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Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

as- Now there is no use in your paying $1p for Suit of Clothes when you can go Co Hub. bells and select one just as good for $s. ~
 asr There is no use in your paying S5 for z Mans overcoat, when you can get one just d good at Hubbell's for $3.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

meet at Falls Village, in said District, on the 18th day of November, 1881, and the 17th day of April, 1882, at one o'clock in the afternoon on each of said days, for the purpose of at' tending to the business of said appointment FREDERISG;K" RS; l" KEILoaa, KE Commissioners. All persons indebted to said Estate are re- quested to make immediate payment to
 HENRY BENTON, Administrator.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
0 | F D.

DIED. In Sheffield Oct. 2l. Matthew Mullin, age 22 years
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
WHY 2

Because they are bought of some far-away dead beat manufacturer or their transient agents, that know as much about an Organ, and repairing it, as an Elephant does of the "Racquet Galop."
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

district, and he is entirely responsible for it D Now I will tell him how he got that item in :: The secretary of the board was out of town, ard could not be back in time to prepare his report for the printer, so he forwarded it by mail to this nSce young man, and asked hin to take that with the rest of the reports, and copysthem. It was then he made his little thrust at the teacher of the 18th district, and the rest of the visitors knew nothing of it un- til they saw it in print. That IS how it came over their signature, and my quotation above shows how 1t struck one of them. ''His nat ural disposition at once asserted itself. he would call them liars" l did not call them liars, l stated who was the liar, and whep-I k1,0D anyone tells deliberate and malicious lie, never hesitate to tell him so, even though he be lnrge specimen of humanity, and is in the habit of swelling himself up like 8 toad when he wishes to be particular ly impressive. If that had been 8 report of the board of visitors, I never should have sad a word but to have a person try to 'sneak' under cover of the board, and gratify a personal spite, will not stand quietly, and the reason l was anxious to do it in a 'liter- ary way" was to make it as public as his re. port.
 His insult to one of our professional men is one of the most despicable things ever perpetrated in decent community, and if he has spark of manhood left he will lose no time in making public apology.
 And now, MT. Editor, do not propose to bore you or your readers with anything more on this subject. have stated the case fully and fairly, and am willing to abide by the de- cision of the community whether I am right or wrong, and would only remt ind the object of all this trouble of little advice an oppos. ing lawyer gave hIm on recent case: "Yo Young man. if you will only keep your mouth shut, people won't find out how little you do know"
 FAIR PLAY. WranglepLaMd.
 We are enjoying the most beautiful wealth CT, but found ring in dust and dirt.
 The ministers have folded their carpet bags and silently sto'en away. The exercises are
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
WramglePLaMd.

We are enjoying the most beautiful wealth CT, but found ring in dust and dirt.
 The ministers have folded their carpet bags and silently stoen away. The exercises are
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
CONGREGATIONS of London Churches

The St. James's Gazette of June I3
publishes a census of the congregations
of all the city of London churches and
chapels, taken on the morning of Sum
day, the l st of May. 1t shows that, in
Guiding St. Pau's Cathedral, there are
in the city 63 churches, with seating
accommodations for 80, 455 worship
pers, of whom only 6.721 were present
when the census was taken, where as
the 16 chapels, with accommodation
for Is, 290 worshippers. had congrega-
tions amounting in the aggregate to
4, 399. Some of the church .congrega-
tions were ludicrously small. Thus,
of persons present, excluding officials
and poor attending for relief, was only
4; and at st. Nicholas. Cole Abbey,
with the same deductions, only 2. At
St Andrews. Mary Axe, of which the
Bishop Bedford is the incumbent. the
entire congregation consisted of 145
persons, of whom Al were officials and
their families and school children, the
income of this parish being f2, 400
year. At St. Botolph's Bishopsgate.
the Rev. w. Rogers is, according to
the Clergy List, paid FL, $50 year for
to IA congregation which,
on the 1st of May, was without officials
and poor, only 224 in number, and the
Rev. w. Ii. Dickinson, who receives
I'll, 800 per annum, rejoices in Il con-
gregation which with the same deduc-
lions, numbers 13. The total sum paid
to the London parochial clergy, is ac-
cording to the clergy Directory. f41,-
S14 per annum.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
Slang Phrases.

Perhaps no other slang phrase evel
became so popular as ''What. neverr'
at all events among those who speak
English, says n writer in the Traveller.
"WhO struck Billy Patterson?'. edo
you bruise your oats?'' Don't give il
away" and others attained consider
able nOtoriety, but the Pinafore ssgag''
discounted them all put together. Per-
haps the funniest rendering of it was
that attributed to friend of John
Stetson. the manager, upon whom ev-
cry new joke of theatrical character
Immediately saddled. Somebody asked
him whether Stetson ever spelled an
English word correctly in his life. The
usual"What, neverP' followed, and this
sincere friend wound up by saying.
mo. by -, not even hardly ever" 1t
was the same gentleman who was in
Steison's company one morning when
they waited three hours for Metro
politan Elevated railroad train, not
knowing that no trains ran on that line
on Sunday. Noticing the initials IN.
+. R." on the station, the friend asked
Stetson what they meant. 'Methodist
Episcopal railroad" promptly replied
John. 1t was Stetson who first ap-
preached Sarah Bernhardt with view
of bringing her to America. He armed
himself with n blank check and an in
terpreter and sent up his name. His
interpreter gave him the message in
reply: ''Madamoisclle can not be dis
turbed. She is in her room with sci
atica." 'Just NV luck" said Stetson.
testify. ''SOme Italian loafer ALWAYS
gets ahead of me.''
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
The Deceitful Kanraroo.

Lamb like as is the face Of the kan
garoo. tender and soft as are his eyes,
he is by no means as gentle as he looks.
says the London Globe Like the
heathen Chince, his cOuntenance bellies
him, and there are few more exciting
and withal dangerous sports than kan
garoO shooting. To the hunter seeking
for some new sensation, a visit to the
wilds of Australia in search of kanga-
roos can be recommended. 1t requires
fleet horse to run an .'old man" down
If he gets n fair chance to show tail;
and strong, well-trained dogs to tackle
him when brought in bay. Inside his
soft, dewy lips are strong, formidable
teeth, which can bite severely. His
iorepaws, weak as they seem, can lift
dog high in air and crus him to death;
while. when lying down, his favorite
fighting attitude, he can kick with his
powerful hind legs in a manner that
rapidly clears Il circle round him; and
woe betide the man or dog that comes
within reach of those huge claws, which
can make q flesh wound deep enough
to MAIN the one or kill the other. OF.
course, we here speak of the great
kangaroo, the boomer, or old man, of
the colonists. As a matter of fact,
there are some thirty different kinds of
kangaroos inhabiting various parts of
Australia, and one species peculiar to
New Guinea. They vary in size from
the tiny hare kangaroo of South Aus
tralia, the most agile of its kind, which
is but little larger than rabbit, to the
several giant species, whether black.
red, brown or gray, some of which
stand nearly six feet high.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
A Fr:rbtfnl Situation.

Capt. David L. Longstreet, of Sea-
bright, SAYS a New Jersey paper, ac-
companed by fellow-isherman was
fishing with great success in ten faith
oms water The day was fine. the sea
was right, and the trail was strong
Suddenly the fish stopped biting.
Lonrstreet was unable to account for
the phenomenon, but while thinking it
over he felt the strong pull of blue
fish at his hook. At the same instant
he saw the dorsal fin of q shark close
by the boat. The shark 5 tail churned
the water into foam twelve teet behind
the fin.
When the shark snapped at the blue
fish Longstreet was pulling to the boat,
he could see that it was not the COM
mon shark, but the black shark, or
dreaded man-eater. Longstreet con-
tinues: 81 let 60 of my line, but the
blue-lish darted straight for the boat.
slipping under it and escaping. The
shark, following closely with open
mouth, plunged his nose through the
tuck of the boat, about a foot forward
of the stern, and his under jaw closed
on the keel with u crash like the cut of
an axe in dry tree-trunk. Water
spurted into the boat. The shock threw
sank. and as rose, felt that was Kept
under by the agitation of the water
by the sharks tail, which stirred the
water like the propeller of tug. But
l struck out vigorously. and. to my
horror. came to the surface alongside
the tail of the shark. l put out my
hand before 1 realized fully where l
was, and touched his cold body, and
remember L thought, How hard and
strong this lisp As l turned to swim
towards the boat my right foot struck
his long tail, and here is the mark OF
the contact. As soon as L got to SWIM
ming L felt ut ease. l didn't seem to
realize, as do now, the horrible fate
that awaited me if the struggling mon
ster alongside of me got his head clear
of the hole in the boat. L climbed into
the boat, helping myself by putting my
knee on the sharks back. Meanwhile
the other fisherman had been shouting
for help, and a relief-bOat soon ap-
preached. the struggling shark freeing
itself and escaping"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
Not the Man.

'.Doorin' dc pas week." said the
| President, as the dust settled down a
| little, IL have received scores of letters
AKIN me if [ am lie Gardner who has
; lately been 'lected President of Libe-
ria. I desire to say right heah dat
am not de pusson. 1t am simply a
cueincidence of names"
'.Cueincidenceo" queried the Rev,
Penstock as the President paused.
''Yes. sab, cueincidents, sahr'
/! begs your pawdon, sab, but
"Brudder Penstock," said the old
man, in very solemn tones, ''de penal
ty fur interruptin' dis Char when he
am talkin' an fine of six hundred
dollars. You have been guilty of dis
offense mo- dan twenty times, am nuf-
fin but nv respect fur your cloth
has prevented de enforcement of dat
penalty" .u eaiflH-
.'But desired to k'rect de language
of de Char. De Char said cueinci-
dence."
'.Krect de language Of dis Char!
What has language got to do wild our
purceedins heah? Sartinly 1 said it was
cueincidence of names. What am
wrong about dat? Doan' cueincidences
hdpPCu CUcIy uuy! DOtu we near OF
dem in ebery ishue of de papers? Can't
we fin dem on ebery street co'nerP"
"Yes, sir; but"
''Brudder Penstock, sot down-sot
down wild all yer. might! Do 20 'spose
de President of this club has stood still
an let lie world move away from him
since he was 'lected? Not much, sab!
l am free to acknowledge dat sich
words rs ''carniverous' am ''capilli-
'ay" stretched out a rod long i'm my
eyes fo' Vars ago, but whar' am dey
now? Why, sab, could sit down wild
you in de mawnin' an spend de hull
day on sich words rs ''cOntemporone-
ously." "bituminously'' and ..authen-
ticity' an not sweat a h'ar! Doan'
emagine, sab. dat you has got all de
eadicashun in de kentry. Your teef
look white, an you keep yer ha'r well
lied, but de calamitous Infringement
artistically portrayed towards dc indie
fatigaDle sequestration may have a car
Understandings
PenstOck wilted. In twenty-One Sec
onds he lost seven pounds of fat and
all his confidence, and it will be a long
time before he RECEIVERS from the avail
anche. Cheers greeted the Presidents
grand fms, aud some one took advan-
tage of the excitement to hit the Sleep
ing Elder Toots full in the mouth with
= muSty banana.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
Periods of Infectious Diseases

DIR. Richardson, of London, has been
giving the sanitary institute some of
the results of his recent researches as
to the periods of the incubation of in
fectiOus diseases which the sanitarian
had to combat. He said there were
twenty-six diseases of this kind, with
periods which might fairly be called
regular. Incubation was the time which
interviewed between the acceptation of
the poison that caused the disease and
the first manifestation of it's effect.
Diseases might thus be grouped ac-
cordin% to their stages of incubation
into five classes-shortest. short. me-
dunn, long, longest. The shortest Pc
riOd was from one to four days; under
this head came plague. cholera, malig-
nant pustule and dissection poison
The second period was from two to six
days, and under this head came scarlet
fever, diphtheria, Group, erysipelas,
whooping-cough, influenza, glanders,
and pyemia. The medium period was
from four to eight days, and in it are
included cow-pOX and relaxing fever.
The long period had ten to fifteen days,
and included in i: measles, mumps, ty-
phus, and typhoid. The longest period.
forty days. might include hydrophobia.
DR.. Richardson pointed out important
practical sanitary lessons that were
connected with a correct knowledge of
these periods of incubation.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
The Depressing Results of Flying

Take one dream and hope that fol
centuries has vainly puzzled people,
and assume that that may be realized.
What if the next century should see
aerial navigation fact and man should
be able to fly! Very many believe that
this certainly will be accomplished at
some time or other, and many of our
greatest discoveries have come sudden
~ when they did come. Let us have
the power of self-propulsion through
the air, with the speed that would be
involved in progress through so light a
medium. and the changes that would
follow are too many and sweeping for
the imagination to take in at once
Let it be fairly accomplished a,,l it
would probably bring on. to begin with,
the greatest financial CT ,si ever seen.
1t is 4 little in he line of historical
irony that the first result of the full
power to rise should be depression
Aerial NAVIGATION would moan paralv-
sis to the railroad interests which have
become such a monstroIs power in the
country. Turn the air into a highway
like the ocean or the lakes and the day
of railway dictttion, indeed of railway
business. is over. So vast investments
cannot he abandoned without the ut
most financial disturbance D,:t the
final effect of course would be bcne-
fetal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
That Fy,

He sat down upon recent Sunday
morning for a quiet hour with his
newspaper. Presently fly, socially
inclined, began to forage upon his
bald spot. He put up his hand; the fly
described graceful curve in the air,
and came down upon his ear. He
cutfed his ear, and the fly darted around
and pcrched upon his nose. He then
put his hand to his nose six times in
succession, and the fly shot into the
air each time, and returned at exactly
the same angle. Wild with vexation.
he waved his paper in the air and NUT
tered:
..If were in the habit of swearing,
1 should say. cuss these little pests"'
Then an inspiration seized him; he
yanked off his slipper, and said TO his
seven-year-old son:
Here, boy, take this and 60 for
these flies, and make mummy meat of
every one of themr'
..Shall hit 'em on the wall?'
'.Yes, hit 'em on the WALL
s.Shall hit 'enl on the tablep'
..Yes, hit 'em on the wall, hit 'em on
the table. hit 'em on the China teacup,
hit 'em anywhere; only be sure that
YOU mash 'emr'
The lad was dead shot, and entered
upon the work with a relish. Nearly
every stroke marked the demise of one
of the hated pests. But after a little
there was silence for q space. and then
suddenly resounding whack.
The outraged parent clapped his
hand to his head, leaped to his feet,
and shouted in high 4, as he drew the
Shiny remains OF a mangled fly from
his glossy pate.
Hi, there! you little heather, what
do mean bv hitting me on the head i'll
that shapea''
80, papr' cried the boy, with enthu-
siasm. sit was q whopping great blue
bother
..Blue-bottle- well, FL blue-bOttle
you, if you hit me on the head again
you hear me!'
And with clopded brow he resumed
his reading, while he gently stroked
the swellin" bump of self-esteem.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
The Wav Plate Glass Is Made,

To cast. roll, polish and burnish plate
glass requires machinery of peculiar
construction, and Il ''plant" that is
costly by reason Of its complex nature.
The pouring of liquid glass from the
furnace upon the cast-iron plates, and
the subsequent rolling, are processes
comparatively simple. Any house
keeper who has used rolling pin on
a batch of pie crust dough, performs
an operation very similar 10 this stage
of plateglass making. 1t is the sue
ceeding processes of grinding aud pol
ishing and final furnishing that require
time and costly mechanism. After
leaving tho rolls and bed plate the glass
is rippled and rough, and only fit for
grasings or skylights. Each plate must
be transferred to machines that resem
bile the turntables of . railway. On
the revolving platform the glass is
cemented into - bed of plaster of paris,
and the machine started. Bearing
heavily on the surface of the glass are
blocks of metal, and while in motion
the surfaces are kept supplied with
sharp sand aud Il constant stream OF
water The next stage of the glass
grinding process is the same rs to
machinery, but instead of sand coarse
emery is used. The finer emery is
used in another revolving table, and
so on for half dozen times. The
final polishing is dcne by heavy recip-
rocating devices, fed with rouge. and
maintaining u constant back and for
ward motion. and also 4 lateral move
ment over the surface OF the crystal.
All this requires the assistance of a
large force OF men, many of them
skilled laborers. After going through
these different grindings and polishing
the plate that measured an inch i'll
thickness is only three-quarters of an
inch thick. has lost all its roughncss,
and is ready for the show-window of
the purchaser. Telegraph.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
A Sharp Thrust.

A New Haven paper, the other day,
published the following: Yesterday Il
young man loaded down with a good
supply of lead pencils, pens, and writ
ing paper, carried in his vest and coat
pockets, called ut tue town agents Of
flee, and wanted license to peddle
his wares. When informed that us he
was Il nonresident his license would
cost him twenty-five dollars for this
town, and twenty-five dollars addition
al for every other town in the Stale
that he attempted to do business in,
the Young man swore. He left in dis
gust, after informing the clerk that
Connecticut was the land of the ped
lers. He said: you can find them all
over the West, d it; every other
man you meet out there is n Connecti-
cut pedler, or Connecticut tramp.
The pedler is floating, miserable
wretcn,. anyhow; and L don't suppose
there is any show for me here
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25

Auntie, have you been in tho cellar all
this time I've been talkingP' 49,.
And rs Mrs. Cummings appeared at
the head of the cellar stairs, Lesley
Lord picked up the lamp and carried it
back into the little dining-room, while
Mr.. Clifford arose from his easy-chair
as the lamp-light and Lesley's amazed
looks fell upon him simultaneously
lie laughed as he extended his hand,
while Lesley, bewildered beyond mea-
sure, stood stock-stiIl in the middle of
the room. lamp in hand, her checks
flushing painfully.
'Pray forgive me. I certainly did
not mean to be SO hateful, assure Won,
Miss Lord. Won't you allow me to
relieve you of the lamp? and then
Please begin at once the part of the
programme you are to fill in the con-
spiracy against me. L can promise rou
1t will be the most agreeable TO me-"
''l-d!dn't-know you were here"
Lesley stammered Historically, and then
she did the best possibl. thing under
the Observation-Disclosures heartily.
81 daresay shall never hear the last
of it," she said. swell, Mr.. Clifford,
/ can stand it if you cam
If you will let me. will stay the re-
mainder of the evening and try" he
returned gravely.
Well, he stayed, and Lesley was most
bewitching, and, after he had gone
home, she went to bed and cried her.
self to sleep for very shame at her
stupid idiotic blunder.
''He will despise me, know he WILL"
she sobbed to herself '.and he is Just |
splendid"
But, instead of despising her. Mr..
Clifford asked her to marry him six
months afterwards.
IL will say Yes, just because 1 like
to be contrary" she laughed. Il said !
rd reject you haughtily, and instead /,
I'll accept YOU |;
She hestitated with little glance at
his handsome face
Because l will not take No for an
answerP' he suggested, drawing her
face to his breast.
''Because do love you," was her re-
ply, low and sweet.
And that was the delightful end of
Lesley's little conspiracy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
Having on a Wedding Garment.

At Dortmund. Germany, swain
about to be married missed his watch,
and set the police on its track They
found it in a pawnbroker's, and traced
it back to the young mans sweetheart,
whom they arrested before giving him
any Information. In court the girl.
with many sobs and tears. confessed
that not having means to get we'd
ding-dress, and being ashamed to beg
from her betrothed, she had purloined
and pawned his watch. The gallant
suitor, who had not felt the least sus-
picfon as to who the larcenist was. was
not displeased at her desire to come to
him in fitting costume, and he assured
the court that his love was not only un-
abated, but if she might be released he
would at once marry her. The judge
consenting, the knot was tied, and the
bridegroom took home his wife with
her taking ways, and after brief visit
to the pawnbroker. he was once more
equipped with Watch on the Rhine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-08-25
Cost of Living in Germany,

To those who think that living is cheap,
l would refer them to the figures below
as representing the act.ial cost. rs near
as it is possible to get them, of the
nece ssity of life IN this part of Ger
mamv-in the Kingdoms of Bavaria
and Wurtemb,u'g. i'll the duchy of Ba-
den, etc. In ether parts of Germany
the prices will not vary much from
these figures, but would be higher rath-
er than less, particularly in Northern
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, ETC.: Pork
II TO 16 cents per pound; mutton, 10
20 Is cents; beefsteaAS and beef for
roasting, 1S to % cents: common beef,
ID 10 16 cents; chickens, 80 to Is cents
each: butter. "a TO 80 cents; cheese, 20
to 50 cents; sausage meat, of which
great quantities are CONSUMED, IL to
q cents; sugar. 10 to II cents; rice, 6
cents; flour, cents; beans, and 5
C 'nts a pound; milk, 4 and cents
quart; potatoes. 3;5 to 80 cents per cwt.;
wood, S4.25 TO So per cubic meter
wood and coal average by weight, 45
cents for 100 English pounds; eggs, 10
to Is and 20 cents dozen, etc.-Re>
cent letter ia LosVel Courier.