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The Press., 1884-05-01
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

WM. A. CO,MlNs, Horse and OK done order Also, builder and reparer of all styles of Wagons. south-st, Stafford Springs. ~ H. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and Deal Os CT in Pianos and Organs. Residence, East Maln-st, Stafford Springs. aa e.-.4-s.z
 A GENCY of Holland County Mutu- A al Fire HMs. Co. at J. w. CHANDELIERS office, with Wm. Smith Co.,, stafford Springs.
 hk. SAMUEL DAVID x SON, D Physicians and Surgeons, Office West Main-st. Telephonic connection in office. 5.- -t-t-. .... w M: A. KING. Attorney and Gonn-
 w sellor at Law. Room No. 6, Rockwell's Block IT B. RICHARDS, M. D. Office As at residence, corner High-st. and Fisk-ave.
 II SMITH, Dentist, Tllden's Block. H. Best work at usual prices. Chloroform, Gas and Ether for painless of teeth LN w. IS BkOOKS. Oak. Chestnut. Hem, 1Is lock and Pine Lumber sawed to order. Shin gles for sale: Mill three miles from the Springs
 kN N. CRANE, Manufacturer of and II sdealer in Harnesses, Robes, Bells, Fancy Lap Robes, Whips, Trunks, Fancy Mats. etc: [ : E
 W. CHANDLEK, Insurance and O Real Estate Agency, Stafford Springs. Office at residence on Westford Avenue.
 T PUFFEfc, Custom Boot and Shoe He Maker and Repairer. The best of workmen and the best of stock Central Hall Block, Stafford Springs. ------ .T n. PRESTON, Counselor at Law, Oe Notary Public, and Justice of the Peace, Will hngton, Conn. s
 NRS. H. ". CONGDON. Ladies' MI Hair Work. Orders, until further notice, may be left with Mrs. T. c. Lathrop.
 s. CLARK, M. D., ROckwell's Os Block. Residence at F, N. Crancss, East Main-st. Telephone at Office and at Residence.
 M R. GRISWOLD, Dentist, 368 VNs Man-st., Hartford, Conn.,, visits Stafford Springs every three months. ...-.
 Notice given before each visit in the Press.
 Artificial teeth, $5; the best, $1O
The Press., 1884-05-01

SoMERs. Weirs has brought civil suit against his near neighbor, Gil bert Chapman, for $5,O0O damages for calling him liar, and Chapman has brought criminal suit against Weirs for pointing gun at him and threatening to shoot
The Press., 1884-05-01

Burpee post G. A R., No. Fl, organized at Rockville last week with twenty~two charter members. The officers consist of George N. Brigham, P. c. B. B. Durfee, V. O.. ; w. H., Loomis, J. V. C.. w. B.. Root, surgeon A. P. Hammond, quarter master c. w. Wood, adjutant.
The Press., 1884-05-01

SoMERsv1n1E. The principal event of last week was the marriage of Miss Hattie Stowe to Rev. Mr. Bell of Broad Brook.
 Rev. Charles l.. Aver, former pastor, as- sisted by Rev. s. R. Billings, performed the ceremony. Miss Stowe has been a prominent and efficient member of this church, besides an active missionary work CT, and one whom the people of this place can i'll afford to spare -RockvilleJ Journal
The Press., 1884-05-01

MIMI. A. COMINS, Horse and OK w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing done order Also, builder and repairer of all styles of Wagons South-st., Stafford Springs.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Telegraphing with tho Teeth and
Eyelids.

j. 7. Norris, of Springfield, o., the
detective. does trick that probably no
other man in the country can initiate.
He takes silver coin, usually dollar,
and places it on his tongue between his
teeth. With his tongue he strikes it
against his teeth with the sound of a
telegraphing instrument, the opening
and closing of the circuit being exactly
initiated. Norris used to be an opera
tor, and by means of the coin can tele-
graph words so distinctly that any tel
egrapher can easily read the message.
In this manner he telegraphed fifty
words minute. A Republican report
err wrote out message on a Western
Union blank, and handed it to the de-
tcctive. The two operators in charge
at the Southern took down the words
as fast as Norris produced them with
the coin. The message was rapidly
sounded and written down and all three
copies conceded exactly. Mr.. Norris
can stand up before telephone, and in
this novel manner telegraph message
which any telegrapher can read with
great facility. But the most wonderful
thing Is to see him telegraph with his
eyelids. The dots and dashes of the
Geographic alphabet he indicates by q
more or less rapid opening and shut
ting of the eyelids. In this manner he
can converse with an expert without
uttering sound.-St. Louis Repu6li-
cln.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

carry with ease a chair upon which ten
full-grown men were perched, and
when one stalwart fellow of middle age
undertook to wrest billiard cue from
her grasp she quickly chased him off
the stage in rout and confusion.
The dispatches which recount these
wonders furnish us with an easy clue
to the mystery. though nobody in Col
umbus seems to have discovered it.
We are told that Miss Lulu is '.sweet
sixteen" in appearances; that she has a
pleasant face and lis of admirable
contour" whatever that may mean.
She is further reported to be vivacious
and winning in her ways. ~
Now given these qualifications, and
there is scarcely girl in America who
can not do all that Miss Lulu does and
more. We have known young wo-
man to set dozen young men dancing
about in ridiculous way, without
using billiard cue or any other wand
whatever. Miss Irene Macgillicuddy
knew all about such arts, and there are
scores of women in New York who
have only to look at a young man in
order to deprive him at once of all self
control and set him doing much more
foolish things than any that are report
ed of Miss Lulu's victims.
As to the supposed attempts of the
Columbus young men to resist their
futility is no more than is to be expect
ed in the circumstances. What young
man ever did resist the witchery of q
young woman bent upon controlling
himp And the proverbial gallantry Of
the young Georgians makes all thought
of their success in such attempts es-
pecially absurd.
When Miss Lulu drove the stalwart
mfddle-aged man off the stage, she
simply repeated performance familiar
to all observers of the ways of women.
The robust fellow is not an adept in
the art of agreeable Irritation, and it
was quite matter of course that he
should be sent about his business.
In short the whole performance was
simply an exhibition on the stage of
what is done every day at fashionable
resorts in the country. We do not
deny that Miss Lulu is o witch, but her
witchcraft is neither peculiar nor re-
markable. 1t is shared by every pref
ty girl living who happens to delight
in the feminine art of coquetry.-M Y.
Commercial advertiser.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

and open IL, Tor mad none or the sort
of curiosity that would naturally have
impelled me to such an act.
It was covered with writing in blue
pencil, which was used considerably in
the factory, and it was in Italian.
My knowledge of the language was
sufficient to enable me to read It
Judge of my horror when I had done
SO, for this was its tenor,
mother. the chance has come to mako our
fortune. / send this by the little American,
who cannot read II; but burn It at once.
"Mr. Pellico is i'll The young lady will
draw the money from the bank. Get her to
to do it il you choose. Make her drink some
tea IL you can, and put with 1t the powder In
the little blue bottle. II You cannot do that
you know where-and VIII meet you. Re-
member-set the horse on its road first Of all"
For one moment felt that / must
faint. Then said to myself"
Courage alone can save me-"
had the paper in my bosom, and
drew my cup towards me.
At this instant the old woman re-
turned. l knew that she had not been
look in her black eyes.
'.All is right" she said; '..the wagon
will be here soon. But you do not
drink your teap"
take some more YOURSELF" I said.
She lifted up the pot, poured out a
cup, and smiled at me-the smile of
Judas. As she did SO. spoke sud-
denly:
81 think your dress is on fire" 1 said.
She turned sharply. In that instant
I changed our cups.
"It was nothing" she said, turning
towards me with a laugh; ga rag in
the fire, perhaps. We buy refuse
wood"
took up my cup. She lifted hers,
and swallowed it at draught.
"Tea is good" she said.
I slipped mine slowly. She watched
me with diabolical satisfaction, but I
saw her face beginning to flush fright
fully.
In moment more she fell back in
her chair with terrible groan.
"You are illp' l said.
EYES," she answered.; yes, l suffer:
All. my God, suffer! What have you
donep IL"
abe clutched something wltnln the
bosom of her robe. A knife cleaned
in the air, but as she lifted it she fell
at length upon the floor.
Trembling in every limb l rushed
from the house, made my way to the
nearest dwelling, told my story. and
besought those who listened to fly to
the woman's aid. They did so, but it
was too late!
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Horseshoes for Luck.

The principal gateway at Allahabad
is thickly studded with horseshoes of
every size and make. There are hun
dreds of them nailed all over the great
gates, doubtless the offering of many a
wayfarer who has long since finished
his earthly pilgrimage. We could not
find out what was the exact idea con-
nected with this custom-probably the
same notion of luck as we attach to
finding horseshoe. especially one with
the old nails still in their place. We
afterward noticed that the sacred gates
of Somnath, preserved in the fort at
Agra, are similarly adorned. 1t re-
minds us of that curious old immortal
rite still kept up at Oakham, in Rut-
landshire, where every peer of the
realm is bound the first time he enters
the town to present horseshoe to be
nailed on the old portal, which is we'll
nigh covered with these lordly tributes.
1t is said that in case any contuma-
cious peer should refuse to pay this tax
the authorities have right to stop his
carriage and levy their blackmail by
unshoeing one of his horses. To avert
so serious an annoyance the tribute
shoe is generally ready, some being of
enormous size and inscribed with the
name of the donor. Whether these
Eastern horseshoes were taxes or offer
ings cannot tell, but it is certainly
very curious to observe how widespread
is the superstitious reverence attached
to this particular form. 1t has been
suggested, and apparently for some
reason, that in ancient pagan times
it may have been a recognized symbol
in serpent worship, and hence may
have arisen its common use as charm
against all manner of evil. The re-
semblance is obvious, more especially
to that species of harmless snake which
is rounded at both ends, so that head
and tail are apparently just alike. The
creature moves backward or forward
at pleasure; hence the old belief that
it actually had two heads and was in
destructible, as even when cut into two
parts it was supposed that the divided
hands would seek one another and re-
unite. 1t stands to reason that in q
snake-worshiping community such o
creature would be held in high rever-
ence. Even in Scotland various an
Cltub buuhC-llhO OluCClClS tuu OTud-
ments have been found which seem to
favor this theory, and ut very early
period both snakes and horseshoes
seem to have been engraved as symbols
on sacred stones. We hear of the lat
ter having been sculptured, not only
on the threshold of old London houses,
but even on that of ancient churches
in various parts of Britain. And in
the present day we all know the
idea of luck connected with finding
one, and how constantly they are nail
ed up against houses, stables, and
ships as charm against witchcraft.
In Scotland, all parts of England, and
Wales, and especially in Cornwall
(where not only on vans and omnibus
IS, but sometimes even on the grim
gates of the old jails), we may find
this curious trace of ancient supersti-
ton. Whatever may have been its orr
gin, it certainly is remarkable that it
should survive both in Britain and
Hindostan.- Gentleman'S Maga-'
zine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

tent anu suffer no iii effects that money
and metzcal (Mexican tanglc-fooD
would not mend. But it needs union
of the imagination of Dante with the
pen of Dore to give you their pictures.
The descent was rapid. The guides
rolled us up in straw mats and Slid us
down the glacier like cone. A grand
experience in tobogganing it was, but
the bruises will long outlast the exper-
fence. Another night we spent with
the feeble comics and the following day
were riding among the cacti and palms
of the valley. Letter IN the
Denvcr Tribune.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
Gold Production.

1t has been shown by several of the
writer's that up to the year 1848 the
world had outgrown its supplies of the
precious metals, and that commerce
was languishing for the wherewithal to
adjust the exchanges of communities.
Previous to that year the principal
sources of supply were South America,
the west coast of Africa, Russia in
Europe and Asia, and the islands of
the Malay archipelago. According to
the calculations of M. Chevalier, Che
total production of both gold and sill
yer from the sources between 1892 and
1848 was equal in value to LAO, 0O0,-
900. The Importation of gold, howev-
er, was small; and the total stock of
the metal in Christendom in 1848 is
estimated to have been only f560, O00,-
900. The production since that year
has been very remarkable. Let us
look of the figures. In 1848 California
began to come forward; and in 1851
the Australian fields were opened. Be-
tween 1S49 and 1875 the production of
the world is estimated at f616, 600, 900.
so that in twenty-seven years the stock
of gold was more than doubled. The
average annual supply previous to 1S4S
was $4,000, 900; in 1852 the production
was ESQ, 100000 An Australian au-
thority estimates the yield of the colo
mics from 1851 to 1881 as f277, 000, 600;
and Mr.. Hogarth Patterson gives the
total production of the world between
1849 and 1880 as f710, 000.0 200.
The statisticians of the Uuited States
mint estimate that tho total production
of gold in the world during the four
hundred years ending in 1882 was TO-
1874 tons, equal in value to FL, 442, $685.
562. During the same year the pro-
duction of silver was 191, 731 tons, of
the value of FL, ZIG, 463,795. On the
basis of the last three years, the aver
age annual production of gold in the
world is now Ell, 500, 900. Taking 1881
rs an illustration, the largest contribu-
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
A Georgia Witch.

The doings of Miss Lulu Hurst have
strangely puzzled the people of Column
bus, Ga. 1t appears that Miss Lulu
is possessed of phenomenal and mys-
terious powers, of which the Columbus
folks have not yes discovered the secret.
She takes hold of q billiard cue, and II
any man of Columbus grasps the other
end he is speedily sat dancing about,
as II bitten by tarantula. She holds
up q chair, and no man Is able to force
it to the floor. She has been known to
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

As there she stood-that sweet venetian
night,
Her pure face lifted TO the skies a-swim
With stars from zenith to horizons rim
j think Lorenzo scarcely saw the light
Asleep upon the bank. or felt how bright
The patines were: sne filled the heavens for
him;
And in her low replies, the cherubim
Seemed softly curing from some holy hight.
And when he drew her down, and soothed
the tears
Stirred by the minstrelsy, with passionate
kiss
Whose long, sweet iterations left her lips
Trembling, as roses tremble after sips
OF eager bees, the music of the spheres
Held not one rythmic rapture like TO thisI
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04

Hot Springs and other treatment
failed to cure scrofula and syphilitic
disorders, the sufferer has sought
and found a cure in DR.. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. 1t
enriches the blood, strengthens the
urinary aud digestive organs, and
quickly removes all indications of i'll
health and blood disease, from a
pimple to a running sore, from a
headache to a rheumatic pain. Its
superiority over all other blood puri.
fers and strengthening medicines is
admitted by all who test its curative
effect and influence.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
The Tradition OF the Wooden Nut
meg.

meg.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press at Mobile, Ala, writes, giving an
anecdote about wooden nutmegs which
strengthens the conviction that the
manufacture of them was, in truth,
one of the infant industries of Connecti-
cut. Hesays:
see you discredit the wooden nut
meg tradition. In 1928 l heard the
following from gentleman who had
just graduated at Bowdoin college. so
that it dates somewhere in the four
years just then expired. Among the
medical students was an oldish practi-
toner from New Brunswick, who had
come to rub up his ideas and to get a
genuine degree of M. ID. He happened
to be in crowd. where some story was
told of some sharp trick, at which one
of the company remarked: "That
beats the wooden nutmegs!" The New
Brunswicker blushed, and in some con-
fusion exclaimed: "How did you hear
of the wooden nutmegs?" He had
given himself away. and they made
him tell the story. He kept small
stock of drugs, to which he added an
assortment of spices, ETC., as is the
wont in country drug stores. During
the war of 1925, some of these got
quite scarce, and with the return of
peace the smuggling peddlers made a
rush over the line and did q profitable
business. Our doctor took the first OPP
portunity of the kind to replenish his
own stock, buying, among other things,
several pounds of nutmegs, as he knew
there were none in the country, and he
could dispose of them to other country
storekeepers. But before he had dis
posed of any his wife took occasion to
sample them, and found them made of
wood. He hushed the thing up, hop
ing. as he had bought the peddler's
whole stock, that it would never be
heard of, and had so far supposed that
it was the only case of the kind. So
far as the college catalogue shows, my
informant is still living (Silas Baker, of
Standish Me.), aged II years.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-07-04
How Long Will it Last.

Lights from the windows are cleaning and
glancing,
Music and laughter are echoing near.
Save where the twain move apart from the
dancing,
Uttering vows each was longing to hear.
Tender his tones, in their low meditation,
Timidly downward her chances are cast.
Eyes matched with sapphire, cheeks with car
nation:
Fair is the picture: How long viii it lastf
Think. when old time. of all jokers the grim
NEST,
Whitens the tresses and burrows the brow,
Changing the forms that are hthest and
slimmest
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16
z. a. NORTH & CO.,
Dealers in Pianos and Organs

Dealers in Pianos and Organs.
Parties buying musical instruments should
be careful about two important points
First that the make Of the instrument IS
standard one; and second, that the person
they buy il from is trustworthy aud SAFE 10
deal with. 1t is risky business buying
these articles from irresponsible parties
for the country is flooded with fraudulent
limitations that bear close resemblance 70
the standard makes and with their well
nointed cases look about as well US good
| instrument: but less than year use dis
closes the fact that they are mere rattle
| tram. made especially to dclraud unsus-
| pnctiup purchasers. We refer with plea-
/ sure To the above house, located at -
/ Market Street, Wilmington w H. Mul-
/ len, Manager. ,I...,,,.l,l,
what thew deal in, and rs fair and honorn-
bic gentlemen their reputation STANDS Arst ,
class They keep in stock the most popu
I.roud standard pianos and organs mad'
| in thc country, which have, by pecullal
| mort won their way and established Jhe!
reputation wherever highest eNceilehce J
appreciated. 1t is here, that the ce!eDrateSS
.'Hazleton Bros" pianos, and W WilGoN 9
White" organs are kept, conceded by al
to be the best in use. ,.a
~ thc most favorable business arrange
,nants with the manufacturers, NJ MEssRs
NORTH & Co. are able to sell an instruimen
"a cheap as it could be purchased dlrec
= The IN increase Of trade which natural,
sonl.s this centre, is due TO the fact tina
standard goods, governed by the lowe, lowe,
market prices, are the controlling elSiii1, r,.,
of this house. i'''''
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16
NOTICE.

An povs upaccompanied by their parents o., or
1ardio1s ms are positively forbidden tresPassis & on
Be!mont" grounds, undeF Re9ey 9i Phrenpcior W.
Mrs. G. l.. PEIEkSON, FI"pi'e'"''
JOHN MOFFITr, Tenant.
n B-All ladies and gentlemen ana anu wen wen not
.od nersons whose motive is to ENJOY 'i, anu nH'
destroy my property are Teieo%e " and for
me ~ s, 9ooeS lament nv grounds after night-ia
az Very respectfully, =, pFTE2sON.
June 1917 Mrs -
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

notify the signers of the temperance
compact that the alliance this Fall
would place no other ticket in the field
beyond that of members Of the Legisla-
ture.-MOrnin 9 NelCs.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

If there is any bad lucl, in being
nominated on a Friday the honors are
easy. Both Blaine and Cleaveland
We're nominated on Friday a cruel
New York journal suggests that as
Cleveland was formerly a sheriffan as
Friday is hangman's day the time OF
the nomination was peculiarly apprO-
pirate in his case. But supposing this
should be turned another way, and it
should be claimed that Cleveland was
TO be the eXccutioner of the Republi-
can party?
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

The national executive committee of
the prohibition home protection party
met at Pittsburg on the % inst, and
and made final arrangements for the
convention, which commences the 23d.
Delegates are already arriving, and it
is expected over 800 delegates will be
present. Secretary Sprague says that
in the event of the success of their
party Miss Francis Willard will have
the choice of cabinet position.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

The question of either building or
enlarging the Methodist Church at
Dover is being mOoted by the official
members.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

Andrew J. Wilson is being strongly
urged by his friends. for the nomina-
ton of sheriff of Kent county.