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Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
A BaIakIaya Warrior.

There has recently died in London, in the person of Trumpet Major Henry Joy, late of the Seventeenth Lancers, another of the small band of heroes who took part in the famous Balaklava charge and afterward lived to tell the tale. To Joy belonged the honor of sounding the or der for the heroic charge. He entered the army on May 13, 1888, joining the Seventeenth Lancers as boy in the band, serving in the same regiment 2e years. He was appointed trumpet major on Sept. g, 1e47, and was present at the head of the band at the funeral of the Iron Duke.
 On the outbreak of the Crimean war he sailed with the regiment for the Black sea and was present at the battles of the Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman and Sevasto- pool. He received testimonial from General the Earl of Lucan, commanding the cavalry brigades in the Crimea, in which it states that Trumpet Major Joy was his trumpeter on the day of Bala- klava. In letter from Sir George Womb well (who was present at Balaklava), written only few days ago, occurs the words, II heard him Joy) sound the order for the Balaklava charge" Joys bugle is in possession of his family al the present time. At Balaklava he had two horses shot under him and came out of the fight mounted on Russian horse.-London Million.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
NORFOLK.

Several from here attended the foot ball game at Springfield. Among the number was Fl. E. Stevens, o D. Perkins, A. B. Cobb, Joseph Hollister, Samuel Camp, Mir Woodworth, Miss Charlotte Seymour and Miss Kate Hamilton.
 Misses Sara Hollister and Anna Mey- CT, of Bradford Academy, are spending Thanksgiving at home
 Mir and Mrs H Fl. Bridgman and hel maid, Miss Higgins, moved to New York last week, where they will spend the winter
 Sidney Terrell and his daughter, Mrs Rupert, went to New Boston Friday to attend the funeral of MT Terrell s only brother, Horace Terrell.
 Mrs O. Fl. Johnson and SOD. Harold, have been spending the past week with her parents, MT and Mrs B. 0. Bell.
 Miss Mary 0. Seymour, of Mt. Hol. yoke College, is home for Thanksgiving.
 Madame Fry and her three daughters gave fine entertainment in the Village hall on Tuesday evening. consisting of vocal and instrumental music.
 Mrs T. H. Beardsley is visiting friends in New York city.
 Humphrey Rood's horse has been very sick but is little better at this writing.
 A steam laundry is being erected by Hartford parties near Phillip Curtiss'
 Miss Frances Phelps, of Collinsville, is home for a weeks vacation.
 D. s Johnson's teams are drawing clay onto the gymnasium courts, which will greatly improve them.
 Mir and Mrs Thair and Miss Mary Gorden are spending Thanksgiving at c. HI. Caul's,
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
W EST CORNW ALL.

Mrs s R Mckay, of New York, is visiting at David Ross.
 George Oldfield, of Stockbridge, spent Sunday in town.
 Charles Butler, is home from New. burgh, N. Y.. for few days.
 Frank Hallett, of Bridgeport, visited friends here oyer Sunday.
 Mrs l.. Cartwright has been in Cheshire and Woodbury the past two weeks.
 Geo W. Cochrane has bought one of Mann's celebrated bone cutters
 Smith X Sons are selling off ready made clothing at sacrifice.
 Skating on Gutta Percha dam Mon day morning.
 Cochrane Bros are having big trade on stoves and ranges this fall.
 Look out! O, M. Halls holiday ad- vertisement next week. A regular Christmas blizzard will strike the town.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
EAST CANAAN.

Edward McGarth, of Bridgeport, and his brother Andrew, of Thomaston, were in this place last week attending the funeral of their aunt, Mrs Jason Roberts. They are both Canaan boys and enlisted in the late war from this town. Daniel Spaulding, Of Canaan, walked to this village last week. He Is hale and hearty and one of the oldest and best known men in this section. Sorry we were not home. Come again.
 Some one scooped a jar of butter from Dr Geo. Adams back pantry one night last week.
 Henry Abbott and family, of Clayton, have returned here and will live with Nathaniel Beebe until spring. Garfield Bros are running two kilns. Geo. Griswold is making some neces- sary repairs on the buildings at the Prescott place, Sodom district. Charlie Beaujon is attending school at Ct. Darlington.
 We are informed that there is consid- erable interest developing in the cream cry industry. Eighteen shares of stock have already been taken. The business will be conducted economically and will start on sol1d basis, if started, and there seems now to be no doubt of it. Rulof Allyn, who for the past year has been living in Hartford, is at home. Several pairs of working oxen have been sold here at prices ranging from 40 to 50 dollars.
 A fair sized audience listened to a very interesting sermon by Rev Henry Utterwick last Sunday. Thsre are sev- eral hundred people within reasonable distance of our church who should have heard it.
 Miss Susie Smith visited relatives here over Sunday.
 The house of Mrs Thomson on the Bigelow place is nearing completion and will be very pleasant,
 It is currently reported that there is portable whiskey mill not far from the inside pocket of 5 long tailed overcoat and Sunday seems to be one of the best days. Sufficient evidence is at hand to convict the gentleman Now look out.
 Several weeks ago two-year-old heifer was missing from the pasture of the late Richard Beebe. Tracks leading in the direction and immediate vicinity of the s'nigger" and white combination hotel were found and further investiga- tion discovered the hide and head near the main entrance to this mountain-side resort. A general cleaning-out process IS on the calendar to take effect in the near future. The woods are full of bucks, squaws and pappooses. If any of the readers of the NEWS who have not attended the Worlds Fair can just get hold of our neighbor Lyman Dunning for about half day he will tell you what he saw in looking over the fair about thirty days, and you will believe that you have been there your self. Ask him to show you that Oxford Downe lamb which he purchased there now weighing 40 pounds, the father of which weighed 460 pounds and took the prize at the Exposition.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
THE GOLD QUESTION.
Perhaps to Be Solved by the Timely Defeat
 of King Lobengula-


 The following communication, bearing Washington date, appeared in a recent issue of the New York Sun: It is cu- rious that the newspapers of today which announce the destruction of silver should also announce the collapse of the MaUa- bele king of a country larger than the Dakotas. In each instance the British auri sacra flames will be held responsible by the critical or perhaps hypercritical chronicler of events. have always ventured to profess a faith in the infallibility of the Anglo Saxon races. In this country believe that the nation is swinging with ve- locity perhaps dangerous toward the freedom of silver, and that seems to be the view of the triumphant repealers here today, where the losers are more elated than the winners.
 But in Africa, England is today an- ticipating such production of gold as will bring back the traditions of Cali fornia and Ballarat, and the victory of a mere joint stock company over the forces of Lobengula may now be fol- lowed by results not less remarkable than those which in 1849 followed poor Marshalps discovery of gold nugget in the dam at Sutter's mill in California.
 Until a month ago the only laborers in Mashonaland, the various Mashona tribes, were harried by the Matabeles whenever this fighting horde required a further supply of wives. The male Ma shonas were killed or carried off from the very old dumps of the gold mines of Hartly hill, of Maroe or Fort Victoria. Now Lobengula and his routed ''impis" are in retreat to northward of the Zan- besi. He will be there in the same posi- tion that was occupied by Sitting Bull and the Sioux after your catastrophe on the Little Horn in 1876, when that mightier Lobengula had retired into the British northwest.
 Today the gold developments in Africa are of extraordinary interest. The Randt gold camp at Johannesburg, which dates back only to 1887 and produced but a monthly average of 16,000 ounces in 1888, shows the following developments:
 Monthly Average.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
The Syringe and the Pine.

From western point of view there is one great drawback to opium smoking it takes too much time. Western hurry seems, however, to be gradually per meating even the vices of the east, and now the morphine syringe rivals the opi- um pipe, if we may believe report which reaches us from Hong Kong. The practice has been known for some time in Shanghai, and some six months ago it was brought to Hong Kong. where there are now some % houses in which regu- lar trade in it is openly carried on. Each house has on an average 50 clients, who call in the morning and the evening and take their doze.
 An injection is much cheaper than a smoke, and primarily, no doubt, that is the reason of it's rapid popularity. Curi- ously enough, the pretense is that 1t is used as cure for the vice of opium smok- ing, to which, however, it would seem to have about the same relation as @ whisky bar has to beer saloon. The immedi- ate happiness of an injection, which can be had without the loss of time, the pub lie exposure or the loathsome associa- tions of the opium den, is far more dan gerous temptation than the more slowly acting and more expensive pipe. Truly in this matter John Chinaman is jump ing ort of the frying pan into the fire.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
FOOTBALL.

We are glad that the foot ball season is drawing to close. That foolish and brutal game in which young men, the very flower of the nation, risk their lives and limbs will soon be stopped by the arrival of snow and ice. The mod ern game of foot ball differs entirely from foot ball as played few years ago, and it has become an extremely dan- gerous game. Like prize fighting it depends as much on brute force as on skill; and like prize fighting it should be prohibited by law. Colleges and academies foster and en- courage foot ball; foster it not because the professors and teachers do not know the danger and the demoralizing ten dencies of the game, but they foster, or at least tolerate, it because many par ents foolishly seem to think 1t an honor to send their sons to whatever college or school can organize and maintain a cham pion foot ball team. Railroad companies foster it for the profits on excursions to college foot ball games. and the regular fares to minor foot ball games. City daily newspapers foster it in order to stimulate the sale of news papers. Country newspapers announce and report foot ball games, not to sell extra papers, but simply because they are, expected to, and required to, record passing events. Of course there is a legion of cranks who pretend to enjoy the game, or at least like to witness the game, -but we do not think such a dan- gerous and brutal game, such heathen- ish sport, would be tolerated were if not for the money profit directly and in- directly connected with it.
 The long list of deaths and permanent injuries connected with this seasons games of foot ball should arouse public sentiment sufficiently to ostracize foot ball, or at least modify. the game to g safe and civilized style.
 The NEWS pleads guilty to announc. ing and reporting foot ball games this season; but after 'comprehending the evils of modern foot ball the NEWS feels constrained to express the foregoing sentiments, even at the risk of becom- ing unpopular by so doing.
 "The glory of young men is their strength, but there ought not to be any glory for young men in wasting their strength or in always risking, and often losing. life or limb in playing modern foot ball, appropriately called fool ball. Infinitely more sensible, safe and useful would it be for the "bucking teams'' in foot ball 10 exhibit their
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
The Question of Chaperon..

In this workaday world, if women must be wage earners and bread win ners, so far as they are concerned chap erons are impossible alike in England and America. In most factories, work shops and salesrooms, in America at least, the women are as carefully guard ed against insulting approaches or de- grading entanglements as they would be in their own homes. So, therefore, there is no reason in the world why in Amer ica we should, so far as these girls are concerned, bother ourselves as to whether they have chaperons or not.
 If there is danger to this class of girls in England because they cannot have chaperons, it might be we'll for those having the social condition of hemother country at heart to study the methods almost universally in use in the United States, and, to the extent of adopting these methods, Americanize the working girls of England. But so far as the wealthy classes are concerned, either in Great Britain or the United States, there is no essential difference, nor likely soon to be any. The presence of older women in every company adds to the dignity and variety quite as much as to the de- corum and propriety. -Harper's Nigga gins.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
HIM E ROCK.

The song of the gobbler is heard in the land.
 C.E. Caldwell, of New Britain, was in town on Monday.
 Hon. M. B. Richardson improves slowly from day to day.
 The social club will meet again on Friday evening. Progressive euchre for entertainment.
 Mrs Frank Brasie and Miss Carrie Richardson are gaining slowly.
 Mrs Wyman, of Kent, who has been staying with her sister. Mrs Brasie, re- turned home on Monday.
 Miss Lucy Richardson is at home from school at Waterbury for few days.
 Mrs c. W. Barnum and daughter, Miss Charlotte, have returned from Mamaroneck.
 Both foundries are closed at present writing.
 Mrs Charles Beckley is confined to the house with cold. sore throat, etc.
 Street lamps are needed on Main St. and some one to take care of them. How will we get them?
 There seems to be number of black and white thinks" around the streets Marrow escapes are reported every morning.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
KENT.

Several hundred pounds of Thanks giving turkey were shipped from here this week.
 The apple crop holds out we'll. A number of carloads have been shipped from this station in the past few weeks, and the business still continues.
 T. B. Woodruff has settled with his creditors to their satisfaction, and has re-opened his store.
 Mrs E. J. Soule and daughter, of Bridgeport. are at B. Lineburg's.
 Miss Flora Roraback, of Bridgeport, is in town for few days.
 MT and Mrs James Gregory, of M eri- den. are visiting Miss A. W. Knapp.
 Mir l., B. Vinegar, who has been in Middlebury several months past, has returned to his home in Macedonia.
 MT and Mrs B. G. Pratt left town Thursday for their winter home, Orange City, Fla. Mrs M. S. Barnum with her uncle. Samuel Garter. will occupy .Mr Pratt's house thls winter.
 Mrs Chas Gaylord received a number of her lady friends at her pleasant new home on Main St, Friday p. m, Nov. 24th.
 Wm T. Hopson, of New London. is in town.
 Miss Sloat. of New Jersey, is visiting her sister, Mrs A. l.. Futile
 Surprise parties are all the go in this vicinity-so no one need be surprised if a party of friends drop in suddenly some evening.
 An interesting Thanksgiving exercise consisting of responsive readings, reel tations and music by the Sunday school. took the place of the regular service at Congl church last Sunday evening The recitations were especially good and rendered h manner showing careful larger congregation than usually attends evening service.
 Mrs A Ieline Beckley went to New Hartford on Tuesday to remain a month.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
GREAT HARRINGTON.

Chicken thieves have been active of late in this town. Saturday night they made raid on F. T. Sanford and car ried off his entire number.
 The great iron stack and boilers for the new cotton mill arrived Saturday and are being put in position.
 Union services, made up of Metho- dists, Congregationalists and Episcopa- Hans and all others desiring to attend, will be held at St. James Episcopal church to-day. The offerings will be equally divided between the poor of the three churches.
 The program of entertainments and lectures for the benefit ofthe free libra ry has been prepared as follows: Dec g, Remenge concert; Dec. 20, lecture by Prof Bliss Perry, of Princeton, on the poems of Robert Browning; Jan. 4, Leland T. Powers will impersonate Da- vid Garrick; Jan. 20, concert by the Philharmonic club of New York; Feb 2, amateur dramatics; Feb. 23, lecture by W. M. French, of Chicago, on "The wit and wisdom of the crayon."
 The Methodist trustees have sold their old parsonage on Rosseter street to Engineer W. D. Ingersoll for $2500 In the spring the Methodist pastor will occupy the recently purchased parson- age on the corner of Main and Rosseter streets.
 John V. Hollenbeck, of New Haven, has arrived at the Miller House for the winter.
 John J. Grady. aged 20 years, who lived with family at Housatonic, was brought before the District court Fri day for the larceny of $5 from the room of girl living in the same house. He was sent to the state reform school at Concord.
 The winter meeting of the State Board of Agriculture will open at the town hall in this village next Tuesday and continue for three days with fore noon. afternoon and evening lectures Ex-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin, will lecture on ''the dairy;;" John E. Russell on "the horse;" Dr Twitchell, of Angus ta, Me, on ''the use of the score card in examining horses and cattle." Other speakers will represent various subjects of interest to the farmer. The exhibi- tion of butter from various parts of the state will be an attractive feature of the meeting. The evening of Tuesday a banquet to the State Board will be giv- en at the Berkshire Inn. Judge Row ley, of Egrem ont, will preside and there will be music by 8 quartette from Pitts field.
 J. H. Rowley and H. L. Rowe, of Egremont, and John B. Chadwick, of this town, sub committee of the exec utive committee of the Housatonic Agri- cultural society, will report at the an- nual meeting of the society, Dec. IA, in regard to changes on the exhibition hall It is proposed to lower the building to one story, take away the balcony and build 36x48 feet addition at the south end.
 The Hartsville new electric light com pany will extend their wires to this vll- lage and come into competition with the Ct. Harrington electric light company
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
SPECIMEN CASES

SH. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, was troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism, his stomach was disordered, his liver was affected to an alarming degree, ap- petite fell away, and he was terribly re- duced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him.
 Edward Sheppard, Harrisburg, Ill, had running sore on bis leg of eight years standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. and his leg is sound and we'll. John Speaker, Ca tawba, O., had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. Que bottle Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him en- tirely. Sold at w. H. Camps drug store.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
Subscription Account.

: Tho date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the subscriber shows the time to which the subscription is paid: thus, R. B, Smith 6jul89 indicates that Mir Smith has paid tor his paper to July 5, 1889. It is hoped that subscribers will see to it that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for re- whether their date is changed to indicate the proper credit, and in the ev ent of an error to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be considered unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the receipt of the paper with the date to which the subscription is paid plainly printed thereon is prima facie evt. dAnce of its acceptance as correct.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
Fair Buildings to Stand.

During the entire summer of 1894 the main Exhibition buildings will stand in Jackson Park. The public will be admitted everywhere in the park free. The work of beautifying the park will progress steadily. On the first day of the new year the. Park Commissioners will assume control.
 All state and foreign buildings will be out of the north end of the grounds by May l. The Commissioners will at once begin the work of restoring that end of the park to it's former appear ance.-Valley Cleaner.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
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Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
SALISBUR Y.

Miss Lima M. Selleck is home for Thanksgiving.
 Miss Barnum, of East Canaan, spent ! few days last week with Miss M. O. Conklin
 F. H. Sanford, of Danbury, is visiting at the rectory.
 The schools of the village were closed last Friday, the teachers in the several departments attending the convention at Lakeville.
 Mrs E R. La Place is visiting at the home of her parents Tn New London.
 A. P. Feltz is visiting at Hudson, N. r.
 Mrs F. Wanger, of Clermont, N. Y |, spends Thanksgiving here with her SOD, c. F. Wanger.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30

strength and skill in saw-bucking (saw- ing cord wood). The twenty-two young and stout men which are required in playing game of foot ball would each and all deserve and win glory and grati- tude would they engage in a wood-saw- ing strife and each saw cord of wood for poor and decripit people.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
LeQaL Notices.

nISTRIOT of sharon, ss. Probate Court. lI November 4th 1898.
 Estate of Caroline Swan Roberts late of Sharon in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of sharon hath limited and allowed six months from date hereof for the creditors of said es- tate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immedi- ate payment to
 JAS. G. ROBERTS, Executor. Post office address. sharon. Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30

A summary of the Wilson tariff bill appears on the first page. Among the articles added to the free list are ammonia, apples, all kinds of meat, coal, copper, iron ore, lard. milk, ,cotton-seed- oil, lumber, wool. salt. The bill will probably rever pass because it hurts too many industries in which men of both parties are interested.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-30
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