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Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
STORY OF GRIP VAN WINKLE.v

There seems to be good reason for be- ieving that the story of "Rip Van Wrinkle" existed in similar form long be- fore Washington Irving gave it to the American public. MT. Griffs, in his work entitled "The Mikado's Empire" says: "The story (of Chinese origin) is, as told by Japanese story-tellers, as fol- lows; Lu-wen was pious wood-cutter, who dwelt at the base of the majestic and holy mountain Tendai, the most glorious peak of the Naulin range in China. Though he thought himself familiar with the paths, he for some reason one day lost his way, and wandered about, having his ax with him. He did not care, however, because the beauty of the land scape, the flowers and the sky seemed to possess his senses, and he gave himself up to the ecstasy of the hour, enjoying all the pleasant emotions of holy con- temptation. All at once he heard a cracking sound, and immediately fox ran out before him and into the thicket again.
 i "The wood-cutter started to pursue it. He ran some distance, when suddenly he emerged into 8 space where two lovely ladies, seated on the ground, were en- gagged in playing a game of checkers. The pumpkin stood still and gazed with : all his sight at the wonderful vision of beauty before him. The players appeared to be unaware of the presence of an in- truder. The wood-cutter still stood look ing on, and soon became interested in the game as we'll as the fair players. After some minutes, as he supposed, he bethought himself to return. On at- tempting to move away, his limbs felt very stiff, and his ax-handle fell to pieces. Stopping down to pick up the worm eaten fragments, he was amazed to find, instead of his shaven face of the morning, long white beard covering his bosom while, on feeling his head, he discovered on il 8 mass of silken, white hair. The wrinkled old man, now dazed with won. der, hobbled down the mountain to his native village.
 ''He found the streets the same, but the houses were filled with new faces crowds of children gathered round him teasing and laughing at him the dogs parked at the stranger, and the parents of the children shook their heads anG wondered among themselves as tc whence the apparition had come. The old man, in the agony of despair, asked for his wife and relatives. The incredu lous people set him down as fool knowing nothing of whom he asked, anc treating his talk as the drivel of lunatit senility. Finally, an old grandam hob bled up and said she was descendent O. the seventh generation of man named Lu-wen. The old man groaned aloud and, turning his back, retraced hi weary steps to the mountain again. H. was never heard of more, and it is be lieved he entered into the company o the immortal hermits and spirits of tn mountain.
 B. M. Baumann, trav eler, says:
 'I may add that during my recen rambles in Japan, not only did hea the tale, as told by MT. Grifis, con firmed by the natives, but I was also shown Netsuke or ivory representation of Rip as very old man with long hai and beard, leaning on an ax.'
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
MARKET NOTES.
NEW YORK MARKET.

NEW YORK MAhhEI. The Wholesale New York market quotations BEANS Prime $3.4O@s35O: fair to good, $2.65o0$27O per bushel.
 BUTTER = New York sold at 35@36c. for choice in pails, and 3O@33c. common to good. Western sold at 41@42c. and the common Western at 1S@21c.
 CHEESE - Factory fancy, 13c. @13Hc; do. fair to good, 9@10c.
 Eaas-Quotations ranged from 29c. for or dinary, to 35c. for New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
 F1oUR-Superine, $s25@$3. 90; Western, S4 30@$7.50; extra New York, $3. 3.9O@$6. p. HAY-shipplng 55@60c.; clover. 45@7Oc. salt, 65c.; straw, 30@40c. . 9Oc: yearlings, 80@90c.; olds, -@-. 771c. in bulk ; in barrels, 85sc. naphtha, 6s4c. in Shipping order, and 1l1a@l2s4c. in cases. PORK New mess. $19.O0@$19.25; dressed WI WSHaEAAT@spring No. 8, $1.2o@14s; Mil waukee. Mo- g. $1.s6; amber, $1.a2@$1.4O; white, S8c@$1. IS.
 RYE-State, 67@70c.
 WooL-Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia, xxx, 45@46c.; xxx, 42@45c.; X, 42@43c.; Mo- 1. 45@47c.; No. 3. 3S@4Oc. common, 33@35c.; New York and Western xxx and X, 39@451sc.; i; No. i, 44@45c.
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET. FLOUR = State family, -@$462 rye flour, $4.OO0$4. lZ12 WneaC, StaCe, %--Q $1.13; amber, $l.43; corn, yellow, s1c.; mixed State, 84c.
 PETROLEUM Refined, 7s4c.; crude, 61(c. Wool State and Western xx. 46@5uo.; X, 47@48c.; medium, 50@51c.; coarse, 45c.
 BOSTON MARKET.
 FLoUR-From $3.5O@$3.75 for low and medium, to 4.75@$6 25 for choice Minnesota. Corn, 8709Oc. for mixed and yellow.
 BUTTER Common, 23@28c. Vermont dairy, 29032c.; choice creamery, 34@36c. CHEEsE-12@13Ac.
 BEANS $3.15@$3.20.
 HAY-Choice. $18@$19.
 CATTLE MARKETS.
 BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, $5 .5O@ q575; hogs, fair to good, $6.l0@$62O; best, $6.35.
 EAST LIBERTY, PENN.-Best cattle, $6.50@ a $7. .OO; medium to good, $5.50@$6.00 common to fair, $4.0O@$4.5O; Hogs, Workers, $6.OO@ $6.1O: Phiadelphias, $650@S6.75. Sheep, &5.5O@$4.75.
 WATERrowN, MAss;-Cattle. choice, $1o,oC @SlO.5O; extra, $9O0@$9.50 first quality, third quality, $4. .OO@$4.a5. Sheep and lambs wool sheep, $2.00@$4.75; extra, $5.00@ s5 5o; spring lambs, 4@511c Veal calves S@71Sc
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

THE RISE OF OLEoMARaARINE,-I the census returns of 1870 oleomargarine does not appear. According to census bulletin just issued the. amount made in the United States in 1880 reached value of nearly seven million dollars. This in- dicates lively progress of the infant in- dustry during the past decade in spite of the legislative and other obstacles thrown in its way. The census of 1890 will doubtless show 8 far greater advance of the new product in the zealous competi- son with its old-fashioned rival.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
A Hotel Mans Luck.

MT. J. G. Tyler, chief clerk at the Union Depot Hotel, Ogden, had rheu- matism in the muscles of the chest and left shoulder. By applying the Great German Remedy three days he realized complete restoration, and he is of the opinion that there is nothing equal to the St. Jacobs Oil for pain. The Great Ger man Remedy is also specific for burns and sprains. Lake Utal) Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

A YoUNG INVENTOR. youngest inventor on the records in Wasbingt on is Walter Nevegold, lad 15 years of age, of Bristol Pa., who has patente d inn portant improvements in rolling mill machinery.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

WOULD HAVE HIS WAY.-The cause of Julius Goldsmith's first attempt at suicide, in San Francisco, was the refusal of a girl to marry him. His life was saved, and, impressed by the proof of his affection, the woman changed her mind and became his wife. But still he was not happy. On three occasions in year he took doses of laudanum, and the last one was fatal.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
THE TRANSFER.

Of public confidence from other preparations of Sarsaparilla and other Blood Purifers of whatever name to Hoods Sarsaparilla, is the signal triumph of 8 meritorious article. The people are quick to recognize true nserit and this is why the sale oi Hoods Sarsaparilla far exceeds all similar prepara tions. One hundred doses $1 only be applied tc Hoods Sarsaparilla, and is an unanswerable argu ment as to medicinal strength and economy.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
HOW TO SECURE HEALTH,

It b strange any will suffer from derangemenh brought on by impure blood, when SCOVILL'S SARSA- PARILl4A AND STILTTNGIA, or BLOOD AND I.IV ER SYRUP will restore health to the phy scal organization Is strengthening syrup pleasant to take and the BEST BLOOD PURIFIER discovered, curing Scrofula, Syphtic disorders Weakness of the Kidneys Erysipelas Malaria, Nervous disorders Debility, Bilious complaints and Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys Stomach Skin, etc.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

HE said her hair was dyed; and when she indignantly said, "Tis false!' he said he presumed so.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

Thinkers are as scarce as gold but he whose thought embraces all his subject, who pursues it uninterruptedly and fearless of consequences, is diamond of enormous size. LaYatcr
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

CHAPPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by Caswcll Hazard & Co.,, New York. There is no greater delight tban to be con- scious of sincerity in self-examination. Men, cius
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

MUCH sickness attributed to dyspepsia and chronic diarrhea is occasioned by humor in the
 stomach. Hoods sarsaparilla is the remedy.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
lCATARRH.

We believe that ninetenths of all leases of catarrh are constitutional We also believe that reliable constitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsaparla, that strikes at the very root of the disease will cure very large proportion of all cases. In confirmation of this belief we offer evidence showing the effects of Hoods Sarsaparilla upon this disease mother says: "My boy had catarrh badly that could hardly keep him in clean handkerchiefs he has taken one bottle of Hoods Sarsaparia, and that terrible amount of discharge has stopped" Another writes: "I have had catarrh four years. Last April the dropping in my throat became troublesome that became alarmed, as it affected my right lung. took two bottles of Hoods Sarsaparila and it cured My appetite, which was variable before is first rate now" CHARLES H. GRIFFIN. Lowell, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

IT OUGHT to be a cold day when sum- mer gets left.-NeaO Orleans Picoyu1ee.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

INc1vn1TY IS not vice of the soul but the effect of several vices of vanity, ignorance, of duty, laziness, stupidity, distraction, contempt of others and jealousy.-De La Bruyere.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

Don't Die in the house. Enough on Rats. :" Clears out rats, mice, reaches, bed-bugs. l5c. A COWARD boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing stock to those who know him.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

THE worst kind of forgery is false notes of singer.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

THERE IS no passion which steals into the heart more imperceptibly and covers itself under more disguises than pride-Addison.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

THE habit of running over boots or shoes corrected with Lyon's Patent Heel Stiffeners.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
rHE DIR. g. A. RICHMOND MEDICAL s'
 Sole Propriesara, St. yesepll, RIO.

FIR O. VESTS NERVE & BRAIN TREATMENT 7ulsions Fita Nervous Neuralgia, Headache ervous Prostrafcn caused by the use of alcohol or to6acSo Brain, resulting in Insanfty and leading to meery, decay and deah Premature Old Age Barrennees Ioss treatment Ope dollar box, six boxes for 5oo soni by msil prersid on receipt of rrce We guarantee al, boxes cure any case With each order recei ve by for six boxos, accomp1nied by g.. we win send th. if the treatment Goes effect cure. Guarantees issued oIly by W. E. HASTEN, Druggist Albany N, Y., to hom all orders should be addressed.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

"Buchu-Paiba." Quick, complete cure all annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases. $1.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20
HOODS sAKSAPARILLA.

Sold by druggists $1; six for S5 Made only by c. I. HOOD &1 CO.,, Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass.
 FoR SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this paper, apply to the publisher of the paper. U51.
Connecticut western news., 1882-12-20

A LUBR1oAToR.-The Avoca, N. Y., Aduo'ece has discovered that printers ink is the best lubricator for store doors.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05

trouble and mischief. And just as
soon as your neighbor finds that your
time is too valuable 10 be wasted upon
him for nothing, he will want it and
pay for it. Men always want what
is hard for them TO get. Be diligent and
your thoughts will tend to plenty"
Be diligent and tout of Ashes your
bread shr'l be fat" Be diligent and
God shall give thee of the dew of
heaven, and the fairness of earth, and
plenty of corn and wine, and whole
chapter II amendments can't keep il
from you. Be diligent and your full.
lest manhood will he developed; the
world will be glad that you lived 10 it,
and society will miss you when you are
called up higher. Be diligent in your
business and the thousand and one
temptations that beset the lazy man can
not be heard by you, absorbed in your
honest affairs. Be diligent and rejoice
in your labor; this is the gift of God"
and at is good and comedy for one to
enjoy the good of his labor that he
taketh under the sun all the days of his
life; for tits his portion. BE diligent,
and rest and refreshing will follow your
toll, for "the sleep of laboring man is
sweet, whether he eat little or much"
"Seest thou man diligent in his bust
ness! He shall stand before Kings; he
shall not stand before mean men," Gut
that text out, my young brother, and
paste it over your desk, 1t may save
your situation.
There will be no collection this
morning. If the sexton wants any
money from the congregation, he will
be little more diligent in his business
and dust the pews back under the gal
lery, same as the body pews down in
front, and sweep the carpets at least
once month,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05

thing with a terrible frown. when, to
my great establishment. instead of a
hateful old thing, tall, handsome young
fellow, with sunshiny smile, eyes like
spring violets, and hair that suggested
buttercups and dandelions, advanced
toward me.
1t was he-and I said, II beg your
pardon for the rude things have writ.
ten to you and l hope you'll forgive
me-and I'm sorry Iwrite 80 badly and
l don't know how to punctuate, and"
Good graciousl I didn't intend to
say anything of the sort.
WHAT HE SAID.
Istepped from my case, and pretty
girlish face looked up at me with frown
that quickly melted away into most
bewitching smile.
Ellis Yorke! I don't know why, but
I knew her in a moment, and noted
with q heart-pang how poorly abe was
dressed to brave the cold of winters
day. Evidently her "over six months
writing for the New York press" had
not filed her purse.
II beg your pardon" she said, in a
sweet, low voice, raising pair of the
loveliest gray eyes to my face. And
then she added, "I'm sorry I write so
badly" ..
Don't mention it," 7 stammered, II
didn't mean q word of it. I only wish
I could set up your beautiful stories
forever"
Sand the "r's" and as" and "s's" and
"ps" and "b's?" said the saucy, pretty,
poor little girl.
"Are perfection" I replied.
The proof sent away that afternoon, q
dissertation on Darwin and His Pecu-
lair Theories" was returned to me with
the question, "What the duce do you
mean by placing Ellis Yorke's name as
author of this article instead OF Dr.
Megatherion Blunop"
THE END OF 1T.
Married, April Both, by Rev. A. B
Geese, Ellis Yorke to Hugh Basset.
MARGARET EYTINGE.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05
BE Diligent.
From the Burlington Hawkeye.


The diligent soul always possessed
the land. Not the man or woman who
steps into the dead mans shoes and a
fortune, but the boy and girl who learn
in their teens what a dollar is worth,
and how to gain and use power that
money can not buy, are the people
who move the world. Clifford, the first
editor of the Quarterly Review, was only
common sailor; Ben johnson was O
bricklayer; John Bunyan was tinker;
Shakespeare father was so illiterate
that he didn't know how to spell his
sons name; neither did his son, and no
more do you, for that matter; DeFoe,
the author of Robinson Crusoe, was al
most wholly self taught; Edgar A. Poe
was the son of strolling players; Ben
Franklin, the printer, was the son of a
tallow chandler; Sir Richard Arkwright,
the inventor of the cotton spinning
machine, was a barber; Tom Moore was
the son of grocer; Gerald Massey be-
gan life as an errand boy; and Caxton,
who set up the first printing press in
England was a weaver's apprentice;
John Adams was the son of farmer;
President Lincoln was farm hand and
q flat boatman; Andrew johnson was
tailor; Grant was tanner; Garfield
was a canal boy-none of these men
were renowned for their great wealth
perhaps, but they were diligent in their
businessman they stood before kings;
a long, long ways before kings. There
is no particular merit in being king.
ANY man VINO happens to be born at
right time into the right family, can't
help being a king. But all hngcraft in
the world couldn't make a DeFoe,
Hugh Miller, Burns or a Bunyan, If
the boy didn't make himself. 1t won't
be at all easy for you, dearly beloved,
to be "diGgent in business. A man is
often very busy whoisn't at all diligent
in business. The most active man
ever saw was man who did less than
you would suppose ten men could do.
He lived on the street. He talked ten
hours day. he was always going to
RIM for some office but nobody ever
nominated him. he would drag you
away from your desk or book, to talk
to you by the hour about something
Won didn't care a cent for; he knew a
little about every living mans business
save bis own; he spent the most OF bis
time in caucus and the rest Of it in COL
vention and procession, and yet, when
xou vent into that mans office there
vas a great legend staring at you from
,Ls vail. right over his desk--time is
money Be dihgent in your business
dearly beloved, and you vii have nc
tine to manage your neighbOr's sffAirs
and this Will keep you out OF lots o
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05
FALLING in LOVE.
How 1t Comes About in Printing Office.
NOTE FRoM.'EpIToR TO CoMPosIToR.

How 1t Comes AD0uC In ffMClnS OHlCes
NOTE FRoMsEDIToR TO ooMpos1ToR.
Ellis York finds fault with proofs of
her story. Says "you correct her man
uscript incorrectly;" that you have
substituted the word "wonderous" for
"wondrous," that there is no such word
as "wonderous;" that you made "over-
ripe" single word, when it is COM
pound one; that, in short, you do not
understand your business, or are de-
mented.
NOTE FROM CoMPOsIToR TO EDITOR.
SIR: Ellis Yorke is mistaken in more
points than one. There is such word
as "wonderous. Let her look in Web
ster's Unabridged, page 1923, first vol
ume, sixth line from the top, and she
will find it. Also "overripe" is not a
compound word. Evidently she does
not know the signs bywhich compound
words are distinguished, or she would
not be so decided in her assertions.
And with all due respect to her opin-
ion, I am not "demented," and do
understand nay business. Furthermore,
if mistakes are made. it is because Ellis
Yorke's manuscript is most illegible.
Her "r's" and ISIS" and "b's" are all
alike, and her CTS" and eds" might
stand for almost anything; and as for
punctuation!
I assure you I'd rather set up all the
rest Of your paper than one Of her short
est articles.
NOTE FROM ELLIS YoRKE TO coMPosIToR'
SIR: The editor has shown me your
Impairment remarks, and, though he
chooses to look upon our quarrel, as ne
calls it, in the light of joke, I regard
it as serious matter.
Because you happen to be right about
those detestable words "wonderous" and
@overripe," that is no reason why you
should Willy my manuscript.
You may not be aware OF 1t, but L
took the gold medal for penmanshlp
when I graduated OF Posthaste Institute
last year; and never before-although
I have been writing for the New York
press for over six months-have l had
its legibility called in question. And l
won't stand i'll 1 demand from you my
story, as the editor refuses TO procure 1t
for ne. You shall no longer sneer NJ
my ars" and ass" and "Ps" and lbs.
NOTE From coAIPosTToR TO ELLIS YoRKE.
MADAM: 1 cannot return manuscripts
placed in my hands. I wish l could
how gladly / would return yours!
WHAT SHE DID AND SAID.
Then I resolved to beard tie lion IN
bis den-go to the printing Office, ask
for Hugh Basset, and, with few pre-
hninary sarcastic observations, request
the return Of the Tragedy Of Winons
Dell
1 went. The devil requested ne 70
Be seated while he called NY enemy.
prepared to meet him (hsteiu oia
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05

"DoEs your wife take much exercise ?"
asked Jefferson of Fogg, whose family
is at the seaside. Exercise" exclaimed
Fogg; II should say 30. She changes
her dress six times every day.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-10-05
The Fate OF the Feline.


A fat
Buck rat
Lived in
A bin.
Tom cat
Saw that
Big fat
Buck rat.
"Ah mel"
Said he,
an store
His gore
Within
My skin!"
But that
Tom cat
Gould not
Him spot.
Tom whined
And piued
For that
Buck rat.
And grew
Thin. too.
One day
That way
A man
Once ran
Did slap
A trap
Right in
That bin,
For that
Buck rat
Stole corn
Each morn.
When that
Tom cat
Crawled in
That bin,
For that
Buck rat,
The trap!
Let drap
On that
Ere cat! ...
@ He died
Inside
The trap
Sad hap!
But that
Buck rat
Stole corn
.tt Next morn.
Eugene Field.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-21
National Republican
NEoiNo


The earnest preparations of the Maine Re-
publicans, under the stalwart leadership of
Senator Frye, ths chairman of the State Cen
tral Committee, give good earnest that the
Pine win suffer no harm in September when
the political tempest shall swing it against the
Palm. When we use the word "Stalwart" as
applied to Mr.. Frye, we do not mean that he
was in favor Of General Grant at Chicago.
There has never been such limitation to the
term in our vocabulary. We mean that he is
not Half-Breed. Aud when we use that
term we do not mean that he was opposed to
third term. There has never been any such
extension of the phrase in our vocabulary.
We mean that he is not half-Democrat That
is the only Half-Breedism we contend against
We mean that he is full-breed opponent of
the Bourbon party. He isnot trying to run
with the hare and hold with the hounds. He
is not for Republican principles and against
their enforcement. Wei, as we said, the
Maine Republicans are busy making ready for
the September battle. That State is now the
one on which the most political interest CEN
ters The assistant Democrats among the
Greenbackers have gone into close relations
with the Democracy, the only concession
should support, for The goyernorship again,
renegade Republican Radical, with Greenback
varnish on him-Plaisted by name. AS the
Democrats of Maine, like their brethren else
where, never allow principles to handicap
them in race for the whey-trough of Office,
they did not ''scringe" atsuch little thing as
that. But this mighty army Of Greenbaok-
Democrats, and Green hackers, and
renegade Republican-Demoerats, are still less
in number than the Republican of Maine, who
are Stalwart to q man, according to our de-
fnition of that misused word. II anybody
thinks there is anything of the halfway sort
about Maine Republicans let him see them in
a fight. Then there is in the Pine Tree State
another element numbering five thousand or
more, who are honest in their opinions on the
Greenback question, and did not profess them
merely to aid the old moss-back Hunker
Democracy into power. These ara the as
socates Of that sturdy old political dissenter
Scion Chase. The Republican candidates in
Maine are strong men and popular with the
masses Col. Robbie is most genial and hospit-
able gentleman, as he has always been most
exemplary and patriotic citizen. He has ex-
perience in public affairs and has been faithful
to every trust. The Congressional nominees
are of the best timber in o State whore good
timber abouDds. The legislature to be clec-
ted will choose United States Senator.
| Senator Frye is the unanimous choice of the
| Republicans for reelection, aud no Democrat
has yet been heard from who IS so hopeful as
to even cast longing eye upon the place he
| SO ably and aCoeDtablV fills.