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Litchfield enquirer., 1879-02-06

held his gray head very loftily. He said:
 Mist Hub, sar, we'd take it very kind me an Mari, if you'd step over to de house this evening. sar, and read the service sar. We're 5wine to be married again, Mari an me. Oars de Baptis' minister could do it. But told Mari to have that ..lristocratical clergyman to St. Johns, if sle done want him. But, Mist Hub, sar, she say she take it very kind if you would condescend to come yourself and no sectarian diffunces to be considered on dis we're peaceful and glorious occasion. ~. Y. h. dsDendent.
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Educating Horses.

Horses can be educated to the extent
of their understanding. AS we'll as chill
dren can be easily damaged or ruined
by bay management. 1t is believed that
the great liability comes more from the
different management of men than from
variance of natural disposition in the
animals. Horses with mettle are more
easily educated than those of less or dull
spirits, and are more susceptible of ill
training, and consequently may be as
good or bad, according TO the education
they reeeive. Horses with dull spirits
are not by any means proof against bad
management, for in any of them may
often be found the most provoking OBJ
stinacy, vicious habits of different char
acters that render them almost worth
less. Could the coming generation of
horses in this country be Kept from the
days of colthood TO the age of five years
in the hands of good, careful managers.
there would he seen vast difference in
the general character of the noble ami
mails.
If a colt is never allowed to get an
advantage it will never know that it
possesses a power that man cannot con-
troll, ana if it be made familiar with
strange objects it will not be skittish
and nervous. If horse is made accus-
toned from his early days to have OBJ
jects hit on his heels, back and hips, he
will pay no attention to the giving out OF
harness or of n wagon running against
him at an unexpected moment. A gun
can be fired from the back of horse, an
umbrella held over his head, a buffalo
robe thrown over his neck, railroad
engine pass close by, his heels bumped
with sticks, and the animal take it all as
the natural condition of things, il only
taught by careful management that he
will not be injured thereby. There is a
great need OF improvement in the man
agement of this noble animal, less beat
ing and more educating.
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Words Of Courage.

A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of courage. Every
day sends to the grave number of OBJ
scure men, who have only remained in
obscurity because their timidity has
prevented their first effort, and who. if
they could have been induced to begin,
would. in all probability, have gone
great lengths in the career of fame. The
fact is, in order to do anything in this
world that is worth doing we must not
stand shivering on the brink, and think
of the cold and danger, but jump in and
scramble as we can. !. It will not do to
be perpetually calculating risks and adj
iusting nice chances. 1t did very well
before the food, when a man could con-
suit his, friends upon a publication for
one hundred and fifty years and then live
to see its success for six or seven centu-
ries afterwards, but at present man
waits, and doubts, and hesitates, and
consults his brother and his uncle, and
particular friends, till one day he finds
that he is sixty years of age; that he
has lost so much time in consulting first
cousins and particular friends that he
has no time left to follow their advice.
There is no such thing for over-squeanl-
ishness at present, the opportunity so
easily slips away, the very period of
hts life at which man chooses to venture,
if-ever, is so confined, that it is no bad
rule to preach up the necessity, in such
instances, OF little violence to feelings,
and to efforts made in defiance to strict
and sober calculation-,SyCl'ley Smith.
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The MangOsteen.

/ must not omit the tree which bears
the famous fruit of the East known as
the mangosteen. 1t is not tall nor is it
particularly handsome. 1t is only some
twenty feet in height and has spreading
branches instead of the single tufts that
adorn the trees that / have Just de-
scribed. But the fruit is the prince of
the tree fruits of the world-the apple,
the peach, the orange. the pomegranate,
none Of them cen compare with it, and
even if you combine all these fruits you
are only beginning to approach it. Ex-
ternally it has the appearance of small
apple that has been partially baked or
has become very brown in the sun. On
cutting it you find an external husk
harder than the rind of an orange and
three times as thick. When you have
penetrated this husk you find mass of
snow-white pulp, and you need no in
structOr to tell you that this is the ed
ible portion of the mangosteen. 1t melts
in your mouth like an oVer-ripe peach
or like snow on the surface of a river
Its flavor is a combination of sweetness
and slight acidity, which you can no
more describe than you can tell how a
violet smells or a canary sings. think
I have tasted nearly every fruit that
grows on the globe, and unhesitatingly
/ award the prize of excellence to the
mangosteen. At this distance of time
and place my lips moisten when think
of the mangosteens that solaced the heat
of Java and made the life of the island
more agreeable than il would otherwise
have been. If this fruit grew in the
Garden of Eden, can well understand
why Adam and Eve wept at their ex-
pulsion; perhaps it was the mangosteen
which the serpent offered for the tempt
alton of our first mother, if so, it is easy
to understand why she fell from grace
Correspondents Philadelphia Times.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

A handsome thing in dress goods: A
pretty girl.-Otta1cG Republican.
Scotland has produced another pea
SAINT bard named Anderson, a railroad
laborer.
When the night is pitch dark, it does
by no means follow that it's STARRY
WhiDa W1sGDlS.
Some one who believes that g brevity
is the soul of wit" writes, " Don't eat
stale Q-cumbcrs. They'll w up"
No matter how a young lady's hat is
lost it is almost certain to turn up
either behind or at the side.-Sdt1dy
Stone.
We presume the axletrees of railroad
car wheels are called journals because
of their rapid circulation Boston Tran-
script.
There are thirty thousand deaf mutes
in the United States, and fifty places OF
worship where services arc conducted in
the sign language.
cit is moro disgraceful, my son." said
fond parent, Ito wear black eye than
it is to wear shabby clothes. "Ya-as,"
replied the boy, "but the clothes are
hardest to get rid Of" And the old man
sat silent for long time, thinking what
to say, and by the time he thought OF it
his boy had been over in the neighbor's
yard fifteen minutes, and had licked
the neighbours son and won a white
alley, two crystals and boly.-hGoCk-
eye.
A terror remembered is sometimes
more dangerous than the same terror
actually experienced. One Sunday, not
long ago, as a young woman was cross
ing the Rue st. Honore, Paris, she was
suddenly knocked down by high
wheeled cart, known as a spider. Her
peril was imminent, but she retained her
self-possession and relieved the anxiety
of the spectators by regaining lIer feet
and reaching the sidewalk very little the
worse for her mishap. AS soon as she
reached home she began to relate the in
cident to her friends, and while doing so
was seized with violent attack of nerv-
Gus agitation, and sank fainting on the
floor. she never spoke again.
ALAY.
Oh these memories all flow inward,
On my tired heart to-day,
And 1 almost smell the clover,
While list, the robins lay.
-LtiIa ". Cushman.
LATER.
Sweet the summer breezes gently
Sweep along the cottage thGtch,
And almost smell the clover,
While list, the robins hatch.
-Steabenpille HerGii.
LATEST
And while autumn winds are sighing,
Echoing my hearts sad throbbin's,
Yesterday we shot and made
Bully pot-pie of the robins.
Burlington Harkeye.
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with her. demand satisfaction, and it
can only be had from your hearts blood.
Meet me on the river bank, and by the
light of the moon, and in the presence
of Long, We will settle our differences"
l looked up. Long had disappeared,
and in his place stood Nellie.
why, Tom, you're not going to
leave us, are youP" she asked.
Thought she addressed me in tone
of regret. 1 looked in Iher bright eyes
such beautiful loving eyesl How could
j pain herp How could l drive the
blood from her cheeks and the light
from her eyes by showing her Joe's
letter and telling her allp She came
very near to me and said coaxingly:
Don't go, Tom; will be SO lonely
here now"
:, cannot stay, Nell, / regret having
to leave you My words came fast and
almost inarticulate. II thought to be
on my way now. and can only stay long
enough to bid you adieu."
but, Tom, what will Joe sayp
Surely you will stay till he comes! " sbe
cried.
"No, no. l cannot, Nellie; indeed l
can not. can never forget the happi-
ness have had here this summer; but
/ must leave you now, and fear -it-is-
forever!"
My voice was unsteady, and clasped
both her hands very tightly in mine.
Forever!" she repeated. "Oh, Tom,
Foreverl"
What a world of tenderness, of regret,
in her intonations, 1t died away as a
wall of woe.
"No, Nellie; never shall l see you
again; never shall l clasp these little
hands in mine, never hear the music of
your sweet voice. shall never see you
again--never!"
"Neverw the moan died away and
the beautiful eyes were raised to mine in
speechless agony that wrung my heart
with pain. 7h 9'- 40 Nlaf
"Oh, Nellie, do not break my heart
MY grief, my wretchedness is beyond
bearing now. Your beloved eyes look
into mine viii haunt me in coming
years. YCn know my secret. Recrimi-
nate me if you will, Nellie, my darling.
| A light sprung into her eyes-strange,
dazzling light that spread over her beau-
tiful face-the light of "a -measureless
love, of transport Of Joy. Fare
well, / cried, in husky voice, not dar-
ing to stay longer; g farewell and ]
turned to go, when her fingers closed
over mine. l turned to her again and
she threw her arms about my neck.
| You must not go! You shall not go,
for love your. and the beaming face
was hidden on my breast.
/ A chdckling Tlbise from behind startled
us. 1t broke into laugh, then into
loud shouts and frightful roars, inter
mingled " ith hideous outlaws and a
woman's musical laugh, till the hills
echoed and re-echoed the SOUND. Mel
les face was suffused with bushes and
she drew away from me; but ] clasped
her more closely, light breaking in on
my bewildered brain, ,..
"Ha! ha! hap roared Joe, while
Long emitted series of strange sounds
very like a laugh. Hol no! no! Long
--hat hal ha! wife-Tom thought sister
Nell was--llal hal .hai-was my wifen
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The MatsrmnI.

Listen to the watermill through the livelong
day
How tho blinking ofits wheel wears the hours
away.
I@nguidly the autumn wind stirs the green
wood leaves,
From the fields the reapers sing~ binding up
the sheaves;
And a proverb haunts my mind, as spell j.
cast,
The mill win never grind with the water that
is past
Autumn winds revive no moro leaves that
once are shed,
And the sickle caunot reap corn once gath
cred;
/. And the rippling stream flows tranquil, deep
aud still,
Never gliding back again to the watermill.
Truly speaks the proverb old, with meaning
vast,
The min will never grind with the water that
is past. Ia
Take the lesson to thyself, loving heart and
true,
Golden years are tleetng by, youth is passing
too;
Learn to make the most OF life; lose no happy
day;
/. Time will never bring thee back chances
swept away
Leave no tender word unsaid, love while love
= shall last
The mill will never grind with the water that
is past.
Work while yet the daylight shines, man OF
strength and will, t
Never does the streamlet glide useless by the
mill;
Wait not till tomorrow sun shines upon thy
way,
All that thou canst call thine own lies in thy
io-dGy.
Power, intellect and health may not always
- last ,- !.
The nill caaaOt grind with The water that is
past. 81. Fi
OIL tho wasted hours Of lite that have drifted
vnthyleaG 8 s-,ere ~. y.
o., thegood we migai have done, gone with
out asigh, l-
Love, that we might once have saved by a
single word, ss l' ll'.s
Thoughts conceived, but never penned, per-
isihig unhcard. -4sA4# fz4aA -
INke this lesson to thine heart, take and hold
it.iastg-3 "a sslus o,s
The mill will never grind with the water that
-Gen. %. G. Nc CGlium.
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RuIes for AeqnlrIng MeaIth.

Be honest. If Satan tempts you TO de-
fraud your neighbor, it is onl that he
may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in
the end.
Be temperate. Liquor has made more
paupers than all other vices combined.
Be industrious. Incidence, debt and
disease are brothers
Let your word be your bond. Good
credit is fortune to begin with.
Limit your expenses by necessity and
comfort. leaving good balance for mar
gin saved.
Invest your funds carefully and intelli-
gently. Beware of the brilliant bubbles
that are blown up to tempt ingenious
spectators.
Give your personal attention TO your
business. To do this, keep brain and
body healthlul.
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JoEs WIFE.

write, my dear old chum, for the pur-
pose of inviting you to visit us. Don't
refuse. My wife heartily seconds the
invitation. All, Tom, she's a ajewel-my
wife. / know ify you could meet such a
one you would succumb bachelorhood.
She is the dearest, sweetest, best tenn
pereG, lovcliest-the English language
fails me here, but, as you were always
better than at the 9 Unabridged, be-
seech you to look therein for some en-
dearing adjectives and complete the SEN
tence. You, who sing about the felicity
If Bachelor Hail." when you have
seen my happy home, will change your
tune. You must come, Tom. l won't
take refusal. Yours, etc.
JOE HALL.
! answered his letter thus:
My DEAR JOEL thought when last
saw you | never could be tempted to
jeopardize my .peaceof mind or my bones
by again placing myself at the mercy of
your practical jokes. But / have no
OtheISrecourse now tLan to accept your
invitation. You must promise me, my
dear fellow, you will not play any of
your jokes. A married man ought TO be
more dignitied, and if you do play any of
your tricks on me ! warn you l shall
-DOdiA bAlC Hlbb b4tllI lOl tAOAlCs
etc. Tom THURSToN..
I went. l was met at the train by
Joe's servant, a man who had a long
body, dressed in long coat, long
waistcoat, long necktie, a long hat,
long boots and whose name was Long,
i instihctively hated this man. He
scrutinized me closely / returned the
scrutiny. He watched my every move
ment like detective would supposed
criminals. / watched his movement rs
timid man would vicious eanine's.
We.at leng9h reached Joe's house. l
anticipated Joe's welcome, but in his
place came the~loveliest woman l ever
saw. 1t is true, as Joe said, was
always fluent in language, but to this
day | cannot find words tOssatisfy me in
describing her surprising beauty.
"Joe, joe" thought l, ''it is we'll for
you that you met her first"
'sYou are Mr.. Thurston," she asked,
timidly approaching me, and shyly
glancing at me from under her dropping
eyclids. | informed her that was the
parsonage, and inquired for Joe.
For answer that gentleman himself,
who was on horseback, sprang from the
saddle, grasped my hand, and, like the
irrepTessible Joe OF old, cried;
have glorious old times, as of old.
Well hunt, fish, smoke, ETC., till you
grow so fat, hale and hearty that your
most intimate city friends won't know
you. Come, let's go in, tea is waiting.
Pardon me for not introducing you, but
/ suppose you introduced yourself in my
absence. ApropOs, il was hOspitable in
me to absent myself on your arrival, but
business called me away"
So rafting on Joe ushered us into the
contest little parlor that ever poor
bachelor was called upon TO envy. But
the eozy little wife? What was the
envy of the room, with its adornments,
10 the envy of such a wife? Must
admit it'll might as wei own right
here as at any further period Of my re-
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Rucket Shon Gamhlers.

According TO the Chicago Tribune
the introduction of bucket shops,''
Glow agencies where any sum from 81
upward can be invested on the rise or
fall of wheat) has led to wholesale gamb-
ling. The 1ri6sue declares that
woman mot of desperate or question
able condition. come to these shops to
gamble under assumed names, as well as
lads from twelve to sixteen years old
"by the hundred" and men, " clerks,
statesmen, boOkkeepers, men in bus
iness, hackmen, teamsters, men on sa-
leries and men employed at days work,
stonecutters. blacksmiths and workmen
of all wages and occupation; students
and professors of colleges, reverend di-
vines, dealers in theology, members of
Christian associations, members of So
cieties for the prevention of cruelty to
animals and for the suppression OF vice,
gentlemen who war on saloons which
permit minors to play pool, and teach
ers of Sunday-schools, hard drinkers
and temperate men," who stake thou
sands ofdollars in small sums. Accept
ing the statements Of the IS'ibasRe as
true, the recent fluctuations in the price
of wheat have brought the community
to worse pass in Chicago than ever
mining speculation did in the worst
days of San Francisco.
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How the Sparrow was introduced.

One Of the most interesting papers in
HdTper'S relates TO a little bird that has
been the subjectiOn of praise and of de-
as to the merits or the shortcomings of
the sparrow, and we are not certain the
American people will gratefully remem-
ber the person who first introduced the
foreigner to our country. This attempt
was made we are told by gentleman
named DesblOis, in Portland, Maine,
during the autumn of 1858; he brought
over q few birds from the continent, and
liberated them in large garden which
was situated within the central part of
the city. They remained there shelter
ed and secure under the caves of a neigh
boring church throughout the winter,
and in the following spring settled
down happily enough to the labor of
nest-building and rearing their young.
Two years later the first pair of these
finches were set at liberty near Madison
Square, New York city; the importa-
tion was steadily repeated, the birds
being released in the Central Park and
at Jersey City. They were first intro
duced to Boston IN 1868 by the city gov
ernment, and to Philadelphia by the
municipal authorities in 1869, and from
small beginnings the house-sparrow has
been spread all over this northern coun-
try wherever we have a city east of the
Rocky mountains, and the huttering
fioc',s of the robust, noisy little foreign
er enliven the streets thereof in every
direction. Their numbers are near
countless. .-BufdIo Commercial
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Autumn Leaves.

Autumn leaves are falling, falling, falling
Slowly to the ground;
Angels sad are calling, calling, calling
To the weary hearts with mournful aound;
Solemn sound.
Autumn leaves are sailing sailing, sailing
Softly through the air;
Loving hearts are failing, failing, failing;
Azrael hovers, beclE'ning everywhere
Everywhere.
Autumn leaves are dying, dying, dying
Sadly, one by one;
Broken hearts are lying lying, lying
In their rest whore dark despair is done;
Grief is done.
Autumn leaves are speaking, speaking, speak.
ing sazll1.ss
To the thoughtless souls
Who, but pleasure seeking, seeking, seeking,
Heed not as life ever onward rolls
Swiftly rolls.
Autumn leaves are pleading pleading, plead
ing
In prophetic tone,
With the thousands speeding, speeding,
speeding
To appear before their Makers throne;
Awful throne!
Emile PickhGrdt.
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Persons presenting claims to the
United States treasury on account of
bonds which have been destroyed wholly
or in part, or on account Of registered
bonds which have been lost, will be re-
quired to present evidence showing
First. the number, denomination, date
of authorizing act and series of each
bond, whether coupon or registered, and
if registered, the name of the payee. In
the case of re. isIered bonds, it should
also be stated whether they had been
assigned or not, and if so, the name OF
the assignee should be given. Second
The time and place of purchase, of whom
purchased, and the consideration paid
Third-The material facts and circum-
stances connected with the loss. The
evidence should be as full and clear as
possible. Proofs may be made by affi-
davit, and by such other competent evil
dence as may be in the possession of the
claimant. Duplicates will not be issued
within six months from the loss. The
interest on uncalled registered bonds
will be paid Notwithstanding the loss.
These regulations do not apply in any
way to coupons lost or destroyed which
have been detached from the bonds, as
no relief in such cases can be granted.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

The commonness of inebriety among
French children is asserted by writer
in the London GeKtIemdn's Magazine.
Again and again at hotel tables" he
says, II have seen children scarcely
more than babies suffering distinctly
from alcohol. 1t is, as travellers in
France know, tho custom in all districts
south of. the Loire to supply wine gratis
at two meals, breakfast and dinner, at
which the residents in a hotel eat in
company. Repeatedly, then, in the
hotels in French watering places, have
watched children of five years old and
upward supplied by sheir mothers with
wine enough visibly to flush and excite
them. At Sables d'Olonne one little
fellow, whose age could not be more than
six, drank at each of two consecutive
meals three tumblers of wine slightly
diluted with water. The-result was on
each occasion that he sprawled over the
table, and ended by putting his head in
his mothers lap and falling asleep"
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It appears from the official reports.
that the experience of what are called
model lodging houses, such as the Pea
body buildings in London and other
large towns, combined with that of bar
racks, workhouses and schools, furnish
ed abundant evidence that what is
termed density of population is not so
detrimental physically as has usually
been assumed; because in such buildings
as are referred to the rate of mortality is
much less. with a density of one thou
sand five hundred persons to the acre,
than it is in ordinary houses, with a
density of only two hundred and fifty to
the acre. Again, the health of COM
munity is found to be much more de.
pendent upon food, clothing and personal
habits, than upon the arrangement and
construction of dwellings or workshops
for, however perfect the arrangement
and construction, these may be entirely
neutralized if the food is bad, the CLOTH
ing deficient and the personal habits
filthy.
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We get great deal of wind about
compressed air street car motors every
now and then. These aerial propellers
are in use on one street car line in the
United States and seem to give good sat
isfaction. 1t costs six and one-fourth
cents q mile to draw a car by horse
power The compressed air system is
said to cost but one and one fourth cents
mile. The speed can be regulated up
to twenty miles an hour. The car can
be stopped at its highest rate of speed
within its own length; at least so it is
reported, although this would be rather
going at its twenty-mile rate. The ad-
vantage of this over any other motor is
that all the heavy machinery is left be-
hind at the depot, where the compress
ing is done, and the cars start out with
concealed cylinders containing the air
compressed to twenty-five atmospheres.
Thus we may have windmills to drive
the street cars.