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Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
$656 544.24

%O56 544. 24 The road during the year has laid fv. hundred tons of steel rails, and has sdded [" it's D Assenger service the Westinghouse vacuum brake, and nine hay cars and on. p issenger Car have been added to its rolling stock. Tue road nas in service ten loco motives of 2S tons each, eight of twenty-hv tons, and one of twenty tons. It has als,. twenty-eight passenger and baggage cars and four hundred and twenty-five freigh, CATS. Altogether the report must be re gardtd as very satisfactory iudeed, iniicat. ing the condition of the road and it's affair. to be such as to promise an increase of traf ic commensurate with the revival of the business of the country.
 Sheffield The High school exhibition under Mir. Hall, the teacher, WAS a decided success Although all were inexperienced there were nO faiIur z, tut much real talen displayed, which with proper training may bear comp rison with any in thes. parts Miss Phillips was the star. if Vt judge ny the applause. She recited hel Dutch piece like a native, and her face ex prrssrd almost as much as the words Sht IS a natural actor and speaker. Several olh CTS recitsd snd read beautifully. Misses Alice Newton. Louisa Dewey. Gertrude McMurray. Minnie Crippen, Mary Wilcox Minnie Field Misses Fannie and Jennie Train. Miss Chap,n, Miss Hattie TafI, and Miss Wickwre, made themselves co -spicu aus in dialogurs, and all did remarkably well. The young men all had their piecei we'll learned. and their delivery was good all that Is wanted is practice. The rsusie was worthy of notice. The Misses Train played an opening piece together beauti- fully and Miss Skinner executed 8 very difficult piece with her usual skill. Miss Skinner however is not pupil. but 8 mu sic teacher. The Misses Phillips sang s sweet song, Watching and Waiting J Miss Minnie Field sang the beautiful piece. ''Beyond,' composed ny Mir. F. Root. A seIensde, trio by Miss Skinner, soprano Miss Fannie Train, lst alto Miss Mimi. Field. 2nd alto. The ntertsinment closed with ''GoOd-night" gong by Misses Skin ner and Field. It was much regretted thai Miss Fannie Ferris, of Ashley Falls, was prevented by severe illness from reciiing g long piece sue had learned for the occasion Tnis is the first exhibition that has been held by the school here in many years, anu there Was general tu"nout; more than could be seated in French's Hall. It was a mistake, not using the Town Hall, as all could then have been accommodated with room and seHts...... The house of Milo Simpson was burned on Monday night, aud nearly evesy thing Was lost. One of the family was LadIy burned, one child was sick and they were obliged to go quite a distance before they could get 10 a house.
 OCCASIONAL.
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AN IRISH PATRIOT DEAD.-John O'Muho ny. the leader of lhe Feuian Brotherhood iu this country. died of disease of the lungs in New York, at 9 D. ID. on Feb. 9th. Col. O'Mahony was born ID 1916. in the viclni- ty of Mitchelstown, c ,unty Cork, He re- lin's school, in Middleton, and for several yeers subsequently, was 8 student at Trinity College, Dublin, but left the college with | out obtaining degree. He was great ad mirer of O'Conhell, and attended many ot the Repeal meetings held at Cork and Tip perary ID 1s43 and l844. O'Connell's views failed to satisfy O'Mahony. and in 1s48 he became one of the most active and daring participants in the William Smith O'Brien rebellion. The O'Briep scheme proved failure, and soon afterwards o. Mahony was at the head of several thou- sand men burning police barracks. It. gave the British Government considerable trouble by rousing the Irish people. In 1856 O'Mahony and John Mitchell were the lenders of large body of Irish Nationalists in New York. which bore the name of the Emmet Monument Association. This be- ing the time of the Crimean war, the two men were untiring in their efforts to use the occasion for IreIand's profit by induc- ing the CEar of Russia to send an arma- mrnt to Ireland to assist the people in an iusurrectiousry effort This was uusrc- cessful. In 1858 James Stevens and Col O'Mahony established the Irish Revolution ary Brotherhood in Ireland and in this country. OMabony was at the head of the American branch of Fonlans.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

The COWS of Pitts6eld and other Western Massachusetts towns are offering some GU rious problems to n.ilkmen. One of John E Kernochan's Alderneys recently gave birth to the calf. but after the calf was talk en away, not drop of milk would the COW yield. But one day the COW was found ly- ing down and three sucking pigs drawing all the nourishment they could hold, and to the evident pleasure of both, since which time the COW has done well enough. Abi- jah Parks of Dalton, undertaking to wean calf. put It in field with s yearling heit- CT and brought her to her milk so that shr was milked for year before having cal:. Orrin Hewlet of Lee also nas helfer which gave mllk eighteen months before having 8 calf.-Sp,tnQfeld Union.
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arm at Auction.

TWILL eell at Public Auction at the residence \ of the late Alexander ROrabache in Canaan Valley on Friday. March 18th 1877. at 1c o'clock in the forenonn the farm of land aud the buildings 9n it. owned and occupied for many earr by the -aid Korahacher. The farm rontaiup about lsy acres of land. suitably divided in.o meadow and pasture. grain and wood land all of which ie well supplied with water. and which has continued in abundance during the prrsent severe drow th. There on the premises two dwelling houser ''ne of which is good large two story building md Is in good repair three barns. one of which is horse barn, aud II .arly all In good repair.
 FREDERlCK BRONSON.
 East Canaan. Feb. Sth, 1877. SwaI
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"HEREAS James Butterly of Salisbury, has w preferred his petition againrt lames Butter. y jun and Margaret OConnell of New York City and against her husband, William O'Connell now petitioner, and agains: others, to the Superior 'ourt for Litrhneld Coun'y at the April term thereof, 1877. praying said Court to make c de- cree vesing in the petitioner the absolute title in certain lands in srid Salisbury, and certain per Sonal property, which said petitioner conveyed for said James Butterv jr. said Margaret and others, by deed dated March 9th IS70. 1t is there- upon ordered that notice Of the pendency of Paid petition be given to ssd James Butterly jr, eaid Margaret, and said William, by ppblirhing this order in a ..ewspsper publishe in North Canaan in sald County. three W ~eks eucceesiyely, at least twelve days before the first Tue-day of April 1877. Dated at Li'chfeld Jan. 20th iS77,
 o.. WILLIAM L RANSOM.
 3w32s Clerk of the Superior Court
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At recent masquerade in Burlington Iowa. all the girls ..hltched their teeth tC disguise their volce.
 Pasha Mahomet OFlanagan, (late of the Turkish Centennial B ,zsr) will be glad u see his friends at the new corner gin-mil he has just opened in avenue D.
 Surprise is said to be the essence of wit, but it is difficult to make a married man h. litve it after he has put OI three shirts, and found that there is not collar button on any of them.
 The most important even, in mans lit, Is commonly supposed to be his marriage ut il Is not always so, as the most impOr. tut event ln Ktnsls Editors lite is hls rieunial change ot shirt.
 A negro in South Carolina. who was co.nplalning of hard times, declared they were the hardest ever known. Why" said be. 'I works all day and steals all night, an yet Fun blest eff I ken make au honest living."
 The following is genuine copy of bill made out Dy the hostler of an inn, in the village of Dorsetshire, England "Aforthe- os. (hay for the horse), Sd. clinlnOsansha, [cleaning horse and chase) 4d. briniuon. imomigin (bringing him home again) 6d.- total, Is Id.
 An exchange wants to know whether, if the devil were to die, the newspapers would not euog,Ze his character. If they didn't, the editors would be very likely to get unceremonious orders from some of the relatives of the deceased, to ''Stop my pa per-"
 A gentleman who rather suspected som one was peeping through the key-hoIe of his office dooe, investigated with syrange full of pepper-sauce, and went home to find his wife had been cutting wood, and Il chip had hit her in the eye.
 "The sentence of the court is," said Judge Porter. a popular IT. sh magistrate, to notorious drunkard," that you be con- fined in jail for the longest period the law will allow; and l hope you will spend the time in cursing whiskey." "Be jabers I will, and Porter, too," was the answer.
 Dr A. J. Flagg's Cough and Lung Syrup is daily working it's cures, and raising pa- tients from their beds, who have been giv. en up to die by their physicians. Amos, every day, Dr., Flagg is receiving compIi- mentary letters bearing testimony to tue curative properties of this remedy.
 Wn"n man has been laiG up for three weeks with a broken leg, and the landlord begging to talk about the rent. nothing cheers him so much as to send a note to friend stating his troubles, and receive Q reply to the effect that tue latter will come in the course of the day and read chapter from the Testament to him.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

VANDERBILT ON PAssRs we'll known merchant signing himself "A Traveller" communicates the following funny anec- dote about the railroad king An amusing thing came under my observation between Vant erbilt and Lloyd, the map man, in New York. in 1887. Lloyd wanted pass over the Central railroad for one of his agents, and Vanderbilt refused it. A week l after this happened. Lloyd completed his relief railroad map of the United States, a shade larg"r than the New I ork Herald, on one sheet of strong bank-note paper, on a Lightning press. and sold it like a newspa- per all over the country, and the Sale was | tremendous, several newsdealers ordering l lOO,OOO copies at a single order. Lloyd had the railroads on the map about as broad as an ordinary pen-holder-very dis tinct and clear. To make old Vanderbilt angry. he lifted out the electrotvpe plate the New York Centra' Railroad line, from New York city to Buffalo, and the Lake Shore line and it's connections from Buff alo 10 Chicago, and issued the cheap ten GCut uIap WltuOuL tu0lT lIueS on LQe map al all. There was a white canal-like blank space in the map where these railroads had heen leading from New York to Chicago, that looked curious enough. We'll. Lloyd mailed copies of every edition. not only to Vanderbilt, but to all the stockholders, bond holders, ticket agents, freight agents, ana all in any way connected with the Central railroad. O.d Vanderbilt swore and raved aud threatened to.sue Lloyd for damages hut every issue made, L,oy would mail Vanderbilt and his cr"wd copies of the rail
 road map without his hue and his connec
 tlOns shown on it, until Vanderbilt yielded
 and sent passes bv the wholesale 10 l. uyd
 and to the day of his death he never refus ed Lloyd the map msu all the pisses ne wanted. Vanderbilt would jump np and down every tim. ho saw copy of tha, map. with the Can l rucning from Naw
 York to Chicago along the course Of his track, with his track invisible.
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Yo'ne @eips.

sss We shallfeel greatly obliged to any Of ou
 friends in the county, or elsewhere. who Wtilsend
 us spasticularr ofany occurrences finterestWhicn may come under thelr notice.
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BOR VI.

At Hammertown. (salirbury., Feb. TO- daush. ter to Edward J. VanDeusen, weight II i-4 lbs. Blake. ~"~ Ni'en At Fast Canaan, Jan. a, son to John and Ella Calkins. ~~
 At Unionville, Feb. g, a son to c. 6. Mason.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

GEN. BELKNAP Nor TO BE PRos ouTKD.- The case against Gen. BelkDsp on sn in- dictment for receiving bribes while he was Secretary of War has been not. pressed by the district attorney at Washington, acting under instructions from Attorney General Taft. The instructions were based upoo the following endorsement made upon the papers by President Grant "In view of the within statement of the district Attor- 'orney of the District of Columbia, to the effect that he believes conviction improb- able, and in view of the loug suffering of the accused, and the great expense to which he has already been subjected, think the district attorney should be directed to dls- miss the suit.s
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23
M AR REED.

In Norfolk, Feb 2. by Rev. John F clesson Walter Wsrland of Norfolk and Mary E. Jones of Sandisfield, Mass.
 In sharon, Feb. 14. at the home of inc hride'e parents. by Rev s. J. McCutcheon Mr. John M. Reed, to Nj iss Ida L. Gibbs, both ot
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oounectiea. Western Nevys.

subscription Accouns.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriber, shows the time Co which che Wmb Scripti0n ts paid thus. x. B. smith 5Jul77, indicates that Mr. Smith has paid for his paper to zee to it that their account, aa indicated by the late en their papers, ia always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their suokcription, VIII rhe proper credit and In the event of an errOr to inform ua for correction at once. No claims for .rrora in these accOuRte will heraafter be conaid- days after the payment is clsimed to have been nade aa the regular receipt ot the paper with the printed thereon s prima fscie evidence of its ac- ceptance Ae correct. J. l.. FEASR.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

Nr. Bercher says million dollars is a very pOem. We dsslre to state th,s artlcle of poem vii. De accepted if we have to crowd out advertiseA~outs to make room for it.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

Say. Pat, supN's" Satan was :O come along now. ana see h, " '' uS here, which do you suppos he would take-you or mef"
 "On, faith, yer hun"i! le'd tlke me How so?, " Well, sir, said paddy. ''he'd toke me now, because he wouldn't be sure of me when he came again; but he'd he sure of you at apy time, and could afford to wait."
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

A Detroit restaurant hangs out sign of free chops" and when the old loafers come around he shows them an ax and a woo3-plle.
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Dl e D.

At New York Feb. II. Lsnra J ane widow of inc iate Ralph Little, Sen.. of Shefed. aged 67 vears
 In tn village, Thursday. Feb Is, Eliza A.. wlie or Nathaniel c. Word. aged Ss years.
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TAXES.

b A WORD to the wise is sufficient. :" and to all
 A that have not paid their taxes Rate bill of lS75 will please call and do 1t at once. Now all of you that are bacS yOur taxes, to not for gM 10 real this az you read over he above adver- tisemsnt. SeSk
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TAX ES.

A IL persons liable 10 pay Taxes in the town h of Canaan are notified that the eubacriber mas received & warrant tor the collection of tar aid oR list 1876, and for the purpose of receiving said tax. will be at the store ofH. E. WetherelI. in Huntsville. on the 23rd day of March and at th store of George W. Ha iu Falls Village, on the 24th day of March, 1877 from one till four ocIoek P. M., on each of said days,
 All persons neglecting to pay their taxes on aaid taya. will have one per cent added each month un. ril paid according to law.
 P. M.JAQUA, o Collector.
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Housntonic Railroad Compmny.l

Housnt0nic Railroad COmDmmv.l
 TcensurersS Office.
 BRIDeEPoRT, CONN, FkB, l, 1871.
 TICE. fNHE annual meeting of the Stockholders of the II Housatonic k. k. Co.,, will be held at their Of. nee Is Ill the City of Bridgeport, Connet ticut on rrlday the 2Sd inst, at I-2 o clock D. m for the purpore of electing Board of Directors. for psid company Tor the ensuing year, and to do any otner business proper to be done a eaid mee,ing ne transfer books will be closed from the iIth to the S4tb inst. By order
 SwSl CHARLkS K, AvERILL, Sec.
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AJoint commi!tee-Twod doctors working over spra1n.
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lowing named rubacIibers have left the plscee where they have been regularly receiving TIE NEWS. and Sc they did not notify us of their change of post t-ofice. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their nsmes, we pub fish their only address known to us. and any ot
 UT readers know of the whereabouts of any O. them they will do us 6 favor by informing us.- Is 1t exactly HONEST trestmeDG. to receive news paper till several dollars are due, and then leave ceived, and the subscriber gone. nobody knows where2 The following have done this: Does ,l,r,drz krar,xx hare fhnxa
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Aer' Adpertise,neuts.

0. w. CAMP, M. D. DHYSIC1AN AND SURGEON, Canaan. Conn. N Office hours at Camps Drug Store from onc 10 four o'clock, Thursday afternoons 88vol6tf
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

At recent masquerade in Burlington, Iowa. all the girls IL .hltched their teeth to disguise their volce.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

Surprise is said to be the essence of wit, but it is difficult to make married man b,. Iieve it after he has put op three shirts, and found that there is not 8 collar button on any of them.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

The most important even, in & mans lit, 's commonly supposed to be his marriage ut i, Is not always so, as the most impOr .ut event In K.nsls Editors lite is hls rieunial change Ot shirt.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-23

the action ot the previous meeting fully sustained by vote of 60 to 25. Brlow we republish the motions as voted upon and passed at the D 'cember meeting.
 lst. That thls school district build new schoo! house, in accordance with a plan approved by the hoard of school visitors, and building committee appointed by the district.
 2d. That Miles T, Granger, Nathaniel c. Ward and Daniel L. Pierce be appoint. building committee.
 3d. That this school district change the sita ot the school house, and that the build. ing committee and board of school visitors s-lrct and locate site for the new school house.
 | Cine board of school visitors consists of R'v. Elisha Whittlesey. A. T. Rorabsck. N. B TobeY, c. w. Camp, Charles Gil lette. and D L. Freeman.)
 4th. That tax of cents on a dollar of the taxable property of the district to be laid on the grand list of 1876, to defray the expenses of a new school house and the necessary appropriations.
 
 9th. That the building committee dis pose of the old school house.
 9th. That the building committee have the new school house completed on or be. fore the middle of September. 1877.
 In accordance with the instructions Of the meeting. the proper committees have selected site for the new house. .and which is to be abOu. thirty rods a little east of north of the town hall building. on land owned by MT. Fr derrick Watson. The site will contain about three-f"urlhs of au acre, and road or lane will be laid out from the street near Mir Prquignry's resi- dence, leading to the school house. The committee has di posed of the old school building. giving it as full equivalent for the land for the new house.
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Pasha Mahomet O'Flanagan, Oate of the Turkish Centennial B ,zsl) will be glad u See his friends at the new corner gin-mil he has just opened in avenue D.
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JAMES BUTTERFLY,
 V, MILTON H. ROBBINS. ct al.

Canaan Conn.,, Feb. 17th, 1sTT
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A negro in South Carolina. who wa, conpalning of hard times. declared ihe, were the hardest ever known. Why, said be. "I works all day and steals al night, an yet Fun blest eff ken make al hunest living."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01


ing him in the eye. If you do I'll call IL
the neighbors aud tell them the who'll
story, Now darling will YOU go?'
Faith. sir there's more In folk sehaU look =
Her waist was no larger than your thumb
but she had spirit enough when it was up
Will you come, says |.
He called for Res' says she, asking
like.
HE did, miss, ask Nora there; his on.
cry was for Clara, Clara
Then shall go said she.
God be praised! says |.
Remember says the orld COX. win A,,s
voice of ghost, If you 20 with tlI. wom-
+. IN you will never come back into this
house again
+ have thought Of that, says she, but l
shaIf-go.'
Very WELL says he, turning to 90.
You are an ould man, says |, and ought
to have more sinse.
Hold your devilish tongue, saws he.
'Dvil bit OF it,says |, but I will talk all
ike
Come in wife, says he.
No, says she, III Clara Is 10 leave the
h0Nse | will go
I, : Aud thep t-don'k know what happened.
crieu Ike ehid'and they all cried. It's
90 sec lanlly break up
sir; and mM nrk. haveShe heart of a
wolfe to see his Own mesh and blood turn
from him.
lie gave in sir. and he kisked bis wife
and daughter and Nora, but no wouldn't
speak to me, but didn't blame Mn. sir.
Ana there they went away by them
selves, hut asked US TO wait awhile, and
8hcqlAey came again it was all made up.
ne coach was ordered and we all went TO
the house
Kun up and tell the gossoon.' says / to
Nora bat NO said:Miss Clara, let me 20
alone =
dont know what he said or did sir. but
pretty soon the father and mother went up
70 MS room and then they said'ho wanted
US. And he took my hand and kissed it,
'noush cried lihea baby, sir and he kiss
ell me-the silly brat, and so did Miss
CARA. and We M went 20 crying again.
AUD that Is the end or our story, sir. Ne
We don't Keep boarders any more. Miss
CARA bought this house for us, and gave
me deed FOR Christmas present and Nora
married the doctor, and we lived here hap
py, Tim Is bookkeeper for Mr.. Wedge
man, aud hn- Young man he is.Slr, il |
cay 1t, as shouldn't
; Aud every Christmas day they all comes
mere to dinner with us. and Mr. Nichols
aud Clara 20 of To their own room to-
gethcr. Tor IT'S just as he left il, aud then
they Kiss me- Til I'm all in a fil.et But
Lotd loEc you, sir, there's a wonderful
difference between crying for joy and cry
lhS TOT sorrow, and my Chri~tmases are
all nappy ones, tharks be to God.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1877-02-01

A PROMPT DIyIsION.-A French pam
phlet has this story OF Baron RothSchlld:
During the troubles of ISIS the great
inancier was one morning at work, when
two citizens, very dirty, but burning with
the aTdor OF fraternity, and armed to the
teeth, entered his study, To which a stately
butler had in vain attempted to bar the
way.
We'll, gentlemen. what can do for
you? demanded Rothschid.
This they briefly replied you have
millions. The people ,tarye, You must
share with ", or .'
Be it so, promptly replied the baron;
but first, what i, the population of France"
Thirty millions
And what do you suppose is the arnoaut
OF my fortune"
ON. we dare say you have one hundred
and iifly million francs
Very good accept your valuation
Divide $50 by 80, and you have FIVE Ev-
cry person will then be entitled r. i've
francs OF my property. Here are ten
francs for YOU two"