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A COLONIAL MERCHANT.
Joseph Hawkins, "His Book" and His
 Transactions in Derby.

Royal Riggs of Caroline street, Der by, has valuable and interesting book, valuable because of it's age and particularly interesting locally, because it is an old ledger of business con- cucted in Derby before the Revolution ary war. Inside the rawhide cover is inscribed, Joseph Hawkins, his book Bought November IS, 1774. The book is in an excellent state of preservation, although the pages are yellow and the edges have turned dark brown.
 The first entries are made in pounds. shillings and pence, but one in 1908 shows that the American dollar was then in use somewhat, although the en- tries in sterling were made after that date. All accounts are dated Derby" as the book was kept many years be- fore Birmingham" was heard of.
 In addition to his ledger accounts MT. Hawkins used This book" as file for loose papers and several are seen fast ened in with the old-fashioned pin which has a head slipped on over the wire. These had evidently never been removed, as the leaves of the book and the papers showed no holes by frequent pinning.
 One receipt was dated Derby, June g, 1775," and had evidently been pinned to the page for nearly century and a quarter
 MT Hawkins was a religiously in clined man, it appears. for on slip of paper covered with accounts is found the following:
 "Pll Bless the Lord from Day to Day: How good are all his ways. Yea, humble souls, that use to pray. Come, help my lips to praise" | MT. Hawkins evidently conducted general trucking business, letting his l "mare,' his 'horse" or his "oxen.' | There were also numerous charges fol hauling, blowing and harvesting. En, | tries of charges for going to Milford l and of many small articles of merchant <, disc indicate that he also did consid-
 erable local errand express business be- tween Derby and Milford. Frequent charges to merchants for hauling from | the docks indicate considerable ship ping on the river in those days. | Charges for "plowing, cradling oats | and harvesting on meadows" show that
 those low lands were then f1ourishine ] farm property.
 l Friend Hawkins was also subject tc annoyances of duns, as the following was found pinned in the book: l Derby, March 20, 17SS. Sir: I am obliged toseatel all my ac { counts Should talk it as a faver yol would call and Setel yours as sun al
 you Can with Convenience from your: JOSEPH PICKETT" Bargain hunters may congratulate
 themselves they did not live in thos,
 days. One-fourth yard of cambric cos
 Joseph Hawkins two shillings on Ma,
 A, 1775. One and one-half yards of cal
 ico cost him 3s. 3d.
 The book shows Jabez Bacon was {
 tailor and made MT. Hawkins '1 pal
 Leather briches for 1e., 3d."
 i All the entries are in a quaint hand
 with the old-fashioned long "s'' uset
 throughout. MT. Hawkins must hav
 had a big family, as he was constant.
 buying shoes, at one time a purchase O I thirteen pairs being credited.--Ansoni; 1 Sentinel.
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grauellers' Gmiae,
New York, New Haven and
 Hartford R. K.
November 2S, 1S97.

FOR NEW YORK-*4:05, *4:5O. x6:1O. "GoO $500, *S:10, S:3O, %e:S5, xlO:s0 q. m, "l2:Oo, 12:O5, "1:So parlor car limit ed), "l:S5, 200, *2:SO, 800. *4:0O, *4:l7, 4:So' S5:lO, 5:S5, 6:S0, e7:10 *S:10, SID Bridgeport accommodation, sS:1o. S'le p. m, Sundays-*4:05, *4:50, 500 a. m', x4:SO, x6:15, *7:10, sS:1O, S:l5. *9:1o p. m.
 FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem Rlver-*1:o5, *11:5O D. m. (daily). FOR BOSTON via Springfield-%1 no. xlO:lo, "l1:o5 a. m., *1:45 *5;52 D. m. Sundays-*1:1O a. m., s5:52 D. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New London and Providence-*2:1O. *2:2O, *11:s5 (parlor cafl limited) a. m., #12:O5, %2:47. *4:2o. *4:55, *6;55 D. m. Sundays-s2:1o. s2:2o a. m.. *4:55, *6:55 D. m.
 FOR MERIDEN, HARTFORDs SPRINGFIELD, etc-*1:1O, $40. S:0O. x10:10, *11:O5 a. m., 12:06, s1:45. a.1o. 800, *5:52, (6:15 to Hartford), S:O5, 955, ll;l5 (to Meriden) p. m. Sundays *1;10 a. m., *5:52 S:2S p. m NEW LONDON DIVISION
 For New London, etc.--*2:1O s2.20 E55, 1O:OS (Guilford acc.) 11:05, *11:35 (parlor car limited) a. m., *12:05, s2:47, 800, *4;2O, &4:55, 5:15 (to Saybrook Junc.), 6:15, *6:55, 11.2O (Guilford acc.) p. m. Sundays-*2:10, *2:2O a. m., a4:55, | *6:55 D. m.,
 AIR LINE DIVISION | From Middletown, Wililmantic, etc. 7;45 a. m., 12:55, *2.S3. 6:O5 p. m. Sum- days-*7:15 D. m. Connecting at Mid- dletown with the Valley division and at l Wtllimantic with the N. E. R. R. and N. l.. N. R. R.; at Turnersville with Col- | chester branch.
 NORTHAMPTON DIVISION | For Shelburne Falls, Turner's Falls. | Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hartford, and intermediate stations-7:5O a. m. and 400 p. m. For Westfield and inter- mediate stations, 5:57 p. n1
 For Pennington, New Hartford and points this side-750 a. m, 12:04, 400. l 5:57 D. m.
 BERKSHIRE DIVISION
 For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia. etc,-7:0O. 500, 9:35 a. m., 12:00, 2.39, 400, 5:S5. 7:50, f1:20 p. m. Sundays S:10 a. m., and 8:30 D. m.
 For Waterbury-7:O0 500, 9:35 a. m. 12:00 2:39, 5:35, 7:50, 11:20 p m sunv5 days-S:10 a. m, 6:15 p. m (via Nauga- tuck Junction..
 l For winsted-7:oo, s:s5 a. m., 2:s9, 5:35 p. m. Sundays-S:1O a. m. :. For Shelton, Botsford. Newtown,l Danbury, Pittsfeld. State line-s:35 a. h., 400 p. m
 For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin- nati, St. Louis, Chicago, and the West via State line-9:35 a. m. 400 p. m. For Litchfield and points on S., L. & N R. R.-6;10 a. m. (via Bridgeport); 400 p. m. (via Derby Junction). < Y
 Express Trains. xLocal Express. Y
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD,
 General Passenger Agent.
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 Lieutenant Francis A. Cummings of this city represented the Eleventh regi- ment, which held it's last reunion in this city September 1, 1897. Lieutenant Cummings was president of the associ- atiOn.
 Colonel William H. Tubbs represent ed the Fourteenth and ex-Alderman Watson H. Bliss of this city, chairman of the executive committee of the asso- | citation, represented the Twenty-ffth. D. c. Kilbourn was reelected presi- dent; John T. Crary, vice-president and | F. E. Marvin, secretary and treasurer. l Watson H. Bliss of this city was re- i elected chairman of the executive com \ mittee His associates are Dr. George Clary of New Britain and Theron Up son of the Insurance department, Ex-Pharmacy Commissioner N. D. Sevin of Norwich was present from the Twenty-sixth. Past Department Con- mander John T. Crary, the secretary of the regiment, could not be present on account of the death of his business partner.
 William T. Seward, who was under | SClltCliCG Ol dctlu III HOW dll tWo yCetl . ago, was present with Theron Upson of | the First Light Battery. He was in that battery before his service in the Seventh, General Hawley's regiment. | A. E. Smith of Cheshire is the secre- ] tary of the Fourteenth. The represen- 1 tatives of the regiment in Hartford are Sheriff E. J. Smith, John IT. Thacher and Officer Strickland of the police force The Twentieth will unite with the Fifth in It's reunion this year. The | meeting will be held at Compounce Lake, August g. The committee of ar engagements consists of Captain Ezra Sprague of Waterbury, John H. Thach- CT and General H. s. Peck of New Ha- | ven.
 General John B. Clapp, the perma- nent secretary of the Sixteenth, was not able to attend the meeting. He was at the Old Guard ball in New York last night, and was not able to return to the Capitol in time for the session.
 W. F. Smith of Whitneyville, who has been the secretary of the Sixth for
 twenty-siX years, was present. He is one of the oldest secretaries in continu-
 ous service in the state. The next re-
 union of his regiment will be held in
 New Haven on the third Wednesday in
 August. Dr. Charles Rawling of New
 Haven is the president.
 Past Department Commander B. E.
 Smith of Willimantic represented the
 Twenty-first regiment He has been
 the secretary of that command forthree
 years. At the last reunion of the
 Twenty-frst, Willimantic was selected
 as the place for the regimentai monu-
 ment. B. E. Smith, D. D. Brown of
 East Hampton, R. A. Gray of Groton,
 D. O. Lombard of New Haven and
 George w. Separd of Wauregan were
 appointed cmmmittee to select the de- sign and cause the erection of the mon- l ument before the annual reunion this
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GLASGOW and NEW YORK
 ALLAN STATE LINE.

The steamers of this fuvorite Line sail from New York to Glasgow, calling at Mo. vile (Londonderryl as follows:
 MBuenos Ayrean February 10 Stote of Nebraska ........... February IF #Manitoban ...........F February 19
 Steamers marked do not carry passen- gers eastbound
 second Cabin to Glasgow, S35 and $40.
 gteerage to Glasgow. Belfast, Londonder ry. Liverpool, London or Queenstowns s23.5O Any Scandinavian port, $2S50
 For tickets, apply to M. B. Newton & Coz s8 Orange street A. Goodman & Co, Sf Orange St; Peck & Bishop, TOP Chapel st.I John D. Cunningham, 739 Chapel st. New Haven; or AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO, aus If 5S Broadway. New York
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New Haven Steamboat Co.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Daily Service-

Daily Service.
 Sundays Excepted) Steamer from New Haven leaves Bella Dock, Old Line Pier: RICHARD PECK. 12:3O midnight.
 Steamer from New York leaves Piers 25 and 26, East River: RICHARD PECK, 5 D. n. Fare s1,oo. Excursion tickets. good for l5 days, $1.50. N 5 Z Staterooms and tickets for sale at Peck drug store. cor. Chapel and Church sts. z
 FAST FREIGHT.
 Through rates quoted over ExpreBa Freight Lines to points West, South, and Southwest, and through Bills of Lading E. sued in connection herewith.
 CHAS. I. FRENCH, Agent
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FIFTY THOUSAND "VETs.'

Represented by Regimental Secretaries
 of the State-President Kilburn Re- E1ected-Interesting Assemblage in
 the United States Court Room-Wil-
 liam T. Seward, Who Was Under
 Sentence of Death, Present-The An
 nual Speech and Banquet.
 Hartford, Jan. 27.-Lieutenant D. c. Kilbourn of Litchfield, clerk of the Su- perior court in that county, presided at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Regimental Secretaries association, which was held In the office of Judge E. E. Marvin clerk of the United States court, yesterday. In the absence of Judge Marvin, the secretary of the as- sociation, w. E. Whittelsey, of New Haven, was elected to the position tenn porarily.
 Tn opening the session, President Kill bourne said the members of the associ- ation were present as the representa- tives of more than fifty thousand men, whom the commonwealth sent forth at the call of duty to preserve the national government in it's peril at the hands of a slave holders rebellion; and he be- lieved that the more than thirty organ izations were not surpassed if equaled by those of any other state in every quality that made brave citizen sol t1iery. Connecticut sent the first com pletely-organized regiment into the war, and all through it Brother Jona- than was first and foremost in men, of ficers, material and everything. And it is with just pride, he continued, that we meet to represent those prove ac- tors in the deadly drama as their off, cial opponents.
 Our meetings have been yearly grow >ing better attended and more interest ing and important to the veterans Last year committee was appointed who made application and obtained from the legislature an act for wal museum, where such as had precious relics of the rebellion or other wars can have them safely preserved for future generations to behold. It will not be long before there will be requirements made upon it, and even now our beau tiful Capitol building has no more sa cred or valuable contents than those battle flags, the Buckingham statue the dismantled cannon and wheel Il was hoped that MT. A. D. Brooks won derful collection would find home there, but it was finally placed in the Atheneum, where it should be visited by every soldier or civilian, as it i: probably the best collection of it's kinC in the United States, if not in the world
 We have placed in permanent form the regimental reunions for eight years and have preserved the names in acces sible form of more than one thousand veterans who have died in those years More than one full regiment of men en shrined, who are mustered out and gon beyond the silent river.
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Mayor Ramsdell is again mayor of Lynn.
 Two years ago he was elected by the combined Peoples party, Democratic and Citizens Reform party. He was again nominated by exclamation by the Democrats to succeed himself as mayor of the busy modern city, and was again elected by rousing majority last month.
 Mayor RamsdelPs present high posi- tion is the legitimate reward of his ability and his fearlessness in defend ing his opinions. He has never hesitat- ed to declare his convictions in public, nor has he been slow to espouse the cause of the shoemakers and other wage earners Tn 1894 he was candidate of the Peoples party for Congress. A latsfd mefker, conscientious official, Mayor Ramsdell has more than once been pushed to the limit of his strength. At such times of extreme nervous ten- sion and overwork, he has saved him. self from breaking down by taking 7 Paine's celery compound.
 Mayor Ramsdells honest opinion of this great remedy cannot be mistaken by anyone who reads his letter that follows:
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w CHS CS IllCItdluSOll SO'y
 Burlington, Vt:
 Gentlemen:-A previous experience with Paine's celery compound, as a restorer of exhausted energy, induced
 me recently to take it again, the many duties of the mayors office having taxed my slight physical resources greatly. I made no mistake. In one week I found my appetite improved, the feeling of weariness disappearing, and my nerves becoming steadier. Paine's celery compound has thus been a friend in time of need, and I like to say a word for a friend. Truly yours, WALTER L. RAMSDELL. November 5, 1897.
 In every city, in business houses, banks, newspaper offices-wherever the friction of worry is wearing out the
 nerves and reducing the nutrition of the body,-Paine's celery compound is
 proving it's inestimable value. It inva- riably insures sound sleep, and thus ' gives the overstrung nerves their nat | ural rest; it corrects a constipated habit that so commonly goes with se- dentary occupations. and frees the
 blood of poisonous .humors, that at some time or other develop into grave J disease.
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AN AGED WORKER.
The sloop "Tid Davis

lhe Sloop ''Tid Davis"
 captain Theodore Davis has his new fishing sloop so nearly completed that He anuclpates her launch all taut and complete in April. It is the third con- siderable vessel the captain has con Stfuceed by the labor of his own hands on the same spot in the rear os ,,,. house on Franklin street Tho eu..
 e Mary Alice" n thirty-six foot el' oroau- peamed but shallow; the nex+ the Sea Serpent" now owned bv Cane tam Nlchols, and active in the fisbing industry, is thirty-nine feet Iong tWeiVe feet four inches beam. five feet deep and fitted with a fish well !" This vessel, which the captain has named the rid Davis" is thirty-one feet six inches long over alf; twelve feet six inches beam and five feet deep. Like the Sea Serpent" she has a fish welp' TOT carrying fish alive to market. Though smaller vessel, she will have more free board, indicating, of course. broader bilge, and less draught water than the Sea Serpent.''
 She gives the impression of stanch sea-boat, one that can easily sail well in a breeze and that will show speed. Her spars are made and almost ready, and an order for the sails has been placed in Norwalk. Her construction represents many weeks or months of hard labor, and a persistent industry as well as skill and capacity in difficult and heavy mechanical work rarely to be found in the person of a man who has seen the summers and winters of nearly fourscore years. Success and good luck to the 'Tid Davis," say we. Stamford Advocate.
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STARlN'S New Haven Transportation Line

DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAYS Steamer JOHN H. STARIN, Captain Me. Alister, leaves New Haven from Starin's Pier, foot of Brown street, at 1915 p. m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Steam- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The STARiN leaves New York from Pier B, North River, at 9 p. m Mondays. Wednes- ING" Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays Fare 75c; excursion tickets $1.25 State. rooms $100
 Tickets and staterooms for sale at J. B. 72 Chapel street; Fremont House.
 Free stage leaves the depot on arrival ot Hartford train, and from corner of Church mencing at S:30 pm. Through freight rates given and bills of lading issued to points West, South and Southwest.
 c. H. FISHER, Agent C,rder your freight via Starin Line.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-23

81 0OoA1N ~ GCo01 ~
six or eight months. He would have been
there now but for tho cowardice of a broth
er Cuban who betrayed the volunteer in
order to save his own life. AS it was, the
informer, whom we will call Miguel, al
though that is not his name received
warning in time md escaped TO our army,
where he now holds an important place.
sMiguel at first sent his i~nforlnatAn to
us by means of a trusted servant, who
took the dispatches at night to a point
outside the city limits, where his messages
were concealed in a box underneath a fat
rock until a member of u army could
get them. The Spaniards became aware
after a time that important Information
was being furnished to the insurgents by
some one in authority in the Spanish
ranks and began an Investigation. Miguel
was consulted among others as to whether
it could possibly DO any n connected
with the volunteer army.
'.The fact that the suspicious of the
Spaniards had been aroused caused Miguel
to look about for safer means of commu-
nicating with our forces. He finally en-
listed the services of a daughter of a prod
uce merchant who had q stall in the mar
ket at Havana.
ssThe old merchant was a pacifico, and
it was therefore not at all difficult for a
young Cuban, also supposed to be a paci-
floo, to gain access to his house in the
country To make love to the old mans
daughter was a harder task, but it was
finally accomplished, and she agreed to
receive letters for him from a friend in
Havana, which were to be sent to her for
convenience sake through her brother, who
drove the supply e which made fire.
quent trips between the merchants place
OF business and his house in the country.
"Miguel bought his supplies of this
same merchant, and tho scheme worked
successfully for a long time or up to the
time the volunteer was forced to flee from
Havana.
IAN officer in Blanco's bodyguard was
informed by some one of the means that
Miguel had taken to send his information,
and tho boy who drove the mule team was
intercepted on his way from the city by
Spanish soldiers. BY a fortunate chance
Miguel had not sent any word to the Gu
bans that day, but under the fear of tine
punishment threatened by the S~paniards
tho boy confessed that he had been in the
habit of receiving letters from some n in
Havana. The boy himself did not know
IfOin WuOil tney CaAiuo, aS mlSuct soAb
them by the same trusted servant whom
he had employed on former occasions, and
he represented himself to be merely a poor
p~aciico, who took this means of commu-
nicating with his friend in the country.
ssMiguel learned that the boy had been
intercepted, and knowing that all would
be discovered as soon as the Spaniards
made an Investigation, mounted his horse,
and after taking all the equipment he
could pack IN his horse rode out into tho
brush and joined our forces"
There nave been many instances Of a
similar kind where brave patriots have
remained for months in the most immi.
nent danger constantly wnrkisa ser the
cause of Cuba libre.
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wounded lwico carly in the uay and hoe
bled OF the field. He lost his hat and now
wears one he took from a Cuban. Weishert
says tho hospital corps has more than it can
do and that soldiers are so scarce in COM
parison with the duty required Of them
thai some of our dead were LETT unburied
SO hours without attention.
When the troops were d~isembarked at
Baiquiri and Siboney, they were outfltted
with all the inpedimenta prescribed by
the war department for campaigning.
Each mar had his rifle and cartridges,
bayonet, pistol, c~anteen, blanket, poncho,
half of q shelter tent, rations and the 9TH
er things considered necessary to military
well being in the field. The trail was mar
row and rugged, however, now leading
up a rough hillside, now dipping into a
steep ravinc. 1t was not long before the
men began to feel the weight of their bur
dens, which shifted and slipped as they
struggled up the hillsides and tranlped
down on tho opposite sides. Tho sun beat
down on the line Of men who were strung
out in single file for miles. There was no
shade to protect them, and their feet
crushed the red earth into a fine dust,
which rose in clouds, enyeloping them
from head to foot. 1t settled in the per-
SEPARATION on their faces and arms, covering
them with a red paste. 1t worked into the
folds of their packs and was blown out in
to their faces and down their necks as the
packs shifted on their shoulders. Dust
and perspiration entered their eyes and
nostrils, binding and choking them, but
the men toiled on, unmurlnuring and
clinging to their packs, heedful of the
xrarpinerc which thav had hoard aho1I3 de-
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wu..ta,s Magnificent curches.

1.-THE churches in st. Petersburg are so
magnificent that they. too. &c to your
head writes Lillian Bell in a letter from
Russia to the July Ladies Home Jour-
nall I'VE did nothing but go to mass on
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, for al
though we spent our Christmas in Berlin
we arrived in st. Petersburg in time for
the Russian Christmas, which comes
twelve DAYS later than ours. Saint Isaac's
the Kazan, and Saints Peter and Paul
dazed me. ThSicons or images Of the Viz.
are set with diamonds and emeralds
worth a Kings ransom. They are only
under glass. which Is kept murky from
the kisses which the people press upon
the hands and feet. The interiors Of the
cathedrals, with their hundreds Of silver
couronnes. and battle flags and trophies of
look like great hazaars. Every
column Isl covered clear to the dome. Lne
telnbs OF the Gar are always surrounded
bv people, and candles burn the year
round. Upon the tomb Of Alexander ~
1inder glass. Is the exquisite laurel wreath
niaeed there by President Faure. It is Of
Fold and was made BY the most famous
carver Of gold In Europe.
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rsrifafn,s Trtpler of crosses

Great Britafn's national flag has been
called "a triplet of crosses for it is com
posed Of the cross of ST. George, the cross
of st. andrew ard the cross Of ST. Pat
rick. Thu the flag of "St. George for
Merrie England" a red cross IN a white
ground, the red lines drawn straight from
top to bottom and from side to side: the
flag of ST. Andrew for Scotland, a white
cross on a blue ground; the flag of st.
Patrick for Ireland, a red cross on a white
ground. the narrow red lines drawn from
corner to corner. BY placing the cross Of
ST. George on that of ST. Andrew we have
'sthe jack as ordered In 1890 by James T.
whose signature was always Jacques
hence the oppression the Jack" ny lay
Ing thescross of st. Patrick over that Of
ST. Andrew, and then placing that of st.
George over both. we have "the union
jack. as borne since the union with Ire
land in l&09.-loslon Transcript.