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Year: 1871

] have just been reading q sermon cn.
titled THE CHURCH AND TEMPERANCE"
in which occur several paragraphs on
communion wine have often wondered
that So little interest has been telt in this
subject, and think the time has come
when general attention should be called
TO it. The sermon says that the church
might clear it' position and strengthen its
influence on the subject of temperance
by banishing from the communion table
the wretched article OF commerce called
wine; and indeed by refusing to employ
any thing but the pure uniermented juice
of the grape at that most solemn service.
| do not believe that pure wine. that OF
commerce, - Gntoxicating) can be had in
this country. A very large part of it is n
miserable fabrication produced in this
country. with what is called free spirits
as basis. with coloring and hayoring to
suit the name, while the same thing is
true of imported wines.


Formerly, there was some difficulty in
avoiding the use Of these so called wines,
because u pure. uniermcnted wine could
not be easily obtained, if at all But
now. genuine article is made ON large
scale, rs know personally. from the
best grapes. and can be easily sent by
mail to any part OF the country, at a
moderate cost when compared with the
so.caled imported wines shall be
very glad TO put any parties in the way Of
obtaining this wine, which may be relied
upon to be the pure product OF the grape
and nothing else.


There are many people who caunot e.
silly be persuaded that alcoholic drinks
are pernicious. 50 long rs they are em-
plOyed at the communion table, and the
instances are not few OF the shocking re-
lapse Of reformed men, in consequence
OF their takin. these liquors. One case
occurred in this city, where reformed
man returned to his former habits three
times; he was re-admtted to The church
each time, aIlef suitable probation and
after the third time he ceased to taste this
drink at the communion, and lived many
years after, consistent. ChrisIia ian life.
The sermon TO which | have alluded
says There is nothing in the require
ments Of the original institution which
would oblige the most rigid Iileralist to
use fcrmented liquor, rather than unler-
mented, at the Lords supper; why then
make that blessed ordinance posi-.
bic occasion Of stumbling to any, which
ought to be one of the highest ediiaca-
ton" NEAL Dow.
Year: 1871

RISE HIGHER. When birds arc flying
over, and the fowler lies in wait for them,
il they 1y low, some are wounded, and
some swerving sideways, plunge into the
thicket, and hide themselves. But you
will find that Immediately after the first
discharge OF the gun, the flock rise and
fly higher. And at the next discharge
they rise again, and fly still higher; and
not many times has the plunging shot
tninned out theil number, before they
lake so high level it is in vain that the
fowler aims mt them, because they are
above the reach OF his shot.


When trouble comes upon you, fly
higher; and il they will strike you, fly
still higher. And by and by you will rise
so high in the spiritual life, that sour al
fections will be set on things so entirely
above, that these troubles shall not be
able to touch you.


"Rise higher N. " Beecher.
Year: 1871

The Local PAPER. A local newspaper
is travelling agent, taking his weekly
round to the families of all its customers.
No matter whether times are good or
dull, no matter whether trade Is brisk or
otherwise, no business man can afford to
take do his sign, nor withdraw the
pleasing influence oI weekly chat with
his customers through the newspapers.
For business man to stop advertising,
would be equivalent 10 his saying, II
have stopped business, and ask no more
fayors Of the people"
Year: 1871

THE HOUSE A-F1RE.- gentleman once offered to bet that he would empty the whole of good winter fire in drawing room out of the grate, and place it upon the carpet in the center of the room, all the company to be seated around it in a circle, and that the room should not take fire. MT. Braidwood, formerly Captain of the London Fire Brigade, said that he would have backed such a bet and that the fire in such case would proba- ply have died out fitself. It is not very easy to set fire to house without first lighting curtains or other articles that produce lively flame. This fact, how ever, should not make us less careful re- specting the causes of fires. Nearly all fires can be managed at the outset by the inmates of the house. By shutting the doors and windows, so as to prevent the supply of air to the fire, and by resolute- ly attacking the flames with water, rugs or blankets, door-mats, etc., the larger part of fires in dwelling-houses may be smothered.
Year: 1871

READ THE PAPER.-How much more intelligent and fascinating the majority of young ladies would be were they to give little more attention to newspaper reading We do not mean the flash papers of the day which are filled with matter which, fit does no harm, can certainly do no good, but to newspapers those which make us familiar with present character and improvements ol the age. It is we'll enough to know something of the worlds history, but il is with the present we have mainly tc deal, and we know of no more engaging trait in lady's character than fair ac. quaintance with passing events. Every young lady should have an intelligent opinion on the moral, political and re. igious subjects of the times, and the best, and the only way to find this, is to read good newspapers diligently.
Year: 1871

SINGULAR EXPERIENCE IN DIPHTHERIA. The Lewiston (Me. Joarnal says Dr. Hill has in his possession 8 diphtheria membrane removed from the throat of a girl of fifteen, who was attacked with the severest type of this terrible disease. The false membrane is about three inches in length, completely preserved, and is 8 perfect cast of the air passage from which it came. The film is thick, white, tough, leathery substance, presenting the we'll known chara cteristics observed in attacks of this disease. The girl and her sister came to this city from the Eastern part of the State to work in the mills, and was unweu on her arrival. She went to work one day, however, when she was taken ill with diphtheria. The usual treatment in such cases was resorted to, but the patient grew worse, and breathed with great difficulty: On Sunday she had a violent fit of coughing, and seemed to be strangling. The nurse who had charge of her had the presence of mind to put her finger down the girls throat, and seized the end of something which ap- peared loose there, and pulled out what proved to be the false membrane of which we have spoken. The presence of mind of the nurse saved the girl, who is recov. erinp,
Year: 1871

Whence comes that firm reliance, that absolute, un- doubting faith in the efficacy of Hostetters Stomach Bitters remedy for indigestion, bilious disorders, intermittent and remittent fevers which notorously prevails in all parts of the United States This con been growing for twenty years and it is still extending It is the result of creduty it has not been engendered by any human device but the spon taneous and natural consequence of experience What people daily going under their eyes they question Wien families in unhealthy districts that resort to this wholesome vegetable tonic preventive escape periodical fevers and their immediate neighbors who neglect that precauton prostrated by the dis ease how is it possible that the phenomenon should be without it's lesson In like when it is that obstinate of dyspepsia of liver complaint of stpation of weakness and of general debility, yield to the operation of the famous remedy how can noredulity itself withhold its endorsement? Eye witnesses of the sauary effects of the to be found in every civilized settlement this continent Ihe thousands upon thousands who their restora

 on to health and strength, their preservation from sickness to it's extraordinary medicinal properties, enthusiastic in its prase The multitudes who mend it in neghborly way to their friends and ac- Quaintapces we'll those who make public their innate of it's vrtues always ready to state their for the faith that is in them They have all ei

 ther felt or witnessed it's benifoent operations.
Year: 1871

If the charges alleged against Captain Semmes of the United States Navy are true, and court-martial at the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been Investigating them, that officer deserves the severest pun ishment that it is possible to lnf1lct. Re ferring to the time when he was in com mand of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, it is said that the situation upon the vessel had become so unbearable that while the vessel lay in the harbor of Rio Janeiro there were one hundred deser

 tions guards rowed around the ship in the nighttime, armed with revolvers, and ordered to shoot any one attempt ing to leave the vessel. Men were pun ished for the most trivial offences by be- ing hoisted into boats alongside the ship, tied hand and feet, were left exposed to the blazing sun until they were burned so that their skin peeled off in huge flakes. The grossest indignities were offered to the seamen of all grades, un- der the name of punishment. Some times the Commander ordered man crammed into box three feet long and about eighteen inches deep then heavy blanks were hammered down upon the unfortunate victim,. and in one case a sailor was kept thus crushed and almost dying for one hundred and twenty hours. Men were sometimes chained together by tens so that they could hardly move, and laid out on deck to endure the terrible fervor of tropical nights, until their nervous systems gave way under the intolerable torture, and they were transformed into little less than maniacs. It does not seem possible that such crimes can have been sanctioned by any officer of our navy and only one side of the story has been made known.
Year: 1871

MORMON W1vEs.-It is reported at Salt Lake that many of the well-to-do polygamists of that city are preparing to send away their plural wives in the event of an adverse verdict in the forth coming trials for lascivious cohabitation These gentlemen believe that polygamy is Godly doctrine, but entertain grave doubts as to the expediency of continu. ing its practice in violation of the law.
Year: 1871

CONSUMPTION. A Remedy Found at Last {! . It will Cure your Cough. Ii Will Prevent and Cure Consumption. That Cough, which you neglecting, may result In natal Consumption, If some prompt Remedy is not used.

 Why sacrifice your life

 when V our disease can be

 cured quick, and at

 small a c0ste
Year: 1871

Seven Hundred Applications for Licenses and
Over Twice the Number OF Examination
Value of Competent Apothecaries-
System in Europe-Tae New York


College Of Pharmacy


OF the Commission.
Year: 1871

The Bridgeport Post Office was robbed between twelve and one o'clock last Friday afternoon of over $3,O0O worth of stamps. At the time only MT. Tracey, the Postmas- ter, and one clerk were in tho office, it being an hour when but little is doing. Two men came in and while one of them was talking with MT. Tracey at the delivery the other engaged the attention of the clerk. The man who conversed with Mir. Tracey pretended to have some important matter to talk over and wanted his ''undi. vided attention After talking awhile MT. Tracey heard the door opening into the gen. eral business office close, and looked around, whereupon the two men immediately left. The theft was discovered at once. The thief probably entered the office, while the Postmaster and his clerk were busy talking with his two pals, and climbing over the desk abstracted the stamps from the safe. One of the two men was arrested by Officer Arnold at the depot before one o'clock and locked up. He pretends to know nothing of the affair and says he halls from New Jersey. Capt. Rylands and the Post Office clerk got on board the 12:4O train to go to Norwalk and watch the trains, and found the second man on the train. He was ar rested and brought back by the 2:09 train. The real thief is yet at large. He was not seen sufficiently to be described accurately, The police are on the alert and it is hoped be will soon be caught.

 One of the men arrested is recognized as having been in the Banking Office of Hatch & Watson, previous to the robbery of the Post Office, and conversed with the clerk concerning revenue stamps, &c. He acted suspiciously and was closely watched.
Year: 1871

A COMPLICATED AFFA1R.-A sufferer by

 alliances between connections by marriage thus explains his position: "I married a widow who had grown up daughter. My father visited our house very often and fell in love with my step-daughter and married her. So my father became my son-in law, and my step daughter my mother, because she was my fathers wife. Some time afterward my wife had son; he was my fathers brother-in-law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step daughter.

 My fathers wife, i. e. my stepdaughter, had also son; he was of course my brother, and in the meantime my grandchild, fol he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother, because she was my mothers mother. I was my wife's husband and grandchild at the same time. And as the husband of persons grandmother is his grandfather, l was my own grandf dfather.
Year: 1871

Both houses of congress convened last Monday at the usual hour, and, save the reading of the Presidents message and the announcement of the standing committees by the speaker, no business was transacted. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the galleries were less crowded than usual. While the Presidents message was being read, both senators and representatives paid respectful attention. This message is re- ceived by us too late for publication this week, but next week we expect to publish it entire.
Year: 1871

Conn. Western.-Mr. Editor: In answer to the many enquiries why the R. R. Com pany do not attach passenger car to their freight train which passes and repasses daily between North Canaan and Millerton, would say that the company would be liable to heavy fine in so doing. No rail- road in this state is allowed to carry pas sengers till they have first obtained cer- tificate of acceptance of the road from the state commissioners which it is said will be effected in a few weeks. And in the mean time would further say that the company is not responsible for any acci- dent that might occur to those persons who are constantly catching rides on the freight trains, even with the consent of the con- ductors, and even if those who have charge of the trains were in fault. A time table is now being made, and if every body will subscribe for the CONN., WESTERN NEWS, then all will have good time table, and one other good thing in addition, to wit, a good, reliable, truth telling newspaper w..

 From Bud to Worse Somebody asks us to give those who are so tardy at church Sunday mornings, Q blowing up!" This we hardly think we will do just now, but perhaps if we should ask them to try to get there q little earlieS and thus not annoy those who live so handy by the church, and are dItodys on hand sometime before the service commences, as for instance Mr. Wm. Parks; MT. Jewell and others from Chapinville; and perhaps some from on Town hill, and others from Ore Hill Lime Rock, &c., they will undoubtedly see the reasonablcness of the request and endeavor to be more punctua. None will deny the fact that these, whom we mentioned above, arc almost invariably among tine first there, and because they live so near to the church, and it requires so little effort on their part, in comparison with the task of us who live so far away, is no argument for us to get there after the sermon is commenced. | We were bad enough in this respect, months ago. but seem now to be growing rapidly worse. Let us be ashamed of our

 selves, and be on hand earlier hereafter

 Fu1mefs' F'estioal.--In accordance witl the following programme, general invita-

 tion-is issued to the farmers of LitchfelG county, to gather at Litchfield to exchange greetings, to renew old acquaintances anc form new ones. The wives and daughter: should not be left at home. We hope to see them out in strong force, to make.thi:
Year: 1871

Why DO ANIMALS MIN SALT Prof
james T.. Johnson of Scotland, says that
half the saline matter Of the blood Ga per
cent consists Of common salt. and this is
partly Dissolved every day through the
skin and Kidneys; the necessity Of con,in-
ued supplies of it to the healthy body is
sufficiently obvious. The bile also con-
,ains soda Cone Of tho ingredients Of sal,)
as u special and Indispensable constituent
and so do all the cariilages Of the body
Stint the supply Of salt, and neither will
the bile be able properly to assist digestion
nor the cartilages to be built up again as
fast as the naturally waste. II is better
to place salt where stock can have free ac-
cess to it than to give it occasionally in
small quantities. They will help them
selves to what they need. If allowed to do
so ut pleasure, otherwise when they be-
come sal,-hungry, they may take more
than is wholesome.
Year: 1871

A great deal of character is impaired
and received at the table Parents too
often forget this aud therefore. instead of
swallowing your food in sullen silence.
instead Of broodng over your business,
insicnd of scverly talking nhont others,
let the conversation Mt the table be genial
kind. saoial and cheering Don't bring
disagroeahlc things to the table in your
conversation. any mare than you would in
your dishes. For this reason, TOO. the
more good company you have at your
table. the better for yonr children. Every
conversation with company at your table
is an educator of the family. Hence the
intelligence, and refinement, and the ap-
propria,c behavior of family which is
given to hospitality Never feel that in
tclliccnt visitors can be anything but a
blessing to you and yours. How few
have fully gotten hold Of the fact that com.
pany aud conversation are no small part
Of education.
Year: 1871

FESHE UNDERSIGNED GIVES NOTICE TO


the Property Holders Of Shasta County, that
in accordance with the requrem nts of law be has
entered upon the performance of his official duties
for the current year. He would call particular at
tention to the following section of the Revenue
Law:


eff any person shall willfully make, or give,
under oath or affirmation false list of his, her,
their taxable property, or false list OF taxable
property under his, her, their control, such per-
son shall be deemed gnilty of perjury. and upon
conviction thereof, shall be punished therefor, as
is by law provided for the punishment of perjury
and any property willfully concealed, removed.
transferred, or misrepresented by the owner any
agent thereof, to evade taxation, shall upon dis
covery be assessed at ten times the amount of tax
for that year, which would otherwise have been
assessed upon it and fifty per cent of the amount
such additional tax when collected shall be paid
to the person PERSONS who shall furnish the
per eentage for collection shall be paid into the
Treasury, for the benefit of the Common School
Fund of the State"


If Tax Payers were to have list Of their pro-
perty prepared, ready to be sworn to, as the law
directs, by the time of my reaching them, they
would thereby perhaps save themselves much an
noyance, as well as facilitate my work.


C. W. TAYLOR,


Assessor Of Shasta County.
Shasta, April 3D. 1871. M.
Year: 1871

The appeal of President Grant for power
and authority to suppress ''the conspiracy,
at the South is an invitation to the unfortu.
nate people of that region to "rebelh again.
1t is On invitation to civil war to once more
rear its bloody and psstiferous head among
us. There is no valid reason why the
Administration should Askt fer an armed
invasion aud martial occupation of the
South again. There is q reAson-s strong
one-of course, but the Southern people do
not like Grant, and are opposed to Grants
Congress and faction, and must be kept by
force of arms, if at oil, from casting solid
vote against them all. The conspiracy
alluded to Is 8 determination on the part OF
all respectable white natives to vote the
democratic Presidential ticket in 1872. The
Presidets recent message to Congrese Is
substantially proclamation for the renewal
of the terrible struggle supposed to have
been closed forever in 1865.
Year: 1871

Lighting gas with the finger is feat any
body may perform. Let person, in his
shoes or slippers. walk briskly over wool
len carpet, scuffling his feet thereon, or
stand upon chair with its legs upon four
tumblers to insuate it, and be there rubbed
up and down the body few rimes with a
mutf, by second individual, and he will
light the gas by simply placing his finger to
the tube 1t is only necessary to take the
preceution not to touch anything. or be
touched by any body, during the trial of the
experiment. The stock of electricity &C
CURED by the process we have described ia
discharged by contact with another object
One person must turn on the gas while the
other fires it.
Year: 1871

A medium course in the manner Of an.
plying manures may be adopted with safety
and profit, vix Garry out the plan Of deer
cultivation but keep the manure and vege-
table decay as near the surface as possible
by means of shallow blowing aud harrow
ing; In this way nine tenths of its fertiliz-
ing quality will be retained, the remaining
ssusn being more than made up by the nois.


attracted from the atmosphere.
Year: 1871

The Republicans in the House seem to
take malicious pleasure in voting down al
Ben Buffers propositions. His pet scheme
for putting bayonets to the throAts of South
ern people was promptly voted down. Ben
Butler has seen his best days. The future
holds in it q large measure of retributive
justice for this uuscrupulous depredator.
Year: 1871

The people of this country, by an over
whelming majority, desire a change in the
policy Of the Federal Government. Let
them understand that the return of the con.
ssrvstive democracy to power means a re.
turn of economical administration and Con
atitutional government
Year: 1871

Prisoners Escape on Tug Boat.


SING SING, n. Y, August l7.-About
eight o'clock this morning the tug boat
Dean Richmond appeared off this place
but did not land at her usual dock.
After steaming up and down the river
until ten o'clock she suddenly run up
to the prison dock. where several hun
dred prisoners were at work in the prison
ward, and, as if by preconcerted plan,
they suddenly lett their work and run
to meet the tug. As soon as the War.
dens OF the prison became aware OF
their movements they fired their reyol.
vers at them wounding several, but
when the bow of the boat struck the
dock about forty of the convicts Jump
ed on board and the tug Immediately
started down the river. The prison
officials Immediately started in pursuit.
1t is stated that the tug with the es.
caped convicts landed at Palisades and
all escaped to the mines. AS soon as
the convicts escaped telegram was
sent to the New York police to send
the police tug Seneca in pursuit.