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Year: 1872

MT. Editor That article which appear ed in the NEWS, last week, from the pen of needs. think, a little reviewing. The authors intentions are very evident in his work and beCause they are SO, shall content myself with merely pointing out the result Very often the results of our actions do not correspond to the intention by which we act. This fact is exemplfied in this case, for while intends to slash unmercfu!ly ''Saw Bones" he puts himself in a very questionable attitude. Does our author mean to have us consider hlm quasi detective of the iniquty of not knowing as much as you profess to, in the city of Dog Town? Does he shake the war club of his woud-be ridicule for the doubtful honor of strutting in and out among the lOafers of certain well known center o%lOaferdom, lofty example to all of his admirers of the Big Iniun Me ?" in so sudden and summary manner, as a punishment for putting liniment on a sprained ankle Does he take exception to {" Saw Bones" surgical skill because the bull got well, as because he didn't? because the lady whose bruise was embrOcated is convaescent as because she is not? Finally; was not ''Saw Bones" terribly handled by the declaration of our author, viz, Che had twenty years experience in hoeing out disease" Second fall in with * Any man going to the house of a poor suf- l fering patient to give the benefit of his G twenty years experience in hoeing out disease" ought to be hung, at least he should feel the penalty of his misdoing just as "Saw Bones" does now. To conclude 7; the article of * was an eminently high minded, Liberal, just, honest, candad aoAole hearted, 6eneo0Jent, generous produc- ton. ...... There was an ingatherilg of the social element at the house of Mr. T. C.. Storm, Wednesday evening last week. The festivities of the occasion wound up with a good supper, such one, as the peculiar fat ness of Mir. Storms larder can produce. Mir. w. Wolfe and MT. J. Holabird, both animated with a like party spirit, had their quota of friends to sec them the same even- ing. DEVON.

 TWe are sorry our correspondent from Huntsville last week, should send an article which reflects so severely upon the stand ing of so respectable physician as the in, divdual alluded to. Our confidence ID him led us to suppose that such an article would not come from him, unless to play joke upon somebody who made not the slightest pretense to being physician, and who would read it and enjoy the joke, as much as anybody else. We want no cor wantonly abuse anybody. ED.
Year: 1872

DanOuTy, Jan. 0ull, loIZ.

 MIR. ED1Ton. The CONNECTICUT WEST ERN NEWS is well received, and should be well patronized and sustained by all the ma live inhabitants of the good old town of Salisbury, and especially by those who are uow non resideRtS. It serves as most con, venient vehicle of communication to and from the home of early days, to that of rprr yelrs. It brings 10 us each week interesting and valuable information regard ing the old homestead, and neighbors and friends. The names of individuals and localities referred to as well as the employ mcnts of people spoken of, enable us to keep up kind of acquaintance with our earliest home and with the changes that are continually occurring there. In letters and other communications that have appeared from time to time in the NEWS, from well known and highly respectable individuals, have given to the paper an additional relish and make it most welcome visitor in all our households. No town in this state of equal size and population, can justly claim to have produced larger number of useful and valuable men and women than Sails bury. No reference IS here made to such us have attained high standing in the pro fessioEs, nor to those who have achieved prominent political position, bnt reference IS made to those who in the common walks ut life, have filled up the measure of their days with usefulness and honor; have spent q whole life in doing good, and have left a record without stain and without rcproach. Many of this class doubtless remain a bless ing to the town, by their precept and exam pie. Many have gone forth to other fields of usefulness, and then as pillars in society, are nobly performing the duties and obliga- tions that rest upon them. Others, and by far the greatest number with whom the writer hereof became acquainted, have gone to their reward. These have left a reputation, of which the surviving mem bers of the family and their friends, may well be proud, and whose memory they will ever love to cherish.

 What higher commendation or noblel title can be given or desired by any man than that he has we'll filled the position ir which he has been placed, and has fully performed all the duties that devoved upon him. A long life of public services. or ot private usefulness, are equally entitled tt our respect and admiration.

 The individual referred to in the follow ing extract from letter recently received from friend, is fair sample of many who emigrated from Salisbury years ago. H. and others of his class, are remembered by the older inhabitants of the town, anc are honored by all. Other portions of thi letter present a most remarkable and ye we'll authenticated fact in the history O another Litcbfield County family, tha should be known and preserved. It i doubtful whether similar case can b. found or ever existed in any country, tina is, of three sisters of one birth, all living to such an advanced age.
Year: 1872

The second Of the series Of Sunday concerts will
be given this evening at the Grand Opera House.
Judging from the satisfaction manifested by the
public last Sunday, these entertainments are
likely to become popular. Considerable appre-
tensions on the score OF morality were at first
tertained, but the character OF the entertainment
quite sets at rest all fears on that point in the
minds OF those who were not strict Sabbatarians.
compares favorably with the best class OF concert,
and the audience on last Sunday was more than or
dinarily intelligent. Indeed, II one might Judge
gpeCtable.
Year: 1872

There would seem to be an idea at the commit
tees rooms that the fight is practically over and
the victory won that the laborers are justified In
taking rest Mr.. Chandler the genial Secretary,
has gone oil to New Hampshire, and no member OF
the committee was present yesterday. A visitor
unknown to fame recorded his name and fitted
away, evidently impressed with the loneliness and
sOlemnity OF the scene.
Year: 1872

am the person accused Of committing this crime ! did
not shoot walter s9per do not know anything about
night he was killed was at home that night went to
bed at nine O'Clock; did not get up went TO bed
I'LL morning got up little before daylight; mother
.aea me 80 tna, might go TO my work worked at
about ten o'clock that day man along with load
Of sand and told me that Soper had been murdered:


say upon the socmnty Of oath that did not shoot
sopcr, nor did know anything about III never made
the confession that Davis swears TO; remember the
conversation that Mrs West speaks OF; II took place al


DAVIS house. Mrs West came TO my house and was in
Year: 1872

The effete monarchies" of the Old World are now busy with the < autumn man9uvres" of their armies. These manuuvres resemble in many of their features the famous C general training" day of our forefathers. At the Russian camp, however, some additions have been made which undoubtedly would have astonished even the traditional militia officer.

 At this camp one day sham fight was arranged, and preparations were made by the ambulance corps to take care of the wounded. As the battle was only to be feigned, it was necessary in the first place to select @ number of men to play the parts of the killed and confusion each one was furnished with a severity of his injuries. @

 The troops then marched out, the mimic combat, began and soon the ground was thickly covered with the yictims of wars fell rage. The ambulance men advanced and began to pick up the sufferers. The wounds of each one, as indicated by the ticket attached to the body. were carefully examined, and the proper remedies were promptly admin lstered. One of the soldiers, however, received instructions which justified him, as he thought, in giving up the ghost. Those who were taking care of the wounded were surprised at finding that he gave no sign of life aud immediately called an officer for consultation. The officer asked what ailed him, butreceived no reply. A physician was then called, under whose direction water was thrown in the wounded mans face, but without the desired result. Finally, the signal for the close of the exercises sounded. whereupon the dead man jumped up as we'll as ever. In reply to the questions which were put to him he said that he had done nothing but what it seemed to him the severity of his wounds required
Year: 1872



 Natures Appeals for Help.

 Every indication of debility and exhaustion is a mute appeal of Nature for medicinal aid to the of decay How are these silent appeals of physical weakness to the resources of the healing art usually met? Too often, unfortunately the drugs prescribed aggravate the symptoms Whoever recommends drastic purgatives, mineral salvants, poisonous alkaoiGs under such circumstances, is ally of the ailment and enemy of the patient. Whoever on the contrary advises the broken down and desponding suf resort to that peerless vegetable nvigorant. Hostettsr's Stomach Bittsrs, for aid and comfort is phanthropst. It is safe to say that there was an instance in which such advice was given and accepted without the happsst results From the very depths of weakness and despondency thousands have restored to vigor health and cheeruness by the renovatng operation of this wholesome stmulant and ateratve All it's medicinal ingredients are remarkable for their sanitve properties and in combination form an absolute specific for indigestion, liver complaint nervous affections, rheumatism, intermittent and re- mttent fevers general and local weakness and every species of disorder incident to change of c mate. The stimuatve element of this invaluable pro- tectve and restorative is not impure excitant but the thoroughly rected of sound rye admitted by all good chemists to be the most heathfu of exhia want
Year: 1872

THE EMPLOYMENT OF "DRUMMERs. "- The Journaz of Commerce is inclined to think that reaction is approaching in the method of attracting custom. The employment of drummers i've are told) is essentially demoralizing. It a, .ost certainly debauches the agent s* ,er or latter, and tends by the instrument alties used to the injury of the morals and habits of customers. Even where these evils can be avoided it is most expensive agency, and this will lead to its disuse, since if employers are not sick of it, the buyers must see that they have to support it, and must eventually de. cline to lay in their stock subject to such costly machine for distribution. It is a great mistake to suppose that these local and travelling solicitors of custom are at all necessary to the transaction of large business. The first essential is brains, then sufficient credit and capital to pre- sent desirable stock. Judicious ad- vertising will announce this to every man whose custom is worth having. Cour- tesy and fair dealing will complete what is thus auspiciously begun. Drumming leads directly to dissipation and icen- tiousness; but if it were morally unex- ceptionable, it is too heavy tax to be laid upon the distribution of goods. Country merchants are growing as shy of these red-faced borers as the farmers are of the ightning-rod agents or patent pill pedlars. Have stock worth selling

 announce the fact to the public in the columns of newspaper, and when a customer is thus found make it for his interest and pleasure to come again.
Year: 1872

In his book on Chronic Diseases Dr. Pierce says of his Golden Medical Dis covery "God, I believe, has instiHed into the roots and plants from which this wonderful medicine is extracted, the healing properties, by use of which Consumption, the scourge of the human family may, in it's early stages, be promptly arrested, and permanently and then disappoint the afflicted by as sertng that this can be accomplished when the lungs are half consumed, as many do who, being devoid of all con science, aim to humbug the afflicted, that they may sell their often worse than worthless compounds. But if my Golden Medical Diseovery is employed in the first or early stages of the disease, I know from ample observation and actual test in hundreds of cases, that it will arrest the disease and restore health and strength. 6l7.
Year: 1872

Years ago it was the custom for all vessels passing Mount Vernon on the Potomac to toll their bells in honor of the sacred memories of the place. Dur ing the war it was manifestly impossible, and since the inauguration of peace again the custom has not been revived.
Year: 1872

A NUnsERY.-Some kindly ladies in

 Hartford, Conn.,, have opened an estab- lishment worthy of being copied by other cities. It is day nursery for the children of poor people who are obliged to be away from home at work. There is a charge of five cents per day for care and meals, and the place is made sort of school for the little ones-not one of the harsh, con- strained kind, such as the public furnishes

 but sort of home school for developing character and intelligence.
Year: 1872

F1sH.-The caplin migration is now in full force, according to letter from Newfoundland. The caplins are the bait used by fishermen. They come from the deep ocean solitudes in masses which have the effect of currents in the water. They fill every bar and creek around the thousand miles of coast. Along with them come vast numbers of codfsh, when the sea harvest begins in earnest. 4 this has been going on year after year for centuries, without making any sensible impression on the shoals of cod. The British Fishery Commission CTS remark in their report, that once a year an acre of good land, carefully titled, produces a ton of corn, or 200 or 1900 weight of meat or cheese but that, without any culture, the same area of the sea yields a greater weight of food to the fishermen each week of the year.
Year: 1872

There is no disease flesh is heir to more troublesome to manage than rheumatism. It comes when you least expect it, and generally remains till it gets ready to go away. The most conspicuous remedy for this complaint is JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LINIMENT.-Com.
Year: 1872

In addition to.its numerous uses in the arts of peace, paper is now found to be appliable to the arts of war. Cuilasses which will turn the stroke of sword, the thrust of a bayonet, or the impact of Ia rifle ball, are. now made of paper, and the inventors claims that this material will furnish 8 plating for war vessels, of greater power of resistance than plat ing of iron.
Year: 1872

How TO. UNITE THE ENDS OF LEAD PRE.-Whatever the size of the pipe may be, procure a block of hard wood, say four or five inches long, and four inches in diameter; bore hole straight through the centre, so nearly the size of the pipe that the block can be driven on the end of the pipe with light hammer. If one has set of auger bits, it will not be difficult to select bit of the proper size to make water-tight fit. Let the block be driven clear on the pipe, so that the end of the pipe will be flush or even with the end of the block. Now place the two ends of the pipe together, and drive the block off one pipe on the other, until the joint will be at. the middle of the block, If the hole in the block is made of the proper size, the block will fit so closely that the joint will be water tight :; and, if the ends of the pipe are dressed of true and square, the joint will be so strong that it will sustain the pressure of head or column of water one hundred feet high. Iron pipe may be united in the same manner. Should the joint leak trife, let shingle-nails be driven into the wood around the pipe so as to press the timber firmly all around the pipe. This mode of joining pipe will be found very convenient.
Year: 1872

FEW WORDS WITH THEM, CONCERNING THE


FouHTH OF JULY AND ITS CELEBRATION.


The New York World has a serions talk with
the little shavers," about the Fourth of July
and its observance. It says


Now look here boys-meaning you ''large
boys" who are in the Bible class at Sunday
school, aud sometimes use the money your IA
theirs give you to put in the contribution box in
buying cigars which make You i'll and lager beer
that makes you unfit for work-eyerybody knows
that some Of you have been saving up'-thats
the wayyou put it-for some time in order to buy
pistols and powder with which you intend to
raise Cain at four O'Clock in the morning Of the
glorious Fourth, and it is very we'll known that
about three hundred Of you have cannons and
intend to trot them out at the same time


Remember that when men go to bed they
commonly take OF their boots, and some of
them have bootjacks and big blocks Of wood in
their rooms Ii such men happen to be irritable


If it III touch and 80" with them AZ it il with
your cannOns-BOme Of you may never live to
see the procession next Thursday, for from
boot jacks to death there il but the distance OF
a secOnd-story window Can't you wait till a
fellow has had his breakfast, or at least, till he
comes down stairs to get it, before you make
the windows jingle with your pistols, guns, and
cannOnsl Perhaps You can't, but il you come
bowling and yowling about certain house
where a certain bald-headed old gentleman lives
you had better bring surgeon and coroner
with you; that's all.


Don't buy big crackers that make noise
like a pistol, for they are very dangerous, as
also are Union tOrpedOes," some Of which ex-
ploded down Nassau street last summer shat
tered house and killed several men. Speaking
of torpedoes reminds one of an evil habit which
some Of you as well as your sisters have ,contrac-
ted. On the Fourth great many large and
bald-headed men walk in the streets, and often
take OF their hats to wipe perspiraation from
their shiny pates, and then some Of you shy tor
pedoes from second-story windows 80 az to hit
the poor men plump on their bald spots. You
ought to be ashamed Of yourselves, but you are
not but you have fair warning that II you try
that experiment on a certain bald-headed old
gentleman he will march right into your house
and after that will not answer for the conse-
quences.


There are vicious boys who sometimes get you
little shavers to hold powder crackers in your
teeth, promising that if you do 80 they will give
you a whole pack they say they "know another
fellow who held one in his ear and it didn't hurt
him." Don't believe a word they say for if you
hold cracker of that sort-it isn't soda crack
er, mind you in your teeth, your eyes may be
put out, and certainly your shirt-bosoms will be
dir tied and your tace covered withburnt powder.
Don't forget and put lighted punk" in your
pockets, and never attempt blow on "sisser,"
which you know, is a fire cracker broken in two.
Do ut run away to see the fire works at night
for you are little and will have no show. You'll
get wadded in between two big men and two
ent tlrmous women in such away that you can nei-
Their see nor escape.
Year: 1872

Breezy to-day


The Hope Loan Association meets this even.
ing


The new hotel will be named on wednes day
next.


John o'Byrne lectures at Masonic Temple to
morrow evening


A pavement is being laid along the Fifth street
front OF the new hotel.


there was one case for drunkenness before
the Mayor this morning


The stereopticon exhibition at Masonic Tenn.
pie take place this evening.


The valley Of the Brardywine is lovely now,
and walk through it is very enjoyable.


The Morse Telegraphic Institute hss been re.
moved to room No IA Masonic Temple.


The Episcopal clergy have fine day for Their
trip over the W. 4 W Railroad They leave the
W. 4 Il. depot at o'clock.
Year: 1872

DURING the weeks when killing and other troubles prevailed at and near Sanford, we were advised that the body of Mcfarland was found terri ply mutilated, and we had the report put in English and Spanish for THE CITIZEN; but on Saturday, just be- fore going to press the report was credibly denied here, and we left out the statement but failed to state the facts. We hope our San Diego ex- changes will accept this explanation as an apology for the matter sent them in advance from this office.
Year: 1872

THE citizens of the San Pedro set clement have forwarded a petition to the Postmaster General requesting the establishment of Post Office at the Crossing, with J. Schaubln as Postmaster. This petition should be granted. An office there will prove a great accommodation to the people along the San Pedro. The carriage of the mails by there is regular thing anyhow, so the cost of the new office would be but few dollars The regulations prohibit the carriage of letters by mail carriers outside the mail except in government stamped envelopes, which is virtual pruhibi- ton of their taking mail received at the Tucson office to the proper parties, and it is very difficult for writers to be supplied with properly stamped en- velops to meet every emergency in sending their mail for posting; so that notwithstanding the mail is carried by there three times aweek, those settlers can hardly send or receive mail except at private hands without a violation of law. By all means they should have the Post Office.
Year: 1872

Philadelphia papers have details OF
the horrible injuries sustained on Tues
day afternoon at Frankford, Pa, by
Joseph Whittle, lion-tamer in O'Brien's
Circus. About p. m, Whittle entered
the cage OF strange lion and com
mencsd the training exercise, and soon
proceeded TO insert his head in the
animals mouth. Suddenly the lion
roared and closed his jaws upon the
man. He screamed with agony and
blood spirited from his wounds and
trickled from the mouth OF the beast
who still maintained its deadly grasp
Whittle used the performing whip with
all the energy left him, and lashed the
lion until it released its hold, and sunk
into a corner of its den, where it lay
licking its lips, and growing. BY this
time another attache had seized fork,
used in training elephants, and ran to
Whittle's assistance. This was the
opportunity for his escape, but the
trainer, with reckless courage, deter,
mined to conquer the brute or die, and
advancing upon him, rained upon his
head shower of blows with loaded
whip. For while the lion was cowed
but suddenly launched himself into the
air, and bore the trainer to the earth
seizing him by the thigh and crushing
bones and flesh into jelly. The man
with the iron prong goaded the animal
and finally drove him off the PROSTATE
Whittle, whom he then pulled from the
cage through the sliding iron door
Whittle is thought to be, fatally man
pled
Year: 1872

The grand opening of the Retail Depar:-
ment of John V. Farwell & Co.'S Dry Goods
Store, this week, was the most brilliant dis


play ever seen in the West, and marks a
new era for Chicago. A leading wholesale
dealer in another line expressed the general
sentiment in saying, he felt a just pride in
their success because they were so accommo-
dating, always sold at reasonable prices, and
gave tone TO the trade of Chicago. They
have long stood at the head of the wholesale
dry goods trade of the North west, and this
exhibition marks their pre-eminence in the
retail trade d.
Year: 1872

a LITTLE girl at Versailles Ky, fell
into a well the other day and but for
the heroism of her playmate, Mary
Griffith, II years old, must have
drowned. The latter was let down into
the well, other children holding her by
her feet and clothing, and with great
difficulty extricated her friend from her
peril. She deserves a medal and may
get one.