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Year: 1874

with him and started to Colorado


His letters which he wrote from Colo


rado were very interesting; they were


printed in our county paper at home
oh, sir, if you only could know how
tired am of travelling, how lonesome


l feel here upon these plains, so many


thousands of miles from my dear old


home, you would realize how anxious


| am to meet my husband.


The sun and the train rolled OF
westward, and toward evening on the
second day out from Kansas City came
in sight of Bijou My fellow -passen-
ger was all hustle and excitement
she had been half dozen times to the
glass to adjust her hair and apparel.
The beautiful little boy in his Scotch
cap, blue jacket and black stocking had
his golden locks freshly curled, his rosy
cheeks washed, and stood upon the
car-seat looking out of the window
looking for Father"


"Ok, mother, l think l see father" "
said Charley. mo, mother, it is some
one else. Oh, / see a coffin, mother
some person is dead; they are taking
the coffin out of a wagon, mother.
There it is, mother; there, we are past
it now. Now we shall see father, we
are home" The train stopped. The
weary, traveled-soiled niece of Charles
Dickens gathered up her parcels and
her cloaks, and stepped out upon the
wild, bleak spot called Bjou Station.
The passengers, all interested In the
talkative and unsophisticated pair of
travellers, crowded to the windows of
the car to witness the expected meet
ing between husband and wife. They
saw it. While her baggage was being
tumbled out of the car, she stood with
her baby in her arms and her boy by
her side gazing around upon the strange
scene, and peering eagerly among the
rough-clad rachmen and plainsmen for
the face which alone of all Others she
wished to see.


A rough-looking but polite ranch
man stepped forward, and, with
clumsy bow and bashful manner. in
quired who the madam desired to see."


Il want my husband, Mr.. Henry
Lester. Does he not keep a sheep
and-cattle farm near here ?"


He did, madam" answered the
ranchman, sadly; "but he's rounded
up his herd for the last time. There
he is in that coffin, died last Wednes-
day night, and we're sendin' the body
back to Denver, accordin' to his last
instructions. He died of congestion
of the bowels, madam. Beg pardon,
madam, but are you his"


He did not finish his sentence, but
stepped forward to catch. the falling
form of my fellow traveller, who was
carried into the car in swoon. The
little boy uttered piteous wall of grief,
while / led him sobbing back to the
car which this wearied, travel-tired
pair had left minute before so hope
full and so happy. There were many
wet eyes in that car just then, mine
among the rest, as l held the beautiful
boy sobbing to my breast.


/ saw my fellow-traveller twice
again, once when she followed her hus-
band to his last resting place, attended
by one solitary carriage and four
mourners, and again last Monday
morning, when, pale, sad and bowed
with grief, she started with her fair
haired boy upon her long journey back
to the quiet shade and seclusion of
her old home within the shadows of
Gloster Cathedral.-Denrer Tribune.
Year: 1874

VALUABLE.-The following is sim
pie mode of rendering water almost as
cold as ice: Let the jar. pitcher or yes
sci used for water be surrounded with
one or more folds of coarse cotton kept
constantly wet. The evaporation of
the water will carry off the heat from
the inside and reduce it to a freezing
point In India and other tropical re-
gions, where lee can not be procured,
this is common. Let every mechanic
or labOrer have at his place Of ofemploy-
ment two pitchers thus provided with
lids and covers, the one containing wa
ter for drinking, the other for evapora-
tion, and he eau always have a supply
Of cold water in warm weather. Any
person can test this bydipping a finger
in water, and holding it ID the air Of a
warm day. After doing this three or
four times, he viii find his fingers un-
comfortably ycold.
Year: 1874

For good, sound, practical common
sense commend US to the editor of the
Moberly (Mo.) Enterprises and Monitor,
from which we have the following e.
nancial doctrine:


Let's initiate the currency by a gene
raj forward movement into the corn
fields, the wheat and oats-felds, the
meadows, the tobacco, potato, turIip
and cabbage patches, and raise the
whappiDgest, biggest crops ever known
to the country. The great trouble
with this country is, we have nothing
to SELL We import nearly everything
we eat, drink and wear, and money is
continually going out and little coming
in.


We can initiate by raising corn at 80
cents bushel. Ii is worth nearly u
dollar now.


We can initiate on potatoes at 30 cents.
The average price in Moberly is 81, and
several hundred car loads are shipped
TO this point annually.


We can initiate on cabbage at cents
a head, and they never sell here for less
than ten, and half the time they are
scarce as oranges even at the latter fg-
ures.


A man can make 100 pounds of to-
bacco for every day he works in his
crop, and tobacco generally sells at an
average of S5 per hundred. This is as
good pay as any of our county officials
get. Tobacco always brings cash. too.


Shall We say anything of beef at
cents and pork at 3 to 5 cents per
pound, when we have land that only
needs the sunlight to make it rival the
blue grass regions Of Kentucky for
pasturage.


These are all facts. The country has
not gone to destruction, by any means.
What we need is work, labor, toll, and
there is no excellence without these
The season is opening auspieiously and
the outlook for good crops was never
so promising. HE ye to the fields then
and aid nature in making you rich
The towns are full of men out of en-
ployment, and the fields lie sere and
brown under the cover of last years
stubble. In the towns of this county
there are enough idle men to raise pro-
visions sufficient to feed the whole
county. These men ''toil not, neither
do they spin, and the loss Of their Ia
Dor to industrial necessities is stgfie-
lent, if properly worked up all over
the country, to pay off the national
debt in few years, and we would all
be rich.
Year: 1874

To DESTROY BUGS, ANTS, ETc.-No
insect that crawls can live under the
application of hot alum water. twill
destroy red and black ants, eockroaeh-
es, spiders, chintz bugs, and all the
myriads of crawling pests which infest
our houses during the heated term
Take two pounds Of alum and dissolve
it in three or four quarts of boiliDgwa-
ter let it stand on the stove until the
alum is all melted; then apply it with
a brush while nearly boiling hot to ev-
cry joint and ereviee in your closets,
bedsteads, pantry shelves and the ike.
Brush the creviees in the floor of the
skirting or mop boards, if you suspect
that they harbor yermin. If in white
washing ceiling, plenty of alum is
added to the lime. il will also serve to
keep insects at a distance Cockroaehes
will fee the paint which has been
washed in cool alum water. Sugar
barrels and boxes can be freed from
ants by drawing a wide chalk mark
just around the edge of the top Of them
The mark must be unbroken, or they
will creep over it, but a continuous
chalk mark, half an inch in width, will
set their depredatiOns at naught.
Year: 1874

THIRTY mad dogs were killed in the
city of New York during the month
of June Eight hundred dogs were
slain during the time, and there are
1900 more to be put death. Hydro
phobia is alarmingly on the increase.
and still unmuzzled ours roam about
the city and iQd protectors. 1t Is GER
tainly a most singular condition of
public sentiment when the people pre-
fer the spread of hydrophObia to a
scarcity ofdogs.
Year: 1874

II tell you" said Wisconsin man
to neighbor, next day after burying
his wife, when came to get into bed,
and lay thar. and not hearing Lucinda
jswiDg around for an hour and half,
it just made me feel as if I'd moved
into a strange country,
Year: 1874

a large reward for the discovery of the per petrator of the decd. Those who have not lost their dogs have shut them up. As you pass through the streets it is amusing to hear on all sides the bowling and yelping of the imprisoned annals. Last Satur- day night an Irishman partly intoxicated threw a stone weighing several pounds in to MT. Winchell's parlor window. It was thrown with such force that it landed on the opposite side of the room, breaking in the lower sash. The offender was arrested ana shut up ln one of the hotels to await

 trial, but Sunday afternoon MT. James

 Winchell ordered him released He lost

 no time in using his feet, and the last that

 was seen of him he was rounding the curve

 of the railroad track just this side of the State line, under full headway for Connec- ticut......The society of the Good Temp-

 lars here are doing what they can for the cause of temperance. Last Monday after noon at meeting of the Board of Trus

 tees in Barton's Hall, for the purpose of granting licenses to the dealers in liuuor. a company Of seventeen ladies marched from the church to the hall and entered in single nle. They were kindly received by MT.

 crane, one of the trustees, who with cour- teous deference introduced to the ladies the chairman and each member of inc board in succession. He then nrov;ded seats for all, after which Miss Kate Lent was introduced to the chairman as sspokes- man for the ladies, and request made that she might read petition. It was granted, and an earnest appeal was made to the board to refuse license to the Iiuuor dealers in Millerton. After the paper had been read, the ladies quietly withdrew, and the question was voted upon, though not carried, the votes for and against being nearly equal. q
Year: 1874



 MillertOn.

 = A little incident which has just come to our knowledge, occurred here some time since; still we cannot forbear to mention it. The family of MT. M, who lived ut the outskirts of the village in rented house, was turned out and their goods set in the street. The family themselves re- mained in the house until led out by the constable. First MT. and Mrs. M and the two eldest children were led out suc- cessively; next MT. Hicks, the constable, a young unmarried gentleman, took up the three months old baby and carried it out, but the mother refused to take it, and start ed up the railroad track toward the village. He following with the baby in his arms and in vain entreated her to stop. She neither stopped nor looked around. This was more than MT. Hicks had bargained for. To be placed in such situation would be annoying to any man. but espec- tally mortifying to one in bis position in life, and there stood crowd of people laughing and cheering as he went by with the baby in his arms. Heedless of all his entreaties, Mrs. M never stopped until they were fairly inIthe village, where he overlook her and at last prevailed upon her to relieve him of the unwelcome burden. When another family is to be put out we think Constable Hicks will leave the re- moval of the younger party to some one else......Since Saturday morning, the 2nd inst, large number of dogs have been poisoned by strychnine put into liver and thrown about the streets. Some who val ued their dogs highly are very indignant oyer their loss, and there is talk of offering
Year: 1874

WHAT WOMAN CAN Do.-The most puz

 zied man In the United States lives at San dusky, Ohio. The other day he waxed at once Vindictive and ingenious, and re- solved to protect the sanctity of his hearth and home by an acute stratagem. In pur- suance of this idea he mingled arsenic in & bottle of wine and placed it where any burglars would see it, and unless practical believers in total abstinence, would drink thereof and surely die. Now the wife of this intelligent Sanduskian is an orderly woman. and when she found that bottle of wine placed in conspicuous position, she said that that was just like John. he ney- CT did have any neatness, and she knew it when she married him. Then she took the bottle and put it in the cellar with eight dozen other bottles, and arranged them neatly in rows, and contemplated her work with innocent pride. Since he exhausted his vocabulary of profanity he has been spending all his leisure in looking at those bottles and trying to recognize the one which he prepared for the poor burglar, ana unless he can solve the problem soon ne expects brain fever.
Year: 1874

SAek1AeAOs

 Buslness is getting quite brisk just now.

 a!tnough a good share of it is of no nartic.

 ular benefit to the town, there beinp too

 much opposition in most every branch

 would It not be good place to get m

 something new instead of spelling all of

 the old by dividing it among so many. As

 aas been before stated, you will seldom

 nno T pleasanter or more desirable place

 TOT manu1acturlng than this; plenty of

 room TOT building, and the railroad being

 so near makes it very convenient for oet'

 ung whatever you wish to at the different

 markets. The people of this vicinity are

 making quite business of raising tobacco.

 although 1t cannot be manufactured at

 nome, but must be sent to some other place

 where the peOgle are more energetic. The several merchants here are expected to

 keep good assortment of everything men tionable, and many of the articles which

 would yield them good commission are sold by private individuals from house in house. Our own town furnishes two cood outchers, who run regularly and are suffi clent Tor the place, but it is rumored that there are three or four from abroad coming in, and among them all there will hardly be business enough to pay expenses. The .relghtlng business, which would pay well for one, it is said has to be divided smonn five or six. One coal yard is all that is needed and all there ought to be, vet we hear that arrangements are being made to start another, claiming it will lower inc prices. Three insurance agents are two more than there should be in nlace inc slze ot this, We have seen the day when there were both lawyers and dentists in tbis very town of Sheffield. bu. there are none ot either at the present day. Judge Brad tord IS staying at Burlington and sup pose the people have been so long without. that they hardly feel the want, altbouoh it IS sometimes quite lnconvenient to he under the necessity of going to adioinino towns for anything wanting in their line .....John R, Briggs has sold his beautiful place to Cyrus French, and will board with nm TOT the present.. The tin shon ia sold to Jesse Shepard, and he understands inc business well and we hope he will succeed. | ....The cheese and butter manufactory is 'o start very soon next week, I hear their IS to be done by steam. great improvement on the old way of making Catholic church bids fair to pc done this summer, as they have con- nenced work with renewed energy: the ocation is beautiful, and the Crippen Bros. Ire to do the carpenter work, which is sure o be thoroughly done, as their work al- 1 ways is...... The Methodist society are about | providing their pastor with a better house, l [hey will either exchange for one that ults, or buy lot and build to suit them elves. D,TTo
Year: 1874

The announcement made last week, to- gether with the bright beautiful day, brought out very large congregation last Sabbath morning at the Methodist church to listen to one of the young men from this town, MT. B. Roys, who is at home on a short vacation from the Drew Seminary in preparation for the ministry. The sermon was of marked ability and exceeded the ex- pectations of his many friends, giving promise of success in the profession he has chosen. In the evening sermon was given by the pastor on the Joy of Angels. , Prof. Curtiss is announced to give an evenings entertainment of selected read ings at the Town Hall on Saturday even. ing of this week......P Posters are up for a grand sale of bankrupt stock of boots and shoes at auction in the Town Hall

 Some one will no doubt get booted at a bargain. We are pleased to see MT. En- mons at his post in charge ot the depot. This month we learn John Reed, the depot agent, has leave of absence, during which time Ferris Henry will sell the tick cts and Frank Grey have charge of the freight and express office...... We have some improvements also gong on in ou, midst. Lawrence's drug store is having a new coat of paint; George Strong is ma king some repairs at his residence; a cross walk is made in front of the Warner House...".Mr. c. H. White has opened watch repair shop in the front part of MT. James barber shop. Query Will it make any difference in the shaving on time, say Saturday evening? If so, we will take courage.....W Willie Crocker, an amateur printer, is busy with his type and Young America card press. A daily paper is not as yet talked qf,, CANAAN,
Year: 1874

A few days slnce Armond Olmstead. an old man of sixty-four years of age, while

 driving near the railroad had his horse

 frightened by the cars, so that it ran and

 threw him out of the wagon and iniurpd

 him somewhat, but not seriously. There

 was no damage done to either horse or

 wagon, which was soon stopped by some

 one on the road......A young man from this

 place while in Bethel one day last week

 and expecting to return on the evening

 train from that place which leaves at 5,45.

 had the misfortune to miss it. and after de.

 batting what was best to do, as his business

 made 1t necessary that he should be at

 home early the next morning, concluded

 that he would try to catch the Housatonic

 train that leaves Danbury at 10, and 20

 to New Milford and walk home from there. On looking at bis watch he found he had just l5 minutes to go in, and no convey ance but his own feet, and the distance three miles in a straight line. He made the effort, and only need to add that the thing was done, and our friend after rest ing in New Milford over night arrived home all in good order the next mornino

 having walked the distance of nine miles in two hours. If any of the boys can beat that let us hear from them. .Messrs. Ford 6 Logan, our enterprising young to- oacco HTm, nave Just begun making cigars and have employed number of first Class hands, who have arrived and are now busy at work. They expect by the good quality of their goods, and low prices. to build up good business, and we have no doubt they will succeed. and advise all to take look at their goods. They are lust re-painting their new warehouse and it looks very handsome. Baker & Brins-I made have nearly completed the cellar for their new store room......J James Shea is | building new house the next lot to Baker & Brinsn ade......S. D. Platt is going to build number of good sheds back of the tobacco warehouse for the convenience of | teams coming to the depot.....A large fire | broke out h the woods near the railroad | tunnel on Sunday and burned all day. The amount of damage is not known, neither the origin of the fire. The land belongs to | a MT: Hickox......The up freight train on the Shepaug railroad ran off the track near | Judd's bridge one day last week, and one of the cars ran nearly across the bridge on the ties before the train could be stopped. No one was hurt, though there were number of passengers in the rear car. The milk train down was delayed several hours, and the milk did not get through until the next day.
Year: 1874

Subscription AccOunt.-The date on the colored slip of paper with the name of the sub scriPtiOn is paid; thus. R. B. Smith 5Jul74 indicates that MT. Smith has paid for his paper to see to it that their account as indicated by the date on their papers, is always correct, and when they pay for renewal of their subscription will the proper credit and in the event of an error to inform us for correction at once. No claims for errors in these accounts will hereafter be consid- cred, unless presented within thirty days after the payment is claimed to have been made as the regular receipt of the paper with the printed thereon is prima facfe evidence of its ac ceptance as correct. J. l.. PEAsE.
Year: 1874

Washinee Factory.-Last Wednesday forenoon we took hasty look through the factory of the Washinee Woolen Co.,, on

 Washinee street in this village, and found everybody about the works as busy as they could make themselves. In the weaving room, seven of the fourteen looms i'll the atmosphere with their rattle and thwack, and we are informed by Superintendent Bower that only about two weeks more will be required to get the whole compliment of machinery at work. In the cardipg room. Boss Carder Richmond has one of the three sets of carders at work, and will soon have the others ready; and above, Spinner John Prince is bug z-z z-zing out the yarn as rapidly as one s'jack'' can do it; while in the coloring room below, MT. John Holder is having the best of ''luck" eve don't think it is 'luck," but the result of his sklll,) in getting precisely the exact shade required to the wool, which enters into the manufacture of the repellents now being made. Thus far, Messrs. Bower and Ed wards have met with the best of success in getting the works started; everything com ing into the work nicely and satisfactory in every respect. The works are now making only about one hundred yards of their extra wide repellents day, but will soon make at least twice that amount. These gentle men seem to be the right man ''at the wheel" and appear perfectly at home in every department of the business,
Year: 1874

Messrs. Editors,-Do you know whether
it is the duty of any of the city officers or
employees to remove dead animals from the
streets? If it is. it itappears somewhat strange
that dead cat should be permitted to remain
four or five days in Franklin street near
Fifth without being disturbed. The police.
/ presume, are not in the habit of visiting
that locality, or the property in that neigh
borhood may be exempt from taxation; and
il so, its owners and occupants may not be
entitled to attention from the police. y.


MAY %. 1874
Year: 1874

THE NEW ScHUETzsN PARK.-Our German
felloW.citizens are earnestly and Success
fully engaged in their efforts to establish a
handsome Schuetzen Park near the James
River Brewery, under the auspices of the
Deutsche SchuetzengesellSchaft They have
completed arrangements for private shoot.
ing match on Tuesday afternoon. After that
is over, they will hold a business meeting
for the purpose of completing arrangements
for public fest and dedication ceremonies
TO he held about the middle Of June.
Year: 1874

FA1R.-The ladies of the Union Station
church congregation are working like bea-
yers to liquidate the debt yet due on the
handsome little parsonage recently erected
for the use of their minister. The proceeds
of the fair now in progress are to be devoted
to that end, and so far the ladies have been
well patropized. The room is very hand
soneiy and tastefully decorated, and the yarl-
ous articles on exhibition are worthy OF at
tention, while all the deicacies and nick
macs can be found in great profusion.
Year: 1874

THOMAS HoRNBRooKs PLAcE.-The
lame Of this four-mile place out the Ma
'tionOl road has reached the country round
about A gentleman out at Bethany who
lately visited it in company with some
friends from there, writes to Mr.. HORN
BROOK the following letter:


II desire to express thanks for myself
and company for the pleasure we had yes.
terday in looking through your premises.
l felt that | should have done go in per-
son but your notices posted up made US
free 10 enjoy the visit without feeling that
we were transgressing or taking up your
time. We heartily commend the gener.
Gus feeling that prompted you 10 allow
strangers such freedom and pleasure al
your expense, and we are glad TO know
that the public appreciate your kindness
as we saw no indications OF rudeness
among the visitors strolling over the
place. We drove over from here ex.
pressly to see your place and found II
more beautiful than we expected"