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Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Money, and How to Get it.

There is no word in the English lan- guage more often used and universally admired than money. In fact, it is con- sidered the thing altogether desired, and men to obtain it. will go through all kinds of toil and hardship imagina= 'ble. They will even commit the most heinous crimes. Everybody is after money, and the great desire to gain it hastily often ends in total failure to accomplish the desired end. ...
 About the first question a youth asks when he gets old enough to think about providing for the future is, ''How can I get money, and how can get rich ?'' There are two ways of getting rich. One is by industry, economy, and judi cious investments that never detract from man s dignity and self-respect but carry with them happiness, content ment, and clear conscience and leave no regrets. The true secret is "make haste slowly" ........ ...
 In getting money it does not make so much difference as to what kind ot OuSAACSS o IldA O1SoSOS AA1 AOA dAl y business will pay if attended to prop erly, but no man should embark in any business to which he is not adapted but when he does make his selections he should go in with steady and de- termined purpose to win, and succeed by constant and persistent labor-re- membering that 'little by little'' is the sure way to succeed, and out of that little little should be saved. Remem- bering also that it is by what we save that we get rich, and not by what we make. A man may make million s year, and if he spends it all, he will be no better off than Tn the beginning
 whilst the man who makes five hun dred year and saves but ten dollars k getting rich. The man at thirty who can save five dollars month, and in. vest the same in real estate, is in a fail way to be in easy circumstances wher he reaches his fiftieth year. No mar has yet lived who saved his money ant invested it in real estate that did no make money. Therefore, the true anG only certain way of getting money i by industry, economy, saving, and in vesting in real estate; and the man wh' follows this rule is sure to win.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Following a Trail.

One of the most remarkable features of uncivilized life is the power savages show of tracking men and beasts over immense distances. Many travellers have spoken of this as something al- most miraculous, yet it is often the re- suit of careful observation of we'll known signs; and we have here before hints on the subject. In countries like ours every trace of foot print or wheel track on roads and paths is soon oblit- erated or hopelessly confused; but it is otherwise in the wilderness, where neither man nor beast can conceal his track. In Kaff1rland, when cattle are stolen, if their footprints are traced to a village, the headsman is responsible for them, unless he can show the same track going out. A wagon track in a new country is practically indelible. "More especially" says our author, 'this is the case a fire sweeps over the plain immediately after, or if wagon passes during or after 8 prairie fire. We have known fellow traveller recog- nize in this manner the tracks his wagon has made seven years before, the lines of charred stumps crushed short, down remaining to indicate the passage of the wheels, though all other impressions had been obliterBted by the rank annual growth of grass fully twelve feet high" Sometimes the original soil being disturbed, a new vegetation will spring up along the wagon track, and thus mark out the road for miles. Even on hard rock a mans bare foot will leave the dust caked together by precipitation, so that a practiced eye will see it; even if there is no track, stone will be disturbed here and there the side of the pebble which has long lain next the ground being turned up.-Chdnabers' Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
An Alphabet of Good Counsel.

Attend carefully to the details of your business.
 Be prompt in all things.
 Consider well. then decide positively Dare to do right; fear to do wrong, Endure your trials patiently.
 Fight life's battle bravely, manfully. Go not in the society of the vicious. Hold your moral integrity sacred. Injure not another's reputation ol business.
 Join hands only with the virtuous. Keep your mind from evil thoughts Lie not for any consideration.
 Make few acquaintances.
 Never try to appear what you are not Observe the Sabbath day.
 Pay your honest debts promptly.
 Question not the veracity of friend Respect the counsels of your parents Sacrifice money rather than princi pie.
 Touch not, taste not, handle not in toxicating drinks.
 Use your leisure time for improve ment. -... Venture not upon the threshold O sin, =" ."
 Watch carefully over youg passions Extend to every one kindly saluta tion. Yield not to discouragements. Zealously labor for the right. l And success is certain.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
CT heart grew still beneath the rum.

her heart grew still beneath the rum ble of the express.
 "He'll soon call me-" she said to her. self: s'There! there!''
 The familiar shrieks cleft the cool Oc- tober air, but they brought no joy to her heart. She was not at the old win dow beside the light he loved to hail from his engine. Perhaps she would be the first to kiss his cold brow beneath the stars in Gwynne's Cut. She almost shouted for joy when she saw the first tie drawn from the guard by the des- perate man. s'. ., .....
 "Quick! the sledge! break the guard !' she cried. .
 "Gods never thought of thatl" he said, and the next moment he was shat tering the long guard with the heavy iron hammer. @a~' " -'"'
 At last the last piece was broken, and he thrust the other ties down into the long opening he had made. a
 At that moment the train, rounding the curve, dashed into the cut, and the flashing headlight, not twenty feet away, almost blinded the eyes of the twain.
 Morgan Duke stepped from the track and threw himself upon the heap of disordered ties, utterly exhausted. He saw triumph in the girls eyes, and watched her as the train came on. Oh, for strength to hurl her upon the track and beneath the wheels of the laundering train! Her revolver had ceased to cover him, but he could not have lifted a child.
 | The train dasEed by!
 Ytol saw her lover's face for 8 mo- ment, and an exclamation of thankful ness welled from her heart. He was safe, and the precious lives that he car ried westward had escaped Morgan Dukes machinations!
 "You're worker, Morgan Duke,' '' she said to him, smiling. ''We will separate here."
 He looked at her a moment in silence,
 "Are you going to tellp" he asked
 ''Such men as you are dangerous"
 ''Then you are going to expose me?" f''I am."
 He did not reply. '
 They parted forever there. Morgan Duke was never caught by the officers of the law; but justice afterward over took him. The iron wheels of 8 mad train crushed him on the track. The company presented Ytol with a beautiful house, when her husband took charge of the car shops. I know she will never forgether night in Gwynne's Cut with, her rejected lover. 's,
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
What Soothed Dying Pianist.

A death which has occasioned much comment in Paris was that of the Countess Potocki. She was sister of Mime. de Beauveau and Count de Ko- mar, and also the wife of Count Po- tocki, a grand seigneur, we'll known in Paris. She was not, however, the mother of Count Gregory, who was killed at the siege of Paris by small bombshell, or of Count Mellos. o
 The Countess was a remarkable woman; she consecrated her whole life to art, and 1t Is probable that had she been poor instead of being the possessor of millions, her name would have ranked with those of Malibran and Sontag. Her friendship for Chopin is we'll known, and the musician at this time was not considered the master he is to-day. In 1s4O she heard that her beloved friend and instructor was, fatal | ly i'll, and she at once prepared to make the long journey necessary to see him before he should breathe his last.
 Weary with fatigue she arrived at the bedside of the dying man. Alas he had already lost consciousness; 2 the stupcr of death was upon him. She knelt beside him and prayed tor one last look, one last word. After a time the dying mans eyes opened; he fixed on her long, earnest look. Finally, flight came over his icountenance,i and at last he recognized her. He smiled l faintly, and murmured, s'SiDg, sing H' Sadly his noble visitor complied, and, going to the piano, sang, indeed, with tears in her voice. When she stopped the dying man, whose face was fairly illuminated, only said, "sing! sing again" And she sang the music the master loved. Could anything more touching be imagined than the friends of the dying man kneeling beside the bed of the dying musician, while thif noble dame, this great artist. sang with an inspired voice a, psalm of. Marcello or oantiste of the ,Virgin? Once again she stopped, and turning his eyes to- ward her, the poet murmured, .It is beautiful," and with these last words the spirit left the body. , ';
 It is supposed that he was about thir- ty years old at the time of his death, for he had no record of his birth nor any data to go by, except a watch given by Cataline, and on the case of which was this inscription: - ''to the little pianist Chopin, at the age of ten years.'' -San Francisco Mdil.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

and size of their husbands by drawing cabbages blindfold on AlfHallOw Even, Cor Halloween, the 31st of OctOber,) and, like the English 1inging nuts into the fire. It is mentioned by Burns that "the first ceremony of Halloween is pulling each 8 stock or plant of kali. They must go out hand-in- hand, with eyes shut, and pull the first they meet with. It being big or little, straight or crooked, is prophetic of the size and shape of the grand object of all their spells-the husband or wife. If any yird, or earth, stick to the root, that is tocher, or fortune; and the taste of the ,cuSt0o-that is, the heart of the stem is indicative of the natural temper and disposition. Lastly, the stems-or to give them their ordinary appellation- the rumts, are placed somewhere above the head of the door, and the Christian names of the people whom chance brings into the house, are, according to the priority of placing the runts. the names in question:" '= # a- : sas:2 The Welsh have 8 play in which the youth of both sexes seek for an even leaved sprig of the ash; and the first of either sex that finds and calls out Cy- nicer, is answered by. the first of the other that succeeds; and these two, if the omen fails not; are to be joined in wedlOck.
 Bupring the nuts was once @ favOrite charm in Scotland. They name the lad and lass to each particular nut, as they | lay them in the fire, and accordingly as they burn quietly together, or start from beside one another, the course and issue of the courtship will be.
 In Ireland, when the young women wished to know if their lovers were faithful, they put three nuts upon the bars of the grate, naming the nuts after the lovers. If the nut. cracked or jumped. the lover would prove unfaith- full. If it began to blaze or burn, he had 8 regard for the person making the trial. If the nuts named after the girl and her lover burned together, they would be married.
 Eating an apple at glass was an other charm once Ill vogue: Flake a candle and go alone to looking glass Eat an apple before it, and (traditions say you should comb your hair all the tinle) the face of your conjugal com panion to be will be seen in the glass. as if peeping over your shoulder."'
 "Throwing stocking" is singular sort of love divination on the first evening" of a wedding. After the bride has retired, and while she is undress- ing, she delivers one of her stockings to female attendant, who throws il at random among the company as- sembled on this occasion. The person on whom it happens to alight will, it is supposed, be. the next to enter into the blessed state of matrimony.
 The following superstitious customs still finger in the south of Scotland The bride, when she enters the house of her husband;'is lifted over the threshold. To step omit, or over 1t iRvoluntarily, is reckoned & bad omen On the same occasion a sweet cake baked for the purpose, is broken above the head of the bride. which is also 6 rite of classic trGa;tiOI
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

j vEii1r q BY MRS. M- A. KIDbfh' , Come wife, ,' says good old Farmer Gray, t'PGt on your things 'tis market day Let's be of to the nearest town
 There and back ere the sun goes down. - Spot! No. we'll leave old Spot behind. , But Spot he parked, and Spot he whined, And soon made up his doggish mind
 To steal away under the wagon! Away they went, a good round pace, Aud joy came into the farmers face. Poor Spot, said he, .'Cid want to come; But I'm very glad he's left ut home. if He'll guard the barn, and guard the cot. And keep the cat le out of the lot"
 I'm not 80 sure of that" growled Spot, .r The little dog under the wagon! ft The farmer all his produce sold,, q And got his pay in yellow gold; 2aaal A Then started home, just after dark Home through the lonely forestl Hark! A robber springs from behind tree, :. Your money or else your hfsl" said he, The moon was out, yet he didn't see s ! The little dog under the wagon. Old Spot he parked, and Spot he whined. And Spot he grabbed the thief behind. And dragged him down in mud and dirt; He tore his coat and tore his shirt; . He held him with whisk and bound; And he couldn't rise from the miry ground i; While his legs and arms the farmer bound,
 And tumbled him into the wagon. Old Spot he saved the farmers life, The farmers money, the farmers wife; And now 2 hero grand and gay. ,...-.f ..ss A silyer collar he wears to-day! % And everywhere his master goes, Among his friends, among his foes, cHefollows upon his horny toes,
 The little dog under the wagon.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

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Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
THE LITTLE DOG UNDER THE WAGON.
For the Childs

4y2 y.i.i,eaBH MRS. M A. BIDDER
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
VOL. VII.

the meetings that followed it were not. By-andby, Ed. Gordon, the engineer, carried a picture over his heart, and on Ytol's bureau lay the photographers
 olance of his face. ..
, 1877-02-02

6pe1dt Dt11fcA u 3M 9ffeS&A
CHICAGO, Feb Lit seems tu be tho prevail
tn9 sentiment, or ellort VI those having the
public good at heaq, to try 10 point out the
way to secure tha greatest good, and how to
avoid esen tho appearance OF c1il. Tho evan
gyllsts hare labo1cd so faithfully for the spirit
ual welfars Of this community, aud the learned
dlsciples Of Eseulaplua hays come 10 the front
au formidable numbers, aud having put Cd their
srsnor, arc lctrrmlued TO protect your physical
condition. At tlms like this would IL not Ia
In order to make An effort to protect the public
against class OF vultures That are preylng upon
the pockets snd credulity Of this community In
4 most incredible manner, snd to i moat aston
Ishlug extentl III fact, there Is scarcely . pcr-
sou tu ~ {ouul who llaR not at sono time been
rlcttinixcd by this constantly increasing humber
pf vampires
! Rlluus to tho class called clslrvoyaut&, or
mediums, Who Hood the papers with their I'd
vesitaements, Boosting their power TO forctell
tho future and 10 Insure success in any sud
every undertaking. Othcrs of this class line
our strects with their signs as hfalcrs claiming
y cure al the Ills that deah Is heir to: III fact,
they scetn 70 be everywhere plying their arts
anu sW!udiiuE tbs people out Of thc!r money,
aud i t. evident that they, like the gamblers.
ind Chicago Kpod held 10 upcEate In tToM tue
lact Of there being such lsrge number here,
and from the further tact that X any Of them
go away they koon return, which shows that
they dnd ths fzttcat .pickipgs here. Take, for
, 1877-02-02
A NAUGHTY Boys TRICK.

XdA ftdrcttco Chronicle.
About O o'clock Inst evening very ingenious
but m!schfe7uus little hoodInm. who works in
tlu.shop In tho lower portion Of tho city, walked
up Kcarny street., jlng'Eng in his capaciaus
pockets dozen OF more pieces Of shining metal
resembling III SITE, shape, and eoles the ailvcf
half4lollar. At the junction OF Market street
m idea sccincd 10 strike him, and - lie passed
on he quietly droppcd piece OF two every
block, which sank partially Into the halt.tne!i
Of mud aud presented very attractive appcaf-
a.,re. Over this ]fttlc experiment tlla boy prob
ably had more fun thatl he ever had IN Ills life
beiorc. The first victim Of the gltttcr1nE bait
was very nervous Individual, who passed tic
coin about ten foet befora h0 could stop. came
back, pokt,l II with the end Of his umbrella,
picked II up, wiped oil the mud. carried u 70
sl,op window, threw y down aga!t'. and then
further on, and IN stooplng down to pick up tue
dccoltfuI glitter was run ngafnat from behind
aul sent pDwinE nlotE tho nasty pInnks. Tlcn
a WOMAN ND, observed to stoop over aul Pros-
Dect a little farther IN, and very suddenly leave
tho pIace in disgust. And 90 y went all tho
evening for tho length OF shcwa!k between
Kcarny and Ellts strccts, aud probably hundred
or more pedestrians wcrc brought to sudden
halt under tue impression that lucky hs'tiolIar
Ind LccH turned, but who lonnl, ttcir hands
l,ad been nIcoiy datbcd up, that tho prize Was
not wurth share Of wildcat Rtork and that they
had bccu ulccy sold. Long after tho Ilrecovious
tny wllb had conceived the cell ad been thrnscd
anu sent to bed Tor staying ont 50 late, the fun
went on. In one or two 'lases gang of llood-
had gathered in d doorway, and when passcr.by
attempted to identify tlin coin after picking It
10, tho Aarcastlc 'sA]l-r.rt'' tl1nt greeted Lltl,
would have lnadG a Supervisor blush.
, 1877-02-02

,icrsat ~ ~. ar ne, \" ,r, uH rn,onc l.,
be rarril Ior ~ .Is,st,o,, ", rsonou,,zt: wat
shawn. i,cnn,c rantd rf,,,c fnrwani nt,l lny
ttrIr " RS -"'''' "o''o ~ ''
III, d,ca-v ~, M, IT., ,,o rc,o,u,ton nc,tlcr
dT,1 hc Ifk. t;c a,,i,,n NJ so,nr members of tho
Eiua,r" t;ntn,n1t,nn ,yhn ,vr,c swayrd with
rnfrtI nf Lra"r.,i,. n ont I',,nr,mi,r.
III 5e! VI: 'sls q ts [s,;.'oH !s ysen Wes
jlas c.,t 10 ir sn,n,. aciion takcp, W canno.
have tilc hlts nrct,1n,,intinr without making
nruyiEinn fnr them. The Chair thinks Il would
b WHO discretion gu tlo part Of ihe lIoar!i y
one would rea,i vcry mich to be dryci, TO this
extremity. h,it 1 sec no informative but to take
sotl,c st,ch ac,iap. II tiic worst enn,c, to ti,o
e ss ha aks rE' p a1
" IA Mi br,,,pht. nnpt fro,,1i thn t,f,t,.rnirc-
tion Of W taxes in lie south % Tewa: ~ ticre Is no
doubt Of lint. shati vote for the Restitution.
Tic resolution was lost ~ the following vote:
tcn0s. '' ''7A$'''' osu''1'' 'A'''' "'
Movs-T,raAtrr. f.a,rn11 r,c.rv. Fi,,urraId.
1lo,!.nsnn, Ien3tn, MeGad,,I. Maijoy. senns@o,
Mr.. Comfy askcd uhv Mr. Arars twin WA
Te Earmanic a III III nca,elv te rs.o.
tuiion ryns in;r's1,,,r,l. '' '''''.' ''~
Eir. Coniy@siy friend Commiss!oncr Fitz-
gs5aa ysse E Sr s"t:ss dsw" s:Ps.tc;, apa r.
sca,. war aao. whcm ~ W., wcrc ~ c,ttinE down
cInon.ca M, NJ 1nsy, H. III iii ~. rr,,.
ticmar VA liz nnr who inirn1tecT fhs rrsoIt1.
.ion IN roisc IL Il. Nav In hne in anl nj has nal
yotI On lu tat ~ r wo,,d ike Ike to A know u
wins Il rncsm. u, .eso'uA'''' "o"'" ''"e " 'N'"
Wr. Fitzrnrnld exn,o,nei1 TINT Mr. Avars wns
no tnofo tS lin tiar onv o,,nr .Ar ,ncn,hcr.
Alter tic s busine 1e a. lad lad bcsn % lImi,hctl IN.
oh,,tnca ner,.stnn @ ~ snaak y, o,c.,on Of
ufyirTc. liz r'a;mrd tat H e;nrnthrr had cen.
s,rc.l lin vroovimI'y. mn, that ilo 1FItz1rrail
hal m intcntin5 Il, t3."it lin, IN to ro,nmIites
rnnm Nv III had ~ nv n',1resscd anv tr,narks to
IL Tam % 1T ths ti,nc rcfcTrci ~ Tho
at,oS""v ~ in Eonr,' nr t'' 1hn % snrakct mrrecI
c,lncs here M md 0 says r. nm ,lu,nrc,l iiar,
Tho s,tar,,ey ~ W ma Roard ~ comcs AMI rtnrs
nv ny a.o.n 1o,n i's .a.nn,ont With xs. rnr.
rnc, u oeii III "a %us itsr o|''s"'e"% "s'' ""7
'eSiI IT, Mcrntfrnxr : ~. rp,trt ~ or;,cr,
H. Ftls@crsi'i--1 mnrc a ~ r1n1,t tn ca1, him n
Lar s,.1 snsnE ~ +hls rei,t '"
l'ev ~ s'M Sfe nnnt 1. ,,. Tin Com
ris.;oncr mil. . Statement nn,i ,ny, II ia tnr
r.cf' Whe" h. says iii. f,c renst,rca ryery
,ven,cr ~ ,his Hosrd WIN VIM rotet for n bIll 81
Ill tJn1 '''' A'a'N ""0 'N
NJ EItzpcra,f-A,|ou mn 10 60 on.
~. n'ni.nnas- -1Vnit III 4ts 6o,nt ~ ordcr IA
.,tttn, "" "'s s'' 'No ''e'"' ~ oA@~' ~
, 1877-02-02
A DENIAL.

10 MS 60UVF u IN5 4F1SWN1.
i CHICAGO, Feb. Lin your Issue Of to-day in
IN article concerning Dayo RaKgto you state
TINT ], In connection with other parties, enucay-
ored 70 iuduee the Coroner to d1pcuse with tho
customary autopsy, sfncs It would devotion moth.
tns. never KNEW pavs Ksx;!a q any of Ms
fraternity, Ind have never bad auY connection
with thcHi, aul haze hnd nothing whatever 10
do With the affair Or any part Of it; nrithes waa
therc any disturbances of any kInd lu Qr about mr.
house. In common ]usttcc to me / ask that YOU
make 4 proper correction OF tho error, Re-
spectlnl1y, JAnss Arr4.xrDA,
No. 3 North Clark styeet.
, 1877-02-02
CORRESPONDENCE.
SCARLET PEyE& AND ntrurnEN1A. :

10 tie Editor 1f TAa Tf{ba1e.
DosToN. Jul1+ .J.-f0u should adminIatGr
your doses Of homeopathy to Chtcagu aud
nc!gl,torlng aIlnpaths In higher dlluttons. The
dose from Dr.. Bccbe has evidently produced an
aygrayatiuu. Taking tho totally Of symptoms,
as tho cato now stands, stramonluna seems
strongly indicated. The "rcgulars," as they
caIl themselves, havo had tho field through
many centuries, but the results of their re-
searches hare made littlo impression upou tho
prevention or cure Of scarlet fever. The lilcr-
cucs bctwcon husneopatls and allopaths docs
rot consfst 80 mitch In thu difference between
their respective curative agents as In the .nau-
ner Of applying them; and wht1o the allops ART
tlertdlng tho hotncos abuut innnttcsinal sloses,
tlls latter arc curing diseases by tue rational art
OF healing. TIC people acc, and believe bo-
c,,slsc thry sce nnh care nothing for tt.u prturI
pls upol which It Is lonc. IL tho ,ucantinc
tho ailope, rago about lsctllionth~ot-a-graln
oses, aud ID, aSn0uns0 ts p whole t5ns ~
however, that they continue wh!ttlinR down
tflcir uwn %. g." In most rccklesk manner.
while they arc dcr|ltng tho idca Of ~ decil-
Visible cllcct upon TIC human systcm,'F viii
tccy please to demonstrate wlat tast Vi grain
0i thss septic poison Ut atphtherta Or srarlatna
Is required 10 produce "ylsil,la effects npnn she
question ] viii .ed It'll. Isht upon tl.o ii theory
OF cnrU by snal! doses. However, homeopathy
coEslsts neither In tho stze Of tho dose nor tho
po,su'sy primarily but in tho proper'y-'e''ssed
Quita eolnctdent with tl1e selection Of sulpho-
carIolatc Of soda by Dr. bcebe. another remedy,
quite similar IN properties, has rrcet.t9y becn
Recommended bs J. ttcbcr Smith, 1t. p. Fro
frsaor of MsteriA Medlea Ia tho fius.on un!ver-
GUS prrsons with excellent results. Tbls
remedy ia ammonium Muriattsum. When tlla
, 1877-02-02
ANNA DICKINSON.

Z: Anna Dickinson is failure In tho loye-sccncs
OF her own plays. When she experienced actor
s!dtes up 10 her aud reaches Lis arms around her
rlgt! waiat, slse grabs linn BY tho wrist anl
holds lin ofl At arms length willie 10 says hs
piece; and then, when ealc reaches tho melting
moment, and luwers her head to let It droop
npon Ills shts,ltler, tho constIsnSti actton l. 90
tho act u assisting teasing 1.v over tsisturc-
fcnrr, that the nudicnce Etccfully look to sec
thu unhappy loyer buttel clearly over Into tho
oE,l1estra.a1dlcs, aud there u 4 general mAr.
mur Of disappointment when he braces hts feet
aud rrcsiyes tho drop os her head With searoe-
ly 'aullblo grunt.