davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
Centaur L[NLMENTS.

More than 1000, ,eUO bottles of the celebrated Centaur Liniments, were sod last year. We as sert without of contradi tion that man, or child will say that they did not perform according to the advertisemt n;. We do not pretend that the Centnur Liniments ill mend broken leg pre- form npossbilites but do say and mean that these Lini1nents will working miracles than any thing ever before discovered. We have thousands of certificates showing how remarkable cures of obstinate of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Scatica, Caked Breasts Polsonous Btes Scalds. and Burns Swelied Legs and Stiff Joints &c ., have boon effected by it. The certificates all read one way, and the sale constantly increasing We will send these certificates gratis Some of them may be found around each bottle of Liliment. The Liniments are quick, they reliabie; they Safe and they ar cheap Among the ingredients used are Witch Hazel, Carbolic, Naphtha Rock Oil. Mentha and Arnica. There is no flesh, bone uscIe ailment which they will not relieve and benefit. The White Centaur Linimcnt is for the human frame, while the Yellow Liniment is adapted to the tough muscles and flores of horses and animals. For Stiff Joints, Lameness spavin. sKing-bone swen.y, Calls, Pill evil. etc., the Yellow Centaur Eminent is worth stcr and owner of animals. single bottle has put disabled horse ill the harness, and few bottles have rendered useless spavued horse worth two hnn- dred dollars There is mistake about these Lini- ments. These are simply wonderful and they nat uraiy finding their way into the uttermost parts of the earth, No family should be without them. They are han,. wei as certain.
 J. B: ROSE & CO. 46 DEY ST, NEW YORK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

It is an oft-spoken whim of the cynics and possibly something more-that the doctors give their prescriptions in Latin so as to afford their ignorant patients the benefit of a little im- aginatiOn. BOI,ts pGnifcus sounds good deal more important than 'bread pill" Some years ago, in Rhode Island legislature, a member moved to translate all the Latin phrases in the statutes, so that common people could under stand them. Mir. Updike took the ground that it was no advantage to have the people under stand the laws. He said they were not afraid of anything they understood; that it was the Latin words they were afraid of, and proceed ed to illustrate his position as follows: 'NIr. Speaker, there was man in South Kingston about twenty years ago who was perfect nui- sance, and nobody knew how to get rid of him. One day he was hoeing corn, and he saw the sheriff coming with paper, and ask ed what it was. Now, if he had told him it was writ, what would he have cared? But he told him it was cGpiGs sGtisfacie1dana, and the man dropped his hoe and ran, and has not been heard of since. ."-AtbGRy AryLs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
d March 27, 1878.
THouse Bill No. 103.]
 CuAPTEP CU


 An Act in Amendment of an Act relating to
 Electors and Elections
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened: {: Section 1. Any person claiming to have been elected selectman, clerk, treasurer, col lector of taxes assessor, grand juror, consta- ble, registrar of voters, or registrar of births, deaths and marriages of any town, or mayor, clerk treasurer, auditor, collector of taxes, al- derman or councilman of any city, but not so declared, may, within sixty days after the time of holding the elections bring his petition to any judge of the superior court, alleging the facts on which such claim is founded, which shall be served upon the party against whom the claim is made, at least six days before the return day, and returnable not more than sixty three days after the day of such election, and such judge shall thereupon hear and determine said petition, and his decision thereon shall be conclusive, and if in favor of the petitioner, his certificate to that effect, under the seal of the court, shall entitle the petitioner to hold and exercise the duties and powers of such office And said judge may, if necessary, issue his writ of mandamus requiring the adverse party and those under him to deliver to the petition CT the appurtenances of such office, and shall cause his finding and decree to be entered in the records of said court in the proper county. Sec. 3. Section thirty-si of chapter one hundred and forty-six of the public acts, pas sed January session; 1877, is hereby repealed Approved March 27, 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
GHouse Bill No. Al
CHAPTER CHI.
An Act concerning Connecticut Hospital for

An Act concerning Connecticut Hospital for
 Insane.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
 resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Section 1. When any pauper in any town may be insane selectman of such town shall apply to the judge of probate of the district wherein said pauper resides, for his admission to said hospital ;sand said judge shall appoint respectable physician, who shall fully inves- tigate the facts of the case and report to said judge and if such physician shall be satisfied that said pauper is insane, the judge shall or der such selectman forthwith to take such in sane pauper to the hospital, where he shall be kept and supported so long as may be requi- site, and two dollars and fifty cents per week of the expense of his support shall be paid by the town legally chargeable with his support and the balance by the State; and when an in- digent person not pauper is insane, appllca- tion may be made in his behalf to the judge of probate for the district where he resides, who shall appoint respectable physician, and selectman of the town where said indigent person resides, who shall fully investigate the facts and report to said judge, who if satisfied that such person is indigent and insane shall order him to be taken by the person making the application to the hospital, where he shall be kept and supported aslong as may be requi- site, and half of the expense of his support shall be paid by the town to which he would be chargeable if a pauper, and half by the per- son making the application and when judge shall issue an order for the admission of any pauper or indigent person to the hospital he shall record it and immediately transmit du- plicate to the governor.
 Sec. 3. The trustees may authorize the su perintendent to admit patients into the hospi tai under special agreements when there are vacancies.
 Sec. 3. The price for keeping any pauper or indigent person shall be fixed by the trustees, and shall not exceed the sum of four dollars per week. and shall be payable quarterly.
 Sec. 4. There shall be taxed monthly by the comptroller one dollar and fifty cents for each weeks board at said hospital, and two dollars for each weeks board at any other hospital or asylum for the insane of all insane paupers be- longing to towns in this state, committed in pursuance of the first section of this act, and the superintendents of each of said institutions shall make the bill therefor, and present it to the governor, upon whose approval it shall be paid from the state treasury.
 Sec. 5. Sections six, seven, eight, nine and ten of shapter four, title eight of the general statutes, and an act passed January session, A. D., 1877, entitled ''An act reducing the price to be paid by the state for the support of ind- gent and insane persons" be and the same are hereby repealed.
 Sec. 6. This act shall take effect from it's passage.
 Approved March 29 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
JUNE.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

I gazed upon the glorious sky And the green mountains round And thought that when I came 10 lie
 At rest within the ground, 'Twere pleasant. that in howery June, When brooks send up a cheerful tune,
 And groves joyous sound, The sexton's hand, nay grave to make, The rich, green mountain-turf should break. cell within tho frozen mould,
 coffin tberne:through sleet, And icy clouds above it rolled,
 While fierce the tempests beat Away !-I will not think of these Blue be the sky aud soft the breeze,
 Earth green beneath the feet, And be the damp mould gently pressed Into my narrow place of rest. There through long, long summer houra,
 The golden light should lie, And thick young herbs and groups of flowers
 Stand in their beauty by. The oriole shonld build and tell His love tale close beside my cell;
 The idle butterfly Should rest him there, and there be heard The housewife bee and humming bird. And what if cheerful shouts at noon
 Come, from the village sent, Or songs oi maids. brnea.h the moon
 With fairy laughter blent And what ii, ill the evening light, Betrothed lovers walk in sight
 Of my low monument? would the lovely scene around Might know no sadder sight nor sound. know that no more shall see
 The seasons glorious show, Nor would it's brightness shine for me.
 Nor it's wild music flow; But if, around my place of sleep, The friends love should come to weep,
 They might not haste to go. Soft airs, and song, and light, and bloom Should keep them lingering by my temb. These to their softened hearts should bear
 Tine thought of what has been, And speak of one wno cannot share
 The gladness of the scene; Who part i'll all the pomp that fills The circuit of the summer hills,
 In that his grave is green: And deeply would the1r hearts rejoice To hear again his living voice..
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

Dr. W. F Carver, the famous rife shot, at the Quinnipiac range, did some remarkable shooting, Wednesday, before few friends. MT. W. W. Winchester took IS silver dollars and threw them one after the other into the air. The doctor hit every one of them, put ting bullet hole squarely through those that he hit In the center and tearing hole through those that were hit on either side, away from the center. He hit all of the coins, eleven of which were found, while the other seven were sent flying, the spectators did not know where. Then Colonel Smith threw up four cent nick els in succession, and, though they were seen to go up, they could not be found after the bullet had hit them. A couple of gentlemen then threw into the air number of small stones, all of which were shattered, by the doctor" The largest one of the lot he shatter- ed, and then rapidly rs-loading his rife, broke into fragments the largest bit before it fell to the ground. A small chipping bird flying acress the range was instantly brought to the ground by we'll l-directed rife bullet.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF
 CONNIE rICUT.
PASSED AT THE JANUARY SESSION OF THE GEN
 ERAL ASSEMBLY, 1878.

ERAL ASSEMBLY, 1S70
 Published by Authority.
 EHouse Bill No. 1S4.
 CHAPTER 0.
 An Act Relating to Fisheries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened: That no committee of selectmen of any town shall designate, and no person shall mark, stake out or enclose for the cultivation of oysters, clans or muSsels, any natural clam-bed. Approved March 27, 1878.
 House Bill No. 143.
 CHAPTER CI. An Act Concerning Railroad Bridges and Bridge Guards. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened Section 1. Every railroad corporation shall, within six months from the passage of this act, if required by the railroad commissioners, erect and thereafter maintain suitable bridge guards ss every bridge over it's railroad less than eig i,ean feet in height above the track 1; such bri1ge guarls to be approved by the rail- road commissioners, and to be erected and ad- justed to thelr satisfaction.
 Sec. 9. Any railroad corporation refusing or neglectiDg to comply with the provisions of this act, shall, for each month of continuance in such refusal or neglect forfeit or pay to any person who shall sue therefor, the sum of fifty dollars to be recovered in an action of debt on this statute.
 Approved March 27, 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
THouse Bill No. 117.1
CHAPTER OK

CHAPTER OK. An Act regulating Terms of the Criminal
 Court in Fairfield County Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened :: Section 1. That section two, chapter thirty one of tie laws of 1875 be, and the same is hereby amended by erasing from the thirtieth June" and inserting in lieu thereof the words ''second Tuesday of May" so that criminal term of the superior court in Fairfield county shall be holden in Danbury on the second Tuesday of May instead of the first Tuesday of June as at present.
 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage, and all bonds and recognizances taken for appearance on the first Tuesday of June shall be held and considered to be for appear ance on the second Tuesday of May.
 Approved March 27, 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
[House Bill No, 129.1 CHAPTER CIX,

An Act relating to Vacancies in the Office of
 Representative in the General Assembly. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
 resentatives in General Assembly convened: 7:
 Section 1. When any vacancy shall occur in the office of representative from any town in this state, on or before the first Tuesday of February succeeding any annual election, it shall be the duty of the constables of such town to forthwith warn an electors meeting for said town, for the purpose of electing a representative to fill such vacancy, which meeting shall be warned, organized, and con- ducted in the same manner as annual electors meetinge are required to be-
 Sec. 3. The registry list to be used at such meeting shall be the list completed.
 Approved March 27, 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

detlars te the town in which the trangression takes place, and be liable to not more than six ty nor less than twenty days imprisonment in county jail in the county in which the trans gression takes place, or both.
 Sec. 2. That when the owners of land ad- joining said brook or streams shall erect or cause to be erected notices to the effect that fishing in said brook or streams is by law pro hibited, any person or persons convicted of de- stroying such notices shall be subject to the penalties fixed above.
 Approved March 29th, 1878.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
THouse Bill No. 119. l
CHAPTER CVIII.

CHAPTER CVIII. An Act for the Protection of Fish in Pattagon-
 sett Lake Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened |: Section 1. Every person who shall take any fish from Pattagonsett lake, in the town of East Lyme, with any seine, shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars and costs of prosecu- tion.
 Sec 9. Any person who shall take any fish with hook and line without the consent of the owners of said lake shall be fined seven dollars and costs of prosecution.
 ApprovedMarch 29, 1878
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
THouse Bill No. 334. l
CHAPTER Cy.

An Act restricting Fishing in Straits Brook. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
 resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Section 1. That every person who shall take any fish from Straits brook, so-called, or any streams running into said brook, located in the towns of New Milford and Sherman, prior to the first day of April, A. D. 1888, shall pay ten dollars to the complainant, who shall pros cute to effect, also the cost of suit and twenty
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

Superintendent Howe's government of love does not seem to work very we'll in the Meriden reform school. Recently several boys, who had been let out on parole ran away and, while most of the keepers were busy hunting them up, about SO others stole the keys and some revolvers, and massed in the chapel for gen. eral outbreak, but they were finally subdued without bloodshed. Now the whip is used freely in the school, orders being given not to strike above the waist.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

One good thing ought to come out of this Potter investigation, in the unconscious reve- lation that the politicians are making of the way offices are peddled out and procured. Nothing more need be saidin illustration of the unsatisfactorlness of the whole civil service. If we had a civil service system there would be no opportunity for such attempts or such scandals. It would not be possible for such a fellow as Anderson to get an office by doing could only get it by the regular channel of a competitive examination, and when he entered for that he would need, what he is out of, good character as well as cleverness. Such fellows as Anderson could not apply and would not, and would have no inducement to commit fraud for one party or another in the expectation of being rewarded by an office. And if there had been civil service the guieless Stanley Matthews wouldn't have got into trouble, by his infantile attempt to play the. smart ward politician. Matthews would have nothing to do with Anderson, having nothing to do with appointments and places, and so Matthews might never have revealed himself to the country. Matthews might have been saved that IS, if he had also kept out of the Senate, and had been endowed with the requisite ability to keep his mouth closed on financial and all other questions. Pretty much all this game of ''dirty politics, :" which is game of promising and getting office, would disappear if offices were not the patronage of politicians. But as it now is, this subject absorbs pretty much the whole at tention of Washington; to curry favor with congressman in order to get office and in order to keep it reduces the official population of Washington to condition of cringing servil- ity and the possession of this patronage cor- rupts the congressman. It is vicious circle where the Matthewses and the Andersons meet. CourG7at.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

The Christian Standard very impressively asks, "Where is you boy at nights" On, that's easy enough he's in bed, sleeping so hard that you'll have to begin calling him at , o'clock, in order to get him awake by :. He's all right at night but what the fathers of America real ly want to know is ''Where was he yesterday afternoon, when he should have been at school?"
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

In Paris jokes on the Exhibition are in order. A widowed mother of penurious habits, with an only son, is reported to have called on a physician in reference to her boys health, She described his symptoms, among which was want of appetite. The doctor said it was on- ly the lassitude of spring. 'tLet me treat him, and will give him stomach to devour all before him" The widow thought moment. ''Provisions will be so dear when the Exhibi- ton opens! It is better to let him remain as he iS
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
,d March 29th, 1878.
lHouse Bill No. 314. l

CHAPTER CVI. An Act suspending Chapter Eighty-eight of the Public Acts of 1877, being an Act in re- lation to Savinfs Canks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened :: Section 1. That sections one and two of chapter eighty eight of the public acts of 1877, being an act providing for the accumulation and disposition of contingent funds in savings banks be, and the same are hereby, suspended for the term of one year from the first day of March, 1878.
 Sec 3. This act shall take effect from it's passage.
 Approved March 27, 1878
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

'tNow, they said to her, "you can go in and see him; but remember he is very sick with heart disease, and don't say a word that will trouble him." Then she walked in, sat down on the edge of chair, and remarked cheerful ly, as she shook her head :-stAh-ah i-ml sad, ain't it Thought I'd jest run in, cause they said there was no knowin' how soon you might drop off"
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

A young Oil Citizen calls his sweetheart Revenge, becanse she is sweet.-Oa Citg Der rick. And the young married man on South Hill calls his mother-in law Delay, because she is dangerous. BurhngtOn Ha'okeye. and a South End man calls his wife Fact, because she is a stubborn thing.-BOst0a Globe.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
Children.

May be made healthy and sstrong by the use of Dr. Pitchers CaAtOIia, perfect substitute for Castor Oil. It contaias morphine and is superior to any syrup or remedy in use. The CastOra is particular ly recommended for children. It destroys wormss assimilates the food and allows natural sleep. Very ehicacious in Group and for children Teething. For Colds, Feverishness, Disorders the bowels, and Stomach Complaints, nothing is effective. It is pleasant to take honey, costs bat 35 cents, and be had of any Druggist.
 This is one of many testimonials
 CORNWALL, LEBANON Go. Pa, March IT. 1874. "Dear SH,-I have used your CAsToRIA in my prac- tice for some time take great pleasure in ,nefldng tt to the profession safe, reliable, and agreeable medicine. It is particularly adapted to children where the repugnant taste of Castor Oil ders it so difficult to administer,
 E. BINDERS, M. D." Mothers who try CAsToR1A will find that they can sleep nights and that their babies will be healthy. 6-3m J. B. ROSE Co.,, New York.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

A tutor of college, featuring young man on his irregular conduct, added, with great pathos: 1.-The report of your vices will bring your fathers gray hairs with sorrow to the grave" sI beg your pardon, sir" replied the pupil, ''my father wears a wig.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20

We have story from Middletown, Conn.,, that eclipses the marvel of oleomargarine The people of that place have accidently dis covered how to utilize bull. frogs by converting them into churners of butter. The discovery was thus reached; A farmer in the neighber- hood, having placed pail of milk in a spring of water to coel over night, went there the next morning, and found, it is solemnly as serted, instead of the pail of milk, large bull- frog sitting in contemplative mood upon roll of fresh butter. The sole explanation is that the frog had jumped from the water into the pail, and, in trying to extricate himself, had, by diligent and continuous strokes of his long legs, churned the milk into butter. Such thing might happen in rustic Connecticut, but we will venture to assert that no bull-frog, how ever energetic and trained. or however agri- cultural in instinct, could in any given time convert the aqueous kind of milk we get here into butter, or even into tolerable buttermilk Therefore, as we can receive no benefit from the discovery, we shall not attempt to put it in practice. We shall continue, in our usual barbarous fashion, to eat the hind legs of frogs, and leave it to Middletown ts employ them. as natural, spontaneous, self-acting churners.-N.
 F. Tunes.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-20
THeuse Bill No. 217.]

Approved March s7, 1878.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-10-28

?" PROyIDENCE, Ang. 10, 1878.
WIN. e. CLARKE: Dear Sir Having used
HUNTS REMEDY in my family, and having in
duced many OF my friends to try 1t, take great
pleasure In informing you that it has invariably
proved most beneficial in relieving and curing the
diseases for which 1t Is specially prepared In
been marked by most happy effects acting like
magic in restoring health after the medical advice
OF the most skilfful physicians had proved unavai-
ing. In fact, consider it a specific for the Dis
easee ofthe Bladder and X Kidneys, and most heart.
lily recommend 1t to all afflicted. ~ D.
Z 3d.g Very truly yours s'f Z. X. DAWLEY.