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" _YQ_lume xxnr.
Two DOLLARSPERI ANNUM, PAYABLE’ IN ADVANCE,
NORWALK, ctr. -wEDNEsD‘Ai", JANUARY 20, 1341,
OFFICE VVEST SIDE THE’BRIDGE—OVER HOY'I"S
STORE.
Numbe-r lo.
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’I‘HENORWALKGAZ~"'1‘« T-I T ‘L -. . .
. . » E 1 E FA M I L Y G‘R O C‘ E FIE 5- , P071716 GttZclte- found large number of wives who are disa- present a powerful picture of the hopeless
JUS'I RECl:.lYl<.D. \V H I S K E R S E R E C T. green and negligent,withoutsome palpable despair of one destined to end his life on the
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' . DENTAL NOTICE.
OCT. A. HILL, thackfulforthe patronage
- he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
form tne -‘public, that he still continues a_ few
doorswest of the Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. _ _
" Ittcorruptible teeth inserted from one to a
full set. Also, teeth cleansed, separated, ex-
tracted, &.c., and all those diseases ofthe teeth
attendedto, which, if suffered to continue, are
productive of so much mischief.
References.—Emery Bissell,
M‘Lcan, M. D.; Hon. Thomas B. Bitler;
Hon. Benjamin ~1saacs.—Nm-walk. Nehemiah
Perry, M. D. Ridgefield. R. B. Botsford. M.
D.; Doct. D. P. Knapp, Danhnry. ’ Duct.
Howell Rodgers, Colchester, Ct. Williatn
\’Vitter, M. D. Williamantic, Ct. .
November 20. 1839. I
NOR WALK M’ARBLE.YARD.
-._.._.._.
HIS long established concern is s'till con-
tinued by its old propietors. E. PRICE &
SONS, at the oldstand just North ofthe Bridge,
who are prepared to execute orders for Monu-
ments of any description, in white or variegated -
marbles, Touib stones. Hearth stones, Paint
stones and Mullers, Marble Faciugs, Sinks,
Soap and Free stories. From the large supply
ofjmarble which they have always on hattd,
the aid ofskilful and ingenius workmen, and the
facilities acquired by long experience, the wants
ofthe public in this line, can bemiet on advan-
tageous and satisfactory terms.
Orders will" be received at the above yard, or
at the branch establishment in Port Chester, New
York, or by either of the following persons, viz:
BRADLEY KEELER, New Canaan.
Anousrus LYON, I-Iorseneck.
Dr. N. D. HAIGHT, North Stamford.
HENRY JACKSON. Bedford.
Joiriv BREMNER, Catharine Market, N. Y.
Specimen Monuments may be seen at theYard.
A large assortment of North River Flag. suit-
able for Hearth stones or walks.—Also, for sale
a quantity of Long Island Sand.
. E. PRICE 6:. Sous.
Nprwalk, August I0, I840. lf39
CABINET FURNITURE.
' ’ JAMES A. 'l‘INDALL
would respectfully inform the
inhabitants ofNorwalk and its
” ./ vicinity, that he has recently
. opened aCABlNET WARE
‘ ROOM a few doors north of
-‘F33’-7 J. Hooker’s market, where he
intends to keep on hand a general assortment
OTFURNITURE. manufactured of the best
materials,andin the most modern style, which
he will sell on reasonable terms.
Norwalk. April 27, 1840. 25
OABINE T FURNITURE.
THE subscriber, grateful for past
fa-vors, would solicit a continuance
ofthe same. He is constantly man-
ufacturing Furniture of all kinds, of
the best materials, and will keep on
hand a good ..assortnie'nt. not to be excelled by
any country establishment for cheapness, dura-
bility, or workmanship.
A good assortment of CHAIRS constantlypn
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notice
for cash. ,'
The subscriber would also offer Cabznet
Makers in this vicinity, and in the interior, an
opportunity to "purchase Mahogany Lumber,
‘such as? Plank, Board. and Veneering, in ex-
change for their Furniture. He will sell this
-stock at New York prices, and give good prices
for Cabinet Ware. This arrangement offers to
many, who do not wish to purchase to a great
amount’, a first rate opportnnity'of getting their
,,,.',¢i.', and saving expense in time and money.
Call at the Cabinet Ware Room. a few rods
east ,,f,[,e Bridge. ' ‘WM. A. BARLOW.
. ‘Norwalk. May 15. 1840. - 53
i ' ’’ ‘OIL.’
on 1 _LAMP.0IL.5ytl1e
UPERI wlmer Linseed doz; Whale‘
‘ ; barrelorléssquantity;
rdo.-for-sale by A '
gEGS No. an _“:,t;r:a,C.,STnuT.
Wu. C. Swazi-:'r.‘
.. ,-.. ‘In. ..-
5
M. D.; J. D:
Lead. t'tir:4,5.t1.l§
,
j’f’""""’ Vi’? THE Subscriber has on hand an
3'7’ extensive assortment of choice Gro-
L—._’ ‘ cerics for families, which were pllf~
chased at the lowest cash prices. which enables
him to compete with any other establishment,
and to sell his goods very cheap for ‘ready pay.
Old customers as well as the ptiblic generally.
will find it to their advantage to drop in satisfy
themselves. EnwiN Locirwooo.
Nnrwalk. May 27. I840. 28
FAIUILY -GR OCER Y.
THE subscriber would inform his
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% ll ti
ti}
'..iilllllllllil.ill s .2,-
fziends, and the publicgenerully,that
he keeps constantly on hand, at the
store3 doors north ofthe mill. :1 good
1 a ssortment ofthe best,ofFA MILY GROCE-
RlES,which he will sell on the most reasonable
terms.’ In his assortment may be found the
following articles: Loaf. white and hrown.Ha'-
vatia, St. Croix. Porto Rico. and New Orleans
Sugar; St. Croiz, Porto Rico, New Orleans,
and sugar-house Molasses; liyson, young liyson,
souchong and poucltong Teas; old Java, lingui-
ra, Cuba, and Porto Rico Coffee; wheat and
rye Flour; Corn Meal, Pilot Bread, soda bis-
cuit. butter and sugar crackers, rice, pork and
beef hams, mess aitd prime pork, dry and pick-
led cod, mackerel, lierritigs,-sounds and toiigties,
butter, cheese, lard, soap, sperm anti tallow
candles, salt, starch, indigo. pepper, piinento,
nuImegs.cinnatnou, cloves, mace, citron. gin-
ger, dried currants. raisins, pea mils, almonds,
filberts, brazil nuts. figs, prunes, ta:1'iarinds,or
attges, lemons, honey, pepper sauce, sweet oil,
pot and pearl ashes, saleratiis. cut and plug to-
bacco, snuff, segars, shoe brushes, scrubbing do.,
brooms, wrapping andwriting paper, water
pails. sand, and all other articles usually found
in a grocery establishment. '
GOULD D. JENNINGS.
Norwalk. May. 18:10. ' 27
GOO
~ i ‘-3.
JUST received, a fresh supply of Peases
Clarified Essence of I-Ioreliound Candy.
which is highly recommended for coughs, colds,
/ioarsencss, irritation of the throat, catarrhs,
croup, w/Looping. palpitation oft/teheart, «Sec. c§'c.
l\Fl~:SSRS..I. PHASE dz; SON, 45 Division street:
Sirs—Allow me to address a few lines to you
in relation to your valuable remedy for coiigfis,
colds, hoarseness, irritation ofthe throat. The
writer was severely and painfully afflicted with
a hoarseuess ofthree months standing: I made,
efiect. At the time of my zifiiictioul resided at-
St. Julius, New Brunswich. America ; my voice
was so far gone that Icou_ld_ not’_articulatc- aboun-
-'£I“'W1TTS}IETT2lYflT‘1_IT§§'~'féCf my V('|l0e’“\R'8S_-,<gs')T)B~GD°2
tirely. I reside in New York, and here I ob-
tained Peasc’s_Hoi_‘ehound Candy; 1 made use
oftwo large packages of the s"ame,,and I most
.unqnalifiedly say that I now have tlfmfiill coni-
rnand of my voice, and so great a blessing has
it been to me that I feel bound to communicate
my case to the public.
DANIEL E. SMITH, 149 Cherry st.
P. S.—-I send you this certificate for the pur-
pose, ifyoti please, of publishing it. Please do
so. D. E. S.
For sale by T. L. 65 J. -R. Puox.
Old \Vell, Dec. I5, 1840 5
Great E§{il'0‘ftI[lS
B 5
AT THE OLD I/VELL.
UST recsived a full assortment of superior
middling and low priced Broad Cloths Cas-
sitneres and Satinetts ofthe most approved fin-
ish ; Pilot Cloths, white and red Flannels. Me-
rinos, French, English and American Prints.
new styles; Brocha and Belvidere Sh_awls; blk
blue blk, and col‘d Silks; Bombazines, &c.
and all articles usually called for in a country
dry goods store, which will be sold very cheap
for cash by _ T. L. <‘SoJ. R. PECK.
Oct. 28, 1840.
Cheap Groceries.
‘E YSON, Young Hyson. Hyson Skin, Sou-
chong and Pouchong Teas; New Orleans
St Croix. brown Havanna, loafand crushed Su-
gars; Molasses; ‘Java Laguira and Cuba Cof-
fee; Flour. Butter, Cheese, Lard, Rice, Mack-
erel, Shad, Codfish, Pork and other articles gen-
erally found in a grocery store, which will be
sold low for cash by T. L. &J. R. Peon.
Old Well. Oct. 1840.
BRICK !! BRICK ! ! 1
Hard and pale Brick
for sale at the Old
Well Landing by T. L. 65 J. R. PECK.
Old \/Vell. Oct. 28. 1840.-
READY JIIADE CLOTHING.
JUST received by the subscriber. at his store
a few rods east of the Bridge. a general as-
sortment of Spring and Summer Clothing,
which are offered much cheaper than they can
be manufactured in the country for ready mo-
ney. EDWIN Loonwoon.
Norwalk, May 2'7. 1840. 28
Cheap Crockery”
AT THE OLD I/VELL.
PERSONS who are in want of Crockery at
reduced prices will do well by calling upon
the subscriber who have in store a large assort-
ment saved from the wreck of the ship Arethusa,
which will be sold lower than can be purchased
at any other establishment in the county by
Oct. 28. 1840. , T. L. & J. R. PECK.
soap, CAZ_V1)LES, 4..
10
boxes Brown Soap—-10 boxes mould,
dip and sperm Candles—5 boxes Starch,
for sale by the box or less
Old \Vell, Nov. 6.
quantity by
T L & J R PECK.
UST received and for sale at redticed prices,
400 lbs. Copperas ’ 300 lbs. Sal. Soda
‘200 lbs. Salzeratus 200 lbs. Pearlash
300 lbs. Epsom. Salts. by
Nov. 4.‘ E. (SE W. E. BISSELL.
" ’ CIRC ULA TING LIBRARY.
_THE stibscribers offer to the public. the use
of a recently selected collection of Books,
which will be loaned on reasonable terms. _No
soon as published.
is solicited. E. 65 \V."E. Bissi-21.1.;
trialofnumerous advertised remedies," all to no .
A person who cultivates his W/tislrers is apt
to neglect his m2nrl.—Sammons said that.
‘Ours grow spontaneously.——Col. Green.
It is/much that I ask you to leave me I’ll own.
But, Oh! leave me my \Vlii.-rkers. and leave me
alone.—-N. 0. Pic.
Sonst hielt man wprt nach Deutscher art,
Und schwur hei seinem bart;
Allein seit langen zeiten her
Da trngt man keine barte melir.—-Soume, 1801.
Time was when Germanskept their word,
\Vhen sworn to by their beard;
No tnore. Alas ! the oath is heard,
For beards have disappeared.
- Qusnr.
Did not frotn this arise
The epithet of bare-faced lies’!
The fact is probably well known,
When Louis Fourteenth took the throne,
He had no beard ; «-
And every courtier ofthe place,
.A compliment to pay his grace,
Plucked out his own, or shaved his face,
Or had it sheared.
The million ever ape the great,
And very soon it did create
All over France,
A universal visage clip;
And then the fashion made a trip
To “foriug parts”——it took by ship,
. A distant dance.
Tis trite. at times they used to shave
In Czesar’s days, when to the grave
They went as mourners:
But left the tufts beneath their noses.
The Bible though, we know, discloses
, , . . . .
I but it forbidden was by Moses
To “mar its corners.”
Look at the beards that they did rear
\Vlien our forefathers settled here.
The pilgrim band,
As all the Plymouth portraits show,
Permitted theirs uncbt to go
On upper lip and chin below,
\Vith features bland.
The portraits hanging in New Haven,
Show that the people were not shtiven
In early times.
John Davenport. and many more,
Upon their lips mustaehios wore
\Vith coats straight buttoned down before
‘ -X - Like father Grimes.
’ ’’ But fashion has for many a year,
pains will be spared to procure new works as
A-‘share of public patronage
Stripped offthe beard from—ea-r-to ea-r-—F’
. .,. For she is stout. ‘
” ‘thee faslaipn, tnneh,--.tha.L-tbcua-_-,. - __.: ~-
Dflal sanction its zlppearance now;
Thanks, that again thou dost allow I
Nature to sprout. '
Oh, how much time there hogs been lost!
VVhat toil and trouble it has cost
To shave the chin !
And then the torture to the head!
What lots of blood there have been shed!
How many collars colored red
By loss of skin!
“How like a bear around thy throat!
0, what a chin ! a goat! a goat !”
Some. people shout.
Is that the reason then you shave?
Are you to beasts so much the slave? \
Then don your beards and trouble save.
Apes go without.
I'll shave my throat no rnore—not I
I care not for the anti-cry
Ofaunty'beard:
Neither for what such people say
wl]()Se “upper part would put thrth gray.‘
The nether, orange mixed with whey.”
Such ‘cau’t be heard.
No more need stocks ascend the face :
Released from their too tall embrace,
We breathe more free.
Nature has given the chin a dress
That chokes not, and does not oppress,
And certainly the cost is less -
Mucli less to me.
But guard against its near approach-
See that its sur-face don’t encroach
Upon the lips:
The mouth should have abundant play
For saying what it has to say,
And naught should check its opera-
tions asit sips.
In length. too. beards should not be great;
The comely are the moderate-
Tlie beau-milieu.
\Vith hair. nails, beards, we are supplied;
Reason is given us beside,
As our instructor and our guide
In all we (in.
MISCELLANY.
A CHAPTER FOR YOUNG HUSBANDS.
"Walking the other day with a valuable
friend who had been confined a week or two
by sickness to his room, he remarked a bus-
band learns a good lesson by being occasion-
ally confitied to his house, by. having in this
way an opportunity of witnessing the cares
and never-ending toils of the wife, whose bur-
dens and duties he might never have other-
wise understood.
There is a great deal.in this thought, per-
haps enough for an ‘ editorial.’ Men, especi-
ally young men, are called by their business
during the day mostly away fro'm home, re-
turning only at the hours for meals, and as
W.
they begin to think that it is their own lot to
performyall the drudgery, and be exercised
with all the weight of care and responsibility.
But such a man has got a very wrong view oi
the case: he needs an opportunity for moi‘
extended observation, and it is perhaps for
We have seen recently a good many thing
said in the papers to wives, exposing thei
_faults,pei'haps magnifying them,and expoun '
mg to them, in none of thekindest terms", thei
__duty— and the offices pertaining to ‘ woman’
'spl'iei_'e.,-’ Now, -welbelieve that wives, as
W"b0lP{3l'e really better than they ai'c’genera
sale cheap. Enquire at this office.
TSt’iG¢.'t”1i ’LO}i}'3‘ S*roifELL,s.i5'aii" 's'l;-LE,’ Yo.’
ly'adrnitte'd to be. *W e doubt if there can b
coldnc or short-coming on the part of their
husba_ So far as we had an opportunity
for obci-vation,they are for more devoted and
fitilllfu than those who style themselves their
lords, d who, by the customs of society,
have er, and generally more pleasant and
varied uties to perform. VVc protect them
agains these lectu-res so often and so obtru-
sively ddressed to the ladies, and insist upon
it thafhcy must, most of them, have been
tvritlcnby some fusty bachelors who knew no
better, r by seine inconsiderate husbands who
_Clr‘St-’l’\i_ to have been old bachelors to the end
ofthe lives. But is there nothing to be said
Are husbands so gener-
ally t’ perfect, amiable, injured beings they
are s often represented? Men sometimes
declat that their wives’ extravagance have
picke their pockets, that their never-ceasing
tongu have robbed them of their peace,and
their neral disagiceablcness. driven them
to the avern and the garriing-table, but this
is glfirally the wicked excuse for a most
wiclje, life on their own part. The fact is,
tnerttrften lose their interest in their homes
byt eir own neglect to make their hotnes in-
tertjing and pleasant. It should never be
for ,itten that the wife has her rights, as sa-
crell :._1fter marriage as before, and a good hus-
bnufs devotion to the wife after marriage
wilironccde to her quite as much attention
askpir gallantry did while a lover. If it is
ot =rwise, he most generally is at fault.
yoke a few examples.’ Before irint‘t'iage
Bung man would feel some delicacy a-
, accepting an invitation to spend an
eveiing in company where ‘lady love’ bad
not’-been invited. After marriage is he al-
tvaljs as particular? During the days of
co ‘r ‘hip, his gallatitrv would demand that
l
l
this very reason that a kind Providence ar-,
Te-“:18 him by SlClm€‘SS. that he may ‘learn iulment of a bill to abolish the Pimishment of
pain what he would fail toobserve in health Death has induced the publication of sever.
he sltpuld make himself agréealile to her;
after jjarriiigc it often happens that hethinks
more, fbcing agreeable to himself. How
often 't happens that married men, after hav-
ing b’en away from home the livelotig day,
' which the wife has toiled at her du-
ties,‘~ 0 at evening again to some place of
emcnt, and leave her to toil on alone,
uncli cred and unlitppy. flow often it hap-
peue "that her kiiidnest‘ ofliccs pass unob-
serv ‘I, and unretvardcd even by a smile, anti
her Lgest eflbi'ts are condemned by the fault-
fint q" ‘husband. Hotv dfteti it happens,
ever , hen the f‘Vt’.l‘llIlg is spcntat home, that
it is pfnploycd in silent reading, or some oth-
er i ty that does not recognize the wifo’s
“Fig-. rt; a’:vc'c3*..-‘ in-1-he -cvirjoynrcnt even of the
lie. ,
-I. ok,ye husbanrls, a moment and remem-
ber jlvli-at your wife was when you took her,
no; from compulsion, but from your own
cht>i;e; achoice based, probably, on what
yophhen considered her superiority to all
Ollie s. She was young—pei'haps the idol
ofti; appy hoirie; shewas gay and blithc as
thellark, and the brothers and sisters at her
fatler’s fireside cherished her as an object of
t‘nft:t1l‘ln€l]l2._ Yet she left all tojoin her des-
ti with yours; to make your home happy,
an to do all that wom-.in’s love could prompt
.-ml--woinan’s ingenuity devise, to meet your
wishes and to lighten the burdens which
m,/ght press upon yoti in your pilgrimage.
Ste, of course, had her expectations too.-—
Sle could not entertain feelings which-prom-
istd so much, without forming some idea of
reliprocation on your pirt, and she did ex-
pet you would after niarriage perform those
kitd offices of which you were so lavish in
thy days of your betrothincnt. She became
ydtr wife! left her own home for yours;
bll‘SlZ asunder, as it were, the bands of love
wiich had bound her to her father’s fireside,
a isought no other boon than your affec-
tifns; left , it may be, the case and deli-
cécy of a borne of indulgence; and now,
that must be her feelings if sliejgradually
avakcs to the consciousness that you love
lit‘ less than before; that your evenings are
sjent abroad ; that you only come at all to sat-
i y the demands of your hunger, and to find
arresting place for your head when weary,
3 a nurse for your sick chamber when dis-
sad? ' .
Why did she leave the bright hearth of
r youthful days? I/Vhy did you ask. her
' give up the enjoymeiits of a happy home?
as it simply to darn your stockings, mend
‘our clothes, take care of your children, and
atch over your sick bed? VV:is it simply
conduce to your own comfort ? Or was
iere some understanding that she was to be
ade happy in her connexion with the man
hewdared to love ?
Nor is it a sufficient answer that you re-
ly that you give her a home, that you feed
god clothe her. You do this for your help,
on would do it for an indifferent housekeep-
r. But forge‘. not that a wife is more than
1 liouselteeper. She is your wife, and un-
less you attend to her \v<;ints, and in some
vay answer the reasonable expectations you
raised by your attention before marriage,
you need not wonder if she is dejected, and
ier heart sinks into insensibility; but if this
be so, think well who is the cause of it. \Ve
wives, whose feelings have not met with
they then see nearly the same I‘0Utln€.0fdUl,V,some out-ward shock, by the indifference or
thoughtlessness of their husbands. It is our
candid opinion that in a large majority of
theinstances of domestic misery the man is
the aggressor.
THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.
The introduction into the British Parla-
al meritorious works on the subject, and a-
mong them gfa translation from the French
of Victor I-Iugo’s “Last Days of 0. Con-
demned.” This consists of a series of pa-
pers. supposed to be the daily writings du-
"ringsix weeks of-a condemned criminal,
lconfinedldu_r,i;ng that period-in the
prison, previous to his execution. I These
repeat it, very few women make indifferent -
Bicetre
scaffold. \Ve have not space forcxtracts
from the argumentzitive part of this work,
nor yet to present tiiore than cm? of the
many thrilling scenes which Victor Hugo
has depicted. From near the close of the
volume we copy an account ofthe prisoncr’s
last interview with his little child, who adds
to his grief by not remembering him; it is
powerfully written f
"‘ My child looked rosy and happy, and
her large eyes were brigbt—olil she is so
prettyl I drew her towards me,I raised
her in my arms, and placing her on my
knees, kissed her dear hair. I asked, why
is her mother not with her!” and I learned
that she was very ill, and my poorold moth-
eralso. Ill-ary looked at me with astonish-
ment. Carressed, embraced, devoured with
kisses; she submitted quitnly; but from time
to time cast an uneasy look towards her
nurse, who was crying in the corner. At
length I was able to speak. ‘i\l:_tt'y,’ l ex-
claimed, ‘my owndcar little l\'lary,’ and I
prrsscd her violently to my breast, which
was licaving with subs. She uttr.-red a lit-
tle cry, and then said, ‘Oh, you hurt me,
sir,’——Sir .' it is ne:irly_a year since she has
seen me, poor child ! She has forgotten me
——lnce, words, voice; and then who could
know me with this heard, this dress, this pal-
I01‘ .7 \Vb~.it l already effaced froiti that incin-
ory, the only one wli<-re I -wished to "sur-
vive! lVhatl already no longct‘ a father,
am I condemned to hear no more that word,
so soft in the language of children, that it
cannot remain in the language of men, ‘pa-
pa, ?’ And yet to have heard it from that
sweet mouth once more, only once mot'e,tltat
is all I would lia.ve asked in the‘ payment for
the forty yeirs life they will take from me.
‘Listen, l‘.'l~.1t'y,’ said I to her. joining her
two little hands in mine. ‘ Do you not
know me ?’—She looked at me with her
bright beautiful eyes, and ans\\'cred, ‘Oh!
no, indectl.’ ‘Look at me well,’ I repeated
‘whatl dost thou not know who I am?’
‘Ye s, sir,’ she ftllS\\'(-‘l‘('(l, you are a gentle-
man.’ Alas! while loving one being on
earth, loving with all your doc-p affections,
loving that being before you, who sees and
looks at you, speaks and answers you, and
yet knows you not; you wish for consola-
tion but from this one being, who is the only
one that docs not kno-.v that you require it
chill’d veins and staring eyes, wilnessimr a
spectacle of this kind. We were in combpa-
ny with a physician at a moment when he
was called upon to administer relief to the
victim. In a corner of the room we found
the tortured wretch, crouching and peepind‘
foarlully through the rungs of a cliair, at Z
S_\\.’al_‘m of flying snakes, which he said were
darting through the room in all directions.
Bloated terror was in his countenance. He‘
sprang from the corner‘ and flew from one
position to another in agoniiing alarm. De-‘
vils were pursuing him—behind, before, a.
_bove and below, and all around hitn objects
of terror and danger appeared, and instru-
ments ofdeath menaccd him on everv hand.-
His eyes seemed starting from their sockets,
His exclamations were so full of misery that
the heartached to bear tliem. Then an-fiju
his fit assumed; another form, and he rriii a-
bout the rootn jumping over‘ chairs and call;
ing to us to see him walk upon the ceiling:
Then he raved for liquor, screamed aloud,
cursing the worldand his own existen‘c'e,-de-
mandcd brandy with wild and fttrious gestici
ulation,_and again stink into grief and tears‘,-'
complaining that all the world was lc-agued
against him and even devils were cmploye
to persecute him. Suddenly he fell into 8'.
sort of waking tt'ance.——He was lifted on the
bed, and there he lay, grasping at; the air,
with such horrible contottiohs, of coun-
tenance as made our flesh creep upon our
bones, '
The itnfortunate wretclt has recovered,
as our friend, the ph_vsic'iari, declared danger’
to be past when he left hint, but who mav
form a conception of his anguished endured
during that horrid paroxysrn 2 Years of
the severest trials and misforttinc sltould he
consitlered luxurious ease in comparison with
one hour of such frightful torment of soul
and body. If the cond'tion of eternally cons
demncd, spirits may be revealed, to mortal
comprehension, surely the miserable victims
ofthis malady experience sou)?» forelaste of
the siuner’s doom. All the delights of the
bachanalian through long years of gaety
cannot repay him for ‘even one of these fright-,
lul attacks. The victim seems for a time to
be abandoned intojthe, possession of devils;
All that is admirable in his nature seems to
leave him. and you look upon it spectacle of
tlcmi-(lain nation. Pity, pain, disgust, terror‘
and profottntl sori'o\’var_c the emotions which
are called forth by such a sight-. ‘What the
because you are going to die! ‘ i\'lary,’ I
continued, hast thou a papa ? ‘Yes, sir,’ said
the child. ‘\Vell, th-.-ii dcarest, wltere is!
he ?’ She raised her large eyes in astonisli-;
merit; oh, you don’t know Sit‘, papa is deadlt
here she began to cry; I nearly let the lit-
tle angel fall. ‘Dead! I exclaimed, Mary,
knotvcst thou what it is to be dead .7’ ‘Yes,
sir,’ she anstvercd, ‘ho is in earth and in
heaven.’ And she continued of her own ac-
cot'd,“I pray to God for hint _e\-‘cry morn-
ing and evening at ma»nima's lrnees.’ I
kissed her on the forehead. Mary, say to
me thy prayers.’ I could not sir, a pra_vei'
you do not s:iv in the middle of the day.
Come to— night to the house and you shall
hear me say it.’
This was enough, I ititcrruptcd her, ‘Du r-
ling Mirv, it is Iwlio am thy pupa.’ You!
returned she. I added wouldst thou like
me for papa ?’ The child turned away;
No, sir, my papa was much prettier.’ I cov-
ered licr with kisses and tears. She tried
to escape from my arms, crying; ‘Sir, you
hurt me with your board.’ Then I placed
her on my kness, devouring her with my
eyes, and continued,;flIary, can’st thou rcad;’
‘Yes,’ she answered, I can read very well.
Mamma, makes me read my letters.’ Well
then, read a little to me, said I, pointing to
a printed paper which she held crumpled in
one of her dimpled hands. She shook her
pretty head, saying, ‘oh! dear inc, Ican only
read fables.’ But, try, my darling; come
open your paper.’ She unfolded the paper,
and began to spell with her fingers, ’scn—-
sen tence-——tence , Sentence.’ lsuatch-
edit from her hands. ‘It was my own sen-
tence of death she was reading‘ to me. Her
nurse had bought her the paper for a penny.
To me it had cost more. No words can
convey what I felt; my violence had alarm-
ed the child, who was ready to ct'y——sttdden-
ly she said to me, ‘Do give me back my
paper, I want to play with it.’ I restored her
to her nurse. "Fake her hence. And _I;
fell back in my chair, gloomv, desolate in:
' l
despair. Now they may come, I care for;
nothing more; that last fibre of my heart is-
broken.’
- MANIA A POTU.
A gray hair’d‘, wither‘d, bloody~eyed
And blooJy-handed, ghastly, ghostly thing!
, -— Sardauapalus.
A thing of horror, terror, wretchedness
and misery", more frightful than any other
affliction known to poor huniauity, is that
fearful retribution of indulgence mania. at po-
tu. Horrible l--too see man-—“ noble in’
reason. infinite in faculty, in form, and mov-
ing so express and admirable”—-—to see gift-
ed man intellectual mau, the image of his
creator, prostrated into idiocy and tortued by
a blindfold pursuit of damning ruin! Men
seek forgetfuluess of care and perplexity,~ or
prehaps some unexpected niislottune, by fly-
ing to the artificial exhiliration of drink.
Look at a man in the agonics of this horrid
affliction," and ask the miserable victim iflie
would not gladly exchange his distress for
any other, or all other ills of life combined.
Is it possible for human nature to suffer a
more complete and lamentable degradation .7
proud consciousness of a superior nature——
this being that stands lord of God’s creation:
crouching in corners, flying from shadows.
seeing shapes so distorted and hideous that
sanity can form no conception of what they
are ! O, misery .indcscribabIe l;
’rind all have something to do.
Man, proud man. made to walk erect in the. .
absolute horror of the condition may be, it is
not likely any may conceive save the victims-
themselvcs. The misery of night-mare per?
haps in some ‘faint degree resembles tbis~e.~.-'
tt'aoi'dinai‘y convulsion ofthe human system.
How must the wretches envy, and how bap-
py must they deem all those who know notll-"
ing ofthe terrible disorder! How much they
pray. while returning to consciousness to be
relieved forever from such danger again.
How must they curse the fiery liquid that
has poisoned their blood and _robbed their
hearts of every kindly sympathy belonging
to humanity.
“ To be now :1 sensible man, by and bya
fool, and presently a jbcast !” and after serv-
ing the demon, Alcohol, as beasts for years.
then the beasts change to devils! "O thou
invisible spirit of wine, ifthou hast no name
to be known by. let us call thee devill de-
vil ! devil !’’--—N. 0. Pic;
A PLACE FOR EVERY MAN.
In a well regulated family, every incim-t
bet‘ has his appropriate place and keeps it.
Parents, children, domestics, seek to dis-
cliarue their respective duties, and are mutu-
al aids in labor or enjoyment. ‘Nhere it is
otherwise, confusion and misery abound.
In a well ordered shop, there is a place‘
for'ever_v tool, and every tool in its place.-.
When the mechanic wishes to perform a per
culiar piece of work, he knows precisely the
instrument with’ which it is to be done, an
just where to find it. If it were otherwise,
he would betconstajntly einbarrassed, and of-
ten frustrated in his labors. So it is on a
farm, or in the store of the merchant, or the
office of the lawyer, or physician, or the
study of the clergyman. “ A place for ev-
ery thing, and every thing in its place,-” is it
motto of stifficicnt aptness and importance
to be inscribed over‘ every man's door.-
The motto has an obvious application to
the church. There are diversities of gifts,
and graces, and callings. All cannot betho
head, or the hands, or the feet. As in the
body there are various members, and each
has its appropriate functions to perform, so
there are tlifferent members in the church,
to wliic-‘h distinct and suitable__spheres of duty
belong". V _ _ . -
And one of the highest attainments which
a church member makes, is to learn his
place and keep it, In an army all cannot-.-'
be leaders or officers, but all are soldiers.
In the church
all cannot be officers, but all are soldiers of
the cross, and all have much to do for Christ
and his cause. And if the church felt this
truth and acted upon it; if every pastor
could always see his whole church as a well
regulated family, or a well disciplined army;
with every member’ at his post, and in just
the way that is becoming and desirable, help-
ing on the kingdom of the Redeemer, how
prosperous and happy would be that church!
W'hat a train of evils which now resultfrom
“ trotting out of place,” would be avoided !
The prayer of Saul of Tarsus is never-in-
appropriate: ‘ Lord, what wilt thou have
me to do ‘.3’ But many, we fear. are slow to
offer the petition, and slower still to obey the
answer when it comes.—N. Y. Observer.-
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Coy,mge__-A woman in New Y0_1'lf'. 80'
cording to the Tattler; was ‘fined six cents
for cmfing-3 watchman. True to her noble
spirit she said she would cuff all the police‘
at the same rate. It \‘ ould bejsomething of
By an accident’ \ve yesterday stood with
,(._ .
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.1 joke to see all the ofiict=..1'.5”.]Ctf city j,u',sti_ee
/zrzrtd-cufl’a’. V g
Norwalk Chronicler