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Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
Two of Them.

The clergyman at Q church near one of our popular summer resorts, who used to have strangers within his gates" at nearly every service during the season, and was quite pleased to notice the reg ular attendance, every Sunday for several weeks, of native of the place who had not enjoyed the best reputation, and was pluming himself upon having saved "an- other brand," &c., when the man sud- denly ceased his attendance. Meeting him a few weeks after, the minister hailed him with "Ah, Thomas, I haven't seen you at church for Q fortnight" " "No," said Thomas, 'sthe people I drove for have gone home." "The people you drove for ?'' Yes, sir. You see I was hired to drive 'em over here from the hotel (two miles away) every Sunday, and now they are gone, I've lost my job" "Ah l" said the parson, sarcastically, ''then you are one of the men that do not go to church unless they are paid for it, are you?'' Certainly, sir, and you are another, mint you ? You don't go unless you arc paid for it.. do ye, sir ?"' The minister had to confess that in that respect ho and Thomas were 1n the same boat.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
The Fearful Famine.

A census has been taken in Madras, British India, to determine the loss of life occasioned by the famine. The con- clusion reached by the authorities is- that a little more than huff million persons have perished from starvation out of a population of two millions, and this in spite of the fact that the greatest exer- tions were made, both by the govern ment and individuals, to give relief to the sufferers. These are the facts re- presenting single district. A calcu- iation based on these estimates "the to- tai losses in South India will not be far short of six millions" It is to be feared that few persons in this laud of plenty have realized the horrors of the death from which India has suffered ', It is fearful to think that six millions of per sons, not less than seventh of the en: tire population of the United States, should have perished for want of food in this age of the world.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK MARKE,

NEW YORK MARKET
 The wholesale New York market quotations show: Beans-Prime $165a1.6O; fair to good Butter.-N. Y. sold at 17c. for choice in pails, and 17d1sc. common to good. Western sold at 20c., and the common Western a 7d8c.
 Cheese.-Factory fancy ss4c.; do. fair Sc, farm dairy, prime 10d111Sc.; and do. fail 9d10. Eggs.-Quotations ranged from l5c. for or dinary to 17c. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. $36Oa4.15; extra New York $4. 20d$4.60.
 Hdy.-Shipping 50d55c.; clover 45d50c salt, 40d45c.; straw 40d45c.
 Hops--New York 5a1Oc. Eastern 5asc.; yearlings 2a9c., olds lac. .r- r.. Pet,ole,n,-R Refined 119sc. crude 71Sc. in ping order, and 15d16 in cases and 12 in PorE-Ncw mess s1Oa1I5O. Family mess 9.75 extra prime s.75, dressed hogs 4T.
 Wheat.-Spring Mo-. SLIP. Milwaukee Rye.-state 67a6sc
 Wool.-Ohio Pennsylvania aud Virginia xxx 42d45c. xx 37d40c.; 37d40c; No. l, 35d4Oc.; No. 2, 35d40c.; common, SOdS2; New York and Western xxx 33d36c.; X and No. |, '''' PHILADELPHIA MARKET
 Flour.-state family $5.50 rye four 800 Wheat, State LA Amber HIS. Corn, ycl- low, 46c.; mixed State 49c. etroleun.--Refncd II 11Sc.; crude, 9Ac.
 Wool.-State and Western xx 34d36c.; 34d 35c.; medium 35d37; coarse 33d34c.
 CATTLE MARKETS.
 BUFFALo.-Cattlc, good quality, $.4.SO. Hogs, fair to good 3.60a3.70 best 400.
 HAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best cattle 4.70; medium to good 4.25a4.50; common to fair 3.O0a3.5O. Hogs, Workers, 3ef0as.70; 2hila- delphias 3.s0d3.s5. Sheep, 3.50G5.40. extra 7.0Oa7.25; first quality 6.O0a6.50; second quality 5.o0a5.50; third quality 4.50a 4.75. Sheep and lambs--wool sheep 3. .45a5. .50; extra 4. .5Oa5.5O;. sheared SAd51c.; spring lambs 4a5Lc. veal calves 416d6>Sc.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
A Gambling Story.

Four or five years ago, some gamblers on one of the lower Mississippi boats sat down to play with, singularly gulleiess young man. Several thousand dollars had already been staked, and then one of the gamblers pulled out $40, 900. and offered to bet them. "Put them on the table," said the guileless youth, and then he slowly produced vast pile ot notes from his pocket, adding,s " l see the $20,OOO of the gentleman, and go $200, 900 better" As the gamblers did not possess $2OO, 900, he became the pos sessor of the $20,OOO. The gamblers were aghast, and asked him if he habitu- ally carried about with him such enor- nous sums. " Frequently" he said ; am clerk of New Orleans bank, and I carry notes up to the branch banks" In vain the gamblers com plained that he was playing with the money that did not belong to him. The guileless youth pertinently remarked that this was a matter that alone con- cerned the directors of the bank.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20


 The Consul at Canton reports to the Department of State that terrible tor nado passed over that city on the 11th of April last, causing great destruction of life and property. The whirlwind came from the sea in the form of water-spout, and struck the shore on the foreign settle ment of Stameen, passing thence in a northeasterly direction through the crowded part of the City of Canton. The average breadth of the track left by the tornado is 600 feet. In the native city it is estimated that: 10000 persons were killed. Owing to the narrowness of the streets, the work of removing the dead bodies from the wreck made slow pro- gress, and would take several weeks to accomplish.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
A Grand Record:

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since Hos tetters Stomach Bitters was first brought to the notice of the American pubic. To-day it is the most popular remedy on this continent for dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation, complaints, ,gout, rheumatism, intermittent and remfttent levers, and is widely used in South and Central America, Mexic o, the West Indies and Australia, as a preventative and remedy maladies to the relief of which 1t Is adapted. The record of its victories is written in the tes
 timonials of thousands whom 1t has cured, to many of which the widest publicity has been given ; it has won the emphatic sanction ot it has repeatedly been made the subject of en- comiums by the home and foreign press
 Comment on the above facts is unnecessary
 We leave the public to draw its own conclusions
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

THE BLUE RIBBON. - Barnum the snowman is a teetotaler. Nor does he use tobacco in any form. Whatever I do," he said, <" I do with my whole life, and it is easier for me to abstain entirely from beer, wine and liquor than to be 1842-46, when was with Tom Thumb in England, France, Belgium and other countries, got to liking ale, half-in- half, champagne dinners, etc. kept pouring in and pouring in. When re- turned home the habit was strong, and I broke it at once. I should have been in my grave now. if hadn't.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
William Cullen Bryant.

William Cullen Bryant will have to be considered under two aspects as an edi- tor and as poet. In the first respect it can hardly be said that he was an editor by original gift of nature. He had not the fiery, war-like temperament of Hor- ace Greeley. Yet he was successful as 6 man of genius is successful who has moderation, good taste and pc rsistency in affairs that are more business-like than literary. b&lH
 Bryant followed Wordsworth more especially as @ poet of Nature. He is our great landscapist in verse. o And. as landscape painters assume large can,- vases, where they can work in with 9 free elbow the long lines of hill and plain, So Bryant wrote with slowness Nand at length, never hurrying himself to express vividly or violently an idea, but putting it gently, first one way, then another, and gaining the desired impression by quiet but repeated strokes. The patient unobtrusivenessAo of Bryant's character is faithfully mirrored in his verse. It is difficult to think of another poet worthy of the name who has written with such exact sobriety., His poise is perfect. Seldom, if ever, did he leave the beaten paths of English metre and rhyme. But at his hands blank verse; that soracial test of poet-received firmer, more masterly treatment than at those of any other American. . car-ae zr.H H
 MT. Bryant, in his social relations and as citizen, seems to us to have 6een the model gentleman of the American Republic. His integrity was as lofty as his intellect his virtue as pure as his genins. He stood far removed from all that was low, or mean, or contemptible. In the luster of character so full-orbed and bounteously endowed we may find blemishes, but they are as mere mole specks on the solar disc. The pedestal upon which he stood in public estimation challenged the sheer of the cynic or, the shaft of the envious, and yet, to his ever. lasting honor be it said, the challenge was in vain. No mans voice ever asperse6 the name of William Cullen Bryant nc eneny's malice ever breathed an insinu. ation against him. He lived for eighty. four years without spot upon his es. cutcheon, and he died embalmed in the love, respect and admiration of his coun trymen. .o t.5 gF
 He was enchanted with the awe that fills the American landscape, and re cured again and again to that grand theme. Something of the cold mono tane of our forests may well have crept into some of the stanzas of this faithfu. reproducer of things as they exactly are yet he is also the poet who has put into words the cheery, rollicking song of tho bobolink. It is pleasant to remember that it was he who wrote the stanzas te "The Past":
 "They have not perished-no!
 Kind words, remembered voices are SO sweet Smiles, radiant long ago, s..r- .-.s -..-s.
 And features, the great souls apparent seat "All shall come back ; each tie
 Off pure affection shall be knit again; a Alone shall Evil die, .
 And Sorrow dwell 8 prisoner in thy reign.
 "And then shall behold % .a
 Him, by whose kind paternal side sprung And her, who, still and cold, ..4s ..
 Fills the next grave-the beautiful and young.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

"A schoolboy was asked by his teach CT to give an example of earnestness. He looked bothered for D moment, but his face frightened like the dewdrops glistening on the leaves of the roses in early morning as he delivered himself of the following happy thought:-" When you see boy engaged on a mince pie till his nose touches the middle plum and his ears drop on the outer crust, you may know he has got it.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

MT. and Mrs. Flynn of Sidney, O., had been married only few days when, in the middle of the night, the husband thought he heard a burglar hiding under the bed. He arose quietly and armed himself with shotgun. The bride was asleep, with one of her feet hanging over the edge of the bed. Flynn saw the foot, and thought it was the burglars face. The light was dim, and the foot may have been uncommonly large. He fired, shoot ing away three of Mrs. Hymns toes.
 Eggs are selling for i've cents a dozen in most Wisconsin towns.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

2 Pure Paris green is the best remedy for the beetle. LRst season we mixed it with plaster, which is much cheaper than flour, does not scatter so much when the wind is blowing, and adheres to the leaves equally well. As it is best to be prepared for the beetle. 8 supply of the Paris green should be prepared in readiness for his arrival.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
A GOnd HOfel.

Is something that every traveller who visits New York, either on business or pleasure, Is desirous of finding, Ut the start Nothing enhances the pleasure and satisfaction of the guest so much as to know that no pains are spared to make his stay both agreeable and comfortable, and that this is all done at mod. crate price. The Grand Central Hotel, New York, 'fllls the biI" in this respect, at the rates, for rooms and board, of $2.50 and $S.0t per day. ,3.E.-HF ls--=. {. Dag -hfs st
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

Charley Birdsall, little Troy boy, put button in his ear and died from the cause, all attempts to dislodge the in- truding object proving futile.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

Mothers! Mothers!! -Nlothers!!! Don't
 fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for all diseases incident to the period of teeth cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, aud, by giving relief and health to the chld gives rest to the mother. It is an old and well-tried remedy
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20
A GOOD PLAN.

% Ssss eess 6y the rm of T ySr So ;Ss ssTta
 
 $ea $oo sep ss be $sS 5 %P;S SsS %sSRS ss market The Arls circular ex rlains send very vel " satisfactory results arising investments made in these by sd far @ % Messrs Lawrence O., 5a Exchange Place. New York, ms T they retained this s hSa sm9St sd HoGs by %S Ss psSSsf snS n SSsS & we were interested. Buying Delaware. Laekawanna Western at S and selling at SS resiiang Siad gro grot each lo shares in ths SombinHtiqn F9Iewing I this aon e e fS eteed e nos Various other and 9t the final result ws % received the sum a original inyestmsnt of $so leaving net profit tS it proved very satisfacory transaction and only regret that the original had not been larger as the
 TSis new % plan @ for operating stocks bids fair the e Sr n enos and eheerfay that there 5 is no Ire reason ommended SE us ss in every respect worthy of the They also solicit eorrespondenee from all parties having any kind of bonds or stock for sae Send for their explanatory circular.
 From the "Housc aud Garden" MaV, 1878 Our friends who desire to make money in stocks will find this firm reliable and ready to afford nf9r, for nation necessary to perfect understandlng or the plan of their operations in stocks.
 Tho combined plan of Lawrence x O. is first class, and the house is reliable and prompt
 { WALTER J. MARTIN, lA East 18th St. N. A correspondent says in writing to them: Your remittance for my profits $Se3.75 is received. ,, Numerous testimonials are contained Tn their circular Send for it.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

and the house is reliable and prompt. , - ., VT \ WALTER J. MARTIN, l34 East 18th St, N f
 A correspondent says in writing to them: Your remittance for my profits, $Se3 75, is received.
 Numerous testimonials are contained In thelr circular Send for it. ..
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

Our friends who desire to make money in stocl will find thls firm reliable and ready to afford info mation necessary to a perfect understanding of u plan of their operations in stocks.
Connecticut western news., 1878-06-20

~ ono i0ee GnS1lsn colllery eXplOslOn was 200.
 Rockwell, one of the notorious Nor mon 'Danites, has died in Salt Lake City. He was under indictment for participa- tion in the murder of the Atkin immi- grants in 1857. There is suspicion that he was fouIly dealt with by some of his old associates in crime who feared a confession on his part.
 The authorities of Germany are talk ing vigorous steps against the Socialists.
 In Philadelphia Mrs. Geistlash killed her two children and herself, as she had nothing for them to eat. Her hnsband committed suicide upon learn ing of the sad affair. ''
 -Wm. Cullen Bryant, who died in New York from the effects of an acci- dent, was born at Cummington, Mass. in November, 1794. His literary efforts date from a very early age. In 1909 he wrote :" The Spanish Revolution D and The Embargo" and in 1913 "Thana- topsis. He was for many years editor of the New York Euening Post. ---
 Serious labor riots have taken place Tn Quebec, following the strikes there. The strikers paraded the streets, broke open mills and stores, and helped them selves to provisions, stopping teams to haul them away. The house of the mayor was sacked. The troops fired on the strikers killing two of them. Troops were sent from Montreal to aid the local authorities in maintaining peace.
 Thomas Winans, the noted Balti- more millionaire, died at Newport, R. T.
 The leaders of the Cuban insurrec- ton have left the island and gone to St. Thomas.
, 1878-04-12
THE DOWNER KEROSENE OH

Is the only oil that has received the bona ade ndorse
ment OF all the leading INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FIRE COMMISSIONERS and SCIENTIFIC MBN in
the UNITED STATES, and its unriyaei reputation
for SAFETY, BklLLIANCY and ultimate economy is
Unr yII
, 1878-04-12

"HAvE your hair cut, sir'' said q bar
Der to q man he had just shaved. "No,"
growled the man. "Very long," said the
barber, "very struggling, too-cOmes clear
down to your coat collar" "DOes it2'
srarled the customer; "then I'll have the
coat collar moved down.
, 1878-04-12

The ESquimauX have a beautiful Gus
tom. When little child dies they lay n
dogs head in the same grave, under the
impression that when the child wakes up
it can't find its own way to the habita-
tions of the just, and that the instincts of
the dog will lead it thithor.
, 1878-04-12

OF all the loves on earth one most
like the divine love is that of the good
mother-so unsellish, unforgetting and
watchful, considerate, free from jeal-
ousy, and desiring the good of her
children far more than her own happi-
ness
, 1878-04-12

A GEORGIA GIRLS HEALTHY APPETITE.
"A party of merry boys and girls got on
the train at some station between Atlanta
and Macon, bound for home to spend the
holidays. They were laden with pack
ages containing oranges, apples and other
things, and in evident disposition to have
pleasant time. Shortly after the train
was in motion the packages were opened.
The girls we're bright, rosy-cheeked,
sparkling-eyed maidens, and ranging in
ages between sixteen and eighteen years.
Their escorts were courteous, manly
youths, and having secured seats con.
venient for the group, proceeded to enjoy
themselves, utterl ly oblivious to the other
passengers. One Of the young ladies ate
two large apples, and commencing on n
paper of oranges, in o few minutes di-
minished the number by five, after which
she disposed of full u pound of sponge
cake, when, her appetite becoming sati-
ated, she settled back in her seat and very
gracefully gave her attention to MUNICH
ing goobers, ceasing operations when
about pint of fragrant peas had disap-
peared. Her friends were successful in
demolishing what remained, but, in tho
opinion of the passengers, the blue.eyed
laughing maiden was entitled to the
champion ribbon as healthy Georg {
Rrl.
, 1878-04-12
A Piece Cf Sponge.


When first Nbtmncd from the sea, the
sponge OF commerce is vastly different
thing from those in our shops. 1t then
is comparatively heavy, and presents a
filthy, dirty, Shiny appearance, with an
odOr Of shell.tish. Few holes are visible,
most seemingly being blocked up with
the glutlnous substance. Then the pro-
cess of what is technically called "taking
the milk out" is proceeded with, prior to
sun-drying; for if the soft matter be left
in petrilaction results. The process.
adopted by some of our merchants is
secret, and the precise means in use
among the fishers is not clearly under.
stood, except by the Initiated At all
events, squeeze and wrench, or stamp
ing under foot, extracts milky or semi.
transparent, sticky, gelatinons substance.
The sand and grit in the new. dried
sponge are foreign residue, either par.
italy subservient to preparation, or sur
reptitiousy introduced to add weight
and increase the money value of the arti-
Gle as sold by weight. The shiny sub.
stance or tleshy material above mentioned
is the soft part of the living animal, or
congeries of animals, for such they prove
to be. This jelly, so delicate that it runs
off like milk from the tibrous skeleton
when death has occurred, or occasionally
dries like glue on the fibre, everywhere
lines of tibrous structure, and forms a
surrounding film. In appearance and
composition it is much the same us the
white of egg. For long its nature was
held to be problematicul, even among the
master minds Of biologists, and all ex-
periments and opinions elected nothing
more than its being a torpid mass Of
doubtful vitality. But, after the labors
of q host of scientific Investigators, its
animality and many other strange par
ticulars are now proved beyond doubt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30
The Origin of ODeisances.

Speaking Of party of Shoshones sur
prised by them, Lewis ana Clarke say:
"The other two, an elderly woman and
little girl, seeing we were too near
for them to escape, sat on the ground,
and, holding down their heads, seemed
as if reconciled to the death which they
supposed awaited them. The same
habit of holding down the head and in
viting the enemy to strike, when all
chance of escape is gone, is preserved in
Egypt to this day." Here we are shown
an effort to propitiate by absolute sub
mission; and from acts SO prompted
originate obeisances.
When, at the outset, in illustration of
the truth that ceremony precedes not
only social evolution, but even human
evolution, I named the behavior of a
small dog which throws itself on it's back
in presence of an alarming great dog,
probably many readers thought I was
putting on this behavior a somewhat
forced construction. They would not
have thought SO had they known that
parallel mode of behavior occurs among
human beings Describing the Batoka
salutation, Livingstone says, "They
throw themselves on their backs on the
ground, and, rolling from side to side,
slap the outside of their thighs as ex-
pressions of thankfulness and welcome"
Whether Or not consciously adopted for
this reason, the assumption of this atti-
tude, which implies, "You need not
subdue me, l am subdued already" is
the best means of obtaining safety. Re.
sistance generates antagonism and
arouses the destructive instincts. The
stronger animal or the stronger man be-
comes less dangerous when the weaker
animal or man passively submits; be-
cause nothing occurs to excite the pas
sion for victory. Hence, then, the nat
ural genesis of this obeisance by pros
tration on the back, which, perhaps,
more than any other position, makes
self defense impracticable. | say per-
haps, because another attitude may be
instanced as equally helpless, which
more deliberately displays complete sub
jugation. "At Tonga Tabu.
the common people show their great
chief the greatest respect i'm
aginable by prostrating themselves be-
fore him, and by putting his foot on
their necks." The like occurs in Africa.
Laird says the messengers from the
King Of Fundah "each bent down and
put my foot on their heads, and threw
dust over themselves" Ana among an
cient historic peoples this position,
originated by defeat in battle, became
the position assumed in acknowledgment
of submission. -Her6ert Spencer, 5a
Popular Science Monthly for June.