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Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
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"Yes, sah,n said Uncle Zach, sspso watched 1t forty years an it's as l sez: De fnst of May an Christmas day of de same year allors comes on dc same week day.n
 Further conversation proved Uncle Zach most incrcdulous person. Chanctng Co mon tion Dr. Carver's feat of breaking glass balls with e rife, ho said:
 q heerd bout dat shootin' and kuawcd right off 1t wasn't squar' dat was Yankee trick, boss, sho's you born.h
 "WhAt was tho trickin
 "Dar wuE loalstone put into de glass balls, m likewise onto dc bullets; 70 when dc but. lot fly outen do gun, it an dc ball jes' drawcd tergedder, which, in course, brokes dc glass -dats de tI1ckp
 Later, Uncle Zach observed a rops running along the side of the car.
 "Boss, what's dat line furr'
 "To apply the air-brake In case of acci- dentn Then VIC had further to explain how the force of the brake was obtained, % which Uncle Zach responded:
 'Look a here, boss, you sholy don't 'apect mo to bleeve dat foolishnessi Why, do biggest harricane whatever blowed couldn't stop dis train, runnin' forty mile a hour. An you think gwine to b1eeve little pipo full of wind under de kyars can do iti No, sah-reeln
 There arc great many Uncle Zachs who judge everything simply by appearances Tho air-brake does not seem to be a very powerful thing, but power and efficiency arc not necessarily equivalent to bigness and pro tense.
 Phillip Beers, Esq, who resides at tho United States hotel, New York city, and is engaged in raising subscriptions for the New York World Bartholdi pedestal fund, was once upbraided by a distinguished relative who was a physician, for commenting in such enthusiastic terms, a remedy that curod him of Bright's disease eight years ago. He said: ''Sir, has the medical profession with all its power and experiences of thousands of years, anything that can euro this terrible disorderp No, no, that Is true, there is no mistake about 1t but that Warmers Safe euro IS really a wonderfully effective preparation. , That remedy is an "airbrakeb that every man can apply, and this fact explains why it has saved 90 many hundreds of thousands of a.-Copyrtphtod Used by permission of | Ameriodn Rural Homa
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Tin Cans in Colorado.

It is said by old prospectors that there is not a mountain peak in Colorado on the tip top of which there is not a tin can. Tourists ssand mountain climbers have habit of taking up with them a tin can to be left at the summit for the disposition on slips of paper of the names of all who ascend the mountain after them. It is also said that one may wan der to the utmost depths of the wilder ness into places where the foot of mortal man has apparently never trod, and there will be found the inevitable tin can. Indeed, it would seem that the can, rather than the axe, is the pioneer of civilization.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Plant Food ana stImnlnnta.

The common idea of stimulant is that it is something that has no nu- tritive quality, but which excites the system to activity at the expense of
 its reserved vitality. A reaction al- ways follows 1t, and leaves the man or animal minus just so much vital force as has been brought into abnor-
 nal action by the stimulant. If 8 man is weak from hunger and dose of brandy is given, the system is "braced up" as we say, for time on- ly; increased exhaustion follows. But if quantity of quickly digested food as a nutritious soup, is taken, the sys- tenn is not only braced up but actually strengthened, because nutriment is given which at once replaces the ex- hausted force and matter of the blood and muscles, and so repairs and builds up. This difference is very easily un- derstood. Now there is very com mon impression among farmers which is unhappily cultivated by some writers-that artificial fertilizers are all stImulants and are not plant food. This is very great mistake. Plants will not take stimulants. They will not take in any nutritiye elements in excess of their requirements. If we use salt or plaster or phosphates and find that the crop is benefited, the truth is that the soil was deficient in the elements contained in these sub stances. chlorine or soda, sulphuric acid or lime, or phosphoric acid. and because of the absence of these neces
 sary clements plants cannot take in
 any other food which they need. Plants must have complete food SUD-
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Beating a Powder House.

"They tried the gum-game on mo down in Pennsylvania, said the old tramp as he got fresh brace on the fence for his back, "but I came out ahead, considerably ahead"
 'How was it7'
 ''Well, I struck the town of York ono day, and I didn't look bit like agentle- man. My duds were old, my complex ion ruined, and was all run down at the heel. Ever in York2"
 ''No.n
 ''Well, the people there neither send money to the heather in Africa nor waste sympathy on the tramps of America. 1 struck thirteen houses in succession and didn't get bite; and I was looking around for scrap-iron to stay my stom- ach, when along comes an officer and gives me the collar. He was taking me to the cooler when wagon drives up, and the chap on the front seat calls out that he will give me steady job at a dollar day."
 "What atg'
 "You wait minute. didn't banker for work, mind you, but I didn't care for the jug, and so, as the officer was willing, l climbed into the wagon and away we went. That job was in the powder-houses which blew up the other day. The manager thought he had a big joke on me, and though didn't like the idea of working over volcano, I turned to and put in three days before I quit"
 "Why did you quiti'
 "Well, on the third day, as I was carrying powder to the storehouse, the manager came into the building. There was busted keg on the floor, and was smoking my pipe. He didn't notice this until he got past me and had him cut off. Then sits down by the busted keg, pulls away at my pipe, and says l:
 6 MT. Manager, if we gets there at the same moment you must give me fair show
 "~'W-where ? says he, his face winter than snow.
 At Heavens gatep I answers.
 ''With that he wanted to know. if hadn't rather take $20 in cash-all the money he had with him-and go West and run for office and become a great man, and I didn't know but I would. He tossed me his wallet, remarking that the train would leave in about five min utes, and I picked it up and walked off. reckoned on being pursued, but he didn't even yell after me. The last saw of him his legs were giving out at the knees, and snowy landscape was no comparison to his complexion. He may have picked up another tramp since, but guess not-I guess not. De tr0t Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
THE FIRE HORSE AND THE WHIP.
How Jim, Who Was Slow to Learn, Got the
 Best of His Trainers.
From the New York Times. l


 The fremen who train the horses for the department have abundant opportu- mites for a confirmation of the theory that horses reason from cause to effect. Of one horse in particular, which is now in active service, many anecdotes are current, as Showing his great intelli- gence and ability to master questions for himself. The following story was told by one of the assistant engineers at the fire on Broadway on Saturday night:
 C Jim, D he said, pointing to a power full black horse who was paving and snorting in time with the puffs from the engine, was difficult horse to train. He was slow at learning to leave the stall and make rush for the pole as soon as the gong sounded. We tried him in various ways, and finally made him one of the quickest horses in the service by simply feeding him an apple as soon as he had taken his place at the pole. This plan worked admirably, but the department didn't supply unlimited apples. so when we thought him fully trained the customary apple was omit ted. What did Jim then do but quietly remain in his stall when the alarm rang out. The apple business was resorted to again, and he was as spry as before. Then again the apple was dispensed with and Jim did not budge, but looked at the men calmly, and if horse can wink I think any one could see the merry twinkle in his eye and imagine him saying, No apple, no move.'
 He was too strong and too valuable to lose, so the foreman rigged up an au- tomatic whip, which was released at the first tap of the gong, and came down with a sharp thwack across Jims quar- ters. For two or three days this an- swered every expectation, but it was then noticed that when Jim backed into the stall he furtively looked behind him, and after a cogitation with Himself he squeezed his body close up to the side of the stall so that the lash came harm lessly down by his side. This was not only once, but every time he was put in his stall, and it was clear he had beaten the men. Well, then another plan was adopted. The whip or lash was strung along the side of the stall, and when the gong sounded out it sprang, hitting Jim smart clip in the side. This brought him out on a run for two or three days, when again he got the best of us. When he was backed in he would just plant his body firmly against the side of the stall, and the gong might sound for a week and the lash never touch him, as he held it tight against the boards. We then tried third and last plan of hav- ing half dozen lashes working from the gong, so that however he may place himself some of them are sure to hit him. This has succeeded so far, but Jim has evidently been thinking out a plan to get the best of this, and I am not sure he will not succeed.n
 During the narrative Jim stood quietly as if listening, and when the engineer, walking by him, gave him friendly pat, he neighed out whinny of satisfaction, acting as if he had understood every word.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
When tofPrune Trecss

Mir. Barry says: "If tree is severe ly pruned immediately after it has put forth it's leaves, it receives such a check as to be unable to produce a vigorous growth the same season. Young trees may be cut back to single bud in early spring, and the new shoot will push forward with in creased vigor. But cut back in a similar manner in time.or during the growing season, its growth for thetre mainder of the season will be feeble; 1t has been shorn of it's foliage and time alone can restore4 , it's wonted vigor."
 MT. Downing says: ignorant cultivators frequently weaken the energies of young trees, and cause them to grow with lean and slender stems, by iniudiciously trimming off the young side shoots and leaves in the growing season. By taking off these shoots, the stem is deprived of all the leaves which would attract and elaborate the sap. thus preparing nourishment for the growth of the stem. And the trunk of the tree does not increase sin size half so fast as when the side branches are, allowed to remain for a time, pruning them away gradually"
 If pruning during the lgrowing season tends to checktwood growth, and of the truth of this there can be no doubt, what are the lessons taught us by these facts2 One thing is very certain, we can hastenior increase the productiveness of our orchards by summer pruning, as whatever tends to check wood develops fruit buds and brings trees sooner in bearing; on the contrary, if our orchards are over-pro- ductive and a better tree growth Is desirable. avoid pruning in summer. It is far better to prune in early spring.-CaItiootor. -...- .t
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Roup in Fowls.

Roup Is to fowls what heavy colds are to human individuals, and as we have cold in the head, cold in the tbowels, sore throat, and other dis 'turbances from cold, the term "roup" 'covers them all Roup in some forms lis contagious, while in other shapes 1t imay exist in flock without affecting any but weak constitutions. The first thing to do with the affected fowl is to clean out the nostrils, and every breeder should have on hand small syringe which should be put to use early. Roup, when malignant, makes known itslpresence by a peculiar dis agreeable Todor. The sick fowl looks droopy. and a slight pressure on the nostrils causes discharge which is very offensive in smell. Make solu- ttion of'copperas water, and with a syringe inject some of it into the nostrils, and also down the throat. If the birds is no better in a few hours try severer.remedy, which is the in. iiection of mixture of coal-oil and carbolic acid. Add ten drops of car. bolic acid to a,tablespoonful of coal. oil, and force atsmall quantity into each nostril. This will cure when all other remedies fail Night and morn- ing give pills Cor powder) either in food or by forcing it down the throat. Add some also9 to the food of those that are well.
 How to make roup pills is what most persons desire to know. The basis of all&roup pills or powders is asafetida. This is combined with tonics and cathartics. Here is the method, and by which a small quantity maybe made at a small cost: Take one teaspoonful each of tincture of iron, red pepper, ginger, saffron. ,chlorate of potash, salt and powdered srhubarb; mix them intimately. After thoroughly mixing, add three table .spoonfuls of hyposulphite of soda and \ mix well together. Incorporate this with one ounce of asafetida, working it together until the whole is complete. ly mingled, occasionally softening fl
 when necessary, with castor-oil This can be made into pills, or when dry into powder. It is of the same com Aposition as many of the roup pills (which are sold at fifty cents a box
 Poultry Keeper.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
AN APPEAL TO THE COUNTRY.
The People Asked to Aid in the ErectIS.
 of the Monument.

The Executive Committee of Fifteen of the Monument Committee met in New York. After the committee had adjourned ex-Gov. Cornell, the Chairman, read aloud the follow ing appeal, which he said the Committee had adopted: To he People Of He United States:
 The family of Gen. Grant having chosen New York as his final resting place, the Mayor and people of that city desire that great na- tional monument shall be erected which will fitly honor his memory.
 To promote this object the Mayor of New fork has designated local committee to in augurate movement to procure the necessary funds. In due time appropriate action will be taken for the organization of the committees, which shall represent the entire country and various localities.
 Pending these formal proceedings we are directed to invite the people of the United States to participate in the erection of 8 suit able memorial in honor of Gen. Grant by the contribution of such sums as they may feel able and willing to devote to this great pur- pose.
 All newspapers, railway, telegraph, and ex- press companies, Postmasters, banks, bankers, churches, and municipal authorities, commer- cial bodies and exchanges, manufacturing and business establishments are respectfully re- Quested to cooperate in the immediate coIlec ton of contributions, to be forwarded tc Drexel, Morgan & Co.,, New York, for this com- mittee, or to the Mayor of New York, so that our entire people may have an opportunity of uniting in this last tribute to the memory Of the illustrious dead.
 Certificates of acknowledgement will be duly furnished to each individual contributor, and funds received through any source will be credited to the locality in which the donor resides.
 CHESTER A. ARTHUR, Chairman.
 WILLIAM R; GRACE, vioe-ohairmeu
 HAMILTON FISH.
 RICHARD T. GREEEyER, Secretary.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
The Difference.
10 Kaneebnra Conrier says;

Tho Ydaoebury Courier says:
 The following interesting conversation occurred between a Maysville attorney and witness in cYc, in which cer- tain tree played prominent part:
 Lawyer-"Did you see this tree near the roadside2n
 Witness-''Yes, sir, saw it very plainly.n
 Lawyer-T twas very conspicuous, thenfn
 Witncss-Well, I can't say that. Isaw the tree very plainly, though.n
 Lawyer-"Well, now would like to know why, if 1t wns plain, 1t wasn't con. spicuous. What is the difference be- tween plain and conspicuousl Answer that, will youG'
 Well" replied the witness, 'it i, this. come into this court room and glance over the bar. I see you plainly among the other lawyers, although you ain't darn bit conspicuous
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05

NEW YORK MARKET.
 The Wholesale New York market quotations show;
 BEANs-Prime. s1.5O@sL54; fair to good, S1.38@$l.45 per bushel . BUTTER New York sold at ls920o. for choice in pails, and 14016o. common 70 good. Western Creamery sold at 154lGo-, and the common Western at 90I0c.
 CHEEsE-Factory fancy, 7@So; do. faI Quotations ranged from 12o. for or dinary, to 14o for New York. Now Jersey Pennsylvania E... . FIoUR superhne. ss25@sa7o. Western. e400@$5.50; extra New York. S3.859$47n straw, 90@$1.00 for No. 1, and 50@65 for oat HoPs-NewY York, 1O@1lo, Eastern, s9l0ci PoREs Prime. siLOo @ siaSO; dressed WnExT - Spring No. 2 94@96c., Mil waukee, No. 2 91@9Sc. amber, s-@ =; white, -c. @Sl.0L. --.. CoRN-UngrAded Western Mixed. 5O95so; Steamer Mixed. 52@5So in elevator, 54o delivered; No. 3, -054dc. in elevator. - @54c., delivered; White Southern, -o de- RYE-state, 72@74c .a.
 PHILADELPHIA MARKET. FLoUR-State family, 8410@s4 35; rye flour S3.55@&365; wheat State, = 0D1.O6c; amber, 60. OOicorn. yellow, 641So.i mixed statei 5315c.
 PETRoIKUM-Rehned. 71koi crude. 6kc WooLc-State and Western xx, 32Q35o, \, 30 a 32c. medium, -9-o; coarse, -o
 BOSTON MARKET
 FLoUR - From sS30@S365 for low and medium, to S425@S4.75 70 for choice Minnesota. Corn. 54Ca57o. for mixed and yellow.
 BUTTER Common 0c@lloi Vermont dairy, 15916c. choice creamery. I9920o CHKEsE-7@716o.
 BKANs-$I. .50@S1.5a
 HAY-Choice, &21@$22.
 CATTLE MkRKKra.
 BUFTkLo - Cattle, good quality, - a -i hogs fair to good, $A609eL75; bcs. e4T5
 EAST LIBERTY. PnN.-Best cattle. e9 759 e4.75; medium to good, &-9e-; common to fair, S-QS-; Hogs, Workers, &4.70Qp s4s5 PhiladelphiaA s4S5@s4.9o sheeR e400@s45Q 91
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
FOB THE FsRM,AND HOME.
Apples Every season.

Two seasons are required to pro- duce a crop of apples; that is, during one season the fruit buds are deyel- oped, and during the next the fruit. All the vitalb~energies of some trees are employed during one season, to develop the fruit buds; then the year following, ,their entire vitality seems to be spent in. developing the fruit, without sufficient force being left to- form fruit buds for the crop of the next season. Now, in order to induces an apple tree ito bear every season. climb into the top, or go up on lad-l ders, just as one does when pluckiny the ripe fruit, and with pair +of shatp shears clip off the young fruit fromNabout half the tree. Then fruit buds twill form on that side of the tree ffom which the young apples were cut off. One-half the top, then, will bear fruit one year, while the other half will yield fruit the next standardization Garden.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05

plying every necessity or they will either refuse to grow or only grow in a stunted condition. It is therefore quite wrong to consider any special fertilizer which may be found to help the growth of crop as stimulant, because it is really plant food and nec- essary'nutriment, which not only adds to the substance of the plant itself, but enables 1t to appropriate a large amount of other food from the soil which 1t otherwise could not do be- cause of its own weakness and the in- completeness of the food.-Neso Fork Times.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Take all fin all.

-Tdke all the Kidneys and Liver
 Medfcfasa Take all the Blood purifiers. Take all the Dpspcpsid and Indigestion
 cWrcs -Take all the Aguc, Fovcr, and bilious
 spccthcs Take all tho Brain and Nerve forca
 reuipeA Take aIl the Great health rostoncrN In short, take all the best qualities of all
 those and the-bea -Qudlities of all Che best medicines ln the world. and you will find that-Hop =-Btters have the best curative qualities and powers of nll-conccnfrotcd in them, And that they will cure when any or a1 of tbcse, singly or-combiHcd Failiili A thorough trial will give positive proof of this.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Ground Food While in Pasture.

"Does 1t pay to feed COWS ground food while in pasture?" is a question that is beingsa9itated among daiymen nowadays, and about which variety of opinion is expressed. While it is a fact that, taken alone, there is'no bet ter food for cow~than good pasture, yet the experience'of many dairymen throughout the country is in favor of quite liberal feeding with corn-meal and bran even while the COW islon the best of pasture and apparently doing well.
 The Amertcan DGirymGn, in .com- menting on,the above, explains that the, grass furnishes the finest of fla- vors and all the moist elements, but the meal gives butter qualities to an as- tonishing degree, so much sotthat old dairymen who have had the nerve to give it full andfair trialshaye stuck to the practice, even when sbutter was selling at very low rates. This jour- nal also cautions feederstthatathere is a right way and wrongway to feed meal. A wrongsway is to sbegin the experiment by giving themtat .once a very large feed of meal, which disar- ranges the stomach and stopssthe flow of milk. The cow ought to be gradu- ally accustomed to the meal by increas- ing the ration day by day until the stomach becomes accustomed to it. In this way one,can find out when 1. the maximum point is reached,of feeding meal for profit. "When the increase of butter ceases" "saysthe adthorityin question, "the increase'inemeal should stop, and usually it would be we'll to decrease the feed a,little until the iex- act point of profit is determined"
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Hardened Livor.

Five years ngo broke down with kidney and liver complaint and rheumatism.
 Since then have bocn unable to bo about ct all My liver became hard like wood; my limbs were pulled up and filled with wntor
 All the best physicians agreed that nothing could euro mo, Ircsolved 10 try Hop nittorH. have used seven bottles, the hardness haa ali gunc from my liver, tho swelling from my limbs, and it has toorkcd a miracle in my case; otherwise l would have been now in my grave ..--
 ]. w. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct l, 1881.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
Brought Home in q Wagon.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Mr. J. Helmus, Vice President of the City Brewery, was brought home in wagon, carried up stairs by two of his men and laid on the bed. He was suffering with a severe attack of rheumatism contracted in the ice vaults of the brewery. He refused to have doctor, but dispatched ser want for bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, with the result that in one week he was en- tirely cured and able to return to his desk.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
THE TEMPORARY VAULT.

As soon as Riverside Park, or as it wal bs known hereafter, "Grant's Park, was decided menced building the temporary vault on the site of the restaurant building, which was re- moved. The temporary structure is a rect angle 12 by feet internal dimensions, with walls foot ipches thick and feet high to the springing Of the vault It has what is known as 8 "barrer' roof running the whole length of the structure, turned with two rims of patchwork. The floor of the tomb is about feet below the ground level The entrance is guarded by 8 strong iron door feet wide by six feet high. The coffin will rest free on two stone or brick piers. The structure will Tagging stone. The base and cornices are oi blnestoue.
Connecticut western news., 1885-08-05
SMeeping Out.

Fashionable wife: "Did you notice, dear, at the party last evening, how grandly our daughter Clara swept into the room?"
 Husband (with a grunt): "oh, yes, Clara can sweep into any room grand ly enough, but when it comes to sweep ing out a room, she isn't there"