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In a connected manner. Connecticut, one of the smallest of the U. States, and one of the 13 original States, between Lat. 40° 58′ and 42° 21' N., Lon. 71° 53′ and 7300 W., having N. Ma ., E. R. Is., W. N. Y., and S. Long Island Sound. Length E. to W. 90 m., and its average breadth abt. 52 m. 4,730 sq. m.- Desc . Surface undulating, often mountainous; some of the peaks are 1,600 ft. abv. sea, and one 2,300. The Green M. enter by the N. W. from Ma ., run in detached eminences, through the western part of the State. These mountains, the Talcet or Greenwoods range, which cro the State in the N., and a ridge E. of the Connecticut River that appears to be a continuation of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, are of inconsiderable height. Most of the State is drained by 3 principal rivers with their branches, the Connecticut in the central, the Housatonic in the west ern, and the Thames in the eastern parts. Besides there, there are various small streams which flow into Lon Island Sound. Of these, the Quinepiac, which rises between Farming ton and New Britain, and empties into N. Haven harbor, is the largest, and the only one which extends half acro the State. The soil of the central valley of C. is alluvial and diluvial, and embraces the most fertile and the poorest land in the State. The alluvial of the C. and Farming ton River valleys is a rich loam seldom equalled for continuous tillage and productivene . Much of the remainder is a diluvial, light, sandy or gravelly soil, especially towards New Haven, and unproductive, unle artificially fertilized. The section of the State watered by the Housatonic River, extending into New York and Ma achusetts, is very broken and mountainous; the craggy mountains and hills are still covered with woods, but yet large portions afford excellent pasturage for cattle, sheep, and horses. The whole sea-coast, except acro New Haven harbor, is of primitive formation, and difficult of cultivation. Much of it is suitable for grazing, but it is the most valuable for the production of fruit and vegetables. -Clim . The climate is very variable; an extreme degree of heat and cold is experienced at different seasons; but the sky is usually serene, and the country healthy. Observations covering a period of 20 years show the mean temperature in winter to be 29.92°; summer, 69.27°; range for any month, 55.830.- Min. C. is rich in mineral resources. Gold has been found in Middle sex county, and silver is obtained from the argentiferous lead ore of the Middle town mines, which are extensively worked. Copper exists in considerable quantities, but has not been profitably mined. Lead occurs in different localities. Iron is mined at Salisbury. Bismuth is found, chiefly at Monroe; and cobalt and nickel are the objects of extensive mining operations near the town of Chat ham. There are also other precious or rare minerals, such as chrysoberyl, beryl, columbite, .- Mineral Waters. There is mineral spring at Stafford, 24 m. from Hartford, which has obtained more celebrity than any other in New England. Its principal ingredients are iron and carbonic acid. It, consequently, belongs to the cla of acidulous chalybeates. Agric . The principal products of C. are butter and cheese, live stock, Indian corn, oats, rye, market products, tobacco, wool, and Irish potatoes. The official statistics give the following figures for the crop of 1894, the total value being $11,427,937: IMG:content-0340.png:[blocks in formation] In 1895 the total number and value of live stock were: Horses, 43,478, value $2,660,304; milch cows, 137,582, value $4,042,159; oxen and other cattle, 73,042, value $,2,085,891; sheep, 37,934, value $123,243; swine, 52,172, value $603,940; total value of live stock, $9,515,537. Of the total area of C., about 1,700,000 acres are improved and 2,200,000 acres are unimproved, the latter being largely in the mountainous region of the State.Industry. The natives of C. have ever been distinguished for their disposition to traffic, and indefatigable enterprise. It is their genius to attend to a multiplicity of pursuits, and it may be said that nearly all the inhabitants are directly or indirectly interested in some kind of manufacture. The most enterprising manufactures are those of iron, clocks, carriages, India-rubber goods, cotton and woollen goods. Ship-building is also an important item of industry. The clocks manufactured in C. command the market all over the country, and in a great part of the civilized world; the Collin's axes are unsurpa ed; the Colt's revolvers and Sharp's rifles have a world-wide celebrity; and in the manufacture of carriages, C. may compete with any other of the U. States. The other most noticeable manufactures are those of agricultural and mechanical implements, wooden-ware, combs, buttons, leather, boots and shoes, paper, saddlery, cabinet furniture, silver and plated ware, jewelry, powder, gla , soap, . Besides the coasting-trade, which is considerable, C. has a large trade with the W. Indies and other foreign countries, chiefly carried through the ports of N. Y. and Boston. Exps , heavy castings, machinery, small hardware, firearms, clocks and watches, IMG:content-0341.jpg:[blocks in formation] The principal towns are: New Haven, 86,045; Hartford (the capital), 53,230; Bridge port, 48,866; Water bury, 33,202; Meriden, 25,423; Norwich, 23,048; Danbury, 19,473; New Britain, 19,007; Norwalk, 17,747; Stamford, 15,700; Middle town, 15,205; New London, 13,757; Ansonia, 10,342; Will i mantic, 8,648.- Education . The school fund, founded in 1821, from the sale of the lands in Ohio known as the Western Reserve, is among the largest of any in the Union, amounting to over $2,000,000. The whole income for public schools in 1895 was $2,458,274, and the total number of pupils enrolled 138,882, out of a total school population of 170,589. Besides the public schools, there are numerous private schools of a high order, and three universities or colleges, Yale ( q . v . ), in New Haven; Trinity College, in Hartford, and Wesley an University, in Middle town. Yale University, founded in 1700, one of the most numerously attended of all colleges in the U. S., has perhaps the finest cabinet of minerals in the Union, and a library of 240,000 volumes. There is a Normal school under the patronage of the State at New Britain; and the literary Institutions are numerous.-Religion. The prevailing denominations are congregational. State Institutions. Normal School; Reform School, for boys, Meriden; Industrial School, for girls, and the Conn. Hospital for the Insane, at Middle town; State Prison, Wethers field; Storr's Agricultural School, Mans field.-Public Institutions, not State. Yale University, Sheffield Scientific School, Hartford Theological Seminary, each at New Haven; Trinity College, Hartford; Wesley an University, Middle town.-Private Institutions of Note . Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, Hartford; Gen. Hos. Soc'y of Conn., New Haven; Hartford Hospital; Retreat for the Insane, Hartford.-Government. The General A embly consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Since 1844, the legislature meets biennially. The representatives, governor and lieut.. governor are all elected by the vote of all male citizens who have resided one year in the State and have attained the age of 21. The Judiciary consists of a Supreme Court of Errors, consisting of a Chief Justice and four A ociate Justices, who are also Judges of the Superior Court. It holds four se ions at Hartford, two at Norwich, and two at New London, annually. A Superior Court, consisting of eleven judges, including the Supreme Court judges. This Court is always open in each county for certain purposes. Courts of Common Pleas exist in Hartford, New Haven, New London, Fairfield and Litchfield counties. Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts are appointed by the General A embly and nomination of the Governor; of Courts of Common Pleas by the General A embly alone.-Finances. The State debt was, on Dec. 1, 1881, $4,967,600, which had been reduced to $2,501,781 on Sept. 30, 1894. The amount raised by State taxation is about $1,800,000 annually.-His tory. This State derives its name from its chief river, the Connecticut, a name which, in the Indian language, means the long river. The C. river was discovered in 1613, by Block, a Dutch navigator, and, in 1631, Dutch traders built a fort and trading-house at Hartford. Neverthele , the English colony founded at Windsor in IMG:content-0342.jpg:[blocks in formation] Fig . 665.-BEAL OF THE STATE. 1633, is generally considered the first settlement in C. Hartford was founded by English emigrants in 1633; Wethers field in 1636; and New Haven in 1638. In 1637, the settlers were much annoyed by the Pequod Indians, but the savages were almost destroyed in different engagements at Mystic and Fairfield, and since then no serious trouble occurred in the colony. In 1661, Charles II. granted a charter to C. In 1686, Sir Edmund Andros was sent over by King James II. to resume the charters granted to the colony. In Oct., 1687, he came to Hartford, while the A embly was sitting, and demanded the charter. It was produced and laid over the table. The discu ion was protracted into the evening. Suddenly the lights were extinguished, and Capt. Joseph Wads worth seized and carried away the charter, and hid it in the famous charter - oak (fig. 666) which stood in IMG:content-0343.jpg:[blocks in formation] red free stone for building, of which extensive quarries distinguished it- Fig . 666. THE GMARTER-OAK. self in the war of independence, as much by the bra very of its soldiers, as by the wisdom of its statesmen. Since then, her history is one of ince ant progre and uninterrupted prosperity. - Pop . In 1800, the pop. of C. was 251,002; 460,147 in 1860; 537,454 in 1870; 622,683 in 1880; and 746,258 in 1890. office of Coos co. Connecticut Farms, or Union, in New Jersey, a village of E ex co., abt. 6 m. S.W. of Newark. Connecticut Lake, in New Hampshire , a post Connecticut River, [IND., Quon-et-to- cut , or quon ek-ta- cut , the long, or without-end, river.] The largest river in New England, rises at 1,600 feet above the level of the sea, a few miles N. of Connecticut Lake near Canada, and flowing between Vermont and New Hampshire, and through Ma achusetts and Connecticut, discharges its waters into Long Island Sound, at Say brook, in Lat. 41° 16′ 15′′ N., Lon. 72° 21' W. Its total length is about 410 m. Its principal affluents are: on the W., the Pa umpsic, the White River, the Deer field, the West field, and the Farming ton; on the E. the Ammonoosuck, the Miller's, and the Chicopee. C. is navigable to Hartford for ve els of 8 feet draught, and to Mid dletown for ve els drawing 10 feet of water. Shad of superior quality is taken in large quantities in this river, and forms the object of an important trade. Connect'ing, p . a. Uniting; conjoining. Connection, n. [Lat. connexio ; Fr. connexion .] Act of connecting; state of being connected; union; coherence; junction; a ociation; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication. - A relation by blood or marriage; affinity; relationship. tending to connect.