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NUMBER 161--NEW SERIES. N01tWALK, ‘OT. TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1851. ~ ‘-.:vbL'iiME XXXIV.--NUMBER-4; 7
L ' 0. S.:E'erry,‘ .,
‘_ Atto1'ncy and Coiinscllor at Law.
, if Mall0ry9s Building.
Qficc-hours from 8 to 1:2 o’cl0c/c, A. 111.; and
from 1 lo 6 o'clock, P. III.
C. 8:. G. A. BISSELL,
.lIttorncys and cciinsellors at lair.
Ollice over J . Mallory 8:. C0.’s Store,
NORWALK, CONN. ,
George 11. Davenport,
_’Attorney and Counsellor at law.
Oficc W'est Side Z/ii: Brulge,
NORIVALK, CON .
C. J. GRUMAN,
- DEALER IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
staple Safaitrp Elm monbs
CA R P E T l N G
lflarriage Cloths and Trimmings.
CLOTIIS, CiISSlfi‘t'ERES, VES'l‘lNfilS,
Sheetings. Flannels, Batts &c.
N 0 R W_.f‘._'.-J£:.,9T-
_ film. tit. Nerve-.more,
3AGilE§tl at ~
r ill fl ll fidffil
Coivzcr of Slate and Zlfain. Streets,
BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
.§'€}>E<EI‘§3' .'.-"~‘.-‘=..'!l.3tE£"=’.5§“.‘ER§
T ,"v« _ * T‘: _
DASESERE-i-.l.éi*l fidlvid
Over F. St. Jeiiinis Store,
t\’OR.\V.-\L1{, CT.
Eiitaenesses
Sale of ‘Valuable Real Estate".
'i:N’pursuance of an order from the court of
.. probate for the district of \Vestpoi't, direct-
ing the sale oftbe real estate of H. Allen, late
of \Vestport, dec'd——-will be sold at auction on
the premises, on \Vednesda_‘-_v, the 29th inst.,
(unless previously disposed of at private sale)
the followiiig real estate, viz;
No. 1. A tract‘ of land in Westport, above
Bnvis’ bridges, joining land of Levi Coley and
others, in quanlity.2() acres more or less.
No. 9.. The branch factory property with all
the iriachinery, embracing 1260 spindles, 30
looms, and everything necessary for making
printing cloths; dwelling houses for 8 or 10
families, and 4 acres of land. A new and im-
proved water wheel put in a year ago.
' No. 3. 487 sliarcs ofthe stock of the Rich-
mondville Manufacturing Co. This property
consists‘ of a laige stone building 40x90 feet,
with superior water power, mansion house and
other smaller dwellings, barn, shop, &c. with
the machinery and tools in the mill, and about
25 acres of land.
with the lot. near I-I. Nichols’ hotel-
No. 5. The house and lot in the villiige,a
few rods north of the -bridge, occupied by Mr.
Lloyd. A
No. 6. The house and lot on the Conn. turn-
pike, ;} mile east oftlie village.
No. 7’. The homestead place where Capt.
Allen formerly rcsided———a convenient dwelling
house, barn, carriage house. &c. with.an excel-
lent orchard and it great variety of choice fruit,
about a mile east. of the village.
N0. 8. A tract oflaiiil near Eli Brot.lierton’s.
a mile north of the village, joining land of D.
Andrews, Meeker and others, in quantity 17
acres more or less.
No. 9. A tract of land near Bradl'ord.Ierrod’s.
joining liind of David \Vhitney and others, in
quantity 10 acres more or less.
No. 10. Two lots near ‘\Vm. A. Batterson’s,
in quantity 7 acres more or less. ,
No. 11. A lot ofland near James Allen’s,in
quaiit'it.y about 5 acres. .
No. 13’. The lot. in the village, directly west
oftlie CGll_£Z.(.'lltl.l'(:l1, in quantity about 2 acres.
I'Va.i'mnte(l to plrasc all good jurlgcs.
Raymond «Sc Zsfiead.
'WHOLESALE & R.ET.~\lL DEALERS
In Groceries, Provisioiis, Flour, Feed, Salt.
Fish, Crockery and (ilaiss \Vare. \Vooden and
'\Villow \Vare~. Brooms. Mzits. <$:i:.. dcc.
No. '2 lVatcr sI.., Noricul/c, Conn.
’- eorge A..- Bissell,
AGENT OF THE
American lilutual Life hisiiraiicc Co.
OF-FlCE IN MAL[.0RY’S BUILDING.
S. E. titlmstead,
VVHOLESALE A: RETAIL DEALER IN
Gi‘oci=-ries. Flour. Provisions, Sa lt. Powder. dcc,
‘No. 14 55 16 Main st., Norwalk, Ct.
Lockwood, liaigiat to Co.
MA.\'UI"AC'1'UREP.S or
TIN, SHEET-IRON, & B {ASS IVARES
‘ AND ni«:ALi~;ns ix
Stoves. Furnaces, Heaters, Ranges, Drums,
ézc., Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe. Sail Iron, Cast-
iiigs and Brick, Porcelain, Jappan and Britaiiia
VVares, China, Crockery, Glass, Flint Enam- 1
eled and Earthen \‘."nre, \Vooilcn \Vai'e, Mats.
Ma—.tches, Selves and Briishcs, Stove and Shoe
Blacking, \Vushiug and Yeast Powders, &c.
Goparttierslalp.
TH E subscriber has this day associaterl with
him in business, FREDERICK A. QUIN-
TARD, and they will continue t.he Hardware,
Piiint and Oil business, under the firm of
Sriuzur 8.’. QUlN1'ARD,‘flf the old stand.
’ \Vi\I. C. STREET.
'N. B.—Pcrsons indebted to the subscriber
will please make immediate payment.
.lV_'orwalk, Jan. 1st, 1851. \V. C. S.
.'Union of the States.
lNE\V cook-stove by the above name has
just been received by u_s ; it is the union
of-iillthe good qualities requisite for a complete
kitchen stove. It has the largest oven of any
stoveiu use, and is expressly for wood.
LOCKWOOD, HAIGHT «S5 C0.
READY MADE CLOTHENQ-.
HE-subsciibers have constantly on hand
.._a large assortment. of Ready ‘.\'1ade Cloth-
ing of-all kinds, descriptions, and sizes. _which
\. ill be offered at unpreceileiitcd low prices.—'-
Any "person wishing tl good suit ot wintser
clothes at it less price than they can be pur-
chased at any other establishment in this
town, is respectfully invited to call at the store
of LITHAUER 66 TU RK.
7’ Ready Made Clothing.
-.-{'1
THE subscriber has on hand and intends
keeping _a. good assortment of Ready Made
Clothing of-all kinds.- Also, a good assortment
of r.Clot:hs,‘ Cassiiiicics, and Vestings, which
he ,will make. up to order in good style,and at
short notice.
N, B. Particular attention paid to cutting.
‘ 5 T Ti-IOMAS RILEY.
Norwalk. Feb. ‘.25. 1850. 9
A Gard.
HE Subscribers would take this metllotl
"‘ to inform their friends and the public get)
orally‘, that they have associated together in
the.practice of Dental Surgery, and will be
happy to serve their patrons in the best; possi-
ble, manner. It is their intention to perfect
such ‘arrangements ‘as will secure_ to their
friends all the advantages that the Dental Pro-
fession tlfl',0l'(lS,',t1ll(l,t0‘6X8Cl1t6 their business
in a style creditable to themselves. \Vith many
tha'nk_s for past favors, they ‘would respectfully
"solicit a continuance of the same.
A. f;Il.l..iL,
CHAS. FITC I-1.
No. 13. 'l‘liree lots south of the f.‘-min. tum-
pike, near .IIph’in Lyons. in quantity 7 acres
more or lcss.
No. 14. The corner lot, aiijoiiiing land of
Chas \Vaketn-:‘.n and heirs of Eliph’t Stratton,
in qi.i:iiitity aboiit 4 nci'es.
No. 15. The tract called the Disbrow land,
joiniiig land of lfllialiiin El\\’O0tl,Gttt'sll0t11 Gnyer
anil 0i.l1é*l’S, in quaiitity about 14 acres.
No. 16. Tlie tract opposite Eliakim Elwood's,
bounded on Compo creek. in quantity about 13
acres—-—en'ibracing several acres ofsalt meadow.
No. 17. The tract called the Island. at the
head of She-.rwood’s mill pond, in quantity about
7 acres———about half of which is valuable wood
land. , Sale to commence at. 10 o‘clock, A. M.
A. A. HUTCHINSON, Adin’r.
\Vestport, Jan. 3 cl, 1851. 411
filteap, Reedy Z-‘lay,
r..'\*u
One Price Store.
The Subscriber, gi'atel'ul for the p.'it.ronage
liei'etofoi'e i'ei:eived from his numerous friends
and acquaintances during the past. 25 years,
would say to them and the public geiicrally,
that he is now ciiggngeil in business on his own
ar.-count, and on the circa-,u, rcacly pay, and one
7}“lCC s;i/stein . '
It will be obvious to all rt-‘fleeting minds, that,
to conduct. the lI‘.0l‘(::ll1lllel)llSln(3SS on the one
price s_7/.s‘lcm., and that it 7:-cry f0u’17)'lCC, it must
be done for i'c.=iily pay.
Additions will constantly be made of sensati-
able g0orls,t0 his already large stock comprising
an unusual variety.
The siibscriber flattersliimselfthat from his
means and long experience, together with the
help ofpoliteand attciitive clerks be will offer
greatindnccmcnts to all who may want good
and cheap goods.
SICYMOUR COMSTOCK.
Nevv'Canaan, 32111.31, 1850. 6
“Tut-:.uE=u"”s=.zsl.r:s-“.s,
AT Tm:
SOUTH NOR\VALK NURSERY.
7' "lfllf. Slll)S(Ei‘ll)el‘S rcspctztfully solicit the at-
tention of lfriiit grmvers. to their stock of
'l‘rees. consistigg of choice Apple. Pear, Cher-
i'y, Plum, Apricot. and Peach Trees , together
with :1 good vm-iety of Oi-naineiital.Trees and
Shrubs, such as, Evergrecns, Mountain Ash,
Horse Cliesnut, dzc Also, a very fine lot of
Isabella and Catawba Grape vines. Also, on the
first. of November, :1 large lot of that large deli-
cious berry the True Red Antwerp Raspberry.
Flesh firm. rich, juicy, with a fine, sweet. high
flavor. There is a small Red Antwerp, which
has been lai°gely disseminated; it is poor
and worthless in comparison with this noble
berry. Guo. SEYMOUR 65 Co.
South Norwr_z_l/c, (Jet. 26, 1850.
Raymond &. Mead.
II’/iolcsalc and Retail Dc-a.le~rs in
Grecerie s,1'i’1-o-vis ions; sac.
AVING taken the store No. 2 VVatei'
street‘, (west side of the bridge,) would-
respectfully inform the inhabitants ofthe to\vn
of Norwalk and vicinity, that; they have and
lntcnd keeping on hand the most extensive as-
sortment of Uirocries, Provisions, Flour, Feed,
Crockery, Glass, Vfooden, and Willow wave,
1
94
place; which they will sell for CASH, at
ccs l/I.(1I.(.‘(Z?iI?0/.f(l?.f (0 please.
€39 The public are respectfu
calland examine for themselves.
lly invited to
38
Boarding and D?ay'Scliioo1,
FOR YOUNG l_.A.DlES-—No'ru'al/c. Ct.
ll/Irs. Louisa A. Sinit/L, P'i‘incipal.
HE \Vinter session commences on the
first ‘vVcdiiesday of November. Terms-*-
|t‘,;r Board, and ~washing, Tuition in the En-
glish branclies,_Musi_c on the Piano or Guitar.-
Drawing. Painting, French and Latin langua-
ges—-$100 per session of five mouths--without
music $80 per session. '
Day Scholars—English studies and music,
5312 per quarter. English studies alone, prima-
ry, S-1——liighor $5 per quarter.
Norwalk, Sept. 24, 18:30.
,_ , Lost, _ ,_ ,
ROM the Waggon of the subscriber, on
Saturday. ‘evening. ‘.21st' inst., between
Noi'\vall;_vil_la_o,e,:ind \Vllton (Bald Hill.) ft bun‘
dle contiiining three pieces of Sfomestic un-
3'8
finder will be reasonably rewarded by return-
ing, or by informing _the subscriber whei'o;,it
may be found. STEPHEN RUSCO,
Residence "opposite the Methodist Chur‘ch~.
Wilton, Deceinber ‘.25th, 1850. 1t*‘,53tl'
QJHAIN PUMPS for sale by
. .i..CiC'l{‘-.1700 5‘. ll .'-_li.}I-IT 6.: CO.
No. 4. The large mansion house and stoi'e, '
die, ever before offered to the citizens of this. _
pri- . ,
bleached miislin,and halfa. dozen tippets. ' he_
POETRY.
Last Day of 1850-
The sun in gloomy vapors rose;
_The year is hasgening to the close
Of all his joys and all his woes;
Behold him shivering go
\Vhere cold oblivioii’s relics crowd.
The trees in icy weeds are bowed,
And earth -is wrupt: in frosty shroud
Of pure and stainless snow. ‘
\Vh-at mean those wailing sounds that rise;
Those dark and cloud-pavilioned skies,
\Vith thousand dim and spectral eyes, I
That. sigh but shed no tear?
. The wind that Iiowls in dirges lox '—
Tlie streams that wind with inuflled fl0w—-'-
All, all, portend the final three ‘
Of the expiring year.
And whei'efore sadness in his song--
The year who reigned so well andlong,
And led the winged and sportive throng
Of Spring and Summer on’!
Ah me! he mourns nowithered bowers,
No failing pulse. no sinking powers;
But man—liis wasted days and hours,
Alas! forever gone.
Eternal Monarch of that clime
\Vherc praise is endless and sublime,
Grant we may through remaining time,
More faithful stewards be;
That each successive dying year
May shed for us no parting tear,
But every hour and moment bear
Unfading fruit for thee.
Thy stoopingform and wrinkled brow,
Farewell! l scarce can tell thee how,
Old Eighteen Hundred li"ift.y, now
I grieve with thee to part ;
For thou hast taught. me much to prove
How like the shade of joys above,
Are mine, with friends whom purest love
Has gathered round my heart.
J. \V. N.
MISCELLANY.
Adventnirc Witch :1 Pirate.
Thcrc lived, not many years ago, on the
castcrn shores of Mt. Desert——a large island
off the coast of Mainc—an old fisherman by
the name of Jeilcdiah Spinnct, who owned a
schooner of some hundred tons burthen, in
which be, together with his four stout sons,
was wont to go, about once a year, to the
Grand Banks tor the purpose of catching
codfish. The old man had five things, upon
the peculiar merits of which be loved to
beast—-his schooner, “ Betsey Jenkins,” and
his four sons. The four sons were all that
their father represented them to be, and no
one ever doubted his word when he said that
around. The oldest was ttiiriy-two, while
the youngest had just completed-his twenty-
sixth, and they answered to the names of
Seth, Andrew, John and Samuel.
One morning a stranger called upon Jede-
diah to engage him to take to Havana some
iron rnachinery belonging to steam engines
for sugar plantations. The terms were soon
agmed upon, and the old man and his sons
immediately set about putting the machinery
on board; that aCCOmpllSllC‘Ll, they set sail for
Havana, with a fair wind, and for several
days proceeded on their passage without an
adventure of any kind. , One mornin__q,how-
ever, a vessel was dcscricd off their starboard
quarters, which, after some hesitation, the old
man pronounced a pirate. There was not
much time allowed them for doubting, for
the vessel saluted them with a very disagree-
able whizzing of an eighteen pound shot
under her stern.
“That means for u_s to heave to,” remark-
ed thc old man.
“Then I guess we’d better do it, hadn’t
we '2” said Seth.
“ Of course.”
Accordingly the Betsey Jenkins was bro’t
up into the‘ wind, and her main boom hauled
over to windward.
“Now, boys,” said the old man, as soon as
the schooner came to a stand, “all we can
do is to be as cool as possible, and to trust to
fortune. There is no way to escape that I
can see now,but perhaps it welare civil, they
will take such stuff as they want, and then
lotus go. At any rate there is no use in
crying about it, for it can’! be helped. Now,
get your pistols ‘and see that they are surely
loaded, and have your knives. ready, but be
sure and hide them so that the pirates shall
see no show of resistance. In a few moments
all the arms which the schooner afforded,
with the exception of one or two old muskets,
were secured about the person of our Down
Eastcrs, and they quietly awaited the coming
of the schooner. ' _
“ One word. more,'boys,” said the old man,
just as the pirate came round under the
stern. Now watch every movement] make,
and be ready to jump the moment I speak.”
As Captain Spinnet ceased speaking, the
pirate luffcd up under the‘_fisherman’s lee
quarter, and in a moment more the latter‘s
deck was graced by the presence of a dozen
as savage looking mortals as eyes . ever
rested upon. Y ,
"” Are you the captain of the vessel .7” asked
the ‘leader of the boarders, as he approached
the old man. ‘
“ Yes, sir.”
“‘ What is your cargo '2”
“Machinery for steam ingines.” _ ,
“ Nothing else Cl” asked the pirate with a
scorching look. ’ -.
At this moment, Captain Spinnc-t’s eye
caught what looked like a sail off to the
south’rd and easi"rd, but no sign betrayed the
discovery, and while a A brilliant idea Shot
through his mind, he hesitatingly replied:
“ VVel‘l, thei'e.is a hectic something else.”
“' Ha, and what is it Cl”
“ Wliy,sir, perhaps I had’nt ought to tell,"
said Captain Spinnet, counterfeiting the most
extreme perturbation. “ You see, itwas given
to me- as a sort of trust, an’. ’twouldn’t be
right for me togive itup. You can take
any thing elsciyou please, for I ’spose I can’t
help myself.”
“ You are an honest codger, at any rate,”
.s:i.i-;l the pirate, “but if you would live ten
their like was not to be found for fifty miles -
minutes longer, just tell m_e what you’ve got
on board, and exactly where’ it laysif’ - H
The ‘sight. of a cocked pistol brought the
old man to his. senses, and, in a deprecating
tone, he‘continued— , '
“ Den’t kill me,$ir, don’t'; I’ll tell you.—
We-’ve,_got forty thousand silveridollars nail-
ed up’a_i;id stowed away under‘ some of the
boxes just for’ard 0’ the cabin bul.khead-,but
Mr. Defoe didn’t suspect that any body
would have thought of looking for it there,”
“ Peljhaps So,” chuckled the pirate, while
his eyes ‘sparkled with‘ d_eligh_t_. .Ai_1dI th-‘en
turning to his own ve's'sel,lie ordered all “but
thi‘ée‘of his_"meh‘to jump on board the Yan-
kee. ' ' ' ‘
In a.fe\v momentsthe‘ pirates had taken,
off the hatches, and in their haste to get at
not so with Spinnet, be had his work, and
no sooner had the last of the villians disap-
peared down below the hatchway-, than he
turned tohis boys. ' ' '
-‘ Noivboys, for your lives. ‘Seth you
clasp your knife across the forethroat and
beak halyards, an’ John, you cut the main.
Be quick,'and the moment you have done it,
jump aboard the pirate. Andrew and Sam,
you cast offthe pirate’s grapplings, and then
you jump—-then we will walk into them
three chaps aboard the "clipper. Now for it.”
No sooner were the last words out of the
old man’s mouth than his son’s did exactly
as they had been directed. The fore and
main lialyards were cut and the two grap-
plings cast off at the same instant, and as the
heavy gaffs came rattling down, our five lie-
roes leaped on board the pirate. The mo-
ment the clipper felt her liberty, her head
swung off, and before the astonished bucca-
neers could gain the deck of the fisherman,
their own vessel was a cable’s length to the
leeward, sweeping gracefully away before
the wind, while the three men who had been
left in ciiaige, were easily secured.
Halloa, there 1” shouted Capt. Spinnet, as
the luckless pirates crowded around the lee-
gangway of their prize, “ when you find
them silver dollz1rs,just let us know, will
iou.”
Haifa dozen pistol shots was all the an-
swcr the old man got, but they (lid him no
harm, and crowding up all sail, he made for
the vessel be had discovered, which lay dead
to the leeward of him, and which he now
made out to be a large ship. The clipper
cut throught the water like a dolphin, and in
aremark-able short space of time, Spinnc-t
luffed up under the ship‘s stern,and explain-
ed all that lizippencd. The ship proved to be
an East ludiaman, having, all told, thirty
men on board, twenty ofwhoin at onccjump-
ed into the cllppct‘, and offered their services
in helping to take the pirates.
Ba;-fore dark, Capt. Spinnct was once more
within hailing distance of his own vessel,
and raising a trumpet to his mouth, he
shouted :
“Schooner ahoyl will you quietly sur-
render yoursclf prisoners if we come on
board '3”
“Come and try it!” returned the pirate
captain, as he brandished his cutlass above
his head in a tlircatening‘ manner, which
seemed to indicate that he would tight to
the last.
But that was his.last moment, for Seth was
crouchedbelow the bulwarks, taking deliber-
ate aiirhalong the barrel of a heavy rifle,
and an the bloody villain was in the act of
turning to his men, the sharp crack of Seth
Spinnet’s weapon rang its fetal death peel,
and the next moment the pirate captain fell
back into the arms of his men with a brace
of bullets in his heart.
“Now I” shouted the old man, as he lev-
eled the long pivot gun and seized a lighted
match, “ I’ll give you just five minutes to
make up your minds in, and if you don’t
surrender l’ll blow every one of you into the
other world.”
The death of their captain, and, withal,
the sight of the long pivot gun-—the peculiar
properties of which they knew full well——
brought the pirates to their senses,.an.d they
threw down their weapons and agreed to give
themselves up. A
In two (lays from that time, Capt. Spinnet
delivered his cargo safely in Havana, gave
the pirates into_the hands of the civil author-
ities, and delivered the clipper up to the gov-
ernment, in return for which he received a
sum of money suflicient for an indepen-
dence duriug the remainder of his life, as well
as a very handsome medal from the Gov-
ernor.
.Boo'itl1 and the fat Girl; . _
The veteran tragedian Mr. Booth, while
playing a. recent engagement in this city,
received a horrible shock which‘ might, pos-
sibly, have resulted fatally, but happily was
productive ofa much more ludicrous than
serious result. V
The renowned fat girl, Miss Anna C‘-rouse,
was exhibiting herselfat the Museum at the
time of this engagement. Mr. Booth was to
appear on Monday evening as Ricliaml._——
He was-in an exceedingly nervous,- irritable
and unhappy state, from some unaccountable
cause, all that day. Every thing seemed
wrong, and by one mishap and another he
was worked -up to a frenzy. The ,,time for
the perfor-mance arrived——Booth grew calm-
er, and commenced his work. '
The delicate fat girl, urged by -an insur-
m_ountable_desire to see the great Booth in
Richard, her experience in the drama being
limited, gathered herself together, and with
somedifficulty succeeded in gaining the rear
of the stage. Punting with the exertion’ nec-
essary to to’ get all of herself tbro‘ugh the con-
tracted entrances, she found the narrow stair-
way‘ by which Booth would leave the stage,»
and composedly adjusted herself in a man-
ner capable_ of obtaining all . the comfort.
which a‘ stair a foot wide was competent to
afibrd. I-ler bull‘: being enoi‘mou's, when sit-
ting,‘ (the fat having full ”li'c‘ense.to spreadit-'
self. -in all directions) she completely choked
np.tl1e’p‘assage, and found herself securely
wedged-between some substantial bannisters
on one sidotimd a‘firm. .brir.'.l;_ wall. on gthe
the “silver dollars,” they forgotallclse; but_
. , ‘$3 . ‘
oth'ei°'._ Though somewhat ala—med “a's‘,t<§
h‘er"ability‘to-free herself from this i.situl:itidni,
shouldvan cm_e,r_g__a_nc3i, occur, shé‘. sga-fni‘ieiit:
ly ivaitiiig for the grand burst of Booth in
the last act, a_s’the stricken king. it came
-—-the “gleath‘scene was executeil in a most
effective manner, and received the liberal
paudits of the vast assembly in front.
As wehave stated, Booth wasin a frenzy
previous to-the opening, and his efforts dur-
ing the evening made him still worse. He
was distracted-—his nervous system_ was
wofully overtaxed. ‘At the conclusion of the
play be rushed from the stage to seek his
dressing r‘oom, thinking to gain there quiet
and relief; reaching the staircase his glance
at once met Anna’s delighted fandadrniring
aze. There she sat quietly and calmly,
vvhile.Booth, waiting to make the passage,
his mind being temporarilydisordered,
could not comprehend this singular obstruc-
tion. . .
She began, however, to be quite alarmed at
the trngedian’s terrific look’. Booth was as-
tounded at the sight of. her. (He had not
chanced to see the fat girl, and, knew not
that sucha person existed.) He imagined
his vision was obscured, and that Anna was
a blind fancy of the bi‘a‘io—or else his sight
had zlouliZecl—-and yet there certainly was a
human face peering at him. He looked and
looked. He assured himself that he must be
mistaken in taking so» huge a bill for a hu-
man beiiig. Determined to satisfy himself,
he unshealhecl his dress sword merely toprove
with its point the existence of this strange
phantasy. The fear occasioned by this act
was soon apparent. Poor Anna imagined
hersclfslauglitercd, and her struggles to es-
cape were tremenclous———those horrible eyes
of Booth’s driving into her could not be
borne. Again and again she tried to edge
away,but all was of no avail—lhe bunnisters
were fearfully stout, and" the brick wall
frowningly resisted her.
But when the sword was drawn, her o’er
wrought senses left l1er—one long, loud
piercing shriek, and she so ayctl to and fro
like the wind, and finally her hcad,drop-
ping on to her brow, She seemctl dead, the
trcaclieroiis but friendly brick wall and ban-
nistcrs alone preventing her from falling.—-
Booth, by this time was perfectly insane.
He drove his sword fiercely towards her,
exclaimiiig, “ Out of the way, den:oi_i5—hcll s
tortures be thy (loom-—-wa_'v, way, 6T by St.
Paul l’ll cleave thy ruflian’s skull—stand, I
say —defend thyself, or flec—’-so that thou
giv’st me way I care not.” Foaming with
rage, he violently thrust at her, but luckily
the thick folds of her clress,and the wavering
hand that held the weapon prevented ought
but a more scratch. That scratch, howc'.'c1',
suflicc-d—“ Murder, nnurdcr, muriler,” I‘e-er'.'i-
ocd through the building, coming from the
rcvived Anna-——“ Hi.-lp, murder, oh, help,
help l” Then whata "scene ensued. Actor.-,
supernuuicraries, carpenters, and all the
mysterious beings that dwell, invisible, be-
bind the scenes. rushed towards the spot
from whence the continued and thrilling
sounds proceeded. ~
There stood Booth——palc,
eyes flashing, lips compressed, and his up-
right nicin betokening his dauntless spirii——
and there, shrinking and tri-.m'bling, like an
oVet'gI‘own lily or suiifloxver, sat the Fat
Girl—her features convulsed with fear, and
her agitated, substantial frame, heaving, with
spasuiodic jerks. On her fine forehead stood
big drops of perspiration, and her flesh
swayed to and fro like the waves of the
troubled ocean I
“Save me—-save me,” she shrieked.
“Sathanas—have at thee,” furiously cried
Booth—l’ll drive my point full at thee if
thou giv’st me not way. Draw, or by St.
George .” Here the tragedian was
seized, disarmed, and conveyed away. The
terrified fat girl was again placed erect lhro’
the kind offices of two of the strongest ropes
and pullies, and order was restored.
Booth, when told of the incident——for he
was unconscious throughout the entire night
—laughed heartily, and inadc Anna all the
i'ep'aratio‘n she would accept.\fiosl'on. Post.-
Tlné Last '1 runiip.
A student in one of the academies in
France was spending his vacation at the
house of one of his relations, whom we will
call Madam '1‘-———-. She was a very
captivating woman—beautiful, witty, and
withal, a widow.
‘At the close ofa pleasant autumnal even-
ing, this young man and his cousin, for so
Madam '1‘, was, returned to her mansion af-
ter a long and probably very pleasant walk.
It happened that during the absence ofthe
lady of the house,» the cook had invited a re-
ldlion of hers, who was a trumpeter in the
Hussars, and besides, fond of good living,
never refasinga chance at a good meal to
spend a sociable hour with her. Our couple
were, "therefore, taken by ‘surprise, at the
return of Madam, especially as there was but
one way of exit from the house. The cook,
tlierefore, as quickly as possible, hid all that
she could which might expose them; the
only trouble was, what to do with the un-
fortunate trumpeter; and after finding every
closet and cupboard too small, she advised
him to hide under the bed of Madam‘ T.,
which seemed to be the only safe place of
‘refuge.-
Madam T. soon retired to her room, afici-
having bade good night to her cousin, and
vvasjust. putting on her robe cle null, when
she beheld, upon suddenly turning round,
our student upon his knecs—in the position
that Jean Jacques made his silent declaration
to Madauie. Basile. '
“ Good heavens !” exclaimed Madam T.
perfectly astonished, “' what.coii‘sin are you
doing ’here.?- Go away immediately; what
would be said if-it were known ill-at you
were in -my c’hai"n_ber at ll‘1lS,l10U1'? Con.~iler
your situation.-and my own.” . " -
“ My. dear cousin,-’,’:replied tliefstudent, al-
most,a'-if-._not entirely, beside himself, ‘‘I caii-
not help lovin'g~yLo_,u,.and no human power
can force mc-‘benc‘e—-ev'e’n till the_l-ast trump
shall sounil.” ,_,
but cal m—his .
- At these words ouri ti-umpeter,vw'ith. -soine"-
cons_id'erable ‘effort to be’ ‘sure,-put. .bZis"-tr,-umpa.
7et. to liismouth and so uncled the.-charge.’-—’-1‘-
Ter7‘,la., la. ta, ta, ta. ;- p ,. 2 S
Madam T. screamed, the studentfled, .,_and
in the midst of’; the general con'f_iis‘ion'-the
trurnp_ete.r reached _hijs_-post, from which he”
had had leave of absence-for ,a-s,ho.rt~tit'ne.: .';i
'11lie,iiext day, Mohs.;‘R., Colonel of the’
Hussars, was amusing. the»ladies,—during one‘
of his morning ~.1iisi'ts,;.w»ith.hisI many stories.
A friend reqiiesting hiin*to' relate the’t'tdveu-
lure and the mishap, he diilso. . ,
A “Tell u_s the names! tell us the n_a_mes!”{
exclaimed-the ladies, in a breath, being desir-
ous to_ obtain any new piece of scandal. -
“ Upon my word, ladies,” replied_the_ Col,-_.
one], “I am entirely ignorant ofthem, ; but,
I would havegiven the world to have seen!
the face of the lady at the moment; it must-
havc presented a veryridicuolous appeaya.
flllcfi.” ' , . .. 1
Not halfso riiliculous as the student's did vii
replied a soft, female voices . . .. I
'. One can hardly imagine with what shouts."
of laughter this involuntary confession o_ '
-Maclai'n, T. was received, thus acknov‘vledg.-.'.»
ing herself the to‘ be heroine of“ The Last
Trump."--- Cziictmiali Enqu.z'rer.:
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V(‘ntriloqliiist’s Pranks;
The Philadelphia City Item gives the fol‘-
lowing account of an interesting incident in
an omnibus : . t
A night or two since, Blitz the the re-
nowned inagician and venti'iloquist, took a.
seat in an omnbus, containing seven or eight
passseiigcrs. The coach had only proceed-_‘
ed a couple of squares, when the driver heard
some one exclaim——
“ Hold up, hold up, I say.” _
The horses were stopped, and he looked
around smilingly for the passenger, but none
appeared. Vl7ilh an immodest exclamation
he gathered up the reins, and said “ git up.”
Pretty soon some one cried out 2
“ Stop, driver, Stop !”
The driver again stopped and looked down
into the coach, inquired what was wanting.
The passengers cycd each other,-as much as"
to su_','——“ I (.lidn’t speak.”
Again the coach rolled on, only to be
stopped at the next corner by the heart-rend-
ing squeak of a poor, run over pig. Instant-
ly each lie-ad was thrust out of the windows
to behold the death struggles ofihe grunter,
but no grunter was to be seen. In another
minute some one, exclaimed in agrutf voice:
“ Keep off my toes.”
Every one looked around,but in vain for
the man with the damaged toes. The pass.-'
en.gers were completely bcwildered. At. the‘.
next Ct‘0.":Sll'1;Illte, coach was stopped to take’
in a lady. Hardly liad she taken her seat,
before she exclaimed:
“ Let inc bc: keep your hands offme l”
The gentleman scaled next to her said
very in nocently :
“I diLln’t touchyou madam I”
And the driver looking down, shouted :
“ Look a litre, in there: lfyou’i'e a gen-
ilcman, I’d thank you not to take improper
liberties with the lady passengers. It won’t
do !” ’
The lady made an observation as the
coach rolled on, but she was not understood.
They had scarcely gone a square further,- .
when the p'i‘t.~‘S(.‘Ilg8l‘S were startled by the .
cries of an infaiit. Instantly all eyes were‘ .
iiixcd upon -.1 middle aged gentleman whd
hail a carpet bag on his lap. The man
blushed, and stamtnered out a barely intel-
ligible , _ b
“ IVhat the deuce is all this about!”
“ Let me out!” screamed a lady.
“ itlurilcr l” sliouteil a boy _.oif the steps",
whih~. three or four tugged lustily at the strap-
“ What’s the matter in there?” inquired
the driver. ,, -
" Matter enough,” replied ‘ii gentleman,-
“ take my farcout of this quarter.”
“Keep your hand out of :93} pocket,” pro-'
.4
ceedeil from some one. . _ V
“ Did you address me, sir '2” asked anoth-
er.
“ I didn’t speak at all,"gr-avely replied the"
man with the quarter.
“ Because, sir, no one shall, with impurity
accuse ” '
Again the baby was heard to cry.
“ Shame !” said some one. _ I
"- Who would have believed it '2” remarked
another, while a third (Blitz ofcoiirse shook
the omnibus with a hoarse laugh. Think-'
ing he had had fun enough, the venfriloquisé
paid his fare and jumped out of the omnibus
Scarcely had he reached the side walk how-'
ever, before the driver heard the. words
“ hold up !” from four quarters in as many
seconds, but not a pas_senger;could:he discern.
Filled with wonder he hurried off as soon‘
as possible.
A Siberian VVi'nter.'
The traveler in Siberia,during the winter;
is so enveloped in furs that he can scarcely
movc ; and under the thick fur hood whicli
is fastened to the bear skin collar and covers.
the wholeface, one can only draw .in, as it
were by stealth, a little of the‘ external air, 1
w_hich is so keen that it causes avery peculiar
feeling to the throat and lungs. The dis-'
tance from one halting place to another la’ltés‘,_
about ten honrs,- during which time the trav-
elermust always continue on horseback, as
the cumbrous dress makes it_ impossible to‘
wade through _ the snovv. The poo'r horses
stiffer at least as much as their ride_r's,=_for be-
sidesthe general effect of the cold,‘ they are
tormented by ice forming in their nostrils,
and stopping their_ breathiiig. When they
intimate this by a distressed snort and com .
vulsive shake ofthe head, the drivers relieve
them by taking out the pieces of ice, tosave
them from being suffocated. When the icy’
often burst from the effect of the cold. The -
cloud of vapor;
smokes. These evaporatious. are .insta_ntly ‘
changed into millions of. needles-of _icfio,
which fill the air,and cause a-constant slight ‘
‘noise resembling the sound" of torn satin or ‘
ground is. not covered by snow, their hoofs -
caravan is always surrounded by a— thick .
it is notonly livinghodies. -.-'
which propuce this effect-, but.e,ven the ,sn_o.v_ir,_, ,
Norwalk Chronicler