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Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
 FOR 1877. TWENIIETH YEAR

The publishers have the pleasure of announcing the following attractive features of the Atlantic for Is77 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW will contribute an un. usual humber of POEMS, and
 and S1 kHsseLL 1VS LqWEI t 5oHE G. WHITTIER POEMS. Poetry may also be expected from E. 0. sTEDMAN, T. B. ALDRIcH. and other well-known Atlantic poets.
 T. B. ALDRICH will contribute story in three parts and CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., series of papers on Colonial History.
 w. D. HOWELLS will publish two stories in dramatic form, of three numbers each, 8 novel feature in magazine literature. Mir. Howells will also furnish somecharming essays on New England Country MARK TWAIN will be frequent contributor. MRS. KEMBLE'S chapters of '.Old Woman's Gossip" will extend through . considerable portion of the will continue to furnish delightful pictures snOfs splaees and people she has seen. CHARLES HALE will write . few brief papers on @. G.P.LATHRoP, Author otsA Study of Hawthorne, ,n several Essays on American Authors. #@
 A VALUABLE SERIES OF PAPERS On various professions and eplsyments will be fur. nished by distinguished writer's, and will describe the Work of School Superintendent, New England rorm.is Farmer, yssseEn hasRs5 AsnagiPgI IEditcr Iron Master. etc.. etc. Ss
 An unique feature of the magazine for 1877 will be contributions to each numberSf
 ORIGINAL MUSIC By such composers as J. K Paine, George L.. Oseood Julius Eichberg, Dudley Buck, and Francis Booth with words by some of the most distinguished Atsn- tic poets The Atlantic has long stood alone in tho value of its musical critcism and the publishers are confident of the public appreciation of their purpose to give each month some fresh and charming melody worthy of the poetry with which it is matched-some soBg which shall be pleasure every household . means of education in musical taste
 THE CONTRIBUTORS CLUB ~s& Will be the title of Department. unlike any ture in other magazines, and devoted to desnltory criticism of arts, letters, potcs and society Some of the best Contributors to the magazine will appear constantly, though anonymously, in it's col. unns, and the Department will be bright and attrac- tive.
 4 SPLENDID LIFE-SIZE PORTRAIT OF BRYANT, Similar to the beautiful portrait of MT. Longfellow published last year, and by the artist will be furnished to all subscribersto the Atlantic for 1877 for One Dollar.
 TERMS: Single or specimen numbers, s5 cents. Yearly subscription $4, postage free; with fesize portrait of Bryant or L0ngfellow, s. e. e-ss Remit by money-order draft, or regietered letter. Mass. 352 2w Fl. q. HOughtOn & Co.,. Boston. Hurd & HOughtOD, New York.
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lSt Nicholas.


 The King of all publications issued for the young either side of the Atlantic. Sonthamptoss (nc- tGad) Observer.
 The third volume of this incompatible Magazine is now completed With its eight hundred royal octave pages, and it's six hundred Illustrations it's splendid serials, it's shorter stories poems and sketches etc. etc., in it's beautiful binding of red and gold it s the most spen giftbook for boys and girls ever issued from the press. Price $4; Tn full gilt, s. "St. Nicholas is full of the choicest things The publication is in all respects the best of it's kind. We have never yet number that not surprising. ly good."- Churchman, Hartford. Conn.
 St. Nicholas for 1877, Which opens with November, 1876, begins
 short and very entertaining serial from the s & ss ss d s sorbmg interest to boys, @sA
 ..IIis own Master"
 By Trowbridge, |. author of the "Jack Hazard Stories." begin in the Besides serial stories, Christmas stories, lively sketches, poems and pictures for the holidays, and astonishing illustrations of Oriental sports with drawings by s;iamese artists, the Christmas Holiday Number of St. Nicholas superby illustrated contains a very interesting paper
 s.The Boys of My Boyhood,'s
 By William Cullen Bryant;
 The Horse Hotel" lively article, by Charles A Bar by Richard A. Proctor; "A Christmas Play for Homes or Sunday Schools, by pr. Eggleston; ssThe Peter kns Christmas Tree" by Lucretia F. Hale; "Poetry and Carols of wnter by Lucy Larcom, with pictures Do Not Fail 10 Buy4St. Nicholas for
 the Christmas. Holidays.
 Price 25 Cents.
 During the year there will be interesting papers fer boys, by William Cullen Bryant, John G Whittier. Thomas Hughes, William sHoWitts 4Dr. Holland,GeorQe dscDeuaad sdnford B. Hun. Frank R. stockton. and others. ~ AS@9- There viii Ss stories, sketches, and poems of .pe Stuart Phelps, Louisa Elcott, Lucretia Hale Celia Tnaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and many others. There wiH be also ff9 v~rnwn nffR EAN1r1
 sTWelve Sky Pictures.D ra~.
 By Prof. Proctor, the Astronomer, 0A AsA$a with maps, showing "The Stars of Each Month. p which will be kelyto srpass in interest any seris AMUSEMENT and INSTRUCTION, with FUN and FRoLIc and WIT and WISDOM, will be mingled heretofore and St. Nicholas will continue to delight the young and give pleasure to the old. . f4s,~. ..
 THE LONDON LITERARY WORLD says: s.There is no magazine for the young that can be press. All the articles whether in prose or rhyme are throbbng with vitality. The Ef erature and artistic illustratsons are both superb TheIondon Daily News says: "We wish we coula point out it's equal in our own periodical hteratrem
 GOOD NEWS for BOYS and GIRLS To meet the demand for cheapr St. Nicholaa ss;sk Book the price of volumess and II has been reced case, sold for $l0 (in full giit $15l that all Iy give their children complete set These yoIunae1& contain more attractive material than fifty dolla,e worth of the ordinary children . books. tunes and a subscription for this year, only sl2 snh scribe with the nearest newsdealer or send monav ; check or money order, of in registered Iefter t s scRIBNER CO.,. 74s Broadway.
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THE SUN.
NEW YORK.
1877

1877 NEW YORK. 1877
 The different editions of THE SUN during the next year will be the same during the year that has just passed. The daily edition will on week days be A sheet of four pages and on Sundays sheet of eight pages or 56 broad columns; while the weekly edition will be sheet of eight pages of the dimensions and character that already familiar to our friends
 THE SUN will continue to be the strenuous advocate of reform and retrenchment, and of the substitution of statesmanship, wisdom, and integrity for hollow pretence imbecty, and fraud in the administration of public affairs. It will contend for the government of the people by the people and for people as op posed to government by frauds in the ballotboI and in the counting of votes. enforced by military yo- lence It will endeayor to supply it's Yeaders-s body now DO: far from million of souls-with the most careful complete, and trustworthy accounts of cur rent events and will employ for thls purpose A nu merous and carefully selected staf of reporters and correspondents Its reports from Washington espec- iay, will be full accurate, and fearless: and it viii continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by will endeaver merit the confidence of fine nmbIic bv defending the rights of the people against the en croachments of unjustifed power.
 me price of the daily SUN will be 66 cents Sunday edition 70 ay yeaP post paia' or with the
 The SUNDAY edition alone. eight pages, $l 20
 The WEEKLY SUN, eight pages of 56 broad colurshs. Will oe furnished during 1877 at the rate of wear post paid. '-'
 The benefit of this large reduction from the rra. vous rate for the WEEKLY can be enjoyed bv ind;v;d ual subscribers without the necessity of akin0 mn caDs At the same time, if any of our friends choose 10 ald m extending our circulation we shall be prate ful to them, and every such person who sends s fen or more subscribers from one place will he entitled t one copy of the paper for himself without charge At one dollar year, postage paid the expenses of naner and printing are barely repald and considernq inc size of the sheet and the quality of it's. we are confident the people will consider THE WEEKLY and we trust also one of the very best. as s1 Address, THE SUN, New York City, N Y
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TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE:

Each person procuring club of ten or more sub scribers is entitled to extra Weekly and of fifty or more to Semi-Weekly.
 To clergymen The Weekly Tribune will be sent one year for $i 5O The Semi Weekly for @ SO, and The Daily for $9.
 kB- Specimen copies free. SH Agents and canvassers wanted in every town, to whom liberal arrangements will be made. G All remittances at sendcr's risk, unless by draft on New York; postal order or in registered letter.
 ddress simply
 swS THE TRIBUNE, New York.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

Not long ago at the London Hospital MT. James Adams, F. R. 0. S.. was re- moving the lower limb at the hip joint of a boy twelve years of age. when alarming symptoms of collapse occurred, and the patient seemed abont to sink from ex- haustion. The operator Immediately proposed personally to supply blood by transfusion. and more than eight ounces of blood were injected from his arm into that of his patient with most beneficial results. MT. Adams afterward finished the operation, and the patient was, at latest accounts, getting on nicely.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

The work originally published under the title of THE NEW AMERICAN OYCLOPEDIA was completed
 in 1885, since which time the wide circulation which
 hasattained in all parts ofthe United States and the signal developments which have taken place in every branch of science, literature, and art have induced the editors and publishers to submit it to and thorough revision, and to issue edition entitled
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

George Wagner. citizen of Bridge port. Conn. has gwen his library of three thoesapd volumes as free library for the Ge Iana bf that city. v
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

THIRTEEN AT DINNER. Concerning the curious superstition about thirteen at dinner, we have just cone across this singular incident in a recent English book: Some years since, poor Albert Smith gave a supper of thirteen that dis credited the superstition in remarkable manner. Himself on the point of start ing for China. he entertained twelve friends who were bound for the Orimea, to encounter the perils of war as military officers or as journalists reporting the incidents of the conflict. Deeming it in the highest degree improbable that they would meet again on English ground when they had once started for the scene of danger, the twelve guests met their host with light hearts, and laughed about the fate which some :of them would en- counter in 8 few months. Strangely enough, all twelve returned from the war in perfect health, and supped again at a table of thirteen with the humorous lec- turer.-EDIToR's DRAWER, in Harper's Magazine .for MGrch.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPE PEDlA

Within the last ten years the progress of discovery in every department of knowledge has made new work of reference imperative want.
 Themovement of political affairs has kept pace with the discoveries of science, and their fruitful appca
 on to the industrial and useful arts ana the fence and refinement f social life. Great wars and consequent revolutions have occurred, involving tional changes of peculiar moment The civil waf of our own country which at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been ended, and new course of commercial and in- dustrial activity has been commenced. Large acces- RiOns to our lEa.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

GRArxTxa.-Ston fruits are more diff cult tO Rxafs than the apple and pear, but if ik ns dune sufficiently early in spring the panm may be so treated very success fuIly: the peach is rarely grafted at the Norkh. but it succeeds at the South; this fruik ia nsually propagated by that form of 6e6fSinx called budding. Although fru1e trees are grafted with scions of Y1pened wood, there are some trees which will-uniY succeed when green wood IS used for both scion and stock; this kind of anmfting is called herbaceous. Many sverkreens can be grafted in the ordinary wax. buk the pines only succeed with hers bacsous erafting, and the same may be said of some nut-bearing trees. Ornamental trees of various kinds are prOpagated by grating, especially where 1t is desired to pernetuatb some individual peculiarly, such d a.pendant or weeping habit, or foliage of san unusual shape or color. Soma weeping trees which are naturally l0we as kha weeping beech, ash. and pop lar fofm elegant specimens when grafted upon z d stock eight OF ten feet high. Among ornamental trees and shrubs graft ing iaFesorted ko. .asthe most rapid means of pf5baRation: sometimes 6 variety can not hS multiplied readily from cuttings, but can. be erafted upon some related stock that will grow rapidly. The choicer species of clematiss now so much prized as ornamental climbers, take root with great difficulty, while some of the older kinds stEiks root freely; the florist grows these from cuttings, and gratis the more difionIE subjects on their roots. The fine double camellias will not grow from cut
 tings; bat are propagated by grating up- on the single kinds which readily do so. Epiphyllums and other trailing cactuses make fiae plants by grating them upon 2 stout stem of Cereus trianguIGris or one of the pereskias. Successful grating of the, ,appfe upon the maple, the rose upon the black currant, and the like, is impos- sible, although instances of it are often narrated. d.-AppLetOp' American CyclO-
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GeOgraDhical Knowledge

Have been made by the indefatigable explorers of Africa. -t. ss aszs
 The great political revolutions of the last decade, with the natural result of the lapse of time, have brought into public view a multitude of new men, whose names are in every ones mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious to know the particulars, Great battles been fought and important seges maintained, of which the details yet preserved only the newspapers in the transient publications of the day but which ought now to take their place in
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

Governor elect Miller of Arkansas in a recent message uttered the following en- couraging words on the financial condi- ton of that state: ..-z-
 .'1t is known to all that when the late administration came into power the state was burdened with floating debt of at leaat $2, GOO. 900 and bonded debt of at least $15, ,OOO, 900 to 16.0OO, ,O0O; that her scrip offered at any price, was drug in the market; that she had no money and no credit. Within the past two years much change has been made for the bet ter. The expenses of the state have been reduced to the lowest limit consistent with true economy. Her scrip is sell ing at but a small discount, and she is able to borrow money at a reasonable rate of interest to pay current expenses. For the firsrtime in many years, conse- quently, she is enabled to meet those 5ex- penses with ready money,
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

"A Complete Pictorial History of the Times"-The best, cheapest,and most successful Family
 ~a% v Paper in the Union."
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

''BURGUNDY RosE. "-Because the polite Frenchman telleth you that Burgundy is the king of wines, think not that thou canst drink it, as Mrs. Burlington saith. with ''perfect impurity," else it may affect thee as is described by William Black in the following poem in two csntos: Burgundy isn't good thing to drink; Young man, beseech you. consider and tkink, Or else in your nose, and likewise in your toes, You'll discover the color of Burgundy rose: <. Burgundy rose, Burgundy rose,
 dangerous symptom is Burgundy rose.
 asss Iris very nice wine, and as mellow as milk; Iris . very nice color in satin or silk; - But you'll change your opinion as soon as it shows Tn . halo around the extreme of your nose:
 Burgundy rose, Burgundy rose, A Iris very bad thing at the tip of your toes.
 -Harper's Ma9azine.
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Harper's Weekly. ILLUSTRATED.

Notices of the Press Harpers Weekly should be in every family through ont the land, as purer more interesting, higher toned better illustrated paper not published in this or any other country.-ConamerciaE Bulletin Boston The Weekly is the only illustrated paper of the day tnat m us essentai characterstics is recognized The leading articles in Harper;s Weekly on political topics are models of high-tonec dlscusson and it's pictorial illustrations often corroboratve argu- ment of no small forceEraniner and Chronicle NY. The Weekly has still larger degree dstanced all competitors as an illustrated newspaper editorials are among the most able of their kind and it's other reading matter is at once learned brilliant and anus ing Its illustrations abundant and of rare ex. cellence.-ChTistian AduOcGte, Y.
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S. w. CHAPMAN,
DENPIST-
woLCOTTvILLE. CONN.

EceSythtng kept on hand which can be found in large cities pertaining to Dentistry Enquiries can F. F. Fussenich, D. w. Clark, c. McNeil. L. W. Coe' and A. F. Migeon. s4tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22


 A eEahd series of corporation rascali- ties, betrayals of confidence and follies, is being fred of like. the big eagle at fire work, to give eclat to the close of the harditimessg If the Lord will that it be the close. .sFhe life insurances cases-the Continental. New Jersey Mutual. and &c., curity-look worse and worse the moro they are investigated, and turn out to have been very bad frauds. The Read. ing gailroad Is clearly proven to have paid dividends long after it's legitimate receipts justified it, and the London bond holders wantt0 investigate. The corporation is still wrestling with its floating liabilities, but wAsee no hope for 1t but in bank. ruptor or Foreclosure. Whether the New York banks which are large creditors of the Reading have got additional security hassiiot transpired. The Lehigh and Wilke4barre coal company. the double of the New Jersey Central, and since the latter. also, have both gone into the hands of receivers, and are on the road through bankruOEcy. = He- - s. -
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

The governor of Massachusetts will is- sue his acquisitions and then for the trial. Will the robbers reduce their de- mand and offer.to ''pan out freely,if they can be set free, or will there be a genuine prosecution? It would make some bank, men feel easier to see these fellows safe in prison, but it win hurt the profitable trade of the lawyergo-be- tween.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

Pickles. ~ Mixed Pickles, Chowchow, Gerkins, Pic VI calilli, Onions, Caulifower, and q Cucumbers in bulk. Tomato Catsup, Mushroom Catsup, Wor- cestershire Sauce, Challenge Sauce,
 Sweet Marjoram, Sage.
 Thyme, etc. Preserved Lines, Olives. Dried Fruits,
 and Jellies of all kinds. Spices of every description. Extracts, ,Bor- den's Condensed Milk, Maltby's Pre- pared Cocoanut, Confectionery,
 Nuts, and Foreign and Do- mestic Fruits in their
 season. McKeon, Van Haagan & Co.'S FANCY
 TOILET SOAP.
 Particular attention invited to < Br1dgewood & Sonss Celebrated CROCK FRY C'Porcelain Opaque"), almost equal to China, and to my stock of HARDWARE and FARM n ING UTENSILS. = Agent for ECHO FARM BUTTER: z E. E. CHAMPLIN. 7 Lords Building. LitchfieId.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-22

THH gNoRTHAMProE BANK ROBBERY. The. arrest of the burglars who were in that affair is a great triumph for Pink erton's detective agency. The story of the burglary is one so thrilling that no one will l1rRet ib The cashier and his fami- ly ver8 bound and gagged and the off cer Was forced to give the combination of the lock to the robbers. He. however, only Knew that of the outer door of the vault, bnt they made their way into the moaey itself past other locks by some un- known means, and they carried of about S7O0.00e.s The pinnder was much of it unsafAble, and they have been trying to work it of. The detectives watched their law firm that acted for them, traced their Ro-betweers, and now have three of the gang. ''l3iily Corners" was arrested at he was boarding at $1O0 a week. The oth- or two, ,uIdas Dunlap and Robert Scott were taken. on a train at Germantown Junction, while bound on new cruise. A .'staH handsome man. in light kid gloveeR is Mir. Scott
 Senator Booth. of California has led 8 partially successful assault upon the Pa cific railroads bill for settling their ac- counts with the government, carrying the amdndmens by two majority, which prac- ticaiiy nearly doubles their proposed con- triHationsto asinking fund, and so insur- ing the payment of the government bonds whsMahey became due. His speech was 6 powerful one, and has at least insured the, failure of the Gould bill at this ses- sion, :,
 An ingenious Englishmsn has recently advanced the theory that the growth of roses and plants IS stimulated by musical sounds.sF Whatever may be the merits of thia theory, an injunction suit argued in Q London court fortnight ago indicates that music does not always promote intel lectual, development. Mir. Sanderson Corpe. Solicitor to the Great Eastern rail- way company, is as fond of music and as oblivious Of his neighbors nerves as was thesmeftufial Mir. Swiveller. In his cham bers. at Lincoln s-Inn-felds, he has 8 large organ, and twice a week he plays from to 10 o'clock in the evening. One of his nsighbors applied at the Westmins- terzeoHnty court for an injunction to re- strain him from playing the organ. and also sought to recover damages for iniu- was engaged in literary pursuits, had [ and .a &asss unable to write or think or sleep on account of the music. The vi. bration was so great. he testified. that china. glass and metallic articles in his room rattles; one night Dresden plate feltto the floor; the effect was like slight application of galvanism. The defendant played very ibadly-sometimes common airs such as "Obadiah, Obadiah" and "Tommy make room for your Uncle. , Whenever the organ was tuned the plain tiff would step down and ask how long tue operation was to last, and would then go euN foH 4he evening. He would be conapal Lad k6s leave. his chambers if the court could not give him relief The magistrate decided that while the music might be an intolerable nuisance, it was not an actionable one. and the plaintiff had to pay the cost.
 A grand series of corporation rascali ties, betrayals of confidence and follies, Ii
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Permanent and Authentic History.

In ing the present edition for the press has accordingly the aim of the editors to bring down the information of the latest possible dates and to furnish account of recent aiscov. cries in science, of every fresh production in ter
 ture and of the newest inventions in the practical arts, well to give succnct and original record of the progress of ~ e<7**@* G@