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Attorney and counselor at Law,
orrlcx omm JII./1LLORY’S srosiz
Nonvalk, Conn. '
0. 8. Perry,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
"Nos-walk Conn.
OHN AU B'.I'EN’8
DAGIIEBIAN ROOMS
Over D. a. N. Depot.
NORWALK,
L I k e n e s s e s
Was rented to please all Good Judges-
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0. a 1:. 1:. LOOKWOOD,
NORWALK, coma,
IANUPACTUBBB8 OP
TIN, SHEET IRON & COPPER
W A R E S ,
urn nnnsasnr
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Irftannia, Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4- Lead Pipe,
5 devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
Seasonablo
DRY GOODS.
THE Subscriber would return his thanks for
the very liberal patronage with which his
Store has been favored the year past, and hopes
by a constant attention to the wants of the
trading public and by a system of fair and hon-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the your ensuing. Ilis Stock comprises at all
times a choice and varied selection of fashiona-
ble and seasonable Dry Goods, of every quality
and price. He is confident that purchasers
will find every article purchased. at his store,
equal in qualit , and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained e sewhere. Particular attention
&c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market prices.
Jan. 16. L. H. RANDLB.
PA|NTlNG,(lLAZ|'NB
cud Paper Hanging Establishment.
THE subscriber has taken the Store recently
occupied by Hours. Bundle .1: Platt, and
has opened an extensive and general Oi1,Paint,
Painting and Glasiery Depot. House, Sign,
Plain and Ornamental Painting, Gliding, Har-
biing, Graining, &o., done with neatness, cheap-
ness and despatch. Also, Banners, window
shades, designs, dnc., skilfully painted to order.
He will also kee on hand a general assortment
of Paints, Oils, c., which will be sold, whole-
sale or by the pot, with the loan of brushes.-
Special attention paid to Paper Hanging, due.
By a punctual fulfillment of all engagements,
_ and reasonable charges, he hopes to receive a
share of public patronage.
. GEORGE MARVIN.
, __ Norwalk, Aug. 9th, 1853. tfi5
NORWA LK, HAT. ’
I‘ cap and Fur Emporium. H
THE subscriber having removed to No,
2 Skiddy’s Block, would say, that having
just made very large additions to his former
stock, of new and fashionable goods in his
line, would now call the attention of the public
generally, to the great advantages which he
is enabled to ofi'er over his competitors in
Norwalk. Confiuing our whole attention to
this one branch of business, we feel that we
can make purchases and secure a much better
quality of goods, than those comparatively
unacquainted with the business. We have
now on hand a fine assortment of Hu's,just
suited to the season and the wants of the com-
munity.—-For further particulars, just drop in
and examine for yourselves, at No. 2 Skiddy’s
Block. Main street. H. C. RANDLE.
NOEWALR EMPOEIUM!
‘PROVISIONS. FRUITS,
Vegetables. of Fish all kinds.
clams, oysters, doc.
found at the well known establishment of
ALLEN, HEEKER ch CO.
fir Goods of the above description received
Crockery, Glass
and China
Ware.
‘WM. D. HAIGHT,
West Side the Bridge, Norwalk, Conn.
iuxuracrunna do nnsnsa IN ~
Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron, and
COPPER WARE8,
Ranges, Furnaces, Britania §- Crock-
ery Wares, Chain Pumps, Lead
' and Lead Pipe, Groceries,
China and Glass Wares,
4-c., .3-c.
P. H. NASH,
' Wsonnslns no Rsrsn. nnsuzn us
8 T O V E S .
MANUFACTURER OP
TIll,8EEET.I1i0N & corrsn
W a r e o ,
Has constantly on hand alarge assort-
isssit of general House-keepirzg
Furniture, at So. Nor-walk,
by
South Norwaik, Aug. 2. 1853.
the most favorable terms.
Lime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PEGK.
Timber and Lathe
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Lathe.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
10,000 Pine Pickets just rec’d and for sale
THOS. L. PECK.
New Goods at southport.
UGUSTUS JENNINGS has opened during
the past week a large and well selected
assortment of DRY GOODS, Dnv.Gnocnan:s,
Cnocnnnv, Funmrcna, Cnmnnnss sun Lamas
Snons, Hus, Cars it LAD1EsBONNli'rs,LooIeing
Glasses, Paper Hangings, Window Shades,
Umbrellas, Parasols, Trunks, Warp, Batting,
are. A weekly supply of fashionable goods.-—
Aii orders promptly filled at the lowest cash
prices; Satisfaction given or goods may be
returned.
SEWING,
Coats, Pants, Vests, Drawers, &:c., constantly
on hand for all good Sewers. Those in Nor-
walk can be supplied every Monday from the
dwelling of Mr. Lewis Smith, in South Norwaik,
between 9 and 12 o'clock, A. M; Those on
Bedding Ridge and vicinity can be supplied
from Samuel Osborn’s every otherwednesday,
18
, 09"?“ 1’. IL, commencing 10th of May.
—1——_— Southport, May 2d, 1854.
NOTWIIH DECO.
.Veu'I Clous—-Was-r, 7.501. x., 1.30 r. x.
“ “ EAST, 8.30 a. n., 5.30 r. n.
.¥ca'l Due--Wnsr, 9.30 A. 11., 6.30 P. n.
“ “ Eur, 8.30 x. x., 3 P. is.
"E. EISSELL
OULD invite the attention of this and
the neighboring community to his vast
stock of goods, (to which additions are we_ekly
being mclde,) comprising a full and genera: as-
sortment of
A FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRUGS,
selected with the greatest care, and from the
best which the New York market will afford.
Iehes also a choice selection of
. Perfumery,
Including Lubin’s extracts of all kinds, cologne
water in a variety of styles, etc. His stock of
PATENT MEDICINES,_ _
Con rises an immense variety, principally of
orticIes which have gained a reputation among
the people, and are valuable medicinal prepara-
tion.
llewould invite the attention of the ladies to
his F A N C Y G 0 D S ,
which are too numerous to artieularlze, and
which for taste and elegance are beyond all ri-
valry in this vicinity.
Very particular attention is paid to preparing
_P_H.Y8IOIAN’S PRESCRIPTIONS,
(supplying families with pure and unadultr
rte! medicines. His prices will compare fa-
vorably with those of any other establisment.
Pore Wines, Liquors, Scotch Ale and Porter,
elected exnreluly for medicinal use.
' Pa or Hangin s.
2 PI CES of ever? style and pat-
, tern from ‘lots. to 3s. a piece just
pudygd, and now offered for sale 1.
G. J. GR MAN,
At the Old Bridge Store.
Old Pictures Copied do Restored
J AUSTIIN; 119-9 9300"“! introduced In-
; struments, by which he can restore or copy
on Pictures, D-suerreot_ypes.&c-. giving them
a -“ulnar finish, than in the original.
August 9th.
WO OSTEE HOUSE
comma or Ham mo wnrrs srnssrs
Near the Rail Road Depot.
31; gghscriber having leased the above nam-
T ed-gag], is prepared to ‘receive boarders
lld transient visitors. The House is abundant;
iy aeppligd with spring water, and has all the
0oiv¢n{'¢hces‘neccssary to makegnests comfort-
able, and the undersigned feels_ confident from
the experience that he has had ill the business
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' w 1 .
I 'h° M" JOnHN a. roaansrsn.
1!. ,.-.--Warm and Cold Water Baths ready
at all hours. (Danbury, Sept 5» 1353- "35
BIRD Cages for sale at Locxwoows.
WOODEN Ware, Brooms, Pails, Tube,'l‘rsys
EMPORIUM.
ALL Kinds of plain and fancy stationery ;
school and miscellaneous books ; the latest
publications; every American eriodical, Jnc.
can be had at A. SELLE K’S Book and
Bindery Establishment, Main st. Norwalk.
cheaper than Ever
.dt the South Norwalk
GROCERY STORE.
subscriber has on hand by for the
. uzrges and her! selection, of Family Gro-
ceries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk_. which he ofi'ers to his customers and
the public, at greatly reduced prices. His fa-
crimes are such that he will be constantly re-
ceiving new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may require, which will
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would re-
spectfull solicit an examination and trial of the
8llme- GEO. W. SMITH.
South Norwalk, May 15th, 1854.
Hardware and Cutlery,
Mechanics Tools, Farming (j¢,,,,_,,-1,’
Guns, Pistols, Iron and Steel,
Window Glass, Paints
and Oils.
THE subscriber has now in store, and is con.
stantlyrecciving direct from the manu-
facturers, a large supply of foreign and domes.
tic goods, under the above denomination.
which makes his assortment of articles suited’
to this market, equal to any in the state, and
on as favorable terms as can be purchased it;
New York. For list of articles and price;
purchasers are requested to call and examine’
for themselves. WM. C. STREET.
Norwalk, April 17th.
Shirt Makers
_ WANTED.
A. MORISON do HOYT are now giving
0 out Shirts, Bosoms, Collars,.bc., to expe-
rienced sewers.
Constant employment given and CASH ,.pald
on delivery of the work. *
Norwalk,July 10th,1853. 3m‘20
E Land For Sale.
, ABOUT eight acres of cod land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the ridge-,is offered
for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is ad-
mirably adapted for building lots, or for gard-
°““1E Purposes, having a quick and rich soil,
and a large bed of vegetable, mould,orcom'post
manure thereon, or it is well calculated for a
first rate meadow. It is well fenced and in a
'91‘? feligible location. For further particulars
enquire at this office. ‘ t
Marble Works.
J‘ M. SMITH having associated himself with
e Tnouss MORGAN in the Marble business’
will continue to keep on hand at the 01.1 stand
near the Bridge in Main Strbet Monument.
and Grave Stones of every variety of patterns
and of the most skillful workmanship. ’
B°','i" L“'n°." u°"“I°30ek°fi3bns’.
SMITH &
April 24, I854. HORGAK
As good as the market affords, constantly to be ‘
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on A
A P}EAN—To the Men or the Are-
The gallants of the Arctic,—-each tale we hear
That ’erc the noble vessel sank, ye bravely
But, my hearties, did you notice ; there was
Can you tell us how the gentle ones, and help-
There were infants and fair maidens, left shiv-
And mothers with their cherished ones ; close
The aged, too, and sick were tbere—0 tell us
That all these helpless creatures, were swal-
which will be sold either wholesale or retail. '
f8 grow the cheapest food ever produced for
OETRY.
awv» \v.«m-Av
Ii-on the Palladium.
The Heroes of the Birkenhead.
on the coast of Africa not long since.
apparent that the ,ship’s doom was sealed, the
roll of the drum called the soldiers to arms on
the upper deck. That call was promptly obey-
ed, thongh every gallant heart knew that it
was his death summons. The women and
children were placed into the boats, and nearly
all saved. There were no boats for the troops,
but there was no panic, no blanched, quivering
lips among them. Down went the ship, and
down went the heroic band, shoulder to should-
,er, firing as fees dejoie, as they sank beneath
the waves.”
Undauntcd on the vessel’s deck
The gallant soldiers stand,
The stricken ship, a sinking wreck,
And death on every hand!
Death, for the life-boats bear away
Their freight of feebicr frame,
. And women pale, and childhood frail,
Brave msnhood’s succor claim.
But who. brave hearts, shall care for you? -'
E ‘So firm in will and deed,
Ye, still in storm and danger true,
Ah! none for you may plead.
Shoulder to shoulder,-firm yo stand
And still on death ye gaze,
Nor pailid cheek, nor trembling hand,
A faltering soul betrays.
Deep peels the ’larum of the drum
Not to the battle field,
Yet gsllantly the soldiers come,
Who feel their doom is sealed.
Their doom is sealed, for one by one,
As moments pass, they know,
How heave the billows for their grave
The sinking deck below.
Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand,
They stand to meet their fate ;
Oh! dauntless souls! ob gallant band!
Which thus for death can wait!
No cravens there; no bloodless check,
The calm, unwavering eye,
Tells as no human words can speak,
How the brave hearts can die!
Hushed seem the murmurs of the wave,
I ad hushed the very air,
As in the stillness of the grave
They stand in silence there.
Slow sinks the shlp—-a lurid glare!
A volley, loud and deep!
The smoke wreaths part, they melt away,
And on, the billows sweep.
Sweep on, and o’er the vanished wreck,
The white wave lifts its crest,
Like plumes above each gallant brow, .
Or wreaths upon each breast.
They perish as the warrior dies,
’I[id battic’s stormy breath,
When through the calm, undaunted eyes,
The brave soul looks on death!
Oh dauntless hearts! oh! gallant band,
Wear this, your glorious crown.
Shoulder to shoulder, hand in hand!
’Twss thus your ship went down!
n. o. B.
Ii-om the JV‘. Y. Tribune.
tic.
denotes,
saved the boats.
surely time to wait,
less, met their fate?
ering on the deck,
clinging to the wreck ;
how it be,
lowed by the sea?
And did you not stay by them? reached forth-
no hand to save,
Those dear ones of the country from such a
cruel grave?
No! where all left to perish? and—ha, ye gal-
lant few!
The meanest other thing alive, I'd be, than
such as you. c
The history of ocean hath many a gloomy page,
Recording scenes of terror, from man and na-
ture’s rage ;
But ye gallants of the Arctic, tell the blackest
. story yet;
.1 wish no worse to you, than life--and never
to forget.
A cry sweeps o’er the ocean, its anguish who
can name;
From other lands ’twil| echo back in tones of
lasting shame,
Our stoutest ship was struck at noon, there
were five hours to spare,
But not a child or woman saved, of all who
suffered there.
Then man the yards, my hearties? raise every
color high,
Sound cannon, drums andtrulnpets, till their
music reach the sky,
Cheers! for the gallant engineers, subordinates
‘and crew,
By all that floats! they saved the hosts——what
braver, could they do.
R‘
Growing Fish.---- The Cleveland (0)
City Fact says that one of the most plea-
sing things exhibited at their late Coun-
ty Feir was a lot of brook trout. artificial-
ly bred by Drs. Garlick land Ackley.
WIIOIO 181101’! in this line we have here-
tofore noticed. They ehowed several
broods of fish in different stages of growth
and have demonstrated that it is just as
easy to grow fish as it is fowls, or any
other description of food.
, We hope all agricultural societies will
take ahint from this, and offer premiume
for such a shqw of fish as will best illus-
trate the fact to farmers that they can
man upon their farms wherever they have
' natural water or can make artificial ponds
_.Let us have the premiums "for the best
’show of fish artificially produced upon
‘any farm." It iea matter of very serious
consideration, when fresh fish sells here
at the same price per pound as beef, pork
‘- The British steamer Birkenhcad, was lost
The
steamer struck on a hidden rock, stove a plank
in the bows, and went down in half an hour's
‘time. There was a regiment of troops on board-.
As soon as the alarm was given, and it was
~ Together they had watched the lark as
ursggsatasv.
u vv~
Written for the Norwalk Gazette.
Influence of Early Love.
DY WALTER BICECIIWOOD.
..:-
.-v.-as
" It was no fancy, he had named the name
Of love, and her young cheek grew flame ;
It was the first time her young ear had heard
A lover’s burning sigh, or silver word.”
" I will return when fame and fortune
are mine and claim you for my bride.-
It is true that years must elapse ere we
meet again, But 1 will as soon as possi-
the evening proceeding his departure, to
a fair girl at his side, whose youthful
beauty and artless manners had deeply
won his boyish affections.
Though but children in years they had
together rambled through the dark old
forest culling wild violets from the green
mossy banks of the sparkling rivulets.
be scared far up into the azure vaults of
heaven, and in listening to the sweet
songsters of the grove, they had spent
many happy hours. And now as the
time approached for George to return to
his southern home, a shade of sadness
overcast the brow of his usually light
hearted companion. Too young to an-
alyze the feeling awakened in her bosom
by the expected departure of her compan-
ions she made no effort to conceal the
sorrow she felt at the prospect of losing
his society, and with childish artlessness
she had just confided to him the cause of
this first cloud that had ever flitted across
the horison of her young life. It was at
this moment he uttered the words given
at the commencement of our story, ad-
ding, "Yes, Mary, I will go forth and
strive for honor and riches, and
when I have accomplished this, I will
return and claim your hand from your pa-
rents and we will go to dwell in that soft
southern clime where rosies are ever in
bloom; where grow the fragrant mimo-
as, the beautiful magnolia, the orange
and the olive and the evening zephyrs
laden with aromatic perfume steal in
gentle murmurs through the groves.”—-
“There the most luscious fruits ripen be-
neath a genial sun and the rude blasts of
your northern winters never come."-
Thus they parted. I-Ie to go forth upon
the sea of life and strive with his fellows
in the pursuit of wealth and honor. She
to return to her studies and while poring
over the pages of science to treasure his
parting words and patiently await the
time when he should return.
George Ross was the son of parents
who moved in the first circles of a south-
ern metropolis. Born and residing amid
a people famed for their generous hospi-
tality thcy gave a hearty welcome to all
who entered their doors. Mr. Ross was
possessed of a temperament which found
its greatest ‘pleasure in social intercourse
and convivial mirth. Like St. Clare :—-
hc deferred all business arrangements to
some future time and that time nev-
er came. During the ravages of that
epidemic whose first visit to our country
seemed destined to sweep all people in-
to one common grave, Mr. Ross and
wife fell among its victims. George,
then but four years of age, was consign-
ed to the care of a maiden aunt. Upon
settling the estate, it was found that in
endcavoring to assist his friends, Mr.
Ross had incurred several heavy liabili-
ties, these encumbered the estate so much
that after satisfying all claims, the patri-
mony left to George had dwindled to a
few hundred dollars. When he arrived
at an age to attend school, he came to
the north to be educated and our little
village was selected as the place where
he should pursue those studies which
were to fit him for participating in the
active duties of life. Frcm his first arri-
val lio was noted for close application
and unwearied perseverance in his stu-
dies. He was the favorite with all lovers
of learning. He had no enemies save
those who envied the virtues he posses-
sed and lacked the manliness to follow
his example. To his friends he exhibi-
ted all the frank cordiality which he in-
herited from the sunny clime where he
first drew breath. The few who disli-
ked him for his correct department or en-
vied his success as a scholar, never dared
openly to provoke his anger for they fear-
ed to rouse the spirit which they saw
at times flash from those youthful eyes.
It was with deep regret that his school-
mates and__ friends bade him farewell.-
He returned to his native city with a
mind richly stored with useful knowl-
edge and shortly afterwards formed an
engagement in a mercantile house with
a friend of his father.
By close application to business he so-
cured an excellent reputation and rose
rapidly in the estimation of his employ-
ers. Each year he saved a portion of
his salary and with this by the aid of a
few friends, he was soon enabled to
start in business for himself.
He was new in a fair way to attain
the summit of his expectations. Years
had passed, since his parting from Mary
Somers and he knew that she was no
longer the child from which he parted‘
on that summer eve—long, long years
had passed since that time--new his fancy
portrayed her in all the witching loveli-
ness of feminine beauty in the halcyon
ble return.” Thus spoke George Ross.
that sweet silvery voice often rang in his
ear and when turning the leaves of his
ledger, instead of long columns of debit
and credit, he often saw a pair of bright
eyes looking confidmgly into his own.-—
Thc desire to meet her again for whom
he was striving to accumulate wealth be-
came so strong that be resolved to make
a short visit to the north before he had
fully attained that position which would
enable him to claim of her parents the
chosen one of his heart. Trusting his
business in the care of a confidential
clerk, he hastened to visit the friends
with whom he had spent the happiest
hours of his life and to assure himself
that Mary Somers still retained for him
that purity of feeling and devotedness
which she manifested at their parting,-
Thcy met again, but not as those
meet whose hearts have been pledged
and then estranged but with all the frank
cordiality of early years, and if when dis-
tance separated them he had ever allow-
ed the thought to creep into his mind
that he-'_}vas forgotten every doubt was
instantly "dispelled.
The volhtile spirit of childhood, had
given place to the gentler graces of ma-
turer years. The rose upon her cheek
and the sparkle of her eye betokened the
physi, l and intellectual change since
they ‘rted. Absence instead of dimin-
ishing the joy they felt in each other so-
ciety, seemed with time to have increa-
sed. _ .
Again they visited the dark old woods
gathering wild roses and mingled their
voices with the oriole’s song. He des-
cribed to her the beauties of the warm
clime where he dwelt with its broad sa-
vansas white with the mimic snow Of.
the cotton fields, while the most beautiful
flowers of earth grew from nature’s own
planting in astonishing profusion. Re-'
assured by his visit be returned, to renew’
his pursuit of wealth, nerved with dou-
ble ardor by the certainty that she for
whom he toiled awaited with trusting
fondness the time, when he should return
to declare his love and claim her hand.
He felt too that the time would soon
come, when he could refute the say-
ing of his friends that ‘he alone of them
all was insensible to the charms of fe-
male society.’ Time passed on and
George Ross was successful beyond his
most sanguine expectations.
The professor of great riches and the
owner of a lovely villa situated upon the
border of a silvery lake, with grounds
tastefully arranged, he again journeyed
north to fulfil! his early promise. His
visit was made near the approach of au-
tumn when our rugged hills and fertile
vales are smiling with the golden fruits
of summer.
George made known his sentiments to
her parents and though they deeply rc-
greted to part from their only daughter,
yet feeling that it would be selfish to en-
deavor to retain her always with them,
they gave a full and free consent.
Their admiration of her choice was
greatly enhanced when they learned how
long the attachment had existed and the
praiseworthy efforts he had made to win
his bride. Early in the morning of a
bright golden,autumn day in the presence
of their near relatives and friends they
were united and after receiving the con-
gratulations of the company they started
upon a tour of pleasure at the close of
which she went with him to grace his
southern home.
Kind reader we fear, you are disap-
pointed that our little story contains no '
intricate plot or thrilling deuoument.—
We will simply excuse their absence by
saying that these episodes usually have
no existence save in the imagination of
the writer. We designed merely to give
some portions of the history of an orphan
who by a course of virtuous conduct and
a fixed aim gainedjyealth, honor and do-
mestic happiness.
And we indulge the hope that his ex.
ample may induce others to strive up-
ward and onward with the certain assu-
rance that success crowns the efforts of
industry.
Wilton, Oct. 1854.
American Hyperbole-—Upon a certain
occasion, a cart gentleman, who is 3 phy-
sician by profession, wae called upon to
testify before a jury with regard to the
effects of a severe whipping given by 8-
woman to her servant child. The coun-
sel for the prosecution asked him, “Dr-
what, in your opinion, must he the nec-
essary result of such blows as those you
have heard the witness swear were giv-
en to this child by the respon dent?”—-
Just as the doctor had begun to make his
reply, the defence objected to the ques-
tion as leading, and the doctor was told
to give no answer. The counsel for the
prosecution, bent on getting the doctor's
opinion in some manner or other, framed
the question in a different manner. and
put it to the doctor half a dozen times,
but always with the same result. Tired
at last of being bsdgered in this way, the
doctor turned short round to the jury,
and said, "Gentlemen of the jury, if a
jackass had the skin of an all gator for an
overcoat, and a piece of a boiler plate un-
derneath, and that jackass were to be
flogged one half as bad as that woman
whipped that child, all crea.tion could not
save the jackass from dyin g !"
IE? "Do you keep matches '." ' asked
awag of a retailer. ‘0 yes, all kinds,"
was the reply- "Well, then, I'll take a
trotting match.” The retailer in nmedi-
ately handed hima box of Dr. Brat ideth’s
‘end mutton.-— Tribune.
days of life. Amid the cares of business
From Gleason’: Pictorial.
L A U R A D A I. E,
__on_
THE YOUNG WIFE.
BY HRS. CAROLINE OILNE.
" Is it true, Denham, that you intend
to marry Laura Dale?” said Edgar
Moreland, addressing a gentleman. With
whom he was walking one moonlight
evening.
“ I certainly have serious thoughts of
it,” returned Mr. Denham.
“ I am sorry for it."
-‘ I suppose you think the match will
be an unsuitable one."
" I do. In the first place, there is too
great disparity in your ages. You are
thirty-eight, and she cannot be more
than eighteen.”
" That instead of being an objection
to my marrying her, forms one of the
main inducements. In a wife, I wish
for one whose habits, tastes and prefer-
ences will readily yield to mine, which
I could not expect, if she had arrived at
the mature age which I suppose you
would consider as suitable. Now, let
me hear another objection."
" I have none, if Laura Dale should
prove as yielding as you seem to expect,
her youthful age, compared with your
own, being, in fact, the only otherobjec-
tion. You seem to have lost your taste
for gay and fashionable society, which
she, with a sense of keen and vivid en-
joyment, is just entering. She is, more-
over, the belle of the season-decided-
1y‘)!
" If Laura Dale is young, she is not
frivolous.”
. “ I agree with you there, but I don't
know why that should be any reason for
her wishing to live in almost monastic
seclusion. There is also another thing
to be considered. She has always-—as
an only daughter of wealthy parents
generally is—been much indulged. I
doubt whether she ever expressed a
wish within the bounds of possibility,
which was not gratified. Such being
the case, I leave it for yourself to judge,
whether you can reasonably expect that
she will, without a struggle, yield im-
plicit obedience to your wishes, which
seem to promise, for the most part, to be
utterly at variance with her own."
“ I don’: expect her to yield without a
struggle, but when she finds that oppo-
sition is l1opeless—-that what I say, I
mean, the struggle will end. Givcyour-
self no uneasiness. 1 am prepared lot a
few little outbreaks of temper, they will
not, in the least, discompose me."
Laura Dale had first met Mr. Dsnham
at a dinner party He was a remarka-
bly fine-looking man, and as he was
known to be very wealthy, there were
few single ladies from eighteen to thirty
five, who would not have considered
themselves singularly fortunate to re-
ceive the offer of his hand. Laura Dale
was for some time, the only exception.
She, in common with every one, tho't
him very handsome, but there was a se-
dateness about him, at times approach-
ing to sternness, which awed her. She
did not feel comfortable in his presence.
Mr. Denham, at first eight, was very
much struck with the appearance of
Laura. He saw that she avoided him,
and he addressed himself earnestly to
overcome this reserve. He could render
himself pleasing, even fascinating if he
chose, and Laura Dale, though she could
not entirely shake off the secret awe,
which ever haunted her when in his
presence, after some little time, felt irre-
sistably drawn towards him. In three
weeks after they first met, she was his
affianced bride, and an early day was set
for their marriage.
Laura looked very beautiful in her
bridal array, and the dread with which
shghad uniformly regarded him to whom
a :9, was about to be united for life, gave
-v.."=-.y amid the smiles and congratula-
tions of happy and rejoicing friends.
The stately bridegroom looked " se-
dately glad,” and being in one of his
happiest moods, was disposed to exert
his talent for pleasing to the utmost.-'
No one present, except Mdreland, but
thought Laura was to be envied, and he
was the only one who at all understood
Mr; Denham’s character. He well
knew that no one, short of a second
Griselda, would possess the patience,
forbearance and self sacrificing spirit
necessary to realize the idea he had for-
med of a good wife.
Laura, like other ladies who have the
means, was fond of dressing fashionably
though she had the good taste to modify
any peculiarity which did not suit her
style. She had, not long after her mar-
riage, purchased a Parisian bonnet, ex-
ceeding light and graceful, and very be-
coming. The wreath of spring flowers
placed inside the brim, harmonized ad-
mirably with the fresh, yet delicate
bloom of her complexion. Her hus-
band was at home, when she put it on
to wear, for the first time. She entered
the room where he was, with a face
beaming with smiles, fully expecting, to
say theleast, that he would commend her
taste. He raised . his eyes from the
newspaper he was reading, and regard-
ed her with a fixed and somewhat stern
look.
" Laura,” said he at length, " it is my
wish that for the future, you dispense
with flowers and other childish foolery,
with which you are in the habit of load-
ing your bonnetc and other portions of
your dress.”
" Is it possible," said she, " that you
do not this like this lovely wreath of
this lily of the valley! To my eye it
looks graceful and becoming.”
" it might become a school-girl, or a
play queen, but for my wife, I consider
it very unbecoming.”
- " Are you really in earnest, Mr. Den-
ham: .9” said Laura, with some difiiculty
keeping the tears from starting to her
e es. _
H I believe I am not a person_ who I’
in the habit of saying one thing_ and
meanin g another. If it be your Wish *0
please 1, cc, you will throw 8“_V9~Y 3”°“°h
tinsel an ‘d l00|eI}’u and 37°“ “ml "’mem'
bet that author portions of your (11808, I3
we“ as 1,‘ snnets are to be included."
Lama v vould have ventured a remons-
trance harlhe not, with a decided and
digni'fi’ed bl and of the head, resumed his
r.
neThli)sa th-.e first of a course of lessons
Pills !
Mr. Denhsnt,-. intended to give his young
wife. He in reality, cared little wheth-
er she wore flowers, or anv other ‘* chil-
dish foolery,” as he termed it. He re-
quired her to relinquish them, because
he thought it afforded a good opportuni-
ty for her to show her obedience to his
wishes. He was not aware how very
hard and even cruel was the lesson to
one, who, in her father's house, had
been a petted and an indulged, though
not a spoilt child. If she had entered
so smilingly the presence of her mother,
or her father even, with that feeling of
enjoyment at her heart, which lends
to beauty its best charm, to exhibit to
them any new article of dress, smiles
would have been given in return for
smiles, accompanied, it might be, with
kind words of approval. Not those
which would foster vanity, but such so
to make her feel that her pleasures were
also theirs, and that her presence was a
light and joy to those she loved.
Laura went to-‘her room, took off her
bonnet, and removed the flowers from
the inside. The words “ if you wish to-
please me,” were constantly recurring to
her mind. Could he doubt that she
wished to please him‘! It was that
wish which had governed her in the
choice of the very bonnet he had con-
demned. She could please him-—che
knew she could, for his taste should di-
rect hers, even if it demanded that she
should dress with nun-like simplicity.
The next time her husband saw her
equipped for a walk, he had no reason
to claim that her dress was too gay or
showy, yet aided by her good taste, she
had succeeded in making it very becom-
ing. And he did not complain, neither
did he express one word of approbation.
“ Does he not observe the change?”
she thought, and she ventured to ask him
if he did not think her dress, particular-
ly her bonnet neat and pretty '."’
“ I see nothing to the contrary,” was
the cold reply.
Ready to find fault, yet slow to praise
Laura turned sadly away, realizing as
she did so, that few things can be more
disheartening, especially to a young girl
just beginning to learn the stem lessons
of life, than to find her best efforts to
please met with coldness, or what is as
bad, to find them unrecognized.
Laura's spirits however, were too
buoyant to remain long depressed. Hope
in her case, had not hitherto proved the
deceitful siren she is represented to be,
and an hour afterward, her smile was as
bright as ever.
Fverything went well for a week or
more. One morning—-a fresh, dewy
morning, such as in the country would
make the air full of song and wild-flow-
er fr-agrance—Laura sat down to the pi-
ano. Mr. Denham had as usual, gone
out after breakfast and she was alone,
though she did not feel lonely. Her
voice was clear and sweet, and like a
bird, she revelled in her own music.—--
She was in the midst of one of them,
when Mr. Denham entered. She was
not aware of his presence, for the door
turned uoiselessly on its hinges, and his
footsteps were mufiicd by the thick car-
et.
P Mr. Denham did not dislike music, he
would even have taken pleasure in liste-
ning to a voice so sweet, clear and liq-
uid, had it floated to his care within the
walls of a concert-room. Now he did
not feel pieased——for be supposed that
she knew that he was present—-and did
not show him so much deference as to
cease playing and singing. He did not
interrupt her, but stood immovable as a
statue, with stem brow and compressed
lips, tillsbe had finished the song and
commenced the interlude to another.-—
This was too much. He stepped for-
ward, though without any apparent im-
patience in his manner, and made a mo-
tion with his hand for her to cease. She
obeyed, though not without a quick,
nervous movement at the suddenness of
his appearance.
“ I think,” said he, “ that this is the
second time within about a week, that I
have been greeted with a thrurnmmg on
the piano, when I entered the house.”
“ I did not know," returned Laura,
“that you had come.”
"Maybe not, but I do not wish to be
made liable to such greetings.”
"Do you mean that I am to leave oil‘
singing and playing I"
“You may sing and play at proper
times.”
"How am I to be able to distinguish
between proper and improper '."’
Just see that you don't annoy me by
your singing and p|aying—this is all
you have to do.”
This amounted to a prohibition, for he
might at any time return unexpectedly.
Laura had few times in her life felt so
keen a heart pang. She thought of her
father, how, when wearied with the du-
ties of the day, he used to ask her to sing
him one of her pleasant songs, and how
when she had complied with his request
he would remark, “That is better to me
ten times, weary as I am now, than the
brilliant performance of one of the first
singers of the day.”
And this was her second lesson.
It would take too much time to go on
step by step, tracing the manner in
which Mr. Denham, by those exactions
and prohibitions which he looked upon
as both necessary and salutary, convert-
ed the cheerful, warm hearted, affection-
ate girl into the staid, cold. impassive
woman. His work might have been re-
tarded, had he not removed from the
city where her parents dwelt, for there
were silent claws and warm sunshine
beneath the roof of her childhood, that
at times, would have warmed and cheer-
ed her heart, and melted away the icy
veil, which, while it chilled herself, re-
pelled all who approached her.
At the age of twenty-five, to all ap-
pearance her heart was proof against
external influence- Invariably polite,
dignified and even stately, she was cal.
led a superb woman, and her husband
was proud of her
They had been married scout eight
years, when one day Mr. Denham fell
in with his friend of former years, Edgar
Moreland. After a little familiar chat
-—for Mr. Denhsm though so distant
and reserved towards his wife, was per-
fectly accessible to most persons of his
acquaintance—-Moreland said :
fi,"Well, Denham, what was the result
of that course of lessons you had com-
menced giving when 1 last saw you ?”
“Exactly what I wished and expec-
ted. From a child, full of tears, smiles
and blushes, Mrs. Denham has grown to
be discreet, sensible and consistent.”
"I am glad to hear it--glad that 0110
proved capable of the indurating process
for to confess the truth, I fully expected
that both her health and spirits would
break down.”
“That was because you were incapa-
ble, from want of opportunity, of appre-
ciating ber character as I did. You did
not give her credit for the good sense
aha really possessed."
"Perhaps not, though, according to
my mind, it was physical and not men-
tal strength which carried her through
the ordeal."
"You must dine with me to-day, which
will give you a chance to judge for your-
self relative to the change which has
been wrought in her.”
"There is a great change, no doubt,
and I hope Ishall agree with you in
thinking it for the better.”
Mrs. Denham recognized Morcland at
first sight, and could her heart have
been unveiled, it might have been
seen that old memories revived by
the sight of one she had so often
seen in her girlhood, stirred even to their
source, its calm, deep waters. It was
only for a moment. I
“ The smiles and tears of other years,
The words of love then spoken,"
were, by the aid of a strong will, swept
back again, atleast for the time being,
into the oblivion of the past. Yet the
struggle, brief as it Was, had not been
unobserved by Moreland. He would
not have known Mrs. Denham had be
seen her elsewhere. He could scarcely
believe that she was the lovely Laura
Dale that he had once known. Not
that she was faded in the least. She
was, if anything, brighter and more ra-
diant than ever. In manners, she was
all her husband represented her to be.--
If possible, calmer,‘ and more unimpas-
cioned than himself, yet eminently
graceful. "
"She is, indeed, a superb woman,’
thought Morelan-i ; there is not another
adjective in the English Language which
would give so just an idea of her."
He knew, nevertheless--and to him it
was strange, that Mr. Denham did not
also know, that life to her had lost all its
attraction. A kind of disdainful pride
alone kept her from sinking. W'ithout
its support, she would have become an
imbecile, or a subject for a lunatic asylum.
"Have I not been most triumphantly
successful!” said Mr. Denham, when he
and Moreiand were again by themselves.
"I suppose you have accomplished
what you intended,” remarkedvMoreland
gravely.
"I have, and in a manner, which to
me is perfectly satisfactory.”
“Al! I have to say is, that you and I
are very different. I dad entertain a se-
cret hope that I should obtain a glimpse
of the lovely and bewitching Laura Dale I
once know, through the frozen drapery
with which you have so sedulously invest-
ed her, but 1 was disappointed.
"I am sure. to my eye, she is as bril-
liantly beautiful as ever.”
"So she is to mine, but do you think,
if I were in your place, that I would ex-
change one of those warm heart-smiles
she used to lavish upon you, for the con-
centrated dignity and stateliness of every
queen and duchess in Christendom '3--
You have a marble statue, beautiful, I
grant.
“Why do you speak time T”
“Because you have quenched what,
to me was the true Promethean spark."
"Thank Heaven!” said Mr. Denham,
“I have no romance about me, nor never
had. To me, it is altogether more com-
fortable, when I come home, to find my
wife sitting quietly at her sewing, than
engaged in singing a love-song. By
paying half a dollar, I can have opportu-
nity to hear a dozen sung much better
than she could sing them. And I have
no doubt that a resumption of those chil-
dish and foolish w,hims and habits, which
you think were so charming, would ap-
pear quite as ludicrous to her as to me."
"I should be sorry to say so, for your
sake, as well as hers.”
“I certainly do not understand why."
"You may at some future time.
These parting words of Moreiand pro-
ved prophetic, thongh their fulfilment
was long deferred. While in the enjoy-
men: of prosperity and actively engaged
in business, Mr. Denham felt no want of
sympathy. Mrs. Denham presided at
the head of his establishment with digni-
ty and unequaled grace. All his physical
wants were well cared for, and he was
content. Mental gratifications he sought
elsewhere.
Many years after he last saw Moreland
he was tempted to engage in a specula-
tion which cventuated in his utter ruin.
Even his house and furniture had been
sold in order to meet the demand of his
creditors. When he made known the
situation of his affairs to Mrs. Denham,
she merely remarked:
"Then I suppose we must eat our
bread in a hunbler house. I neither do-
sire nor dread the necessary change.”
She was, in reality, as much unmoved
as she appeared to be. Not so, Mr_ Den.
ham. Ditquletude of mind soon began
to so seriously affect his health, that he
threatened to break down, for there was
nothing for him to fall back upon. In
this, his day of adversity, he felt the icy
chilliness which he had himself been the
means of diffusing through his home.--
He recalled the words of Moreland, and
he realized their truth in all its forcc.—
His wife was, indeed nothing more to
him than a marble statue, as far as sym-
pathy was concerned. All the Warmer
emotions of her heart had been 60 long
checked and repelled, that her very na-
ture seemed to be changed. The change
in truth, as nearly approximated to alien-
ation of mind, as was possible, without
actually overstepping the hue which di-
vides the sound from the unsound. Her
only life was in the past; the present
was a cold and comfortless void. When
there came a change of fortune, she con-
tinued perseveringly, and to all appear-
ance, unweanngly, to perform the came
round of duties as before, The circle
was a good deal circumscribed, but she
did not seem to notice it, neither did she
appear to mind that she was avoided by
many of her old acquaintances, who in
the hour of prosperity, professed to be
her friends. If she did, it had no effect
on her.
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