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Year: 1872

Here is a simple little experiment, by
which we can prove the existence of q
blind spot in our eyes. Shut your left
eye, and with the right one look steadi-
ly at the cross just below, holding the
paper ten or twelve inches from the
eye.


Z o


Now move the paper slowly toward
the eye, which must be fixed on the
cross. Alta certain distance, the other
figure, the letter o, will suddenly dis
appear; but, if you bring the paper
nearer, it will come again into view.
You may not succeed in the expert
ment on the first trial, but with a little
patience you can hardly fail, and the
suddenness with which the black spot
vanishes and re-appears is very strik-
ing. Now, examination has shown
that, when 1t disappears, its image falls
exactly on the spot where the optic
nerve enters the eye, thus proving that
spot to be blind.
Year: 1872

IMPORTANCE OF READING.--No
matter how obscure the position in life
of an individual, if he can read, he may
at will put himself in the best society
the world has ever seen. He may con-
verse with the greatest heroes of the
past; with all the writers in prose and
poetry. He may learn how to live,
how to avoid the errors of his prede-
cessors, and to secure the blessings,
present and future, to himself. He may
reside in desert far away from the
habitations of man; in solitude, where
no human eye looks upon him. with
affection or interest, where no human
voice cheers him with the animating
tones, if he has books to read he can
never be alone. He may choose his
company, and the subject of converse
tion, and thus become contented and
happy, intelligent, wise and good.
Year: 1872

The crowd was dense in the corridor
and around the carriage at tho WASH
ton Street entrance. 1t was the carriage
in which Mrs. Fair had always come
from prison to the Court, and the peo-
Year: 1872

NASHVILLE, May THE Democratic
State Convention assemblies in Nash
vile on the ninth instant. Its object is
the nomination of a candidate for Gov
ernor, and the appointment of delegates
to the National Convention, and prCba-
bly, the selection of a Presidential cleo
toral ticket. The interest in the action
of this convention has greatly increased
since the Cincinnati Convention. The
Banner suggests that the convention
give expression to an honest and hearty
Endorsement Of the ticket and platform
presented at Cincinnati, believing its
effect upon other States viii be salutary.
The Union and american leaves it to
the National Convention to determine,
after a full and free conference, what
action shall be taken by the Democratic
DartV
Year: 1872

who believe most sincerely in the necessi-
ty of revenue reform, and It's ability TO
commend itself to the confidence of our
citizens will have least reason TO find
fault Its local choice we demand as 70
all matters of local concern, and local
expression as to all matters of national
concern, influenced and uncontrolled
utterly BY the Federal authority or its
organized partizan type that we must
first contend for and achieve. Friends
and fellow-citizens, / cannot conclude
without urging you again, as ] have
often done in the past, to be up and
doing


IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIBERTIES.
They are threatened more seriously than
many Of you realize by military
ascendancy laying its lines for the
control of popular elections by corrupt
practices and official intervention. On
the other hand, you have presented to
you, i'm the person of the distinguished
candidate for the Presidency named at
Cincinnati, guarantee of peace, am
nesty and reconciliation. No man has
ever dared to say that


HORACE GREELEY
was not an honest man. He may not
be what some would call a fine gentle
man, of elegant manners and finished
presence, and he may be addicted to
what are considered by them as low, TO
common pursuits, such as stOck-raising,
looking after the INDECENT, gathering
supplies for the starving, and Illustrating
in all ways philanthropy at home. But
/ tell you, my friends, that old white
hat of his covers the largest brain and
the softest heart in America
let me add moreover, and be pardoned
for saying, that as TO the matter of Ex-
ecutive ability, believe that a man
who has served out a long life in the
conduct of a great leading journal, re-
quiring administrative talent of the
highest order, and giving body and
frame to


PUBLIC OPINION
upon the most intricate questions Of for
efgn complication will be found better
qualified for the position to which
he is so sure to be exalted, than any
other who may be selected from the
camp, or the congress.


Renewing my thanks TO you, my
friends, and pledging myself again not
to be unfaithful 10 this new mark Of
which has been conferred
upon me, must close this hurried re-
spOnse.
Year: 1872

NEW YORK, May THE Ben. Wood
National Democratic Association met
tonight and passed resolutions indorsing
Greeley and Brown. During the meet
ing, Ben Wood stated that Greeley had
informed him he would remain in the
field no matter who was nominated at
Philadelphia, but his withdrawal is pos
sible should the National Democratic
Convention make an independent nomi-
nation.
Year: 1872

ST. Louis, May THE, Liberal Re
publican State Executive Committee
has issued q call for county conventions
throughout the State for the election of
county committees and for the Organiza-
ton of congressional district committees
with a view to the thorough organization
Of the party for the coming campaign.
Year: 1872

rrOm the cincinnati CnrOnlcle.


The right of man to whip his wife has,
in modern times, been called in question,
and the courts have assumed to interfere In
this domestic discipline and to punish the
husband for it. This has revealed great
prevalence of this practice. We say reveal
ed, because we are not warranted in the
supposition that the introduction
Of penalties has increased
the practice. Reports of arrests
and penalties for this offense frequently
meet the eye in the papers of this highly
civilized city. A Chicago paper of recent
date says that in the police courts of that
city there is hardly a day when there is not
at least one case, and often several, Of men
guilty of wife whipping, and that in gener-
al these whippings are "of the severest
kind-such as a natural coward always in
hicts upon person unable 10 resist him.n
IL tells another which brings up the hardest
part of this problem, namely:


"Of all the husbands Convicted of beat
ing their wives in this city during the last
twenty years, there are not half a dozen in
stances where the victim has not appealed
to the public authorities for the release Of
the brute, CT where she has not devoted her
own earnings topay bis fine. The plea in
variably made in the case is, that the man
was drunk when he committed the crime;
that the woman has family, that the
earnings of the man are needed for their
support; and that, deprived of that support,
the punishment falls, in fact, upon the wife.
To this appeal the various persons in au-
thority invariably yield, and the wife beater,
after few hours Imprisonment, is discharg
ed, and at full liberty to repeat the crime-a
liberty he is certain to exercise at the first
favorable opportunity"


A recent London paper has what it calls
an unusual occurrence for that city, being
the arrest and trial on the same day of three
men for beating their wives. In the Judges
sentence he also stated reasons which show
the futility of this mode of punishment.
For be said that in order to prevent de-
feat Of the ends of justice by having the
wives either voluntarily or by coercion raise
the amount of fines, and thus release their
brutal husbands be should sentence each of
the men to imprisonment four months at
hard labor, with requirement that at the
end of that time they should stand commit
ted till they gave bail for their good be-
haViOr
Year: 1872

In letter to one of the editors Of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, Henry Reed, of the
Washington Capital, says: "You could
hardly be made to believe, even if it were
describable, the extent to which the Grant
Dent connection pervades everything, from
the departments of the government,
through the courts Of justice, down to the
minuLest transaction to which it is possible
for any one of them to continue to attach
an interest. To say that Gen. Grant is no
party to this is preposterous. He is the
head of the family-nominally and actually,
in fact and in spirit. He is of the same
order, species, variety; 10 better nor diffe-
rent. He is, accidentally, the lion, to which
they are the jackals; the shark, to which
they are the pilot fish; the fence to which
they are the pckpockets and burglars. He
is the Fagin-they the Toby Crackits and
Artful Dodgers"
Year: 1872

Absurd and Brutal Superstition.


From the Providence Herald, Sept 5.


The village of Peacedale was thrown into
excitement on Thursday last by the report
that two graves had been dug up near
Wstson's Corner, on the shore of the Saa-
gatuck River. The family of Mr.. VIM.
Rose, who reside at Saunderstown, near
the South Ferry, are subject to consump-
ton, several members of the family having
died of the disease, and one member Of
the family is now quite low with it. At
the urgent request of the sick man, the
father, assisted by Charles Harrington,
of North Kingston, repaired to the buryiDg
ground, located one mile north of Peace
dale, and, after building fire, first dug up
the grave of his son, who had been buried
twelve years, for the purpose of taking out
his heart and liver, which were to be placed
in the fire and consumed, in order to carry
out the old superstition that the consump-
tive dead draw nourishment from the liv-
ing. But as the body was entirely reduced
to ashes, except few bones, it was shortly
covered up, and the body of daughter
who had been dead seven years was
taken out of the grave beside her brother:
This body was found to be nearly wasted
away, except the vital parts, the liver and
heart, which were IN a perfect state Of pre-
servation. The coffin was nearly perfect,
while the sons coffin was nearly demolish-
ed. After the heart and liver had been Ia
ken out it was placed in the fire and con-
sumed, the ashes only being put back in
the grave. The fire was then put out and
The two men departed to their respective
homes. Only few spectators were pres
ent to witness the horrible crime. 1t seems
that this is not tn e first time that graves
have been dug up where consumption was
prevalent in the family, and the vital parts
burned, in order to save the living. a few
years ago the same was done in the village
of Moorsield, and also in the town Of North
kingstown, both Of course without effect.
Year: 1872

A PROMINENT physician declares that
beating the fractory schoolboy on the
hand is often highly injurious to the boys
health The whackers of the public
schools should make a note of this, and
hereafter assail the offending pupil only on
the parts provided by nature for the recep-
ton of hagellation.
Year: 1872

Gated on the east side Of Budd's Inlet.
at the first deep water, the point which
"a now attracting SO much attention
throughout, the United States"


Now this is simply an attempt 70
swindle the people of Victoria out of
their money. Buying the lots offered
as above will be ''buying a pig in a
poke;;" for it is by no means certain
that the terminus will be .1ocated or
the east side of Budd S Inlet" or indeed,
within distance of some miles OF this
property, On the contrary. the west
side of the inlet is regarded by many
OF our citizens as most certain to secure
the terminus, in which event land on
the opposite shore will be Of little
value. sHs ~ i-Hl fiaa ei-


As public journalist we deem it our
duty to caution the people Of Victoria.
and all others, against a swindle SO
palpable as this. Hence this basty
notice of the matter. IF our Victoria
readers purchase. after this timely
warning, and suffer in consequence,
they will have only themselves TO blame.
Year: 1872

Kent.

 The very warm weather of the past week has been rather stiling to the general stir ring qualities of our usually lively people, and those who are generally busy all the time. have found it more comfortable keep ing quiet to behold the life that Providence has put into every growing thing. All crops have now very promising look. Hay will be light but larger crop than in 1871 is expected. Some are complaining that apples are falling from the trees, but at the same time admit that the trees are SO full that few falling off will not be missed. ......For some rea:on or other the work on our new depo. has been stopped for a week past; reason not known. The foundation was completed some days ago, but timbers, lumber and carpenters have not yet arrived. .... Fuller 6 Go have reduced thei stock considerably during the three weeks they have been closing out, and our humane friend, Gaylord, reports large sales, and the flow of small beer and soda water from s. 0. Conn's is by no means small. The consequence is that his thermometer stands from four to six degrees less than elsewhere so when we want a cool and refreshing draught, we go to Conn's and imbibe freely. .. XzYNENUs.
Year: 1872



 Probably half the accidents that happen on railroads are occasioned by the lack of proper signals to show the distance between trains. That difficulty now seems to be overcome, judging from the description of a late invention just put in operation on the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad at Fitchbufg. This signal, which is, the joint invention of F. s. 6 W. A. Foster, of Fitchburg, is a circle made of colored glass, red, green and white, upon which are fig ures plainly marked from one to fifteen, each figure denoting minute. These ng' ures are shown through an opening or six or eight inches in the n'seide covering oi the elaas, @ mat they can be readily seen by the engineer in the daytime, and at night the glass is illuminated by lantern placed inside. The signal is operated by the train passing over the rail. As the engine passes the signal turns back to the starting point, from the figure showing the lapse of time between the two trains, and remains station ary until the last car passes, when it com mences to revolve, keeping time in precise. ly the same manner as clock, the figures passing the opening in regular order up to fifteen, provided that time elapses before the arrival of the next train, when the same process is repeated. The invention certain ly seems to be what is desired, and if it really fulf1ls all that is claimed for it, it will lessen the number of casualties on the roads adopting it, and render recurrence of ac. cidents like the terrible one of a year ago simply impossible.
Year: 1872

Lime Rock.

 Friend Pease-How Is the weather up your way? Our thermometers have all boiled over and we have packed them away in the ice house to save what mercury there is left, consequently we are lett entirely ig- norent of the state of the weather, but our fat lad, Uncle Tommy Thompkins, (weight 247,) says it is thawing and his assertions always have considerable weight with us, so shall take it for granted that the wealth CT is on the decline. I think we have to labor under slight disadvantage this hot weather You fellows at Salisbury and other neighboring villages can "drop in '" and order lemonade with Q stick in it, or the stick clear if you like, but the nearest we can come to it is Brinton's Extract of roots, which, by the way, is very good and and we are learning to ''keep kool" on it, but it comes tough to us to get used to so mild beverage......The new church on Elm street is to be commenced soon. MT. Richardson's house is progressing finely and MT. LeYi has the foundation laid for a nlce residence on the same street. We were glad to learn that they were going to have 4th of July this year, and have pro. cured bunch of fire crackers and half g dozen lemons for ''the day we celebrate"
Year: 1872

NcN NAAAAOEOe

 The new concrete walk from the New England House down the west side of South Main street was commenced last week. HinckleY tS Strong of Bridgeport contracted to lay it, and seem to be doing their work in very thorough manner. There is no walk better than 8 good con crete, and none worse than poor one. ...... The lawn mower fever has ragged badly for week past. Nearly all who have use for one have invested, and many of our lawns appear to have had "close shave."...... Independence day this year is to be celebra. ted here on the Fourth of July, and the ladies invite all to attend fair and festival to be holden in a large tent to be pitched upon the green in Main street. All kinds of useful and fancy articles as well as re treatments, will be for sale at such prices as can be agreed upon with the fair damsels who have charge of and serve at the tables | q
Year: 1872

10 Our Subscribers. The first. year of the publication of the NEWS will end July 9th, and all of our subscribers who sub scribed at the commencement and received the first number of the NEWS, will re- ceiye that day the last number of their first years subscription. While can vassiDg for subscribers, before we com- menced the publication of our journal, We were asked by so many of those who sub- scrlbed, to stop the paper when the time was out" that we concluded to try the ex- pertinent of adopting that plan with all, instead of charging $250, were we not paid in advance, as many other journals do. That thls plan of stopping at the expiration of every subscription is for the interest and advantage of subscriber as well as publish CT, there Is not question. Among the many reasons why 1t is to their advantage are, firstly subscriber Is liable to forget to renew his subscription as soon as it ex- pires, and time unconsciously passes on, and az he continues to take the paper from the post office, he is obliged to pay for it, and his bill will soon come to him, at the rate of $2.50 per year, thus paying 50 This is pretty steep interest to pay for the use of money. Another reason why the stop plan is for their interest is, that if they do not choose to take the paper an- other year. they are not obliged to write three or four times to choke the unwelcome journal off. It must be clear to all, that it is not for our interest to get our subscribers provoked at us because we stop their paper, and we hope none will be sen sitive on that point, as we shall treat Gll alike in that matter, and in doing so are trying to do what we think is for the inter. est of all concerned. Our books are now opened for renewal of the subscriptions of our original subscribers, and all who arc satisfied with our efforts thus far in making newspaper to represent the interests o1 Western Litchf1eld county, we shall gladly welcome with renewal of their subscrip

 tions before the expiration of the year July 9th, and thus have no [" stopping o1 their paper. For the generous and unex

 pected patronage of the year SO nearly past

 we have to say to our patrons: we thanl you most heartily: You have naade o.

 Gue
Year: 1872

BITTEN BY A RArrhEsNAKE.-Mast VIM.
Stauntou, a lad about nine years of age, says
the Uniontown PA Standard, whose parents
reside in Wharton township, was bitten by a
rattlesnake and, made most miraculous escape
from death. He was iu the field a short dis
tance from home, and when crossing fence
the serpent struck him as he leaped to the
ground, and his blood being heated, the poison
moved with such celebrity that in five minutes
after the bite he was totally blind, and ten
minutes thereafter he began to vomlt and
purge blood. Immediately the foot began to
swell, and, turning black, burst open 10 seven
or eight places, from which the blood oozed
out continuously. The blood seemed to stag
nate throughout his whole system and settle ID
spots all over bis body. This continued for
few hours, when spasms set in. after one OF
which he seemed to be dead. The friends
closed his eyes and arranged his limbs prepara-
tory to laying out his body; but before this
process was completed they discovered signs OF
life and sent for doctor. The next day DIR:
Boyd found him pulseless at the wrist and
swelling and blackness extending nearly to the
body on the affected limb and the blood still
dripping from his foot, whilst vomiting con-
tinued at every attempt to raise his head
The doctor succeeded in arresting the course
otthe gangrene, and We learn that the patient
is convalescent, and with the aid OF crutches Is
going about III E: +.
Year: 1872

A Very Remarkable Dog Story.
From the New York Sun.


E Some years ago Mr.. F. B. Lane took
small sized English hare dog to his
home in this city. AS the dog was
very sagacious and of good disposition
he soon became a pet in the family.
They called him Beauty. When Mr..
Lane came home he was in the habit
Of taking off his coat and getting his
slippers. In short time after Beauty
became member Of the household, as
soon rs Mr.. Lane began to take of his
coat Beauty would bring the slippers
and lay them at his masters feet,
without having been requested or
taught TO do so. 1t was the custom of
Mrs. Lane to have her little daughter
kneel before her and say her prayers
Immediately before retiring to bed.
Beauty, after quietly observing the de-
votions for few evenings, would In
variably creep up to the little girls
side, and laying Its head between its
paws in reverential manner, remain
in that position until the prayer was


finished. Other evidences of surpris-
Year: 1872

Pretty servant girls appear to work
almost as much mischief as non-explo-
sive kerosine. "A woman living not a
thousand miles from this place, found
a trouble Of this kind leaning rather
confidingIy on the vest worn by her
husband. You see they thought she
had gone on a visit to her mother.
The young help is getting so she can
help herself a little now, and it is
thought the husband will be aronnd
again about the Fourth of July.
Year: 1872

Printers are becoming artists. We have seen
the most astonishing diagrams prepared for
newspapers in order to illustrate some particu-
lar topic, when there was no time. to secure an
engraving, made up from lines, dashes, stars, and
the ordinary material Of o composing room.
Now the rigid rule Of a prominent New York
journal, prohibiting the use Of display types in
the advertising columns, has been successfully
eyaded by the ingenuity Of the typos, who have
taken the small agate and made it as ayaila-
BILE for the purposes Of display as the
largest job type could be. In one column there
is an attractive succession Of large stars, made
up from little ones, beaming forth the name Of
the advertiser. In the next there is q SUCCESS
sion Of pyramids then come graceful little
signs, made from combination Of dashee. a
system Of marginal notes renders the next
column unique, while another has the most
grotesque variety that it is impossible to i'm
agine coming from the use Of one kind Of type,
Gwen large display letters being made up by an
arrangement Of the small and unobtrusive ones.
The ingenuity Of advertisers will overcome all
rules,