Connecticut western news., 1880-03-24
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

HI 40AAeAoApAAn SOuEb bAhb buo 4hb0 MEs Whitaker ordered red, white and blue monument to be constructed for his de. ceased wife. The capitalist explained that his wife had always been a very patriotic woman. The monument was so made, the stone for the base being red, the central shaft white, and the upper portions blue. The monument was placed over the wlfe's remains in the cemetery.
 The population of our large cities is as follows: New York had a popula- tion of 1,O46, ,Os7 in 1875; Philadelphia, 917, AS in '76; Brooklyn, ASA, ,616 in '75; St. Louis had 31O,0OO in 1870 and claims 49O, 900 by local (estimate6 census {; Chicago with 299, ,OOC in 1870 claimed 395, 1000 in "A; Boston had 341, ,OOO in 1875. Baltimore and Cincinnati come next The positions of St. Louis and Chicago in the list will be definitely settled by this years Federal census.
 MT. Ernest Hart, the eminent san- itary writer, would like to see the teapot banished from the breakfast table. For young people, dyspeptics and labor ers, he thinks nothing equal to hominy por- ridge. Bread and butter and cocoa is 8 very good breakfast for working people, he thinks. Tea is a nerve stimulant, and on that account out of place as 8 breakfast beverage. Unfortunately nerve stimulants are precisely what too many people find that they need in the morning, and tea is decidedly preferable to "cocktails " and the like.
 During the eight years in which Thomas Jefferson practiced law he was employed in 948 cases. The Revolu- tion, however, turned him from law to statesmanship and he never resumed the practice. His skill as an advocate was set forth by the compliment which an old man unconsciously paid him. "How did my grandfather rank as an advocate before jury ?" asked Jefferson's grand son of an old man who had of ten heard him speak in court "Well, it is hard to tell," replied the old gentleman, "because he was always on the right side."
 A veteran pilot has tried some ex- periments that proved that in some lights green glass will not make lamp show green at all, making it clear that even pilot who passes the color test is no better fitted to guide boat than the most color blind pilot on the river. In the deep shadow of hill green light shows white and under different depths of the shadow shows all the way to white. "Red is is the only color that is always red," said the veteran, "and If can't get my license on account of this stupid test, by jingo, I'll pilot any how" he added.
 Not more than one ont of every one hundred head of game brought to the market of St. Petersburg and Moscow is shot. The others are trapped. Each peasant has path in the forests, which is considered his especial property. This path is sometimes as much as thirty miles long, and on each side traps of all sorts and sizes are set, and wolves foxes, martens, badgers, hares, squir rels, rabbits, partridges, quail, an6 grouse are caught in great numbers As it often happens that the owner o the traps does dot visit them for weeks game perishes without benefit to any one.
 A Boston swindler advertised for "s lady or gentleman to address ciroularl evenings at home, and to the thousands of persons who. responded by mail h. sent letters saying he would pay $7 . thousand for addressing envelopes He added "There are many who an swer advertisements for mere curiosity to prevent ourselves from such bore we are obliged to insist upon deposi of one dollar, which you can claim afte the delivery of the first 1 1000 circulars. The pay offered was so liberal that thu dollars poured into his post office box g the rste of 200 day /; but he got nom of them, for the Postmaster refused t. deliver them.
 George Koehler was believed t. have murdered man at Cairo, H., bu there was not g scrap of evidence agains him, and for some time he was not evel arrested. It was at length decided t entice him into inculpating himself He was put into jail, in the same eel with detective, who pretended to be
 criminal and confessed many imaginar crimes to his companion under solemn pledge of secrecy. He argued that al most any crime could be concealed, an thus gave the impression that he wa wonderfully shrewd. Koehler fell int the trap, asked his advice, and gave hir l & circumstantial acc 1unt of the murder } The missing body was found where h said he had buried it, and it seems cel tain that he will be hanged on the evi dence that he has himself provided. A few months ago several peasant were tried at Novgorod for burning aliv 8 woman, upon the pretext that she ha
 bewitched their cattle and cast spell upon their children. These rufaan
 were scq uitted on the ground that the
 had acted conscientiously and in accort
 anee with the Soriptural ordinance
 "Thou shalt not suffer witch to live
 The tribunal of Bstjush has recently however, taken 8 somewhat more el frightened view of a witcheraft cas brought before it. One Ivan Alexeie and six women of his village prosecute peasants wife named Charlamoff ft having, as they alleged upon oath. il