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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
THAT MILLION OF POSTAGE STAMPS.

have reasons for believing that there have been cranky people who have made the acquisition of 100000 of postage stamps condition for the accomplishment of some vital matter. A legacy may de- pend upon it. A marriage may depend upon it. Some old imbecile may have insisted on having the wall of his bedroom pasted with 10000 of postage stamps. It is not per- haps so difficult as might be thought to bring together 100000 of used-up stamps. It might, under certain circumstances, even be worth while to buy few thousand stamps to get them stamped. If you have the waste paper of very busy offices, you will be greatly helped in the accumulation. Most people who begin such an accumulation break down after time. A lady told me recently that she was saving up her postage stamps toward million, and calculated that it would take her two hundred and fifty years at the present rate to complete her task. If you can't complete your own col lection, you may make yourself helpful in the matter of helping to complete collec- tions of luckier people. million of post age stamps is possession decidedly worth the having. It would have it's value in the universal market.-L0ndon Socisty.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
NORWEGIAN TRAINS.

In the slowness of their trains the Nor wegians excel the Dutch, and yet the latter
 for this merit or defect, according to the time, nerves, and fancy of the individual traveller, may place themselves as the head of other European countries. But here all comparison ends, for while the Dutch pos sesses but a small territory, sufficiently in tersected by lines, Norway, with its great tract of country, has scarcely any railways at all. Nor is it probable that she will ever be much better of in this respect. The land is so thinly populated that railroads could never. pay. From the hilly nature of the country their construction would cost much, while the people are poor. And lastly, the present mode of travelling is all they need. Time is of less consequence to the Norwegians than to other people, be- cause they have less to do. They do not rush through life, as we do, for instance
 giving to one day the work of six. They breathe; the remainder of the civilized world is, for the most part, breathless. If they have hundred miles to travel, they can as well devote a week to it as half a dozen hours or, if they cannot, they wisely stay at home So that travelling in Norway is very much what it was in England cen- tury ago. A little slower and more leisure ly, perhaps, now than then, for nowhere in Norway will you come across the fine sight of a coach aud four come tearing up hill and down dale at express speed. The average rate of progress is about four miles an hour; and, do what you will, taking one thing with another, you cannot get much beyond this. Their railways, by comparison, are not much better-of stately speed, perhaps, but irTitating.-Ihe Argosy. r.t
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
EIGHTY YEARS OF GUILLorINE.

Although France is full of advocates for the abolition of. capital punishment they will not derive much support for their argu- ments from the history of public executions dnring the present century in Paris. The number of criminals brought to the scaffold has never been anything like large, says the London Globe, and it has manifested in late years, notwithstanding the extraordinary prevalence of atrocious murders, tendency to decrease still further. The statistics show | that in. the seventy-nine years there have been only two hundred and sixty three exe- cutions, SO that Parisian who had con- stantly assisted at each such scene since the first of January, 1901, would on an average have seen the guillotine in operation rather more than three times in every year. The beginning of the century was, however, considerably more fertile in capital punish ments than the latter part, and it appears that in the first fifteen years there were sev- enty-one executions, giving an average of nearly five each year. The least sanguinary period was the twenty years from 1860 to 1880, when the yearly return was 2. 06, and the next in order is the period from 1880 to 1860, when it amounted to PTS. A curious fea- ture in this dismal record is the extreme rarity of cases in which more than one of fender has been put to death at the same time and for the same crime Such execu- tions have occurred, in fact, at Paris only about four times within the century. The first occasion was in 1904, when the famous Chouan conspirator, Georges Cadoudal, who was absurdly supposed to have been bribed by William Pitt, was guillotined with eleven companions in the Place de Greve A year later three coiners of false money were exc. cuted together, and then there was no dou- ble execution until the year 1922, when four men generally known in the annals of crime as the "Sergents de Ia Rochelle" ascended the scaffold together. The last spectacle of the kind was afforded in 1886, when Fieschi, the inventor of the "infernal machine" at- tempted the assassination of Louis Philippe, and having killed seven persons in his abor- tive endeavor, was put to death by decapi- tation with his two accomplces, Pepin and Mercy. The executions of women have de- male murderesses were guillotined under the First Empire, three during the Restoration, and only one in the period of forty-fve years that have just elapsed
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22

This whole sorry bushes at Yale College has been known for long time, and until some needy penny -a-liner took it in hand there was every prospect that it would adjust itself in accordance with reason and common sensc It sprung chiefly from the whisperipgs and doubts and fears-honest ones, perhaps-of two or three narrow minded members of the faculty, one of whom is the devoted scholar who divides his time between his college duties and the comfortable fauteuil of a federal office, and the other not a Yale man at all. but who, nevertheless, is said to cherish hopes that some day he may be duly reward cd for his zeal by being made President of the college. Already the mischief wrought in this way has had the effect of checking the growth of the important graduate depart ment of the college and perhaps seriously threatening its existence. It has been thought that the learned, serious-minded and capable men who compose the body of the faculty and who are devoted to the college would find . safe and honorable way out of the difficulty, and this hope is still cherished. But it is obvious that such advisers as the Observer must be discarded if this desirable and satisfactory result is to be reached. N. r. Esenfzg Pest rf
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
ROUGE EFT NOIR-THE CROUPIER.

As most people know, the croupier deals out one row of cards for rouge, and stops as soon as he has passed 31; and another row of cards is dealt for aaOir in the same way. The row which reaches 31 by the lowest number of points is the winner. It is OH record that rouge once made B, an extremely good point; that "A had been dealt for aaOire and that seven aces in succession were laid down, making aaOire the gainer with 31. The disappointment of the packers of qoage may be imagined. It is odd that among all the desperate people who shoot themselves at Monte Carlo, not one has spared bullet for the croupier who deals out destiny. Very lately some traveller chanced to knock at the door of lonely American shanty. No one answering, the traveller card-table, with the blue mark of a bullet wound in his forehead. The murder was easily explained. The dead man held four aces in his stiffened hand. Opposite him on the rough log-table lay four kings with which his opponent had hoped to win, and being met with four aces, had taken nasty revenge. Now, confirmed. gamblers believe religiously in the good and bad effect which certain croupiers exercise on their fortunes. One croupier always deals in such way that there are no regular "runs," or series, not even a run of alternate blacks and reds. Another is more fortunate croupier; when his hand is in, ''runs are not infrequent. As the dream of gambler is to back run, and see his capital doubled at every coup, this croupier's luck is eagerly followed, and he receives elegant presents of cigars and champagne. It is unnecessary to add that these observances are as purely superstitious as the red mans dance round his red cedar tree. Croupiers know the value of their place too well to try the trick of substituting arranged packs of cards for those of the di- rection, and theories of their luck are who'll ly fantastic.-1'hs Saturday ReUieao.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
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THE WORLD FOR 1880,

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 The year 1SSO promises to be of the most inter- ees1ng and important years ol this crowded and eientin cJntpry It will witness Presidential %nlcR 9 nay H4sult in reestabsLilg the
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sPossessed et THE LIVING AGE and one other of vivacious American monthlies, subscriber will find himself i command of the tUhoLe situation,"- Philadelphia Erenfng Bulletin.
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For Sale or Rent i!

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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
SHEPAUG RAILROAD.

<As "StSOHVOSCV " As ~VSSc Commencing 2Oth October, 1879. 8 ea .s DOWNWARD.
 800 P. M.-Mixed Train from Litchfeld arrives at . as Hawleyville at 20 p, m., Bethel at 6.50 p. .4 @sg III. Connects at Hawieyviile for Bridge port and New York, also fer New Milford; at Bethel for South Norwalk. Sunday Milk@.3 p. m. train from Litchfeld, con. nects at Hawleyville, for Bridgeport and New Haven, at Bethel for South Norwalk and New York, also for Danbury.
 p"nH I53 " 1{II 10.35 A, M.-Mixed tram from Bethel, connects from New York at 805 a. m.; South Nor walk at 9:30 a. m.; Danbury at 300, a m.. via. Danbury and Norwalk Railroad. Con- meets at Hawleyville, from New Haven at 9:S3 a.. m.; Bridge. crt at 10.10 a. m., via. Housatonic Railroads
 Saturday Special-7.15 p. m. Passenger train from Bethel connects from New York at 4.40 p. m.; South Norwalk at 6.12 D. 1n.; Dam bury at 6 10 p. In. via, Danbury and Nor walk railroad. Connects at Hawleyville, from New Haven at 5:28 D. m.; Bridge port at coop. m,; PiteBfeld at 200 p. m., via Housatonic railroad.
 c. H. PLATT, Superintendent.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
LYDIA E, PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND.

It restores the blood to its natural condition directs the vital yower aright strengthens the muscles of the uterus, and lifts it into place. add gives it tone and stredgtu, so that the cure is radical and en. tire: It strengthens the back and pelvic region 1;
 glxes .one 70 sne % fe..eres ing of bearing down, causing pain, weight and back ache, is always permanently cured by it's use.
 The patient who could before walk but few steps, and with great pan after the of this remedy walk several miles without discomfort It permeaes every portion of the system, and gives nsw life and destroys all craving for stimulants, and relieves weakness, of the stomach. It will entirely the worst forms of falling of the Uterus, Leucorrhea Painful Menstrriation. Infamaton Liberation, IT, regularities, Floodings etc. For the of Kidney Complaints of either sex, this Compound is unsur passed. A
 It is impossible for woman, after faithful course of treatment with this medicue, to continue have weakness of the uterus. and thousands of to- day cherish grateful remembrances of the help deriv- ed from the use of this remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound is prepared at the proprletor's ahrat
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
Business, Opportunities

TcHE Subscrfberofers for rent the Furniture Store i z now vacated by w. M P. Shelton. A desirable stand for the sale Of Furniture Undertaking Repair ing etc., Also rooms over the Bakery building suit able for Tailor shop other light business tene. ment for small family would be let in connection if required. An excellent opening for good Tailor
 J.G. BECKWITH. Litchfield, Feb 18th 1880. 47tf
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Blackwoofs Edinburgh Magazine

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Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
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CLUES. A discount of twenty per cent. will be allowed to clubs of four persons. Thus four copies of Blackwood CT of one Review will be sent to ad- dress for 280 four copies of the four Reviews and BIackwood for $48, and so on.
Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
sOND'S EXTRACT CC

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TERMS FOR 1880, Including postage
Payable strictly in Advan'

POSTAGE. This item of expense now borne by the publishers is equivalent to reduction ot 20 cent. on the cost to subscribers in former years
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~EXTRA OFFER for 1880. :

To all subscribers for 1880 will be sent grGtss those numbers of 1879, which contain, beside other interesting matter, the first chapters of HE WHO WILL WHEN MAY" a new story by Mrs. On. phant, now appearing in THE LIVING AGE from ao- vance sheets.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-12
Seneca City Correspondence.

Our local crop prospects arc so flattcring
as to produce general topic Of comment
Wc should not become too much clatcd by
tho promising indications OF bountiful
harvest Fruition docs not necessarily fol-
low anticipation. Some serious disas ter, in
some form or other, may yet blast our un-
pfecedentcd prospects. Let us not, how
ever, take our present signs Of prosperity
ior future omens of adversely, but continue
IN that path of duty which has brought us
to tho present period of success.
The inaronoo which agricultural pros-
pcrlty wields in commercial orioles is
noticeable. Every merchant and business
man is looking forward to rcmuncrativo
fall trado. This is conclusive proof of the
repeated truth that agriculture is the lead
ing and most Indispensable industry Of our
country.
Why docs not this hcalthful, important
and delightful vocation command attention
proportionate to it's conceded mcrits7 A
revolution will sconer or later take place
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-12

Physical, ond consequently mental, de-
gencracy is tho order of tho age, and whilo
it is universally Acknowledged that "rustic"
life has decided tondenoy to develop bouo
and sinow, it is also evident that no field of
labor presents greater opportunities for de-.
veloping tho mental faculties than docs
agricultural pursuits. Legislators, you can
not cater to the interest of any other
industry at tho cxponse of this with
out inilicting material and pcrma-
nent injury to our country. NIombcrs of
the press, you cannot engage in q more
laudablc work than changing public opinion
so as to duly appreciate tho merits of tho
successful husbondman.
Whenever wo shall have an amount Of
business tact aud intellect drawn into
this business, equal to that which the com.
mcrcial world enjoys, VIC will witness de-
gree Of prosperity mover before known.
That means will surely accomplish, this cnd.
Is not the result sufficiently plausible to
justify all iu joining hands in bringing
about an cpcch Of prosperity? p.