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TWO DOLLARS PER-iAN‘1\IUl\I,EP..-ITFABLE IN ADVANCE.
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1voawALK,’-‘cai. itvnnvn
A K GAZ ET
OFFICE VVEST SIDE THE BRIDGE--OV]ElRiHOY'I"S STORE.
smut, ocronnn 13, 1341,
THE NORWALK GAZETTE
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A Job Piriiititig,
OF ALL KINDS,
l/IEATLY EXECUTED AT THE GAZETTE 0FFll'.:E.
I)1_'.'N' ‘AL NOTICE.
OCT. A. Hl LL,tliaukfulfortliepatronnge
. he has l‘C‘C+‘lV‘.(l in his professiott tluritig
12 tnontlis past, in Norwalk, begs leave to iii-
fortn ttie public, that he_still continues a, few
doors west of the Bridge, in Burt'all’s Btiiidtngs,
where he will be happy at atiy time to see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surcrery.
lttbcorruptiblu teeth inserted from one to a
fun 531;. Also, teeth cloatised, separated. ex-
tracted, &c., and all those diseases ofthe teeth
attended to, wliicb, if suffered to continue, are
rodtictivc of so much miscliief.
P Rcfcrences.———Etrit~,r_v Bissell, M. ,D.; J. D.
McL,,;m, M, 1).: Hon. Thomas l}. B ttler;
H;,;,_ B,n;,,,,,‘m ts.-rm,-.s, Nortvalk. Nehemiah
Per,-v, MID. Ridgefi-tltl. R B. Botsfortl. M.
1).; “Dost. D. P. Knapp. Dztnlltlry. Duct.
H,-,._v,.[] R,.irl-._i;o.rs, C4Jlt3ll€‘Sl,t‘l‘, Ct. Vvilllam
yvmel.‘ t_\{_ 1), Willmniatitic, Ct.
N(;\tei'nlt€r 20. 1
CA BINET FURNITURLH.
JA ‘tl ES A. 'i‘t~.\‘-DALL
would res-icctiiully inform the
l .
ir]l]{1ltll‘.‘.lllS ~'tfNorwtilk and its
viciiiity, that lie litis rec-eiitly
opened a (1.31 l3lNE'i‘ \V A II E
ROOM a few doors north or
_.,.T. l-1-.toker’s market, where he
nt t.. n timid a ge.iier:il assorttiient
of FUR..\II'l‘UR.E. tnatitifactured of the bt'St
rn itet'ials,andin the most tnotlern style, \\ lll(‘ll
he will sell on retisonable terms.
Nirwalk. April '27. 18-10. 25
€,lali)ii'B8t E*‘ui'iiiitiirc'.
NE TV ES TA BLISIIAIENT.
THE subscriber liaving taken the
shop of VV..-\. Barlow. a few rods east
of the Bri«lge,wishes to call the at-
tention of the public to liisestablisli-
tiient where he intends keeping a
general assortment of articlesin his line——such
as Bureatis. M.-iliogonv and Cherry Tables,
Stands. \Vork l‘a'tiles aiid VVasbstands, French
and common Bt‘dsl€fiS. (Sac.
Also. a large 2-lS$0l'lil‘.'3l'l[ of Chairs, Maple,
Fancy \Vinsor.& Kitchen, Boston Rockers. &c.
which he will endeavor to sell as cheap as atiy
one in the trade.
Prompt personal attention will at all times be
paid in repairing and jobbing.
Jonson P. VVRIGI-IT.
Norwalk. April 9, 184i. 22
’E‘ob: ‘co §t‘act.oi'y.
HE subscriner having made new arra020-
merits in the business of matiiifacttirina:
Tobacco. and by a cotirtectiori, as agent, with
the old estztbli.-"lied house of John Mullen Co.
acquired increased facilities for conducting it.
successfully. is now prepared to exectite all or-
ders pmmpt|_y, and to supply mercliants‘ and
others throughout the country with first rate arti-
cles on the most reasonable terms. He has
constantly on hand at the factory, near the resi-
dence of John D, Lonnsbtiry. Esq. first and
second qnalities of Chewing Tobacco. smoking
do, together with snuff and cigars, and other
articles in the line. Those who have heretofore
patronised the establishment will find its repu-
tatiori more. than sustained; and those who may
be induced to do so, will be better served than
at any similar one in the county. Orders re-
spectlully solicited. D. F. BETTS, Agent.
Norwalk. July. 19th. IS4l ._
Stout!‘ and Tobacco
RS G B Miller’s Smoking and Chewiut‘
. Tobacco, by the gr'oss—-Snuff by the Jag
at wholesale prices. by F L & J R P1-ICIL
Old Well. Aug 4.1841.
. NE TV
TATLORING ESTABLISIIMENT.
HE stibscriher would respectfully inform
T nig friends and the public in general. lhill
he has opened a shop over the store of Wm. &.
B. Lockwood. recently occttpied by M. Banks.
where he would be happy to receive all orders
in his line. He feels cortfident in saying from
the experience he has bad in New York as _a
Cutter. that whoever will favor him with their
custom can depend on having their work manti-
N,,,.watk, April 20. JOSEPH E CORK]-IR 23
TAILORING.
HE stibscribcr would notify the public that
he has taken the shop formerly occupied
by George W. Raymond, a few rods west ofthe
Bflllge, where he will be found ready to attend
to any business in his line. ellher fmm ‘be "M
customers ofthe estahlisbmen-t, or from any oili-
ers who may see fit to give him their patronage
and encouraegrtcnt. MORRIS R. Q,UlN'1‘ARD-
Norwalk. Martrli Isl lS41- I6
Posr OFFICE. Norwalk Au#- 1341-
THE Mail for New York, and Western,
closes at 8; o’clock. forenoon, and at 1
CHAS. ISAACS, P. M-
o'clock,P. M-
1YIott’s Rcvertwuic flue ‘twood at Coal
Cook Stove;
They differ front the Premium Flue in the
following particttlars-—Beitt,g one continuous
flue. around the oven. the lieat instead ofbcitig
tlividetl,acts with all its force, first upon the boi-
lers over the ovcii,tlien pzissestltm n the tle,sceutl-
ing flue next be hind the overt. then front under
the oven, then returns by an nntler-return flue
totlie back ttscerttlitig flnes, pas.-‘ins: twice untlt-.'
and behind the oven. fortiiiug double flues-—no
part ofthe inner Hues being exposed to the ex-
ternal plates preveiitstlie loss ofhcat. By this
£lt‘ial1$.‘_(’.lY1t°l']l ilte heat after acting tiponthe boil
ers isimade to return into the stove to lent the
oven. passing over more than three. times the
surface that it does in the l‘retiiiutn Flues before
entering the pipe". ‘
On account ofthe. even and sufficient halting,
the litiletrotible in attendance, with their econ-
omy _iri ftiel, these flnes are pcrferrcd by those
who have had the good fortune to Lise them.
It is the only arraiigenietit of fines by which
baking can be dotie in a stove as well as in a
brick oven.
Other improveiiietits have been introduced.
The stove has c-oinbined with i:s front an int-
proved Roaster. with portable jatiibs. pateiictl
in 1840. The front ofthe wood stoves. hoib
Piemittni and l<‘tiel Saver, are so arranged that
by changing the position of the front doorit will
form a slit-lf. under it ltivh broilirig may be
done. anl the stitoke and fumes be conducted
into the stove.
All the stoves have improved drop oven tlti0rs_
For sale b_v S. 31. L. Ci.'n'i'is
Nttr\\':tll{ 18.11. 46
. e
“if. in
.i,»*x‘l,l.‘~
sallll
lLLlAM W. BURRI l'T. has on hand
and is cotistaittty receiviiig direct trntri
the fiirnaces. «’t!~‘.~()l’lnlt‘IilS of Stove s. wliitrh for
v iriety and de-:irableii<-ss of pattvrris.are unsur-
passed by any other in the. cotiiity. among
V..‘l:lt.‘ll is Cunititigliairfis Iniprovt-tl Pretititirii
Stove. with its latest iiitprovenieiits, wliicli will
for snperst-tle any other Cook sit.-ve ttow in use.
'|“hi,.- ,-tovo has been rirtiversztily atliiiired and
pf.’-)iSt*(l by all, for its conveitieticc antl ecotioriiy;
and it can he said with truth, that wherever it
has come in coitipetition with others it has tini
fornily taken the preference, and found ready
sale.
Also. a sheet iron cylinder stove of a beauti-
fiil pattern. which cititiot but plcasethe fancy
and fully satisfy as to ecotioniy and Ct)l1'lll)l‘l-
Also, Frzinklin. Stigar loaf, B x, and eve.r_\
other description ofStoves.
'l‘lie subscriber would invite those in the stove
market to call and look at his tissortnient. before
pt1l‘L'l]aSln,€!, as it will be no tlisatlvautage in
purchasing e.lse,wliere._ if so tlispnsed.
Britttntiia metal Tea atid Cofiee Pots ; Spoons,
Knives and Forks, and a variety of table aiitl
kitchen furniture, Andiroits, shovels and tongs
always on hand.
All the above articles. depend upon it will be
sold on the most accotntnodating tcrtiis.
Tin and sheet iron work done to order. Give
us a trial.
\V. \V. BunRi'r'r, Eastoftlic Bridge.
Nnrwalk. Sl’pl. 27. 18-11. 416
CLEANLINESS OF THE HEAD
AND IIAIR.
Strange it is that persons who attend strictly
to personal cleanliness. baths. &c. should ite-
glect the I‘IP2]d—-ll1E’. Hair—the. most essential-
the most (.’.\'[)f)~F.tl--Z|l’|tl the tiiost beautiful when
properly cared for. ofall the gifts of the Crea-
tor. Perfectly free may it be kept of dandrafl
or scurf with a certainty that tlte hair cannot
fall otit. by the use of the Balm of Coluriibia.
Ladies, will you iriake your toilet witliottt this
article? I answer fearlessly, No, ifyou have
once tried and experienced its purif_\'ing elfects
—iis sweet perfume.
A hundred articles have been put forth on
the credit of this—the only first-—tlie only real-
lv valuable article. A mass of testimony frotii
5]; classes to these facts.
LOOK OU'l‘—()ounterfeits are abroad, look
always for the name of C()t\']STOCK 6: CO.
on the splendid wrappers, and neier buy it willi-
out that natrte.
For sale only in Noni alk by John A. VVeed
and by \Vebb (‘Sc \Vhite, Slariifurd,
Front the Boston C‘/trorticlc, Jan. 16.
VVe see by an atlvertisetnent in another col-
umn that Messrs. Comstock 6.’. Co., the Agents
for ()ldritlge's Balm ofColuiiibia, have depu-
ties to sell that article in Boston and elsewhere.
\Ve know a lady of this city whose hair was so
nearly gone as to expose entirely her plirenolo-
gical developettiems, which. considering that
they beiokened a most amiable disposition, was
not in reality very unforturiaie. Nevertheless
rcstoratives. |)lJrf‘l|t2$t‘.(l. some months ago. a bot-
tle or two of Oldrid,qe’s Balm, and she has now
ringleis in rich profusioti, glassy. and of raven
blackness. \Ve are not purliing-—nono of the
conimotlity has been sent to its, and, indeed. we
do not want arty. for tltongli we were Ul)ll_£1t-‘.Ll to
wear a wig a year ago. we lave now. throiigh
its virtue, hair enough, and ofa passable quali-
ty ofour own
DARTNG FRAUD.
The Balm of Columbia has been imitated
by a notorious counterfciter. Let it never be
purchased or used unless it have the signature
of CO.‘viSTOCK & CO. on a splend t(‘ rap-
per. This isthe only external test that will se-
cure the public frotii deception.
Address COMSTUCK &: Co.
Wholesale Druggists, New York, 71 Maiden
Lane. ‘
For sale only in Norwalk, by John A. \Vcedo
and by Weeb 5: White, Stamford. —
l
L IN E S.
‘ Sm: came like a dream in the dawn oflife,
She fled like a shadow before its noon ;
She is gone, and my peace is turn’d to strife,
And I wa:.der and wane like the weary moon.
Siu:..LY.
i.
THERE was an liour—remeniber’d well!
Ati honroftlark despair to me ;
VVhen o'er my .\lary’s spirit fell
Thy sliade—Elcrnity .’
II.
I clasp‘tl her wasted hand in mine,
An'l felt its pulses faintly play;
I saw the light of life decline,
With pale and quiv'ring ray.
llI.
Her rnnurnftil glance—on me it tttrn'd,
As if't were niitie to heal and save;
Ag iftlie love tiiy bosom own'd,
Could shelter from the grave.
IV.
Upon my breast her head repns’tl. ,
And fainter hr=.av’d the. lab’rin£I l3|'99l-ll;
In seenii-ig sleep lier hriglit eves clos’d—
Iknew that sleep was Death!
v.
And yet T clasp’d the. lifeless form,
in marlness to my bursting heart.
Vvith the. wild hope that heart so warm,
Its warmth might yet itiipart.
‘Q.
./l;- _.
Hark! hark! the massive hall gel sounding!
And see on high the red’ning ~)9'lflt‘P.!
The firemen from their enriches bounding,
\Vitli eageriiess to toil repair,
Hear now the chime oftinltling balls;
The \vatehnian's shotit,
That now on ecbnitig voices s\\'ell.~':
‘ Tttrii out. ttirn out!
Fire, fire. fire! turn otit, turn otit. turn out!
Fire, fire. fire! turn otit, turn otit. turn out I’
Now lnntllv sound the weightv engines rolling,
The shtlllllng, and the merry glee:
No r-old, nor heat. nor storm controlling
The. arrlnr ofthe rivalry.
Now here, now there each qnir-lily flies,
’t\'litl ceaseless noise;
And ifthey lag. the foreman cries,
‘ Come boys-—conie boys !‘
Anrl mi they speed despite the elements,
And on they speed. &c.
Be-lioltl. how eagerly the.v’re, stretchitig
The stifi'en’d coils of lengthy hosezn
Nmv running, rtmssing, ttiilitig, fetching,
'l‘lir=y dash where fiery peril glows.
Butynow aspiring thoughts difiitse;
They man the. brakes;
And when they hear the cheering news,
, ‘ Site takes. she takes !'
The joyous shout rings merrily through the air,
The joyous shout. &c.
See! see! the burning pile is falling:
The. raving flames gttsh out no more;
The blacken’tl mass sinks down appalling;
The toil is done-the labor o’er;
Hear now the welcome engineer-
‘ Take tip, take tip !’
Responding voices lntidly cheer—
‘ ' Take up. take tip l’
Resountling sends tlie, echoings through the sky,
Resotintling sends, &c.
Again in joy and peace rettirning.
To meet the fotitl fair ones they love,
They hasten on in glee, discerning
The morning tints that break above.
W'hat sound is that breaks on the ear
As now thrv come?
’Tis sweeter far than victory’s cheer—
‘ \Ve're home ! we're borne!
\Ve're home, boys. borne! three cheers, three
cheers for home!
\Ve’re home. boys. borne. &c.
4—I
I/nporlanl DlSc()'(.‘e’I'_’I/.--Tile Norwich Att-
rora contains 8 communication desr:ribin_q an
“extensive Cavern” recently dicovered inflthe
town of Colebrook. Connecticut. It appears
it was first discovered by some lioys.
The writer thinks when the loose rocks
are removed, the mouth will be about fifty
feet wide and thirty feet high. In cotripany
with several others, on the 27th ult., be en-
tered .-ind partiallv explored the cavern.
“The air, onentering. has a peculiar smell
which I can compare to nothing I imagined
the candle burned less brilliantly than in the
open air. For the first three or four rods. the
way is a good deal obstructed by sharp rocks;
then comes a smooth gravelled floor. as hard
as a McAdamized road. ' Ten rods from the
cntrance, we measured and found the width
to be eighty three feet; and again, at thirty
rods, we found it sixty seven feet. The sides
are qtiite even. especiallythe east side, which
is smooth as if it had been chiseled. The
roofis broken and craggy, in some parts
rising very high, at others it descended within
ten feet ofthe floor. The flooringfor the rrtost
pti rt is level and smooth, consisting of stone
and hard gravel. We met with se.vet‘al’deep
pits, into which we were near falling. Two
ofthem resembling tvells. VVe sounded one
she mourned the loss oflocks that she had worn ; to the depth ofnirie fathoins, and fotind water
and, after a year’s fruitless resort to tniscalled ' and to another to the depth of five and a half
fathonis. which appeared to be dry. The
main part ofthe cave is remarkably straight
and uniform in width for the most part. It
rtins in a north and north east direction for
a quartet‘ ofa mile, where it ends abrubtly.
We met with ntinierous openings at the
ri9;ht and left, some large enough to admit a
horse and carriage. and others scarcely a
man. We only marked them with chalk
and passed on to the end of what seemed to
be the main part of the cavern. Here we
stopped for a few moments. All stood with-
otit speaking, gazing about with admiration
and wonder. The silence was painful.-—
Nodropping of water", or creaking insects.
not a sound could be heard but the low. sup
pressed breathing of the com pany. It seemed‘
as ifI could hear their hearts beat. I looked
at my baromcteréit had risen several degrees.
The thermometer stood at sixty and a hal"—-
As we prepared to retrace our steps, we dis-
covered an opening on the west side, a feiv
rods from the teriiiintition of the part of the
cavern we were in. ‘Ne drew near and
listened. There was ti low tnurmering sotind
as of a distant waterfall, and the air which
issued from it seemed coltlcr and damper —-
This led us to suppose it must be of very
great extent, but we were too cold and weary
to prosecute our researches farther at this
time.
THRILLING INCIDENT.
I passed up the natural avenue and came
tipon the green. My feelings were very
peculiar as I walked slowly towards the vil—
lage church. I entered. A popular preach-
er was holding forth, and the little meeting
house was mtich crowded. Several persons
were standing up, and I soon discovered that
I must retain my perpendicular position. as
every seat was t-rotvded. I however, passed
tip the aisle until I gained a position where
I could haven fair view of nearly all the ft).-
ces present. Many ofthe congregation look-
ed curiously at me. for I was 8 stranger to
them all. In a few moments. however, the
attentioti of every person appeared to be ab-
sorbed in the. ambassador of grace. The
speaker was fluent, and many of his flights
were even suhlitiie. The music of the wood,
and the fragrance of the hczitli seemed to re-
spond to his eloqti~ nee. Then it was no
great stretch of the imagitiatinn to fancy
that the. white handed creatures around me,
with-their pouring lips and artless innocence
were bt-irigs ofa liigher sphere.
While my feelings were thus divid».--d be-
tween the beauties and blessings of the two
worlds, and wrapt in.a sort of poetical devo-
tion. I detectt d some glances at me of a most
tinitiiated character. I need notdt-scribe the
sensations experirriced by a youth, when the
eyes of a beautiful woman rest for a length
oftime upon his cotintenanee, and when he
imatzines himself to be an object of interest
to her. I returned her glances with inter-
est, and threw all the tenderness into my
eyes which the scene, my meditations and
the preachei"s discourse has inspired in trty
heart, (l0l1l)ill"l_,Q' not that the fair young dani-
sel possessed l{lnflI‘f‘(l feelings with mvvs-lf——
thtit we lvere drinl.'inc_r together at the foun.
tain of inspiration. How could it be other-
wise ’.?
She hzid been born and nutured amid these
wild and romantic scenes, and was made up
of.rosnance, of poetry and tenderness , and
when I thought of the ptirity of woman’s
love-—hcr devotion-—her truth, I only prayed
that I might meet with her where we could
-_.=-linjoy it sweet interchange of sentiment. Her
lglances continued. Several times our eyes
met. My heart ached with rapture. At
length the benediction was pronoiinccd. I
lingered about the pnemises until 1 saw the
tlark-eyed damsel set out for home, alone .9;
on foot. Oh! that the customs of society
would pertriit l for we are surely one in
soul. Cruel formality! that throtvs up a
barrier between hearts tmide for each otherl
Yet I followed after her. She looked be-
hind, and I thought she evinced some emo-
tion at recognizing me as the Sil‘€lDQ'€|‘ of the
day. I quit-kened my pace, and she actual-
ly slackened hers, as if to let me cotne up
with her.
‘Noble young creature!’ thought I.—-
‘ Her artless and warm heart is superior to
the shackles of custom.’
I at length t-nnie"”ivitbin a stone’s throw of
her. She suddenly halted, and turned her
face towards tne. My heart swelled to
bursting. I reached the spot where she
stood. She began to speak, and I took off
my hat, as if doing reverence to an angel.
‘Are you a pedlar?’
‘.No, my dear girl; that is not my occu-
patron.’
‘ VVell, I don’t know,’ continued she, not
very bashfully, and eyeing me very sternlv;
‘ I thought when Isaw you in the tneetiiig
house. that you looked like the pedlar who
passed offa pewter half-dollar on me about
3 weeks ago, and so I determined to keep
an eye on you. Brother John has got home
now, and he says if he catches the feller, he’ll
wring his neck for him; and Iaintsure
blllt you’re the good for nothing rascal after
al .”
Reader, did you ever take a shower bath ?
T/i.inki1zg.—A Quaker, a middle-aged manv
having spetit the most of it hot day in the hay-
field, becoming weary and exhautsed from
the labor and excessive heat, left the fieldto re-
turn home. On his way he stopped at a neigh-
bor's store, and requested permission to ttirrv
a little while, until he became refreshed and
rested.\. A seat in a cool place was furnished
him by the storekeeper, when the following
colloquy took plare.
Sto-rckecper.-—Ft'iend C., will you not
take something to drink, to refresh and revive
you '2
Friend,—I will be obliged to thee for a
little cold water.
S.-—Vv'i!l you not take something a little
stronger than writer? VVater may do you
injury. Have a little brandy in it. It will
cool you sooner.
F.—If thee will give me the water, Iwill
think about drinking stronger drink and ifI
think I need it, and it will do me good, then
thee shall give me some.
After sitting halfan hour enjoying the cool
breeze and a dratigbt or two of good “Adam’s
wine,” he was again addressed by the store-
keeper.
S.——Friend 0., well, will you take some-
thing stronger than water?
F.—I was thinking friend W., that-if I
never tasted any stronger drink, I should
never die a drunkard. I believe. therefore.
l’ll not have any this time, but will take a
little more cold water
With this he arose from his seat and went
home, having fairly eluded the devil’: grasp
The above was related to me by the store-
l\'9eP9l'. who is nowa thorough total absti-
nence man. He said the tltinking of friend
C-., made a strong impression on him at the
time, and‘ was one means of causing him to
bi-cornea teetotaier.-—Oli°i.-e Plant.
THE LONE WIDOW.
A.LAMIt‘.N'1‘.
Site was a lone Widow, What words
more expressive of utter desolation than
these? VVhat more adapted to elicit the
sympathy of a cold, heartless. unpitying
world? The oak tree may spare the ivy, &.
the elrii the vine, yet is not there strength di-
iiiiiiished, though they have lost the ductile
toil-age, and the rich and purple grape. But
you may not reverse the case, or the fragile
plants are shorn of their comeliness; they
languish, they droop, they are trodtlen oh
the cold ground.
She was a lone widow. Her stuff, her
support, on whom she had leaned so long «in
so constantly, in storm and in sunshine, was
taken away, and she was left to battle with
tlie"world’s sorrow’s, and deccits, and vani-
ties—-alonel Her ‘gude man’ was her
elder by a score of summers. He was not
made of iron, though sozite folks might have
thought it. He had his own troubles, and
he sank beneath them at a good old age. It
was it sad scene presented at his death-betl.
Not a child looked on to witriess the last
moments. or to receive the last blessing ofa
parent. But she alone the wife of his bo-
som, hungover his pillow. convulsed and
sobbing. He grasped her hand—-he raised
his eyes itriploriitgly-—his lips moved—they
uttered a f-.-iv words almost inarticulate—-—an(l
they were burdened with a request that
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she had not forgotten ‘ the vow interrupted
only by sobs,’ and she still retmiined a
lone widow !
Many suitors came to solicit her hand.---
They made honomble ot‘l"ers. They would
take care of her property, they would love,
honor and cherish her forever. But she
drove them all, all into——despair, and told
"lthern (they could hardly credit her words)
that she should remain-—a. lone 'wz'do'w .’
But who can forsee the course of events
which mock even the art of divining ? At
length a skilful lawyer aspired to her hand,
and wished to make her his fair client. He
came, he saw, and be conquered. He came
—:is soon asihe heard that in such a place
there lived a such a lone widow. He saw
—thtit report had spoken only the truth of
her charms; and be conquered her remain-
ing scruples. "l‘ was in the ‘ merry month
of May, when blithe birds are singing.’-—
They sat together in the fragrant porch, the
skillful lawyer and the lone widow. A
sweet briar strayed near, with its branches;
:1 honeysuckle mingled its nrdors. He pre-
ferred his suit in soft accents, she listened
ivith an attentive ear. He pleaded eloquent-
ly at the bar of her heart. She was his in-
tiulgent judge andjury. He waited patient-
ly for a verdict. She said nothing. He
pressed her hand warmly in his, and with a
most wooing look, gazed up into the dark
eyes ofthat lone widow ! She sighed. He
:-]Sl{t‘Cl her why heaved her bosom with that
sigh ? She spake of her good man, of his
lands as tenements, which would be forfeited.
He told bet‘ that he would take care of that,
and he was a skilful lawyer. Then the
dark clouds were put to flight which hover-
ed over her brow", and the sun shone bright-
er, and the birds sang sweeter, and the bud-
she would never be married to another. He
essayetl yet again to speak. To her he gave,
all his wordly goods, and they were many ;'
to her his possessions, without division or I‘\:-!
serve; and the. condition \Vt1S,l.l’l£ti. she should
never be married to another.
She consented, with a hesitancy occasion-
ed" only by choaking S’)bS. For the last
time he lookod up iriquiringl_v, and he asked
' Never 2' And she answered ‘ Never .” So
she. closed her good nian’s eyes in peace.——-
Antl she arrayerl herself in the deepest
mourning. followed him decrntly to the
grave. and having \\’:l[€l't‘d it with a flood of
of the bitterest tears, rctu rned to her desolate
house a. lone widow.
It was the winter time; but not more cold
is the earthly clod, than tlie.heart bereft of
its beloved. She remembered often the words
which her good man had spoken, and oh,
she thought it was a crying‘ sin. that widows
should be prevailed on to depart from wid-
otvliood. forgetting who lies cold in the se-
pnlcbre, and to whom they had pledged their
earl_v'love ; that they should exchange their
weeds for the gorgeous colors and butterfly
robes of vanity. and go forth brides—yetnot
brides-—a spectacle to the world. It was
unseemly, it was irrtmodest. But she would
never, never lay aside /zer robes of mourning
—she. would go clown weeping to the grave-
a. lone witlozol
Her neighbors felt for her forlorn estate.
They crime to console ‘her, and to mingle
their i(’al'S.vl.-'lll‘l hers. Their eflorts were
well-meant; but unavrtiling. They could not
stay the torrent of her grief. They said
that time would ‘do wonders,’ so they let it
have ftill stray. But theyspoke of all the
good deeds of her good man. Pleasing, yet
melancholy reminiscence! She loved to al-
lude to the words which be spake, and to all
the dear works of his hands. There he first
courted her. beneath the shade of the old
elm-tree; there they first walked in the
sweet season of youth ; there. he used to sit.
when he played on the voil! But be was
_.r_rone, the best of men, and she was CL
lone 1l"f(.f0’l0 !
\Vben the man of God spake of the be-
reaved, in the sacred desk. or when in socitil
intercourse. be clasped her hand, and besought
her to forget her sorrows; (for he was kind,
and affectionate in his nature, middle-aged &'.
unmarriet_';) when l'l"l.uld her that He who
fed the ravens, and did not let a sparrow f:tll
to the ground without his knowledge, would
take care ofthe Iiltl'l€'Tl(’SS, and the lone wid-
ow. she wept tvith redoubled violence; and
in the midst ofquick-coming sobs you might
have heard the echo of those words of bitter-
ness —— a. lone widow !
She lived in her desolate house, without a
friend to fill up the blank which her good
man’s death had occasioned. It was a plea-
sant house, and looked upon a pleasant gar-
den. There berbs. and salubrious plants &
3 flowers, grew in profusion 2 but what is all
lithe luxury of sweets, to those who mourn for
the departed? Who planted the fragrant
catnip, and the thyme ? Who kept those
beds so clean. that not even a weed intrud-
ed ? Her good man. Now she had only.
left her her ancient cat. which followed her
steps when she walked in that pleasant gar-
den. There were those who thought that
she needed a protector and a friend; and
when they cast in their minds the many who
could supply her need, they could not for-
bear at last remarking among themselves,
that it was very queer she should remain-
a. lone widow!
She had at heart which was kind and be.-
nevolent, and was not nnrriindf-.il ofthe poor,
and friendless nor did she ever send the
needy frotn her door until they carried with
them the mite ofa lone widow. She was
not parsimonious in any of her ways. Her
robes were dark, but of the finest texture ;
her caps were made of ‘costliest lawn; for
caps became her rnatronly face right well,
-ind were not unbecoming to the peach like
bloom that lingered on the cheeks of that-
lone -widow !
Year after year passed away, and time
had indeed wrought wonders. But although
the rank grass waved over the grave which
had been watered with plentiful shoivers,
ding spring broke otit into blossoms. She
followed him shortly to God’s altar, and
with all her wordly goods did him endow.
He was unlike her good man; but I throw
the veil over her story. For having forgot-
ten the vow which was ‘ interrupted only by
sobs,’ she had taken that skilful lawyer, for
better, for worse, and was no more —-a. lone
widow.’
Memory/.—We all know what a power
there is in. memory, when made to array be-
fore the guilty days and scenes of compara-
tive innocence. It is with an absolutly crush-
ing might that the remembrance of the years
and home of his boyhood will come upon the
criminal, when brought to a pause in his ca-
reer of misdoings. and perhaps about to suffer
its penalties. If we knew his early history
and it would bear us out in the attempt, we
should make it otir business to set before him
the scenery of his native village, the cottage
where he was born. the school to which he
was sent. the church where he first heard.
the gospel preached ; and we shotild call to
his recollection the father and mother, long
since. gathered to their rest, who made him
kneel down night and morning, and who in-
structed him out ofthe Bible, and who warn-
cd him even with tears, against evil ways
and evil cotnpatiions. VVe should remind
him how peacefully his days then died away;
with bow mtich of happiness he, was blessed
in possession, how iniich of hope in prospect.
He may be now a hardened and desperate
man‘ but we will never believe that, as his
young days were thus passing before him,
and the reverend forms of his parents come
back from the grave, and the trees that grew
round his birth place waved over him their
loilage, and he saw himselfonce more as he
was in early life. when he knew crime but
by name, and knew it only to abhor-—-we
will never believe that he could be proof
against this rnustering ofthe past; he might
be proof against invective, proof against re-
proach, proof against rerrtonstrance; but
when we brought memory to bear upon him
and bade it people itself with all the image-
ry of youth, we believe that, for the moment
at least. the obdurate being would be subdu-
ed, and a sudden gush of tears prove that
we had opened a long scaled up fountain.
Silk Cultu/re.—We learn thiit Mr. Robert
Sinclair, of Baltimore, has raised in his co-
coonery, the past season, one hundred bushels
of cocoons, which he has disposed of to ad-
vantage. A Mr. Allen of Brockport in this
state devoted eight acres of his farm to the
silk cultitre, and was so well satisfied with
his success that he has since appropriated 14
acres to the same purpose. Several of his
neighbors have each raised, with small at-
tention. from 50 to 60 bushels of cocoons. Us
in all cases, at a less expense than the boun.
ty allowed by the state.—Jaur. of Com.
Dcwtlt of Alc:i:a.nder.—-When Alexander
was at Babylon, after having spent a whole
night in carousing, a second feast was pro-
posed to him. He went accordingly, and
there were twenty guests at table. He drank
the health of every person in the company.
and then pledged thetii severally. Aftertltis
calling for Hercules’ cup, which held an in-
credible quantity. it was filled, when he pour-
ed down, drinking to a Macedonian of the
cornptmy. Prott-as by name; and afterwards
pledged him in the same extravagantbumper.
He had no sooner swallowed it than he fell
upon the floor. “Here. then.” cried Ceneca,
describing the fatal effects of drtinkenness,
"this hero, unconquered by all the toils cf
prodigious marches exposed to the dangers
of seiges and combats, to the most violent ex-
tremes of heat and cold, here he lies. subdued
by intemperance. struck to the earth by the
fatalcup of Hercules”. In this condition he
was seized with a fever, whichin a fetv days,
terminated in death. No one. says Plutarch
.-ind Arria, suspected then that Alexander
him to his end was wine, which has killed
many thousand besides Alexander.
Prince Albert was 22 years of age the
26th of August last.
was poisoned ; the true poison which brought‘;-,,, _
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