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Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

vote. had the coaceit taken out of him b said board who quickly informd said cand date that the town meeting votes are never preserved after the vote is declared. It would require the mathematical genius Q an Archimedes to solve the problem ot how candidate could be el lected on a mi noritY ticket with 150 ma oTity against him Archimedes would fail, but our chronic candidate has greater genius and has &C., complished the feat to his own satisfaction, but will not be able to count himself in constable this year, thus proving true the adage that "When a man tres to ride two horses, lie IS very liable to be obliged to walk afoot. "......A great deal of anxiety is manifest here, for fear we shall have a serious water famine before spring. Al
 most every well and cistern is dry; springs
 are very low: several families in this
 neighhorhood depending for months back
 on one spring for their supply of water.
 Dec 29th witnessed the most severe storm
 ever known by the oldest inhabitant, and
 the next day we had no mail communica- lion with Sharon. The roads are some of them broken out now, but are in horrid
 condition for trayeling, and still another
 snow storm raging this evening.
 AJAX.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
Friday Morning. Jan. IF 1877.
5 A CH1LD's VISIT UNDERGROUND l,

The Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise re- lates this incident: Bessie, little daughter of F. F. Osbiston, Superin- tendent of the Savage Mine, few nights since took such Q journey as was probably never before taken in the worlds history by & child of her age. She has time and again begged her father, whose business takes him to the mine daily, to allow her to &C., company him in the wonderful regions of the underground world. So per- sistent and earnest has she been in the matter that her father finally conclud- ed to take her down into the lower levels and allow her to see the things about which her imagination seemed to be so much excited. Accordingly, he took her with him to the 2,200-foot level. The first part of the little 'ex. pert's' journey was verticle plunge (by cage) toward the earth centre oi 1900 feet; she then took passage on the tank giraffe running on the in. cline, and descended at angle of forty five degrees until she was landed 2,20o feet below the surface of the earth. DSSS40 VIII DS AOOI y6dIS Ol 6S0 uoAG month, and, there is little doubt, can truthfully say she has stood further below the light of day than any one of her years since the creation of the world. The infant expert was led through the drifts of the 2,200-foot level and was delighted with all she saw. On observing the tiny creature led along the drifts toward them the picks fell from the hands of some of the miners and they stared and gaZed with startling eyes and relaxed jaws, believing that at last one of the fairies of the mine, about which they had heard so much, had actually been captured by their sagacious Superin. tendent. Some of the miners are said to have been observed to hastily cross themselves. The child showed nc sign of fear while in the mine-not even when being dropped down the dark and dripping shaft-and the on- ly approach to trepidation exhibited by her during the trip was when she was mounted upon the giraffe; she then said, Papa take hold of my hand.'"
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
ARTIFICIAL. BEAUTY.

Women are justified in trying to make themselves as beautiful as pos sible-a result which may be achieved by the cultivation of good health, good temper, kindly manners, and taste in dress; but she who endaavors to supply the charms of youth by ar- tificial means is apt to run into error. The women who paint, powder or dye never know when to stop. Like Ten- nyson's brook, they go Ion forever forever" impressed with the idea that art can fully conceal natures ravages. With the unmistakable stamp of eX- perience written legibly across the face, with the dim and watery eyes which no art can brighten, no appli- ances can clear, they simulate the vivid coloring and the untouched freshness of eighteen; then think they have clevorly concealed their age, and that nothing betrayS the makeup. With the moro than ma tronly forms of maturity, they adopt the styles of early youth, and imagine that they have done all that is neces- sary by way of disguise when they tighten their belt 50 that they can scarcely breathe, and prop up their spreading frames on heels so high and narrow as to be no safer than Q couple of stilts. Few people have courage to tell the women who make up how visible it is, and polite silence is construed into non-perception Of facts plainly visible to all. The made-up, too, see for themselves how great 8 failure all the other make ups are; but no one has the wit to turn the knowledge inward and say, "As she is, so am l." The judicial blindness that always accompanies vanity falls like Egyptian darkness on every eye, and women sheer and condemn in rnmeasured language the very things of which they themselves are guilty. In cases like these igno- rance may be bliss but we doubt if 'tis folly to be wise.
 ''It's proof of the singular operation of the husaan mind.' says mental Philoso- phcc, 'ihat when two men accidentally ex- change hats, the oue who gets the worst tilc is always the first to discover the mis- take.
 Al old maid suggests that when a man breaks bis heart, it is the same as when a lobster breaks one of his ciaws-another sprouts immediately and grows ill it's place,
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
THE NEW YORK WITNESS.

Gentlemen who have had occasion to travel extensively through these United States, say that they meet the WEEKLY WIT NESS almost everywhere, and in not a few ne!ghborhoods it is, they say, almost the only paper taken. In some places the DAI LY WITNESS is preferred, and it is prOoa- ply on the whole, the best value for the money, especially for ministers, merchants, l and stock or dairy farmers. IL is unnecess- ary to describe newspaper so widely cir | culated, or to explain i:s principles. These indeed may be summed up in one sentence The object of the WITNESS Is to promote the best interest of the people for time anI l eternity, and it is published at a very low price.
 I The NEW YORK DAILY WITNESS was com | menced in 1871 as a WI,nts ss lsr truth and rightcusnesS as well as 4 i've nGH paper. 1n l its progranm" 1t Was pledged to occupy | ln religion ;hG same ground as tie ETangel | ical Alliance and the Young Mer's Cnrst- l ian Association in temperance as the Nl- | tional Temperance Society; ID treatment ot the colored race and Indians as the Amcii- can Missionary As:oclation: and in kindness to animals as MT, Bcrgh. It Was to be uu- der the influence of no party or denou!na- tion, and to insert nothing immoral or inju- rious, either in reading matter or advertise. l ulcutS, u WOTu lO Ue CNIlSll3n news paper of the most decided stamp.
 These pledges have been kept through out, and it's unf1inching testimony for the right on all questions of the Gay and expo. sure of evils have gained it many friends, as well as made it many enemies. It aims to be thoroughly good family paper, and in pelnt of fact it is a great faYolite with mothers and children on account of it's in- terestlng tales and valuable domestic arti. cles and recipes. It's sermons, reviews, and extracts render it suitable for ministers, its first rate prices current, reports of produce and cattle markets, for bankers, merchants and farmers, and it's full supply of news makes it invaluable for all classes. The notes on Sabbath-school Lessons Gin both Daily and Weekly) are invaluable. It is the cheapest daily published in New York Only $5 year, postpaid. Give it trial ten weeks for a dollar. Sample copies sent free.
 The NEW YORK WEEKLY WITNESS con. tains the cream of the Daily at S5l 50 ayeaI or 40 cents quarter. It is now said to have the largest circulation of any uewspa per in America. Specimen copies sent free on application.
 JOHN DOUGALL,
 Editor and Proprietor, Spruce St., IN. I
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Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
POPE AS A F..

The Boston Art Club has on exhibition a specimen of Alexander Pope's artistic work. The Boston ZroaScrip shrewdly avoids criticism of the work, but says that the picture will give all additional.in- terest to the poets opinion of his own painting. It add&:-One of his bio graphers says, "Pope occasionally amused himself with paintGg and received in- struction from his friend yervas, the fashionable painter of the day. Of all departments of thia delightful art, DOT trait painting is, peah&ps, the most difa- cult, for here the effort is directly com- pared with the prot ctype. Pope labored until he made but sorry work of it. He, however, was not bl nd to his defects, and in letter to his friend Lay thus speaks of his progress:-[ have thrown away three Dr. Sw;fts, ch of which was once my vanity, two lady Bridgewaters, a Duchess of Montague, besides half dozen ealls and one knight of the garter. have made Ma lonna as old as her mother St. Anne. Nay, what is more
 miraculous, have ljvalled St. Luke him. self in painting, and IS it is said an angel came and finished. his piece, so you would swear the desil put q last hand to mine, it is so begrirned and smuttered.
 However, T comfort myself with Chris- tian reflection that have not broken the commandment, for my pictures are not the hkenesses of anything in the heaven abore nor the earth beneath, os in tue water under the cal sh. Neitbes will any, body adore or worship thensS aScept the the Indians should ret a sss2ss d. them. who, they tell US, WviSh,e '24faass idols purely for their ug ':ses'
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
SUFFRAGE QUESTION.

2 Hon. William Welch, of Madison, Wis, brings to the consideration of the suffrage question the rare element of originality. He proposes that one vote at each election be accorded for every twenty-one years oflife-a mans life, that is. He would give each man Etwenty-one years old one vote; each man of forty-two years old two votes, and each man sixty-three years old three votes. His theory is based upon the fact that patriotism, asense of pub lie duty and political integrity come with the knowledge which is the fruit of age and experience.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
THE TRADE DOLLAR AT A DISCOUNT,

The San Francisco Bulletin of recent date says: 'The demand for the trade dol- larin Chinais 10 longer equal to the supply of the Mints here and at Carson, and the result is an oyer-abundance of that coin in circulation. This coin is now being subjected to heavy dicount, from four to five per cent. being named as the rate. And this discount is carried on in almost every branch of business. Even conduc- tors on the street cars now refuse to take &hem for their face, and subject them to . discount of ten per cent. Other silver coins circulate in small quantities for their face value. There is no reason why any such distinction should exist. The trade dollar is as much of legal ten der for sums not exceeding 5 as any other silver coin"
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

THE H1LL-CL1MB1Na ENGINE. = The novel contrivance know as the hill climbing engine continues to excite much interest in France. This en- zine, as described, has no wheels, and consequently does not roll, but in place of them it is furnished with what gre termed legs, upon which it accom- plishes the purpose in view. It Is like an ordinary engine in most respects, but is supplied with straight rods, ter minating in broad, circular skates. There are three of these legs in front and three behind. The cylinders, in place of actuating wheels, raise the feet. The apparatus is claimed to be especially adapted for carrying great weights up railway inclines. One of them, weighing ten tons, is represent ed as running four to five miles an hour, and can accomplish twelve and one-half miles if desired.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

VEsUv1Us is once more in eruption. The bottom left in the crater by the eruption of 1889 has disappeared, and the mountain is smoking again. Prof. Palmieri, the famous observer of tho volcano, predicts long period of ac- tiVity. It is peculiar result of modern life that an eruption of Vesu- yius is always a great gain to Italy. The greatest damage the mountain has done in modern times does not compare with the sums spent in the country by curious visitors.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

A lady met 8 little country boy, one morning and said ''wetl, Johnny how is your mother 7"
 ''She is we'll"
 "And your father ?'
 He's we'll too,"
 And now Johnny, how's your pa : rents ?"
 "Ain't got no parents, and my name aint Johnny"
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
....-..~S @-r-.sg ta:"I

Dr. Horace Dobbels, in co.nmuaica- tion to the B@i&sh I{oGScL yo,.raa, says that a peculiaa and common defor- mity of the chest is caused by the habit of sucking the thumb in baby hood. He says that the weight of the arm on the thora1 of tha child dur ing sleep produces depression of the ribs in the line occupi ed by the arm when the thumb is iD the nouths
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
Connecticut Western News.

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Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
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Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
Auction Sale

OF A BANKRUPT STOCK OF GOODS
 consisting Of
 1pEEE GOODS, NOTIONS, &c. Nc. Commencing Thursday evening, Jau.11th, 1877, at z o'clock. h che Town Hall, Can aan,
 We shaIE selS a EnrEe stcck of the above mentioned goods, consisting 0f sbrcss good s.in Sihks. .pOplins Hs eps, C5lIicScs, GlOaks, Suits, ShNwls, Gloves. Nuslinss Hand k ere h cfS, Eianncis, Shirts and Drawers N tth buttons, Fins, Toys, Pictures, ,l!utIefy,
 Hosiery. etc.
 This will be your chance to secure bargains. as the goods must be sold beioreFeb.l, 10 settle inc E~tate. Ladies ato respectfully invited to call aud examine our goods and attend the sales. Our Coass are new, and Of the latest style Sales ev' cry afternoon and evening and at private sales during the day. SMITH & Gibbs,
 Auctioneers.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
9ume News.

.s. We shallfeel greatly obliged to any Of ou friends in the county, or elsewhere, who will usparticulars ofany occurrences cesofinterestwhica maycome under their notice.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
DHVa1END No. 37.

HoUeAToNIC RAILROAD Co.,. TRrAsURER's
 OFFICE, Bridgeport, Dec. s1. 1876. FETHE directors have declared a quarterly divi- A dund oi two d0llars ($2) per share on the preferred stock "f | e Company. hc on the 18th day of Jauuary, 1oIT, at the office oi the trca Suirr iu Bridgeport. Conn.
 The transfer books will be clos ed from the dh 10 tn4 18th proXimN. both Gays inclurive. 9W&6 IIIAhLGS K. ANEnili., Tleasnlel.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
HUR E.

At Ashley Falls. Dec. g, a dssghte to J.hR Cunningham.
 At Ashley Falls Jan. 8, q daugataS to Henry Da- wis.
 At Gt Burlington Jan, 10th, O George and Gussie lAy
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At sharon Conn, Jan, 1st by .he Rev W, H. Kirk, Mir. Steven Oakley of Kept.sGd Miss Julia Curtis of sharon.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
DIE D..

At Kent, Dec 2Sth, Nrs. Phoebe schermer ' horn, aged 7s.
 At Canaan Valley, Jan, 9th, J" W. Mead, aged S4 years and 9 days.
 At New Canaan. Dec. 18th, Mrs Bctecy Weed. aged s1 years Formerly resident of sharon.
 At Canaan (Plains) Dec. a8th, Albert Rice, aged 8 years
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

A new pocket compass invented in England has the novelty of pointing to the true and not to the magnetic north.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

A popular writer, speaking of tue ocean telegraph, wonders whether the news transmitted through the salt water will be fresh.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

We are informed by postmasters the ioi- where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and as they did not notify us of their change of post-otfice. and in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names we pub ish their only address known to us, and if any of UT readers know of the whereabouts of any oI hem, they will do us favor by informing us.- Is it exactly HONEST treatment. to receive news paper till several dollars are due, and then leave he postmaster to inform us the paper is not re- ;eiVed, and the subscriber gone, nobody knows where? The following have done this: Does : rl.xSd. lrAar- .l,G.r. tE.n.L
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
AGaTI.'

To THE LADIES .oF FALLS VILLAGE AND VIcIH-
 ITY: Mrs E C. CowGrcy wieEcs to say to the puhiie that sh. has oilv""a Il Mitlnrry and FuuCy Siots in thc ro,ns atjuiniug lhe JewI,rS siore. she Uf CTS al low prices guOu q .sOrImrI Of
 LADIES' HATS, Trimmed and Unlrimmcd Ribbons, Feathers, LacGs, Wor- tedS. ana aii kinds Of Farcy Goo1S. All Of thvsr aIc Lew goods and ui tEe latest styles.
 Please call and examine her scodA before pur- chasing 'eseW h.lc.
 All kinds Of stamping done 10 or0cr on short notice.
 Falls Villeqn. Conn. Sent. llth. 1876. 1otf
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Slcigh for Sale.

A TWO-SEATED SLEIGH (nearly new) made "A to order, and upon honor. Fer further par ticuars enquire of Pc. CUMMINGS,
 3w26 Canaan, Conn
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Kent Town Orders.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons holding N Town Orders to present thcn tor payment, as no interest will be allowed after thirty days from date of this notice.
 c. II. GAYLORD, Town Treasurer. Kent. Conn. January < 1ST1 3um
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12
JOHN DOUGALL,

Editor and Proprietor, Spruce St.,N. Y.
 EB- B-MooDY AND SANKEY ExTRAs--New York series-ll sheets, containing reports Of about 50 sermons. Chicago series, con taining reports of meetings held In Chicago One dollar per 100 sheets, postpaid.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

Thank You We are indebted to Sam uel Sterling, Esq, of Cleveland, Ohio. fo, copy of the E0ensng Neaps of that place. containing large cut representing the ter
 ule disaster at Ashtabula.
Connecticut western news., 1877-01-12

That Sale.-How about that bankrupt sale of goods in town hail this (Tnursday) evening Better see the advertisement in another column which tells al about it.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-24
EDMUNDS.
The Inconsistencies Of the Senator
from Vermont.

The New York World. commenting
upon this Senator'S course, says;
On Feb. II, 1873, Mr.. Edmunds
acted as Senator of .he United States
upon the vote of Louisiana in the
second election OF Pre- 'ideut Grant.
This vote had been rendered. anthem
ticated by certificate cf the Governor
aud canvass OF the Returning Board.
1t had in every respect just as much
formality and proof to support it as
the vote Of that State which has just
been counted. A resolution about it
was pending, as follows:
Resolved, that, all objections pre-
scented having been considered, no cleo
toral vote purporting to be that of the
State of Louisiana be counted.
This -escl-.;o. M E4-vcas voted
for, in company with Morton, Sher-
man, Hamblin, Ferry aud Frelinghuy-
SEN 1t was adopted, and the vote OF
Louisiana was thrown out.
Is it not clear that every man in
Congress who voted for the Electoral
Commission of 1877, as proposed by
Mr.. Edmunds, was justified In bellev-
Ing bnaL uHUeF IL tue pOWet uluSt CAlsl
to discard the vote of Louisiana. so
far as the representations and the
known and expressed opinion of Sena-
tor Edmunds could give meaning to
the bill?
For two years after this action OF
| 1873, Senator Edmunds, on the 18th OF
February, 1873, in discussion of the
whole question, distinctly said: We
all agree that whatever pretends to be
a vote, or looks like vote, but is not
a vote, should not be counted. So the
thing which we are to provide for By
/ by this legislation is a means of ascer-
tanning fairly and truly, according to
the Constitution and the laws, what is
the vote, the will of each particular
State in the choice of President.
How could there be any doubt in the
minds of men, themselves candid and
consistent, as to the course which The
author of such language as this in 1879
would take when in 1877 he found
himself a member of a commission
framed mainly by himself to "ascer'
tain" the vote, the will of each par
ticular State?'
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-24
Arrival and Departure of Mails.


For Louisville aud beyond, S:0OA. N. and
500 y. NJ.
For Nashville S:O0P NJ
Between GAINESVILLE and Louisville, 500 P.
II. and 90 NJ
southeastern Railway, l:l0 p. NJ.
Southern, 500 2. NJ.
Dover, Wedn eSdayS and Saturdays, zoe A.
N,
New Providence, Peacher's Mill and Hop
kinsyille, Wednesdays and saturdays, T:30
A. NJ.
McAllister's X Roads, Wednesdays and
Saturdays, IL A. NJ.
Woodford and Rossview, Fridays, IL A. ~.
ARRIVE.
Louisville and Northern cities, 7:Sl A. NJ.
and 6:15 p. II.
Nashville and Southeastern, 6:I5 Pm. and
ESQ A NJ.
Between GAINESVILLE and Louisville, $50
r NJ.
Southern. S:4S p. NJ.
View Providence, 4 P. NJ.
bower, Tuesdays and Fridays, 7 p. N.
Hopkinsville, Wednesdays and Saturdays
6 p. NJ.
McAllister's X Roads, Wednesdays and
Saturdays, l0A. NJ.
:;',,i''i.i iisi iSs,sa titistys az . "a.
Sundays, to 81 4. NJ.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-03-24
GRANTS LAST GRACE.

Am-"'Tis nc Inst Rose Of .s,,mmer.''
lis my last month OF Office.
And 1 am alone:
All my chosen companions
Have Vamoosed and gone.
Not one Of my circle
Is left me TO pass
Round the table the bottle,
OR drain glass for glass.
have snatched them from prison,
And covered their tracks
With plasters of pardon
And red sealiUg-waX;
But one still re:lsins there.
To witness OF ! uilt,
of treas Try plundered
And blood idly split.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one,
To pine in thy cell
Since the wicked are prospecting,
Go prosper as well
BY this act release thee.
And cancel thy sin;
May he who succeeds me
AS nobly begin.
-CoURTER-JOURSAL