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Year: 1874

THOMAS STEELE & SoN. There is no question but that we are influenced and ed ucated tc a great degree by our surround ings, and we witness with delight the pro- gross our people are making in works of beauty and T. pgovement. The beautiful buildings which line our main streets. be- sides many new and tasteful residences in Hartford, show growth in culture. and the true spirit of refinement. This devel- opment of cultivated taste. and desire for Art in its purest and truest sense, has made demand for the sale of wares, not selected for their size or mere cost, so much as for perfection of form and as true copies of standard works of art. The day has come to this country when the jrweler is considered as one of the established helps to the advancement of this taste, and it is in this spirit that the firm of T. Steele & Son, of this city, understand their business. for one can hardly run through their hOl- day stock this season without not only feel ing as if the time WAS well spent, but as if on leaving the establishment they had gath cred that which in the future would make them to appreciate art in the highest sense

 This years stock we notice is richer than ever before, and among the many, the crowded space of our columns will not permit us to enumerate in detail. This firm during the past few years has import ed some of the largest and finest pieces of real classical bronze sta,uary ever offered at retail in this city. These copies of eel ebrated antique and m0dern siatuary are perfect reductions from the originals as found in Rome, Florence and Paris. On account of the extent of the stock this year an extra room has been open, d ever he store. where most of the imitation or low priced 5ronzes are kept.

 Since the establishing of the business by the senior partner in 1886, the house has grown to bt one of the institutions of Hart ford. while the development and exhibition of trout paintings of late by the younger MT. Steele will not detract from his ability 10 select goods in the best of taste-Hart- ford Eschange
Year: 1874

sum of money, they voted it down two to one. Nevertheless another attempt is to be made. A citizens meeting was held in the basement of the Methodist church, Sat urday evening, and a committee was ap- pointed to solicit subscriptions from all in- terested in the matter, hoping that if a con siderable sum can be raised to defray the cost of 8 town building above the g., 500 above alluded to, the town would vote to furnish the balance $90O was raised on the spot, and thus the matter stands at the present writing. What the result will be cannot fortell, but thls much is certain, If the town ever expects to erect such building the present seems a very proper time to doi it.

 Since the above was written, the town hall agitation has been the cbief topic of interest, and the latest developments seem to indicate the entire success of the move ment. The citizens committee have thus far secured $l.2oO by private subscriptions and have confidence in their ability to raise 1t to $l, 800. They have also bargained for most eligible site in the center of the viii lage, on the land of Charles Prindle, and just north of his house, which will be paid for out of the citizens fund, and presented to the town with the balance of tho fund if the town shall vote to accept the same and build thereon suitable building for town purposes. Citizens of Sharon if you ex- pect to build town hall within the next century you cannot have more favorable opportunity than the present. You are obliged to erect a building for the probate records, at an estimated cost of $2 800, the enterprising citizens of this village and vii cinity have magnanimC usly come forward and are ready from their private purses to present the town with at least $l 200, and they expect to make It $l. 500 more, and All that is asked of you is $2,OOo extra, which in SO large and wealthy a town as Sharon will increase each indiyidual's tax by so small an amount that you will never feel it, and you will have town building that will be lasting monument to your wisdom and enterprise.
Year: 1874

Subscription AccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriber shows the time tO which the suD- scriptiOn Is paid thus. R. B. smith 6Jul74 indicates that MT. Smith has paid for his paper to see to 1t that their account, as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct and when they pay for a renewal of their subscription will observe whether their date ia changed to indicate the proper credit and in the event of an error to inform us for correction at once No claims for in these accounts will hereafter be consld- cred unless presented within thirty dnys after the payment is claimed to have been made, as the regular receipt of the paper with the printed thereon, is prma fscie evidence of its ac ceptance ae correct. J. l.. TEASE.
Year: 1874

A SToRY OF CHARITY.-A letter. from Newport to the Providene Journal tells this shocking story of the way that public charity is dispensed in Rhobe Island, and that state is probably not alone in it's un

 pleasant record. This is typical of the whole spirit of such management at pres ent through the country although an exsg- gerated case. It says:-A most singular story has been related to us by 8 gentle

 man of this city, who says T have no req son to doubt the truthfulness of the state ment. It Is as follows viz: In a certain town in Rhode Island, the parents of two children, boy and girl, died, leaving the friendless orphans to the cold world, A meeting of the authorities of that town was holden to decide upon some action that would relieve the town of the expense of supporting these children. The matter was discussed freely at this meeting, and at an adjourned meeting held at a private residence, the children were necessarily present, and this was the way in which the case was managed by these christian men. The boy was told to go into an adjoining room, where he would find a man asleep, in certain pocket of whose clothing was five cent piece, and he was to bring it to the committee. The boy obeyed the order. The girl was sent to another room where was woman sleeping, and from whose pocket piece of money, or script. was to be taken. She obeyed the instructions given her, and the children were arrested upon charge of petty larceny. were tried and found guilty, and were sentenced to the state reform school during their minor ity. Can such things be here In Rhode Island. Our informant believes the state ment made to him "by friend who knew the facts" to be true. The name of the town we withhold for the present. The children are at the present time inmates of the reform school Gas we understsnd). Is not this fit subject for investigation
Year: 1874



 In glanCing over the items from this town printed ir the last NEWS, read some things before unbeknown to me. Now, Mir. Printer, either you must learn to read properly or l must learn to write legibly; for one of us was in fault last week. You m de me to say that the topic of Dr Bel lows lecture was concerning the Se0en- teersh Century; it should have read: Two Thirds of the Nineteea,h Century," Also, it was stated that IMr. Little had been hold ing meetings in She field; the name of this gentleman who goes about doing good is Littletirld, name quite inappropriate for man of such influence The meetings begun by these gentlemen were continued by the pastors during the week, and they propose to hold them during this week as there Is considerable interest felt in the community.

 The Farmers Festival took place at Miler's Hotel, the evening of the l7tb. More than POO guests were present. The supper was success, for the worthy land lady never fails to please her guests on such OCCASIONS. Numerous speeches were made by representatives from the different towns. and the party broke up at an early hour, the people living north returning on the train.

 The funeral services of the wife of Earl Lee. formerly of this place, were at fnD6.E of tho honoo nf hia hrOthor S..th Lee, in Western Sheffield, on Sunday after, noon.

 The Sunday School of the Copgrega- tional Church expect 10 pass pleasant Christmas Eve at the house of Mrs. George Cook.

 The Episcopalians celebrate Christmas as usual, with Tree for the children.

 The Methodist church is to be reopen ed the 29th of this month. Bishop James is to preach the opening sermon on that day, and several clergymen from abroad are expected to be present All who have once heard Bishop James will need no greater attraction to draw them to the church than the thought of hearing him again. We trust the church will be filled to the utmost We read with interest each week tho columns of u 6. NEWS, but of late we look in vain for intelligence from Kent anG Falls Village. What has become of the Sun of Kent, which formerly illumined the NEWS? We would like to hear from these places through your paper. Ir%A
Year: 1874

that side upon which the mysterious
writing was not


II will do anything you ask" replied
the passenger "but what shall / write ?"


"A few words are all want. Suppose
you write "Steer to the north west"


"The passenger, evidently puzzled to
make out the motive for such request
complied, however, with a smile. The
captain took up the slate and examined It
closely; then stepped aside so as to conceal
the slate from the passenger, he turned it
over, and gave il to him again with the
other side up.


"You say that is your handwriting"
said he.


81 need not say so, rejoined the other,
looking at it, "for you saw me write it"


"And this ?" said the captain, turning
the slate over.


The man looked first at one writing,
then at the other, quite confounded.


"What is the meaning Of this?" said
he. 81 only wrote one Of them. Who
wrote the other?"


"That's more than | can tell you sir; ;
my mate here says you wrote it, sitting at
this desk at noon to-day"


The captain Of the wreck and passenger
looked at each other, exchanging glances
of intelligence and surprise, and the former
asked the latter. "Did you dream that
you wrote on this slate ?"


"No, sir, not that l remember"


"You speak Of dreaming" said the
captain of the bark. "What was this
gentleman about at noon to-day ?"


captain" rejoined the other, "the
whole thing is most mysterious and ex-
traordinary ;and have intented to speak
to you about it as soon as we got little
quiet. This gentleman, pointing to the
passenger, "being much exhausted, fell
into heavy sleep, or what seemed such,
some time before noon. After an hour or
more he awoke and said to me. Captain
we shall be relieved this very day" When
asked him what reason he had for saying
so, he replied that he had dreamed that he
was on board a bark, and that she was
coming to our rescue. He described her
appearance and rig; and to our uttei
astonishment, when your vessel hove in
sight, she corresponded exactly to his
description of her We had not put much
faith in what he said, yet still we hoped
there might be something in it, for drown.
ing men, you know, will catch at straws
As it has turned out, | cannot doubt that
it was all arranged in some Incompetent,
sible way, by an overruling Providence, so
that we might be saved. To Him be all
thanks for His goodness to us.
Year: 1874

DIsAPPEARED.-When a friend dies
and is buried there's an end Of him. We
miss him for space out Of our daily exis-
tence; we mourn for him by degrees that
become mercifully less; we cling to the
blessed hope that we shall be reunited in
some more perfect sphere; but, SO far as
this earth is concerned, there's an end Of
him. However near and dear he was, the
time arrives when he does not form part
Of our daily thought; he ceases to be even
an abstraction. We 60 no more with
flowers and tears into the quiet cemetery
only the rain and the snow fakes fall there;
we leave Ii for the fingers of spring to deck
the neglected mound. But when our
friend yanishes unaccountably in the midst
of crowded city, or goes of on a sea
voyage, and is never heard of again, his
memory has singular tenacity. He may
be to all intents and purposes dead to US,
but we have not lost him. The ring Of
the door-bell, at midnight may be his ring;
the approaching footsiep may be his foot
step; the unexpected letter with foreign
postmarks may be from HIS hand. He
haunts us as the dead never can. The
woman whose husband died last night may
marry again within lustre of months.
Do you suppose week passes by when the
woman whose husband disappeared myste.
riously ten years ago does not think oi
him2 There are moments when the open
ing Of q door must stsrtle her.
Year: 1874

A scientific paper describes the mode
Of ofproducing the spirit photographs which
pass current among credulous spiritualists
for genuine ghosts of the departed 1.-The
plain background screen, before which the
sitter Is placed in order to have his por-
trait taken, is to be painted beforehand
with the form Of the desired spirit" the
paint being composed of some solution Of
sulphate Of quinine. When this painting
dries on the screen, 1t is invisible TO the
eye but II sends out rays that have power
to impress the photo plate aud thus the
image Of the person, together with the
quininc ghosts, are simultaneously deyel.
oped upon the negative"
Year: 1874

From an Occasional Correspondent.I


DE WITT, ARK, August 1S.-Suppos-
ing that a crop report might be accept
able to your readers, write this: Our
crops are simply burned up. On the
south side of the river there are no crops
except from q few miles below South
Bend to the Arkansas county line. In the
neighborhoOd of South Bend they have
had pretty fair seasons till about the first
of July, since which time the crops have
suffered very much. On the north side
there is a very poor crop from the
mouth of Bayou Meto to New Gascony.
There are few good crops around New
GascODy, but they are very bad from
there to Wildcat. / know OF one place
that planted six thousand acres of cot.
ton, and the man on it says he will take
fifty bales for the crop. And there are
hundreds more just as bad. Even on
the best crop 1 know of, the cotton to-
day August lSth) is not as good as it
was on the first day of July, from the
fact that it has shed so badly. On the
uplands in Arkansas the only answer
about crops, is, "all burned up" The
grass on the prairie is SO dry that it will
burn if fire is put to it. From all parts
of the country this whole summer have
read such articles as "Gardens all burnt
up;" "Crops of corn and cotton looking
WELL" Now this is all nonsense. II
gardens burn up, so will corn and cot
ton. The Arkansas river will not ship
one-half the cotton that it did last year.
suppose there is no harm now in tell
ing the truth about the crops, as every
one has supplies enough to go through
on, and then black-eyed peas are up and
there are plenty of roasting ears.
Year: 1874

JERSEY CITY, n. J., August 20.-The
excitement in reference to the death of
Miss Mary PomeToy is increasing. Her
04te-nnOF tenn statement that Rev. Mr..
Glendenning is the father Of her child
gains almost universal credence, and he
is bitterly denounced on all sides. Mrs.
Miller, the girls aunt, with whom she
lived, says thai shortly before her death
Miss Pomeroy confided to her and her
husband the following statement:


"One night after found was in trou-
BILE, and after the matter had all been
talked over between Mr.. GlendenniDg
and myself, and he had assured me that
everything would be made right-mean-
ing, as | supposed, that he would marry
me-Mr. GlendenDing came into the
parlOr. / was seated by the door. After
q few pleasant words had passed be-
tween us, he said to me, Mary have you
q pen and INK? l want you to write
something for me. You know what a
scrape l am in, and want you to shield
me, for if this thing goes out | am
ruined man. Then he began to die
tate something for me to write, and |
refused to do it because it was false. He
then drew a revolver from his pocket
and told me must write it. | was very
much frishtened, and all seemed dark
and blank to me. l wrote what he told
me, but what it was | cannot tell, eX-
cept that it was something TO shield him
and set him right before the public and
church. l signed my name to the pa
per, and it is now in his possession.
suppose the paper alluded to is sup
posed to be the evidence upon which
Glendenning mainly relied for his de-
fapEa
Year: 1874

The attorney-general OF Arkansas has
decided that it is the duty of the State
treasurer to obey the convention Ordi-
nanee-the sinking and school funds
with which to run the State govern
meut for the present. The treasurer re-
fuses to obey the ordinance until man.
ddnuSed by the courts, aud a suit is now
pending in Little Rock to that effect.
Year: 1874




Evidently difficulties are fast
closing in about us, and every
day We have some fresh cause
tor rejecting upon the security
Of the moment. The spirit which
animated the Commune is very
far from being being crushed.
The same men are once more or
ganising for another attempt,
and just as they did before 1S48
and in 1871. Societies Of work
men are formed in each arron-
disement, under the direction of
district committees, which take
their orders from q central com.
mittee. The next step is to bind
the men by making them soil.
taire in all dangers and benefits,
and the element Of secrecy is al
ways attractive to the uneducat-
ed.


Members of the society who
have work are privately taxed,
and one half of the proceeds is
added to the sinking fund, re-
served for a war budget. The
rest goes to aid those who are
out Of work and in distress. r


just before the war matters
had reached the stage where we
end them to-day, and Creuzot
was selected as the best point
for beginning the strikes. The
difficulties then caused made
possible the 4th Of September
This time the strikes are to be
encouraged in the positive cer-
tainty that the Septennat must
come to end one day or another,
and the belief that that it will
not last long gives the chiefs of
the In'ernaionals the opportani
ty for saying that it will be sue
ceeded by another Commune.
Year: 1874




PEof. LEEDS propose In the
Scientific American TO substl.
tute eremacausis for both bur
ial and cremation. Eremacau-
sis Is a consumption OF human
bodies produced bSsurround-
ing them with hydfated oxide
Of iron. The learned Professor
would have the dead buried in
the ground according to the
ordinary method, but packed
in this interesting chemical
which will destroy every vest
lge OF the remains in q few
years.
Year: 1874

VICE PRESIDENT WILSON will
bring out the second volume
of his "History of the Rise
and Fall of the Slave Power in
America" within two or three
weeks. The second volume
will be longer than the first,
and will carry the story along
from the admission Of Texas as
aslave State to the election OF
Abraham Lincoln. A large
portion OF the third volume
has been prepared, and this
will CLOSE the record.
Year: 1874

tu0 ptOuuOb VI N0eCtuUl0 uCCay3
and is an active poison, and in
Its pure stale will Cause DEATH
Except a kernal Of grain be
cast into the ground and decay
it can not reproduce itself. But
because the young plant is the
product of vegetable decay is
no proof that it is poison.
Again, what medicinal rem edy
is there in use, by the profess
sion that is not poisonous II
improperly ussdi Again, how
many kinds Of medicinal rem
edies are there that alcohol is
pot absolutely necessary . in
their prepareiionl Is not Mr..
johnson aware that even vine
gar that indispensable article
of diet is a product OF diluted
alcohol, and that it can not be
made without alcohols The
first stage of yeast fermenta
lion, the starch of grain is con
verted into sugar, the second
stage, (called vinous fern enta-
tion, this sugar Is converted
into alcohol, the third stage,
(calledaceiic fermentation )ihe
alcohol is converted into vim
egar (acelic acid) by the alco-
hol combining with the oxygen
of the air. Who does not use
vinegarG Who ever thought OF
calling it poiSons Yet the
truth is vinegar of such
strength as pure cider will pro-
duce, il used in the same way
and in The same quantity is
much more poisonous than
fourth proof brandy, or the
meanest common whisky.
Many men can drink a pint
and some a quart of whisky al
a single draught without much
Inconvenience. l have known
men who could drink a gallon
OF whisky each day for a whole
week or more without causing
death; hut | ldouht if there is a
man living who can drink half
that amount OF good cider vim
egar, aud live. 1t would en-
lirelv destroy The mucous mem


brane Of the stomach and bow
els. If not the outer coating, as
we'll. Alcohol as We find 1t in
cider, wine and malt liquors Is
only poisonous when used 10
excess.


oa,~


II used TO excess, the most
wholesome articles of food be.
come poisonous; even pure wa
ter if improperly used is poi
sonons. For instance, one. pint
Ot pure waller warmed TO blood
heat and drank will produce
nausea AID vomiting in an or
binary person, IN less than fif.
teen minutes. Again, many
persons have caused death by
drinking a draught OF cold wa
ter when their blood was hot
and they were exhausted by
fatigne, whereas il instead they
had taken the same amount oil
vine or beer or even whisky il
would not have hurt them. !
have no doubt but there are
more persons that injnre their
health and lose their lives ev-
cry year in the United States
by drinking ice-water' than
there are by drinking both wine
and beer. / apprehend that
Paul knew what he was talking
about when he advised Tim
othy to drink no longer water,
but take q little wine for his
stomach's sake. Mr. johnson
quotes this passage of scrip
ture: "And whosoeyer shall
give unto one OF these little
ones a cup Of cold water only
in the name of a disciple, be
shall in no wise lose his re-
ward" Il there is any argu.
ment in that passage, | will an
swer'lt by quoting: Luke, 10:
Year: 1874

A pretty little maiden
Had pretty little dream,
A pretty little wedding


Was the pretty little theme.
A pretty little bachelor
TO win her favor tried,
And asked her how she'd like to be
His pretty little bride.
With some pretty little bushes,
And pretty little sigh,
And some pretty little glances


From pretty little eye;
With pretty little face,
Behind pretty little fan,
She smiled on the proposal


OF this pretty little man.
Some pretty little Gloves"
And some pretty little ''dears,"
And some pretty little smiles,
And some pretty little tears
Some pretty little presents,


And a pretty little kiss,
Were some pretty little preludes
10 some pretty little bliss.
This pretty little lady


And her pretty little spark
Net the pretty little parson


And his pretty little clerk,
A pretty little wedding ring


United them for life,
A pretty little husband
And q pretty little wife.
Year: 1874

An Act to authorize tho Comptroller


General to mako Attachments Of


Taxes.


Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, and by the
authority of the same:


Section l. That whenever any per-
son or persons charged with taxes
upon the books of any County Treas
utrer in this State shall declare in
writing to said Treasurer that he or
they have been enormously or ille-