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NUMBER 194--NEW SERIES. ,
THE N0RWt‘1LlI GrlZE'I"l‘E.
A.11. BYINGTON s. co.
' A. H. Bvrsarox. ' _ H. \V.IIvA‘1'r. ,
Ojice at the foot of Jllain s'l.—4'oz5cr the store of
C. J. Gruman.
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Village subscribers by carrier-—pr yr
Mail do in advance do
Office subscribers, or those living out of
the Carrier’s district. and who call for
their papers at the office ' 1 50
Companies offive or more receiving their
papers by mail, ifpaid in advance 1 50
Terhts of Advertising.
10 lines or less, 1 insertion 50
“ 3 “ 75
16 H 1 “ 75
3 “ 1 O0
{lg Jon PRINTING executed with ncatucss
and rlcspatch, and at low prices.
C. 'I‘. CORNXVALL,
Draper and Tailor,
OU LD inform the public that he has
taken the rooms over the store of
Lockwood, Ilaight 8:. Co., where he is pre-
pared to make all kinds of gentlemelfs and
boy's clothing in a neat and fashionable manner
and on reasonable terms. He has also on hand
a good assortment of ready-made clothing. and
those in want. will find it to their advantage to
give him a call. A share of the public patron-
age is respectfully solicited.
Norwalk, June 23, 1851.
Everything for Everybody.
ll HE subscribers have constantly on hand
one of the most extensive assortments ol
Groceries, Crockery, \Voodeu and other \Vares
to be found at any other store in this county.——
Especial attention is paid to our Market depart-
ment, whcre may be bad fresh from N. Y. ev-
ery day, all kinds of vegetables, fruits, &c., &c.
of the choicest quality. Also, all kinds of shell
and other fish in their season. In short, we
keep a general family store, and are selling off
at prices which astonish everyone. Give
us-a call at our store in Main st.
ALLEN & MEEKER.
Gheaperthan Ever!
selling of at astonishing ralcs at
the old store of
GEO. VV. SMITH, SOUTH NORVVALK.
W HERE purchasers can find one of the
largest and best assortments of Groce-
ties, Crockery. 6Cc.,ever offered in this mar-
ket before. To out up town customers. (for
\ve have customers from the Bridge, cause why
we sell better articles andcheaper than others.)
we would say that we will guarantee them a
saving of 25 per cent. by purchasing of us,
which will pay for a ride upand down any day.
Call and examine for yourselves.
GEORGE “W. SIVIITH.
South No-swalk, August 12, 1851.
‘ roccries
The best and strongest certified medicine in
the world for the cure ef Dyspepsia in all its
forms—-such as headache, heartburn, habitual
costiveness, acidity of the stomach, loss of ap-
petite, asthma, piles, incipient consumption,
debility arising from protmcterl fevers, fever
and ague, exposure to heat or cold, old age——-
and diseases arising from imperfect digestion,
or a deranged condition of the stomach. It is
also an excellent remedy, and not surpassed by
any medicine in use, for females suffering from
uterine or nervous derangement,
Amongthe numerous and highly respectable
certificates, we refer to the following:
Prof. A. A. I'lA\'|~1S. M. D. State Assayer.
Frrzux-zxar Hum-za, Esq.. Boston.
.1113. C. DUNN, Esq.. City '[‘reasurer, Boston.
Hon. Mrnorz Lmvnnxcn, Ex Prest. Mass.
Senate.
Hon. L. H. ARNOLD, formerly Gov. Rhode
Island, now Member of Congress.
Hon. WM. \Voonnrunor:, formerly Gov. 0
Michigan, now U. S. Senator.
Hon. J. T. I\Iom«:ur:Ao,formerly Gov. of Ky
now U. S. Senator.
Hon. J. F. SIMMONS, U. S. Senator from
Rhode Island.
Hon. SAM’L S. PHELPS, U. S. Senator from
Vermont.
Hon \VM. UPHAM, U. S. S‘ from Vt.
Hon. Sonomox Foo'rr., M. C. from Vt.
Hon. H. D. F)s'rr-zn, M. C. from Penu’a.
Hon. M. L. I\1Au'rAiN, Delegate in C. from
Wis. Territory.
Gen. A.C. Donorz, D. C. from Iowa.
R. P. STOWE, Esq., Clerk in House ofRep.
C. C. 'I‘aowmuDGr., Esq., Detroit, Mich.
GI-:0. W. Joru-‘.5, Esq., Surveyor General
'Dubuque, Iowa:
Josnru I-loxtrz, Esq., No. 76 \Vall st., N. Y.
Many other individuals of the highest res-
pectability can be referred to, who will con-
firm all that has been said in favor of this inval-
uable medicine.
DR. GEO. B. GREEN, Proprietor, \Vind-
sor. Vt.
REED. BATES 65 AUSTIN, Wholesale
Druggist.s. No. 26 Merchants’ Row, Boston.
General Agents.
Price $1 per bottle; six for $5.
CAUTION .—Eeah bottle of the Genuine
Oxygenated Bitters, will have the outside
wrapper printed in En2lish,French and Span-
sh, with the signature of Geo. B. Green, Pro-
prietor, upon Three Sides, and in addition, a
finely engraved label upon the top of the bottle
with the signature of Reed, Bates dz: Austin,
who are the sole General Agents,and to whom
all orders must be addressed.
For sale by W. E. BISSELL, and drug-
A. H. Byington,
Ge nor an Agent for Procuring Pen-
sions. Bounty Lands, Extra and Back
Pay. French Spoliat-ions. Letters
Patent, (Sc, <3-c.
George A. Davenport,
Attorney and Counsellor at law,
Ofice West Side the Bridge,
NORXVA LK, CONN.
0. S. ‘Perry,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
llIal!ory’s Building.
Oflicc hours from 8 to 12 o’cloc/.7, A. 111. ,- and
from 1 to 6 o'clock, P. III.
C. 3; G. A. BISSELL,
Attorneys and counsellors at law.
Ollice over J. Mallory 8;. Co.’s Store,
NORWALK, CoNN.
Jfohn A. Wood,
Vvholesale and Retail Dealer in
DRUGS. MEDICINES. CH FZIVIICALS,
PERFUMERY. DYE STUFFS,
PA'I‘Ei\'T MEDICINES, &c.
IV'.st side the Bridge, o]\’7'1cu_l/.', Conn.
C. J GRUMAN,
DEALER lN.FORElGl\' AND DOM!-ZSTIC
Staph: 85J;”a1Ir1_1 Exp Giaoabs
CAR PETING
Carriage Cloths and Trilnmngs.
otorns, c.tssit1En.Es, l/'ES’l‘lNGS,
Shoe ting s. Plannels, Batt s écc.
___.___l1‘_'L"_V_"’_A.!.-.l_<.» PI-
JEEPEEN AU$'I‘EI\l"S
AEEEEERIAN REQMS
Over F. St. John’s Store,
NORWALK, CT.
Likenesses
I/Varrantezl to plcctsc all good judges.
Raymond & Rica 6.,’
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS
In Groceries, Provisions, Flour, Feed, Salt,
Fish, Crockery and Glass \Vare, \Vooden and
\Villow \Vare, Brooms, Mats, &c.. &c.
No. 2 ll/‘til-CT st.. Norwal/c, Co-rm.
TAYLOR’S FASHIONABLE
llair Cutting, Dressing and Shaving
S A In G 0 N ,
Near lhc Spring.
VI-IANKITLJL for past favors, he hopes by
strict attention to business to m erit. a con-
tinuance of the same. Particular attention
paid to cutting misses’ and children’s hair in the
latest style. Razors honed in a superior man-
ner. Tricopherus and Perfumery ofall kinds
constantly on I1and_and for sale.
1''. H. Nash,
MANUI-‘ACTURI-‘.R or
TIN, Sill?-.E'{" IRON, AND COPPER IVARES,
EALER in Stoves, Fu1naces,lron VVire
and l-lods, Brittania, Japan. '\Vood and
\Villow \Vares, Knives and Forks, Force
Pumps, Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead. French Bas-
kets, etc. Roofing and house jobbing done at
short notice and in a workmanlike manner.
South Norwalk, July 1 ltli. 1851.
Lockwood, Ilaight 8;. Co.
l\IANUFAC'1‘URERS or
TIN, SHEET-IRON. & BRASS VVARES
. AND Dl-IALERS IN
‘1'l‘OVES, ranges, furnaces. heaters and
drums, hollow ware. sad irons, castings,
sheet lead and lead pipe, stove pipe and zinc,
brass kettles, cutlery, porcelain, jappan and
brittania wares, china. °"°Cliel'y and glass
ware, Fenton enamelled wares, brushes and
matches, glass lanterns, chain pumps, Miller’s
water proof oil paste blacking. fresh camphene
and burning fluid, washing and yeast powders,
stove and shoe blaclting, wrapping paper,
weights, brooms, pails. travs, bowls and tubs,
selves, matts, wash boards, ladles, stamps,
spoons, clothes baskets, bellows, &c., &c.
COLUMBIAN HALL,
281 Grand Street, New York.
S. & M. E. Towle,
lMP0l1'l‘ERS, JOBBERS AND RF.'I'AlLl‘ZRS OF
English, French, German, Swiss 8:.
Dolnestic Dry Goods.
Strangers visiting New York will always find
a large assortment of
FANCY AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Selected for the retail trade expressly, con
sisting of Rich Silk and Crapc Shawls, Plain
and Embroidered.
utcu SILKS. BltOC.~\Ul«2S, FIGURED,
Striped, Changeable and India.
Rich Foulard, Jllarrclinc and Florence.
Rich Chinls, Printed Foulard, (a new article.)
Also. a full assortment of
Rich Dress Goods,comprisin g Barcgcs, Bcrage
De Laine, Jlfuslin. Dc Soic. Grenadines,
Albo’rines,Sil/c Tissues, Plain. Colored and
Whtcrcd Norwich Poplins, Plain, Col‘d
and Figured Swiss Muslins, Jaconrt,
Book and Indies .ZlIusl'lrzs, Colored
and Clouded Chambrays, Rich
Lace Embroidered Collars,
Capes. Veils. Qrrflls and IIand/cer-
chiefs, Rich Insertions, Edgings
and Black Silk Trimmin,r,rs, of all
l’Vidths. Lace Embroidered Window and
Rcccss Curtains, by p irs or sells. Ribbons.
Ta_.fl'c1.tas, Satin Lustrings, a full assortment
Ladics I3 Gents French
A general assortment of SILK & COTTON
HOSIERY, together with a large assortment of
Mcrinocs, Cashmcrcs, Parama'.tas,Q{1lpacCas,
Mousclinc Dc Laine, French, Englzsh and
Domestic Prints, Long Cloths. Shirt-
ings, Sheetings, Linen. Table
Cloths, Napkins, Diapers,
Towelings, ctc., etc.
Marseilles, Toilet and Lancaster Quilts.
Terms-—CtfSl‘l, one Price, and no deviation.
IL?“ Bowery, Grand, Williamsburgh and
Jersey City stages, also stages pass the door
from the different Railroad Depots every five
gists generally in the U. S. and Canadas.
minutes. 18is6m 5'55 M- 15- T0WLE-
Kid Gloves,warrantcd."
BY A. H. BYINGTON & CO.
in
NORWALK, or. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, I851.
POETRY.
The Cheerful Home.
‘There is ourhbright enchanting spot,
W here love and beauty glow,
W'hich all the glorious grace ofGod
I-lath made a heaven below.
And in tbatcovenant sheltered place
There is a radiant gem,
More precious than the ocean pearls,
Or cmpire’s diadem !
Oh, keep that gem, ye plighted ones,
Nor from that spot depart,
Thai spot. is Home, delightful HUME!
That gem the faithful heart.
Jenathan7s Ships.
Hurrah for our ships! our merchant ships
Let's raise for them a song,
That safely glide o'er the foaming tide,
V'Vith timb- rs stout and strong;
That to and fro on the waters go,
And borne on the rushing breeze;
Like birds they fly, 'neath every sky,
From South to Northern seas.
Hurrah for our ships! our battle ships!
Our glory and our boast,
They carry death on their bellowing breath,
To Invaders ol our coast.
In glory and pride, whatever betide,
May they sail around our SIIOl‘(‘.;
Butlong be the day where in battle fray
We shall bear the cannons tour.
Hurrah for our ships! our stout stcamshihps!
That float in strc_u-__'lh and grace ,
By fire and air their course they bear,
As giants in the race;
That bind the hands ofkiudred lauds
In close and friendly grasp;
God grant no food by death or blood
May e’er unloose the clasp I
Hurrah for them all! both great and small !
That limit our waters free ;
May they safely sail in calm or gale,
In home or foreign sca——-
Ilurrah for our mcrchantmen,
Hurrah for our men of war I
Ring out the shout for our steam.-hips stout,
Hurrah tor them all !—Hurrali!
“She ‘Works for a Living.”
"She works for a living ;" how often we hear
This calunmy breathed on a name
That perhaps in the ranks oftbe proudest might bear
A station ofhonorand fame.
E’n the ’preu:icc and shopboy willturn with asnccr
As though it could sully her fume,
As their course greeting whi.-pcrs oft fall on her ear
“ She works,”—what need ofa name.
Tho’ she “ works fora living,” I cannot see why
That should cast any blight on her name-
At least, those who labor should not pass her by;
For t~lIt'ely their lot is the same.
Then who shall regard the opinion ofthose,
VVhose highest ambition or aim,
Is to scoff at the humble, and (.llSIl.l‘I) the repose
Ofsuch as do work out a name!
0! is it not honor to fill here below
The station that God has assigned?
Then if|abor’s thy lot, to it chccrfully go——
It never will sully the mind.
MISCELLAN Y.
From the Olive Branch.
THE DEAF PEDDLEII.
BY CVFHERINE \'V._BARBl'ZR.
Be sure he luc’s me weal, milher
An’ feythcr too, I trow—
Then do not bid him gang, milhcr
And prayers will ever flow ;
For hc’s ay sac kind and winsome
An’ brave I’m sure wad be
As any lad on Scotia’s heather
Or e’en in Christendec ‘
[Scotch Song.
It was a warm afternoon in August. Far-
mer Davis’ wife was just. taking the last
stitches in the tuck of her new calico gown
—the gown which her husband had bought
for her only a few weeks before, when he
went up to town with tlfe butter and cheese
which she and her daughter Ellen had been
so busy about all summer. Ellen sat close
by her, busy about her’s, for she too had one.
Farmer Davis brought them both home at
the same time, not as pay for his wife’s and
daughter's servise— no, not by any means,
for they never thought of asking pay, but
because he thought it would be a pleasant
surprise to them, and moreover the merchant
showed him some very pretty calico, quite
the prettiest be declared that he ever laid his
eyes on. There was a piece ofdark colored,
with a brown ground, and wide green
stripes with little green trees all figured be-
tween, which be instantly decided would be
just the thing for ‘mammy’ as he of late
years called his wife, and then there was a
piece of pink and white spriggcd off beauti-
fully, which-looked as ifit was made on pur-
pose for Ellen. It was just the color of her
cheeks, so fresh and rosy like; so the good
kind hearted old man laid down l'llS whip,
and might, be guessed,measure off foul-teeu
yards—-seven yards off of each piece.
Mr. Yfll‘(.lSIlCl{S was very happy to obey
all of Farmer Davis orders, for he was one
of his moneyed customers, although one
would have hardly taken him to have been
very forehanded, [that means rich when 1: is
used in the country, gentle reader] as he
stood there with histhick boots and long can
whip, looking at the little matters which lay
on Mr. Yardstick’s counter, and thinking that
it took a heap dl1etincI'y to do the woman folks
up there in town. Mr. Yardstick rolled up
the calico in brown paper, and then,’ with a
eery obseqcous bow, inquired if there was
‘ anything else,’that phrase which a polite
merchant is always sure to use.
Farmer Davis replied that be guessed not,
and then drove directly home. When he
showed his treasures to his wife and daugh-
ter, you should have seen how pleased they
looked. Mrs. Davis was sure thet Mr. Davis
was the most thoughtful of men, and had an
excellent taste too for picking out calico,
while Ellen fairly danced for joy, The next
week they had them cut out, and they work-
ed along on them afternoons as they had
time. There was always plenty of house
work to do in the morning, and Mrs. Davis
was sure to let none of it go undone. She
was a thorough housewife, and kept the
house as neat as a in. They lived in a lit-
tle yellow farm house, with a porch running
;:
' the caliker.
along the south side, next to the road, and
Farmer Davis declared that there was no end
to the morning glories, bacheloa butthns,
marigolds,and such things which Ellen had
planted about the stoop. And moreover he
thought they really did look pretty, after-
noons when he came in from work, and set
down there to read his newspaper, but he
never said so. He was afraid it would en-
courage Ellen to spend more time than she
ought about such toolish tIilngS—sI1e cer-
lainly spent time enough there already, weed.
ing, and watching and tying up, and he didn’t
know what not, He had always declared
that he had rather see a stall; of rye growing,
any day, than the prettiest posoy in toe
World, and he did wonder what could poss-
ess women folks—gaIs especially, to be al-
ways. fussing about somethig that was not
worth a fiddle-stick. Ellen never had argued
the matter with him, but smiled good na-
turedly, and kept on in the ‘ good old way,’
until she had at last completed all her floral
plans, and dressed upthe old porch to suit
her fancy. She was just seventeen, and as
pretty :1 girl as one Will often see,
But as I was telling you, Mrs, Davis was
taking the last stitches in the luck to her new
dress, when she looked up with a puzzled
fare and exclaimed,
_‘ I declare, Ellen, I cannot finish this to-
night now, for I do not believe tllere is a
hook and eye in the house. I do wish your
father had thought. for enough to have asked
the merchant to have thrown ina box, with
I dare say he would, for he is
very liberal about such things. when Igo
there to trade, I always ask him to throw in
Ihl‘eu(I and hooks and eyes, and he most 3]-
ways does. I declare, was there ever any-
thing 50 unlucky! I wanted this dress to
wear to Mrs. NichoI’s quilting to-morrow
afternoon, but I cannot ware it withoutcatch-
€s—ll1at is out of the question. ‘This pin-
mng dresses at the back, tears them all out,
and looks very sluttish too. I \vouldn’L use
a new dross so for nothing, especially one
that your father got for me. I do wish we
lived a little nearer to A store. 1 am almost
always wanting some little thing, and it
would be so handy to pick up a few paper
rags or a dozen or two ofeggs now and then,
and run in and get them ourselves, without
troubling the men folks about it; but that
is a convenience I never expect to enjoy.’
‘ Perhaps there may come :1 peddler along
before to-morrow, mother, suggested Ellen.
‘Well, I really wish there would,’ coinin-
ued Mrs. Davis,’ I wlsh thcre would, and I
dou’t see why they don’t come along oftencr
now-a-days. Last spring, it was nothing
but bob in and out with them all day long
I have known as many as five call at the
door nrthc course of twelve hours, but now
they are as scarce as snow. {lakes in June -
I do wonder what the reason is?
‘ Maybe they stay to home during the hot
season, and do something else—-help hay per-
haps,’ said Ellen.
‘ldon’t believe that, Ellen: they are a
great deal too lazy to work. I like to have
them call now and then for it is handy get-
ting things of them, but I wont bclteve ma-
ny of them are very respectable. It always
provokes me to see a strong man-——stouter
than either your father or little Jemmy,stroI-
ling about the country with a couple of
trunks or a basket of vials hung to his arms.
It looks like little businc-ss—~pit-king up a
little here and a little there-telling lies too,
most of them do,as fast as they can speak.-—
Ishould have a great deal better opinion of
them, if they were buying farms and settling
down on them as your fatherand I did, when
we were young.’
‘Perhaps some of them are not so fortu-
nate as father was in getting a good wife to
settle down with,’ said Ellen, laughing, and
possibly some of them may not have money
enough to buy farms, until they Itare made
it by paddling.
‘ [dare say there isn’t one among them
all deserving of a good wife,’ said Mrs. Da-
vis, tartly. ‘I would as soon see you mar-
1-{ed to a chimney sweeper. as to one ofthem
——InucI]')'(tl/t(’7' see you married to a good
respectable chimney sweeper, though his
face was all the time as black as the pot
hooks.’
Ellen did not reply, but sat sewing, any
thinking that she wondered how a chimned
svvgepci' looked, for she had never seen one.
Her. mother who had once been on a visitto
’.'.\I,42"-"v_\‘r York, frequently said ‘ that such and
su’i:“Ii a thing’ was as black as a chimney
sweeper, and she had very sagely concluded
that a chimney sweeper must be the blackest
thing upon earth——-a negro, she fancied, must
look white and delicate beside one. She was
sure she (licln’t want the blackest man in the
world fox a husband, and then her thoughts
reverted to a young man with beautiful
black hair, black eyes, and a broad while
forehead,whom she had seen at chusch a
few Sabbaths before, and the idea came into
her brain,tbat she had much rather marry
him, than any peddler or chimney sweep in
the world.
Just then, old Ruler. a toothless, decrepit
old dog, who was retained in the family be-
cause he was almost as old as Ellen, and
they all loved him, began to growl and bark
out in the porch where he had been sleeplng
all day in the warm sunshine, or busymg
himself snapping at the flies which buzzed
around his head. He always took it upon
himself to give the alarm when a stranger
was seen approaching the house, and on the
present occasion, he made all the fuss In his
power. A _ _
6 Be stgllpld Ruler,’ said Ellen.l'alSll'lg her
eyes and glancing from where she sat, out
into ghe porch, through the open door.-
‘ Keep quiet, you are enough to frighten
onei
‘Can Itrade here any to-day, -marm?
said a small squeaking Voice‘ upcjn thp porch
sle s.—-‘get out, you puppy. go out... marm
plelfise to call off‘ your dog, I’m_afraid he’Il
bite me, sartin, if I try to come in.
Mrs Davis stepped to the door, and aft?!‘
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VOLUME XXXIV.--NUMBER 37.
scolding Ruler sufficiently for his impertin-
ence, invited and guided the gentleman in.
He was a peddler, with a couple of small
tin trunks strapped on to his back, and dang-
ling by his sides. He carried in one hand
a small car trumpet, which he applied to his
ear whenever he saw any one’s lips moving
as if talking to him. Ellen glanced up at
him as he entered, and she thought to herself
that she had never seen a more ludicrous fig-
me.
The peddler was rather tall, and well pro-
portioned,but every thing that he wore, look-
ed as if It had been pulled on to him. He
had a pair of grey pantaloons,and a blue spen
cer, but the former came down by no means
near the tops of his shoes, and the sleeves of
the latter, looked as if he had thrust his arms
too for through them. He seemed conscious
that the tailor had made a mistake while mea-
suring him for his clothes, and to remedy the
defect in his puntaloons, he had tried to see
what strapping them down would do. A
pair of_ dusty leather straps was buttoned on
either side, and brought round under his
shoes, but they only served to straighten
down the sides to their utmost tension, while
the bottom bunched out behind very much
like the letter 0. Whenever he Sat down,
there seemed to be danger that the pulling
constantly carried on between pantuloons
and straps, would result in their nnccremo-
niously parting company, and Ellen imme-
dlalely turned away her eyes,lest she might
be made an unwilling witness of such aspec-
tacle. He kept constantly pulling, first with
one hand and then with the other, the bottoms
of hissleeves,as if fully convinccd,that by a
proper perseverance in such a course, he
should eveglually make them grow long
enough ; and Ellen m -ntally ejac ulated that
she hoped the thread was strong that was
used in sewing them in.
His face was nearly covered by an imm-
mense pair of black whiskers, worn in spite
of the season, strangely scolloped in and out
around his ears, and clown upon his chin ;
on his head, or rather on his forehead, he
wore a small light colored wool hot, perched
on in such a manner that the back side ofhis
head was perfectly visible,whiIe none of the
upper part of his face could be seen. What
was not effectually covered by his dandy-
like hat, was concealed by a pair of green
spectacles, placed astride of his nose, the eyes
of which Ellen afterwards declared were as
large as common sized preserve plates. His
face, the part of it which was not covered by
hat, spectacles and whiskers—a very small
portion indced—might have belonged to 11
man about thirty years of age. It was sun-
burnt and so were his hands. Vllhilo sitting
down in the chair which Mrs. Davis placed
for him, he took the precaution ofinfoiming
them in the same squcaking voice, that ‘ he
was mighty deaf—--deaf as an adder, and he
could’L hear a mite without his trumpet, and
next to nothing with it.’
After having become fairly seated, be com-
menced casting glances at the (log in the
porch, as if by no means certain that he was
safe from P.ulcr’s toothless jaws, though
snugly seated in the house.
‘Mortal ’fl‘al(l ofdog, marm,’ he began,
seeing Mrs. Davis was observing his glances
—‘ mortal ’fraid of dog. l"n deaf you see,
and cant hear them when they come close up
behind me, a barking and biting——I wish
every one of them was to the bottom of the
ocean, where they could’t trouble nobody.
Want lo__buy anything to-day, marm P’
The travelling merchant did not put his
ear trumpet up to ascertain what answer was
given to his question, butcommenced unlock-
ing his tin boxes and displaying his assort-
ment. At the same time he began naming
in a parrot like manner, the articles he car-
ried. Isay parrot like manner, for It. was
very apparent that his mind was more intent
upon the movements of the dog, than upon
the sale of his merchandi7.e. He kept his
spectacles turned constantly towards the door
and sat as if ready to spring out of an oppo-
sue window or door, at the least alarm in
that direction. _
‘ Pins,{needles, snulfboxes, thread, twlst,
silk, handkerchieIs—there marm that dog’s
a coming-—-[Ruler snapped at a fly]—mus-
lins, cambrics, scissors, brass rings, breast-
pins-—tl1ere again, marm—thimbles, buttons
pencils card boxes, inje-rubber, nu'.megs,—-
he sartingly is coming this way I’
Mrs. Davis spoke to the dog, and the ped-
dler continued on through, still keeping his
eyes in the same direction.
‘ Corks, cords, door fastcnings, latches and
locks, shaving" soap, screws, shoe-pegs, lace-
cdging, insertion, shoe strings, pen-*, Steel
and silver pens, brass nails, shoe buckles, te,a
spoons and flannels. Don’t you lhmk hes
dangerous, marm E’ _
‘Not the least dangerous In the world,’
said Mrs. Davis, anxious to quiet the deaf
peddlcr’s apprehensions. ‘He's a very old
dog, and couldn’t injure you If he had _a
mind to. I don’: think he has got a tooth In
his head.’
‘ Yes, yes, marm, 1 wish he was dead 100-
I don’t know what folks want to keep dogs
for, as you say—I always was dreadful afraid
of ’em.
‘I didn’t say that I wished he was dead,
sir,’ said Mrs. Davis biting her lipsto reslam
asmile. ‘Have you any tape, sir? Oh,
yes,’ she continued, as she took a roll from
one of the trunks and raising her voice to IIS
loudast pitch, she asked, ‘how much IS this
tape a yard 3’
‘Did I get. into a scrape out in the yard?
No, no, matm, I didn't, but I expected every
minute when lshould, the dog looked so
fierce like. He must be a terrible piece,
truly, a very terrible piece !_ eYou see‘ I’m
deal, marm, and mighty ’fru1cI of such things-.’
c Yes, yes, I see,,you are,’ said Mrs. Davis
in an under tone as if talking to herself; and
then stepping to a small drawer in the bu-
man she took three cents, the price she was
in the habit of paying for tape, and laid them
before him, molioning that she would take
the tape at the same time.
‘O,us tape that you want to day, marm, is
it ?—yes, three cents, that is just what I ask
for it—you are the woman to trade with deaf
peddlers lsee plainly—Its a terrible aflliction
to be deaf, marm—a terrible afflictionl It
sorter runs in the bloodof our family though
—my father wasjust so before me, and my
great uncle too.’ ' ‘
Mrs. Davis put on a sympathising look,
and nodded her head, as much as to say, ‘a.
great aflliction truly—-I am very sorry,’ and
‘ then fairly screaming in his ear trumpet, she
asked if he had any hooks and eyes.
‘ Got the hooks in my eyes? No, no,
thank God, my ears are terrible deaf, but
nothing ails my eyes, only they are kind of
weak and watery, and that’s why I wear
spectacles, these green spectacles you see,’
and he pointed up to them, as it by no means
certain that whoever saw him, saw his glasses
also, covering though they might, a large
portion of his face.
Ellen could no longer restrain her merri.
meat at the poor pedcllcr’s expense. She
turned her face away, and laughed until the
tears started in her eyes. Mrs. Davis looked
around as if half vexed at her (lt'tUgl]le["s
want of civility, but remembering that he
could hardly be made to hear the roaring ofa,
cannon, though discharged at his elbow, she
muttered, ,
‘ The man hasn’t buttwo ideas in his head
-—-one is that the dog‘ may bite him, and [ha
other that he is deaf, but poor creature,
be is to be pitied. It must be a terrible aflIic-
tion as he says. I wonder that he doesn’tget
cheated most dreadfully, straying about as
he must, among all sorts of people.’
She then proceeded to toss aboutthe things
in his trunks,unlil she discovered some books
and eyes, and then she went again to her draw.
or and brought back the usual price. The
peddler took it expressing his opinion again,
that she was the right sort of a woman to
trade With 8. poor, deaf peddler_a peddle:
whose father had been dear and his great
uncle also.
Just then Mrs. Davis happened to come
across -.1 piece of checked cotton, tumbled
up among lace edging, shoe-tacks, shaving
soap and door latches, all of which looked.
as it they had been thrown in without any
regard to order -11 strange, jumbled up heap
—and turning towards Ellen she said in an
animated voice.
“ Look, Ellen! here is just such a check-
ed apron as lhave been wanting forayear.”
The poor peddler, whose thoughts were
continually intent upon the movement of
the dog, and the malady in his ears, never
seemed to hear anything but the last word
of every sentence, or something that soun-
ded like the last word, and he always framed
his answers accordingly.
“ Put a cat-nip poultice behind my ear !"
he exclaimed, fancying that that was what
Mrs. Davis was Consulting Ellen about, “it
will do no sort 0’ good, marm I nothing only
stick my hair up without helping my deaf-
ness at all—-good old Dr. Pillsbury tried
everything in the world when I was first
taken. Ile blistered and plastered, gave
pills, steamed me and bled me, until I was
as white as a ghost, but it all did no good.
I was as deaf as an adder when be begun,
and deafer, if anything, when he got
through. I am much obliged to you marm
very much obliged to you, but I don’t think
it would help me at all.
Ellen screamed louder than ever at this
remark, and even Mrs. Davis unwilling as
she was to wound the unfortunate being’s
feelings, would not restrain a laugh, but she
turned her head towards the window as if
examining the cloth she had in her hand.
When she went towards the trunks again,
after resuming in some degree her gravity,
she was gratified to observe that apparently
the subject of their merriment, sat as uncon-
scious ofit as a wooden block His hat, if
possible, had been drawn down lower on his
forehead, and his feet were thrown one over
the other, as it more at case than the move-
ments of the dog had pernuttted him to be
before. She looked at the articles she had
taken, and taxed her memory, in order to
ascertain if any other little necessary was
wanting in the family. At last she remem-
bered that she had promised to buy a brass
thimble for a little girl who assisied her
about her work one day, while Ellen was
absent, and she immediately began to search
for one. But in vain-—she could not find
one and she ventured another question to
the deaf peddler, though without entertain-
ing any hopes of getting a correct answer.
“ I-lave you any brass thimbles for little
girls 2”
The peddler whose thoughts had not yet
relinquished the idea of a cat-nip poultice,
surmised that she was still continuing that
conversation, and replied very quick.
“ No marm, I’m not afraid of sticking up
my curls. I don’t vaI’e looks much no how
—but I don’t think it would be hardly worth
a While to try it. There don’t any thing do
my deafness any good. Old Dr. Pillsbury
tried everything—everylhing in the T0“?-‘Id
world, marm, and nothing helped me at all,
in the least.”
The F-..rmer’s wife paid for the checked
cotton, and intimated that there was nothing
else wanting in her family. '1 he peddler
understood the motion which she made that
the trunk might be closed, and without sug-
gesting new articles which might possibly
he wanted, as peddlers usually do, be com-
menced locking up his goods and thanking
the farmer’s wife for the custom already ex-
tended to him.
“ Thank you marm! the very woman
marm, to trade with poor, deaf peddlers, but
thank God, I don’t think I’m quite so bad
offas my poor old father was, Who lllled be‘
fore me: Tommy Goslin of Goslinborough.
Why, bless me, marm ! he could no more
have heard as I do,with such a trumpelalhall
nothin’ in the World. Itspretty considerably
well that I can hear generallv, especially 00.
such astill day as this. Sometimes _in tha
wint.er,the winid gets to sorter roaring 1_n__*tl;re
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