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Fairfield County Chat.
TRUMBULL.
CHAUTAUQUA MATTERS.

CHAUTAUQUA MATTERS.
 For want of time it has been thought best to have Chautauqua extension lec- lures early in January. The lectures have been carefully prepared by Dr All bion w. Small, head professor of social science in the University of Chicago. The topics will be as follows:
 l. "what is sociology"
 2. ."Plague spots in society"
 3. "Socialistic remedies"
 f. sociology versus socialism"
 5. "Social ideals"
 G. "Every citizen a sociologist."
 These lectures should be heard by all persons desiring to make good citizens and who have the interest of humanity at heart.
 Mrs Charles Beach was stricken with paralysis, Saturday night. Her condi- | ton is considered critical.
 Miss Minnie Edwards of Stepney has been stopping with Mrs A. N. French a few days. | Mrs David Nichols is with friends ir Hattertown and vicinity for few weeks An almost new cottage, barn and sev' eral acres of land, within few minutes walk of the station, is offered for sale ol rent. Information with regard thereto may be obtained from George Burton O Trumbull.
 There was very Interesting entertain ment in Chestnut Hill school house, las week Tuesday evening and substantial sum was realized for the purchase of ney blackboards.
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MONROE.
GRANGE TOPICS.

About so were present at the last meet ing of Harmony grange when Housaton- ic grange of Strattord gave the program which was greatly enjoyed by all pres ent. A fine supper was served, thus combining the social with the intellectu- al treat.
 Harmony grange has furnished the parlors with new tables and lamp for the center.
 At the next meeting on Thursday, De- cember II, Harmony grange elects new officers.
 Miss Minnie Brewster of Birmingham is at B. s. Hurd's.
 A. R. Lutz has been engaged to preach in the Congregational church until Jan uary l.
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EAST VILLAGE.

Miss Grace Clark, who for a long time has suffered from broken hip, died Sum- day night at the residence of her brother, Waite Clark.
 Rev c. Dixon and wife have been spending few days with their daughter in Colebrook River.
 from the effects of overdriving.
 Mrs J. w. Waterbury spent few days week before last in New Haven with her daughter, Mrs A. J. Smith.
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

Miss Jennie Northrop entertained a number of invited friends over Thanks giving, in honor of her sister, Miss Clara L. NorJhrop. who was home from her duties at Bridgeport. The evening was pleasantly spent with whist and other games. Refreshments of dainty nature was served, after which the com pany were treated to several solos. Among those present were MT and Mrs John J. Schermerhorn, MT and Mrs William c. Johnson, MT and Mrs C. B. Johnson, Misses Alice Schermerhorn, Hattie Northrop, Gree Lake, Mrs Nellie Fairchild, Messrs J. J. Northrop, F. F. Johnson.
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Combination coach No. of the She paug railroad, better known as Conduc- tor Bristol's buggy, has been thoroughly overhauled and shines like new silver dollar. Painter E. P. Pitchard of Flaw leyville has done the painting and strip ing. It looks really elegant.
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

Frederick A. Terrill, who has passed the summer at his home in town, started for Los Angeles, California, on Saturday.
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08
EASTON.

Harry Lyon was buried from the Bap- tist church on Monday afternoon, No- vember 27, at ? o'clock. He died in
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

Dea Henry Fairchild and Dea Moore entertained on Thanksgiving day, Rev and Mrs Otis Barker and Col and Mrs Knowlton of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

MT and Mrs J. R. Smith and children from Bridgeport, were Thanksgiving guests at E. J. Halls in Sandy Hook.
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Miss Nellie Tyrrell passed Thanks giving day at Roxbury Fails.
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MT and Mrs NJ. s. Otis spent Thanks giving in Bridgeport, guests of their son, John NJ. Otis.
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NUMBER 49

Philadelphia. Rev Charles l.. Pierce preached the funeral sermon, ,and choir organized by Prof. Banks rendered mG- sic appropriate to the occasion.
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Henry Wakeman and family of Easton passed Thanksgiving with Mir and Mrs F. c. Sanford at Hawleyville.
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Amos Tyrrell of Roxbury Falls visited in town. last week.
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It is a nice thing to have your money where it will draw interest and at the same time can be checked out. Burr t5i Knapp of Bridgeport pay interest on de- good securities.
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Affairs. .Abol'uutt" out Town.
1.-THE PEOPLES CORNER. [
FS OUT IN A BLIZZARD.

2 UP. Blaize, an extensive real estate dealer in Des Moines, Iowa, narrowly escaped one of the seyerest attacks, of pneumonia while in the northern part of that state during recent blizzard, says the Saturday Review. MT Blaize had occasion to drive several miles during the storm and was So thoroughly chilled that he was unable to get, warm, and inside of an hour after his return he was threat ened with severe case of pneumonia or lung fever. MT Blaize sent. to the near est drug store and got a bottle of Cham
 berlain's Cough Remedy, of which he
 had often heard, and took. a number of
 large doses. He says the effect was won derful and in short time he was breath
 ing quite easily l'9 He kept on taking. the
 medicine and the next day was able to
 eome to Des Moines. Mir Blaize regards
 his cure as simply wonderful. For sale
 by E. F. Hawley, .Newtown, and 5. c.
 Bull, Sandy Hook. T ,r ... .o
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The ladies are interested in perfumes of course, and should take the opportuni- ty to try "Morning Bells Perfume,' a new perfume to be found at the City Pharmacy, 36 Wall street, Bridgeport. Joseph H. Lutz is still at the old stand and gives the same careful attention to customers wants as of yore. He keeps a fine line of all goods usual to drug store and will be pleased to see all of his old friends and many new ones.
The Newtown bee., 1893-12-08

Avoid all diseases of liver,, kidneys and stomach by drinking Ayers hy- gienic coffee. Grocers sell it.
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The Mannering Case.
ECHOES FROM THE TRIAL.

FROM orR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14
OUR NEAR NEIoHBORS.

ONE-HALF Of the population of Mex-
leo are full-blooded Indians.
In South America boy who wants
to own n pct animal gets a monkey in
stead of dog. ..... ........
In Cuba etiquette requires that a re-
quest from one smoker to another for
n light must always be honored.
IN the last ten years, 10000 resi-
dents of the province of Quebec have
emigrated. Most of them have taken
up their residence in the United States.
In some parts of Mexico, the party in
power mountain their positions by
throwing into Jail their political OPP
ponents on the eve of an election.
When the election is decided, the dis
franchiscd are released.
THE little town of Newport, Hants
county, Nova Scotia, has population
of about 1,40o, and there are among
them forty persons, twenty of them
women, whose united ages amount to
$500 years, an average of 81 years each.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.

SINCE 1857 there have been exported
from Cape Colony 5O,OOO,OOO carats Of
diamonds, approaching total value Of
S350,0O0,0OO. .a.
SLAMS exports last year included no
less than six and one-half tons of birds
nests sent to Hong Kong to make the
celebrated Chinese soup. o..
IT is stated that IN American house
has concluded q contract for $500, 900
tons of Japanese coal, to be delivered
at San Francisco in the course of the
next ten years. Hithorto the coal i'm
ported at San Francisco has been prin-
cipally Australian. .......... ..'-. .
In California during the second week
of thisinonth nearly five million pounds
of fruit were shipped by railroad from
Santa CLARA county alone. OF this
amount nearly three and q half million
pounds, including sOS,o4O pounds of
Bartlett pe1rs, came east.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14
OLD AND GRAY.

MRS. HANNAH DAY, of Brunswick,
Me-, died recently in her one hundred
and first year. So. s ....
EX-SENATOR JOSEPH e. Brown, of
Georgia, is said to be failing fast. He
is now about seventy-two years of age.
JOHN VABYAN, of Indiana, is in his
ninety-first year, and doubtless the
oldest legislator in the world. He has
voted at eighteen presidential cleo
tions.
A WOMAN named Mary Smeaton, re-
siding in the suburbs of Cincinnati, al
though past the age of ninety-one, has
within the last year cut four new
teeth. -
JUDGE JAMES A. LEWIS, who died the
other day at Ell1ton, Md, was long
the private secretary of John M. Clay
ton, and as such it was his task to
write ut Mr.. Clayton's dictation the
original draft of the Clayton Bulwer
treaty. The private secretary lived to
become probate judge of Cecil county,
Md
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14
FOREIGN POSTAL POINTS.

TOBACCO, cigars, cigarettes and the
usual mixture are forbidden from en-
tering New Zealand by parcels post.
THE Swiss post Office conveys any
thing from a postal card to brrrels Of
wine, 5cy ties and bandla3 OF OK. irou,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14

90 Business hours from 8 A. H.,ot
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-11-14
w. w. BOOHER,
sDIToR AND PROPRIETOR.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
ADVERTISING RATES.

viii be made As low as ie consistent witt
OOund business principles. Apply At the e
60 for terms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20
TAKE THE KATY FLYER FOR
CHICAGO

The NJ. X. e. T. railway is now run
ming daily solid vestibuled train consist
Ing of elegant coaches, chair cars (seats
free) and Wagner Buffet sleeper lighted
throughout with Pintsch gas from Hous-
ton to Chicago via Smithvllle, Taylor,
Dallas, Fort Worth and Hannibal.
Passengers from San Antonio and Vi
ciniJy desiring 10 travel on this magnif-
cent train can take berths in Kansas
City. Sleeper leaving San Antonio via
Southern Pacific at p. m every night
and transfers into Chicago sleeper at
Hilsboro at a. m. next morning, with
out having TO get off the train, arriving
in Chicago at AIS p. m. second day In the
remarkable quick time Of 43 hours and
Is minutes, making direct connections
with all trains for the east and northwest.
For ticket and sleeping car berths apply
to j. NJ. Knight, ticket agent, or Hal
Howard, assistant ticket agent Southern
Pacific railroad, opera house building or
depot. IT II
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The best workmanship on Roman
coins was done during the reign of
Nero
Julius Caesar was the first Ro-
man to have his face represented
on a coin.
Scion was the first to establish
an exact amount of gold in the
coinage.
Some of the Maccabean have the
words, Jerusalem the Holy.'
The coins of Alexander the Great
were the first to bear the name of a
king.
The Mint of Philadelphia has a
collection of over 5000 coins of diff
erent nations.
The first Canadian coinage was
struck for the French by command
of Louis XIV.
Stone Coins are frequently found
in the funeral mounds of the
American Indians.
The first attempt at a face on
coin was made by Archelaus of
Macedon, B. c. 400.
The earliest coins were irregular,
oblong masses of metal, stamped
only on one side.
The first American counterfeiter,
so far as known, was one William
Buel, of Vermont.
The first coinage of money after
the revolution bore in many cases
the image of Washington.
The tao, or knife Coine, of China,
made current B. c. 2453, were of
iron, in the shape of daggers.
The bronze coins of Austria and
most other nations have o5 per
cent. copper and 5 per cent tin.
The Virginia halfpennies" were
issued about 1878, but whether for
Virginia or not is unknown.
The Aztecs filled quilts with gold
dust, sealed them and passed them
from hand to hand as coin.
The Roman sestertius was like
our bit" money of account, hav-
ing no coin to represent its value.
The earliest coins of New Hamp-
shire were the copper pence, Io8 to
the Spanish dollar, issued in 1916.
Vermont was the first State to
issue coinage on its own authori-
ty. Copper coins were issued in
1885.
The first woman's face represent
ed on a coin was that of Pulcheria,
the Empress of the Eastern EN-
pire.
Almost every Roman city i'll Italy
or the colonies had and exercised
the right of coming money of its
own.
In 1645 the Council and Grand
Assembly of Virginia passed an act
to issue ''quoines, but none were
struck.
The earliest coinage in Connect
cut was a private issued by John
Higley, made of copper found on
his own farm.
In China gold and silver are
merely commodities, whose price is
regulated by the laws of supply and
demand.
The rel of Brazil is an imaginary
coin, no piece of that denomination
being coined. Ten thousand reis
equal S5.45.
The most valuable Roman coin
was the aureus, of course of gold,
about the size of a S. gold piece,
and worth S5.o3.
The Chinese stamp bars or ingots
of gold or silver with their Weight
and fneness and pass them from
hand to hand as coin.
The Troyes pound, or, as now
called, the pound Troy weight, was
introduced into England as a good
measure in 1917.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20
HOUSE GOWNS.

Teazle down the new outing fan
mel just opened at 1879, is the cor
rect thing. 70 Is 3tl JOsKE BROS.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-16

The most important office to be fill
ed at March meeting is that of Road
Commissioner. The best man in ev-
cry town should be chosen. He should
be man whose integrity and honesty
have not and cannot be questioned;
for he has the greatest opportunity
to steal ever given any official in Yer
mont. He should be man of good
Judgment and good Judge of men
for he viii have to appoint men in diff
ferent parts of the town TO look after
the necessary repairs and to see that
they do the work thoroughly, econom-
ieally and well. He can do, besides,
a large amount OF work of perma-
nent character for he will have at his
for each improvement, in most
towns, a sum equal to ten cents on a
dollar of the grand list. He should be
a man who has made a success OF his
own business for if he cannot succeed
when working for himself, hos can he
do successful work for the town? If
the right man is chosen, the law will
be benefit to the State if not, the re-
verse
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-16

made TO furnish 15G or more horse
power; at the site ofthe old starch fac
tory near the Davis bridge is privi.
lege that is rated at about 100 horse
power, that is unused the Rice mill
privilege, now owned by the Elizabeth
Mining Co, is now rated at ~ horse
power. The mining company has
bought the Miller pond and cen raise
that eight feet; with this pond as a
reservoir they can add something to the
horse power value of the Rice privilege.
The old furnace privilege is owned by
Strafford Mining Co., and is rated as
having about 80 horse power; at Bar
rett's gristmill and planning mill privi-
lege, South Strafford, outside of the
custom grinding, 25 or more car loads
of grain are ground every year; when
the mines are being worked, double this
quantity s,probably ground. L.Clark's
mills at the "upper hollow" do custom
work, saving 25O, 900 feet, and upward,
of lumber every year, besides saw
ing lath and shingles and doing large
amount of custom grinding, lumber
dressing, etc. Royal A. Hatch's bed
stead mandatory was established in
1855, and from 5000 to 1000 bed
steads, large number of cribs, cradles,
towel racks, rockers and a large amount
of chair stock are gotten out yearly the
firm has a steam sawmill near the
granite hills Of Tunbridge, where a
large amount of lumber is cut yearly.
AT the "Old City" is the Hyde privi-
lege. now unused; to name Patterson
Falls in connection with water privi-
leges seems almost sacrilegious; but a
hundred horse power could be had by
damming the stream at the falls.
AT the supper hollow is the Harris
Library, in a building which was pre-
sented to the town by Hon. Justin 5.
and near this is the pleasant
home of the venerable senator. 1
Above the Hazelton House, and near
the head of the main street, is the old
townhall, which was built for a house
Of worship in 1893. This is upon
knoll. from the foot of which stretches
a pretty common that is shaded by fine
naples. The old house had a double
row Of large windows; there were gall
Ieries upon three sides and these were
filed with the great square pews, or
pens, that were built in the early days I; /
in the body Of the house were similar
pews and in the northerly part was the
high pulpit with Its overhanging sound
ing board. Upon the slopes of the lit
lie bill and upon the little. common, the
summer people find ideal resting places
IN the hot days, while they stay in this
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-16

south of the Orange mines. The Eliz-
abeth Mining Co. has offered to bind
itself to pay for the freightage of 5000
tons Of ore, coke, ETC., monthly if a
railroad is built up the valley, past the
site for smelling works recently pur-
chased. A letter from the president of
the company, dated January 20, has
in it this paragraph 81 think rail-
road up that valley (meaning the one
running up the west branch of the Om-
pompanoosuc) would make business
that is not now dreamed of, and / sim
cerely trust that the present movement
will result in something tangible" The
Straford Mining Co. offers to duplicate
the offer of the Elizabeth Mining Co.
and says it will open its copper mine
should railroad be built-its frs. of
fer relates to the shipment OF sulphuret
of iron and its products. There is an
opportunity for the building Of great
er railroad from the Barre quarries to
Brocklebank Hill, railroad could be
built for q very small sum, compar-
atively. The grade would be
very light and there would be no
bridges or fills Of any account. From
Hardwick, past East Barre, Brockle-
bank and Copperas hills to White Riv-
er Junction, would be an ideal lineup
on which would be greater amount of
mineral wealth than is found upon
line of the same length in any other
part of New England. A road run
ming to the granite quarries would have
an immense amount of traffic, even if
it were never built beyond the quar-
ries. A short line, built IRON near
where the ore from the mines on Cop
peras Hill could be carried on gravity
roads, would reach the Copperfield
(better known as Ely mines, where
immense quantities of ore are being
mined at the present time. The great
er part of this ore is left upon the
dumps, the high cost of freightage be-
tween the mines aad a railroad pre-
venting the shipment of the leaner ore.
The building of large hotel at the
Baldwin spring would ensure a large
amount of sravel to that point, and the
increasing demand for the bottled wa
ters would make certain large ship
ment Of freight yearly from the same
point. The summer travel to the 9TH
er parts of the town is now limited only
by the number of rooms thas can be
obtained by would-be summer visitors.
In the foregoing paragraph no ac-
count has been made of the lumber that
can be cut from the hillsides nor OF the
for " hich power can be
furnished by the streams along the
route that would be taken by a railroad
should one be built. The manufacto-
ries already established, these are mem
tiokd elsewhere, would have a large
" Increased business and would add
arge amount of freight to that coming
rom the quarries, mines and other
sources. New England capital has
aided in the development of the re-
of the West, and large amount
If it is still invested in Western enter
,iises but there is, undoubtedly,
enough left for the development of New
England resources, and investments
made for the purpose of developing the
ich resources of Stratford cannot fail
# producing rich dividends for the in
'estors.
The most important Office to be fill
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-16

the copperas manufactured here was
rated as the best known to dealers and
those who used it. At one time 25,-
900 pounds of the ore were used daily
by the New England Chemical Co. for
the manufacture of sulphuric acid. But
for the cost of transportation. the COM
pany would be shipping thousands of
tons of ore monthly. 1t now costs three
times as much to freight a ton of ore 10
miles, to Pompa station, as it does TO
freight the same from the station to
Boston or New York.
THE ORANGE MINING co.
Above the''Old City, upon the Cove
farm, vein of copper has been uncov-
cred and mined to some extent. This
mine was once owned by Middlebury
College, but is now owned by the Rey-
nolds Bros. 1t is in the same line with
the other copper mines in Orange coun-
ty and is believed to be fully as valua-
BILE as any.
THE CORNWALL MINING co.
All the mineral rights lying between
the Orange and Elizabeth mines are
owned by this company. The resident
agent is Mr.. c. B. Dow. The outerops
along the line Of rights owned by this
company seem to indicate that there is
a large body OF ore, very near the sur
face of the ground, that is owned by
the company.
Up near the summit of Kibling Hin
is another copper mine and this is own
ed by the Elizabeth Mining Co. A
natural outlet for the granite found in
Brocklebank Hill, Tunbridge, and for
a large part OF that owned by the Chel-
sea Granite Co., is found in the valley
that runs through this town up to the
foot of Brocklebank. just east of
Brocklebank, upon the Howard Gran
ger farm, is large body of granite, in
which a quarry was opened and work.
ed by Abner Hail many years ago.
East of the Granger farm and the Tun-
bridge line is found another large body
of granite. From any quarries that
might be opened upon any of the ledges
railroad running to the Con-
necticut river would have an easy grade
the distance is about Is miles.
WATER POWER.
There are large number Of valua-
bic water privileges upon the Ompom-
panoosuc and its western branch, be-
tween Pompa station and the northern
boundary of the town. The first is at
Patterson's Mills, where a large
business is done; in Union Village is
another that is not used at the Buz-
zell bridge is a privilege that might be
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-16

Shall the additional highway the dollar voted by the last
legislature expended produce
shall depends who
roads, for good PRACTICAL successful who will work for the
roads like the illustration