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Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Wages of Farm Hands.

The statistician of the Agricultural Department at Washington has finished his annual report on farm labor and wages, from which a number of inter 'esting facts given below are gathered.
 The table giving the average of wages of farm laborers, with and without board, as compared with the wages paid in sev- eral branches of skilled mechanical labor, was compiled from returns made to the Department last April, from which it is learned that in the Pacific and mining States and Territories, the range of monthly wages for farm laborers with out board is between $3O. 75 in Montana and $22.5O in Washington Territory. Of the States east of the Mississippi, Minnesota pays her farm laborers better than any other Northern State, the monthly wages with board being $16. 33, while Vermont pays only $12.62. In the Southern States the prices paid range from $12. 26 in Louisiana to ST. 32 in South Carolina, the average being $9.6O. ,.
 The demand for labor is good in all sections of the country. In the New England and Middle States there is a steady and good demand for trustworthy men, and prices for that class have ad- vanced very materially. The larger num- Der of reports from those sections state that the usual custom is to hire with board and for the season.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Story of a PrOverb.

The Boston Transcript, in answer to correspondents query, re-tells the ori- gin of the rhyming old saw,-
 "There's many slip
 Tween the c,sp and the ip.''
 Some of our subscribers who have studied Greek, may have seen the account in the Greek Readers :-
 A King of Thraee had planted vine yard, when one of his slaves, whom he had much oppressed in that very work, prophesied that he should never taste of the wine produced in it. The monarch disregarded the prediction, and when at an entertainment, he held glassful of his own wine made from the grapes of that vineyard, he sent for the slave, and asked him what he thought of his proph- ecy now. To which the other replied {: "Many things fall out between the cup and the ip," and had scarcely delivered this singular response before the news was brought that monstrous boar was laying waste the favorite vineyard.
 The King, in rage, put down the cup which he held in his hand, and hurried out with his people to attack the boar but being too eager, the boar rushed upon him and killed him, without his having tasted of the wine.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Substitutes for Beer.

The London Telegraph says: "When harvest operations begin we shall very likely have the great controversy con- corning the use of beer in farm work re- opened. Already contributions are be- ing made to the literature of the subject, and one of the most interesting of these is letter from Sir Philip Rose to MT. Abbey, of Oxford Sir Philip some six years ago resolved to stop beer drinking among his harvesters when they were at work. He did so, it appears, because he found that accidents happened some times, and that the men got sullen and stupid, the boys noisy and rough with the horses, and the women excited. All this mischief he found traceable to the enormous quantity of beer which the field hands drank. But as some liauid refreshment was necessary for them, what was to be substituted? Sir Philip ingeniously hit upon weak infusions of cold tea, made up with milk and sugar, and his workers took to it keenly. Since then he has had better work done by his laborers at harvest time, and the women have been very grateful for the change, because, as Sir Philip says, they are able to save more money than formerly. Supplying cold tea to his friends cost Sir Philip g5 year, and he considers the money well spent. We may remark, however, that many other substitutes for beer are used. In Scot land, unless the thinnest of table beer is drunk, the favorite liquor of the har- vester is buttermilk. Then, in other places, weak gruel of oatmeal and water, kept in cool place, is found most refreshing and palatable. Either
 is better than beer for men, and, as fol the boys, it is the height of folly to lei
 them drink stuff that flies to ther heads
 as the day wears on, and makes them
 as Sir Philip says, noisy and 'rougl l with the horses"
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Some of the Pleasures of an Editor.

The London Times, speaking of the work of an editor, says it can only be appreciated by those who have had the fortune to have some experience in 1t. The merest slip of the pen, an epithet too much, wrong date, name mis- spelt, or with wrong initial before it, the misinterpretation of some passage, perhaps incapable of interpretation, the most trifing offense to the personal or natural susceptibility of those who do not even profess to care for the feelings of others, may prove not only disagreea- ble, but even costly mistakes; but they are about the least of the mistakes to which the editor is liable The editor must be on the spot till the paper is sent to the press, and make decisions on which not only the approval of the pub lie, but even great causes may hang. He cannot husband his strength with comparative repose in the solitude of a study of the freshness of green fields. He must see the world, converse with its foremost or busiest actors, be open to in formation and on guard against error. All this should be borne in mind by those who complain that journalism is not in- falibly accurate, just, and agreeable.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
{" Tasted Dretful Queer."

We have heard of people curing others of using strong drink by putting an emetic into their whisky-bottles. The following story Illustrates the wedding manners of seventy years ago, and the simplicity of green young benedict:
 A minister of Newburyport was once called up, after he had gone to bed, to marry couple. The hour was late, and the minister's wife did rot rise to witness the ceremony, but gave her husband par ticular directions for the entertainment of the wedding guests.
 "Don't forget to pass the cake and wine, doctor" said she. s'The cake is in the corner cupboard, and you'll find the wine on the third right-hand shelf in the sideboard."
 The doctor promised obedience, put on h1s clothes, and went down to perform the ceremony. Returning half hour later, he found his wife sitting up in bed, with an anxious exprssion on her face "Doctor," she cried, "did you give them any wine ?"
 Certainly, my dear, just as you told me-"
 "Not from the decanter on the third shelf of the sideboard?"
 "That Is exactly where you directed me to find it, wife,
 "Dear dear! Did they drink much of it?"
 "Why, yes; they emptied their glasses"
 "What shall we do! Doctor, made mistake-it was ipecac wine you gave them. Oh, how sick they must be ] Do, dear, put on your cloak and go right after them; they can't have got far.
 The doctor found the bridal party at the corner of the next street. "What made you drink the wine ?" he asked. "Couldn't you tell by the taste that there was something wrong about it ?''
 The bridegroom answered, between his qualms, "She whispered to me that it tasted dretful queer, but I told her twas because we was gettin' mar ried p'
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
4 WOMAN'S HEART.

If I could bring you kneeling at my feet By one low word of mine, would not speak. If could win your whole love, warm and
 sweet,
 With one fair smile, my face should be as
 bleak ..".-.. As winter snows upon a barren land; And tho held your heart within my hand, It should slip slowly from my idle touch And fall into the dust. If by so much As one swift glance, your life could be mine own, All mine, to have and hold forevermore, Mine eyes should look away to some far
 shore That never knew your presence. So, alone I'd live and die; and you would never know That had loved you in the Long Ago!
 FANNY DRIsooLL.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
YOUR SECRET AND MINE.

It is your secret and mine, love!
 An, me! how the dreary rain, With slow persistence all day long, Dripped on the window-pane! The chamber was weird with shadows, And dark with the deep'ning gloom, Where you, in your royal womanhood, Lay waiting for the tomb. They had robed you all in white, love; In your hair was a single rose; A marble rose, it might well have been, In its cold and still repose. Oh, paler than wonder carven saint,
 And calm as the angels are, You seemed so near me, my beloved,
 Yet were, alas 50 far. do not know if wept, love,
 But my soul rose up and said: My heart shall speak unto her heart, Though hore she is lying dead. will give her last love-token That shall be to her sign .... In the dark grave-or beyond it.
 Of this deathless love of mine." So sought me little scroll, love,
 And thereon, in eager haste, Lest another's eye should see them,
 Some mystic words I traced; Then close in your clasped fingers,
 Close in your waxen hand, placed the scroll as an amulet,
 Sure you would understand.  The secret is yours and mine, love
 Only we two may know What words shown clear in the darkness Of your grave so green and low. But if, when we meet hereafter,
 In the dawn of fairer day, You whisper those mystic words, love,
 It is all would have you say.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Feeding Horses.

A great diversity of opinion prevails as to the best method of feeding horses, and mistakes are frequently made by neglecting to give suitable attention to the matter. We have known farmers who were accustomed to throw lock of hay to their horses several times during the forenoon or afternoon, and when not at work the horses would be kept eating nearly the whole day, consuming much more hay on such days than they would require when at work. This practice cannot fail to injure horse seriously if continued any length of time. Horses are frequently injured by overfeeding. A horse should no more have all the hay he can eat than child should have all the bread and fruit.he can eat. Regu- larity and moderation are as important in the one case as in the other. Driving horses are sometimes fed on cut straw and meal, without any hay, or very lit tie. This is a good food for horses, as has been proved in many instances. Some believe that six to eight quarts of meal per day, with fifteen or twenty pounds of good hay, is enough for any horse, and better than none. Of course horse that works all the time needs more food than one that does but little. Some horses consume and seem to need more food than others doing the same work. The hay should be cut, or mostly so, and fed with meal wet. Cracked corn, to be fed with oats 8 part of the time, is recommended by some. Smoky hay is especially liable to induce cough, and should be carefully avoided. If horses are fed mostly on hay it should be of good quality, well cured, and fed in moderate quantity three times day. But it is the opinion of those best ac- quainted with horses that they can be kept in good condition cheaper by feed ing some grain than by giving them hay alone, and if horses are in constant use grain in some form is necessity.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

am glad of it. His assertion sets me free"
 "And will you not get his fortune, after all?" she asked.
 "Don't be sarcastic, Janet" he re- piled. CT did what thought was for the best, and the end proves was more far-seeing than you were, for everything has turned out for the best. I have had grand holiday, am richer by twenty thousand dollars than when I wooed and won you, and you shall have a set of diamonds, and teach school no more. :"
 CT never cared for thousands of dol lars or diamonds" said Janet, with pro- voking calmness, "and I gave up teach ing school at the beginning of last vacation"
 "You did? Then there need be no delay. You will marry me at once, Jenny? and he caught her hand and pressed it to his lips.
 "John," she replied, as she quickly withdrew it, "I ceased to care for you as soon as read the letter you sent me announcing your decision to remain with MT. Vandergaas. Strive to disguise it as you will, you chose between humble life with me and luxurious one with your uncle. T."
 Janet" he interrupted, eagerly, "you do not, you will not, look at my conduct in the right light. You are such an uncompromising little woman. But granting that did do wrong, For get and forgive that was one of your school notices, you knew-and give me back your heart, if you ever have taken It away from me, -=hich doubt with a confident smile-"and tell me when you will be my wife. D
 "Never, John.
 "Nonsense! I won't take that for an answer. I foresaw, knowing you so well, that you would bring forward many obstacles, and I have come prepared to combat them all, and to do battle with whatever stands between us. A few good blows, and down it goes before me, Janet.
 Janet's eyes twinkled, and a little laugh escaped from her lips.
 'I warn you to attempt no blows, she said, as stalwart young fellow strode up to the gate, "for I must pre- sent you to an insurmountable objection MT. John Hallam, my husband, MT. Oscar T ,aninr D
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
Speculation in Ice.

The Augusta (Me.,) Journal says :- There is good deal of activity in the ice trade on the Kennebec and other places in Maine, and prices are approach ing fancy basis. At Gardiner, where extensive sales were made month or two ago at from $2 to $2.50 per ton, dealers are refusing $3.75, and holding for $5 later in the season. The supply is fast going into the hands of the large dealers and speculators, and the cities of the Atlantic coast may soon look for another advance in their ice bills. The figures show that there were 1000 tons secured on the Kennebec last win ter, which at $2. 50 per ton would pro- duce $2,OoO,OOO, Q large proportion of which goes into this valley for labor and profit on capital. This is more ice by 10000 tons than was ever secured on the river before, and the total crop of the State is estimated at ], ,50O, 900 tons.
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arm pushing the index along the arc, as though he would push the sun over with as much ease. Yes, he was my captain i; so he was and never was there a bet ter. Homer had abodes prepared for his sea-worn mariners that were sugges- tive. Here is copy of one, which I would give my heroes of the sea
 Of utmost earth, where Rhadamanthus reigns
 Joys ever young, unmixed with pain or fear
 Fill the wide circle of the eternal year."
 Is that too good or too much to wish an old worn out sea captain ?-Bostoe Jour- 7a0L.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21
THE ARMY WORM.
What a Practical Farmer has to say
 of his Experience with the Pest.

In an article in the AgriculturiSt MT. Plumb of Long Island tells his experi- ence with the army worm. He says: Directly north of the rye field which worms destroyed, separated by an aver age of two rods, is field of twenty -one acres of corn now eight inches high. All our energies were directed to keeping them out of this field, and large field of potatoes adjoining, as they were di- rectly in their march to the north. It has been hard weeks fight, as all hands here know, but we have succeeded thus far in saving those two crops.
 "We dug deep trenches, used lime, salt, Paris green, tar, set fire to the grass, and where there was no grass, carted hay, etc., and set fire to it in winrows, and with large staff of men could not head them off; nothing would stop them. They had got the start of us,, were headed west and bound to go west, and when the ground was hot and scorched after burning the grass, they marched right along over their dead and dying companions that went before, stopping for nothing. My son set fire to the grass when they were crossing and they marched fearlessly right up to the very edge of the burning grass, never turned back, but as they shriveled, others walked over them and while the ground was hot and smoking on they came.
 "As for trenches or deep furrows we found them of noprotection of them selves. But we finally conceived the idea (after burning hay, sprinkling lime and tar in these trenches without avaiD to put in these trenches their favorite food for them to eat-viz. red top grass. This grass we wet with mixture of Paris green, the same that we use for potato bugs. And as long as the grass remains green and fresh they will re- main quietly in the trench and feed on it and it kills them by millions, but as soon as the grass gets dry they stop eat ing it and then go out of the ditch if they can. Oondon purple has the same effect as Paris Green). From this time forth we shall adopt this plan as the most effective; killing more and with less labor.
 "Our experience is-and we have studied their movements very closely that their principal feeding time is from II a. m. until sundown. At 3 p. m. they seem to be more numerous than any other hour of the day. Early in the morning scarce.any are to be seen; they are then in companies of twenty-five to fifty secreted in the sods, tufts of grass, roots, clumps, or wherever they can get protection or shelter. As soon as the sun comes out warm they begin to move, the companies form in line and the march goes on. They never fail in discipline, never encroach upon the rights of each other-and in feeding are careful not to crowd each other and never contend on the same blade of grass. It is rare to find moro than one on a stalk of grain. We are satisfied they do not feed or travel much at night as I went out at 1 o'clock O. m. with a large refecting lan- tern, and after careful inspection found but few on the stalks of grain. They were on the ground and did not seem to be feeding any, and but few were travel ing
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

WA1r1Ne.-He applied at police head quarters for position on the police force. He did not look as if he was the kind of a man to handle the rough GUS toners the police have to deal with, so one of the policemen, just for the joke, asked him what he would do if he had to arrest drunken, able bodied Calves ton bruiser who was on the fight.
 "What would do?"
 "Yes what would you do?"
 sHow do I know what would do? reckon the first thing I would do would be to wait and see what he was going to do."
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

NEVER REcovERED.-The bodies of fully 200 persons drowned in Cayuga lake within forty years have never been re- covered. Various explanatory reasons have been advanced, late one being that the rocky bottom of the lake has many cavities, in which the remains lodge.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

A NEBRASKA Sunday school was on a railroad excursion. A boy leaned out of a car window, and fired revolver at the same instant that girl put her head out at another window, and the bullet killed her.
Connecticut western news., 1880-07-21

EATING. e.-New Orleans hotels, accord ing to the Picoy,tsse, have special tables for guests who prefer to eat with their knives, and who are known as professional sword swallowers.
The daily gazette., 1880-04-21
Congress-.

In the U. S. Senate yesterday, Mr.
Bayard, from the Finance Committee,
reported adversely the bill allow ing
farmers and planters to sell leaf to-
bacco to consumers without payment
of special tax. 1t was placed on the
calendar at the request of Mr.. Beck.
The House amendments to the New
York Exhibition bill were concurred
in. Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judiciary,
presented a report asking that the
Committee be discharged from consid-
Grafton of the alleged discrimination
in freight rates by the Union Pacific
Railroad, the remedy being in the
courts. The Committee was dis
charged. The Yorktown Monument
bill was discussed. Pending consid-
Grafton of the Geneva Award bill, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, Mr.. Mcmahon moved
to 90 into Committee of the Whole on
the Senate amendments to the Special
Deficiency bill, and also moved that all
general debate be closed in five min
utes. Efforts by the Republicans to
have the time extended were defeated
whereupon they resorted to ''ilibus-
tering," and finally recess was taken
until evening. The evening session
was devoted to private pension bills.
The daily gazette., 1880-04-21
The Fellows.

MEETING OF THE GRAND LODGE OF
DELAWARE ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware, Ancient Order OF
Good Fellows, was held in this city,
yesterday afternoon and evening.
The repor, Of the Grand Master, e.
III. Nelson, was presented, showing the
order in this State to be in healthy,
and growing conditi IN. There are now
four lodges, all of which are located in
Wilmington.
The following officers, were elected
for the ensuing year:
Right Honorable Grand Master
Edwin Hifst, American Star Lodge No,
Right Honorable Deputy Grand Mas,
ter-John e. HENDERSON, v ashington
Lodge, No. 8.
Right Honorable Grand Chaplain
Jerman j. McMullin, Washington Lodge,
No. 3.
Right Honorable Grand Secretary
Joseph n. McKinnon, Harmony Lodge,
M 4.
Right Honorable Grand Treasurer
Charles II. Rooms, Washington Lodge,
No. 3.
Right Honorable Grand Warden
John Grantland, American Star Lodge,
No. 1.
Right Honorable Grand Junior War
den-Lewis Yonker, American Star
Lodge, No. 1.
Right Honorable Grand Tyler
Joseph III. Stanton, American Star
Lodge, No. 1.
Right Honorable Grand Junior Tyler
james Shillingford, American Star
Lodge, No. 1.
Joseph II. Stanton was elected rep
resentative to the National Grand
Lodge, for three years.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the retiring Grand Master for his off
cial actions, and joint committee of
the four lodges was appointed to ar
range for reunion of the order to be
held on the evening of May 18th.
The daily gazette., 1880-04-21
The Great FOrepau0h ShOsO.

This F amous Combination Of Me-
nagerie, Museum, Circus, etc, is to ex
hibit here ON Monday the 25th. In
cluded among its menageria wonders is
a six-ton rhinoceros, monster hippo
potamus, sea-lions, and many other rare
ana costly animals. A leading attlac
ton in the circus, and one which ought
to attract crowds of sight seers, is fifteen
Asiatic African and Ceylon Elephants,
all trained to perform a series of amusing
and wonderful acts, Mons. Loyal. the
French q mnasl, will, ateach exhibition,
perform lis famous act of permitting
himself to be fired from cannon,
loaded with powder he will be
blown 90 feet through mid-air and
caught in the arms OF Lady suspended
head downward from lofty irapeze, for
Miss Ella Zulia is announced to appear
and walk the high wire blindfolded, and
equally senational features are an
nounced, any one of which is worth the
admission fee to the entire exhibition