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Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

SPINAcH.-The market gardeners as well as those who only wish to suppl y their own tables, should now make pre- parations for sowing spinach; any va cant land that is is rich enough will answer, but as it needs preparation and as the manure also needs to be thor oughly prepared, it will be we'll to be- gin now to get ready the manure and work it thoroughly fine. Land from which peas or potatoes or some other early crop has been cleared, should be cleared up and ploughed so as to be ready for the seed. For fall use and for storage to be used in winter, spinach seed should be put in about August 15. For wintering over in the field, it is sown from September 1st to the 18th.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

CULTIVATE frogs, toads, and lizards. Put them in your gardens, and as the evening approaches they will hop from their hiding-places and snuggle down in some convenient spot near the gut ter, or where they know their food will come plenty. The number of ants, reaches, mosquitoes, etc., they consume in night is marvellous, and thus they keep down the insect pests.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
Mothers mothers. Mothers.

Don't fail to procure MRS WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases of teeth ing in children. It relieves the child from pain. cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and by giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to the mother.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
Rheumatism ou1ckly Cured.

''Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great Internal Medicine vii! 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., 1877-09-14

WHY DOES RAIN INJURE EHAY?-Grass cut in cloudy weather, and not wilted when rain comes upon it, is not sensi- ply injured by the wetting: contrari- wise when wet after becoming wilted. This is probably because the mown plants, before losing by evaporation the water which keeps them still bright and crisp, continue the life action within, the same as when standing un- severed from their roots, so that wet ting now does no more harm than then. After losing the water the cells collapse, and the whole severed stem and leaves are virtually dead, wilted, or cured, as we say. Then the rain-water falling upon the hay penetrates it's substance, takes up the more soluble portions, hence more digestible and valuable, and washes them away. This wetting, too, unless the hay is soon dried off, in a s short time causes oxydation (heating), tifc Fdraer.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

4 Little Greeley, Colorado. girl who was picking peas had gathered eight gallons during one afternoon. She says of a girl thirteen years old: "She cried for half an hour because I had picked a gallon more than she. and while she was crying picked another gallon." Such is life,
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

Since then our chemists and practical men have learned that certain sub stances when applied to the soil produce certain effects upon other substances in
 the soil and fit them for plant food !; that, for instance. the action of lime as a manure is very slight, but that it's
 chemical actionu pon other wise unavail- able elements in the Soil is very great.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

Dangers from Doctors.-Dr. Seaton, medical officer of health, remarks in a late lecture: There are many occasions where the clothes of the medical atten- dant. require disinfecuion, as, for in- stance, after visiting group of small pox or scarlet fever patients. Where the practitioner has been unfortunate enough to have patient with puer- peral fever under his care, the linen re- quires to be boiled, and the other things baked, before being worn again at a labor. But it is to the hands that he must pay special attention, and it is here that the disinfecting properties of chlorine are particularly useful. The hand should be we'll soaked three or four times daily in the chlorinated soda (P. B. If this is done for a week, baths used at the same time frequently, and the clothes disinfected, practice may be resumed without danger. Length of absence will not compensate for neglect of these precautions, as the practitioner may communicate the disease after many months.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
HCOllDOuDd Oxygen Treatment

This no system of medication confined in its action to narrow limits, being oxygen magnetfzed Iti the most wonderful yitalizer of the human body ever known. Therefore it should greater variety of ils and proportion of patients than any other agent Eight years of large experience fully confirm the expectation The subscribers unite their forces make known and available to the sick the wonder fHl virtues of the Compound Oxygen. It Is Let all consumptiyes dyspeptics paralytics recent), and all even discouraged invalids, send for our bro chure of which contains many wonderful but true statements and best of tes:moniaIs Maiedfe,, c. R. STARKEY, A. MD, sTARKEY FALLEN G. K. FALLEN Ph.BM.D. lll2 Girard St., Phila
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

Tue Snoo1 Proyer.-A little girl went out to play one day in the fresh, new snow, and when she came in, she said
 'Mamma, 1 couldn't help praying when was out at play"
 "What did you pray for, my dear ?' asked her mother.
 F'I prayed the Snow Prayer, mamma, that 1 heard in the Sunday school.
 ''The Snow Prayer! what do you mean, little one?''
 'I mean that beautiful Snow Prayer, in the Bible, mammal; you know it, "Wash me, and 1 shall be winter than snOw."
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

SoNds OF BEULAH-the new Sunday-Schoo ging-book-rrice 35 cts. {; $30 per hundred LEE & WALKER 1113 Chestnut St., Philad's.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

MINISTERS will have their little jokes like other people. "Ceme over and preach for me tonight" said Chicago divine to clerical friend whom he met in the street not many days since. sI can't tonight" was the reply, 'sI am almost down sick with the headache" i" "Well," drolly observed the other. sI guess you can do it; for if you preach use your head any,"
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

CARE there many professors of reli- zion at your college, James?" solemnly asked the deacon of his nephew, who had just got home from his freshman year. "Think not, sir," replied James, musingly; "we've got Professor of Hellenic Greek, Professor of Com parative Conchology; in fact, Profes- sors of almost everything else; but (with wink) I don't recall any Pro- lessor of Religion among the faculty.'' The old man holds up his hands, aston ished.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

A BRIGHT BOY recently told his teacher there were three sects; the male sect, the female sect, and insects.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

"BoY," SAID gentleman to the hostler of hotel on alighting from his phaeton, "extricate that quadruped from the vehicle, stabulate him, donate him an adequate supply of nutritious ailment, and when the aurora or morn- ing shall again illuminate the oriental horizon will award thee pecuniary compensation for thine amiable hospi- tality." The boy ran into the house and told his master that Dutchman wanted to see him.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

Those answering an Advertisement will confer 8 favor upon the Advertiser and the Publisher by stating that they saw the adver- tisement In this journal (naming the paper).
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

"LooK HERE, printer, you have not punctuated my poem at all. "WeIl, sir, am not a pointer-I'm setter"
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

JERRoLD once went to a party at which Mir. Pepper had assembled his friends, and said to his host on entering the room, My dear Pepper, how glad you must be to see your friends mustered"
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

SIZE OF MILK PANs.-Mr. Willard, the most experienced man in dairy matters in the United States, says in the Rural Neao Yorker: "We prefer to have pan of sufficient size to hold the milk of the entire dairy at one milking. Only four pans comprising the set would then be needed. These pans are arranged for running cold water under and about the sides of the milk. Ifrunning water from springs cannot be had, the water may be pumped from wells into tank, and from that conducted into the space under the pans. Some persons use cis- tern water, the needed quantity from day to day being pumped into tank, which receives cake of ice sufficiently large to cool it and keep the milk in the pans at or below 60 degrees. The waste water, after flowing under the milk, is led back to the cistern, and by this con- stant circulation is kept sweet and sound. The plan works well, and ex- cellenr results in butter-making are ob. tained."
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

Hold om Boys.-Hold on to your tongue when you are just ready to swear, lie or speak harshly, or use an improper word.
 Hold on to your hand when you are about to pinch, strike, scratch, steal or do any improper act.
 Hold on to your feet when you are on the point of kicking, running away from study or pursuing the path of error or crime.
 Hold on to your temper when you are angry, excited or imposed upon, or others are angry with you.
 Hold on to your heart when evil as- sociates seek your company and invite you to join ill their games, mirth and revelry.
 Hold on to your good name at all times, for it is of more value than gold, high places, or fashionable attire.
 Hold on to truth, for it will serve you well, and do you throughout eternity.
 Hold on 10 virtue-it is above all price to you, ill all time and places.
 Hold on to your good character, for it is and will ever be your best wealth.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

WEAK EYEs.-A very simple remedy for weak or sore eyes is recommended as follows: Get a five-cent cake of elder flowers at the druggists and steep in one gill of soft water-it must be steeped in bright tin or earthen ware :; strain nicely, and then add three drops of laudanum; bottle 1t tight and keep in cool place; then use it as wash, letting some of itgeU in the eyes; follow this and relief is certain. If the eyes are painful or much sore, make soft congresses, wet ill the mixture, and bind over the eyes at night. We can warrant the above as harmless and snre, having tried it in number of cases where other skill and remedies had utterly failed. If the eyes are badly inf1amed use it very freely; and tea made of elder flowers and drunk, would help cleanse the blood. Pure rock salt and water will strengthen your weak eyes if you bathe them daily in it. We would earnestly advise you to avoid mixtures or washes containing mineral or other poisons.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

- The Murphy temperance movement has been started in New Brunswick, N |. J., and is meeting with great success.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
SCIENTIFIC.

The Visual Purple of the Eye.-We have several times alluded in.shese col umns to the so-called visual purple, or seh-pmrpur, as the c erman physiologist, Boil terms it. The visuaI purple is a colored sheet at the back of the retina of the eye, and becomes impressed by llghc Tn the same way as a photographic film. The light must, however, be very intense to make an impression, and it was only by exposing a rabbits eye in dark room to the action of 8 ray of light coming through shutter for three minutes that any image could be pro- duced.
 It has been a question how long the visual purple remains after death. Boil found that rabbits eye immediately after death was in position to receive an image quite as readily as when alive and he asserted that he believed the visual purple to remain unbleached and photographic many. hours after death! The German physiologist has been lately able to prove that in the human being such is the case for two hours and three quarters after death, at any rate. The subject in this case was criminal who was executed in Vienna on the 9th of March last, at a quarter past seven in
 
 in badly lighted yard, surrounded by high walls, and immediately after death the executioner, as is customary, closed the eyes of the body. Other means were then taken to keep light from the retina, and after an interval of couple of hours an examination was made by Boil of the eye. A microscophic in- spection at once showed the existence of the visual purple, so that the eye still possessed photographic properties, but no trace of an image was to be ob- served on the retina of the dead man. But even had slight impression been bleached upon the purple film, say that of the prison wall, this would, never tbeless, have disappeared again, since the membrane behind the retina pos sesses all the properties of re-sensi- tiger, and would have restored the purple color again in very short time. That the visual purple does not lose its properties till some time after death may now be taken for granted.
 So far as regards the possibility of an image existing on the retina after death so as to be discovered some hours sub- sequently, we may safely decide in the negative, judging from what we know of the seb-purpur. It is only, as we have seen in the case of the rabbit, where the object is very bright, or it is steadily reflected upon the eye for some time, that an image appears; and then the latter must be Immediately fixed in alum, as otherwise the mucous sensi- tiger does Its work, and the purple color is restored. No doubt when the eye looks upon very light object-the sun, for instance-and the vision remains persistent for some minutes, or seconds, afterwards, our eye has received photo graphic impression, but this not likely such circumstances would it appear possible to secure photograph upon the seh-purpur, or visual purple of the Neaos.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

A FRENcHMAN, writing a letter in English to friend, and looking in the diction for the word "preserve" and finding it meant pickle, wrote as fol- lows: May you and your family be pickled to all eternity.'
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

they wanted, anu so they let him live :; and one man, he's awfully bad, and he didn't beve single word; and when the poor old sick man found, that the naughty-what was they, mamma?"
 "Syrians," answered mamma.
 ssYes, that's it; Terians was all gone and runned away, out come all the folks, and didn't wait at all to have the gates opened, but just pushed open the gate and run'd over the man that was so naughty and he died az the man said. And they run'd on and they found the Terians all gone"
 "What for ?" asked her mamma.
 s'Oh, cos they heard a great noise and thought somebody was comin' after them pell mell. 'spect it was awful :; but don't know, wasn't there."
 "But, my dear, does not the Bible say SOP"
 "Oh, yes: and my teacher says so, and she never tells wrong stories. But Pm tired now. and don't want to talk any more. ."-SeI.
 Tue young LampzQhter.-Wallace is a boy about ten years old, who lives in a town near Boston. He has brother, Charles, eighteen years of age. These two brothers are the town lamp lighters.
 There are at least fifty lamps to be lighted every night; and some of them are a good deal farther apart than the street lamps in large cities. Charles takes the more distant ones for his part of work, and drives from post to post in gig.
 Wallace being small boy, calls to his aid his fathers s tddle-horse. This horse is kind, gentle creature, and as wise as he is kind. He and Wallace arc about the same age and have always been good friends.
 So when Wallace puts the saddle on him every evening, just before dark, the horse knows what is going to be done. He looks at the boy with his great bright eyes, as much as to say, "We have our evening work to do, haven't we Wallace? We'll, Pm ready; jump on."
 Wallace mounts the horse, and they go straight to the nearest -lamp-pOst. Here the horse stops close by the post, and stands as still and steady as the post itself.
 Then Wallace stands upright on the saddle, takes match from his pocket, lights the lamp, drops quickly into his seat again, takes up the bridle, gives the word to the horse, and on they go to the next lamp-post.
 So they go on, till all the lamps al- lotted to Wallace are lighted. Then they trot home merrily, and, before Wallace goes to bed himself, am sure he does not forget to see that this good horse is well fed and cared for.-Nur- Sery.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

THEY have curious way of deciding law suits in Siam. Both parties are put under cold water, and tine one that en- dures it the longest wins the suit. In this country both parties get into hot water, but the result is the same.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

THE collar y is raging among fast young men.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

CoDFIsH aristocracy should have their pictures all painted in oil.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

A RHEUMATIC old gentleman, whose son was careless about shutting the front door after him, called out to him one cold day, when he had left the door swinging wide, ''See here, young man, you leave that door open too much P 'Do 2' was the response. Then how much open shall leave it?' "I mean you leave it open too often!" thundered the old gentleman. "Oh, well, how often shall leave it open?" politely inquired the son. The father did not dare trust himself to reply.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

A BROAD H1Nr.-An English traveller (to Irish railway porter labelling lug gage): ''Don't you keep brush for that work, Porter?" Porter: stShure, your honor, our tongues are the only instruments we're allowed. But they're asy kep' wet, your honor!" Hint taken -Punch.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

"WELL, doctor,'' said a man with a bouncing toothache, who had been standing in dentists office for an hour and half for his turn to come, "Well, doctor, you keep your patients waiting good while, don't you ?' 'sOh, yes," replied the doctor, significantly jingling his forceps, "but then, the old adage says, a patient waiting is no loss, you know"
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
pr, Sherman,

OF Snowflake cards and elegant case, with name ZC loo. W. FELLOWS & Co.,, North Chatham, NY.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14
DOMESTIC.

ECONOMY IN CLOTHING.-One of the most important items in the family ex= penses is the clothing, especially since there is so much of what is called
 'cloth''' made up, for boys and men, ] that will hardly hold together With the average family the income is limited and the.prices of shoddy articles are so small that there is strong ifiducement to purchase the so-called "cheap' goods. It is perhaps not too much to Say, that the majority of people buy low-priced clothing. But, as a matter of fact,1 they are the most' expensive goods that can be worn. A strong, fine
 textured, well-made article will out wear at least three of this poor material and it does not really costas much, con sidering the amount Of wear, to say nothing of the shabby -appearance of faded cloth-the vexation of having thes garments continually breaking to pieces, the necessity of daily repairs, with the 5tilsafe feeling when one steps little high, or puts on an unusual strain. The excuse which we have suggested for buying such goods we know is hard one to meet-being in l the majority Of cases the want of money to get better goods: But it is better to make thesold coat last allttle longer, tand put all the money into the rest of the suit, and when the money one will soon have to find to supply another cheap suit is at hand, get good coat r As a wise and economical rule, one lshould never purchase anything but a tgood article.
 But the care of clothing is very inn portant matter. It makes a great differ ence in the looks and wear of hat or coat, whether it is thrown down on the | lounge or chair when taken off, or care fully hung up. With two boys the expense of their clothing is often nearly 1 one-half in difference, mainly, as we think, because one of them will always hang up his clothes carefully, while the others may be found anywhere-when they can be found at alll Properly brushing and cleaning clothes, and mending them as soon as required, rather than waiting until the thread ravels out, or the tear has grown too large to be neatly repaired, add greatly to their durability. When they get a little seedy, have some tailor who does the work cheap and will give them a good cleansing and pressing. This may be done several times to a good suit, ] and each time they will "look as good new" Here is where true economy comes in, in the care of clothing, and proper attention to repairing and cleans ing. More than half the expense can be saved in the bill for the year if pains are taken to secure material worthy of such care.-Goiden Rule.
Connecticut western news., 1877-09-14

"SEE them stylish cascades!" ex. claimed Mrs. Veneering at Watkins Glen, and straightway she fell over a twenty-foot precipice and shook herself up terribly. She arose, arranged her furbelows. and said: ''I ain't got no more enthusiasm for Nature in me, you kin bet!"
, 1877-06-08
ARTHUR PHIENEY's REQUIEM.


And is he really stricken dead
In the full flush OF manhoOd's prime,
Like oak tree shattered ere It's time
By sudden flash Of lightning dreadP
The truest friend, the noblest foe,
The tenderest heart, the firmest hand,
The bravest Que Of all tile land
The stricken Pride of Ludlow.
And must we now return to earth
The stately form. the gentle heart?
Our burning tears unbidden start,
Alas Alas the noble worth.
We mourn the Pride Of Ludlow,
Who stood so firmly at his post,
Aud with the friends who loved him most
We wall the stroke that laid him low.
Beloved BY all since first he came,
Respected, honored too by all
Passed from US now beyond recall
He LEFT us none to bear his name.
We mourn the Pride OF Ludlow,
Who slumbers now among the lust
His soul Is with the saints we trust
We wall the strSke that laid him low.
t"rI'ten Tor the ARGUS sCIO.