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Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22
Gambling Italian Laborers.

For about six months past two hun dred and fifty Italian laborers have been quartered at Richmond, Staten Island, and, according to one of the contractors employing them, they are the most in- veterate gamblers to be found anywhere.
 Their quarters, he says, are always lighted up at night, and they get terri ply excited over their game. The game is thus described: "They take large number of sticks, like the common butchers skewers, and cut these off to different lengths. A gamekeeper is ap- pointed, who drives the stakes into holes drilled for the purpose in the floor, if they are in the house, or else in the ground, if they have the game out of doors. A level piece of board is used to press them down and to make the tops of the sticks appear even. While the sticks are being arranged the players are not permitted to look on, but devote the interval to making up their pools in which each one puts an even amount generally fve-cent piece, but often more.
 They seldom risk more than quar- ter apiece, and only that amount after pay day. It is very seldom that less than ten play, and sometimes hundred of them are at it together. The excite ment consists in comparing the sticks to see who has the longest one. When the stakes are as high as $5, the chatterine the players make over the final decision is terrific The gamekeeper settles the dispute by setting the two longest sticks down side by side while the competitors hold them, and placing his board on the points. There does not seem to be any chance for cheating, unless the game keeper should give friend the tip as to where the longest stick might be. But they are so intensely in earnest that ii would seem to be too dangerous thing for him to do SO. The game looks to be absolutely square.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22
Danger Lurking in Beef.

A physician of Philadelphia has had two remarkable surgical cases within few days. On Tuesday a young lady called at his office suffering from an ob- struction in the throat. The doctor re- moved large bent double pointed tack' similar in form to those used for fasten- ing down mating. On the points were barbs that caught and retained their hold upon the flesh. She had no loea where the staple-like hook came from.
 On Monday morning another case came under his notice, that of Mrs. Ellen Brady. Her case fully explained the foregoing incident. She had been eating cold boiled beef on Sunday night and the hook in the meat becoming fixed in the epiglottis she suffered great agony all night. In the morning she went to the doctor, thinking she had swallowed sharp pointed bone. Specimens or these barbed hooks have been obtalned and one of the newspapers will print fac-simile of the article snortiy. Several butchers who were seen aomlt the use of the outrageous invennon, put say that people should masticate tnelr food instead of bolting 1t.
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Local News a Speciality.
LOCKERBE STREET.
JAMES wHITCoMB RILEY.

uch rare little street it is! Nestled away From the noise of the city and heat of the
 day. In cool, shady coyerts of whispering trees, With their leaves lifted up to shake hands with the breeze That in all it's wide wanderings never may meet With a resting place fairer than Lockerbie street.
 din Of the heart of the town, to go lettering in Through the dim narrow walks, with the sheltering shade Of the trees, waving over the long promenade And fittering lightly the ways of your feet With the gold of the sunshine of Lockerbie street And the nights that come down the dark pathways of dusk With the stars in their tresses, and odors of musk In their moon-woven draperies spangled with dews, And looped up with lilies for lovers to use In the songs that they sing to the tinkle and beat Of their sweet serenadings through Lockerbie street. o Locker bic street You are fair to be seen 1! Be it noon of the day, or the calm and serene Afternoon, or the night, you are one to my
 heart; And love you above all the phrases of art; For no language may frame, and no lips my repeat My rhyme haunted raptures OCT Lockerbie street.
 Life.
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pented too late her indiscretion in not preparing her better. Her sorrow was so real and genuine, that I undertook to console her, much as I disliked her way of communicating the surprise to Margaret.
 We were all happier an hour after ward, when Margaret was recovered from her temporary fainting, and was sitting with her hand clasped in Albert's while he recounted the circumstances leading to the mistake that had been made. He had been ill for many days apparently dying; but could not &C., count for the announcement of his death in the papers. As soon as he saw it, it was contradicted, but we did not see the contradiction, for our hearts were too heavy for consulting the newspaper.
 Margaret's life received a new growth from the happiness that had come to her. She would not renew her objec- tions to marry Albert, because now she felt that it was better to make the most of life while it lasts. She might, per haps outlive him, even with her feeble health, and, at any rate, his constancy deserved this reward.
 The wedding was performed in the lit tie village church, for so Margaret willed it, and Flora Leighton was her only bridesmaid.
 He went back to town in November, and Flora went with us. Albert had consented to stay in England, and we made one family. Margaret, still pale, but beautiful from the soft light of hap piness that beamed in her countenance, was our stay and dependence in house. keeping, and Flora and myself had leis- ure to become acquainted. I saw her as she was-noble, affectionate and true. I believed that, while she was uncon- scious of her own feelings, she really liked me, whom she had so avoided throughout the summer. I had looked at her on the night of Albert's return, by the softening light of the harvest moon, and thought she was not so ugly after all And every day afterward I made some progress in the belief that she was growing pretty. Tonight, as she sits here in our snug par Tor, think her the handsomest woman that I ever saw, as know her to be the best. We are very happy now-I and my wife-for wonder is cradle which Flora will not allow to be carried out of the room, although people tell her it is an old-fashioned ornament, and should be banished to nursery. And in the next room is Margaret's pretty, delicate girl, in a cloud of long, white drapefy, sinking to her evening slumbers.
 In the spring we shall take them both to the beloved cottage, where our happi- ness commenced, and where the dead seemed to be restored to life, and under the shadow of the broad chestnut tree our little Margaret and Blanche shall drink in health and beauty with every breeze that plays with their brown hair, while Margaret and Flora will recall the pensive hours of two years ago, and compareathem with the happy ones that are bearing us on to the future.
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DR. H. ?. HAMILTON says that at least once day girls should have their halters taken off, the bars let down, and be turned loose like young colts. "Cal- isthenics may be very genteel, and romp. ing very ungenteel, but one is the shad- ow, the other the substance, of healthful exercise
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THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, in view of his discovery in London of whole families employed in making match boxes for four and half cents gross and paid only eight cents for making an ulster, concludes that the only remedy is emigration,
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22

HATRED. writer to London news paper says that, after spending months among the poor of the city, he has come to the conclusion that large numbers of them have hatred and ferocity, toward wealth and aristocracy which could not be surpassed by any Russian Nihilist or French Communist.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22

IF you are real man, then do real mans work and say nothing about It; and if you are only rooster, why, of course, you can't help growing at nothing.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22

NEW STREETS. This years New York City Directory contains 450 new streets.
Connecticut western news., 1883-08-22
MY INVALID SISTER.

A STORY OF DOMESTIC LIFE.
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LA LUNE ROUSSE.

On salt les inquietudes que cause
aux gems des campagDes cette lune,
appellee lune DIES 0bimes dams beau
coup do pays. Cette aimee, fort heu-
reusement, le mois de mars a etc
froid en- France ct Ia Vegetation ma
pas etc assez avancee pour que "a
iune rousse puisse causer de graves
preiudices.
D'apres les dictions ~agricoles, il
est de bon augure que les premiers
i0urs de Ia lune r0usse soient fr0ids.
C'est IN signe que les derniers Sc
ront plus favorables. QUAINT Ia lame
rouse commence en- lion, Costa dire
m6chamment, ellie fnit en- nsoMton,
c'est.4.dire dune facon douce.
LIE littoral de la Mediterranee ma
pas en- q attemdre Ia lune ronsse
pour 6tre cruellement 6prouv6. LIE
thermometre y est descendu, durant
le mois de mars, a Z degrees andes
sous dc zero, ct la neige dune epa's
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PHENOMENA VEGErAL. MN
Ducos Freres, residapt an Cut-of.
nous ont. envoye, par MI. Felicien
Celestin on veritable phenomena
veg6tal. &c phenomena consiste en-
un groupe de six beaux oignons,
mesurant a peu pres trois pouces
de diametre. Celui du milieu, super
pose sur les cinq autres, est plus
gros ct a une forme plus allong6e.
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CoRJfAUx. La pharmacie de
11r. JOS. T. Thibodeaux, q pencpi
pnre des rues Main ct st. Philip.
It pourvue de toute espece de bon
- chooses pour lie malades ct pour
b eonvalescents. On peut sly pro-
srer les meilleurs cOrdiaux qui ex-
tent Porto, Malaga, Wins blanc
4 rouge, Cognac, Gin, etc. En- ou'
N, on trouvera dams Get etablisse
nent, une infinite d'articles de TOT
lite ct une certaine pOudre, qui sc
|ssnd dix cents lie paquet, avec Ia
aelle on peut teindre ses rubans,
- giants, ses chapeaux de paille Ell
but autre article de toilette, sans
|sFoir recours an teinturier. &c nest
rs Ia peine de sen passer.
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CARTEL. = Deux jeunes gems
6sient charges la semaine derniere
remettre un cartel d un jeune
mme. lis Sc sont expresses, par
ne, de s'acquitter de la commits
N. lie jeune homme ayant crane
mt refuse, lis mont pas insiste ct
nnntait 3 tout venant pOhjet ct le
ultat de leur mission. Les auto
n, pour 6viter peffusion du SANG
] surait pu sen suivre, ont arret6
hprincipal ct les temoins ct tous
= do fournir un cautiOnnement
sur comparative devant la cour de
Glrict.
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LIE 120me appel de bons q Gu lieu
ainsi que lie rachat en- vertu de Pap
pei incluant lie mOntant des bOns
deja pages ct s'elevant 4 environ
81, SOC, OOO:~
L'echange DIES bons trois ct demi
pour cent, Ell trois pour cent, qui
await etc suspendu pendant le mois
d'ayril, a etc repris.
lie montant DIES bons livres pour
etre 4changes, a etc de 100000, ce
qui eleve lie total DIES fchanges i
pres de $4,000, GOO.
LIE comite special nommG pour
examiner les livres, les complies ct
pargent qui Sc trouve dams lie tresor,
en- vue du transient du bureau de
NJ. Gilfillaan, tretorier, a NJ. Wy
man, a achieve SEES travanx.
La seule erreur d6couverte a etc
un excedant de trois cents ell IA
veur du fonctionnaire qui prend sa
r~etraite.
Get excedant existait quand NJ.
Grit1ilen prit possession du bureau.
LIE Ice anniversaire du departe-
ment du feu, d Shreveport, a ell
lieu avec beaucoup d'eclat.
C'etait une DIES plus bellies pro-
cessions que Pom ait vues. La
vile etait encombree de visiteurs.
II y await plusieurs milliers de per
sonnes au pique-nique de Concordia
Park.
EEtat de Ia dette public accuse
une diminution dams la dette publ
que pour lie mois d'avril de S2,S51,-
4O2. 60 /; compliant au tr6sor, $780,
159,401.35 ; certiticats dor, $685.
$4,000 certificats d'argent, $50, III,
33k.OO f.; certitcats de depot Ell cir
culation, $40, 105, 600 ; certificats de
rachat, s36S, $50 monnaie courante
fractionnelle, S7,O0S,973.S1.
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seur de IL 4 Is centimAtres q gel6'
sur Ia terre. Aussi, les riches jar.
dins de Mention, do Cannes, de
Nice It d'HyAres ont-ils perdu leurs
plus beaux ornemcntx. Les planteS
exotiques sont entiArement perdues.
La vigne a aussi patti dams quel-
qucs regions du sud Quest. Mails
dams les s1andx vIgn0bles dn centre,
les courageous mont pas Moore pa
TIL, 1t no"s espcrons Qu'ils traver-
sc,ont sans souf1rir les Gpreuves de
Ia luuc r0MSsc.
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OUvRIERs.-n existe lei un bon
aombre d'Ouvriers macons, charpen-
6iers, mecaniciens, ETC., ct malgre
bout, d'apres les apparences des ira
FAUX quill Y a q executor, soft dams
, Vile soft dams la campagne, il
Audra avoir recOurs aux Ouvriersd u
ehors. Les planteurs, les uns wont
hire reparer leurs sucreries, les au-
hes Won't en- faire ~construire de
louvelles, munies des appareils les
Nus perfectionnes. Les habitants
l. Thibodaux, suivant la vote du
rogres, parlent de faire transfer.
ner leurs residences sur des plans
atierement nouveaux pour cette
sntree, agreables 4 la vue ct rem
krmant tout le comfort desirable.
Depuis une aimee lis s'est fait beau
eoup d'am6liorations dams n0tre
nile qui passe 4 juste titre pour
ete une des villes de campagnes
= mieux administrees, les plus pro
res, ayant lie plus de banquettes, un
epartement de feu Acknowledgement
sganise, de grands puts a incen'
adams les principales rues ct une
aaison de cour qui fgurerait admi.
neaement parmi les offices dune
eaade vile.
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aCAOUTCHOUC.

La dScouverte du caOutchouc re-
monte, parait-il, jusqu'a Colomb.
Dams son premier voyage q Hayti,
il Y a pres de 400 ans, il await lie.
marquee que les n~aturels de File Sc
servaient de boules faites dune sOr-
te de CONNIE elastique. Apres Co.
lomb, il men a plus etc question
,jusqu'a Torquemades qui, il y a $50
ans environ, racontait que lie MATHIS
du Mexique Sc fabriquaient avec
cette matiere, DIES casques, des SOU
Tiers, DIES v6tements a p3preuve de
peau ct autres articles.
En- 1885, La Condamine, celebre
vOyageur francais, en- envOya aPA-
cad&mie sdes Sciences de Paris des
specimens provenant du district de
Para, dams le Bresil. Bient6t les
echantillons de caoutchouc arrive
rent en- Europe ct les sayants CON-
mencerent AGtudier cette substance.
L'arbre qui prOduit le caoutchouc
est de la famille des Euphorbes. On
lie trouve surtout dams les regions
tropicales, sur les bords de la rivie-
re DIES Amazones. LIE meilleur ca
outchouc est celui du district de
Para. II est aussi tres ab0ndant
dams lie Mexique. L'arbre Sleeve
jusqu'a 60 ct 100 pieds de hauteur.
L'ecorce est jaime, Ia f1eur blanche,
lie fruit amer.
La seve en- est extraite an mOyen
dincisions faites dams Pecorce. On
plonge dams lie vase qui content lie
liquide, un instrument de bois en-
forme de bate, Hgerement recou'
vert .d'argile. Quand il en- est bien
enduit, OF lie place au-dessus dun
feu entretenu par une sorte de noix
qui, en- brilliant, developpe une flu
NEE 6paisse. Quand Ia couche est
s@ch@e, on plonge de nouveau Pin
strument dams lie liquide, on fat
secher encore par lie meme proc6de
ct Pom continue jusqu'a ce que ron
ait obtenu pepaisseur vOulue.
On enleve ensuite cette substan.
ce, dite biscuit de caoutchouc, eI
la occupant avec un couteau. C'es
en- Get 6tat qu'elle est import6e au1
Etats- Unis. On en- fait de tres nom
breux ct tres divers usages. Cha
que aimee, on lui tr0uve un emplO
nouveau dams Nndustrie. Aussi, Il
demande ne fait que sen accr01tr'
CONSIGNMENT.
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corR.-La cour de district dui
mt depuis lie premier h,ndi d'a-
etc ajournee samedi dernier
svant Procurement lie Juge
.hloch a pronounce les sentences.
fdiver, condamne a la peniten-
Re pour la vie, a interjete appel
= Cour Supreme. Ed. Bonner ct
de SEES compagnOns de chaine,
nar,is all commencement de Ia
.aine, sous Ia garde de deputies
III. pour lie penitencier de Baton
nge.
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,rooLrE.-La fraicheur DIES ma
! retarle la vegetation. NAL
isut, la recolte de cannes a une
belle apparence, lie mails qui a
IND. de bonnie heure commence
"a lever, ct les popmes de terre
Il. commence a fOuiller sont
belle grosseur ct assez abon'
ties.
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RrCuElL.-Mr. Arthur F. .KnO-
1rh. juge du Come district judici-
=. Went de faire publier, par la
nison Hansell, de la NOuvelle-
A6ans. I'm recueil de lois 4 pusage
juges de paix. &c recueil con.
INT toutes les fOrmes DIES blancs
usage, dams les cours de justice,
une quantite d'infOrmatiOns l6'
les dune grande utilize pour tout
monde.
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
Il

Mr.. Thomas Albert informs his friends
nd the travelling public that he has made
aome new arrangements which will enable
him to satisfy all those who will honor him
with their custom.
Meals furnished at all hours Of the day
Breakfast at 10 o'clock A.. NJ. and Dinner
It 4 o'clock Z. NJ.
C%om.no,llOus and we'll furnished rooms.
MODERATE PRICES.
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|InUEELLES LOCALES.

mn POL1CE.-Une session
rs,rc du Jury de Police aura
krrrcredi proclaim, 81 la MAORI
4. u,embres sc trOuvent &c jour-
h MASON de cour.
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Quer time. 466 . week in your = town. =
outfit free. No risk. Everything new. Capital
not required. We will furnish you everything.
Many are making fortunes. Ladies' makes ~
much as men, and boys and girls make great
pay. Reader, if you want business AZ which
YOU can make kreat pay all the time. write
for particulars to H. HALLEr & Co., Portland,
Maine.
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their opportunities remsin IN poverty. We Of.
many men, women boys and girls to work for
IA right in their own localities. Any one caa
do the work properly from the first start. Tho
business will pay more than ten times ordina-
~ wages. Expensive outfit furnished free:
No one who engages fails to make money rap
idly. You can devote your whole time { the
work, or only your fspare momants. Full in.
formation and all that i needed sent troo3
Address STIxsox 4 Co, Portland, Maine.
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LIE Courier des Opelousas annon-
ce que tOus va bien dams les cam
pagnes ct que les fermiers achevent
leurs travaux de semailles aucune
crainte a redOuter desOrmais.
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PAROISSES
ST. LANDRY.

LIE Courier des OpelOusas annOn-
&c que tOus va bien dams les cam
pagnes ct que les fermiers achevent
leurs travaux de semailles aucune
crainte a redOuter desOrmais.
vERMILLION.
II a fait un temps fort desagrea-
BILE, pendant toute la semaine der
Mere ct des plus nuisible a la re.
collie. Les legumes dessechent ct
tout lie monde Sc plant dun ma
laise indescriptible.
EST BAToN-ROuGE.
LIE temps, dit lie Cdpitolian-Adro-
cate, continue a 6tre favorable aux
recoltes; dependant les dernieres
matinees froides ont nui au mails
tout nouvellement seine.
achievement du chemin de fer
de la Vallee du Mississippi jusqu'a
Baton Rouge ct la construction du
Louisiana Central va transformer
Baton Rouge ct en- faire un centre
d'affaires.
IBERIE.
lie Journal TIberie fond4 en- 1877,
Went de cOmmencer son Tine vOlu-
me. Ce journal a toujours defendu
les principles politiques quill repre-
sente depuis ga fonGation ct remer-
Gle ses amis ct ses lecteurs de leur
excellent patronage.
Dams cette paroisse on s'est acti-
vement occupe DIES travaux agrico-
les ct maintenant tout sse trouve
dams de BONES conditions.
EEtoile d'Iber;e conseille aux ha-
bitants de sc livrer q pelevage raj
some du b6tail, des chevaux, des
pores ct oiseaux de basse-cours, en-
Y joignant la culture des recoltes
aptes = les faire vivre convenable-
ct hygieniquement. S'ent6ter a cul-
tiver lie cotton, c'est vouloir courir
au-devant de Ia RUNE.
TERREBoNNE.
Les r@coltes dams la paroisse
TerrebOnne ne laissent rien a desi.
rer, ct tous les habitants, satisfaita
de la perspective dune abondante
recolte, So prepayment pour la foire,
qui aura lieu lie 10 mai, an b6n6fice
de Ia Soci6te de Renaissance d.
Tcrrebonne.
Plusieurs families de cOuleur sui
vhabitation de MI. E.. Mcclellan
Bayou BLACK, sont atteintes de l:
petite v3role ct Ia maladie Sc pro
page, dams les environs, avec rapi
: dit3.
:. ST. MARTIN
t La baisse des eaux fait rayonne
) la physionOmie des fermiers. ecu,
qui await temporairement abandon
ne leurs demeures, rentrent che
eux ct Sc mettent courageusemen
au travail.
II Lerection prochaine de la filatur
& de cotton, 4 st. M~artinville, fait /
sujet de toutes les conversations
Ce village possede en &c momen
deux briqueteries en- pleine vol
deportation.
Il ASSUMPTION.
IL II q Gu hier huit jeurs qu'un
femme de couleur atteinte de la p|
tite v6role a etc trouvee sous la +,
IS mise de Mr.. w. L. Phelps, en- d
hors des limites de la Corporate
de Napol6onville. Apres avoir ct
IS questionn6 ellie a repondu que deu
q hommes de couleur, don't ellie n
connait les MONS, pavaient enleve
de chez ellie, portee dams un esqu
ct place. Oh ellie SO trouvait.
Les d6penses pour boucher la CT
+ vase Littlejohn Sc sont elevees
IS 1850.
81 81. JACQUES.
n La contract pour Ia publicatio
t des procedures du Jury de Pole
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VERMILLION.

II a fait un temps fort desagr6a-
BILE, pendant toute la semaine der
Mere ct des plus nuisible a la re.
collie. Les legumes dessechent ct
tout lie monde Sc plant dun ma
laise indescriptible.