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Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

GOING EAST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. 8.10 6. m. Leaves Millerton at 600 c. m., Laks. vile 6.35 and Salisbury at 6.55 c. m. 9.34 a. m. Connecting at Winsted for Water. bury and Bridgeport. At Simsbury for New Haven, arriving at 1.86 p. m.-savs ing 10 miles distance over any otheH route, for Westfeld, Northampton, Wil~ iamsburgh and Holyoke. At Hartford with Express for Springfield and Boston, and all points North and East arriving in Boston at 4.20 p. m. also for Wilh- York.
 Leaves Millerton at $50, Lakeville 9.0E, Salisbury g. II 6. m.
 500 p. m. Connecting from Albany. At Wins. ted for Waterbury and Bridgeport. At Simsbury for New Haven, Westheld, Hol- yoke and Northampton. At Hartford for Willimantic, New London, New York, Boston, and Saybrook, via. o. v. R. R. Leaves Millerton ct 215, LAkeville 2.81, Salisb Try 2.36 p. m. S.16 p. m. Leaves Millerton at 7.S0, Lakeyilis 7.48, Salisbury 7.53 p. m., for Winsted. Passengers leave New York at $50 p. na., connect with this train. 600 8. m. [Monday mornings only.1 Leaves Millerton at 5.15 .. m., connecting st Canaan with Housatonic train north. At Pine Meadow for New Haven, arriving ct 9.15 6. m., and for New York. At Sims barry for Westdeld and Northampton, and arriving in Hartford at s.S4 6. m. For time at way stations and connections see posters.
 WALTER PEARCE. J.F. JONES, Genl Ticket Agent. Superintendent.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

LEAVE PTTTSFTELD, VIZ: 500 a. m. Passenger Train for Bridgeport, ar.
 irving at 12.30 p. m., with through car
 for New York, arriving at 3.07 P. m.; ct
 New Haven at 1.10 P. m. Leave Albany
 at GAO am.
 Leave Canaan at 9.34 6. m. 1.25 p. m. Passenger Train for Bridgeport, ar.
 irving at 5.45 p. n., with through car foE
 New York, arriving & 7.45 p. m. at New
 Haven at 7.30 p. m. Leave Albany at
 1920 &. m. with through car for Bridge
 port.
 Leave Canaan at sOOp. m. 200 p. m. Milk Train for Bridgeport, arriving
 at 8.30 p. m.; at New York, 1929 p. m.;
 at New Haven, 11.52 p. m.
 Leave Canaan at S.52 p. m. 5. % p. m. Passenger Train for Falls Village, arriving at 700 P. m.. Leave Albany ct 250 p, m.
 Leaves Canaan at 645 p. m. Sunday Milk Train leaves Pittsfeld at 2. .S6 p. m. for Bridgeport, arriving ct $50 p. m.; New York, 1160 p. m. New Ha- ven, 11.52 p. m. Leave Canaan at 43e P. m. All trains connect at Canaan with Connecticut Western R. R. at Brookheld Junction to and from Danbury. l HI. ID. AVERILL, l.. B. STILLS0N, General Ticket Agent. Acting Sup't. l Bridgeport, Ct., August 1, 1879.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

A FREz Book of nearly 100 large octave pages for the SICK. Full of valuable notes on Berofula; Diseases of the Breathing Osgans; Diseases of Men; Diseases of Wemsn; Aches and Pains Heart Troubles, and great variety of CHRONIC DISEASES, Wiah evidence that in most cases these dis eAees are curable. Send for one stamp.
 Address MURRAY HILL PUB. CO,
 Sm40 No. l29 E. 2Sth Street. N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
DIE D..

As coaSnsville, July 25, John A. Carter, aged e2 yeafs.
 A.the Insaiis Retreat, Hartford, August 4, EG- ward BrockRsy of Canton, formerly Of Sims burys aged 6S years. As Mill River, August ,, Mrs. Maggie, wife oi John Hudner, aged A years.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
AUGATUCK RAILROAD.
STEAMER BRIDGEPORT.

CTEAMER BRIDGEPORT.
 CAPT CHAs. WEEKS. CHEAPEST ROUTE TO NEW YORK. Will leave Bridgeport every night (Saturday excepted), from Steamboat Dock, at M o'clock, arriving in New York about a o'clock next morning.
 Returning, will leave New York every morning Sunday excepted), from Pier 85 East River, foot of Catherine-st, at 11.SO. Freights received and way-billed through to all stations on the Housatonic railroad at very low rates. Tickets can be purchased through to New York less than by all rail- road, and baggage checked through from all trains.
 P. s. The evening Milk train on the Hous. atomic railroad connects with the Steau- CT Bridgeport. JOHN B. HUBRELL,
 Hpp@intendsnt
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

@ E
 try nothing else until you see for yourself what you can do at the business offer. No room to explain here You can devote all your time or only your spare time to the business, and make great pay for every hour that you work. Wo- men make as much as men. Send for special pri- vate terms and particulars, which we mail free $5 Outfit free. Don't complain of hard times while you have such chance. Address II. HALLETT & CO, Portland, Maine. 1y6t
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

At Collinsville, July S1, by Rev. E. E: Lamb, RicAiSrd Lyman of Northampton, Mass, to 6. Lucia, eldest daughter of D. c. Hol- brook, Esq, of Collinsville.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

can make from 50 cts. to $2 an hour by devoting costs nothing to try the business Nothing like it for money making ever offerc before. Business pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader, if you want to know all about the best paying business before the public. send ns your address and we will send you full particulars and private terms free samples worth $5 also free you can then taake up your mind for yourself. Address GEORGE STIN. SON & co. Portland, Maine. 1y6
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
HART, MERRIAM and co.

4 more complete and varied assortment of these goods, with greater attention to style .snd novelty, than has ever before character KaeA their efforts The designs for the Au- tsune season of 1879 in Carpets will show a ersat change and transformation-last sea
 @on's paseeSns wifi be laid aside and new ones wbl hll thsR places. We have been early in shs market among the manufacturers and aeeuts and secured the choice things. Beau tiful designs always sell, therefore we keep clear of DEAD STOCK and unstable styles. No two things will more contribute to the sat- isfactory furnishing of home than well-cho-
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
R0R RI,
MARE REED.

At Brooklyn, N. r., Aug. 9th, daughter to aud Mrs. Wm. Taft, formerly of Kohkapot.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
For Sale.

A Valuable Timber Lot comprising 20 acres A mostly pine and chestnut.
 3tf M. w. PRESCOTT, Canaan.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
OONN. WESTERN RAILROAD.
Commencing May IS, 1879.

Commencing May 18, 1879.
 GOING WEST. TRAINS LEAVE CANAAN. 12.40 8. m. Connecting from Pittsfeld, at MIL
 !erton for Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck and
 for Fishkill.
 Leaves Salisbury ct 12.6s and Lakeville
 at 1.02 p. m.
 S.5S p. m. Connecting from Pittsfeld. At Mil.
 lerton for New York, arriving at 6. .z5 D. uss Leaves Salisbury at 4.20 and Lakeyik
 at 4.26 p. m. 6.45 p. m. Connecting from Pittstield. At Mil.
 lerton with Express for Albany and the West.
 Leaves Salisbury at 7os and Laksvills at 7.07 p. m. 3.01 p. m. Milk Train, connecting at Millerton for New York. arriving at p. m. Runs Sundays only.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
TraveNers Guide.
RAILROAD.

.HOUsATONIC RAILROAD. Shortest, Quickest and Cheapest Route to No. Aoams, Albany, Troy, South Norwalk, Stams
 ford, Chatham, Hudson, Saratoga, Utica.
 Rome, Syracuse, Auburn, Geneva, Roch-
 aGara Falls, Cleveland, Detroit, Tole-
 do, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chi cago, St. Louis. " Through Tickets Sold and Baggage Checked for above points at Union Depot, Canaan. |. Also for Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington. Purchase Tickets via Housatonic Line. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. TRAINS LEAVE BRIDGEPORT, VIE: 5.00 8. m. Freight Train (passenger accom- modationsl for Harrington Monday, Wed. nesday and Friday. Leave Canaan 8. 10 D. m.
 1O.1O a. m. Passenger Train for Pitts6sld, ar. irving at 2.25 p. m. With Through Gar New Haven at 9.33 6. m., with through car from Bridgeport for Albany, arriving
 at 6.45 p. m. Connecting at Albany with 3.10p. m. popular Chicago and St Louis express, arriving in Chicago at 500 the next p. m.
 Leave Canaan at 12.42 D.. m. ing at 9.05 p. m. With Through Car
 leaving New York at 800 p. m.) Leave New Haven at 3.45 D. m. Connecting at
 State Line for Albany and the West. or.
 riv,ng st Albany at 1O.O5 p. m., Saratoga at 12.S0 midnight. Leave Canaan at 7.31 D. m. FROM FALLS VILLAGE.
 5.4S a. m. Special Passenger Train for Pitts. field, arriving at 7.47 a. m., Albany, 9.66 Leave Canaan at eco c. m.
Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13

500 A a-~ TO $6OOO A YEAR, or $5 to AN MHVH SEQ a day in your own local ity. No risk. Women do as well as men. Many make more than the amount stat IN ed above. No one can fail m HbuH to make money fast. Any dn tha YOT
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19

1t seemed that the Belgians have form
ed society for the mental and moral
improvement of cats. Their first effort
has been to train the cat TO do the work
of the carrier pigeon. The most astute
and accomplished scientific person
would have his iJeas of locality totally
confused by being tied up in meal-bag
and carried twenty miles from home
and let out in strange neighborhood
in the middle of the night. The exper-
iment has, however, been tried upon
cats of only average abilities, and the
invariable result has been that the de-
parted animal has reappeared at his ma
tive kitchen door the next morning,
and calmly ignored the whole affair.
This wonderful skill in travelling
through unfamiliar regions without q
guide book or a compass has suggested
the possibility of cats being used as spe-
cial messengers. Recently, thirty. seven
cats residing in the city of Liege were
taken In bags long distance into the
country. The animals were liberated
at two o'clock in the afternoon. At
GAS the same afternoon one of them
reached his home. His feline compan-
ions arrived at Liege somewhat later
but 1t is understood that within twenty
four hours every one had reached his
home. 1t is proposed to establish at an
early day, regular system of cat COM
munication between Liege and the
neighboring villages.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
HUMOROUS.

BIJAH AND HIS Boors.-"What on
earth ails you this timer" sharply de-
manded the court, as BUah limped
across the path to his desk.
"BOots," was his brief reply.
"who booted your",
"I want it understood that I've got
a new pair Of feet, and they hurt my
boots !" answered the janitor.
"Where are they-show 'em to me" I"
Bijah limped into the corridor and
brought out one. He was little pale
around the mouth, and he trembled as
he said:
"It's plenty big enough, but the heel
don't set right"
His honor looked from the boot to
Bijah's foot and back. and look Of
horror settled down upon his face as he
said:
swell, Pm now ready to lay down
and die! When man seventy-eight
years old, bald-headed, ugly looking,
and with hands as big as wall-baskets,
will deliberately try tn crowd a number
Is foot into number II boot, we might
as well go under ground"
"That boot is even too big for me !"
persisted Bijah.
"Too big! too big! BUah, have you
decided in your old age to gain noto-
riety as a falsifier? Too big! Great
guns but they'll have to have a second
story added before you could wear a
stocking with 'em!"
Bijah walked away with a quiver-
ering chin. 1t isn't right for anyone to
abuse another's feet. Feet are some
thing none of us can help, especially
big feet.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
A War of Words

Recently Professor Stewart went int
Delmonico restaurant and asked Andy,
the irrepressible head steward, to bring
him some stuffed mutton and parsnips.
No sooner had the Professor fairly seat
ed himself at one of the small tables
than book agent came in and took
the other side of the board. The two
men were strangers; but as matter of
course the book-peddler couldn't keep
still, and presently made some conver-
sational advance TO Stewart.
care not these meteorological dis
turbances somewhat peculiar for these
latitudes :"
The Professor paused a moment, as
he was MASKING potato, and replied
"Guess it's about the same thing
every year."
"ln seasons of atmospheric depres-
sion, alternating with unexpected boreal
excltements and rapid changes, result
tant on sudden accumulationso of mois-
ture, such dispositions of the storm
belt are not, in my opinion, entirely
uncalled for.''
Exactly" remarked the Professor,
lifting a fly out of his coffee.
"But," continued the agent, delight
cd at the style in which he was crowd
Ing the Professor, 81 doubt not but that
certain energetic polarizations of the
molecules in the mineral deposits have
an attraction for theelectrically-charg
cloudsr
AT these points the Professor, who
had been Knocked around the ring and
crowded to the ropes, so to speak, be-
came fairly reused to his position, and
slogged for the others nose at once in
the following style:
All. Exactly, my friend. In the
ledge are vast deposits of minerals,
found in volcanic matrices, and disinte-
grated by the upheaval of plutonic rock
and semi-fused masses of silicious alum
ina. mingled with homogeneous debris
OF porphyry, the molecules of kaolined
feldites, with slight potash base. The
of the fedspar is most ef-
fective along the line of the horizontal
cleavage; and, necessarily, the liberated
oxide of manganese, combining with
the percolation of the alkalies which
permeate the entire mass, causes pro-
nounced state of polarization, which
cannot fail to account for the peculiar
attraction in the vicinity. l might
further explain the intricate chemical
OF the belt by illustrating
the"
By this time, however, the book agent
who during the round had been ver-
bally pasted in the jaw, smashed in the
nose, biffed in the eye-rose from his
'eat, paid full price for his half-eatcn
neal, and shot out Of the place. Andy
said he examined the Professor, found
mis- pulse regular, no signs of pers pira
ion, and his mind intact.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
The Rothschild's victimised.
The Rothchilds of Paris have b

The Rothchilds of Paris have been
vietimized through what they had in
tended to be q shrewd business opera
alton. A little more than two years
ago they sent to the government mint
at Bordeaux silver, in bars, to the value
of l, zoe, eco francs, and requested that
it might be coined for them. Although
uncoined silver was then selling at a
considerable discount from its nominal
worth as a circulating medium, and al
though the French Government had
ceased coming silver on its own ac-
count, yet the laws regulating the mint
did not permit of a refusal to receive
and stamp the metal. As possible
means of getting out of the difficulty,
the Rothchilds were told that the pres
sure of work was so great that the coin
ed money could not be delivered for
two years; but after making an estimate
which showed that they could afford to
sacrifice the interest on their money for
this period and still make a handsome
profit, the bankers replied that thev
were willing to wait. The silver was
turned over to the superintendent of the
mint, who gave them certificate of de-
posit, but when at the end of the stated
time they called for their money they
were told that it could not be delivered
to them, for the silver bars had been
stolen, silver-plated copper bars having
been substituted for them. To the
Rothchilds this was an unqualified loss,
for the government DEGREES expressly
provide that it is not to be held respon-
sible for bullion sent to its mints by
private persons who desire to have 1t
coined, while in the case of the officials
at the mint, it is merely breach of
trust, for which they cannot be held
accountable. The primary
action on the part of the Rothchllds
was largely colorcd by what is known
as sharp practice. so that the sympathy
felt for them will be in some degree nit
igsted but the Incident will have one
result, that unless change il made in
the French laws regulating the coinage
Of bullion, very little metal owned by
private individuals is likely to find Its
way into the government mInts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
THINK of ease but work on.
. What are you Going to do Abo

What are you Going to do About It ~
Because the penalties of physiological
laws are not executed speedily, some
fancy they are void. But when the
system breaks down, and almost hope
less complications arise, which the
family physician, by reason of his
limited experience, fails to relieve, the
pertinacity of the above inquiry is ap-
parent. Many remedies have been
specially prepared for these cases. and
many physicians are bidding for their
patronage. AS before making a pur-
chase of land, search" is required,
and the title carefully examined, so the
invalid should carefully investigate the
claims of any physician Offering to treat
chronic diseases. DIR. Pierce's Family
Medicines are well known, and have
effected many cures where eminent
physicians have failed, yet to accommo-
date surgical and complicated cases, and
those desirOus of being restored speedi-
ly, DIR. Pierce has erected an elegant
sanitarium, at a cost of nearly half a
million dollars. No institution in the
world offers advantages superior to
those found in this establishment.
Half a score of physicians are in atten-
dance, several of whom have been
prominently connected with leading
American and European Hospitals.
Every impI owed facility for fastening a
cure that a liberal expenditure of money
could secure can here DE found. Be
fore fully deciding where to go, address
Invalids' and Tourists Hotel for circu-
lar.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
The History of n Shoe.

It lies by the dusty roadside, as
worthless and uninteresting a thing as
can possibly be imagined-an old shoe.
has fulfilled its mission, it has served
its purpose and its work is ended. Asso-
Citations that may cluster around some
wOrn-Out garment are seldom attached
to SO unsightly an object, yet as we
pass it by it seems to suggest some
thing of its better days. Where has it
beenf and through what changes has it
passedi Its history may be fraught
with unusual interest, and could it but
speak it might tell of more of the shift
ing scenes of life than ever falls to the
lot of any one man to experience.
Where has its lot been cast in luxury
or poverty on the Senate floor, in the
almshouse OF in prison or has it seen
them all Follow il through some
fancled changes and we will find it
witness to many scenes. 1t may have
pressed the downy carpets of the rich.
and been welcome guest at many
brilliant scene, supported some able
champion of the peoples rights plead
ing in the legislative halls, or travelled
DER land aud sea and pressed the soil
of many climes. But its days of luxury
are over, and getting old and worn, it
is brought less frequently from the
closet corner, until it is given at last to
some begging homeless wanderer, and
then begins its career of poverty and
crime. Noisily it treads the carpetless
floor of some country almshouse, some
prison walls may cOnfine it, or worn by
the aimless wanderings of some law
less tramp, we find it abandoned by the
roadside nothing but an old shoe.
Shoes have history as well as we
and theirs is detached portion of
ours. Dear and sacred are the associa-
tions that cluster around then,, when
from among the cObwebs of some lum-
bering attic room their sight recalls a
thousand pleasant memories of some
long departed friend, and many a tiny
pair in secluded corner of some secret |
drawer has brought the tears to a
broken hearted mothers eyes.
There is an interesting history in the
of a shoe and the |
various occupations that find their way
into it before completion, but its event
full career begins when it leaves the
last Our destinies seem pictured in it
as il suggests that inevitable fate
which awaits US all.-Our Second Gem
fury !
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
CARRYING Secret Messages.

A curious list might be made - =.
strange methods employed IN ',An assa-
TING many important historical mess s
aes The intelligence which enaoieu
Cvrus to overthrow the Medlaa ni
srcbv was conveyed in the body Oh .
h.ra sent him as a present. The inst
GATOR of the Ionian revolt against re,
s;. sent his agent trusty slave win
verbal orders to shave his neau' "
the necessary instructions appea.e-
tracad on the skin beneath. Durihs
Mohammed's wars letters OF TINS hinu
were frequently plated in tne a1 ion1
hair of female slaves. Inc meui''
fashion of writing in ink when oiiy
became visible when held to the nre Is
we'll known; but Cardinal Richeiieu
SUPPRESSED even this in his device VI
dispatch whose alternate lines maue an
entirely different sense from thal oi 'ne
letter as a wrote. One of the Frencn
chiefs of the Fronde war conceaieo al
important letter in a roasted crao'
Warren Hastings, when biockadeu ia
Benares by Cheyte Singh, apprised Tue
English army of his situation by dls-
patches written upon roIied-up slips OIL
parchment, which his messengers car
ried in their ears, instead of the quiiis
usually worn there. The letter whicn
recalled General Kaufman to tue re-
lief of Samarcand, when besieged Dy
the Bokhariotes in June, ls6s, was
stitched up in the sandal of loyal ma
tive. 1t is even stated-though the story
certainly savors of Munchausenism-
that French spy, in 1870, carried a
Photographic dispatch through the Ger
man lines in the hollow of one of MS
false teeth.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19

He Wouldn't Drd,o.-Our boy is not
fond of drawing; in fact he cannot
draw, will not draw, does not draw.
81 ca IT draw to-day; my throat's too
sore. 1t hurts it. Besides, don't feel
like drawing, and my mother says l
needn't ever draw If didn't feel like
it,"
"Are you sure your mother said
that?" asked the teacher.
"Yes," he said, stoutly, "she did.
She said | wasn't 70 draw when didn't
feel like it; and don t feel like it now !;
my throat's too sore."
every well," replied the teacher, "I
shall go and see your mother about
it."
Quick as a flash, he replied: "Well.
if 1 was you wouldn't take the trouble
to 60 and see her; because, you see, it
was way back when We was livin' in
Wisconsin that she said that, and as
like as not she's forgot all about it by
this time"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-03-19
SCIENTIFIC.

The use Of electric power as a substi-
tute for steam was briefly considered
by DIR. G. William Siemens, in his
presidential address last spring before
the English Iron and Steel Institute.
He declared that so long as electric
power depended upon a galvanic bat
terry, 1t must, in the nature of things,
be far more expensive than steam pow
er, as the battery consumed zinc,
substance much more costly than the
coal of the steam engine. If, however,
a natural force, such as water power,
could be applied so as TO produce an
electric current economically-which
might well happen when the water
power was not available for ordinary
manufacturing purposes the case
would be very different. A dynamo
electrical machine moved by water
would give a powerful electrical cur
rent, which could be transmitted
through metal a great distance, and
thus be made TO move electromagnetic
engines, or to ignite electric lamps. ga
copper rod of three inches in diameter"
said DR.. Siemens, "would be capable of
transmitting one thousand horsepower
a distance of say thirty miles, an amount
sufficient to supply one-quarter of a
million candle power, which would
suffice to illuminate moderately sized
town."