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Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02

bread. For the price of beer they could procure good portion of meat, but they universally maintain that they are best nOurished with beer and bread.
 The Bavarian drinks to satisfy his "thirst, that beautiful German gift of God" If he is healthy, he drinks be- cause it keeps his life juices in their normal state; if he is sick and in pain, because it is soothing and harmless narcotic; if he is hungry beer is nOur- ishment; if he has already eaten, be- cause beer promotes digestion if he is warm, because it is cooling and refresh ing; if he is cold, because it warns him; if he is fatigued, because it is a tonic and sovereign strength Ienewer; if he is angry, because beer soOthes him and gives him time to consider <; if he needs courage, because beer is ex- actly the right stimulant. Where the Americans fly to their bitters to tone up the system and enliven the secre- tions," the Germans resort to beer; and many are of opinion that frequent trips to the book stalls in the spring are more healing than a visit toe Carlsbad or Baden Baden, where one drinks dis gusting water. In all circumstances and all moods they drink and are com forted.-Ihe Galamy.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
Bachelor and Girl.

The words bachelor and girl, the first of which, being formerly held as syn onymous with "young man," or ''sweetheart," may be regarded as the parallel and corresponding term to the other. We hope that the classes which bear these names will pardon us for saying that etymology g1ves not very tlattering account of the origin of either. As for girl, we are left, as far as it's derivations, to choose between the Saxon cGw or churl and the Latin word gdrrula, a garrulous female. If the lat ter of these derivations be the right one shall we say in this case, as in some of the preceding that the term girl has de- parted much from it's original significa- tion? At all events, we are certain that the parties denoted by the term will prefer the application of (sweet) prattlers to that of carls or churls, burly and surly. As for bachelors, etymology is still less kind and still less decisive with respect to the meaning of their distinctive designation. One philolo- gist refers the term to Greek word. plainly and plumply signifying foolish, while another derives it from bas cheva. lier (French,> knight of the very meanest grade. By some, the word is traced to the Latin baculus Ca staff,) be- cause bachelors, in their old days, have nothing but stick or cane to lean upon and, last and least, the worthy commen- tator and improver upon Johnson, MT. H. P. Todd believes s'the most probable derivation to be from acca laurus, the berry of laurel or bay; bachelors be- ing young and of good hopes, like lau- rels in the berry. Truly this latter is even too hard nut to crack, and we had rather the tree in question had been the chestnut or hazel. To speak the truth, in plain earnest, the French derivation of 6as Gheualier seems to be the true original of bachelor; and all, therefore, who expose themselves to the designation by remaining ob- stinately in single state, must be con- tent to rank themselves under the prim- itive appellation of "knights of the lowest order." The parties implicated, it is to be presumed, will shelter them selves under the plea that 8 great change has taken place in the. meaning of words; and as this is the argument we ourselves set out with, we cannot very well gain-say the defense.- | Chambers Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
Capital Punishment i'm Italy.

The movement for the abolition of capital punishment in Italy has already been partially successful. In France a movement in the same direction has been initiated. Some forty odd promi- nent Deputies, including Louis Blanc, have submitted bill, in which they give the following reasons for abolish ing the guillotine: '"That the right to intlict an irreparable punishment inn plies an infallible judge; that to inflict death is bad way on the part of society of intoxicating respect for life, and, con- sequently, of arresting the arm of the murderer; that the spectacle of the blood shed by the executioner hardens perverse hearts, and is an obstacle to that refinement of manners which should be the result and is the sign of an advanced civilization; that the pun ishment of death has been condemned by the greatest criminal lawyers; that the countries where it is abolished have only had to congratulate themselves on it's abolition; that the punishment of death, in word, produces effects in every way contrary to those expected by it's partisans.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
A Sublime E@OfiSf.

Vestris l., the famous dancer, re- mains on history as the most coloss- ally, comically vain of artists. Intoxi- cated with applause, he considered himself the greatest genius of his time. ''There are but three truly great men in Europe," he would say, "my- self, M. de Voltaire, and King Freder- ick." To his infinite egotism, his son and successor Vestris H., added an immense capacity for rebellion against authority. Twice he was sent to pri- son, the second time at the personal desire of Marie AntOinnette. This is how it happened. In his efforts to dis play the height of his genius to the people of England, he injured one of the tendons of his right foot. The ac- cident, though it did not betray itself in his walk, was sufficient to prevent him from dancing with the grace. the vigOr and the perfection which placed him so far above all his rivals. On his return to France he found that the king of Sweden was the guest of Marie AntOinette. The queen was naturally desirOus of exhibiting to her visitor the most distinguished of her artists. Ac- cordingly she sent a message to young Vestris, begging him to dance before the king of Sweden as we'll as he could she was aware of his accident-if it were only few pas. The young artist returned reply that he could not af- ford to venture his professional repu- tation by appearing when he was not at his best. The queen had seen him at the opera and observed that he walked with perfect ease, so she sent him another order a third, to each of which a similar reply was returned
 The upshot of it was that young Yes tris was sent to the prison of La Force and kept there till he had completely recovered the use of his foot. The news was announced to his father 'Ha !" said Vestris l.; "then our house and the house of Bourbon are at last | face to face It shall be war !"
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02

date. A woman must be very near, in- deed, akin to an angel, who, after her husband or some other near male rela- tive has for years laughed to scorn her complaints of agonizing neuralgia-tel- ling her it 'sis all fancy, ""only nerves'' (could it be anything worse? ?, that she would never have it if she did not think about ,or if she took more exercise, or if she did something, or other totally out of her power todo-does not, sorry as she may be that he should suffer, feel cer- tain satisfaction when the enemy seizes upon him, and he is made to feel what she has endured.
 The absurdity of mems utterances never seems to strike them when they gravely affirm that no one can possibly gauge their suferings from an ordinary cold in the head. There is no offence so great as to try and persuade man that, disagreeable as it may be, it is but temporary inconvenience, which in very short space of time will pass away, leaving not a trace behind; he regards this simple exposition of fact as most unfeeling, and bemoans himself piaintively that no one cares whether he is i'll or not. He believes firmly that he is model of fimness under suffering. The women about him will be wise if they abstain from irritating him by any refutation of this preposterous fallacy. It may be admitted that it is difficult for them to hold their peace when they see him deliberately making himself ill by eating or drinking what he knows from experience will disagree with him. It is not easy to be compassionate to the fit of gout brought on by drinking sweet champagne, or to manifest sympathy with 8 headache produced by over-in- dulgence in pickled salmon or lobster salad. But the victim will never allow that imprudence has anything to do with the matter, and persists in regard ing himself as the martyr of cruel fate. II London World.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
Something About Insects.

An old friend of mine, an enthusias- tic philo-apiarian, told me that being at a friends house one dry summer, when all the field flowers were nearly scorched up, he saw thousands of bees busy in a field of clover then in bloom.
 s'I wish my bees were here," said my friend.
 "Probably they are, ," replied the gen. tleman.
 "What, at forty miles distance?''
 "Yes," said his friend. con your return home dredge the backs of your bees with flour as they issue from the hives in the morning, and we shall see.
 This was done, and his friend wrote him directly: "There are plenty of your white-jacket bees here in the clo- ver!"
 But whatever is the fact with bees, ants follow their noses much more than their eyes. In my garden I saw train of ants ascending an apple tree; go up by one track, and descend by another. As in ascending they passed between two small shoots that sprung from the hole, I stopped their passage with a piece of bark. The ants did not see this obstruction with their eyes, but ran bump against it, and stood still, aston ished. Soon a crowd of them had thus been suddenly stopped, and were anx- iously searching about for a passage By various successive starts forward they eventually got around the obstruc. tion and reached the track on the other side. The line of scent was renewed and thenceforward, on arriving at the barricade they went without moments hesitation, by the circular track. ther took my penknife and pared away g piece of the outer bark on the open hole where the ants were descending. The effect was the same. The scent being taken away, the ants came to deaC stand, and there was the same con- founded crowd, and the same spasmodit attempts to regain the road, which beins effected in the same away, the scent wal carried over the shaven part of the bark and the train ran on as freely as before I-St NjcbOInS
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
Making a Fool of Ones Self.

Making fool of ones self is with many people part of their education al experience in life. Once brought to the experimental realization of the fact, one is apt to be wiser ever after.
 A man generally makes a fool ot himself by wasting his money, or be- lieving in mines and companies, that are but traps for the unwary, or by losing his temper at critical moment.
 A woman manages to do the same thing through the means of her tongue or her heal :. She talks herself into trlbulation, or she gives her love to some worthless creature who becomes the bane of her life.
 It is over an empty purse that man generally stands and clenches his hands and mutters, "I've made foo of myself" It is over her empty heart that woman usually walls forth the same words.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02
MEETING.

A meeting of hands and meeting of voices touch and tone where two spirits one; chord that dear heart, still rings and rejoices; And makes you my own by the life thus be- A meeting of souls, where meeting were mad
 ness If joy were not equal and love lived alone i; When we clasped-did we not ?-in the arms
 of our gladness,
 To wonder and wake with the joys that we
 own.
 Then speak, with that voice which, so musi-
 cal mated,
 Has welded it's soul to the garment of song, And finger, O love, till, with spirit elated, listen and live with life growing long. And tell me that waiting shall never divide us, That want shall not waste. and death shall
 not dim
 The affection that glows. and the trust that
 has tried us
 The life that leaps up of the darkness so
 grimI Else silence, o silence dare not invoke it In stiffness to die, if your dumbness would
 kill; To wait in despair, while no gladness can
 choke it,
 And cry unto you with a want never still. It is heart unto heart, is it not, o my Treas
 ure2 It Is life lost in life, is it not-ten me true Or have 1 but found to have lost without
 measure
 My faith and my fortune, my heaven in you? Then why did you smile from the eloquent
 dreaming Of eyes lost afar in reluctant reply; And why did you whisper one word of sweet -4 seeming,
 To finger in hope, and but finger to die? No, no till you speak am bound to dissem- 4g ble, - --- -t And say to my heart 'tis glory but hid; To wait on your words with trust that will
 tremble, ,-.z-+-. j.. .. -s Sustaining me still till your answer forbid.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02

The late Sir Titus Salt, a man thor. oughly good-hearted as well as wealthy, has left the sum of $150,O00 as fund tC be invested for the benefit of the sick and aged poor at Saltaire and it's vi cinity. ~a.
 -'The peanut crop of Tennessee is soc, ,000 bushels. ..s..,y. -.. PRIVATE letters-Monograms.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02

A New York firm Is about sending to Australia four locomotives for use on the railroads of the Government of New South Wales,
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-02

meeting of hands and meeting of voices touch and a tone where two spirits are one; chord that, dear heart still rings and rejoices; And makes you my own by the life thus be-
 gun.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05

The country is to be congratulated on
the settlement of the veXed South Caro-
lima question. The order of the President
withdrawing the troops will be found in
to-day's paper. Although he has done
nothing more that his clear duty in the
case he is entitled to the credit of having
stood firmly against faction of his own
party who were bent upon the continuance
of the folly and injustice Of military rule.
The instructions to the Louisiana COM
mission are also issued although we have
no space to print them to-day. They are
told that the facts of the late election have
been fully inquired into, and that duty is
not therefore contided to them. They are
to ascertain and report what the real i'm
pedlments are to legal and peaceful pro-
cedure under the constitution and laws,
and what course can be taken for a settle
ment without the exercise of military pow
en- The commission are desired to endeay-
on TO effect an agreement upon one lcgiSla-
ture, which by its authority shall compose
disputes in the coordinate departments.
The President expresses bis anxiety To
withdraw the military at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05
Murders in M aine.

By ;tct OF the Maine Legislature OF March ~
IS capital punishment abolished. During
the year before The passage Of the act two urdercrs
were eNecuted--thc first execution for SIX years
and murder committed. The murderer
committed suicide Al once. Since March n Is. e.
there have been eight murders in Maine These
are ID April |. Isaac H. Pages OF his wife in Chel
sea: (2) MAY %. Thomas Firms OF his daughter in
W aldoboro; (D May %. Jacob 5. Herrlns Of his
son in Law, Merritt ]. Harmon, in Canaan; %
Sept ~, Lois Il. Iibbett's Of her son in Boohbay;
q, 6 and y Oct l3, Edward NJ. Smiths of Capt
Robert T. Trim, his daughter, Mrs. Thaver, and
her daughter Josephine i'll Bucksport; (S) Nov
-. Iantha Morgans Of her child in Bethel.
The reader will notice at once that all these
crimes except the triple murder At Bucksport
murders We're committed i'll cities but all in small
towns. The reasoning by which the death penalty
was abolished, and by which it is opposed b, 50
called humantarlanS where it is still enforced, is
not 50 much that the State has not the right to in
iiict it, but that capital punishment does not check
the crime. With no statistics 10 refer to- it was
not strange that the opponents OF capital punish
ment advanced their internal convictions us facts
but here are real facts by which the reasoning
can be corrected, and which every one ought t,
consider before deliberately Increasing his own liza
bility to murder by promising immunity to his
murderer. Boston ADVERTISER
The friends of the law for allowing muir
'ttIclS 70 70 lllllllllS nave SoHle tOugn ldcls
to wrestle with in Maine. The murder OF
COZ by his son at West Rnwdoin makes
one ma, ,nt nntn IN this state in the
year since the law has been repealed
The daily papers of Monday publish the
account Of this horrid tragedy in the same
column with the announcement of the con
ylctlon of lantha L. Morgan and Sophro-
MIA J. Libby for the murder of the Nor
gan woman's child, in Oxford County last
November. Rather a hard show this, for
people who don't like to be shot or knocked
on the head. The number is increasing
who believe it is we'll to show pity for the
murdercr's victims, and protection for
those who are liable to become victims
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05
Murder Of Father by his Son.

LISBON FALLS, March 81. At Bowdon
last night while Deacon Alfred Cox's son
was IN church sitting with other bows
making some slight disturbance. the
father told the son to go forward and oc
cupy another seat. The son took his hat
and left the church, the father following
Immediately. Taking him by the arm
he began talking to him, when the boy
wrenched himself from his fathers GRASP
and ran home, which was about a quarter
OF a mile from the meeting house. Seiz-
ing large shot gun, he overlook his
father as he was nearing the house and
discharged the weapon into his stomach,
Killing him almost instantly. He lived Il
lew minutes and spoke to his son. The
boy now realizing what he had done, ran
TO the church and informed the congre-
CATION OF his terrible deed. The excite
ment was intense.
Nothing like this has ever happened in
the quiet town of Bowdoin. This boy
has always been regarded as a quiet and
peaceable lad. He is the only son, and
the father set the world by him. The boy
has been arrested.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05

WAsnlNGToN, April 3. The following
letter has been written by the President
and semi IN he Secretary pt' Nar Il, I.,y .
EXECUTIVE MANSION.

Washington Aprll3, 1914
SIR: Prior to my entering upon the
duties OF the Presidency. there had been
stationed, by order of my predecessor, in
the State House at Columbia, South Car
DINA, Il detachment of United States In
1antry. Finding them in that place, have
thought proper to delay Il decision of the
question Of their removal, until | could
consider and determine whether the con
dtlon of affairs in that State is now such
as TO etherrequire or Justify the continued
military occupation Of the State House In
my opinion there does not now exist in
that State such domestic Violence as IL
contemplated by the Constitution, as the
ground upon which the military power OF
the National Government may be invoked
1Or The defense Of the State.
There are, ii IS true, grave and serious
disputes as to the rights of certain claim
ants to the Chief Executive office OF that
Stale; but they are to be settled and de
terlnined, not by the Executive Of the
United States, but by such orderly and
peateablt methods as MAY he provided
BY the constitution and laws Of the State.
feel assured that no resort to Siocnce
is contemplated in any quarter, but that
on the contrary, the disputes in question
are to be settled solely by such peaceful
remedies rs the constitution and law of
the State provide.
Under these circumstances and in this
confidence, now deem it proper to take
action i'll accordance with the principles
announced when entered upon the du-
ties OF the Presidency. You are, there
fore, directed to see that the proper orders
are issued for the removal of said troops
from the State House to their previous
place Of encampmenl. X. b. HAYES
Hon Geo. W. McCrary, Secretary of War
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05
Hayes Right to the Presidency to be In
CURED Into.

AsHlNGrON, April |. 1t can be stat
ed Tonight on the evidence of an eye-wit-
ness that papers have been in this city for
two or three days on which to begin pro-
ceedlngs i'll quo warranto to make HAYES
| show cause why he should not vacate his
office i'll favor of 'rilden. The papers are
in the hands of r. Il. Merrick, the District
lawyer who pleaded Tilden's cause so ably
| before the Electoral Commission, and he
has instructions to begin proceedings as
soon as orders for the withdrawal of the
troops are issued. There are indications
that more may come OF the proceedings
than is generally supposed. Justice Mil
Ter IS reported to be out of all patience
with Hayes and in full sympathy with
Blaine and the opposition to the Admin
| istratlon, which is growing daily. When
the case comes before the Supreme Court
| it will have authority to take up the case
us question OF law and fact 1t can cas-
| lily be seen that it will then be in the pow
Ell OF Miller to either bulldoze Hayes into
acquiescence with the Blaine Chandler
wing OF the party or take his office away
from him. At any rate the suit is to he
pressed vigorously and the developments
are likely to be interesting. Hayes is re-
ported to be uneasy.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05

Mr.. Frye said, in his recent speech at
Lewiston, that the election of President.
Hayes would never have been declared,
but for the circumstance that ''Fernando
Wood and twenty-five or thirty other
Democrats hated Samuel j. Tilden worse
than they hated Rutherford B. Hayes"
The editor of the Lewiston Gazette has
taken the trouble to write to Mr.. Wood
about it, who replies that the statement
is absurd as it is groundless. "That en-
inent statesman and true patriot" says
Mr.. Wood, meaning Mr.. Tilden, chad
then and has yet our fullest confidence
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-04-05
The Oxford County Murder Trial.

PARIS, March % The trial of Iantha
E. Morgan and Sophronia }. Libby for the
murder Of the Morgan Woman's infant
chlld last November, was commenced in
the 5. }. Court here to-day, ATTORNEY
General Emery and the County Attorney
appearing for the State, and d. r. Hast
lngs for respondent, who plead not guilty.
Alter the opening Rosaltha X. Crooke1
was called and testified to the circum-
stances of the birth Of the child and the
threats of the mother that she would take
its life
PARIS, March 30. IN the Supreme
Court in the Morgan child-murder case.
MI. Hastings made his opening argument
Tor the defence and called the two respon-
dents to the stand, who detailed the cir
cumstances attending the birth, death
and burial of the child, explaining what
ever threats they had made and the acts
and circumstances deemed more or less
suspicious and tending to establish the
theory that the child came to its death
from disease OF from an overdose of alcohol
given II by Mrs. Croker before she
brought it to Libbys, which is the theory
of the defence. They testified that the
child was brought to their house Saturday
morning. IN which state it remained IN
til its death in the afternoon This closed
the testimony.
PARIS, March 81. Mr.. Hastings summed
up the ease for the defence this morning
and the Attorney General followed with
the closing argument for the State. JUDGE
BarroWs occupied about an hour in his
charge to the jury.
The jury were out four hours when
they returned verdict of equity of muir
der IN the second degree" against both
prisoners. They We're remanded to iail
and will be sentenced on Monday.