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Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
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 A gentleman from Minneapolis, . Protestant, told us last week that in his city there are about 600 liquor saloons, and cut of this number only IS are kept by Lishmen. "How do you account for that?" we asked. "It is all done by the influence of one man," said he; it is the work of Bishop Ireland of St Paul. Boston Pilot.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

The Register says the Salvation Army in Torrington now contains 8 goodly number of the young men, among them clerks and others we'll known. Its au- diences are larger than the churches have. The army there seems to be tak. ing hold of the best class of people, either as members or regular attendapts.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Le1aZ Notices.
nIsTRICT of SHARON, ss. PROBATE

nIsTRICT of SHARON, ss. PROBATE U COURT, July 23rd, A. D. 1886.
 Estate of Horace Prindle late of Sharon in said District.
 Upon the application of Celia Prindle the widow of said deceased praying that letters of administration may be granted on said estate of said Horace Prindle, deceased, as per appli- eaton on file more fully appears, 1t Is
 Ordered: That said application be heard and determined at the probate office Tn Sharon in said district on the 5th day of August, AID .lSs6, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, ,and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pub- fishing the same twice in some newspaper hav- ing circulation in said District, and by posting copy thereof, on the public sign-post in the town of Sharon in said district.
 2S.2t HERMAN c. ROWLEY, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

A Kentucky editor received pocket book among his wedding presents, and the Pittsburg Chronicle says he took . friend aside and asked him what the blamed thing was used for.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

Suppose Ehret is boycotted and his business ruined; has n't he enough 50 that he can stand it? The whole bur- den falls on his emyloyes. The labor CTS weapon, is, in short, the worst boomerang ever invented.-[Spring6ald Republican.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

James F. Gordon, tho inventor and manufacturer of reapers and binders, died in Rochester Tuesday, July 20, aged Al years. In 1868 he put tho first self-binder ever made into the field.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
III III.

Personal-Mrs Sidney Resd of Falls Village made short visit in town last week. Mrs Chas Dean of Falls Vil- lage is visiting her daughter, Mrs Chas Lee. Lawyer l.. J. Nicksrson of West Cornwall visited Kent upon off, cia, business one day last week. .. Rev G. W. Griffith preached ct St. Andrews last Sunday. He has come this time prepared to remain and will occupy rooms at the reotory. Tho people of the parish feel pleased that they have . rector once more. :. John Ssger started on western trip Monday morning to visit . brother in Missouri.
 Twelve excursion tickets wore sold st this station Saturday morning, and twelve tired people just landed from Coney Island were trying to find thei, way home at the hour of midnight.
 There has been some excitement here over the murder ct Morris. and some brave citizens even wore ready to join tho search for the murderer. But the doomed man has in his own way made further searching unnecessary.
 Quite . number of our townspeople who ore ready for good time are look. ing forward to the exoursion to Seaside Park with the Water Witch Hose com pany of New Milford this Wednesday July 28. The excursion train starts from this station at 7:3O .. m.
 Mrs John Ellsworth died at her home in Bulls Bridge Thursdsy night July 4 after an illness of only few days. Th' funeral took place on Sunday.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

Col Dexter R. Wright of New Haven died Friday morning aged 66 years. He was colonel of the Fifteenth Connecticut Volunteers. .-... ..
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
1OUTHRIUED.

Room for more-ssveral boArden have come to rusticate here for tho summer, or for few weeks, and more can be ac- commodated.
 Having is progressing finely and crops will average full middling in this v,cin- ity.
 Mr and Nrs Keep ass psv soness at
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DLEsW0RTH.

A lawn party for the benefit of Com pany o. will b. held on the grounds of E. W. Chaffee Friday. July 30, both in the afternoon and evening. Come ono and all and bring your pocketbooks.
 PERSONAL. Chaffee of Ame- nis, D. T., is home on visit3 :. |. Miss Lottie Russell of New Milford is spend ing tho summer at MT Henry Bsrton's. ....... Mrs Frank Everett, formerly of this place. is visiting friends here. ..... MI. Perry of Saratoga, N.Y., is visiting her daughter, Mn J. H. Muller. Rev MT Bourne of Sharon exchanged pulpits with Rev J. H. Muller and also admin istered the Lords Supper. ..... Messrs Bslden and Raiger of Falls Village paid . flying visit to Ellsworth few days since.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
MARRIED.

ADAMS - STEVENS. Almoral, Iowa, June A, James B. Adams, formerly of Canaan, and Miss Sara P. Stevens of Almoral.
 -TR1RscHMANN.- South De- yer, N. r., July 20, by Rev M. M. Curtis, John w. Pulver and Miss Car rie Trieschmann, both of New Milford,
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
SP0RTSMEA, TAKE NOTICE

A IL persons are forbidden Hunting, Shoot A ing or Fishing on lands owned or occu- pied by us in the town of Salisbury, Conn.,, under penalty of prosecution.
 Dated at Lakeville, June "A, 1885. Alexander H. Holley. Samuel s. Robbins. Mary w. Ward, Geo. D. Harrison, E. J. Bostwick, Owen McCue, Geo. B. BurrAll, Mary E. Knight. Smith ClsavslaAd. Y
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

The Sea Side Sunday School Asssm- bly,, will be in session at Key East, N.J., August 1-16. The Chautauqua Sunday School Assembly, at Chautauqua, NY, August $40.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

Without beautiful hair no woman is beautiful. L yours falling of or faded? Tho loss is vital. Parker's Hair Balsam win preserve your hair and give back its. gloss and youthful color. Clean, ele- gapt, perfect. Prevents dandruH.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

AT A COURT of PROBATE holden at A North Canaan, within and for the Dis trict of Canaan, ,ou the 27th day of July ,IsS6.
 Present Jacob B. Hardenbergh, Judge.
 Application having been made to this court for the granting of letters of administration on the estate of Louis Deloy, late of said North Canaan, deceased.
 Ordered, That such application be heard at the Probate office in said North Canaan, on the 18th day of August, 1886, at one o'clock in theiafternoon, and that notice ofsuch hearing be given by publishing this order of notice twice in the Connecticut Western News,a pulp lie newspaper published in said North Canaan and having a circulation in said district.
 Certified from record,
 2t-2s JACOB B, HARDENBERGH, Judge.
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 erve whether their date s changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of error. to in- form us for correction at once. No claims for or rors In these account ersafter be considered aa1oSS presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, ae the regular receipt ofthe paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evidence of its acceptance ao cOrre4t.
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ATA COURT OF PROBATE holden at A North Canaan within and for the district of Canaan, ,on the 17th day of July AID. 1886.
 Present. Jacob B. Hardenbergh, Judge.
 On motion of Edmund D. Lawrence, ,adminis- trator, on the intestate estate of Edward Bailey, late of North Canaan within said dis trict, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be allowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the administrator, and directs that public notice be given of this order by publishing the same three times in newspaper published in said district and having a circulation therein, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign-post in said town of North Canaan near est the place where the deceased last dwelt
 Certified from record,
 JACOB B. HARDENBERGH, 2l-3t Judge.
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nIsTRICT OF SALISBURY sS. PROBATE D Court, July 26th, A. D. 1886.
 Estate of George A. Dodge of Salisbury in said District, assigning debtor.
 The voluntary assignment of the said George A. Dodge having been lodged in this office for record and the Probate thereof. and George D. Harrison ofsaid Salisbury being in said as- slgnment nominated as trustee for said estate, therefore
 Ordered That the 3rd day of August, 1ss6 at 9 o'clock forenoon, be, and the same is, hereby assigned,fo a hearing on the approval and appointment of trustee on said estate and that all persons interested therein may have notice to appear, if they see cause, and be heard thereon, this Court directs that this or- der be published once in the Connecticut Western News a newspaper having circula- tion In said district at least five days before said time assigned.
 Attest, DONALD T. WARNER, 1w Judge.
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COuSCdHCIy Supplleu WlUu IreSn goods of the best quality.
 In buying goods that enter into general consumption as food, we aim to keep those of in trinsic merit, not such as require a present or gift to induce the consumer to buy. The market is flooded with Baking Powders, Tea, Coffee, etc., with which gifts are given. All such goods are necessarily of an inferior quality, and dangerous to use.
 Our motto: "Best Goods at Lowest Living Prices.''
 GEO. L. PARSONS. Canaan, Conn.,, Mays.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
STOCK FOR SALE.

For Sale. LOT of Secondhand Windows, suitable fo, A Hennery. at a bargain.
 Window and Door Screens, &c., &c.
 J. A. UNDERWOOD. Canaan, Conn.,. July IA. 3t
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UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Everything requisite for Burial Purpose urnished at the Shortest Possible Notice. Calls by Telephone "NorSolk Drug Store. Residence and shop on 'The Green"
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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
Consolation for the Red Headed.

Ex-Presidcnt Hayes once told me that
he noticed that ''the men who had sand
in their hair and beard" were the most
energetic and pushing in life. was told
by an experienced detective the other
day that bunco steerers and that kind of
gamb ers known as "sure thing men"
never attempt to play any of their tricks
on red headed men. l asked why, and
he said: Gas a rule red headed people
are very quick and choleric by nature.
Their tempers are so peppery that they
fly up like flash of powder the instant
they feel aggreved or wronged. They
are so quick to act that the moment they
feel that they haze been swindled they
either fight those who have duped them
or call in the policeon them. To be sue
cessful, bunco men and the others have
mentioned must avoid publicity and no.
toriety as much as possible. They do
not want attention called either to them
or their methods Knowing from ex-
perience the dangerous temper of the
boys with auburn hair they avoid all
unfair dealings with them as far as pos
siblc Whenever you hear of a red
headed man being approached by any
fellow with swindling scheme, you may
depend on the tr,ckst2r being new at his
business" There is some compensation
in carrOtty hair and beard after ALL
PhiladelphiG NeaOs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17

in such position that you could do so If
you "felt so disposed" as Mrs. Camp
might remark. That was Judge Rogers
ruling in the Storey will case, and It is
good law.
If you are going to leave anything to
me don't ask me to be a witness, for al
though l could be good witness, my
legacy would be void. John Bowler
was an eminent lawyer in Philadelphia
some years ago, and the author of several
standard law books. A lady left him q
very handsome bequest in hor will, which
he himself drew and witnessed. There
was no doubt about the intention of the
lady, but Bowler failed to get his leg
acy.
Having signed and sealed your will
you can revoke it by destroying 1t, but
not by simply running the pen through
your name or through the lines, but you
can revoke it by subsequent will prop
erly executed. Marriage also revokes q
will Hi,GgO Herald.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
A Quaint Oriental City.

Writing about Canton, China, W. T.
Hornaday says in the Cosmopolitan !:
What a wonderful old city it isl How
bewildering, and how interesting at every
stepl The city is all on the ground, or
at the very most it will not average more
than a story and hall in height. Where
the shops are thickest, each square is an
unbroken succession of wide doorwaSs;
for of every shop the whole end next to
the street takes out bodily. From one
street corner to the next, there is only a
succession of open ended rooms and par
tition walls, with dark, narrow passages
thrown in here and there. There is no
architecture visible, for the houses are so
damned together that is is impossible to
single out any one in particular without
climbing on the roof to see how much it
covers.
If this is not a street in Wonderland it
might as well be. 1t is only about eight
feet wide, and many are less. The caves
of the houses on each side project quar-
ter or third of the way across the street,
and the remaining third in the middle is
very often loosely covered over with
boards placed crosswise. When the sun
is shining the streets are light enough,
but in raj y or cloudy weather they arc
very dark and gloomy, and the peculiar
twilight effect only adds another element
of strangeness to the scene. Thank good
ness, the streets are we'll paved with
smooth, granite fagstones, one foot by
three. and being kept very clean, there is
no mud TO pillow through, en- when it
rains. Pedestrianism is the order of the
day. There are no carriages, carts, drays,
big freight wagons, omnibuses, or street
cars to run over you, if you fail to get
out of the way; for all the freight is car
ried by coolies.
Now and then, however, your wool
gathering is disturbed by stir and loud
shouting little way down the street,
and you the crowd parting to right
and left. Then you know there is a
sedan chair coming and you take shelter
behind sign board, or in a friendly
doorway, or flatten yourself against a
wall until the peripat2tic nuisance has
gone by. But the streets are so narrow
that chairs are not very often used. They
move too slowly; it takes too much
shouting to clear the way, and when two
meet in narr wv thoroughfare one has
to be side tracked before the other can
get by. The use of the chair, therefore,
is confined to lazy merchants and officers,
weak women and swell Europeans. For
my part, would not do Canton in a
sedan chair if Il could have whole set
for nothing.
But there is one drawback to pedes-
trianism. AS you pass along you are
obliged to be on the alert to keep from
coming into collision with half naked
coolies, carrying all sorts of loads. All
loads are carried in the same way; every
schoolboy knows it, so will not stop to
describe it. No m ter where you go,
you can be certain that every few min
utes one of these coolies will come puff.
fing and shuffling along at dog-trot,
shouting every few steps to those in
front of him to "clear the track" his
load springing up and down, and his
bamboo lattice creaking rhythmicaliy at
every step.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
The ASpinwall Cemetery.

An Aspinwall 1,thmus of Panama)
letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch says
Monkey Hill is the only burying ground
about Aspinwall, and it is certainly a
wonderful place. At this time of the
year people, and especially foreigners,
die by the dozen of Chagres fever. 1t
is q terrible disease and it shufles a fell
low off quicker, if anything, than yellow
fever does. Death is such very COM
mon thing there that very little attention
is paid to the manner of burying. A
body is thrown into a hired coffin and
carted off to Monkey Hill and put into
the ground, often without even an excuse
for religious services. Then the coffin is
brought back to be used for another un-
fortunate. | saw one rough-looking
casket while l was in Aspinwall that had
done duty on 63j different occasions and
had brought $3 to its owner every time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN,
How to Succeed With Fowl.

Success with fowls, kept exclusively
for their eggs, is gained only by cons ant
care for their cleanliness and comfort.
They must have variety Of food, q
good, large run, with opportunity to ex-
ercise, or be forced to take exercise in
scratching for their feed, as upon floor
covered with chaffed straw. They may
be kept safely in foeks of seventy to one
hundred, but the larger the fock the
more danger there is from disease and
from thieves. The free use of crude car
bolic acid is great safeguard. 1t may
be applied in sawdust or clay. the dry
material being moistened by the carboic
acid thoroughly stirred into it. The less
of the carbolic acid that is used the bet
ter, provided that every particle of saw
dust or of dry clay has its quota. The
disinfectant thus prepared, may be used
in the nests, in the busting box, upon
the floors, under the roosts, etc. 1t is
fatal alike to parasites and the tendency
to disease in most cases. 1t cannot be
depended upon in dirty houses, for fer
menting manure, receiving fresh addi-
lions constantly, will overpower almost
any disinfectant that could be safely
used.
By spading or blowing up portion of
the runs frequently, fowls gain healthful
exercise and find a few grubs and worms,
and with breeds of fowls, which are ac-
tive by nature, exercise means eggs, and
incidentally, perfect health. -American
Aqricultuj ist,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17

A crop of buckwheat may be sown
now. 1t will make excellent food for
fowls, while the bees will secure late
honey from the blossoms.
Prepare for sowing rutabagas. Large
crops are secured by sowing in drills
eighteen inches apart and thinning out.
One pound of seed to the acre.
Ho ses will go eight and probably ten
hours without food, if properly fed at
evening and morning. They should
have water more frequently, but never
when hot.
A few sods and little COW manure
made into heap now, where you can
throw kitchen slops, will make an excel
lent compost for your flower pots next
summer.
tuberculosis is now admitted to be
communicated through milk, and SO is
milk sickness Other species of bacillus
have been detected in milk under the
microscope.
The land that will maintain twenty
common bred cows will maintain twenty
well bred ones, and the annual profit
from the latter will be considerably more
than from the former.
1t is the same with an animal as with 0
steam boiler-the more complete the com
bustion of the food or fuel it gets the
more satisfactory will be the result, be
cause there is less waste.
Reports of the official testing of seeds
at the various experiment stations appear
to indicate that farmers make a grea
mistake in buying seed anywhere but a
trustworthy house, and even then it il
well to test the seeds previous to plant
ing.
Soapsuds may be advantageously uset
around the pear and peach trees. 1t il
quite an undertaking to carry them to al
/ orchard, but there are trees and grape
vines usually growing near the house ant
! kitchen which will be greatly benefited
by the use of the suds.
The disposition of an animal depends
somewhat on the treatment it receives
Rough usage causes the animals to be
come irritable, and when they are no
vicious they are in perpetual state O.
fear, which prevents improvement il
yield of either milk, butter or meat.
In country where droughts are com
mon, mulch is very healthful for roses
A Western correspondent uses for thi
scrapings from the cow-yard, mulchinl
the bed thoroughly and afterwards water
ing frequently. The ground should b.
in such order from culture as to readil,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
Wild Pigeons Ex terminnted.

The wild pigeon is disappearing from
North America, like the buffalo, tefore
the march of civilization. A dealer, who
has in years past bought and sold many
thousands of these delicate birds, told a
Times reporter that a wild pigeon could
not be bought in the city yesterday.
The supply has been decreasing yearly
during the past years, untiln new we get but
a few barrels year, which are received
chiefly from the Indian Territory. 1t
costs less to transport them from there
than from the lar Northwest, which is
now the favorite nesting place for them.
Chicago gets snail supply of the birds
netted or shot in Minnesota and elsewhere
in the Northwest, the prices paid being
usually $3.50 to 50 dozen, and ST..
Louis and other Western cities get few,
for which about the same rates are paid.
Lovers of this game in this city have
nearly ceased to ask for wild pigeons in
the market, having been so often disap-
pointed in not finding the birds they
seek. There is consequently no vigorous
effort made by game dealers to procure
them, the profits upon their sale being
small.
Within the memory of many middle
aged persons hereabout hundreds of
thousands of these birds have been seen
flying in great tlocks over the large cities
Of the Atlantic States, appearing like
back clouds again the sky. When
these great focks roasted in the woods
their weight was so great as to break
down the limbs of trees. 1t is while
these llocks are roosting that the birds be-
come the easy prey of the pigeon hunter,
either by net, shotgun or in other ways.
The professional pigeon hunter in the
West, although his victims are easily
killed, leads rough life in hunting the
birds, and is poorly remunerated for his
labor and the hardships he is forced to
undergo.
a large game dealer said that before
the war and when the birds were plenty
he had frequently sold as many as 1,00C
dozen pigeons at retail in one day. They
were then quite cheap and within the
reach of poor people The chief cause
of the thinning out of wild pigeons is
the destruction of forests in all parts Of
the country. The pigeons are thus de-
privcd of nesting places, and of their fa
vorite beechnuts and the food they got
from the oak and other trees that were
once so plenty near here.-Ne'O Yor'
| TJqDe9
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-17
Pooling an English Man.Of. War.

In the early days of our commerce
with China after the treaty which al
lowed american clippers to enter the
harbor of Hong Kong, one of the largest
English three-deckers was lying in the
ha Dor, and at sunset her yards and top
ma is were housed to show the manner
in which the ship was manned. A
Yankee Captain, who was awaiting q
freight of new ten, watched the English
man and decided to try his hand with
him. Two or three days later at the
sunset gun the American clippers yards
and sails came down and topmasts
housed some minutes before the man Of
war. Again in the morning at the sig
nal the yards were sent up and the Eng
lishman was again behind. For several
days the race went on with the same re-
suit, until the American ship received
her ergo, and on the day before setting
sa the yards came down and were sent
to the English frigate with the compli-
ments of the Yankee Captain. They
were bamboo poles with painted Cfurled)
sailed. --Melo London Telegraph.