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The Press., 1893-12-07
South Wilmington.


 Friday evening (Nov. 24th) between fifty and sixtysof the relatives and friends spf MT. and Mrs. Wm. Buckingham as- sembled at s~seir home to congratulate them on the 25th anniversary of their marriage, and spent social evening.
 few neighbors combined in the pre- sentation of set of Rogers triple-plated knives and forks; also presents were made of a six-bottled castor from MT. and Mrs. Edward Conner. and silver spoon holder from Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Korper; pickle dish from Dwight New comb; silver cup, MT. and Mrs. James Jennings; oyster ladle and tooth pick holder from ladies of winding room; but ter knife and sugar spoon, MT. and Mrs. John Whitford; memorial spoon, MT. and Mrs. J. w. Harrison; desert spoons, MT. and Mrs. Irving Sholes; desert spoons, MT. and Mrs. Wm. H. Goldsborough su. gar spoon, Mrs. s. L. Mercy; silver thim. ble, Mrs. Chas. Macfarlane
 An oyster supper was served during the evening by the host and hostess, witt a bountiful supply of cake, fruit and con fectionery. The evening was spent very pleasantly. Prof. Whitford brought his violin, and one room was cleared for those who enjoyed the dance, while the more quiet spent the time in social converse tiOn
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CARE OF POULTRY.

The man who cannot make a dozen hens pay fair profit on the investment will not succeed with a large number. The losses occurring with large focks are due to diseases, which may carry of hun- dreds in short time. The individuals of small flock may be easily noticed, and when 0 whole year has been given to observation with such flock the matter of keeping poultry for profit will better understood.
 At this season of the year we do not look for large number of eggs unless there are early bullets in the flock, as the old hens have not recovered from the eff fects of moulting, and it is too much to ask of a hen that she shall give an egg every other day and at the same time raise a new coat of feathers.
 One of the most difficult problems is that of keeping the flock in winter so as to afford all the conditions of spring, for upon this depend whether the hens will lay or not.
 The shiny, glossy condition of the | feathers, that is sure indicator of fat, is is just as surely forerunner of eggs, and they will not be had until that condition is reached. Plenty of egg-forming food. plenty of work and plenty of eggs, are a trio that cannot be separated from plenty of profit.
 With the domestic fowls the exposed flock produces nothing in winter. Being long accustomed to applying all it's ener- gies to simply existing, the production of eggs by the hen that is exposed in winter is not expected. Only in the spring, after the severity of winter has passed, is the hen expected to begin laying. If she then begins to lay, and gives a good re- port of herself until late in the fall, she may prove profitable because her ability to forage lessens her expenses.
 It is not so much how to succeed as how to avoid loss that the poultryman should understand. The first step is with small flock, and progress should be made gradually, in order to become prof. ! Ioio
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THE PRICE OF GIVING IS SAVING

How intolerable in these hard times, usual and the circumstances of many of the rich lack something of their custom ary ease, is the apparent obligation to spend in the habitual necessaries of life so much useful money that it would be pleasant to give away. It is the special season of gift-making, and what season this particular Christmas is for advan- tageous giving! Heaven has prospered us tolerably, too, and there is some mon- ey coming in.
 But dear! dear! how it all streams out again. How it goes! how it scatters For the rent of this convenient flat where the elevator is so prompt and the pros pect so fine; for the wages of servants and their maintenance; for hire of cabs for schooling and proper clothes for the children; for subscriptions to clubs, and concerts, and dances, and church, and the charities on one's regular list; for fair quality of abundant daily food, in cluding occasional dinner parties; for the new rug that was indispensable; for some modest additions to the winter wardrobes of the adult members of the family; for a sinking fund to meet the deficit left by our visit to the fair. Eheu alas! who shall deliver us from the accumulating body of this debt? What shall we do to be saved from the necessity of spending all that we can make and scrape in keep ing the breath of work-a-day existence in our precious carcasses?' We have spent so much that we have nothing left to give, and our prospective expenses are so threatening that we dare not borrow of the future.
 Economy, in some measure, is not only the price of wealth, but the price of giv- ing. If we eat our cake all up, of course we cannot have it; but that we might en- dure. But we cannot share it t,either, and that is intolerable. What geese we are, what "blind moths," if we sink all we can gather in the "comforts" in which we have imbedded ourselves, and deny our selves the inestimable luxury of having something to spare.-FrOm "1he Point cf VSeao" in the ChrtstnaGs number (Deceno- ber) of Scribner'S Magastme.
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Wake up!" screamed Ben.

Wake up!" screamed Ben.
 "Frow some water in his face," urged Nat.
 Ben was a cold water boy, and he gave Uncle Job plentiful supply,-a larger quantity than he liked to take He got 'ull measure this time and it woke him up.
 "Ugh!" he groaned, opening his eyes. ''Ise drownin'." Yes, Ben had been so faithful in that application of water, that Uncle Job sure- y thought he was drowning deep town under drenching cataract. Just then the tug-whistle shrieked with out mercy, "Toot-t-t-t-t! !" Uncle Job saw | the splashing monster, belching forth black smoke, and making that hideous noise. He recalled Aunt Cilly's words. Indeed, he had been dreaming about them. That "Suthin' Drefful" had come at last It was before his very eyes. It would run over him, then eat him up, then "Oh! oh!" groaned Uncle Job.
 With violent, sullen splash, the tug went by, just grazing the boat. Nat and Ben eagerly pulled ashore, Un- cle Job all the while staring in bewilder- ment, and shivering. Aunt Cilly was on hand. She had been wacthing that exciting scene.
 "I tole ye so, Job" she declared. "Bress dose boys. De ribber had ye, an de tug would hab chewed ye up. Suffin Drefful come! told ye sol"
 "Jine de pledge" pleaded Nat.
 "Yes, Uncle Job," urged Ben.
 Uncle Job nodded his head. Yes, he was ready.
 An whar dat bottle ?" inquired Aunt Cilly.
 Uncle Job pulled it out of his pocket.
 Aunt Cilly was reputed to be wise wo- man. In her wisdom, she suggested what people call "compromise," but she did not give it that name. ''De ribber wanted ye, Brudder Job, but didn't cotch ye for good. We'll hab a l tie.
 The suggestion was popular. "Hurrah !" cried Nat. "Hurrah!" cried Ben. "Hurrah!" cried Uucle Job. The bottle was deposited on big shingle and set adrift. The cargo went in safety awhile, but soon slipped from the deck oi it's vessel, and splashed into the water.
 ''Dat's de com-pro -miz-zle fur ye. De ribber hab cotcht dat bottle, shuah, cried Aunt Cilly; and the others again shouted "Hur-rah!" !"
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,, The training of men for work which re-
 quires the highest possible nicety of hand
 is not really training. It is far more the
 selection, by experiment, of men born with
 the true touch. For example, we doubt whether the very greatest surgeons-the
 men whose success depends upon their
 ability to make sharp steel as sensitive as a finger tip-perform their hundI edith operation better than their first. They
 have n ore confidence, no doubt, but the
 sleight of hand is inborn. Nobody can train medical student into a great ocu- list. It is only the ordinary man of whom it can be said that practice makes per l feet. But genius is only the mental side
 of this gift, apart, and if the people whose
 business is with the mind were as honest and as unsophisticated as those who deal with horse-racing or bricklaying, we should not hear anything more about genius be- 1 ing merely the capacity for hard work. To say that the bricklayer with the ''knack" is only bricklayer who takes pains, would be patent absurdity. It is
 not less an absurdity, though less ob- vious one, to say that man with genius for style and literary form is only a man who knows how to take pains. The poet,
 no doubt, must take pains, but no amount
 of taking pains will give him the genius of I verse, ,-L London Spectator.
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North Coventry. (CorreSpondence.)

A new and pretty social fad is the birthday surprise party. A woman pur- Joins the date of her neighbours birthday and informs a coterie of friends, who, unitedly, with appropriate gift or gifts, astonish the one who is standing upon the mile stone. The ladies who have recent ly been thus delighted are Mrs. Anna Walker, Mrs. H. Carpenter and Miss Flora Hall. Upon the latter occasion there were eleven present. Among the number were MT. and Mrs. pr. Ravens. Thus far it has been ignored that the vile and con- monplace being called man ever has a birthday. Miss Reed is pursuing her labors of colportage under the auspices of the Connecticut Bible Society . MT.
 H. c. Whittlesey, secretary of the State Board of Charities, of Middletown, paid a visit to the aims house last week, and ex- pressed his appreciation of the consider ate methods of the lady superintendent
 ......Coventry Grange, No. 75, holds it's next meeting for the election of officers upon the evening of the 1st Thursday in December......Thep post office has recently been shingled. MT. A. H. Pomeroy has been lately repairing his residence, and is beautifying the interior. Several of our houses are undergoing repairs. An ar- rival to spend Thanksgiving and remain indefinitely at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Cortis is a daughter. Mrs. A. H. Pomeroy is canvassing for the Ladies' Home Journal. ..... Mrs. Isaac Turner paid | visit to her daughter, Mrs. I. c. Favor, Rockville, last week...... Thanks to Mrs. | Orrin Turner for floral favors. ..... In glanc- ing backward over the tracks my pencil has made, there appears to the writer somewhat of a ''lost, strayed or stolen aDpearance
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Highest of all in Leavening Power-Latest U. 5.
ABSOLUTELY PURE

WHAr Is BEYOND? The blue sky and the blue lake
 Meet together
 In sunny weather, But what, oh /! what is beyond? I know this side the horizon line, - With it's purple hillsides, broad and fine {: But the country beyond, has it lakes like
 ours, And trees of grandeur, and fruits and
 flowers?
 What, oh! what is beyond? The gray sky and the gray lake
 Meet together
 In somber weather, But what, oh what is beyond? 1 know these homes, with their lives and
 woes, Their buried hopes from which patience
 grows; Are these broken affections united there Are hopes fruition, and answered prayer
 What, oh! what is beyond? The black sky and the black lake
 Meet together
 In stormy weather, But what, oh! what is beyond l know the currents that thrill the earth, And flash the sky at the thunder's birth {; And what of the circuit for souls between, And the central power in the Great Un-
 seen?
 What, oh! what is beyond? BUCKLEN's ARNICA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter, ehapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions. and positively cures piles, or no pay required. Guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. Sold by E. K. Taft.
The Press., 1893-12-07
LOCAL TOPICS.
Penned and Scissored,

The superior court for Holland coun- ty convened in Holland Tuesday, Decem. Der 5, Judge John M. Thayer on the bench. The following is the list of jurors down for the term; Holland, Anthony Jacobson; Andover, E.. H. Cook; Bolton Oliver c. Johnson; Columbia, Henry 0. Isham; Coventry, Andrew Kingsbury Cyrus E. Hall; Ellington, George Kib- be; Hebron. James H. Jagger, John H. Buell.; Mansfield, Alfred H. Freeman David Russ; Somers, Adolphus G. Cha. pin; Stafford, John H. Mccarthy, w. D. Irons; Union, Elam 0. Booth; Vernon Lucius E. Brown, Leopold Krause; Will lington, Jeremiah Latham.
The Press., 1893-12-07
Volume 36.
SWEET JOYS OF CHILDHOOD.

SWEET JOYS OF CHILDHOOD. I long and pine with a. yearning intense For the joy of day that is fled; I steep ev'ry feeling, merge ev'ry sense in wish for old pleasures now dead. With sorrow unfeigned dream of d time When care was stranger to me, When life was filled full of a quiet sub-
 blime,
 My spirit was tranquil and free. With passionate longing l think on the
 days,
 Untouched by the rude hand of ills, When youth was untroubled by blame or
 by praise,
 And father was footing the bills,
 Thousands of lives are saved annually by the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral. In the treatment of croup and whooping cough, the Pectoral has a most marvel ous effect. It allays inflammation, frees the obstructed air passages, and controls the desire to cough.
The Press., 1893-12-07

~ H. HOBBY, Piano Tuner and
 Os Dealer in Pianos and Organs, Mansfield,
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w Shoeing, Machine Forgings and Repairing done to order. Also builder and repatrer of all styles of Wagons. South-st., Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1893-12-07

Hartford Post Congressman Sperry was seen by a Post reporter this morning in his law office. He declined to say any thing on the Hawaiian matter. On the state bank tax repeal he said that he thought the bill might pass the House if the administration favored the repeal but but even then it was nothing positive:
 ''How about the new tariff measure ?' was asked of MT. Sperry
 "Well, the tariff bill will be hard thing to get through the House. It doesn't suit the wool growers of Texas, the sugar men of Louisiana, the coal men of West Vir- ginia and Alabama and the manufactur- CTS of New England. The bill will be taken up in sections and everybody will have chance to offer amendments to ii so doubt very much if it will pass before March if it ever does. March 1 is the date set in the bill for it to take effect"
 Congressman Sperry said the bank tax was dividing the democrats far more thai any tariff measure has or will do. It was very evident from MT. Sperry's converse tion that he did not like the new tariff bill and that the fears which he expressed at New Haven last week of not being able to vote for the bill will be realized.
 We have only one further word to ado at this time to our former discussions of the Hawaiian question If the United States shall definitely refuse to accede tt Hawaii's request, this country must no stand ill the way of Hawaii's pursuing any further course that she may choose. Le us play no disgraceful dog-in-the-mange part. England, at least appreciates tn, incomparable advantage of Hawaii as point of call between Vancouver ant Australia, and while England realizes tn, priority of the natural claims of the United States and is willing that this countr, should obtain the islands, she will no feel herself compelled, in case of our re fusal, to turn a d, af ear to the overture that will doubtless be made by her b, 1 Hawaii. England will be perfectly ju5ti fled in accepting Hawaii's proposal, ant she will proceed at once to fortify the isl ands as impregnably as, Bermuda, Malt, and Gibraltar. Exchange.
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SEE THE WORLDS FAIR FOR FIFTEEN
 CENTs.-Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio
 of the Worlds Columbian Exposition.
 The regular price is Fifty cents, but as we
 want you to have one, we make the price nominal You will find it work of art and thing to be prized. It contains full
 page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it, we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Ad- dress H. E. Bucklen < Co.,, Chicago, Ill.
The Press., 1893-12-07

DRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY and Il ACCURATELY CoMPoUNDED. DAY OR NIGHT.
 At HEALD'S.
The record-union., 1893-12-11

endeavor to send the bill to the Commit
tee on Elections, and, should he succeed,
final action will be considerably post
poned.
Morrill, is expected to make set
speech this week on the portions OF the
Presidents message relating to the tariff
and internal revenue.
The chances are that the Hawaiian
question Will come up in the Senate IN
connection with the Presidents special
message.
A large number of Democratic Senators
stand ready to defend Cleveland's policy.
The majority report OF the civil service
for the present year is a document of
about fifteen thousand words. The most
interesting portion is that bearing on the
extension of the classified service to free
delivery postoffices. The subject is one
OF which Commissioner Johnston dis
sented, and was accordingly removed by
the President a shCrt time ago. The re-
port condemns the salary limit to the
classified service in Custom houses, and
recommends classification by grade. In
support of this view, the satisfactory re-
suits of classification in the railway
mail service are cited.
The report says in the unclassified
service, taken as a whole, the Govern
ment methods of the United States are SO
tterlylndispensable from the standpoint
Of decency and morality that it is difficult
for q man of ordinary intelligence who
wishes well to his country to discuss the
arguments advanced in their favor with
anything like tolerance. The report
likens our system to those employed in
Morocco and Turkey. The number OF
persons connected with the civil service
in the United States is about 100000. The
minority report of Commissioner john
ston opposes the extension of the classi-
fed service to free delivery Postoffices as
iIl-advised, unfair and harmful to the
cause of civil service reform.
The record-union., 1893-12-11
COLO IN HORSES
Look to the Manner of Watering
Them.

In some stables, says a writer in an
English exchange, the horses are often
troubled with collie, while others seem to
enjoy complete immunity. 1t would be
most remarkable II one should have the
ill-luck to get quite number of horses
that are what he calls subject to gripes,"
while his neighbors escaped the pur-
chase of these colicky animals, bat this is
how he seems 10 regard 1T.
Sometimes it is very difficult to point
exactly TO the fault. The animals are fed
on ordinary foods, and the general man
agement seems TO be much the same as
that usually in the district. The loose
screw is commonly a small one, but it is
important in it's bearings in the efficient
working Of the whole machine.
There is oneimportant item that is very
often ignored in searching out a cause for
repeated attacks of colic-that of the
watering. This is a frequent and often
suspected source of bowel disorders in
the horse.
An insufficient quantity offered at too
long intervals, when the stomach is full
quantity of the fluid has an undoubted
influence.
Water should either be given before the
corn ration, when it is not long retained
| in the stomach, but passes rapidly into
the intestines, or else kept at hand 50
that the horse can drink at will. Water
taken on full meal dilutes the gastric
juice, chills the stomach, and retards dl-
gestion, or washes partly dlgested corn
out of the stomach into the bowels.
The safest plan is to keep supply of
clean. soft water within reach OF the ami
NAL. but in a position where food does
not fall into it, causing fermentation to
take place. unless the trough is frequently
emptied and cleaned out
The record-union., 1893-12-11
ROUND ABOUT FOLSOM.
Sad Case of Poisoning--The Farmers
All Busy.
I [From Saturday's Telegraph.l


From Saturdays Telegraph
Another lot of big chains arrived here
the first of the week for use at the lumber
boom.
). Flowing has been commenced, the
ground being in excellent condition for
the performance of such work.
The stockmen are pleased at the way
the grass has started up, and the improve
ment that will result to their animals.
The little son Of Ernest Buretta, who
resides near Shingle Springs, was acci-
dentally poisoned with strychnine last
week. His father had been using the
drug, after which he placed 1t on a shelf
After his father went out of the house the
little fellow climbed up to the shelf, got
possession of the bottle, and swallowed
some Of the contents, from the effects of
which he died on Sunday morning last.
The child was a little over years of age.
The funeral took place on Tuesday after
noon at Shingle Springs, and was largely
attended.
Oranges are ripening rapidly, and the
gardens about town present very pretty
appearance. Some Of the trees are very
heavily loaded, and big crop will be
harvested.
Fedora Rebekah Lodge, No. 166, 1. o.
0. F., has elected the following officers:
Emma Miller, Past Grand, Maggie Lau-
gard, Noble Grand; Belle Ford, Vice
Grand; Ella Slayback, Secretary; Kate
Foster, Treasurer; Christiana Nichols,
Trustee,
The record-union., 1893-12-11
Special to the REcoRp-UNIoN.

SpScldl 10 IH6 fSECORIrONlON.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-A Herold'S spe-
cial from Montevideo says: The first at
tack made by the rebel Brazilian forces
from Rio Grande do Sui upon the town
of Lage was repelled by shells from loyal
artillery at the garrison in the town, but
more determined assault will be made
tomorrow. General Tavares is expect
ing General Silevera Martins to reach
camp soon and decide upon the fate OF
the captured General, Isidoro. Taveres'
officers want to have Isidoro, but Tavares
desires to save his life. and trusts that
Silevera will agree with him. Colonel
CANA is organizing a strong column to
go to the relief Of Lage as quickly as pos
sible.
Reports of skirmishes near Porto
Allegro are received here frequently.
Generals Guarnelion and Santa Lena are
believed to be just about ready to join
General HOpolito in his fight against the
insurgents.
Peixoto's fleet, WHICH has been gather
ing here, is expected TO be ready to start
next week, and when it joins with the
newly purchased ships from New York
serious campaign on Mello by water will
be begun.
a correspondent in Rio Janeiro sends
word that on the night of December 9TH
an attack was made by a force of PeiX-
oUO's men in launches upon Fort Vile
gaignon, which had been so badly shat
tered by the incessant TIRE from the loyal
land batteries that Peixoto thought it
might be taken by rush, but the garrt-
son gave his men such severe fight that
they were forced to draw of, with many
of their number killed.
AS the AQuidaban and Esperanza were
were running the gauntlet OF the forts at
the harbor'S entrance, the EsperanZa'S
hlgh-pressure cylinder was struck by
solid shot, and one of her engineers
killed. The Aquidaban had five sailors
killed by the explosion Of Hotchkiss.
Passengers by the mail boat Clyde were
not permitted to land III Pernambuco on
December 4th, neither were the mails al
lowed to be sent ashore.
Firing by the loyal land batteries and
forts in Rio harbor continued all that day
upon Fort Villegagon, and the Taman-
dore responded with shots at Fort Santa
Cruz or Fort Lage at intervals.
The rebel war-ship Tamadara now oc-
cupies the anchorage formerly held by
AQuidaban, and forts Sac Joao and Lage
keep firing upon her pretty constantly,
but without any apparent effect. The
Tomadara Guanabara and Trajano will
remain behind to keep up a fire upon
Nictheroy and other points in the bay.
Crews for the Aurora and the new Ger
man torpedo boat have besn sent to Bahia
on the British steamer Waverly.
ECUADOR AND PERU AT OUTS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-A WortdS spec
ial despatch from Panama says: A war
between Ecuador and Peru over the
boundary dispute is now absolutely GER
tain. Colon bia is preparing to Intervene,
as Brazil cannot now do so. Chile and
Bolivia will support Ecuador. War viii
probably be declared during the week.
The steamer Maipo was ordered TO Quay
aquil in spite of the quarantine, for the
purpose of being ready to carry home
Peruvian residents. The Peruvian Gov
ernment is paying the cost Of passage.