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Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
BOUND TO CELEBRATE.
High Carnival on n Farm Whose Mortgage
 Was Cleared on.

'Tve got that mortgage off'n my farm at last, Bill, !" said one farmer to another, as they met in the road.
 "Well, I'm downright glad to hear it, Sam. You've had som'at of hard time doin' it. An so you've wiped it out, have you 9n
 ''Yes; paid the last note this morn in, an now I'm goin' home to have a bondfire; but you're right, Bill, I have had a tarnal hard tussle of it. You know as well as anybody what tough scratchin' I've had to git that farm paid for"
 'Yes, you have had hard time, Sam. 1 know that"
 "Well, l should say SO. Why, dum it all, I've wore out two wives-as good workers, too, as you could find any where-to say nothin' of havin' right smart O sickness myself, brought on by hard work in the field an slim pickin' in the house; but, owin' to that last wo- man O mine bein' as tough as penny rile steer, an not breakin' down an throwin' her funeral expenses, an the time I'd lost in courtin' an marvin agin in bad crop year-for, tell you, Bill times ain't like they was when l fust come into this country; for, to git a widder now, that's got any sight of hard work left in her yit, you've got to fool away more or less money on new clothes an do right smart O taffyin' to git her. But, as was sayin', Peggy stuck in her corks an kep' goin' with her end of the double tree till got to the top O the hill with the load, an now, that I'm thar at last, with signs of an easy grade ahead, I tell you what I'm goin' to do, Bill"
 "What's that, Sam 9'
 'I'm goin' to have time O it, an kill suckin' pig"
 'You don't say 7'
 ''Yes, do. I'm goin' to have a eele bration an regular rip-snortn' time.
 "Hurra for you.n
 That's what I'm goin' to do, Bill. ain't been on a spree for thirty years but I'm goin' to cut loose tonight, if have to chaw dogwood bark the rest io my days, an want you to come owe an help me make the woods howl thi evenin' after you git your milkin' done What dye say9'
 "All right, I'm agreeable. What the programme 2"
 "We'll git on a high, an beat tn bass drum till midnight, if it spring the rafters, Bill. I've got six bottles c pop an two cigars in the wagon here an that'll be whole bottle apiece fo us all around, not countin' your wife an we'll go the whole dose, if it make us deperate. This here pop is somethin they've got up sence rve been stranglin with that mortgage, an I've been fam ishin' for twenty-five years, Bill, ever time Pve seen it zip an zizzle in tum bier at picnic, to know what it taste like, an I'm goin' to know this yer night. Come over middlin' aIrly, Bill an you may let every last one of ther corks loose, an we'll make the Scotc Gravel people b'lieve there's tigC loose along the Wabash. - Chicdg Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
A pnzZIe Uiih Ietfers-

Some time since students at the Ros- ton Institute of Technology designed a puzzle which is quite interesting. Civ en two words of an equal number of letters, the problem is to change on to the other by altering one letter at a time of the first so as to make leg ti- mate English word continuing the al. terations until the desired result is at- tained. The conditions are that onlv one letter shall be altered to form each new word, and that none but words which can be found in the English dictionaries shall be used. Here are some examples of the changes:
 East to West. East, vast, vest, west.
 Dog to Cat--Dog, dig, fig, it, fat, cat.
 Soup to Fish Soup, soul, soil, foil, fowl, foot, coot, cost, cast, fast, fist, fish.
 Road to Rail.-Road, rood, root, coot, coat. coal, coil, toll. tail, rail. Milk to Hasb.-Milk, mile, male, mate, hate. hath, hash.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
The Treatment Of Sod i'm the Fall.

In the ordinary rotation of the farm, sod land is usually plowed for corn. Opinions differ in regard to the advan- tage, or otherwise, of the fall blowing of sod. The truth of the matter is, that like all other farm work, this de- pends very much upon circumstances. One of these is, the manner in which the blowing is done. If the dry, bare sod is plowed under thoroughly, and so left until spring, when it is cross plowed, and ths sod cut up into pieces, and turned this way and that, and for the greater part reversed, the work had certainly been better left undone. This way of treating sod, too common, we are sorry to say, is most mischievous one, and leaves the land in a wretched plight for corn planting. The better way is. to spread what manure is ready for the land, and leave 1t until November, and then turn the whole under with an even and regular lap furrow. If this is well done it leaves the soil in the very best condition for spring work. The furrow slices lie with the manure between them, while the manure is not buried under the sod. but both standing, in part, on edge, allow the air to permeate through the crevices, and cause thorough de- composition. The crests of the ridges break down by the action of frosts, and the land is gradually consolidated by settlement, through the winter. When the harrow is passed over the land in the spring. the fine manure, and the soil, and the decayed sod, are thoroughly mixed on the surface. leav- ing mass of plant food below, as deep as the land has been plowed. The roots of the young corn plants find food wherever they penetrate the soil, and an abundance of it within reach to carry them to the end of the grow ing season. In the culture of every crop, very much depends upon the preparation of the soil. but this Is most especially true as regards corn which occupies the ground for only about three months. How necessary then it is, to provide store of food for this crop, of the right kind, in the right place, and in sufficient quantity to supply its urgent necessities. One of the most effective ways of making this requisite provision, is to make the most of the sod by treating it at this season in the manner here described -Agricultu1iSt.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
Household Hints.

Do not make jelly on warm, damp day; choose a cool, clear, dry day.
 Cayenne pepper is one of the best things with which to rid a house of rats.
 Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pies with white of an egg and they will not get soggy.
 The best way of cleaning gliding is with weak ammonia aud water, well sponged on.
 Boiled starch can be much improved by the addition of a little sperm or a little salt, or both, or a little dissolved gum arabic.
 When the burners of lamps become clogged with char, put them in a strong soap-suds and boil awhile to clean them.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
Farm and Garden Notes.

Pigs are benefit to orchards for they consume the wormy fruit.
 Rotation of crops, with liberal ma nuring, makes the most profitable farms.
 As beans heat very easily. and heat ing proves an injury, 1t is important that they should be very dry when packed away.
 A compost heap ought to be found on every farm, into which goes al- sorts of waste. This heap not only has tendency to keep the premises clean but becomes available as a fer tilizer.
 Broom corn is not confined to any particular kind of soil, but has consid- erable power of adaptation to different climates. Any land that is reasonably warm and dry can be made to yield a fair crop.
 An Ohio farmer says he killed every potato beetle in a field "Sive with them," by sprinkling once with mix turs made In rroportIons of Ave pounds
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
A "CrOOkedo Noise.

Lou is a wee lassie of four sum- mers, with a quaint use of English. The intermittent footing of a IocO- motive caused her to clap her chubby hands to her ears, with a funny little frown expressive of disgust.
 "What's the matter, Lou ?" her mother asked.
 "Oh, I'm fastening out that crooked noise."
 The other day she was asked whether she would rather go boat riding to the island or spend the after noon with grandmamma.
 Il want to go to both where's" was the prompt rsplys-@5asGr.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
RORETGN mEME

The English War Office has issued the re- port of Col. Kitchener on the fall of Khar- toum. He attributes the disaster to the starved condition of the troops, and the deser- ton of their posts V the native contingent. The Arab, the colonel says, entered the city by the Boori gate, which was not defended. He acquits Farag of .hr charge of treachery, which has frequently been made against him.
 -Servia threat tens Macedonia more and more. It is said that Russia has intimated that she will make an armed intervention if the Mace donian frontier is crossed.
 The Greek government has obtained a large advance from the National Bank, to pro- vide for the creation of further military re- serves in view of the present difficulty.
 The Kildysart branch of the Irish League continues to boycott Mrs. Morgan O'Connell, niece of Daniel O'Connel, with tho utmost severity. Even the necessarles of life are re- fused 10 her. Persons seen speaking to her servants are boycotted.
 --Rossiter, tho well-known jockey, attempted 70 commit suicide at Newmarket, Engp by cut- ting his throat.
 Five thousand troops of the reserve force of Greece have been formed into an army corps. Seventeen thousand regular troops, including all branches of the army, are mass ing on the frontier of Thessaly. feeling of indignation prevails throughout Greece over the recent events in Roumelia.
 A fearful cyclone has visited False Point, port on the Bay of Bengal. The telegraph lines were swept away and many yesses have been wrecked.
 The magistrates of county Cork, Ireland, held meeting at which the Earl of Bandon, Lieutenant of the county, presided. A reso-- lution was adopted directing the attention of the Gov, rnment to the excessive boycotting now being carried on in Ireland, and demand ing that speedy oppressive measures be taken against this system of persecution.
 In the northeast portion of Lancashire, Eng, there are now idle T. 900, 900 spindles and 50, GOO looms. Fifteen thousand operatives are unemployed.
 British capitalists propose to build ship S;lway across the narrow isthmus which con- ,aects Nova Scotia with New Brunswick to larry vessels from the Bay of Fundy to Cum Lerland Strait.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

New Guinea is the largest island In the world.
 Divers, by a recent French invent ion, are said to be enabled to go down a distance of 800 feet below the sur face of the water.
 Weasels were kept in houses in an cien Rome, instead of cats, for the purpose of killing vermin.
 Prof. Huxley's idea of a we'll pro portioned man is one weighing 154 pounds, three pounds of which are brains.
 A hand placed near the oriice from which high pressure of steam is is- suing will not scald. The rapid ex- pansion renders the heat latent.
 The Roman nobility, at the close of the third Punic War, B. c. 134,w wore q stripe of purple on their tunic and Il gold ring on their finger, to distir- guish them from the plebians.
 The microscope shows that mould is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves and fruit; that but terfiies are fully feathered; that hairs are hollow tubes; and the surface of our bodies is covered with scales like a fish.
 The African elephant will be extinct in another hundred years unless a stop is put to the indiscriminate massacre now going on. So says loser Menges, the great importer of African wild beasts, and probably the most eminen, authority on such subjects.
 A physician of India proposes mak. ing experments in the treatment of cholera on criminals sentenced to death The consent of the prisoner would be obtained. with the promise of exemp- tion from further puishment if thu experiment should not be fatal
 The descendants of the common brook trout sent to Tasmania have shown a remarkable tendency to vary in shape and markings. Furthermore they are migrating to salt water, snC thus becoming anadromous The safn, is true of the New Zealand acclima tants.
 One of the most dignined and i'm portant personages in the German em. | pire is Herr Staude. He is the barbe of Kaiser Wilhelm; and so impressed is he with the importance of his posi- tion that he closes his shop to othe customers, and devotes all his time ant ingenuity to the task of shaving tn Emperor, whom he accompanies on al trips to Ems anl other waterini 1 placeS
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
AN INATTENTIyE LISTENER,

Husband Gmpatiently)-Is there a pencil about the house? On my way up town tonight on street car very clever thought came to me, but having no pencil to note it down with, lost it.
 Wife (singing the baby to sleep)- Hush my bay bee-did you speak to the conductor about it?-hush my bay
 Husband (sarcastically)- Did-I peak--to-the-con conductor-about-i Wife too intent on the baby to notice sarcasm) Yes-hush my y-bee-or get the number of the car2
 Husband (mad)-When you get that confounded baby to sleep, perhaps you'll listen to what I'm talking about.-N. Y C,J,
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
THE OLD TROUBLE.

A North Minneapolis lady recently engaged new servant, and one day in structed her to tell callers she was not at home. A visitor asking for her mis- tress, Bridget replied, ''No mum, she's not at hum."
 ''When will she returnP' asked the caller.
 "Faith, thin, and she won't return, said Bridget.
 "What, has she gone away for goodp
 "Och, murther, she's not gone. Whin she's at hum she's not at hum, and whin she's not at hum she's at hum. Come whin she's not at hum. ."-Minneopolis Hdil.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
CONFINED IN A NTADHOUsE.
The Experience of an American Womsl
 who Married an Italian of Rank.

The Experience of an American Woman
 who Married an Italian of Rank.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. z9.-The United States Consul at Genoa writes to the State Depart ment that last August he visited an asylum for the insane in the outskirts of that c.ty. He was informed that an American lady who was patient in the institution desired to speak with him, but the diI ector of the institution said she might be violent, and advised against the meeting. However, he saw her and sat- isfed himself that ste was perfectly sane. He learned from her that she had married an Italian of rank, and that after an unhappy period of married life her husband had her confined in an asylum. She did not say that she was cruelty treated, but that she was put under unjust restraint. The husband in the meantime corresponded with her parents in this country, and notified them that she was suffering from a lingering sickness. Owing to the Consuls representations, she was liberated from the asylum, and is now on her way home.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
The Conventions.

The Massachusetts Republican State Con- vention nominated the following ticket unani- mously:-G Governor Robinson for Governor; Oliver Ames for Lieutenant Governor; Henry A. Pierce tor Secretary of State; A. W. Beard, of Boston, for State Treasurer and Receiver General; Charles R. Ladd renominated for Auditor; Edgar L. Sherman for Attorney General.
 The platform demands the immediate and unconditional suspension of the over valued silver dollar; urges tho vigorous enforcement of the Edmunds law in Utah, and favors Civil Service heartily
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
Only Temperance Bitters Known

Grateful Th0aAnud~ proclaim NNHaAH B1TTTtpa the most wonderful tnyiFurant that ever sustained the sinking system
 Made from California roots and hnfhat tren from Alcoholic stmulants FnrMatANa This nItscrs cures Female complaiuia. Inhammntory and Chronic HheumntlNsni Gout Bilious Rcmittent und lntcr1nittent FN vcra Blood, Liver and N& &tducy niNennea
 Dyspcpsla or Indiaestian, hnaasene. .,. Pain in the Shouidcrs, Coughs TiRhtneHs of The Chest nigxness Sour Stomach, Furfea Tongue Bilious AttarkR, ralpitation of the Heart, lneua monia, and Pain in the regions Of the ktdneShs are cured hy tho use of the hittnrn.
 For Sktu Diseases, ErupAona, bolllA Frysipcas, scrofuia, niecoaratiunA 4nmafs and diseases of the Skin of whatever name q nh- ture, arc literally dug up and carried out aI tae system in a short time by the use nl the hitffAs uuvtnornIcs thc Ntomucht and sum ulntes Che torpid Liver and howela which reus der 10 Of unequaled efficiency in cleansing the blood 1f Rl impurities. and impartnR new me and vigor to tho whole system,
 No Person can take the BittcrH and feinain Pin. Tape and other Worms, arc deatroys.d and removed from the ayHtenis
 Cleauae che Vttfatcd Hiood whenever it is foul your feelings will tell you when kesp the blood pure, and tho health Of the syHtem Tn conclusion Give the ntiern . trial lt will speak for itscif. One bottle will prove bess Ger guarantee of itH merits than . lengthy ed- vertiscmcnt
 H. H. mcDonaId Drug Co.,, pruprietors, San lrnps,scn Cal. nnd h1s htl \ hk Washington hts
 Cor Charlton kt., New lgrt
 Soit by all Dealers and DrnSgtstss
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
SHOCKED THEM.

A few days ago well-known soelety young man shocked one of his lady friends by his ignorance of history. It was after dinner party at his house, and she was telling him what she had learned in her private history class. One thing led to another, and all the time he was getting into deeper water. At last she surprised him by inquiring:
 ''Now, tell me, Mr.--, what are the knights of the Bath"
 He stammered for while, and finally blurted out:
 ''Why, Saturday nights, I suppose. :" -Bufalo Courier.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
Modern Architecture.

Mir. W. W. Armitage, architectural draughtsman, No. 4O2 Montgomery
 street, San Francisco, California, writes that having a very severe cough, which he found it difficult to remove, he tried
 Red Star Cough Cure, and after few doses was completely cured. Eneour- aged by this remarkable result, he gave it to the you. 2 members of his family who were sick from a like cause, and it produced similar effects upon them. He
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

A LOOK AHEAD.-A retail grocer ir Quincy, Ill.,, according to local paper, who was asked to subscribe to the cap. ital stock of the ferry company, refused, and gave as his reason that if the busi ness of the city was materially increased by reliable ferry his landlord would be apt to increase his rent.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

of diseases follows an unhealthy condition of the liver, one of the most important organi of the body. Impure blood, bronchitis asth' ma, malarial diseases, consumption, sick head diseases of the skin, kidneys and heart-el may be traced to faulty action or torpidity ol the liver. No other known preparation se rapidly and thoroughly restores a disordercd liver as Dr. Piercs's "Golden Medical Discoy. ery.n It is pleasant to the taste, mild but sure in its action, and gift Co suffering hu manity from one of the most successful phy sicians of the ago.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

A HNT.-Prizc fighters evidently have not yet learned tho most eifectual method of reducing their weight. The British Mcdiedl JourWdi tells of fat pig which was buried under the chalk cliffs of Dover for 1G0 days. lt weighed l0O pounds when immured, and when dug out turned the scales at forty pounds. It thus lost 12O pounds in iGo days, and came out a very lean pig.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
She Waptpd n Fishing DOat.

They were sailing on the beautiful waters of Minnetouka. She looked up into his eyes and asked him to tell her about all the different boats. George" she said, "whats brig and schooner and yacht2 and oh. George, what's that little fishing boat out there?"
 That. Angie. is a smack"
 (Sweetly): "Geerge, couldn't-er-. couldn't you give me me a--er-a fishing boat ?"-- Minneapolis lfaH.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

CLEANED. London police constable recovered e25 damages from publican, whose bull terrier had bitten him severely. It appeared that after the plaintiff had been bitten he was refused compensation on the ground that there was nothing to fear, as the brute always had his teeth cleaned every Sunday.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

DIsNnssED.-rhe wife of police ser. geant of New Orleans made an attack upon young woman of whom she was jealous, and was thereupon arrested by her husband and locked up in jail. He released her after three or four hours, and was dismissed from the force in consequence.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
He Meant "6ee."

A Western man who was touring through the East, in passing a meadow heard the driver say:
 Abandon the direct progression to the straight thitherward, and deviate by inclinatory and aberrant dextro- gyration into dextral incidence"
 It was an amateur Boston farmer saying 'gee Buck" to his yoke of oxen. Chicago Inter Ocean
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
OUR COLOSSAL CORN CROP.
Heavy Incrensc Over the Yield of Last
 Year Assured.

The corn crop having passed the critical stage and all danger from frost being now past the Fd1n1ers' Reuieto has called in re- ports from 400 correspondents, giving the area and probable yield in every county in the ten leading corn producing States, and has compiled from these an estimate of the ap- proximate yield of the corn crop of 1885. These es mates have been based on 8 com figures of the Agricultural Bureau at Wash ington for the yield of last year. The returns show that Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Mis- souri have slight increase in acreage over 1884, and Wisconsin is the only State showing a decrease, but both Minnesota and Wisconsin show g decrease ill condition and Missouri also shows slight decrease. The other States all re- V al an improvement, and in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana the improvement is marked. The following is the comparison by States of the probable yield of the ten States named:
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
THERE 1s NO PART OF LrFE's CITADEL

THERE IS NO PART OF LIFE's CITADEL where the enemy can make a lodgment that the "VNEGAR BITTERsn will not find him, and put him to rout. Empurity ef Mood is the parent of disease; the liver, the stomach, the lungs, the nerves, every vital organ is affected primarily from this cause, and in this direction the VINEGAR BITTERs acts with magical in- duenna
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07

A POULTRY FARM-F. Houghton, of Corning, Tehama county, Cal, will soon have probably the largest poultry farm in the world. He has nearly |, 1000 hens, and has his hen house built on slcds, SO that he can move them from place to place on his wheat stubbe.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-07
Stocking With sheep for Winter.

Stocking With sheep for winter
 The season of autumnal droughts and short pasturage always brings lots of sheep apon the market, which their owners conclude not to winter, and that may very often be proitably bought. Sheep of good constitution, with good teeth, and healthy, may be safely bought, if one has feed for them which he wishes to convert into ma nure in the easiest and cheapest way. For instance, a large oat-grower has straw which will carry quite flock through the season. If he buys ewes that have had lambs this year, and has them served early, by long wool or Down ram; though thin now, they will rapidly pick up and probably give him one hundred and twenty-five per cent. of lambs. Of course, such ewes will need some grain; all the more, if wheat-straw instead of oat Is their principal fodder. We have known lambs to bring in the spring double and triple what was paid for the ewes, while the ewes were worth fully as much as they cost, and the manure as much more. This is hardly the usual experience, but under advantageous circumstances, the experiment is well worth trying, recollecting that October service brings February lambs, which, if well pushed forward, may be in the market by the first to the middle of May. Earlier service will, of course, bring earlier lambs and greater profit. -American AgriculturiSt.