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Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

A GOOD STORY is told of Berkeley Craven and Lord Alvanly, when an ac- cident happened to their carriage. Tho former. getting out to thrash the foot man, saw he was an old fellow, and said: sYour age protects you;" while Alvanly, who had advanced toward the postilion with the same intention, see- ing he was an athletic young fellow, turned to him, saying in his waggish way, "Your youth protects you"
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Mr. Monkey and Mss Puss.-A little girl at sea had two pets on board-s monkey and a cat. She gave the monkey tin plate, and made him understand il was for his own use; and, when the dinner was ready he could bring it tc the table, and hold it out to her that she might put upon it whatever she thought best. suited to his taste.
 As soon as served, he would carry his dinner to some quiet corner, pussy always following after with noiseless step. Placing his plate carefully on the floor, MT. Monkey would seat himself; and, while he was occupied in arrang- ing his tail in a agraceful position, pussy would slyly seize dainty morsel, and eat it up before he knew what he was about. ----.-.~ .-...-4-.---.--i--e-s--. On turning around he would glance at the empty plate, then dart at pussy and pressing her head tightly against his breast with his left hand, as if pre- pairing to extract tooth, with his right hand he would force her mouth open. Then bending forward he would look far down her throat as if to discover whether his lunch had gone that way.
 This happened quite often; for, Monkey seemed to forget from day to day the losses he had sustained. Yet he was not without revenge.
 Every evening he took delight in sur prising pussy in her promenades by springing at her, seizing her by the tail and holding her over the ships side, where he would swing her backwards and forward until her shrieks brought some one to her rescue.
 After all puss had the worst of it, Methodist.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
DOMESTIC.

PURE MILK FOR INFANTs.-The ills which the innocents have suffered through the drinking of impure milk form one of the most startling chapters of modern hygienic literature. It Is wise when we know the evil exists to guard against it's coming to our loved ones. Professor James Law, of Cornell University, writes on the subject many useful suggestions:
 The milk must be obtained from a sound, healthy COW, as 1t is unquestion- ably tainted In some cases before it leaves the udder.
 Few people have any idea of the per feet cleanliness necessary to the pre- servation of milk. An ordinary wash ing with water, though uncomfortably warm for the hands, or even with soap suds, is utterly insufficient. There should first be the thorough cleansing of the. dish, and then rinsing with water at 8 boiling temperature, which must be poured out, and the vessel dried by simply inverting it over a drawer or table, but without the pos sibility of contact of it's interior with any solid body. If dried with a towel, or if hand or finger, or, indeed, any solid body, is brought in contact with it's interior after it has been scalded, organic matter, bacteria, and other germs may be deposited, which will precipitate decomposition in the milk placed in it. But if the vessel is first carefully cleansed from all organic matter that may cover and protect such germs, then rinsed out with boiling water, set aside to drip, and finally filled with milk, having had nothing touch it's inner surface from the con- aof xxSsk1 1Na %sl such vessel will not communicate to the milk any decomposing element. Every vessel, from the pail which receives the milk as drawn from the udder, to the bottle from which the baby sucks it's supply, must be, treated in the same way. In the case of babies' bottles, it is best to keep two, to be used alter nately the one with its tubes and the teats being thoroughly washed with soda, and then immersed in dish of pure water until wanted.
 As regards temperature and antifer- ments. None of the chemical antiseptics are entirely unobjectionable. Boiling of the milk renders it more indigesti- ble, and tends to produce costiveness. The only unobjectionable method is to secure perfect purity of dishes and milk, and to keep the latter at low temperature. A sufficient degree of cold may be obtained in any house, with no expense and little trouble, by simply enVeloping the dish in which the milk is kept in g wet towel, from which eva poration will go on constantly. A tin can with cover enveloped in wet cloth will not only be kept very cold, but will be protected against the access of germs which, would superinduce decay. have in this way kept milk for the baby perfectly sweet and good in the warm rooms of boarding-house in midsummer, while the landlord failed the time, though in a cellar and abund- antly surrounded with ice. The great superiority of theIwet-cloth preserva- :tionr consists in it's filtration from the air of all germs of decomposition which would otherwise gain access to the milk. .J3y ..I5Y .a-.M.:
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

A GERMAN lost his wife, and the next
 week married again, and his new wife asked him to take her out riding. lie felt indignant that she should have no
 more respect than that for his deceased wife, and said: "You dink I ride out
 init another woman so soon after the death of mine frau?''
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Test for Sulphur in Organic Compounds. HI. Vohl recommends the following as the best method of detecting sulphur in organic compounds: The substance to be tested is heated in solution of caus- tic lime and oxide of lead in glycerin. The latter is prepared as follows: One volume of distilled water is mixed with 3 volumes of pure glycerin and heated to boiling; freshly prepared slaked lime is added, little by little, until it is satu- rated. Freshly precipitated hydrated oxide of lead, or moist litharge, is added in excess, and the liquid allowed to boil gently for a few minutes, then tightly corked and left to cool, after which the clear liquid is decanted from the sedi- ment into a glass vessel. that can be tightly corked.r
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.

SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases of teeth ing in children. It relieves the child from pain, cures wind colc, regulates the bowels and by giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to the mother.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price $1 bottle. six bottles. $5. Sold by all Drug gists. Send for circular to Helphenstine & Bentley, Druggists. Washington, D. O.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

ONION SAUCE.-Mince two fine W hite onions and cook them; having pressed the water from them, add to a ,teacup of hot milk with three tablespoons of butter, or, if preferred, draw the butter and afterWard add the milk.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

"JoHN, you said Sally kissed you :; did you kiss her back?'' "No, kissed her face.''
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

PATENTS. terms, and all neces- sary information furnished by Worth Osgood, Qate Principal Examiner U. s. Patent Ofice) Atty and Solicitor of American and Foreign Patents, Washington, D. c. Correspondence nvited.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

TRAVELLING fasks are euphemistically called pocket gymnasiums. They cer- tafnly have been known to stand man on his head
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

PARAsoLs are like loaves of bread the smaller they are the more they cost.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

WHY does the good wife of the re- formed drunkard rejoice2 Because the husband doesn't liquor any more. (Send stamp for further information.)
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Miss McMahon, of Stoire, Vermont who is 101 years of age, was discovered the other day at the tub doing her weekly washing.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

AsPARAGus SAUCE. - Take twelve heads of asparagus, boil, drain, and mince 1t; Into pint of drawn butter beat the yolks of two raw eggs; salt and white pepper; when the butter is hot add the asparagus and the juice of
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Praying 1n the Night Watches.

A PAPER containing many fine points "a paper of needles.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

NARROWING winter grain is a very profitable practice. This is in effect root pruning, and wherever tried is found to produce excellent results. Narrowing old pastures in spring, and the application of good superphos- phate is coming into vogue as the cheap est and readiest means of renovatine them. Animals in feeding take from the soil more of the phosphates than g any other fertilizing element. Fifty per cent. of the bones of animals are phosphates, and 100 pounds yearly is said to be the amount contained in the the milk of good milch cow. "A B..
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

CHERR1Es!-A correspondent says !: To stone cherries is a tedious process, but if common .'putty blower, 7 7 toy of the children is used, 1t facilitates the work greatly and does 1t very neatly also. It is a tube about eight inches long, and the size of cherry-stone in circumference, made of tin-easily used, and the cherries can be s'pittedo as fast as they can be picked up. Crowd opening, and it; will fly out at the other, and leave the fruit looking as if whole, almost. Then make 8 very rich syrup, boil it clear, and drop in the fruit, with out the Juice that has drained from it.. Cook slowly for half an llour, then put in glass jars, and seal up hot, and nothing can be nicer or handsomer.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
Tape Worm Removed Alive.

Head and all complete in two hours. No fee Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send for cir cular with treatis on all kinds of worms, ad- vice free. Ask your druggist for bottle of Kunkels Worm Syrup, which will do the work Price $1.00 It never fails to remove all kinds with it.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

GREEN PEA SOUP, c 1a St. Cloud. Put into a stewpan two quarts of fresh- shelled large green peas with two quarts of boiling water, salt, bunch of parsley and green onions, an ounce of butter and four ounces of salt pork cut in large, thin slices; boil quickly and uncovered for about half an hour 1; strain the liQuid, remove the parsley and pork. and pound to.a pulp; dilute with the liquid and some chicken or veal broth q few moments before serv- ing, so as to have itasg green as possible, return to the stewpan, stir constantly two ounces of butter and a little sugar, boil no more, pour into soup-tureen, and serve with small squares of bread fried in butter. -A A
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

PUCK declares that Stanley, the ex- plorer, recently sent private letter to a friend, in which he stated the most beautiful place he has seen in all his travels is Jzjzjz zjzjzjz, on the southerly shore of Lake Nyiyiyiyiyiyiy.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

MISSY, who is twenty, begins to emancipate herself a little too much, and is reasoned with by her prudent mother, who sums up the whole matter as follows:
 ''You see, do not object to your running round, but do not want you to gallop."
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

MUCH has been written against the accordeon, but the first evening after a young man who practiced on one moved into the second floor of a house on Union street, a smile lit up the face of the aged citizen who lay in sickness on the floor above. He said that he was now reconciled to death.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Cattle food should be selected with reference to the ends desired in their use, and the relative costs of the same. The Journal says food for work ,z for milk, for fattening, should be better 2 understood among farmers, and thinks the time will come when. science Will be applied to the use of cattle foods, and that it will be of immense value to the cattle industry of the country.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

This truly valuable tonic has been so tho roughly tested by all classes of the community that 1t is now deemed indispensable as 8 Tonic medicine. It costs but little, purifes the blood and gives tone to the stomach renovates the system and prolongs life. Everybody should have it. For the cure of Weak stom- achs, General Deb lity, Indigestion, Diseases of the Stomach, and for all cases requiring a tonic. This wine includes the most agreeable and efficient Salt of Iron we possess-C Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with the most energetic of vegetable tonics- Yellow Peruvian Bark.
 Do you want something to strengthen you ?
 Do you want good appetite?
 Do you want to get rid of nervousness2
 Do you want energy?
 Do you want to sleep well?
 Do you want to build up your constitution ?
 Do you want to feel we'll?
 Do you want & br six and vigorous feeling?
 If you do, try KUNKEL's BITTER WINE OF IRoN
 l only ask a trial of this valuable tonic.
 Beware of commercials, as Kunkels Bitter Wine of Iron is the only sure and effectual remedy in the known world for the permanent cure of DyspepsIa and Debility, and as there are number of limitations offered to the pub lie, I would caution the community to pur- chase none but the gennine article, manufac- tured by B. F. Kunkel, and having stamp on the cork of every bot le. The very fact that others are attempting to initiate this valuable remedy proves its worth and speaks volumes in it's favor. Sold only in $1 bottles or six bottles for $5. Try this valuable medicine and be convinced of it's merits. Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Cows AND CALvEs.-It is we'll to ob- serve caution in changing cattle from dry feed to full pasture. The safe way
 is to feed on the usual dry fodder be-
 fore turning out, and bring up the stock early in the afternoon, and feed again on dry feed with some roots. Another safe precaution is to dose the calves and yearlings with two ounces of
 Epson salts for each one, for two days before they are turned out, and then graduate rhe feed as mentioned. A daily dose of half an ounce of sulphur and as much salt, given every week for night or two, with the observance of the above precautions, will prevent the fatal "black quarter" or carbuncula1 erysipelas. .-s. IT,. 5- --..,-I
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

LIQUID MANURE.-Iti is generally be- heved that no system of enriehing land for small garden gardens, with a view to perfection of crops as so truly econo- mical and so. easily available as that of liquid manure. We occasionally hear of a gardener, or an amateur fruit 2 grower, who has practieed enriching the crop by the use of liquid manure, t but it is not a common practice en- rich our gardens aud lawns, however ofttimes the advocacy of the practice has been written. The writer practiced the sprinkling of a lawn in dry sea-
 son with weak liquid manure water, !. and in the greatest of heat and drought has kept it fresh and green. In the management of pot plants, no course of supplying food equals that of 8 judi cious use of liquid manure. There are almost every family waste liquids, which usually go into sewer or drains, or possibly upon the,road, where they are of no avail, but If saved by being conducted to tank, along with wash waters of the house, would enrich an
 entire garden for vegetables and fruits, flower borders etc., and the whole, if the wash be applied regularly, and at night after sunset, in moderate quan+ titles, would prevent the driest weather of midsummer from checking vegeta- tion. Han unpleasant odor comes from |, the tank, little. plaster (gypsum) @sprinkled in anda around the tankl would keep it sweet rnd clean. Again, the use of 8 liquid manure need never delay planting because of manure not being on hand, but planning could pro+ eeed and the application of manure be made at leisure.-American Rsral Home.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

Dead Horses Standing Erect - The Danville Advertiser of the 7th inst. says Mr. Smith was in town on Saturday with his hired man, and the two tell a singular story about lightning stroke. MT. Smith was on a grain drill in field and his hired man was about 12 rods from him, dragging. Suddenly Smith heard the noise of thunder, and became unconscious. The man also heard the noise, but neither of them saw any flash of lightning The man went to Smith, and in about twenty minutes he was ret stored to consciousness. The attention was given to. the horses. One of them
 was standing erect, with one foot lifted little way from the earth, and the other was kneeling with his nose in the earth, and both were stone dead, and retained their positions until they were pushed over. The supEosition is that in this case the electricity went from the earth to the sky. f1 "'Fa'- :t--s..ar. 1
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

The Stream to the Mil1.-"I notice, !" said the stream to the mill, 'that you grind beans as we'll and as cheerfully as fine wheat"
 "Certainly," clacked the mill "what am l for but to grind? and so long as l work, what does it signify to me what the work is? My business is to serve my master, and I am not whit more useful when I turn out fine flour than when I make the coarsest meal. My honor is not in doing fine work, but in performing any that comes as well as l can."
 That is just what boys and girls ought to do do whatever comes in their way as we'll as possible, and those who act so are sure to get along nicely.-Chtld- ren's Friend.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

BONE SPAvN.-The cause of bone spavin may be either of the following: Overworking animals while they are too young, the bones being then softs using calked shoes or on account of the dam or sire having been subject to the same disease. Treatment - Clip the
 hair of the spavin for some distance all around, then apply about half an ounce of the following blister with the fingers: Take of biniodide of mercury Tn fine powder, powdered cantharides and io-
 dine, of each one drachm; lard, two ounces. Mix thoroughly, and rub in
 four minutes. Repeat every three weeks for three applications, and allow
 from three to four months' absolute rest in comfortable, roomy box stall.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
E. F. Kunkeps Bitter Wine of Iron.

S0L LARGE MIXED CARDS with name 10 cents eDU and Sc. stamp 25 styles Fun Cards 10 cts. Sam ples cts. A. M. D0WD, Bristol, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

. 4 Little Knight and Gentlenan.-I was sitting at the window looking out one cold, slippery day last winter. I SUD- pose good many of you children have amused yourselves looking at the people who pass on slippery days, smiling a little to see hOW~q ueerly some of them walk; hope though, that none. of you laugh if you see some one fall. As l looked out of the window saw a knot of boys, all neighbors of mine, who were standing and laughing. Two or three persons had passed, and almost slipped at one particularly dangerous spot q think the boys had been sliding there, ) and now a little girl came by with a basket of buttons, tapes, shoe strings, and such things. Down she went, her basket falling on it's side and half the contents rolling out. Through the window could hear the boys laughing :! Not one of them stepped forward to help the little girl, but the door of the op- posite opened quickly and little boy, the steps, and hurry ing to the poor girl, after saying word or two to her, helped her put her things in her basket. The poor girl was so stiff and cold that half her things might have been lost, but for this kind little knight, and gentleman. call him knight, because the knights in old times helped the poor and helpless wherever they found them and gentleman, because gentleman "a true Christian gentleman-is polite to rich and poor alike. He remembers that his Saviour has said, "[nasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. ."-Child's Paper
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

An Electrical Plant.-In> a recent number of the Hamburger Gdrten-und
 Blusnenzeitataag, Levy describes plant, which, if the statements of this traveller are true, must-be most remarkable wonder. It is one of the phgtoldcca which seems to be new, and has re- ceived the name of pbytolGccG elcct,icG. The curious fact about this plant is it's strongly marked electromagnetic prop critics. On breaking off 8 twig 8 sem sation is produced in the hand like that given by Ruhmkorff induction coil. This sensation was so marked that he began to experiment with smell conn pass. The compass began to beafected by it at a distance of seven or eight paces. The needle vibrated on ap7 preaching nearer to it, and finally be- gan to revolve rapidly. On recedingj the phenomena were repeated in re- veraed order. In the soil where this plant grew. there was no trace of iron or other magnetic metal, like nickel or cobalt, and there is no doubt that the plant itself possesses these peculiar properties. The strength of the pheno- mena varied with the time of day! During the night it.is almost nothing, and reaches it's maximum about two o'clock in the afternoon. When, the weather is stormy the energy increases still more, and when it rains the plant appears withered. Levy also states that he never saw any insects or birds on or about this electrical plant. ~J :. ]
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

A GRAVE error-Burying s man alive.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17
SCIENTIFIC.

Sanstroke.-The sudden accession of heat has already produced one fatal, and more than one severe, case of sunstroke in the metropolis Probably the affec- l ton so designated is not the malady to | which the term coup de soleil can be properly applied. The condition brought about is an exaggerated form of the disturbance occasioned by enter ing too suddenly the s'hot" room of a Turkish bath. The skin does not inn medfately perform it's function as an evaporatlng and therefore cooling sur face, and an acute febrile state of the organism is established, with dis turbed balance of circulation, and more or less cerebral irritation as promi- nent feature of the complaint. Death may suddenly occur at the outset of the complaint, as it has happened in a Turkish bath, where the subject labors under some predisposition to apoplexy, or has weak or diseased heart. It should suffice to point out the danger and to explain, by way of warning, that although the degrees of heat regis tered by the thermometer, or the power or the suns rays, do not seem to suggest especial caution, all sudden changes from a low to a high temperature are attended with danger to weak or ganisms. The avoidance of undue exercise-for example, persistent trott- ing or cantering up and down the Row -is obvious precaution on days marked by relatively, if not absolutely, high temperature. We direct attention to this matter because it is obvious the peculiar peril of overheating the body by exertion on the first burst of fine weather is not generally realized. It is forgotten that the increased tempera- tureF must be measured by the elevation which has recently taken place, not the number of degrees of heat at pres ent recorded. The registered tempera- ture may be more or less than that which occurred year ago; but it's inn mediate effects on the organism will be determined by the conditions which have preceded it and the violence of the change. .TLancet.
Connecticut western news., 1877-08-17

The Moss Rose.-The angel who tends the flowers and sprinkIes the dew on them in the stiffness of night, slnm bered one morning ill spring under the shade of rose bush.
 When he awoke he said with friendly countenance :"Loveliesto of my children I thank thee for thy refreshing frag- rance and thy cooling shade. Couldst thou ask favor how willingly would grant it."
 s'Adorn me with a new grace" i'm. plored the spirit of the rose bush. And the angel adorned the Queen of Flowers with veil of moss. , .-st
 Lovely she appeared in her simple array, the moss rose, the most beautiful of her kind.
 Young girls, bid adieu to finery and glittering jewels and follow the mater nal beckonings of Naturel"