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Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

BEST organs as a whole and best workman ship in detail, is the conclusion reached at the Paris Exposition as to the Mason S Hamlin Cabinet Organs. Organs from thirty best makers in the world were tested and compared by four juries-viz., the Class Jury, Group Jury, Presidents and Supreme Jury, who awarded to Mason & Hamlin two highest awards.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13
Neither Bad Odor nor Disagreeable

Taste renders PHILLIPS PALATABLE Cop LIVER OIL, in combination with PHosPHo NUTRITINE, obnoxious. Not only is it potent restorative of souhdness to the lungs and vigor to the frame, it is pleasant as well. All druggists. Depot, 3 Platt street, New York.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

These are hard times. But for all that, up in Milford, N. H., they ad- vertise church suppers at ten cents, and beg their patrons to "please come hungry"
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

For Upwards of Thirty Years Mrs. Winslo,o's Soothing Syrup has been used for acidity of the stomach relieves wind collie, regu- lates the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrhea, whether arising from teething or other causes. An old and well-tried remedy. 25c. a bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

stockings and a copy of the Herald of late date.
 The robbery was committed for the sake of the heavy reward which it was supposed would be offered for the re- covery of the body.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13
DIR. SHERMAN AGAIN
MT. Wm. Ensign Writes his Experi- ence about his Rupture Treatment.

To the Editor of the New York Sun: Being a reader of your paper and observing frequently -ecom- his treatment of rupture, wish now to add my ex- perience. was ruptured sever al years suffered and an active one, running sswmil in the manufacture of boxes, frequently endangered my life from the displacement of the truss and the slipping of the bowel. Fortunately, I heard of Dr. Sherman. went to his office in New York, and after examination received his treatment, from which time did well and was enabled to attend to my business without inconvenience or danger
 ,I have now, the happiness to state that am en- tirely cured although sixty years of age From my knowledge of this terrible affiiction feel though this public statement may save much suffer- ing and many lives.
 am native of this State. and have lived and been in business in Westfeld for more than thirty years I mention these facts in order that you and your readers may confide in my statement.
 WM ENSIGN. Westield, Sept. 16, 1878.
 MT. Ensgns communication and the thousands we have published establish beyond refutation the success of pr. sherman's treatment Any one within the reach of the Doctor who suffers from rupture, except from necuniary disability, is totally un- deserving of sympathy.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

HoN. Dwight King, of Albany, N. r., says " My Belt has had fearful struggle, but fee that it has saved my life" Dr. Bryan's Elec tric Belt is advertised in our columns.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13

The tree that shades the most precious fruit is the rooftree.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13
MAN0N E HAMLlN CABINET ORGANS,

Deanoeatrated best by HIGESI S HoNo@RS @ AT ALL viz at PARIS, 1887 VIENNA. 1873; SANTIAGO, 1875; PHiLADELPHh 1876; PARIs, 1878; and GRAND SwED. highest honors at such Sold fer cash or with new styles and prices sent free. MASON S HAM LIN ORGAN Go, BOSTON, NEW YORK, or CHICAGO.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-13
GOVERNORS ELECTED.

fennsylvdnia. Henry M. Hoyt <Rep.1 21. 900 South Carolina. ". Hampton* Oem.) 100 GOO tennessee. ..... A. s. Marks Oem.). 4OOOO Texas. ..........O O. M. Roberts Oem.) 10000
 Reelected.
 The family vault of the late A. T. Stewart, at St. Marks Church, New York city, was broken open and the re- mains of MT. Stewart stolen and carried away. The body was taken from the casket. The deed was no doubt done to secure reward.
 Jeremiah Kennedy, who was con- victed of wife-murder in Chicago, cut his throat with razor borrowed of an in- mate of the jail.
 A Reuter- despatch says that the Arab tribes occupying the country be- tween Bagdad and Bassorah have revol- ted and cut off communication between Bagdad and Mosul. The Government functionaries of the district have fled.
 A yawl-boat which was washed ashore near Henderson, N. Y., on Lake Ontario, contained the body of man lashed to seat and with his hands tied. He was probably murdered.
 An earthquake, the most violent since that of March, 1873, in the Gen. tral American republic of Salvador, did great destruction to life and property early last month.
 A fire broke out in the house of William Rafferty, in Paterson, N. J., and Mrs. Rafferty was found in room with her clothing on fire. She after wards died. In the room were signs of struggle.
 Two children were burned to death in Lowell, Mass, their mother having left them in 8 cradle near the stove where their clothing caught fire.
 Two wings of the Catholic College of Maynooth, in the county of Kildare, Ireland, were destroyed by fire.
 "A Washington newspaper announces that the resumption of specie payments by the Treasury will be a gold and not Q silver resumption, although run may compel the Government to retreat to
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 and MT. Hilton came to the conclusion that a watchman was no longer needed :; so the man who had been engaged for night duty was discharged on last Monday. None of these precautions had escaped the attention of the rufians who planned the outrage, and who seem to have laid their plans with caolness and foresight. st.s.
 The body was taken out of the coffin, the grave clothes being lifted out with it. Although enclosed in an air-tight leaden box, there is unmistakable evi- dence in the coffin which was left behind that the body was in state of advanced decomposition. It is supposed that the remains, when taken from the coffin. were placed in a sack and then handed through the opening in the vault to ac- complices who had remained outside. But how it was removed from the church. yard is still puzzle. The gates were found locked and apparently undis- turbed. In all probability false keys had been procured for one of the gates of the churchyard, and the robbers, having secured the remains, were able to convey them to wagon which was kept in waiting to receive and convey them to hiding place. Not the least mysterious part of this outrage is that no trace of footsteps could be discov- cred, though the ground was soft and damp from tue rain and snow of We'd nesday night. The only mementoes of their presence which the robbers left were the rifed grave, the abandoned fire shovel, dark lantern, which was new and had never before been in use. the
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-19
cod Maids.

Among the rights which men arrOgate
to themselves by reason OF their sup
posed superiority over women is that of
ridiculing elderly unmarried ladies, vul-
carly called cold maids.n How ancient
the practice is we DO not know, but II
there were any sold maidsn when the
world was young, they were probably
made the subjects Of unmanly jokes aud
small-beer wit, just as they are now-a-
days The sentiment seems to be
founded in the common opinion that
the chief end Of woman's existence is to
get married, which is a very low and
narrow view of the question. Surely
there is nothing disgraceful in the fact
of a wOman's choosing to remain un-
married. Even the fact that woman
has received no offer Of marriage is no
disgrace, for il so happens that many
noble women never do, and il will
hardly be denied that many others who
marry unworthily or unhappily would
be far better of if they never had mar
ried. But it is probable that in case OF
most unmarried women there is a deep
heart history which is not given to the
world TO read-a sad romance which
vulgar eyes have never seen. Some OF
them cherish the memory of "a dead
and Others still have chosen 10 repel the
pToflered vows of honorable admirers in
order that they might devote their lives
TO some high duty, TO the service of an
invalid parent, the support of depend
ent family, or some other holy mission.
Such motives as these not only ennOble
women, but they elevate the race. We
dare say there Is not a community, city,
town, or village in the land that does
not furnish one or more eases Of the
typical 'oid maid ~ who nurses the sick,
teaches the infant class in some Sunday
school, takes the lead in all charitable
movements, and is everybOdy's friend.
Yet silly fops who never did a good act
in their lives, little whipper-snappers
who have hardly sense enough TO swal-
low an oyster, and thousands of men
who never earned the right TO sneer at
anybody, turn up their worthless noses
at these noble women as "Old maids" :"
Such men are as much a disgrace to one
scS as such women sre on honor 10 the
Other.-IHdidR0pOiiS Journal
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As We sit on the massive walls and look
out upon the fields which have been
stained with the blood of thousands,
now waving with rich and plentiful
harvest, as we explore into the massive
dungeons formerly filed with the groans
Of tortured prisoners, now only ecbOing
the footsteps Of some curious traveller,
we cannot but rejoice that those days
OF misnamed chivalry are passed, never,
as We hope, to return, and that man has
found something nobler aud better than
to clothe himself in plated steel and
take by might that to which he has no
right. The train for Edinburgh soon
carried US out of sight of the lofty castle,
which, as wesped away from it, seemed
to stand like a grand monument to the
heroic deeds which it had witnessed in
the past O. r.. BURCHARD.
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The use Of English ivies for the pur-
pose Of decorating rooms is becoming
more extensive every year, and cannot
be too highly commended. Being very
strong, they will live through any
treatment. But study their peculiar
ities, and manifest willingness 10 graf
ify them, and they will grow without
stint. Many houses are too hot for
them, as indeed they are for their own
ers. Neither plants nor people should
have the temperature over sixty de-
grees Fahrenheit. Take care aud not
enfeeble your ivies by excessive water
ing or undue heat, ana you will see that
they will not seem TO mind whether the
sun shines or not, or In what direction
you train them. Indeed, so much will
they DO themselves TO render a room
charming, that we would rather have an
unlimited number Of them TO draw upon
than anything else in nature or art. Do
you wish the ugly, plain doors that shut
of your tiny entry from your parlOr to
he arched or curved like those in the
drawing-rooms of your richer neighbOr
Buy "A couple OF brackets, such as lamps
for the burning Of kerosene are some
times placed IN, and screw them 10 the
sides Of the door Put in each "A plant
c. Elgli-'t ivy, the longer the better;
then Train the plants over the TOP,
against the sides. indeed, any way your
fancy dictates. You ueed not buy the
I beautiful, hut costly pots the flower
dealers viii advise. Common glazed
ones viii answer every purpose, for, by
placing iu each two or three sprays Of
] Coliseum ivy, i'm months time no
vestige of the pot itself can be Ciscerned
/ through their thick screen. The
. English ivy growing over the walls Of a
building, instead OF promoting damp
ness, as most persons would suppose, Is
said 10 be a remedy for il, aud il Is men,
toned as "A fact in the PdpCr-hdHgcr'
Companion, that, IN a certain room
where dampness had prevailed for d
length Of time, the affected parts inside
had become dry when ivy had grown uI
20 cover the opposite exterior side. The
close. overhanging pendent leaves pre-
vent the rain or moisture from peue
trating to the wall. Beauty and utility
in this case go hand in hand.-J01Hnd
of horticulture.
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Receipts for Letters.

An English gentleman, Mr.. a.
Clifford Eskell, labOred for some years
TO induce the British post Office author
titles TO introduce a system of receipts for
letters, distinct from the customary reg
istration. His plap was adopted about
year ago, aud works well. He took
some pains TO bring 10 TO the notice Of
Congress through our Post Office De-
partmeut, but, beyond reference TO the
committee on post offices, there appears
20 have been nothing done with il. The
object Of the receipt is simply to show
that at a certain time a letter was
mailed 10 a given address. In the
English Offices, slip receipts in blank
are furnished for one cent apiece. The
sender OF letter who wishes receipt
sends it TO the post Office with the
blanks filled up to correspond with the
address of the letter, aud the mailing
clerk signs the receipt, or stamps 10
with the post Office mark, giving the
time OF mailing. The letter goes on
its way like AL unregistered letters.
The receipt simply shows, beyond dis
pute, the fact of such q letter having
been posted. In many business trans
actions 10 is important that the fact OF
mailing should be capable Of proof, and
the question whether a letter was
mailed at a given time is very often OF
importance in judicial proceedings.
As most business men keep copies OF
their letters, the certificate Of mailing
attached TO the copy wOsld be com
plete record. The receipts would
furnish a complete check upon the hon.
esty, accuracy rpunctuality Of messen'
gers. II would give the writer clear ev'
idence that his letter had reached The
post office, and not been lost on the way
When Angelina gave her letter C
Augustus 10 mail, by attaching a re
ceipt TO be signed for il at the pos
Office, she would be able to detect tha
faithless man, should he undertake Z
carry It around two or three weeks il
his coat pocket.
( Many misdirected and unstamped let
[ ters, which find their way to their des
/ tination or back 10 the writer after lonl
I soj0urns at the dead letter Office, wOul'
be detected and returned at once, to tn
saving Of time and often Of great annoy
auce.-ClCUelGnd Leader.
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From the most conservative ol
women, I have grown to be the mos
radical in my demand for human fign'S'
Only a few days ago ! rode out 10 see
/ George and Ethel in their new an" e'e-
cant house on the rancho, in company
with the Motleys, who are now mission, :
aries i'm our diocese; and, as we passeu
a corner Of the homestead Of which the
man NIeCarty legally robbed me, and
the only norton Of it which he now
possesses. the rest having been sold to
liouidate gambling aud whisky bills,
I saw poor Nancy MeCarty, and she
was hiding from the fury Of her drunken
lord in George McDonald's barn.
Poor Nancy
It isn't her fault that she's fool, but
il is her misfortune, as we'll as that OF
your humble servant, that there is no
power that can hold in check the un-
warrantable jurisdiction over wives,
which causes the desolation of so many
hearth-stOnes.
As you will remember, Bill McCarty
once boasted to me Of his excessive love
for "woman in her place" I now saw
that Nancy was a sorrowful example of
his exalted affection. And such cases
are by no means rare, nor will they be
till women are themselves their own
lawmakers.
"And then, what ~ you ask, mayhap
incredulously.
"Good men will not feel the change,
but bad men ought to, and they will" 1
answer, with decided emphasis.
frHE END.I
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WRITING For THE DAILY Pass
Did you ever stop To consider the
pressure under which modern
daily newspaper is produced? When
you find a writer tipping over some
simple rule Of construction, and getting
himself into a verbal tangle which En-
ersOn would have avoided, does il occur
TO you that newspaper work is a pc
euliar and distinctive class Of labor
The greater part Of each daily issue of a
paper is composed, arranged and given
to the public between sun and sun.
There is no leisure in the life of a jour
nalist. There is no opportunity to Te-
wise, remodel and correct the hasty
workings of his brain and hand. Topics
become stale if not treated simultane-
Ously with the occurrence of the events
which give them birth. In the turning
of a hand, writer for the press must be
transformed into politician, a satirist,
an essayist, or a critic, as the exigencies
of the moment demand. His pen must
be facile, his mind versatile, his iudg-
ment good. A glimpse of the record OF
daily events must be sufficient to furnish
him food for mental processes, the re-
ductions from which, without the de-
tails OF his reasOnings, are to form the
themes of his work. Whatever his con-
clusions are, they must be given rap
idly, freely, boldly. There is no time to
analyze and re-aTrange.
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Women Clerks.

Among the elerkships at Washington,
Tue pooriy-paid drudging places are filled
ey women the lighter, better-paid Of
hees by men. That is because the
women cannot vote. Copying and fig
urlng Is mostly done bv the vvoDoe1
In the department Of the Tntarior e.
hundred girls and women are eno-
ployed. Their wages range from, e50 q
month to 81 400 year. Few gaf d.
latter price. One young lady, Miss
Cook stenOgrapher in the Indian o.
fee, gets y 500 year, the highest price
paid TO a woman official in Wasbing-
ton. But lest all the bright young lady
short hand writers who read this shonId
at once start of in a body to get 81 600
a year at the capital, il may be as well
TO state that there are Ouly places for
about six stenOgraphers in the whole
Interior Department. These six places
are filled, and the occupants are healthy.
They do not intend to marry. They are
afraid every man wouldn't be worth
j 900 a year to them. Women clerks
are more troublesome to manage than
the men. This is the verdict in most
Of the departments. They are more
regular and faithful in their duties than
the men, at the same time, they are
more quarrelsOme among one another.
standing cause of war among them,
ridiculous enough, is the opening and
shutting Of the windows. This one
wants ventilation, while the one next
to her is dead sure to be afraid of draft.
This one slaps the window up, and the
next one runs after her and slams it
down, and so the game goes on. slap.
slam, while the ladies' eyes dart fire and
their thrOats choke too full for speech.
This catfish quarreling went so far i'm
the Post Office Department, that at
last the United States authorities had
to interfere and make the rule that win
dows should not be raised till a certain
time of the day, so that the windows of
the United States general post Office
are now opened and shut according to
government orders. A more contempt
ible thing about wOmankind it has
never been my duty to record. Many
unjust stories have been circulated in
the newspapers about the women clerks
at Washington by respondents who
are not half or quarter as good as they.
The simple fact is, that the great ma
JOTity of them are modest, faithful,
hard-wOrking women. They are quite
as good and intelligent as the same
number of women anywhere else in the
world. Most of them have families or
relatives to support. The stories that
have been told about them are not only
wicked lies, but under the eircum-
stances, are extremely cruel. At the
same time, the conduct of a few incOm-
petent women who get their places
through political favOrItism, really has
been such as give color to the news
paper stories. They do their work in-
differently or not at all, come together
aud gossip by the hour in the dressing
room, squabble and raise petty rows in
the department, till it is even wished
they were dead. Such women are kept
in their places because they have mas
culIne relations at home that can vote,
aud the men who keep them there are
honorable Senators aud Representatives
who declare that civil service reform is
- uJmbug. ug.-GtHCilsstTt Commercial.
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The announcement that DR.. Mary
Walker has again fallen victim to po-
lice vigilance in New York, brings to
our mind the fantastic figure of this Gu
riOus little fanatic. a wee creature
no larger than a sickly boy of ten years,
with a small face Ornamented by a
sharp, resolute, stTong-minded nose,
she carries about more courage and-de-
termination than the British navy. IL
does not reflect much credit upon the
civilization of a large city that she is
constantly followed by troops of idle
boys who jeer at and insult her, and is
the prey Of brawny policemen who re-
spect neither wOmanhOOd nor honesty
when found in unconventional garb.
The little doctors only Offense against
society is her original attire. She has
ideas on the subject of dress, and is "a
living exponent of her ideas. She has
the courage of her opinions. For this
she is pelted with ridieule, slandered,
sneered at, tOrmented and abused, and
yet remains faithful to her convictions.
Was there ever greater heroism? ? A
valiant New York policeman found her
going about followed by a crowd of idle
| persons. He questioned her, insolently,
[ doubtless, and she replied that she
would prefer charges against him.
| This "impudenee" the dignity of police
dom could not brook, and DR.. Mary was
arrested. Sue was promptly discharged
/ when her identity was established. IN
/ didHupOiis Herald.
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A true heroine has come to light at
Washington, who, when she found out
recently that the $1,000 salary Of a man
with a family was about to be cut down,
went quietly to the authorities and
begged that the reduction might fall
upon her 81, 200, as she had no others TO
support, and could bear reduction bet
ter. She requested that her name
might not be mentioned, but It leaheu
out, and she was much confused "neh
her fellow-clerk came to thank her. 20
far as is known, no young man mas YET
asked for a reduction Of his salary IN
order To increase the compensation OF
widow who has a family to support.
What is sauce for the goose should De
sauce for the gander.
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A Tramp Marrios a 100000 widow.

\ short time ago there appeared in
DeChard, Franklin county, Tenn, a
tramp, who represented himself as being
an immigrant from Newport, bearing
the name of Thomas NJ. Shepard, and
painter by trade. He was employed on
several jobs Of painting in the neighbOr-
hood \ Mrs. Williams, a wealthy
widow, employed Shepard to paint a
house for her, and while i'm her employ
he won the fair lady's heart, and in
addition thereto her hand. Much to
the surprise of everybody, the two were
married. As soon as the ceremony was
performed, the gossip mongers Of
Deehard began to talk, and many and
various were the rumOrs that fioated
through the little town about the rich
widow marrying a tramp.
In Dechard resides physician named
Thomas Shepard. a letter was sent a
few days ago TO the tramp Shepard
from Mr.. James Pagan, Of Newport.
The letter, after mentioning some other
matters, went on to tell that Shepard's 5
wife and family, who live in Dayton,
| KY, were well, and that Mrs. Shepard
had considerable difficulty in support
I ing the children. BY mistake the
/ letter, when it arrived 10 Deehard, was
put in DR.. Shepard's box. The doctor,
/ thinking il was for him, opened it, but
was unable to understand it until the
marriage OF Mrs. Williams and the
/ Newport Shepard, when the mystery
was solved. The doctor put it in the
hands of Mrs. Williams friends, and
to them il appeared that Mr.. Sheperd
was guilty Of bigamy. They had him
arrested and taken to Winchester
Tenn. In Newport they found that
Mary NJ. Shepard had obtained q
decree of divorce from him nthe 81 o
October, 1874, on the ground of drunk.
enness aud inhuman treatment. A
telegram was Immediately sent tC
Winchester, whereupOn Shepard wa'
discharged. When he was arrested be
stated that he had been married anC
children living. IL is evident that h,
has captured the heart Of Mrs. Williams
for she stuck to him during all hi
troubles. Mrs. Williams is worth il
the neighborhood Of 500, 0,000.-CnciR
natl Enquirer.