Connecticut western news., 1876-03-17
Items of Interest.

Motto for yeast factory-"E Early to bread and early to rise.'
 A mean man thinks more of @ dollar than anything else in the world, except ing $2. .#.. s".- ......
 An Iowa witness admitted being drunk as lord, but denied being drunk as fiddler. . s .s'.r
 In England thirty-nine per cent. of the population are married, in Ireland thirty per cent, and in Germany only nineteen per cent.
 Country boys in England average an inch and 8 quarter more in height and seven pounds more in weight than city boys.
 The friends of @ Boston lady tele- graphed from, Paris that she was "no worse," and the cable said no more." She was mourned as dead for nearly two days. ..-...-.-,. .,r---
 An exchange remarks that it is won- derful to see how exact hne man can draw with his shovel, on snowy morn ing. between his own premises and his next door neighbor's.
 @ The United States commissioner of Indian affairs wants Congress to give him an appropriation to enable him to send large delegation of our aborigines to the Centennial exposition.
 The world is looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Brown at it and it will in turn look surly upon you; laugh at it, and with it, and it is jolly, kind com panion.
 HEL a:sk-o~o .I.11 ,,-ox,osIs a,oo,, <x %ho laboring classes in Canada. Over 1,000 men, all heads of families, have applied for work on the improvements of the Lachine canal, where only 100 men will be employed. Hfma .s
 A young person, describing the looks of 8 newly arrived M., c. from the far West, as he appeared at the Washington depot, says He looked as if he had come all the way across the continent on the hurricane deck of mule.'
 In Manchester, England, two fine horses attached to 8 brougham took fright, dashed through alrestaurant win dow, and forced their way to the middle of the room. They were badly cut, and the damage altogether is estimated at s200 to G300. @ s hsN~1
 At Logansport, Ind, while several children were playing together, the four-year-old daughter of lEliza Wag- oner thrust her tongue through the crack of the room door, which one of her playmates instantly slammed to, cutting off nearly one half of tho mem- Der. @
 An editor received the following [ Dear sir--I have looked carefully and patiently over your paper for six mor ths for the death of some individual I was acquainted with, but as yet not single soul I care anything about has dropped off you will please to have my name erased" sa.,n a. rE A Chinaman in San Francisco was rudely pushed into the mud from street crossing by an American. He picked himself up very calmly, shook of some of the mud, bowed very politely, and said, with @ mild, reproving tone to the offender You Christian, me heathen; good-byer ial .s3 saE When the sultan of Turkey goes to the opera he is followed by servants, bearing load of edibles. This is not bad idea. When some of our young men go to the theater or opera they should be followed by servants bearing keg of beer. This would obviate the necessity of said young men going out between the acts to get a clove to chew.
 It may be laid down as safe rule that you should always know whom you are marrying. A Cincinnati man married @ woman the other day of whom he knew nothing except that her name was Mary, and he is not sure that she did not lie about that, as she has since left for parts unknown taking with her all the house. hold oods, including even her husbands 8 spare clothing. ...r t.e.-t..g
 Person with cold in his head to per son opposite (referring to open window in railroad carl: "Say, wid you shud up that wi'dow4" Middle-aged woman in weeds, who has been talking for the last half-hour, turning around indig- nantly: "What do you mean, sir9 1t is pretty how-de do when woman can't open her mouthi I'll have you to know you can't shut me upr
 A case that puzzled 8 London magis- trate was that of & woman who had assailed her husband with an ax, If he sent her to prison, the husband would have to hire somebody to care for her children while she was incarcerated. If he fined her, the husband would have to pay the sum. If he put her under bonds to keep the peace, the husband would be responsible. She was discharged with an admonition.
 He was Washington boy, and, we are sorry to say, it was his first visit to church. As he came down the steps, the little fellow that had accompanied him asked: "Bill. how dye like it G' "Putty good" was the reply. "'Twasn't good as Buffer Bill, but l tell yer, Sam, was sorry for that fel- ler." "Sorry for him; why9" "Why. he cum out there, dun tall by hisself, ard didn'tget nary clap"