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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
Reunion of 9th c. V. Veterans.

The 9th Connecticut volunteers will hold its reunion in Bridgeport August 18th. Business meeting at G. A. R. hall at 1O:30 a. m., and dinner at Pleasure Beach at 12:45. John l.. Chatfield. of Waterbury, was colonel, and John M. Speidel, of Bridgeport, was lieutenant colonel of the regiment. Companies H and were recruited in Bridgeport
 The regiment served four years and participated, in twenty-one engage ments and the seiges of Fort Pulaski, Ga.: Charleston, s. C., and Petersburg, Va. Its principal engagements were: Capture of Port Royal, $. C.. November. 1861: James Island. s. C.. July 10. 1862; James Island. secessionville., July 16, 1Ss1:. Potaligo, s. C.. October P, 1862; Morris Island, s. C.. July 10. 1863: Fort Wagner s. C.. July 1s. 1863.
 Battles in campaign of 1864 in Yir- ginia; May IA. 19., 20: June ?. 2. IT; Au- gust. 14. ,15,, 16: September 20: October l. |.7. B and 27. Seige. of Petersburg .Au. gust and September. 1864. Capture of Fort Fisher, N. C., January 15. 1865. Wilmington. N. C., February 2l and g. 1865.
 The official catalogue shows that l. sos men served in the regiment and its casualties during the war were S5S.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
Frnternal Circles.

The fourth annual midsummer meet ing of the association of Past Master Workmen of Connecticut A. o. U. W. will be held at Pleasure Beach to-mor- row. Promptly at 2:3o o'clock the mem- bers will partake of one of Manager Smiths first-class shore dinners. the tables being set, In a pavilion reserved for the exclusive use of the association. Following the dinner, short business session will be held. During the re- mainder of the afternoon the numerous attractions of the resort will occupy the attention of members and guests. In the evening at 8:30 o'clock a Lodge of Instruction will be held at Workmen Hall, 37 Cannon street. The opening, closing and initiatory ceremonies will be exemplified. at the conclusion of which short musical and literary en- tertainment and refreshments will be furnished under the auspices of Golden Hill lodge, No. 35. Scandia lodge, No. 53, and Farren lodge, No. 57. A large number of candidates have been provi- ded by the local lodge as material for the degree work, which will be con- ferred by picked team from the asso- citation. The Grand Lodge officers of the jurisdiction will be present at the dinner and evening meeting. By cour- tesy of the Bridgeport Castle, K. G. E., Farren lodge will exchange meeting nights with them. meeting Wednesday evening instead of Monday as usual.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
Reunion of the Seventeenth,

The annual reunion of the Seven- teenth Connecticut Volunteers assocla- ton will be held at Greenwich on Tuesday. August 2s. The association will assemble at the depot In Green wich on the arrival of the 9:05 a. m. train from New York. which arrives at Greenwich at 10:1l a. m. Comrades from the east will take the S:S0 a. m. train from New Haven and from Bridgeport at 9:04 a. m. which arrives at Greenwich at l0:11 am. Comrades from Danbury will take the 7:07 a. m. train which arrives at South Norwalk at 816 a. m., and connects with the S:30 a. m. train from New Haven, which arrives at Greenwich at 10:l1 a. m. Comrades do not purchase round trip tickets as arrangements have been made for a reduction of fare upon the return trip, by the Consolidated rail- road to all stations upon the line of their road, certificate will be furnish ed by Treasurer Wade at the business meeting at Greenwich.
 The invitation has been extended by the patriotic citizens of Greenwich, who have amply provided for the enjoyment and pleasure of the members. sc. Blakeman Is president and John H. Porter, secretary of the association.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
CONTEST OF GUN CLUBs.
sixth Tournament of the conneg gticut TraI
 Shooting League To- Morrow.

sixth Tournament of the conneutic Trap
 Shooting League To-Morrow.
 The New Haven Gun club will have a shoot on the grounds on West Chapel street tomorrow. It will be the sixth tournament of the Connecticut Trap Shooters league. The events are as fol- lows, with the entrance fee: ]. 10 Em- pire targets. 60 C.; ?. 10 Keystone tar gets. TO G.: 8. i6 Empire targets. Sl; l. 10 Keystone targets. 7oc.; (, 10 Elm pire targets. q; 6. 30 Keystone team race. 60c.: !. l5 Empire merchandie. q; 8, 20 Keystone; g. 10 Empire, 70c.; 1910 Keystone. roc. The sixth event on the program Is tho one in which the shoot- CTS are especially interested. Two men from each city in the state will contend for the championship, which Is now held by the New Haven team. and has been so far this year. Among the prominent shooters to be present will be r. Rasley from East Hahtford who has a knack of getting there with the best of them: Sterry from Holland. good steady shooter and one to be de- pended on in close race: c. Burbridge and A. Wiley from Hartford. who make the New Haven boys hustle when they come here; and Penrose and Cady from New London, who love to shoot and can. Other well known shooters who are expected are: From Wilimantic. H. Edgarten and J. Macfarlaine from Bristol. Hill and Daley. The local marksmen will include Bristol. Long, den. Savage and Potter.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
STOLE sJ0, 900
From the Bethel, Conn.,, Bank and sto'e
 oab,0O0 in Bonds From Belmont.

From the Bethel, Conn.,. Bank and Stole sab.o0o in Bonds From Belmont. Now York, Aug. ls.-Chauncey John- son, who for forty years has been known to the police in all the large cities Of the country as q most daring and successful sneak thief, was arrested at Albany yesterday, charged with theft.
 Chnnnoey Johnson has been arrested twice before this year, in Newark and in this oity, but simply as a suspicious person. He Is about seventy years old, He was released from Dannemorn pris- on in the early part of this year, after serving fve-year sentence. He onme out broken In health and spirit, and with no money or friends. Hedeclared that he was through with crime for all time. ,-
 'I'm out Of the ring for good" he said. My friends are all gone, my pals are in prison. and am almost dead"
 It is said that Johnson has stolen more money than any sneak thief the country has ever known. He has spent thirty years of his life in prison. He began his criminal career as bur glar. but found sneak thieving more to his liking and afterwards always followed 1t. He always operated alone. for he would trust nobody. Johnson plundered the Hatters' bank In Bethel. Conn.,, of about $50000. He stole sl&,000 in bills from the desk of the paying teller of Philadelphia bank. He got into the private office Of Banker August Belmont and walked out with $25,000 in government bonds. He stole several thousand dollars from the office of the Adams Express company In this city by disgusting himself as a cashier and taking that officers place while he was out to lunch.
 It was generally believed that he was concerned in the stealing of tin box from the Marine National bank of this city, which contained over s4Oo,OOO in securities. With Henry Newman he stole S125.OOO from the president of the Central Eatonal bank of this city.
 Again, in broad daylight, he entered the crowded corridor of the Fifth Ave nue hotel, walked in behind the counter to the open safe and calmly took out several valuable packages. He served 10 years for that crime, and since then his crimes have all been of a petty character
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
WOOdmOnt NOtea.

MT. Charles H. Trowbridge enter tained Professor Eaton of Yale recent ly.
 Miss Nash gave a sailing party Fri day evening. The moon was every. thing that could be desired. Although the sailing breeze did not favor the craft, there was sufficient breeze to ward off "becalmment' After short, jolly sail. the young people, about forty in number, had great illumination at MT. Goodsell's, which was heartily res- bonded to by the Halsteds at the Cas- tie, each vieing with the other to be in the lead. After repeated red fire. Roman candles, and extra sized tbop4 fires, the party adjourned to the Castle. where they had a great dance. The piano was accompanied by Mr. Sam Beardsley on the mandolin. Lemonade flowed like wine and every one had the incest kind of time. After this hlar- ity the young people visited the Good sell cottage. where Mrs. Nash passed refreshments to stay the 'inner man. The whole affair was pronouced the event of the sea son.
 MT. and Mrs. T. P. Terry of Ansonia who have been living at the Lunn cot. tage for two weeks. have returned home. They will be missed exceed ingly.
 MT. Granville Goodsen gave one of his famous clambakes Wednesday eve. ming to about sixty guests.
 Miss Parmlee of New Haven was the guest of Mrs. Cleveland Thompson Thursday.
 MT. Dana Bartholomew and his daughter, accompanied by his niece Miss Hattie Powe. expect to enjoy tht beauties of Saratoga this week. MT. Walter Thompson, son of MT Cleveland Thompson, expects to epent his vacation at this place. MT. John Warren has returned iron the south. He has been very mucl missed from the point as he is one o the few young men here who keeK l things humming.
 Hotel Sanford is filled te,oVerflewing and it is just the place for sea foot and a good time. -. :, '': ,-...i5 t.:.- Mir Hewitt aud family :of Shelton left for their homo Monday. The, are people who will be greatly missed by not only the guests at the Pem broke, but by many cottaGsfs.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
Connecticut Industries,
e Winsted Citizen says:

The Winsted Citizen says:
 The Winsted Metalliform Co. have
 perfected the plans for their new factory to be located on the site former ly owned and occupied by the Boards ley -Scythe Co., The contracts for the building have all been let, and building operations begun. The stone and found- ation work is to be done by l.. E. Hotchkiss, the brick and masonry work by L. D. Hart, and the carpenter work by James Ryan, all of Winsted. The main building is to be of brick 146x42 it., with one tower 1Sx16ft, and one tower on Lake street side l01ax10 ft. The building is to be two stories high, with basement, and is to be completed on or before October 10th next. In addition to the new factory to be erected the company will utilize some of the stone and wooden buildings now stand ing and which are in good condition for the purpose to which they will be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
WILL GIVE UP HIS HOTEL.
Captain Barnes of tho Thiinble lsians
 House Save He is Unjustly Persecuted,

Captain Barnes of tho Thimble Island
 House Says He is Unjustly Persecuted.
 William Barnes was arraigned before Justice Zink at Branford Saturday af- ternoon on charge of selling intoxicat- ing liquors without license. The evil dence was very incomplete. .and Captain Barnes was discharged. For many years Captain Barnes has run the Thimble Island house. and he accuses the authorities of the leland of faver- itism toward his competitors. He says he has always kept an orderly and high. ly respectable house, patronized by ex- cellent people, and says the police have been trying to bring complaint against him for over year. He says oh this account he will give up his hotel after this year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
4 Brak eman Bsilly lniured,

John Birge, brakeman running on . night freight between this city and liar. lem river, fell from his train early Sud- day morning near New Rochelle and re- ceived injuries. which it was at first thought would prove fatal. He was brought to his home. 12S Meadow street, in this oity, where he wss attended by
 Dr. Frank H. Whittemora who is doinS everything possible for lin. Lastsvenl ing Dr. Whittemors said Birge wAs do ipg as we'll as could b expected, and that the prospects wsss snoOusa9 9ins for his resovefx. .,s.,.5,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
N~~---v \ kbONAMl} x IRE MODERN CLEANER &

Penny wise and Pound foolish" are those who think it. economy to use cheap rosin and soda soaps, or washing powders of any kind, instead of the good old Dobbins' Elec- tric Soap; for sale by all gro- cers since 1869, and used dur ing Y all that time by millions of intelligent economical wo- men who, KNOW its merits and therefore use it. All who use it praise it as the best, cheap, est, and most economical soap made. but if you will try it. even just once, it will tell a
 much stronger tale of its mer-
 its ITSELF. Ask your grocer
 for Dobbins' Electric Soap.
 take nothing else.
 |ilNSHRllplI. men make cheap
 ~"yEr,Z limitations of the LUIS best articles !; @i other unscrupu-
 lous men seek to palm them oil on their customers as tho genuine, for the sake of tho additional profit made by tho deceit. There ars lots of limitations of Dobbins' Electric Soap. Every one of them will ruin end rot clothes. Bee that our name is cn svsry wrapper. 0OBBWS SOAP MFc. CO., Saecsssoss b | [. Cragin & O.. ti j Fnla0elphiAs EA-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-14
The Lehixh Ys,lsx;tRniiSnaa

is the picturesque iins from; NswsYofk to the west via Niagara Talis.5
 Solid vestibule trAtns run through h 2s hours without ohanes, ef cars.
 Send to W. B. Smith, 04nGrA Eastsrn Passenger Agent, No. 28S HroadN1y, New York, for time-tablas and iIlhb- trated descriptive matter in-reeasa to the road, S
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
4 SURPLUS OF HORSES.

There is surplus of horses in all
the Western states. Farmers are
dropping out of the breeding bust
ness, and the indications are that
there will be scarcity of horses.
The present glut will soon work off.
The great rage of few years ago
for large, foreign road horses has de-
creased, and now breeders of trot-
ting stations are trying to increase
the demand for fast horses OF differ
ent types. In few years there will
be q lot of light carriage horses,
cross-breeds from mOngrel mares
The Western bronchO has done much
to glut the market for common
horses. They go into every city and
town by the carload and are sold at
auction for what they will bring
Many are bought IN the towns, and
because they are sprightly and
measurably speedy they take the
place of a better class of animals
They are croWding tie mule from
the cotton plantations of the South,
and make vast difference every
where Exchange.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
Horticultural Affairs.
BLESSING TIE FIELDS.

In western Europe the farmer
studies rational method OF raising
his crops. He tiIls his soil to the
best of his ability and trusts in
nature to repay him for his work.
In Eastern Europe, Russia, the lazy
farmer sends the priest into his fields
to bless them. Instead OF hard work
heuses consecrated water, and for in
telligent farming he substitutes
the priests incantatiOns.
The annual life of the Russian
peasantry is that of the simple
husbandman inhabiting q country
where the winter is long and severe.
In April the snow tnelts and the
grass comes up with wonderful
rapidity. On ST. Georges Day,
April %, the priests begin their
harvest work OF the year, sprinkling
all the cattle of the district and
blessing the fields. This they do
from early morning till late evening,
for the peasant is not satisfied with
any "symbolical sprinkling;" he de-
mands that the priest shall pass
over all his ground, and repeat the
benedlctlOn everywhere.
This is the only time in the year
the Russian peasant has any respect
and use for the priest. For the rest
of the year he looks upon him with
contempt. The poor priest must
be rapid in his motions, for he has
much to do, and the peasant is
usually impatient to begin field
labor; remembering an old proverb,
Sow in mud and you will be a
prince" he wants to put his seed in
the wet soil.-[Translated for the
Literary Digest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
CARE OF GRAPE VINES.

Grape vines want looking after in
Tuly and the hoe should be used free
lv. 1t should be remembered that
every weed draws moisture out of
the soil, while stirring the soil en-
ables the dews and moisture to
penetrate it. Whenever it is posi-
BILE, a good mulching or barnyard
manure. or any kind Of vegetable re-
fuse that is free from weed seeds,
ought to be spread over the whole
surface, which will assist in keeping
the soil moist and promote the vigor
of the vines.
Do not let the growth become
crowded. Nip out the side laterals
on the young canes down to the
lowest leaf upon each. Those grape
growers who remove superhuous
shoots and shorten in fruit branches
early in the season, will see the ad-
vantage in the promising fruit and
the thick, solid texture of the leaves
Instead of leaves hidden from the
light and sun by the too common
overcrowded growth, they are
celebrating and concentrating the
crude Juices from the roots, anC
carbonizing the precious fuiC
materially thus forming sugar anc
aromatic flavor in the berries, anc
solid buds and woody fibre for next
years development. - Lewiston
Journal
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
"POST NOBILS."

All students of Latin will be inter
ested in an anecdOte related by Rev.
7. F. COwen as follows
Two well-dressed gentlemen, on a
sightseeing tour, strolled in the VIZ
cinitv of handsome new structure.
"Wonder what this is?" Queried
one, casting his eye about for a cor
ner-stone "Ah, there is an inscrip-
ton on the wall. Latin. Funny
place to putt. Post Nobils' Let :
see. I've forgotten most of my Lat
in. What do you make out OF it =
The other adjusted his eyeglasses,
critically surveyed the inscription,
and returned: Hum post means
after of course; but 'nobils' gets
away with me Nobils, nobils, no.
I declare, I'll have to give it up.
Let's inquire"
Thereupon they sought out the in
teligent custodian of the building
and put their question.
what does that there inscription
mean" the man repeated after them
in a pitying tone. 1T means just
exactly what it says, and FIVE dol
lars fine in the bargain if you go tc
posting any bills around this place.
And the sight-seers who had forgot
ten their Latin retired, looking re
proachfully at each other [Golder
Rule.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21

Near a good market for milk where
milk is worth at the farm and at
wholesale 90 cents or more per can
of eight and one-half quarts, it prob
ably pays better to sell it than to
make it into butter. The dairy
man who makes butter and
sells it at 10 cents per pound re-
ceives for its milk, if the latter con-
tains 4 per cent of butter fat, 81 per
100 pounds. or about II cents per
can of eight and one-half quarts; or
if butter can be sold at 80 cents,
then milk of this richness will be
worth S1.2O per hundred pounds or
20 cents per can. The butter-milk
and skim-milk will perhaps be worth
rather more than the difference of
labor in converting the milk into
butter. There is pretty good
margin in dairying yet, with good
COWS and good management, and
the milkmen near cities undoubtedly
are doing profitable business where
they can wholesale their milk at SO
cents per can in summer and 81
cents in winter, and retail it at 60 to
So cents per EMBELLISHMENTS
PlOughman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
a MANS COURAGE.

A man can take his life in his hand
and traverse the horrors of an Afri-
can jungle without shudder in his
body. But he cannot enter a fancy
wool shop to match a special hue
without breaking iuto a violent per-
spiration and finally rushing away
without fulfilling the task.
man can suffer the amputa tion
of limb in a heroic manner, but he
cannot endure a mustard plaster on
his chest without shrieking aloud
for mercy.
A man can bear the deprivation OF
his wealth with the calmness of a
stole, but he cannot lose his collar
stud on the bedroom floor without a
violent outburst of temper.
A man can smile gri1nly under the
tortures of the rack, but he cannot
tread on a tack with his bare feet
without bitter howl.
\ man can walk forty miles a day
and arrive fresh and bright at the
end of his journey, but he cannot
nurse a baby half an hour without
complaining that he is utterly worn
out.
A man can calculate to the utter
most farthing the cost of the Suez
Canal, but he cannot estimate the
price of woman's bonnet without
egregious errors.
A man can possess the physical
strength of Samson, but he cannot
help to take down the pictures for
the annual spring cleaning without
feeling completely exhausted with
his labors.
A man can suffer death a. the stake
with the dignity of martyr, but he
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
FARM HINTS.

\ writer in the May Century tells
OF riding upon a stage coach through
a part of New Hampshire, and of
the driver pointing out farm,
where he said they make farming
pay there" How do they do it ?''
asked the passenger. They work"
said the driver. Possibly some other
farms would be more profitable if
those who drove by them could say
they work." instead Of saying he
works." or she works." When all
work trying to make the farm pay,
it will be very sure TO do SO.
There are said to be 256, 900 red
clover seeds in a pound, or 100000
in a quart. The usual seeding of
eight to u pounds to the acre would
give a good stand if all were good
seed and all came up, but when the
seed IS full of weed seed, or when the
land IS so poorly prepared as to be
full of holes, or covered with coarse
Jumps, one is apt to get a greater
crop of weeds than of clover.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
NEW METHOD OF RAISING ONIONS.

A novel method of raising onions
has recently come to my notice,
which, though not practicable for
large area, may profitably be en-
plOved in some sections, and does
away with most OF the arduous
labor of wedding and cultivating.
The patch grown under these
strange conditions was three rods
long and two wide The ground
was prepared in the usual way, we'll
fortified and raked smooth. Then
foOt-boards twelve feet long were
placed so as to leave an opening of
about four inches between them.
Along this opening onion sets were
planted about six inches apart. The
boards were not removed during the
growing of the crop, and acted as a
mulch through which weeds could
not penetrate. A very little labor
kept the weeds out of the rows, and
the crop matured in fine shape, Civ
ing an extraordinarily large yield.
1t took sixty-six boards to cover
the patch, and they cost the grower
about So. The boards will last
many seasons for this purpose, if
taken up during the winter, and the
cheapest kind of lumber will answer
the purpose. The enforced idleness
to the land covered by the boards
adds greatly to its productiveness,
claims the grower of the crop. Six
inch boards would answer the
purpose fully as we'll, and then near
ly twice the quantity could be
grown upon the same amount of
land Country Gentleman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-06-21
ALL SORTS.
Know THySeIf.

How important this injunction to
every Young man. How many ruin
their health and future happiness through
pernicious practices contracted in ignor-
ance, and repented of when too late.
Parents, guardians and humanitarians
can do no better service to the rising
generation than to place in their hands
the information and warning contained
in a little book carefully prepared by an
association OF medical gentlemen, who
haveh had vast experience in dealing with
the grave maladies here limited at and
who feel that they owe it to humanity
to warn the young OF the land against
certain destructive habits which are far
more prevalent than any layman can
possibly imagine, and which, if persisted
III, gradually undermine the constitu
ton and health and destroy the future
happiness of the victim. Cut out this
notice, and enclose it With ten cents in
stamps Ito pay POSTAGE to World 5
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will be sent, secure from obse1va ton in,
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