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The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
The earth is full of Thy riches.

The earth is full of Thy riches.
 Psalm CIV, 24. There's blessing in the sunshine Aud a blessing in the rain; A blessing in the pulse of health And the sharpest pang ot pain. There's . blessing in our laughter And blessing in our tears; A blessing in our brightest hopes And in our darkest fears. There's a blessing in abundance, When we're greater than our hoard; And crust of breads blessing, When contentment crowns tile board There's a blessing in the loving voice, Sc tender, kind and true; And the voice of hates blessing, When the hatred is not due. There's a blessing in the vigor And the buoyancy of youth: Ane the hoary heads hlessing, When it crowns a life of truth. There's blessing in the cradle, Where the sweet babe smiles in sleep; And blessing in the casket Ofloved dead o'er which wesweep. There are blessings all around us, Night and day and ali the year: For Gods world is full of blessings Courage, Heart, there's naught to fear
 [J. F. Robertson
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
F A LII S EGTLES

Be what thou seemest: live thy creed:
 Hold up to earth the torch divine Be what thou prayest to be made;
 Let the great Masters steps be thine, Sow love, and taste it's fruitage pure;
 Sow peace, and reap it's harvest bright; Sow sunbeams on the rock and moor,
 And find Q harvest home of light"
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
STEVENSON.

Mir Botsford and daughter of Stony Creek visited William Jordan.
 Mrs Siliiman Sherwood has had a shock and lies in a critical condition.
 Charles Gilbert has had his pension in- creased.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Thou must be true myself
 If thou the truth wouldst teach; Thy soul must overflow ii thou Another's soul wouldst reach; It needs the overflow of soul
 To give the lips full speech.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Pm thankful that the sun and moon
 Are both hung up so high, That no presumptuous hand can stretch And pull them from the sky. Ii they were not, have no doubt,
 But some reforming ass Would recommend to take them down, And light the world with gas.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

MT and Mrs George French of Hunt ingtown are taking charge of things at the place of the late David Summers, Mrs Summers having gone to live with her daughter, Mrs George R. Parmelee.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Revocation proceedings, brought by Prosecuting Attorney O,Hara against M ]. F. Houlihan, were partly heard by the county commissioners, Wednesday they adjourned to the 30th.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

If you have a watch, you have com pass, also, good only ill day time, when the sun is in sight. Open your watch, let the hour hand point directly toward the sun and the south is half way be- tween the hour hand and the XII on the dial.-[ Norwalk Hour.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Rev k. l.. Bray and wife have been with A. W. Bassett and family, and re- port every thing ina fiourishing condi- tion at Windsor, where they reside.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Dr E.TJ. Peck has a government li- cense and has opened saloon in his house at Hattertown.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Mrs Law from Orange returned from l Weodbury, Wednesday,. She expects to spond the remainder of the week with H. l.. Wheeler's family.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Notwithstanding the storm, a number gathered at the Town hall, Thursday ev- ening, to listen to Prof James Baker and | the Trinity boy choir.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
ADDITIONAL VIEWPOINT LOCAL.

Ladies' meeting with Miss Abbie Si- monds at the aims house, next Tuesday at 3.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Mrs Bidwell has been quite sick at Sil- as Fairchild's, Her son John came on from New Haven for Sunday. She is slowly improving.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; A creature not too bright or good, For human natures daily food. And yet a spirit pure and bright,
 With something of an angels light.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Jerome Nichols is building dam near his place for a supply of ice within a few rods of his house.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

He :tsMy dear, if a husband went ns prize with every cake of Brussels soap, what demand there would be for it by the ladies.r She :-ss Oh, they don't give away such cheap prizes with such good soap.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
BEDDING.

Funeral of Miss Florence G. Stillson of Umpawaug, Wednesday at II.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

The fame of Brussels soap does not consist of mere suds. It's economic
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Luther Stillson has rebuilt the chim ney in M. Sears's Huntingtown store.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
sTRATF0RD.

Fred Wells and wife pleasantly cele brafed their fifth wedding anniversary Monday evening.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Rev Mir Delzell has attended the mis- sionary convention at Northampton, Mass.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Mrs William Hinman of New Haven, is guest of John Griffing and family at Huntingtown.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Miss Mary Nichols, who has been at her old home in Sandy Hook, returned to New Haven, last week Thursday.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

Mrs Parsons has been ill for week or two, but friends will be glad to learn that she is better.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24

How sweet the manager smells The cowsa all
 listen 5sS With outstretched necks, and with impa-
 tient lowing; K They greet the clover, their content now
 sfoWing And how they 1ick their noses till they gliss
 ten
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
TRu1rnurI.,

1Lry GanuD, Mrs Taylor, Mn x. swln!
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
"None So Deaf"

1t has been noticed that sometimes
people who are slightly deaf appear to
be able to hear certain sounds better
than they are others, says the Youths
Companion, and from this the proverb
'none so deaf as those who won't hear"
has arisen. The story is a well-known
one of the rich father, who was some
what deaf, and who was asked one day
by his scrapegrace son:
Father, will you give me $50"
''What?n said the father, putting his
hand to his ear.
'Will you give me $10O?" shouted the
young man.
Hold onn' said the father, Il heard
you we'll enough the first time.''
A somewhat similar story is told of
Sir Richard Steel, who, when he was
preparing room in York buildings,
London, for public orations, happened
to be a good deal behind in his pay
ments to his workmen. Coming one
day into the hall to see what progress
was made Steele ordered the carpenter
to get into the rostrum and make a
speech in order to observe how it could
be heard.
The carpenter mounted the stage
and, scratching. his head, told Sir
Richard that he did not know what to
say. "Im no orator, sir" he said.
''Oh, no NATTER said Steele; .'say
the first thing that comes upermost in
your head"
''Why, then, Sir Richard" said the
man, 'here we have been working for
your honor these six months and can
not get penny of our money. Pray, sir,
when do you intend to-'S
THAT will do-that will do!'' Steele.
You may come down. l heard you
quite distinctinctly, but l didn't like
your subject.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
MARRIAGE.
When 1t Is Declared Failure by Men and
Women.

Marriage is failure, the men say,
when wife thinks more of her rela-
tives than of her husband.
When a wife believes that her hus-
band must love her whether she de-
serves it or not;
When wife stoops to her husbands
level and tries to equal him in being
mean;
When a woman marries for conven-
ience and preteuds that she marries for
love;
When a wife pays too much atten-
enough to the nature of the man she
has actually married;
When a wife insists that her husband
shall be as good as her mother, instead
of as good as her father;
When wife says that if her hus-
band earns $3 day he ought to put
$3.50 of it in her lap every night as
cher share;"
When a wife who is not expected to
do any such work says i'll the presence
of the neighbors that she was not
raised" that way, and will not saw
the wood;
When a wife blames all the trouble
her share;
When a woman imagines that all the
women in the world are in love with
her plug of husband;
When wife expects the fact that she
is a mother to compensate for all her
failures.
Marriage is a failure, the women say,
when a man says he can not control
his temper when with his wife and
children, although they know he con-
trolls it when provoked by large, pus-
cular man enemy;
When a man is liar and his wife
knows it;
When a man is liberal, and fair, and
cheerful with every one except his
wife;
When man is fool enough to ex-
pect that an angel would marry him;
When man is patient and cringing
with men who do not care if they dis
please him, and impatient with his sick
children;
When a man expects that his wife
ought to buy as much with 81 as he
himself can buy with 50;
When a man frets because his wife
did not love him before she knew him
When man expects the fountain
to be higher than the head-when he
expects better home than he pro.
vides;
When a man blames his wife be.
cause there is large family of chill.
dren;
When man smacks his lips in re-
collection of his mothers cooking, and
forgets that he had better appetite a.
boy than he has as man;
/ When man believes that a wife
should give all her time to their home
and then wonders that she never ha
any money of her own. - AtchtsO1
Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
Gold OF 60 Cents a Pound.

A Birmingham man, who does not
wish his name to appear has been expert
menting for year-on metal resemb-
ling gold, and has his discovery nearly
perfected. He stumbled on the combi-
nation at first, while analyzing some
metals, and when he realized what he
had found he soon produced a metal
which puzzles the best of jewelers.. All
the aluminums before discovered are
lacking in weight or in some other es-
sential point. This new metal is as
heavy as gold and, to all appearances,
is the precious metal itself. 1t can be
manufactured at cost of about 60
cents a pound and will make the best
foundation for gold-plated goods that
can be found. 1t is easily worked and
can be either hammered or drawn.
The metal is no compound, it being
only one kind, reduced to its gold-like
appearance by the application of GER
tain chemicals. The inventor SAYS
there is no use in taking out a patent,
as no one can discover the secret of its
manufacture by analyzing it.-N. Y
Sam
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
A Bit of History.

Ex-Sergeant Henry P. M. Horn, of the
Third New York Cavalry in the Union
Army, now residing at 2646 Emerald
street, told how the editor of the New
berry Is. CO. Herald and Jefferson
Davis came into the Union prisoners
camp at that place and gave them the
news of the murder of Abraham Lin
coin.
They halted at Newberry, S. c., the
prisoners beng encamped in woods
near the town. They had been there
two days, when one afternoon Jeffer-
son Davis, accompanied by a tall old
man with long gray beard, came into
camp. The prisoners were assembled
around their visitors, and the tall man
addressed them, saying:
''Men, l have some very sad news to
impart to you. am the editor and
proprietor of the Newberry Herald.
You see yonder Confederate flag dis
played at half-mast over the Herald
Building. That is because Abraham
Lincoln is dead. He has been mur-
dered by dastardly assassin. l have
received the news by telegraph and
have it printed in the Herald, of which
l will give you each copy"
He then narrated in graphic Ian
guage the story of the murder so far as
it had been received. Then resuming
he said: Il am very sorry that such a
terrible event has occurred. 1t is
dreadful to think that such a fire-eater
as Andrew johnson should now be-
come President of the United States,
for it is idle to deny that the South
must capitulate; that he should occupy
the chair of a Wa shin ot0D -
Jefferson Davis then said: II am
sorry Lincoln was not spared to serve
his second term. 1t would have been
better for the South, as he was a
lenient man, and the accession of Mr.
johnson is great disaster to both
North and South
After some other remarks the editor
repeated. 1T would have been far
better for the South if Lincoln had
lived.n
Mr.. Horn gives the language as he
remembers it of each of the men who
impaired the news of the assassination,
and it made a deep impression upon
him. The prisoners wept when they
heard the mournful intelligence. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
Mary's Little Pup.

Mary had little brute, as fat as it
could waddle, and everywhere that
Mary'd scoot this little pup would tod
die. 1t tagged her down the street one
day, close up behind her buggy; oh,
how it loved to run away, this naughty
little puppy. Twas always doing
something wrong when Mary turned
her back; and all the time he seemed
to long to walk the railroad track. One
day. when Mary was at church, this
frisky little scamp thought he would
leave her in the lurch and go and play
the tramp. So down upon the ties he
trod, the one the poor tramps use, till
worn out on the track he squats and
drops into snooze. He, fast asleep.
did not observe-ah, sad indeed the
story-the fast express come around
the curve; that pup went up to glory.
There came along butcher man who
once had loved that pup, and with a
brush and big dust-pan he swept that
poor dog up. Next Wednesday Mary
got him back; he did not look the
same; he would not come when she
called "Jack!''-Bologna was his name.
-AtchiSO71 Globe.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
Where Does St. Lawrence Rise.

Where does the River st Lawrence
rise? How many can answer this
question in geography? Some will
probably say in Lake Ontario, others in
Lake Superior. Neither answer is quite
correct.
Like the Amazon, this river has q
different name for each part of its
course. The lower part of the great
South American river is called by the
natives the Amazonas, the middle part
is the Solimoes, and the upper the
Maranon.
So the St. Lawrence between Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario, is called the
Niagara; between Lake Erie and Lake
Huron, the st. Clair and Detroit river,
and between Lake Huron and Lake Su-
perior, the St. Mary's river. Yet are
these all one and the same river, the
lakes being but so many expansions of
its waters.
Beyond Lake Superior, to the north
ward, there is still another portion of
its course called the Nepigon, noble
stream of clear, azure-tinted water,
nearly as large as the Hudson in
volume, which flows down from the
great Lake Nepigon in the heart of the
Canadian wilderness.
Until recently Lake Nepigon has
been but little known On our maps
it is figured as a much smaller lake
than it really is. Its actual dimensions
are about seventy-three miles in length
by tifty-one in breadth. These figures
give but an inadequate idea of lis size,
for there are five great bays. varying
from twenty to ten miles length. The
actual coast-line of the lake is not much
less than 600 miles.
Twelve rivers of considerable size,
four of them rising far up on the
''divide" toward James Bay, flow into
it, and its waters rival those of Lake
George in purity and clearness 1t
literally swarm with whitefish and
trout.
The Nepigon river-the outlet of the
lake-may be fairly termed the north
erly and upper course of the st. Law
renee, not only from its size, exceeding
greatly all other rivers flowing into
Lake Superior, but from the clearness
and color of its water, and other
general characteristics.
Whereas the other smaller rivers of
Lake Superior are ''black-water"
rivers, that is to say, having turbid or
stained water, the Nepigon is clear
and beautiful river of the same azure,
sea green and marine-blue water which
one sees at Niagara and in the st.
Lawrence Youths Companion.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
AS The Letter, So The Man.

1t is of common occurrence that adj
vertisements for help appear in the
daily papers directing applicants to adj
dress in their own handwriting, and
by the character of such communica-
tions the applicants are Judged, and
fairly, l dare say, in most instances,
says writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The experienced man of
business, the astute lawyer or other
professional, reads in these communi-
cations, almost unerringly, the talent,
attainments and general character OF
first, as a matter of observation, the ar
tistic skill and literary attainments of
the writers; secondly, by inference,
their general taste and Judgment.
This inference is drawn from all the
attendant circumstances, from the
selection of writing material to the
superscription and affixing of the post
age stamps. Perhaps there are 100
applicants for position; one is chosen;
just why he will not know, while nine
ty-nine are left to wonder why their
applications were unsuccessful. Some
were bad writer's, some were bad spell
lers; one made fatal revelation of his
lack of good taste and judgment by
selecting a large-sized letter or fools
cap sheet of paper. which he folded
awkwardly to go into very small
sized envelope; another used page
to express in a loose, ungrammatical
way that which should have occupied
no more than five or ten lines; another
manifested a want of knowledge or
taste in the arrangement of the several
parts of his letter; thus every act and
circumstance connected with the letter
speaks for or against its author, and
accordingly he has been accepted OF
rejected. l dare say that in vast
majority of these cases the handwriting
has been the chief indication, and was
alone sufficient to determine the fate
of the applicant. The quality and
style of ones writing not only show
directly of themselves the writer's
ability in that respect, but indirectly
will 90 much further, and are strongly
indicative of the whole general char.
acter of the writer; for it is reasonable
to infer that the same good taste, judg.
ment, skill, patience and persistence
which have given to anyone a thor
oughly accomplished handwriting Will
be equally manifest and equally potent
elements of success in any other direc
ton in which they may be employed
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
A Case of Mistaken Identity.

Ayoung lady of this city who is en-
gagged to a well-known young society
gentleman recently made an expert
ment to try the temper and habits of her
tiance which nearly resulted in dis
astrous consequences. Reading her
morning paper she saw an advertise
mont for domestic. The number of
the house was that of her lovers, where
he kept sort of bachelors hall with
his father, who is widower. 1t oc-
Cured then and there to Miss H. to
supply the demand by proxy. She
knew of tidy little German who was
bright and engaging and who wanted a
place. She sent for her and gave her
in structions as to what size was to see
and hear, and particularly charged her
to observe how Mr.. F. conducted him
self, what he ate, and if he was good
tempered and easy to- please. Chris
tine promised to watch everything and
report at the end of the week.
But before the week was up the girl
reported with all her belongings and
her eyes overf1owing with tears. She
had been asked to black Mr. F. S boots,
he had ordered her about as if she were
a dog, and he wouldn't eat anything
but Cruel and toast, and he swore at
her because she forgot to wash off the
front steps. Then Miss II. sat down
and wrote to her lover:
You are brute. No man who was
not brute would ask woman to
black his boots and swear at her for a
moments forgetfulness. L consider
that l have had a narrow escape"
There was frantic man wont tear
ing up the avenue that evening and
rushed into the presence of Miss
H., but it was some time before he
could make her understand the truth
of the matter or that he was not that
manner of man. The girl had not
seen him at all, but had been employed
by his dyspeptic old father-whom she
knew solely as Mr.. F. Itwas simply a
case of mistaken dentity.--Detroit
Free Press
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
If You Would Be Healthy.
Don't contradict YOUR wife.

Ion cOuIEdulcL your WIG.
Don't tell a man he is stranger to
the truth because he happens to be
smaller than yourself. Errors of this
kind have been known to be disastrous.
Never go to bed with cold or damp
feet. Leave them beside the kitchen
fire where they will be handy to put on
in the morning.
1t is bad to lean your back against
anything cold, particularly when it is
an icy pavement upon which your
vertebral arrangement has carromed
with jolt that shakes the buttons off
your coat.
Always eat your breakfast before be-
ginning journey. If you haven't any
breakfast don't journey.
After violent exercise-like putting
up the stove or mailing down carpets
never ride around town in an open
carriage. 1t is better to walk, 1t is
also cheaper.
When hoarse, speak as little as posi-
BILE. If you are not hoarse it won't do
you any harm to keep you mouth shut,
too.
Don't light the fire with kerosene.
Let the hired girl do it. She hasn't
any wife and children. You have.
Don't roam around the house in your
bare feet at the dead of night trying to
pick up stray tacks. Men have been
known to dislocate their jaw through
this bad practice.
When you see man put the lighted
end of a cigar in his mouth, don't ask
him if it is hot enough. Serious injury
has often resulted from this habit
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1890-02-12
Heroes of the Frontier.

No more heroic deeds has been re-
corded in this territory in years than
that of the poor cowboys who followed
their employers stock to their death in
the fearful blizzard which ragged over
the great plains of Colfax county re-
Gently, says the Stock Gro1Oer. These
brave fellows were accustomed to Sc
we're changes of the elements, and fully
comprehended the dangers of a night
in such storm. But they were in
trusted with thousands of dollars worth
of property, and like true knights of
their profession they preferred to do
their duty and die rather than abandon
the herd and seek shelter
We can think of those daring riders,
following and attempting to control
this vast herd of infuriated cattle in a
binding, freezing storm, as they
rushed over the plains in the shadowy
night, now and again falling over en-
bankments, without realizing that they
were heroes worthy nobler fate?
Did they shrink from the inevitable
result of such nightP No, they rode
boldly to death, conscious only that it
was their duty" and the end was
typical of their race.
Only recently the whole world APP
plauded sea captain for stopping his
craft long enough to rescue the survi-
vors of wreck. 1t was plainly his
duty to do SO. And yet he was wined,
dined and made hero of on both con-
tinents. TO our mind, while the judg-
ment of these men may be ques-
toned, they did far braver act in
discharging their duty as they saw it.
A cowboy is usually considered a des-
perado and a tough, yet they all have
hearts easily touched, and few there
are among them who do not hold their
lives subject to the order of the boss
when in the line of what they consider
their duty Frequently deserving
the censure they receive, yet there is
much to admire in the typical cowboy.
He may break every law of nature and
morality himself and yet no man has a
higher regard for virtue, or will fight
quicker for the weak and afflicted, or
give more freely of his scanty means
to the poor and unfortunate.
He is usually misguided and badly
misunderstood individual,