Connecticut western news., 1877-03-09

and no town within our knowledge can boast of fairer girls than our own young la dies, who instead of answering yes to any man that might ask them, would be prizes in Western towns and cities like Cincinnati Ohio, where the men exceed the females seven to one. The sexes number equally, or nearly so throughout the United States, but are unevenly distributed. When your correspondent visited 8 certain grammar school ln New York, the principal with an indescrlbable pomposity remarked, while glancing at my young companion, II sup pose the gentlemen in Massachusetts out number the ladies that the mothers have to take their daughters and young lady friends away to find market" "Not so," said l. ''we experience no trouble of this kind, for when 8 gentleman abroad wishes a superior wife to give him eclat and posi- tion he comes to Massachusetts" He had himself married Connecticut lady near the Massachusetts llne, to whose influence and family he owed his position and
 exhibition was he'd in the school house upon the Plain, Friday after
 noon of last week, that reflected much cred it upon the teacher, Miss Hubbel. The
 pieces and dialogues were we'll spoken
 The Misses Curtis, Phillips, Sykes, Crippen and Brown dolng remarkably fine for girls so young. The school closed for six
 weeks vacation. P
 Still More Spitz. z.-Massachusetts is Investigating the Spitz dog. The Lcgisla- tive committee on agriculture is inquiring into his habits and character, and will prob ably require him to produce his bank ac count and explain bis cipher despatches and various other things. They have un. earthed testimony against him enough o upset whole returning board. It seems to be proved that the bite of a Spitz dog, even when the animal is in health, is like ly to produce the horrible disease, hydro- phobia in both human beings and animals. One witness before tue committees a Mr. AL ley of Wenham, testified that in March last bis little daughter was bitten through one of her fingers by a Spitz dog. The dog drank water given it by the little girl Ave minutes before biting her, thus show ing that it was not in a bydrophoblc condi- ton. In ten days the wound had healed, and the parents felt no particular apprehen- sion. But towards the close of the month of May, the ehild's finger. hand, and arm pained Der. She became restless and fe : yerish. The father recalled the incident, ara fearing hYdrophobia called ia physi- clan. In few days the darling of the household died, after enduring all the ago. nies and torments of which the human frame is capable of suffering. The story is but one of many which are now matters of evidence. It is probable that bill will be reported compelling the putting to death of these dangerous animals in whose blood there is wildness and savagery not charac- teristic of the breeds of dogs which have been longer domesticated. MT. Spi'z is likely to be politely requested to step down and out. And now what will New York do about it ?-N y. Graphic.
 A Photographic Scamp. Friday, just at night very gentlemanly appearing man called at the house of MT. James l.. Bragg in this village, and represented him. self to be superintendent of a division corps, constructing a new line of telegraph between New York and Boston; that sever al of his men would be along in a day or so and he would like to engage board for them at MT. Braggs. MT. B.; not being in the habit of keeping boarders, hesitatcd for some time about accommodating the man, but as he was very fluent in language, and seemed to be we'll posted in all business per- taining to telegraphy, and claimed to be ac- quainted with the officers of the Western
 Union company, etc., etc.; in fact so adroit- ly did he weave his network of lies about MT. Bragg that he completely eutrapped him. When he arrived at exactly the right spot he said, very unconcernedly of course, that he would be glad to stay over night if Mr. B. was willing, and the men would be on hand tomorrow. It isn't at all necessa- ry to say this electrical tramp was served with a most excelle nt supper. slept in a grand good bed that night eff he never did before,) ard quaffed Mrs B's deliciously favored coffee in the morning, which was given.him at an early hour to enable him to get to hls men at the usual hour for begin hing work viz., seven o'clock, at which time he left and has not been seen or heard of since. MT. Bragg tells us that after he had d'consented to keep the man, he noticed his hand was somewhat tattooed, having rings of blue about hls fingers and some sort of India ink work about his wrist. and this somehow gave him at once aL unfavor- able impression of him, but as he had ar ranged to keep him, he thought he would not say anything further about it and let him remain. Most surely thls scamp is a we'll executed counterfeit and, as bank note reporters sometimes say of spurious bills. ''well calculated to deceive. People wil, 10 we'll to remember this description or this 4cuu Ucat uaiups aAO II Ao puts Ill HI Ap- pearancc, ''shut him up."
 West Cornwall. - George Fritz of Cream Hill shot sohite rat in T. s. Colds barn last week......T The ''dime sociable" at 5. H. Barnum's last Wednesday evening was very pleasant affair. and about seven dollars were added to the chapel fund-the next will be held at H. c. Crandall's on Wednesday evening, March 4......In the case of David Kenyon vs. R. H. Whitford on warranty in 8 horse trade. tried before o. L. Fitch, Esq, on the 25th ult., de- cision was given ID favor of Kenyon for $lO and costs; both horses are probably not worth what the lawyers charged for their .ervicas. hut then if ia worth coDo,doroI,lo