure belonged
to them and they had hid it there the
day before Porter's raid into Palmyra in
1852. After hiding it they did not go TO
look for it for some time and when they
did were totally unable to find the
place of its concealment, nor had they
ever been able to find it since. The keg
had been pushed up into the hollow of
the tree and propped up by stick,
which, in the course of the fourteen
years since elapsed, rotted of and let
the treasure down, and thus it was found
by accident. The Johnsons made a
present of $50 TO the little girl who found
it; and who will say it was not cheap
enough
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
Discovering a Rob6es- on a Dream.

Mrs. Allen, of Calaveras, California,
lives on the stage road between Railroad
Flat and West Point, and she dreams
strange dreams. On October Oath her
house was entered by a robber during
her absence, and her watch and pocket
book were stolen. That night she saw
in her dream a thief enter her house,
take the watch, and follow the trail up
the river. In the morning she whistled
for her dog, mounted her horse, and fol-
lowed the trail up stream. A ride of a
mile brought her to an old abandoned
quartz mill, and in the ruins she dis
covered the man she had seen in her
dream. She accused him of the theft,
but he stoutly denied having committed
it. She determined to go to West Point
for an officer, but, after proceeding a
short distance, resolved to make the
tramp give up the plunder at all hazards.
When she reached the mill the man had
gone, but, with the aid of the dog, she
overlook him about half mile up the
ridge. Dismounting and arming herself
with a stout club, she cooliy informed
him that she knew he had the watch
and money. She let loose the dog upon
him, and dealt him blow upon the
head, which felled him to the ground.
She found her watch and her wallet in
his boots. Mrs. Allen, of Calaveras,
then went home to sIeep-perchance to
dream,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
Dignified John Sherman.

Since the ghoul of Radicalism has cast
its shadow over the hall of the United
States Senate, the dignity of that body
has degenerated, and the morals of some
of its members are of low order, if the
testimony of Senator Sherman can be
taken as authority. A few days ago
Senator Sherman is reported to have
said in speech in the Senate, that the
members of the Louisiana Returning
Board, one of them being Governor
Wells, were as good men as any Senators
On that floor, and that the decisonsof that
Board were as much worthy of respect as
those of the Supreme Court of the United
States. When we are reminded that
Governor Wells is bitter, unprincipled
partisan, defaulter to his own State for
large sum of money, and that General
Phil. Sheridan removed him from the Of
flee of Governor of Louisiana, and de-
clared him to be an unmitigated knave,
we are inclined to the belief that Senator
Sherman places very low estimate on
the moral worth of his iellow-Senators.
Senator Sherman has very suddenly de-
veloped an affection for knaves. In this
connection it is interesting to note how
the honorable Senator conducted him
self at home on election day. He certainly
lost his dignity for once, if
he did not before, when he was
ito be seen hanging around the
polls all day like some petty politi-
clan, instructiDg people how to vote.
A correspondent says that he even
busted himself by visiting the Jail, and
went on prisoners bail bond so that
the prisoner could vote the Republican
ticket. We have the documents before
US, and there is a moral to the story
which prisoners who feel an inclination
to vote the Republican ticket hereafter
should profit by. From the records oil
the Mayors Office of Mansfield, Rich.
land County; we learn that one Daniel
Blair was arrested on Oct. for cutting
Louis Deems with knife. The charge
was assault with intent to kill. He wa!
committed to Jail by the order of tht
Mayor of the city of Mansfield on ths
9th of October, and on the 10th wa
bailed out by Garvin Blair, John WOOD
and John Sherman in the sum of five
hundred dollars, the bond being gooc
till the 18th, on the day of election
On the strength of the bond the prisonel
was taken from the jail of Richlanc
County, guarded, to the polls of Wash
ington Township, in the southern par
of the county, by Republican " bull-doz
ers," and, after voting the Republican
ticket was Immediately guarded back tt
the Mayors Office and surrendered, anc
at once recommitted to Jail. Blair's tria
was to come off on the 18th, and his Re
publican friends signed bond good fo
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
The Latest s,ctndfe on the Farmers.


The latest in the confidence line is
dodge for swindling farmers, which is
now being practiced in some of the in
terror counties of the States. Several
strange men drive into an agricultural
district. They stop at all the farm houses
and make a contract to take all the but
ter the farmers can furnish at fifty cents
a pound. Further, it will be gathered by
a fast special team, and the cash paid for
it at the door. The pretense is that dur
ing the fall and winter, the large cities
will be crowded and that butter will bs
scarce. In this way all the farmers in a
district are contracted with, and arrange
ments are made to come for the butter
on certain days and at certain points :;
the contract to 60 into effect in two
weeks. A few days after the departure of
the men drove of COWS come along
They are fine looking milch COWS. The
farmers, having good thing in view,
think they might use few more cows
They try to buy them, but the drover
doesn't seem anxious to sell. Finally,
however, he is induced to sell two or
three toeach farmer, at prices considera-
bly, higher than the real market value.
He then departs, meets his partners, who
put up the butter job, and they divide
the profits.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
Nothing to be Expected From Grant or
His Cabinet.
New York SUM-

lNoH lOEk DuusI
Grant is in the hands of the worst and
most desperate men who have ever had
the direction of public affairs. His Cab
met is unit on the line of policy which
has been pursued, and it will continue
to act harmoniously, no matter how
reckless the measures proposed may be.
Don Cameron is the directing spirit of
the Administration, and the most conf
dental adviser of Grant in all his acts.
He is cool, calculating, and unscrupu-
leus, with a natural taste for plotting
and indirection. He has been the con-
trolling mind and hand in all this
villainy in the South. and he
will not shrink while the army is
at his command, and Sheridan and
Sherman are in full sympathy with his
schemes, to strike even more audaciously
than has vet been witnessed. He induced
Grant to order the troops to Washington,
and he has more than once signifed in
unmistakable terms that they would be
used if there were any occasion to require
their employment.
ALI tone of conservatism, if it ever ex-
listed at all, has gone out of the Admin
istration. Mr.. Fish has yielded his in
dividual views, and while affecting to
deplore the situation, is as feeble and
whining as when he allowed Belknap to
telegraph Sheridan that call of us )" ap-
proved his banditti dispatch. Mr.. Nor
rin..has no power of resistance. The
others are mere tools and partisans of
the EXTREMIST views.
The President and his Cabinet know
the secrets that are hidden in the Treas
ury and other Departments. They can
not afford to have them exposed, and,
therefore, are combined in upholding
the infamies of the Returning Boards
and the conspiracy to count in Hayes.
Don Cameron expects, should the plot
succeed, to be retained by Hayes as a
reward for his services at the Cincin-
natl Convention, and for the important
part he has played in Washington
The peace and prosperity of the coun-
try are thus put in peril, to conceal the
corruption of the party, to retain posses
sion of Office by fraud, and to crafty
the ambition of band of political gam
blers, who have staked every thing on
the turn of the card which may declare
Hayes President. The outrages perpe-
trated in Louisiana and other Southern
States would have been secuted as impos-
sible under our free system, if they
had been predicted only eleven years
ago, and after the close of the civil war.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21

point. For my own part, am glad the
Senate has rejected this scheme"
"What remedy would you suggest for the
existing state of things"
IF Mr.. Hayes is installed in the Ex.
ecutive Mansion, and put in possession of
the Treasury and other departments by
force, with no better title than he now
appears to have, and if he should
decide to accept the office with such a
title, he would be the de facto President,
and his act would be valid as against third
parties. But he oaght not to be recognized
as President by Congress, and no appropria-
ton of money should be made during his
usurpation except such as may be necessary
to protect the public credit, transport the
mails, keep the courts open, collect the
revenue, pay the pensions, and generally to
hold society together. Less than this the
Democrats can not safely do. More than
this they are not required to do.
In order to preserve the continuity of
the Government and to have President de
iure, it would be necessary for Mr.. Tilden
to take the oath of ofice-this being the
only form of Inauguration known to
the law-and to reside at the seat
of Government. Any attempt. at vio-
.lenee is to be deprecated, and probably the
party that hrst resorts to violence will be de-
feated, irrespective of the merits of the con-
troversy. 1t is peculiarly an Anglo-Saxon
trait to endure evils while they are endura-
BILE. The Democratic party has everything
to gain by paying respect to this national
characteristic"
al believe, Mr.. White, that you voted for
Hayes and Wheeler"
81 voted for the Hayes and Wheeler cleo
tors and the Republican State ticket in IL
linois without exception, butt acknowledge
no allegiance or iealty to any party, and
shall not vote the Republican ticket again if
the action of the Louisiana Returning
Board receives the sanction and support of
the party,"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
our OF WORK.
The winter is round again

win u;nto- and ,-,n. ravsr.r tEr
And the frost ia bact an the name
And the frost Is bact at the be,rt e
There's starligbt nm In the stv sfrf
And ,bare,s frel;obt over the v,r
But the stars are ali too bigb. ass
And THERE'S comfort for those VIM nav.
tramp in the cold erav msrn. ISIS
Itramp when tbs daylight la,s ,t-.i-.
Till my bleeding feet are torn.
On these merciless city flags:
And stare as the folks 20 by,
Their faces 40 cold and hand. q
That think of the stones that lie
In the hell of the work house ward. ].
"No. no. have nothing To sive.u
Is all we get for reply. 10y
"How is it YOU care TO llye7
There is nothing to DO hut die.n
And Others scoff as tbev walk
"oh. yes. we know Won of old.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
On az, Accommodation Train.

A very amusing incident occurred on
a Fort Wayne Railway train Saturday
afternoon. Just before one of the accom-
modations pulled out from the Federal
Street Station well-dressed, respectable
looking individual, slightly the worse for
little "tam," entered one of the cars,
approached lady who was occupying
of seat, and said:
Madam; is thi (hic) is seat taken p
The lady very pleasantly answered,
"No SIR"
MADAM, may 1 81 (hic) it DOWN.
Yes, sir, you may"
The boozy individual took a seat, and
in few moments the train started. He
sat seemingly contented and happy for
a few minutes. All at once he threw his
arms about his fellow-traveler and kissed
her vehemently several times.
Several passengers in the crowded car
at this became greatly incensed. The
fellow kept up his loving method of
procedure and the lady appeared to be
resisting him as best she could. Finally a
number of the most determined of the
passengers made simultaneous bounce
for the boozy man, one individual raised
a window, and it looked as if the fellow
was going to hunt terra firma, when he
suddenly seemed to take in the situa-
ton.
"What does vi (hic) you fellows
want ?'
The only answer was more deter
mined effort to lift the speaker from his
place. Then the other occupant of the
seat turned and took part in the CONVEX
sation.
Gentlemen" she said, I" this is my
husband"
Cob"
The man and his wife had entered the
car before any of the other passengers and
had gone out for refreshments. When he
returned, feeling very humorous, he ad-
dressed his partner in such tone that
everybody could hear him, as though she
was stranger, and that's what fooled
them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21

three days, but as soon as they obtained
his vote they Immediately returned him
to Jail. What spectacle for a United
States Senator to be placed inl If John
Sherman could act in bad faith with a
prisoner for the sake of obtaining vote
for his party, he must be lost to proper
sense of dignity and honor. OF such men
is portion of the Senate of the United
States comnOsed.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-12-21
The Last Par1siG,, THEFT.

lucy Hoopsr's Letter in Philadelphia Telegraph
A curious theft took place the other
day in the aristocratic precincts of the
Faubourg st. Honore. A wealthy lady
named Letellier, who resided near the
Church of st. Philippe du Roule, went
to that fashionable church one morning
to say her prayers. While there she put
her hand in her pocket and found that
some one had stolen from her the bon
bonniere which she habitually carried,
and which was very valuable, being of
gold set with precious stones. Her keys
also, which had been in the same pocket,
had disappeared. She looked around, but
saw no one whom she could suspect Of
the theft, her only near neighbor being
an elegantly dressed gentleman who was
absorbed in his devotions. To him
Madame Letellier confded the fact of
her loss, and he, putting his hand in his
own pocket, exclaimed that his purse,
also, had disappeared.
He made some remarks, tinged with
forcible indignation, respecting the
sacrilegious nature of thief who could
SO profane consecrated edifce, and then
announced his intention of going to the
nearest police station to make known his
loss. "And if Madame will kindly favor
me with the name and address," he
added, 81 shall take great pleasure in
mentioning her case at the same time"
The unsuspectiDg lady impaired to him
her address in full, and he hurried off, to
the police station as he said, while
Madame Letellier proceeded to pay call
or two, to relate her misfortunes to other
sympathizipg friends. On her return
home she was met by her maid with the
announcement that gentleman had
called, stating that he was sent by Nine.
Letellier's banker to take her jewellery to
the bank for safe-keeping, that she had
hesitated to confde the valuables to his
care, and that he had then proved his
right to take them by producing his mis-
tress's keys. Consequently, all Nine.
Letellier's valuable diamonds, and her
other ornaments as well, had gone to
join her lost bonbonniere in the posses
sion of the adroit scoundrel who had so
kindly sympathized with her at the
church.