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' G. J. Gruman,
l A DI-‘..-\Ll~‘.R IN
, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
1 DRY GOODS & CAIIPETING,
_ I\’tn'tvaik, Ct.
i Cl0’lIS. CllSSlm¢‘l'eS. Sattinetts, Vestings. "ml
Tailors’ Trimmings. by the yard, piece or
,package. Slieetings, Shirtings. -leans,
inns and \Varp, dire.ct from
the Manufacturei'i, at the
Lowest Package Price.
Bain’s IVIerchant’s
rrtssatvii crass,
NORWALK, CONN.
In the Post Ot!ice' Building.
scrim assessors
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Over D. 3;. N. Depot.
NOR.\V.-\LK, CT.
Likenesses
lVa~r7'anlcrl to _pIra.se all good judges.
' 9. Sn
. Attorney and Counsellor at law
Mailer-'_r’s Buillding.
George A. Bavenport,
I httorucy and Counsellor at law
Oflice II/'csl Side the Brzzlgrc,
NOR\VALl{, CONN.
])l3N'I‘AL SURGERY
_ By Drs. ‘HILL & PITCH
Oflicc over ‘C. J. Gru~m.aiLs Store, foot 0/
Moira sl., ..Noru'al.’c, Cl.
':1‘A‘~Y~LOR‘S FASHIONABLE
flair Cutting, Ilessiiig and Shaving
S A In 0 G N ,
1Vcrz.‘r the Spring.
£1. E. Byington.
General Agent for procuring Pen-
sions. Bounty -Lancls, E1.-lra and Back
Pay. Fran-ch Spolialions. Letters
-Pal-cnl, <§'c., (S-3.
Ailso, Patcnts:ol:it.ained for England
And ' the Britisli Provinces.
IE Bissell,
‘MZHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER
ilu Drugs,’ Medicines. Oils, Dye \Voods.
.-Perlimlerv,;Patent Medicines, Fancy
.Goothi,'-~'&c., dcc. under the Conn.
.1-Ititel. wCountry illerchants,
' {Physicians and Dealers
l .-Supplied at New
York prices.
.'_J A WEED,
O._.-5 VVALL STREET. .
3$VIzolc.9al ant! Retail Dealer in all /‘:1-ncls of
,_Di-ngs, Iveltlicines, Chemicals. Perfumery,
,.Pat tMedicines,&c. Prescriptions
,,ac rately compounded. ' Country
,ne.rcliants supplied with the
...best articles on the m-ost
-reasonable terms.
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1-/iNU1~‘Ac'rnai::n or
".'I;‘l~N, SI BET IRON, AND COPPER \VARES,
', E -E -‘c in_ Stoves, Furnaces, lron \Vire
,-1 d {.ods, Brittania, Japan. “food and
.yV;;|owf \Varcs. Knives and Forks, Force
fu,np3_jLead Pipe, Sheet Lead’, French Has-
i lists, etc. Roofing and house jobbing done at
short; notice and in a \vorkm~anlike manner.
South Norwalk, July Mth-, 185.1-.
*: _AFI_I:S.——20F kegs cu-t nails, assorted sizes,
for sale by T L <3: J R. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 1:8-3:2.
Books and Stationery
---AT \V l10:L.E.SA.LE AND RE’I‘AlL-
LAKEIVLAN 6: TORI LINSON, No. 13
‘villi st, Bridgeport, Ct.. are dealing
largely in Stllnol, B-’la.nlc and Miscellaneous
B'00l‘S'w Sl*‘tl""°«l'y- fl-Ifi Writing Paper. Our
“S-“°"““°"t ls ‘5°‘“Dl*\tev. M-erchants,.'I‘eachei's
*1"d‘0tl‘°l'5‘l"9' l'0‘l-hoisted to call‘ and exanaiiie
..short notice and in the-best I\'l1ll1l.i3|' and at the
lowest prices. Town. and I’robaxg Rgcofds
'I'n8:(]8 to order.
- BLAKEMAN dz‘ TO'NI[.E-Nsor-1,,
. Meat. Markos.
' '; H:E,subsci'ibei' is still co-ntinuing his market.
bus'iness at his-old" stzindé, near the foot of
Will? Hfill. where can-. be found as usual the most
ex'l‘3ll5l'V-9'i¥5$0‘l‘ttTlel1I of meats in town, and all
of. the very. best qualities. Call and see.
N. VJOOD.
If"EATI'I IR-S sold by
' 3 C & E K LOCK\V0‘-OD‘.
Cflmphone and Burning Fluid,
30!”. Fluid, Camphene and Hall Lamps.
Woodefl Wares of all kinds for sale.
iT‘1‘C_l19S_s M1ll.ff?. Brushes", &c.
" 5“l‘9|'1°1‘ ilrllcle of shoe and stove black-iug.
I ,‘V°A-E-I-‘ER: 11 pure. article. for sale at-
’ ' ' . . - -BISSELLZAS
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i my three roods more or less, with a barn stand-
‘Gilbert, south by Elisha Gilbert, and west by
Jesse B. Raymond.
01" g°°d3- We...-e selling Books and Stan'on- ';
city at wholesale, at tI}e|Q_“;e5§ New Va,-k
prices.
B'ook-Binding of all’ tlescizgfiong am", my loducation of said m'rnorsand= that it‘ will be for-
étiwe prays the Court to order said real estate to»
ran ran. sacs,
At the “ Old." Eiidge store.”
HAVE this day received, direct from first.
1 hands, a splendid assortment of Fall and
Winter goods, which will he sold at prices
that will defy all competition. The public
are invited to call and inspect: the largest as-
soitment of Flannels. Cloths. Cassiiiieres,
Domestics of all kinds, Dress Goods. Tailors
'I‘rimniings, etc., ever brought into Norwalk.
Of Carriage Cloths, silks and other trim-
mings, my stock is unusually complete, and
will be sold at unprecedented low prices. In
addition to my former supply of Carriage goods
I have just received the agency for the sale of
Ei\'AI\II5LLI-ID CLo'rns of all varieties, and
C OACII Lacns. to which I invite the attention
of Carriage rnakcrs, as I will sell them at pri-
ces that Nlll defy all competition.
Country merchants will find it to their ad-
vantage to inspect my stock, as my facilities
enable me to sell to them at manufacl'ure'r’s
prices.
The attention of Merchant Tailors, is cal-
led to the largest assortment of goods in t.heir
line and at very low prices. And to the Ladies
we will say that our assortment of Dress and
Fancy goods is unusually large and complete,
and among them many real bargains.
C. J. GRUMAN.
Norwalk, Aug 27th, 185.3.
Watches, Clocks,
JE IVELRY AND SILVER IVARE.
LAKEMAN & TOM LINSON, Dealer-
in \Vatches, Jewelry. Silver \Vare, fans
cy Goods. &c., No. 13 \Va|l street. Bridgenort.
Conn., have one oftho largest and most desi-
rable assortments of goods to be found in the
State. Our stock consists of
Fine Gold Lever \Vatches, Hunting Case
“ “ “ single “
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Gold Lepine \Vatches,
Ladies Gold \Vatclies, double and single case,
Fine Silver \Vatches.
All V\'Rl‘l'tll]I€‘.(I to be good Time Keepers,
Rich Jewelry of the latest patterns, such as
Ladies and Gentlemen’s Pins and Rings,
Guard, Vest and Fob Cliaigs, of the best gold.
Diamond Rings and Pins, Gold Lockets. Gold
and Silver Thimblcs, Gold Keys and Seals.
Gold and Silver Pencils, Cull‘ Pins, Bracelets
pure Gold \Ved:ling Rings. dzc.
SILVER \VA RE.——\Ve have a full as-
sortment of Silver \Vare. of thelatest pattern
and made of silver pure as coin. Persons
visit.in_2our city, are invited to call and exam
inc our stock. We will sell all goods in our
line on the most accoimnodating terms, and at
the lowest pt'lces-prices that cannot fail to
give szitislhction to the purchaser.
Fine ‘Watches and Jewelry repaired by an
experienced workman, and at reasonable pri-
ces. \Vatches warranted.
I.;iLAKEMAi'.\' & TOMLI.'\‘SON. Jewelers,
Bridgeport, Ct.
District of Normal/c ss Probate Court, No-
vember 22nd, I852.
ESTA'I‘Enf WILTON DURAND. late
of Norwalk, in said distiict deceased.
The Court of Probate fortlie district of Nor-
walk, hath limited and allowed six months from
the date hereof. for the creditors of said Estate
to exhibit. theirclaiiiis for settlement. Those
who neglect to present their accounts properly
attested, within said time, will be debarretl a re-
covery. All persons indebted to said Estate,
are requested to make immediate payment to
LOUISA DURAND, Executrix.
Norwalk. Nov. 22nd, 1852.
To the Probate Court for the .Dl8l"l‘1£.'l of Nor-
uralk : '
.7. ‘IHE application of HENRY BEERS of
Norwalk, in said district, respectfully
sliowetli that he is parent and natural guardian
to Sarah A. Beers, ‘vVillia in \V. Beers, Fanny
J. Beers and George S. Beers. minors belong-
ing to said district. and that said minors are the
owners of the following real estate, viz-: one
piece of land lying in the town of Ridgefield in
the county ofFaii-field, in quantity thirty acres
more or less, with the buildings standingthereoo,
bounded northerly and southerly by Elisha
Gilbert, easterly by heirs of Eleazer Beers,
dec’d, and westerly by highway; also, one other
piece of land lying in said Ridgefield, in quan-
ing thereon, bound=ed north by heirs of Eleazer
Beers, dec’d, east; by highway. south and west
by Benjarnin Godfrey , also, an equal undivided
one-fifili part of the following described reales-
tate lying in said Ridgefield, to wit: one pierce
of land in quantity sixty-four acres, more or less,
with the buildings thereon standing, bounded
northerly and easterly by highway, southerly
by John Bates and Lewis Beers. and westerly
by Lewis Beers, David Mead and Benjamin
Godfrey ; also, one other piece of land in quan-
tity one acre and one rood, more or less. bounded
north by Elisha Gilbert and Sherman Beers,
cast by Sliermnn Beers, south by Bradley
Bears, and west by highway ; also, one other
piece of land‘, in quantity four acres, more or
less. bounded north by land formerly owned by
Joseph Lacy, cast by Biadley Beers andElislia
land of said minors; also, one other piece of
land, in quantity six acres. more or less, bounded
northerly by Stephen Buttery and Thoma-s-.
Hoyt, easterly by highway and land of said mir-
-.oors, sout.lsei'ly by Benjamin G-od'frey,and west-
erly by Siephenlenes avnd"l‘liomas Hoyt; also,
the undivided one-fifth part of a certain piece
oflands lying in Wilton in said district, in quan-
tity eight acres, more or less, bounded north by
Lewis Beers, east by Anson Batterson, south
by Clia.-rles Sturges,a.i:vd west by Lewis and
And he furtliersays, that the estate is at
present unproductive; that the avails thereof
are wanted for the support, rreaintenance and
the advantage of said minors to sell the same,
and invest the avails thereof according to law -, .
WI)E~I‘8Ibl'6 he says that there is just and i'ea- «
;sonob-I-Te cause for selling the same. He there-
:be sold, and to empower him or some other
meet person to sell the same, [)lJl'SlJlE»'tvI‘llE to the-
statute in such case made_ar-id pi'o,v-Id_ed'.
Dated Norwalk, Decen-‘bar 33d. 1-i“d5'21
EI'..l5I.‘:‘«'(R¥ BEERS.
Parent and Natural Guardian.
D-’I38l?'1'0£ of Norwalk Probate Court .95 Dceem
Tier 3:1. A. 1). 1352.
Orclerecl. That the foregoing ‘application be
hea rd anddeterinined at the Probate Oflice in
Norwalk, on the 19th day of February, 1853,
-at 9-o’clock.l‘orenoon; and that: notice thereof,
be published in some public newspaper} near,
the place where such real. estate lios,_three
weeks successively, at‘ leastsix weeks before
said time assigned. a .
» instruction in the day time.
‘ vvilil» be disposed of on
POETRY. _
God Bless the Honest Laborel‘.
God bless the honest labJrer,
The hardy son of toll,
The worker in the cluttering mills,
The delver in the soil:
The one whose brawny hands have torn
From earth her hoarded wealth,
Whose sole return for ceaseless toil
Is nature’s boon—sweet health.
Bless him who wields the ponderous sledge
Clad in leatliern mail ;
That safe as warrior’s panoply.
Guards from the seething hail .7
That gushes from beneath each stroke,
Each mighty crushing blow,
\Vho seeks to lighten labor’s toil
VI/here ruddy fires do glow.
Bless him who turns the matted sod ;
\Vho with the early dawn.
Hastens to gather nat ure’s store-
The bright and yellow corn;
Who plants in nature’s bosom wide
‘ The fruitful golden grain,
.. And gives it to her guardian care,
The sunshine and the rain.
Bless him who lays the massive keel,
Wlio bonds the trusty sail
That bids the ocean wanderer,
Safe battle with the gale ;
\Vlio rears the tall and slender mast:
VVlience floats to every breeze,
The stars and stripes of liberty,
As rainbow o’er the seas.
Bless him whose ribbed palace rests
Upon the heaving sea,
\Vho St,'0l'l]S the dangers of the flood,
The breaker-guarded lee;
\Vho in the ocean cradle sleeps
Calmly in storin-fraught hour,
Unfearing t.l‘.at. his bark will quail
Before the tempost’s power. ,
Bless him who gives each beauteous tho’t
A resting place, a namia,
And twines its transient. gloiies
\Vith the fadeless wreath of fame,
VVlio sends it forth on every breeze,
And bids it live to bless,
\Vhilc ceaseless clicks the slender type,
And groans the printing press.
Bless all who toil. God’s blessing rest
On them with (louble power
Whose honest brow the sweat drops deck
In every daylight hour.
Bless them though poor, and may they
win
\Vhat wealth can never gain,
Contentnient, with their lot. on earth,
Abalin for every pain.
Bless them, and may the \Vorkniun‘s
ha ml
That framed the giant earth,
That bade each star in glory shine,
That gave the seas their birth ;
Reserve on high a resting place
\Vithin the realms of light,
For every honest son of toll,
\Vhen past dcatli’s darksome miglit.
Juvenile Singing School.
"'{». THE Subscriber having been requested
....._o\y . .
" . to form a class for the instruction of
‘ Ch'ildre.i in Vocal. Music. proposes to
open a School for this purpose‘ on Thur;-'day
Afternoon, Dec. 2d. at 2 o’clock in the Base-
meat room of the Bartist Church. Parents,
who do not wish their dhildren to attend the
evening class, can avail themselves ofthe same
The principles of
reading Music will be taught, combining in-
struction with amusement. Expenses 50 cents
for the course of )2 Lessons, Books 25 cents.
Itis requested that all who wish to join the
class be present on 'I‘liui-sday. After-this week
- it will be held on Saturnay afternoons.
H. M. P-R0 WITT.
H. M. P. continues to give lessons on the
Piano Forte and Melodeon.
Norwalk, Nov. 29. I852.
|_?"I‘lie School will be held at the same
place this week on Saturday afternoon, at two
o'clock.
W E Bissell
IS now opening the largest assortment of
Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Port Monaies.
Wallets, Cutlery, &c. eve.‘ offered in Norwallz.
Genuine Luliin’s Extracts of every flavor, Eng-
lish French and German Cologne, Perfume
Satchels, Smelling Stilts, Toilet Soaps. Pear?
Powder, together with a large variety of choice
Perfumes, etc. June I.
For Sale.
NE two year old Colt. and one Spring do.
both very fine and likely. One yoke of
voting Oxen, and one ton of good Salt I-lay,
very reasonable terms.
JOSEPH BOUTON.
Enqsui-re of _
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South Noi-walk, Nov. 20th, 1852.
S'PATEM ENT of the Springfield Fire and
Marine Insurance Company of Springfield,
Mass. to Oct. Yst, 1852.
Capital: Stock as per charter. $150.00?)
Of which the sum of one Iiu~n<$red- thousand
dtollhrs is paid in, secured and investetI- fol-
lows. viz :
Loans on improved Real? Estate in the Com‘-
monwealth of Massachusetts, 59,976 99’-
Agawam Bank Stock 6.160
Western do 156.940
Hampshire Il'I’hlIII{¢tlJl'3‘l‘S Bank Stock 1,200
Chicopee do 1,766)
Hadley Falls do 5,600
‘Worcester 65 Nashua Stock-' 2.87-5
West-err-1- do 1,190
Conn. 1”tTi’w'er tlo~ 3,1l6 67
Cash in Bank 5,185 86
Bills received and premium notes‘ 19.09-3 79'
Interest accrued on investments 2,125-'
_ 123,533 22
Y. A majority
EDMUND FIIEI-‘.l\1’A‘{‘l",
MA~aviN CnAsiN.- "‘.of the Di-
S'A‘~M=Ul-EB 8. Ear, I, rectors of
AN-oarzw HUN'fINGTON, tlieSpring-
C. W. CI-IAPIN, lfield Fire
ALBERT llloncaiv, 3.’. Marine
D. L Hiiaius, Insurance
Cimam-zs Mi~:aai.'iM, ) Company.
Commonwealth of Massachusett, Hampdcn
ss. October 2d, 1852. Subscribed and sworn
to by the above named Freemnn.:Ghapin. Day,
Huntington. C. Gihapin, M:n:=gao,._and—=Mbu-
i'iam,,be_fore me. GEORGE \VA[;K-_E~R,.
Justiceofthe Peace.~.
Aipplications f'o.r,Insurance. for the above Go.-.
from loss and damage by fire. wiil be received5
by STEPI-IEN'l~1A\V LEY; agent ofsaid Go:
Bridgeport, Conn., and also by GEORGE R:
-48‘ -GEOR.GE A. DAvEnB0R:n._.J..udgg.
‘ CQWLES. Norwallc-1. -
iiLAm:Nr.rri0N FOR Tits snna.
FLJ NERAL SERIVION
Preached in the F_ir__s__t__ Congrega-
tional Chnrch, Norwulk, Conn.,
Dec. 5, 1852. . .
BY REV. EDWIN HALL,D
J!-Zlh 9 : 1. “ Oh, that my head were waters,
"and mine eyes a _fu'u-mar’/i_ of tears, that I
"might weep day and m'_ghl for the slain of
“ (lie daugliler of my people.” -
It was the hard lot of Jeremiah, like that
of the other prophets, to be obliged to testify
against the prevailing wickedness of his
people; to see, in, the visions of the Lord,
overwhelming judgments coming in the dis-
tance, and sweeping toward Israel like the
coming storm and tempest ; and in anguish
of splri-l. to sound the alarm, while the people
would not hear. He sees the armies of the
avenger approaching; the snorting of his
horses is heard from Dan; the whole land
trembles at the sound of the neighing of his
strong ones, for they have come and have
devoured the land and all that is in it——the
city and those that dwell therein. “ When
I would com fort myself again.-t sorrow," cries
the prophet, “ then my heart is faint in me.
Buhold the voice of the cry of the daughter
of my people, because of them that dwell in
a far country. Is not the Lord in Zion ? Is
not her King in her? Why have they pro-
voked me to anger with their graven images,
and with strange vanities? The harvest is
past,1he summer is ended, and we are not
saved! For the hurt of the daughter of my
people am I hurt; I -am black; astonishment
hath taken hold on me. Is there no balm
in Gilead; is there no physician there? why
then is not the health of the daughter of my
people recovered l 0/1. that my /L¢.’(1(l were
waters, and mute cg/es cc _/‘ounlain of (cars, that
I mig/Ll wimp clay and nig/it for (lie slain
I/Le claz/g/Ltcr of my; people !”
Such is the spirit which we must cherish:
if ever called upon to speak of crying wrongs,
and to warn a careless and guilty people that
the cry of such wrongs will surely ascend to
heaven.
I am therefore, to-day, to speak (-I-‘ THE
snxnv or TI-IE DAUGHTER or MY PE-)1~x.1:; and
to point out the causes which should awaken
such a lamentation in the heart of every oar"
who loves mercy or who fears the Lord.
1. To sprain if the slain. If a foreign war
were raging in our land; fields drsolated,
families distressed and broken, multitudes
driven into the aims houses and prisons,
thousands carried into a miserable Qapilvlly,
and thousands sliiuglitered every year——if
this were to continue ten, twenty, thirty years,
every benevolent man would be ready to cry
out, Shall the sword devour foreverl If the
puipils of the land--whose ministers are min-
isu.-rs of peace-—-should sound the alarm, and
call upon the people to rise as one man, and
to meet the invader in a contest for liberty or
death, no friend of his country—no friend of
the human race could think them going be-
yond the line of their duty. If it were no
foreign invader, bmafoe more dreadful——if
it weie vict‘, and avarice, and crirr'iP,-comb'in-
ing to destroy more lives than were destroyed
in any war that this country ever waged—
WaSlIl'lg', devastating, and mining thousands
of our citizens,both body and soul—how can
tho ministers of the Gospel altogether hold
their peace at such a time as this !
I come then to speak to‘ you ofthe slain of
the daughter of my people; of then cut off
in the midst of their days by a shameful and
violent death, in which their own folly and
guilt is stimulated by the cold avarice of
others; who stay not their work at the sight
of the miseries of their victims; who stay .
not for the distress of the families brought to
suffering and poverty by this traffic, nor
though their victims are destroyed for time
and for eternity.
I have heretofore had occasion to show you,
by reference to well known cases, that we
average one such violent death in Norwalk
year by year. One falls into a well; and his
blood and brains are dashed on the stones;
another, another, another, another,- and an-
other, perishes in the waters; one‘ by figre;
one by suicide; another visits the place
where ardent spirits are sold, and when his
limbs are palsied, and those who have gath-
‘crcd the last cent of his earnings are wearied
with niaking him their jest and their song,
then they blacken his face and send him forth
by night to perish by the wayside in the
midst of the snow. The last week has seen
another victim pcrishing in the waters, and .
adding one more to the number of the slain’.
O my brethren and friends, forbid me not to
speak, while year after year, if am c'0m’pel‘Ie!.l
to follow these victims of slaughter to the
grave. Forbid me not to speak, while the
Bible declares that di-u‘n=lmrds shall not inherit
the k-ingdom: of God ;- and while. God h=im- .
self pronounces a woe upon him who,-
ibrougb an evil covetousness, puiteth the
bottle to his neighbor and‘ maketh him
drunken ll
For twenty years it‘ has been my lot to
visit the wrecks of this destroying traffic. —
Not all die by a violent death Often have
I: been’ called to- visit others upmrtlieir death»
beds-asornetimcs ttrbear their blasphen1ies;-
and sometimes their cry of’ anguish; but
never did I lm_ovv'one ray of comfort by such
a Bed of death‘. For twenty years I have
witnessed the distress and shame, and often
the bitter poverty, of the wives and children
of the victims of this traffic. Often have I
seen them suffering under anguish which
scarcely the kindest comforts of’ the Gospel
and the utmost duty of.=submissi'in~to the will
of God, hadzpower to assuage; Bi1t"‘- never-
did Lmest by-such a. b’e(l-aide, or as a com-
for-ter in.-the midst oftsuchialatnily, one,.who
had, by: the traffic in-strong d‘rinlt~,.aiiled in=
producing-, the rain. No one \Vl'f0'll'aI'IIC’s in
the poison ever attends the body- of the
drunlrardito the grave; The end of such’ a-
work ofhis hands; .no man» has the, éomfage
awn. .wi1’i?sli’w *9 b°b°1d-*
I have seen the aged mother, and the
meek and afflicted wife, both sufiering from
sickness, from whom the son and husband
had taken the supplies which the hand of
charity furnished, had carried them down to
the Bridge, and sold them for r_um., I
have seen a daughtiei‘; suffering and dying
ou a couch of straw, her bedstead standing
on a few loose boards, while the rest of the
floor and the ceiling had been consumed for
fuel, and all else was open from the cellar to
the roof. There she lay, in the cold of win-
ter, In a dying state. Her attending physi-
cian had carried a blanket and an overcoat
and spread them on her shivering; limbs:
and these thedrunkyen father and mother, had
taken" to Norwalk Bridge, and sold for rum.
[followed her to the grave; and not long
after the lather and the mothbr; both victims
of strong drink.
A few years since, a young man sent for
me to visit him, in the fall of the year. He
was in a consumption ; which, he acknowl-
edged, vchile his sobs choked his utterance,
was brought upon him by excessive drink-
ing, and consequent exposure. Vllinter frame
on : and the charities of the town consigned
him to the care of a man who had been thriv-
ing and comfortable; but who had underta-
ken to keep a grocery and to sell rum, and
had fallen a victim tinder its power, Charac-
ter, comfort and property, were at this time
well nigh gone; be dragged out a few years
of sorrow and poverty, and then stink into
the grave. At the house ofihis person some,
two miles north of this place, I visited that
sick, and broken hearted young man. In a
coldunfinished chamber, on ti thin bed of
straw, xv hose covering he had vainly tried to
eke out by throwing over it his wearing ap-
parel -—tbere without a fire, witboiit an at-
tendant, I found him on the coldest day of a
severe winter. ‘There for the last nine I
pointed him to the Saviour, and_prayed with
him : and that night he died. You remedi-
ber a man, who used almost nightly to be
reeling and vociferating around the Bridge;
for many years, and for ivhom his meek and
suffering wife used nightly to send down their
little boy, two miles, to follow his father; lest
he should fall down and perish on the way
home I saw that man on at bed of siclcness,
to which intoxicating drinks had brought
him ;- and then I earnestly but kindly warned
him that now be must reform or diei for, in
all probability, he could never live through
another such a scene, , The poor man, when
scarcely recovered sufficiently to totter down
to the Bridge, camedovi n. Those who traffic
in strong drink, saw his haggard looks and
trembling band. They knew his habits:
they had known them for years. They had
known the distress of his family. They knew
his condition. But he had :1‘ little more
money, and they filled for him once more the
intoxicating cup. He went home and died.
After he was slain, I attended his funeral;
but no one of them who had received the
price of his blood was there. ,
The Sun would go down ere I could tell
you the history of half the cases like these,
which I have been perpetually called to wit-
ness here in Norwalk, during the last twenty
years. Now another victim is gone. It is
nearly twenty years since I first knew the
anguish of his father and mother; who have
gone down to their graves in sorrow. His
worthy and excellent wife endured his con-
duct till it was neither decent nor safe to en-
dure it any longer ; and then left him. His
children have drunk the cup ofsorroiv from
lhei' earliest years. He has been to them a
living grief; pod has gone down tothe grave
leaving them without comfort as they think
of the past, and without hope as they think
'ofhis eternal destiny. Strong drink was the
cause of all. Ihad the confidence of that
man, and often and earnestly ciitrezited him
to reform. Often has he wept, and promised
reformation. But the cravings of a debris-
ed appetite were too strong :3 he fell ower and
lower. Were those who’ received his scanty
earnings ignorant of his infirmity? Did they
not know that they were ministering poison
'l'l':ey knew it well. They saw him, of late,
day after day, overcome with drunkenness.
But even in that state, they sold him‘ the poi-
son, and continued to sell, till their work was
done, and their victim perished, I Know not
who sold him the last potion; fciesire not to
know. It matters little who sold h'in*i‘ the
last. But‘ upon the heads of all them who
have lioowrr his‘ infirmity for months or years,
rests the guilt of that man’s blood. Iczinnot
doubt that they must answer it at the bar of
God. ‘
'I‘l'i‘cr'e are v'ai‘iou‘s stages in the way to ruin.
The first’ is that of’ habitual‘drinking, tl’i’on‘gh
not to intoxication. In the early par: of this
.stage,- men have ordinarily too much _self
respect, to visit the low drain-shops, where
the tottering and slovenly drunkards” are
seen to enter. They go in ,pr'ivat'e to'the
respectable grocery, or to’ the bar of the ele-
gant hotel’. The marks of overdrinliing
.ces, and are known and read of all men;
-while for a- long ti-n"i’e they/‘know it not.-
The next stage‘ finds them at times prostra-
ted in drunkenness; whi-l‘e they v'ain-fly at-
tempt, by various representations to conceal
it from theirfriends. Alas, the fully to’ think
that’ c‘uch~ things can ever be concealed I
Then comes the last stage, when they have
acquired the character of drunkenness,-and
have given themselves up in despair} , Now,-
the disease has overpowered every faculty,
and tainted all their blood; They are swol-
len and bloated; their breath is"fetid'witli*the
sour efliuvia of strong _dr_inl£~;« their hand
trembles ;.- their tongue falters ;- and if left
to their own resources, their clothing is*fil-
thy rags. Nothing remains to them-‘ but
sorrow and death: The community is nev-
cr withoutsome specimens of these before
their eyes ;- asif-' the Iéiord; in his providence
would be perpetually saying to those who
ti-aflic in-'t‘rie poison, “Behold your work!”
Gneyoueshall see filthy, haggard, enfeebled
inbody and mind, with blood shot eyes and
to a poor maniac, bereft of self conlrol’?'— —
become at length visible in their cou‘otenan- .
,,t:bttering_ gait, .driving.£ a -p’_etty,.: traffic in=roo1a;.
and herbs, to gain hisipittanco of drink‘; api
pai"'cntl'y without means or energy sufficient:
to carryybimselt oil‘ by one full and final’
debaucli nether you shallsee, regnlaif
as the morning returns, bent with prernai
ture weakness, with feeble ghuflling gait,
wending his wily to the Bridge, glad of the
privilege of doing, irregularly, the most me’-
nial offices for his morning drain. ‘Phi
evening sees him with difficulty stumbling
and reeling home; only to repeat the same’
dismal round on the next succeeding day.
Who sells these miserable men their ruin f
Who that has the heart of a man, or the
conscience of a man; can be guilty of at!
much basene-ss, as well as of so much
wrong 2° Methinks that b'nevvho can do it,‘-
would sell the very bones of his father for
gain ! I know not who does it; I care not to‘
know. But I signal in aibéieiiient, that in it
civilized ahd Christian community, such
things are suffered to be done; Nor would
they be suffered, year after year-, were it
not, that by tob long familiarity with such
scenes, the public sense of decency is lost,
and the public conscience seared as with at
hot iron. I know not who is base enough
to sell such miserable biéatures rum. I care
‘not to know,I would rather that they would
repent, and bring forth fruits meet for repen;
ianc‘e_. Human laws may slumber, or be‘
impotent ; but let not such ‘men think that
they shall escape the just judgment of God.
A few such specimens of the last stage of
ruin by strong drink We have alivays before‘
its. Once they were respectable; and lived
in honor and ’co‘mI'ort. Once they drank-
moderately; then btbitually; then were“
occasionally driinken ; but such is their end.
These stand in the from rank for death.-—
Longer than we had supposed it possible,-
they endure these effects ‘of debauchery, and
bear lip against the poisons which avarice
mingles with strong drin in these moderti‘
days; then they perish in the ‘waters, or in
the snow, or come to some _ Either violent
end. We continue to hope that when these‘
are gone there vvill be he more such speci-
mens; but others are preparing, and fill up
their places. The succession ‘continues like
the stream of a river; the fountains send
forth an unceasing supply;
_ Who \VOTlK§_lhl3 ‘g'r'eiitest rnischief ambfig"
them who traffic in strong drink ? the kbepci‘
of the respectable resoit, where the drunk-
ard; rugged and filth"; is_ not suffered to
come; of the reiiiorse ess keeper of the low
dram shop; where the _wb’rk of death is
completed '1 If compelled to strike the
balance between them; I am iinable to as-
sign the palm of evil tothe latter. If the
former did not begin _tl‘ie work, the latter
could not end it. If the former were to
cease, the succession of drunkards would at
length die out; for "no man, till he is already
half ruined, will 'c'ond'e'efcend to visit the lat.-
ter; The latter may be more atrocious in
appearance, but the former is the more dan-
gerous; for here the steps ‘of the ,t1nst1spec-
ting begin to slide. If one of the former
should, in_ cxleniiatioii of his ,giiilt, say to
me, “I sell not to the drnnkard ; I sutfcr
not the miserable objects to linger within
my doors," tiiethinks lshould feel bound in
conscience to reply to him, “O, then, in the
name bf tflerc}; change yottr, practice. Say
to the sound and respectable, Isell not to
you. Go home ; forbeai; to enter within the
Maelstrom of death. Escape while you
may; Few wbose_ steps enter upon this
path return. I sell not to the sober; but
only to‘ the druiikard. To this he has been
brought by moderate diinking, and now the
fire is in his bones he must die, I sell only
to quench his raging thirst, which can tor-'
ment him a’ little longer. I sell to him be.
cause he is already ruined. et me never
be the occasion of leading a healthy man in-'
to this path of disease and crime, and death;
No, sober, respectable young roan, go home
I sell only to the drnnkard, who is already
unfit to live either in the present tvorltl, or in
the world to come.
Having now considered the slain let us
_2 Co‘ns'Er1é-r to/Ly there as £c'I.1'l§e of such lami-
eii!atio1t over limit. (I) On account of the
vast extentof the slaughter. We average one
such violent death in Norwalk in a year...
Ttfs would nu‘-alre, in all the United States“;
an annual slaughter of 6000 men. Add
those destroyed by diseases,‘ eitliéf erigébder-'
ed or rendered fatal by the same cause,‘
and no war in which this country ever en-
gaged‘ has destroyed so many,‘ year after
year, as are hurried down to‘ the grave by
intemperancc. I _ , ,
(2) If these had been simply slain‘ in w_nr,=
the grief would not be so inconsolabl'e. But
they die‘ in shame ;,the victims of vice,‘
they are not cut off in a career of honor’
and nsefuliness, but after having’ been lost to‘
‘the community , after having been a living"
grief to parents,-tovvives, to _é-hirtdren, and
after having emailed upon all the kindred,‘
and friends a grief, over their char'acter‘and
end,_ which the heart can-» hardly end‘ur‘e.
(‘-3’) There is cause for grief in considera-
tion of the vices and‘ crimes which- ‘the use
of intonficating drink engenders. This fills‘
our almsliouses and prisons. This‘ stimu-
ilates nearily all the more horrible c"rirnes-,3
especitrlly the murders. The sdrro‘w's‘,' the"
suffering, the woes, which rise to view as‘
we contemplate this aspect of the case. are”
absolutely iacalculable.
(4-):'I'l1er'e“is cause for lamcntatibn since‘
there is, no hope concerning’ these‘ vic'timsiin'
the e1érnaI*worl'tl. Thai-r sentence is record-'
op beforehand :“ Dr'uxiléal'tls_‘sliall"Iiot' inli_c!it"
tbe kingdom’ of‘ God.‘ Those who have‘
helped-‘toruin them‘ he‘re",and“who' have put"
into their cofl‘ers“ilte price of b‘lbo’d,“ h'av‘e’
helped-to ruin them forever O"there’ must‘
be sorrow’ over such‘,-more‘ than over’ those’
pe‘risl-i'in'g- irrprisoni,’--or f£iII‘ing b3- the svtford If
Bin take a little‘, the gtiage ot‘te':a1;ora11t
m"iscbief; which must be set over a’g'ain’§t'
tb‘e-gai;ns‘of"th'e very"fa‘w who wil-I5 c'on‘sei'i'tf«
to"traffic in the poison ; and wlio, as‘ the
amass all“'the"gains;‘ ought surely" tb bcfiir '
the burdens l'e8u:l.ting,fwm"'tlile :fr'a~2%:'¥'
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Norwalk Chronicler