Connecticut western news., 1876-07-28
Items of Interest.

|s2 Waterfall there is when a waterfall meets downfall. nssf sEf 5na
 {" Borrow as you go,". is popular, but "borrow all you can and then go, IS more so. .-,.~.f .r.- .,,.,
 In England, iron is rolled into sheets as thin and as flexible as paper, and not easily torn. +- -'A 'A4%'. .i'5' ,.'.o +Aa
 Arabia dog, near Hartford, in run of ten miles bit thirty-on dogs, and all have been killed. 'r-5Hlr 1d. gd
 In 1875 the deaths of infants under one year of age were equal to 162 per ]. 900 in London. -r g...r,s.t ,tss. The copper mines of Newfoundland are being developed with great success, and large deposits of lead have been dis covered. '@A-@' Of the Americans on the staff of the commander of the EgyptianG xpedition into Abyssinia, three were killed and eight wounded. ss e7I, Ylggw3 Etea
 Wood for big bonfire was conveyed to the top of Mount Davidson, Nevada, by eight camels, each carrying about third of a cord. "-- 7-',A ~'4,.
 The people in Hoholulu say that in that region it sometimes rains faster into the bunghole of . barrel than it can run out at both ends. i ,s Gfaoa14aFJ A bold rascal on an Illinois railroad train pretended to be the conductor, collected all the fares in two cars, and jumped off with the money.
 Dr. J. R. Nichols, a Boston chemist, says that he has :.ever found . trace of strychnine in whisky, and that s' it is mistaken notion to suppose it IS ever used by distillers." al -i d;uam
 A savage dog in Rome, Ga, attacked man, who defended himself with lantern that he was carrying, and the lantern became fastened to the dogs neck in such way as to cause death by burning. q, ae-5a~.g-, ,
 Mir. Benham, of Madison, Ind, mo- ticed largo snake, coiled around the bough of an apple tree m which pct dove was rearing her young. He killed the snake, and in 1t the dove aud her brood were found still Rlive.s y.Ia9
 The Chinese are the only nation who know how to cover plates of sheet lead with thin layers of colored glass. ', They use them on the sides and donnes of their temples, to which they lend lus- trous and gorgeous appearance. 70
 In order to obtain the complete cor ner of Broadway and Fulton street, New York, it was necessary to buy the cor ner strip, six by one hundred feets For this strip the Dutch church, paid $lOO,- 900. being $16.6o6 per running foot fac i ing Broadway. -. Flowing in unbroken furrows six miles long can be seen in Fargo, Cali fornia. The teams start in the morning and make one trip across the entire town ship and back before dinner, and the same in the afternoon, making twenty four miles travel every day. o,,,t
 The deepest Atlantic soundings ever made were about ninety. miles north of the island of St. Thomas, in 5, ,S75 fathoms. The pressure was so great at this immense depth that thel bulbs of the thermometer, madet tu to stand a pressure of three tons, broke. aga,, A curious reaper from South Australia 1 is shown in Agricultural hall on the | Centennial grounds. There arc no knives about it. the heads of the grain being knocked of, after passing between long fingers, by bars upon a revolving cylin- der, and deposited in great bin,I
 The Journal of -HeGlth has been col lecting all the recipes for. rheumatism floating around, some of which are quite edifying. Per example:. Kill a big dog aud put your feet inside. Wear sulphur in your shoes. Wear silk. 2 Wear fan nei. Exercise. Don't exercise. Pray fervently. Don't eat meat Eat all the meat you can.. Don't smoke. Smoke all you like. Don't drink. Drink bran dy. Garry piece cf alum ia your pock- ct. Bathe. Don't bathe. Wear horse chestnut in your brooches pocket. Read "Job." Rub with kerosene. Do not swear. Put on hot poutices. y,