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Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
Painc's Victory at Gardinor's Bay.

During tho war of 1872 Montauk cattle keeper gained signal victory over the English fleet, then lying in Gar diners bay, under command of Admiral Hardy. Montauk was then commons for the towns of East and Southampton. These townspeoplc pastured 1000 or 1900 head of cattle on Montauk during tho summer. These cattle were in charge of three keepers who lived about three miles apart. think the name of tho keeper in question was Paine. Ho con- quered the English with canoe, raw hide and crew of ono Indian. It came thus about:
 The English had come ashore in thcir boats and killed one of the cattle in his charge. They wanted fresh beef and they got it. MT. Paine did not pro- pose that his herds should be thus rav- aged with impunity. Hc armed him. self with rawhidc. Next he found an Indian. He impressed the Indian with his rawhide and forced him to paddle off to the Admiraps ship. MT. Paine was hailed from tne ship and asked what he wanted. Hc said he wanted to come on board. He was allowed to come on board.
 He was then asked what he wanted. He wanted to sec the admiral. What did he want to see the admiral for2 To be paid for one of tho cattle in his care which had been slain by tho admiraPs people. What was he going to dc about it in case ho was not paid9 they inquired. We'll, ho was going to take it out of the English fleet. What wat he going to take it out witha With his rawhidel
 The admiral was informed that [ Yankee was on board threatening to lick the fleet with an armament of ont canoe, ono Indian and . rawhidc. The admiral was not alarmed, but he was amused and interested. Ho came on deck in his cooked hat and epaulets ane all the glitter and glory of the titled British tar of eighty odd years ago.
 The admiral and MT. Paine confront ed each other. MT. Painc did not back down. He repeated his demand and his threat.
 "Well," said the Admiral, ''you ar' the bravest Yankee, I've seen yet" He ordered him to be paid. Mir. Pain received the value of the slain beast i, hard, shining, yellow, British gold Then, with his force he rowed ashore, having gained brave but bloodless vic tory. y.-,Sag Harbor Express.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
VOL. XVIII.
Swallows,

Swallows. The swallows fly high, the swallows fly low, And summer winds come and summer days They are building nests heath the cottage
 caves; They dream not of autumn or fading leaves The soft showers are falling, the west winds
 blow, The swallows fly high, the swallows fly low. But summer is passing, and golden sheaves Are whispering of winter and withered
 leaves; The woodlands are ringing the whole day
 long; The swallows arc singing their farewell
 song; They sing of land where they long to be, Of endless summers far over the sea. o sunshinel O swallowsi Sweet summer Ye sing to my heart of youths golden And distance and death, and long ears be-
 tween, Recede with their joys and their sorrows
 keen; And tender eyes lingeringly rest on me Loved eyes that on earth l shall no more
 see. For spring brings the swallows to last ycar'
 nest, And world-weary hearts wander home to
 rest. No home like the old of sunshine and dew; No faces so dear and no heart so true! Whenever, wherever my feet may roam, My heart turns with love to my childhood S
 home.
 -CI.n,uber.s' .Toti1nnl
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
Inducements for Raising Flax.

One of the most important economic questions of the time is "What shall take the place of wheat on farms where it can no longer be raised at prof1t' This question is one that has received earnest consideration at the Agricul- tural Department but as yet no product has been presented that fully commends itself to the officials as furnishing the answer, although many have been sug- gested. Recently Professor Willets, tho Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, has under consideration . letter from 1re- land, which he thinks may offer solu- ton of the prob lem, if the statements made in it can be substantiated. Tho writer says:-
 There is nothing in tho climate or soil conflicting with the assertion that just as good flax and linen may be pro- duced in every State in the American Union as in any country. Germany now spins and weaves the finest linen, and she has no essentially differing climate from America.
 ''There is every reason why tho American farmers should produce a million acres of flax for both seed and fibre, over and above what is now pro- duced, which would give 12, 1000, 900 to IS, 900, 900 bushels of seed, worth as many millions of dollars, and ?, 500, GOO tons of flax straw, worth $50, 900, 900, and from which 500, 900 tons of flax fibre would be obtained, worth $100,- 900, 900. Once established, American invention would soon build up an in- lustry to consume this raw material.
 'Further than this have to say that I believe all entire revolution in fax and linen for the whole world is at hand and most assuredly awaiting the opera tions of the next few months to demon strate this in America. have discov- cred process by which the flax straw is handled, and it's fibro recovered in a length of time of but five minutes, from the dry natural straw to the perfect f. brc, doing away with all water or dew retting and the labor of scutching, and producing fibre as soft and fino as raw silk, saving the great expense of bleach ing, while the fibrc is much stronger and the yield much greater than by the old processes of dew and watcr retting. I have demonstrated the practicability of this invention, made the fibre from American, Irish and Belgium flax straw, had it spun and wovcn, and there is an exhibit of tho American product at the Paris exhibition, placed thcro by Mir. Dodge of tho Department of Agriculture st Washington last January"
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
The Roman Circus.

Such c,irlous and beautiful creatures were bror ght before our eyes as had scarce known even in my reading. And, as if their natural beauty were not enough, art had been called in to in- crease their attraction. There were ostriches-'tis bird, if you will be- lieve me, of full six cubits in height dyed with vermillion; and lions whose names had been gilded, and antelopes and gazelles, which were curiously adorned with light-colored scarfs and gold tinsel. I should weary you were ] to enumerate the strange creatures which I saw. Besides the more common kinds, there were river-horses Ctis a clumsy beast, and as little like to a horse as can be conceived, except, they say, as to the head when the upper half is protruded from the water), and rhinoceroses, and zebras (beasts curiously striped and not unl ike to very strong and swift asO; and above all, elephants. Though l liked not the artificial adorning of some of these creatures - which, indeed, ] thought proof of certain vulgarity in these Romans-I could not but admire the skill with which all these animals had been taught to keep in subjection their natural tempers and to initiate the ways of men. This was especially man. ifest in the elephants. One of these huge beasts, balancing himself most carefully, walked on a rope tightly drawn. Other four, on the same most difficult path, carried between them a litter in which was fifth, who repre- sented sick person. And even more wonderful than these wcro the lions and other beasts of a similar kind. It has always been favorite marvel of tho poets, how Bacchua was drawn in chariot by leopards which he had trained to be as docile as horses. But hero saw Bac- chus outdone. Lions and tigers, pan- thers and bears appeared patiently draw ing carriages, lions being yokcd to ti. gers and partners to bears. Wild bulls permitted boys and girls to danco upon their backs, and actually, at the word of command, stood upon their hind feet. Still more wonderful again than this was the spectacle of lions hunting hares, catching them and carrying tho prey in their mouths, unhurt, to their masters. The emperor summoned tht lion tanner who had trained the beasts in this wonderful fashion and praised him highly for his skill. Tho man an | swered with as pretty compliment a. ever Iheard. 'tIt is no skill of mine, my lord," says he; "thc beasts are gen
 tie because they know whom theJ serve. "-St. Nicholas.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

A new party has been found in South Dakota, known as the sing e tax party. It was organized at Huron and central committee was appointed. It is the purpose of this party to open the cam paign in the new State or South Oak ota with the ultimate view of incorporating the single tax principles into the State constitution. The advocates of the new theory maintain that all public revenues should ultimately be raised by single tax on the value of the bare land.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

Take 1t all in all, this year in Europe will be an important one in naval and military developments. It will be espe- cially important to American naval authorities, for on the showings made by many of tho vessels in the British navy there will be established standard for those American built ships which were copies after British designs. On account of the importance of the re- suits to be obtained, it is not at all un- likely that the United States govern ment will detail a number of officers to observe the operations.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

There are several very important schemes under way for the improvement of inland navigation and the eonstruc- ton of canals which will compete with railroads. Just what shape these schemes will take it is impossible to say. Among the schemes contemplated is tho slack watering of a portion of the Ohio, also of the Allegheny, and the watering of some small streams in the West.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
England's Latest Colonial Annexation

England's Latest Colonial Annexation
 England s latest colonial annexation consists of Suwaroff Islands, in tho South Pacific, where her majesty's ship Rapid has just hoisted the British flag. The islands are an uninhabited group of three, 450 miles north northwest of the Cook or Hcrvey Isiands-also recently annexcd-and about tho same distance east of Samoa, while they also lie in :. line with Fiji to the southwest. Their chief use appears to be for cable laying purposes, as they arc only q small rocky group, producing no drinking water and surrounded by reef twelve miles long and nine broad. They are thickly wooded, cocoanuts growing on the eastern islct. Ships can enter the lagoon, and some years since an Auck- land firm built wharf on the main islct.-Lo,,don Sta,ulord.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

It has been discovered that the Both of April, 1889, by falling on Sunday wln embarrass the managers of the bi- centennial of the Inauguration of Wash ington. '.But it would bc foolish, ob- serves the New York Tribune, to devote any sympathy to those managers seeing that if the Millcrites are correct, the world is going to come to an end-cer- tain sure this time-early next fall or tho fall after next.N
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
The Happy Farmer.

 At last, at last, the evening shadows fall And wearily but happily hie me home While in my heart hear the welcome call That bi Is me from the hillside to the hearthside come.
 Oparting day, that brings the parted o dusky shade, when higher lights al pear! Iwelcoeae thee, with heart and carol free; I welcome thee blest hour, when fond hearts welcome me. How loiteringly the burning day goes by, How h ,avily the hours impose their need of pain But comes at length the lenient evening sky, To bend with rest and coolness OCT the throbbing brain.
 o tender eve, that bring'st from toll re- lease!
 o holy night, with breeding wings of peacel I hail thy shade, that homeward beckons me, I welcome thee, blest hour, when fond hearts welcome mel
 Boston 7r'anscript.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
HUMOROUS.

X hard case--The turtles.
 It is tho dcserter in the rear who ssccnts tho battle from afar."
 Onc-half of the world doesn't know slow the other half lives, but it isn't for want of trying to find out.
 Tho washcrwoman, likc the poet, spends good deal of timc over a line, and finds life full of hard rubs.
 Dashcr-I hopo you don't object to my smoking. Rev. Mir. Mylde-N-not in the least, if-you don't object to my being sick.
 "Call your girl silcncci" 'I do." ''singular namc!" "Wsll, when I ask for kiss, shc always gives consent, SC l call her Silence"
 The most attentive man to business we ever knew was ho who wroto on his shop door: "Gone to bury my wife; re- turn in half an hour"
 Wo believe it was a western man who advcrtiscd: 'tPcrsons who wish to pro. cure good mulc will do we'll to see mo before purchasing elsewhere. ''1s humor hcrcditary2" asks writer. It may be or it may not, but if tho cynics arc to believed most modern newspaper humor is inherited.
 '.Dear, dear." sighed Aunt Betsy, "thcm New Workers hayo singing dolls, walking matches and musical clubsl What on airth will they invent next9" "No, I don't want the thing" said man, when opportuned to buy 'pigs in clover" puzzle. cts not novelty to me. I've been passenger car con- ductor for 25 years.
 Fair Shopper Gin grcat storc)-Thcre, this novel will do. Don't wrap it up. Clcrk-Don't wrap it up7 F. s.-No, indeed. I'll sit down hero and read it to kill time whilo waiting for my change.
 This IS Q very practical age. The | venerable motto, ''Trust in God and keep your powder dry," has been trans lated thus by an old Iowa farmer: "Boys, don't touch these melons, for they arc green and God secs you."
 '.I am not business man, you see, and I should be glad if you would en- tighten mo as to what is meant by dou- ble entry" "By double entry we moan two sets of books, ono of which may bo produced in court if required, but not the other"
 Several Irishmen wcro disputing ono day about tho invincibility of their re- spcctivo powers when one of thcm re. markcd: "Faith, I m a brick" "And I'm a bricklaycr," said another, giving tho first speaker blow that brought him to tho ground.
 A bcggar had hung board with the words II am blind" round his dogs neck. One morning a policeman found the man reading newspaper, and said to him: ''Then you arc not blind, ] sces" '.No, sir, my cycsight is first rate; it's my dog that is blind"
 ''So you have seen Claroncc's poems. What do you think of thcml "Wcll I noticed ono or two instances of poor grammar and false mctcr." t'Oh, he excuses that by saying it is poetic i' ccnsc'' ''All hayo to say, then, is that Q poet who does such poor work, ought to have his license revoked"
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
An Important Step.

"Do you fealizc, darling, the import. ance of the step you are about to take2" ouired her mamma of a girl who was soon to be married.
 sI should say I did," was the answer, eain't I going to wear a dress from Paris2"
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
COntagiOus,

Old Gentleman: "You arp quite a genius, my lad. "
 Sharp Youth: "Well, dunno; p'raps so. My brother was genius, an mabbe it's ketchin'. ! used ter sleer with him. Epoch
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

In Belgium person arrested for drunkenness is compelled to sweep the
 public streets for two hours after he gets < sober. What spotless thoroughfares America might present by adopting this
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

We have 12, 900, 900 children in the public schools, 20, 900, 900, vast ma jority of the adult population, belong to the churches, there are thousands of institutions for higher education and 12, 900 newspapers.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
Connecticut Western News.
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Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

F Chilli is having an ironelad built which is to be the most powerful ln South American waters.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
Proof Positive.

s1s Ed. absent minded2"
 .'I think so, he ate two cold hard boiled eggs this morning, without re- moving the shell. = Tiras.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

h Chicago bay windows are called foot rccoptacles.
Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19

A liscouraging combination-A bulky horas and sulky,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04

world, that have yet been visited tobacco
is cultivated, and in some of these dis
tricts the humble pipe contributes moth
ing TO the enjoyment of the weed and is
not even known. DR.. NJ saw natives
with crude looking cigars in their mouths
who had never seen white man be fore
and thought he had dropped from the
sky. DIR. Finsoh, who some years later
explored the coast for hundreds of miles,
says the natives of the whole northeast
coast of New Guinea, though inveterate
smokers, had never heard of pipe, and
returned those which he gave them as ar
ticles for which they had no use. He says
they roll the partly dried leaves into a
rude cigar, and, not being blessed with
Havana wrappers, they tie around their
cigar large, green leaf from tree.
Doubtless the vilest weeds sold on the
Bowery are superior TO these products of
Papaun ingenuity which hold fire so
poorly that live coal is always at hand
to revivify them. But they suit the ma
tive taste, and the people seem TO regard
those who draw tobacco smoke through a
pipe-stem as belonging to an inferior
order of human beings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
A Paragraph That Never Appeared.
Washington Post.

Some reminiscent gentlemen were sit
ting together in front of the Arlington
hotel last evening, when one of them
said:
"The best paragraph that ever appear
ed in the Cincinnati Enquirer never ap-
peared.
"What do you meant" asked another.
"Well one evening on that paper a
writer was struck with an idea which he
thought was funny, and SO it was, save
that it was indecent. Indeed, it was SC
funny that he coBldn't resist the tempta-
ton to write it and send it to the printer
1t happened that Mr.. Mclean remained
in the Office that night until the paper
went to press, and it also happened that
in CHANGING over the paper he saw the
paragraph. Rushing to the press-room
he had the press stopped and ordered
that paragraph chiseled out of the plates
He destroyed the portion of the addition
which had already been printed, and that
mornings paper appeared with e clean
white space where a worse than wicked
paragraph had BEEN"
"Did Mclean discharge the writer?'
asked one.
"Nc, he said that it was the cleverest
paragraph that ever had been written in
the Office, and expressed the fear that il
he himself had thought of it he would
probably have written it and been unable
to withstand the temptation to print it
Instead of discharging the writer, he con
graduated him on having written classic
and said il was too bad that he had not
lived in Queen Elizabeth's day, when such
an idea would have made him famous"
"Do you not know what the paragraph
was ?"asked man with a beard and a
smooth upper lip.
NO. It was effectualiy squelched. But
good many persons tried to find it, and
to this day copies of that paper are pre-
served by many who have not yet given
up hope of some time learning what the
paragraph was"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
SMOKING TOBACCO.

An Assertion that the Practice Was Not In
vented by America.
Il has generally been supposed, says
the New York Sun, that the uses of to-
bacco were not known outside of America
and its islands before the discovery OF
the western world. While convincing
proof to the contrary has not been OBJ
tanned, the explorations of recent years
have raised the question whether the to-
bacco habit in the fifteenth century was
not far more widely prevalent than has
been believed. II is learned that among
many of the Pacific islands the natives
used tobacco long before they were visit
ed by white men, and there is no tradi-
ton among them of time when their
fathers did not understand the culture OF
the tobacco plant. Throughout inner
Africa also the use of tobacco is univer-
sally known, and there is every reason to
believe that some of the varieties of mic
otina in common use are indigenous
For all we know to the contrary the saw
ages of central Africa, who were quite
unknown at the time Columbus discovered
America, were putting their pipes long
before he made himself famous.
There is no doubt that the discovery OF
American tobacco had considerable infu-
ence upon the tobacco habit in Africa, if
it did not actually introduce it. Our com
mon Virginia tobacco was carried far up
the Nile TO equatorial Africa long before
white men penetrated that region
Scbweipfurth was the first to discover
that this imported plant Is in use among
several of the Bahr-el Ghasal and Welle-
Maku tubes, and it is curious fact that
the saVages who use this exotic have no
native name for il. Each tribe has ita
own name for the native variety of to-
bacco, but the appellations the Africans
apply TO the imported plant show unmis-
takably that they are derived, one and all,
from the word tobacco.
So far as this large region, at least, is
indebted to America for an improved
quality of the weed, the oblig alton seems
20 be acknowledged in the names given
to the article. But the indigenous vari-
cites are far more prevalent, and are
largely used even where Virginia tobacco
is cultivated. And since the foreign
source of the exotic has been so easily
discovered in the languages of the peo-
pie, it seems not unreasonable to suppose
that in the greater regions to which 1t
has not extended, and where no foreign
influence is discernible, the smoking hab
it had an independent origin.
1t is not at all certain that the white
race has prior claim even upon tbs in
vention of the cigar. In ali the parts of
New Guinea, the largest island in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-07-04
STRADIVARIUS.
FROM THE HOME JOURNAL.

Battered and worn and dim with rust.
In a rawnbroker'S shop it lay,
A seemingly worthless instrument
That long since had its day.
A skilled musician came one day.
A man of obServanb eye:
How much for that old violin?'' he asked:
What you please, > was the prompt reply.
When a shining golden coin was placed
Before the dealers eyes:
He craftilv hid his joy and said,
Perhaps, sir, you've gained prize"
A prize indeed! the musician thought,
As with patient care next day
He cleaned from the lorg-neglected case
The dust and mould away.
a prize indeed. behold name.
And date long, long concealed.
Came out quite plain, and the priceless worth
Of the instrument was revealed
With quickened pulse and eager hand
The artist strung anew
The time-worn relic. and then over the chords
a quivering bow he drew.
Does he hear Alright? Oh list the tones
Melodious, clear and mild.
Ard tenderly sweet as a mothers voice
When she croons to her aiiing child!
The soul of music, prisoned there
And slumberiDg so long,
At the soft command of the masters hand
Now wakened full and strong.
Two hundred years two hundred years
Since this piece of work was wrought;
And 10 today in a woundrouS way,
1t responds to the makers thoughtl
All! there are instruments like this,
Fashioned with skill so fine,
They keep, through years of chill neglect
A spark of fire divine;
Grand human hearts that hold and hide
Through loss and cross and pain,
A slumbering music pure and sweet
As some celestial strain,
That wakes at last, when the rightful touch
Calls it to life again
EMELINE SHERMAN SMITH.