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Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Farm for Sale or Rent.

A RARE opportunity is offered to purchase rods east of the village of North Canaan Depot, and the junction of the Conn. Western and Hous- atomic railroad, 1t being the same premises re ceased.
 A fine large dwelling house, with good out- buildings, running water, Q shady yard, excellent land for agricultural purposes, portion of which s suitable, and be sold for building lots )and being located in the handsomest part of the town of North Canaan, makes it one of the most desiR- able locations in the county. For further partio- ulars enquire of SAMUEL A. BENNETT,
 0. W, R. R. ofice, Asylum street, 08v6tf Hartford. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

The application of Charlotte Johnson respect fully showeth that she is guardian to Liddie D. Johnson and Ethel E. Thompson, minors belong ing to said district and that said minors are the owners of the following real estate. viz Two
 itths undivided interest in a certain other two- sevenths undivided interest in piece of land sit- uated in the town of Canaan. State of Connecti- cut, being the same land and premises which was conveyed to Henry Johnson, late of said Nor folk deceased (father of said mnors)by ale and Homer Yale, by deed dated the 3Oth day of March 1874. and recorded in the land records of said town of Canaan, in book go. on page 3y, reference to which deed and to the probate rec ords of the district of Canaan, may be had for a | fuller description of said premises.
 AND SHE FURTHER SAYS, that the estate is at present unproductiYe and that the availe thereof are wanted for the support, maintenance
 and education of said minors, and that it will be for the advantage of said minors to sell the same | and invest the avails thereof according to law
 wherfeore she says that there is just and reasona | ble cause for selling the same. She. therefore praYs the court to order said real estate to be | sold, and to empower her or some other meet per | son to sell the same pursuant to the statute i1
 such cases made and provided.
 | Dated at Norfolk August 13, 1877,
 | CHARLOTTE JOHNSON, Guardian
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
yAUGATUCK RAILROAD.
Cheapest Route to New York
 VIA

Capt. Chas. Weeks, Will leave Bridgeport every night, (SatuI day cx ceptedO from Steamboat Dock, at il o'clock, ar- ing. .a. .-e.s. . ...
 Returning, will leave New York every mol ming, tSunday excepted) from Pier 8b. East River, feet of Catharine street st l.3O.
 Freights received and way billed through to All stations on the Honsatonic railroad at very low rates. Tickets can Do purchased through te New York less than by all railroad and baRssxe ch heek- ed through from all traiDs
 F. B.-The evening Milk train on the HounataA. ic railroad connects with the steamer Bridgeport %8u JOHN B. HuhRELL, SRR'6
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

nISTRICT of Canaan, Probate Court July 2s U 1877. Estate of Henry Roys, late of North Canaan in said district deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date of this order. for ihe Creditors of said Els tate, represent ad insolvent, In which to exhibit their claims against said estate and has appoint. ed Hiram Briggs and Edward s. Roberts Cornmis sioners to receive and examine said claims
 Certified by J. B. HARDENBURGH, Judge
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

The subscribers give notice that they shall meet at the residence of Henry c. Stevens in said North Canaan. on the Sth day of Sep :ember, 1877, and the 27th day ot January, 1878, at one o'clock in the afternoon each of said days for the pur- pose of attending to the business of said appoint ment
 HIRAM BRIGGS, co.--. All persons indebted to said Estate are re. quested to make immediate payment to
 HENRY c. STEVENS, Administrator. 4W5s
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
GOING SOUTH
 LEAVE PITTsFIRLD. VIZ:


 s.Ooa. m. Passenger train for Bridgeport. aErlv
 ing at 12.S0 P. m, with through car for New
 York k,arriYing at 3.07 p. m.; at New Haven at 1.l0 p. m. ..a.. .=##H-H Leaves Canaan at 2. .86 Q. m. -...sf -.. 13o, p. m., Passenger train for Bridgeport arriy- ing at b.b5, p. m.. with through car for New York, arriving aL 2 bs, p. ms ct --r- New Haven at 7.S0, p, m. q a.a~s. Leaves Canaan at 3.00, p. m.
 246 p. m. Passenger Train for Bridgeport, arTtv- .. ing at 8.45 D. m;New Xolk ll.lOp. m.New
 Haven Il .b2 P. m,
 Lepves Canaan at 4.30 D. m. t' -s SIS D. m. Passenger Train for Falls Village, ar-
 irving at 7OO p. m. .... r-s... .== -. Leaves Canaan at 6.4b D. n. -.-y,..-- -... Sunday Milk Train leaves Pittsheld at 9.35 p. m.
 for Bridgeport, arriving at $50 p. m.; New
 York Il .36 p. m.;r New Raven s.47 m. Leaves Canaan at 4.3Q D. m. ... .1.st,.... kw-AlI trnims connect Rt Br0OkkieI6 Junction to nmd from Dmmbs1ry. ma1tf N. NJ. BROWN, Asst Superintendent. a Bridgeport, Conn. July 10, iST '.s- s.ia0
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
N OTICE E..

A LADY who has had much experience as a A teacher ln Seminary. Academy, and Public Schools, desires situation for the Fall term. The best of reference given. Address s. A. E,
 4Stf NEWS office, Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
DISTRICT of Norfolk, Probate Court ss.

DISTRICT of Norfolk, Probate Court ss.
 ORDERED that the foregoing application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Norfolk on the 3d day of September 1877. at lO o'clock forenoon; and that notice thereof be published in some public weekly newspaper near the place where such real estate lies, three weeks successively at least six weeks before said time assigned. ROBBINS BAYFIELD,,
 3W6 Judpe
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

The geologist would soon discover the cause of this continued fertility. The whole country is g marine deposit, and all through the soil we found evidences of calcareous substances, generally in the form of indurated calcareous mari, showing many distct forms of ancient shells. of the tertia- ry formation; and this mary substance is scatter ed ali through the soil. in very commercial form and the exact condition most easily assimilated emos1
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
@4 CONN. WESTERN RAILROAD ..t Commencing June ab, 1877.

CONN. WESTERN RAILROAD .f Commencing June ab, 1877. 2 GOING WEST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. 12. 40 A. M.-oonnecting at Millerton for Pough
 keepsie, Albany and the West direct, and
 for Fishkill at 4.S0 P. M. Leaves Salisbury 100 & Lakeville, 1.eo P. N. 4.3O P. M.-Connecting from Pittsheld. At Mn'
 lerton for New York. . .5-- - Leaves Salisbury at 4.6S & Lakevt1e 4.6s F. 4. 8.S3 P. M-Connecting from Pittsfeld. At MI
 lerton with Express for Albany and the Leaves salisbury ..1s 6 ,Lakeville z1sP.M. GOING EAST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. S.1o A. M., Leaves Millerton 6.O0am,
 Lakeviile 3b Salisbury, Sb5. IO.47 A. M.-Connectinga at Wineted for Bridge
 port At Hartford for Wtnimantic, New
 London. Providence, New York s Boston Leavea Milerton 10.oo m, Lakeville, 10,Sl. Salisbury, 10. .e6 A. Nj. Connects at
 Canaan for Bridgeport. .aa.. 3.O2 P. M-Connecting from Bridgeport Al
 Simsbury for New Haven, Westhsld. RoL
 yoke and Northampton. At Hartford fol Bristol, Willimantie, New London, New
 York, Boston and Saybr0ok, via c. V. R.R Leaves Millerton $40 p. m., Lakeville S.sS. Leaves Salisbury. 2.41 F. M. .s....
 sos. Salisbury. SIS P. N.
 600 6. m. (Monday mornings only,l leave
 Mlllerton at 6:l0, connecting at Canaan
 with Heusatonic train north, and arriving
 in Hartford at S45. For time at Way Stations and connections see posters.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
ggegal Nntifes.

DISTRICT of Salisbury, ss. Probate Court, O Ang. 13, 1877.
 Estste of Frederick H. Pierce, late of Salisbury in said district deceased. Pursuant to order from the Court of Probate for said District, will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on the 18th day of August. at g o'clock in the forenoon tunless previously disposed of at private sisting of parcels of land situated ln said Salis- bury, near thevillage of LimeRock and known and wood lot. Sale to take place on Home Farm, in said Lime Rock. Terms made known at the time Of sale. 2w6 VIM H.WALTON, Administrator.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
A Curious VIII.

A curious will, says the Boston Adver-
tiser, has just been settled in Berlin, con-
tanning moral worth wider circula-
tion than miser's last testament often
obtains. The poor man died, when to
general surprise it was found he left
$4,000 marks. The 10000 in o package,
signed and sealed, was to be given to his
native town in Bavaria; 1000 each to
three brothers, and 1000 to a friend with
whom he had quarrelled. 1t was stipu-
lated that none of the four should follow
the body to the grave, which suggestion
the three brothers gladly accepted, but
the quarreller walked aloneand forfeited
his thousand marks, for the sake Of
paying last mitigating honor. When
the package was opened for the town il
disclosed another will, giving the 10000
to any of the four who should disregard
the stipulation.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
Wanted His Money.

A PITTSBURGH paper says - The
"A criminal court was astonished the
otherd day to see q seedy individual work
ing his way into the court room and up
to the bar, where he said to the court
Ich moechto mein geld haben.'' The
judge directed Squire Krehan, the
court Interpreter to see what that meant,
who reported that the man said: HE
wanted his money" The man upon
being questioned by Squire Krehan ex-
plained himself more explicitly. He
was in the city during the war, employ
ed in one of the mills, and was saving
man. He had deposited all his savings
in the Dollar Savings Bank, and in 1864
he had deposited, he said, in that bank
money to the amount of 81, 400
The bank had given him an account
book, which he had left in the bank. A
few years later he went back to Ger
many, where he remained for number
of years. He has now returned to this
country and this city. Upon arriving in
this city he went to the bank to get his
money which he left deposited there in
1864. AS he didn't get it he innocently
enough walked up to the court house
and asked the judge of the quarter ses-
sions court for it, evidently supposing
that that was all that was necessary to
do to have the court compel the pay
ment of his money.
A visit was made to the bank, where
it was found that the mans name,
zimmerman, was not on the books, al
though he states positively that he de-
posted the money there during the war.
If the man had deposited the money
and the name had been put on the
books, the name would be there if he
had drawn the money out, but there is
no trace of the mans name on any of
the books. The foreman of the mill
where zimmerman worked states that
he knows he deposited money in the
bank, as he had been with him on sew
eral occasions when zimmerman made
deposits. The only theory to account
for the matter is that some dis
honest clerk employed in the bank at
that time, 1864, who thought Ammer-
man, who does not speak English, q
good subject to make few dollars from,
and hence purposely neglected to make
an entry of the deposits. The matter
will probably be investigated.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
A Mothers influence.

1t is hard for young mother, who
has not yet overcome the wayward ten
denotes of her own youthful nature, to
realize the influence she exerts over her
little ones. She is constantly surround
ed by critical imitators, who copy her
morals and manners. AS the motheris,
so are her sons and daughters. If
family of children are blessed with an
intelligent mother, who is dainty and
refined in her manners, and does not
consider it necessary to be one woman
in the drawing-room and an entirely diff
ferent person in her everyday life, but
who is a true mother, and always ten
der charming woman, you will invaria-
bly, see her habits of speech and perfect
manners repeated in her children. Great
rough men and noisy, busy boys will al
ways tone down their voices and step
quietly, and try to be more mannerly
when she stops to give them kind
word and pleasant smile for true wo-
man will never fail to say and do all the
kind, pleasant things she can that will
in any way help to lift up and cheer
those whose lives are shaded with care
and toll. The mother of to-day rules
the world of tomorrow.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
A Beautiful Thought.

No man who is fit to live need fear TO
die. Poor faithless souls that we are
How we shall smile at our vain alarms
when the worst has happened. TO us
here death is the most terrible word we
know But when we have tasted its
reality, 1t will mean to us birth, deliver
ance, a new creation of ourselves. IL
will be what health is to the sick man.
1t will be what home is to the exile. = 1t
will be what the loved one given back IL
to the bereaved. AS we draw near to IL
a solemn gladness should fill our hearts
1t is Gods great morning lighting up
the sky. Our fears are the terror of chill
dren In the night. The night, with its
terrors, its darkness, its feverish dreams
is passing away and when we awake II
will be into Gods sunlight.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
Evils Of Gossip.

NIE have known country society
w which withered away to nothing
under the dry rot of gossip only. Friend
ships, once as firm as granite, dissolved
10 jelly, and then ran away to water on
ly, because of this; love that promised
q future as endearing and as stable as
truth, evaporated into morning mist
that turned to days long tears, only
because of this; father and a son were
set foot to foot with the fiery breath of
an anger that would never cool again
between them; and husband and
young wife, each straining at the hated
lash which in the beginning had been
the promise of a God-hlessed love, sat
mournfully by the side of the grave
where all their love and all their joy lay
buried, and all because of this. We have
seen faith transferred to mean doubt,
JOY give place to grim despair, and char
ity take on itself the features of black
malevolence, all because of the fell words
of scandal, and the magic mutterings of
gossip. Great crimes work great wrongs
and the deeper tragedies of human life
spring from the larger passions; but
woeful and most mournful are the un-
catalogued tragedies that issue from gos-
sip and detraction most mournful the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

lsg- The amount OF testimony In favor of DR..
schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, as a cure for Con-
sumption, far exceeds all that can be brought
to support the pretentlons of any other medl-
cine. See DR.. schenck's Almanac, which can
be had of any druggist free of charge, contain
ing the certificates of many persons of the
highest respectablity who have been restored
to health, after being pronounced incurable by
physicians of acknowledged ability. schenck's
Pulmonic Syrup alone has cured many, as
these evidences will show but the cure is often
promoted by the employment of two other
remedies which DR.. Schenck provides for the
purpose. These additional remedies are
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and Mandrake
Pills. BY the timely use of these medicines,
according to directions, DR.. Schenck certfes
that most any case of Consumption may be
cured. Every moment Of delay makes your
cure more difficult, and all depends on the
iudiclous choice of a remedy. Schenck's Man
drake Pills are an agreeable and safe cure for
Constipation caused by billousness, and also
for sallow complexion and coated tongue.
There is no better remedy for dleordered stom-
ach and all the evils resulting therefrom. DR..
Schenck is professionally at his principal office
corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia,
every Monday, where all letters for advice must
be addressed
Schenck's Medicines are for sale by all Drug
gsts.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
RAILR DAD s..
PHILADELPHIA AND READING R. R.
November 9Th. 1877.


TRAINS LEAVE URG AS FOLLOWS
For New York. at $40, sic a. m. 357p. M.
and #755 D. m.
For Philadelphia, at $40, $40, 9.46 am.
and 1857 p. IN.
For Reading, at $40, $40, 9.45 m. and 200
357 and 1855.
For Pottsville at $40. $40 a. M. and 1857
p. M, and via Schuylkil and Susquehanna
For Auburn via s. 4 s, Br. at sloan
For Allentown, at $40, S.lUa. m., and at ECO,
The 500, S 10 a. M, 357 and *7.55 p. M, trains
have through cars for New York
The $40, $40 a. M. and 200 p. m, trains have
through cars for Philadelphia.
SUNDAYS
For New York, at $40 a. m.
For Allentown and Way stations at $50 a. m.
For Reading, Philadelphia and Way Stationsat
Las p. m.
TRAINS FOR HARRISBTTRG, LEAVE AS FOL
LOWS
Leave New York, at s.45 a. M, 100, $50 and
" As p m.
Leave Philadelphia, at 9l5 a. m. $40, and
Leave Reading, at tL4O 7.4O, 1l.2O a. m. l.3O,
6.l5 and TO- IS p. m.
Leave Pottsville, at 6,lO, 9.15 am. and 435
y. m.
And via Schuylkill and Susquehanna Branch at
SIS a. m
Leave Auburn via s. Il $. Br. at IL noon.
Leave Allentown, at 230 $50, 905 a. M, l2l5,
4.30 and 90j y. m.
Leave New York. at $50 y. M.
Leave Philadelphia, at 720 D. M
Leave Reading, at 4.40, 7.40, a. IN. and 10 35
Pm
j. L. WOOTEN, Gen. Manager.
G. G. HANCOCK, General Ticket Agent.
tDoes not run on Mondays.
*Via Morris and Essex Il. Il.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

n dull, hollow sound. sprang forward
I seized a hand of the guide--we both
struggled hard, and the next moment we
had both fallen, locked In each others
arms, upon the solid earth above. | was
free, but still upon the verge of the rit
and any moment we might be hurried
to destruction.
"Qulck, masterl'' cried the guide;
"up up and run for your lifel
/ staggered to my feet, with wild cry
of hope and fear, and, half supported by
my faithful companion, hurried up the
sloping sides of the crater. AS we
reached the ridge above, the ground
shook with heavy explosion and look
ing back, beheld with horror, dark,
smoking pit where we had so lately
stood
And then, without waiting to see
more, turned and fled over the rough
ground as fast as my bruised limbs
would let me- We reached our horses in
safety, and, hurrying down the noun
tain, gave the alarm to the villagers, who
Joined us in our flight across the coun-
try till safe distance was gained. Here
1 bade adieu to my faithful guide, re-
warding him as man grateful for the
preservation of his life might be suppos-
ed to do.
A few days later, when the long silent
Hecla was again convulsing the island,
and sending forth its mighty tongues of
fire and streams of lava, was far away
from the sublime and awful scene thank
ing Heaven was alive to tell the story
of my wonderful escape from burning
tomb.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
How 10 Dress.

1t is idle to assert in the presence Of
girls that the way in which they dress
Is of no consequence. 1t is really of
great consequence. A woman's dress is
the outward expression of her inward
life. If she be coarse, vulgar, fond of
display, and bent on low, material ends,
her dress, though extravagant, will be
an unconscious revelation of her char
acter. If she be modest, self-reliant, and
cultivated in the best direction, the style
of her ordinary apparel will befit her, as
the leaves befit the flower. But in
America young girls are too often over
dressed. The rounded cheeks, the bright
eyes, the waving hair of girl in her
teens need only the simplest setting.
Rich fabrics and sumptuous adorning
are more for the matron, her dress gain
ing in ample fold and graceful sweep as
she puts on the dignity of years. The
seasons teach us something here, if we
go to nature for an object lesson. How
different her charm from the deep, ma
turing summer, when the hues are decid-
ed, and the air is loaded with perfume
from thousand censers. The school
girl is only on tlfe threshold of summer.
She has not crossed it yet. Let her copy
the sweet grace of the spring on her
graduation day.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

shlpwreck often made of noble natures
and lovely lives by the bitter winds and
dead salt-waters Of slander. So easy to
say, yet so hard to disprove throwing
on the innocent all the burden and the
strain of demonstrating their innocence,
and Furnishing them as guilty II unable
to pluck out the stings they never see;
and to silence words they never hear
gossip and slander are the deadiest and
cruelest weapons man has ever forged
forhis brothers. heart.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
RascalIy Trick on a Farmer.

a Canaan, Conn, farmer agreed with
two men who were driving hog by his
house to kill the animal for half the
pork. He obligingly dressed the meat in
addition, when the strangers drove off
with their half, But when the farmer
went to feed his own hog at night, an
empty pen told him that he had killed
his own property for the sake ofhalfofit.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
DUNCANNoN STATION.

ON and after Monday, June 25th, 1871 trains
willleave Duncannon, as follows:
EASTWARD.
Mlfiiintown Acc. daily except Sunday at S.l2A NJ.
lOhnstown Ex. l2.5SP. NJ, daily except sunday
Mall l.oU r. M.,.................
Atlantic Express 1920 p. M, daily (fag)
WESTWARD.
Way Passenger, 8.3S A. NJ, daily
Mail, 2.09P. NJ, ....:...... ..dailyexceptSunday
Mifilnt0wn Acc. daily except Sunday at 6.l6P.M,
Pittsburg Ex. daily except Sunday (fag) 1l.33P NJ.
VIM. O. KING Agent.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25

E0n AGENTS WANTED to canvass for
VVO GRAND PICTURE 22x28 inches. entitled
THE ILLUSTRATED LORDS PRAYER" Agents
are meeting with great success
For particulars address
II. NJ. CRIDER, Publisher,
4S 1y York. Pa.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
Pennsylvania II. r.. Time Table.
NEWPORT STATION,

NEWPORT STATION.
On and after Monday, June 25th, 1877, Pas-
senger trains will run as follows:
EAST.
Niffiintown Acc. 1872 a. M, daily except Sunday.
Johnstown Ex. 222 p. NJ, daily :" Sunday
Mail, ,............ 6.54 p M, daily exceptSunday
Atlantic Express, 9.5iPM., iiag,-daily.
WEST.
WayPaSs. 9.08 A, M, daily,
Mail, 2.43 II. NJ. daily exceptSunday.
Miffintown Acc 6.55 p. NJ. daily except Sunday
Pittsburgh Express, lisp. M, tFlag)-daily, ,ex.
cept sunday.
Pacific Express, s. II a. M. daily (hag)
Trains are now run by Philadelphia time, which
is Is minutes faster than Altoona time, and min.
utes slower than New York time.
ID. BARCLAY, Agent.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-25
REMoVAL.
The undersigned has removed his
Leather and Harness Store

from Front to High Street, near the Penn'a.,
Freight Depot, where he will have on hand, and
will sell at
REDUCED PRICES,
Leather and Harness Of all kinds. Having good
workmen. and by buying at the lowest cash
prices. fear no competition
Market prices paid in cash for Bark. Hides and
Skins. Thankful for past favors, solicit con-
tinuance OF the same.
P. S,-Blankets, Robes, and Shoe findings made
speciality,
Duncannon, Julyle. ls76.-tf