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Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
Time for a Change.

During the campaign when John A. Dix ran O second time for Governor of the State of New York, he happened to walk to the beach at Northampton one day, and met on his way an old fisher man who was mending his nets. The fisherman did not know the Governor, so Gov. Dix asked him "Well, how's politics down here?' "Kinder quiet, |" said the old man. 'I don't take much interest, but I'm agin Dix" "What's the matter with Dix" asked the Gov ernor; "hasn't he done we'll at Albany ?" 'Fust rate" said the fisherman, "fust rate; I hain't got a woid agin him. |" "Then why won't you vote for him ?' "Wall," said the fisherman, "eels is a gittin' scarce, and think it's bout time fur change"
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
THE STRUGGLE FOR FOOD.
From London sehOOI-Teacher'. DInr


 Tonight I saw one of my lads sitting on doorstep, doubled up over his slate, and he screwed his head this way and that in his vain endeavors to avail him. self of the light of the street-lamp. When took his slate ont Of his hands, found that the poor little man had worked out his sums in Q sprawling fashion. The light was so very uucer- tain and his little fingers were so cold that anything like neatness was out of the question, but he stuck gallantly Co his post-or, rather to his doorstep and griuned all over his faoe while I patted him.
 I asked him what he was doing out on the street on such nasty evening, md he replied:
 "We ain't got no candle, sir. Father and mother has got 10 sit in the dark, and came out under the lamp to get my home lesson done"
 As I walked into better neighbor- hood. saw the bright lights in pleasant rooms, and heard the laughter of ehil. dren and tho jingle of pianos, thought rather kindly of my poor little mn sit- ting with cold fingers groping through his sums by the yellow light of the gas. It is a curious kind of topsy-turvey busi- ness altogether.
 That little boy is as bright as bright can be. When I first knew him he was in dire distress because he could not read his little book right away. I ex- plained to him that there were certain formalities and drudgeries to be gone through before one could tell what was inside books, and we had great fun while he was learning his alphabet He christened the letters by names Of his own. The small d he called "belly in front" and the small b "belly behind. !" And he was charmed when he had be- come able to tell the difference between d, p, b and q with absolute certainty.
 He begged the loan of books to take home; he never played, and even when he was walking to and from school he puzzled himself over various "Readers" until he had mastered all we had in stock.
 The lad was fit for anything, but his parents managed to make only about nine shillings C2.25 a week at the best of times, so there is not much chance for him in the future. I have to do with lazy boys who need to be seolded into learning; but this poor little soul-the son of a costermonger and a collar-maker would go without his dinner to get m hour with a new book. Yet, rather fancy, he will end as a laborer, or some. thing of that sort. The struggle for food will crush ambition out of him, and very likely by the time ho is twenty years of age he will not care for reading even the Sunday newspapers.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
THE POSTMASTER EXPLAINED.
Eusy Lessons in civil Service.

"Why do they call him postmas- ter?" asked Rollo, as he came out of the postofice.
 Because" replied Rollo's father, "be never goes anywhere; always stays in one place, like post"
 "And he stays there so well, added Rollo's uncle, "and is so hard to get out, that he is called the boss post, or postmaster.
 "And frequently" said Rollo's father, Che is stick, and hence the term post is doubly appropriate"
 "And not infrequently," continued Rollo's uncle George, Che is knotty."
 "But when he is naughty he runs away, does he notP" asked Rollo.
 "Then," said Rollo's father, ''having been found capable of motion, he ceases to be postmaster"
 Unlike most posts," said Rollo't uncle George, "the postmaster will moi always do to tie to. Sometimes the gov, ernment loses all its money in his hands,"
 "As how ?" asked Rollo.
 ''It leaks cut of the post hole" said Rollo's uncle.
 "Does the postmaster know a great deal ?" inquired Rollo.
 "He is a man of letters" replied his father, land in the smaller offices he is required to know all there is on the postal cards. In the larger offices he is required to know upon which side his bread is buttered."
 "I should think, said Rollo, "that anybody would know that much"
 "Not so easily as you think, |" replied his father. "Many times wise man has been unable to tell, until he dropped his bread in the sand, where it invari. ably falls on the buttered side, and then the bread is ruined"
 "How, then," asked Rollo, ''can the man ascertain without letting his bread fall ?"
 Rollo's uncle George laid his finger on the side of his nose and looked very wise.
 "He must, he said, looking impress sively at Rollo. "he must ask the man who puts on the butter" "
 Rollo said he thought he understood it now, and, bidding his father and uncle George good-by, he slowly walked to school, revolving in his mind these things he had heard, and marking the answers in his grammar lesson down on his nice wide, white cuf.-Burlington Hal0keye.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
Local News a Speciality.
LITTLE ELSIE.

An, don't come wooing with your long
 long face,
 And your longer purse behind I'm bright young girl, and I know my
 place,
 And I think know my mind. like to laugh, and to dance and sing, And to tease my parents dear. My brothers call me a ''liresome thing;" But they wouldn't miss me here. o 'tis am my mothers hearts delight, And my fathers right hand brave. Would leave my home so free and bright To be a rich mans slave? Would buy myself gown of silk In grand dull house to pine, When I've boys to play with and COWS tc milk,
 And the whole fair world is mine? Ah, don't come talking of the cares of life; My head is gold, not gray; And it's my desire to be no mans wife At least, not just to-day. But I've heart, and it's warm and true, And I'll keep it safe, at ease; And if one love should come to WOO, I'll give it-when please
 DINAH MULocK CRAIK.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
FASHIONABLE HAIR.
French Hair RHIsers who Grow Regular
 Crops.

Human hair goods are worn more TOW than they ever were" said dealer who does large business in such articles. 'Al classes of ladies wear them--young, middle-aged and old-some for use, but more for ornament. Men wear wigs only when they cannot help it. Women wear false hair to add to their charms. Short hair is in demand now, in the form of Lisbon and sea-foam waves and frizzes, and the favorite color is chest nut-brown. The golden shade, so much in fashion few years ago, has fallen 50 per cent. in price,"
 "Where does the supply of artificial hair come from?" "Nearly all from France and Germany, with little from other parts of the Continent and Eng land. The largest quantity and best quality is from France. It is not the hair of dead persons, as many imagine, but comes from the heads of living peas- ant girls. It is gathered by peddlers, who buy it for trife-a silk handker- chief. or some other trife which pleases the fancy. There are in France regular 'hair-raisers,' that is, girls who have their hair cut for sale every four years. |"
 "What is the most expensive kind of hair ?" "Natural silver white like this is worth SIS or S20 an ounce; so you see it is worth more than it's weight in gold. Bleached white hair is worth only S3 an ounce. Natural hair of ordinary shades is worth from 8 to S20 pound, except the hair collected by ragpickers, which brings only from $1 to S3. The value of different colors of hair depends on the fashion. Yellow hair not golden is al- most useless to us."
 "I suppose there have been great im- provements made in your art in late years ?" "Yes, indeed. You could tell an old-fashioned wig a mile of, but now I can make wig that will defy detec- ton. A great many top-pieces are worn by men, like this"
 Here the hair dealer, greatly to the surprise of the reporter, lifted up what was to all appearance the natural hair on the top of his head, and disclosed q cranium as bare as billiard ball.
 'I suppose you sell good many light colored waves to dark-haired ladies ?" "Ah, you may see many pretty blonde on the street with black eyes, which she cannot hide, and black hair, which she can. Fashion rules all. Just now the color is medium brown, but there are constant changes in style, enough to keep one 'on the go all the time"
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

PREPARINa.-The chance of the Chi. cago hotel keepers making a profit out oi the National Conventions seems to be brighter than that of any single candi- date for the Presidential nomination. The facilities for lodging guests are being temporarily increased by partitioning the large rooms and parlors into tiny bed rooms, and by turning the servants quarters and working departments into places for lodging. As to the provision of food for the expected crowds, there seems to be some doubt about the adequacy of the preparation.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
A Desperate Fight.

The Apalachicola (Fla.) Tribune de- scribes combat between a ten-foot man-eater and a seven-foot alligator at East Pass, the other day. When the shark spied the alligator he went for him at lively rate. The alligator waited the onslaught with blinking eyes and open mouth. Seeing his antagonist prepared for him, the willy shark made only a seeming attack, and rushed by with increased velocity. When a few feet only intervened, the shark, by a turn known only to this fish, wheeled with lightning rapidity and bounced upon his enemy. Quick as the move ment was 1t did not succeed. As the saurian and the fish came together, there was terrible churning of the waters for moment, and then the shark darted off few feet, turned once more quickly upon his stomach, and his pom derous jaws closed upon the saurian's 8 middle. There then was a crushing of bones, and for a second the water was dyed with blood, and then one-half of the defeated foe was seen to disappear down the cayernous throat of the shark.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04
Fortunes in Dogs.

Among the S35O, 900 worth of dogs ex- hibited at the New York show, were some worthy of note. Two were S10, GOO dogs. One is deer-hound and the other a pointer. Of course no one would pay S1O,OOO for either, but that's the value placed on each by their re- spective owners. There are several dogs supposed to be worth from S2,000 to 5000. The S10,0O0 pointer (Meteor) took the prize for dogs of that breed. His competitor was an English dog (BeauforD, and the international rivalry over the two was almost as strong as al the walking match. The large English contingent present maintained that the English dog should get the first prize, and the Americans held that the Ameri- can dog was entitled to it. Many bets were made as to which would get it, and when the judge decided in favor of the American dog, about S5,000 changed hands.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

NEW POTATOES BAKED. Wash new potatoes, boil them in salted, boiling water, only until they begin to grow tender; then drain them, roll them in flour. seasoned with saltand pepper, put them into a dripping-pan containing enough butter or good meat drippings to moisten them, and brown them in hot oven, shaking the pan occasionally to make them brown evenly; serve them hot.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

CONCERNING THE NAME. - Ceur d'Alene, the name of the new Idaho mining town, is French phrase, mean ing "heart like an awl, /" and is similar in its signifcation to the English phrase, "heart like a stone" The French, by a figure of speech, apply the term Ceur d'Alene to one who is wanting in hu- mane feeling and callous to suffering, and this it seems was the early French traders estimate of the character of the Indians in that section of Idaho before they were Christianized and civilized by the priests.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

A LOOK Thanksgiving, says . foreign journal, looks cheering for the Universal Peace Society. The Italian Government hos just ordered ten moro sixtecn-inch Krupp guns that can send solid shot weighing 10000 pounds through any plate armor that has yct been made.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

WHAT BRICKS Do.-It has been stated by Capt. Galton, in his work on Healthy Dwellings," that a new house, containing 100000 bricks leach brick sucking up from 7 to 10 per cent. of its weight of water), contains, at a reason able calculation, 10000 gallons of water in it. All this quantity of water has to be removed by evaporation, and the rapidity of this process will depend on the tension of the vapor at a given tenn perature. The rate of transmission of heat through building materials depends upon their texture and composition.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

HE is one of those men in whom ne. cessity is the mother of virtue.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

TIE secret of long life is good and cheery wife.
Connecticut western news., 1884-06-04

AN old friend is better than two new ones,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

Mrs. Amos Getting gave large reception
yesterday afternoon at her house. No ID East for'5
second-s about 300 people being present The paros
set with handsome bouquets Mrs Cotnng wore oiu
gold satin end Chantilly Lace She assisted by her
lately married daughter Mrs schermerhorn, who wore
her bridal DRESS and by the Misses Hoy OF 81 LOUIS
Miss Renssen Miss Smith, Miss Lizzie lie Roy MRS
Kelly and Mrs Hazard The young ladies' wore white
silk and vaenciennes lace and MIS- Hazaru ruby sa'n
and lace with Jacouen1not roses Among those present
were Mrs George r. Blanchard, Ex-Governor and Mrs
Cornell Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cornell, MI: and MIS-
Antonio Terry, Mrs. Remsen Mrs DrapeI the messis
min Lewis OF ST. Louis. a..
Mrs barrett al Van Auken gave a dinner party for
Young people at her house No 42l Fiftave The young
men were ali presented with gold pfns.
Mrs John D. Wing of No l6 West Forty ninth-st, ara
Mrs OConnor OF West Forty ifth-st, gave receptions
Mr. ard Mrs Edmund Coffin, IT, gave dlnnerpsIfy at
No. 10 West Fifty-seventh-st - 49,, 1,A
Roswell smith, president OF the Congressional I'm,
entertained the newyeeced officers Of the elnb 81 oer
at Clarks. . ..,-,,
Company B. 7th Regiment. dined at Delmonicos'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE

IT'S FIRST MEEEING TO BE HELD TO-NIGHT-No
PRONOUNCED CANDIDATES FOR OFFICERS
The Republican County Committee elected
under the plan of organization adopted by the Committee
Eighteen Will meet tonight In Republican Hall, in
West Thrty-hirdst for the purpose Of organization
The committee viii be called TO order by Ed
ward MITCHELL chairman OF the Committee OF Eighteen
who Will until temporary chairman chosen upon
call OF the roll OF delegates II it shall appear that there
are any contested seats business other than the seec
ton OF temporary chairman and secretary be
acted until such contests have been decided. commit
tee on contested seats, in that case, Will be ap-
pointed by the temporary chairman which may
report at this or a subsequent meeting. All
reports contested seats must be in writing An Execu
tive Committee consisting of from each Assembly
District and each from the Twenty and Twenty
fourth Wards will be named by the respective delega-
ions committee viii be appointed TO prepare a
stitution and such rules for the government Of the
County Committee not inconsistent
with the plan Of ganzation There will also be
standing committee be known the Committee APP
peal, TO consist OF fifteen members. Any Republican
voter feeling aggreved by the action OF any board OF
rolling officers or District Commtttee, may appeal In
writing the Committee Appeals, whose duty shall
he 10 Investigate and report the meeting OF the
There viii probably only contest reported that
from the e. on the espdaes fop S5gT tS snS
District Committees The majority OF those elected insist
t6ey met and rIied them The claim WIN probably be
made that majority or the District Committee did
possess this authority under the circumstances and the
County Committee Will be called on TO decide.
The candidates for permanent ofirrs Of tie
County Commtttee have not been announced yet No
one has actually declared himself candidate for presi
dent The friends OF William DOwd, Edward Mitchell,
John j. o. Brien and Luther r. Marsh have advocated
gentlemen for the position, but no one yet seems
to have clear majority. IL Is understood that a
discuss the matter. II would not be surprising
permanent organization Il not completed tonight For
secretary is mentioned besides that OF Justice
Scion b. smith, long the Secretary OF the Republican
Central Committee William A. Darling Is likely TO
be chosen treasurer OF the organization. He also
served for several years In that position IN the Central
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
MR.. MCCULLOUGH IN BROOKLYN.

John Mccullough began an engagement IN
rooklyn last night at Haverys Theatre, where he wasre
oeived with deep sympathy and great lause by nuner
ous audence-the house indeed being crowded In every
mart Mr. Mccullough enacted VirgiHfuS and while the
tender passages were given with uncommon sweetness
and patos the more powerful points were accomplished
with even more than the actors usual strength Solicit
Gus observers who may, perhaps have expected oii
utjon of physical pOwer-from which too busy
gossip has PROMULGATED with regard to the state OF
the actors health - must have experienced
pleasant disappointment. Except for traces OF slight
cold Mr. Mccullough showed himself TO be In excellent
health Upon the beauty OF his performance Of V"g"@
as type of manly love- paternal devotion, and simple
aeroism-there can no need Of present descriptive
eomment here The work remains. what II has 80 long
been model of the majesty Of virtue and OF the Felicity
Of dramatic art Mr. Mccullough recalled before the
curtain four times at the end of the great scene IN the
forum Vrrinius viii repeated on wednesday spar
tacus Is announced for tonight Richard Ill tor Thurs
day and "Otheno" for Friday In the east of "Virg1us
hast night anotabe feature the performance OF MISS
Viola Allen as Virginia 1t IL long since we have heard
the loying speeches of this aeeOnale girl spoken on the
xtage with so much fine feeling such peculiar sE In
the use of sweetly sympathetic voice; and when this
performance shall have lost certain Formally IN tne eA
aetye art-the mechanism and business-it will be as
fine In form as ii already in spirit and Intention
Mr. Augusta Foster gave her customary excellent per
fprnance of Seria aud Mr. HawOrth LeiltS was I'M
Oh audp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05

ALLANon Tassay Janps e ss a. his wi3te g., re,
provision house OF Robert Allan sons IN tn 6t year Of
Funeral residence son. William Allan. ss6
, West 4eth.sL on Tnessisy. February D at IL a m.
BRooKs-Eutered into eternal Monday. Feb
Tpa s Sho sPeSs 0 sss wife e G s s
fT dG fns as % heH
Friends viii kindly omit flowers.
CAMPBELL-on SUNDAY February ?, Richard l. Campbell.
Friends Of the family are Invited to attend the tuner on
Thursday February at 70 O'Clock, from calvary Church,
II is requested that no flowers be sent.
CARMAN-At MEMO park. n j. February 4 1884 Meian'
Thursday Feoruary Z, at l2s0P N.
1nterment at Metuchen, y
CLOsE-suddenly at Pachogus I-iand sunday Feb.
s 5 rs e. H N Lee q S ser e 1 Aar FeS S 5 West
.45th-st., wednesday February 6. AT SPIN
DY 3 T s % on Ps
Du BOs OF brooklyn NY aged years. months. Is days
& sunday FS6aTy At G5 s TS s No
John A DIX In the nth year OF her age
The funeral services viii be held Trinity Church
Wednesday Gth INST, at o'clock D. N.
HogTLoTIR Rome on Friday Teer1aTy in the sch year
rector OF the american Cohsse E9me italy ., ., .n.
PonaGa aigh Mass which VIII BE- offered Tor the rspose
day February I. at 10 a.
J4GGARzAs Flushing 1 l. February ? 1884, Augustus
The friends Of the family respecttuy invited TO attend
funeral Tuesday February at @ from is late
residence corner Of state and Farrn gten sta.
Trains leave Long Island City at O'Clock N for Bridge
st. depot.
MILISsuddenly at Railway sunday evening February
g. Emily eldest daughter OF Alexander ]. and Eecta ss
aged 20 years.
Funeral on TGesday at IL o'clock Chrsts Church
Chapel
MERCHANT-At Carlisle. Penn. February 3. Sarah L.,
widow OF the late General Charles T. Merchant United
States Army.
McDERMUT-On Monday February 1, 1884, William L.
MeDermut, at bis residence, No. lJ6 Wavefiy place
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
Friends Of the family and members Of Palestine Commanery
Crescent Chapter and Lodge
the 18th Regiment Volunteers > " Y. are invited 10 At
tend the funeral.
NAsMITHFebruary 1884, at his residence 80 3ls
ST. Augustus l. Nasmith for connected tho
house Of Marshall Field q Co, Chicago
N0tce Of funeral hereafter
Chicago papers please copy.
PHELPs-on Monday evening February her residence
No. 203 Olnt0n-st., Brooklyn. n. Y, Phebe Parsons
Phelps wife OF samuel r. Phelps in the nth year OF her
Notice Of funeral hereafter
POLLOCK-On Saturday, February q 1894, In BROOKLYN
Bruce Moenaor infant ANA only child Of ]. Marion and
Juliet NJ. Pollock.
Intcrment at Greenwood
PALMER-On saturday afternoon, February g Oliver IT.
Palmer the 10Th year OF his
Funeral services viii be held at calvary Church 2st and
shave, Wednesday morning az 10 o'clock
Friends requested not 10 send flowers
PACKER-At Maueh Chunk. Penn, February I'm the 3lth
year OF his age, the Hoo. Harry L. Packer.
Funeral from his late residence Mauch Chunk Tuesday
9th INST. at O'Clock y. m.
Friends win please omit flowers.
special train will leave NewYOrk, via Pennsylvania Rail
road at 10 o'clock m.
Monsey n Y, February Charles F. Thayer.
the late Captain seth and Bathsebe Tbayef Ia tho
b8th yeer OF his
Ia Providence, r. l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-05
CINCINNATI FEARS ANOTHER FLOOD.

THE OHIO RIVER RISES NINE INCHES IN SIX HOURS
GREAT ANXIETY.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 4.-There is much anxiety
tonight concerning the condition Of the Ohio River
The remembrance the food Of last February with all
its terrors tends to make the people apprehensve
when heavy rain with full river and that is the
condition to-day. The Ohio river is full from Ptsburg to
Cairo, and is rising tonight from Cincinnati
downward and falling slowly above Cincinnati although
it Is rising at headwaters. With the earth
saturated, and the ice and not all gone from the
mountains, this rain fail to another rise
the river stood at 10 feet IL inches until noon then
fell half inch, and then began TO rise Between
o'clock this afternoon and o'clock tonight it
inches
heavy rain fell nearly all the afternoon, growing
heavier at night Already all the cellars along the river
flooded, and some manufacturing establishments
have been compelled TO suspend operations.
A break 100 feet in length, caused by
the pressure Of the backwater against the embankment
Of the street. has occurred IN McLea-ave This is the
same place where break happened last year. engulfng
number Of persons and mjurng the railroad depot No
lives were lost this time any
property damaged, and the break caused
only slight Inconvenience to the Southern Road. Reports
received show that rain is beginning in the West and
moving eastward. The Indications point heavy rain all
night, all along the river rom here to Pttsburg and
less this II followed by cold weather there Will inevitably
be flood OF dangerous proportions.