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Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04

Is 1t "overwork" that has filled this country with nervous dyspeptics?- Y that takes the flesh off their bones. the vit,l- ity from their blood, and makes them feeble. emaciated and inefficient? No. It is bad cooking. overeating of indi- gestible stuff, and other health destroy ing habits.
 The remedy is an artifcially digested food such as the Shaker Digestive Cor dial Instead of irritating the slresdy ' infamed stomach the Cordial gives it a chance to rest by uouriShing the system itself and digesting other food taken with it So flesh and strength return. Is not the idea rational? The Cordial Is pslatsble and relieves immediately. No money risked to decide on its value. A 10 cent trial bottle does that.
 Laxol is the best medicine for child.
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04
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 ssIf s1hscrihsrs refuse or neglect to take their seotsa they arc held responsible until they have oektlsd their hils and ordered their papers discon NnueA.
 ss0abscrihsrs who do not give exprees notice to sAe contrary are considered ae wishing toeontinus eAeir subscriptions.
 elf snhecxi0ere order the sdiecontipuanceo onhetr sapsf the pahliehers nay continue to eend them tntil all arraare are maid
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04

ABSTRACT of Salisbury. ss Probate Court January 29th. A. D 1897.
 Estate of Amanda vosburgh, late of Co., rake, V. Y, leaving estate in said District, dec-ased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Salisbury hath limited and allowed six months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settle mert. Those who neglec' to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be dpbarred n recovery. All persons in- debted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment 10
 HARRY RAIN, Administrator. P. O. Address Copake, N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04

Ethel--What motto has the Boomer club Adoptedf"
 1aeia~-.Excelsior."
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04

Laxol is the best medicine for child. ren doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil.
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04
Leodl Notices.

nISTRICT of Sharon, ss Probate Court. February I. 1897.
 Estate of Sarah A. Suriam. late of sharon in said Distriet decea~ed
 The Commissioners upon the eetRte ot Sarah A. Surdam, late of sharon in said District. dec-ased. will meet ar the Town Hall al sharon, Conn Tuesday Feb. g. 1897, al h o'clock in The forenoon to receive all elaine upon said estate
 CHARLES E. B. HATCH, Administrator. DIsTRIoT of sharon ss. Probate Court, it January 27th, A D 1897
 Estate of H. Eliza Deming late of sharon in said District, deceased, The Court of Probate for the District of sharon hath limited and allowed six months from date hereof, for the credi- tors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attested, within said time, will be debesrred a recovery. All per sons indebted ta sssid estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 HARRIET L. DEnrSe. Administratrix. P. O. Address sharon, O,nn.
Connecticut western news., 1897-02-04
The Great Imperative Sale ]!

On account of a CHANGE IN OUR LOCATION. marks beginning of the third week of Removal Sale
 every article the is educedNot ordinary mark few articles.
The evening times., 1897-03-04
THE DIFFICULT MATTER OF
GETTING ON SOCIALLY

One of the first things the newcomer en-
counters on entering Washington official
life IS etiquette: and lor these CT us wbO
come from comparatively smaller cities,
where there is but one layer OF upper crust,
il is rather a oyeI experience not 70 know
lust where one belongs in the social
grades True, we have always Imagined
that everybody who got into pl lominent
place was as soCd as anybody else And
20 find that this good democratic and Tepub-
fican GoctIine, is mole in theory than in
practice, tile nearer one gets to the center
OF things 1t is rather discOncerting,
To build then the social pyramid:
/. The President of these United States
ovcrtops everybody, being even cOmnIand-
er-in-chfef OF the Amy ard the Navy.
2. The eight members OF the Cabinet
from the Presidents official household.
and their families lOrm cart Of the PreSi-
dents household.
The President makes his Cabinet guests
of honor at q state dinner once year: and
the President and his wife are guests OF
foaor in every Cabinet home once during
the social season Then their social Oh
legations (as yisitoTs1 ends
The Diplomatic Corps aIe officially con
sidered quests of the nation; but the
ladies of these foreign representatives make
first calls on the Presidents wife and upon
the ladies of the Cabinet a their husbands
6loupon the Secretary of State and the Cabir
net officers. Being guests Of the nation,
at all focial state functions diplomats and
their families take precedence. as a matter
OF courtesy.
a fiprRp CCC11l
cussion as to which should take social
precedence, the Senatorial CT the Cabinet
circle. Each administration had a way
of deciding that matter for itself, until
some bright person gave a ccmmon-seuse
reason why Senators should take social
precedence.
1t was this. Senators confirmed Cabi-
net offices and justices Of the Supreme
Court. In other words, the Senate was
the power behind the tErcne.
That simp plified matters, aud new
comers had better not forget that diplomats
and their wives, Supreme justices and their
wives, and members of the House and their
wives make the first call on Senatorial
families.
They have all grown up and developed
as circumstances have demanded some
change from the cruder fashion. The old
ways were subject to abuse, and dignity
must hedge about not only king, but a
President.
1t was necessary to divide Presidentialr re
ception evenings up among the different
groups Of official people because they were
becoming too unwieldy to manage on n
purely democratic basis. And the time
will come when ladies OF the Cabinet
will be relieved of much visiting
The evening times., 1897-03-04

offices. or by their return 10 one or the
other OF the houses of Congress.
Outside of the Cabinet circle the most no
table departure is that OF Senator Brice's
interesting and hospitabIe family. What
good times they have managedto have here
in Washington and To makefor other people!
No home has been more popular for the
past fo1r years than Corcoran house. What
entertainments finer? There the best ,nu-
sicians have been heard and private lectu-
rers OH all sorts of Interesting Up-to-tlate
subjects; and. not to be too serious, the
young people have danced in the ballroom
and down the long corridor, and their eld-
ers have dined, in company with the celebri-
ties of the country. until they felt, no
doubt, like caring never to dine agaia.
Mrs Brice, while fond of society, is not
wholly devoted to it. other things claim
a large share of her consideration. People
generally have not been aware of the depth
of her nature or the strength of her char
acter She has never f1a gotten the steps
by which she climbed to her present height,
and il is pleasant to hear her talk OF her
alma mater, the oxford College, in Ohio,
where she, with many others, have re-
Gently been busying themselves with the
library and alumnae hall recently built by
graduates, which will be dedicated at the
June commencement exercises, when Mrs
Brice goes on to attend them. This lady
has been one of the largest contributors.
Mrs. Brice expects to remainhere until May,
when the family go to Newport for the
summer The lease for Corcoran house has
still some time to run, and whether it will
be rented or occupied again during the
coming winter remains to be seen.
One sometimes wonders If the mania
for presenting everybody and everything
pictorialIy is not carried little too far
I'm this day and generation.
Senator Brice is of this opinion. He says
he rather expects to have his head male a
little bushier, his name little longer or
shorter, or turned up in scorn By the
political caricaturist And yet he can
laugh over it with the rest of the world
But when 1T comes to presenting him as
an actor in a recent festive scene that he
did not attend, in character at least, in the
costume of marquis in some papars with
a beard. n others with face as smooth as
a billiard ball, with attenuated legs, and
an exaggerateda air of self satisfaction; then
he feels like drawing the line. Yes, Mr..
Brice was not the Marquis de La Fayette
at the Bradley Martin ball.
There are two ladies about to go who
are typical southerners. Mrs. Draper,
wife of the genial Gen. Draper, OF Massa-
chusetts, has kept open house, open heart,
and open hand since they first came to
Congress. And the other lady is Mrs
blanchard, wife Of Senator Blanchard, of
Louisiana, who has enjoyed q kind OF
reign in the Southern colony for more than
halt her lifetime, Is her husband. returned
The evening times., 1897-03-04

man will Either she & oes to bed at once
and has oCd cry, or she viii ''spuDk up
and { O to tie ball in an old gown, even IL
size Goes "lcoR as If s1e came out CT the
ark one WHO takes Ler disappOintments
this way generally comes eff victor; she
finds herself so magnificent in such an
assembly OF brilliant notabIes she is so
interested in trying to, distinguish great
pt onle. (who, Just like comrnoner felix,
lave way of being absorbed and rubbed
ots in such a crowd that she forgets all
q, OFT herself, and getting finally chance
for whiil in the waltz. she gees Lone
satisfied with everything but one-that
dress, ard that dressmaker. she VIII surely
dloo her. and she does wish she had the
money back that she put Tito that gown
tbatcatne ONE IN hour after she had gone
One who has seen the mad scramble
for "soinething to eat at an 1naugu-
ration ball would think the guests all
went there without their suppers-as
probably they have. The best or ar
rapgements seem TO be inadequate to
satisfy the hungry horde of well-dressed
man and otherwise lovely women who al
most trampie one another to death to get
a cuu of bouillon, dish OF SALAD, or
a pattie. In their mad crush women
give little admonitory screeches and the
men at their elbows press into the
supper-rooms and grab anything in sight,
with all the ferocity of the natural man,
which comes out in such bold contrast
at such important and crucial moments.
Some people prefer to go without the
regulation ball supper to undergoing
this unseemly scramble.
TIE contretennps of the ball Comes at
it's close. Everybody wants to get away
at once. Hats and wraps, rubbers and
coats. get mixed in spite of hundreds of
attendants and 10000 hat boxes. Some
amusing things have happened ON these
occasions. Horace Greeley's head had once
to be marched home under q little bit OF
a silk hat, and another wore his sort
gray felt, as big as peck measure, home
in place of his own tiny stoyepipe, That
was at the bali given in the Treasury.
There was frightful mixup. 1t took
week for people who had taken each
others, hats and coats to make apologies,
returns or restitution. Tie papers we're
fuIl of it. This years ball introduces a
purely Americanainnovation. In Difference
to Mrs. McKinley's expressed wish no
drinks other tllan Roman punch will be
offered. save those that are made hot
and stimulating over the kitchen ranges
IN steaming coffee-pots. Twelve years ago
this innovation would not have been pos
sible.
1t all depends upon how much you are
Wiling to spend twhat the ball may cost
Five dollars for stickets, So for carriage
hire, 81 for supper-each, and ls may be
anywhere from $50 to $4,000. for the
gown; for Mrs. AcKinley's gown cost
The evening times., 1897-03-04

tressing Drcssmakers are rushed TO '''
verge of distraction just at the last
minute to get dresses done for customers
who couldn't manage to get material
for a suitable gown until the very last
day; and they must have that gown
or stay at home, thing not TO De
considered. The nn1i.t9 ..i',..-.,s--
attainable things, and she knows The
she does: but all the same, she
more willing to run the risk Of posslth
failure than TO lcse a ftcd customer. q
size sits up I'll rie ht and rays olhle wage
to get her hest hands on waists ann
sleevef-the imI ortant ralt, fer in finoi
madam ouid wear an cid skiit, since h''-
foty would see anything of fer anyhow
but her waist-and tries 10 keep hcf
engagements with everybody AMI our
young friend finds herself at
o'cloc. without the gown prepared
at such cost. Now. she will do one
OF two things, this little. disappointed wo-
The evening times., 1897-03-04

but IL is a hard task they have under
taken, this, to soften the adamtntiae heart
of committee that has not one soft
pulsation in a month. Everybody must
payl 1t is so written. Why? Well,
the inaugural ball is the plan whereby
the citizens of Washington, the business
men and hackers OF the festivities attend
ing the ceremonies, hope to get their
guarantee money back. Being business
men they plan the ball On business OASIS
as a business investment, ana 1t generally
succeeds. On Cleveland's last Inaugural
ton the proceeds amounted to enough TO
paw all the guarantors and to put some
$4,000 to the credit of the charity funds
OF the city Thus the money benefited
hundreds. Even during the civii war the
Inauguration committee were never Will
ing to omit the hall. Poor Mrs Lincoln,
in the unhappydays when she was mistress
of the White House. was blamed for not
vetoing the ban plan of '61. How PEOPLE
The evening times., 1897-03-04

wbC don't know what they are talking
about put the blame on the wrong shoul-
ders. The bah is the one grand feature
that pays. And it ought to, for every IN
augural committee ever heard of never
spared expense or trouble to make it tie
very grandcst yet.
Some one asked the other day why the
ugly, boarded up alleyways for entrance to
the ball were not replaced 10y the more
elegant awning. Why, bless you, can't
YOU guess? Nothing short oF two-inch
plank would prevent some folks from creep
ing in under the canvas, as it were, and
slaying a doorkeeper or two on the way.
There are lots OF men who were once boys,
and who stole their way into the circus
under the canvas. and they have never
discarded that habit altogether OF stealing
into forbidden places The committee has
expected every kind of visitor, and has
prepared for them, even using some out
side decorations, like these long wooden
alley entrances, because they must
The committee spared no pains to make
it easy for guests TO get to the balf. The
price for carriage has been fixed at SO
for the evening. And there need be no
waiting for cabs, carriages or coupes, a
four wheeler or a coach. Each person
who rides to the ball is furnished with a
ticket. On leaving the ballroom he does
not have to stand out in the cold and wait
shivering for his conveyance, but he takes
the first that appears like his own. But
even this causes delay, for more than
dozen OF kind could not approach the
entrances at a time, and lots OF people
who take carriage to the ball VIII gather
up their skirts or even hoist an um-
brella to reach the more democratic street
car at the next corner. People must
never imagine that they are seen when
they leave the ballroom. Inaugural
crushes have literally taken the starch out
of many a fine toilet, IL it has not utterly
ruined Inadanl's fine gown. So what
matter how we get home?
Plain folks, with no official titles to
bother about or dignity to lose, no matter
what they do, patronize the horse cars at
the start; and those who own fine turn
outs will be likely for once TO leave them
in the stable, especially if it storms, and
patronize the liverymen.
There are still other folk who walk,
and afterward tell Us what time we
did have losing our carriage in spite of
all the fine arrangements the committee
boasted off, These thin fictions hurt
no one but their inventors, but some
how in the course Of months they begin
to believe their own yarns Yes, you
can go to the ball in any fashion you
please, and ten years from now not ten
people will remember to have seen you
there, or what you had on, or that you
had anything on, for that matter.
But the matter Of the gown is dis
The evening times., 1897-03-04

many successive times to Congress, kept
coming back Mrs Draper has the hos
ntable instincts OF the kentickian and she
not only enjoys herself in society. but
makes all others do so who have the
entire OF the elegant home at Sixteenth and
streets. long famous for its free and
lavish hospitality. Mrs. Blanchard has al
ways lived in hotels, while at the Capital,
and her personal beauty, her charm OF
manner and yivacIty have made her easily
the leader in all social events, in which the
Southern neople have been most Interested.
We shall miss these ladies' for their own
sa ke. and becanse. they belong 60 an in
terpstipg type OF woma manbood that is akin
tothe old antehelIun kind, but unpres suaicen
a nd broad and truly free-hearted-
Everybody is more than sorry to hear
that Mrs Hurst has planned to spend sev-
eraI years abroad, and either sell or close
her home on New Hampshire avenue, winch
has been the scene OF so many brilliant
social gatherings, and or occasions OF
| grayer import. Mrs. Hurst's heart and
| hand have ever been open to the appeal OF
any really deserving charity She has
| encouraged art by lOaning her choice pic
/ lures, or by opening her house to patronize
some movement that'needed a social start,
| especially where women were Interested;
| anil these are they who are going TO miss
| her most Who is to take her place? 1t
was she who made glad the heart OF
| Bishop satterIee by making IL possible for
| him to keep open the Boys Home, started
| by him here last spring, but about to be
| abandoned for want OF funds. She bought
| a house an1funished it and put his charges
| in it. enabling it to stand alone while
! other friends interested in the work could
| rally around the movement And she
| aforementioned the recent convention OF
mothers meetings as no other one person
| did. The list Of good deeds which this
| leading society woman has performed inner
residence years in Washington Will keep
! her memory green for many day.
The evening times., 1897-03-04

!, Soci.ty Leaders
: About to Leave Us
EEkueeeee ssEREezza ssasgl

With the traditional whiriing oftime AMI
the auadrennial Presidential exits and en-
franc rs. washingtouials hayeto revise their
listing lists and she'd tears over the de-
partIre o; some whom they Fave leaTned;o
lore willingly or In lie of themselves
And they are occasionally made glad. too.
over TIE elevator OF old frien1s To higher
The evening times., 1897-03-04

&c 900. Some womenwear only diamond
gagement ring, others will wear uaras,
pes, necklaces, and pins sparkling with
ese precious stones. IL is all matter OF
,-Sonal choice-and financial resource.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01
TIE wATER-wORKs EXHIBIT.
Receipts Exceed Expenditures by
over $4,000.

over $4,000.
The Water Department OF the city is I'm
fairly good condition. All the pumping
machinery, with the exception Of the old
pump-works, is In first-class shape.
During the year the Worthington steam
pump was overhauled, and ia all its parts
adjusted and repaired, the boilers and pipe
connections put In good order, and new
sn0ke-stacks put up the old stacks being
entirely decayed. The new water-pOWer
pumps and turbines were gone over re-
newed and repaired. and are now in as
good condition as when first erected, and
owing to Improvements in the design and
construction Of valves and valve-seats,
are giving more emclent service than al
any time since the works were completed.
IL will be necessary during the ensuing
year to make repairs at the Old pump
house machinery, as this IS IN bad condi-
tion-nO repairs of any extent have been
made for several years.
EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS.
The total appropriations 20 the depart
ment FOR the year aggregated $1,000 which
included 5000 brought forward from the
year 1885, and a special appropriation or
81 200 for the construction and trial Of the
O'Donneu equalizer. The total expendi-
lures will be about 52.Si0lS, leaving Gre
dit balance OF 81 1888.
The receipts or the department from al
sources will amount 10 Sl3s JG6.26. In addi-
ton to this the value OF water used by
the city. and public charities, is at least
10000. for Which no credit Is given this
department.
METERS BEING PUT IN.
During the year 6oo3 lineal feet Of water
mains were laid; 800 taps or house con-
nections and 23f meters were put In. the
meters being furnished by the water
takers There are now in use lob meters,
which are giving general satisfaction 10
both the department and the water-takers.
The complaints win not average per
cent ner month. and these come from
high bills. which invariably have been
proved to result from either leaking or
/ defective pipes or fixtures, the sood ue-
/ rived from the increased number OF meters
| is still further shown in the decrease or
| the quantity OF water pumped, and a
small increase in the pressure. By means
of the meters many secret leaks nave
been located, which you'd never nave
been discovered
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01

Francis Carlona, 10 18th. Or. Charles
II. Chalkley. 18th. Richard J Blk. &c.
23d. Mrs. Henry G. Boschen 18th. II. ~.
Lubbock, C6 18th. Frank w. Stevenson.
Co.
OCTOBER. "a. james Donovan. 70. a.
Ms. Martha Ann Davis, s.. Mrs. Jose
phine r. Woodward. 81. 5ih. Mrs John
Morton 7th, Captain william Fleming
Harrison. in Manchester. 18th. r s.
Jones. 81. 18th, Mrs Mary q. JENNINGS.
g. l5tH. Mrs. Mary y. kepler. ~. IIfh.
Mr. y. H. Tim0r. 81. 18th. George El-
bank. rs. go. Isaac Davenport. Jr., 81,
Mrs. y. + Muse n. 9Th J. ~. B'e9oa.
NOVEMBER Mrs. Catherine Burn
n: Nancy Logon, a. Clemen, Caring
ton Mcph8il, ". 9Th. Mrs. Harriet A.
johnson, IS. 9Th. Captain r. G.. Pe-
gram. o.. 9Th. James VI. wyatt. 81. l'th.
Mrs. 9. II. Bevle. &c; Mrs. n. j. Jel-
nngs, g. 25th George D. Harwo01 .
9th. Elizabeth j.. Bradley. 0 18TH. Nr
Martha Neal, g. Goth. James ElHl
Goode. GO.
DECEMBER Evy Triplott Hr-r.
thai n. Sth. George Randolph Tabn
18th. Mrs Catherine colin 3d. Hfh
Charles @. Carlson 81. 18th. william
J.. Lawton. Clerk 3f Hu.t.ngg Court. 60
J7th. Cornelus ~. Rearl1n Goth. John
w. Beveriige 81. Edwin Worttlm. 81.
Mrs. John T. Branch. in Ml1lch Henry
f. Browning 75 O. TT p. C Jones. 1t
pa. Lieutenant Clinton Dopriet o. 2f.
Mrs. Tomasia +. Green Cd. 2rh. NJ.
w. a. Badger. 68 3d. r. Powers. 50.
26th. Hon. William Loyans;e.n. G Jamcf
II. Sutton. 20. 9th. 1Iiss Mary Constance
S.mons. Mrs Saillo ~. Fnppn. Is. r.
john Mcdowell Goth Fenry Julius LOO
o. Goth, Mrs. Martha A. Tucker 50.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-01-01
NEUROLOGY REPORTS.
A SLIGHT INCREASE ~ THE CITYs
DEATH RATE LAST YEAR.
EMINENT PEOPLE WHO PASSED AWAY.
Review of the Fatalities and Cas-
uaItIcs Investigated by the Cor"-
ner-Inferments MnJe fn Our Gene
teries-Fentures Of the Reports.

The mortality report for the eleven
months OF 1886. ending December lst
shows an Increase Of sixty-hye deaths
over that Of the preceding year
The death-rate Of the city, which IS
based upon an estimated population OK
10000. was 1850. while the rate for 1872
based on an estimated population OF
$500, was 1881
The most interesting features OF the
report issued from the office Of Or. W. T.
Oppenhlmer, President Of the Board Of
Health, are the number Of foreign-porn
citizens who died here. the number OF
very old people, who passed away ana
the number of deaths which occurred IN
the different wards of the city
out Of total OK 1522 deaths only 81
were natives OF Richmond, and Of these
i'll were over 60 years Of age. The death
rate was highest in Jackson Ward, ana
lowest I'm Madison Ward.
The following statistics will be perused