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Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
CoMMUNlCATIONs.
The storrs AgrIculturul schoai.

The Storrs Agricultural SchOai.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 One reads in the JOURNAL AND COURIER and other papers in this State that com nittee deputized by the 1885 General As sembly has prepared a report favoring the renewal of the Connecticut Storrs Agricul- tural school to another town of the State on the plea that the title of the State to the Mansfield farm and buildings is not clear One thing is certain, the General Assembly now in session did not commission the com mittee in question; and it is possible that the present General Assembly would not raise such a committee. knowing what it will on hearing the proposed report and all thay may be said for and against it's recommendations. Note that if the Storrs school does not belong to the State to whom does it belong? If one un- derstands aright, MT. Storrs, who gave the farm to the State with conditions, says 1t belongs to the State and can but remain the property of the State so long as said farm and buildings shall be used for agricultural school purposes. Note also that if the Mans field farm and school be deserted by the State the State cannot sell it, when all that has been done in and for the school State wise will be lost to the State. Not further that to remove the school from Mansfield will be to begin anew as regards farm and buildings involving small expense. In our humble opinion the title is clear enough and the property, beautifully situated and valuable, is too valuable to be thrown away by the State. And it is to be hoped that our General Assembly will have the wisdom to let well enough alone. J. E. C.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
STpe @ FnrniUoted.

From the Detroit Free Press
 A woman went down to the Grand Trunk depot the other day to see about some freight she expected from Canada, and after looking over his files the agent informed her that the goods had arrived in Windsor bat were being fumigatea.
 ''What business have they ts open my boxes over therea" loudly demanded the woman.
 'sOh, they won't open the boxes at all. They will simply fumigate them"
 "Well, won't pay for nothing of the sort, and I want you to understand it now"
 ''There will be no charge, madame; no charge"
 And if they go and mark my bureau and bedsteads with paint or chalk, I'll have damages!" she said, she pulled on her nit tens.
 They won't do it, ma'am. The law re- quires Immigration. It is simply fumiga- tion."
 She went out shaking her head, and on the next block stopped the driver of an express wagon and asked:
 'sDo you know what they fumigate goods for over in Windsora"
 "Well, ma'am, 1 can't say for certain, but it has something to do with smallpox"
 "Yip!" she screamed, as she jumped fooG high, ''They are going to fumigate the smallpox all through 'em to revenge on me for moving out of the country! Show me to the nearest police station!"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
Monday, January IS, 1886.
DISMIsSING TEACHERS.

The question now before the Board of Education stripped of all disguises seems to be whether or not the Superintendent ought own discretion. The very presence of this question shows that some of the members of the Board have forgotten an election that recently took place in this city. A citizens ticket was put in the field and elected, the meaning and significance of which was that too much power had already been entrusted to the Superintendent, and that he had in too many instances been permitted to do what he now asks the Board that he may de. No man who cast his vote in that election did not understand that very serious complaint had been made because the Superintendent had exercised too much power, and that one of the most serious grounds of complaint was that he had been permitted arbitrarily to dismiss teachers. Everybody knew that the ticket in the field represented the com plainants and their views as to what authority ought to be delegated to the Superintendent.
 The people want the Board of Education to exercise not only control, but direct con trol over the education of their children. No matter connected with the education of the young is more important than the question, who shall be their instructorss If the Board can delegate power to decide this question to the Superintendent, or, indeed, to anyone, then they can substantially delegate their entire authority, for this is the most inn the responsibilities they assume when they T have no right to shift upon any oneelse. The members of the Board must not forget that they are chosen by the people because the people have confidence in them individually. The people do not elect the Superintendent. To give to him substantially the control of the education of the children is to give it to one in whom the people have not said by their vote that they repose confidence. The responsibility is a personal one. The Board should decide not only what teachers should be employed, but what studies should be pursued and what textbooks used. In other words, they should control the whole matter of education. The Superintendent is one of their servants, whose duty it should be, not to give orders, but to see that the orders of the Board are executed.
 We do not see how any of the new mem bers can fail to understand their position in this matter. They understood distinctly the issues on which they were elected. We com mend Mir. Strong for the very decided posi- tion he has taken one which fully meets the expectations of those who nominated him. We are assured that Messrs. Bennett and O'Brien are in full accord with him. We suppose that Mir. Graves is also, though his views as expressed in the last meeting were not of very pronounced character.
 We trust the Board will not permit the Superintendent to do their duty for them. If any of the teachers are incompetent or otherwise fail in what is required of them, it is proper for the Superintendent to com plain to the Board, but it is the duty of the Board, and of the whole Board, to investigate and decide.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
w OR DS.

The English language contains over 3S,000 words and yet when man wishes to stop street car he cannot think of anything better to say than ''Hit'
 sAnd who on that terrible day." shouted the minister, twill be sheep, and who goatl" A sailor reused from sleep in the back part of the church, called out generous ly, 'fWall, rayther than that this show shouldn't go on, I'll be the goat" Hobson Jones: "Yes, Miss Clara gave me every reason to think that she was interested in me, but when I asked her to be my wife she unqualifedly refused" Mrs. de Bullion: "On what grounds did she refuse you!" Hobson Jones: 'tOn the lawn tennis grounds in her fathers own yard. Life.
 s'Is there Salem man in this car!" asked an excited passenger on an evening train out of Boston thrusting his head through the door of the smoker 'I'm from Salem, , re- piled one of the inmates, proudly; "what's upq' ssThere's man in the next car with the jim jams; what's best to do for hin?'- Lowell Times.
 One of the brethren, who had 8 habit of moaning out 'O-h y-e-s?' at regular intervals during the service, was rather broken up on Sunday night He had just wakened up when the preacher asked the solemn ques- tion, '"Brother do you intend to spend eternity in hell? s'O-h, Y-e-s!" sang out the devoted brother--Hanover Post. 'Didn't he pop the question last night?' eagerly asked the mother as the daughter came down to breakfast ''No, not quite" ''What did he say:" ''Why, he squeezed my hand twice and said that he believed I'd make some man an excellent wife if the fel low had sense enough to take me so far away that you couldn't visit me more than once in 20 years. "-Philadelphia Herald. "Well, Dollie, dear, America won. sup pose you are willing to acknowledge a sloop is better than a cutter?" ''Yes, Augustus; but cutter is nice, dear thing to ride in in the winter" .sOh, pshaw, darling, you are thinking about sleigh-riding. I am talking about sea vessels. What kind do you pre- fer!' ssI think, Augustus, love, prefer 8 smack" She got it and then Augustus went out and emptied schooner. Chicago Fri bune.
 Papa-Bertie, your mother tells me you struck the little Bird boy on the way home from the Sunday school to-day. Now that was very naughty, and if I hear of you doing l it again shall have to teach you moral l lesson by the use of the rod Bertie-But, papa, he tore my new coat. Papa-Whatl 1 he ruined that $12 coat? Bertie, am sur | prised you didn't chastise him severely Why didn't you throw your Sunday school book at himl-Tid Bits.
 An Appreciative Audience. -s'What did you think of my playing" asked an amateur | piano player of Judge Pennybunker, who is | musical critic '.Why, it is so grand, so perfectly magnificent, that you deserve an l audience composed entirely of musicians like
 Beethoven" 'sThat's the highest compli- 1 ment a musician can receive" s'Yes, but | you deserve every bit of it. Yes, sir, an ar1- dience composed of musicians like Beethov- en would appreciate your piano recitals. J
 After the performer had gone away gentle
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.


 Bankers amount to something in New South Wales. The annual bank dividends there range from six to twenty five per cent
 War is costly business. It is estimated that France, Germany, Russia and Turkey have spent in war, during the past fifteen years, the enormous sum of g, 1S7, ,500, ,O00.
 The London Lancet thinks that the ami mostly with which men of opposite political views regard each other is out of all propor- tion to their individual interest in the ques- tions on which they differ; and that there are reasons for thinking that "the mental disturbance set up by political excitement may be specific disease"
 Assenblyman Cantor, of New York city, has presented bill prohibiting the giving away of surface railroad or other franchises by the local authorities of cities throughout the State, and compelling the granting of all such franchises by public bid and advertise ment. Such a bill as this ought to have been passed in New York long ago.
 Thursday afternoon of this week the Re- publican representatives from New Haven county will meet in caucus to nominate a county commissioner. Mir. Hiram Jacobs will, it is considered certain, be renominated He has done valuable work during the time he has held the office, and has the respect and confidence of the law-abiding people of the community.
 In his message Governor Lowry, of Mis- sissippi, refers to the considerable increase of the State debt, and says that there are over 70,000 delinquent poll taxes in the State. Men cannot be disfranchised for not paying this tax in Mississippi, and the lawmakers are at loss to know how to collect the tax. The governor does not consider the present State taxation a burden, but holds that the county and municipal taxes, mainly by the expenses of the judiciary, are enormous.
 Dr. Peter Golfers sorghum notion' seems likely to pan out well. The New Jer- sey agricultural experiment station has just issued a bulletin presenting results of great importance It is shown that the chief ob- stace to sugar making has been the crushing of the leaves of the rghum with the stalk. By stripping the leaves from the stalks and using the diffusing process 130 pounds of su- gar out of possible 145 pounds to the ton of sorghum have been produced. A machine
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
A Great Subject.


 It is melancholy revelation, but the historian has become convinced that the female mind may actually become puffed up with Harvard knowledge, as we'll as that of the other sex. This is the incident that convinced him:
 Two young women from different parts of the country, who thought they had gath cred up all the regular schools and ssmina- ries could teach came to the Harvard nex. The meditatirg maidens are fancy free at the annex, and each elected her par ticular educational ''wanity." After some weeks, the girls, who hadn't met before, and knew as little of each other as if one had been s udying in Patagonia and the other in Kamschatka, were introduced. After some little conversation, the one said to the other:
 May I ask what course of study you are takinga"
 Certainly. I am studying little history, but my principal object in coming here was for 8 thorough course in English itera- ture.''
 "Ah! yes. We'll, I haven't bothered with anything of so little importance study. I came here with real object. I am working on philosophy, beginning with the pre- -Socratic period and taken up all the many schools that follow. am reading | Descartes ani Schopenhauer, and doing a l little Spencer when I can. intend to thor oughly grasp the subject" "Ah, well!' replied the other,'' prefer to study English literature per Sc rather l than philosophy purblind!"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
Some AdVice.
Portland (Me.) Letter to the Boston Recoi

Portland (Me.) Letter to the Boston Record
 It is said that the wine cup has occasion ally circulated among the legislators, and some have even achieved celebrity by this convivial disposition. Of one who has since achieved rep utation as a lawyer the following story ,ir- culated among his legislative friends: He attended ball one evening, and in the course of the festivities he became somewhat too jo7ous. Seeing this, one of his friends approached him and advised him to seek his room and bed. The young lawyer said noth- ing, but with great solemnity took a dollar bill from his pocket and thrust it into the hand of his friend.
 But don't want money" said the gen. tleman; ''I merely suggested that you go to bed"
 Take it, take it, ? was the reply in the blandest of tones," I've charged g for a good deal poorer advice than thatp
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
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man asked Pennybunker what he meant by such extravagant praise of such poor music. q beg your pardon, I didn't praise his music,' replied Pennybunker. "You said he deserved audience comprised entirely of musicians like Beethoven" "And so he does. Don't you know that Beethoven was so deaf that he could not hear single note of the loudest orchestral That's the kind of an audience he deserves. "-Texas Siftings.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-18
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HINTS ABOUT HYDROPHOBIA.
How Mad Dogs Betray Their Madness
 Treatment of Wounds.

From the London Truth.1
 AS there can be no doubt that hydropho- bia has been most exceptionally prevalent in England, and more especially in London, during this year, felt that it might be matter of interest to my readers to know little about this much dreaded disease; so I have consulted an expert-Mr. A. J. Sewell, the we'll known dog doctor of Elizabeth street, Eaton Square-on u e matter, and he has given me some interesting particulars.
 MT. Sewell admits that he has never known rabies to be so prevalent among dogs as it is at the present time, he himself having seen a matter of sixty or seventy cases since Jan nary last, whereas in 1884 he had only about a dozen cases. A great deal of this increase
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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

FIRST quality of butter sells in Minnesota
at sixteen cents pound.
A BUNCH of oats eight feet three inches IN
height is displayed at Winter, Cal.
CRYsTALLIzED violets at So a pound are
the very latest things in confectionery.
"Azov" wheat, recently imported from
Russia, is doing splendidly in Manitoba
A WOODEN dish mandatory at Man
celona, Mich, ships car load Of dishes q
day.
A METHODIST missionary has been ap-
pointed chief physician of the Chinese
army.
MORE than As, 600, 900 persons have passed
over the Brooklyn bridge since it was opened
to travel
A SWARM of bees attacked freight train
in Nebraska, apd it was fully an hour before
the engineer could proceed.
THERE are 49, 900 bicycle riders in Great
Britain, Sc, 900 on the continent of Europe,
and Z, 500 in the United States.
MILLIONS of small jelly fish are being cast
upon the California coast Why so many
appear ut this time is mystery.
New YORK was astonished recently by the
arrival Of a cargo OF ice from Norway. The
article is sometimes taken from Maine to
India. Less than thirty years ago ice from
Alaska was retailed in Sacramento.
MRS MARGARET ARNOLD, Of New Hol-
land, Ohio, is 109 years old. Her youngest
son, with whom she lives, is a sprightly
young man of seventy-two. She has two
sisters living in Iowa, one Of whom is LOG and
the other liz years old.
A NEW cotton picking machine has been
invented and patented, which, it Is claimed,
fulflls all the conditions required Of such an
arrangement. 1t is the work Of Georgia
inventor, Owen T. Bugg, and, though per-
fected too late to do any work on the late
crop, will be put to work to test its capacity
on the next one.
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Feeding His Flock.
ments.

The Rev. Freeman Wills, Vicar of st.
Agatha, Shoreditch, London, plying the
poor people who have to pay eXorbitant
prices for butchers meat, bought couple
of frozen New Zealand sheep, had them
cut up in a Finsbury school-room, and
sent the schoolboys round to tell the peo-
pie what he was about. He sold his stock
at profit of two shillings O sheep, and
next week bought six. Very soon he set
up q regular shop and engaged a trust
worthy manager, who soon perceived that
it would be just as easy to buy for sew
eral shops as for one, and more profitable.
Accordingly, four Eastward Ho meat
stores" have been established--one in
Shoreditch, one in Hackney, one at Stam-
ford Hill. and another in Kings Road,
Chelsea. The trade at these four shops
averages about e2O0 week. or business
of some e10,0 900 year. They just pay
their way and enable Mr.. Wills to give
five per cent on the capital some of his
friends have intrusted to him, while the
patrons of these new establishments get
prime English legs of mutton at Sd. a
pound, frozen imported legs at I'd, and
shoulders at I'd. An increase of such
stores would help to relieve purchasers
from the extortions Of ordinary butchers,
and the tax paid to intermediate sales
mcn.-London Ne,cs.
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THE NATIONAL GAME.

| THE Detroits are making strong hgnt
with Chicago for first place.
THIS has been a season Of surprises SO lar.
| Not prediction has been verified.
THE Southern clubs are now playing good
ball and all are pretty evenly matched.
BENNETT has caught in twenty-five out OF
twenty.seven games played by Detroit.
THE Kansas Citys are known as the stormy
petrels of the league. They seem to carry
bad weather in their wake.
IT is not an unreasonable guess to say that
about $4,000 persons paid to see the various
games on the professional grounds In or near
| New York on Decoration Day.
THREE of the heaviest batters in the League
are first basemen, two are pitchers, one
catcher, one q third baseman, another
short stop and the others outEelders.
MANNING, Of Detroit, had played without
an error in twenty-one games previous 10 an
accident in New York which will lncapacl-
tate him from playing for some time.
IT is singular that of the first dozen leading
batsmen of the Association no less than six
are pitchers. OF the remaining six four are
outfelders, one an infelder and one catcher.
In Tate, Poorman, Sam Wise, Nash and
Johnston the Bostons have fine quintet OF
great base runners. They keep the pitcher
aguessing" as to their next move when on
bases.
CENrRE-F1ELDER BILL CROWLEY, OF
Charleston, recently accomplished the feat
of catching a ball muffed by Lest-felder Gill
man ere it reached the ground by wonder
full dive.
OVER $4,000 peopl, attended the first SIX
games played by the Bostons at home, which
Is pretty good support Of a team that had,
up to that time, lost thi out OF every four
games played.
NEW York is wonderful ball town. In
the three New York-Detroit games the De-
tro:ts received fifteen cents for each OF the
"a, 900 spectators who paid to see the game,
the New Yorks' share being thirty-hye cents
each, beside the proceeds from the sale OF
about 5000 grand stand seats.
BALL players in Pittsburg are talking
about the catcher of an amateur club, who
was remarkable for catching many batsmen
out on foul tips, even when the bat didn't
seem to strike within three or four inches OF
the ball. An investigation revealed that the
catcher had a gum band attached to his
glove, and when he desired to foul out man
he would raise the band with one finger, and
when the ball passed under the bat release it:
The band would snap against the glove and
nll within hearing would hear supposed
foul tip
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Washington.

THE Senate Committee on Public Lands
has ordered favorable report on the House
bill to repeal the pre.eln ption timber culture
and desert land acts, with an amendment
submitting the provisions of the Senate bill
on the same subject for those contained in
the House bill.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted the
honorary presidency of the American Exhl-
bitiou to take place in London in May, 1887.
He will open the Exhibition from the White
House by cable.
THE grandson of the Emperor of Brazil.
now on q visit to this country, made call
upon the President O. few days since, and the
following evening attended the State recep-
tion.
AS agreed upon in committee, the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill appropriates S9l,-
O53, ,S22. The estimates aggregated 32,534,-
GOO. The appropriation for the present year
was $2G, ,205, TAI.
ADDITIONAL postmasters nominated by
the sident:-Gecrge L. Sleeper, Natick,
Mass, Edward p. Kinball, Ipswich, Mass. {;
Charles Kieth, Greenfield. Mass; Miner
Samons, Canisteo, N. y: Herman Banner,
Johustown, Penn. Thomas Brady. Bergen
Point, N. j.: Edward McClung, Fairfield.
ILL.,; Julia D. Young, Wrights Grove,
ILL.,; Henry W. Clendennin, Springfield,
H.: David W. Flours, Newton, Iowa;
John C. Logue, Central City, Neb.; H: H.
Dolen, Brownsville, Neb.: Charles E. Nor
rell, Kirwin, Neb. Isaac T. Carr. Neilsvile,
Wis: Wilson o. Lyon, Elk Horn, Wis. !;
Consider A. Stacey, Tecumseh, Mich. An
drew Phlegar, Bodie, CAL; B. F. Mahon,
Anaconda, Mont; William ]. Brynan, San
Francisco.