Tolland County press, 1876-04-27

              Waite came swiftly in, wearing his silk gown
of office, and the house of representatives
filled the floor in the senate to hear the procla-mation
made by the sergeant-at-arms, and
the impeachment read. The counsel on both
sides gathered, a formidable looking array of
sound learning and character on the side of
the government lawyers; oH the etherT were
tbe legal dexteiity of Matt. Carpenter, the
keen crafty face of Jndge Black, and the con-centrated
regards of pale MenigomeryBlair.
Mr. Carpenter met bis client, and taought
: him in on bis arm. Belknap was less florid
than usual, but he seated himrelf with osten-
| tatious assumption of entire ease, threw one
. arm over the back at his chair, slanted his
commanding person negligently in his 'seat,
and fixed his eye on one particular part of the
; gallery where two strikingly pretty women
were seated, and kept his regards there most
of the time while be was in the chamber,
j The impeachment summons was read, to
| which the counsel filed answer that the said
. Wm. Belknap was not an officer of the United
: States at tbe date of tbe summons. The gov-ernment
counsel asked an adjournment to
| prepare their answer, and the show was ever.
The great self-indulgent dragoon who lately
held the office of high cabinet minister, stalk-ed
out of tbe senate chamber, half a dozen
men shook hands with bim, a courtesy which
he accepted in a lofty impatient fashion, as if
he had rather not be troubled with such, dem-
| onstration; but not a senator was seen to
i shake hands with him.
T H E G R A I N T ^ A D E.
The merchants of New York are fh a state
, of mind about the grain trade Statistics re-j
cently collected, shows that Baltimore re-ceives
nearly twice the grain that New York
does, and Philadelphia about the same;
1 while Boston, which was supposed to be dead^
is working up .very closely to both, Tho
papers are all' discussing the. matter, and beg-
[ gmg the merchants to take steps to bring
i back the trade. The trouble isn't with the
I merchants, though the loss falls on them.
I The fact is tbe bloated railroad monoplies
i have done the work. There are no facilities
i in New York for handling grain, cheaply,
' quickly, or safely. That by the Central has
to be lightered to tbe-vessels, and very much
of it is moved in trucks. The system is one
of stealing, extortion and inconvenience. In-stead
of rnnuing grain into an elevator and
from thence into vessels, at a merely nominal
cost, there are tolls, charges, costs, delays,
and everything else that is vile, till a bushel
of wheat going through the city is loaded to
almost it^value. Consequently shippers pre-fer
other markets, and they have found them.
Baltimore is taking the lion's share, and the
prosperity of th.it city-and the decline of New
York attests the wisdom of one and the stu-pidity
of the other. Yanderbilt has be«en com-pelled
to take steps to hold the trade of his
road. He is building a big elevator at six-tieth
street, and the Erie will do likewise, so
there is reason to hope that some portion, of
the lost trade may be brought back. The
western grain-grower will feel the good effect
of this at once. New York is the natnral
market for the west, and it is a pity to see its
facilities thrown away. . - _ ..
THE FASHJOJJS^ , _ . - - „
Easter is two weeks, later this spring than
last, whicn was favorable to people who found
it convenient to put off shopping as long as
possible. - The styles at the openings display
a judicious mixture of last year's notions
which the milliners cannot get out of their
heads in any one season, with very much that
is new in the way of fabric and trimming.
Pearl gray and pale drab chip bonnets of the
capote shape are the beat taste for ladies,
while all sorts, of torbana and pretty fancy
hats are shown for the oountry and to be
worn by young girla. Wings and feathers are
interdicted by fashion, though the second-rate
milliners fill hats with them as they were
j worn last falL The trouble is that these deal-
| era are so. slow in getting the modes, that
their hats look behind-hand, and' the styles
of last, winter dovetail on those of June.
Heather, with its delioate pinky white and
soft foilage, is the flower admired for trim-ming.
Plumy oats and all soft tressy, droop-ing
flowers and grass - aho fall in with the
style of trimming hats, ami with these heavy
crape like ribbons and plain fine grained silks
are used more than anything eke. Fine Pan-ama
bonnets in French shapes instead of the
odd, Wide -brimmed hats in which this braid
was only found last year, makes a desirable
variety, together with the satin and open brim-med
bats whioh are but a trellis round tho
faoe to be filled with silk and flowers.
PIETRO.
THE METHODIST COKFEBEKCH.
Provincetown, Mass., Aprii 17,1S76,
Your readers, many of them, are interested
in tbe doings of the Providenoe conference of
the Methodist church now in session here.
We are having a gathering of even more than
ordinary interest. Among the items of busi-ness
have been a strong vote favoring the re-duction
of the number of presiding elder dis*
tricts from four to two. The biahop sug-gested
some difficulties and the practical in-troduction
of the plan was postponed for the
present, but a change will come.
The election of delegates to general con-ference
resulted in the choice of Revs. D. P.
Leavitt of Providencet E. McChesney of Fall
River, D. A. Whedon, D. D., of Providence,
and*W. H. Stetson of Stafford Springs. This
honor conferred upon our fellow-townsman ia
to be appreciated all the more because it ia
twenty years since a minister of Connecticut
has been elected as a representative of the
Providence conference. Revs. J. W. Willett
and M. J. Talbot, D. D., are the reserved
delegates. The conference of lay delegates
from the chnrches elected as their representa-tives
L. D. Davis of Newport and John Ken-drick
of Providenoe. Tbe laymen also ex-pressed
their unanimous approval of lessening
the number of presiding elders.
The interest at the anniversary and other
public exercises has been gt eater than usualx
The centennial sermon by Rev. E, McChesney
of Fall River was an able presentation of the
need of spirituality as a characteristic of the
people in order to true national greatness and
prosperity. The missionary meeting waa
shared by tbe general missionary society and
the Women's Foreign Missionary Society,
The speakers were Rev. Dr. Woodruff,. Mm.
Rev. 8. L. Gracey, Mrs. Rev. J. H. James,
and Revs. D. H. Ela and W. F. Crafts.
Conference Sabbath waa seoond to none of
the paat in interest. Bishop Ames excelled
himself preaching with great power on the
text John 20—30, Si. Chaplain MeCabe of
the chuteh extension society pleaded ite cause
with unwonted eloquence on Saturday even-ing,
and preached mightily Sunday. Rev.
J. M. Freeman, D. IX, of the M. E. Sunday
8chool Union, tor the first time visited the
conference, winning golden opinions by a
beautiful address to the children, an excellent
sermon and an effective address on the Tract
and Sunday school interests.
The conference has expressed ite approval
of several ohangsa of polity: Allowing the
number 6f its pweiding elder districts to be
fixed by-vote by each an^ual ^jj/arenw, the
consolidation of Americas minnion*,Twi*fc
church extension and freemen's rid'secietiee
in one organization separate tram fc>ceJgn
missions, and the arrangement for the sepa-rate
meeting of lay and c l e M eotfmehces
are among these. There torve bama- some
earnest debates, hot aU in _.
Five ministers, C. 8. MscrteadiAg, W. Li~-
sey, R„ Doftkeistey, B. I*
Cranddn have died. Only one. ha» jogged the
conference, E. L. Towle.
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Volume 19, STAFFORD SPRINGS APRIL 27, 1876. Number 4.
V j T R E N a T H E f HK
as55W?
Dr. Samuel Pitcfeerof Hyannis,Mass..experiment-ed
in l}is private practice for twenty years to produc
a combination ttyat woijld ijavp the properties of
Castor Oil'without Us unpleasant tdete and griping
effect.
His preparation was sent for from far and Inear,
till Anally he gave it the name of Castoria, and put
it up for sale. Jt is veryjwonderful in its effects.par-ticularly
with the <Ji6drdeed stomachs andbowels of
j children. It assimilates the food, cures sour stom-ach
and wlnd^collc, regulates the bowels, expels
worms, and may be relied upon in croup.
Asa pleasant, effective and perfectly safe cathar-tic
remedy .it is superior to G'astorOils, Cordials,
and Syrups. It does not contain alcohol, and is
adapted to any age.
By regulating the stomach and bowels of cross
and siefcly children they become good natured and
healthy They cjm.enioy sleep and plotters can
have rest. The Castoria is put up at the^Laboratory
of J. B. Rose & Co., 46 Dey Street, New York.
Q O A L ! C O A L ! !
L U M B E R ! L U M B E R ,!
A Full Assortment of
C O A L and L U M B E R ,
SHINGLES, LATH,
MOULDINGS, and BUILDING MATE-RIALS*.
K > i O i l HI
generally, will be kept constantly on band at
Johnson's & Brockbank's old stand, at
Reasonable Prices, . - u :
CALL AND EXAMINE.
G. J* HOLMES.
Stafford Springs, Oct. 1,18T8.
F W . C H A N D L E R ' S
N E W YORK.
8232, 3237,3238, and 3239. require every person engag-ed
in any business, avocation, or employment whicb
renders him liable to a Special Tax, to procure
and place conspicuously in hi* estab-lishment
or place of business a stamp de-noting
the payment of said Special Tax for the Spe-cial
Tax Year beginning May 1, 1876, brfpre corn-e
r All Band Instruments Warranted
«"Send for Price-List and terms.
menclng or continuing business after April 80,18?«.
The Taxes embraced within the provisions of the
Law above quoted are the following, v^:
Rectifiers Ifjjt
Dealers,retail liquor,
" wholesale liquor, w
" in malt liquors, wholesale, 60 00
.. « " retail, 20 00
" in leaf tobacco. 25 00
Retail dealers in leaf tobacco, 600 00
And on sales of over <1,000, fifty cents for __
every dollar in excess of #1,000. . f l Tt
Dealers in manufactured tobacco, 6 00
Manufacturers of stills, 50 00
And for each still manufactured 20 00
And for each worm manufactured, 80 00
Manufacturers et tobacco, 10 00
Manufacturers of cigars, 10 00
Peddlers of tobacco, first class (more than
two horses or other animals) 60 00
Peddlers of tobacco, second class \tyro horses
or other animals) 98 00
Peddlers of tobacco, third class (one horse or
other animals) ' . 16 00
Peddlers of tobacco, fourth claw (on foot or
public conveyance)~ 10 00
Brewers of less than 500 barrels, 50 00
Brewers of 600 barrels or more, 100 00
Any person, so liable, who shall fail to comply with
the foregoing requirements will be subject to severe
penalties, f y :
Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Special
taxes named above mustapply to JOSEPH SELDEN,
Collector of Internal Revenue at Norwich or Hart-ford,
and pay for and procure the Special Tax Stamp
or 8tamps they Heed prior to May -1, 1&7«, anfl
without further notice.
D. D. PRATT,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
° W°M h is gton? D ary 1,1876.
• p O f t S A L E O R E X C H A N G E .
Property hi Albany and East Albany,-N. Y.,
will be solff1 ow,or exchanged for country, property.
House on Wfetecto-et. Athauy, MmiarBroadway
and Church. Prfce»,500, clear St all encumbent*.
Building at No. 490 Broadway, East Albany, 8-eto-ries
wood."with brick basement and stores. Price.
$4,000. wlfii mortgage of $1,500 upon it.
A. G. MoLAUGHLIN, East Albany, N. Y.
Also, for sale, a bafcenr at Eaet Albany. ,,
SC H O O L T E A C H E R S , C L E R G Y M E N,
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or active, intelligent men or women without experi.
ence in selling books, will find
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the easiest and Best thing to sell during this year.
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Family History—has the Best Illustrations, the Best
•Mans and Chartt, the Best Bindings, the .Best endorse-m
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Large profits and no risK. Send for description,
, Opinions of the Press, and Terms to Agents. J. B.
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any daify paper, a n y b o ek
published may be had at or through
CHANDLER'S Mews Office,
STAFFORD SPRINGS, CONN.
Good stock of STATIONERY, including
NOTE PAPER and ENVELOPES in latest
styles, always on hand, also i
Fruits in Season,
Nuts, Confectionery, Toys, and Fancy Goods.
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companies represented.
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