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’ tv;~s~t‘t.n:s.a.l9 tl-1.: ‘3°.'tU¥°”'*'h .(\r.tl_cl~e-. £10-V "W"
5 however is the notorious fact;
, ‘Stores, not only keep
' absolutely assert that t
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the Bridge.
3 1 Ti.-iilms.-5Subscr_iption_sj$2_ia year, wh
ivéred by a‘ carrier or"Pos
‘term in advance. ~ ‘-
able quarterly in advance.
.delayed to the end of the year.
: Mail subscribers $2, payable. 30 ad‘'‘"’9°''‘
" No others attended (0.
Adverfisengenrs; $1 per square for three inse
Yearlyadvertisers $10, including the pa
payable quarterly. Advertisements no
marked, will be continued till forbid.
Orders enc
by mail, postage paid. . , .
Agcnlsfor the Gazette.
Brizlgeporl. .Char_le_s Youngs ‘
Bcthcl. Timothy B. I-lickock, Esq.
B7001:/icld, Lucius, C. Northrop.
Biidgcivalcr. Eli Morris.
' Danbury, Francis Knapp
Greenfield, Col. Horace Banks.
« R-illgcficlcl,-Davitl Hnrlburi
Stani/braf. lvllllhm H- lvebl’
Wizslperi, John “7. Taylor
U/'eston. Bradford \Vinton. Estx.
JOB PEI-N TENG9
OF ALL KINDS.
N. E-mot mcU't'i:2_ef¥_i:.I_t1§ Off!‘ 1':
itnifiiiitg ""—E£i£i.‘3E.‘5"
. ")1? all kinds, for stile very cheap, by _
( LEVI CLARK.
~3.;i‘l.’=.\.?t‘t.liIl'.l.‘"\.‘.’.?" 'v.'i-‘IR
, 'i‘HE,,SUBSCH§B§5f.RS V
AVE taken the Store North of tlicBridg€‘a
next door to the Mill‘, where they have for
sa;le.1l),000 lbs wh.ite and brown Sugars of vari-
ous qualities and price. ; 200:) lbs Alinoiulsr1"Il-
berts and Brazil Nuts; 20 boxes Bunch R.-iisins;
“-50 bushels Peanuts, 10 boxes Citron. PFIIHOS,
’i\Vheat and Rye Flour, Sack Salt, 30 Firltiiis
_L:;rd, ‘Nutmegs and Spices of all kinds, St.
Croix Molasses, S.VCCtOll.Bl‘0OIDS.‘Fl'tlSll 1'0-as,
‘Coll’-cc, Mrs. G. B. Miller 8:. Co.’s line cut l‘o-
"'bacco by the gross or less, 150 bushels Bye.
fresh
Butter, Cheese, Soap and Candles, Pipes,
§’luu' Tobacco, and Snuff, S:llPl‘tllUS, Starch, iii-
digo, together vt_i'.h most every articls usurilly
kept in a Grocery Store.
Corn, 0 .ts, and other country produce bought.
d goods will be sold in quanti-
\
, The above name
.' '- i I: ’. d 1 . .
4*. "“°”‘°s‘m’a" my "W G. SELLECK.
‘ft 5' - ‘ G. DJENNINGS,
4"’ ‘ Norwalk, .‘iiig.28,1337 23“
.% . ,. ._ _ , _ I C
Tatlic Citizens of Bmlgrzporl, and I-rm;/tel: oitiily.
‘1 l’l‘lZE.\IS—-It is now nearly two years since
(J [became general agent. for Dr. Braiidrcth’s,
- - 1 7! , .
Izetgbr “ed Plus in this Loutily. Lvt ry nnef
knows the very high cliaracter the genuine me-l
dicixic has obtained by e_\-‘cry iiitlividiiril who liasl
uauri it. The sale has in coiiseqiieiice become
great, and the calls llT every ‘part of the coniit.y
has continued to increase. it is also generally
known that Dr. Brundrcth has never made a
‘sons for so doing. and all who are the proprietors
of an article surely have a right, which iioic
glrgllt to question, of i'iia_king wlimii they choose
tllL‘.VCTl(l8l'S. .\'Vlltlt has been the result of this’!
I will tell you. There is scarcely 21 Drug Store
in the whole of this County but what sells. or
who proft-s_s ‘to "be inorrtlv
w Lllcir minils to stoop to
ban I can tell ; such
the , the Drutr
the Ctiuiitertigit ‘Pill-*7. hurl
hey are the genuine Bran
‘dert_li’s Pills, thus adding a_ vile iintritlli t0 the
crime of stvllldllllg. This is not all; the Drug-
glsls know very well that persons who use the
trre Brandrctlfs Pills. soon require no inediciiie
at all, they :,hcr.3l‘or..- sell pills_zvliich they call
B,.a,,dre,h:s g,.,,,ninc 1_’ills, wliicli are calculated
to do serious iiijury; uy vvliich incaiis they SUP‘
pose that the true Bran rcth’s l ills will be broug it
into disrepute.
Know therefore all ye w .
true and genuine Br‘-uitle_rth’s Pills can be only
tUb.:.'iino.l genuine of me in Bi'l<ll!°l’°"‘: ‘““] °"]_.l'
. 61‘ such Agents in the County who liavea certi-
ficate of agency, Sygnpd by me, and also by Dr.
Br.-mdretli, and observe that every one has one
of these Certificates, or the Pills sold cannot be
1~._-lied uponas the true and genuine Braudrctli s;_
and further observe, l-hill ll 15 d‘“‘3f""_°"f to PM
chase ofany one unless he can c.\'liibitt..iesc cre-.
entials of arrency- _
(IV The folloxiing are the Agents. -‘-lll3°l”l-‘Ell by
John B. Sanford, for the sale of Braiidrctli 5 V.
(vita profess religion,
can for a moin«".nL l\ll0
such low swinilliug, is more’!
he read-this, that the
U. Pills in the County of Frirfieltl l
F,,;,.fie1’d,.G,.n_ Peck, Lewis Burr, dc Geo. Burr
‘Brookfield, Burr 8: Morris, and LC Norwtht‘-0.p
Newtown, Baldwin .9.-. Beers, Wm. B. Glover,
T Ezra Morgan, S. B. Peck 6; Co. and Hart
Shepliard i _ ’
Southport, ———- D11VlS
John \V_ Taylor
mb, Abbott 8:. Frost
Ii 1: Cu
Iii. at; James Vlfs Porter‘
-VVe'stport,
Reading, Fanton Gr. Dunco
Ridgeficld, Wm. Dauc
Danbury, David Pcarsc,
Sturdcvant ts: Smith._
VViltoii, George B. M1<l.‘ll.3ht‘0.°l£
- VVeston, Eli Adams
’ b 11, J d: C -ti
Levli Bglfvardd aiid 1_)_a.niel StheI'W00‘l
New-Fairficld, Seeley no-nqm and sieplwn.
Hopkins ' ' '
Stratford, Robert VValk0l’s 5-? Tfeht Blhkelnan
Norwalk. Levi Clark and G80-. E4: C°“l.Sl°°li
New-Canaan,. Saiuuel R;-.tyinond &: Co
Stamford, W. 4. R. Hoyt 5.9 b0 ‘
Greenwich. Th°’S Biltlofl, 6: -l0ll3-ill”.-h J95“?
Darien, Albert Secley . .
Black Rock, '1‘ Ranson Q 00, _
Aconstant supply of the Genuin
can be had at the old stand of
JOHN B. SANFORD,
- Sole Agent for Fairfield County.
Bridgeport, Oct. 10, 1837. 31
BOOTS AND SHOES.
THE Subscriber would respectfully
inform -the public and his old custoin-
ersin pai-ticular,t?hat he has reopened
with aspleudid assortment of Boots
g-ndghoes of‘ every description, at the old stand
' formerly occupied by George Mead, Esq. where
" those who wishto purchase can he accommodat-
ed with ready work on the most reasonable terms.
,?1‘he'followi,ng compriseapart of his stock on
,_fm'n_d, which he ofi‘ers_at
“50 pair Men’s Calfskin Boots.
500 do‘ Ladies French Ties, at 87; cts.
109 Tag do Gaiter Boots $1 50 do-
-50 do Misses Slippers, 50 and 75 cts. do
100 ,1}, Men's Washington Shoes,81. 37} do
:50 do Boys do do 87; to $1: do
50 do. Cacks. do 4468- ‘ 5°
‘ B. All kinds of Boots and Shoes made to
,,‘,-,1,',.'., of the véryihest materials, and in the most
'- évand workmanlike mariner. ,. , .
‘ fashiollubl A and for sale about one-Ton
c Pills
at 3 as $4 pr. pair.
do
9; fqn-gt;'gi;:n.1ity Sole’ GE
!3":l'I3.B'LlsHED.EVERY"WlEDNE§DAf»MORifl‘RG§ ,
, piverflze-.S¢or,e-_qf Mr. .Monson‘Ho_1;t-, we‘stvsz'de'_
ere dc
t-rider, payabe quar
Subscribers living out oflhe carriers’ district,
calling fortheir papers, $1 «50 per auuum. pay-
Where payment is
lions and 25 cents for every subsequent inser-
7
losing paymeiitmiiy be forwarded
the lowest cash prices: V
.. ,,(,..«x,,.¢-,;.,-,:,._._,..;.;_~ .. .
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".‘ '1>on"r' en‘
E or 'rni~:‘snir‘."’ '
VGLQ ' i
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS.
_ Cheaper than ever.
7' ‘HE subscribers have received within the
past week one of the largest and best se-
lected assortment of Fall and Wi er Dry‘
G00<lSa ever brought to Norwalk. Their assort-
ment at present is complete, with every variety
of Scasonable Goods the New-York Market af-
fords. 'l‘lie good-': were bought for CASH, and
bought at least 30 per cent less than last Full
prices, and will be sold at prices to correspond.
Call and satisfy yourselves. The following
-comprise a p.-ii_~_t of their assortment: 100 pieces
"blue, blk, l3’ro'2v‘r, ‘re-en, claret, and otherBroa'd-
cloth, at prices varying from $2 to $8 the yard,
at prices astonisliiiigly reduced ; 150 pieces
Cassimcres and Salinetts, embracing the -best
assortment of the different styles extant,
ever offered in this county; 100 pieces French
and Englisli Merino, ofcvery desirable color;
100 Merino and Thibet V/Vool Shawls, cheap;
200 piec:-s English French and American Cali-
cocs, &c. &c. STEVENS & BELDEN
Oct. 2d, 1837. ‘:50
r "-3 1r -‘ ’ ‘ r
iQ'l.rlé.l.?..dEa$S No
HAS the pleasure of announcing to his
friends, and t.lie public generally, that he
is again ready‘ to wait upon those who are in
want of any article in the DRY GOODS line.
His present elegant and extensive assortment
will be soldfo. cash, at the lowest prices; and
siiicss, and disposition to accomodate the shop-
ping community, together with the cheapness
of his Goods, will secure to him a. liberal share
of the public patronage.
N_orwalk,July 1,0, I837. 18tr
TO "Ii‘ ssh E PUB LIC.
§yVltAl\’C[S KNAPP informs the public that he
has iust rt.-turned iroin New-York with a select
assortment of l)l(\’ 930005 and GROC PLRIES,
V\’lllt'l) be is offt-ring cheap for cash, at the old stand
foriiixerlv occupied by E. Moss W'Iiite.
BRIGGS lli. F.iN'l‘O.\' keep constantly on hand
at the store of the Subscriber, a full supply oflasli-
l._lO|lill)l(3 Ladies’autl Clilli.lrcn’s SHOES, which he
sells atilieir old prices.
, FRANCIS KNAPP
Danliiiry April 17, l837. fitf
DI’. 1:1ULL'S IMPROVED TRUSS’.1lCI'
REDUCED PRICES.
_ I-IE subscriber would inform those afflict-
ed with Hernia or Rupture, that the above
instrument, so long andjustly celebrated. is now
reduced in price so as to bring it within the
means of the poor as well as tue rich. Its su
periority over all others Trussres is no longer
doubted. For sale by J. ‘A. VVEED.
Oct. 10, 1837. '
THE SLOOP CITIZEN,
Capt. JEDEDIAH BROIVN.
VVill sail from tli_i__s landing to James Slip.
THE} SL001’ MECHANIC,
c..pi. cimgoorg Y GR UMM,-AN, Jllczstcr.
lanclings. _
tlicr‘ of the captains on
tivc vc:3sel§_, 017 at lh
WILLIAM T. HOYT.
Norwalk, Jan. 24, 1838. if
i0VERS'3’§U§CSo _
V, ;.‘1;'\!,,/* Pqlrs best. quality India ‘Rpbber
1' Overshoes. for sale by J. A. WELD-
Norwalk, Nov. 27. 1837-
N§fi1‘EUEo if
T
46
[IE public are hereby notified, that the
aaencv of Charles Patrick for the subscrl
her, and for Messrs. Hoyt Gt Peck, as, the pro
prierors of the "Despatch Line.” has ceased.
and that he will pay no debts hereafter contract-
ed by any person on account O_l:llle “ Desplzitch
Line." except himself. MONSON H03. 53
Norwalk, August 14». 1837.
STOVE AND PIPE
Foe SALE by WM. J.'S'I‘RE,E.'1‘. at his
Store-—one good shop STOVE: Used ‘W0
winters only, at a great bargain.
I,,ik_ewise, 109 feet 6 inch PIPE,
cents per lb.
Norwalk, Dec. 1st, 1837.
NEVV E.S'lIABLISHMENT!
from 6 to 10
tf 39
HE subscriber, thankful for past favors,
would inform his customers and the public
rally, that he hastaken the store lately oc-
d hy'I-I, B. Chase, (nearly opposite the
wherg may always be found an ex-
’ ssortment of Gentlemeifs.
Ladies‘ Youih’s and children's Boots and
Shoes -:made in the best manner. of the best
materials, and in the most fasliioriable style-—:
at the most reasonable prices. _Particular at-
tentiou will be paid 1.0 all 0l'‘_l9l'5 1“. his llllev lllllfl
the patronage olthe public is respectfully so i-.
“Hedi WILLIAM iGRIFFI.'l CH-i
Norwalk, June 12. 1337- . 14‘
CASTINGS.
UR.NACE'(looi=s and ‘grates,
| «h ' ~ t d ~ bo-lies.
pou, points, car an S"'R‘.:E'l_.
T
gene
cupic ,
Post Ofiice)
rensive and elegant a
fire dogs and
for sale
b.v _ _
])AY'S New York Bank Note‘ L.l8l..C0hh'
terfeit Detector, and Price Currant. fol’
sale by - «is A-. .
C » 32
t. 16. 1837'.
4
SKATES. . -in ;
LARGE assortment of first rate SKATES,
A for sale by WM. J. STREET.
_Alsoon .81! Rather. H
, _ V y ‘ QRGE JAMES,
giviiton, July 3. 1337- . 31“
N orwallr, Dec. 23. 1837-
L_,_/
be trusts that his assiduous attention to his bu- ,
31 clergyman with a small salary, and the blessing _ _
hat usually attends it—a large family ol'cliilo— .9-'."’
ren.
ed a line of boys as long as Banquo'.~'. _
some ten years after Agnes, long waited and
l
l
devolved on Agnes. She had craved the hap-
of circumstances‘--the surest of all discipline.
culled liirih her exeriioiis and atfet:iior_i_s, and no
one can doubt, either as lures or gmids. had help-
‘. l ' -
York on Tuesdays. and return on .Saturdays. ,9” her on the to l( to heaven,
and its usual accompaniment. a sweet temper;
VVill sail on S.l1lU|'1l‘rl)‘$ “ml l.'~‘-‘l-W" "ll Thurs’ bills to Agnes.
days. Ereigllt Will he lill-‘€‘_h 35 l°‘_V “Sf” ‘fill?’ pet lamb of the fold. She was named for her
For furllwf Pi‘-ltlcul-‘"3 ‘"‘1!1“'° Me" motlier, Elizabeth ; but instead of that queenly
h‘““'d °flh9“' "e5_l’e°' appellation, she was always addressed by the
e store of the subscriber. e
was not only the pet of father, b_i‘olhers and sis-
icr at lioiiic'——bp_tt.‘ie playihing ofilie village.
l
. was in those words!) the old men saved the ‘.red
38” checked’ apples for her; the boys drew her,
(
. sinall,_cqrisi_deration of llfi)’ dul
42.
Fro n the New - York Mirror.
SPECIMENS 0l"_ AR-ABl=AN POETRY.
On moderation in our pfeasures.
How oft does passion’s grasp destroy
The pleasure that it strives to gain!
How soon the thougliiless course of joy
Is doom’d_ to terminate in pain!
\Vlien prudence would thy steps delay.
She but restrains to make Iheeblest;
\Vliate'cr from joy she laps away,
But heightens and secures the rest,
\Voiildst than a trembling flizme expand,
That liastensin the lat-Ilp to die?
‘Willi careful touch, with sparing hand, ‘
The feeling’ stream of life supply.
But if thy flask profusely sheds
A rushing torrerito’er the blaze.
Swilt round the sinking flame it spreads,
And kills the fire it fain would raise.
-—o-—
ON AvAnici=:—-BY HATEM Tag.
[The author was an Arabian chief, who lived
a short time prior to the promulgation of Mo-
haminedzinisiii. He has been so niuch_ cele-
brated ihrough the East for his g.ei1ero,sit_y,_ that
even to this day, the greatest eiicomium which
can be given to a generous man, is to say, *.-.he
is as liberal as Hatem.”] ,
How frail are riches and theirjoysl
Morn builds the heap which eve destroys;
Yet can they leave one sure delight---
The thought that we’ve employ’-d iheu_i_ right.
' village, who was engaged in a profitable business
_ at tliesoutli. returned to pass some mnmhs la,
NORWALIK. CONNjii‘i.WPlDNt<3SDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1838 ‘
WW
(l)’l::1)lll:‘£8 laU‘l'C>‘(lilee.t‘ .‘I':i'.iriily.’~ Thus. she was noi
"aid her ilbiin 'erdbrrotlizz{ S bi“ reguiail-Y’ hm [0
ccss set all other zi'ira err?‘ energy '-and sue-
‘she was talked ‘:50 c- ions in astrong lighi,and
,, - “la v‘-‘Jill became quite the
queen ofthe vi_lagc. - '
I 'l‘.l"l‘ ll ‘V35 ah0Ul 8 Vcar-aftiar her faslier’s
deaIh.thai a Mr. Henry Orne, a native. of me
his early home. His ‘frequent visits to the par-
sonage, and his at'cntions'. on all occasions, to
Agnes. stou, became matter ol very agreenllle
speculation to the goss_ips_ r;l'ihe vi1la,z',.;’ '
‘ \\'hat a {fine match he would beifor Agnes!
:such an engagiiig, well iiifuriiicd young man,
and besides. so well off!’ I ' i "
Agnes’ heart was not steel, but though it had
lit-cit exposed to many a flame she had kiiidled,
it bail never yet rncltrd,
' P-2.rdo.ti_ me, Mr.-'. Seton, for Interru_;.ting you
—w.as she pretty Cl’ '
Pretty The i_vor_tl did not exactly suit her,
At .tlw‘tiiue of whicli I_ am iitiw si),=:}1lsiiig, she
was at theinature age offive and twenty, which
is called the perfection of womanhood. Pretti-
riess i.s'ratlier' appropriate to the bud, than ilie
_ripen,ed,fruit. A_gnes,_ I have been told had a
fine persoii,—s_vmn_i_etrical feat_u_res, and so
charming an eirpressioni that" she ‘was not far
from b_ea,iiti_l'ul, in the eyes ofstrangers, and quite
a beauty to, her fri_e.i:_ds,an.d lovers. \;‘._’lietlier it
was beauty, manners, mind, or ieait, I know
iiot——one and all probably—but Henry Orne
soon becatiie her qassiduous and professed ad-
mirer. Till now Agnes had lived happy and
What bliss can \veaitli,.aflbr:l to me
\Vh'en life's last solemn hour I see;
When Mavia’s sympalhizing sighs‘
Will but augment my a,go_z_i,ies'.f:
Can boarded gold dispel the gloom
Which. death must shed around the tomb‘?
Or cheer the ghost which hovers there
And fills with shrieks the desert ai_r’.§
Were I ambitions to behold
Increasing stores of treasured gold,
Each tribe that roams the desert knows
I might be weahliy (,1h.0~se : A
But otherjoys can gold impart,
Far otlierwishes warm my lieart-—
Ne’er may I strive to swell the heap,
Till want and woe have ceased to weep.
Q
From a Sketch, by ]l’Ii.s‘.i: Sedgwiclr.
OLD MAIDS. '
The father of Agnes Gray was a country
Agnes was me eiuesi, and alter tier [ollow- ,
At last.’
prayed for, appeared a girl, who cost her mother
ier life.
The entire care of the helpless little creature
piness of possessing a sister, and now to a sister's
love, she added the tenderness of a mother.
Agnes’ character was formed by the discipline
A host of turbulent boys, thoughtless and im-
petuoiis. but kind liearted, briglii and loving, had
Nature had
iappily endowed her. with a robust constitution, ‘
~o that what were iiiouiitainstoothers were mole
* The baby,‘ of course was the
iideariiig diminutive of Lizzy. Lizzy Gray
The old women knit their brightest yarn into
ippets and stockings for ‘the minister's mother-
less little one ;‘ (oti. what an eloquent appeal
hour after hour, in herlillle wagon’, 8051 lllfi gllls
made her rag babies. Still she was not in. any
lisagreeable sense an znfante ga,te_c, She’ was
like lho__s_e flowers that thrive best in warm and
continued sunshine. Her soft hazel eye. With
its dark sentimental lashes, the clear brunette
int of her complexion, and her graceful flexible
i
I truly expressed her tender, loving and gen-
1
ips
le spirit. She seemed formed to be sheltered
and clierishc-(l; to love and be loved ; and this
destiny appeared to be secured to her by her de-
vnrerl sister, who never counted any exertion or
sacrifice that procured an advantage or pleasure
for Lizzy, however transient. _
When Lizzy was aoout 14, a relative ofthe
family, who he i a first rate boarding school in
me oily, offered ~,n lake her for two years. and
give her all the advantages of h_er,school. forthe
lars p_er anuiiin.
smapil as‘ it was, it.-{mounted to a lithe of the
,,,,rs-,.."n’s inc-ome_ lt was well known, that, in
cenpiin parts ofour C0!l.fll_l.'y. every thing (not al-
ways disr,-r¢etly)_ is sacrificed to the hobby—edu—
cation. Still the prudent father, who had al-
ready two sons in college, liesita_ted_-—did_not con-
sent till Agnes ascertained that by keeping alit-_
tle school in the village, she might obtain hall
rho required sun_1_. Her fallier, brothers and
friends all remonsiraied. The toils of a school.
in addition tothe care and labor of her father’s
family, was, they u'rged. too much for her—but
she laughed at tbeni, °.\_Vhat was labor to_h__er s
ifshe could benefit Lizzy-.—dear Lizzy!‘ ' ’
All ended, as llliglll be exp€C|8d- in I.-.t.zz.Y5
going to ihe grand boarding s_.ch00_l- The P{“"'
‘mg was a grog; and trying event in the family,
[1 wgs soon followed by_a Saddfife The ralhef
suddenly sickened a__nd.died—and nothing was
left to his family but his house and well kept lll‘
tle garden. What now was I0 be done»? C°l’
legcs and schools to be given UP'l_ Hf’ Sllch
thing. In our country, if a youth is rich, he
ought to be educated ; ifhe is P001’. he 7.231453 be‘
The education is the capital w_her8h)' they 3'}? ‘°
live hereafter, It is obtained in that mySl:3l'l°U5
but unfailing, way—‘ by book or by crook.
Theelder Grays remained in college; Agnes
engaged her sclioo|—learned lessons in mathe-
matics and Latin one day, and taught them the
uext—Iook a poor, accomplished_ young ltltly
frorricoino broken down family in town W19
h
‘' l,She had never seen any oneihat she thought it
I.
engagement, never occurred to her.
yo i"sucii a sister.
and said. ‘the duty would be a very easy one.’
all that pliysical iiatutti <.30.i_iyr_\'S 1.9 the SUS.C€llll_‘
heard ringing in laughter. or swelling in music
that seemed the voice of irrepressible joy-—tlie
spontaneous breatliing of her soul,-
appioaching his marriage day, Time is apt to Lizzy's infancy,
drag along with leaden foot, but to Henry Ornc and Lizzy pillowiiig he _v
‘be seenied rather to fly with Mercury wings at bosom, snllly b:eatliing.“ My sister-—_-iiiotlir-.r!’
his heels; and when Agnes found herself coni-
pelled by the accumulation of her affairs, to de-
fer her wedding for another iuonlli, he submitted She fell a tear iric _
with a better grace than could have been expect— on her bosom, and not very long after both sis-
ed. Not many days of this second term had i
lapsed, when Agnes, amidst all her cares, as and angels smile on.
wziichful ofL_i'_zzy as a mother of an only child, _
observed achauge stealing overher. Her stock The nisclosure to the lovers of her discovery,
of spirits seemed suddenly expended, her color
faded—her moiioiis were languid, and each suc- right time,
cessive day became more and more dejected. _
" She Wanls rest.’ Said Agnes (0 Henry GU18; dced,to feel as a guardian angel might, who, by
‘she has been uunaturally ‘ext-‘lltid. and lhefe l5 some remission of his vigilance, had sutlcred the
now a reaction. She must remain quietly 81. frail mortal in his care to be beguilctl into evil.
home fora time, on the sofa,-in a darkened room She r:,=,ver, by word, or even look, rcproached
—and you, Henry, I am sure. will. lb’ my Salli’. Lizzy. Shesbicltled her as far as possible. lmm
give up riding and walking for a few days and sglfrepmaoll, nor dol believe she ever leli IHOTC
flhd uiiihixed tenderness and loveforlier, than when.
at the end ofa few mouths, she saw her iiiarricd
‘Agnes’ suggestions were promptly obeyed. to Henry Orne.
.saiisfied,_ and happy with subort_l_in_ate atfectitiiis.
possible she couldlove. as well as'slie_loved those
to who_m nature had allied her. But now the sun
arose and other lights hecanie dim-—r_i_ot, ‘ that she,
loved Cesar less, but she loved Rome more.’-
forget. they say—-—’
*1
N0. 48.
l
,c""°l“‘hl".2_-“*..';’,"-BS. \.\'r.ts’t:,ot_ ll.l,(,‘-1:6, they sat down
‘It! the. porch. ' ' '
‘Oh, I am too wretr-l.~,_,3,}1' said Lizzy.
iu_2:.
will express her fueliii
than to me?, l~ will listen. 'Ifslie knows any
cause for her drjeciionl am sure 1 can remove
ll.
‘ ‘.Vliy,_ U')y.l)_€‘l¢)V€-(l Lizzy,’ rr-plied Orne, in
a scarcely aodiblc voice, ‘. will you be so wretch-
e‘]—«‘."l‘3’ W!” 30%! niake rue so. and l'orev2r.
when there is a remedy Z’
...§.ii.TiL';.’ $13’?-i.'i5l’.§.l'§.§i”.I'if '“"2’-3-““‘S
name that to me. again. l \‘i‘llleti(:-\\’(:-Ir‘ luei.i,3;:;:;
Ghtls, l‘Nfrmil you to come into iiiv prcseiit.-ic \l\'lll1-
out wiiiiesse.-:. No, tlii.-re is iii; reiiir-dy hut in
death. \\’m,.lil that it had come be."ui"e you told
sinful love for you. No——iio—thc secret shall
be buried in my grave.’
‘Uh. Lizzy. you are iiiad—Agnes docs not.
cannot love as we do. \Vliy sacrifice two to one?
L-__et_iue, belore ll is too late. tell her the whole.
and cast iiiyseifoii lier generosir ,‘,
‘Never, uever—-l now wish \\l)Pll I am in
her preseiice. that the earth at her feel would
5W3ll0W_ It‘-.8 Up;_ an-'l how can you, for a ino-
mctit. think I will risk to be made happy—iliat
I could ‘be iiiadc liappy, at her expense? No.
I am willing to expiaie with my life, my base-
iiess to lier—tliai I shall soon do so is my only
C.0lllfUrl—,-and you will soon forget i".‘.e——-iiien caii
‘Never—ou my knees, I swear never!’
‘ Stop, for meicy’s s_ake,_stop. You must not
_Ff3"‘3l-5 3.hh'll¢.=l.' S,U.Cli word, to rne—i will not hear
it. She rose to enter the house. Agnes,slip-
6
Their mutual faith was plightcd, and both be-
llcvetl. as all lovers do, that the world never con-
tained so happy, so blessed a pair.as they were.
usual pi'epa,rat_io,ns for the greatest occasion in a i
term, and the possibility of swerviug from an
‘Lizzy arrived. as lovely a creature as she I
had appeared in the dreams of her food sister. i
° H ore is my
[quid A nes. ‘ find if vou do not o
3
Ildeflr Lizzy’
" lltlfl e 30, you must lU‘|"8|Vlll‘a u
, 42 mar... um,
‘The next month was the most joyous of p
Lizzy’s llfe—every day was a festival. To the that evening.
perfection ofanimal existence in the country. in calm, never again to be disturbed, took posses-
he mouth of June, was added the keen sense ol sion of her soiil._
emind. ii
'\Vherever she was, her sweet voice was 0
stay within door, and play on your flute,
read to her.’
but without the elfect__ she anticipated. Lizzy,
who had never before had a cloud on her brow.
seemed to have passe
A tender. word from Agnes-—soinetimcs a look,
would make her burst into tears. .
‘ Iam miserable, Henry,’ said Agnes, ‘ at this
unaccountable change in Lizzy- the doctor says
she is perfectly free from disease-perhaps we
have made too siiddeu a transition from excessive
exercise to none at all. The evening is dry and
fine. I wish you would induce her to take a little
walk with you. She is distressed at my anxiety,
and I cannot propose ;i_iiy'tliing_tliat does not
move her to tears.’
' It is. iuuch the same with me,’ replied Henry
sighing deeply, ‘-butif you wish it Iwill ask
her.’ He did so-—she conseriietl, and they went
out together,
‘ Agnes retired to her ownapartment, and
there, ihmwiiig herself upon her knees, sheen-
treated her Heavenly Father to ivitlidraw lllls
sudden infusion ofbitleriiess from her brimming
cup ofhappiness, tTry me in any other way.’
she cried in the intensity of her feeling, for_ the
firs: iimein her life, forgetting every petition
should bein the spirit of‘ Thy will be done,’ try
me in any other way. but show me the-means
of restoring my sister-,-my child to health and
happiness !' ' _
' She returned again to her little parlor.
Lizzy had not come in. and she setdown on the
sofa near an open window, and i;es_ign_ed lieiself
to musings, the occupation, ifoccupatiou it may
Inefll.
6 ' 9
Lizzys second year at school was nearly heard Henry
e_iided,,and one uiontli after her return the mar— Lizzy~—-for ,m.,,_.,/is Sake, one ‘as, word .
'A”lg.e W35 [0 be S°le”."“?ted' 1.‘! llle fneaptiirie I.._iz;_:y did not turn. C
. goes wa,$, full of thecages of this world. '1_he drag hersclfiniu the lit
woman's life are quite enough for a single pair sound but the poor girl's suppressed, but still
ofliands, but Agnes had to complete herischool a
C‘
In ilie freshness and untouched beauty of her To Agnes. who had loved deeply. conlidiiigly,
own existcnce,just from the tramniels ofscliool, without a shatlo-.v offcar or distrust, the reverse
her round cheek glowing with health, and her was total.
ll5‘lfl.0}‘crflowing with lizippincss. iiioiiicnt the bewildering fcrvors ofa yuune l0Ve.
it had not been a ivilliiigg-but an involuntary.
‘ Henry Ornc looked at Lizzy and thought resisied,and most heartily repented wrong. She
had recklessly rushed down a sleep to a fearful
‘For the next motitli,’ continued Agnes, ‘ 1 precipice, and now felttliatzill access and passage
shall be incessantly occupied, and you must em to return was shut against her. Agnes without
teriain one another. Henry has bouglit a nice having one dim fear—without one preparation,
little ‘pony for me; and he shall teach you to ride. s
and you shall go over all his scrambling walks 0
with him -:10 Sky clill',_ B,ose glen, and Beech
C0V8—lh8 Place he S3V5 halhfe made lhl’ l0VPl’Si sol\-'ed—bcr spirit faltered—slie re-resolved.
but my poor lover has had to accommodate liiin- She lhoiiylil of all Lizzy had been to her, and
selftomv working day life, and woo t11__e in beat- 9
en paths. her h_ezi_r'.. would lireali. She reiiieiiibered the
To the lover stole softly to her. Agnes. as she had done from
ers were in a sleep that lDO.'lal5 iiiight envy,
was made by Agnes in the right way and at the
be by this admirable woman.
Colin. I believe it is, advises a story tt:llt~.‘r 10
(1 under 11301111 8CllpS€- close the tale when he comes to ti happy day.
She became each day more and more nervous. she says, it is not probable anol
it. Poor Lizzy had experience ofiliis sad mu-
tability of human life.
with many sorrows.
at sixteen afford very tlitfcrent inilicatioizs of
character; and I think you cannot e-‘.iP€<3l much
from :1 man. who. at eight and iweiity. acled
the part of Henry Orne.
cng
suiis—selt‘indulgcut, idleand finally i7jtl€77l}7.57'<ll€~
‘ she labored. year after vear. With’ a courageuu’:
Pall lhrougli a privatcpassage to her own apart-
' She heard Lizzy ascending the stairs. She
call after her, ‘One word,
But
Agnes heard —her feebly ,
. tle dressing room ad_join- '
ng their apartment, and after, there was no
udible subs
‘None but He who created the elements that
ompose the human heart, and who can none-
rale its l1l}'Sl(.’l‘l()iiv depth.-, 'ca'ii‘kiiow which of
he sisters was most wretched at that inoiiient.
To Lizzy, who had ciijoyetl for a
miscrv was eiii‘Jittered
., .
sgii§5lti'ii]i3 gdie (r1‘i‘efsiSre‘t'.""’ ‘And yet
til
3'
aw an abyss yawning at their feet-—an abyss
nly to be closed by self-imniolatiou.
She remained a‘.oue for many hours-—shc re-
fall she had been to Lizzy, and :l_1_: we;-t as if
raycr tliat’li_er iuipaticiit spirit had sent forth
She prayed again, and a- holy
There is a power in goodness, pure self-re-
ounciiig goodness, tliatcannotbe ' overcome, but
vercometli all things.‘
‘Lizzy waited zill all was quiet in her sister’s
‘ My own Lizzy—-my chilcl,’ answered Agnes.
There was no te
lvl
nu
‘ The rest you will anticipate. my dear A006-
Evcry thing was done as it should
She seemed, iii-
* My story has yet a sad supplement. lllutlilme
her will succeed
Hers was checqucred
‘.L:ipscs from virtue at ci:-,lit and twenty. and
He was uiifaitiiful in
agcmeiits with persons less iiierciful than
Agnes Gray. He becanieiiiconslanllh his PUT‘
His wife—-as wives \vill——l0,ve-:l_ him to the end.
. Ag'nes.yeia’x_; 3Cl her school, whicli had become
in her hands a profitable esltlhllshlnehh Thel’?
heart and serene countenance, and devoled'7tbe
fruit of all her toils to Lizzy. and to the educa-
tion oflier children. _
91 am telling no fiction, and I see you believe
me, for the tears are trembling in our eyes-do
not. repress them, but, pcrmit‘ibem to einbnlm
the memory cfan oi,i>_ ll-IA_lD I
-A Grave i.iIo7rc.—-Maiiy good stories are told
. I
of Ethan Allen of revolutionary memory. l‘he
following is not a bad one; _
He was one evening at zi party Where his V_V9ll
known courage was the theme ofconversation.
I He fears nothing.’ said one. ‘And '1 Would
wager any amount that he would not hesitate to"
go into the "church-yard across the way. and bring
be called. ofthe idle, but rarely. but never of
partnership, and received a few young misfit! 86
late, Agnes! ’
5 , - ' i
i In a few moments Lizzy and Henry return-
“fill” and came into the porch ac'.Joimiig.ilie parlor.
iey perceived the candles were not liglited and
ller '
"0"-'9 “'aS'hf0l.\€‘n. and she was evideiitlv weep-
I . \ ." "
.1: it possiule.’ thought Agnes, ‘that she
gs more lrecly to Hciiry ,
me you loved iiic—bel‘.n-e mo “P3 C,,,,f,,.s;cd my .
out “ Give me a pound of oy_s_t_ers ’l
oysters _ _
other. “ W'ell_,_”. said he, “Give me a yard of
tl_i_em._"
‘fig?-géerf. ;T,h°dV§ager‘ wa§",tl§reed"upii_n,; _ _
tered itPm'Jih5'uhb enlyblon lbs imoim “- A"9l3i1i'°'li"
. ° .- ,9." 53'." ..07l»’D2?i¢§7Itprocuredn’she¢ft,
Ehllcned his face, and repaired to one or the
;.*:."‘;:.':.;:'.2'i:'.'.*;*;'.ii“ W‘W-e~.a....i..
- .~ t1.eav,t
further the ,wishPs of the (.0,,:,a,,§, iegfileggin-:3
glaldgfiiiggpinted Will‘l'_llie _nai_ure of‘.tl-ie wager,
b _ h A a moments_besnauon.'said hpwould
t‘l1)flIgt 9 required skull,
ta e. He went to ‘the vau_lt'.rnd. laid his hand
"90"" ‘me: “.'h°I1 li- coucealed- acquaintance}
<‘:r‘irctl out 111,8 scpiilcliral tone, «Thar; miner
\'V,‘:) _'l",‘-’ll- _ Saul he. and picked up another.,
tootru, TI:-sau.e ,VUlC€ repeated-, ‘Thai’; min,’
8 ~ at cant be true,’ replied [be unpep.
ll" able hero. ‘-for no man can have two skulls !’
‘Upon this he quickly left the vault, witbqdthei
memento mom in his hand ; his friend followed,
:-‘\ll€‘D. h0Wever._soonest re-ac-lied the room where
he had. left liiscompanions. and placing the skull
npoiiihe table, exclaimed, t '[_‘l,__e,-e, ge-nugmena
tliere you have it :.,.but look at it quickly, for" the
lellow is_close beliuid me that owusAit"'- The
man iii the sheet immediately came in‘ and the
laugh was universal agziiiist, liirn, ‘i i’. ' '
The graridiloqueiice of some of-thestump om.
tors in the West, passeili show. The last, flour,-
ish we have heard of, run thus: i I
'l4‘cllow citizens. I am standing here on a
.ilironc,_prouderihaii any in Europeb-—in :he facéi
_ot'ilie Universe, and in the sublime presence of‘
the people ; and I stand here as the lineal dél
scendant ofthe goddess of Liberty !~ Yea, I was‘
raised at the breast of that glorious iudi\'iduak E-
Her arm has sustained me. ber. shield. has.guard>-
at] me in every pu’.i_iical fight I ever hacl—and
"the Lord know's l,’vc hail 3 good many. he,',_
"Oh-‘e l""5hh1.’-Z'c"l.l-'1 my 93-“.13.; and many a fime,
wlieii I have ‘D_t;t‘lt partly rlefezited by my foes;
-we has ”“-3‘°‘‘' ‘-03 from lh,l.‘» slu-‘tl la the thickest
ofthc conl_‘.ict—-— ‘ ' "
' Has ltlltl [Dy languid head upon her knee‘
And bathed my bloody brow with tansev tea 3-"
_ C'W0"€""3 1'7H1ltt’8l--’1’zzv7tperin.r,r with human
[7,/-l-i-.".Ol) Friday last. a couple of black fellows,
went lfl,(‘()l'1l[l3.ll_)' l_tit_o the grocery store of John
l- Moore. \VaSlllllgl0fl,Sli?eel,, when one of them
‘offered to pay for as nian_v ,2la._s,ses of rum as his
companion would drink. The keeper ofthe shop’
iii.-corilinglv served one oftlieiii. named John My?‘
ers, with twelve glass 5 of liquonwhich had me_
offer-.i of producing death in the space offourand
fl lialfhours afterwards. A post-niortem exami-
nation ofilic body was made by Dr. (_:‘rilina,ii,
. Who depos d that the tlec_ea_sed came to his death‘
‘by an effusion of water upon the brain, called
serous apoplexy, which is a disease produced by
over-stimulating the sysiein-«roost generally
from the eli_ecis_ofiuIox_icntion. Dr. Gilmau was
of_opiiiion that twelve or thirteen glasses of sticih
sp.rits as had been drunk by the deceased,
would generally prove fatal. Verdict, death
from excessive intoxication. The coroner‘ has
held Mr. Moore to bail in the sum of $400, to
answer the charge of having caused the decez_i,s_-I
ed_’s, d_eai_b,.-.--Ncw- Yarlr Erpress. ‘
Iric1fe}.7c72;Zencc.—A, farmer in New Hampshire
once told us, that a man must consider liimself
indejaendent who had a five cattle team straps
enough to break up grass land._ _ ,
._A 61.-vn.nJ ..mj‘iu'(xv‘suiu’to one of hdipxgrand
children, who had been married some ‘time,
thatthey must now be perjéclly z'ndependent~,for,
said she. they ha,e ti snug little baby’, and a_
small pig-. ’ ' ’ ‘
An old man who had weixtliercd the blasts of-
seventy winters, boasted of his happy state, and
said trmrneanu Dolly (his wife) were indepen-
dent as lords.
and,Pat, old maids to the back bone, for there
came along a minister, and a kind of deacon,
and snapped them up. Jonathan has agread to
support us, find fireiigotid and cid_er,_' and allow.
Dolly ten dollars a year to get a bonnet and
shoes, and gives me twenty dollars every year
to get clothes, and four cents a week f: 1; pigtail,
and ifwe are not independent, it is our own
fault.-—Bosto,n Gtzlazy.
VVO have gut girl, said he, of Sign
I/npoirtanz from Engla1z_d.—I-Ier Majesty
Queen Victoria sneezed, at precisely twoh min};
ntes and a half past 3 o’ clock, P. M. oft e 4t
December. N 0 damage done.—-Boston Express.
A Frenchman in Philadelphia, who served
under Napoleon, proposes to finish the Florida
war by the job, and give bonds that it will stay
finished,
Dz"amoml cut Diamond.-—A looker on at 1
room, She heard her get into hell, and then gaming table having observed one player very
grossly cheating another, took the “pigeon"
opened heraruis to receive her, aside and said, “Good heavensl have you‘ not
racliing head on Agnes observed how villaiiiously that man has been
packing the cards'!”
ed, 9' Pray don’t be under the least concern
ll-tale faltering of the voice. about that; l intend to pick his pocket as soon
e from Li;_r._zy‘s cold cheek as he has done playing.”
The other smiling a newer,-
:-?‘A man seeing an oyster vendor pass by, called
_ ‘J We sell
by measure, not by weight,”— replied the
Apoiiit of order.—A debating society in a.
town “down east,” one evening undertook to
discuss the qnesiion,‘whctlier intemperance or
slavery is protluctive of the most_evil in the
Unitf_*d States? A Worthy Dea<.>0".C°hl¢hd'h8
against tlie‘former, poposed to show its effects
on its victims “in eternity.” “Slop. Sl¢_>Pu"
cried the chziirman,“ tl‘:al.’s out of the United
States.”
In the days ofthc Blue Laws, 3. Shoemaker
was condemned to be hung for some crime, but
on the day of execution it was discovered that
lie was the only person of that trade in the
town, and could not possfly be spared. A
weaver Was hung in his place, as they had
plenty ofthem. ' ‘
L(_;/‘1_;/.——'I‘hr‘i:e is a man in the \Vest so tall
that he carries a paraclinte over. his head when-
ever he-goes abroad lest, in case he slip down,
he ahould knock his brains out in the fall-—hi,s
upper “works being so far from the earth as to
rendertheir descent excessively dangerous.--
Bast. Herald.
The Present Politics of our Country/.—Neve:
was there a more general, simultaneous and ir-
resistable revolution in public opinion. than is
now going on among the people ofihis vast na-
tion. The great majority ofour citizens seem to.
have lost sight of the petty party distictions
which have heretofore divided us. and to be
rallying in every qiiarier to gather around that
ark ofoiircovenaut-—" the world's besl hope" -: 10,
nroteciii from the Vandal desecration of arr .
izranl ambition. and Executive usurpation. It
dugurs auspiciously for the cause of freedom. to
egg men waive party jealousies and their predi-
lectious for particular men, to unite in defending
ind protecting what is dearer to them than the
triumph of any doinagogue. Let any thing ho
eacrificed. but the constitutional our country
New London Gazette.
‘ T
. W5 win}; some Lwco-Foco genius would an
the trouble, as soon as be can find suficigut leis-'
a skull from oueofthe open ,1-Jmbstlierefi 8'-l‘-led
and place it ‘upon
in hot haste. half frightened our of his ggnaegy
‘ff
Norwalk Chronicler