Connecticut western news., 1877-02-02
Items of Interest.

Be thankful for the least and hope for the best aat aT asa- .-ss 'a
 Make your home happy--even if you have to stay away from it. u
 Swallowing the bristle of a tooth brush has been known to cause death. The latest slang, is '' He's good fel- low, but he's bit off more than he can chew" -.,.-.--.-,.
 The world would be &. dreadful silent place if people talked as little as they thought. .el -'A.~ t's'
 During the last eighteen years Eng land has spent nearly one thousand mil lions of dollars on her navy. a
 A child sat down on hot stove hearth in Pittsburgh, and was permanently branded with the words ' Base Burner"
 An English journal says there are no fewer than 1,756 patents for railway car couplers, and yet directors are not satis- fled with anything that has been laid be- fore them. A .- .- "
 The Scie,tifc American gives this good advice: To never go into your barn with an uncovered light, and never set your lantern on the barn floor, but hang it up. .... .,,.,.. .....,-Ae
 h bride begun to follow the occasional re- cipes for cooking that have appeared in ! this journal and with such success that she has just married her second hus- band. s.t. l-.I E-. eg
 Says the Waco CTexas) Examiner l Government lands cost $1 per acre, and good whisky $s2 per bottle. How many men die landless who during their lives have swallowed whole townships-treos and all. - r s a,eT' 2A s'-
 The new census in Paris shows that the city has population of ], 100000. This was the population ill 1870, just pre- vious to the Franco German war, so that the city has simply regained lost ground.
 Ira l.. '1bbitson, formerly general in the Brazilian army, and subsequently & major general during the civil war, ap- piled at the Ottawa (Canadal police sta tion the other night for shelter and food. Drink .. -.a,-....,,,,-, There is an unusual interest manifest ed in kitchen maids by the young men of Memphis, Mo-, caused by a statement in local paper that young lady, heir to BIO, GOO, is working as 8 domestic in family there. B 1a. La,aE
 The combined capital of the Roths- childs is stated by Emile Burnout, the well known publcist, to have attained in the past year to the almost incalculable sum of seventeen billions of francs, or 8, 400, GOO, ,000. I ."t.l he-
 There have been an unusual number of poaching prosecutions in England this season. It is likely that before long the game laws will undergo revision. There is great discontent among farm CTS, more especially ill Scotland. The report of the United States com missioner of education shows that ln the States and Territories the annual income of the public schools is $88, ,64S, 950, and the estimated value of the sites, build ings and all other school property, $173,- 933, ,545. -.. fs.5 a. lsa. s.as c.a
 A Washington lady got angry at young naval officer because he reminded her that he had once, participated with her in dance in which there was kiss ing forfeit A woman does not get half so angry when she is kissed as when she is told of it. a .a.s .. 2H..a
 The Japanese government have fol- lowed the suppression of the last insur- rection by sentencing twelve leaders to capital punishment, 234 to hard labor for life, and fourteen to forfeiture of rank and estate A large number. were par doned, and 169 committed hari kari.
 God purifes the soul very much as we air our rooms He throws open all the windows-the windows of feeling, of impulse, of imagination, of purpose and sends a strong current of yitalizing grace sweeping through them, until every element of our nature is reoxy- genized and made healthy and bracing. Let sinners beware how they go to sleep at the Moody revival meetings. A man who did so at the Chicago meeting was observed by MT. Moody. eff that man who's gone to sleep will wake up," he shouted, in voice that would have walked the seven sleepers, Hhe can par take of the water of life and be saved now" . ....... .s..-s. s.......r, ,---.r
 After the battle of Chattanooga the surgeons made several incisions in the leg of soldier who had been wounded in the knee by musket ball. Out of patience at last, the soldier exclaimed "Why are you carving me up SOP" "We're trying to find the ball, answer ed surgeon. "Why didn't you ask for the ball in the first place ?'' indignant ly cried the soldier; "here it is in my pocket !'
 The points in Saratoga county (N. Y.) love story are that, Frank was dis. carded by Liza in obedience to the dying Injunction of her mother; that they part ed at the gate of the cemetery; that s he gradually pined until at the point of