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Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
The Lime Kiln Club.

Axletree Jones said he arose to defend the American nation from the aspersions of the Canadian press. He had lately read in 8 Canada paper that this patton was living too fast, and that it must soon become bankrupt. Such unwar- ranted attacks on his native country thrilled him with indignation clear down to his last bunien, and if the press of this country would not resent them, he would.
 "Livin' too fast r as he repeated he drew himself up. "I hez worn dis same paper collah free weeks. Am dat livin' too fast2 Heah am west ober ten y'ars ole by the almanax Am dat dressin' to kill ? Look at de red woolen patches on de knees of desc black pants an tole me if it looks as if dis nashun was death on sto' cloze Livin' too fast Why, de very ideah am im- posturous Am 'taters billed w'id de hides on an pieced out wid bacon an con- bread ivin' too fasts On behalf of de American people I protest On be- half of dis nashun I warn de Stait of Kennedy dat we can't be sassed beyond certain pint. When dat pint has bin passed dar will come demand for gore an revenge'
 The speech was received with great applause, and Satisfaction Rice next took the floor and said
 "Civil war an it's horrors am to be deplored and summed, but if she must come-if we mus resort to de force of arms to preserve our honah, den let us resort ! Let us gird on de armor of right an march forward wid brave hearts. He who sasses dis nashun sasses de Lime Kiln Club"
 It was then resolved that this nation was not living too fast, aud that Canada had best beware, and the meeting ad- journed. Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
A Fish Story.

While fishing in Bayou Teche, in Lou isiana. during the war, says newspaper correspondent, baited my hook with 8 minnow about three inches long, and fastened the end of the line to an overhanging branch of tree. l then went after mud hens for an hour or so i; when I returned to my line, I saw the branch bending and moving from side to side in quite violent manner. On attempting to pull in the lne, I found that some large fish was hooked, that would probably break the hook and line if I persisted in my efforts to land him. went to the residence of gentleman near by to borrow fish spear, stated my case, and he accompanied me back to the stream with thfee-pronged hay fork, in lieu of spear, which was mis- laid. After considerable trouble suo- ceeded in pulling within striking dis tanoe my supposed fish, which proved to be young alligator, thirty eight inches long. The fork was thrust into him and we landed him. As hooks were sca1ce at the time I concluded to recover mine, and after dispatching the saurian cut him open and found he had swal- lowed five and a-halt pound trout. In the trout was "cotton mouthed" moc- casin snake twenty and a-half inches long; in the snake WAS a soft-shelled turtle two and a-third inches in diame- ter :; and in the mouth of the turtle was the hook. The minnow we did not find.
 Now, MT. Editor, this sounds rather steep, but if necessary, if General Moul- ton is still living at Centreville, La., l can prove what have written by his affidavit. If Moulton is not available, Colonel Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, will certify to it.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
Something for the New Year

The world renowned success of Hostetter's Bitters, and their continued popularity for a quarter of @ century as stomachic, is scarcely more wonderful than the elcome that greets the annual appearance of Hostetter's Almanac. This valuable medical treatise is published by Hostetter & Smith, Pitts burgh, Pa., under their own jmm ediate supervision, employing 80 hands in that de- partment. Ten cylinder printing presses, folding machines, 5 job presses, &c., are running about eleven months in the year on this work, and the issue of same for 1880 will not be less than ten millions, printed in the English, German, French, Welsh, Norwegian Swedish, Holland, Bohemian an Spanish languages. Refer to copy of it for val uable and interesting reading concerning health and numerous testimonials as to the efficacy of Hostetter's Btters, amusement, varied in formation, astronomical calculations and chronological items, &c., which can be depended on for correctness. The Almanac for 1880 can be obtained free of cost, from druggists and general country dealers in al parts of the country.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
Agricultural Schools.

France has agricultural schools for girls. One of the chief is uesr Rouen, which is said to have been begun with capital of one franc by sister of charity and two little discharged prisoner girls, and to be now worth $160,000. This establishment has 300 girls from six to eighteen. The farm, entirely cultivated by them, is over 400 acres in extent. Twenty-Five sisters from the staff of teachers. Mere than one medal of the French Agricultural Society has been awarded to this establishment at Darnetel, and the pupils are in great demand all over Normandy on account of their skill. They go out as stewards, gardeners, farm managers, dairy women, and laundresses. Elch girl has on leaving an outfit and small sun of money, earned in spare hours. IT they want home they can always return to Darretel, which they are taught to re- gard as home.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
What Workingmen May Hope For.

Professor W. E. Ayrton closed lec- ture to four thousand of the working men of Sheffield, England, on the sub- ject of electricity as motive power with this picture: "We are, it is true, commercial people, but do we not still love our hills and our fields? There was a time when the cutler of now black, grimy Sheffield was very fleet on foot in following the chase. There was time when not only in the villages around old Shefield,' go says the his- tory of Hallamshire, were the fle- makers shops or the smithy to be seen, with the apprentices at work but even on the hillside in the open country, at the end of the barn would be the cut lers' shed, while in the valley below, by the river, was the grinding wheel ready to sharpen the tools that had been manufactured. And why not now why should not the mountain air that has given your workmen of Hallam- shire in past times your sinew, your independence of character, blow over your grindstone now? Why should not division of labor be carried to it's end, and power brought to you instead of you to power2 Let us hope, then, that in the next century electricity may un- do whatever harm steam may have done during the last, and that the fu- ture workman of Sheffield will, instead of breathing the necessary impure air of crowded factories, find himself again on the hillside, but with electric ener- ey laid on at his command"
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

THAT AWFUL GUN.-He had become desperate; life burden he would end it all. He takes down his double gun, loads both barrels with powder, ball and slugs, caps it, cocks it, and placing his temple against the cold muzzle, pulls both triggers. It is needless to say that both barrels missed fire. And right in the next block, gun that wasn't load ed, had never been loaded, gun with out look, stock or barrel, delibera tely walked out from behind the kitch on door and killed the baby, the baby's fa- ther and mother, the dog Carlo, and the old woman round the corner of the ext street, besides breaking twenty panes of glass and waking policeman No. 4,725 from his second favorite nap. There s no accounting for the vagaries of gun. Boston Post.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.
SENATE,

Mir. Bruce (Rep., Miss. introduced g bill to provide for the investment of cer- tain unclaimed pay and bounty money in the Treasury, and to facilitate and encourage the education of the colored race in the several States and Territories.
 Mr. Morgan (Dem., Ala) offered a resolution declaring that the continu- ance of the existing volume of United States Treasury notes with their legal tender preserved, and the maintenance of their eqaivalency in value with coin, is demanded by the present necessities of trade, commerce, and industry, and that the full restoration of silver coin age to an equality with gold is necessary to secure to the people of the United States sufficient and permanent supply of money to maintain our national pros perity. Speaking upon this resolution, MT. Morgan said it was antagonistic to the resolution recently offered by the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Bayara). The bill is similar to the bill introduced in the Senate by MT. Bailey.
 MT. Wlndom (Rep., Minn.) submit ted an amendment to the resolution of- fered by MT. Voorhees,, providing for a committee of five Senators to investi- gate the causes of the emigration of col ored persons from the Southern to the Northern States. The amendment pro- vlded that in case said committee should find that the exodus is caused by csuel or unjust treatment, or by the denial or abridgment of personal or political rights, they shall further inquire an d report to the Senate first, what, any action of Congress is neo- essary to secure to every eiti- zen of the United States the full and free enjoyment of all rights granted by the Constitution second, whether the peaceful adjustment of sectional issues may not be best secured by the dis tribution of the colored race, through their partial migration from those State S and Congressional districts where by reason of their numerical majority they are not allowed the peaceful exercise of their rights of citizenship, and that the Committee report as to the ezpeiiency and practicability of providing such territory or territories as may be neces- sary for the use and occupation of such persons as may desire to emlgrate from their present homes in order to secure the full and free enjoyment of their constitutional privileges.
 On motion of Mir. Johnston (Dem Va.) the Senate took up and passed the resolution reported by him from the Committee on Agriculture. originally in- troduced by MT. Davis Oem., w. Va, instIucting the Committee on Agricul- ture of both houses toconsider the sub- iect of agriculture and report what should be done by the Government to better advance and encourage agricul- tural interests. The Senate passed the naval and other pensions appropriation bills, and after much d1scusfion on MT.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
The Coldest Town on the Globe.

People who are not satisfied with the winter weather of this vicinity may go to town which Humboldt and other travellers have pronounced the coldest on the globe. This is Jakutsk Cor Yakootsk), chief town of the province of that name in Eastern Siberia, on the left bank of the river Lena, 62 deg. 1 min. north, longitude 119 deg. A min. east, and distant from St. Petersburg 5,951 miles. The ground remains con- tinually frozen to the depth of 300 feet, except in midsummer, when it thaws 3 feet at the surface. During ten days in August the thermometer marks 85 de- grees, but from November to February it ranges from 42 to 68 degrees below zero, and the river is solid ice for nine months out of the twelve. The entire industry of the place-population about 5.000-is comprised in candle-works, and yet it is the principal market of Eastern Siberia for traffic with the hunt, ing tribes of the Buriats. Tue former, mostly nomadic, having large herds of horses and cattle, bring to market butter, which is sent on horseback to the port of Okhetsk. The Buriats, also nomadic, bring quantities of skins of sables, foxes, martens, hares, squirrels and the like, and many of tEem are sold at the great fair in June, which, with May, is the active period of the year. In May the collected goods are conveyed to the sea- ports, whence they are sent in every direction. The merchandise, chiefly furs and mammoth tusks, sold at the fair amount in value to 100000 roubles (3OO,OO0).
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

For diarrhna, dysentery, bIoody-fux, cramps in stomach, and collie, whether affecting adults, children, or infants, Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart Weed is sovereign remedy. It is com- pounded from the best brandy, Jamaica ginger, smart-weed, or water-pepper, anodyne, soothing and healing gums For colds, rheumatism, neuralgia aff -c5ions, and to break up levers and inaammatory attacks it is invaluable and should be kept in every household. Fifty csnta by druggists. .-NeaCs.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

A man who has been through bank ruptcy is always good candidate for office. Voters are apt to think that the man who cannot manage his own busi- ness successfully is just the man to in- trust with the management of the busi- ness of the public.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
His Own Boss.

An English paper says:-A downright vulgar American is about as vulgar @ man as you could meet with anywhere. And perhaps the flower of American vuIgarity is 10 be found in the thieving city of Chicago. The lion of @ fashion able dinner table, at which I happened to be present the other evening, was Chicago banker, 50 enormously rich that he might have said with MT. Anson in Courtship," Wealth, I woller in it." He carried the outward signs of it about him in several massive rings, and watch chain which hung like ropes of gold about his waistcoat. He was tall, lean, and yellow, and abominably over- dressed; but mothers with msrriageable daughters could not make enough of him.
 He did not talk much, and would have got through dinner we'll enough but for one unlucky slip into which the kind ness of his hostess betrayed him. He ate but little, and refused one dish after another; and the hostess, after trying in vain to tempt his appetite, said she believed she must give him up. "Wal, yes, ma'am, believe you'd best, "said the banker. "You know I'd trust you with my purse and my topcoat; but I guess I'll be boss of myown stummick.' ''
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
We Tnuiko Snor

We Invite Special Attention to the Advertisement of the Orange Judd Co. The subject of Fencing interests every one. and much valuable information on this and many other subjects. with about 900 engravings, are to be given in the 39th Volume of the American Agricuturist. See what the Pub fishers offer.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

Two MEN were driving along road that skirted g precipice, at Crawford, Iowa, and rain aud darkness came upon them. They had heard that horses could see in the dark, and therefore let go of the reins, trusting to their brute's instinct; but it happened that this horse was blind, which fact they did not know until after good many of their bones had been broken.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
visits his friend Pen.

-Spriggins visits his friend Penny shaver and finds him perched at the tor of ladder, while small fire is burning in the stove. "What are you doing up there2'' says Spriggins. "Well, you know that heat ascends," answered Pennys haver, "and so I save good deal of wood"
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
Not 2 Beverage.

"They are not 8 beverage, but medicine, with curative properties of the highest degree, containing no poor whiskey or poisonous drugs. They do not tear down an already debiIltated system, but build it up. One bottle con- tains more hops, that is, more real hop strength, than 8 barrel of ordinary beer. Every druggist in Rochester sells them, and the physicians prescribe them. = EVe7ai7aQ Express.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

A CORRESPONDENT of leading London weekly points out that there were in Ireland in 1870 526, ,62S tenants atwill- that is, without any certainty or security of possession. Taking the average of each household at four, this gives 2, ,106, 512 persons who are dependent upon suf- ferance for home.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
Grecers and Stsrekoepers

with Gilt-Edge Butter Maker. It increases the production 6 to 10 per cent Reduces labor of churning one-half. Gives a rich golden color the year round. Sold by druggists, grocers and general storekeepers. Send stamp for "Hints to Butter-Makers." Address, Butter Improvement Co.,, Buffalo, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

"You have got treasure in that wo- woman, if she is my daughter" said 8 fond parent to son-in-law on his we'd ding day. You just wait till the Sher- if calls and see what kind of recep- ton she will give him."
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

FOR RELIEVING THROAT TROUBLES, !" Br0aOn's Bronchial Zroches have a worldwide reputation, and as they con- tain nothing that will injure the system, they can be used without fear of bad results. .-AdUertiser
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

IMPoRTANT.-Don not let your Druggist palm off on you any new, cheap remedy for colds when you inquire for Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup or you will be disappointed. Price 25 cents a bottle.- Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

BALDHEADED men are informed that there is but one avenue of escape from their aff1iction, and that is CAROLINE, deodorized extrat of petroleum, the great halr rene wer, which being recently improved, is more efticacious than ever and is absolutely fault less
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

A SINGLE TRACT of 10000 acres of land in Pulaski county, Kentucky, is advertised for sale for non-payment Of taxes.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24
RHEUMATINE-GOUTAL1NE.

THE GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY. The only radical remedy ever discovered for the cure of rheumatism, gout and neuralgia in all its stages and by far the quickest and best remedy for disorders of the kidneys bladder and urethra good tonic and pleasant to take. Price largely reduced during NoVember and December.
 Office and salesrooms, Mo- 269 PEARL STREET. cor. Fulton, New York
 DR. D. M. ELMORE & CO, We have :erences to and letters from sons curcd Call. or send for Circulars.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

DR. PRESTON SWEET, Editor of Health and Home, says, in November numbers: ''Un- doubtedly one of the best preparations of its kind for the cure of Consumption and other diseases of the respiratory organs is OsMUN's LIME" See card in this paper. Sold uy druggists and the proprietor. Chas. A. Osmun, IS Seventh Avenue, New York
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

IT IS ESTIMATED that in England there is at least $2O, ,OOO, ,0OO invested in private yachts, whose tonnage exceeds five tons each, and that these give employment to not less than five thousand sailors.
Connecticut western news., 1879-12-24

FOR SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this pape apply to the publisher of the paper. U52
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-05
Timely Notes.

Some of the newspapers seem to have |
an extreme horror of detectives being
used to find out law-breakers in the Ii
quOr traffic. The government long since
adopted this plan with counterfeiters,
murderers and revenue cheats, and so
does Anthony Comstock in terreting
out dealers in obscene literature. So
long as drinkers as n rule will not testi
fly truthfully, and officials too often, for
political reasons, are friendly to saloon
interests, proof of violations of law will
not be attainable except through the
detective system. We see nothing at
all dishonOrable in it.
The women of Bangor, Me-, have
urged the school authorities to make
DR.. Richardson's Temperance Lesson
Book, part of the regular school
course. They have also presented the
twenty-siX public school teachers with
a copy of the Juvenile Temperance
Manual" The WOmen's Temperance
Union of Vermont, has also urged the
use of this lesson book in the schools.
1t has been adopted in many parts of
London, England. We hope, under
the department of physiology, the ac-
ton of stimulants upon the human
body may be studied, and if people
will drink, they should do so knowing
the evil effects it will have upon their
bodies.
l would say to every young man in
the United States, if could reach him
If you mean to attain one of the prizes
of your profession and live cheerful
life to the age of eighty, throw away
your dirty old pipe, put your cigars in
the stove, never buy any more, become
an absolute teetOtaleI, take your din
ner in the middle of your day, and rest
one day in seven.-JameS Parton.
81 have been counsel in twelve muir
der cases. said ex-COngressman Hor-
ace Bemus of Hornellsville, N. Y, at q
} meeting recently. ain every case rum
was at the bottom of the crime.
bought supper for man tonight wht
was worth $500 eight years ago. His
wife was a Judges daughter. She is il
7 pauper asylum for the insane to-day
Every dollar of the $4,000 went fol-
rum.n
r. L neither drink wine nor give it tt
my guests. Strong drink is the curse
of the country and the age. Sixt,
D thousand men in America every yea
:. lie down in the grave of the drunkard
Drink has murdered my best friends
! and hate it. 1t burdens me with tax
es, and denOunce it as a nuisance, OIL
e which every honest man should put hi
Y heel.-Dr. j. @. Holland.
It Charles Francis Adams owns an,
: rents one of the finest buildings in tn
q city of Boston. For two years past
large front store and basement hav
y been unOccupied. He has had severa
. offers for the basement, at high figur
/ to be used for lager beer saloon, bu
p has invariably refused. He has jus
rented store and basement for less tina
One-balf of what was offered for tn
Is basement alone. If all good men woul
h do likewise, how greatly would the run
h. business be hindered !-Ner Englan
Methodist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-05
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Inventors cannot employ person more trust
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Patents"
Boston, October 10, 1876.
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