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N UMBER 171--NEW SERIES.
0. S. Ferry,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Mallox-y’s Building.
Oflicc hours from 8 lo 12 o’clucl:, A. III. ; and
from 1 to 6 o'clock, P. 111.
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r. s-. G. A. BissEI.L,
Attorneys and counsellors at law.
Omce over J. Mallory 8;. Co.’s:Storc,
NORWALK, C-u1\‘N.
' George A. Davenport,
Attorney and Counsellor at law.
Ofice I'Vest Side l/is .B'nr.lge,
‘ NORWALK, CONN.
. J “'eRuzvze.ts,”°‘
DEALER IN ‘I-‘()Rl<IlG.\' AND I)(.‘Ml‘2.*'l‘IC
staph: &’;lft1t1t.‘i_) illlry (boobs
CAR PETING
Carriage Cloths a nd ’l‘riimtmngis.
CL€}'fHS, €;IS§IflIEIi.Ec‘l, i”'ES'.l‘li‘\’f§i<l,
Shootings. E12; 121291 5. Baits (3.96.
‘ ___ia_gRvy A LK, of.
Wm. W. Eéarramore,
M§§E3%%i.iitiil
Corner 0/ Slate ct-ml Zlfoiw. Slreelr,
BRIDGICPORT, (.‘Ot\‘N.
JEPHRF Auswrsozts
as -; _ , , ,_
Matti toss
Over F. St. Johnds Store,
NOl{\V.-'\LK.C'1‘.
Likenesses
District of Norwal/c ss Probate Court, March
'27/72,. 1851.
S'l‘A'l'E of HARVEY SQUIRE, late of
\Vilton, in said »(llo‘ll'l(:f, do-ceased.
’I‘lte Adntitiistrator i'eprese,ttts the estate in-
solvent, and prays the appointment of Cotitinis-
sioners thereon.
' ‘()r(/ercz/—'l‘ltat Commissioners to receive
and examine the claims of the creditors of said
estate be appointed at the probate office in
Norwalk on the 12th day of April, 1851, at
9 o’clock forettooit; of which all persons in iii-
terest‘ will take itntice, atid appear. if they see
cause. and he heard tltereon, and said adniitiis-
trator is direct-‘cl to give notice tliereof by pub-
lislting this order in it newspaper printed in
l*"airfieltl county. and by posting a copy of this
order on the public sign-post nearest the last.
resitleitt-e of said deceased in said \Vilton at
least ten days before said l‘2tli day of April.
GEORGE A. DA VF.t\’POR'I‘, Jitdge.
. BR().i\DCLO'l‘HS.
GASSEMERES,
AND VE5_TlNGS.
I] I2‘. largest. best and cheapest assortment
evot nll'ei'ed in this town is to be found at.
the store. of the 2~‘lli).~T(.'l‘ll)Gl'. attd all gotitls put‘-_
t-liased will be cut by one ofottr fii'.~.t-class tailors
free ofexpetise to tho ptirt-ltaser.
C. J. GRUMAN.
P2 int your Buildings & Fences.
>'-A;\'Fl'll{D liasjttst rec'd a quantity of
O stipr.-i'iot'fllineralPaint,warrantctl equal
to atty Paint ever lit-,t'oi'e offeretl to the public.
It is proof agaitist. fire, water atid weatltet-—it;
is ttttchattgealile, in its color——it mixes readily
with any kind of oil, and is it l)t“-tll,lflIUl dark
brown or freestont-. color. 'i‘his Paint rec’d
the preinittttt at the N. Y. State Fair held at
Albany itt 1850. in competition with the Ohio
F'ire- proof and S(*?\'t‘l'llI other mineral Paiiits as
superior to anytltiitg of the kitid in use for
cheapness and durability. Nunierous certifi-
cates ofits superiority have been given by those
who have tested it. of wliiclt tliese are two:
lVa.rra2ite.rl to plmse all good jirrlgcs
R F U L C U R E S I
‘ // '~;//.%_j.’
'..4/7'»;
CAl.‘i'ifliiAL!iGilA;
FOR THE COMPLETE cuss OF
Coughs, Golds, Influenza,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Spitting
of Blood, and all other Lung
Complaints tending to
CONSUMPTION.
7-IWHIS S_\‘t‘tlp contains no Opium, Calomcl.
or any mineral whatever, but is compos-
ed entirely ofthose roots. lierbs, and vegetable
substances which have itspecific influence tip-
on the lungs. and their connectetl 0l'}_'tt,l].~‘. Its
immedia/ec,[f'ccl is to allay all irritation, at d gett-
tly remove the phlegm and other morbid set-rn
tions from the. throat and air-passa;:es; tlttis re-
lieving the cough. b_t,I subilui/zgt/Icin_fliunr1uzli‘o7i
and other causes wlzitfh give rise to it. ltalso
stimulates and imparts a healthy tone. to the
lungs tlieiitselves. thereby enabling them more
thoroughly to remove front the blood those impu-
rities and diseased partir:lt-.s. which, if retained,
do so much miscief in the systetn, a- d lay the
foundation for incurable Consumption. It also
exerts a decided action npon the skin. and as-
sists nature in expelling. tlirongh the exhaletits
mtich of t.hat morbid matter whit-.li would oth-
erwise be thrown back tipoii the lungs, thus re-
lieving them ofa part: of their work, and ren-
deringthe system pure attd healtlty. \Vlten
tubercles are forming. it cliecks their develop
ment and fut-tlter pro_gress: or if ulceration has
taken place. it. assists the lutigs in t.lii'owittr.,: off
the corrupted m=itter.sooths the irritation. heals
the ulcerated cavities. atid restores them again
to healthy action. Tltis medicine.tltet'eliire,
is not. a palliative merely. which only relieves
for the time being, but. is a t/ioroirg/L curalitrc,
as it strikes at the very root. of tliedisease, and
by removing it, removes at once all its retttnte
and attentlatit conseqtteuces. ’l‘liisis its t/i's.'7'n-
gui.slz._ing c/taraclerislic—a properly posse."-:se.(l
-in equal power. by no other ititicicitie of like
nature now .lwl'oro the public.
' CIIICUL.-\RS'. &C.
As no onlinat-y-sizetl atlvettisetnent. can fully
explain the nature and merits oftliis artit-le, the
Proprietors have pnblislietl a new circular. giv-
ing the /tistory ofr.’zis nicrliciiie ; tho rlc.s-criplion.
natu.rc,t‘j‘.:.. of is principal ittgredients, the ell‘.-ct
they are designed to’ have upon the ltittgg and
liver. and a copious reforetit-e to the ',‘3crs/ms
who have been curetl by 2'/.——-giving ‘heir names
and l‘eSl(I6ll(:e.‘1 even to t.heit' nutnber. ’l‘liose
who are lroublecl wi/./L (1 coug/1, or whose Itnigs
are in the least effector], are earnestly dt.-.ssi'etl
to call upon the Aszents name} below. and pro-
cure one ofthose pltztatplets. It. can be had
gratis and will well repay a perusal. The
"hints on health,” and ‘* about /illilllg colcl,"
may be worth to yoat°solf and fa mtly,
HU.\’DRlCDS Olt‘ DOLLARS,
in the shape of Doctors’ Bills saved. lmsitles be-
ing to means of pi'olotig'tug many a valuable
life.
« \VARRA.\l_.,'I‘Y.
Such is our confidence in its virtues, that; we
are willing to warra/2.1 this medicine in every
case ofrecenl cold, (where used according to
the directions on page 7th oftlte pamphlet. in-
side the wrapper of each bottle.) attd where
the person is not satisfied that he. is deriving
benefit from it, by returning the bottle within
24 hours time, -.
'l‘HE MON EY
will be return (I. £2?“ See page 3d of the
pamphlet. iiisrle the wt-appet'of each bottle.
@‘ Be sure to ask for Dr. A. Roget's’ syrup
of Livcrwort. Tar. and Canchalagua, atid let
no other"be palmetl on you.
. AU io.~1.—-None genuiric. unless there is on
. _buf’fwrapper. a _noI.c of htiml. signed with
apcn. b_vA L. SCOVIl.L 6: C().
For Sale, wholesale and ret.ail. by A. L.
SCO V'lLL &‘ CO.. Proprietors, at their prin-
cipal. Depot, GOTHIC HALL., No. 316
Broadway. New York. to whom all order-s.for
the3Medicine,aod leters relating to agencies,
should be addressedpaal paid.
Also, for sale in Norwalk by J. A. WEED.
and W. E. BISSELL.
Pmicewln largo bottle. $1
" We liave used your lllll)£%l':tl paint in paint-
ing cars and ltotises and upon our road, and we
cart safely retzomm -ittl it. as it very superior‘
clteap atid dtii'alJle 'it'_licle of pztiiil.”——I'li-:.\tA.‘\'
H. I’iti:t.Ps. Superiiitendeiit Syractise. «S: Utica
Railroad. Oct. 30. I850.
“I have used a la rge qttaiitity of your min-
eral paint. and I find it to be far pi-efenilile to
to the Ohio or airy other ptiiit now in ttsi-.—it
is impervious to water, aitd titicltan_g_ealile iti
coloi-.”—-Iloiiaci-: .I0lll\'$()l\', Painter for the S.
& U Ilailroitd Co.
'l‘ltis Pttlllf is fut‘ sale by Z. SANFORD,
Agent for the iti=tttttlitcttti'et's.
\Vestpot't, Mart-lt Q4 1851. 1'2tf
George A. Eis soil,
A o lCN'l‘ OF 't‘t-its
iliiieacttti tlltittial no littsitratico Co.
Ol~‘l“lCl3 IN t\l.~‘.Lt..Ol’.Y’S tztttt.i.>tt<o.
Raymond & Mead,
XVIIOLESALE & RETAIL DEA LERS
In (}l'(l('Pl'll’S. Provisions. I“lUltl'. Feed, Salt.
l"islt. Crockery and Glass \Vare. \-Voodcn and
V‘/illow \Vai'e. Bromns, Mats. &t-.. &c.
No. :2 lVulcr s/., Norwal/t‘. Conn.
S. E. Qlmstlzead,
VVHOLICSALE 6.’. R 'J'l‘AlL DICALER IN
Groceries. l7lottt'. l’rovisions. Salt. Powder. &c,
No. 1-1 65 I6 Main st., Norwalk, Ct.
Eioltcomb 8;. Lyon,
Imrtitvrizits AND C()M.\tlsslt)N
I-lARD\VARE l\lERCI'I.-‘I-N'l‘S,
% OULD respectfttlly call the attention of
ntercliants and m:tntif'at:ttire.t's to our
extensive ztssorttiietit of IIat'tlw:ti’e'. comprising
almost. every article of English. Getntan and
Attterican iti:inaf:tcttit'e, mid we guaratttee to
you that our prices are as low as any house in
Boston or tVew York. Of this you can satisfy
_vnurself' by calling on us at 83 \-Valet‘ street,
Brid emit.
___.5_.! .... ._
Lockwood, Haight 8: Co.
MA.VUl-‘AC'1‘URI-IRS 01-‘
TIN, SHEE'I‘-llI()I\'. & BRASS \VARES
AND Ul<I.>\l'.l'IRS IN
“TOVES. ranges, ltti-traces. lteaters and
tlrntns, ltollow ware. sad irons, castiitgs,
sheet lead and lead pipe. stove pipe and zinc.
brass kettles, cutlery. porcelain. jappati and
brittania wares. china, ci'ot:ket'y mid glass
ware. Ft-titott cnamclli-d wares. brttsltes and
matclies. glass lantertis, t-hain pumps, Miller’s
water proof oil pa.~:t'.e liii|(!lilll,"_,’. ft esli campltene
atitl binning fluid. wasltittg and yeast. powders,
stove and shoe blacltittg, wrapping-paper.
weigltts, brooms. pails. tt'a\'s, bowls atid tubs.
SUIVBS, m.=ttts_ wash li.atrtls, ladies. stamps,
spoons. clothes baskets, bellows, &c., «Sic.
Ready Made Glot-hing.
Till‘) Sl]l)S(ll'll)0l' has on hand and intends
keeping a good assortment. of Ready Mantle
Clotltitig of all kititls. Also, a good assortment
of Cloths, Catssintetcs. and Vestittgs, which
he will make up to order in good style and at
slim‘! notice.
N. B. Particular attention paid to cutting.
'I‘HOé.\IAS RILEY.
Norwalk. Feb. 25.1851. 9
eacly Made Glothing.
7 ‘III F. subscriber nas taketi the store next: to
the one occupied by tllr. lsaacs. which
he ltas filled with a choice assortment of ready
made clothing, caps. hats, umbrellas. Etc. Per-
sons intending to purchase will do well to call
and examine his stock, for he will sell goods as
cheapas can be found elsewhere ~ .
H. M.-IGNER.
Norwalk. Jan. 13th, 1851. _ 2
Arrival of New Spring Goods.
’ ‘H E sul)5‘(:|'lI_)H|'S have constantly on hand
a large assortment. of Ready Made Cloth-
ing of all kinds. descriptions. and sizes. which
\ ill be offered at unprecedented low prices.—
Atty person wishing a good suit of Spring
clothes at a less price than they can he put‘
chased at any other establishmeiit in this
town, is respectfully invited to call at the store
of LITHAUER 65 TURK.
Teas. _
UBLIC attention is called to the large
stock of green anti black teas now offeretl
RAYMOND 62. M RAD.
by
AZORS.—‘\V. 6.: S. Butchers’ and Joseph
El|iott’s celebrated Razors of almost ev-
ery pattern, wholesale mid retail by
. HOLCOMB & LYON:
.00; or six bottles
‘Of .
‘ 83 Water st. Bridgeport.
BY A. H. BYINGTON & co.
NORWALK, CT. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, .2351.
POETRY.
The Bride’s Return.
She ltttth her wisli-—foi' which in vain
She joined in restless dre:tnis—
" Oh ntotlter is this liotne again !
[low di.-solute: it stflflllsl
Yet all the dear fiiuiiliat things
Lnnk as they did ofynrc: -
But. oh! the change this sad heart brings-—
This is my home ito inure.
“ I left tlit-t:—likc the dove ofold
I left my parciit brea.-t——
But on life's waste of waters cold,
My son! hath found no rest!
t\tl(.l.I)ti(,‘l( the weary bird is cotiie,
Its woes, its tvaititlvriiig o’ct,
Nc’ci' front thy holy ark to roam,
Yet, this is tiny home no tiiroc.’
“ Oh, mother. sitig m_v childltood songs,
'I'lti-y fall like stittiitiet’s rain
Oti uni waiiit he.-irt. that vainly longs
'I‘ol)e all thine agtiiit!
Speak contfort to inc 1 call iite yet
" Tin t\lAiti"'—as of yore:
Those words cottlu tiiake UN-E half forget
Tit.-it. this is lionic tto more.
“ Sit near me! Oh this hour repays
l.on}__{ _\‘t3tll‘.~l of lonely paitt :
Ifcct as if the old ltri~,_:lit da_\,-‘s
\Vct‘e all come back agaiit,
My lie.-it-t bt-ats thick \Vltli happy drc:mis—-
Mint: eyes with tears rtttt o'er!
'I‘ltott'rt with me mother! Oh, it sectns
Like liouie—oUic homo once more !
Oh, home and iiiotlicr! can ye not
Give back my ltc:trt's glad youth ’?
The \‘l.~2ltJlla‘ wliicli my soul forgot,
Or learnt in doubt their truth!
Give b:ick my cliiltlliood’s peaceful sleep.
Its aiuiless hopes restore!
Ye catiiitn! Mtitlter, let me r.-cep-
For this is home no mote!"
Tbott tnoitrner for departed dreams!
()ii earth there is no rest.
When grit.-l'ltai_lt troiihlcd the pine streams
Of ttiemory in thy btcast !
A shadow on thy path shall lie
\\’ltcrc stttisltiiie laiiglietl hcfot'c‘.
Look tipwartls-—-to the happy sky !
liurtli is thy hottte no more!
The S§’i08lBl-'.-lli€l'.
“ Act well your part, there all the honor lies.”
The §lI0(’lll‘tl\Pl' sat amid wax and leather,
\Vttli lap-stotio over his knee.
\Vliere snug in his shop, he defied all weitther,
Drawiiig his ql.l£ttlel'S and sole together-
A happy old titan was he.
This llappy old man was so wise and lmowing,
'l'lit- worth of his time he l-mew;
He, l)l'l.<llt'(l his ends and kept them going.
And fell to each momt-nt a stitch was owing,
Until he got. rotttid the slice.
Ofevei'_V deed his wax was sealing,
Tito t.-lnsittg was firm attd first ;
'l‘lte prick of his owl nevi-t' (,‘tlll>‘('(l ll feeling
Ofpaitt to the toe; and his skill in //cclitig
\Vas pet'.(.'(:l. and true to the lust.
\Vhette.ver you gave him a foot to t'tteasut'e,
\'v"ith gentle and skillful hand.
He took its proportions with looks of pleasure
As if you were givitig the t:ostlie.-t. treasure,
Or dubbing ltiiii lord oftho land.
And many it one (lid he save from getting
A Ievt-.i‘. or cold or cough,
And tmtny a foot. did he savr. from wetting,
\Vlien, whetlter in water or stiow 'twas setting,
His shoeing would keep il]t‘lll off.
\Vlieti he had done
inetitling.
\Vitli liopezttida peaceful breast,
Resigning his awl. as his thread was eittlitig,
He passed front his bench to his grave
tlescetiditig
As high as the king to rest.
"“ ttttisc1ti.i.;tt\*v.
_ . . . . , . . __?,_._._._._____
with his making and
Patent Later Saving l<‘liii‘td.
on now A !Al\‘1il-IE our [315 ri.\'ci:r.s BURNT‘.
The following liumorous itccotint of a vial
of Washing Ftiid was tnatlc. iii the follow-
ing ttiannt-r which is condensed from the
Boston 1_\-lt)s(-3!]!!! :
“ Don't tnake yourself uneasy about the
children’s dresses, ladit-s,” i,'Xt.'lttllIli:(.l ti labor-
savtng fluid-man, "lhave a :-tv bottles of
the ll‘\fltlSpl1l‘elil. wzislting-fltiitl in my trunk,
that will in five minutes time, without the
lt«'I‘l._~l. labor or lllCUllV5l'llF.‘ll(.‘B in the world,
tna'm, rt-tiovatc the (lte.~si~s in a ntattnrttltat
is truly astonishing, and "bring back the color
to a few shades brighter than the original
tint.”
A raw-lioncd Vcrmonter, sitting by our
side, and who until this time, kept as silent
as a pine slab, hero drew up his long neck
and cxclaitncd:
“ Strzmget‘, you'll oblige me much by dis-
cotttiztttitig your remarks about. your internal
‘.‘.'i1Slllll,-_3 fluid ,' for I atii in rather good liu-
mor to-day, and I don’ wish to be ri/et'l‘.' I
once purchased a bottle ofthat stuff, and it
came nigh ruining me for life, and I've tak-
en an oath to lick the first man who ever
offers the another bottle. I could tell you a
yarn on that subject, that would bring the
lt.'ttl'S to your eyes; but of course no man
wants to heat a yarn now.”
The Yankee proceeds with his yarn thus:
Having on such an application, made it pur-
chase, he proceeds to dctail, his experiment
“i‘/ly'plll'CIl3S8 was on a Saturday after-
ncon about three o’t'lock, and I took my big
black bottle of fluid, put it in my coat puck-
et and startcdfor home. Now thinks I 10
myself, my wife always pick: up he!‘ Clfillles
on Sunday night. and does \VaSIlll'lg Moticlay
morning, after breakfast; and so it would be
a good joke for me not to l('l. her know any-
thing about the blessed fluid, but got. tip
Monday morning, while she is asleep, put
the clothes in a tub, pour on the fluid, stir
‘em with a stick and hang them up to dry.
‘ Lord !’ said I to myself, right in the street,
as loud as I am talking now, ‘ l’ll do it, by
gitl2(.'t‘_, if] have to get up at two olclock l’
So when l gets home Ijnsts takes the bottle
of fluid out in the wood shed, and pokes it
up on a high shclfainong a lot of old beer‘
bottles and blanking-boxes, and went a wist-
ling around the house just as if nothing had
happened.” ' _ ‘i
» “Saturday night I went to market just as
usual ; and Sunday we both went to church
in the forenooo,and staid to home nod walk-
ed about ounfuturejprospcctsin the afternoon,
but I kept at keeping still about the flut1l,and
do the washing the next morning just the
same as ever. But I didn’t sleep much that
night I kept a thinkitig about strirring up
that tub of clothes, and getting ‘cut out to
dry before dayligltt. Once I got into it llltlc
short doze, and I dreamed I was swimming
across -3 deep river of gushing-fluid, and the,
rocks: at the bottom and both sitles were all
pctrifietl shirt-bosotns and pillar-cases, and
there was an old waslierivnmati on the banks
of the river, who kept a stirring us up with
a long pole. I reckon I woke tip about
five n’clot-k; for ’ttvas just about half be-
tween daylight and dark, and I could just
see the leastcst streak of light in the world
among the Clouds around the tops.of the
green iitotintains. l ttirns over and looks at
wife and site was sleeping as sound as a dead
salmon ; so I carefully slid otit. o’ bed, litir-
ried on my clothes, and in less than ten min-
utes, had the old wash tub filled clear to the
top with all my wife’s white. clothes, and all
I coul-l find of my own. I poured in about
a puilftiI~and lialfofclean mitt-watt-r,zttii.l then
goes out into the tvoodslietl, takes down the
bottle of fluid, walks back to the tub, pours
her all in! Lord! but ’twould liave done
you good to hear it sis !
“ Well,” says I to myself, “if that’s the
oirt comiuo; out, it niztktes a good deal of
noise. about it any way ; and I guess its do-
ing tip the thing ltzttitlsotmly.’ So alter
letting it ..~'2'.s- for about a minute, I takrs up
an old broom handle that was slautlitig near
and wli..tllops the things about like a l.-tntb's
tail in fl_v time, f r about three ntiiiutt-s, and
then 1:tli't.'S hold Eof ’cm [with my hand
to string them otit upon the fL‘lltT('. But
gentlt men yon’tl better‘ believe I dropped
that en; pile o’ duds mighty sutldcu !——b;lin’
water \vasii’t a circtitnstztttcc to3’t-tn, allllillfoftf
IC0l]I'.l get my hands into a pail of lrt-sli
water, I thought my soul l slinultl lose ’t.~m
both. For about. a tninutv,l was as in.-ttl
as a scratcltcvi kitten, I finally llloltghl I
wotildn I wake up my wife with my bi llcr-
lug, but hang out the l~ilttt’ duds with l.lll'
l‘l‘0t’tfll‘lltIl!ll'(’. and In ’cm {ll‘(‘.'ll'l and dry on
the f’-race.-; but the pl:t;gu_v tltiutgs lit_-.V('l’.C-.‘)Ul-
91.’. to the lust miittiu-, and every time :1 drop
of the pe.-lty flttttl s;:l.ttt-it-d on my hztnrls or
t'.-tct~, it burnt worst: than a halt btislttl full of
live coals l soon got l.ll'(‘l,l of that sport,
fiowevor, and l-t-llirc I had out on the fszttce
halfof u hat was in the tub, l just wa.-licil
my liautls and face and Sift‘:-1l€f.'(l it t.fi'to bed.
But I roul-lit’tslt2ep a wink: my lllllltls pain-
etl me. so that I lit!!! to l;t-e_n a blowing on
"em to keep f.otn hillctittg, so says I to my
avift», says I-— V
‘Susan ltat:'n’t you I)t;‘i.l_L‘.l’ got up and put
your c;oth-.-5 to soak ‘.3’ ”
“ Ho, it-ti-ni," stays slit-, t'lll.)I)lrtQ’ her eyes
with hot tiittmbjoitit and l-.'intl if’ tvinkinq
as ifslie “'8: half 21 sleep. “ Yes, Jol;n. II
_§__fll{"$5 I had ; but how long lizi. c you beeii
atvttke P"
"' Oh, somctin‘t.r~," says I, I.-lowit.=5_: tnv
ltztnds, and digging my legs with my IOLi-
natls all the time to keep ftotn. gtcattittgz;
but ,«_-rt up now, Sttsazii. do, tlt.-ar, or yot.-’ll be
late with your bi'eal.'.‘a:t, and I ve got to go
out of town this iiiot'attig' on important busi-
tiess.”
“ if that’s the case,” says she, “ l’llccrtain.
ly htit'r_V ”
“ You may depend tipon it, gentlemen, I
was in a mighty llllt.’0lI]f0illll)lB fix about
that time! I wanted to §_'l'()t1ll like a (lying
horse and have some:-thmg cooling wrapt
around my lingtws; and tlten ttgztit'i, I didn’t
want to tnake any tioise, till wt :3 had seen
how nice I had fixed licr lltings. Vcll, wife
slle l]llt'l'lPtl and dressed lierselfzmtl wort: out
into the ki'.t:l:eti to fill up the tttb, and in a
few minutes! overboard but say to herself,
says she—— I
"G'.l0:l licatrens and earth! What does
all this mean! I never put these things to
soak! John! Jolinl John! Get up and
come Ilt'X‘&’, 410’
I am under strong impressions,gentlemen,
that this customer wasn’t very slow in his
movements about that time; for in less than
forty seconds, I was tltc-.ic, and says I-—-
‘ \'Vli21l'5 the milllfl‘-l‘,Sl1.:t1n? \Vhut’s the
matter ?’ ”
“ Why do look here,” says s'ne“sotnebody
has put allfniy best clothes in this tab and
then put some.-thing on them which has in-
tirt--ly ruined them l”
“ Ha, ha, ha !” says I, “ well Susan, I sup-
posel titiglit as well own tip the tbejoke at
once, for my lianils ache so that I can't hold
in any longer. lt’s nothing but ’ll'a:~‘/Lillg-flllifl
and it cleans the clothes witliotit any 'rtib-
hing, and it’s well it does, for no pair of
hands in this world coultl stand it to do the
rubbing. I got up this morning while you
were asleep, and done up the whole wasliing
and hung part of ’cm out on the fence to
dty.”.
“ W'hile l was saying this Wlft‘, she took a
little stick, and in trying to ltft out ofthe tub
one of her —ot that is—onc of her gartncots
—by ginger l the tarnal thing burst in two !
right tlirotiult the tntdtllo .7 one half lIOlt.llTl£I
n
V
oti to the stick and totlier half tailing back
into the tub! Although I was stiflerin’ front
my burnt hands, and was as rnad as a Ljret,-n
monntuiu ratarnotirit, at what the internal
_/luicl had done, I cotiltln’t a keptliotit laugh-
ing at that motneiit, if l’tl diet! for it.”
‘- Wile took a peep at the clothes on the
fence-—called tip the young doctor to dress
my hands, and then seidown and had a good
crying spell. The Doctor hurried into the
room, and after seeing wife a sitting in the
rocking chair a crying, and me 1! \Vall\'ing
the room, and gro:-icing like it fall wind in a
graveyard, says he——
“In the name of colonial and hot-jalep
wb2it’s the matter now 2”
_“ Nothing particnlar,”soys I, “only l’ve,
burnt up all the clothes in the house and
both my hands with a ‘bottle of tltumlcritig
washing-fluid that I've been experimenting
with.” .
“ The Doctor looked at my hands, and
says he-—-'
“ Where’s the bottle ?”
didn't let on but what I expected she would,
“ Out. on the doorstep,” says I'..
AT TWO DOLLARS Plf.R._ ANfN_UM., _
CA ilatltilp Nctuspapcr-~-llflcvntrh In flitcratnrc, ®ct1r:tal;‘lt1t_2lli:gc11£2, ipolitits, Cltgrirulturlc, .’2\rt5 anh filautufarturts.
VOLUME )fXXIV.--NUMll.I*3R 14;
“ The doctor went and looked at the bot-
tle, and then went out into the waodshr-‘d and
took apeep at the old beer bottles and black-
ins:-boxes, and after stvenring a little to him-
self, came back into the kitchen, and says
he—-
“ V\ ell you have immnrtalised yourself,
and no mistake, and you shall be known
liereafter as the lV.-asuiivo FLUID Enam-
Mt-‘NTER ”
“ What in thunder are you laughing at?”
says I.
“ Why,” says he, “ your bottle of washing
fluid stands out on the shelf where you put
it, I suppose; and you have used a quart
and a half of the best quality of oil of vitriol
that I've had on hand these six months.’
“Gentlemen, I’m a man that dou’t. use
profane litngatige only in extreme. cases, but
if I didu’t make the atmosphere in that room
blue for a. few moments. then ’twas because
I ditln"t know how. I went and stnashed
the uncorked bottle of fluid. and swore eter-
nal enmity to everytliing of the kind, and
we've always washed otir clothes in the old
fadiioncd way ever since; and if a titan ever
offers me a bottle of the infernal stuff again
he has got to be a smarter titan titan I am
or take 21 thrasliing ”
By the time out loqtiacious Vcrmonter had
finished his very itttcrcstitig washing fluid
story, out stage had arrived at Vienna, where
as good luck tvottlti have it part of our pas-
sengers lcll, inclutling all ofthe chiltlren,tmd
the dealer in patent transparent washing-
flnid, so that during the remainder part of
the trip we had at very lively and pleas:-tut
time.
THE W"IE)0V/'.
A TRUE TALE.
It was a bitter night. 'l‘lie snow had been
E-illititg in fl:-ccy flights (luring the gt‘eutci'
portion of the day, and the cold was so iii-
lt‘ll:(? lllal. little. Int.-iticss of any kid} had been
ptosccutctl by the indtistrious and enterpri-
sing ClIlZt?tlS of the Vlllitgt‘. Niglit had suc-
cct-.t‘e:l dziy. 'l‘l‘ic snow and sleet were de-
sct-iitliiig and the spit'it of tltc storm seemed"
to bowl arotiad the house, and through
the di.~tant n:otznta;ti. ”
Islr. f.{owlantl hail returned from his count-
ing ltouse at an earlier‘ hour tltun tisnul.-—-
Supper’ had been S(’l'\'éj:tl, and the family had
gtttlitaretl around the spmltliiig. lit»-. The
cliiltlrcn liad been put to bed in an adjoin-
izig l!}.tllll’.’H‘lll, and Ilictiifuiit was Eli.-epiiig
in the (‘l'ltLllt' truth-t the iittnieiiate notice of
its lli0Iltl’l'. Illt‘. ’u.\\'latitl was reading a
t:cws,apct, and as the lltful blast moaned
arcttiitl his L'(llltlltf)tll(t‘Jé t,lwt»llttig he wottld
tntke 5Ull’:t-l'L'Ill:tl‘.l{ l‘L‘litllVt.’ to the St':Vt_‘|'i{V
of the wctitliei‘. ftlts. Iimtlaitd was p.-tttiitiC._'
the fl:.txitig curls upon the lit-ad of the Sleep-
ittg baht-, and oct,-a.<ional|y sltc itnprtntt.-tl
the ‘.‘.'2‘ti'llt kiss of inatcrnal affection upon its
l'llLl(l:,' clietk.
I§‘t1L.l(l‘.’lil_'y' S()mE.'Ot'tt‘. rapped at the drier.-
lt wasoponetl, when a little girl, about seven
yc:-2t"s ofagc, was admitted. llcr scanty ores.-.
wastattcrcd and torn, a ragged quilt thrown
?1t‘t’=llllt'l her sbottl-.lcts, and a pair of mist.-table
(7I\l shoes upon her feet. She was almost
frt-zt ti.
“ You are the widow \\7:ttkin’s daughter?”
said A-lrs. Rowland inquiring-,ly.
The little girl answt-t'ed in the affirma-
tive, and added that her ma was sick, and
wished Mr. Rowland to stop over and see her,
for she thought she would Sllftfly die.
Mr, P_.owlantl owned the place on which
the sick woman resided. Site was very in-
digent, and but poorly alrlc to pay the ex-
tt'avaget'it tent which the unfet-ling owner
g§x;1('[t_t(l_ The property was once her hits-
l;an(l’s, or rather her own: lteittg a gift from
her lather on the day of her wedding. Mr.
Watkins was wealthy when a young man,
and t-dticated for the bar, and no one secured
more like-lv to be succt:s.<.ftil in his profes-
sion. Ileiantl Mr. Rowland were early as-
sociates. The latter, a few years before the
;.ertotl at which we now find him, had coin-
mvnced the l’l-'.‘fat‘lOtlS ant! contempt tblc traf-
fic in ardetit spirits—had grown ricli--ltatl
induced Watkins to (lrink—tnatlc him
drunk, and, by degrees, a (lfllll/ti/l7(l,' and
when the poor besottctl victim was unableto
pay his debts, contracted for rum,_and partly
by neglecting his professional (ltitit-s, his for-
mer assocltilr, his. pretended friend, his de-
———-_
gm
fi__
tied a woollen comfort round his neck ; drew
on his gloves, and taking his tumbr'ella,set
and bent his way to the widow’s uncomfoitqv
ble home. . .
He found her lying on a miserable bed of
straw, with her head slightly elevated, the
only chair belonging to the house being
placed under her pillow, and evidently near
the hour of dissolution. I Mr. Rowland being
seated on a rude wooden stool, she said in I
feeble but decided tone of voice 1‘
“ l have sent for you, sir, to pay me a visit,-
that I may make you the heir to myestate.
My estate! I know you are ready to ask‘
what estate I have to bequeath. And well
you may ask that. I was once happy—this
house was once mine, it was my father's gift;
my Wedding portion. I had horse: and oxen,
and cows and sheep, and orchards and mead-
ows. ‘Twas you that induced my poor err-‘
ing husband to drink. "I‘tvas you who pla-
ced before him the liquid poison, and pressed
him to take it. "I‘was you that "took away
my horses and cows and meadows and
orchards and my own home. "Ilwas you
that ruined my peaco.,destrnyed my husband
in the very noon of life, and sent him down‘
to it. drunkard’s dishonored grave. ‘Twas
you that tirade me a beggar, and cast my‘
poor, starving babes upon the charity of a
,plIllt‘SS world. I have nothing feft bu'ttb_ese_‘
quilts—t.l1ose you do not want; yet I have‘
determined to bequeath you my. estate.
fIet'e,sir,as my last willand testament,l do be:
qeatb to you this vial of tears—they are fears
that lhave shed——tcats that you have caused,
'l‘ake this vial, wear it about you, and when,
l1er('iifl.t':t',y0ll present the flowing bowl to
the lips of a. husbttntl and father, remember
that you 11: e inheriting another vial of widows‘
tears!” I
An ltour more and the poor widow, the
widow of a thousand sorrows, the once favor-
ed child of fortune, the once love] and
wealthy bride, the once all?-ctionate wiffi and
dL‘V()letl young mother, lay cold-and sense-
less in death, and her soul, had been summon-
of to that God who saitl-—‘-"Vengeance is mine
and I will repay.”
Leroy Jenkins-
VVliile titling, not long since, in the old
county of St—tf'—d, in Va., and passing
along a rarely frequented road, I hearcfta
noise that at once arrested my attention. It
was it soliloqtiy in a very loud key, and in-
terlartlctl \VlII] an occasional oath, to prove
that the colloquist was in earnest. 'Guiding,‘
tity horse quietly in the direction of the
voit-c,I saw a fellow evidently about half
C()l‘tit.‘(.l, deliberately cutting a long hickory
switch, and talking to liiuisclf at the same
i me, with great earnestness. l thought, at-
tirst, that he intended to whip his I.-arse, that-
stood ticd hard by, and I was about turning,
off, when a new set of phases in his self tall;
2iI'l“c‘S1t.‘tl me at once, and made me the wit.-
ncss ot the following scene:
“ Well, now, Leroy Jenkins, I expect»
you’ll catch goss in a little while It won't
be long first, before Leroy Jcnklns’s hide
gets painted some. I’ll pay you, Leroy
.lel1ls’ltL~‘, for all this, you trifling cuss, you !”
Being in some doubt whether Leroy Jen-
kins was the name of his horse or of some
unexpected coiuliatunt, whose preparations,
of 11 character similar in those I have men4
tiotietl, were quietly progressing a short dis-
taticc on. Idetcrinined to wait the issue of
l.llL".‘t3lielccl.lll'(:i1l$,&:lIll'(J\VlUg my leg over my
sztddl-_: I prepared to become a calm spectator‘
of the tiglit, and perhaps an umpire when
one party or the other had got enough.
My It-it-utl of the hickory, as soon as he‘
‘nail cutand trimmed his switch, and satisfied
ltimse-lf' of its elasticity and unbroken
strength, laid it down on the ground, talking
all the time in a very ll‘l1C(‘.l]lt'l'1l. manner, of
Lerov Jenkins. Dcliberatcly taking off his
coat,~and laying it. on a log, he took up his
flail, and the fitst I heard of his succeeding‘
soliloquy, was about as follows: I
“ Now, Leroy Jcnkitts, ain’t you ashamed
of you;-self, you nasty hound-pup, and I am"
just now going to give you your bitters, you
infei'nal.ine:in reptile, you I”
In the tnean time I leaned a little forward
to catch a glimpse of his antagonist, but
though the coast was compatitively clear, I
could see no human face, save that of the
stroyer, was the first to tlocry and oppress
him. His horses and oxen were sold by‘
the sheriff: next his household and kitchen
furniture ti.-‘tire seized; and finally a mort-
Lmge was given to Rowland upon the home-
steial of the drunkard,to secure the tuni-
tlcaler in the payment of a pitiful balance in
his favor.
This calamitv did not check the prodigal
career of theiniebri.-rte. He still qtiaffctl the
lit uid polson,aml still did the licartlcss dealer
hold out inducctnents to ‘ptcwill upon him to
Sm}; lower into xvrt-tclictltiess and shame.
A few \Vt‘£‘.l{S aftcr,bc was one “morning
fntind dead in the street. I-Ie hail left the
,_,,.m._,.,-y at a very late l10l,ll'.ll1e ptleceedittg
night, in a state of intoxication. llie night
was (link, and he probably missed his way,
fell into the guilt"-r, found liimseljf unable to
get out and being stupified with ium,he
wont to sleep and froze tUd<.'21!ll-
Rmvland, in a short time, foreclosed the
ittottgage, and _the home of the tlFunk-
nrdfwife became the legal property of the
man who had destroyed hcr peact-,aud re-
duced her to bieggary and _waut. lie per-
mitted ‘net, to remain ontbe pl‘t’l'l'll5e5‘7 03391‘
ing an extravagant rate of rent. Mental
attguish,excc-ssive labot‘, W3D1"l PVQPGI “‘"“"
lshlnttlll, and t~xposu:'e,had well nigh worn
her out, and she was fast sinking into the
g,,,v,.T ,._ 1,9,3 the \V(-‘fl.l‘y are at test. No
one had been near ht.-t—-no one seemed to
care for her-, in fact it was not knovvn_eveti
her nearest neigh'onts that Slit‘ was Stclf. .
Mr, Rotvlllfld felt anxious only for his
tent, there being at that nine. astnall sum
,me_ And ‘perhaps it. is owing to that cir-
cumstance that. he so readily cons,ent_'ed to
accompany the little girl.‘ t‘ot'ue' room of her
n
speaker, and I was now very sure that he"
did not mean his horse, for he took an oppo-.
site direction. I had small time, however,
for reflection, for as his speech waxed warm-
crjhe gtejipetl alittle forward,and aimed a_
sort of back handed blow whiehdesccnded
with a keen sound and considerable force--.
mc his own back
“ There you infernal devil, take that, and
that, and that,” (s/irow, s/brow, the switch
(l(‘sCt;‘mlc‘(I.) “ That’s for your meanness,
Leroy Jenkins. Now, sir, what are you
going" to tell your wife when you get home
aI)0Utl the money you got for her eggs and
liuckleberries, you mean pup? You spent
it for liqour, did you! There take that, sir,’-"
(S/I.)’0‘l0, s/irow, .-/zrow) “ She told you,Leroy'
Jenkins, to buy her a Itiolciug-glass,sa'nd
enough calico to tmikc her a chicken-bonnet,
and where ‘are they, you darned cuss, you '3
Gone for liquor hey T’ (s/brow, shrew, shrew.)
"-VVell, I don’t care if it does hurt, it serves
you right, Leroy JBnl\‘lltS,.fOl' making a
beast of yourself, and fooling your poor
wife, you mean whelp,you- You know,»
sir, when you left home she told you that
you couldn’t. pass Sirnpsons’s withoutspend-‘
log all that money. You know she did.don’l:
you? Now, sir, take that,” (slrrow, shrew,
.s'/irow,) and didn’t you‘ promise her, Lt.-‘roy
Jenkins, that you 3tvopldtt’t go Dem‘ Simjpv
..)ns's and you would be-sure to buy.
nice ,t1!ass,and the pro-tticst kind tiff" '..1t:,ofi
serl mean dog you. A Ye.=,sit',‘yo't1 kiigw you-'
desceitdt-.tl with fiighzfol I{t3Clll)t‘$.S,‘)' "‘ and‘
as to go by Sitnpsons’s at. all when you saw
Tom Walker standing in the door ready to
,_sick mother. He drew 00- his '0V€1'¢°al;.,
out through the drifting snow and sleet, ,
for heir bonnet? Didn’t you, now, ,_
did,“ (s}z7ow,sI1,/‘aw, s]2.r0’w,aii(l ihe‘!t'io'kory7 M
Leroy Jenkins, vvhat made you such a 'fo'ol375'
treat you-, and _to',_clt-ink--alll your money up? '
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