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Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16
Eating VS, Drinking,

If you would keep from drinking SO great quantity of ardent spirits, eat, eat more. Eat nutritious food. Eat something whenever you take'a drink. The drunk, in all cases, comes from the stomach full of whisky and no food. There is a simple lesson yet to be learned by many, and that is, they do not eat enough of blood, bone, nerve and tissue making food. You may half starve to death on salt fish, potatoes. cabbage, turnips, fried liver, stewed. kidneys, and score of other dishes which please the taste, but add little or nothing to the body force. Eggs, the best of steak, mutton and bread are what one requires for strength. It is this unconscious half starved condition which causes so much of the craving for temporary increase of strength, and that is quickest gained through glass of whisky. That gives, for few moments, spasmodic impulse to the wheels of life, sending them whizzing and spinning around for a few moments; then comes reaction, and they turn more slugglshly than ever. The best spirits In the world reside in good blood, the worst in bad. It is that which sends false imaginings, suspicious and dependencies to the brain.
 
 IndOlence is the Daralvsis of the soul
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16
ff3t tst -= -s 2. .. Selling his Birthright.

Poor fellow, he is selling his birth- right; it makes my heart ache to see him." a.q ae .za'ss s a5. t,.s, .-.rt.
 Selling his birth-right, MT. James What do you mean q' said to friend with whom, I was walking. George Norton is 8 noble fellow; he is only sowing few wild oats; he will come out of it all right; only give him time"
 "I repeat it, Stanley" answered my friend; "that the young man is selling his birthright. Let me try and ex- plain what mean to you, and we will take for an example George Norton, by way of illustration"
 "Here is young man who has re- ceived many presents at the hand of God. A noble and vigorous physical frame, youth, beauty, manly-vigor, in tellectual capacity far above mediocri- ty; a generous nature, frank. affection ate, tender hearted, liberal to fault, filled with noble impulses, and yet, though endowed with all these gifts, he is very spendthift of these blessings, frittering them all away for present pleasures and mere worldly amuse- mentS.
 "Wheu such young man gives him self up to his social companions, gives time to this idle fellow and money to that spendthrift, passes one evening in the billiard room, and another at a card table is the 'hail-fellow, we'll met at the drinking saloon, he will go from bad to worse, wasting and scat tering the riches of Gods blessings, and before he reaches middle life he will be a mere nonentity in the so- ciety of which he might have been an ornament, 8 freQuenter of drinking saloons and gambling dens, and may at last become drivelling idiot or fill pauper's1 grave. Is not this selling his God. inherited birth-right, and where is the place for repentance here It is not an overdrawn picture. Ihave watched this downward progress, rapid and fatal as it is, in many young man misdirected, misguided ultimate ly and irretrievably lost"
 How many of our young men, and women, too, are daily and hourly bar tering away their birthright, most of it for less than Esau's mess of pottage. Some for wealth. some for worldly emolument, but oh! how many just for present pleasure ... ...-.:
 And when at last, with physical frame enfeebled by excesses, opportu- mites for Improvement utterly thrown away, mind weakened and imbccile, nothing but wreck of all the noble manhood with which God had endowed them; then-do they try to find a place for repentance. We leave them in the hands of Him whose mercies cannot be numbered, but yet who has said: "Thus far shalt thou go, and no further." There may be for them mo place for repentance, though they seek It carefully and with tears"
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16

verily believe, an almanac was as great a treat in days of "auld lang syne" az is an exciting novel to modern belle !; it was as much consulted as the family Bible. I can imagine the old farmer, with his spectacles on his nose, reading to the assembled family group, these lines: "About-this--time--look--out -for-rough-weathcr," and grandma answering, 'T thought we'should have aspell of 1t soon, for Eve felt it in my bones for some days past" a.".s -:. .'..
 Next we come across some old fash ion books, and we wonder if anybody ever did dress in such an outlandish manner, and how they could consent to make such guys of themselves. We wonder if the boys didn't hoot at them as they walked through the village street, all the while forgetting that fashion was fashion as much in those days as 1t is at the present time, and we also forget that posterity will look on the fashion-plates of to-day-some fifty years hence and ridicule our fashions as much as we ridicule those of fifty years ago. *t
 What can be in this paper which sends forth such an agreeable aroma? Noth- ing but some of Aunt Hester's dried "yarbs," so good in case of sickness, and ssjust splendid" to stuff the Thanks giving turkey or the Christmas goose.
 The rain still patters overhead, some what melancholy, I know, but the drops seem like footsteps of those who have passed many a Thanksgiving and Christmas beneath the roof of this old homestead. Have not the owners of those feet been in this old garret many time and, oft? Have they not rum maged as much as am rummaging now, and has not this old attic rung with many a peal of laughter from young, innocent and happy beings? That old clock-now useless-has ticked away the merry hours-has told the time for meals, for school, for bedtime. for "meetin'" and Sunday-School; it's hands are useless now; it is fast going to decay like many who have noted its workings, and yet the shell is kept just as we carefully inclose the she'll of some loved one in the casket. g.taGg To ae.
 Old clothes, old shoes, old ,playthings are here to rummage over. Cannot you imagine that sometimes, in the quiet night, while all are sleeping, that shadowy forms come to this old chamber of past "reminiscences and clothe them- selves in the old garments they used to wear, set the old clock ticking once again, con the pages of some ancient book, and live over the days of their mortal life, with it's hopes and fears, enjoyments and disappointments, loves and hates? 's 'a' "i .-.el ..7 4
 These attics 1t always seems to ne should be kept sacred to the memory of the days gone by; the articles they con- tain do not appear to belong to us, and it looks like sacrilege for us to take them away. Igrant you they are old, useless and shabby, but from association they are endeared to others, and many would not part with them for five times their weight in gold, and do not blame them one bit.
 The rain has ceased, and my rummage is over. My musings have made, me feel better. They have taught me that it is better to love those whom have left, than wish had loved them better when find them gone. 2-a'SA T"
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16
He died, leaving the. sentence unfin

A0 uAcu, AeaVluS Cue sCAt0ASo uAAil- ished. .,.
 ''I have lived long enough to see jus tice done," said the stranger, sinking to the floor.
 They picked him up, and laid him upon the lounge. Then the doctor hur- riedly examined his wound. %'st .@F
 .''No use," he said, shortly. @s'He is bleeding internally. He cannot live.''
 Nancy, filled with compassion, had forced her way to his side, and stood looking pityingly upon him. :.
 "Great Heavens!" exclaimed the wounded man, in agony, ''is 1t Nora Sherwood my wife, or am I dreaming? I fancied she was lost in the Sea Wave.' There is & mystery here. She had a locket upon her neck-I mean my child with the initials of her name upon it. Do you know--" ...# It was disjointed sentence, for the mans mind was evidently wandering.
 Nancy was shaking with emotion.
 ''Is this itp' she asked, drawing it from her bosom. and handing it to him.
 'It is! Great Heaven! l have found my daughter only to-" ...-.
 "To lose her." he would have said, but Death finished the sentence for him.
 In his pockets were the papers that showed that he had spoken truly. Nancy Sheppard was, indeed, his daugh- ter. "
 They buried the avenger and his vic- tim in the quiet graveyard, and Nancy assumed the fortune that was rightfully hers. '2 E.i.E y fTa Joe Crawford did not leave the place found it already in Nora Sherwood, in loving whom he had so narrowly missed being hung as a murderer. 4 ...-.-s -..
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16
auNDER THE SNOW.

The brown old earth lies quiet and still
 ssaF Under the snow; -...- .. The farrows are hid on the broken hill
 - Under the snow; Every twig is fringed with messy pearl, The dropping cedars bend to the ground, The rose-bush Ia drifted into the mound, And still from the silent sky to the ground The white flakes noiselessly whirl. '-.. rozr The roads and fields are buried deep
 Under the snow; The hedges lie in a tangled. heap
 Under the snow; f.-. And the little gray rabbits under them creep, While the twittering sparrows cunningly peep From the sheltering briers and cozily sleep
 Under the snow. .......i --. The rough old barn and sheds near by. . . The mounted straws of the wheat and rye,
 !, Are covered with snow; The struggling fences are softened with down, Every part is white, with @ beautiful crown
 Of drifted snow. And think as sit in the gloaming here, Watching the objects disappear, How many things are folded low Under the drift of the fallen snow! There-are hearts that were once full of love
 a., Under the snow; .- There are eyes that glowed with the seal of
 love - ..,.-..
 Under the snow; '' There are faded tresses of golden hair, :, And locks that were bleached with the frost of
 care-FF n 0~Fs t.i.+ ...i' .g.f. s rs  There are lips that were once like the rose, There are bosoms that were stung with woes, There are breasts that once were true and
 suong'gs gs ..rea.s,s. s,. ,.Ea.l d T..s =. There are forms that once were praised ln
 song,
 o. there's strange and mighty throng
 Ns'- Under the snow! Another mound will soon lie deep
 Under the snowl And ,Hil with the pale ones sleep .... ...
 Under the snow. o, God, transform my soul with grace, That in the 1ovelight of Thy face I may stand pure when death shall place My pulseless heart and body low sn5 @
 sll Under the snow. s-''.e..H t
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16
RidiCule.

Remember, that the talent of turning people to ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of small minds and un- generous tempers. A young person with this cast of mind cuts himself of from all manner of improvement. So said Addison, long ago, and 1t is az true to-day as ever.
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16

Miss Von Hillern, of Boston,ii Sis the prevailing pedestrian bore. Weston and Bates are outdone,
Connecticut western news., 1877-02-16

Indolence is the paralysis of the soul.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-18

i co aPANY .-Loesiion o. piineipe place
tnes,Ien 81 works, Virginia Mining District,
So,iee There are delinquent upon the fol
i,xln, described stock. On account o. -.
-...msnt No. >. levied On the sh Gay %
apr.i, is.I. tho several amoohts ses oPpos.es
the Of the respective saAfsoososrs' -
follows: 20. r..,,s m. An,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
STATE ORPHANS HOME,

The Directors Of the State Orphans
Homs~have submitted to the Legisla-
ture their report for the eleventh and
twelfth fiscal years. The Home is in
charge of George B. Webb and wife,
the superintendent and imatron. and
the directors are proud to say, without
fear of contradiction, that more or
Derby, we'll. behaved, and thoroughly
happy set of children cannot be found
in any institution of the kind in the
country. The sanitary condition of the
Home is good and the health of the
children excellent. only one death, and
that from hereditary disease. having
occurred in the last year. The disci-
pline is regular and strict. without being
harsh or severe. Provision is made for
the amusement and recreation of the
children who. through the kindness of
friends, or the iberality of the mana
gers. are taken to all proper entertain
ments given at Carson. Thirty nine
children. n boys and - girls, have
been admitted during the last two years.
During the same period eleven inmates
have been indentured; twenty-one
half orphans taken ont by surviving
parents, and one full orphan discharged
on having attained her majority. Stree
the founding of the Home, 10 full
Orphans and ia half-orphaps have
been admitted. OF these, 68 have been
discharged, IA have been indentured
and two have died, leaving 49 remain
ing in the Home on the first day of
January, 1877. The estimated value
of the property at the Home, including
the buildings and grounds, which are
set down at $4,000, is $25 200, and
the expenditures for the last two years
have been 500, 401 80, or S401 80 in
excess of the amount appropriated by
the Legislature.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE

In the Senate yesterday a message
was received from the Governor APP
proving of Senate bill No. 80, an Act
to legalize contracts made by the
officers of Virginia City and the Gold
Hill Water Company, and recommend.
iRg the repeal of q similar Act passed
at this session.
Chubbuck introduced a bill to re-
peal, said act as recommended. -
Shepherd introduced Il bill to amend
the Act defining the time for COM
mencipg civil actions. sg $3.50
Martin introduced bill for the re-
lief of s. II. Marlette. el ~
Cresvell introduced bill TO amend
an Act relative TO fees for official SER
vices.ea ctet, ~ o. sAyd
An Actto abolish the office of State
Mineralogist was passed by vote Of
l6 to z, and only awaits the Governors
signature TO become law. ~
Kennedy gave notice of a bill to pro
hibit the collection of accounts for
liquors sold at retail.
Bills were introduced as follows;
BY Hammand-R Regulating civil pro-
eeedings in courts of justice.
BY Moore. of Elko- Relating to the
duties of officers of the Legislators. g
BY McIptosh-- Requiring savings
banks to publish quarterly reports.
BY Trousdale- Regulating fees for
official services in certain cases. sf n
Assembly bin No. 50 amending the
act to prohibit the sale of fire arms and
spirits to Indians. read third time and
lost. aa s1ts .oA #1 eGiai
Committee on State Prison reported
favorabiy on Senate bill No. IL. This
bill provides for the election of Prison
Walden by the Legislature. Y '
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25

The leaves of coffee are now used to
make a beverage not much different
from tea. The new drink finds faoyr in
London and has been introduced in
Boston.
The Rev. Henry Eger is in Jail IN
Falmouth, KY, for q serious offence.
He refuses to make any disclosures,
and says, RENE nbering Bsecher,
"Other hearts w ould ache. ~ .03e i
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
A spI mi d Hair Dressing and
Res.crcr combined.

RSSsCsSA
WooD's IMpRoyED HAIR REsToBATIyE
is unlike any other. aud has no equal
The Improved has new vegetable tonic
properties; restores gray bair 10 glossy
natural color; restores faded, dry, harsh
and falling hair; restores. dresses, gives
vigor 10 the hair; restores hair to pre-
maturity bald heads; removes dandrnf,
humors, scaly eruptions; removes irri-
tation, itching aud scaly dryness. No
article produces such wonderful effects.
Try it. call for Woods Improved Hair
Restorative, aud don't be ppt off with
any other article Sold by aH druggists
in this place aud dealers everywhere.
Trade .snpplied at manufacturer =
prices by G.. 4. Cook d Co., Chicago.
Sole agents for the rited States and
Canadas, and by all Wholesale Drug
glsEs.s 8a1b sz8 .4etts as.BifI.- sylu &
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25

stt-1s'E'~ L0ND6N, jan "a.
A fire broke out in Stone Hill col
liery near Balton to-day while the men
were at work, and is still burning,
Fifteen miners are known 10 have per-
ished. II is impossible to recover tho
bodies.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25

john A. LOGAN, has Withdrawn from
the Senatorial contest in Illinois, and
will step down and out of the Senate
on the. 4th of March. q. r-r.'
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25

The following remedy for diphtheria
Isreported to have been successfully
employed by a lady in Virginia City:
Spread roasted onion on flannel,
sprinkle over IL salt aud black and
red pepper. and apply to the throat as
hot as it can be borne. Give in
wardiy. also. some black pepper and
salt. either dry or IN water. 81
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
DiSs olution Notice.

HNHE PARTNERSHIP HERE oFoE 4, u,
listing between w. A. Jrousdan ~.
Robert O'NtAl IL this day dissolved ~ mu NIX
consent. All debts Of the firm VIII y N,
by W. A. Trousfale, and all debts ow'Ds
trIa Will be eollect, by him. ,,srJF
ROBERT O'NEAL,,
WiSNrxuccA, New, &C. 20, 1870,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
Fraudulent Voters Sentenced.

SAN Francisco. Jan. "a,
Lawrence Doyle and William Mcsar-
ley, convicted in the u S. Circuit
Court of having fraudulently attempted
to register themselves us voters. were
to-day sentenced by the Judge to pay
each d fine of $50 or be imprisoned,
time MOTTO exceed 80 DAYS. The conrt
held that defendants had been led to
commit the crime by others, that,
being ignerant men,. it was doubtful If
they really knew what they were doing.
This explained the lightness of the
sentences j s. V5IrC31 q
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-01-25
TAKE NOTICE.

ALL persons indebted to the ccupu az ~
taxes ale requested to call at my ~
in the Court house. immediately, ssl h'''
to settle the whole business Of the Counn "
trusted to my charge, before leaving once
IS. GRASS. District ATTORNEY
Winncmncea Deceru Der rs. 1876.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24

the Democratic ticket Would the peo-
pie OF this State submit TO such . ty-
rannical, such an arbitrary, infamous
lawP They would not They ought
not And ret the law OF Louisiana ere
Ating the Returning Board in that State
is just as arbitrary, as tyrannical, as infa-
nous and unconstitutional as ,snch an
act would be il passed by the Democrat
ic Legislature of Tennessee, approved by
the Democratic Governor, and enforced
by Democratic Supreme Court. The
intention of the Returning Board Law
in Louisiana was to keep the Republi-
cans in power, and TO keep the Demo
Gratis out 1t is unjust. revolutionary
and positively infamous in its spirit. II
ought not to be respected or obeyed by
the people of the United States. Tilden
and Hendricks were fairly and honestly
elected President and Vice President Of
the United States, and their inaugura-
ton should be demanded by the people,
In spite OF Returning Boards or any 9TH
er illegal bodies OF corrupt men.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24
The Rogersvil1e Railroad.

A few days ago we had conversation
with Mr.. Brown, the business manager
of the Rogersville and Jefferson Railroad, ,
and from him we learned that the road
is now in a far better state of repairs and
in a much better condition every way
than it was when Mr.. Elliott became the
purchaser. > He says there is no danger
whatever of the road going downfall
the cars will continue to run to the river,
and that freight and passengers win be
safely transported as heretofore. He
thinks the bridge will hold up for the
Dump for good many years to come,
and says the road is more than paying
running expenses.
In this connection we desire to say we
have never found any fault with Mr.. FL
lott. He is clever gentleman, and we
like him. We had just as soon see him
the owner of the r. and ]. Railroad as
any other man in the State, and if we
could do anything TO aid him in the en-
terprise he has undertaken we certainly
would cheerfully and readily do so.
There is only one thing we desire in
regard to this railroad, and that thing Is
that the Decree of the Court ordering the
sale of the road shall be complied with,
and that the cars shall run from the juno
ton to Rogersville. This cannot be
done unless the bridge is rebuilt or re-
paired. The suit was brought by Haw-
kins county against the z. Il. Va. & Ga.
Railroad Co, because we knew that CON-
pany was able to rebuild the bridge, and
because we were advised by the best le-
gal talent in the State that that company
was the proper party to proceed against.
Individually we have no interest in the
RogersviIle Railroad, but as citizen of
Hawkins county, we feel very great So
licitude in regard TO it. Years ago we
expended too much time and too much
labor in getting the enterprise on foot
and putting it through to completion, to
be willing now to see it murdered. Hence
we are opposed to. the consideration Of
any proposition, from any quarter, for a
compromise of the suit brought by this
county to enforce the running of the
road In this we are not lighting Maj.
Elliott nor any body else. We are sim
ply contending for the rights of the peo-
pie Of Hawkins county.
Some people have made great deal of
money out of the Rogersville and Jeffer-
son Railroad. We have never made a
dime. Those who pocketed thousands
out of it while it was alive and in good
health ought to be satisfied with what
they have gotten. They ought not to be
trying now to get big pay for attending
its funeral. For our part we hope DR..
Joseph B. HeiskelI viii save its life, and
then there will be no funeral to attend.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24

az 1t il to be hoped the present term
OF the Circuit Court viii clean out the
Rogersville Jail Our prison is a costly
institution. There is one man confined
there who has been prisoner for three
years. he ought TO be acquitted, con-
victed, bailed out or turned loose this
week. The Court can remain in session
three weeks If necessary, and we hope
Judge Mckinney wiz hold the gentle
men Of the bar to steady work until the
Docket Is cleared of entirely. The peo-
pie have little or no work to do at this
season Of the year, and it is therefore a
favorable time to hold Court. Sheriff
Blevins has arranged for having the room
comfortable. Uncle Jordan has large
supply OF excellent wood, and SO, if the
lawyers are only ready with their cases,
as they ought to be, there is nothing in
the way of n clean sweep Of all the cases
en- Court.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24

E The Legislature Of Tennessee il
Democratic in both branches. The Gov
etnor of the State is a Democrat. The
Supreme Court is composed entirely OF
Democratic Judges, and these officers
are all backed up by a Democratic ma
Iority Of at least fifty thousand voters
Now suppose the Legislature Of this
State should pass a law saying that no
Republican should hold any Office OF
honor OF profit In the commonwealth;
chat every officer should take a. oath %
support Che Democratic party and vote
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-01-24

az His Fraudulency Returning Board
Hayes seems to be perfectly willing to
take the Presidency through the stolen
Electoral votes of Louisiana and Florida.
More than four millions Of men viii
make it their special business to see that
His Fraudulency is disappointed. No
men nor party can be permitted to steal
the high office of President of this IN
ion. The ballot boxes always express the
win of the people, and the ballot boxes
rnuat he inyiolate