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Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
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The Connecticut Weekly Press Asso- citation held very interesting meeting at the Tontine Hotel. New Haven, Mon- day afternoon, Sept. 21. H. B. Hale. editor of the East Hartford Gazette, read a paper on s'The Business Man agement of Country Newspaper"
 F. E. Bross, J. A. Bolles and Allen Wiley were appointed Q committee on membership. Secretary Taylor was in- structed to arrange to have the next meeting at Willimantic on Nov. l6.
 An amendment to the constitution was submitted, to be voted on at the next meeting, providing for the chang ing the name of the association to the Connecticut Editors Association and making elegible to membership the ed itors and associates of all weekly papers in the state, including the weekly editions of the dailles.
 The following resolutions of respect to the memory of the late John B. Scanlan of the Connecticut Catholic were adopted:
 One of the brightest minds in our Assoeia, tion has passed over the river since our las meeting.
 On Monday morning, Aug. 24, after brie Illness, John E. Scanlan bid adieu to hls earthly friends-left his life work, with all its cares its anxieties as we'll as its compromising joys and successes.
 We knew him as the loving and loveablt brother, the frank and genial companion, th' iovial, kind and generous associate.
 We never heard him disparage another, ,bu his were always kindly words, ftly spoken.
 Although young man, he had by his eml nsnt talent by his enterprise and integrity won position in his city aud state. Politicall. he was one whom office sought, but Wht sought not office. ..
 He was able in business; he publisehd clean paper; he was a shining light in societ. afYable and agreeable; he was respected cit izen as an editor he was clear headed 'ant keen-witted. -.
 We extend the deepest sympathy to m family, and direct that this tribute to hi memory be entered on therecords of the AS sociations. Also that copy be gent to tn family of the deceased, and that each mem Der of the Association be requested to puofsl the same in his paper.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Baby Utilized by shoplifters.

For several days past the tioorwalk- CTS at Houghton & Dutton's store have noticed that 8 woman apparently about thirty five years old, accompanied by a girl about seventeen years of age and a small baby in long dresses, came into the store daily Their suspicious were aroused, and when the trio were seen in the store yesterday aoorwalkeI was detailed to watch their movements. This he did. and as result he caught them in the act of shoplifting.
 The girl was seen to select a couple of pairs of shoes and six handkerchiefs, all valued at six dollars, and pass them to the older woman. The latter was then seen to place the articles in a bag which was hid from view by the clothes of the baby. who was clad in long dresses. The women were detained at the store until the arrival of Inspector Dugan, who locked the woman, girl and baby up on the charge of larceny. Boston Advertiser.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
A Self Initiating Life Saving Belt.


 In nautical circles a newly patented life saving belt is attracting much at tention This new apparatus clasps around the body at the waist line, and in it's empty condition is easily carried. To this girdle is attached little iron flask, which contains carbonic acid or carburetted hydrogen gas, the former mixed with from 10 to 20 per cent. of pure alcohol in order to prevent the chilling of the gases when filling the flask. The hollow space in the belt has capacity of a little less than 100 English quarts. Two hundred grains of fluid carbonic' acid gas and twenty grains of alcohol are required to fill it. When the belt is to be used a conven- iently placed valve is opened and fills at once with light gases. According to scientific principles 100 liters of gas will displace the same amount of water that is to say, will support in the water weight corresponding to 100 quarts, or, in other words, about 200 pounds. Any human being equipped with the girdle has every prospect of success in a combat with the waves.-New York JOurnal
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
A WINSOME MALDEN'S PECUL
 LAR PREDICAMET.

In a pretty cottage not far from Litch- field lives winsome maiden who the other night got into peculiar predica- ment, we presume she would not like to have it get into the paper, but 1t IS to good to keep, and here it is:
 The winsome maiden's chamber is located directly over the parlor, where nightly she entertained her admirers. On the particular evening I am thin king of, the maiden was expecting the youth who was her latest conquest and was preparing to look her prettiest. Just as she was in the stage of preparation where she had taken off most of her everyday attire and put on but very little of her evening raiment, the door bell rang. The winsome maiden nervous ly ran toward her chamber door to ask her mother to show her visitor in, but in her flight inadvertently stepped through stovepipe hole in the floor and her progress was only checked at that point where the diameter of her limb was greater than the diameter of the stovepipe hole. While the winsome maiden struggled to free herself she heard the front door open, her mother usher the visitor into the parlor and two simultaneous exclamations of sur prise. It is not necessary to dwell longer upon the scene.
 It is said though, that the wiusoms 2 maiden takes particular pains not 10 leave stovepipe hcles uncovered. They always were nasty things. anyway, she said. .-Litchfield Star.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
He Lives by Lying.

Ed Mott, author of ''The Old Set tier Sketches" which have appeared in the columns of The New York Sun day Sun during the past fifteen years, is short, stout and old fashioned. He is about 40 years old. MT. Mott has the snviable reputation of being "a most polished garnisher of the truth" As a writer of snake, coon, eel, bear, deer, trout, chub, rat and bull head stories he stands unrivalled in American jour nalism He was born in Pike county, Pa., and what he does not know about that locality is hardly worth knowing. Out of his prolific brain he manages to earn about $4, 900 year, nine -tenths o1 his work being pure fiction of the most delightful kind. In journalism MT. Mott is known as possessing the rare and enviable faculty of always having, as they say, a ''nub" to his stories. - Current Literature.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01

Dead men tell no tales, but they leave no end of them in print.
 Every father thinks there's no baby like his baby, and all the other fathers are glad of it.
 Victor Hugo spends fifteen years in writing "Les Miserables," and we per ceive how largely 'sgenius is patience. "
 Last year the London youth wore their hat brims within half an inch of the nose. This years fashion tilts the hat backward.
 The state pipe of the shah of Persia is the most valuable tobacco pipe in the world, being worth 980, 900. It is richly inlaid with precious stones.
 In the new Anglo-French telephone cable the four cores are wound around each other in spiral or strand to ob- viate the effects of induction.
 Wear laced shoes that fit you, long enough and broad enough to allow the foot and toes their full natural e1pan- sion when standing your full weight upon them.
 Ample evidence as to the early use of tin and brass is to be found in the fiad of Homer, written, as it is be- ieved, between the years 962 and 915 B. O. }
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
STA TIE IE WS.

Jamrs MaidralI recently discovered abont two miles from Wins,eh, an old ludian buryinKKround Mir Maidrah expects to soon begin excavatiuY for skeletons. .---
 The Gilbert Clock company at Win sted is rushed win orders, and they are from all partsof tue world. A numl,sr 'nf new hands have been put on recent sr r,and still tb-sllnp Is behind It's orders
 The Baptist state convention will be leld at the First Baptist church in New Haven, Oct. IA and 15.
 Miss Selin,la Bradley of Winsted. wh. was 80 years old Sept 27, recently gave aatea party to a dozen invited gnestS and prepared the nice repas with Her own hands.
 c T. Georgia of Unionvilla raised 6 squash this season which weighed 1O8 ponnds. The monster is displayed in a store window along side of couple raised by Constance Bel,len of Burling- ton, which are almost as large.
 Joseph G. Hyatt has been appointed postmaster of Westport, vice John R. Palmer, deceased.
 William H. Taylor. formerly of the Rockville Jonrnal, recently of the Shore Line Times, New Haven, and we'll known throughout the state as the sec- retary of the Connecticut Weekly Press Association, has entered into partnership with N. w. Kennedy proprietor. of the Windham County Standard, published at Putnam. He will be the associate editor and business manager of both the daily and weekly editions. About sev, en years ago Mir. Taylor acted in the came official capacity when the Standard was called the Sunbeam. He is sshust Ter, and his partner, MT Kennedy, is Q wide awake chap and the combination will make live paper for live people
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Double Track Imperative.

The very narrow escape from terri ble accident at BranchviIle, Sept 12th, emphasizes the imperative necessity of double tracking the Danbury branch of the Housatouic railroad. Its enormous present freight and passenger business which is daily increasing in volume, ,ren- ders this need that cannot longer be postponed with proper regard for the safety of passengers and the enormous property valnes entrusted to this corpo- ration. Probably DO railroad In Con- nscticut, if in all New England, has had such sudden and tremendous increase of both passenger and freight transpor tation thrust upon it, enough to heavily tax the resources of doubled tracked road. .-Nor=alk Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01

-''Is marriage failure?" Ask Ed ward F. Searles
 Conductor Madden has been assign el to train No. 10. formerly Pollard's train.
 A convention of the Litchfeld North West Sunday School association will be held at Cornwall Bridge, Oct. g.
 Fred Schamerhorn and family have returned from life in the Adirondacks and are at present stopping at his fath- CTS.
 From present appearances B. R. Lorrain's house is going to be a "Jim Dandy" but 1t will be convenient as we'll as handsome.
 The excursionists to Niagara Falls returned last Friday. They reached here about 1 80 p. m and they were swell tering. tired and dusty crowd. having been on the rail since 10 o'clock Thurs day evening.
 Complaint has been made that some l one (but it was.not Frederick tiillette) last week dumped a large quantity o6 rn-ty wire nails into the middle of the road on West Main s.. This was very thoughtlsss thing to do. as there is dan- ger of utterly running horses passing over them. .ss.>, sa We did not anticipate such de. mand for THE NEWS of Sept 24th oonse. quently we could not fill all the orders received the following day. All of our regular subscribers received copy ot that issue but some who semi occasion. ally buy copy of THE NEWS 'sgot left last week but we don't feel very sorry for them. They should subscribe fo, THE NEWS and then they can depend OF having copy each week. E.
 Frederick Gillette's house on West Main St., was built in the "good old days" when articles were made to wear to use and to last instead of made tc sell. Last week Mir Gilletts re-sbingled the south roof of said house, after talk ing of the ''rived and shaved" pine shingles which were put on that roo between 60 and 70 years ago. He say. that many ot the old shingles are stil quite sound and he thinks by turning them the weather-side down they would still last 20 or more years, or longer than the new shingles probably will The nails used on sad old shingle. were forged by hand and are quite !, curiosity in these days. He had no oc casion to remove the roof-boards whicl are yellow pine and are apparently 2. sound as when the house was built 13( or more years ago.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
What the World NeedR.

The manager of a travelling show, who had philosophy of his own and a language of his own in which to ex- press it, advertised for double somer- sault performer.
 There were about fifty applicants. One said he ''used" to do the act. but was little out of practice. Another thought he could soon "get there. J And so the story ran.
 The manager was filled with disgust. '"Twentyffve used to be's,'" he said, land twenty five going to be's,' and not an is-er' in the whole lot. I want an 'is-er.' '"-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01

The October nun Der of Good House. keeping has an unusually lich and varied table of contents. It has as a frontispiece beautiful poem, ''Twice child," illustrated with an engraving of a waterfall; then follow articles on the morning work in the kitchen, by Miss Parloa. on the care of the skin, on life in city flat, on company giving and receiving. with something about living on one's friends-thrse being men, toned simply to show the range of top ics which find treatment iu the pages of this excellent guide and assistant for the household. Clark w. Bryan X Co.,. publishers. Springfield, Mass.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Not Half Warm Enough for Him.

Not Half Warm Enough for Him.
 "Warm ?'' he said, putting on heavy pair of gloves and L;.ttoning his light overcoat ''you don't call this warm weather, do you?'
 ''Do call it warm2" said the other, mopping his brow and trying to fan himself at the same time, while his face grew redder and redder. "I call it gridiron heat"
 "Pooh, pooh, my, dear fellow; the mercury isn't above ninety-two."
 'Ninety-two"
 And it hasn't been above hun. dred more than once this year"
 Shades of all the Icelanders!' cried the red, fat man, "what would you like to have it-135 in the shade? Would you like to boil eggs in the pub lie fountains2 Do you want foundries to run their furnaces without fire? One hundred! Do you want to sizzle and vanish in steam2 One hundredr' he screamed in shrill, agonized tones, and he danced around madly in his wrath until his face was of flaming scarlet. "One hundred! Why, man, haven't you got any blood in your veins?"
 "Oh, yes," said the other, shivering as warm breeze touched him, "but l have 40, 900 tons of ice cornered."
 And then the little stout man fell in a swoon, and an ambulance carried him to the hospital, where he was re- corded as suffering from prostration by heat, while the ice king went home to order the servants to put more coal on the fire.-New York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Te1egraphing in Africa.


 That the conduct of cable station is not always monotonous is shown by letter recently received from an of ficer of the West African Telegraph company. This gentleman is in charge of the Kotonou station, in the territory of the notorious Hing of Dahomey. The king, it seems, had for some time been spelling for a fight, and had at last become so ugly and aggressive that it was deemed advisable to arm the station, and have some soldiers handy. Early one morning the station was surrounded by the natives" the super intendent writes, "and we were under the painful necessity of sending a few of them across the Styx. The station was for a time in imminent danger; Orsini and fired more than 250 rounds each, and the thirty-fve Senega1ese sharpshooters who helped in the de- fense fired some 12O rounds apiece. An artillery sergeant who worked our two guns was killed, and the white gunners were so hard pressed that they had to club their rifles This racket began at 4 in the morning.
 "At 9 a. m. we left the soldiers still firing and went to the instruments, and you may imagine what a dance the mirror led us. By 10 o'clock, however, all was quiet in our neighborhood and the messages had all been sent through. must not forget to tell you that we Iol &o . They were very fine creatures, fought like wild beasts, G.ld were worth ter men. ."-New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Of Course She Regretted It.

On one of our suburban streets re- sides lady who has a passionate fond ness for plants and flowers, and many of these can be seen in the windows, which almost overhang the sidewalk. Sunday evening happened to be stroll ing along the street in question, and noticed that the gentleman preceding me wore an almost upernaturally brill iant tile. As he passed Mrs. F-'a house one of the windows happened to be up and a present plant was dis lodged. The flower pot was attracted by the shiny tile, and lit on it with a resounding thump, that sounds so fun ny when it's some other fellows hat and so sad when it's your. own. The gentleman under the crushed stove pipe calculated some words certainly not from the book under his arln and passed on Soon Mrs. F. rushed out and said ''It's too bad-the only double geranium I had. ."- Bangor News.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
A Roasting Ear Like a Hand.

We were shown by our young friend, Noble Merck, day or two ago quite a curiosity in the shape of a roasting ear. which was gathered from his grand mothers garden in this city. It was almost as perfect a model of a human hand and wrist as if it had been taken from a plaster cast. The fingers, thumb. palm and wrist were as sym metrically proportioned and almost as perfectly shaped as if they had beer, modelled by an artist. It was covered all over with small grains of corn. which made it look very much like a hand covered with glove thickly set with opaque glass beads. It was very singular freak of nature indeed Gainesville (Ga.) Eagle.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
HAPPY BOOSTERS.

Wm. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida vile, Ind, writes |: 'Electric Bitters has done more for me than all other medicines com mbined, for that bad feel ing arising from Kidney and Liver trouble" John Leslie, farmer and stockman. of same place, says: ''Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver medicine, made me feel like 8 new man." J. w. Gardner, hardware merchant, same town, says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for man who is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good appetite and felt just like he had a new lease on life. Only soc a bottle, at VIII. Camps Drug Store.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
BEWARE!

An exchange says: "A dangerous counterfeit fifty cent piece has been sprung upon the public. The piece is elegant in design and shows great care and skill in it's makeup. It is one of the series of 1887 aud has the clear ring of the genuine article. The point nf difference lies in the thickness, which is trifle more than in the gen nine coin. The figure on one silo is rather obscure, but it is at the same time nearly perfect. although there IS a slight depressinn in the shield
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
LA GRIPPE AGAIN.

During the epidemic of la grippe last season Dr. Kings New Discovery for consumption. coughs and colds, proved to be the best remedy. Reports from the many who used it confirm this state ment They were not only quickly re- lieved, but the disease left no bad re. suits. We ask you to give this remedy a trial and we guarantee that you will be satisfied with results. or the purchase price will be refunded. It has no equal in Ia grippe, or any throat, chest or lung trouble. Trial bottles free st w. H. Camps drug store. Large bottles, 5Oc and $1.0O.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRIMER.

We have received from the author, Rev Leiws H. Reid, of Hartford. a copy of the English Grammar Primer, recent ly placed before the public by him. It is book designed for beginners ia the study of English Grammar. and to our ba.tv examination it seems to be most excellent work. The harsh and dlsco1- dant features so prominent in works of a more ancient date have been omitted. The hook should have wide circula- tion, and any success which the work may bring to him would be gladly well comed by the many friends of Mir Reid in ,I,is and adjoining towns.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
Reign of Terror Among 13egRars.

An Englishman in Naples made a bet with some young Italians that he could set all the lame and paralyzed beggars crouching in certain corner of that city on a "clean run" Matters having been arranged the Englishman retired, and after while came rushing wildly round the nearest corner, followed by rabble, shouting: 'The tiger is loose! The tiger is coming" etc., and dashed mad1y past the beggars, who in their terror forgot their professional trickery and leaping to their feet fled with the crowd. London Tit-Bits.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01

"A student of human nature. reports the Philadelphia Record, made some peculiar statistics while sojourning at a popular sea-siie resort the past summer. He found that the girls with the blackest eyes came from Rochester. The most Iondes are from Cleveland. Those with the largest noses come from Har- lem. The most bowleggea girls come from New York, while Brooklyn girls Lave the most sbapely arms. but many Inf ,hem are knock-kn-eh. San Fran cisco turns out the largest percentage of fine looking. big women. while Phli, sde|phia contributes the moot all around nrstty girls. Camden Ina. n" nnnsnai ,,nmt,sr of red headed girls, and Pitts i,nvSh girls hsye the lssgeAt ears.
Connecticut western news., 1891-10-01
THE AMBITIOUS GOAT.
A Little Fable with Big Moral.
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"A Lltllc "ttA DIS AhAoA"As
 tG E. Hanson in Puck.)
 Once upon Time a Harlem Goat, grown weary of the Squalid Surround ings of Shantytown, and hungering for Snmething Better than Diet of Brown Paper. determined to improve his For tune by Travel.
 Having made himself as Presentable as possible, he sought the fashionable Neighhorhnod of Lower CeEtral Park. Here his good Appearance attracting Attention, he was Captured and em- ployed to draw one of the Children Pleasure Wagons in the Park; and from that time on, never knew a Minute that he could call his Own sS.
 If you would shine in Society, you must be willing to hear the Burdens which 1t imposes.