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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16
From Great Minds.

THE true test o. a great man-that at
east. which must secure his lace anon {
the highest order Of great men-is his
having been in advance of his age.
HASTE and rashness are storms and
tempests, breaking and wrecking busi-
ness, but nlmbleness Is full, fair wind,
blowing IL with speed TO the haven.
THE gayety OF the wicked is like the
fowcry surface OF Mount Ktna, beneath
which materials are gathered for an
erupticn that will one day reduce Gil its
beauties TO ruin and desolation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16
MAP OF NEW coNGREs 'IoNAL Drs1I,rO.s

four townships in the county Of
henb.... ...... ....... .'....... .o1,VVV
1S-The counties OF Grattot, Clinton, and
Shiawassee ....... ................66 sc, 100
1o-The counties of Macomb and Lapeer. .6S, ,026
20-The counties Of st. Clair and 6anilao. .St. .694
H-The counties OF Huron and Tuscola. 81 ,053
92-The frst second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth
wards of the city OF Saginaw, and
inaw ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Al, $50
23-The tenth, eleventh, twelfth, Jhir-
teenth foprteenth and fifteenth
wards of the city of Saginaw, and
nineteen townships in the county of
Saginaw w....................... Al. .le2
24-The counties OF Bay, Gladwin and Are
= uhc. ...................... .OO.oU5
25-The counties of Newaygo, Montcalm,
Isabella and Midland. .......... 81. .554
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

Under the Miner eiecJOEal Oil michigan IL
divided into two electoral districts at large,
from each OF which a Presidential elector will
be chosen In 1904 These are termed the East
erp and Western electoral districts and are
constituted as follows:
Eastern-The nrst, second, sixth. seventh,
efRhfh and tenth Congregational districts.
Western-The third, fourth nth, ninth. tenth,
and twelfth Congressional distrfcts.
The Eastern electoral district gave q Demo
cratic plurality ON Secretary OF State in 1888 of
$3.50 and In 1899 OF ll,v05. -. -
The Western electoral district gave In 1888 .
Republican plurality OF ~ 96s and In 1870 one OF
Presidential electors will hereafter be chosen
by Congressional districts. instead OF by total
vote Of the state.
The new Senatorial apportionment gives
Michigan thirty-two districts, constituted as
nistricf Population.
i-Ninth. Eleventh, thirteenth, and fff-
teenth Wards OF Detroit and the
Towns OF Crosse Pointe, Hamtramckf
Greenfield, Redford, hvonia, ana -
a-First second, Third, Firth and Sew
enth Wards OF Detroit. ........... .oo, ,17o
s-Fourth, Sixth. Eighth and Tenth Wards -
OF Detroit..... $50. {. =. soas1ss
A-Teelfth, Fourteenth and sixteenth
Wards Of Detroit and twelve towns
and the city Of Wyandotte, IN the
county Of Wayne. ................. 90
s--Tbe oounuesof Lenawee and Monroe so''s'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

2e-The counties OF Msnistee, Lake. oce-
ana ana mason. .O1,oAo
Q7-The counties OF Mecoeta. Oaceola,
Wexford, Benzie. Leelanaw, Grand
Traverse, Kalkaska, Antrim and
28-The counties OF Alpena, Oscoda, Alco-
ma. Ogemaw and Iosco. ,70l
2o-The counties OF Cheboygan, Presque
Isle, ,Otsego, Montmorency, Crawford,
Missaukee Roscommon and Clare. 40 08S
S0-The counties Of chippewa, Mackinac,
Luce. schoolcraft, Delta, Manitou
and Emmett. ::.......: ........... .os'1oe
s1-The counties OF Marduette, Baraga,
Houghton, Keweenaw. Isle Royal
ana Al8eI. -. 80. .oisot'
s2-The counties OF Menominee. Dickin-
son, Iron, Ontonagon and Gogebic. .6i, ,9ea
The following table gives the plurallties IN
each Of the new districts on Secretary OF STATE
in 1898 and 1890 The Republican plurality on
Secretary Of state IN 1893 was ~ 900 In round
numbers. and the Democratic plurality In 1880
Was 1000 in round numbers:
lob >---leo8--
Districts. Dem. Rep Dem. hep
first..................I77s 80. lo2S -
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

some striking results are presented by
hrs measurements. These denote an
average increase in favor of the nom
users as follows: Lung capacity,
sixty-six per cent. chest imitation,
nineteen per cent. height, twenty per
cent. weight, twenty-five per cent.
As to the mental effects of the tobacco
habit, the statistics are equally signi6-
cant. OF those who received junior
appointments above dissertations nine
ty-five per cent. have not used tobacco ;
OF those above colloquies 87i per cent.
have not used tobacco; of all who re-
ceived appointments 84 $40 per cent.
have not used tobacco; of the entire
class seventy per cent. have not used
tobacco.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

NOruuo to speak Of-a ciphas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

DIR. SEAvER, college physician and
instructor in athletics at Yale, has
made comparative study of the users
and non-users of tobacco in the present
senior class Of that institution. and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-07-16

6-The counties Of Calhoun and Hills
dale. ........................ "a. .lo1
and Branch. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .oi. saC
6-The counties Of Bcrrien and Cass. 90, ,23e
.e-The counties OF Allegan and Van
buruu - OesnV.
10-The counties OF jackson and Ingham. 81, ,Bo1
1.-THE county Of Washtenaw ............l2 .2lC
12-The county Of Oakland ................N Al, ,2l5
ston. .............. ............... .so.2s
1.-THE counties OF Ionia. Barry, and
1.-THE counties of Muskegon and Ottawa. rs ,S7l
16-The First, second. Third, Fourth Fifth,
Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Wards OF
the city of Grand Rapids, in the coun-
ty Of Kent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 90, COO
1.-THE Sixth aud Seventh Wards OF the
city Of Grand Rapids and twenty
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
EASTON.

Mr. Plumb of Plumb & Winton, with
Irving Patterson of Bridgeport, enjoyed
hunting with John Sherwood, last week
w. A. Sherman got badly shaken up,
the other morning, while exercising a
colt. While standing still, it commenced
kicking and upset the cart, putting
two of his finger joints out and otherwise
bruising him. Fortunately the colt did
not get away.
Martin Burke expects to take up the
study of law, this Fall.
Mrs George Banks has entertained
friends from New Canaan.
Samuel Wells of Easton, with one of
his employees, John Finney, drove to
Bridgeport, last week Thursday land pur-
chased one barrel of sugar, 33 pounds
of pork loin, % pounds sausages, six
boxes dried beef, lG l-2pounds shoulder
s pounds bacon and 81 pounds of ham
He left the team at the corner of Wal
and Water streets in charge of driver
and, after short absence, found botf
team and driver missing. He gave III
the search after few hours. Mex
morning, Liveryman Bronson informed
the police that he had the team, which
had been picked up about 10 o'clock a
night Post.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
Frank Leslie's widow has married the
brother of the famous Oscar Wilde.

The play upon which Lord Tennyson
is at work and which Augustin DAILY is
to produce in New York is partly in
blank verse and partly in prose. 1t is
what is known in England as zoos
tune play" and the scene is laid in Eng
land. Tennyson has placed all the stage
detail in the hands of Mr. DAILY, with
carte blanche to cut and alter wherever
the New York manager finds it necessary
or advisable to do so-Tennyson, in
point of fact, offering to provide the
poetry in exchange for a rough draft of
the changes required. This arrange
ment is due to the admiration
of Hallam Tennyson, the eldest son
and heir of the poet laureate, for the
acting of Ada Rehan in the Claiming of
the Shrew." To describe Tennyson's
play in brief, it may be said to be pas
toral comedy of the fantastic kind with
a cheerful denouement.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09

The caravan of Travelling Snowman
NOVEL; was proceeding along the Ok
ford road at Uxbridge, England. Its
ornament, fat boy aged 10, weight APO
pounds, inconsiderately moved from the
center to the side of the vehicle, which
consequently capsized. The fat boy fell
upon Georgiana NOVEL;, aged 8, and re-
manned there until extricated by half
dozen strong men, engineered by an ex-
pert in weight lifting. Poor little Geor-
giana was found to be dead, life having
been crushed out of her frail form by
the fat boy. The coroner's inquest was
held on the small corpse at Uxbridge
and the jury returned a verdict of acct
dental death. The fat boy was entirely
exonerated from blame, but he loved
little Georgiana and remained inconsol-
able.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
WESTPORT.

Mrs E. S. Cable has been appointed to
succeed Mrs F. H. Nash as visitor to the
county home at Stratford.
Miss Sophia Hammond has visited her
sister, Mrs John ID. Wood.
r. W. Post is president of the Congre-
gational Y. p. S. G. e.
John w. Hurlbutt was not re- nominal
ted at the Democratic caucus, last week
Wednesday and, at another caucus, next
evening, an independent Democratic
ticket was placed in the field, the changes
in it being John w. Hurlbutt and Robert
FL. Coley for selectmen, in place of Sam
uel B. Wheeler and Christopher Mccain
and Robinson I'll. Wheeler in place of Ter
renee Anderson as one of the constables.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
TRUMBULL.

The Congregational Y. p. S. G. E..
meeting at the church, Sunday evening,
was led by Will F. TAFT.
Leroy Patchen attends the Bridgeport
business college. ... ....
Charles V. Geschke entertained his
cousins, Christian and Andrew Schriber
of Bridgeport, Sunday.
C. 2. Noyes, who resides at Clover
hurst, has enlarged his barn. The work
was done by Albert E. Dixon of Bridge
port.
J ohm Henrietta treated the Farmer en-
ployes to some large apples on which he
took a prize at the Huntington fair. 1t
takes just 40 of them to make one bushel.
Mr. Henrietta is an old subscriber of this
paper, he having taken the weekly edit
ion for the last 30 years. Some of the
apples he brought to this office weigh
ed u ounces Farmer.
The estate of Bradley Williams inven-
toried 1888.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09

1t is good symptom that society has
really begun to regard cruelty to ami
mails as a crime. A crime it is and sin
no doubt, to abuse any creature; and
sympathy in behalf of the suffering and
defenseless is humane and righteous.
Not only should the dumb brutes be
protected for their own sake, but for the
sake of humanity and, especially, for
the sake of those who are guilty of
cruelty to the helpless creature. Habits
Of cruelty lead to hardened and desper-
ate character. Not only should our
delicate sensibilities to suffering be spar
ed, but the dangers of growing crimi-
nality should be guarded against.
Cruelty is wrong and it is wrong to let
the criminal go unpublished; still our
sympathy for the poor beast must not
make us cruel to our fellow man.-[O.
o, Wright
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
Gen Booths "Way Out" in Operation.

While Gen Booth of the Salvation
Army is in Australia, his deputies in
England are expanding the half million
dollars given him to test his plan for
leading the inhabitants of Darkest
England" out of their low estate, in
establishing "city colony" and one or
more "farm colonies" This money can
only be used with the approval of a
commission of Is members, one third of
whom are appointed by Gen Booth and
the remainder by the archbishop of Can
terbury, the chairmen of several denom-
national organizations and the attorney
general of the kingdom. With this APP
prevail, these London buildings and this
farm at Hadleigh have been bought. In
London is refuge for men out of prison,
lodging house for men and house
where temporary shelter is given, all ac-
workshops where brushes, mats and
matches are made and carpentering and
shoemaking are done. In Cardiff,
there is Il woman's shelter; i'll Leeds,
shop and another in Bradford, the whole
furnishing food, shelter and work, at
least temporarily, for several hundreds
more. From these city colonies, the
recruits to the Salvation Army are ex-
pected to graduate to the farm colony
and from there to the "over sea colony
where they are expected to become land
owners themselves. The present condi-
tion of the first farm colony is described
in letter to the London Daily News as
promising well for the future of the ex-
pertinent. 1t is we'll located tract OF
fertile land on the eastern slope of the
Thames valley, about 2000 acres in ex-
tent and has been in the possession OF
the Army since June. These are some
200 men there now, who have built a
dormitory, kitchen, dining hall and
reading room and are finishing a larger
dormitory. a hospital and workshops. A
little harvesting was going on, but more
grading and ditching, we'll digging and
tramway building, for the colony is to
have gravity railroad to carry its pro-
ducts to a river landing. A poultry
yard, bee garden, barns and stables fol
live stock are on the way to completion,
so that the present number of colonists
are busy lot, whose number is to be in
creased to 500 before Christmas to has
ten along this work. The men now on
the farm are from the city and the ''sub-
merged TENTH" but are described as con-
tented and healthy looking, all doing
hard work cheerfully. They are paid for
their work from % cents week to those
who can just do little, to 81 a week to
the comparatively skilled laborers, but
no man is put on the pay roll until he
has finished months probation. These
wages are in addition to food and lodg-
ing, and two thirds of these earnings are
put in bank for them while the other
third clothes them. No one need remain
day longer than he chooses, but no one
has as as yet left and all seemed happy
and hopeful.-[R Republican.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
NEwrowN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER Q, 1891.
Behistun, or Baghistan. is ruined cit,

Behistun, or Baghistan, lisa ruined city
of Persia, noted for a precipitous rock,
one side of which rises perpendicular to
the height of 100 feet and bears num-
Der of remarkable inscriptions. 1t is now
known as the sacred rock of Behistun.
The lines on the rock are In cuneiform
characters and were engraved by order
of the Persian king, Darius Hystaspis,
about 500 years b. c. They are in Per-
sian, Babylonic and Scythic and are on
the perpendicular face of the rock, 300
feet from the ground. The face of the
rock was made perfectly smooth before
Inscriptions were put on. Places where
the great stone wall happened to be de-
fective were made smooth by inserting
stones held in place with molten lead.
After the inscriptions, a coating of silica
was spread over it and now, after "a CEN
turtles, this covering is harder than the
rock itself, the curious characters of the
inscription shining from beneath the pol
ishedisurface as if but the work of yes
terday. James Watson Dawson and Sir
Henry Rawlinson have translated a por-
ton of the inscriptions, which give the
genealogy of Darius for eight general
ions, recount the provinces of his empire
and give history of his achievements.
Besides the letters and characters, this
great stone book of history is we'll illus
trated. One of these represents Dari-
us armed with bow, his foot upon the
PROSTATE figure of man, while nine 9TH
ers chained together by their necks stand
humbly before him.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09

The epitaphs which Ruskin put on his
fathers and mothers tombs read as fol-
lows: Here rests from days well-sus-
tanned burden, John James Ruskin, born
in Edinburgh, May Is, 1856. He died in
his home in London, March 3, 1864. He
was an honest merchant, and his memory
is, to all who keep it, dear and helpful.
His son, whom he loved to the uttermost
and taught to speak truth, says this of
him." ''Here, beside my fathers body
have laid my mothers. Nor was dear
er earth ever returned to earth, nor pur-
er life recorded in Heaven. She died
December s, 1871, aged ninety years."
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
STRATFORD.

Mrs George Appleyard and son sailed
for England, last week.
Asael Drew of Stratford, drawtender
for the Consolidated road at the Housa-
tonic river for 10 years, stepped in front
of the ghost express to avoid Il freight
and his lifeless body was hurled into the
river. He was about 60, widower, one
daughter, Miss Jennie Drew, living with
him.
John Holmes was chairman of the
Democratic caucus, last Friday night.
Charles X. Stage gave Il reception to
the Cupheags, last Friday night, a re-
Spouse to supper the club gave him,
earlier in the week, at Minor Smiths.
Edwin Rowing, the hotel keeper who
is almost constantly in litigation, has
now been sued by Edmund c. Wood, to
whom Rowing sold horse some time
ago. The horse cost $50, but was
soon found to be glandered and was
killed by the humane officer Wood
claims damages from Rowing, alleging
that Rowing knew that the horse was
glandered when he sold it. Stiles judi
son, Jr, and Ii. j. Curtis are the law
yers.
F. A. Benjamin was emphatically real
gentleman of the old school. The kindli-
est heart that ever beat throbbed in his
breast. The fineness and delicacy of his
soul shone through his every day de-
meanOr and his name was synonym for
strictest integrity and the most stainless
honor. The State has losta loyal citizen :;
his native town a public spirited bene-
factor. TO his son, he leaves a reputa-
tion of Christian manhood which is a
priceless legacy. 1t was rare privilege
to know the inner life and have the I'M
shaken confidence of Frederic A. Benja-
MINI Standard.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
WOODBURY..

Born, September 30, son to Prof Grout.
Samuel r. Partree, 81, died September
20, after severe illness of several weeks
duration. He had been in declining
health for several months. He was a
young man of excellent character and
standing in our community. He leaves
large circle of friends to mourn his ear
ly departure.
Samuel Terry, uncle and sole surviving
relative of the late John J. Holmes, has
returned from his visit to Oregon.
Sarah Galpin, last surviving widow
pensioner, war 1912, in this town, met
with serious accident. She was about
to descend from her work up stairs, made
misstep and fell to the bottom of the
stairs, breaking a rib at the backbone
and otherwise bruising her. At her age
of 70, it is likely to confine her for some
time.
Miss Harriet E. Judson has returned to
her Virginia home.
Miss Augusta Salmon has gone to New
Jersey to attend school.
Mas w. S. Curtiss and daughter visited
Attleboro, Mass.
Miss Hunt of New York has visited the
family of James Huntington.
DIR Oatman of Nyack, former pupil of
DIR Shove, recently visited him.
Misses Clara and Florence Nichols have
visited Bethel.
Harry Brown of Southbury is clerk in
DIR Ketcham's store.
Misses f. j. Curtis and Helen Shove
were appointed delegates to the Christ
ian Endeavor convention at New Britain.
A son Of C.S. Harvey of Upper Nome
waug district is sick.
Mrs Sherman Mckinney and daughter
have visited Cereno Saxton.
Mrs Jesse Burton is better.
Clifford Thompson has accepted POI
sition in largedrug store at Sioux Falls,
South Dakota.
George Daskum is slowly recovering.
The Watertown stage now leaves the
post Office at 80 m.
Miss Fannie McEwen Of Seymour Wis
tied Mrs G.. c. Bradley and other friends.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
Our Poor Roads.

While our railway system has become
the most perfect in the world the common
roads of the United States have been neg
lected and are inferior to those of any
other civilized country in the world. They
are deficient in every necessary qualifica-
ton that is an attribute to good road !;
in direction, in slope, in shape and service
and, most of all, in want of repair. These
deficiencies have resulted not only from
an ignorance of the true principles of
road making, but also from the varied
systems of road building in force in the
several States of the Union, due to defect
i've legislation. The principle upon which
the several States have based much of
their road legislation is known as the road
tax system of personal service and COM
mutation, which is unsound as principle,
unjust in its operations, wasteful in its
practice and unsatisfactory in its results.
1t is relic of feudalism borrowed from
the statute labor of England and its evil
results are to-day apparent in the neglect
ed and ill-conditioned common roads of
the country.
1t is question of vast Importance to
teries of agricultural and commercial life
should receive the attention that their inn
portance deserves and that an effort
should be made to remedy the defects
now existing and establish system that
could be made uniform and efficient in all
the States of the Union.
By the Improvement of these common
roads, every branch of our agricultural,
commercial and manufacturing industries
would be materially benefited. Every ar
ticle brought to market would be dimin-
ished in price; the number of horses nee
essary as motive power would be re-
duced and, by these and other retreneh-
ments, millions of dollars would be an
nually saved to the public. The expense
of repairing roads and the wear and tear
of vehicles and horses would be essential
ly diminished and the thousands of acres
of land, the products of which are now
wasted in feeding unnecessary animals In
order to carry on this character of trans
portation, would be devoted to the pro-
duction of food for the inhabitants of the
country. In fact, the public and private
advantage which would result from eff
fecting this great object in the improve
ment Of our highways are incalculable,
not only TO the agricultural community
as a class, but to the whole population as
nation. Commissions of AgricuI-
ture.
The Newtown bee., 1891-10-09
LONG HILL.

The bin for crushed stone, put up near
the Bridgeport line by Dewhirst, Williams
& Parker, has not been brought to Long
Hill; stone crushed here is shovelled di-
rect to the carts. The bin will be taken
down and carted to Bridgeport with the
rest of the machinery.
A number of young people of this place
will attend the dancing school of Prof w.
G.. Newell at Bridgeport, which will open
October Is.
Bus loads of members of Bridgeport
councils, o. u. A. M, were expected
here, Monday night,to institute the local
council and install officers. The new
council starts with membership of about
80 and has bright prospects fer the fu-
ture.
Work is increasing at Hadley's fac
tory.