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Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
FEBRUARY FUN.
POstscrIptA.

HOStsCr1pbAs
 It is claimed by good many people that the "gist" of woman's letter is more apt to lie in the postscript (without which she is popularly supposed to consider no letter complete) than anywhere else. The author of "4h Club Corner" tells several stories which seem to indicate that there have been occasions on which members of the stronger sex have made use of the post script to convey the most important part of the message. He says:
 A spy named Palmer, sent by Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander, had been detected furtively collecting information of the force and condition of the post at Peekskill, and had undergone military trial
 A vessel of war came up the Hudson in all haste, and landed flag of truce at Yer planck's point, by which message was transmitted to Putnam from Clinton, claiming the said Palmer as lieutenant in the British service. Putnam replied: Headquarters, 7th August, TIT. Ed ward Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as spy lurking within our lines. He has been tried as spy, and shall be executed as a spy, and the flag is ordered to depart immediately.
 ISRAEL PUTNAM. "P. S.-He has accordingly been exc cuted.'
 Another instance is given in the reply sent to the bishop of Norwich in acknowl- edgment of an invitations:
 'Mr. O-'s private affairs turn out so sadly that he cannot have the pleasure of waiting upon his lordship at his agreeable home on Monday next.
 IN. B.-His wife is dead"
 AS one example of the feminine post script the Author mentions a young lady who, having gone out to India, wrote home to her friends, after a long silence, con cluding her letter thus:
 "P. S.-You will see by my signature that am marriedp'-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
What Would the Inference Be7

He was a trife excited as he laid his check down on the cigar stand in the bar Der shop and reached in his pocket for the necessary change.
 "Where did you get that idiotf" he asked, indicating the barber who had just shaved him.
 "Brownf" said the proprietor in some surprise. "Why, he's one of the best bar bers in the shop. Did he cut youP"
 "No, he didn't cut me.''
 "I thought not. He's one of our star men. Why, that man hasn't his equal for courtesy"
 "Courtesyp'
 Certainly. He notices every little thing and pays man the closest attention When one gets out of his chair"-
 "Attentioni Attentionp' exclaimed the patron. "You call it attention, do yous You think when be insults man it's a sort of delicate compliment, suppose. Do I look like sot2'
 "No."
 Do look like man who even drinks muchp"
 "No"
 'Then why did he poeder my nose so carefullyS What was the inference, sir2 ask you thatl Is it delicate attention2 No, sir. Not in thousand years! You discharge him or you lose my trade."- Chica0o Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
"BRICK" POMEROY'S GOLDEN THOUGHTS.

The most useless man in the world is he whom fear of hell drove to seeking a refuge for himself and then sitting idly therein.
 Wisdom quite often passes by the pal .ce to make it's home in cabin.
 Hoarding here is not the seed of hap piness over there.
 Millions of persons who are now un- happy would be happy at once if they would only agree to it.
 The better acquainted n an is witt imself, the less has he to say agains others.
 Religion may be expensive for the poor, but it will be less expensive and more beneficial than either liquor oI tobacco.
 A revival of religion need not be a revival of hate, spite or bitterness against any one who does see or thinA as you do. -.-.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Modern Interest in Pirates.

Such feeble interest as now at taches to what was once the formid- able fame of the pirates is not even aesthetic. it is merely comic. No inn aginative essayist discusses piracy as a fine art. but Paul Jones is resur- rected as the hero of a musical bur
 lesque. Poor Paul And he is al- most the only one of the whole buc- caneering race whose story discovers trace of the legendary gallantry of piracy. Paul, whose father had been head gardener to Lord Selkirk, plum dered the Selkirk mansion of it's plate, which he subsequently, re- turned in parcel to Lady Selkirk,
 with letter of polite apology.-Na- tional Review.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
STA TIE ~ E WS.

Ensign Edward B.. Gibson, who died at Washington, Conn.,, Jan 21, aged 76 years, was the last surviving officer, save one of the 9th Co.,, 18th Regiment Con- necticut Militia
 Mir Clarence Deming, in an article in the New York Evening Post, comment ing on the annual report of the Connec- ticut Railroad Commissioners, lately issued, says, ''The brief announcement in the report that the Shepaug Road has been relieved of legal complications tells us that another and almost the last of our independent lines has been absorbed by the New England Housa- tonic control in the steady process of consolidation among Connecticut rail roads. Out of the twenty or so sep arate roads and corporations of 1870 in the State, all but one are now merged in form or fact into the property of large railroad systems-and all except three into the control of the two great sy stems made up of the Consolidated and New England -Housatonic interests"
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
He Asked One ouestion Too Manv

An old man was on the witness stand, and was being cross examined by the law yer.
 "You say you are doctor, sir?"
 "Yes, sir; yes, sir"
 "What kind of doctor2"
 "I make intments, sir. I make int ments."
 "What's your ointment good fors' "It's good to rub on the head to strength en the mind"
 'What effect would it have if you were to rub some of it on my headS"
 "None at all, sir; none at all. We must have something to start with. ."-GainsviIle Eagle
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Our Want Column.
PRONOUNCED HOPELESS, YET SAVED.

From letter written by Mrs Ada B. Hurd, of Groton, s. D., we quote: "Was taken with bad cold, which set tied on my lungs, cough set in and finally terminated in Consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live but short time I gave myself up to my Saviour, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth. I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. gave it trial, took in all, eight bottles; it has cured me and thank God I am now a well and hearty woman." Trial bottles free at w. Fl. Camps drug store, regular size, soc and t1. co.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
A succesnful Play.

If you want receipt for that popular mystery, Known to the world as Play to Succeed, Take precepts at once from lessons of history And throw in sensation in word and in deed. Take wives who are scandalous, wild and un-
 virtuous;
 Sluggers, whose knowledge lies all In the
 fists; Tanks that are turbulent, boiling, impetuous: Sweet looking children whom none can re-
 sist; The wailing from Wall street, heartfelt and
 cumbersome;
 Models half naked and posing for show; Horses in running and COWS that trouble
 some;
 Engines and buzz saws that only half go; The dancing of Spaniards, wild eyed and sinis-
 ter; The sowing of maxims; large hearted minis
 ter; The Star Spangled Banner; society's chatter; Dfrtiness dressed in a garb that would fiatter; Whispers of mortgages; sectional fights; Sensuous music and calcium lights Take of these elements all that is fusible, Melt lem all down in a pippin or crucible, Bet 'em to simmer and keep on the scum, And Play to Succeed Is the residuum.
 Philadelphia Music and Drama.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
GOOD LOOKS.

Good looks are more than skin deep, depending upon healthy condition of all the vital organs: If the liver be in- active, you have bilious look and if your stomach be disordered you have a dyspeptic look and if your kidneys be affected you have pinched look. Se- cure good health and you will have good looks. Electric Bitters is the great alternative and tonic acts directly on these vital organs. Cures pimples, blotches, boils and gives 8 good com plexion. Sold at w. H. Camps drug store, Soc, per bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
TIMELY ANNIVERSARIES.
Current Selections from Hist0-
 ry's Broad Page.
February q.

February !. 1842-Dr. William Bedell, bishop of Fillmore, in Ireland, died; born l570; famous scholar; translated many Christian works into the Irish language. l75O- Rev. Sir Henry Moncrieff, Scotch divine, born at Blackford. Perthshire; died lSe7: long an authority on Christian Evi- dences."
 lsO0-Millard Fillmore, vice president and thirteenth president by succession to Pres ident Taylor, born in Summerhill, Cayuga county, V. Y.; died 1874. l8l2--Charles Dickens, novelist, born died 1870
 1.-The United States bank then changed to Pennsylvania bank suspended the sec- ond time. adding greatly to the prevailing panic and depression. lsS8- Frightful floods in China rendered mil lions of people homeless. lS9l-- Baron Hirsch added $2,b00,0O0 to his pre- vious gifts for aid of Hebrew emigrants from Russia.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Eaters of EnrSaf1 ash.

The consumption of horsefesh in creased wonderfully during last year in most of the larger cities of cont mental Europe, especially in Berlin, Paris and Vienna. A late economic report says that from 80 to 150 horses are daily slaughtered for market in Paris, the average daily number killed in Berlin being even greater. St Louis Republic. s-
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
February 12.

 l570-Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, chief justice of England in time of Queen Elizabeth, died.
 lo63-Cotton Mather, son of Increase Mather, born in Boston: died there TIPS. l783 Oglethorpe's colonists located at Savan- nah.
 T48-Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish patriot, American soldier and French citizen, born in Lithuania; died in France 1877. l804- William F. Havemeyer born in New York city. Immanuel Kant, philosopher, died: born l724. l80e Charles Robert Darwin, naturalist, born in Shrewsbury, England; his grandfather suggested the theory of evolution which Charles developed. 1909 Abr aham Lincoln born: died 1885. l8S8-Hor atio Seymour, statesman, died in Utica. N. F.; born 1910. lS9l- AdiairaI David Dixon Porter died in Washington city. The tooth anniversary of Peter Cooper's birth was celebrated in Cooper union, New York
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
DOrothy's M usic.

Mamma thinks Dorothy's musical taste needs to be cultivated. There was com pany at tea one evening little while ago, and afterward one of the ladies played on the piano. She plays very well, but Doro- thy was not interested. Presently she said:
 "Now Pm going to play something es- pecially for Dorothy"
 It was a very merry kind of tune, that made us all feel like laughing. When she finished, Dorothy clapped her hands and exclaimed:
 "Oh, my! Wasn't it lovely? Sounded just like hand organp'-Youth's Com panion.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
A Mystery Still.

BALI.ADE. am learned in laws of hydrostatic, In the theories of heat and of light; With 8 brain that is quite mathematio work out the problem of sight. can dilate on wrong and on right, can lecture on Jack and on Jill; No problem is too recondite, But-your heart is mystery still. can solve an inverted Quadratic, My acquaintance with Greek is not slight: For the dialects, Doric or Attic, with equal facility write. can measure . meteor's flight, have studied both Plato and Mill; I am deep, am thorough. I'm bright, But-your heart is Q mystery still. excel in line acrobstic, And can walk a wire shaky or tight; I lay stress very emphatic On the fact that my health's at it's height. But my learning seems useless and trite, And wasted Is all of my skill, For now, in perfection's despite, Your heart is mystery still.
 ENVOY. Ihave wooed thee by day and by night, Yet you will not consent-what2 You = might2'' An, you rogue! Come, kiss-yes, you
 will But your heart is mystery still.
 Princeton Tiger.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
VARIOUS VERSES.
Memories.

With apologies to James Whitcomb Riley, Eugene Field, Carl Smith and other western oialecticians.l
 days of yore, When me and you was workin in ole Stubbs'
 gros'ry store, A-chewin Stubbs' apples, nuts n raisins all
 the day, An kep poor Bill a-wonderin why the bizniss
 didn't pay7 N how our dads they lectered us for perpe-
 tratin crime, A-playin penny ante in tn church at sermon
 time?
 oryville, N how we punched each others heads, n fit
 as tho ter kill, Becuz Sal bowed to me one day, n wouldn't
 bow ter you, IN nex' day smiled so sweet on you, n cut me
 dead in two? .# N how she tilted both on us n married silas Bscus we penny-antsd in the church at sermon
 timer Flaw. hawi Ye dor Yer got it all stored deep
 down in yer heart, N from DO single mem'ry of them days gone
 by ye'd part? Waal Pete, I'm glad ter hear ye say those
 words what you has spoke, N jest ter prove yer memry's good, n y ain't
 a-tryin ter joke, Iest shell out that there dollar, Pete, n like
 wise that there dime, Ye've owed ne sence we played that last small
 game at sermon timel John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Comes Over occasionalIx.

Stranger lon European railway)-Ever been in America?
 Fellow Passenger (stifdy)-I visit the country sometimes on business, sir. am the editor of a New York daily paper Chjcapo Tribupe
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
His Idea of Enjoyment.

Thiggs-If you had about $7, ,OOO, 900 what would you do with its
 Fistles-I should build the finest, hand somest, best furnished, most elegant, mag nificent and yet homelike residence in Chicago.
 'Then whats"
 "Then Pd-Pd travel. ."-Chicago Trib- une
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Not Deep Enough for Him.

Not Deep Enough Tor Him. "Grasper is undoubtedly the worst speci- men of meanness 1 ever saw."'
 What has he done nowf''
 'I congratulated him yesterday on the beauty of the girl he is to marry, and the skinf1int replied, Beauty is only skin deep.' "-Cape Cod Item.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
A Small Mason.

It is reported that in Brooklyn there 1ives one Robert H Huzza, who is only 18 inches high. He Is master mason, the smallest in the world. He has fig ured in dime museums.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
THE OR DER 0F EXERCISES

Will soon be sleighing, ska ting, coasting, chopping, saving ice etc., N hich will make a de- mand for skates, sleds, axes, ice-saws, ice-tongs. and other goods for the winter season. We have a big stock of all such goods at low prices. We are too busy to say any more about it just now, but if you will keep your eye on this space in THE NEWS We will try to keep you posted as to what we can do for you in the way of bargains.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Cure for Frost-Bite.

If the feet become frost-bitten, soak them for one-half hour in 8 strong hot solution of alum water, and if one appli- cation is not enough two will be a cure. 9owanda Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Daphne in the Minuet.

Daphne in the Minuet. Through the mazes of the dancing. Daphne's form is softly glancing; Iforgot all other pleasure Watching as she glides along, Tripping to the dances measure, Fairest maid amid the throng.
 ~ris sight I'll ne'er forget,
 Daphne in the minuet. Daphne's cheeks are gently flushing; Tinge 80 faint is hardly blushing; On her lips a sweet smile fingers And her eyes dilate and shine. When touch her dainty fingers, All the bliss of heaven seems mine.
 But my brain is quite upset
 Dancing in the minuet. My poor heart with love is burning, When take her hand in tlllaing, Daphne smiles at me above her, adore heri Does she know? Maybe, when the dance is over, She will let me tell her so.
 Cupid's caught me in his net
 Dancing in the minuet.
 Randall Scott in Boston Transcript.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Married a Cook.

If he hadn't been fond of good living, they say, He might have in singleness tarried; But he wanted a we'll prepared dinner each day, And a cook he made love to and married. But he made mistake when the maiden he took, If for a good cook he was looking She declares that she didn't get married to cook, But to have some one else do her cooking.
 London Answers.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
Why the Conductor Loves Her.

Why the Conductor Loves Her. She's neither rich nor pretty, And in speech she isn't witty, Ehe isn't cultured In the things that beautify a life;
 But have learned to love her Till there's naught prize above her, And she has promised by and by to be my charming wife I see her going gayly To and from her duties daily, And while I know she's not 30 fair as other women are;
 She doesn't climb off backward, With tumble rude and awkward, I'll marry her because she knows just how to leave . car.
 Chicago Herald.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04

ern philosophy. DANIEL BOONE. l735- Daniel Boone, pioneer of Kentucky, born in Bucks county, Pa-; died in Missouri in 1920.
 l812- Alexander Hamilton Stephens, states man, born near Charlottesville, Ga.; died in Atlanta 1883. British war sloop Favorita, under flag of truce. arrived at New York with the official messengers bearing the treaty of peace made at Ghent Dec. 24; 1t was rat flied by congress on the l7th and 18th. 1893 De Witt Clinton, statesman and projec- tor of the Erie canal. died, aged 59 years. l847 Thomas Alva Edison, electrician, born at Ava, 0. l888- Avalanche on the Arlberg railway, Aus tria buried mail train
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
"A MAN
Chicago, Rock Island X Pacific RV.,

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa Peoria, La Sale, Moline, Rock Island fin ILLINOIS; Davenport, Nuscatine, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa Des Moines, winterset Audubon, Harlan and Council Bluffs, in IOWA; Minneapolis and St. Paul. in MIN NESOTA; Watertown and Sioux Falls, in DAKOTA ; Cameron, St. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI; Omaha, Lincoln, Farbury and Nelson, in NEBRASKA; Atchison, Leavenworth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson Wica, Belleville, Abilene, Dodge City, Caldwell KANSAS; Kinghsher, Fl Reno and Minco in INDIAN TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo in COLORADO. Traverses new areas of rich farming and grazing lands aording the best facilities of inter- communication to all towns and cities east and west northwest and southwest of Chicago and to Pacific and trans-oceanic seaports
 MAGNIFICENT
 VES7IBULE EXPRESS TRAINS Leading all competitors in splendor of equipment between CHICAGO and DIES MONIES. COUNCIL BLUFFS and OMAHA, and between CHICAGO and DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS and PUEBLO. via KANSAS CITY and TOPEKA and via ST. JOSEPH First-Class Day Coaches, FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS, and Palace sleepers, with Dining Car Service Close connections at Denver and Colorado Springs with diverging railway lines, forming the new and picturesque
 STANDARD GAUGE
 TRAMS-RocKY MOUNTAIN ROUTE Over which superbly equipped trains run daily bhhOOOI1 "AAhOO1 ShAN1b 10 ana Salt Lake City, Ogden and San Francisco. THE ROCK ISLAND is also the Direct and Favorite Line to and from Manou, Pikes Peak and all other sanitary and scenic resorts and cities and mining Colorado
 DAILY FAST EXPRESS TRAINS From St. Joseph and Kansas City to and from all portant towns cities and sections Southern Nebraska Kansas and the Indian Territory. Also via ALBERT LEA ROUTE from Kansas City and Chicago to Water town, Sioux Falls, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL connecting for all points north and northwest between the lakes and the Pacific Coast
 For Tickets, Maps, Folders. desired information apply to any Coupon Ticket Office in the United States or Canada, or address E. ST. JOHN, JOHN SEBASTIAN,
 GsnT Manager, GenI Tkt & Pas. Agt
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Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
February 10,

l870-william Congreve. long <
 considered the greatest AK
 popular dramatist in Eng E@NS
 land. born near Leeds; INN SEe died in London l729; his WnN NLO Music hath charms" etc., ES>-S Is universally quoted AO 17o1-Rev. Dr. Henry Hart HXNS& Millman, historian, poet, SA SS dramatst, divine and N
 critic of Gibbon. born; died 1888. H 1oHNsoS' l840-Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. ls78- Reverdy Johnson, jurist and statesman, died in Annapolis, Md; born l796. l883- Marshal Jewell, postmaster general, died In Hartford born 1925. 1887 Mrs. Henry Wood, author of East Lynne," died; born 1920. l83e-Rear Admiral Ralph Chandler, United States navy, died in Houg-Kong, aged 59. l89l-James Redpath, abolition lecturer, jour- nalist, author and Irish Nationalist, died from injuries received in being run over by New York horse car. Serious illness of General Sherman announced
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04

crate states; inaugurated QUEEN MARY. onthe 18th. l88S-Military bill, after long and heated de- bate. passed by the German reichstag, in creasing the army. Patrick O'Brien, mem of parliament, sentenced to three months Imprisonment at Dublin for 'incendiary speeches."
 l89O-Cardinal Joseph Pecci, brother of Pope Leo XIII, died in Rome. l89l-Sudden and destructive blizzard in Da- kota; six persons frozen to death and many injured. Park Commissioner Waldo Hutchins died in New York city.
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
BURGET X LEWIS
 GREAT HARRINGTON. MASS.

GET YOUR Job Printing. such as Note M heads Billheads. Statements. Envelopes, Business Cards. Circulars. Posters, Dodgers will ast the lowest priess and beat week
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
February 8.

l518-Mary, first queen regent of England and stigma tized as Bloody Mary" born at Greenwich Palace; died 1858.
 l7N-Dr. George Sewel, his torian of the Quakers, died. lS2O- William Tecumseh Sher- man. soldier, born in Lan- caster, O.: died 1891. l86l-,Jefferson- Davis elected praxidapt of tha Coufad-
Connecticut western news., 1892-02-04
February II.

6S0-Assigned date and Saints Day of St. Caedmon, the first Anglo-Saxon poet: his poetic paraphrase of the Scripture poetry formed the basis for part of Mill tons work.
 l850- Rene Descartes, French philosopher, died in Stock holm; born in Touraine l596: he is ranked with Bacon as a founder of mod
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-09-14
Ffchtinr Cholera at New York.

az AN0"
In any case the detention Of pass
engers at quarantine would be hard
ship. Confined on vessels in which the
plague has made its appearance, with
out proper and sufficient food and other
comforts, exposed to the raw sea air,
the situation excites sympathy. But
this Is one OF the cases in which the few
must be Inconvenience, even to the
point OF neutrality-suspicious. death-tO
save the many.
Cholera in the densely populated city
OF New York means cholera in coun-
try Of nearly 100000 OF people. At
the same time there should have been
prompter action by the New York
authorities to meet such a situation.
AS soon as Governor Flower realized
what was going on he acted with a
promptness which shows him to be a
man Of heart and resource.
The bay men who set out to resist
the states authority at Fire Island car
ried to the point Of brutality their sense
Of self preservation. Ignorant of the
law and the right of the state to do
what it had undertaken to do, they
we're easily misled by lawyer who
seems to be doctor Of laws in the
school of shysters. Under such lead
er what is worst in the bay men was
brought to the surface, aud they did
their manhood as much discredit as
they could. There could be but one
end Of the episode, and that comes to
all efforts in this country to oppose by
force the operation OF the law.
The steamship companies which per-
sisted in bringing over their cargoes Of
human Beings after they knew the state
OF affairs on the other side, are respon-
sible for the whole trouble. They took