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The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
A MOhammedan Funeral,

A correspondent of the Springfield Re- publican writes from Tunis as follows Yesterday I saw a Mohammedan funeral passing through the streets. My atten- tion was first attracted to it by hearing murmur of many voices approaching from the distance. The sound was un- 1 like anything I ever heard before. Soon there appeared two or three hundred Arab men, crowding through the mar row streets, all joining in singing, or chanting, a song for the dead. In the midst of them several Arabs bore upon their shoulders bier, like crib. The bottom of it was covered over with a Turkish or Tunisian rug, on which was stretched the body of the dead Arab, envcloped in what appeared to be Per sian shawl. 1 would have followed after the procession, but was told that none but a Mohammedan was allowed to wit ness the burial ceremony. Oldresidents of Tunis tell me that the final act of de- posting the body in mother earth is a most strange and novel procedure. The Arabs have superstition that as soon as the new-made grave is ready for it's occupant, the evil spirits at once take possession of it. To drive them out, they resort to all manner of strange de- vices. The most efficacious, and the one usually resorted to, is based upon the be- lief of satan's fondness for gold, and that 'money is the root of all evil" As soon as the body is placed by the side of the grave the medicine man or saint exercises satan, and signifies by signs that his satanic majesty with all his imps are in the grave below. The near est relative of the deceased, who is pre- pared for the eme1 gency, takes from his pocket handful of small gold, silver or copper coins, according to his wealth, l which he throws in the distance IS far as possible as if he was sowing grain The evil spirits are believed to scramble after it, and while picking it up the body is hustled into the ground as quickly as possible, and the stones and earth are placed over it, before the cloyen-footed money-hunters can return.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20

Committee should report something else be- sides individual disability bills; that general amnesty bill, including every man who had taken part in the rebellion, should be passed and the test oath be wiped out This drew | out humorous discussion between MT. Cox | and Mir. Conger. Consideration of the War ner silver bill was resumed, Mir. Weaver argu- | ing against the national bank system. Ad- | iourned.
 The Committee on the Revision of the Laws reported bills defining the duties of the | porter of the Supreme Court, fixing his com pensation, etc.; amending section ? 2,290 of the I Revised Statutes, so to allow aflidavits to | be made on the entering of land, to be admin istered by United States commissioners; and repeating and amending certain sections of the Revised Statutes relating to the removal of causes from State courts- MT. Kelley spoke on the Warner silver bill, advocating double | standard. MT. Bowman opposed the bill ... | Bills were introduced Relating to the public lands; for the appointment of q Mississippi | River Commissions; for the reduction and re- organization of the army. Adjourned.
 Attention was called by Mir. Cox, of New York, to petition presented by Mir. McCoid, of Iowa. and printed in the Record, stating that C the longer continuance of the session is fraught with danger to peace and with disaster to the financial commercial and other inter- ests of the country" Mir. Cox characterized the petition as an insult to Congress, and said that he had objected to it at the time, and that
 
 question being submitted as to whether the Record should be corrected by the insertion oi the objection, the correction was ordered. Under the call of States large number o bills were introduced, after which the Presi dents message vetoing the ''nilitary interler ence" bill was received and read motion , to suspend the rules and pass army appro , priation bill was defeated-yeas, l01; nays 109. Adjourned.
 ', MT. Knott called mp the Military Interter :, ence. bill and moved the previous question , which was seconded. The questions being , shall the bill pass, the Presidents objection f to the contrary notwithstanding. The vot . was taken and resulted-yeas, l27; nays, 97 Sothere not being the constitutional majority 0 two-thrds in the affirmative, the bill was re jected. All the Democrats voted yea," an
 all the Republicans "nay." The ten Green
 packers who voted, voted with the Democrats
 The veto message was then, on motion of MI ', Converse, referred to the Judiciary Committed :. .. After discussion of the bill relating to tn = coinage laws and to coin and bullion certif 0 catcs the House adjourned,
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
Who Was Major Andre! !

"Did you ever read that in the papers about Cyrus Field buildin' a monument to Major Andre ?" asked Bill Stiggins of a little knot of cronies sitting around the cracker barrel in Gensing's grocery. They had seen or heard something about it, and Stiggins went on to denounce it in the most unmeasured terms. He said the monument ought to be destroyed as soon as built, and Field tarred and feath- cred.
 "Who-who was this Major Andre, anyhowp" asked one of the sitters, who had been listening to Stiggins' denuncia- tion.
 What! You confess that you don't know who Andre wasp" broke in Gen. sing, the groceryman, contemptuously. "Why, every schoolboy knows that it was Major Andre who tried to blow up the British Parliament with gunpowder he was the author of the gunpowder plot"
 You don't know anything about it, :" piped in old Blinn, the cobbler. '' You are thinking about Guy Hawkes.. Andre was the man who invented Jersey light ning.n
 "Jersey nothing!" cried the village constable, squatted on a nail keg. You must have read history 8 good deal, you must It was Major William Henry Andre who fired the Ephesian dome. You can read all about it in Paul's Epis- tie to the Ephesians."
 Tackhammer, the undertaken, who was appealed to, said he wasn't sure of anything regarding public men now-a- days, but his impression had been all along that Andre was one of the men who assassinated Julius Caesar. He was opposed to building monumentto him, as he didn't like to encourage such people,
 "All wrong, all wrong," exclaimed a litele ---r--> i'm tho-enrner who had said nothing hitherto; Andre was the man who fired the first gun on Fort Sumter" "
 Didn't he help Booth to escape after he shot Lincoln, and go to the Dry Tor tugas?h asked a man who had been thoughtfully rubbing his head for several minutes. | Then Bill Stiggins himself spoke up: 'Inever saw such a pack of ignoramuses in all my born days. IU tell you who Major Andre was and why 1 am opposed to old Cy. Field or any other man build
 ng him monument
 Well, who was heP" all sang out il chorus.
 Andre was the man who wrote tht Eli Perkins letters" ) That settled it.-CG,aciie1adti S1turtld5 ! NI0Ht
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
CanceIing Postage Stamps.

Every now and then a paragraph goes the rounds to the effect that some ecceS- tric individual will give so many huE- dred dollars for million cancelled pos tage stamps. Several persons have suc- ceeded in collecting the million, and in some instances $500 or $500 were paid for their collection. Those who inno gently aid in making these collections little think that in most cases they are helping to defraud the government. Ad- vanced as scientific knowledge is at the present day, there has as yet been dis covered no preparation for canceling postage stamps that will not wash off. It is estimated that the government loses $l 100000 every year by the use of washed stamps in the postoffice alone. The loss through washed revenue stamps is also great A million cancelled three cent stamps when washed are worth $3O, ,O0O. This being the case, it is easily seen that the man who invents an un- cancelable ink will make his fortune. Hundreds ofinks and devices have been tried, but it is curious to note that the most complete canceling apparatus yet known is the remote country postmaster with his pen and ink. Some time ago a man travelled from St. Louis to Wash
 ington with bottle of his ink, being un-
 willing to risk his secret by allowing the stuff to go out of his hands and perhaps be analysed. He reached the depart
 ment, and proudly cancelled a stamp in I the presence of the authorities, who
 took it and quickly washed it clean with
 soapy water His ingenuity in trying different s.antidotes for his ink had not led him to the use of the simplest means procurable. Hundreds of chem 1 ical combinations have been tried by the I different inventors. Acids of all kinds
 have been combined with the inks in
 common use, and for all of them some
 other combination has been found that will remove all traces and leave the I stamp clean as it was. Inks have been offered which eat away the paper it is put on, so strong are the acids, but .l while there is no doubt of their efficiency 1 the objections to their use are obvious. The chemist of the Patent Office for a tl long time found chemical means o1 fwashing out everybody else's ink, and I then presented an invention of his own
 which he could not wash out. It was l given to Smithsonian Institution
 chemist and he shortly found out how to wash it clean. After this the de
 partment ceased to expect that an in
 delible ink would be found. -Detroi
 Free Press.
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The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
Words of Wisdom.

Self-sacrifice is the only power that can plant or build.
 Earnestness of purpose can spring only from strong convictions.
 There can be no true thankfulness where there is no benevolence. No indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.
 Human life defined by line is as un- comfortable as would be the human | figure defined by a wire.
 The object of all ambition should be ! to be happy at home. If we are not happy there, we cannot be happy else where.
 Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal, and he may properly be charg. ed with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
 All skill ought to be exerted for uni versal good; every man has owed mucf to others and ought to repay the kind ness that he has received.
 Mortality is an event by which wis man can never be surprised; we know that death is always near, and it should therefore, always be expected.
 Pride is seldom delicate; it will pleas itself with very mean advantages; an envy feels not its own happiness, bu when it may be compared with tn misery of others. , Great works are performed, not , strength, but by perseverance; he ths 3 shall walk with vigor three hours a day f will pass in seven years a space equal { the circumference of the globe.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
TrareIing is Extrn Hnznrdous

If the tourist is unprovided with some medi- cinal resource. Changes of temperature, food and water of an unaccustomed or unwhole- some quality, and route that lies in the tropics other regions where malaria exists, are each and all fraught with danger to one who has been improvident enough to neglect remedial safeguard. The concurrent testi- mony of many uoyogeurs by land and sea es. tablishes the fact that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters enables those who use it to encounter hazards of the nature referred to with impu nifty; and that, as a medicine adapted to sud den and unexpected exigencies, it is pecu liarly valuable. Disorders of the liver, tn, bowels and the stomach, fever and ague rheumatism and nervous ailments, brough on by exposure, are among the maladies tc which emigrants, travellers and new settler are most subject. These and others yield t' the action ot the Bitters promptly and com | Dletely.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
stitution of Treasury notes, not leanders,
 Tnr national hank circulafinn


 stitution of Treasury notes, not Ieanders, or national bank circulation. The Treasury Department has il cir cular stating that the rush for theldollar refunding certificates has been sot that the supply has not been equal to tAmand, notwithstanding every effort of theeau of Printing and Engraving. The wh9nount of certificates authorized is about $i0, ,000, and of this $l3,0o0,000 have been up to date of issuance ot circular.
 Foreign News.
 After winning three races in EnglEL Loril. lard's American horse Parole was qted iu the race for the Chester Trades Cat the Chester meeting. Parole came ill fh.
 At the annual meeting of the 1rod Steel Institute, in London, the Bessemer al was awarded to Peter Cooper, of New Yd
 Two New York prize-fighters, Fit and Dwyer, accompanied by about 800 srents, have just fought C battle" at CT mont, Canada, tor what they were pleased til the |" heavy-weight championship" The, men pounded each other for twelve minuwhen the fight was awarded to Dwyer. Nrests.
 The prospects of speedy end to war between England and Afghanistan agood as the Afghan Ameer, Yakoob, has aed in the British camp at Gundamak and eesses a desire for the return of friendly relas be- tween the two countries.
 A Nihilist printing press has been dEered in a government office at St. Petersh and eight officials have been arrested.
 On the day after his defeat for theestel Trades Cup, Parole turned the tableh tn, winner of that race-Reefer-b defesg hin and all other competitors in the raedc tn, ~ ! the fourth grand victory in England tQe re doubtable American horse, and it wal tn more creditable inasmuch as he wass,vil. handicapped, carrying l34 pounds, WI non of his contestants carried more Il 12 pounds, and Reeter only 118 pounds. cabl account of the race says: " Parole vast il the first turn round, then arousing hinf ral through the competing horses like ash c lightning. The other jockeys lookelt tn performance in perfect stupefaction, abst a if they had a phantom horse in theianks The applause for the American horse 8 i'm mense as he came in on & canter past win ming chair"
 The Mohammedans in Adrianople, rlxey are plundering the shops on account ofngel
 Discussions have risen in the Fren Cab net, the members being divided in rerd education and other bills.
 The Pope has appointed eight new cinal' among them being Rev. Dr. Johnienr Newman, of England.
 A disease with terrible mortality is ring ten villages in the Caucasus. A sole, pro cession of holy pictures has been helq1 tl district of Gori and prayers offered fore pr' servation of the inhabitants.
 In the British House of Common Lol George F. Hamilton, vice-presidentf Il council, said that since January six caDes American cattle were found to be infect vii pleuro pneumonia.
 Messrs. Hopkins, Gilkes ts Co.,, of Male borough, England with capital of $2, 300 and Messrs. Lloyd & Co.,, of the samPlac both in the iron trade and formerly ping large business, have failed.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
GriswOld's Grin- -Raisers.

Bachelors haul-A wife, when he takes one.
 It is the poor struggling attorney who is dressed "in a little brief" authority.
 When Boyton dimes on the storm tossed waves of the Mississippi, what is his pillow fare.
 It is not difficult to convince the man who has just been informed that his wife has given birth to her second set of trip lets. that overproduction is what is ruin ing this country. .-C C5ascipsasati Saturday jNigle. y. sT
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
CHEW The Celebrated |" MATCHLEsS Wood Tag Plug TORACCO.
THE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
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HE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY, t.. New York, Boston, and Chicago.
 Every one who thinks of buying an organ should read q circular headed '' Useful Infor- nation for Purchasers of Parlor and Cabinet Organs" Apostal card addressed to the Mason tS IIamlin Organ Co. will bring one, free.
 The Mendelssohn Piano Co, No. 2l East 18th Street, N. Y, sell Pianos at Factory Prices. Write for catalogue.
 Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco. moke Pogue's Fssfting Bull Durham Tobacco
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20

Adelina Patti is said to be worth 3D. 0O0, ,00O- all made by issuing her own notes. NOyvistosUaa HerGld.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20

Mir. Bruce, Mississippi's colored Uni ' ted States Senator, has become the father of boy. The child is the Senator's first-born.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
THE GOSPEL OF JOY
The Gospel of Joy

Is 6 Singing Book of unusual heau,y tn1 sosle Meetings. Camp MeetineS, Devotional Meetings and Sunday-schoos-
 By Rev SAMUEL End s. H. SFEcK ii contains large number of and reIg superior Hymns ana Tnes The general style Is veF cheerful and bright as beffs collection has much t0 and sing about
 -6lad Ldings Of Great Joy
 Both words and music of an elevated characttrs commenting themselves persons Of rcfDen iase and inc dancing measure so prevalent in nAals recent compositions has been carefully avoided
 Price B5 cts for which specimen copies viii be mailed to any address.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
Caught at Last


 The notorious depredator, Kate-Arrh, who has for so many years eluded the most accom- plished and skiIlful detectives has been caught at last in Buffalo, N. Y. For further particu- lars ask your druggist for bottle of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, admitted to be the best rem edy tor catarrh yet compounded. Though they may obstinately resist the action of other external remedies, ulcers con- taining proud flesh, swellings, tumors, leprous granulations and scrofulous sores speedily heal under the purifying and soothing influence oi Henry's Carbolic Salve, the promptest and most efficient topical application ever discov- cred or used. It is believed that there is nc chronic sore or eruption that may not be eradi- cated by this incomparable purifier. Sold by all druggists.
 | PATENT RIGHTS AT AUCToN.-The regular monthly auction sale of Patent Rights occurred I Monday last at the New Y York Patent Exchange | e Liberty St. N. Y. Among the most nota ble were Combination Table Bedstead, S600 Pump, S1, 100; Wood Cutting and Splitting Machine, s, 100; Spring Bedsteads, 1000 Hay Loaders, S1, 500; Car Windows, S550 Insect Destroyer, S350; Potato Dropper l Sl 900; Saddle Trees, 5000.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
Judge for Yourself

By sending thirty-five cents, with age, height, uolor of eyes and hair, you will receive by re- turn mail Q correct photograph of your future husband or wife, with name and date of mar riage. Address w. Fox, P. 0. Drawer 3l, Fultonyille, NY
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20

A neglected cough, cold or sore throat, which might be checked by a simple remedy, like ''Brown's Bronchial Troches," if allowed to nrogress may terminate seriously. p cts.
The Newtown bee., 1879-05-20
GOOD NEWS!

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Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11

cation in Greece, at the close of the Greek rev. olution. It will be remembered that in this project were interested Arthur Tappan, Rev. Mir. Bruin Of New York, and several gentle men connected with the Yale theological sem nary, among whom was Rev. Josiah Brewer. The proposed expedition was abandoned and Mir. Adams, desirOus to return to his old busi- ness, Tn lS2S started the Palladium. The pa per was first issued from an office in what was known as Central Row, on the south side of Chapel street, between Orange and State. MT. Adams continued to publish the paper until 1891, when he sold out to Benjamin Hitch cock and James F. Babcock, the latter having finished his apprenticeship with Mr. Adams. Mir. Adams afterwards published at different times the Litchfeld Enquirer, and is now resident on Litchfield Hill |
 During his residence in this city MT. Adams occupied house, still standing, on Greene street, west of the Davenport church, and in this house in 1928 was made the first move toward the organization of the Blues. Char les Nichols, father of Dr. Nichols, had just resigned the captaincy of the Grays and c. B. Whittlesey. of the then firm of Hotchkiss & Whittlesey, was the lieutenant in line of pro- motion to the vacancy, and because he was overlooked and John H. Cooley, ST, was elect ed, nineteen disaffected members of the Grays met at MT. Adams's house and decided to ap- ply for a charter to establish the National Blues. Governor Tomliuson sent Adiutant Gen. COwles of Pennington to see if the plan was feasible, and the result was that in the same fall the new company had twenty eight men enrolled and in the following spring had an equal number with the Grays.-Nep Houeaa Palladium, Sep. 3rd.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11
Washington.

ECCLEsIAsTIoAL.-The last services in the church previous to it's transformation were held yesterday. Col. Horatio King, of Brook lyn presiding at the organ. Ground has been broken for the amphitheatre. The big Organ is to be placed in rear of the platform, MT. Woodruff, the organist, watches the improve ment with intense interest. He informs us that he has purchased new and beautiful arm chair for his convenience when on duty. The building is to be heated by a Refrigerator for the convenience of winter worshippers. Mer- it Beach of New Milford has contracted for the building, etc., More anon.
 The Ministers Association of Litchfield South will be held in this place on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
 Ladies Home Missionary Society at Ladies Parlor on Friday p. m. of this week.
 ARRIvALs.-Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Smith, from Brooklyn, N. Y, Nathan and Edwin Smith, and Miss Ruth Van Vichtan of Bethel, Sullivan Go. N. Y.. and Clark Emmons, of Winsted, have been among the visitors of the past week. One familiar face we have missed in our meeting the past summer Mrs. Frances c. Hickox. We write this to inform her she IS missed but not forgotten.
 SICKNESS. ss.-One or two more cases of dys. entery have appeared, but we hope not of 8 malignant form. Mrs. Earle Buckingham is quite indisposed. She is suffering from an &C., cidcnt in being thrown from a wagon.
 DEArH.-Rosanna, wife of Charles N. Beach, and daughter of Alvin Clark, died Sept. 3, aged 39. She leaves three little daughters, who need mothers care But what is their loss we trust is her infinite gain.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11
Plymouth Sketches No. 334.

Mir. Charles J. Holt is on months or six weeks trip to the West Miss Sarah Buell. accompanied hlm as far as Toledo, Ohio where her brother Ward Buell. resides Pos sibly they will return as bridegroom and bride.
 Miss Mary Blakeslec has returned from a trip to the White Mountains, where she went on the special terms offered to school teachers
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Mason are here on a visit from New York. Formerly they resided 6 nmber ot years iii this village.
 On August 30t!,, our enter, rising merchant FFeA.. Bradley received from New York 122 baskets of peaches, which he sold at very reasonable price. Ficy "went off like hot cakes" 5."5.
 On Sunday, Aug. 3lst, in the absence of a clergyman, Lyman D. Baldwin, Superin- tendeut of the Sunday School read sermon in the 1st Congregational church.
 Our Center schools commenced on the 1st of September. Heretofore only two teachers have been employed in the 1st district. This term there are three. Miss Lucy Lister has charge of the primary department, with forty two pupils Miss Mary Blakeslee of the inter- mediate, with thirty two; and Miss Martha Hillard, of the higher, with the same number.
 -On Saturday evening, the 9th, Grilley's band of Thomaston entertained us with anoth- CT open air coucert. The programme was of moro than ordinary length, and was as usual skillfuily renaored Each succeeding one has seemed to be the best. This is said to be the last concert of the series for this season.
 On Sundry, the 7th, the Rev. E. B. San ford of Thomaston officiated in the first Con. gregatlonal church.
 Reuben H. Smith and family, from Springfield. Mass, are stopping here few. days MT. Smith was formerly connected with the Waterbury American, but more re- gently with the Springfield Republi can
 Miss Minnie Mattoon is teachi ng school in Todd Hollow, where Miss Lizzie Minor had recently taught 8 number of terms. We have had rather more than our ordi- nary number of summer boarders. May they increase from year to year. PLYMoTHEAN. Sept. 9th, 1879.