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Connecticut western news., 1878-06-13
ACCOUNTS FOR SALE !

Below is 8 list of accounts which I am unable to collect, and desiring to realize some thing from them, I offer them for sale to whomsoever will pay me the most for them. Will sell them all together or sepa- rately, as customers may de- sire :-
 Edwin Richardson, Brooklyn, $ls.90 Fl. R. Brlnton. Sharon, 1ooo !o'oo l., $. Squires, Hartford. Itt'So Itt'So Jas. M. Winchell & Son, Millerton, Asa,@SSS w. W. Merrifed Millerton, - o. o'4" Minnie E Merwin, or J. K. Kellogg, Corn- . on wall Bridge. %s0 s0 Wm Demusey, Cornwall Brldge, SS zSS
 Mrs- Leonaro ~ SeenlSn' Ssennn H"7' i>0' 265 ZaImon l.. Hart. Amenia Union, N. r., 2.So J. Thorn, sharon, S00ee Wm. Hart, Norfolk, ~'VV
 I have many other accounts which I shall offer for sale, if
 not paid soon. To a Cash Gus toner I will make 8 VERY HEAVY DISCOUNT.
 J. l.. PEASE.
 CONN. WESTERN NEWS, May lst, 1878. 44n
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Collectors Notice!

" EVlED upon by virtue of tax warrant to me A directed. and will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on the 29th day of June 1878. at ID o'clock 8. m. at the public sign-post in the eastern part of the town of Salisbury, near the Falls Village bridge, much of the real estate of Horace 5. Kelsey in tract of land, with the build 1ngs thereon standing. situated in the town of Salisbury and bounded and described as follows. to wit: East by the highway leading from Falls bridge to the dwelling house of Botsford Cross- man. South by lands of Mrs. Rosser Rogers and west and north by lands of Ellen H. Peck. contain ing about one half acre more or less, being the the Salisbury grand list as will pay the following named taxes levied thereon, with interest, and costs of cole tion, town tax list 1876 of nine mills on the dollar, VIM. B. PERRY,
 Salisbury, Conn.,. May 16, 1878, Collector.
 6W47
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WARNER & WARNER, A TToRNEYs and CounselloFs at Law, Salisbu A ", Conn. 26tf
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LEAVE PITTsFIELD. VIZ:

500 8. m. Passenger train for Bridgeport. arriv-
 ing at 12.30 pm, with through car for New
 York arriving at S.07 p. m.; at New Haven
 at 1.10 p. m. Leave Albany at GAO a. m. Leaves Canaan at 9.4 8. m.
 125, D. m., Passenger train for Bridgeport arrtY
 ing at 5.45, p. m.. with Through car for
 New York, arriving at 7.45 p. m., at New
 Haven at 7.30 p. m. Leave Albany at $40
 8. m.
 Leaves Canaan at 800, p. m. -....... goo D. m. Milk Train for Bridgeport, arr1y-
 ing at S.30 p. m. ;New York l0S9p. m. New Haven II .52 P. m. Lesves Canaan at 3.52 D. m. -. .. .... b1O D, m. Passenger Train for Falls Village, ar
 irving at 700 p. m. Leave Albany at 8.O6
 p.m E.. ."ts. Leaves Canaan at 6.45 D. m. Sunday Milk Train leaves Pittsfeld at 2.8c D. m.
 for Bridgeport, arriving at $50 P. m.; New
 York 1I.50p. m.; New Haven 1l.b2p. m. Leaves Canaan at 4.3O D. m.
 ewAII trains connect at BrOOkfieId Function to and from Danburye At RRawleyviIle with Shepnug K. Rs HID, AVERILL, N M. BROWN, General Ticket Agent. Superin, endent. Bridgeport. Conn.,, June 8, 1S7s. Sltt
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HARTFORD, PROVIDENCE CE &
 FVSHKEET, R. R

NNN
 Commencing June IS, 1871. Trains of Conn Western h. K. arriving st HarAI ford az follows;
 Ats.45 A, M., from Winsted, connects for Prou
 dence and Boston. At1.17P. M., from Millerton, connects for ProN-
 dence, Boston, Norwich, New L0iA
 don and Palmer. At5,bOP. M., from Millerton and Poughkeepsie. connects for Norwich, New London
 New Britain and Bristol.
 TRAINS LEAVING. New London at 5.00, Nolwich at 6.80 A. N. Ar rive'at Hartford to connect with A
 M train for Winsted, Canaan, Nhl lerton and Poughkeepsie. Train leaving Providence at AM, conn eolh by P M. train for Millerton &c. 4s 2. T. MoMANUS. Sup't.
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Cheapest Route to New York
 VIA

Capt. Ch0s. Weeks, Will leave Bridgeport every night, Saturday ex cepted) from Steamboat Dock, at Il o'clock, al irving in New York about o'clock next morn ing.
 Returning. will leave New York every morning Sunday excepted,1 from Pier 8b, East River, foot of Catharine street at 11.30.
 Freights received ano way.billed through to aU stations on the Ho sa onic railroad at very low rates. Tickets can be purchased through to New York less than by all railroad, and baggage check ed through from all trains. P. S.-The evening Milk train on the Housatop- ic railroad connects with the Steamer Bridgeport. <Sti JOHN B. HUBBELL. Sup't
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WravsIIsfs Gaiae.
HOUsATONIO RAILROAD

Shortest, Quickest and Cheapest
 Route to North Adams, Albany, Sar-
 atOga, Rochester, Buffalo, Sllspen-
 sion Bridge, Niagara Falls, ChlcaRO
 and the West.
 Through Tickets sold and Baggage
 Checked West at Union Depot, Can-
 aam. Also for Philadelphia, Balti-
 more and Washington. Purchase
 Tickets via HousatOnic Line. Commencing June 8rd, 1878. TRAINS LEAVE BRIDGEPORT. VIZ: 6.O0 a. m. Freight Train, (passenger accommo- dations) for Harrington, Monday, We'd nesday and Friday. Leave Canaan 3.15 D. m. 10.l0 am. Passenger train forPittsfeld, arriving at 2.25 p. m. With Through car leaving New York at S.05 a. m.) At State Line making close connec tion with fast train for Albany. At Albany with 3.l0 p. m' popular Chicago and st. Louis express, arriving in Chicago at 500 the next p m. Leaves Canaan at 12.40 D. m. 4.55 D. m. Passenger Tram tor Pittsfeld, arriv- ing at 906 D m. Connecting at State Line for Albany and the West, arriving at Albany l0.10 p. m. Leaves Canaan at 7.H p. m. FROM FALLS VILLAGE. 5.3O a. m. Special Passenger Train for Ptttsnelo arriving at 7.17 a. m. Albany sSO am' Leave Canaan at 6.44 a. m
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D1sTRIoT of Canaan ss, Probate Court. June

.DlsTRIcT of Canaan ss, Probate Court June
 Upon the application of Joseph N. Cowles show. ing to this Court thas he is guardian to William VI. Mahoney, minor, belonging in said district. and that said minor is the owner of the following real esstate. viz:
 Tba m divided onehalf of all that certain piece r marcel land situate in the town of Canaan, in said district and bounded as follows, to wit: Eas
 ouey lands os the Estste of Newton aTt9 Hart T0mnany and Northerly by lands of Henry R. Beecner and William P. Pelton. containing about nsps to the Norfolk Savings Bank on which there fs now due about $1Soo, and chewing just and req
 for and that he Of othsr meet !. otion on Ale. dated the 20th day of May, 1878 UORDEREO-That the foregoing application :. s heard at the Probate Office, in North Canaan,
 the Ssth day of June. 1878, at one o'clock in the Sn ernoon and that notice thereof be puolisn@ed @ aac real estate es three weeks successively, be fora sa'o ''''' JACOB B. HARDRNBERGH,.
 sswD Judse.
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8nsiuess Gards.

CIV. CAPRON, FALLS VILLAGE, Ct., HEALER in Watches, Clocks, Silverware and D Notions. Repairing neatly done. 1yfm14vl4*
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SEDGEWICK HOUSE, Huntsville, Conn
 H: STURGES, Proprietor. 1y40vol6%
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H OUSATONIC LODGE, No. 61. F A and A. M. Regular communication, Second and Fourth Tuesday of every month.
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We give our customers the benefit of what city dealers have to pay, in their enormous ex- penses. We buy as low as the lowest and sell cheaper than the cheapest.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
The Hardware Trade.

The importance of the trade in Hardware,
Iron and Steel, is second to few other com
mercial interests in this country. To give
some idea of its character and immensely we
have only to refer 10 the annual statement of
the Bureau of Statistics, by which it appears
that the value Of such goods, entered for CON
sumption in the United States for the previ-
Gus year, was no less than SS0,00O,O0O, Of which
| enormous sum S20,000,000 was of steel and
its manufacture, which, of course, embraces
and is largely made up Of cutlery and SINH
lar hardware.
1t has been our pleasure in these columns
to notice more than one firm engaged in this
line OF business, whose title is familiar in our
mouths. TO no house can we point with
greater appreciation of high their business
standing in the community than to the firm Of
the Messrs Carolan, Cory IL Co., of III and
| 10 California ST, San Francisco. This firm was
first formed in 1852, the veterans in the trade
We have lately had the pleasure of paying
visit to the headquarters Of this house. An
enumeration of all their leading articles
would be out Of our power to specify, but
those which came prominently before our
notice and who they are agents for, are
Southington Cutlery Co.'S cutlery; Emery
Warehouse Il Co.'S shOyels; nails of the
universally familiar Red Anchor brand, the
various manufacturers of steel Of the Pitts
burg Steel Works; the wares of the North
western Horse Nail Co., and a vast assortment
Naii InSC anu "aSOH epiihSo' aAiCS, clS
All of these goods are of brands universally
known to the trade, and as universally APP
proved.
Messrs Carolan, Cory & Co. may point to
their present high position as showing what
undertaking ightfowardness and prompt
tude in meeting the wants of the market and
an accommodating spirit toward their Gus
toners will accomplish even in the face of
able competition. The gentlemen compos-
ing the firm are Mr.. James Carolan and Mr.
Isaac III. Cory, gentlemen standing high in
our business circles. 1t is seldom we have to
introduce to our readers houses such as Caro-
Ian, Cory IL Co.'S. +. Commercial.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
Seal Skin Fur.

In killing tho seals great care is used.
The instrument of destruction is long
club of hard wood. with which the ami
mails are struck hard blow on the head.
One is usually sufficient. A long, sharp
knife is then thrust into the vitals, and
the carcass laid aside; and so on until
one thousand have been slain, when the
work of skinning commences. When
taken off, the skins are sailed, and sent
home in that condition. On arrival they
are properly cured; and then comes the
preparation needed for their conversion
into what is popularity called seal skin"
1t is difficult to conceive how that
beautiful article of dress can ever be
manufactured ont of the very unattractve
object the skin presents at this juncture
1t is as hard and unyielding as a board,
and the stiff, coarse hairs cover the fur so
completely that its very existence might
be unsupported. How to separate the
fur is problem.
For many years each individual hair
was plucked OUT separately, at, of course
a vast expenditure of time and money,
until a lucky accident revealed to the
dressers tina. the roots of the hair were
more deeply seated than those of the fur
Now, therefore, after the preliminary
separation, the skins are laid hair down
wards upon wooden block with a
curved surface, and pared down with
knife until the roots of the hairs have
been cut through, and the skin is very
little thicker than kid glove. All the
coarser hair can then be brushed off with
the hand, leaving the fur, which is then
seen to be arranged in small curls, of
light. brown color, varying slightly in
shade in the different parts. In conse-
quence, nearly all "seal skin" is dyed be-
fore it is sold, and in the process of dye
ing the curls untwist themselves, and the
fur becomes smooth and ready for use
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
Glimpses of Lincoln.

So much has been written about Lin
coins private life and personal habits,
That it seems unnecessary now to add
more than a word. He was simple IN all
his tastes; liked old songs and old poetry.
lie was always neatly, but not tinically
dressed. He disliked gloves, and once
saw him extract seven or eight pairs of
gloves from an ovcrcoat pocket, where
they had accumulated after having been
furnished him by Mrs. Lincoln. Usually,
he drank tea and coffee at the table, but
he preferred milk, or cold water. Wine
was never ON the table at the White House,
except when visitors, other than familiar
friends, were present. The Presidents
glass was always filled, and he usually
touched it to his lips. Sometimes he
drank a few swallows, but never whole
glass, probably. He was cordial and af-
fable, and his supplemented manners
made strong impression upon those who
met him for the first time. have known
lmpressionable women, touched by his
sad face and his gentle bearing, to go
away in tears. Once l found him sitting
in his chair so collapsed and weary that
he did not look up or speak when adj
dressed him. He put out his hand, me-
chanically, as if to shake hands, when l
told him | had come at his bidding. 1t
was several minutes before he was aroused
enough to say that he chad had mighty
hard day." Once, too, at a reception in the
White House, | joined the long queue"
of people, shook hands with him, received
the usual "Glad to see you, sir" and
passed on. Later in the evening, meeting
me, he declared that he had not seen me
before, and explained his preoccupation
of manner while the people were shaking
hands with him by saying that he was
thinking of man down South" 1t af-
terward came out that "the man down
South" was Sherman. Once, when a
visitor used profane language in his pres
ence, he rose and said, II thought Sen
ator C. had sent me gentleman. was
mistaken. There is the door, and l wish
you good night" AT another time, Il dele
cation from a distant State waited on
him with written protest against GER
tain appointments. The paper contained
some reflections upon the character of
Senator Baker, Lincoln's old and beloved
friend. With great dignity, the Presi-
dent said, "This is my paper which you
have given me1" Assured that it was, he
added, "To do with as l please'' Ser
tainly, Mr.. President" Lincoln stopped
to the fireplace behind him, laid it on the
burning Goals, turned and said, "Good
day, gentlemen. NOAH Brooks, in Serb
ner.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
Among the Dead Failures

or the past how many bogus nostrums may
be numbered! Beginning their careers with
tremendous flourish of trumpets, blazoned
for time in the public prints and on flaming
posters, soon, but not too soon, were they re
legatcd to the limbo of things lost on earth
But Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a living
and thriving remedy. 1t goes on, curing and
to cure. Neither underhand nor open CON-
petition affect it. On the contrary, contrast
with inferior rival preparations only increases
its popularity. 1t has been repeatedly imi-
tated, but without success. Counterfeits Of it
have been surreptitiously introduced but have
fallen fiat. Everywhere it entrenches itself
in the confidence OF the people; and well it
may, for it is thoroughly relible invigorant
of the feeble, banishes dyspepsia and consti-
patton, braces the nerves, cures rheumatic
ailments and kidney complaints, and eradi-
Gates and prevents intermittent and remit
10 fpyprs
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
The Grocery Trade.
LlNSLEY & co.

If there is any one branch or department
of general commerce that is of more mpor-
lance to the benefit or welfare of the mass,s
than the grocery trade, then we plead ignor-
ance concerning it. Because it deals excu.
slvely with the necessities-and not the lux
uries-of everyday life it is the most mpo.'-
tant. Few can doubt that it is no slight
undertaking to supply this extensive coast
with groceries, and yet it has to be done.
That it is done so thoroughly and expedi-
tiously speaks well for the resources and
system of the houses here-the bulk Of the
demand OF course being satisfied in San
Francisco. Many Of our merchants devote
all their energies and capital to the prosecu-
ton of the grocery trade. Standing way up
in the list we find Messrs. Linsley Il Co, Of
Nos. sos and 501 Sansome street, San Fran
cisco. They are wholesale and retail gro, ers
and carry 4 stock of wares as full as any
house in the country. None can make prices
lower, and nine out Of ten SO low. The men,
bers Of the house are Z. w. Linsley and T. j
Severns, who give their personal attention
to the business, and in all departments being
perfectly at home.
Our representative viewed the various de
partTens of the house a few days ago, and
reports the stock Of wares a. full and com
plete as any firm in the trade. Coffee, teas,
spices, butter, cheese, eggs, pickles, Dupee
and Whitaker hams, yeast powder, etc. A
feature noticed was the putting up of its COT
fee in air-tight bins. In yeast powder the
house makes it a specially in manufacturing
their own brand, and which is tip-top arti-
Gle, equal to any made The factory is at the
Potrero, corner of Carolina, Napa and Wis
cons'n streets, in which only white labor is
employed The yeast powdcr is put up in
tins OF =, l. 4 and pounds each. Having
given the yeast powder good trial, We can
commend it very highly, and do SO cheer
fully. In wines and liquors the house carry
only the finest brands. Every known facility
for receiving, handling and shipping goods
with dispatch is adopted. 1t is no more tn n
the truth to say the gentlemen Of the arm
occupy the most pro ninent position in bust
ness circles, and are regarded "a worthy
types of San Francisco's representative mer-
chants.-S. +. Commercial.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

ATTEND TO Nothing but
ultimate ruin stares that farmer in the
face who does not pay personal attention
to all the most minute details of his
farm. There are thousand small leaks
about the management o. an ordinary
farm, that if not closely attended to will
surely bring the most hard working
farmer to ruin and bankruptcy. Nine
tenths of the sinking farmers can attribute
their present distress to no other cause
than a lack Of close attention to the small
details of the farm; close supervision
of machinery and tools, the stock and
their feed, place for everything an d
everything in its place. No one is as
much interested in attending to these de-
tails as the boss. Such course will in a
few months, or year or two at most, en-
able many farmers who are now on the
down-grade, to again begin to ascend. If
heroically persevered in, it will surely
make Roadway against what now looks
so hopeless. A fear of sunburnt hands
and face, dirty clothes and boots, and a
desire to have reputation that he does
not work on the farm, has been fruitful
source of loss to many farmers. A course
Of this kind once entered on will be hard
to depart from.-Fdrm and Fireside.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

The first reception of Secretary Of
State Evarts, given February 14th, was
a brilliant and almost regal affair. The
residence of Mr.. Evarts, which is one
Of the largest and finest in Washing
ton, was inadequate to accommodate
the crowd Of people, comprising the
foreign ministers, heads of depart
ments, and all the leaders of society,
who packed its halls and chambers.
The throng was so dense, that the line
of people on the main stairway, wait
ing approach to the presence of Mr..
and Mrs. Evarts, were detained good
part Of an hour in traversing the dis
lance from the entrance door to the
reception room.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

A TEACHER having forgotten to take
with her an article she wanted, sent one
of her scholars and told him to ask her
mother for the catalogue. She repeated
the word, and, fearing that he might for
get it, she explained that it was list of
books. Johnny went promptly on the
GRAND, and told the mother that Miss
Jones wanted the cat dog" The
what2' The cat. an dog" emphatically.
you are real good boy said the
mother, approvingly, "to come with the
GRAND, but we haven't cat or dog in
the world" Johnny looked blank an
instant and then blurtcd out "'Twas the
best o. books oh And he got the
catalogue.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18

COURTEOUS CONsIDERATIoN.-A rare
exhibition of courteous consideration for
others occurred not long since at one of
Heller's entertainments in this city. Two
ladies entered, and were shown to their
preserved seats" in the center of row of
chairs. In few minutes one said to the
othcr-the conversation was overheard by
a gentleman who reported it to the writer
--"Orr carriage is ordered at ten o'clock,
and the entertainment will not be over
for some time after that hour. If We
leave u; ten, we shall disturb every one
in the room. Let us take two chairs at
the end of a row farther back"
They lift their seats, among the most
eligible in the house, and retired to the
unreserved seats farther back. OF course
the action attracted the attention of the
usher, who, learning the reason of their
removal, gave them two side seats nearer
the platform. At ten o'clock, they quiet
ly retired, alike considera.e of the COM
fort of the audience and the coachman.
Such courtesy in public places is not so
common but that attention may be prop
erly called to this delicate act. The two
ladies deserve the appellation of high
bred.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-18
Watching the Boiling Dumplings.

st. sylvestro's might in Hungary" il
one of the most romantic moments Of the
year. All sorts IF superstitious beliefs
are attached to this night. Maidcns OF
all ranks and all ages tbrong to the shrine
of the excellent saint, who is supposed to
know all about tho future husband of
every unmarried lady of Christepdom
belief which costs him dear. Ifhe hasn't
been driven crazy long ago by the thou
sands of questions addressed to him on
this one special night, at the moment
when the clock strikes 10, he will surely
become so now when the number of eligi-
BILE husbands diminishes in the same de-
gree rs tho number of unmarried ladies,
eager to change their position, increases
from year to year. AS a civilized saint
whose prestige has outlived that of a
great number of his brethren, St Sylves-
tire gives his attention first of all TO the
saloons-that is, to those who should fill
them, but who on this night prefer to fol-
low the young people to the kitchen,
where the young ladies are occupied in
the manufacture of dumplings. Such a
culinary exertion in elaborate evening
dresses must have an important cause.
Tho dumplines prepared by these deli
cate hands are no ordinary dumplings,
whose destiny is to be eaten. Fate has
chosen this simple farinaceous food to be
tho Interpreter of its degrees. Every
young lady of the company writes the
names of all the eligible gentlemen of her
acquaintance upon scraps of paper, which
she hides in the dumplings, and at the
moment when the clock strikes 12 she
throws them into boiling water. Now, it
is the habit of dumplings when sufficient
ly cooked to reappear on the surface of
the water, and the first dumping which
reappears on St. Sylvestres Eve contains
the young lady's doom-that is, the name
of her future husband. The second
dumping showing itself on the surface
bears invariably the name of the happy
lovers rival while tho third contains the
name of the miserable creature who has
been refused by the more or less fasci-
mating lady. The screaming and laughing
of the young people, the blushing and
frowning on all those youthful faces at
the moment when the boiling water sends
up the first herald of matrimony, is such
. pretty sight that it is not to be wondered
at when the dumplings sometimes guess
rightly.