Connecticut western news., 1878-01-17

s.On, how sweet 1t vii! be there to meet the dear ones all at home." x. Aunt Jane's New Years Day.
 These city fokes air drettul queer,
 Aud curus ev'ry way;
 l isst wish you had been out here
 Upon last New Years day.
 Wall naow, l never was 30 beat |
 Sence have been araOund.
 didn't guess SO many fools
 In one place could be faound.
 That day the men folks in the taoun
 Go out a-callin' raound:
 And sometimes five or six at once
 At some ones house ar faound.
 They go along jst where they please,
 And cali at ev'ry door
 No matter If they never haint
 Seen one of them before.
 The wimmin they are all fixed up.
 And look so dIetful fine;
 And then they have a table sot
 With lots of cake and wine.
 And 80 the men come bowin' in,
 So awfully perlite;~
 And drink teeny glass of wine, And eat leetle bite.
 And then they have pasteboard card
 Which tells tokes what's their name;
 Then go Tong to another house,
 And there do jist the same.
 Now don't you think that's awful slim
 For grow D up fOkes to play2
 To call, and eat, and bow. ana grin
 Rite straight thru one hull cay
 And then the wimmin count up ''calls"
 And sum of them git mad
 Becos nabor had the mOsts
 And say things pretty bad, : Sometimes the men don't feel to bow
 The next day quite so much:-
 They can't quie tell. but guess as how
 They had too much cake snd-such.
 But then they say lis fdsh'nGble, - And agreement is Vain; Although I'm pritty sartin sure
 They won't convert
 AUNT JANE. Diphtheria -MR ED1ToR:-A Almost ev- cry newspaper contains some recipe or some treatment for that dreaded disease, Having had occasion. !n the epidemic that prevailed in :t1e winter of 1874 to see and treat few cases of dipb- theris. will give my experience, or rather my mode of treatment in that disease-But first, in order that people remote from physician may be able to recognize it, I will describe the most prominent features of the disease: In most of the cases that l have seen. the patient experiences feeling ot lassitude for some hours before any oth- er symptom worthy of notice is prest nt. Soon extreme prostration ensues; the back part of the mouth and throat are very red; the breathing soon becomes difficult, and it is very evident that the throat is becoming stopped up with tough membrane similar to that We fad in true croup; the neck and throat swell up; the tongue is very red at the tip and edges, with thick fur on the back part; the breath is very off, nsive, and there is usually great deal of running from the nose and eyes. When called to gee case of thls kind. usually begin the Ereatmt nt in the following manner: Some lime is procured; piece as large ss an Orsng ge is put into convenient vessel, } cloth large enough to cover the patients head, and the vessel is got ready; about a plnt of boiling water is poured upon the lme, the cloth adjusted SO as to cover the patients head and the vessel. and the pa tlent told to bresthe freely the steam that arises This operation lasts about ten minutes and is repeated every half hour or oftener, as the urgency of the case may require; and in my experience it has always been productive of excellent results; re- ieving the difficulty in breathing, and cut ting away the diphtheria deposit. In one remember, piece of pseudo was expectorated ring-shaped, having received the impression from one If the rings of the wind-pipe. I also apply to the ext. rnal parts of the neck and throat. he ''Britlsh OiP' prepared after the formu- a of the Philadelphia College of Pharma sy; the oil to he applied frequently, and he neck to be covered with a flannel cloth l [nasmuch as it is disease that rapidly ex- 1Austs the vital forces, I invariably adopt a l onic course of treatment in addition to the ! above. This recipe l have found to meet ! III of the requirements, and Can be had at | my drug store: R. Yr. Ferri CAlaridS, umcians dsnssdsans,
 Potass0 Chloras drnchmas duos.
 QuSs@ SulphGs, scrupulns duas.
 Acid Sulph. A7Onsat., drachnaas duas, ',- Glyceasne.
 Misce, SigeG, teaspoonful each hour. Also to be used as G.rgle each half hour. The dose mentioned is suitable for an adult } rson. and should be diminished for chil- lren according to the age The doee for a ,hild two years of age is one-seventh of he adulfs; at six years, one third, etc. In b. above 1 have gwen the principal treat nent that has proved successful in my lands. and have gwen it in hopes 1t will pro.e of great ben. fit 10 some one re- note from a physician. by using it before he doctor could see the patient.
 DR. J. B. HEATH Falls Village, Ct.. Januarius VII, 1878. It is reported that Hallsvile gent with ,is head out of the car window, went to