THE CAT SERENADE
wrrii AN EXPLANATORY INDEX.
(The cat discourseth of the night.)
It is the hour--the dewy hours
Of fading light and folded flower.
And night and love, and beauty’s power,
' Meaou.
(And prayeth for his mistress’ favor.)
"Sweet Tabby from the garret high,
'11 pray thee send a loving eye, _
And hear thy faithful Tommy sigh,
Meaou.
Now sleeps the moonlight on the hill, _
The winds arehushed, the waves are still,
All silent save the bubbling rill—-
’ Meaou. ‘
-(Tlie Cat invitetli his mistress to a banquet.)
0 come with me across the street,
And I will spread‘ a noble treat,
Of all that tabbies love to eat:
Meaou.
(The Cat plezidetli his sufferings.)
0 bid me not alone depart!
I feel the burning tear drop start——
O speak and heal a bursting heart!
Meaou.
. (And describeth his treat.)
And we will have a cosy chat,
' ' - ‘ For I’ve a splendid hauucli of rat,
Just cook’d to suit a lady cat:
Meaou. ,
‘ - (Showetli why the Cat loveth.)
I .I love thee for thy whiskercd fuce,
‘ Thy tuneful pur, thy iintauglitgrace,
‘Those eyes of green.-—tliat noiseless pace :
’ Meaou. - .
(And why he levetli not.)
I love thee not for boarded pelf,
Or stolen scra )5 from aulr ' slielf—-
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.-But oh! I love thee for thyself:
Motion. ‘
(The cat waxetli jrialous.)
.Antl if aiiotlier Cat should clarify
\Vith look of love on thee to glare,
By lier'tven,.'I’il eat him, hide and hair!
» Mcaou.
(And showetli resentment.)
‘For though, alas! in vain I pine, _
No baser breath shall soil the shrine,
Once liitllowed by aflilme Of mine!
*bIcaou.‘
(And prophesyetli his ‘coming death. “ Requi-
, . escatin pace !”)
Too great I feel this lead of we!
Soon, soon in death I slumber low,
D And o’cr my grave shall catnip grew !
Mcacu. ~
(The Cat Iexaltetli his voice.)
Yet once again, before I die,
I raise my feeble love-notes high ;
Anud loud, and yet a louder cry!
i Mcaoii—yc:ioii !——-ycau-u-ow 1!!
(Poet cxclainietli from a window ;)
The fiend torment that sqtialling cat!
Out! iiight-distiirbing verinin! ‘Scat!
l’ll spoil your beauty, dear! Take that !
-[Discharging a poker—grand finale of cater-
‘ wauliiig. The cit tlccaiiigietli 1
THE BREGEYI‘ LI'I"i‘L!;2 NEEDLE.
Bv \VO0D\VOR'l‘II.
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'The gaybellcs offisliion may boast of excelling
In waltz or cotilion—at wliist or qtiadrille;
<_ _Aiid seek admiration by \’.’tLll'.lll!gly telling
Of drawing, and painting, and musical skill;
But give me the fair one, in country or city,
_ Vt-’hosc home and its duties are dear to her
heart. -
YVho cheerfully warbles some rustical ditty,
§Vliile plying the needle with exquisite art,
.. ‘The bl‘l’Tlll’. little needle—tlie swift. little needle,
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The needle directed by beauty and art.
‘ -if Love have a potent, a magical token,
A ta.lis.man ever l‘€'SlSl.ll‘ES and ti°ue—-
_A cliarui thatiis never evaded or broken,
A witchery certain the heart to snbdue——
"l'is tliis—a:id his armory never has furuislied
So keen and iiuerriiig, or polished a dart,
Let beauty direct. it, so pointed and buriiisli’d,
And oh! it is certain of touching the heart.
Be wise, then, ye maidens, nor sec-k iidmiration,
By dressing for conqiicst, and flirting with all;
You never, whz-.te’er be your fortune or station,
Appear half so lovely at route or at ball,
As gtiily convened at a work-covered table,
, ' Each ,clii,-cifully active and playing her part,
Beguiling the task with it song or a fable,
And plying the needle with exquisite art.
ODDS AND ENDS-
A Lttclici'0us Sccizc—1"iIi.ssis.s'i 12111’ C'((’I‘I‘€72(':l/.—.
On passing up the Mississippi a ‘few days ago,
we had among our passeiigers two friends jour-
,neying to the far west; one much reduced by
sickness, the other an active, noble hearted, hot
beaded Keiituckian, who, during our passage,
had been unremitting in his attentions to his de-
bilitated coinpaiiion. VVe stopped for wood;
jour Kentucky friend bounded on shore, and was
/ not again seen, until the moment that the plank
' ,' was being hauled on board, and the signal made
' for our dcpai'ture, ltVe then beheld him issuing
,t i‘roni,behiiid a pile of wood, a bundle dangling
from one hand, and with the other dragging a
half—starve'd, unwilling cur, (a grape vine hav-
ing been wcll sectired around his neck) who,
with his fore-paws extended, was literally plow--
ing up the mud, vainly resisting the power of
our athletic companion. All gazed with aston:
isliment but none'tliought it advisable, under his
present bxcitemeiit, (for he appeared in a boil-
ing rage) to inquire the cause of his absence
and strange reappearance. He directed his
course to the cabin, where the invalid was re-
clining, and forgetting in his fury, how brittle
were the contents of his bundle, pitched it on
~- ‘the table, exclaiming, “ There are your eggs,
and here,” jerking forward the miserable look-
ing dog, “hcT(:’S my change.” A general burst
of laughter followed this exclamation, nor could
"the good hearted fellow himself, refrain, when
‘beholding the havoc he had made, for the brok-
en eggs were now streaming from the table, and
his hungry currency most voraciously devouring
tlieluscious meal. His story was short-—he had
_ , gone to purchase eggs for his companion; a 855)
We was the smallest he had, the eggs cost
- 7.. .100, and when he presented his bill, the
we dman told him he had no other change than
3 1' ter of pups, too young to be taken from the
slut, "or the dog, which had afforded us sodniuch
amusement- and “what's his name,” sai om»
He had notlieard it. An old negro, priyileged
. alike from his age, and the liength of time he
had navigated the river, stoo in one corncren-
‘o in the scene and when no response was
‘inhdcgto “ what’s’ his name,” said——very re-
spectfully though—“Pose massai C&ll_Um Van
Buren Currency.” Cuffy’s suggestion was
adopted, and the miserable our will go thus stig-
_matized to his grave.—C'o,r. E176. Star. ‘
A new belief.—An Irishman, nearly “three
sheets in the wind,” was asked of what be_l2§f
-he was. He replied, “ Go l.O_tllC widow Milli-
-ken. Iowe her twelve shillings. It is her be’:-
Iieftliatl will never pay her, and faith, that ii
any belie;/’ too.”
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V0-L. ' XX.
NOIIWALK, CONN. VVBIDNESDAY, Jdfifif 19, E837.
N0. 19.
A little boy one day, looking up into his mo-
’ tlier’s face, with an air of deep reflection, asked
her why she, instead of marrying his father, had
not waited till lie grew up, and then married /iim.
A firm of shopkeepers at Duncan’s Falls,
Ohio, have issued change tickets. On the back
ofone of these “hard currency” mediums of ex-
change, says the Guernsy Tiines,is the following:
“ Hail Columbia, happy land ;
Hail the Chief and little Van!
See how we glisten in the purses,
And laugh to hear the people's curses.”
l/Vomen and Horscs.—“ VVlien I see a child,”
said the clockmaker, “I always feel safe with
the women folk; for I have always found that
the road to a woman’s heart lies through her
child.”
“You seem,” said I, “to understand the fe-
male heart so well, I make no doubt you are a
general favorite among the fair sex.”
“Any man,” he replied, “that understands
horses, has a pretty considerable fair knowledge
of wouien, for they are jist alike in temper, and
require the very identical same treatment. In-
courage the timid ones, be gentle and steady
with the fractious,but lather the sulky ones like
blazes.—-Sam. Slick.
“ Why don’t you wear your ring, my clear?”
said a father in a ball room to his daugliter.—-
“ Because papa, it hurts me when any one
squeezes my hand.” “ VVliat business have you
to have your hand squeezed?” l‘ Certainly
none, but still you know, papa, one would like
to keep it in squeezable order.”
A country editor, in alluding to a rival town,
says that “ it takes several of their pigs to pull
up ablade of grass ; that they are so poor, the
f‘orcin‘bst- seizes the spear in his mouth, the ba-
lance having taken each other by the tail, when
they all give a pull, a strong pull, and a pull al-
together; and if it breaks, the whole tumble to
the ground, for want of suflicient strength to
support themselves. It takes three or four of
them to make a shadow.”
A real gcnl.lcina~n.——I<Ie never dresses in the
extreme of fashion, but avoids singularity in his
person or habits. Is affable with his equals, and
pleasant and attentive to his inferiors. In con-
versation he avoids hasty, ill-tempered, or insult-
ing remarks. Pays pulictually for his newspa-
per. Never pries into another person’s affairs.
Docs never, under any circumstances, speak ill
of a woman. Never cuts any acquaintance who
has met with a reverse of fortune; and he al-
ways pays his postage on his letters of business.
Of 0.‘L‘[r'C7lZ6 importance.-—Here is glorious.
news for all parents whose children are possess-
ed of noses. We always thought that the nose
was meant for higher purposes than mere sneez-
-ing, and'now‘th"e’secret is out. So says aii,east-
ern paper.
Important to Nurses.——-\Ve have been much
amused by beholding one of the readiest modes
of silencing squalling children we remember to
have either heard or read of. So desirable a
. o . . .
piece of knowledge is worthy of being univer-
sully known, and we therefore give it publicity.
Take the child in its cross fits, and press your
fiiiger gently and repeatedly across the cartilage
of the nose, and in less than a minute it will
be asleep.
Coiiiing to it.—-It is amusing, says the New-
York Star, to see the Jackson bakers, grocers,
and butchers issuin their shin-plasters in the
way of change, ‘‘ Vhat have you there, Al-
derman 1” said we to our worthy friend, Alder-
man Aims, of the Washington Market. “On-
ly,’-’ said he, with asigh, “the better currency.”
The pursuit qfknowledge under dg'flicullz'es.——
A man having a little money to loan, came into
town and asked an old fashioned, upright capi-
talist, “ \Vliich is the best way to manage mo-
riey?” “There are two ways,” said the old
gentleman, 5‘ ado ted at the present day, but
differing material y ‘in their results.” “The
one," said he, “which I practice upon is, to let
it for six per cent. iipon good security, making
sure the principal and interest; the. other is
most in vogue, and consists in getting two per
cent. a month interest and losing the principal,
and with it the best part of your own character.”
Reading the above in a Boston paper, remind-
ed us of an anecdote of the late Lord Tliurlow,
who, while at the bar, was applied to by a. lady
for his advice as to the best way of investing a
sum of money she had just come into the pos-
session of. Says the man of law, “There are
three good investments always open; one is to
buy land, the second to get a mortgage, and the
third to purchase in the funds. By the first plan,
you have principal without interest; by the se-
cond, interest without principal; but by the
third,” said his lordship, “I have generally got
a moderate interest and all my principal.”-—New
Era. ‘ .
The way to make money plentyin every man's
ockct.——At this time,‘ when the general com-
laint is, that “money is scarce,” it will be an
act of kiddness to inform the moneyless how
they may reinforce their pockets. I will ac-
quaint them with the true secret of money-
catcliiiig—the certain way to fill empty purses——
and how to keep them always full. Two simple
rules well observed will do the business :
First, Let honesty and industry be thy con-
stant companions; and,
Secondly, Spend one penny a
thy clear gains.
Then shall thy hide-bound pocket soon begin
to thrive, and will never again cry with the
empty belly-ache; neither will thy creditors in-
sult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor
nakedness freeze thee, The whole hemisphere
will shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in
every corner of thy. heart. Now, therefore,
embrace the rules and be happy. Banish the
bleak winds of sorrow from thy head, and live
independent. Then shalt thou bea man, and
"not hide thy face at the approach of the rich, nor
suffer the pain of feeling little when the sons of
fortune walk at th right hand; for independen-
cy whether with little'or much, is good fortune,
and placeth thee on even ground with the proud-
est oftlie golden fleece. Oh, then, be wise, and
let industry walk with thee in the morning, and
attend thee until thou reachest the evening hour
of rest. Let honesty be as the breath of thy
soul, and never forget to have a penny, when all
thy expenses are enumerated and paid; then
shalt thou reach the point of happiness. and In-
dependence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy
day less than
helmet and crown ; then shall thy soul walk up-.
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right, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he
hath riches, nor pocket an abuse, because the
hand that offers it wears a ring set with dia-
lll0ll(lS.--B6'IU.(Zm2"7l Frankliiz.
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‘From the Ncw- York Commercial Advertiser.
LIFE ON THE LAI{ES.
We took our passage on board the steamboat
North America for Detroit; but before I describe
our boat and passengers, let me first introduce
you to the navigation of the lakes. The three
lakes. Erie, Huron, and Michigan, present pro-
bably the most important water communication
in the United States. The first vessel navigat-
ing Lake Erie under the American flag was the
sloop Detroit, of severity tons burden, purchased
by the Government of the British Northwest
Company, in 1796. . In llie- same year a small
schooner, tlfe“‘Erie Packet,” was built in Can-
ada to run between Fort Erie and Presque Isle.
In 1797 the schooner \Vilkinson, of eighty ions.
was built in Detroit; in 1810 she was repaired.
and her name clianged to “Ameliag” and in
1812 she was purcliased by the Government and
armed, and .became a part of the squadron 01'
the gallant Perry. The “ Good Intent” was
built in 1800. of thirty-five tons, and also the
brig “Adains” and schooner “Tracy.” The
“Nancy,” of fifty ions, was built in 1805; the
“Contractor," of eighty tons, in 1806, and the
“ Catharine,” of’ seventy.-five, tons, in 1808.-
Thus we see the navigation ofthe lakes is of re-
cent date. There are now open its walersforty
sterzntboats and two hundred . ships, brigs,
schooriers, and sleeps, and some oftliem of the
first class as to size. Some of the steamboats
are from 400 to 500 tons burden, two of which
are intended to leave Buffalo every morning and
evening, and it is estimatedtliat nearly half a
million of passengers have left in the various
“ river craft," as it is called, during the present
season. '
But to return. We took our passage on board
the steamboat North America—we were not
alone-—-we had eight hundred passengers; but
how shall Idescribe a Lake Erie steamboat ?—
Let me attempt an iiwcizlory of our freight.
First, professionally there were niicisters, law-
vers, doctors, dentists, speculators, schoolmasters,
and scliool-iiiadams. Oh, what a rush of re-
collections comes connected with the mention of
that consecrated name. *‘ the school-ma’am .”’
Then there were carpenters, and coopers, and
cabinet-makers. alid coachbuilders, slioeinakers,
and tanners, and curriers, and farmers, and com-
mon laborers; and then there weie a few oftliat
nondescript sort of animals who called them-
selves gentlcine-n, who had no particular employ-
mom of‘ their own, so they were set to work to
amuse the rest by their squeamishuess and ex-
cessive delicacy. It was most slanderously
whispered about that at home they were no greater
than soiiiebodv else ; but that is nobody‘s busi-
ness any how, and as they form a necessary
excresceiice to the body politic, they ought to he
suffered to pass.
.And there were all sexes there, of all ages and
all conditions. There were old men and old we-
P
men, and young men and young women, and
men in the prime of life, and women in the
prime of life, and there were fathers and mothers,
and of course there were children; and children
of all ages, from the strapping bouncing girls and
boys, down to thejust weaned and still nursing
infant, and one among the number, that had no
being when we coii_ime_ncetl the voyage, made
hei notes sou ud loud and shrill before we closed
it. And then there were horses. and oxen, and
cows, and lions, and dogs, and puppies. And
there were all complexions ; there were blacks
and whites, and that indescribable color which
goes fat‘ to bespeak a fondness for practical
amalgamation, however offensive in theory.
They are some oftliein from Vermont, and New
Hampshire, and Massacliuselts, and Connecti-
cut, and New-York, and there weresonie Irish,
and Scotch, and Geriiians, and Hollanders.
Some were already married. and Others Wishing
to be married. And. judging from a few speci-
mens of conjugal felicity. some that wished
tliemselves back again to a state of single
blessediiess. And then tltere were wagons and
carts, and one carriage; and there were tables,
and chairs, and cradles. and bedsteads, and beds,
and chorus, and shovels, and tongs, and ploughs,
and washtubs, and barrels, and pails, and boxes.
. Some had left good farms at the East, because
they had heard that better farms might be had
at the West. and had left a comfortable home
and loved neighborhood for the privileges ofa log
cabin and desolate loneliness, because they had
heard that the VVest was the land of promise.
It is so, but sometimes it does not prove-the land
of performance. '
Some had been unable, by all their exertions,
to make a living at the East by hard work, and
some cousin of theirs had made a fortune at the
\Vest without work ; and they were determined
to try it, for the world owed them a living, and
they meant to have it.
Some had never been able to get along athome.
without liy mere accident, trespassing upon the
riglils of others. One poor fellow had been in
prison for three years, only because he had
picked up a few clothes that he “ did’nt know be-
longed to nobody,” and he was going \Vest be-
cause thcre were no game_1aws here-—and he
heard some one sav “that the jailswere a mere
sarcumstance—only meant to scare folks.” .
Seine were coming West because their child-
ren multiplied faster than their means ofsupport,
and -Uncle Jonathan had “ writ” lo “ um” that
“ puukius” grew so big out West that they made
a stable for the cow out of one half, and fed her
through the winter on the other half, and the
only difiiculty in raising garden “sarce" Was.
that it grew so long that they pulled them
through on the other side—aiid that the ground
itself was so fat, that it would do very well to
grease wagons and make candles, anti, on a
pinch, it made tolerable good gravies, when a
man was powerful hungry; and then their “gals”
“was” growing up, and they had nothing to set
them out with—-—and they had “ beam" say that
wives were so scarce out West, that any body
could get husbands any how ; and ifthcy staid
East they would have to be “ pot-rastlers” for
other folks, and their “gals” “ was” as good as
any body.
And then there were others, concerning whom
it required no yankee to guess that they had lately
been at the altar of Hymen, such was their hap-
.py bearing-who had got their little all together,
and xxiere ileleriiiiiietl b_v :i i-oiirse of ititliisiry and
l.l'l]gEllll‘,, lo—pi'oviile ill) iiitlcpeiiilctice for their
old age. These would be lizlppy {lllll i'cspct:lcil
iii any comiiitiuity—Ilie_\_' are evci'y \\'llt',‘!‘l3 the
very muscle and siiiew of the rcpiililic. And
iliere were not a few of these ztiiioiig the crowd.
l fixed my eye on them. and slizill iii:iik where
they settle, and there I uicaii to enter ii few quar-
ter sections oflaiiil-for land will rise there, and
I should like to make sorrie such spot my home.
But night was now ciiiuiiig ori——\ve had se-
cured lu otirselves two state rooins—one with
berths, and one without them—oiie for a sleep-
ing room. and one fora "sitting r~r.om”—-but
how sh:.ll I describe the discomforts to others of
those ziishts '1 Those who had paid a cabin
passage would, by “ hook or by crook,”‘gel into
the cabin, and into the cabin they did get-but
such a squeeze, sticli zi jam: and such piling up
—it was a judicious ai'r.'iiigetiielit of 8 “cule"
yaiikee that they should all chalk their legs and
llieirlieitls that they might be sure and git their
own in the m'oi'iiing. .,
And then the poor deck passengers. -As many
as could were slowed away in the slcctztge——
men and women, girls and boys, and little child-
ren, all "burly burly.” Did you ever see a
New England pig stye, full oftheir lortlsliips of
all sizes,jammed in with plenty of new straw.
head and tail together? So it was here. And
then the promenade deck was all covered, and
the boxes, and chests, and trunks. and chairs,
and wagons and carts were filled‘; antliby the
time all the mothers had found their cliiltlrcii,
and all the children had found their mothers, and
the litisbantls and wives each other, about ten
o’clock the boat became quell, and lliere was
some prospect of sleep——wlien. all ofa sudden.
Jim cries o'tit, “Mammy, Dick crowds me.”
“ Dick, draw vourselftiptliere, or I'll get up and
spank you,” cries the mother. "M-.iiiini_v, l
can't ; so there now,” says Dick, “ I’in chock up
agiu lliecliurn.” “Then lay still Jim and hold
your clack,” settled the controversy. “ Main-
my, Sally wont let me have none of the k'ivei'-
lid." “Now, Sally, don’t you be obstropolcs, or
I-’lljist take it all away, and leave you all bare.”
Nor was there any thing I envied more than the
iiiiperturble composure ofour captain; he had a
kind word for every one, and was ."ounil, like the
angel of comfort, now in one part and then in
another-—weeping with all who wept, and re-
joicing Willi all who rejoiced. Iwisli you to put
it down in your ‘blank book, and if ever you
should be so tinfortunate as to travel Liikc Erie,
remember Capt. Tiiorp, ofthc North America.
But we were drawing near to our poll ofdesii-
nation. and the passages that were not settled
must ln: settled, and, as the Caplalli szigely con-
cluded, that, for one reason and auollier, some
had neglected to “ walk up to tliccaptaiiis ollice
and settle,” some other means must l)C‘—fl(l0j)l€tl;
and just as the glorious sun was begiiiiiitig to
pour his rays iipou our side of the world, all
hands, men, women, and Cllllt.ll‘C.'l, were “ piped”
upon the upper deck, and then marclietl down
throngli the narrow stairways, at the top of which
were stationed the captain and clerk. Those
who had no tickets must “ double" the money,
and many zisly fellow was caught; and here
llicre was such wi':iiigling and jangling, such
searching and hunting to find some other way of
escape; but none was found——all must face the
captain. There was one shrewd yankee who
had neitlier ticket nor money, and when the mate
in his earnest threatened to throw him over-
board, (that male was a curious fellow,) in des-
pair he cried out, “ If you and God will forgive
me this once for coming west, 1 will never do it
again," B. J.
LAVVS OF CONNECTICUT:
Passed Jlfay Session, 1837.
An Act in alteration of an Act entitled “ An
Act for the regulation of civil actions.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Represeiitatives in Geiierul Assembly
convened, That Jtirors hereafter appointed, shall
be selected and chosen in the manner provided
by the Act of which this is an alteration, from
the able and judicious electors of the respective
towns oft.liis state, and freehold estate sliallnot
be requisite as a qualification of such Jurors.
Sec. 2. That the existing laws of this state
in relation to the drawing, summoning, and em-
paiielling of Jurors, and all other laws in rela-
tion to jurors as heretofore selected and chosen
from the freeliolders of this State shall lie, and
are hereby declared to be applied to all Jurors
hereafter selected and chosen from electors of
this state, pursuant to the provisions of this act.
STILLMAN K. WIGH'l‘MAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
- President of the Senate.
June 10, 1837.
Approved,
HENRY W. EDWARDS.
An ‘Act in alteration of an Act entitled “an
Act for constituting and regulating courts,
and for appointing the times and places for
holding the same.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That hereafter, the County Court
within and for the county of Litchfield, shall be
holden on the second Tuesday pf April in each
year, instead of the first Tuesday of said month,
and that the same court shall be holden on the
second Tuesday of October instead of the fourth
Tuesday of September in eachiyear, and that so
much of said Act or any Act as appoints the first
Tuesday of April and the fourth Tuesday of
September in each year for holding said County
Court, be and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That all suits,
matters and causes now pending in or returna-
ble to said County Court, shall be entered and
proceeded with at the term ofsaid County Court
to be holden on the second Tuesday of October
next in the same manner as if the time of liold-
ing said court had not been altered.
S'1‘ILLMAN KI WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
‘ President of the Senate.
Approved, May 9, 1837. , _
HENRY VV. EDWARDS.
An Act relating to the collection of executions
against Turnpike and Tell Bridge Companies.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
w
f‘l)ll\'(‘!l!’ll., ’l‘li.'ii wlierievcr any Slicriff. ‘Deputy
Slici'ill',or (Yoiistzible has lll his liaiids for collec-
tion, :iii_v (?XL’(.'l1lltlll l.<~2llPtl against any ’l‘iirnpikc
(‘oiiipziiiy oi "l‘oll llritlgc (‘otnpiiny, iiicorporzit-
ed by the (;x‘eiici'ill :\5St‘llll)l)'(il'llllSSl:1l€,llSl1Elll
be the duty ol'st.-t:li ollicer to tleiiiauti payment
tliercofof the 'l‘i‘(.-:-istii'cr ofll;c Tiirtipilie or Toll
lli'i«’l_gc ()‘oiiip.-iii_v iigziiiisl wliiitli said execution
is issued, logellici with his fees, and if the said
Tiirnpike Coinpaity or Toll Bridge Coiiipaiiy
have no '.l‘reasurcr, the pnyirictit of said execu-
iioii shall be ilemntiilctl oftlic Secretary or any
one of the Dli;e('.lt)l‘$ of said Turiipike or Toll
l’»ri_tlgc Compatiy, who are debtors in said exe-
cution.
Sec. And ifany Turnpike Company or Toll
Bridge (,'oiiip:ii‘iy, do not. in twenty dzivs after
the tlciiiaiitl so iiiailc, pay said execiitiiin, and
the officcr‘.s fci-s ilicn-on, it shall be the duty of
said Slicrill, l)i-ptil_v Slit-ei'ifl or Coiistable, hav-
ing said execution. to iiitike :1 trite and attested
copy ofstiirl i-xcciitioii. :ii'itl endorse on the same
llizil he has tlciiiziiiilcil pnyineiil ofsaid cxcctitiou
as aforesaid, and that the (lr,‘l)lt)l‘S iii sziiil ('.\ZC(‘ll-
tilili lli)\'e licgltictcii to pay lllC Sallie, and his fccs
ilierc-oi: and return the slime to any Jiitlge ofllic
County Court, in any i-otiiily \'\‘ll(‘l‘€ the Turtl-
pike Coiiipai'i_v or Toll llritlgc Coiiipzitiy who
are debtors iii said cxeciilioli have it Hale and
collect Tull. '
Sec. 3. Uponllie return of said copy and en-
dcrsemeiil lliercou to said Judge, it shall be the
ditty of said Judge in writing, to appoint. some
proper pcrsoii a receiver, who shall upon the day
to be ilesigiiated by said Jiitlge, not more than
ten days after such return, repair to such Toll
Gate of the Tiirnpike or Toll Bridge Company
whoare debtors in said cxcctilion, as the ollicer
who has said execution may direct, within his
ollicial precincts; .antl said ollit-cr shall put said
receiver in possession ofsuch Toll Gate, in such
manner that he may receive all tolls there paid
bv persons passing such gale;-but said Judge
shall on such _applicaliou by such olliccr, and
before the }lDpOll)’lll(?lll. ofsucli receiver, assign 3
time and place for such zippointiiiciit, and said
ollicer shall give at least siv (lays. previous no-
tice thereoflollic corporation, who are debtors in
said execution, by leaving an zillcslctl copy of the
order of said Judge, assigning a time and place
as aforesaitl with the Clerk or Trcasiirer ofsi.iclt
corporation, or iflliere be none such, with any
director lhcre_of; and such corporation may .'lp-
pear before said J iidge, and be-licard relative to
such appoinlmeiit.
Sec. 11-. And the person so appointed rcccivcr,
shall be illilll0l'l'[.(‘(l to receive from all persons
passing such gate, the loll by law, or by the act
of incorporation of said ctiiiipmiy, who are
debtors in said cxeculioii prescribed; and it shall
be the (July of all persons passiiig such gate to
pay the some to the said receiver.
Sec. Such reccivci‘ shall keep an ziccurzile
account ofall sums by him collected and received
for tolls, ziiid,sliall remain in possession of such
Gale and collect Tolls, iiiiljl he shall have col-
lected a siillicient amount to pay said execution
and the officers fees lliercon, and the fees of said
Judge», and his own services and ilishnrscinenls,
the amount of wliii-.h services and disbursements.
determine upon said Judge shall the zipplii-aiioii
of such rccciverto have the same deteriiiined ;
and said receiver shall pay over the amount by
him collected, to the olliccr, who has said execu-
tion, aficr tletliicting the expenses of collection as
allowed by said Judge, and the said cfficcr shall
endorse the same on the execution.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty oflhe said Judge,
when he appoints such receiver to lakea bond
payable to the Cl'(.‘tlll(ll‘ in such execution with
surety in such sum as said Judge shall deem
reasonable, with conzliiion to be void upon the
faithful perforiiiaiice of his ditty, as receiver
aforesaid: and the fees of such Judge for ap-
pointing such receiver and taking such bond
shall be two dollars, and forslatiiig and allowing
said account ofthe receiver two dollars.
Sec. '7. If the olliccr having said execution
shall elect to receive tolls at more than one gate
iipou such road, it shall be the duty of such Judge
to appoint a receiver for each, to collect tolls
thereai, and such Judge shall designate the
amount which any one oftlieiii shall collect and
authorize the other to collect the auiount requi-
sitein addition tlierelo, to satisfy the execution
and the aforesaid charges. taking bond as allite-
said from eacli, and the otlicer holding said exe-
cution, may put said receivers in possession of
such gates as he may designate, and they shall
collect and pay over to him in the manner as liere-
iii before provided where one receiver only is zip-
pointed.
STILLMAN K. VVIGIITMAN.
Speaker oftlie I-louse ol'Represenlatives.
EBENEZER S'l‘.()DDA.RD,
Prcsideiil of the Senate.
Approved, June 10, 1837. ~
HENRY VV, EDVVARDS.
An Act in addition to an Act passed in 1832,
entited “an Act in addition to the Act enti-
tled an Act for the regulation of civil atioiis.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
Tliat the several provisions in the Act passed in
1832, to which this is an addition, relative to the
machinery situated in and used by any cotton or
woollen factory, or manufacturing establishment,
be and the same are hereby extended and appli-
ed to the machinery, engines and implements iii,
and used by any other manufacturing or me-
chanical establishment.
STILLMAN K. VVIGI-I'I‘MANa
Speaker of the House of Represeiitatives.
- EBENEZER STODDARD.
Prcsideiit’of the Senate.
Approved June 10th, 1837'.
HENRY VV. EDWARDS.
An Act in addition to the Act entitled “an Act
in addition to an Act aguiiist ,l*‘rauduleut coli-
veyanctzs, passed 1328.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That it shall be lawful for the Trustee or Trus-
tees ofauy goods or chattels assigned by any per-
son in trust lor his creditors, pursuant to the Act
to which this is in additioii, after causing a true
and perfect inventory and appraisenieiit ofilie
estate so assigned in trust to be made and return-
ed to the Court of Probate having jurisdiction
thereof, to appoint and employ by and with atl-
vice of said Court of Probate. the asslgner or
assigners of such goods and chattels, as agent or
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agents of the Trustee or Trustees thereof. for the
sale and disposal of the same; Provided, netfer-,
zlieless. That such assigner or assiguers shall in
the execution of their agency, at all times be.
and remain under the control and direction of the
trustee or trustees : and said trustee or trustees
shall at all times be and remain responsible for
the fidelity of the agent or agents, so by them ap-
pointed and empowered, and for the rendering
of ajust and true account of the property so in-
ventoried and apprized ; and of the disposal
thereof ; to such Court of Probate when rrquired.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That such
Trustee or Trustees, whenever he or they shall
employ -the ossigner or assigners as aforesaid, as
soon as may be after having obtained the assent
of such Court of Probate thereto, shall give pub-
lic notice thereof by advertiseiiient published
for three successive weeks at least, in some news-
paper pnblished in the county in which such
in that county. in one published _ii: an adjoining
county, and also give such other notice as said
Court of Probate may prescribe.
STILL-l\1AN K. VVIGHTMAN.
Speaker ofilie House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
1’ resident of the Senate.
June 6. 1837.
Approved,
HENRY W. EDWARDS,
An Act regulating Tolls and Turnpike Roads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Rcprcseritativcsin General Assembly convened,
That no greater tell for the passage of any mail
stage shall be taken by any Turnpike, at any of
their gates, than twelve cents five mills, and no
greater roll for the passage of any accommoda-
lion stage, than twelve cents five mills, unless a
«different rate of toll is expressly prescribed by
the charter of such company, for such stage by
name.
STILLMAN K. XVIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 10, 1837.
HENRY VV. EDWARDS,
An Act in addition to an Act entitled “an Act
prescrihiiig the duties of Town Clerks.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That the Town Clerk in each town in this state,
may noiiiiiiale an assistant Town Clerk, who,
when approbated by a majority of the Select-
men of said town, and having taken the oath
by law provided for Town Clerks, shall have
power in the absence or inability of the Town
Clerk, to perform all the duties of said office,
except that he shall not act in deciding upon
the qualifications of electors, and all certified
copies under his hand shall be admitted as evi-.
dence in all courts of law in this state.
S'I‘ILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the Ilouse of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
Prcsideiit of the Senate.
Approved, J uiie 6, 1837.
HENRY VV. EDVVARDS.
An Act in addition to an ‘Act entitled " an Act
providing for the support of State Paupers.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Represeiitatives in General Assembly convened.
That whenever the selectmen in any town in
this state, shall receive notice that any person
who is a state pauper, and who it is the duty of
the state to support by law, is reduced by sick-
ness or other cause, to necessitous circumstances,
such select men shall immediately give notice
by mail or otherwise to the Comptroller of Pub-
lic Accoiints, and such town shall not be entitled
to receive any l'elll]lJul‘S(’n13Dl for any expense
incurred in relieving and supporting any such
person until one week shall have elapsed after
the time when said selecliiieii shall have given
notice, or mailed a letter coiiveying such notice.
directed to the Cornplroller of Public Accounts
at l-larlford. All parts ofllie Act to wliich_ this
is an addition, which are inconsistent herewith,
be and the same are hereby repealed.
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
EBENEZER STODDARD,
President of the Senate.
Approved, June 6, 1837.
HENRY VV. EDVVARDS.
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An Act in alteration of an Act entitled “an Act
for ilic settlemeiit of estates, testate, intestate
and insolvent.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened,
That in all cases where any person has died
leaving estate which is not known by those iii-
terested in the same, within the time now limited
for granting administration on the estate of such
deceased person, but is discovered afterwards,
administration may be granted on the estate of
such deceased person within two years from the
time said estate is so discovered, and said estate
shall he proceeded with, and disposed of in the '
same niauner as ifadministration had been ta-
ken within seven years from the deatli of sec;
person.
STILLMAN K. WIGHTMAN.
Speaker oflhe House of Representatii es.
EBENEZER STODDARD
President ofthe Senate.
June 6, 1837.
HENRY W. EDWARDS,
A pprovcd,
An Act in addition to and altératioii of an Act
entitled “An Act couceriiing Jails and Jailers.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assembly
convened, That the appointment of Deputy
.lailer, or person having‘ charge ofany Jail, shall -
be approbaled by the County Court ofthe coun-
ty to which he belongs in the same manner as
deputy sheriffs are required by law to be appro-
baled. '
Sec. 2. The County Courts of the several
counties in this state, shall have power to limit
and fix the amount of annual compensation
which shall be received by the Jailers in their
respective counties ; to prescribe and determine
the kind and amount of services to be performed
bysuch Jailers for the county in the government,
support and management, care and employ-
ment of prisoners; to require bonds be giver.
by the deputy Jailers, with approved surely to.
the acceptance of the County Court.-to the
'l‘i'ea_surcr of such county, for the faithful per-
foriiianee of all his duties to the county, and that
he will justly account for, and deliver and pay
over, pursuant to any rule or order ofsuch court,
all property of the county which shall at any
time be in his hands or possession. l ‘ C
Sec. 3. The County Court in any county
may, if they see fit, determine and require that
all prisoners shall after trial and conviction, be
set to work, according to their strength and abili,t_‘,;'
and also may permit that other prisoners con-
fined in Jail, if they desire it may be provided
with employment and materials for work ; may
require the deputy Jailer Lo, superiiiteiid the con,‘-‘_
duct and labor of the prisoners, and may pre-
scribe rules forihe niaiiageiiieiil ofsuch Jail, and
for the sustenance, government, and ernployuieut
‘of the prisoners; and said Court may also ap-
point and empower one or more, not exceeding
three Inspectors, to see that the rules‘ establish-
ed by them for the management oflhe Jail, and
the government and employment of the prisoners
confined therein, be faithfully kept and observed
and ma y fix the compensation to be re,c,’9_i-v_i3d by
Court of Probate is, oriflliere be none piiblislietl ‘
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