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Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Forest Fire

Our Cornwall Hollow correspondent says; The men of this place were called out Thursday to fight what threatened to be an extensive forest fire. It ragged all day and part of the night, but was finally subdued. It is reported that one man. who had quite A good deal of land burned over, has threatened to bring suit for damage.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Thunder Storm in Sheffield

Although It rained only a short time Thursday afternoon and there WAS but a brief electrical display the storm was very serious in Sheffield. The l.. H. Pounds summer residence was shattered by ball of lightning and set on fire. Men happened to be near and they soon put out the fire. It is said that three men and two horses were knocked down in @ field but not fatally injured.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
BURGLARS IN TWISTED
Did a Deliberate Job and Went Away
 in an Automobile.
years.

Burglars entered three stores in one night Tn Winsted last week, decamped
 with $500 worth of watches, cigars etc., without the night patrolmeu hearing a twitter. Realizing that there was abso- lutely no danger of being caught, they worked boldly under the bright rays of an electric arc lamp in the stores of H. s. Townsend, jeweler, F. N. Plumb, cigar manufacturer, and Miss Mary Wiley, in the Odd Fellows and Manchester build ings. The night patrolmen did not dis cover the burglaries, owners of the footed places beng first to detect the robberies when they came to their establishments the following morning. The burglars with jimmies and stole $500 worth of watches and jewelry, including 30 gold and gold-filled timepieces which were i'll the migrated show window. From of which were unstamped, pipes, match safes and tobacco. In Miss Wiley's var iety store BIO in change was purloined. Each store was thoroughly ransacked, indicating that the burglars spent consid- erable time doing the triple job. People residing in the vicinity of the burglaries heard an automobile start away from in front of the Odd Fellows building about 1 B. m. There are no clews to the rob- bers. About a dozen night burglAries have been pulled off in Winsted this year and each time the criminals escaped
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30


 entered Manhattan College. New York. He was graduated in 1891 receiving de- gree A. B. He entered St. Mary $ Seminary. Baltimore, Md, in the autumn of 1891, remaining one year, In 1892 he was sent by Bishop McMahon to complete his theological course ill The American College, Rome, Italy. After five years of study, during which time he received the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Licentiate of Theology, he was ordained to the priesthood by His Eminence, Cardinal Cosetta, in June 1897, at St. John Lateran's Church Rome. Returning to the United States in the summer of 1897 he was appointed assistant rector, St. Francis Church, New Haven, Conn. The following year he was given leave of absence on account of poor health. In 1899 he was appointed to Bristol. St. Joseph's Church leaving in July, 1900, for LakevilIe, where he has been the assistant rector of St. Mary,s Church for the past eight years.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Coming Nuntials

Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Carrie Swift Hallett of West Cornwall to Dr. Howard Granson Stevens of New Preston, at the home of Miss Hallett's grandparents, MT. and Mrs. J. B. Hallett in Bridgeport, We'd nesday afternoon, May 5.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Norfolk Town Building

Plans are being prepared for a new town building in Norfolk. The proposed building will be two stories high with a basement, 46x58. and will cost about $25, ,O00. The building will be of brick with stone trimmings and have a slate or tile roof
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Burglar in limbo

Harry A. Pope of Brockton, Mass. is being detained in the Pittsfield jail' charged with having burglarized several stores in that city. He made a mistake He should have given Pittsfield a wide berth and journeyed to Winsted where burglars burgle unmolested.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Woodchuck un a Tree

According to our Canaan Valley cor respondent, woodohucks climb tree up that way. The correspondent says; It is seldom that woodchuck climbs a tree, but A. E. Benton's dog treed one the other day, driving him up nearly fifteen feet.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Cat Bite, Blood Poison.

Our Canaan Valley correspondent says: Joseph Case, an old man living in the house with MT. Zlrlien, was bitten by cat which developed into blood poison. He was taken to the Winsted hospital and is said to be doing well.'
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Will Grant no Licenses

The board of selectmen of Hinsdale refuse to grant any permits to carriers to bring intoxicating liquors into the town. The board will also refuse to grant druggists licenses.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Salisbury Delepates

At the Salisbury republican caucus held Saturday c. W. Barnum, Dr. G. H. Knight. James Selleck and Robert Scoville were elected delegates to the state convention at Hartford.
Connecticut western news., 1908-04-30
Likely to Favor Taft.

According to present indications. Con- necticut republicans will declare for Taft at the state convention next week
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Women AS Designers.

"Tkere is wide field open for
women architects" said a housekeep-
er the other day, "and / do not see
why they have not discovered it be-
fore. The average woman spends
the greater part of her time arrang-
ing and keeping her home straight
and doing her house work. Why, then,
shouldn't she design things with far
more convenience and comfort than a
man could think of? sOme houses
and appointments are arranged with
out any thought of the many unneees.
sary steps woman must take be-
fore she reaches the dumb-waiter,
refrigerator and other things. Then
there is the kitchen sink l never
saw one that was high enough for a
woman of average size to stand and
wash dishes without getting a pain in
her back from bending over. l hope
that women will soon discover that a
great sphere of usefulness is open to
them in designing houses and apart
ments."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

Some of the perennial fishermen
have records" of catches that are
nothing less than astounding. There
is one authentic case of a gentleman
who in thirty-four years, each year
accompanied by the same guide, has
taken from the waters of the Range
ley region no less than 1900 trout.
Many of these, of course, have been
returned to their natives element, on
account of smallness of size, but think
of sitting before ones open fire on a
stormy evening in December and re-
calling the capture of 1900 fish,
with their accompanying train of ex-
citing or romantic Incidents!
If any one should inquire what part
of Maine is the best fishing ground,
the answer might both truthfully and
logically be, "any old part of the
State.'' Watered, as it is, by such
long and sinuous rivers as the Ken
nebec, the Penobscot, the Allagash,
the Fish and the st. John, and
gemmed all over its smiling surface
with hundreds of Watersheds rang
ing in size from forty-mile-long
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Calculated for Himself.

AS benefited man of science,
Lord Kelvin was courageous in the
extreme, and there is little known
story of him worthy of being placed
by the side of the famous anecdote of
Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam
hammer, who placed his hand under
the mighty weight to show that it
could be made to come down gently
and remain just above his palm, says
the Kansas City Star. This story
gains point by the fact that Nasmyth
first placed his watch underneath, and
by little miscalucation 1t was
smashed to pieces. Lord Kelvin once
told his class that while an electric
shock of 1900 volts or so would kill
man, a voltage of 100000 would be
harmless. He coolly proceeded to IL
lustrate the fact on himself, but the
students cried in horror, Don't; try
1t on a dog" The great scientist
looked reproachfully to the class and
quietly remarked. Didn't | figure it
out on myself?" and then turned the
tremendous current into himself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Kings Who Taught School.

In the early part of the life of King
Christian TX. of Denmark there was
no prospect of his ever becoming the
ruler of that country. With this in
view he became a schoolmaster at
the German University of Halle.
Being too poor to keep a servant,
the Dowager Tsarina Dagmar of Rus
sia, one Of his daughters, used to help
her mother to do the household work
and take care of the younger children.
During this period there We're King
Frederick VII, and several others in
the direct line of succession, that
stood before Prince Christian, but, by
succession of deaths that occurred
he became the heir apparent, and
after the death of King Frederick
VII, In 1863, he was proclaimed King
Christian TX, Of Denmark.
Another instance of n similar ma
ture is that of Louis Philippe. Dur
ing the time he was exiled from
France, then being the Due De Chart
res, he became a teacher of mathe-
matics and geography in Switzerland
About SG or 81 years afterwards, on
August 0, 1880, he was proclaimed
King Louis Philippe of the French
Pearson's Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Hen Lays colored Eggs.

Hiram Stillings of Steelton, Pa, is
telling his friends about a favorite
hen with poetic soul and an inspira-
tion toward higher things than the
ordinary egg of commerce. He has
dubbed 1t the Easter Egg Hen, be-
cause 1t lays colored eggs.
When a bit of chick, last year,
the fowl suffered a broken leg and
was taken into the kitchen to be
nursed. 1t became great pet, and
when 1t got well spent most of the
time in the house watching the women
folk cook.
One day the hen saw Mrs. Stillings
coloring eggs for Easter. For sew
eral days the fowl wore a thoughtful
air, and 1t is clear now that 1t had
taken firm resolve to lay only
painted eggs when 1t grew up.
Now, this hen ae onion skins and
indigo and calico print cloth, which,
as everybody knows, can be used to
color eggs. And in good time 1t be-
gan to lay eggs.
Each egg that 1t had laid was col
ored, and each egg had a different de-
sign. Mr.. Stillings refrains from de-
claring that the hen laid hard-boiled
eggs, simply as matter of policy.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Potato Patch in Central Park.

Experts from the department of
agriculture in Washington have rec
commended the growing of potatoes in
Central Park in order to get the soil
In the city's' great pleasure ground
into the right condition for grass to
grow luxuriantly. Just who will get
the potatoes next fall Is something
that Park Commissioner Henry Smith
Will decide when it comes time to dig
them. just what potatoes would
cost on ground worth $1,000,0OO an
acre, like that in Central Park, if the
city engaged in potato raising for
profit, is something that almost daz-
zles the Imagination.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

try, or is displayed on straw-colored
blanks in the windows of railroad
ticket Offices.
And the railroads! How much they
have done not only to popularize the
sport of fishing, but to make it SO
easy pastime, that even frail women
may now journey into "the heart Of
the ancient woodS and have just as
good time, and just as good sport,
as their husbands and brothers, with
out the least bit of discomfort.
Piscatorial Pilgrimages.
OF the big delegation of amateur
fishermen that will shortly be start
ing north and east from the cities and
towns of the South and the Middle
Atlantic States, by far the larger per-
centage will go to the imperial State
of trout, salmon and "big game,
Maine. There are American fisher
men-some of them of national repu-
tation--who have annually been max
ing piscatorial pilgrimages to the
same fishing ground for twenty-five,
thirty and even forty years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

No outdoor pastime that takes the
devotee away from home is so uni
versally enjoyed as fishing. II is an
exhilarating, care-destroying sport
that is practiced practically from one
end of the earth to the other; and in
our own country hundreds of thou
sands who never indulge in any other
form of outing and exercise religious
ly set aside at least few days in the
year for the enjoyment Of this time
honored amusement.
Every section of the United States
has its peculiar kind of fishing. In
the Gulf of Mexico the mighty tarpon
is king; in California waters the leap
ing tuna is the special quarry of the
angler; along the Atlantic coast the
bluefish tempts the skill and tries the
patience of American citizens as IL
lustrious as ex-President Cleveland;
and nearly everywhere throughout
the land some species of the most
popular of all fresh water denizens,
the trout, is found, and in many sec
tions the lordly and much-prized
salmon.
Nowhere on the continent, how
ever, is there a most distinctively
Fishing country" than in the State Of
Maine. New England as a whole, in
deed, might well come under that des-
ignation, for the marvellously rich
fishing country of the Pine Tree
State is admirably supplemented with
the lake and river-gemmed Common
wealths of New Hampshire and Yer
mont adjoining, while in New Bruins
wick, Quebec, Nova Scotia and other
portions of the great Canadian wilder
ness contiguous, the opportunities for
the angler are practically unlimited.
Even as this article is being writ
ten, great host of fishermen (and
Eot few of them are of the fair sex) ,,
are quietly and eagerly making the
necessary preparations for the annual
descent upon the New England or
Canadian wilderness, their brains on
fire with visions of the "big fellows"
they know are waiting for the cast of
the fly or the trolling of the bait.
One can get ready for fishing trip,
even to the wilds of Maine, within
a reasonably short space of time, but
there are lots of Waltonites who pre-
fer to devote weeks to those delicious
preliminaries, because it adds just so
much to the long drawn out sweetness
Of the "spring fishing fever"
Down in Maine the piscatorial sea-
son will be in full blast about the first
of May, for it is about that time that
the annual telegram which gives to
thousands of Americans such an cleo
trio shock-"the ice is out"-finds it's
way into the newspapers of the coun-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Some Hiaher Mathematics.

Il have carefully figured it out and
&nd that if all the cattle We ship to
market each year were one COW, she
would browse on the tropical vegeta-
tion along the equator, while her tail
was switching icicles off the North
Pole" says Homer Hoch. "And by
the aid of the higher branches of
mathematics I have made a careful
nsomputation which shows that If all
|he hogs we slaughter annually we're
ne hog, that animal could dig the
Panama canal in two roots and half,
and Its squeal would be so loud it
would jar the aurora borealis. Kan
Bas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
penrecIation of KINGS.

TO be rich as king was, once up
on time, the parallel to being as
vbeautiful as an angel and as happy as
"a god But whereas the angels still
retain their traditional primacy, and
tho felicity of the gods is still COM
mon figure of speech with our minor
poets. the wealth of kings has come
TO be dwarfed by that of many of
their subjects. Not only that, but kings
have been reduced to pursue largely
the same methods for acquiring rich
Is that their subjects make use of.
Hence it is that, while Carlos l re-
mains the king even when he appears
in tweeds at cafe chantant, and the
Prince of Wales is still royalty when
he travels incognito through Paris,
They both become quite like ourselves
when we hear of one selling his yacht
to reduce expenses, or the other be-
ing caught in a tight squeeze in the
stock market.-New York Evening
Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

Moosehead Lake down to the most di-
minutive of ponds, Maine could
scarcely be anything but fishing
country of highest repute.
Its lakes and streams, naturally
prolific of the finny tribe, are kept so
well stocked by the fish and game au-
thorities that, to all intents and pur-
poses, they are practically inexhausti-
BILE. For the thousands of trout, togue,
bass, pickerel and other game fish
that are taken from the waters of
Maine every year by the great invad-
ing army of rod-bearers, hundreds Of
thousands of 'fry" are carefully put
into those same waters by the en-
ployes of the fish commission. This
is one reason why the fishing is al
ways good down in Maine" Busi-
ness panics and waves of prosperity
may play tag up and down the spinal
column of the body polite as they
will, but the fishing goes on in the
lakes and streams of Maine with the
regularity of Tennyson's brook, and
every resort in the State is "the best"
if the word of it's regular habitues is
to be taken at par.
The fishing fever" like the grippe,
is no respector of persons. One of
the most ardent enthusiasts of the
sport, and a regular victim of the
spring fever" is noted United
States Senator, who has a famous
camp at the Rangeleys. Doctors, law
yers and Indian chiefs lthe latter
usually in the guise of professional
guides), captains of industry, Wall
Street bankers, merchant princes,
gentlemen of leisure, bookkeepers,
railroad officials, journalists and
about every other profession and call
ing represented in this strenuous
American life of ours, are found upon
this outdoor roll of honor, some of
them gliding in from the windy west
in palatial private cars, the six-pound
trout which they land, almost from
the platform of their Pullman, being
later done to turn by high priced
chef of ebon hue.
Outfits may be secured or COM
pleted in Boston, the great gateway
to the New England fishing, hunting
and vacation country, or in Portland
or Bangor.
Present indications for an early
opening of the 1908 fishing season
are very promising, and inquiries at
railroad ticket agencies are reported
to be fully up to the average.
On account of the comparative abb
sence of snow and slush last winter,
the ice in the Maine lakes formed
very clear, which enables the warm
rays of the spring sun to penetrate
For this reason the guides are pre-
dieting that the Ice will be out of
Moosehead, Rangeley and the other
lakes by MAY l or earlier.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Americans Like Diamonds.

Almost three-fourths of the worlds
production Of diamonds are bought
by the people of the United States
The declared value of these gems
covered by invoices presented at the
American consulate general at Ant
werp during the year 1907, amounted
to $5,230,519 for cut diamonds and
$1,053,057 for rough stones. The
bulk of this business was done during
the first nine months of the year, as
there were practically no diamonds
sold to the United States in the Ant
werp market during November and
December, owing to the financial cris
is.-Consular Reports.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building Of
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection of
the Laboratory and methods of doing
business is honestly desired. ItmeanS
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
tion is extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs " with
out drugs?
Come and See.
DO the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are toldf
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia Z.
Pinlzham's Vegetable Compound has
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia e. Pimkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake,b taught confidence, ,forshealso
might just as well regain her health.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

There is more Catarrh in this section Of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was sup,
posed to be incurable. For a great many
years doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh TO be a constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j.
Cheney X Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con.
stitutional cure on the emnrket. 1t is taken in.
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon.
full. IL acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer one hun.
dred dollars for any case ii falls to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials. Address L, ,J
CHENEY & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
COFFEE EYES
1t Acts Slowly but Frequently Pro.
r duccs Blindness.

The curious effect of slow daily
poisoning and the gradual building
IN OF disease as result, is shown in
>nGnbFs of cases where the eyes are
a1kted by coffee.
A case in point will illustrate:
A lady in Oswego, Mont, expert
enced slow but sure disease set
ting upon her eyes in the form of in
creasing weakness and shooting pains
with wavy, dancing lines of light, so
vivid that nothing else could be seen
for minutes at time.
X She says:
y This gradual failure of sight
alarmed me and naturally began a
very earnest quest for the cause.
About this time was told that coffee
poisoning sometimes took that form,
and while didn't believe that coffee
was the Gauss of my trouble, l con-
cluded to quit It and see.
II took up Postum Food Coffee
IN spite of the jokes of husband,
whose experience with one cup at
neighbor's was unsatisfactory. Well,
made Postum strictly according to
directions, boiling it a little longer,
because of our high altitude. The
result was charming. / have now
used Postum in place of coffee for
apahthree months and my eyes are
well, Never paining me or showing
any weakness. know to a certainty
that the cause of the trouble was
coTfe and the cure was in quitting 1t
AID building up the nervous system
on Postum, for that was absolutely
the only change / made in diet and
] took no medicine.
my nursing baby has been kept
in perfectly healthy state since
have used Postum.
Mr.. -, a friend, discarded
coffee and took on Postum to see II
he could be rid OF his dyspepsia and
frequent headaches. The change pro-
duceh most remarkable improve
ment7quickly."
There's Reason" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Grape Nuts No. 1897.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
The Path of Least Resistance.

If you choose to do the easy things
you may always ''get round" your diff
ficulties, but you will never get
through them. You will remain mas
ter of the situation indeed, but the
situation will become poorer and mar
rover every day. If you never com
NIT yourself, you never express your
self, and your self becomes less and
less significant and decisive. Calcu-
lating selfishness is the annihiiation
of self.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
To Stop Leakinu Pen.

If the threads in the rubber connec-
tion of fountain pen are worn a lit
tie the joint will leak enough to soil
the fingers. Dry the threads with a
blotter and cover them with melted
paraffin. Turn the nozzle into the
barrel while the paraffin is still warm
and you have an inktight joint.