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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
is 1T A GOOD INVESTMENT
GENERAL GLEANINGS.

Oil and water won't mix; neither will
whisky and religion.
Every drunkard's wife knows that
there is a devil.-Ram's Horn.
You can no more run a gin mill with
out using up boys than you can run
sawmill without using up logs.-Rev. c.
| II. Mead.
Rev. Joseph Cook says: "a pulpit
silent on intemperance discredits it
self as much as pulpit silent on dis
honesty"
Mayor Bell, of Benton Harbor, Mich,
has decreed that all saloons must be
closed on Sundays, hereafter, in con
formity with the state law.
You pay big money to insure your
| home against the fire iend. Why not
put little money into a cause to in
sure your son against the drink tiend?
Portland (AIe) Herald.
The temperance women of Norway
have succeeded in having a law en-
acted which prohibits rumseller from
employing any other woman than his
wife in connection with his business.
Prof. Latin, scientist and chemist,
says: The cigarette contains five dis
tinct poisons-one in the wrapper, one
in the tobacco (nicotine), and one in
the fovoring, together with saltpeter
and opium"
There are nearly one quarter of
million liquor dealers in the United
States The exact figures, according
to the latest returns, are 235,574. Ac-
cording to these figures, one in each 300
of our population sells liquor for a
living.-Leyer.
David a. Wells says in the Popular
Science Monthly: "Of the commodities
in general use in the United States,
the two that have not notably declined
in consumption during the almost uni
versal depression of industry in recent
years are fermented liquors and manu-
featured tobacco, more especially in
the form of cigarettes" - Westerly
Tribune.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson says that John
Bulls patience in the presence of the
evils wrought by drink reminds him
of the story which Sheridan used to
tell: Look here, you have pulled my
nose, boxed my ears, kicked me,
knocked me downstairs and broken one
of my ribsS upon my word, if this sort
of thing goes on, | shall have to take
some notice of it,"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22

\ Greek fruit dealer stopped a Ne
destrian to whom he was known a. d
asked:
well, how my country to-day?"
Gone up" replied the pedest,s. I.
"No hope for her
The fruit dealer looked thoughtful
as he slowly polished an apple, and then
said, with a sigh,
"Ah, Greece no good no more. | no
go there. | stay in 'Merica and sell
vote and fruit!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22
HcfOrc Vaccination.

Before the Introduction of Naccina-
ton, now admirably supplemented by
isolation, smallpox was never localized,
and it was always with us. No one was
safe from it, and there was German
proverb to the effect that love and small
poX were the two things from which no
one could hope to escape. Trust
worthy estimates fix the annual death
rate from smallpox in England during
the latter par. of the eigh-
teenth century at the proper
ton of 5000 to every 100000 persons
living, which would mean, with our
present population. a death rate from
this cause alone approaching 100000 a
year Even if this estimate is much
too large, there can be no question as to
the enormous difference between then
and now. 1t is going too far TO say
with Mr.. Hutton that "smallpoX, in
spite of all the fuss made about it, is
pretty nearly as extinct as the plague, -
for though preventive measures keep it
within an extremely barrow compass,
we have seen how readily it may revive.
In the year 1890 there were only 16
deaths from this disease registered in
the whole of England. - Westminster
Rpvipw
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22

cold. TO a pint of water add the juice
of two lemons Carefully removing the
seeds) and three heaping teaspoonfuis
OF faXseed. Let the mixture simmer
a few minutes, then sweeten it to the
taste and let it boil. Remove and straip
and set it away to cool. Take a good
swallow once or twice an hour The
cold will relax and the throat will feel
greatly soothed by the drink.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-07-22

John, dear" said the poets wife,
II wish you'd write poem that'll buy
three pounds of beef; and Wen need
Il sonnet for ham; an ode for a sack of
-four; lyric for lard and a quatrain
for box of matches. There, believe
that's all this morning. Atlanta Con-
5titution.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
THE FRESH AIR WORK
Of the New Haven City Missions.


 Notwithstanding the pressure of hard times and the scarcity of funds the fresh air work that has been done this season, and is still continued by the City Missionary association, is more extensive than during any previous year, By excursions, gifts of tickets to families or individuals for separate trips, or half-rate fares by steamer or trolley lines, between three and four thousand fresh air tickets have already been Used. Included among those not connected with the City Missions who have had the benefit of the Fresh Air Fund.- this season are the Organized Charities, the free dispensary, the po- lice matron, laundry women, neWsboys, and newsgirls, working people in man. ufactorieS, etc.
 Besides the larger general boat trips including about 1,500 persons, Rev. MT. Mossman has provided separate eXcur- sions for the children of the County Home, members ofthe Church Army and of the Salvation Army, with com fortable carriage rides also to East Rock park for about twenty of the old people at the almshouse. Physicians have also been offered the use of fresh air tickets for their patients among the poor. Miss Hume, the lady missionary, has taken a large share of the general work In special cases women and girls coming to her notice have been sent for one or two weeks rest at the Housaton- ic Home in Shelton, the Vacation house at Madison, or to Dr. Graham Lusk' S country place for children on the Wood bridge Hills.
 Subscriptions already received through the banks, by mail, or other wise, have all been acknowledged when addresses were given. Additional funds can be sent to either Rev. MT. Moss man or Miss Hume for use during this month or next and If there should be more than enough to meet expenses any surplus will be used for relief work or other equally important parts of the mission service. The expense for the use of the steamer Margaret during the month of July was nearly $500. The boat tickets now issued on the fresh air fund are good any day, except Sun days, during the month of August. l
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
STORRS FAMILY REUNION,
Held at Hills Homestead, Savin Rock
 Yesterday

Held at Hills Homestead, Savin Rock,
 Yesterday.
 The Storrs family reunion was held yesterday afternoon at Savin Rock in Hills Homestead. It was very pleas ant gathering in every respect and was enjoyed to the full by the thirty mem- bers of the family present The din ner was bountiful repast, a sort of combination of shore dinner, and fresh foods.
 After the dinner a short business meeting was held at which Frank G.. Bassett, the secretary, read the family history and the family tree, and made brief address. Mr. W w. Lee also spoke briefly and entertainingly. At the meeting the following officers were chosen:
 President, Hector w. Storrs; vice. president, first, Mrs. Walter w. Storrs; second, L. J. Storrs; secretary, F. C.. Bassett; no treasurer was chosen be- cause as one of the officials said, there was no money in the family" Those present were: Hector w. Storrs and family, and Irving storrs and fam fly, Montowese; Walter Storrs and fam fly, Westville; Edwin W. Storrs and family, Woodbridge; Ralph W. Storrs and daughter and l.. J. Storrs and fam fly, Mansfield; W. w. Lee, Meriden; Frank G. Bassett, Seymour; William N. Storrs and family, Seymour; E. R. Storrs, Willimantic; Robert Stearns, Woodbridge; Walter Cummings, Mans field, and the Messrs. French, of willi- mantle.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
NEARLY GRAINED A TRAMP.

lie Sponged a Living on James Grant
 of Middlebury-When He and Others
 Became Involved in Whiskey Fight
 Grant Tried to Part Them-Nearly
 Killed Noonan With a Chair.
 Waterbury, Aug. 19.-James Grant who lives in the Kissewaug district, a remote part of the town of Middlebury nearly killed a man Tuesday morning The facts have just reached Water bury, but owing to the attendant cir cumstances no complaint has beer made to the authorities and Grant is not likely to be arrested.
 Grant lives a mile south of the South. bury road. He is well advanced ir years, presumably thriftless and de scrlbed by those who know him best as simply harmless and good natured Il is said that this good nature has pre- vented him from turning tramps anc buns from his door when they have applied for shelter until his place has become sort of rendezvous for gentle. men of the road, who sponge their liv. ing for days at time out of the ole man.
 One of the gang who has been witt Grant for the last few days is Johr Noonan, a good-for-nothing who secur. ed little money. Then the tramps became engaged in a long whiskey fight. Tuesday at 6 a. m. Grant triet to part those most quarrelsome. No succeeding in any other way, it is sait that Grant took a chair. He hit Moo nan over the head and nearly killed him.
 It was not until nearly o'clock that surgeon was summoned to attend Noonan. Then he was reached by Dr Schuyler of Middlebury, who found tha the man had nearly bled to death from a rupture of the temporal artery ant still bleeding badly. He applied pres sure, and in view of Noonan's condition summoned Medical Examiner Crane O this city. After the wound had beer dressed it was seen that there was { fair chance for the recovery of the pa tient, and he is resting now at Grants place.
 The matter will not be reported to tht coroner, except in failure of Noonar to recover.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
IN KLONDIKE REGION.
A Letter Just Received Tells of u
 New Route.

A Letter Just Received Tells of the New Route.
 In a letter received yesterday from J. R. Hamilton, who left New London en route for the gold field in Alaska, he tells of his going to the gold fields by the new route known as the Hudson Bay route. The letter is dated Seattle,
 August Il. MT. Hamilton says he leaves on the next day having purchas- ed his outfit. His route was by the way of Fort Wrangel, thence to. the Stil1ine river and Telegraph creek 1S0 miles by boat. After this he was to go 105 miles by pack team to Lake Teslin, which is 5 miles In length and naviga-
 ble. After the lake trip his travels took him by log raft down the Hootalinqua river to. Lewes river to the site of old
 Fort Selkirk on the Yukon river.
 In the letter he says this route oblit-
 crates dangerous passes and that the few rapids encountered could easily be passed. He has for a companion a Scotch Canadian named McPherson, who is over fifty years of age. MT. Hamilton is confident of reaching the gold country in season to get claim,
 which will produce, pay dirt. His friends will be pleased to hear of his success and a number of them are awaiting word from him with the in- tention of fitting out an expedition to
 go to the Klondike during the winter by boat-Norwich Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
BRO4DH URST,S TOAST,

The popular comedian, Roland Reed gave a dinner at Manhattan Beach the other night to George H. Broadhurst the author of "The Wrong MT. Wright" ]" Among those in attendance were Miss Isiadore Rush, Mary Meyers, George c. Boniface, jr., and Ed Jack. As Mr. Broadhurst will have the plays running in New York at the same time, What Happened to Jones" at the Manhattan, and "The Wrong MT. Wright" at the Biiou. many original toasts were in or der. George Boniface made the fol- lowing: Here's to MT Broadhurst, the Moses who we hope will lead us into the promised land of success" To this inc author replied: T presume MT. Boniface refers to me as Moses because he finds me among the Reeds and Rushes."
 What Happened to Jones" will be the opening attraction of the season at the Hyperion Thursday, August 26, for three nights and Saturday matinee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
MILFORD.

Aug. 19.-The regular monthly meeting of the Free Love Baldwin Stowe chap ter. D. A. R., will be held at the resi- dence of Miss Elizabeth O'Connor on Gulf street on Thursday, August 26.
 Advertised letters remaining in the Milford postoffice Monday August 16, are as follows: William B. Greenton, Miss A. E. Kolbylich and Miss Mamie Reeves.
 The funeral services of the late Sam uel A. Miles were held from the resi- dence of Fred Cornwall on Lafayette avenue this (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o'clock. The Odd Fellows attended in a body.
 The regular meeting of the Milford Wheel club occurred this (Thursday) evening.
 The Gulf street baseball team and the Stratford Athletic club team composed mostly of Bridgeport ball tossers, in- dulged in game of ball Monday which ended in a rather one sided game, the score being 17 to 1 in favor of the Stratford Athletic club.
 The funeral services over the remains of the late Judge Samuel A. Miles were held at the residence of Fred Cornwall on Lafayette street this afternoon. The Odd Fellows burial service was used the order attending in body. Judge Miles in years past was promi- nent man in the affairs of the town, having held several places of trust. At one time he was largely interested in the carriage manufacturing industries of the town with his headquarters in New Orleans He was an old-time Odd Fellow, having become member of Wapowage lodge in January, 1S44. He was judge of probate for the district at one time. He was a democrat in poIi- tics. A daughter, Mrs. Frederick Corn wall, and a son, Ernest Miles, survive him.
 Henry Wilson, formerly of Milford was brought here for burial to-day Deceased leaves number of relatives in town.
 Miss Bessie Murray of Waterbury is visiting Miss Maud Shipley at Burns Point
 Miss Clara Hughes of New Haven is visiting MT. and Mrs. Charles W. Mer- win on Broad street. The Milfords and Edgewoods will play another game of the series on Sat urday at Elm City park in New Haven.
 Judge William B. Stoddard is having very fine dwelling erected on his premises at the Gulf. The stone work is a very fine quality of granite, which came from James l.. Miles quarry. When the building is finished it will present a very fine appearance Miss Caroline Shirley, who has been spending a few weeks in Milford, will leave for Springfield this week, where she is to teach school. Frank P Mott and family of New York city are stopping at Aston Hall | for few weeks.
 Laurence and Cecil, sons of Alphonse Smith, are very ill with an attack of malarial fever.
 Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Hendricks and ] son of Brooklyn, N. T., are visiting Mrs. William Doherty on High street. | Frank W. Doherty starts tomorrow for Mirritou, Ontario, where he is to visit relatives for a short time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

walIingford Man Purchases Minerva We'd
 more Property-Present Oyster Set as
 Fine as Any Ever Known-Danger That
 Water is Too Fresh at the Bar-No
 Danger, However, of an Oster Famine.
 Mir. Leeds, formerly of Wallingford has purchased the Minerva Wedmore property on South Quinnipiac street and Is building an addition to the house and putting it in thorough repair.
 Frank J. Mansfield and family have re- turned from stay of several weeks in Tennessee.
 Capt. William Betsworth and wife of Bal timore and Mrs. Ava Barnes are visiting the family of Frank J. Mansfield.
 Mir. and Mrs. Isaac c. Mansfield of Chat tanooga, Tenn, are visiting the family of Frederick Mansfield.
 Hiram Camp division, S. of T., will give trolley party in the evening of August %. The party will leave the corner of East Pearl street and Grand avenue at p. m. and will ride over the several lines.
 MT. and Mrs Wallace T. Oviatt and child of Newark, N. J., are visiting his uncle, Henry Barnes of Houston street,
 Miss Carrie Bradley of East Haven has returned from Newport.
 George Chidsey, Harry Stock, Joseph Sul- livan, James Burns and Harry Messerole of East Haven have been camping out at Mattituck. L. l.
 Expressman John J. Dayton is learning to ride a wheel.
 Henry R. Smiths young horse, which was injured this spring, is able to be driven again. This young trotter comes from good stock and ought to be able to make fast time.
 we have got as fine an oyster set as we ever have had" said one of the local oys- termen yesterday. 1.-The set is now large enough to recognize it as young oyster fry, and everything that they will cling to is covered. But there is a question as to how long the majority of the set will live, owing to the fresh condition of the water. l test ed the water down at the bar recently and it was as fresh as that In the Quinnipiac river at North Haven. Fresh water makes the young oysters very weak and is liable to kill them So there Is liability that the majority of the oysters will die because of the fresh water supplied by the summer freshets. But If the oysters live there will be an immense crop when they come to ma turity In two weeks more it will be set tied whether or not these young oysters survive But there is plenty of two years old oysters without the new crop, So there is no danger of an oyster famine. oysters would command higher price and the Op- orators would get better returns if the new set should become failure. But with halt the present set destroyed, there would still be enough for the demands of two years hence"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
THE JUBILEE COMMITTEE.
Finish Their Labors With A Ban. Ouet

Fln1Sh Their Iabors With A Ban-
 quet
 The members of the committee who had charge of the queens jubilee cele- bration in this city on the 21st of June last, brought their labors to very pleasant termination last Tuesday night by dining together in Lucey's Metropole cafe last night. After doing ample jus tice to very fine supper, Chairman James Mustarde who presided, con- graduated the members on the success that had attended their efforts in get ting up and carrying through the oele- bration which had been one of the f1n- est and most successful of anything ever before attempted by the British Americans of New Haven He trusted the outcome of the celebration would be that a yearly gathering of some kind would take place under the auspices of the English and Scotch societies. Speeches of a very interesting nature were made by other members of the committee. Robert MacArthur gave an interesting and descriptive talk on his recent trip to London, which was great ly enjoyed by all present Messrs. Trace, M. c. Mcintosh, Crome1 Wallace, Morton and Tipper, also spoke of the pleasure they had felt in the get ting up of the event and of the cordial feelings that had existed amongst the members of the committee and all ad- vocated strongly the idea of having an annual celebration of some kind under the auspices of the societies interested, Songs were also sung by Messrs. Cro- mer, Morton, Tupper and Wallace, and humorous reading given by John Japp. A pleasant feature of the even- ing was the presence of MT Peter Mill Ter, of Glasgow, Scotland MT. Miller is visiting Robert Macarthur of 1S7 Lloyd street, and was the guest of the conn., mittee. MT Miller is chief superin- tendent of letter carriers at Glasgow general postoffice and has nearly 90C men under his charge. Glasgow post office, it may be mentioned, is the sec ond largest in Great Britain. In re- sponse to the toast of his health MT Miller expressed the pleasure it had given him to meet with his fellow countrymen in America and spoke ir the highest terms of the land of theil adoption. As a memento of the occa. sion he was presented by the chairman with one of the badges worn at the banquet. A very enjoyable evening was brought to close with the singing ot 'Auld Lang Syne'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
GUN CLUB SHOOT

A shoot will be held at the New Ha- ven Gun club on Saturday, August 2S. There will be two events, the first for stakes and the second for a '97 model Winchester shotgun offered by Bassett & Reeves. The first shoot will be one of fifty targets, twenty-five at known and twenty-five at unknown angles. There will be four prizes. The second shoot will be thirty-target match. or these fifteen will be launched at known angles and fifteen at unknown. What ever remains over s17 from the entry fees in the last match will be divided into prizes for the contestants.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-20
MRS. MOVES BREAKS HER HIP.

Fell Down Stairs Yesterday-She is
 Eighty-Five Years Old.
 Mrs. William F. Moves of 121 Farrer avenue, eighty-f1ve years of age, met with a serious accident yesterday Though very vigorous old lady, she had the misfortune to fall down stairs and break her hip. She was removed to the New Haven hospital, where the bones were set and the old lady made as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. As result of the acci dent the physicians say she may be come permanently lame.
 Mrs. Moves is the mother of William F. Moves, captain of Hook and Ladder company Mo- g.