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Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

BIENNIAL SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE. - The bill providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature as passed by the House, Thursday, is as follows:
 Reso1oed 6ythts Assembly: That the follow ing be proposed as an amndment to the con- stitution of this State, which, when approved, and adopted in the manner provided by the constitution, shall become part thereof, viz. |:
 Members of the General Assembly shall be elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1880, and biennially thereafter, and they shall hold their offices for two years from and after the Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding their election.
 Their compensation shall not exceed three hundred dollars for the term for which they are elected, and one mileage each way fer the regular session at the rate of twenty five cents per mile; they shall receive one mileage at the same rate for attending every extra session called by the Governor.
 The regular session of the General Assem- bly, shall commence on the Wednesday follow ing the first Monday of the January next sue ceedng the election of it's members.
 The Representatives elected from the sever al towns on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November 1878, shall hold their offices two years from and after the Wednesday following the first Monday of January, 1879.
 The Senators elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1879, shall hold their offices until the Wednesday follow ing the first Monday of January 1881.
 ''If the General Assembly of 1879 holds an adjourned session during the year 1880, it's members shall receive for all services performed during said year a sum not exceeding five dol lars per day for not exceeding twenty days" :"
 If this amendment is adopted, there shall be no election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1879
 Resolced, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be continued to the next session of the General Assembly, and be published with the laws passed at the pres ent session.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

hFGv p bu .iness you can engage in. s5 to $2O per day made by any worker of either 0 @O U sex, right in their own localities. Par :ieslars and samp,es worth S free. Improve your spare tme ct this business. Address STINsoN Co. fofta0ds Maine, zS-1y
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

The WATERTOwN cattle epidemic has given this town almost transatlantic reputation The ball by the "Merry Ramblers" of Water- bury, in Citizens hall next Tuesday evening,
 is the only ripple promised fer the week.-In- eD.-Hon E. H. Hyde of the state board of agriculture, in conversation with parties in this city, stated that he visited New Yorkand noti fled Mr. Judson, who owned the Watertown sick COWS, of their condition and told him that they should not be moved. He also told Hecht, who bought the cattle, the same. The cattle commissioners relied upon the houor of the partiesinthe case to carry our their instructions and only gave verbal noticeoftheir regulations For this reason they will probably not prose- cute the guilty parties in Watertown, as they deserve.--N. 4. Register.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06
PUTNAM PHALANE,

With all these remarkable qualities and en- dearing traits of character and with such rec ord of public service. it is not strange that we come together on the centennial day of this ex. pleit to do him honor; nor is strange that the venerable Phalanx which bears his name and draws it's inspiration from him, should retain so much of his vitality and perpetuate itself from age to age (Applause).
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

A JEAN VALJEAN IN REAL LIFE That the imagination can conceive of nothing which may not be found in life and nature receives fresh corroboration continually. When Vic | tor Hugo drew the character of Jean Val jean, many of his readers pronounced it improbable
 and more of them impossible. Still, real Jean Vaiieans are not so rare, either in France or other countries. One of them has just been tried at the court of assiZe, in the person of | Georges Dumas, an intelligent, pleasant faced man of 50, to show cause why a sentence of ten years imprisonment, passed on him in contumacy, should not be enforced. Distress ed and sebbing, he told his pitable tale, which was afterward confirmed in every particular. 1 He has been in the army, having held com
 mission, and when he left the regiment be-
 came an insurance agent, and travelled through the provinces. Having fallen seriously i'll, he soon spent the little money he had saved and was obliged to run in debt. Pressed by cred-
 t0rs, he yielded to temptation, and sent false policies, accompanied by bills with fictitious signatures, representing the amount of the 1 premiums, and thus contrived to get from his | employers few hundred francs as commis. sions As soon as recovered, he returned to | the capital, and tried to raise money to indem- nifty the company. He was unsuccessful, and, after living in concealment for few months
 until the noise of his discovered defalcations
 
 thinking that he had been forgiven and forgot ten. He became commercial agent for large wine house, and prospered beyond all expectation The firm was SO we'll pleased with his industry and rectitude that it aided him to establish business of his own. When
 war had been declared against Germany he enlisted as volunteer, and so distinguished himself for courage that his colonel would have asked for hls decoration had not Dumas begged that his name should not be mentioned, l At the end of the strife he resumed his calling, and increased his fortune. He had been 1 twice married had children of his own, and l was universally esteemed and loved in the town he had moved to. Through third per son he had more than made good the money he had taken from the underwriters, and was in the midst of peace and success, when, by an i'll chance, he was arrested for the crime com mltted ten years before. His best neighbors, his late commanding officers, the principals of the insurance company, every one of his infiu- ential aquaintances' testified in his behalf But the prosecutor was violent against the un- fortunate prisoner, and his violence hurt his cause. The jury were human. It took both a just and merciful view; it held that the crime had been sufficiently expiated, and the man was acquitted, amid the applause of the spectators, the tears of the court, and the pa- thetic scene of the wife and children embra- cing Dumas sobbing convulsively and thank ing Heaven for his vindication.-New York Tunes. ..... .-..
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

A New England shopman named Gurnela gives exposures or limitations of spiritualistic performances. Previous to his regular exhi- bition in Natick, he permitted a committee to handcuff him in cell of the jail. Within five minutes after being left alone, he emerged from the prison free of the handcuffs, and said "You see that it would be impossible to keep me imprisoned" The secret of the trick was that he had secured duplicate keys, hiding them in his mouth while the committee was searching him. but this was not made public, and his escape was regarded as almost mirac- ulous. On the following day he stole $8 from his landlord, and was put into the same cell
 A multitude gathered around the jail expect ing to see him walk out at will, but he didn't
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-06

Here Putnam's pubic career ends. He was not constantly confined to his house. In the summer and in the mild autumn days he could ride forth to see his fiocks and herds upon the farm and visit his neighbors His mind was still unimpaired his wit had lost nothing of it's vivacity He was often visited by Trumbull,
 Parsons, Wadsworth, Humphreys and other gentlemen ot the army. Nor did Washington lose sight of him, but found time in the press o1 puonc duties to write him many word of consolation. In one of these letters he says D ''Ihe name of Putnam is not forgotten nor will be but with that stroke of time which shall obliterate from my mind the remem- brance of all those tolls and fatigues through
 Whlch we have struggled for the preservation and establishment of the rights, liberties and lnde{ ndenee of our country" Thus in re- tlrement did Putnam spend the last eleven years of his life, the patriarch of his household
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27
The Diff Guilty of Wlnterlng Bees.

This subject was discussed on WedneS-
day night by the British BeekeeperS AS
socatOn, al theirq quarterly conVersaZione,
44G, Strand. London Mr.. I. w. CGWan,
Of Horsham, Sussex, drew a dismal pict-
ure of the state into which many hives
of bees fall during winter, showing. among
other things, that the insects suffer from
abdominal distentlOn, from diarlhra, and
carbonc acid gas, after the manner Of
human beings from moisture which some
times freezes, and afterwards turns again
into the opposite evil OF warm yapOr. His
recommendations were that a uniform
temperature should be maintained in the
hives; that 25lb. OF 30lb. of food should
be provided that large number Of
Young bees should he kept in the hives !;
that moisture and nOXiOuS gases should
be driven from it; that passages should
be cut through the combs. as bees some
times starved i'll the midst OF plenty, be
cause the cold prevented them from go
ing round the combs; that sufficient ven
tilation without draughtS should be Sc
cured and that to obtain large number
of Young bees, breeding should be en-
couraged till as late, at least as October.
Mr.. +. Cheshire had adopted a mode Of
giving pollen to bees which he thought
would revolutionize the usual plan. He
placed in the combs mixture OF pea flour
and syrup, with a small quantity Of sail
ellie acid to prevent fermentation. The
bees extracted the surplus honey ana
rammed the residuum into the combs, be
ing thus supplied with pollen without
leaving the hive. English Paper
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27
Home Made Rugs

n correspondent VI Ihg Rural New
Yorker ~lilcs
Now that rugs are fashionable IT'S well
u~cfu. it maV NOT be out oi place to
eI. Il little about Them They are de-
dedly useful to Dty before the Stove tho
nreau the mirror. the coHeh uuu the
arge chairs tina, are much used. First.
p preserve the carpet in those places If it
- urW. OI', If it is Worn, 70 cover the Worm
f places dnl second, BECAUSE Jt then
additional warmth III cold weather. Iht5
are made in various ways, oi various ma
-eIials and in various styles Some are
ntlOng, some square some are round
bile others are oval. The form depends
on the material out Of which the rug is
made. and the place for which it is de
yned. Before a couch an oblong one is
desirable, while in front of a stove an
oval one does nicely. \ few are quite
elaborate and seem altogether too nice to
lrauple up0n-Others have Il comfortable
look and the feet are quite at home on
them. Rugs are made Of such a wide
range Of material that every body can af-
ford one of some kind, if they have genius
enough to utilize the material they have
pu lldlIQ- I4tdNl III Lllc tldlbIuLt, liit u
namental and the expensive ones, hasten
to explain how rugs can be had without
paying out money. TO make "caterpil-
lar rug take all the little bits Of all kinds
Of cloth Of all coIoIs and cut them into
strips half an inch wide. Then with a
strong thread and coarse needle make a
row Of stitches through the centre OF each
piece separately, lengthwise; then draw
the thread until the cloth comes close to-
gether. After several pieces are thus
strung" and drawn together, twist them
Slightly and trim; when trimmed, their
resemblance to the caterpillar gives the
rug this name After all the cloth is thus
strung, take something for a lining and
sew the several strings upon it. Begin
in the centre and sew round and round
closely together until you have the size
desired. In this way you get ''hlt-and-
miss effect; of course one can arrange
her colors according to her taste. ! have
a rug with a centre all hit and miss, then
two rows Of black, two rows OF hit and
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

Barton held her closer, and fought The
snow more courageously than ever
He found the shanty at last, and rolled
the child in buffalo robe while he made
i fire. Then when he cot the room a
little warm, He took the little thing upon
his knee, dipped her aching fingers in
cold water and asked her what her name
was.
"hitty" SIZE sdjl
"kittr" be said 'anu what else n
kitty" She answered, nor could lie
tlnd out any more.
"N hose nifty are YOU
Your Kitty" she said For She Mad
known her father but that one dav. and
now she believed that Burton was he
Burton sat up al night and stuffed
wood into his impotent little stove to
Keep the baby from freezing t0 death
Never having had to do with children, lie
1irmly believed that Kitty, sleeping snug
IN under blankets and buffalo robes.
would freeze ii I'M should let thr fire Sub
~jde in THE least
As the storm prevailed With unabated
fury the next day. and as he dared Meth
cr to take Kitty out nor to leave her
alone, he stayed I'M hcr I'LL day and stuff
cd the stove with wood and laughed at
her droll baby talk, and fed her ON bis
cttj aud tiic,i bacon and coffee
On the morning ot the second day the
storm had subsidized 1t WaS forty dc-
4raes cold, hut knowing somebody must
Dc mourning KITTY ior dead, he wrapped
hcr in Skins, and with much difficulty
reached thc nearest ncighOor's house. Sut-
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

"lIt'a struck bed rock at last" Cow
punchcr, mule skinner, and bullwhacker
each express honorable call.ngs, while
pot-slinger, hash-driVer, and grub-choher
refer TO the (lecjs dc cuisine in the more
retired parts of the State If You try to
sell 4 horse, the first question will bc
''Does he buck n A prospcctor starting
out, viii ''puck his burra," i. e.. load his
provisions and tools on Il small species of
donkey. Not the least important thing
is to tamlllarilc ones self with the dial
ccts Of the State which are getting to be
widely used, and a knowledge OF which is
essential to understand an editorial in Il
Colorado newspaper. \ friend accosted
ne, one day rs follows: ~ say, Tom
are You going to the round up at Major
BIS tonight! Going to have away up
time. The pretty Miss II-will be
there; but they say Jim ID has cot
her 'corallcd.' Ii you wish to express
the demise of a friend, YOU would say iii
Southern Colorado, that ''He'd gone over
the range" :" it would be more elegant to
say that "he'd passed in his chips"
Denver Tribune.
The champion fat steer OF the world
was ON exhibition at Neosho Falls this
month. This animal weighs 3, 800 pounds
and is to-day, by the cattle records, the
heaviest animal in the known world. En-
hlbtcd with this animal, was an Arkan-
SaS dwarf steer, between two and three
years Old and weighing only 100 pounds
Douglass (kanSasl Enterprise.
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

Miss Palias Eudora Won Burkv
She didn't know chicken from turkey
Hlsh Spanish and Greek she could iluently speak,
But her knowledge Of poultry was murky
She could tell the great uncle Of Moses,
Aud the dates OF the Wars of tic Roses.
And the reasons of things, why the Indians wore
rings
In their red. aboriginal noses
Why Shakespeare was wrong III his grammar
And the meaning OF Emersons Brahma
And she went chipping rocks with little black box
And small geological hammer!
She had views upon co education
And the principal needs Of the nation,
And her glasses blue, and the number She
knew
OF fthe stars in each high constellation
Ana She wrote IN a hand writing clerkv
AMI She talked with M emphasis ierky
And she red on tiles In the sweetest Of styl,s
But She didn't know chicken tlom turkey
SER hupT
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27
Stories for Children.

place Of residence, has around it very
tail trees. The cook Of the chateau has
a monkey, a pert fellow who knows ever
50 many tricks. The monkey often helps
the cook 10 pluck the feathers from fowls.
On the day that interests us the cook
gave the monkey two partridges u pluck,
and the monkey seating himself in an
open window went to work He had
picked the feathers from one OF the par
tridges and placed id on the outer ledge
OF the window With a satisfied grunt,
when, 10. all at once Il hawk flew down
from one OF the tall trees near by and
bore OIL the plucked bird, Master Monkey
was very angry ne shock lis fist 1t the
hawk, which took i seat Oh one Of the
limbs not far of and began to eat the
partridge with great relish. The owner
OF tine chateau saw the sport. for Inc was
sitting in grape arbor, and crgpt Tub to
watch the end Of 1t. The monkey picked
the other partridge and laid ii ON the
ledge in the same place, then hiding be
hind the WnduW-scrccm MI tho inside.
The hawk Was caught IN rhis urap. tor
when it flew down after the partridge out
reached the monkey and caught the thei.
IN moment tue hawks neck Nds Wrun-
and the mokcy soon had the hawk pllck-
ed. Taking the tWu bild9 totIr couk the
monkey handed them to bin IT'S It to say.
''here are your two partridges, uySter"
lhe cook Thought that one 0t thu J,l
looked Ideer but ht served tucHu I'LL"
table Hhe owner of the h0usn ~huoh hS
head when he saw tho dish, and telling
the cook Of the trcN laughed hcartilT
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27
Farm, Garden and Household,

This department briei suggestions. facts and
.Aaeneuees are solicited nom housekeepers,
neis and gardeners Address Agricultural
tnI, Journal Otlicc, Belfast Maine
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

At 4 party on Nelson street, the other
evening, the conversation appeared to be
dying out, When bilious man, suddenly
observed to Il young lady on his right,
81 don't think they make pills as large as
they used to" After that, the conversa-
ton Went on again. Danbury News.
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

Whenever you are tempted to indulge in crit
cising your mlnister-a very bad habit to yet into
by the way-you ought to be careful III our choice
OF language That is what call flushed ser
mon said an adorer to an indifferent as they
wended their way from church Yes was the
reply with yawn, " but, do You know, thought
it never would be
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

y story comes from Tcnbury, England,
where a mcnagtIic has been paying It
visit, which illustrates the Wel-known
character Of the elephant for humane
feelings in q remarkable degree Among
the animals VAS Il very fine female cle-
phant, called 'Iizzio," which was attack
ed with a violent lit OF cole, and suffered
Intensely, \ local chemist, whose sue
cess as an animal doctor Is wen known,
treated 'l.iZzie" and saved the animals
life ON the procession passing the chem
lists shop, the elephant Immediately rec
ognzed her benetactor, who was standing
at the door Of his shop, and, going to him,
gracefully placed her trunk in his hand
The chemist visited the exhibition at
night, and met With an unexpected re-
ception from his former patient Gently
Selling the "d0ctor' with her trunk. the
elephant encilclcd him with it, to the
terror Of the audience, who expected to
see him crushed to death, but 'Jizzien
had no such intention, and after having
thus demonstrated her gratitude by such
acts more eloquent than words, she re-
leased the doctor from her embrace and
proceeded with her appointed task That
elephant seems to possess a holier sense
OF gratitude than some people do.
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

The owl is the bird of wisdom. The
clergyman, as III must admit, is i man ot
wisdom Wen. when thirty on forty
clergymen We're holding what IS called
Presbytery in Rockville, a Maryland viii
lage, a few nights ago, they heard a great
tluttering il the stove "What IL that AZ
inquired the moderator, who is sort Of
father to the other cler2ymen and keeps
them from quarreng while they are to-
gcther \ gentleman went to the stove
and pulled ont the cause Of the trouble
a large owl With hig, staring eyes. The
owl looked at the preachers and the
preachers looked at the owl. Then the
preachers burst into roar Of laughter
and put the OWL out at 4 window.
The Republican journal., 1879-11-27

An old farmer intent making his viii was
asked by the lawyer the name OF his wife. He
gravely said: Well indeed, | don't recollect
what 1t is we've been married for upward of forty
years, and | have always called her my old wo-
man" The lawyer left blank, to be filled up
when the old womans name ascertaned
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-10-22
CHEAP COLUMN.

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-10-22
WAN|'.TEnl!

An oran sc grove Of between 500 and 200
bearing trees; thirty acres more on the
same tract suited to the growth OF the Cit
rms Family; protected on the north OF
northwest by water This property 60 be
between. lat. 2sgand 2955- the land to Be
high hammock, with mari or sand sub
soil. and thirty miles from either coast. s
Address .e3E j.,
63 s.. Napolsouyille, La.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
READ! READ! READ.

Our Improved Right and Left Flat
Oshod CULTIVATOR having been thor
oughly tested, read what Others think of
it who have triedit: Z 3D.
1t works splendidly in my nursery and
grove, does the best of work, leaves the
surface quite smooth and saves half the
time. have also noticed your success in
subduing cane grass with it. 1t pays.
must have one. HARMON BROWN.
Itdoes good work IN my grove subduing
crab-grass, and getsOver the ground twice
as fast as r1y sweep pillow, but think is
little too heavy fef my pony. should
like one two-thirdS or three-fourths as
heavy. .-f 80 1T HARRISON JONES,
IT. is by far the best .Cultiyator Ihave
ever SEEN, either north or south. I will
take two.. VIM. w. HUIST.
1t is great time and Iabor-saving tool,
and no farmer can affofdIto do without. it
who has a few aeres-of orange grove, pnr-
sery,. corn, cotton cane, or other crops
hichrequire clean cultivation. findita
most perfect implement for subduing cane
grass. 1t works we'll among the stumps.
"a Price SO. so, Cash. = ~ : +
~ - h. Sly. PARCE, Agent.
I DeLanG, Fla, June %, 1879. ~ -i.r',..,t r
The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-10-10
HOW IT DERIVED ITS NAME

To ore of the pioneer explorers si this region the zaaia IndiAns gave the follow ing account of their origin as preserved in their tradition Their legend relates, that is the beginniDg, q race of men sprasg up out Of the earth, as plants arse and come forth ia the spring. Tais race increased until they spread over the whole earth, aad after enniinEing through countless ages, passed away. The earth then remained without people a great length of time, un- til ai length the sun had compassion on the earth, and sent celestial mnden 10 re- people the earth. This young goddess was called Arizoaia,t the name signifying maiden queen This Arizona dselt upon earth great length of time in lonely solitude, until at q certain time ~hiie basking in the sanbeAms. drop of dew fell from heaven, and rested upon Arizonia, who Ia due time blessed the world with twins, son and daughter, and these became tue father and mother of the ZrniA IsdiAus; aud from this tribe arose all other races of men. The black, white, olive and all other clay -eoloFed men being merely apostate Ofshoots from this original tribe and the Zunias being the only pure original stock, children of the sun, now upon earth.
 Not having yisited the Zunias, have not been able Co ascertain the roots from which the nams Arizona Is formed, nor the kindred affinity between their language and those  of other tribes In their vicinity.
 On the Great Colorado, where language is more original, and perhaps more ancient than in any other part of the world, I find ia the Aojaves, ara, love. or beloved, and Usia. the sun; which would give us ayassaea, the suns beloved. They also have sniEo, a madden, and smiat, the east, sunrise The ge0der of both sun and moon, as we have 1t, being reversed, they have hsIia, the moon and Aulia, a man. These native tnbes, more copsisten. than we, seek their origin in maternal divinity; and this is in strict unison with modern discovery m cryptogamis, s,parthsnogcnesis and certain un- developed organs observed throughout the whole sub kingdom, mammalia making paternal origin an auxiliary and not ne- eessity. J.MS.