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OF el00 for the apprehension Of parties
s,oning thestrains on the Consolidated
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The Connecticut trout law forbidding
the catching Of trout goes Into effect Ju.
iy Let, and will remain In operation until
April 10. 1873.
Il don't pay to prophecy II you 60. II
right nobody remembers; II you get !.
wrong nobody forgets It.
New potatoes are now worth Ave dol.
lars per barrel In the New York markets.
Currant and gooseberry festivals are
now taking the place Of strawberry fes.
rivals. Everything 10 now resorted to
TO gather In the almighty dollar. 80
wags the world
A remarkable case of lockjaw has
been attended by Dr. Burri,t. The par.
ticulars Of the case are as follows
About four weeks ago, Ward Collins,
who resides on Wakely street, ran a eli.
yer under his finger nail, and neglec,ng
to remove II the finger became infamed
A week later lockjaw set in, and for the
past three weeks he has suffered intense
pain. His physician is confident of his
recovery. Leader.
The Maryland tramp who stalked into
a lonely looking farmhouse and de.
manded dinner and a suit of clothes,
didn't see the dog. The dog saw him,
however. The doctor reported twenty
eight different bites and considerable de-
nundation of epidermis.
Mr.. Jonah Boughton Esq, a native of
Ridge6eld, Is working 10 the interests of
the Murphy temperance movement, and
has been lecturing In Pennsylvania.
About the first of September he will Wis.
it Danbury.
Two gamblers we're in Leavenworth,
Kan, several years ago, with about $50
in their pockets. They desired money
enough to 60 to California. They went
to separate hotels. One registered as
physician, and advertised remedy for
cholera The other put up large guam.
tity Of yeast powders into sample packa.
ges, with little croton oil in each, and
hired q boy to distribute them. Soon
family after family. affected by the cro-
ton oil, felt what they belived were sym.
toms of cholera. The sale of the cholera
remedy Was enormous, and the gamblers
were enabled to 60 to California. They
now tell the story through the Virginia
City Enterprise.
A medical restaurant has been lately
established in London, on the principle
that diseases can generally be cured by
a special system of diet, and that they
are caused chiefly by improper food. On
the entrance of visitor, a physician asks
him regarding his ailments. His meal
is then prescribed, and he is allowed to
eat no more than is presented to him. At
the close he is dismissed to smoke med
icated cigar and to sip coffee, camomile
tea, or whatever other beverage may be
considered advisable.
Mrs. Ira Mead. the oldest inhabitant of
Greenwich, died on the c2nd, and was
buried Sunday. For several years she
has been reported as over one hundred
years of age, the same report making her
one hundred and seven at the time of
her death. This is substantiated by her
age as given in the census report of 1850
which she claimed was correct. But the
plate on her coffin was marked Jagged
one hundred and one years ten months
and four days." which was her age, as
given by the family Bible. She claimed
that this record was incorrect, that hel
age was about i've years greater than rec
orded, and most people who have exam
ined the subject believe that she was cor
rect However it may be, che lived to q
good old sge Up to within very few
months of her death she enjoyed remark
ably good health, and during this last
sickness she had the attentions of doc
tor for the fsrt time in her life. Hel
faculties were good and her mihd active
almost to the last, remembering wildly
the events that occurred during the rev
dictionary war and Immediately thereaf
ter. Her husband and his brothers were
the terror of the tories and cowboys Of
that section of the country, and it il
somewhat remarkable that the widows o.
these two brothers were until their deatl
the two oldest inhabitants of the towr