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Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
Successful Business Men.

How eagerly we listen to all that is told of successful men what 8 mystery surrounds great firms, why are they successful, what is their secret, what the sure road to prosperity ;-how dis appointed we are to find there is no royal road, no short and easy wfy and that success during long term of years, instead of being the result of brilliant schemes, is due to hard work, persistent and painstaking effort, vigilant atten- tion to the little things, thoroughness in all, and how well it is illustrated by this glimpse of the inner workings of great house. Lord & Taylor, the noted New York dry goods merchants, in the1r Book of Instruction to their Sales men, say:
 "Toward customers be invariably polite and attentive, whether they be agreeable ol dlsagreeable, fair or unfair, considerate or exacting, without any regard to their class or condition, un- less indeed you be the more obhging and serviceable to the humble and ig- norant. The more self-forgetting you are and the more acceptable you are to whomsoever your customer may be, the better you are as salesman it is your highest duty to be agreeable to all. Show goods freely to all corners be painstaking to match samples be as serviceable as you can be to all, whether buyers or not. At the outset you have to guess what grade of goods she wants, high priced or low-priced, if you do not guess corr ectly be quick to discover your error and right yourself instantly. It is impertinent to insist on showing goods not wanted it is delicately polite to get to exactly what is wanted, adroit- ly and on the slightest hint. Do not try to change buyers choice except to this extent always use your knowledge of goods to her advantage if she wavels or indicates desire for your advice. What we want sold is the precise article which she wants to buy. In speaking of goods use correct names, say what they are made of if you have occasion, if you do not know and cannot find out, say so; sell nothing on a misunder standing if you know it exists make no promises that you have any doubt about the ful6llment of and, having made promise, do more than your owr share towards it's fulfllment, see that the next after you does his share if you | can"
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
The Country Newspaper.

The Seneca Falls ReucilIe says :- The editing of a country newspaper is no light task, as many are led to believe. The identity and personality of the edi- tor cannot be conceded or avoided-he speaks himself and all his readers know him, and upon him rests the whole re- sponsibility of all he says. Self-respect and an ardent desire to do well and to deserve we'll at the hands of his sub- scribers and patrons, prompts him to strive constantly in season and out of season so to conduct his journal as to reflect credit upon himself and upon the community in which it is published. The first and most essential thing in the conduct of country journal is to have it clean. No line or word should be admitted to its columns that might not be repeated in the family circle. In it's dealings with men it should be fail and just occasion should arise for praise or blame it should be justly meted out. Personal prejudice and bias for good or ill should never control the edi- torial columns.
 As purveyor of news the country paper needs much watching and con- stant scrutiny. To these essentials for the decent conduct of @ newspaper must be added the need of the earnest CO., operation of the community among whom it circulates, and for whose bene- fit, if properly conducted, it does so much. No class of men know better than editors the bitterness of want of appreciation and of moral and material support. If people would only realize what advantage it is to town to have decent, well-conducted paper, they would with one accord tender such en. couragement and support as would tighten the editorial burden and lift ur the editorial heart. The labor bestowed on live local journal is very great, and it should meet with generous recogni' tion on the part of all who are inter ested in the success and prosperity oi the village in which it is published.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
THE BLACKSMITH MAN.

 My mother puts an apron on to keep my coaties
 clean, And rubbers on my little boots, and then I go
 and lean Against the blacksmith's doorway, to watch the
 coal fire shine, The bellows heave, the hammers swing-I wish
 they were all mine The horses bend their legs and stand don't
 see how they can; But would love to shoe their feet just like the
 blacksmith man.
 Tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle-tan What jolly noise he makes, the black
 smith man When grow up an old big man, with whiskers
 on my chin, I will not have grocery store, or dry goods
 store, or tin;' I will not be farmer, or Q lawyer, not bit Or President, all the other boys are meaning to
 be it. Or banker, with the money bills piled high
 upon the stan I'd rather hold the red-hot iron and be black
 smith man.
 Tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle-tan Oh, what jolly noise he makes, the black
 smith man! The blacksmith man has got such arms his
 shop is such place: He gets as dirty as he likes, and no one cleans
 his face And when the lightning's in the sky he makes
 his bellows blow, And all his fires flare quickly up, like lightning down below. Oh, he must have the incest time that any per
 son can; I wish could grow up to-day, and be black
 smith man!
 Tang-tlddle, tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle-tan !! I wish could grow up to-day, and be 8
 blacksmith man! I mean to have a little house, with vines and
 porches to t, And fixed up nice and clean for me when get
 tired of soot. I'd marry little susy, and have her for my
 wife We've been so we'll acquainted with each other
 all our life Oh, mean to be as hearty and as happy as
 can, And an honest, good, hard-working, jolly, rosy
 blacksmith man
 Tang-tiddle, tang-tiddle, tang-tddle-tan l! Here goes the honest, good, hard-workng,
 jolly blacksmith man!
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
Pool Playing by Boys.

The vice of pool playing in saloons, so largely indulged in by youth, is at tracting much attention throughout the State of New York. Two large and in- fuential meetings were recently held in Onondaga county, and promptly re- sponded to by ex-Governor Alvord by the introduction in Assembly of pro. hibitory bill.
 There is, says an exchange, perhaps, no vice more demoralizing, and if par ents knew towhat extent their children indulge in it, they would be mortified. But they do not. Their boys are al- lowed to spend their evenings away from home. and while. they themselves are at church, in all probability, the1r boys are in some saloon taking lessons in gambling and drinking. Thus they are led down the path to perdition. Parents should insist upon their chil- dren remaining at home evenings. There is no recreation in that part of the day which can be as healthful to 'hOA1 Oo 0AuAADOA III Ouch DcIlS WJAAO 1o IS inevitable that, away from parental observation, immoral practices will en- gage their attention. It is notorious fact that the best men and women, morally and intellectually, have been those who in youth spent their eve- nings at home with their parents. It is then that parents have the time and opportunity to give their children the advice they so much need. There is no man or woman, no matter how limit ed has been their sphere in life, but can impart instruction, gained by their experience, which will prove of incal- culable advantage and profit to their children. And it is the duty of parents to give this instruction. There is scarcely a case in which 8 young man has gone to destruction, that his par ents were not responsible for it. They have neglected their duties; they have allowed him to go out of his home when and where he has pleased they have not warned him against bad associations as they should they have made no inquiries as to with whom he spends his time or in what he is engaged. Neglected thus, the young man goes on step by step until he reaches point whence it is impossible for him to re-
 treat.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
A Book Agent Vanquished.
REGULARITY OF THE METEOROLOGICAL
 DISTURBANCES IN THE WEST.

A Nevada newspaper says that Prof. Stewart went into restaurant and asked the head stewart, to bring him some stuffed mutton and parsnips. No sooner had the professor seated him. self at one of the small tables than book agent came in and took the other side of the board. The two men were strangers, but, as matter of course, the book agent couldn't keep still and presently made some conversational advance to Stewart:
 "Are not these meteorological dis turbances somewhat peculiar in these attitudes ?"
 The professor paused a moment as he was mashing potato and replied:
 "Guess it's about the same thing every year."
 "In seasons of atmospheric depres- sion alternating with unexpected bo- real excitement and rapid changes re- sultant on sudden accumulations of moisture, such dispositions of the storm belt are not, in my opinion, entirely uncalled for."
 Exactly" remarked the professor, lifting fly out of his coffee.
 "But," continued the agent, delight ed at the style in which he was crowd ing the profession, "I doubt not but that certain energetic polarizations of the molecules in the mineral deposits have an attraction for the electrically charged clouds"
 At this point the professor, who had been knocked around the ring, crowded to the ropes, so to speak, became fairly reused to his position.
 "Ah, exactly, my friend; in the ledge are vast deposits of minerals. Found in volcanic matrices and disintegrated by the upheaval of plutonic and semi fuced mastes of silicious alumnia, mingled with homogeneous debris of porphyry, the molecules of kaolined feldites with 8 slight potash base, the decomposition of feldspar is most ef- fected along the line of the horizontal cleavage and the liberated oxide of man. ganese, combined with the percolation of the alkalies which permeate the en. tire mass, causing 8 pronounced state of polarization, which cannot fail to ac count for the peculiar attraction in tho vicinity. I might further explain tht intricate chemical properties of the bel by illustrating the"
 By this time, however, the book agen rose from his seat, paid full price fo his half eaten meal and shot out of tn place. Andy said he examined tn professor, found his pulse regular no signs of precipitation, and his min intact
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
A War Stratagem,

A newspaper correspondent recalls an incident of the war of 1872. The British fleet under Admiral Cockburn were path olling Long Island Sound and making descents on the adjacent will lages. Southold was unprotected ex- cept by small uniformed company of militia. All the other troops were at Sag Harbor. If the British could have known of the defenceless condition of Southoid they would have burned it, but they were deceived by stratagem. The forest extended along the banks of the Sound for great distance. The uni formed company hastened from point to point and the men showed them selves to the English, thus creating an impression that the woods were full of troops. The English judged it wise not to land,
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
State Prison COnyicts.

A New Jersey shoe manufacturer re- gently proposed to hire the convicts in the South Carolina State Penitentiary,
 paying for them at the rate of forty cents day and employing them exclu- sively within the Penitentiary grounds. He stipulated that he should have 200 convicts at the outset, but this proposi- tion was rejected, and he then applied for 100. By the latest accounts this proposal had not been acted upon. This business offer, whether it be accepted or not, is likely to be of value by calling attention to the present unproitable and dangerous system of convict labor ill South Carolina. At present 308 con- victs are hired out to railroad, phos- phate and other companies, at varying prices. Disease is prevalent among them, but the worst feature of the sys- tenn is the ease of escape which it allows. It is said that there are now 133 escaped convicts at large in the State, many of whom are, of course, prepared to repeat with greater success the crimes fol which they were originally imprisoned
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
A Lost Boy.

An instance of coolness and courage in boy is reported in 8 letter from Wakerstroom, in South Africa. The garrison made raid for the purpose of capturing some cattle, but were con- pelled to retreat into camp. While falling back, youngster about fifteen years old was thrown from his horse, which ran off and left him. Finding he could not escape from the Boers, who were in close pursuit, he lay down behind some stones on the slope of the hill. A few minutes afterward, four of the enemy came galloping up, when the boy let fly, knocking one out of his saddle. The three men who were with him, thinking, in all probability, they were running into an ambuscnde, wheeled and bolted for their lives. The boy then crept on his hands and feet to the top of the hill, took to his heels, and escaped.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

A DYNAMITE MAN.-Patrick Ryan was recently adjudged @ lunatic by the courts of Erie, Pa. He attempted to blow up his family with dynamite. There are vague rumors to the effect that Ryan was once British soldier and a leading Fenian, and some persons be- lleve he arranged @ plan for blowing up the largest magazine in Ireland. Luck fly for the magazine Ryan was sunstruck at the critical point in the enterprise. There is also tale about Ryan having been one of party that attempted to seize Earl Spencer when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

CHINESE LABoR.-A South Carolina plantation is to receive Chinese labor CTS from San Francisco by way of exper- iment. They are to be sent there under the watchful supervision of an overseer, who is to see to it that none of them take advantage of having their expenses paid to the Atlantic States to slip away and settle down among their country men in one of the larger cities. If they prove desirable laborers others will proB- ably follow.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
cEN1AuR
 liiniin1ent.
The most Powerful.

The most Powerful, Penetrating and Pain-relieving remedy ever devised by man. It soothes Pain, it allays inflammation, 1t heals Wounds, and it cures
 RHEUMATISM, Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds, Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell ings, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and Lameness from any cause. Suf- ferers from
 PAIN IN THE BACK. Fever Sores, Eruptions, Broken Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu- falgia, Palsy or dislocatcd limbs; and owners of horses, planters, me- chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in saying, that
 CENTAUR LINIMENT brings relief when all other Lini- ments. Oils, Extracts and Embroca- tons have failed.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

A SULPHUR SHowER.-The "sulphur shower reported in Louisville last week was small matter compared with the fall of "sulphur" in Gallatin and several other Kentucky counties in 1853. In that year it came down in the after noon on an April or March day, and some pieces were fourth of an inch long and as thick as @ small goose quill. It tasted and smelt like sulphur, pro- duced blue flames, and was generally believed to be that article. The ground was yellow with it for miles.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27
A Barber on Badness.

Speaking of the credulity of many people touching the efficacy of hair tonics, an intelligent French hair dresser says:
 I don't think I am far from the truth when say that during the past twenty five years that I have practiced the profession of hairdresser, I have made the trial upon different bald heads of more than five hundred different hair tonics, and am bound to admit that l never saw single head the hair of which was restored after badness. At the end of so many failures, I am com pletely undeceived as to the value of all the preparations, and would not now recommend any one of them, because I would be afraid to commit the crime that is designated by the words, "obtaining money under false pretenses." In my pathological studies upon the hair, I have found that people who perspire great deal from the head are apt to get bald. The bad habit of wearing hats indoors is also very hurt full to the hair. In 1906, after the famous battle of Jena, ill which the Prussians were completely defeated by Napoleon T., Baron Larrey, the cele- brated military surgeon, perceived that many of the German prisoners were completely bald. Surprised, he made inquiries as to the cause of this, and he found that they owed their badness tc the shape-as homely as unhealthy of their caps. The foul air of theil head gear, having no issue, destroyed the vitality of the hair.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

A Perfected Purifier of the System
 ToSrc.-- Increasing ths strength, oorsating Me e5sctscf debility, andTsstortn0 healthy gncti0nS." WEBSTER.
 For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia, the many forms of Liver Com plaint, Impure and Impoverished Blood, and Functional Derange- ments attendant upon Debility, and for Building up the weak, Ash Tonic is doubtless the most prompt and certain remedy yet devised. In 1-2 lib. bottles, 75 cents; Six bottles, S.. Accredited Physicians and Clergymen, who may desire to test the Tonic, will be supplied with not exceeding six bottles, at one-half the retail price, money to accom- pany the order. Sold by Druggists, and by D. B. Dewey x Co.,, 46 Dey St., N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

A BAD PLACE FOR DRUNKARDs.- Where the Albanian League holds un- disputed sway, new laws have been made and are administered to the great advantage of the inhabitants. Mussul- mans and Christians are treated alike. Brigandage has been completely sup pressed. Drunkenness is punished by public exposure the hand is tied to a bottle, which is hung around the neck
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

GREAT WASTE. waste of mate rial in coal mining is enormous. It is estimated that only two thirds of the coal in workable veins is taken out ]; there is further loss of 25 per cent. in the preparation and delivery. The Read ing Railroad Company has spent $300,- 900 in the attempt to utilize waste coal by burning it in locomotives constructed for the purpose,
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

FURs.-A New Haven firm sends thou sands of the red American fox skins to Russia every year. These skins, which are used in the Muscovite country to line costly garments, are contributed to considerable extent by Maine, Yer mont and New Hampshire,
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

CARELESS. Nance of Chicago gave his wife $500 to be put in safe place. Having one hand full of papers she intended to burn and the money in the other, she threw the bills into the fire,
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

Have Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry always at hand. It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, Influenza, Consumption, and all Throat and Lung Complaints. 50 cents and $1 B bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1881-04-27

The Peruvian Syrup has cured thou sands who were suffering from Dyspep- Bia, Debility, Liver Complaint, Bolls, Humors, Female Complaints, etc. Pamphlets free to any address. Seth ". Fowle & Sons, Boston.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

For thu, Kidneys, Liver and Urinary Organs,
p US netning but Warner Safe 4Kidaev and
owe their health and happiness to it. Price
Sl'25 per bottle. H9-We offer "Warner's
SAFE Tonic Bitters" with equal confidence. a
h. Il. WARNER & CO.. Rochester, NY.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20
OARS FOR THE MILLION,
FOO cHoo,s BALsAM OF SHARKS OH

Positively Restores the hearing and is the on
ly absolute cure for Deafness known.
This Oil is extracted from aspecies ofsmall
White Shark caughtin the Yellow Sea, and
known as Carchar0don RondeletLi. Every
Chinese fisherman knows it. Its virtues as
a restorative of hearing were discovered by
a Buddhist Priest about the year l4l0. Its
cures were so numerous and and many so
seemingly miraculous that the remedy was
officially proclaimed over the entire empire.
Its use became SO universal that for over 300
years no deafness has existed among the
Chinese people. Sent charges pre- paid, to
any address at 81 per bottle. Only imported
by HAYLOCK q co 7 Dey St., New York.
Sole agents for America.
Its virtues are unquestionable and its cur
alive character absolute. as the writer can
personally testify, both from experience and
observation. Among the many readers of
the Review in one part and another of the
country, 1t is probable that numbers are af-
hicted with deafness, and to such 1t may be
said: write at once to Haylock & Co, Nc.
Dey street, New York, enclosing 81, and
you will receive in return a remedy that
will enable you to hear like anybody else,
and whose curative effects will be permanent
You will never regret doing so.-Editor of
Mercantile Review. Jy2l-S1.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

or mn elli per day at home. Samples
~ III pdD4 Co, Portland, Maine,
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

A sol il said to be exhausted when
1t fails TO give paying crops under the
most favorable circumstances Of
weather, tillags, etc. This exhaustion
il brought about by the removal Of
the constituents needed by the plants
without any corresponding addition Of
these food elements. Thus soil may
contain enough phosphoric acid in an
available quantity for ten full crops,
but after that, if none of this sub.
stance il added to the soil, the crop
cannot make full return for the labor
expended upon it. A soil may thus
be exhausted or deficient In only enc
Of the several food elements, and yet
Ia not much better, as far as plant
growth Is concerned, than IL ell the
elements were equally lacking. All
crops do not exhaust soils equally
some remove more potash than others
and one requires q greater amount Of
nitrogen than another. This is very
clearly shown in the long experiments
Of Iawes and Gilbert, at Rothamsted,
England. It is found by them that
the pots upon which continuous crops
Of clover, beans and roots, have been
grown without any manure, having
declined more rapidly than the land
devoted to cereal grain crops. This
is surprising, in 80 far as clover, etc.,
are generally considered as restor-
alive rather than exhaustive crops.
A judicious rotation of crops il as
much needed to preserve the even
fertility Of the soil as to keep it mel
low and free from weeds.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

r me. CEMENT. PLASTER,
and Plastsring Hair, in large or small q uan.
titles, at 7, 3. BULIOCKs.
lis Garden st.. Mount Holly. MI
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

Give your stock plenty of good
fresh water. 1t win be repaid.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20

Give each fruit tree in the yard at
least few shovelfuls of manure, and
if the same treatment is extended to
the orchard, q good return will be
made. The way to obtain abundant
crops Of fruit every year is for you
to manure the trees yearly, just as
you would the field in which you
expect to raise corr.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-10-20
+ IppINcoTTs DYSPEPSIA TONIC.

IPPINCOTTs DYSPEPSIA TONIC.
IL An effectual remedy for Dyspepsia, IRdi-
gestion. Sour stomach, Dizziness, Liver Com
plant, Jaundice, Nervous Debility, and all dis
eases arising from disordered Stomach or
Liver. Prepared only by J. P. LIPPINCOTT,
Mount Holly, Burlington County, N. J. Sold
everywhere. One Dollar per bottle.
Lippincotts Cough Syrup cures Coughs,
Colds, Group, Hoarseness and Sore Throat.
Purely vegetable, pleasant to the taste, and a
safe remedy for children. Sold everywhere.
Fifty cents bottle.
July 8, i879-1y.