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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-09

FROM THE DANBURY NEWS.
 On Barnum's day a Norwich man sold twentv-iour bushels of peanuts.
 Another comet has been found by the Goshen astronomer It is close by the south west corner of the great Square of Pegasus, which is nearly opposite Goshen
 William Garfield. of Canaan, shot crow at distance of eighty six rods, which is quarter of mile. It would be interesting to learn what Mir. Garfield was aiming at when he fred.
 The dance of death is to be repeated bv Ansonia people in a ball to be given to raise motiey for Chip Smith, the condemned mur- derer. Why not wait until after he is hun and have him petritied and cut up into paper weights at a dollar apiece?
 A Bridgeport woman found an explanation for the heavy bread and cake she has been making in the past fortnight in the discovery that she has been using plaster of Paris in mistake for baking powder. Some genera tions hence when Bridgeport is opening new stree ts through its cemetery, several perfect casts of the human stomach will be thrown up by the excavalors.
 Under the Roses You Kissed Me-" sang dizzy tcutr and shaky bass last evening about II o'clock. in front of q house on Fair. field avenue. Then some waggiSh boarders in the fourth story cut loose paper bag of flour, and the serenaders thinking snow storm had set in, brushed of their clothes and lit out for other scenes.-Bsidaepor Neacs
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-09

PAST LITERARY INDECENCIEs PRESENT PRURIENoY.-Our modern familiarity with the intellectual work of all times and races has made people perceive that in past days indecency was always part and parcel of liter aturs. and that to try to weed it out is to con- pletely alter the character of at least good half of the literature of the past. Hence, some of us moderns, shaken as we are in all our conventional ideas, have argued that this so-called indecency is legitimate portion of all literature and the sooner it is rentroduced into that of the present, the better if our liter ature is to be really vital and honest. Now, these people do not perceive that the ltera- ture of the past contained indecencies, mere- ly because, being infinitely less self conscious, less responsible than now, the literature of he past contained fragments of every portion of the civilization which produced it. For besides what might call absolute indecency, in the sense of pruriency, the literature of the past is full of filth pure and simple, like some Eastern town; sure proof this, that if certain subjects which we taboo were not ta. bOoed then. it was not from any conscious notion of their legitimacy, but from @ general habit of making literature, like the street of some Oriental or medieval town, the scene of every sort of human action, important or trfling, noble or vile: regarding It as a place for which the finest works were painted or carved, and into which all the slops were emp tied. Hence in our wanderings through the literature of the past, our feet are forever stumbling into pools of filth, while our eyes are seeking for the splendid traceries the gorgeous colors above; our stomachs are turn ed by stenches even while we are peeping in at some wonderful rose garden or fruit or- chard. Itrink you might almost count on your fingers the books, up to the yea: 1850, in which you are sure of encountering no beastliness gardens bowers of the soul, or scared chapels, kept carefully tidy and pure-viz.. Milton, Spencer, the "Vita Nuova," Petrarch, Tasso-thines you see mainly sacred or spirItualistic-sort of churches where only devotion of seme sort goes on but If we go out to where there is real life, life complete and thoughtess- Shakespeare, Rabelais, Moliere, Ariosto Cel- vantes, Aristophanes, horace-the evil odors meet us again at every step. We'll, nowadays this has all been misunderstood. people have imagined that an inevitable nuisance of the past ought also to be a deliberately chosen nuisance of the present line of argument which appears 10 me to be similar to that of man who. because the people of Lisbon used, in the days of my grandfather. to practice a very primitive system of sewerage. should recommend that the inhabitants of modern London should habitually empty their slops on to the heads of passers-by. I am crude We'll it is by calling nasty things by beauti- ful names that we are able to endure their existence. Vernon Ice, m Contemporary Reoiep.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-09

cayilists sheer as they may. there is nothing for man like wife, if she bea good one. myself may have had my doubts on the sub- iect-wives are but women after all, and must therefore be trying at times, even the best of them But certainly had no doubts what ever as stretched out my feet to the blaze, and resigned myself cheerfully to being pettcd and waited on.
 sWellY questioned Mrs. Merton, when my creature comforts had all been duly atten- ded to, and not before. told her how mat ters stood: shew delighted.
 And SO they were fond of each other, af- ter all and his being unkind to her and her poor little baby was only delusion. How dreadful How delightful, mean! Poor fel low-so young and handsome and nice felt so sorry for him.
 He must have travelled down in the seme train as she did
 Oh no ; he told me all about it. He had been summoned up to town on business, and left home yesterday morning. In the even- ing the nurse left her, as she thought asleep, to fetch something from the kitchen
 Have you gossip there, you mean
 'John,' solemnly, you don't like nurses, you know you don't v
 My dear, Tam married man, and more- over an NJ. D. A well balanced mind must hate somebody or some class of bodies; and, as a rule medical men hate nurses
 'N9nsense, John! We'll, Mrs. Tremayne got away while the nurse was downstairs, and being traced to the statson, where she had taken ticket to London, Captain Ire. mayne was telegraphed to, and was stopped as he got into the train on his way home. Some one must have seen you leave the sta- tion.'
 <As he came to look for her here, somebody must have brought him; two came to the door
 It will be all right now that he has found her, and is fond of her; she will get quite well and he will have to comfort her for the loss of Ter poor little baby
 I wipe my pen, blot the MSS, and rise. My story is done and, as it is the first so it will probably be the last of which l shall be guilty.
 Mrs. Merton looks up from the glove she is mending. The story done! Why, all you have written is only the beginning of the end. You could not surely have the heart to break of in that unsatisfactory manner Not word aboot Captain Tremayne's grati- tude, or the hamper they sent us at Christmas, or the birth of her little son last year, and the pretty way in which she coaxed you to be godfather, though her uncle, the duke, was only waiting to be asked; or how she insis- ted upon our bringing baby and Johnny and Freddy, and how baby
 But 1 seized my hat and gloves. Mary s, as have said, the best of wives if just lit- tie trying at times, and her baby the most wonderful of all created babies-but have an appointment at twelve!
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-09
SHEPAUG RAILROAD.
 Arrangement Of Tr0ins

Commencing November 29th, lSs0
 DOWNWARD. Monday Special 9.25 A. M.-Passenger Train from Litchheld connects at Hawleyyille with trains arriving in Bridgeport at I2sO h. m.; New Haven, 1.10 D. m' <; New York, 3O7 p. m., via. Housotonic R. R. Dethel ll.55 a. m. South Nerwak. 1.1s D. m. Norwalk R. k.
 300 P, M.-Mixed train from Iitchfeld connects at Haweyvile with trains arriving in Bridgeport at S.3O p. m. New York, 10. 30 P. m. New Milford, $50 P. m,, via. Hous. atomic +. R. Bethel, 6.56 p. m. south Norwalk, 925 D. m., and (except Satur- da sl Danbury at FPS D. m., via Danbury and Notwalk k. k. Sunday Milk.-43o P. III, from Litchfeld connects at Hawleyville for Bridgeport, New Haven and New York, via. Housatonie k. R. for Bethel, Danoury, south Norwalk New York and New Haven, via Danbury and Norwalk K. +.
 UPWARD. HOO A, M.-Mixed tram from Hawleyvile connects from New York at S:05, a. m.; south Nor walk at 9.30 a. m.; Danbury at OO a. r {: Bethel, 1885 a. m., via. Danbury Nor. walk Railroad. From New York at SOS d. m. New Haven at 9.33 a. m. Bridge port at iOlO a. m., via. HousatOnfc Rail- road.
 Monday Special % D. m. Mixed Train from Flaw. leyville connects from Danbury at l2.O0 m.; Bethel, 1920 D. m., via. Danbury Norwalk R. R. From Pittsfeld at 6. % a. m., via HousatOnic R. R. Saturday Specal.-7.35 p. m., Passenger Train from Hawleyville connects from New York at 4.40, D. m South Norwalk, 6lO D. m {: Danbuly at 6 10 D. m. Bethel, 7.15 D. n, , via. Danbury and Norwalk Railroad From Pittsfied at 200 p. m., via Housa- tonic Railroad.
 0. H. PLATT, Superintendent
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No. 76 STATE ST., opposite Eilby, BosToN, Secures Patents tine United States also in C,reat Britain, France, and other foreign countries Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by remittipR one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington Nc Agency in the United States possesses superior faefs for obtaining Patents Gsc6rtdint,lg e paSntabiiv of tnUentiOnS. R. H. EDDY. Solicitor of Patents.
 TESTIMONIAL.
 'I regard MT. Eddy as one of the most capable znd successtut practitioners with whom have had oRcal intercourse.
 CHAS. MASON, Commissioner of Patents" "Inventors cannot employ person more ustwor. thy or more capable of securing for them an early and favorable consideration at the Patent Ofice EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Patenta
 BOSTON, October 10, 1870. R. H. EDDY, Esq-Dear Dir you procured for ns in lS40, my first patent. Since then you have acted for and advised in hundreds of cass and procur- ed many patents, reissues and extensions have oc- casionaly employed the best agencies in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, but still give you al. most the whole of my business in your line and ad wise others to employ you.
 Eours truly, GEORGE DRAPER. BOSTON. January l. 1881. Al-1V
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


F~RIcAssEEDD UCK.-Most peoplethink
a duck must be roasted, but try this
once instead: Cut a mallard or red
duck into four quarters; chop an onion
fine, and put all into a pot ; cover with
water, and add more as it boils away.
Stir a little celery seed, or celery
chopped up fine, three or four strips Of
salt pork, and when nearly done add a
tablespoonful of Worcester sauce. Build
a mound of mashed potatoes around
your dish and carefully lay the contents
of the fricassee in the center. Season
with salt and pepper. This makes a
juicy and delicious dish.
QUAu.-These are very dry meat when
baked or roasted. You will find a de-
cided improvement by stufing them
with fine sausage meat.
TRPE A LA LYoNAIsE WITH TOMATOES.
This economical dish, which is in
reach of every family, is also very fin
Take two pounds of dressed and boiled
tripe, cut into small strips two inches
long and put into saucepan. Parboll
and drain off the first water; chop q
small onion fine and let all stew twenty
minutes (; add half atea.cup of thicken-
ing and then stir in half a can of toma.
toes. Season with salt and pepper.
This dish has become very popular in
all the hotels throughout the country.
TOMATO OMELErs.-These may be
made by placing two tablespoonfuls of
tomatoes in the pan before rolling the
omulettes.
OYSTER OMEIETs, Take four oysters
parboiled, chop up and cook the same
as the omelet.
CHEESE OMELETs .-Grate two ounces
of new cheese and roll the same inside
while the omelet is cooking.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
Horses that Stumble.

In the matter of stumbling, Captain
Hayes lin his new book "Riding on the
Flat and Across the Country goes into
its theory, drawing distinctions that
may be very serviceable. He explains
that there are two kinds of stumbling.
One is really dangerous, when the horse
is either weak in the forelegs or cramped
in the action, or with the physical de-
feet of too straight shoulders. But
when stumbling arises from the knee
being insuficiently bent or the toe I'M
duly depressed, thereby catching upon
any inequality in the ground, it may be
safely disregarded, unless the animal is
intended for show rather than use. We
may add, for ourselves, that we have
ridden excellent horses with this fail
ing that frequently as they might trip
or stumble, experience told us hat they
were absolutely sure-footed, but that
what we chiefly objected to was that in
cases when they were nervous each trip
led almost invariably to a succession of
others. That such stumbling comes of
a slovenly ann Of going there can be
NJ doubt.
1t happens comparatively seldom in
exhilarating weather or when the horse
has been brought fresh out of the stable;
but when listless and languid, or when
fatigue begins to tell, then you are
quickly made aware Of his condition by
his laundering. Captain Hay es's chap
tiers on lat-racing, steeple-chasing and
training will be read with interest, ever
by amateurs. He backs up his own
opinions and experiences on these sub
jects by communications from we'll
known trainers and jockeys. As to CIV
ing "orders'' in a race, his ideas seem to
us very sensible. With q young hand
instruction may be necessary, but if the
jockey be a fairly good one, the riding
should be left to his discretion. 1t is
impossible to foresee all possible cir
cumstances, and decisions must be taken
on the spur of the moment. As for start
ing, he calls attention to the necessity
for "getting off" as quickly as possible
matter in which, though it is obvi-
ously Of paramount Importance, some
people would appear to be strangely in
different. As he says, "whatever dis
lance is lost at the start must be made
up when the horses are galloping, at
which time the effort to regain the lost
lengths may very possibly be equivalent
to throwing away an advantage of as
many pounds. -Satwday Recieto.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

Every farmer should keep a blank
book, in which to paste any agricultural
scraps of value he may meet with in
reading a paper. He will perhaps see
suggestions the value Of which he may
desire to test, or hints he may wish to
be governed by in his various operations
on the farm and yet, after reading the
paper, he is apt to throw it down never
to see it again. In such a case all the
valuable articles will be lost. To pre-.
vent this he should clip from the pa
pers such articles as he wishes to pre-
serve and paste them in q scrap book,
to be referred to as occasion may require.
Such a book at the end Of a year or two
will be found to be both interesting and
valuable,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
Southern HOsniiallif.

Mr.. E. J. Cotton, Of Chicago, in alet
ter to The FIel5, the leading sporting
paper Of the West, who has spent the
last two winters in tho South, writes
enthusiastically over Southern hospital
ity, as well as Of the abundance 0.
game in that section worthy the atten-
tion Of sportsmen. He says for the in
formation Of Northern sportsmen who
have never been South. "that they will
receive more hospitality and genuine
freedom, with acourteous, open-hearted
hand from the Southern people than
their most sanguine hopes have antic.
ipated." Mr.. Cotton adds that any one
who is preiudiced against the South on
account OF political feeling, climate,
etc, should avail themselves Of the first
opportunity to take a trip South, and
the longer they remain there the better
they will like it, and he guarantees that
their prejudices will be numbered with
the things of the past. Mr.. Cotton took
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Alabama, Georgia and Florida in his
trips. Hence his opportunities for OBJ
servation were abundant and his con-
illusions doubtless correct.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The coffee tree fourishes better in
sand than in rich ground.
The Greenland youth who cannot
catch seals is despised and fed on
woman's diet.
The inhabitants of Madagascar use
an instrument like a pickaxe to till
their ground.
A mar in Yorkshire who had become
insane wal cured by constantly hearing
violin music.
Hschylus was killed by the blow of a
tortoise dropped on his head.
At Avignon, in 1245, false witnesses
had their noses and upper lips cut off.
Some of the ordeals used by the an
Gent Britons are now in vogue in
Siam.
The clergy of Brittany in the four
teenth century claimed q third of all
household goods.
Last year England imported 1888, ia
100 eggs,
The rose gardens Of Adrianople owe
1900 acres,
One person out of every 246,532 is
struck by lightning.
A cord Of stone, three bushels Of lime
and q cubic yard Of sand will lay 100
cubic feet Of wall.
One thousand laths will cover seventy
yards of surface, and eleven pounds Of
lath nails will nail them on.
Within thirty-seven years the Church
Of England has erected 1851 churches
and expended on church buildings
5000, 0O0, 900.
The pitch Of note produced by the
wings of the gnat in the net Of flying is
two octave higher than the highest note
of O seven. octave piano.
In ~excavating OF the Lord Lorne mine
at Gold Hill, Nevada, at q depth Of 800
feet there were found in a stratum OF
clay, live worms about three-quarters of
an inch long.
There was once q curious saying in
England, "When once hemp is spun,
England is DONE" which became a
prophecy fulfilled when James ], u.s.
the throne by the death Of those
sovereigns whose initials spelled the
word Henry, Edward, Mary,
(Mary's Spanish husband), Eliza
beth, England Was DONE" then, since
James Of Scotland was king,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
The Chime Bells.

List the music Of the chime bells,
How it bursts upon the ear
With its low reverbenuons,
sounling distant iar, then near.
How the night wind, rising, falling,
Bears along within its breast
The sounds, TesOunding, dying,
Till ones heart is full Of rest!
What strange thoughts the bells awaken
As they sound upon the airl
How the wind clings to their echoes,
Ana forgets all present care
What a mournful, weird expression
Have the chime-bells, as they roll
In floods of melody deep-sounding,
Round about the weary soul
To the saddened heart, how soothing
Are the softened sounds they pour
Upol the night air like the murmur
OF the wayelets on the shore2
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
Mnminrion. mcll narr RcnnhIcanl

Wilmington, DEL Daily Republican,
Mrs. Adam Grubb. 23l Walnut street,
has been a great sufferer for q number
of years from extreme pain in the feet,
something like rheumatism. She was
also very much troubled with corns and
bunions. 1t was with great difficulty
that she could walk, and sometimes
when she would visit her husbands shoe
store or any of her children, she could
not get home again without assistance,
and often when she was walking along
the streets she would be seized with
such acute pain that she was compelled
to stop in at the neighbors on the way
until she got better. Some two weeks
ago she heard of the wonderful cures
st. Jacobs Oil was effecting and she at
once commenced to use it and expert
enced great relief Immediately. The
pains have left her feet and ankles and
the Inflammation has left the corns and
bunions. She is now tripping up to her
husbands shoe store and out to see her
children without experiencing any pain.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
KA1ANAzoo. Mol. Feh. Q 1s8O,

I know Hop Bitters will bear recommended
ton honestly. All who use them confer upon
them the highest e%ncomiums, and give them
credit for making cures-all the proprletoIs
claim for them. I have kept them since they
were first offered to the public. They took
high rank from the first, and maintained it,
and are more called for than all others COM
binod. So long as they keep up their high
reputation for purity and usefulness, l shall
continue to recommend them-something l
have never before done with any other patent
medicine. J. J. BABCoCK, NJ. d.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
nKsrIEn Ennn nEnrn.

william }. C%1ughliui n sOmenille, Mas, says In
the tall LOT ls7JI was taken with bleeding oftLc lungs
followed d. a severe cough. Host my appetite aud
hcsh. AMI was confined to my bed. In 1871 ! was I'd
mittel 90 the hospital. Tie doctors said ! had a hole
I'm M lungs es big ~ half a dollar. Al one time . re
port vent around that was dead. gave up hope
but a friend told me Of Dr.. WILLIAM HANS BALsAs
FoE IIE LuScL / got ab0ttle. when, 10 M surInse
1 commenced to feel better, aud to-day / feel better
than for three years past. write this hoping ven
one afflicted with diseased lungs will take Or. VIII
LIAM HALL's BAIsAT, and be convinced that cOS
SUMPTION C,T IL CrITn. lean positive. FAY u hai
done more good than Ul the other medicines ! have
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

acknowledgement, lNIassl American Protestantl
A lady friend of ours called the other
day and stated that her husband had
seer st. Jacobs Oil advertised in our
paper he used it for rheumatism and
was convinced of its merits.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

yEdETGNE.-This preparation is scientifically
ind chemically combined, and 81 strongly con-
centrated from roots, herbs aud banks, that its
gool effects are realized Immediately after
commencing to take it.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

CAHBoIIyE, O natural hair rcst0rera and dress
ing, as nov improved and perfected, is pro
nouuccl by competent authorities 20 be the best
article ever invented 90 restore the vitality Ui
youth 20 diseased aud faded hair. Try il.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg will re-
ceiye $1,000 a week during the coming
opera season. Patti wants 1000 a
night.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
James i. Simmonsan ~ wife, oiBloom.
ingtOn, Ill, recently celebrated the six
tieih annigeIsaIv Of THOR webbing.

PURE Con LIYTg On made from selected
%liycrs, on the scGshore, hy Caswell, Hazard 4
Co, New York. II j. absolutely pure aud
sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer
IL 20 al 0ihors. Physicians have decided IL
superior % auv OF tho other oils In the market.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

vEGrrTNE f. made exclusively from the Juices OF
.areiully selected barks. roots and herbs, and 50
strongly concentrated that it will ettectually cradl-
rate from the system every faint OF ScrOluiH,
ScTOiulOu llumOr. TumOrs, Cancer, CHn-
rerOas HumOr, ErysipUlas, salt RhcuHl,
SNpluIitiC DIsrus,s, CHnkcr, fnlntnC-s AT
the stomach, and all diseases that arise from I'm,
purt blood. sci. sea, lnfammatOry and
Chronic Rheumatism, Neuralgia G0ut and
Spinal Complaints. can only be efiecluauy cured
through the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases Of the Skin,
Pusiulcs, PimpleS, BlOtches, BOils,, TeIter,
NCHldlICnd and RingwOrm NEGETINE has never
tailed to effect a permanent cure.
For Pains i mIhe Back, Kidney Complaints,
DrOpsy, Female Weakness, IcucOrrheit'
arising from internal liberation, and uterine as
eases and General Debility, N~EGEl1SE acts
directly upon the causes OF these complaints. II
inyigorates and strengthens the whole system, acts
upon the %secretiye organs, allays
cures liberation and regulates the bowels.
For CatarTh, dyspepsia, HnbtIunl COsttYe-
ness, PalpitatiOn al the Heart, I~radaChe,
PILES, Nervousness, and General p"rOstrntiOn
of the Nervous system, no medicine has ever
given such perfect satisfaction as the NEGEIINE;
Il IuIihes the blood, ClcausCS all Of the organs, and
possesses a controlling power over the nervous
system.
The remarkable cures effected by vEGETINE have
induced many physicians and apotheCaries whom
we know, to prescribe and use it in their own families.
In fact. NEGETTNE is the best remedy yet discoy-
tred for the above diseases, and is the only RELIABLE
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23

The people drove Clemens out of
Terry, Ala, because he took a second
wife three days after the death of his
first