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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-30
THE WRONG YEAR.

Thev sat beside the bright log-fire.
And watched the flaming embers dart;
While Love. the rogue, another pyre
Did kindle in his heart
And as the parting moments drew,
1t seemed SO like a leave of life.
He mustered courage and did sue
That she W Md be his wife.
but, with n little thoughtful pause.
Mid bushes OF the deepest pink.
She answered.. Not fhis year-becausc-
You know what folks would think
Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-30
.WOnaan's Magazine.
-On.l,a ;ewclcr-..Herc- air. ia

Omaha jewclcr-"Herc. sir, is .
clock that will. I think. please your
esthetic tastes. At precisely ten
o'clock every evening a chime of bells
rings and bird hops out and sings q
carol" Omaha man-"I will take
that il you will make "a few changes in
it." "With pleasure" IL have q
daughter and wish the clock for the
parlor where she can entertain her
company. Fix it so that at eleven
o'clock at night milkman's hell will
ring and newsboy will skip out and
yell: .Nornin. papers - 0ssaha
PorA -sa-1 -1t-ti .-@ -.l-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-06-30

Nine brothers aud sisters from ..
family of ten attenl the same school
in Ciarrnc'. Mich Tho Oldest Is
twenty aal the youngest five years
Ill
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
BLOOMFIELD.

Miss Nettie Marsh of New Milford wis tied her aunt, Mrs Phebe Hill.
 Miss NJ. E. Crosby entertained Miss May Marsh of New Milford, last week.
 Mrs Ira Keeler has visited friends in Washington.
 Miss Josie Wildman is practicing on one of the Treat X shepard pianos, pur- chased of Prof F. E. James.
 Miss Clara Wildman entertained Miss Jennie Gray of Danbary, last week.
 Social at F. E. Crosby's. last week Thursday night, was enjoyable. About 20 couples were present; dancing until 12 when the hostess passed biscuits. dough- nuts, cakes, pies, apple dumplings and lots of other nice things, which soon sat- isfied all; also milk for the children. After this, the music furnished by Cogs- well and Wildman drew the young couples to the floor until all began to sing
 sswe won't go home till morning" and they didn't.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
Better and Better.

All who patronize the Housatonic road have observed the improvement in the road bed and the increased regularity in the running time of trains. Although a road replete with heavy grades and sharp curves, it is no longer necessary to run slowly for fear of accidents or lest the passengers complain of the roughness of the track. It is now nothing unusual for trains to run at the rate of 5 miles an hour and the elegant new coaches glide as smoothly and silently as if but half this speed were attained. Engineer Burghardt recently ran a light train 36 miles in 36 minutes and a passenger says that the result showed an alignment of rails excelled by none in this State. There was no jar or swaying motion, the car gliding along as if on an asphaltum walk. Under Col Stevenson's watchful eye and experienced direction, it is safe
 to say that the Housatonic will soon
 stand among the highest in regard to
 ease and comfort for patrons
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

NOW s THE TIM B to put your house in orderfor the Winter. If the old Carpet IS seedy look at the new patterns we show in all grades. You'll be astonished to find how beau tiful the designs and colorings are. Every taste and purse can be suited. Your home will be rendered doubly attractive by a new Carpet, and you'll bless the day you read this. We'll remark in passing that the Lowel h. grains are the best made, and our prices on everything are hard-pan, bed rock, bottom.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
wooDBURY.

Wallace Ward builds Harvey's new store.
 H. P. Strong and family of New Brit ain have been here and Mrs NJ. F. Weeks of Hartford.
 A. X. Root. John J. Holmes, F. F. Hitchcock and J. II. Linsley attended the Republican senatorial convention at Litchfield.
 The mission circle of young ladies of the First church have contributed $50 to missions, the older society over S50. with $50 left. They have also forwarded a barrel and box of clothing and other useful articles.
 The debating society discussed, last Friday evening, the tariff question:
 Resolved. That a high protective tariff IS better for the interests of this couhtry than low one.
 In the affirmative, J. J. Holmes and B. G. Blackmar; in the negative, G. M- Skelley and w. Forbes
 N. W. Terrell and family go to Colo rado for the Winter.
 NJ. F. Skelley, A. D. Warner, F. B. Peck and E. J. Atwood were delegates to the Democratic senatorial convention at Litchfield. | w. $. Bruin paints Miss Hattie E.Jnd- sons house.
 Friends from Hartford visit Miss Fan nie Doolittle. Mrs $. T. Abernethy visits her child
 ren. .- . O. E. Cartwright teaches the Minor town school. Rev and Mrs Freeman of the old First ; went to the dedication of the new Con- gregational parish house in Naugatuck, l said to be the finest in the State-
 Mrs Abigail Candee visits her son Ed ward of Brooklyn. N. Y. l Mrs Mitchell Allen is sick.
 c. NJ. Harvey is pushing preparations
 for his new store, while Mrs Beardsley
 is making extensive repairs in the store s now rented by him, for the accommoda- n tion of the new lessees. ..Beautiful, bright are the october days, ,- Gorgeous in their golden haze; e Gladly we welcome their presence here, IF solemn, sacred. best of the year." X steam saw mill is deyouring the s grand old woods of Robert I. Drakeley e in West Side, converting them into rail. Is road ties. :. Miss Phebe Hageman of New Utrecht
 l.. l., visits F. F. Hitchcock. d It is said that petition in favor of Ii h, cense was privately circulated before oul es late town meeting. What is meant b, e. privacy in this connection. Michael F. Skelley is the Democrat
 candidate for senator of the 20th district
 Edwin McNeil is the Republican candi ae date.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
A Wealthy Young Woman Pops.

An Ansonia lawyer was sitting on the steps of the Grand Central house in Newtown, when
 pretty young lady passed out of the hotel and up the street. "There goes . remarkabIv
 pretty girl, i" exclaimed gentleman convers-
 ing with him. "and there's quite a little TO-
 nance connected with her, too" The 1eRnl
 gentleman was all attention as his friend con-
 tinued: "She belongs down in Baltimore and
 her father is a wealthy liquor distiller of thaf city. She's got a cool &30OO00 in her own right and a decisiveness about her that means business. She located at the GeorRe hotel Black Rock. this Summer. coming thero ali tracted her attention She spoke to him uno evening after he had met her but three tinnen 1 and she broke him all up by aaking him 1T he
 was married. He rcplied that he wAs too poorly sifuated for marriage Just then; ho hadn't much money and had to supporf Nd I fhthor. well. I've plenty q money ahe sald, lsWhy don't you marry me2' She refuxnGd tG
 her home in Baltimctcs told her hthor abou1 the circnmstances. 4ot h1s cmsent and Fo.
 mazziea in BstdgePext and sl.e and her h1s T band are passing 0>e u9Enntnd1or of tho Gum- tmee in MeMeoNn = 11p2& ~ 1nEtle doxoo.s I The hNy0 11e oeea t112klng evne o14l1
 colJneET< fA161 !, T 8. ....ss.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
A Book Used by Our Grandsires.

Mir Charles Beardsley of Mile Hill has left with the BEE an interesting relic. a copy of Dilworth's ssNew Guide to the English Tongue" The book is we'll pre- served and was the spelling book in use in the United States in the days of our grandfathers, before Webster's spelling books came into use. This copy was printed in London and is divided into five parts: I, Exercises in spelling, the words being arranged alphabetically, some in columns as in Webster and others in paragraphs like ordinary reading. The lessons open with single syllables and proceed to words of the greatest length, the lessons being followed by exercises in reading mostly taken from the Bible. 1T, words the same in sound, but of diff ferent meaning. III, lessons in English grammar, beginning with the pronunci- ation of letters, alone and in combina- tion and including the capitalization of words, numerals, abbreviations, the di- vision of words, punctuation, accent. as we'll as the parts of speech and the usual | prose and verse, together with fables il- lustrated with rough wood cuts. Dil- worth describing the pictures as ''sculp- tures.'' There are F of the fables, each occupying page, of which the follow ing gives sample:
 A man may forgive an injury, but he cannot
 easily forget it.
 | husbandman had brought up a snake in his house, but, being angry with her, struck her with his hatchet and wounded her, fol which reason she fled from him.
 Afterward, the husbandman, falling into want, imagined that this misfortune befel hin for the injury done to the snake and, there fore, humbly requested of her that she wouls come and live with him again.
 The snake replied that she forgave him, bu she would not return to live with enc wh, kept a hatchet in his house; adding that, al though the smart ofthe wound was gone, ye the mark was left and the remembrance of i was sill fresh in her memory.
 The Interpretation.
 It is not safe to trust that man who hat l. once made breach in friendship. It is God like to forgive an injury, but no harm to rs member it, because it keeps us on our guard :: V, forms of prayer suitable for children This book, unlike much of our moder
 instruction, not only sought to inforr ,f the child's mind, but also aimed to inst h moral principles as well. It is adorne ,r with rude wood cut of the author, wh ,e was an English schoolmaster at Wappin
 and is plainly the foundation upon whic - Webster built his admirable spellin
 books.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
Wild Flowers of Shiloh.

The golden stars of the Lysimachia or Loorestrife lift up their faces by the and in the fields. In some quiet spot, we find the Bluebells that remind us
 Meath cloistered boughs, each tiny bell that
 swingeth
 And tolls its perfume on the passing air Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth |
 A call to prayer.
 On charcoal beds and tracts of land | burned over may be found the great Will lowherbEpilobium augustifolium, wrong ly called Fireweed. The real Fireweed lowherb has dense racemes of pink-pur- pie flowers. It belongs to the same fam fly as the pale yellow Evening Primrose that grows by the wayside. In cloudy How strange that such beautiful blue, when gathered and placed in a vase, should in a short time turn to dirty brown. The Tipers Bugloss, another blue flower, retains it's color better. We cannot help but admire it, although we know it is fast becoming troublesome weed. Stately Canada Lilies swing their golden bells in the green meadows. The Woodbine, clambering over ruined walls and fences, seeks to hide the blemishes that time and man have made. The still waters of the pond are starred with the waterlilies, the beautiful waterlilies of which Mrs Butt speaks so prettily: Golden hearted beauty, | Thou doth make me see | How from life's low places | Cometh purity.
 | Rooted in the darkness, | Thou reachest hour by hour,
 Till the light thou lowest meets thee | And makes of thee flower"
 Close by grow their handmaidens, the yellow Spatterdocks. What is this skeir of yellow yarn? Has Arachne grown dis gusted with her work and tossed it here in snarl? Look closer and you will SCI Imyriads of waxy white bells growing il this golden mass. It is the American Dodder, bold parasite continuing it robbery in the open air. If you untwis it from the stalk to which it clings s'
 persistently, you will find it disfiguret
 and swollen. By the road saw a gor
 geous clump of purple. What rare flow
 CT had I found now? I reached it to fin,
 s''Tis distance lends enchantment to tn
 view" Joe Pye Weed. The ragged Or ] enid peeps out from an old woodpath f The brooks are bright with the Cardina
 Flower and the Great Blue Lobeli; z Among thc'rocks and ferns in woo near by is found the rare Erodium Cicr
 tarium. For it's description will quot 2 Gray: ''It is a native from Europe, ,bI r not common, except in Texas and Cal e fornia; low ,hairy and rather yiscid; th T leaves mostly from the root, pinnate an n the leaflets finely once or twice pinnafied e peduncle bearing an umbel of sever; 't small pinkish flowers. Stamens wit
 anthers only five. Styles when the
 split off from the beak bearded insid
 often twisting spirally." Fall is here wit
 her wealth of Asters, Goldenrod al s Blue Gentians.-E Jessie.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
To-Nirht; and To-3orrox nirht

And each day and night during this week you can get at all druggists, Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, acknowledged to be the most successful remedy eyer sold for ing Cough, Asfhma and Consumption. Get a bottle r0-day ana Keep it NlWaye in the house, 90 Yon cen cheok your cold at once. PE1oe Soc, and &l. 8ampd0 hrff1es ftee;
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

The new court house at Litchfield will be of granite from the Mine Hill quar- ries, outside finish to be of rough ashler and will cost $25, ,O00, or $lO,OOO more than that recently destroyed by fire.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

Wallace Ward builds Harvey's new store.
 III P Strancr and family of New Rrit-
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

Litchfield county has only seven li- cense towns, but those seven furnish three-quarters of all the criminals in the county.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01


lcgc i'm 1916, completed his law studies and
became a member II the Democratic state
central committee before he wns Of age
I'm 1919 hc moved 20 the city OF New York
and was elected city recorder in 1860 the
Youngest man who ever held the place
Then. and for many years after. he was
the great power in 1'ammany Hall. As
recorder hp won such popularity that he
wa, unanimously re- elected In 1860 he
was elected mayor Ia 1866 he was nom
mated for governor and beaten by Gov
ernor Fcnton. bat Hoffman was elected
i'm 1868 and reelected IN 1870. Then his
star suddenly paled In the anti-Oranso
riots Of 1871 bis conduct was universally
condemned. and Immediately after came
the exposures of the Tweed RIM and over
throw Of Tammany, and Governor llot
man was politically Frustrated. He never
re-entered public life lie leaves fort
une Of about 500 900 to his wife aud only
child, Mrs SANFORD.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01

and q mautclpicce crowded with pictures
of noted people Queen VictOria's pct
urc stands in the center, and at the right
AMI left 0f this are photographs Of the
Princess Of Wales and Albert Edward,
with their autographs written below them
This Grccian minister's name Is John
Gennadus, and ne j., here on special
Diplomatic mission He is the regular
Greek minister 10 Great Britain and llOl-
land, and il one Of the most popular
diplomats Of London. The English society
papers delight 20 do him honor Vanity
Fair devoted colored cartoon 10 him last
month, and The London World gave him
a couple of pages not long ago Is one of
the celebrities Of the British capital lie
has been given an honorary degree by
the Oxford university, and has written
some books. He t. especially well up IN
Grecian history. art and literature, and
his homo in London contains the principal
editions Of the Greek classics. He has
here I,uther's original pamphlet, "Vom
Kriegc Weder die Turken,' published III
1929, and he has an edition Of Hessiod
which belonged To Racine and which con
tains manuscript notes by him. He has
an Hesop's Fables which belonged TO
Queen Elizabeth. and his copy Of Daphuis
and Chloe was once owned by Napoleon l.
His house in London is hung with beauti
ful pictures and water color sketches Of
Greek scenery. queer carvings, paintings
Of the Parthcnon, and the other surround
ings of a classical taste are scattered
throughout his house.
One Of John GennGdius' ancestors was
the first patriarch Of Cunstautinople after
its capture by the Turks, and his father
George Gcuuadius, was one Of the fore
most teachers of Greece. and did great
deal toward the inauguration VI the pres
emf school system OF that country This
Grecau minister was born 900 Athens, and
he WAS just Of age when he Wa, appoint
ed secretary of the legation at Washing
ton in 1870 but before Starting for his
post he was transferred 20 C0nstaniiuople.
Ten years later he was sent 10 Lon
don. and has also acted no Vienna rs
charge d'aHaircs. He is, / am told, a
very efficient minister lie is proud OF
being "a Greek. and thinks the Greeks
are 20 he one Of the nations Of the future,
rs wei as the great nation of the past
He is making an impression for his coun-
try in the United States, and il he sue
cecds in his mission the Americans VIII
eat more Greek currants than they ever
have before.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01

Stewards WI, ~ coIpulcnt. bald headed
middle aged nan, who has recently re-
turned from i, tis. whore ne resides, al 1
cspondcd 20 Nj. Roots Efforts 10 draw
Lim ont and tell AN hc knew Of benefit %
Tine Hilton side jan slow and sure. but
definite manrcr, very pleasing 10 his ques-
toner
All these side Proceedings are but the
formulation upon which is 70 burst forth
That scnullation Of the two remarkable
men, CoLklng and ChoGte in the latter
part OF the trial Then will come the
summing up; then VIII Mr.. Choatc pro-
coed 90 toss intellectual bombs 10 burst
under Mn. Conkling'. senatorial nose; and
Mr.. C0nhliug will toss back bon mots OF
whitening sarcasm. aud after the trial IS
over, both these gentlemen, having de.
posted their enormous fees i'm bank, will
proceed Go dine together as though they
never had been opponents At least such
is the practice OF lawyers when they are
acquainted. and there is no reason why it
shou.d not bc $50 in this case. As to the
estate involved it. Will be SO much the less
los The court expenses and the fees, nc
matter which side wins
This ease ctiis the attention 10 one i'm
portaut point i'm the matter of n great
business. involving great wealth. 1t is
difficult 20 transmit IT, Mr. Stewart dicd
leaving no one 10 take his place. He had
no children, no relative upon whom the
great responsibility Of managing his cnor-
nous interests he left could deyolye 70
meet the case he selected one whom he
had known Tor many years, man Of ma
sure years, and arranged 10 place every
thing boz his hands From the moment of
NJ Stewards death the business began TO
fade THE wholesale site ut Chambers
street va, soon given up and not long
after the retail site was turned over 20 j.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01

The plan Is very simple There II TO be
tramway consisting Of light frame
work. elevated some twenty feet from the
ground. which may pass over fields and
cities without interference with agri-
culture or roads The car Is cigar
shaped concern looking for all the world
like q torpedo or q rocket head, which
rests on two tracks, and IS held in position
by the nanges of an upper wheel on a
third or upper rail This rail Is also the
conductor Of the electric current The
power is all derived from generator To-
Gated no each end Of the line, from which
the current passes to the conducting rail-
where it is taken up by the travelling mo-
tor. 90 which cars may be attached. The
train acts automatically. Near the end
Of the journey it passes point where the
current is cut rs an engineer would shut
OF steam on q locomotive. Soon after the
train reaches q trip lever which springs
the brakes The passage Of streams IS
effected by draw worked by electricity,
as shown in the accompanying cut.
The rate Of speed which it is supposed
viii be attained IL ten miles per minute.
Tire curves will necessarily be very slight,
for detection at 50 high velocity would
certainly shoot the motor off at a tangent,
and rs it is shaped very Ike 4 percussion
shell used in warfare, many accidents,
especially in thickly populated districts,
would give the houses along the line Of
the road the appearance Of having been
riddled in bombardment. Then in the
crossing of streams it would be- necessary
that boats and the motor should not be
permitted 10 come in contact by accident
For, should u passing train not be stopped
when the draw IS raised, il would shoot
through draw and boat alike, leaving =
round hole such rs would b. made by .
cannon ball shot through meeting house.
Indeed. in the case Of y large steamer. II
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01

later Mr.. Yates r,,, Arr. ,,,er,cp " ,,rp
Youngest brother
went there from Yale college, the firm OF
Young & Waite was dissolved, and the
Two brothers formed partnership.
In 1919 and 1850 Mr. Waite WAS mem
Der Of the state legislature. He WAS
Whig in those days. but upon the orSanl-
cation OF the Republican party he Joined
its fortunes and was a steadiaSt Repuoh-
can the rest of his life. In 1863 he was
candidate for representative In congress,
but was defeated. This was his last can
ditiacy for Office. He WAS repeatedly
offered state and federal positions, but for
a time declined them all.
In 1871 Mr.. Waite was appointed one OF
the counsel 10 prepare and argue the case
of the Alabama and other claims before
the international tribunal Of arbitration
nj Geneva, his colleagues being William
81 Eyarts and Caleb Gushing. In this
case Mr.. Waite attracted considerable at
tention by the power Of his arguments
and his comprehensive understanding OF
international law Two years after the
Alabama arbitration he was admitted
TO practice law ut the bar of the supreme
court OF the United States, and few
months later was elected to the Ohio con-
stitutional convention and was chosen its
president
In 1873 came the event which resulted
in the elevation of MIR Waite TO what il
regarded the most honorable Office in con-
nection with the goyernment-nextt TO the
president-thc chief justiceship OF tho
supreme court. This event was the death
of Chief Justice Chase President Grant
offered the position to Roscoe COnkling,
who declined it. George ii. Williams and
Caleb Gushing were successfully nomi-
rated and withdrawn. Finally on Jan.
10. 1874. Mr.. Yates name was sent To
the senate while he was presiding over
the convention in Ohio and ignorant OF
President Grants procedure. Atelcgram
was brought to Rufus King, II member OF
the convention, who arose and read the
announcement Of Mr. Yates appoint
ment, whcreupon the convention burst
into vociferous applause. The nomna-
ton was unanimously confirmed, and on
March 4, 1874, Justice Waite took the
oath of Office and at once entered upon
its duties.
The most important OF Justice Waites
decisions were in the civil rights cases,
1873; p0lygamy cases, 1873, the constitu-
tiOnal amendments, 1880, and three decis-
ions in 1881. These were-one regarding
the powers Of removal by the president,
one on polygamy cases, and one on tho
Virginia bond case In 1883 two impor-
tant decisions were given covering tho
civil rights act In 1894 came the decis-
ion in the Alabama claims, the legal
tender act, and the Virginia claim cases.
The decision in the Chicago Anarchist
case last year attracted considerable at
tentiOn, from the interest attaching To
their execution. The last Of Justco
Waites most important decisions was in
the Bell telephone case.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-04-01

The common impression that all
negroes have sound teeth il erroneous"
says dentist. The fact is that colored
people in the north are no more fortunate
in this respect than white people. can
readily see how southern negroes enjoy
immunity from the throes Of teeth
troubles, for their food is Of such
quality as infuses greater quantity OF
blood into the jaws, and consequently inn
parts u greater degree Of soundness 10 the
teeth. In this part Of the country, the
negroes, as a rule, eat the same kind Of
food as the whites This food Is generally
of sucn q nature as requires little chew
Inc. The great contrast between the
black skin and white dentine is re-
sponsible for this mistaken idea. -
Buffalo Express.