Connecticut western news., 1880-01-21
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

George Roe was poor mechanic at Norfolk, Va. He and 8 young lady of wealth and fashion fell in love with each other. Her parents forbade her to marry him, but she did it, and went to live with, him Tn 8 very humble home, declaring that she could be as contented there as though surrounded by luxury. But she found poverty hard to bear, and growing discontentment was observed with alarm by her husband. During the holiday season, she missed the social festivities to which she had been accus. toned, and grew fretful. The husband thought that New Years present would make her happy, and stole sealskin sacque for her. He is in pris- on, and the wife forgives and consoles him. "
 The Chicago Tribune prints an in- | teresting old document, conveying to | tho whites from the Indians an immense tract of land, including the whole of Illinois and large part of W Wisconsin. The consideration paid for this territory is thus expressed in the deed Two hundred and sixty strouds, 250 blankets, $50 shirts, 150 pairs of stroud, and half- thick stockings, 150 stroud breech- cloths, 500 pounds of gunpowder, 4,O0O pounds of lead, one gross of knives, 30 pounds of vermillion, 2,000 gun-fints, 200 pounds of brass kettles, 200 pounds of tobacco, 3 dozen gilt looking. glasses one gross of gun-worms, two gross of awls, one gross of fire-steels, 16 dozen of gardening, 10000 pounds of -four, 800 bushels of Indian corn, 12 horses, 12 horned cattle, 20 bushels of salt and 20 guns.
 Joshua Nestor had saved few thou sand dollars by long and hard work as l farmer in Virginia while his son-in-law, ] Gen. Webb, was dissolute and penniless. Webb was impatient to get the old mans money, through his wife's inheriting it; but Nestor. like his namesake of Hom- eric days, lived on and on, until he was 86, and even then was hole and hearty. Webb, on the contrary, was ruining his health by dissipation, and it looked as though he would die first. To avert such an ocoul renee he murdered Nestor, and it was for that crime that he was hanged few days ago.
 One of the life saving stations on the California coast has been officially named the Maggie Geddes. This is recognition of the bravery of Maggie Geddes of San Antonio. She is only nine years old. Seeing younger play
 mate fall down high embankment into a mill race, she instantly jumped after her. The water was deep, and ran swiftly toward Q large wheel :; but Maggie was a good swimmer, and by 8 desperate struggle got ashore with Ter playmate. Such coolness and courage were deemed worthy of special honor.
 A discussion is now going on ill
 Canada about the number of French
 Canadians. Le Ca1aad0 asserts that
 they double in number every twenty
 eight years. In 1765 they numbered
 84,000; in 1877, 1850, 900, and they are
 still increasing. The English natives
 do not increase in anything like the
 same proportion, and the number of
 immigrants barely eff sets the number
 who emigrate to this country. So by
 degrees Canada may be all French
 before it is realized.
 A strange incident occurred recently
 in Easton which was witnessed by
 several persons. Some men dropped a
 whiskey flask on a curb-stone, making
 pieces of it.. The bottle contained
 whiskey, small quantity of it remain
 ing on some of the pieces. A sparrow
 flew down from tlee and commenced
 drinking the liquor. In few minutes
 the bird began to stagger and could scarcely hold up it's head. Presently it dropped over dead-drunk. The little
 fellow was picked up by 8 peanu, vender and properly cared for. In g short time it flew away, apparently sober.
 The "old woman's" remedy for g "cold on the chest" a sore throat, or g
 brIrise, which consisted in an applica' ? tion of brown paper steeped in beer ol l vinegar, owed it's efficacy to the heat l retaining properties of the paper. 4 , vet pad of this material, as far as tho
 surface next the skin was concerned , acted almost as well as layer of we F linen-rag protected with a thick cover 3 ing of flannel. In short, stout paper O
 the commonest sort is an effective non . conductor, and may be advantageously : employed as covering for beds or to ek' [ out scanty clothing. A piece of thicl D paper inserted between the lining ant f the cloth of 8 waistcoat, or in the bacl B of thin coat, will render it warm a l we'll as light The suggestion is a smal
 one, but it is simple to carry into effect f and will be found effective. d Our great progress in journalism r is shown by the fact that in 1775 ther n were in the United States less than fort, r newspapers and periodicals, whose az
 gregate issue for that year comprise.
 100000 copies now the united pres
 publishes over 800 daily newspapers 8 more than 4,OOO weeklies, and abou n 600 monthly publications; of the dailie e that existed in 1870, about 800, 900, ,OO d copies were struck off that year of tn d weeklies about 600, ,00O, GOO and of oth tt CT serial publications, about 100, GOO, COG :: amounting in all. to 1, 500, ,O0O, 900 COZ s- ies. And to sum the matter up yet mor @ forcibly, it must be stated that the Uni l. ted States publishes more newspapers is with greater combined circulation, tha