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Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25
HERE AND THERE.

Five million base balls are annually manufactured and yet people say the na- tional game is dying out.
 The New Orleans exposition manage ment makes this announcements: ''The installations being now substantially complete, the park, its grounds, build ings, attractions and conveniences in good order, the exhibits all that have been promised to the public and pleas ant spring weather having succeeded the rainy season, the management now ap- peal to the press of the country to lend the enterprise their aid for its success, that the honor of the nation and the in- terests of the exhibitors may be pro- tected and the educational value of the exposition be secured to people by an increased attendance during the remain der of the season."
 Ira Dibble of Danbury was sleeping soundly, Wednesday night, when his wife discovered that a hot brick he had taken to bed with him had set fire to tine bed.
 Two girls in sleigh drove up to the public watering trough near the clock shop one day last week. The horse evidently wanted to drink, but ice had accumulated on the ground about the trough and the creature stood so high above 1t that without being unchecked he could not get his nose into the water. The girls held council together and then did just what two girls might be expect ed to do. One of them held the lines while the other got out and unbuckled the crupper.- WimSted Press.
 The railroads are making ready for the rush to Washington. Freight trans portation, except baggage, will proba- ply be suspended from March l until March 8. The Baltimore and Potomac has laid 1000 yards of temporary tracks, and the Baltimore and Ohio $500, in order to handle the trains better and to afford space for the hotel cars, which will be used by many organizations dur ing their stay at the capital. The most stupenduous monopoly of the present day is the Bell telephone com pany of Philadelphia, which paid, the last year, 8 profit of Al per cent on its capital. It is a monopoly worth talking about There is curious combiua- tion in New Orleans against opening the exposition on Sunday, composed of eA- treme SAbbatarians and saloons keepers. Sunday is the best theatre night in the Crescent city, and the saloons are in full blast on that day.-Amenia Times.
 The World says it is estimated Van derbuilt has lost $50. GOO, GOO since 1881, when he was worth S2OO, 100000 It is said that his sons, William K. and Cor nelius, have been practically ''cleaned out" by unsuccessful speculations.
 D. S. Sheehan of Bridgeport, Conn.,, sues William Sturgess for S2500 dam ages because of fogging Sturgess gave his nine-years-old son Stephen, in the school of the Winnepauk district near Norwalk last March. Sturgess, with hickory rule, beat the child so that his trousers were badly rent, his body GOV cred with black and blue spots and the bones of his ankle and knee hurt so that it is feared he will be cripple for life.
 The Washington monument was ded- icated with appropriate exercises last Saturday, Feb. q.
 A fire at New Britain last Saturday destroyed number of business blocks entailing loss of nearly $300,00O.
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Connecticut Patents.

The following patents were granted to citizens of Connecticut bearing date February IT, 1885. Reported expressly for this paper by Louis Bagger & Co.,, mechanical experts and solicitors of patents, Washington, D. c. Advice free:-
 Hart, H. O., Unionville, barbed-wire; i; 312,4
 HOtchkiss, Henry, Cheshire, OK shoe; 312,352.
 Lewis, c. s., Waterbury, time piece; 312,472.
 Roraback, John, Waterbury, bobsleigh; 312,ss6.
 Russell, Sterne, Waterbury, student lamp; 312,b14.
 Shell, A. G., New Haven, canopy holder for children's carriages; 312, ,395.
 Stacker, John, West Winsted machine for heading bolts; 312, 399.
 Wallace, A. E., Hartford, velocipede; 312,4I1
 Ward, W. S., Huntsville, machine foi making clip yokes; 312,534.
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Letter frsm HEichiran.

Editor Neacs :-
 The Nsws comes to me every week, and is always welcome, as it brings re- membranes of my boyhood days.
 In the NEWS of Jan 2S was a letter from Niles, Mich, giving account of the weather up to the 24th, the wheat market, etc. As live in Van Buren county, 42 miles north. perhaps it might be interesting to know the kind of win ter and weather we are having in this county.
 It is big winter, and since Jan l, has been good sleighing up to the present week. On Sunday night, the Sth inst, genuine blizzard struck this place, from the northeast, continued to snow and blow until Tuesday night, when the wind changed to southwest and took a stronger hold, with thermometer at 22 degrees below zero. No trains have passed Bangor from Monday until Thursday at g A. h., when the snow plow passed with two engines. The present storm is said to be the worst ever experienced by the oldest inhabi- tants. The superintendent of mails at Chicago describes it as the worst since 1872. Mails throughout the north half of Uncle Sam's domain were snow bound for three days, but are again running nearly on time, as the roads are now clear of snow.
 Southwestern Michigan is a good place to live, but oh, deliver me from any more such storms
 This is rich farming country and in the fruit belt of Michigan, where apples are raised in large quantities and ship ped west and northwest into states where fruit Is not grown. Many fsrm- CTS ship the apples and go with them, always getting good prices. This is al so good wheat section, but owing to the very low prices for the past two years, many farmers are turning their to other crops and more stock.
 Yours, etc.
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The South church of Pittsfeld have given a call to Rev Isaac 0. Smart of Albany. Mir Smart graduated at Am herst college in the class of 1881 and came to Pittsfeld, where he edited the Evening Journal for about 8 year and then turned to theology.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

The best blood purifier and system regulator ever placed within the reach of suffering humanity; truly is Electric bitters. Inactivity of the liver, bilious ness, jaundice, constipation, weak kid neys, or any disease of the urinary or gans, or whoever requires an appetizer, tonic or mild stimulent, will always find Electric bitters the best and only cer- tain cure known. They act surely and quickly, every bottle guaranteed to give entire satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at fifty cents 8 bottle by W. H. Camp.
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Neao Advertisements.
Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the rate bill for the town of Canaan for 1884. is placed in nv hands for collection, and for the purpose of receiving the same will be a. the store of H. k. Wetherell, in Huntsville, on March 26, from 1U A. N. to l2, and al the store of G. W. Hall & Co, at a.ls Village, on March 2S.
 Al taxes unpaid on May lst, and for each and every month L of per cent will be charg- ed. Canaan. Feb 2l, ISs5.
 A. CHAPMAN Collector
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The Arnold manufacturing company of North Adams, running four cotton mills, and the Freeman company, run- ming three cotton mills, will make 8 cut of 10 per cent in wages after March 1. The help will not strike as the present wages are 15 per cent higher than in 1876 and after the cut the wages will still be higher than paid by the Fall River mills.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

GTArE OF CONNECTICUT, County, sa. V District of Salisbury, ss. Probate Court, February 29, lsS5.
 Estate ot Goodrich &. Gibbs, late of salis- bury, in said district, deceased.
 Pursuant to An order from the Court of Pro- bate for said district will be sold at Public Auction to tho highest bidder, on the 7th day of March at ten o'clock, in the forenoon, (un- less previously disposed of at private sale ao much of the real estate of ssid deceased as wlli raise the sum of s227O. .Is and incld taI charg. es of sale. Sait real estate consists of village lot and residence at tLakeVllle, ,Coun , and three parcels of lAnd situated at Ore Hili, in asid Salisbury.
 Sale to take place at the Savings Bank in said Lakeville.
 Terms: Ten per cent cash, balance on dpliv cry of possession. Posession given April Ist lsSs. THOMAS l. NORTON.
 CORA E, oxBRs, AonAnn'
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Buy B. H. Douglass & Sons perfected capsicum cough drops for your children they are harmless, pleasing to the taste and will cure their colds. D. s. and trade mark on every drop. Retail price, 15 cents per quarter pound.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

Coughs, colds and sore-throat yield readily to B. H. Douglass X Sons per fected capsicum cough drops. Retail price, 15 cents per quarter pound.
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Bangor, Mich, Feb IA, 1885.

Griswold's anti-zymotic pastilles de- stroy zymotic life, the cause of irrita- ton in colds, catarrh and throat trou- bles. The immediate and permanent relief produced by the use of the pas- titles indicates the death of the germs, at least they stop work and perfect and speedy recovery follows.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

Arrive rom Sonthfield. Mill River and Clay ton st 9:l0 M on arrival of train Close at IF \, or on arrival of train.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

Public speakers and singers find R. H. Douglass & Sons perfected capsicum cough drops 8 sure remedy for hoarse- ness. Retail price, 15 cents per quarter pound.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

W. 0. Kingsley, ex-president of the Brooklyn bridge company, died in New York at o'clock, Saturday morning, af- ter an illness of one week.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

"I had bad sore throat and nasty. hacking cough. I used Potaska It cured me. now never feel safe unless I have Potaska in the house."
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

Bridgeport and New Haven Irish so- cieties have voted not to parade on St Patrick's day.
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These nre Solid Facts.

There are II applicants for the North Guilford post office. Salary S35 year.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

"Throw physic to the dogs" is good advice, but use Potaska for all throat affections is better. Singers and public speakers use 1t.
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ST.

Sunday, the 22d inst, between Lime Rock, Ct., and the Barber shop at Canaan, A Red Morocco Pocket Book, containing Money. Letters, Postage Stamps, etc, with my name on the inside. The finder will be liberally re- warded by leaving the same wIth tue Editor of the NEws, or sending it to
 JOHN T HUBBARD, Lime Rock, Conn, Feb 25.
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HOUSATONIC LODGE, Ne. 8I. R Rand A. M. ReRulaI communication. Sec ond and Fourth saturday of each month.
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LOFTS ". HARVEY.

VIRACHER of Piano Forte, Organ and Voice. N Les-onr tL Improvisation given to advanced Pupils. Residence, Lakeville, Conn. At Canaan every Monday. lyal9
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WAN ED.

< GIRL for General Homework in family of i've persons. Must be R good Cook an i Laundress. None but thoroughly competent person need apply. Address,
 MISTRESS, Lakevilo, Conn. February IS. 4w
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DIE H. RRnVnsr

A GRADUATE Of the Dental Department ofthe A University OfPennRyivania, strhes to in form ihe people of Winsled and vicinity. that be vi ill open an onice in Thompron'r Block, Wtnsted. on or Hbont MaS 90 wheru he will b. prepared tn per form ali operatiOnu pertaining to inc practice of Dentistry. share of youI patronage is roli cited
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M. H. rEAp. Cnnnnn, Conn.

HEALER IN Books and stationery. Books A for general reading, in cloth. Books supplied to crder and satisfaction guar antsed. Best writing papers, direct from man utacturers. in large varieties at lowest prices
 Albums, Velvet Frames, Carus, School supphes m stationery etc etc. Watson's Buildiug. Opposite Union Depot. sept12tf
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SENATE.
The senate met at 10: 80.

The senate met at 10:30.
 Senator Glover q5th) for the finance committee reported favorably the bill to exempt from taxation S1,OOO of the property of pensioned widows and mothers in this state.
 The senate rejected the act fixing the pay of state attorneys at s15 a day of service.
 Having been in session twenty min utes the senate ad surned until Tues day.
Connecticut western news., 1885-02-25

m IT Send ri1 centr for ptttaRe. and 0 FkIIk receive frre. cneily hox oi Rus da n | lltLll ls hich win hslp Hll. Of either rs | to
 more munry right away thhn nf r. hing elpe iu thi~ world Fariuner awa itths wOIh rs ab-olui.ly cure. Al once addteos TEuu q O., NuYuptA Msine tSmh6
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Business Cords.
J.R. HARDENHERGn,

q TTORNEY and Counsellor al Law. Judge of GA Prohate. etc.. Canaan. Conn.
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CANAAN POST OFFICE.

NMAnS arrive and close at the Canaan Post M Oasce. Canaan. May A, 1884
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
Enrich the Meadows.
ILlye Stock Journal.l


These are sometimes worn threadb
before we change them. Moreover, we
not care to spare the time necessary for
new seeding, where blowing is necessary
order to bring the land again into graz,
condition. But, after all, it is hardly e''
necessary to destroy the old turf in order
rejuvenate an old meadow A practice
followed by many, and highly commende
by Youatt, of fertilizing and reseeding
without breaking up the soil. ThF
is done by spreading first upon the meadow
such manureS as can be best procured-barn
yard or bone-then following over this will
rolling cutter. The incisions of the cutter
will carry down to the roots of the grass
much of the manure, and supply immediate
nourishment Then, if the desired seeds are
sown, the rains which follow will wash then
into the loosened turf, together with the
liquid strength of the manures. BY thi'
process the old sward is reinvigorated anC
loosened up from its moSsbound condition
besides insuring to the seeding immediate
growth Half the seeds that are usually cas-
upon the unbroken or uncut sod are wasted
for want of an opportunity to terminate
ana unless they can be furnished access Il
the soil itself they can not be expected Il
aid the meadow very materially. This worl
of fertlizing and reseeding must be don,
before the grass from the old turf has go
much of start
A first.ciasss manure for grass lands
such as is obtained from crushed bones o
phosphates of any kind How often have W
| H.
springsNp about an old bone or carcass tina
has lain, partly decayed, all winter upon tn
sodf From this we get an idea of what tn
pasture might be made if properly fertilize'
and tended, and to neglect the culture of tn
grass lands is, on the part of the stockman
as damaging as it is for the vine-dresser +
neglect his vines, or the gardener his plants
Good meadows carry us to market on ia
horses, with plenty of plump rolls of gilt
edge butter in the basket.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20

A southern farmer says that hand labor,
instead of that by machinery, is q great
detriment in the former slave states. There
is an ingrained belief that it Is cheaper than
any other, whereas the truth is that it is the
most costly. He declares cotton should be
cultivated broadcast with the harrow, and
recommends the Acme for this purpose. The
substitution of agricultural machines and
animal labor for handwork would reform
the whole system of agriculture in the south
He adds:
The general use of two-horse plows for
breaking and two-horse cultivators and
other double implements for all other work,
except last blowing, would discharge il
South Carolina to-day 60, 600 able-bodied la
bdrers, even if the old-style hoeing is con
tinued. Yet how often during the season dc
we hear phrases like these: Crops grassy
for want of work." labor scarce and unre
table,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
Standard MEANWHILE TENNESSEE SATURDAY. JUNE 90 1885,

ought to be capitalized at For the quar-
ter ending December 81 it will pay divi-
dend of IL per cent, apd add $156,OOO to its
surplus of a. 1873, 600. This is equal to more
than 6 per cent quarterly on legitimate in
vestments in the dullest times, and must
make the poor operators whose wages are
being reduced from $40 to $50 a month feel
that the Western Union is a great and good
and humanihng agency.
On the whole we do not think 1t likely THAI
those journals friendly to the railroadS will
make much out of their war on the granger.
The granger has too many friends among
the manufacturers, merchants and shippers
In the large cities, who in common witt
himself are plagued with high transporta
ton rates. And while no particular class g.
interest is likely to turn against Il e .
roads, hard times and high and unri
FIRE 'ghtrates are liable to stimulate uni .-...
legislative interest, especially in the lui;D
west
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
BOTTLE TREES.

A gentleman travelling in New South
Wales discovered one of the most curious of
natures freaks in vegetation. 1t was a
group of bottle trees. Do they not look like
it in shape! 1t might be round bottle with
bunch of lilacs stuck into it. Australia is
a country full of strange things, but here is
certainly one of the oldest of them all.
There were nine trees in the group They
were from thirty-ive to sixty feet high.
They are Of immense bulk around, too. DIR.
Bennett measured one that was thirty-five
feet in circumference The trees are COW
cred with long, sharp leaves.
These strange growths were never known
until about 1872. When the bark is tapped
sweet sap flows from it, something like
sugar-water, only more gummy. 1t is re-
.rshing drink. The bottle trees are old,
~ old. They are believed to have been
owing there, just as they are, for thou,
>tnds of years. Before there were any human
beings at all in those regions it is thought
they were there, looking down upon the
strange monsters that peopled the earth and
waters in those ages.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20

$50, that's one way of catching monkey"
said Mamma Hanley, shutting her book.
'They haven't got much sense, then, " said
Herbie. IF they had, they'd pull their
paws out and turn the bottle downside I'D
and get the corn that way. guess that's a
fish story about a monkey, mamma. don't
believe they'd be so foolish. l don't believe
anything would"
For answer, Mamma Hanley did a funny
thing. She took china vase off the mantle
piece and dropped piece of candy in it, and
set it where the l6-months- baby. NAV,
would see it.
Then they all watched her-Mamma Han
ley and Bee and Lulu and Herbie
Baby Mays bright eyes soon spied the
vase, in minute the candy. She put in her
wee hand, but when it was doubled into a
wee fist, with the candy in it, she couldn't
get it out And she wouldn't, no she would
not let go the candy
How about the monkey story, Herbien'
asked Mamma Hanley, and they all began
to laugh. Come, baby, open your hand
now
But baby wouldn't open her hand; she
wanted the candy. The poor little wrist
got red, and pretty soon the baby began
to cry, and still she kept her fist doubled
tight up,
II believe I'll have to break the vase,
said Mamma Hanley; aud really think she
would If the baby hadn't just then thumped
1t against the table leg, and shivered it il
pieces herself.
Dare" said she; and so she got hel
candy
"Well, monkeys and babies are all the
same, " said Herbie.
But Mamma Hanley doesn't think so.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
The Granger and the Railroads.
A "a of Staal


A contemporary wants to know, on behalf
of the railroads, whether we are to have
ANY more granger legislation" For our
part, we prefer little more granger and a
little less monopoly legislation.
That bugaboo of the railroads, the granger,
is neither the fool nor the mailman he has so
often been represented to be- His ideas
about railroads may be a little crude, and
under some circumstances mischevous,
but as rule they are more nearly in
accord with right and strict business
honesty than those of such men as
Gould, Huntington, and a score of other no
torious people. For instance, the granger
could never bring himself to believe that in
selling bushel of corn he is entitled to sell
four bushels. But a railroad or telegraph
company of the modern type has no hest
fancy in asking the public to pay dividends
on a capital four times in excess of the in
vestment in plant. OF course the granger
doesn't know much about such things, but
despite his ignorance he is able to grasp the
idea that it is not fair dealing.
To illustrate in a single instance how the
public are made to suffer by the rapacity Of
large corporations, we need only refer tC
the case Of the Western Union Telegraph
company. Here is a corporation capital
lied at $4,000, 600, or four times what il
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
Don't Get Panicky on Sheep.
Rural New Yorker. !

There is a great danger that with low
prices for wool and great depression in the
mutton markets there will be a 'panic''
among farmers to sell their sheep and 60 in
to some other business. Our advice is, don't
do it. By the time you have got well started,
wool will bring good price, and mutton be
in good demand, and you will wish you were
stocked with sheep again The best course
is to keep steadily on; weed out of your flock
all the culls; seek to improve it both in the
quality and quantity of wool produced, and
in the shape of body and tendency to make
mutton. A flock of sheep does much toward
keeping the farm free from noxious weeds,
and toward making the land richer. 1t Is
safe to think twice before sacrificing the
sheep.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20
No More Herdsmen Wanted in Kansas

At the third annual meeting of the Western
Kansas Stock Growers association, held re-
Gently at Garden City, it was practically de
cided that western Kansas was no longer G
free country to those engaged in the cattle
industry. The following resolutions werC
read and adopted:
Resolved, That though we have kindly
Feeling to all new corners, we deem it but JUS
to say that there is room for no more cattle
upon the ranges occupied by the members o.
The association except such cattle as thu
occupants of each range may choose to intro
duce.
Resolved, That considering the crowded
condition Of our ranges, parties taking VI
dry claims on lakes dry most of the year viii
be considered as intruders, and treated a
such, as heretofore resolved
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1885-06-20

The most intelligent writers and agricul-
turists in the south are ceaselessly urging
planters there to raise less cotton and more
stock, and hay, oats, fruits and general farm
and garden products. They declare the old
system has passed away, never to return,
and if the agricultural south would be pros
porous and independent it must recognize
the new order of things This advice is
quite as sound for the north as for the south.
Stock fed on the farm enriches the land
constantly. A recent writer tells us how
an old mare paid off the mortgage on a farm
1t was done largely by the sale of colts. The
stock and dairy farmer often grows rich
where the grain farmer fails in the older
states Many agriculturists, too, have no
idea of the money there is in fruits and gar
den vegetables.