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The Press., 1889-07-25

Lord Macaulay, in recalling some in. cidents of his childhood, said :: "When 8 boy began to read very earnestly, but ct the foot of each page read stopped and obliged myself to give an account of what I had read on that page. At first had to read it three or four times before got my mind firmly fixed. But compelled my. sely to comply with the plan, until now, after I have read book through once, I can almost recite it from the beginning to the end." Esr..- .t@ ~ '.ea q:
The Press., 1889-07-25
WALES.

A man who hired team at Parker's livery stable one day last week on his re- turn called at a house in the south part of the town, when from some cause the horse took turn by himself, running the entire distance back to the stable. As the horse turned up the drive to the stable it brought the carriage in contact with tree, smash ing it badly. .
 70. l.. Ainsworth of South Norwalk, Conn.,, made brief call in town last week. -E. l.. Needham is building an addi- tion on his barn.
 The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth |odist church will meet in the vestry next Thursday.
The Press., 1889-07-25

At Jersey City, N. J., one day last week, Mrs. Mary Brady was convicted of being common scold. This is the first conviction for that offence inthecounty. Sentence was the the punishment @ will be- be. The ancient pen. pen. alty for the offence was ducking.
The Press., 1889-07-25

Twenty women visited the gambling house of John Lewis, at Eyanstown, w. T., on Tuesday night, July 18th, and gave Lewis thrashing with whips, as 8 pun ishment for his habitual beating of his wife. Some of Lewis's friends undertook to rescue him from the women, and the male friends of the latter also took hand in the affair. In the shooting which fol- lowed two men were severely wounded.
The Press., 1889-07-25

-Talcott Brothers large barn, at Tal- cottyille, with hay, grain, wagons, etc., was burned to the ground last Sunday night. Cause unknown. Loss $1, 800; insured.
The Press., 1889-07-25
M0NSON.

Palmer Journal i: If Philadelphia is city of brotherly love why may not Mon- son be town of brotherly love, as the fol- lowing firms would indicate: Norcross Brothers, Gage Brothers, O'Brien Broth CTS, Williams Brothers, Rogers Brothers, Smith Brothers, Reynolds Brothers, Foxy Brothers and Flynt Brothers of the firm of w. N. Flynt & Sons. Also a little sisterly love is represented in the business circles of the town by the Williams Sisters and Driscoll Sisters.
 Mrs. Calvin Skinner has lost the sight of one eye and is apprehensive of loss of the other, which seems also affected.
The Press., 1889-07-25

-Dr. Stewart Gwynn of Vernon has been removed to the insane asylum at Middletown. He gave up practice in New York number of years ago and removed to farm in Vernon.
The Press., 1889-07-25

The Tribune fresh air fund amounts to over twelve thousand dollars, which has been used in sending about 5000 children into the country. There are about 800 children more who are booked to start, for whom homes are offered, the children are ready and the treasury is empty l,
The Press., 1889-07-25

One of the most impressive circumstances connected with the making of the new states is the general inclination to frame constitutions on about the same lines as those of the older commonwealths. Prop ositions to do away with the governorship, to vest all power in single legislative chamber, etc., are brought forward by hobby riders, but meet with little favor. There are likely to be some novel features, induced by conditions that did not exist in the earlier years of the republic. But with all the political experience and ripened knowledge of century, and with all the influx of foreign theories on the tide of im- migration, the four new states of the north west will doubtless enter the Union with practically the same form of government, system of administration and fundamental code as are enjoyed by the original thir- teen. And what magnificent tribute that is to the far-seeing wisdom of the state- makers of century ago
The Press., 1889-07-25

The following towns are reported as hay. ing no deaths in June: "Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethlehem, Bolton, Bozrah, Brook field, Cheshire, Colebrook, Durham, East Haven, Franklin, Haddam, Lebanon, Mad ison, Middleford, North Branford, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Prospect, Salem, Saybrook, Sherman, Thomaston, Wilton, Windsor Locks, Wolcott, Woodbury.
The Press., 1889-07-25
WELLINGTON.

(Correspondence.)
 Miss Belle Merrick has been visiting at l.. W. Holt's.
 Mrs. Stella Dexter, with her little son. from Brooklyn, N. Y., is spending the summer with her aunt, Mrs. l.. John- son.
 Mrs. Wynkoop and Miss Matilda Wynkoop are visiting at the Baptist par sonage.
 Mrs. Frank Knox, who is spending the summer at her fathers, has third lit tie daughter, born last Friday.
 Miss Eliza Levans of Danielsonville is visiting Mrs. 8. Taylor.
 Mrs. E. A. Morse and Mrs. R. Edger- ton, who have been ill for some time, are on the gain.
The Press., 1889-07-25

Chicago News: The rum-sellers are making great howl thereat Cat the Con- necticut anti-screen liquor law), not on ac- count of the requirement. itself, of course, but on account of the distressing lack of confidence in their integrity which it i'm plies. If there is any point on which the Connecticut gin dispenser is peculiarly sensitive it is his eminent trustworthness and unimpeachable moral character.
The Press., 1889-07-25

HOGAN SAID TO BE H1D1Na.- Harvey Flower, of Jackson, Mich., who has known Hogan, the missing aeronaut, from boy hood, states that last Thursday he saw Hogan in Jackson and talked with him for some time. Hogan requested him to keep it quiet for time. Two other men claim to have positive knowledge that it was not Hogan's brother William who made the unfortunate descent at St. Thomas, Ont but Hogan himself, and that he is hiding till he recovers from the accident
The Press., 1889-07-25
-J. E. Walker is at home from New

--Os 1ls VdAhO 10 GU 44OA44O AAOAA4 -4NOW York this week.
 Among present guests at the Stafford Springs House are w. F. Segar and fam fly of New York, Mrs. Charles Segar and son of Westerly, R. l., Wm. Penney, wife and child, Boston, Mrs. Dickens and two daughters, Westerly, R. I.
 Albert Eaton and family are at their cottage on the northeast shore of Square Pond.
 Miss Emily Adams is serving as sales- woman at Walkers dry goode store.
 Franklin H. Sage, who has bought the law practice of w. A. King, and has settled here for business, was several years 8 practitioner at Stonington. Later for over three years he was associated with Hon. Augustus Brandagee of New Lon- don. For three years past he has been located in Hartford. He comes to Staf- ford with most hattering credentials, but better than this has already considerable acquaintance here, and has warm friends to greet and wish him we'll. We feel sure that he is man of the right type, and that his coming is an acquisition to the>town.
 Rev. Father Coyle of St. Edwards church is spending the week at the Pastors Retreat, Brighton Seminary, near Boston.
 Judge J. F. Chamberlin and family are at Block Island.
 Walter A. Sweet of Worcester was in town this week.
 Mrs. G. H. Baker and Miss Baker are at Block Island.
 Guests of C.G Ellis and family, High land Terrace MT. John Ledoyt, Miss Emma l.. Ledoyt and Miss Eva M. Ledoyt of Sandwich, Illinois; Miss Emma l.. Ham, ilton of Northampton, Mass.
 At Mrs. Hicks, Highland Terrace |: Mrs. Fred Brown, Miss Kitty Brown, Hart ford, Ct. MT. J. Howard Morse, New York Mrs. J. R. Wyckoff, Master Ray Wyckoff, Franklin, Mass.
 Mrs. J. H. Dodds of New York is wis., itlng her brother-in-law, J. Dodds, Brown avenue.
 Mrs. Dr. Smith and two children, af- ter nearly fortnight's stay at Mulberry Point, Guilford, are now at Congdon's, Fishers Island, for week or ten days.
 Rev. MT. Dickinson, MT. E. l.. Will Hams, Miss Mary l. Newton and Miss Georgie Beckwith, attended the conven- tion of the Hampden County 0. B. League, at Forest Lake, Wednesday.
 Jas. and H. c. Mclaughlin are at Williamstown, Mass, having been called there to attend the funeral of their father.
 sTAFFoRDvm1E.
 Rev. D. P. Leavitt, of South Man. chester, will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday afternoon.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 Rev. Alonzo Chase of Granby, Conn, will preach in the Universalist church Sun- day, July 28th. During the month of August the church will be closed.
The Press., 1889-07-25

The total deposits in the Pratt-st. Say. ings Bank, Hartford, July 1 were $12, 1896, $50. IS, an increase for the year of $613, s17.3O The number of depositors is 32,7 ,772, an increase of 483. The dividends for the six months was $231, 151 98. After paying all expenses, taxes, etc., the sum of $27, ,174 "A was adped to the surplus for the six months.
 A noticeable court scene was reported as having been witnessed in Chicago. A mother and her pretty child were in evi- dence where the husband was suing for 8 separation, making charges agalnst his wife of keeping an improper house. She, on the other hand, claimed the divorce from him on the ground of unfaithfulness and as making her home an unhappy place for her. The judge, believing the testi- mony of the woman of more account, turn ed to the child, asking her # she could pray. The little girl, thereupon, without hesitation, knelt down on the court room floor, and said effectively prayer, and the judge and the lawyers and all present saw the sincerity of the child, and believed the righteousness of the woman's cause.
The Press., 1889-07-25

Each side had nine captains and nineteen different voices in unison gave various judgements on each decision, immediately following which nine voices denounced the umpire and nine others praised his impar- tiality, under all which the umpire, A. J. Squires, was impressive, and stern in bear ing the heavy responsibility put upon him. Several times balls in the air were caught before reaching the ground, the feat in variably calling forth acclaim. The spec tators in fact grumbled only because the playing was too good: they had expected to see more green or unpracticed men on the diamond. The score stood-Capt. Miners side IS, Maine's side 12, as kept by one scorer other scorers report it l5 to Is or 80. The result being in dispute another game is suggested to settle it.
 The executive board of the Stafford Springs Agricultural Society will meet at the office of B. 0. Dennis next Saturday morning, at 10.30.
 PERSONAL
 Walter J. Fletcher of Providence, formerly of Staffod Springs. writes an ac- quaintance here that himself and friend contemplate making bicycle trip to this place Aug. 21st, and to cover the distance in one day.
 w. H.Taylor, of the Rockville Journal, and wife (the latter being Clara King Tay- Tor, writer whose stories and poems have attracted considerable attention,) were in town on Monday and made The Press of- flee very welcome call.
 Il. Warner, wife and child of Brook lyn, N. r., are at Mrs. W.'s fathers, Dr. A. Newell.
 -Dr. Watts is at Monson this week, and is just getting better of hard cold with bronchitis. Dr. Rand of Monson has meanwhile looked after Dr. WIS patients.
The Press., 1889-07-25

CoHt. ol AbS CcPltdl pdIuNlus All aOubtOuAI 10 per cent. was paid in Sept. 1st, and the balance Oct. 1st, making an average of 10 months of use of it's entire capital to the present time. It has earned S4, ,OOO sur plus and carried $583 to profit and loss, and has not lost dollar. This would make for the ten months earnings at the rate of over 10 per cent. per annnm. But more than this it has met extraordinary expenses of starting, not counting any or dinary running expenses, to extent of fully 5000. This showing is eminently con- soling to stockholders and hattering to the very efficient cashier, MT. Corbin, who has been ably aided by the president and board of directors, all of whom have given the most vigilant attention to matters concern ing the bank. President Dean has since the organization of the bank made regular iy trips on alternate Saturdays to Stafford from his place of business in Boston, and has been at all times in readiness to re- spond to any emergency making hls pres ence desirable at any other time. Better financiers than Col. Dean are few and far between.
 John Donahue and Daniel O'Connell are home in this village after serving five years faithfully and we'll in the U. s. army. most of the time in Dakotah. The follow ing is from the Castalia South Dakota) Record and Republican
 Of the old ssLeut. Davis B. B. o." which many of our readers will remember as having played at the fair in Castalia in 1885, there is but one member left at the post-Jacl, Dona- hue. He played first base Tor the Randall boys, and is the same jolly, kind hearted old Jack of former years, and, as he had but SIX more days to serve in the army, it was with the sincerest regret that we bade hlm good bye, perhaps for the last time. Wher- ever he may go, the best wishes of the Cas-
 alia boys will always be his.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
SPIDER.WEB TELEPHONE,
The Effect Of a Tuning Fork on y Hungry
Old Spider.

The Effect of a Tuning Fork on y Hungry
Old Spider.
While a gentleman was watching
some spiders last summer it occurred
to him to try what effect a tuning fork
would have on the insects. He sus-
pected they would regard the sound
just as they were in the habit of re-
garding the SOUND of fly. And sure
enough they did. He selected large.
ugly spider, that had been feasting on
flies for two months. The spider was
at one edge of its web. Sounding the
fork, he touched a thread at the other
side of the web, and watched the re-
suit Mr.. Spider had the buzzing
sound conveyed to him over his tele-
phone wires; but how was he to know
on which particular wire the sound was
travelingp He ran to the center of the
web very quickly. and felt all around
until he touched the thread against the
other end of which the fork was
sounding; then taking another thread
along just as man would take an ex-
ira piece of rope, he ran out to the
Cork and sprang upon H. But he re-
treated little way and looked at the
fork. He was puzzled. He had ex-
pected to find buzzing fly. He GO:
on the fork again, and danced with
delight He had caught the sound of
the fly. and it was music to him. Our
Young People.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
Some of the Uses Of Silk.

Silk is an agreeable and healthy
material. Used in dress. it retains the
electricity OF our bodies; in the
drapery of our rooms and furniture
covers it reflects the sunbeams. giving
them a quicker brilliancy. and it
heightens colors with charming
light. 1t possesses an element of
cheerfulness, of which the dull sur
face of wool and linen are destitute.
1t also promotes cleanliness, will not
readily imbibe dirt, and does not har-
bor vermin as kindly as wool does.
Its continually growing use by man.
accordingly, is beneficial in many ways.
Grace and beauty. even. owe some
thing to silk. You can not stiffen it
like thick woolen or linen without de-
stroying all its gloss and value. The
more silk ribbons, therefore-the
more silk kerchiefs and robes are
used. instead of linen and wool-the
more graceful becomes the outward
aspect of mankind. A number of
strange. grotesque fashions. originat-
ing in the use of linen. would never
have been invented during the more
general employment of silk. The
futteriug of ribbon, the rustling and
flowing skirts of silk, the silk kerchief
loosely kuotted round the neck, have
materially contributed to make our
customs more natural and pleasing to
the eye.-N. Y. Ledger.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
ALL ABOUT BROWNS.

The Substances from Which the Various
Shades of the Color Are Made.
Alizain brown. made by ferrocyan-
ide of potash and alizain red.
Aniline brown. made by hydrochlor-
ate of aniline and aniline blue.
Antwerp brown, made by asphaltum
and drying oil.
Archil brown, a coal-tar color used
in dyeing.
Bismarck brown, same as leather
brown, a coal-tar color.
Caledonia brown, native earth Of
England. orange-russet brown.
Canelle brown, another name for
Bismarck brown.
Cappagh brown, bog earth found
at Cappagh. Ireland.
Cassel brown, very dark, semi
traL sparent. reddish brown.
Chestnut brown. almost maroon.
Cinnamon brown, same as Bismarck
brown.
Fast brown. a coal-tar dye.
Grenote brown, green by reflected
light 1t is brown. crystalline scales.
made from potassium cyanide an6
picric acid.
Havana brown, used to produce
wool brown colors fast to the light
Ivory brown. made from ivory end
resembles bone brown.
Leather brown. made from phenol.
sulphuric and nitric acid. 1t is use d
in dyeing leather.
Madder brown, derived from cate.
chic.
Manganese brown, used for cotton
made from manganous chloride ane
soda
Max brown. an artificial ocher.
Pheuyl brown. a leather brown.
Prussian brown. an orange brown
like burned sienna.
Purple brown, a maroon oxide O.
iron.
Resorcin brown. dye made from
resorcin.
Spanish brown, used to color NOR
tar.
Spirit brown, a peachwood. log
wood and alum dye.
Vandyke brown. species of peat o
reddish-brown color.
Verona brown, a calcined earth
reddish-brown. used in oi, painting.
Journal o: Education.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
An Extravagant Child

Woman Ito dog)-Has Fido lost his
collar? Well. Fido shall have another
collar, SO he shall. and to-day. too
Nurse (entering)-Mrs. De Cou:cey.
little Oracle needs some new shoes
very much.
Woman-For lands sake! that child
will have to stay in the house.
can't buy shoes for her every elk
months
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Llsf8N-a song Of rejoicing.
Hearts that were heavy are glad.
women, look up and be hopeful,
There's help and there's health to be had,
Take courage. weak ones despondent,
And drive back the foe that YOU fear
With the weapon that never will fail you.
o. be Of good cheer,
for when you suffer from any of the weak
nesses, irregularities" and functional
arrangements" peculiar to your sex, by
the use Of DR.. Plerce's Fayorite Prescrip-
ton you can put the enemy of ill-health and
happiness to rout. 1t is the only medicine
for women. sold by druggists. under . pos
tive guarantee Of satisfaction in every case,
or money refunded. See bottle-wrapper.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

System in storage and a place for
every thing is as necessary in the
barns and stables as in the dwelling
house. The loss Of time in hunting
for an article is much more than the
time spared to put it in a proper place.
Every thing should be where it can be
foand easily when wanted, and every
animal in the stables should have its
appropriate STALL
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Robert Bonner once paid Ten
nyson IS. 600 for poem which made
only twenty lines in the New York
Ledger. This IVES at the rate of $3.50
line. which is price that would ale
most seem beyond the value Of any
written production.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
Could Speak from Experience.

Wife-Our boarder must be doing a
great deal of brain work, husband.
OF late he has been very quiet and
thoughtful.
Husband-Yes. noticed the change.
However. | think it is due to that
mince pie you made the other day.
ate a piece of it myself. Time.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07
A Difference in Degree.

"There was regular cyclone up at
cur house this morning. Pop was mad
as q halter"
''Well." said Johnny. ruefully, 'we
had disturbance at our house too. It
wasn't a cyclone, though-sort OF
q spanking breeze. ."--Harper's Bazaar.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Who is DR.. A. T. Shallenberger, He is q
prominent physician Of Rochester, Penna.,
who graduated at Jefferson Medical Col
lege in 1916. In 1S47 he announced the the
ory that all Malarial disease was caused by
living germs in the blood and demonstrated
its correctness by his Antidote for Malaria,
which cured when all else failed. The
microscope now reveals these germs, and
Physicians accept the fact. If you have
Malaria in your system, get the medicine
and be we'll
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

THERE is nothing funless it be the sewing
machine) that has lightened woman's labor
as much as Dobbins' Electric Soap, con
stIntiy sold since 1864 All grocers have it
Have you made its acQuaintancel Try it.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

The poet and critic, Richard Henry Stod-
dard, is no longer the robust man of few
years ago. Few men Lf equal age have OF
late years done so much continuous work.
The announcement is made that Stoddard
VIII shortly lay aside the critics scalpel.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Ar marriage ceremony in Japan neither
the bride nor the groom wears any clothing
of Il purple color lest thei' marriage should
be soon dissolved, purple being u color most
liable 10 fade.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A PICTURE painted over a thouss nd years.
ago "a ID. S59) by Kanaoka, the father OF
Japanese pictorial art, is report ed 10 have
been discovered in pawnshop il. Toxic II
is said TO be masterpiece, and III won
derful state of preservation. IT. figure
about two feet high, representing priest.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

--Teacher-'.Name some of the
most important things existing to-day
which were unknown one hundred
years ago." Tommy-"Us."
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pills! They are a positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by DIS
ordered liver. Only one pill a dose.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A YOUNG woman of Southport, Me-, the
other day committed the most deliberate
suicide on record. She walked into the
water and sat down. After awhile she lay
down. and the tide rose and carried her of.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Two MEN recently completed their long
horseback ride across the continent. They
reached San Francisco four months anC
about four days from the time they lef'
New York
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

GIVE more attention to the feet of your
horses. If your shoer is not an intelligent
man find one that is. There is much more
to shoelng a horse than simply fitting and
mailing shoe TO the foot.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

THE imperfections, blemishes and dis
eases of many young animals, which induce
their owners to ask for medical treatment
to remove, will often disappear with the
growth OF the animal.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

GUM-cHEwERs' paralysis Is the latest form
OF professional neurosis recorded in medi
calliterature
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A st. LOUIS coal company recently mined
at Danvillc, ILL.,, a lump of coal thai
weighed $1,000 pounds. 1t was shipped u
Chicago, and the timbers in the mine had Il
be taken down for its removal.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

BE moderate in your pleasures, that your
RELISH for them may continue. Always to
indulge our appetites is to extinguish them.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

How MY THROAT Hurts! Why don't you
use Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar!
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

For all arrangements Of the liver, stom.
ach and bowels take DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
One Dose
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A WEST VrRGIN:AN got marriage license
the other day and gave the lady's last name
wrong. When notified of his mistake he
ss id he really didn't know what her name
WAS.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A CANAL two hundred and fifty miles long
is to be built for navigating purposes in
New Mexico. 1t will be thirty feet wide.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

TIE late E. p Roe found no difficulty IL
writing $50, 900 worth q year.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

COLONEL JOHN CocKERILL is paid $50, 900 o
year by the New York World.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

FoR any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion. dyspepsia,
relief is sure in Carter Little Liver Pills.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

A CHURCH wedding, where the groom was
eighty and the bride thirty y-five years old,
astonished quiet Connecticut village re-
Gently,
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

MAYO W. HAzKLrINI receives 1l75 n weak
from the New York Sun.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

IT'S said that the great oil fields Of New
York and Pennsylvania are rapidly becom-
ing exhausted. The supply has fallen from
lO0, 900 to 5000 barrels per day. Search ie
being made for new fields.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

Miss MURFREE's Charles Egbert Grad
dock's) novels yield her about 5000 q
year.
Thomas County cat., 1889-11-07

CHARLES DUDLEY WARNKR Il paid q, 90
for hls department in Harper's Magazine.