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TIVE SUMNER PROBLEM,

Where shall - 60 this summer where shall
The brief and an too neettns hour-the sweet
vacation dsy9
In mountain lands or ses shore. on farm OF
hotel gsys
Who're shall ~e 20 this SUNNI mers the problem
OF To-day.
Shall We get on an ocean steamer and HE to
old Paroer
Or seek out Aunt Amanda 'way up In seho-
hareef
Shall We 60 to the wondrous valley-the grand
Yosemiteef
Or take a cot ON a sendy lot hard by tho soun nd.
ing seS!
Shall We 20 to the piny forest and Ash for the
speckled trout.
And haul in splendid catches that oil town
friends will doubt!
Shall We go to the rock bound island on the
ocean ten miles out.
Or spend two months In a Teuton town and
dine On sauerkrAut?
Shall We 60 to the Lake OF Como! shall We
sock swell Newport's charms?
Shall we baslk in the eye OF Nature, or whirl in
DSme Fashions arms?
Shall we put on our l1nen busters ana go with
tho dear school-marms
Through tho stony Hampshire mountains and
the old abandoned farms:
we won't do q single one OF these-nay. nay
for IL seems to me
Tho Very best place in the summer for my wife
and children three
Is here in my dear suburban home on the J..
}. b. c.,
Whore We Know we'll live in comfort and the
hathtub's always free.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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says Bill, II a heap TOO frivolous.' an I
H1oess fhis s,,,ohf tar i,nnrosra Sasn.i

says Bill, IL a heap TOO frivolous.' an
hggers this oughter improve en-
''When Bill shoots the Italian man
heaves the strap rs holds him to the
osean over his head an dies Rin
lketches the music box, keepin' 1t from
fallin' an after awhile begi1s turnin'
the crank to try it. It plays all right,
only ever now and then there's .
hole into the melody like it had lost .
tooth,
''"This yere's good enough for .
dog says Bill. a-twistin' away on tho
organ. Where's Merino? Whatever is
the matter with him? Why didn't he
stand his hand?
''But Merino amt here no moro, so
Bill allows it's a shame to let it go that
way, an Mexicans sufferin' Tor music.
So he straps on the tune-box and goes
round from one dolby to another
a-turntn' of it loose.
"'How long did this yere Merino
turn out his tunes,' says Bill, before
he collects? However, makes now
rools for the game right yere. plays
these cadences for Ave minutes and
then I gifts action on 'em for Ave.
splits even with these Mexicans, which
is shorely fair
$50 Bill twists away for five minutes
an me a-timin' Of him, an then leans
the hewRag up Agin' dolby an starts
to collectin'. He'd go up to some
household a-whirlfn' his gun liked
pinwheel, and at the mere sight O.
him the members gets that generous
they even attempts to negotiate looms
and give EN- to Bill, they're that am
bilious to donate.
"One ttme he runs up on q band OF
towerists, who was sorter trackin'
round an lool<in' At things, and they
comes up an listens awhile. They was
turn1n' to go away jest before collect
in time.
Hold on says Bill, pic<in' up his
Colt often the top of the organ. I've
seed people turn that Jack in church,
but you be you can't jump no game OF
mine that way. So jest you all line up
agin' tho wall until 1 tucks the blank
cts in on this yere outbre ak in Fiat
I'm worl<in on, an I'll be with you
$50 when Bill winds up he goes
along the line of them tremblin' tower
lists an collects eleven dollars.
They was aimin' to git away with
all them nocturnes an peggios, an
arias, an not say nothin',' says Bill.
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but they can come no twist like that
an me ridin' herd. Nome WHAT
ever!'
''BilI carries ON this away for three
hours; and what on splits an what on
bets he win, he's over a hundred dol
lars ahead. But ut last he's tired, an
allows he'll quit and call it a day. So
he lugs the old tom-toIn down to
Franlklin's office. Franklin is marshal,
an Bill turns over the organ an the
money, an tells Franklin to hunt up
Meriuo an give him the whole shootin'
match.
Where is this yere dago?' says
Franklin.
However do ] know says Bill.
Last sees him he was a-goin' up the
oalle like jack rabbit
"Just then Merino comes in view
feelin' some pensive and fearful about
that bullet in his organ; but when he
gets Bills donation his feelin's COM
mences to rise a lot. In fact, he be-
gins to regard it as quit te a scheme
" But you'll hav to round up to tho
alcalde, Bill says Franklin. ain't
shore none you amt been breakin'
some law.
"Bill grumbles an allows Vegas 10
gcttin' heap too reserved for him.
It's gettin' So says Bill, "a free
American citizen don't get no en-.
couragement. Here I puts in half q
day amassin' wealth for a daEo IS is
sittin' in bad luck; an elevatin' Mexi-
cans who shorely needs it; an yere I
am layed for by the marshal like a
felon.'
NV ell, we all goes over to Steele's'
Franklin an Bill and old Steele, the
alcalde, goes pol<in' about to see what
ever crimes Bills done anyhow. They
gifts by the capturin' the organ, an
shootin' into its bowels; an standin'
up the tow erists didn't worry 'em none,
but the question Of the music itso'f
sticks 'em.
"'Im shorely sorry to say it, Bill,
says Steele, but you've been a-bustin'
the streets without no license
Cant you beat the game no way?'
says Bill.
"'I shorely don't sec how says
Steele.
Mi tamblen,' says Franklin.
Whatever is the matter with tack
in them tunes on ter Merino's license?'
says Bill.
Can't do it nohow. says Snsele.
Well. is this yere ord'nan9e ac-
cordin' TO Hoyle an the declaration of
independence?' says Bill 4 don't
stand it mono onless-'
".Shore,' says Steele
Turn your cards, tnen,' says Bill;
I'm a law-abidin' citizen an all
wants is a square deal from the warm
deck
80 they fines Bill fifty dollars for
playin' an organ on the streets with.
out license, and he pays it an goes
away peaceful"-Chicago Times-Her.
aid,
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HUMOROUS.

Honest Confession.--Admire
"What kind of a pen do you use?''
Author-'Steel mostly, though I never
have been accused of pla giarisn.''- -
Truth.
What is the new boarder's busi-
ness, Pauline?' asked the Cheerful
Idiot. "He is running a bicycle sch ool, -
replied the waiter girl. "Oh! Tea aching
the young idea how to scoot, is hep
Cincinnati Tribune.
The following case of absence OF
mind is reported: An old lady, after
stirring the fire with her knitting
needle, took up the poker to knit with.
and did not find out her error till she
began to scratch her head with it.
Tit-Bits.
Tommy Figg-''My sisters sweet.
heart kicked my dog yesterday. but I
got even with him; YOU bet" Johnny
Briggs-"How?' Tommy Figg-''I
Won't she taste bitter?'-Frank Har-
rison's Magazine.
She'd Go Farther.-Miss Yoangun
The regents of the state university
have abolished the degree of bachelor
of letters" Miss Oldun-"I am SO
pleased to hear it; if I had my way
would abolish bachelors entirely.'-
Detroit Free Press.
Little Willowdean, walking with
her mother, stumbled several times
over the rough pavement. Her mother
said: ''What's the matter. daught hter?"
"Nothing's the matter with me- she
indignantly replied "It's the ground
is too thick in places. IN. Y. Adver-
tiser.
There was a vivacious smile on her
face which was most winsome. ''Oh,
dear me-" she murmured happily, 'Tvo
just gotten such a ba1gain!' How.
dear?'' inquired her friend. II sent a
telegram, only quarter for ten words.
and at least six of them were words of
more than three sylla shing.
| ton Star
-Fooling the Blind-"Why will you
insist upon writing such one-sided
political articles? Why, according to
your writings, every member of your
of light, and every man in the other
party liar and a horsethief, 1Hat
kind of talk can fool nobody but bl.EJ
partisans." Blind partisans are the
only men I write for. .'-Boston Tran
script.
-.'Judge,' said the prisoner, SOL
emily, '.ye don't mean it!'' 'Of course
dollars jes' fur talkin' on the street
corner last night!' That's it. You
were charged with being loud and
boisterous." Ten dollars-an' jes' fur
talkin'. Well, judge, Ill work it out.
But you have destroyed patriot. You
have druv the iron of cruel reality into
a soul that was hitherto jes' wrapped
dess of Liberty. Freedom of speech is
the bulwarl< of our country, an when
speech gifts ter costin' ten dollars a
crack, judge. l pass out. I'm an an.
srchist from now on."-WaShing ton
Star,
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NAPOLEON'S DREAM.

He LOnEed to Follow In the FOotsteps Of
Alexander tho Great.
Bona parte was a child of the Mcdi-
terrancan. The light of it's sparkling
waters was ever in his eyes, and the
fascinat ation Of its ancient civilizations
was never absent from his dreams of
glory. His proclamations rang with
classic allusions, his festivals were
adorned with classic ceremony. In in.
fancy he had known of Genoa, the
tyrant of his island, as strong in
the splendid commercial enterprises
which stretched eastward through the
Levant, and beyond into the farther
orient; in childhood he had fed his
imagination on the histories of Alexan-
der the Great, and his conquest of ori
entail empires; in youth he had thought
to find an open door for his ambition,
when all others seemed closed. by talk
ing service with England to share the
renown of those who were building up
her eastern empire. Disappointed in
this, he turned with the same lack OF
success to Russia, already England's s
rival on the continent of Asia.
1t is perfectly comprehensive that
throughout his early manhood his
mind should have occasionally revert
ed to the same ideals. The conqueror
of Italy and Austria might hope to
realize them. Was he not master OF
the two great maritime common
wealths which had once shared all
eastern trade between them? En-
glands intrusion upon the Mediterra-
mean basin was never-ceasing irrita-
tion to all the Latin powers. Her
commercial prosperity and her mastery
of the seas aggravated the exaspera-
tion of France, as threatening
even her equality in their an
cient rivalry From the days of the
first crusade all Frenchmen had felt
that leadership in the reconstruction of
Asis belonged to them by virtue of
pree-ccu patton. Ardent repu blicans.
moreover, saw Frances mission incom-
plete in the liberalizing of the conti-
nent, and the department of marine
under the directory stamped its paper
with the motto: Liberty of the Seas"
Imaginative forces, the revolution
ary system, and the national am bition
all combined to create ubiquitous en-
thusiasm for the conquest of the Medi-
terranean. To this the tempera ment
and training of Bonaparte were as the
spark to the finder. It was with will
ing ears that the directory heard his
first suggestions about the Venetian
isles, and subsequently his plans for
the capture of Malta, which was to he
followed by a death-blov to England's
supremacy in the seizure OF Egypt aud
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Turkey.
VI, n. Sloane. in Centary.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


-Thackeray adored the memory OF
his mother. He said: Mother is the
name of God ON the lips of little chill.
dren."
-Cortez always carried in his bosom
. little prayer book, which he relig
iously read from beginning to end
every month.
AT the annual meeting of the New
England Woman's club Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, who was the principal speaker,
said: ''Once it was the eccentric woman
who belonged to club. now it is the
eccentric woman who does not belong
to a club"
Miss Margaret Smith has just died
at Ferndale, Inverness. Her father.
Dr.. Neil Smith, then a surgeons mate
in the royal navy, attended to Lord
Nelson on board the Victory at Trafa1.
gar, when the great admiral was NOR.
tally wounded.
Gustav Freytag. the famous Ger
man author. who died a few weeks ago.
left fortune estimated At 1000, 900
marks, about $3.50. 600, in addition tc
his real estate in Wiesbaden and Gotha.
He wrote his will himself. His library
contains many rare books and manu-.
scripts
Herbert Spencer, who was one 0,
the three men outside of Germany
who were recently appointed by En-.
peror William knights of the Order OF
Merit. has declined the prohered
honor on the ground that his opini ons,
repeatedly expressed in his writings,
debar him from acce cepting it.
"A Bridgeport (Conn.) clergyman
he thanked God that there had been
frost enough to destroy the apple-blos'
SONS in that section, and trusted that
it would destroy every apple ossom
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land. This would destroy the ap-
pie crop, he argued. and consequently
there would 0e no cider, and the cause
of Temperance would be benefited.
One of the first women lighth ouse
keepers in this country was Kathaleen
Andre Moore, a descendant of Maj.
Andre She had charge Of the light.
house at Black rock, on the coast OF
Massachusetts, and tended the lamps
there for more than fifty years, as her
father had done before her. In later
ly vigil were two large Newfoundland
dogs and pet lamb. Her library in
the lighthouse contained some of the
best books of the day.
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe tells two
anecdotes illustrating the shyness of
Hawthorne and Irving. She says Irv-
ing attempted to make a speech at a
dinner given to Charles Dickens, but
after mum bling a few words indis-
tinctly he remarked, Il can't go on
and sat down. OF Hawthorne's S ti1nidi-
ty she had glimpse while calling with
her husband on Mrs. Hawthorne in
Concord. While they were in the par
lor they saw 4 tall. slim man come
down the stairs, and Mrs. Hawthorne
called out: Husband, husband, DR..
Howe and Mrs. Howe are here!'' Haw-
thorne bolted across the hall and out
through the door without even lool<ing z
into the par1or.
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inf1ooences which disturbs none. he's
as passive as fried fish.
about sixteen years ago, before l
abides in Wolfville, 1 was pestcrin'
round Vegas with Bill Lockridge, who
was workin' a small bunch of '7-bar-k'
cattle way over on the Vermejo. We'd
been slashin' round the Plaza all day.
findin' fault with the whisky an
amoosin' ourselves at our own ex-
pense, an along about five o'clock In
the evenin' Bill allows he's some sick
of sech revcls, an concloods he'll pint
up among the 'dobys exPlorin' of Old
town a lot. So we all goes in concert.
I wasn't frothin' at the mouth none to
go myself. not seein' no relaxation
pokin' about permiscus among passel
of Mexicans. an me loathin OF 'em
nacheral; but I goes, Amin to sorter
ride herd on Bill, which his disposition
is some free an various an liable to
mix him INTO trouble. Not that Bill is
bad; none whatever, but bein' seven or
eight drinks ahead of that Plaza
whisky makes him feel gregarous and
friendly; an he's cap'ble of goin' about
a-claimin' of acquaintance with Peo-
pie he don't know at all. an fcelin'
way hostile when the stranger has
symptoms of doubt.
80 1 goes along; Bill a-warblin'
The Dyin' Ranger in several keys.
The senoras and senoritas a-hearin'
of the row would look out an smile,
an Bill would wave his big hat an
whoop from rapture. 1t he starts
towards 'em, aimin' for a powwow-
which he does frequent, bein' a mighty
amiable man that away-they gives
q squawk immediate an shets the
door. Well, Bill goes on then. Maybe
he gives the door a kick or two, in
formin' 'em of his discontent, but
that's all. All at once, while we're
prowlin' up one of them spacious al
levs Mexican thinks is a street, we
comes up on a Italian with an organ
which he is grindin'. This yere organ
amt SO bad an I've heerd a heap worse
strains. AS soon as Bill sees him he
tries to f1Rger on a dance, but no oneu
dance with him.
"'In which event. says Lockridge, Il
plays a lone hand
$50 Bill puts up a small dance. like
u Navajo, accompanin' of himse'f with
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BILL SHOOTS.

whoops. But the daRo can't play Bills
music, so the ball comes to a halt
"'Whatever is the matter with this
we're tune box, anyhow says Bill.
Gimme the music for a green corn
dance, an don't make no delay
"sThis yere man can't play no green
corn dance,'I says.
"'He can't, can't he? says Bill,
mighty ecornful. Wait till he tries. I
know this man OF yore. I meets him
two years ago in Druce's, an me an
him has quite 4 time.
s'Whatever is his name then?' l asks
".Antonio Marino,' says the dago-
".Marino,' says Bill, that's right. l
recalls it because it makes me think
fust he's sheep man, an I gets
quite hostile
.'.I never SEQ you says the dago
Eyes, you did says Bill. You jest
think Won didn't see me. We has
drinks together an goes an shoots up
the town arm an arm like brothers.'
s.But the Italian insists he never sees
Bill. This makes Bill ugly lot, an
before I can get to stop 1t he outs
with his six-shooter an puts hole Into
the organ.
"1Thsse yers tunes hears - ss*,
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-Da Vinci read Pindar aud thought
him the uoblest poet who ever wrot1
in any language
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ACCORDIN' TO HOYLE.
BY A. HI. LEW Is.

ES," said the old cat
tleman, as he munched
q meditative Glove.
't here amt much
paw and below. head
down-an'-tail-up busi-
ness to a COW boy.
Speakin' general an
not allowiu' fer them
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Married. Hebron, Fist, by Rev. D. Breed, Wm. Brown and Kate Parsno, all of Hebron.
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NOTICE-Whe on application Of 1N the administrator on the estate of Oscar the Court Of Probate for the district of Somers, to sell all the real estate of said deceased for the the several amounts due to the legatees therein. said estate consists Of two pieces of land sit- uated in said SOmers. The first piece bounds highway, and west on land of David Dwight, containing about Il acres. The second piece bounds north on the highway, east on ,IaI iand of land Of L. Wood, land or heirs Of Amariah Kibbe, west on land Of Aretus K1bbe, containing acres, more or less
 It is ordered by said court that a hearing on said application be had and determined at the Probate Of1ce in said district on the 30th day Of April, 1895, at II o'clock a. m., and that the ad- m1nistratOr on said estate give public notice by. publishing the same in the Stanford Press.
 VIM. B. WOODS, Administrator.
 SomerS. April 22d. 1895.
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To understand the situation at Willi- mantle it must be known that the largest stockholder in the First National Bank was the Merchants Loan and Trust con- pany which it succeeded, and which owned $66,O0O of the $1OO,OOO capital stock of the bank, so that an ownership of 1926, 1000 of the Loan and Trust company gave to Mr. Risley the control of the National Bank-a control which he seems to have made the worst of.
The Press., 1895-04-25

IT is pity that the arguments used in Senator Fuller's common sense speech upon the matter of policing oyster beds at the states expense did not prevail. The nub of the whole matter is given in the address printed on page 1st.
The Press., 1895-04-25

Street railway postal cars are being built for use in several cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. This may be counted another blow at the horse and wagon style of locomotion.
The Press., 1895-04-25

WE don't believe that the people of the state as a mass believe that the cost of building and maintaining the Connecticut river bridge atHartford should be put upon the two towns of Hartford and East Hart ford. A considerable portion of the work, no doubt, should be put upon these towns -Hartford especially getting the great est benefit, but part of the cost should be put upon the state at large. Or, If not thus, accept the minority report of the legislative committee and put the cost up on Hartford county. The state cannot afford to be ungenerous to Hartford, as the carrying out of the majority report would certainly be. The country mem- bers, especially, should see that if they use their power of numbers in such cause they will forge 8 powerful argu ment for those who would decrease coun- ty and increase city representation in the leCiSlature
The Press., 1895-04-25

THE universality of kodaks helps pre- serve records of all the features of unus- ual happenings, such as last weeks ex- cessive swelling of the Connecticut river. The camera don't lie, and it's pictures of houses partly submerged by the river will be novelties next summer when the comparatively insignificant stream is To- cated mile or more distant from the aquatic scene pictured.
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The sound money league of Chicago has started ouse-to-house canvass of the city to learn how the people stand on the silver question. The result will be noted with more than common interest. If Chicago cannot be counted on for sound money then no spot in the west can be deemed safe for that side
The Press., 1895-04-25

Gov. COFFIN has issued the usual proc lamation appointing Friday, May 3d, to be arbor day.
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W D- KINSMAN,
SEE AND BE CONVINCED.

anywhere y with merchandise charm adapted spent will convince
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Hosiery. very large business is the result of the won- derful bargains in fine grades of goods which we are distributing.
 Our Fast Black Cotton Hose are of the celebra- ted Hermisdorm dye, absolutely stainless. Some of the good points Of our Hosiery are High Spliced Heels, Double sOles, extra elastic tops, ribbed tops, peg tops, full lengths, outside sizes. Some people prefer them with white feet, we have 8 complete line of them. Never before were such values offered at 19c., 25c., S5c., 45c. and BOG.
 Women's Tan Cotton Hose,
 Womens Lisle Thread Hose, black, tans, and other colors, large assortment. Great Bargains in Mems Cotton Hosiery. Children's Fast Black Ribbed Cotton
 Hose.
 One lot 15 cents, former prices 25c. and 36c. One lot 25c., former prices 88c. to soc. One lot 3s cents, former prices 50 to 75 cent5.
 Children's Ribbed Silk Hose. Black and tans, handsome line just opened.
 WOmen's Jersey Underwear In spring weights. Extra values at &C., ssc., soc. Women's Ribbed Silk Vests, BOG. You find this quality at higher price in other stores
 W. D. KINSMAN,  Corner Main and Bridge StS., SPRINGFIELD.
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The following is said to be an exact translation of the letter sent by Chinese editor to would -be-eontributor whose manuscript he found necessary to return "Illustrious brother of the sun and moon: Behold thy servant prostrate before thy feet. kowtoW to thee, and beg that of thy graciousness thou mayst grant that I may speak and live. The honored man. uscript has deigned to cast the light of it's august countenance upon us. With raptures we have perused it. By the bones of my ancestors, never have l en- countered such wit, such pathos, such lofty thought. With fear and trembling I return the writing. Were to publish the treasure you sent me, the emperor would order that it should be the standard and that none be published except such as equaled it. Knowing literature as 1 do, and that it would be impossible in ten thousand years to equal what you have done, I send your writing back. Ten thousand times crave your pardon. Be- hold my head is at thy feet. Do what you will. Your servants servant THE ED1roR."-Neao York Tunes.
 Hartford Times: A new cure for cry sipelas is announced in 8 serum obtained from mules. In view of the recent exper- iments to show that cancer may be cured by inoculation with erysipelas this last discovery is of peculiar interest. Pres ently we may be able to cure cancers by erysipelas and then get rid of the latter disease by serum injections, and so be just as we'll as before.
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TT $. STEVENSON, Attorney at H. Law. Warren block, Stafford Springs.

~ REENVILLE Strawberry Plants, U highly endorsed by Hale Bros., for sale by 2W JOHN E. CLOUGH, Holland, Conn.
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Died. Union, 18th, Aseph Richards, 78. Hampden, 24th, Isabel Jane Kibbe, 40, wife of Nelson V. Chaffee.