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The free press., 1895-03-21

Thursday, Mch. 81, 1896.
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ONE DOLLAR IN ADVANCE.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
POPLARVILLE, MISS.
The free press., 1895-03-21

Large tracts of farming and fruit
lands in Alabama have been sold
recently to farmers from North.
western states. 1t would be better
for all conce rped if the farmers whJ
are starving by inches on the arid
regions ofthe West could all 60
South, and abandon the dry bet to
it's fate. Toledo (Ohio) Blade.
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WARREN.

Storm of snow succeeds storm and yet the ia Ill is so little and the weather. SC calm, that the sleighing remains excel lent. From here to New Preston it has never been surpassed. In going from here to that village a person unfamiliar with the route would find it difficult to determine whether there was a stream of water between here and there, or wheth- CT Lake Waramaug was actually a body of water or an extended plain lying be- tween the hills and mountains. Every thing is covered with snow and 30 even- ly spread over the surface of the ground as to cover up all obliquities. and give to the most forbidding spots an appearance of beauty and of possessing harmonious proportions.
 A new month is upon us and St Valen- tines day, in honor of St Valentine, will soon be here. St Valentine was pres- byter of Rome who was beheaded during the persecution of Claudius IT, 270 A. D. He was then made saint and his festi- val was celebrated on ssFebrurary 14. Originally he had nothing to do with the custom of choosing valentines It arose from the old pagan festival of Supercalia, celebrated on the same day. This may be new idea to many who may have heard of Valentines day all their life and never knew the origin of it. If we learn one material fact month 1t will be something.
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ceeded in equaling or lowering tha which stood ss the worlds champion record when the season of 1893 closed. Alix seems to have taken all her speed to California, as it is reported that al l Los Angeles last Wednesday she was sent home from the half in .OO 1-4, last qrarter in % 1-2 seconds.
 Alden Goldsmith, son of the late James Goldsmith, will probably drive the good ones in John Goldsmith's stable next year. as that famous driver will dc but little race driving.
 Blue Bull is gaining greater distinct. ion as the years go by as a brood mare sire. Returns show him the sire of the dams of sixteen of the 1894 performers and total of eighty to date.
 Allectus, by Alcantara, 2.23, dam Iols by Administrator, 2.29 1-2; second dam Jessie Pepper, dam of Iona, 17 ?, and the .great brood mare Alpha, g l-2 by Mambrino Chief, has been gelded.
 "Trotwood" tells of weanling pacer down in Tennessee, of the Hal family. that has paced an eighth in l9 seconds and whose strides when at speed range are from 17 to 17 feet inches.
 Three stallions began the season of 1894 without records and finished it with records of 2.09 or better, two two-year- olds and a four-yesr-old-Carb 2.09; Rubinstein, POS, and Directly, 2.07 3 4.
 The new New England Association of TrottiDg-horse Breeders is one of the most solid associations in the world, as it's finan cial condition at t,e present time indicates it to have balance on hand of SIS, 9,644.03.
 Harry Hamlin has found a new way of disposing of the Village Farm horses which will not do in races. He recently coralled a number of the get of Mam- primo King and Hamlin's Almont, Jr., docked their tails, and seemingly trans formed them into cobs.
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BRIDGEWATER.
PERSONAL CHAT.

I Mrs A. H. Gillett entertained her sis. ter, Mrs Andrew Northrop, one day I last week.
 Mrs Josiah Roberts was brought here from New Milford for burial, Wednes-
 day, February 6. Mrs Roberts was a
 native of Bridgewater, sister of Eli
 Sturdevant. A son, Eli Roberts, also resides in town. MT and Mrs Cornelius Peck from New
 Milford were in town, lat week. Cards are received announcing the marriage of Miss Fannie Gillette and John A. Beeler in Denver, Col, Februa- ry IA. Miss Gillette is a native of Bridgewater, the daughter of Horace Gillette who moved to Colorado few years since. Mrs Burr Mallett and daughter, Miss Sadie, are on the sick list. A. H. Gillett, who has been seriously i'll, is better.
 Stephen Hadlin from New Milford has taken J. G. Welton's farm and is moving his family into MT Welton's house.
 Mrs Flora Barnum is critically i'll. It was feared she would not live through Sunday night.
 Several of the family of Mark Hatch have the grip. s
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WORTHWHILE.


 Rev MT Luddington and MT Mathisor expected to occupy their pulpits on Sun. day but were stranded at Botsford fol nine hours and returned to New Haven Eight attended the morning service Dea Couch read sermon. No service was held in the evening.
 An unusual event was the stopping o1 all travel through here as was the case on Friday. A number of teams broke open the roadsTfor travel on Saturday. Carr Lyon brought the mail bag from New Milford and we put on new cour. age. Monday morning the road was again opened by a free use of the shovel
 Mrs Lewis Payne is ill and under the care of Dr King.
 Through the kindness of E. B. Buck ingham number of friends of MT: and Mrs Steph Beach attended the social party given in their honor and had very enjoyable time.
 Will Platt of Southampton. L. l., has joined his mother in visiting Mrs Lewis Payne.
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H. A. SkidmOre
 Successor to sKIDMoRE sTEIGER.

Our Collection of Attractive Bargains for this week will be of interest to everybody
 that wants to make dollar go a
 long ways.
 Twenty pieces Figured sateen only Regular 12 2c quality, your choice at Sc yard. @ 't Ten dozen Honeycomb Towels large size One Fancy Striped Checked Outing light Spring Shades. Value 12 1-2c, at &c., -#-'ef Jersey weight and finish. Ask 0
 One Fruit the Loom Beahed Everybody knows the price. Our figure is Sc yard
 Ten dozen Full sized Bached Sheets good quality sell them at S7c each
 Ladies' Sl.3S and S1 50 each 98c.
 ors; were 5oc to soc, now only S9c each.
 BooKson small lot Paper Novels of thm &c., and &c., they go Sc each All good
 call special rbons complete Ribbons all good shades, at De- Sc 10c
 Colgate's Toilet Water, 69c bottle.
 Phyala the best Hair will take other
 imported Dmites petiest goods patterns elegant designs. Ask to see them.
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AT THE VILLAGE CHURCH.

The theme of Rev MT Evans sermon at the Village church, last Sunday, was "Winter," "Let not your flight be in the | winter" He first described the charm and pleasure of this winter season and then spoke about it's disadvantages and barrenness and chill. Turning the sub iect, he described the wintry life, the wintry church, the wintry age and last the winter of eternity to the unregener- ate soul. No evening service was held. A sociable of the members of the Y. P. $. c. B. was enjoyed at Sherman Cogs- wells on Tuesday evening of this week. A sociable under the auspices of the Ladies' Sewing Society will be held at George c. Hopkins on Friday afternoon | and evening of this week.
 MT and Mrs J. D. Cramsey intend to start this week for New York and New Jersey for months stay, during which time the 50th anniversary of their mar riage will be appropriately observed with their children and relatives at their son. in-law's, George Sterling's, in New Jer- sey. May they be spared to each other for many years to come is our sincere wish.
 Mrs Sherman Cogswel1, Jr., is afflicted with carbuncle rendering her unable to work.
 It looks as though we should be well supplied with various meats for months to come, if we have the money to pay for the same. Two meat wagons regu- larly pass through and about this village from Washington Depot and J. R. Still son also keeps up the reputation of his market here for variety of meat and fowl at more reasonable prices than ever. Last week MT Stillson made marked reduction in pork rib and sausage and the rest as low as he can possibly sell.
 A daughter was added to the house. hold of Col E. Johnson, last Saturday evening. The colonel has family now of three sons and one daughter and seems very much pleased with the late addi- tion.
 A party of 10 from New Milford at tended dancing party at Washington Depot on Thursday evening of last week and did not start for home till after the snow had drifted in the roads, so they at- tempted to reach New Milford via this village but had to put up at J. B Still sons Friday night and by the help of E. F. Brague on Saturday they were enab-
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The exposure Co all sorts and condit- ions of weather that lumberman is called upon to endure in the camps often produces severe colds which, if not promptly checked, result in congestion or pneumonia. MT J. O. Davenport, ex-mansger of the Fort Bragg Redwood Co.,, an immense institution at Fort Bragg, Cal, says they sell large quan- titles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the company's store and that he has himself used this remedy for a severe
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Among the Horsemen.
HITCH TO THE CUTTER.

lFRoM THE MIRROR AND FARMERI What will Alcantara bring?
 Mart Demarest is at the Hot Springs.
 The Illinois State Fair netted s10,OOO.
 The Christmas turf journals are fairl, gorgeous. James Golden will spend part of tn, winter in Florida.
 C.J. Hamilton will spend part of tht winter in California.
 The Year Book, it is promised, will bt out February l.
 Sandwich, Ont, will have new mile track to cost Sl50,00O. Robert Bonner expects to see Sumo reduce her record next season. Stallion Day receipts at the New England Breeders meeting were sls,. 714.90.
 | The trainers who used Fleetwood Park paid the club during 1894 $44s6 for stall.
 The rent of the sale amphitheatre at Madison Square Garden. New York, is 5000 per day.
 Mayor-elect- Curtis of Boston is an enthusiastic horseman and the owner of several fact onea
 There is yearling in California by Monbars, 2.l1 3-4, that has shown an eighth in 16 seconds.
 John Kelley has settled that he will train over Fleetwood and will begin op- eratioDs next month.
 Bright Regret, 2-26 1-4, by Prince Regent, 2.16 1-2, is expected to be one of the best pacers in the Village Farm stable next year.
 E. M. Putnam, well-known horse man of Haverhill, Mass, and one of the owners of Twang, has been elected an alderman of his city.
 The announcement thct the Bower man Brothers of Lexington, Ky, will sell the stallion Wilton, 2.l9 If, is surprise to horseman generally.
 Besides Charley C., 2.l3 1-2, Barney Demarest will race Rebus, 2.12 3-4, on the ice in Canada rhis winter. His first start will be at Montreal. .
 It is stated that Tattersalls New York horse market has sold nearly q million dollars worth of horses since William Easton assumed management.
 Fleetwood Park is assessed as farm land, and for all that, the $l0,000 re- ceived by che owners as rental pays only about two-thirds of the taxes.
 George Wilkes does not figure as the sire of 10 trotter or pacer, but eight cen of his sons and five of his grandsons do him honor in his stead.
 Tn 1894 five harness performers suc-
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cold and obtained immediate relief. This medicine prevents any tendency of cold toward pneumonia and insures prompt recovery. For sale by E. F. Hawley, Newtown, and s. c. Bull, Sandy Hook. Bacteria do not occur in the blood or in the tissues of a healthy living body, either of man or the lower ami mals." So says the celebrated Dr Koch. Other doctors say that the best medi- cine to render the blood perfectly pure and healthy is Ayers sarsaparilla. Much of life's misery is due to indi- gestion, for who can be happy with a pain in his stomach: As a corrective and strengthener of the alimentary or- gans, Ayers pills are invaluable, their use being always attended with marked benefit.
 No one in ordinary health need be- come bald or gray, if he will follow sen. sible treatment. We advise cleanliness of the scalp and the use of Halls hair renewer.
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BANTAM.
PERSONAL CHAT.

Miss Grace Griswold gave party to her many young friends, Wednesday evening. A large number gathered at her home on Mt Tom, where an evening was passed in gaiety.
 Sickness is rife here. Some are threat ened with grip and many children have throat and lung troubles.
 John Ravenscroft was in Naugatuck the past week.
 Rev q, W- Hinckley Of the Good Will
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cred at the home of MT and Mrs George O. Warner, Friday evening, February l, to celebrate the birthday of their daugh- ter, Elvira. All report pleasant time.
 Miss Julia E. Peck returned to her school, last Friday.
 Miss Elvira Warner has had cousins from Danbury visiting her.
 Kelsey Fox has moved to West Side, Woodbury.
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NEW MILFORD.

ONE OF NEW MILFoRD's LEADING CLOTH
 ING FIRMS. The announcement of MT Neiser, one of New Affords leading clothing firms in another column will be perused with interest. MT Neiser has been engaged in the clothing trade in New Milford for 28 years. The store is managed by his bt other, Charles Neiser, who "knows everybody for miles around. MT Neiser always represents his goods just as they are. He has good trade, which stays by him year after year. .
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led to leave this village and afterwards reached their homes the same day.
RoXBURY.
DEATH or MRS GEORGE BARNES.

DEATH OF MRS GEORGE BARNES. George Barnes were greatly shocked and surprised when the sad intelligence went forth on Tuesday morning, the 5th, that Mrs Barnes had died the previous night at near II o'clock. Mrs Barnes had been falling for few days, but her death came suddenly to the im- mediate family, she having been able to be around the house all the time until her death. Heart disease was the cause. She knew that she was soon to pass away and leave her pleasant home and family, yet she never uttered one word of complaint but seemed willing and ready to appear before her maker. She was 72 years of age. She leaves hus- band with whom she has lived happily for over 50 years. She also leaves two sons and three daughters, having lost one daughter few years since. The funeral services were held at her late home on Thursday, Rev MT Humphrey officiating. In her death the town loses one of it's best residents and one that will be remembered as being kind and tender hearted towards those in affliction and true wife and mother, always ready to assist in every good work. ROUND THE STk TON.
 Richard Br owp went to Quincy, Mass, last week. He took with him John Bray's little boy, who has been staying with his grandmother, Mrs Brown. Twelve couple from here and the Gen. ter went for sleighride to CIV. Hodges cottage at Lake Waramaug, February 6. | They took refreshments with them. The Danbury orchestra furnished music and dancing was indulged in until the | s'sma wee hours"
 l The late storm has been quite severe in this section. The farmers had to dig their way through the snow to get their milk to the creamery. Charles Hurd did not get here until Sunday. The little Shepaug railroad deserves much credit for getting the first milk to New York from Connecticut.
 MT and Mrs Ira M. Booth drove tc Danbury, February 6.
 Mrs T. E. Mower has returned from g visit at Newtown.
 Miss Daisy Hill is recovering from g severe attack of the grip.
 H. H. Dickinson has been visiting his sister in Danbury.
 MT and Mrs Frank Booth are at Union City for visit with her parents. Mrs John Bolt is very sick with cry sipelas. Mrs R. Newton is caring for l her.
 Mrs H. A. Hill is sick with the grip. Mrs Charles Beers of Newtown is spending a few days with her sister, Mrs T. E. Mower.
 Mrs George Wilcox is staying with her parents, MT and Mrs I. M. Booth.
 Mrs c. Botsford, Mrs Palmer and Mrs Mallory are all on the sick list.
 Miss Clara Collins is very sick with rheumatic fever.
 Miss Rosa LeTourneau is quite sick with the grip, under the care of Dr pona
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Farm of East Fairfield, Me-, spoke in the Baptist church, Thursday evening.
 Some of the ladies of St Paul's church attended a missionary meeting in Win sted, last week.
 Miss Maud Flynn had candy pull at her home, last Thursday, at which there was also dancing and games.
 William Doyle was in Southern Con- necticut on business, last week.
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What
 it neans
Backache and Kidney Trouble

DtaGkdCHc dH0 NiOHey lTOuDl0
 While Backachc in itself is not disease, it indicates derange- ment of the vital organs--it's symptom of disease. Kidney trouble, at any stage, is serious and neglect of the symptom means neglecting the disease. Curing a Backache means cur ing diseased Kidneys and reliev- ing them of congestion. This can be done in the early stages. Buker's Kidney Pills are specific for the cure of Backache and Kidney trouble, if taken in time. It's a vegetable remedy. Drug gists sell them for so cents Book about Backache for the asking.
 Buker PHI O., Bangoy, Me.
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The entertainment given in the church parlors on Tuesday evening of last week by the Juvenile Christian Endeavor soci- ety under the leadership of Miss Laura Burnham, deserves honorable mention and too many thanks from parents and others cannot be extended to Miss Burn ham for her praiseworthy efforts in train ing the minds of the little ones in song and recital, which resulted in an inter- esting program and consumed one and one half hours in rendering Several who were to have taken part could not get there on account of the bitter cold, else the program would have been long, CT. As parent, we thank Miss Burn ham sincerely and heartily for the inter- est she has thus taken in the children who never can forget the impressions thus gained by their first public appear ance
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WooDBURY.
; FLANDERS

E. ". Woodbury has been confined to his home the past week, with blood pois- on. Dr Karrman attends him.
 A large company of young people gath
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WEST CORNWALL,

George W. Silvernail has turned out wood sleds for Sylvester Follett of Els worth and Moses Hanlon of Sharon.
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PAINTER HILL.

l 1ue mik leau was sHoWeu III FrlQay and Saturday.
 R. S. Edwards went to Ansonia, Thursday, with load of potatoes. He reached home, Saturday night, after some hard digging. George Brown has been sick with the grip, Henry Booth supplying his place at s. R. Percy's. | Miss Hattie Leavenworth was recent | ly home over Sunday. F. H. Leavenworth delivers milk at the Station half the time. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES.
 Subject for next Sunday morning, ss'The Highest Law;'' evening, ssThe coming of Lent.''
 The prayer meeting next Wednesday will be at the home of Walter Thomas. Topic, "Genuine repentance.''
 Albert Thomas had the misfortune to cut his wrist while preparing to cut wood. last week. Wallace Mansfield also cut his leg the same day, both needing the assistance of the village doctor.
 Mrs Charles Sanford visited her mother in Bridgewater, last week, and owing to the snow drifts was not able to get home until the following Monday.
 
 William Cooper visited at Henry War ner's, last week.
 Mrs Alton Wilsey has been quite i'll, but is much improved at the present time.
 Miss Emma Warner had present of a fine German canary bird, the past week, to replace her little friend, Beauty. who has sung for her for r years.
 Mrs Henry Warner is recovering from pneumonia.
 James Walsh, William Murphy, August Siedel and John Murphy sold their crops of tobacco the past week, the three former to c. T. Squires for H. o. Warner, and the latter to MT Wildman. The prices ranged from four to seven and one half cents.
 John Clark, who fell on the ice some days ago and hurt his shoulder, is still unable to perform any labor with it as yet.
 Wallace Tucker has moved his family from the tenement house of Jay Terrill & Sons at Roxbury Falls to the place owned by the Rev MT Hagarty of Wood. bury, known as the Nelson Barnes place.
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VIEWPOINT, CONN. BEE.
 FRIDAY, FEB. i6, 1895.
 CIRCULATION: JANUARY 1, 1882, 81o LAST WEEK. 32oo
Litcbield County News
NEW PRESTON.
HOW OUR TRAVELLERS PARED.

HOW OUR TRAVELLERS PARED.
 Mrs E. A. Futile of New York City, who was expected at H. M. Bolles' on Friday evening, got as far as Danbury fday evening. Others who were absent at different points from this village, ex- pecting to get home were delayed till the first part of this week from reaching their own firesides, but no extreme cases of suffering in this vicinity have thus far been reported. Fortunately Representa- tive Kinney and Senator H. o. Averill re- turned to their homes from Hartford on Thursday evening, thereby escaping a 4S hours wait along the route. Internal Revenue Collector Herman Hoffman reached his home here from Waterbury on Saturday evening. Dayton Humphrey of New Britain, who visited last week at at his brothers here, Dea G. s. Hum phrey's, started for home via the She- paug road on Friday afternoon. We have not yet learned the date of his arri- val home. w. s. Watson left here by the same route for New York City on Saturday, but Sunday must have dawned and perhaps almost passed before he cached there. J. B. Stillson left his horse and sleigh in New Milford on Thursday and became stalled at Corn wall Bridge till this week. All of which shows how much all traffic and travel was obstructed here by the late storm.
 It is perhaps needless for us to write that we have experienced snow storm up here since our last writing. The eff fectsis seen on hill and in dale. People rather look on it than to plunge in and plough through. No mail was received here from Thursday evening of last week till Saturday morning, and only two small mails on Saturday. The Sunday papers reached here Sunday noon, so we could read of the storm from Maine tc Florida. The Shepaug, Litchfield and Northern railroad, as usual did as well ir clearing it's track as any other in the | SeooO' WI hLC s iaSAs IhiS "CChs1o CLaCl SS from the drifts again and feel that we are once more in communication with the outside world. On account of not being able to procure the mail bag at Warren, Stage Driver M. G. Taylor only reached this postoffice on Friday and Saturday and made no attempt to get nearer to New Milford. All mail, therefore, com- ing from that direction (and it is our heaviest) had to be delayed from Thurs day till Monday, and there was a call here on neighbors by Sunday readers for everything in the shape of books, maga- zines, etc., to read. We consider it in this part of the state the worst storm which has occurred since the blizzard of 'ss..
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A PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT BY THE
 JUVENILES.
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fFRoM THE MIRROR AND FARMER.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-17

tive and municipal bodies, the most I'M
portant of which have been the senate
sugar trust inquiry and the LeXow IN
ouisition of New York. If present lndl-
cations are to be believed the present year
will be the Inauguration of certain other
investigations which will fully equal IN
Importance the two above mentioned, as
it is already reported that certain OF the
reelected Republican congressman are
even at the present time engaged IN COZ
lecting data on which to inquire into the
methods of some of the executive De
partments. The department at when
most of the talk is diverted is the pension
department, which has in bygone days,
given up some dark secrets, especially
during the administration of Commits
sioner Green b. Raum. Another matter
which will probably be looked into will
be the charges made by the Republicans
during the late campaign of nepotism
and favoritism in Secretary Morton
conduct of the agricultural department
1t is also limited that the treasury depart
ment will come in for its share of the
general Overhauling, more particularly IL
which the reorganization of several of the
divisions under the Dockery bill has beer
carried out.