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SOMETHING ABOUT AN OPERATOR
IN A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.
STRAIN AND THE POSITION is FULL OF
WORRIES AND ANNOYANCES

STRAIN AND THE POSITION is FULL OF
WORRIES AND ANNOYANCEs.
Most of the people who use the tele-
phone have never seen the workings of
a telephone exchange, as the central
office is called, nor have any idea of
the tense, nervous life led by the girls
employed there. Always busy, with
calls constantly coming in and more
cross words than kind ones from i'm
patient subscribers, one wonders how
they keep sane, let alone we'll.
Chow do you manage to stand it,"
was asked of one of them, Miss May
Stowe, of No. 10 West Lake street,
Households, N. Y.
cit is very trying" she replied,
'and one time my health did give out.
For number of years I was in poor
state of health owing to thin blood, or
anaemia, as the doctor called it, but
Dr:Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie made me we'll and strong. I was
so troubled with shortness of breath
that couldn't walk over few blocks.
I was nervous, could not get any rest
at night, was very thin and almost
colorless. / was also subject to very
severe headaches which not infrequent-
| ly lasted for two weeks at time with
out any let up. I felt bad all over.
'sMy married sister has been cured of
anaemia by taking DIR Williams Pink
Pills and so 1 began taking them.
| While on the first box could see that
they were helping me, and by the time
four boxes were used up l was cured.
Now I walk down townat least
three times day, feel perfectly well
and able to stand the strain of my po-
sition as we'll as anybody"
| Anaemia is not the only disease
which succumbs to the potent influ-
ence of DR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. They are an unfailing
specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, st tVitus'
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism
nervous headaches the after effects of
grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow compilations and all forms of
weakness either in male or female.
They are sold by all druggists, or direct
from DR. Williams Medicine Co., Sche-
nectady, N. Y. Price SOC per box; six
boxes $3.50.
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NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
SOUTH BRITAIN,
WHAT'S GOING ON IN TOWN.

WHAT . dOlN6 ON I'm 1OWN.
John L. Mitchell will sell at public
auction, Saturday, November s, rain
or shine, all his horses, vehicles and
other articles used in his livery stables.
Mr. Mitchell expects to start Monday,
November II, for Colorado, where he
will engage in the mining business.
Mrs G. G. Booth and daughter,
Frances, Of Waterbury, spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs G. H. Stillson.
Frank Evitts with his steam engine
and portable saw in eight hours sawed
up % cords of wood at the silica
quarry in the Purchase. Mr. Evitts
had only one man to assist him.
Mr. Smith, night Waterman at the
Armour Garnet Works, is boarding
with his sister, Mrs Fred Kuhne.
There were 30 new voters added to
the voting list, this fall.
H. P. Hickok at Pine Tree Corners
has fine hen turkey which he would
like to exchange for young gobbler.
FIR. Ford and wife of Woodbury.
spent a few days with Mrs Russell
Ford, recently.
Mrs Fred Schwartz and son, Clifford,
are visiting friends in Bridgeport,
this week.
Philo Hamblin, who has been serv-
ing in the Light Battery Co. Of the
7th Artillery in Philippine Islands, is
now at home with his mother, Mrs
Sarah Hamlin. Mr. Hamlin has been
away between three and four years.
Rev Mr. Roberts of the Bible society
filled. the pulpit at the Congregational
church, Sunday morning, October e.
George Cass passed Saturday and
Sunday at his old home in Waterbury
Mr. and Mrs Henry Perkins welcom
ed son at their home, Tuesday, Octo
| BET %.
DR. Sloat has been entertaining a
friend from out of town.
Nearly all the employees of the
Hawkins Manufacturing Co. took ad'
vantage of their half holiday and went
hunting, last Saturday.
Rev and Mrs H. Dewitt Williams
returned, Friday, October 81, from
their vacation. While away Mr. Will
liams filled the pulpit, two Sundays,
in the West Congregational church in
Akron, Q.
Miss Fannie Amber, who kept
house for number of years for Oliver
Mitchell, has moved into the house
wi N Mr. and Mrs E. "A. Ambler.
1t is reported that the place owned
by the late Oliver Mitchell is soon tC
be sold at public auction.
The bridge on the Southbury road
near the home of W. O. Barto is being
widened and newly planked and the
retaining walls have been relaid.
d. w. Hubbell, one of the employees
of the; Hawkins Manufacturing Co.
has recently purchased about foul
acres of land of Joel A. Beard on the
Southbury road opposite William A
Curtis place. Mr. Hubbell will erect
a house and has the cellar already
partly dug. George Wellington has
the contract for digging and building
the cellar wall. Harry Wilson has the
contract for the carpenter work. This
is the first house that has been built
in South Britain in 80 years or more.
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ANXIOUS MOMENTS.

Some of the most anxious hours of a
ones of the household have the Group.
There is no other medicine so effective
in this terrible malady as Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t j, is a household
favorite for throat and lung troubles,
and as it contains no opiates or other
poisons, it can be safely given. Sold
by r. H. Beers &C.,, Newtown.
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STEVENSON.
HARDLUCK, THIS!

The bridge that the Coe Brass Co.
built across the ,Housatonic was fin
ished, Monday night, and the heavy
rain, Tuesday morning, caused the
river to rise and take it off down below
Zoar Bridge and portion of it is at
the Otter Rock. This is rather hard
luck, as not single load of wood had
been carted over the bridge from
Great Quarter.
A. B. Hendryx has closed his mine
and is having the machines moved to a
mine that he has bought in Vermont.
Mrs Mary Mansfield and daughter.
Miss Maud, of Nashua, N. H., are visit
ing her sister, Mrs G. E. Bradley.
Miss Annie Hartwell visited rela
tives in Bridgeport, last week.
Three bay colts were found on the
street last Tuesday, by G. B. French,
they were apparently astray. MI
French turned them into his pasture
and is awaiting the owner.
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SOU TIL KENT.
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Miss Eva HallOck has gone to
Bridgeport to spend the winter with
her aunt, Mrs NJ. E. Gaines.
Orlo Ward of New Milford is visit
ing his cousin, Raymond Camp.
John Chase spent Sunday with his
daughter, Mrs 81. 81. Pomeroy.
Master John Mulcahy of New Mil
ford has been visiting his grandmother,
Mrs Burkhardt.
John W. Chase is staying in Kent
and working at carpenter work with
Eugene Bull.
Mrs r. W. Rowland and daughter,
Hazel, have been visiting friends in
Oakville.
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Shells.
Powder, Shot,
HuntingCoats.
Woodbury. Drug Co.,
Woodbury., Conn.
W.. L. JUDSON, Manager.

Wanted. SE ESssSs'2E$ sa to Of ~ ny :
Cream Puffs. Buns. Raised Biscuits. Rolls;
Jelly Cake. Apple, Berry. Lemon; Mince and
but same as mother used to make when we
were boys. And we also keep Fruit in its
"a select variety of Canned GOods-Roast.
Corned and Dried Beet. Salmon, Soused Fish
Tea, Condensed Milk. Mothers Oats, Spices,
Old-fashioned Raised Doughnuts.
FRANK HOUGHTALlNG,
Woodbury. Bakery. Woodbury.. Conn.
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A POLICEMAN'S TESTIMONY.

J. N. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua, Ia, writes, "Last winter
had bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least a half dozen advertised cough
medicines and had treatment from two
physicians without getting any benefit.
A friend recommended Foley'S Honey
and Tar and two thirds of a bottle
cured me. ! consider it the greatest
cough and lung medicine in the
world" Sold by r. H. Beers & Co.,
n awtnWn
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BETHLEHEM.

ASSOCIATION MATTERS.
A meeting of the directors of the
Evergreen cemetery association was
held, last week, Saturday, and it was
voted to buy additional land for ceme-
terry purposes. The land lying west Of
the cemetery is the most desirable, and
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EAsTON.
BAPTIST CHURCH INTERESTS.

BAPTIST CHURCH INTERESTS.
There was an unusually large at
tendance at all of the five services Of
the church on Sunday. The class of
five, who were recently baptized, was
formally admitted into the church, the
hand of fellowship being literally CIV
en- by the members present instead of
the pastor alone.
The meeting for Bible study is to
meet again this week on Tuesday even
ing at the home of Elmer Andrews.
Orlando Osborne met with a severe
loss, Sunday morning, when his large
barn filled with hay, grain and farm
ing tools was burned. Two horses al
50 perishe in the flames. The cause
of the fire is unknown.
A party of friends gave Miss Stella
Bunnell a pleasant surprise, Friday
evening. About 80 were present and
all enjoyed the occasion.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AFFAIRS.
The Sacrament of the Lords Sup
per was observed at the Con yregt-
tional church, Sunday morning.
Mr. Sherman, father of the pastor,
who has been for long tim, in poor
health, had a severe chill one day last
week, and is now very feeble.
A company of young people in this
vicinity, together with several young
ladies from Bridgeport, who were Wis
iting here, met at the parsonage on
Halloween and spent the evening
in manner beftting the occasion.
Mrs Alice Sherman is going away
for time but has left some one to oc-
cupy her home in her absence.
Mrs Susan Favreau is visiting at
Peter Peterson's.
George Favreau is still at the Hard
place, where he has lived for about two
years, and is at work with Sele ctmln
Candee's team on Sport Hill.
Mrs Frances r. Marsh, although
still feeble, is slowly gaining strength.
Mrs Clarice Sanford, who has teen
sick, is much better.
Mrs Alfred Stevens is at the parson-
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&c for a few weeks sojourn.
MlddIebury.

age for few weeks sojourn.
The dramatic committee of the
Grange furnished an interesting pro-
gram Tuesday evening, October %,
the principal feature being'a farce,
Popping the Question.
ASPETUCK AND VICINITY.
1. G. Fanton who was seriously hurt
by falling from the hay NOW in his
barn, one night last week, is able to
sit up Short time.
Friends from New Haven have been
spending week at @. B. Wakeman's.
John Lobdell of Greenfield is carry
ing l. G. Fanton's milk to Bridgeport.
J. Pilkinton of Bridgeport is visit.
ing at B. P. MerWin's.
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WILLIAM WELLINGTON.
Nichols, Conn.

Best place to get your horseshoeng and
lacksmithing done. Also all kinds OF wagon
ana carriage building and repairing. For sale,
number OF secondhand carriages and wag
oas in good repair.
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N q tt C E
p. H. DIXON, Bno %Sss
carriage and Wagon Making and
Renairin0 AOrseshOeinn

And General Blacksmithing Special attention
given to Interfering horses. Also OK shooting,
Wagons Of all kinds built at short notice. Sat
iSfactiOn guaranteed. Over ~ years expert
esce. Kind treatment to horses. Fancy horse
Z hoeing II wanted. Give me trial.
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LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.

LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF.
Lincoln Smith and wife have rented
the Congregational parsonage and are
getting it ready for occupancy.
Mr. and Mrs Picket spent Monday in
New Haven.
Amelia Davidson is spending the
week with her brother, Jonah David
son. She expects to spend the winter
in Bridgeport.
Albert Thomas of Green Mountain,
Iowa, is getting together large guam
titles of winter apples to ship west.
The Booth school building is nearly
completed and is credit to the build
erS.
Born, October 30, son to Mr. and
Mrs George Flye Of Orton.
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GRANGE WORK.

The regular meeting of Greenfield
Hill Grange held, Tuesday evening,
October q. DR. Cane gave very in
teresting address on "Duties and Re-
sponsibilities of Citizenship. I. G..
Fanton, overseer of the State Grange,
read a paper on Concentrated
Thought" Mrs I. G. Fanton gave a
vocal solo and Miss Julia B. Banks a
reading.
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B. ~. 7U77LE.
Southbury, Conn.

liOrseshOeing and General Jobbing All
kinds OF Wood Work done at short notice, We
close our shop every Saturday at noon.
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FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
GREENFIELD HILL.

THE GREENFIELD HILL CONGREGA-
TloNAL CHURCH.
Rev DR. Cane will deliver series of
Sunday morning sermons on "The
Great Problems of Daily Life" during
the months of November and Decem-
Der, 1902, also during the same months
series of Sunday evening discourses
on "ldcals''. Hours Of service 1915 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. There will be no
postponement of any subject on &C
count of inclemeut weather. A cor
dial invitation is extended to every
body whose interest and affection CEN
tiers in the old church.
Morning series: "The Great Prob
lens of Daily Life.''
November Is, ''The Danger of Los
ing the Religious Capacity"
November %, Are the Principals
Embodied in Regeneration and Holt
ness Essential to Salvation?"
November 80, "The Virtue of a
Right Intention
December I, GLOW is God Related to
Evil?"
| December IA. 1.-THE church the Peo-
pie Need.
December %, "The People the
Church Needs.'''
Evening series, "Ideals.''
November 16, 1.-THE Ideal Husband. "
November %, "The Ideal Wife,
November 30, "The Ideal Child and
the Ideal Home.'
December 7, "The Ideal School,
Church and Town"
December II, "The Ideal Parish.''
December %, The Ideal Nation"
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ROXBURr.

A CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR RALLY.
The Pomperaug Valley Christian
Endeavor Union will hold meeting
at the Congregational church, Satur-
day, November s, beginning at 10.45
a. m. An interesting meeting is an
ticipated.
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$500
New Haven
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DON'T FORGET

When you come this way. to call and examine
our new lot of Elastic Felt Mattresses. which
we have added to our already large variety,
Just few left of those Veranda Rockers and
Settees. Improve your Opportunity Now.
One of those Century ISefrigeratOrs left, which
will be closed out at bargain.
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J. D. KlMBALL,'

FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
Telephone 1874. Woodbury.. OF.
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kins and family, Saturday and Sunday.
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The Real Diamond Makers.

Nobody would dare to say good word
for volcano at the present moment. Yet
by far the larger part of the highly priced
gems have been formed, directly or indi
rectly, by plutonic agencies. The volcanic
crater was the laboratory where the aiia-
mond was formed. The only diamond
mines, properly so called, in the world are
those in South Africa, in the vents OF very
ancient volcanoes. Unfortunately, not
every old vent is diamond mine, but
possibly many are that are not suspected.
Your volcano is an alchemist that turns
the commonest materials into things of
beauty-carbon, alias charcoal, into the
diamond, quartz, otherwise silica Cor COM
mon sand), into the purple amethyst, the
yellow citrine or cairngorm, the green
chrysoprase, the pink rose-quartz, the dark
jasper and the black morton; common clay,
otherwise alumina, into the beautiful ruby
and sapphire, and simple compound into
the garnet, the topaz and the emerald
The elements are neither rich nor rare, but
their crystals formed in the subterranean
recesses of the volcano are gems OF price.
Nor are these the chief products, for near
ly all the mineral veins of gold, silver,
copper, iron, lead, tin, bismuth, mercury
and the rest have been thrust into the rock
assures by the force of these volcanic fires.
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DERR & LAMBERD.

cit was an awful sight to look upon,
and when | saw those steers by the hun
dreds shooting over the edge of that Death $
Valley like huge missile fired from a
catapult was forcibly reminded of Victor
Hugo famous word picture in Les Mis-
cradles of the fatal dash of the French
cavalry brigade into the hollow road of
Ohain at the battle of Waterloo.
SIN the morning we began rounding up
the scattered survivors of our herd, and it
was almost four days before we finished
the work The young Mexican who caused
all the damage 'vamoosed' on the night or
early morning of the disaster, and was
never heard of again Before we left the
vicinity of the canon l visited the place
where the steers plunged over. The air
was fairly black with buzzards, and when
I leaned over the brink of the rocky wall
of the canon and looked down upon the
results of the stampede could see strange
tumble of hoofs, horns and careasses, com
pletely blocking the narrow channel of the
stream.
IA few weeks later we arrived at our
destination, and when we had made care
full count of the herd we found little
more than 1000 steers missing.
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staked my horse some distance from the
herd, spread my blanket near him, and
gone to bed, 50 to speak, using my sad
die for pillow. | couldn' go to sleep
for some unaccountable reason, although it
may have been on account of the exhaust
ing heat of the day work. I was awake
at o O clock, when one of the Wilson boys
came over where was lying and said:
g Bill, don't exactly like this deathly
quiet 1t makes me nervous. 1t seems
as if something out of the ordinary was
going to happen. I've noticed consid
cradle amount of heat lightning, and it's
beginning to make the steers restless. |
wouldn' be a bit surprised if there was
big thunderstorm here before morning,
and, if there is, there going to be trouble
with them critters I've told all the boys
to saddle their ponies and be ready at
moments notice, if the steers get on a
rampage, to turn them eastward away from
that big hole in the ground over there,
pointing in the direction of the canon.
1.-The atmospheric electricity. as | had
already observed while Wilson was talking
to me, was becoming more frequent and
lighted up the smooth, polished horns of
the reclining animals with a sort of ghost
ly glow, producing decidedly weird effect.
| could also see that the steers were be-
coming more and more uneasy, and here
and there [ noticed big steer rise upNand
act as if he shifted danger of some sort.
Tn the meantime had saddled my horse,
and was waiting whatever might turn up,
The silence still remained unbroken, except
by the low, intermittent, maudling grum
blings of young Mexican half breed, who
had, earlier in the evening, surreptitiously
broken into the stores in the commissary
wagon and helped himself to an overload
red liquor, which the Wilson's had brought
along as an antidote for snake bites.
e'It is fact well known to all old cattle
men that whenever animals stampede there
are always a score or more of steers known
as leaders, which make the first break,
the balance of the herd blindly following
their lead. Every man in our party car
ried at least one six shooter, and some had
pair of them, and they were instructed,
in the event of stampede, to ride along
side these leaders, on the side opposite to
the direction in which it was desired to turn
them, and to fire in the ground near their
hoofs, in order to turn them from their
course.
s'Just before midnight we heard for the
first time faint rumble of distant thunder
in the Southwest. The display of heat
lightning also had increased in intensity
and slight southwesterly breeze sprang
up. The hoarse mutterings of thunder
became louder and more frequent. We
were now all ordered to get into our sad
dies and be ready for stampede, which in
all probability would Immediately follow
the first severe peal of thunder.
The breeze had now perceptibly fresh
ened. and we could hear the roar of rain
rapidly approaching The steers all about
us were getting on their feet and uneasily
moving about The suspense was becom-
ing painful Suddenly binding flash lit
up the entire scene, almost instantly fol-
lowed by crash of thunder, which rum
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bled directly overhead, and slowly died
away Big drops of rain came down, and
presently it fell in torrents. Here and
there throughout the big bunch of cattle
could be heard fierce below, ending in
vicious snort
HAt last the expected happened, when
binding flash occurred, simultaneously
with Il report like a cannon. A movement
among number Of steers on the edge Of
the herd began. Another fash of light
ming showed forty or fifty leaders running
at full speed westward, followed by the
entire herd. 1t was a magnificent spec
tacle The flashes of lighting were almost
continuous, and the plunging, crazy steers
could be plainly seen as they madly tore
across the prairie, their heads lowered,
tongues protruding and their tails nearly
erect and swaying from side to side, and
the earth trembling beneath their tread.
CAT the first break of the leaders every
man had put spurs to his horse and with
drawn revolver was in full pursuit of the
flying column. As we slowly gained upon
them we drew closer to their sides, and
the first man abreast at the half dozen
steers in the extreme lead began firing at
the ground, close to their hoofs. The
others now drew near, and general fusil-
lade commenced. The leaders began to
swerve to the right or northward until the
course of the frantic animals had been
turned almost to right angle from their
original direction, and it looked as if fur
ther danger from the canon had been
passed.
s'But we had not inclued the fool Mexi-
can in our calculations. Instead of com
ing with the rest of the party, he had evi-
dently become confused, and had worked
around on the opposite and wrong side Of
the leaders, and the first thing we were
aware of was the crack crack crack OF
his gun somewhere on the other side OF
the leaders. This attack on the part OF
the 'greaser' counteracted all our previous
efforts The steers turned abruptly to-
ward us and straight toward the canon.
We were utterly powerless to stem the tide
of the maddened brutes, and it was moth
ing but sheer luck that prevented half a
dozen of us from being Knocked down,
horses and all, and trampled to death.
GAS soon as possible we got out of the
thickest of the steers and followed them
toward the canon, which we knew must
be near at hand. The frequent flashes Of
lightning still continued, and we could see
the scanty line of sage brush not twenty
rods in front of the swiftly moving sea, of
surging steers. On they went with fear
full momentum, flying, resistless mass.
We reined in our horses, and before they
had fully stopped the advance guard of
steers had gone over the brink and disap-
peared. Over followed the others by hun
dreds. until ii seemed as if the entire herd
were doomed to destruction. Fortunately
however, the greater bulk of the steers
seemed to scent the danger ahead. and
slackened their speed, which gave some of
those nearest TO the brink of the canon an
opportunity to turn, and the remainder of
the herd divided, part going north and
the remainder south along the bank Of the
canon.