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The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
" aShRingtOra.

With February came genuine winter weather. and Tuesday morning Frank Hallock, brother of your Sandy Hook ad- vorti9er, came to school with one cal 1 frozen. It was white and stiff when he entered the school-room, but was soon red enough, and as thick ils q half n dozen ears should be.
 But it is an ill wind that blows no- body good, and to-day, Saturday, Baker Brinsmt.de have q full force of men and teams harvesting ice Although but T week old it Is of respectable thickness and quality.
 We notice that NewtownJ is making laudable efforts to establish a public li- 5rary. Success to tic endeavor. Wash ingtOn has had tho benefit of one over q quarter of century, and has had but two Presidents of the Association in ali that time. +. w. Gum, principle of the " Gunnery School" Mir. Bird of Dr. HoI- land Arthur Bounicartle, and Mr Snug of W. GibsUn's popular article in one of Harper Magazines, was for many wears tho President; but his numerous cares hhally forced him to refuse d reelection, and Sheldon J. Logan succeeded him. Although there is an annual election of officers, he receives a unaI imous vote at each election, and continues year after year to give his services to the Associa- tion. Commencing with less than two hundred volumes, we now number more than twelve hundred. We commenced with classical works, choice poetry, Wal ter Scott's travels, COoper's novels, some biographies. books of travels, Chambers miscellany, Irrings works, and some others; carefully excluding everything objectionable to morality and good taste. Three dollars was the original price of 6 Hfe-right, but after few years it was thought four dollars was not to much to ask for the admission of new members. On the first Thursday of every month there is Library meeting, and books are .. bid d. of by the members, or some rep being two cents. Formerly one cent was sufficient to start book. Harpcr's and Scribner's magazines frequently bring half their price when first set u. . As fast as they accumulate they are bound ill volumes and then bid off Ill that form. The oldest volume is the seventh, the last, think, the sixtieth. The exec utive committee read carefully the var iOus criticisms of new books, and conse- quently make very judiciou5 selections, buying to suit all classes of readers For the boys, are the Oliver Optic books, the Rollo books and others as suitable for the girls all of Mrs. Whitney's Works for everybody, most of McDonald's Geo. Elliot's, Mrs. Stoves, Gail Hamilton s, Warmers, Holmes, Dr. Hollands and others too numerous to mention." Of sound works we have Porter's Human Intellect. Froude's works, Spencer's. Dr. Bushnell's; and where shall I class Dar- wins ? l pause for a reply. T.
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THE WORLD FOEs 1880. a

Democrats everywhere should inform them m.elves carefully al ke Of the action ftheir party through out the country and of the movements of their Re publican opponents A failure to do this in 1876 contributed greatly to the loss by the Democl acy of the fruits of the victory at .he polls.
 The year 1880 promises to be one of the most i'll teresting anl important years of this crowded and cyentful century It will witness Presid. ntial election which may rosuit in re-eslabisllinp the Government of this country the principl.s of its constitutional founders or in permanently changing the relations of the States the Federal power. No intelligon man can regard such an cleo tion with indifference. The World, the only En. glish newspaper published in the city of New York which uphods the doctrines of constitutional De- noctacy, will stea lily represent the Conservative contention in this great canvass. It will do this in evil spirit Of servile craftsmanship but tempo .stely and firmly. l. will be as swift to rebuke what it regards infdelity 10 Democratic princi ples to the honorable laws of political conflict on the part of it's friends the part of it's foes It will uphold no candidate for office whom il belleves 10 nisrepresen to contradict he co dttions of our national prosperity and greatness. As a newspaper The World being the organ of man no clique and no interest," will present the faifest and the fairnst picture it make of each days phSiHS hlstorS l4 tnc clIy, the StaIc the country and the world Its correspondent. in the chief cen tres of lifs and action bo:h stes of the ocean have been selected for their character less than for thoir capacity. It will aim hereafter hereto fore accuracy first Of all things In all that it pub h-hcs. No man, however humble. shall ever be per mittcd truly t. lnpiain that he has been justly dealth with Ill the co unns of The World No in- tcrcst, however powerful. shall ever be permitted truly to o.s that it silence the fair criticism Of The World.
 During the past y ar The World has seen is daily circulation ireblcd and its weekly circulation pushed far beyond that of any other weekly news paper in the country This great increase has been wun as The World believes, by .ruthfulness, enter D. ise, ceacelcss activity in collecting news and un- alterug loyalty tO self anu to its readers ill deal Ing with the questions of the day. Ii is our hope and it will be cndeavur that these may keep what these have won and that Tie Worlds record for lStO may be written i'll the appreciation ad the support of many thousands moro of CIV readers ill a arts of thia udissolublc Union of Iuaes. ructi- ble States
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New York Letter.

{" Kin a man be considered truly pious who hits his wife ober de head kichunk wid brick?" is question which is like ly to disturb the harmony of the Throop Av. African Methodist Church, of which Mir. Dennls Irving is member. Dennis Irving. from his name, might have been n native of Tipperary, Kilkenny or Sligo.
 edly hailed from the Senegal OF the Mig er and as far as complexion is concern cd, he might have been Hottentot or a Zulu. Dennis was not only class-leader
 generally, but he was also leader of the choir and in those stirring spiritual me- Iodies !" We Is gwain obcr Jordon now
 and " De booty little angels is watin' for me, v Dennis noble bass rose above the deep diapason of the thirty-five dol lar Mason < Hanlin and, when supple mented by the sweet aid of the local con- tralto and soprano, It certainly was mus ic of which any Christian temple might be proud. The Throop Av. African Methodist Church was particularly ap- prociative of its leader, and it was whis- pcred that tho contralto and soprano were no less appreciative than the chnAh
 This was the weak point of the choral organization, and led to the assault which is likely to cause Police Court and q Church investigation. Mrs. Irving, who varies the monotony of her domestic ex. -istence by washing and cooking for out. side parties, though all excellent judge ol soap and starch, has no appreciation oi music, and she is particularly down or the sable divinities who assist her hus
 bend in the Sabbath worship. On las
 Sunday night, as Mir. and Mrs. Irving were returning from church, Mrs. Irving remarked to Mir Irving: q Did you heal dat squakin huzzy up in de quire, dah ? Mir. Irving inquired: "Who you call squakin' huzzy?' "Dnt nigger dat wa. a screechin up dar. while you was q toot
 ing your bassoon." Now it is settled thing that you may call a spade spade
 but you must not call a nigger nigger for If you do. there is sure to be row
 ' How dar' you call dat lady u nigger r roarad Mir. Irving. springing from thu sidewalk. "She Is nigger," screamed
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Valentines Day.

St. Valentines Day, above all days Of the wear. is a day fraught with the tender est emotions to old and young alike. Old fogios may rail and Iecr as much as they please at absurdity and foOltshncs5 Of the customs incidental to proper ob- servance of the occasion, but the fact l. undeuiahie that deep down in the hearts of vast majority of women the memo res of St. Valentine are treasured as the dearest of their lives. But St. Valentine is especially q Saint for young people, He loves to carry joyousncss to the hearts of oId and young, but somehow the older folks do not agree with him quite SO well us the younger ones.
 Although moro partcularlya European custom, matter-o'-fact dollar-loving America Is becoming more and more en- tGnsiastic in the ob 9ervUnco of this day. It matters not to us whether tho custom is in honor of a saint or sinner. It is a custom. and as such Is year by year steadily growing in importance.
 Historically speaking, there Is q mys- tery about the saint. Some ecclesasti- cal writers assert that he wus bishop, while others positively maintain that he was only prosbyter. Be that as it may, the Emperor Claudlus boheaded him in 2iO, aud the Church s00n aftar canon izcd him. The saint was a man renown- cd for hls charity and love, and the GUS tom of choosing valentines, was, as some assert, inauguratod in his honor.
 It Is not generally known of what the valentives consisted, but 1t is thought that they were mostly confined to articles of use, and it was not until compara- lively recent date that the missives now in vogue became popular on the occasion Some writers believe that the observance had it's origin from the popular supersti- tion that birds select their mates on that day, and others from practice prevalent 1n ancient Romo at the festival of the Lu- percalia, during the month oi February, when, among other ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in d box, from which they were taken as chance directed, and whoever was select cd became his or her valentine. Tie carly Church was very nuch opposed to the custom, but finding 1t impossible to exterpate it, finally yielded to the pepu- Jar will. St. Valentines Day has descend cd to the world In 1880 in it's present form.
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Cardinal McCioskeyss gules for

Lent.
 2. Cardinal McCloskey has issued the fol- lowing regulations for the observance of Lent in this Archdiocese:
 l. All week days Of Lent, from Ash Wednesday till Easter Sunday are fast days of precept on one meal with the al- lowance of a moderate collation. in the evening.
 p 2. The precept Of fasting implies also that of abstinence from the use Of flesh meat. But by dispensation, the use of flesh meat is allowed at the principle meal on Mondays, Tuesdays anu Thurs- days of Lent, with the exception of Holy Thursday.
 3. There is neither fast or abstinence to be observed on Sundays of Lent.
 i. It is not allowed to use fish with flesh meat at the same meal ill Lent.
 ,. There is no prohibition to use eggs, butter or cheese provided the rules of quantity prescribed by the fast be com piled with.
 6. Lard may be used In preparing fish, vegetables, etc.
 7. The Church excuses from the obli- gation of fasting Out not of abstinence from flesh meat, except i'll special cases of sickness or the like) the following class of persons: First. the infirm; sec ond, those whose duties are of an ex- hausting or laborious character; third, persons who are attaining their growth :; fourth, women in pregnancy or nursing fifth. those who are enfeeblcd by old age.
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 The examination of the Ute Indians at Washington develops some facts that seem in a measure to excuse them for be- ing restive, although it does not justify them in being murderous. Agent Meek CT was inclined to tYranize over the h. dians-on one occasion ploughtng up Il favorite playground uf the tribe. Of an annuity of SIG 600 all huts2I, GOO was with held. under the prctcXt that they would sluander it if they had It. Ouray, their chief, justly remarked that |" 1t was no- hody's business If they do squrndcr what was their own." The Indian Is nothing nut 6 grown-up child, with snvage h. stincts which have been fostrred by his savage life, and he must be treated ac- cordtn ,ly, Many people, and some of them in public life seem to think that the Indi%n has no rights that white man is bound to respect and so the rule is, sNiudle him, abuse him, get him drunk, and then shoot him A reservation is given tribe, and the momont mine Is discovered on it, the tribe is hustled off For years the position of post-tra'ler among the Indians has been looked upon a4 e suro road to wealth, and so it was; for system of barcfaccd robbery, both of the government and of the Indians, in Il short time enabled the trader to retire, The Indian Is uuciviIizrd, and when som" ono cheats him, and steps on his toes, and winds up hy kicking him out Of doors, he Is inclined to retaIiate and we know of some pretty well civilized peo- pie who do the same-but in li-tle milder manner than by shooting and SrAlninp.
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Br0OkEeEsz.

Miss Nettie Barnum, Of New Milford, is spending few days ut l-one. MT Stevens, the agent for the Hous- atomic R. R. at the Junction, has been quite sick, but is now thought to be a little better. pr. A. P. Smith is in at tendance.
 Daniel Joyce and s. E. Hawley will finish asserting tobacco this week. . Conductor Charles Rogers, of the Housatonic R. R.. spent a few days in town last week.
 William H. HoIcomb has taken tho grinding and shaping job at Bennett X Wetmore's. This firm will put on new hands all around about the 1st of March.
 PROXY.
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THE BEE
VIEWPOINT, WEDNESDAY,. FEB. 1srH

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.What it Will Do.

The engredients of Dr. K nuedy's Ia: est discovery n 1nedicine-a preparation named the FayorIte Remedy" and sold at One Dollar bottle. are so skillfuy combined that the full alterave effect of each is assured; and while it is mild to be harmless even to the youngest child, yet it is so effective to purge out from the system those im puTites of the blood which otherwise sure to de velop into losthsome diseases. such ScEss,,T and kindred complaints.
 3s7,eeei far sale by all uggiata Dopt F Favorito Remedy"
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rn. following story points its own moral

The following story points its own moral.
 NEW ORLEANS Jan. 24th 1870, The understand certifes that ho held for cole ! ton tor account of John Day, of Brooklyn, New York. W Fl known citizen of Myru' Avenue, one half of ticket No l6,46, Class "A " ill tho Louisiana Sta Lottery which drew the second capital pri2e of ten thousand dollars on Tuesday January 18th 18S0 having cost the sum of one dollar the off, of M. A. Dauphin. 319 Broadway, New York. The amount was promptly paid on presentation.
 T. M. WEssC bAT,
 Agent Southern Express Co. Now Orleans La.
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.DiCAL ELECTRICITY
 E o re Cures s
DR. J. D. s. SMITH, dI1 State Street.

!. W.-Nervous prostration and l clc constipation, cured ill three ms.
 1 H.-Ulcer, cured in II days. | B.-Painful stricture of unretha of ystanding, cured in four weeks. | R.-Antehexion, cured in six us. | s V. of New York-Painful men, stion cured in treatments. }. L.-Aphonia Qoss Of voice. cured iIreeks.
 }. F. of New York-Prolapsus uteri, ! ct in months. ...... B. F. of Hartford-~Nervous irrita- titeould not sleep, cured fin days. ss L.-Sevcre palpitation of heart, | cd in 20 treatm ents. rs. G.-Deafness of years standing,
 cd in II weeks. r. J.--Tumor, removed by four treat ms.
 T.. C.-SpermatorrhRa, cured in six
 nths. "A bad case.)
 iss H.-Catarrh of six years; cured ipur months. rs C.-Ulcerative catarrh of nine y(s, cured in little over five months. 5. K.-Hysteria, very bad case,
 cut in three months.
 MH Mathematician, cured in four treat
 mes.
 \ N.-Hydrocele, cured~in thirteen wos.
 N. D.-Obstinate constipation, cured in tee weeks.
 Nj B.-Dyspopsia of twenty three yea, cured Ill five months.
 M L.-Lumbaso, cured ill twenty four ays.
 NIT B.-Nervous prostrat'on. con finedu bed. cured in five weeks
 MlH. .-Mcrcurial poisoning and pel iostes, was compelled to use cane an crutc, for months cured ill four months
 A calpetcnt medical electrician must have thorogh knowledge of anatomy and Physioiog and mst have made Disease study.
 Not very one who happens to posses an electl cal battery. can apply electricity uudorsaa nding and win beneficial results.
 Then are those who PRETEND to be medical els t1ician who know no more about electricity th does ,hild and whose knowledge of anatomy s1 physiology has not begun to manifest itself; b thougL such persons happen, occasionally to etfe acure-thcy know not how-the benefit to the f' i, more than counter-ballanced by the jury to t many, sn 1t is evident that persons who desire ell trical treatments should go ONLY to the SKILL operator whose reputation such cannot Le d pUted.
 Ir J, b. s. SMITH has had nine years oxpe ance as il meaca! electrician, five of which " with the late pr. $. ". Beckwith. of Phils., wh practice was the most eStenivo of me 'ics el trican in America. and the remaining four years constant practice have been in Bridgeport. wh ar as their own cases are con"craed.
 The Dr. has, at considerable expense. fitted up offices, with all tho convonicncos, requisite for thorough application of electricity and during past foar years, he has, by close application 10 p tofession, and his untiring efforts to ameior ih condition of his Dat ents, built up large cons :antly increasing practice. His charges
 essonable, and are not varied from except rom poor. Many Der rors have given up hope. VI they could have been ed by electricity in skill hands, so it is important that those suffering VI nervous and chronic disrases should call on ~mith for consultation. which is free. and find whether their cases do not admit of cure. If they will be frankly told so.
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"For many years had suffered from complaint which the physicians called Gravel. I had employed some of the most noted doctors without obtaining any per- mancnt relief, and for long time my case was regarded as hopeless. All who knew tho circumstances said must die. Finally, my wife induced me to try a bottle of Dr. Kennedy s Favorite Remedy which she had somewhere heard of or seen advertised. Without the slightest faith in if, but sole ly to gratify her, ] bought bottle of druggist in our village. l used that and two or three bottles more, and-to make @ long story short-I am now as healthy man as there is in the country.
 "Since then I have recommended Fa- vorite Remedy to others whom 1 knew to have suffered from Kidney and Liver com plaints; and, assure the public, that the sFavorite Remedy has done its work with a similar completeness in every single in stance, and I trust some other sick and dis couraged mortal may hear of it and try the Favorite Remedy as did.' (3)
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--The price of printing paper has ad- vanced in cost fully 50 per cent. during the past two or three months, and many publishers have been obliged to increase the subscription price to their paper. Paper that cost us Is cents per pound last fall, cost us 25 cents last week -an ad- vance of over 50 per cent.
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Any person wishing references obtain them by calling at the office addressing DIR. J. SMITH. IT STATE ST. opposite Court House. or LOCK Box 2144 The SrREEr CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT THE DOOR.
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A Good Introductlon.

vorire Remedy was introduced into Con- Ilt in 1sTT, at the solicitat on of Rev. J. C. ! of Har ford, who after having suffered for From chronic liver disease and indigestion, led the medicine and WIS cured. This faith ftor, thinking of the bodies as well the souls people, at once commenced advocacy oi brite Rsmedy's among them and has been kppy inst trument of swing scores or lives } ite Remedy is now as well and favorably
 h ill onnecticut as along the Hudson One a bottle All druggists sell it. Dr. Dav1d ESay, prop ietor, Roundout. N. II.
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Marie qes.

In Danbnry. Thursday Feb. 6ths Mr. Frank Dikeman, of Danbury. t., Miss sarah Scales, of sandy Hook.
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THEY all SING TIT !
Tuae-.. The old Granite State"

o, how happy they do make us, o, how gently they do shake us. o, how sleep doth overtake us, On that splendid Branchville Bed; When we tuck our pretty noses, Underneath thewarm bed closes, Then we rest from top to toe-ses, Just as the Agent said.
 We commend them to our brothers, To our fathers and our mothers, To our neighbors and all others, Who in comfort would repose; 0, they'll make you feel so clever, That you never. never, never, Will desire again to sever, From this cure of nightly woes. We will let you take and try them, For month before you buy them; Therefore, when ye bring you nigh them Show your courage and goodwill They will stop your naughty grumblIng, All your kicking and your tumbling, And they'll set you ali to fumbling For that :. Fiue D0ltar BiH''
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TO GRA1lFY HIS WIFE.
Am Interesting Story-A Hopeless Case Cured by using Dr. Hennedy's
 "Favorite Remedy"

Statement of Mr. Washington Monroe, of Cntskill
 Greene County, N. Y.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-02-18

ASF3ONONY MADE EASY.
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And Nsssufy's nsxt - ths 6un:
While Venus = hight.
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Comes second 70 join N tbs fun.
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While NxsY WITH his Aro,
So Wnsliks end dire,
Swings asoand 70 b coantsd fssrth'
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Tt 0on's In the middle.
While Jupit~'s ssxt aftse 1ass1
And his toax Asooas q night
Show The spsed Of the light;
Next goldss- Yinged 6aturn sppssrs.
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The Sans In The middle.
After Saturn comes Usanus iaf;
And bic snties - qeser
Led astsooo0egs 0oog -
TO old Nsptnne, who drives To lss
car.