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WW‘. D. HAIG-Hr’,
Wheat Side the Bridge, A" rzz-alfij. Conn.
mxcrxorcnsn 3: DEALER 1::
Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron, and
COPPER WARES,
Ranges, Fmvaczces, B2'z'tam‘a Q» Crock-
ery Whres, C‘/z.m'¢z P2-mzlzzs, Lead
and Lead Pigs, Groceries,
C.7z.z?rz.a and Glass ‘/I"cz.re.s,
M ¢f»~c., (§~c.
C. & E. K. IIOCKWOOD,
NOR-WALK, oONN.,
H.A}IU FA.C'TI7R B115 0 F
TIN, SHEET IRON & COPPER
W A R E S ,
AND 1‘Ili.-‘.Ll]lil3 IN‘
Stoves, 1-¢'.CI-.7? ges, Fuwzaces, C'utZe-7'3/,
Brian-7.-;zr'c», Porcelain and T‘?/Ioodcn
W‘<zr.=, (27255 Kitcheiz Fm'7zitm‘e
2:1-:2 ge71e»2'cz.Z, Pumps, Sheet '
Imczd Lead Pipe,
C7:-‘or7~:erry, Glass
and C/atria
W-(Ne.
--g’ ‘E I”
fie g, ‘all
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I-Iaivdwnrare
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Congress
Gaiter and Morocco Boots, Buskius, &c.
and made to order.
Shoes of all kinds, at C. FIELDS, opposite
Danbury ii: Norwalk R. R. Depot. ‘
DRY GOODS.
THE Subscriber would return hi! thanks fol"
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 hen-
orable dealing, to retain his share of trade for
the year ensuing. His 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 quality, and as cheap in price, as can
be obtained elsewhere. Particular attention
devoted to the selection of Cloths, Vestings,
&c., &c., for Gentlemens wear, which will be
sold at the lowest market pgiceg. _ __
Jan. 16. L. 11. RANDLI‘-.‘.
G. FIELHS,
Manufacturer and Bealcr 121
BOOTS; SHOES AND RUBBE.h3-
HE subscriber has on hand and is ready for
orders of all kinds of Water Proof Boots,
and Dress Boots, of French Calf or Patent
Leather. From his long practice in this branch
of the trade, he is confident that his work will
confpare favorably with that of city manufac-
ture. He has also a general assortment of
Shoes, Oxford ties, brogans, &c.
For the Ladies, he has a complete stock of
!
ChildTeu’s work of all descriptions on hand
India Rubber Boots, and
ly47
Norwalk, Nov. 19, 1954.
NORWALK, HAT.
E Cap and Fur Emporium.
THE subscriber having removed to No,
2 Skiddy’s Block, would ‘say, that having
ust made very large additions to his former
stock, of new and fashionable goods in his
inc, would now call the attention of the public
' generally, to the great advantages which he
is enabled to offer over his competitors in
Norwalk. Confining 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
unacquaintcd with the business. We have
now on hand a fine assortment of HATs,just
suited to the season and the wants of the com-
munity.-—For further part1cula.rs,just drop in
and examine for yourselves, at No. 2 Skiddy’s
Block. Mainst-reet. H. C. RANDLE.
NGRWALK EIVIPORIUIVI I
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3cs‘:.i'?i I ES;-’i QC nocgumv
PROVISIONS, FRUITS,
Vegetables. of Fish all -kinds.
(Slams, Oysters, &c.
As good as the market affords, constantly to be
found at the well known establishment of
ALLEN, MEEKER & CO.
mi? Goods of the above description received
daily, and for sale at wholesale and retail on
the most. favorable terms.
Eaime.
100 Bbls. of Lime for sale by T. L. PECK.
Timber and Latins
AT SOUTH NORWALK.
350,000 Plastering Laths.
50,000 Feet Pine and Spruce Timber.
\ 10,000 Pine Pickctsjust rcc’d and for sale
_, THOS. L. PECK.
South NOrwalk,Aug. 2. 1853.
New £3‘.-nods at Southpor t.
UGUSTUS JENNINGS has opened during
the past week a large and well selected
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Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER .M”.r2LLORI”.S’ STORE
Nor-‘Walk, Conn.
JAMES SIIERWOOD,
SUCCESSOR T0
.A.= $EIaI.aEC‘}K,
Bookseller, Statloner & Binder,
17 Ilfczzhz. Street, Nome-czZf.»:.'
H. IVE. PROWTTT,
‘I'ea.c11e1° of Music.
Lessons on the Piano Forte, Melodeon, and in
» Vocal Music. _,
Pianos and Alelodeonsselected, with grcatoare
as to tone and quality, for those desiring to
purchase. _ .. tf‘1(;
Jorsru Auswnlws
cAcuEruN rooms
Over D. as N. Depot.
NORWALK.
.I.~i3s.onesees
I-7.Va.rm'/wed to please all Good Jrzclges
P. I-I. ‘NASH,
WEOLES.-.11‘. men RETAIL DEALER 13
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‘:.E.L‘.~iLii-‘ACTIJRER Or
‘PIN, SHEET IRON eh. COPPER
I W a r e s ,
Has co7zsm7z_zz7y art ltftfld alavgc assert
-men: of general .Hou.se-kcepi-72g
F2.'~:='m'mre, at S0. l\.7oe'rz~9a.lk,
- Conn.
assortment of DRY GOODS, DRY Gnocnnms,
Cnocnnnx, FURNITURE, CIIILDRENS AND LADIES
Snons, HATS, Cars 5: L.IDInsBoNNETs,Lool.-ing
Glasses, Paper Hangings, Window Shades,
Umbrc1Ias,ParasoIs_. Trunks, I'Va7-p, Batting,
8,'c. A weekly supply of fashionable goods.-—
All orders promptly filled at the lowest cash
prices ;, Satisfaction given or goods may be
returned.
SEWING,
Coats, Pants, Yeats, Drawers,&c.,constantly
on hand for all good Sewers. Those in Nor-
walk can be supplied every Monday from the
dwcllingofilir. Lewis Smith, in South Norwalk,
between 9 and 12 o’clcck, A. M. Those on
Bedding Ridge and vicinity can be supplied
from Samuel Osborn’s every otherWednesd£_vy,
P. M., commencing 10th of May.
Southport, May 2d, I854. 18
woos:-an Housn
CORNER OF MAIN AND WHITE STREETS
Near the Rail Road Depot.
THE subscriber having leased the above nam-
ed Hotel, is prepared to receive boarders
and transient visiters. The House is abundant-
ly supplied with spring Water, and has all the
conveniences necessary to make guestscom Ort-
able, ond the undersigned feels confident _1'0m
the experience that he has had In the buslncss
of1;o1;e1 keepingfthttli he can give satisfaction
th 9 - h f . h‘ w'th their atronage.
to o e W o avor JléKlHN1_R‘ F0RRI_éSTER'
N. B.——Warm and Cold Water_Baths ready
at all hours. (Danbury, Sept. 5, 1853. M36
. Cheaper than Eve ‘.‘
fit the South .I\"orwalIc
GROCERY STORE.
HE subscriber has on hand by _far the
larges and best selection, of Family Gro-
ceries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he offers to his cust0meI‘S_ a|_l<1
tlie public, at greatly reduced prices. His is.-
cilitics are such that he will be constantly re-
ceiving new and fresh supplies of goods, as the
wants of his Customers may require, whichwlll
always be of the best quality and sold at the
very lowest possible price, and he would rc-
spectfull solicit an examination and trial ofthe
same. GEO. W. SMITH.
South N01-walk, May 15th, 1854.
Ncrgvallzfost Office.
'-1"4z'1' /.'=t‘r.'.~‘e3—\‘-.’I=..-Ir, 7.30 A.M., 1.30, -1.30 mi.
" " E.a.sT, 8.30 3. M., 4.30 P. 3:.
“ " D. «S: N. R. R., 6.00 A.
tfuéi Dam-——-D. <5: N. R. R., 8.00 A.
“ '\"i":;.-;T, 9.30 A. u., 6.00 P. :11.
IA.s.'r-, 8.30 A. .\I., 3 P. M. _
R. A. WILLIAMS, 1’. In.
Telegraph Office Open.
TFHE "i‘e1€g1‘a'ph Olilce in Norwalk is now
1 open on week day.-:fI-om 8 A.l:l. to 9P.M.,
and on the S‘-J.l:-bath from ‘Y to 8 o’clock, P. M.
Oifice no heretofore at Austen-‘s Daguerrean
l’.ooms.Danbu1"7 and Norwalk Railroad Depot.
October 12:11, 1354. ‘ 1;
._ -.- __.._.
. ' Enilding Winning,
B1‘ C.'rIARI.ES Turns.
LL crdersf-31‘ building raising am} mov.
A ing, left with the ..~‘ubscrI!;:er, will receive
-pmmpt;_ a.f-l3Cl1tl.C-ilré’-.ll(I be executed In the safest.
',‘-.;&_J most eXpcdI».i.Ous maan_cr. _ ‘__
1341 JOSEPH SHLPTILIZD,
% Land For Sale.
tnirnbly
ening
and a
firfit rate mcatlow.
tfs
enquire at this office.
. Cabinet Ware Rooms at
% wnsrroarz
sortment of CABINET Wash in general.
terms.
to be undcrsold,
in the County.
‘ Carriage Itiakcr, fig mt.
. Fire! Firel!
er.r.n.nrssr::!:,:r..-,
As refitted his Store, and during
I
i
I
the last ‘
I ally, that he has returns
week has repl’cnished his stock of Pure
llvurrq, Medicines Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, Pat-
- ,,.
one Medicines, Pcrfuznery. Fancy
and Toilet
C-,ood.=, Brtishg-s, 8:-c., and shall 'be1h_appy to
mm,-t,hi,; aid Customers at_- the Pcop.c's _DI;ug
Store, under the Connecticut Hotel, Main-._.t.,
whorc- may
‘he found every variety of Goods
&,,pe,.t,,gfiing to an Apothecary’u Stock ; which
will be sold at the lowest Cash prices. ‘
Particular‘ attention will be given in selcct- '
ing Pure Drugs and Chemicals, and dispensing
Phy.-':ician’s Prescriptions.
kept open on Sundays
and in the Evening.
Norwalk, Jan. 236; 1355-
Thc Store will be
before and after Church,
New Bakery.
S
o his
ness and is now prepared to
Bread, including Graham,
Bread, &c. His store, adjoining
Meeker 52 Co., has been fitted
5371311‘? Of the public patronage.
§ Norwalk, May 15th.
Salt!
10 just received and for sale; also ,.
Sugars .
Cheaper than ever, by G. HOLMES & 00.
Salt 1
‘ durable article:
ABOUT eight acres of good land, near
Main-St. , one mile north of the lh'iO.ge,is offered
for sale upon very reasonable terms. It is ad-
‘ ' adapted forbuildiug lots, or for gard-
p'.1rpo:.cs, havnig; a quick and rich soil,
large bed of vegetable InOl.ll(l,O1‘(‘OI11pQst
manure thereon, or It IS well calculated for a
It is Well fenced and in a.
very eligible location. For further particulars
HE subscribers would respectfully iuforln
T their friends and the public generally, that
they are still located a few doors north of the
turnbike, opposite the store of Alva Gray,
where may be found a large and splendid as-
Uvzzlefllakinzg in all its departments attended
to at the shortest-notice and upon reasonable_
An examination of our stock and j.’/;i"l.Ct’S is
respectfully solicited, as we are determined not
by any similar establishment
. RENOUD ts’: BRUEN. 3ml3
1;, BUNTING would respcctfullyinform
old Customers and the public gener-
cl to his former bus1=
furnish his friends
with every variety of fresh Cakes, Pics, and
‘ Rye and Domestic
Messrs. Allen,
up expressly fol‘
hi5l)11:‘.-iness, and he hopes to receive}! libel-'11
if20
SACKS of prime Liverpool Salt,
ESTABLISHMENT.
HE subscriber would again annou_nc_e to Ins
friends and the public, that he Is In the
field ready for the campaign of 1855, and Will
be glad to attend to any orders for H0}1S9.
Sign, and Ornamental Painting, G1l_dmg.
G2‘a:'m'7zg, and Paper Ha71ging._ Particular
attention will be paid to Lettering and em-
bellishing Sign Boards, &c., for the g_e§t}ng
up of which he possesses unequalled facilities-
Give us a call. GEORGE MARVIN.
jylo Norwalk Conn.
DYING‘-.
THE subscriber would return his thanks Tor
the very liberal patronage which the
Public have favored him with fpr the‘ past
year, would respectfully inform his customers
that he is prepared to execute all orders in a
superior ruannnr. Silks, Merinoes. Paramet-
tas, Deluines, Shawls, Ribbons, Gloves, and
Stockings dyed all colors every week.
Broche Shawls cleaned equal to new, Crape
Shawls cleaned and dyed all colors. and the
new China finish put on equal to new.
All orders left at the subscriber’s residence
at Winuipduk, or at Shcpherd’s Bakery, at
Norwalk, or of J oy& Sons Danbury, Ct., and
301 Bowery, N. Y., will receive attention.
0 JOHN PICKENS.
NORWALK
Agricultural Store!
HE Subscriber has just opened at the store
adjoining Joseph P. Ha.nford’s Shoe Store,
a very extensive and complete assortment of
Agricultural Implements,
Such as Plows Harrows, Ox Yokes, Garden-
er’s-tools, Pruning Knives, Shears, &c., &c.,
which he will sell upon as reasonable terms as
can be purchased anywhere in the County‘.-—
Farmers, Gardeners and others will find it to
their interest to give me a call before purchas-
ing elsewhere. - WM. J. FINLEY.
Norwalk, Feb. 16, 1855. tf8
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy
G o go (:1 s .. '
New Spring Stock!
THE Subscriber has just returned
._ from New York with a new stock of
I. J. Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Plated
Ware and Fancy Goods, which he offersto his
customers very cheap. «
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Coflin Plates, Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
gravcd. O. S. CLARK,
No. 2, Skiddy’s’Block:
To the Public.
HE Subscriber would inform the Citizens
of Norwalk and Vicinity, that he is now
ready to receive orders for his IMPROVED RE-
VOLVING CLOTHES LINE FRAME, which
he will furnish and put up in good style at a
reasonable price. They are superior in every
respectito any nowin use, and will warrant
entire satisfaction. Information respecting
their merits, &c., can be had by inquiring at
the Gazette Ofiice and at the Stor f E E.
Knapp, or by addressing the Subscriber at
Derby, Ct , where they are manufactured.-
Orders left at the above places-will receive
prompt attention. C. T. PROCTOR.
Derby, Feb. 12, 1855. tf8
\
Improved Daguerrcoltwypes .
In New and Splendzd Cases.’
UST received a lai'ge assortment of every
variety of plain and fancy cases,includir.g
the new style of Patent Union Cases, .which
are considered by all, as a most beautiful and
Also on hand ste7'eoscope ca-
ses,with carefully selected lens, which have
the effect to condense two Dagucr-reotypcs ta-
ken at different angles into one, and thereby
shows the features in a most perfect and life-
like manner. Personsc-an have noconceeptiou
of the beautiful effect thus produced unless
theyhavc seen them. The subscriber is also
taking with wonderful success Crayon Daguer-
reotypes, and at a very low rate. It is a very
common occurrence for persons who have had
their likenesses taken in New York and else-
where, to have them retaken at the subscri-
be1"s gallery. JOHN AUSTEN.
P. S. A large assortment of fancy cases,
Souvcnors, Annuals, Tokens, Lockets, &c., de-
signed expressly for Holiday Gifts. Don’t fail
to call and get a picture, over Danbury and
Norwalk Railroad Depot. - 51
s. 1:. onmswnnn,
W'7wZe.sale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
¢ Provisions, &'c., No.14 and 16 Jl1'ain-st.‘
HAS just received an entirely new and ex-
tensive assortment of goods which he
will sell on as favorable termsas any in the
trade. The public are respectfully invited to
call. ._
Norwalk, March 5th, 1855.
FLOUR by the load
10
or less quantity, at
S. E. 0LMSTEAD’S.
District of Ridgefield, us. Probate‘ Court,
.JIprz'f3d, 1855.
‘UPON the application of WILLIAM LEE,
of Ridgcfield, in said District, showing
to this Court that he is Guardian to Tmornr
H. Fosrnn and MARTIN B. FOSTER, Minors be-
longing to said District, and that said Minors
arc the owners of the following Real Estate,
viz :——a.n undivided fourth part _of three cer-
tain,Tracts of land situated in said Ridgcfield :
One tract in quantity, three acresmore or less,
with the Buildings thereon ; bounded North
and East by Highway, South by land of James
Smith, and West by Highway ;-—0nc tract in
quantity five acres, more or less, and bounded
North by land of Betsy J unc, East by Highway
and land of Stiles Partrick, South by land of
Nathan Scott, and West by land of David
Scott and Stiles Partrick ;——Also, one tract of
Wood Land in quantity eight acres, more or
less, and bounded North and West by land of
Harry Hunt, East by land of Halsted Hoyt,
and South by land of Lewis June, Lyman
Reynolds and others ; valued at about Two
IIun(lre(l and Thirty Dollars. and showing just
and reasonable cause for selling said real cs‘-
tatc : praying for an 01‘d(}l',(1lld that he or some
other meet person be empowered, to sell the
game, as per application on file, dated the 351
day of April, 1855, more fully appears.
ORDI-man, That the foregoing application be
heard at the Probate Office, in Ridgefield on
the 9th day of June, 1855, at 10 o’clock, fore-
noon; and that notice thereof be published in
some public newspaper near the place where
such real estate lies, three weeks successively,
at least six weeks before said timc assigned ;
and that notice also be posted on the public
sign post iu‘said town of Ritlgeficld.
3t15 By Order of the Court.
./meat, HIRAM K. SCOTT, Clerk.
District of.N'orwaZ/r, C0717?-» Pl‘-""’“’€ 09"”.-
flpril 3d, 1855. _1 _ N
ESTATE of WILLIAM L. B1E_§.::EL_L, an
, Insolvent Debtor of Norwalk, l1'ln.‘i$l.1(-l Dis-
trict-. assigned in trust for the benent of his
Creditors. _
NoTIcn is hereby given by me, the subscri-
ber, Trustee of said Estate. that after causing
a true and perfect. inventory and appraisement
of said Estate to be made and returned to the
Court ofl’robate for the District of Norwalk,
I have, by and with the approbation‘ and con-
‘ sent of said Court, employed Wm. Bissell.
the assignor of said estate, as my Agent fol‘
the sale and disposal of said Estate, pursuant
to the statute in said case provided.
3tl5 ll-IA GREGORY, Trustee.
District of -W‘ rwnll.-, as. 'Probatc Court;
Jlpril Otlz, 1855.
STATE of SARAH GRIGOR, late of
Norwalk, in said District, dec-‘d.
The Court of Probate for the District of
No1'walk,hathlimited and allowed six months
from the date hereof. for the creditors of said
Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement.—-
Thosc who neglect to present their accounts,
properly attested, within said time, will be de-
barred a. recovery. All persons indebted to
said Estate, are requested to make immediate
aymcnt to _ELI B. BENNETT, g Execu-
3t15 IRA GREGORI . tors.
I\'vv‘
From the JV‘. II. Courier.
THE CAPTAIN,
4 muomrnr.-31 BRAINARD.
A Bridgeport paper of March, 1823, said :-
“ Arrived schooner Fame, from Charleston,
via New London. While at anchor in that
harbor, during the rain storm of Thursday
evening last, the Fame was run foul ofby the
wreck of the Methodist'Meeting house from
Norwich which was carried away in the late
freshet.”
Solemn he paced the schooner’s deck,
And muttered of his hardships :—“ I have been
Where the wild wind of Mississippi’s tide
Has dashed me on the sawyer 5-1 have sailed
In the thick night, along the wave-washed edge
Of ice in acres, by the pitilcss coast
Of Labrador ; and I have scraped my keel
O’eI' Coral rocks in Madagascar scas—-
And often in my cold and midnight watch,
Have heard the warning voice of the lee-shore
Speaking in breakers! Ay, and I have seen
_ The whale and sword-fish fight beneath my
hows :
And, when they made the deep boil like a pot,
Have swung into its vortex ; ahd I know
To cord my vessel with a sailor’s skill,
And brave such dangers with a sailor's heart;
-But never yet upon the stormy wave,
Or where the river mixes with the main,
Or in the chafing anchorage of the bay,
In all my rough experience of harm,
Met I—-9. Methodist meeting;-house !
IF ‘ ‘O 8'
1: 1'
Cat-head, or beam, or davit has it none,
Starboard nor larboard, gunwale, stem nor
stern !
It comes in such a ‘questionable shape,’
I can not even speak it! Up jib, Josey,
And make for Bridgeport! There where Strat-
ford Point,
Long-Beach, Fairweather Island , and the buoyr
Are safe from such encounters, we’ll protest!
And Yankee legends long shall tell the tale,
That once a. Charleston schooner was beset,
Riding at anchor, by a meeting-house.
wgzniscsctaur.
r
-\.a.avvu-vvxan/v~.~.-x.-vvvs.-V»-s.-.\ -.- A.-.r~.
The Husband’s Ruse.
, av n. w. Dnwnns.
Two handsome children~a boy of
.twe.lvc, and a girl of ten years of age,
were wandering together abouta garden
They carried between them a great wick-
er basket, which they were filling with
the choicest flowers, and exclamations of
delight and exultation burst forth, as a
bud or blossom more beautiful than its
‘fellows, was added to the glowing collec-
tion which alread graced the basket.
All was pleasant and harmonious, till
the boy, Pembetton Walton, chanced to
Sal’: . .
“Look. Louisa, did you ever see such
a beautiful rose? I declare,” he added,
laughingly, as he held it beside her face,
“it’s even prettier than you are yourself!’
Loui'sa’s face flushed angrily ; she push-
ed the rose away, exclaiming with a
pout, ‘
"I hate roses !”
Pemperton laughed, as he replied good
naturedly, «No you don't, Lou, you on-
lv don't like their beauty to be praisedqp
the expense of yours. Ah, Lou, Lou,
jealous of a rose!”
But Lonisa’s pretty face remained clou-
ded, and it was not till her companion’s
unfailing good humor had home a pretty
severe test, that she deigned once more
to smile and be agreeable.
Ten years later saw that boy and girl
united as husband and wife.
Time had made little change in them.
The disposition of each remained as in
childhood. Pemberton, the gay, careless
boy, was equally open and good natured
asa man. And Louisa, with much that
was amiable and "good, still retained her
besetting sin—-her jealous, exacting tem-
per.
It was impossible but that Pemberton
should be fully aware of this unlovely
fault in the “lady of his love,” for it had
been hers all her life, and many a time
and oft, had he been forced to notice it
during their courtship ; but he had the
advantage of knowing also LOuisa’s ma-
ny fine and noble qualities, and he tho’t
he was able to estimate exactly what
risk he ran in trusting his happiness to
her keeping. Besides, his almost unfai-
ling good humor enabled him to bear
With, or laugh on‘, her jealous fancies, as
few men could, or would have done, and
he hoped that his devotion, and her own
good sense would, in time, cure her of
her folly.
For a month or two after marriage,
even Louisa was satisfied in the exclu-
sive devotion of her husband lover. But
when the wedding tour was over, and
two honeymoons were passed, and the
young husband, as was inevitable in the
nature of things, began to return to old
pursuits and and occupations, Louisa
was unable to endure this abriclgment of
her prerogatives-—shc could not bear to
feel that she was but one of many objects
of interest to her husband, when she had
once been all in all. . .
She gave herself up to fit after
jealous wretchcdness ; tormenting her
truly kind and forbearing husband, an
ennoying herselfalmost sick. ~
Did Pemberton co e home half an
hour late to dinner, 0 ea, he was sure
to find his wife in a fit of the pouts, oc-
casioned by his cruel desertion and neg-
lect. Did he chance to omit the slight-
est attention or cares, to which she had
been accustomed, she was certain to no-
tice it, and he was often surprised by a
shower of tears, the cause of which he
could not even guess. Worst crime of
all was it, he found, to profess ignorance
on such occagsions--t/Lac was but adding
insult to injury. Do! what he would,
unless he was entirely occupied with
Louisa, to the exclusion of all other ob-
jams and thoughts, he found himself ad-
judged a cruel monster, guilty of making
a fond and lovely wife “very unhappy.”
In vain he sought by every reasonable
concession, by playful railery and fond
assurances of undiminished affection, to
tranquilize and soothe her, Louisa was
jealous-.of the very cigars he smoked, the
books he read, the friends he walked
\vith—the horses he rode; and did he
venture to have a pleasant chat with a
lady friend, her lovely blue eyes turned
absolutely green.
Pemberton, with all his good_neture,
fitofi
her folly, or she would render them both
wretched. But how could it be done ?
Should he take her aside and reason ‘with
her on the foolishness ' and absurdity of
her conduct? No, that plan had been
alreidy many times unsuccessfully tried.
Should he by at pretended flirtation
give her apparently real cause tor jeal-
ousy, and so cute her of her groundless
fancies? The project seemed more fea-
sible, but knowing Louiaa’s passionate
and impulsive nature, he was positively
afraid to attempt it, visions of daggers
and poison passing unpleasantly through
his mind.
He finally resolved to make‘ an attempt
to conquer her with her own’ weapons.
Accordingly, on coming home one
evening, Instead of going to hiswife as
usual to dissipate the gloom he perceiv-
ed on her brow, by his attentions and co.-
resses, he threw himself silently on a
lounge, without taking the slightest no-
tice of her.
Louisa was astonished. Never before
had her husband failed to greet her ten-
derly on his return home. She did not
know what to make of it.
Though unwilling to compromise her
dignity, she could not resist stealing a
glance or two at him from under her eye-
lashes. She fancied he looked. pale-—
and certainly something must be the
matter, or he would never act so. Ei-
ther he was sick, or some dreadful mis-
fortune had overtaken him.
Quite softened by the thought, Louisa
rose and coming up to him, said kindly.
“What is the matter. dear Pemberton,
are you ill ’.”' »
"Headache,” returned he, shortly.
“Oh!” said Louise, aifronted by his
tone—and she said to herself as she re-
sumed her seat, and took up the novel,
she was pretending to read, “Only a lit-
tle headache—I’m not going to make a
fuss over him for a trifle like that, when
he causes me such torments, and then
smiles at my agony,” and her heart swel-
led, and her eyes filled at the remembrance
of her sufferings.
Half an hour's silence followed.
Suddenly Pemberton sprang from his
couch, and began to pace the room witlf
gestures of great agitation, or suffering.
Louisa’s fears returned. Something
was wrong, that was certain. She threw
her book aside, and entreated to know
what was the matter.
“Oh nothing, nothing. Don’t trouble
yourself about me, pray go and finish
your novel, don’t disturb yourself. I see
it has come to this. I may suffer head-
ache, fever, neuralgia, tortures, while the
wife who once professed to love me sits
and reads her novel. Talk to me about
love grown cold, and changed affections,’
he continued, volubly, imitating her own
strains, “I see but too clearly now, where
the change l_ies, Why, when we were
first married, I remember that once when
I chanced merely to cut my finger, you
were almost frantic with apprehension.
You wanted to send for the doctor, and
must needs bathe it in amica, and I don’t:
know what, I must keep my bed, I must
be bundled up to the chin in shawls‘ for
fear of the lock jaw. _NoW, I might have
lock jaw, scarlet fever, varioloid and
chicken pox all at once, and Idon’t sup-
pose you would throw aside your novel
to help me.”
More than ever astonished at her hus-
band’s conduct, Louisa could only sup-
pose his wild talk to be the result of fe-
verish delirium, and was confirmed in
her belief that he was very ill.
She followed him up and‘ down the
room, endeavoring to soothe him by ex-
pressions of affection and sympathy, and
begging him to let her do something for
him. “Might she not send for the doc-
tor? or should she bring him a little toast
and tea? or would he have his feet put
in hot water, and go right to bed? or
would he consent to let her apply-just
one neat little mustard plaster? it would
give such instant relief to his poor head.”
But Pemberton scouted at all her pro-
posals--declared her offers came too late
to change his opinion as to her indiffer-
ence, and continued to rave about her
unkindness, and the change he perceiv:
ed in her feelings to him. The more
Louisa protested her love and constancy
the more unrensonble and unconvinced
he seemed to be ; till she was ready to
cry from mere vexation at finding allvher
protestations disbelieved, and her hus-
band obstinately of “the same opinion
still,” in spite of all she could say.
At last, when he was quite tired out,
Pemberton allowed himself to be so far
softened by Louisa’s persuations as to
permit her to lead him back to his lounge
to try to get a nap. She covered him
with her shawl, and sat beside him smoo-
thing his hair, till he appeared to drop
into a slumber.
Remembering that she was needed
to give some directions to her cook, Lou-
isa endeavored to rise noiselessly, with
the intention of stealing softly from the
room. But at her first movement, Pem-
herton exclaimed, ‘
"What is the matter?
matter?”
“Nothing,” replied Louisa, quite flur-
ried, “I was only going to speak‘ to the
cook a moment.” 5
"Going to speak to the cook 3” repea-
ted Pemberton, contemptuously. “Pray
Mrs. Walton, make no excuses for re-
leasing yourself from-the dull task of at-
tending a stupid, sick husband, pray go
and talk to your cock.”
“Dear Pembertcn, how suspicious
you’ve grown,” said Louisa, really dis-
tressed. Her husband interrupted her.
"I remember the time when nothing,
however delightful, could win you from
my side for a moment, when I_ had time
to be with you—ozow, though I am ill, a
miserable cook cannot fry a potato, but
you must run to look on, and leave me
to suffer alone.”
"My poor husband, are you suffering
much 7” asked Louisa, soothingly.
"My greatest suffering ‘are mental,”
replied Pemberton, seveiely, as he sud-
denly hid his head in the cushions of the
lounge, while his frame shook with a
strange agitation.
Louisa flew to him in alarm; she was
convinced he was about to be seized
with some kind of a fit. She hastily
snatched the cushions from his face, and
to her excessive surprise discovered her
poor, sick, suffering husband convulaed
with laughter.
’
What is the
5
her husband's ruse, and the legson 1;
was intended to carry, flashed upon her
She stood irreeolute, half angry,ha,1famu.
ted, in doubt whether to be indignant, or
take part in the laugh against herself.
Fortunately her better nature prevail-‘
ed ; and having relieved her feelings by
calling Pemberton "an unmitigated hum-
bug,” she joined him in a fit of unres-
trained merriment.
She candidly admitted her defeat, ac-
knowledged that Pemberton had proved
himself an excellent mimic, and had not
much ‘overacted his part.
Better than all, she was too sensitive
a woman not to profit by a lesson so fair-'
ly set before" her, and from that :3‘ fr’ da-
ted a great reform in her conduct.
True, from force of habit, she some-
times seemed about to‘ fall into her "old
jealous fancies; but whenever this dan
ger impended, Pemberton was sure to be
seized with a timely return of his fever-
ish ravings; and so, by out Heroding-
Herod, always contrived to remain mas-
ter of the field.——Peterso.-1’: Magazine.
The Doestick Letters.
._—.—-
DOESTICKS RECEIVES A COMMUNICA-
TION FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
Nnw Yonx, Nov. 25, 1854.
Seventy Hundred and One, Narrow st.
I, Q. K. Philandez; Doesticks, P. B.,
although neither a doctor, glergyman, nor
Judge of the Supreme Conn, have re-
ceived a visit from the spirits. The se-
crets of the other ‘world have been par-
tially revealed to me._ I have had a
glimpse of horse-heaven-—a fair view of
the future residence of pigs and poultry,
and been vouchsafed a key-hole ‘peep at
the paradise of Spiritual Jackassdom. I
have discovered that Esop is a reliable
historian, and I find that_ in a future
world the power and libertypof quadru-
peda‘! speech will be restored in all its
pristine enphony and elegance. Listen,
wonder, and believe.
Some time 1 had a beloved and beau-
tiful bull-terrier-—(not the Bull Dogge
alluded to in other epistles,)-—he was
perfect in all his points- -his hair stuck
out in mnltitudinous directions-r-his snarl
was of the crossest, his teeth of the
sharpest, and his ordinary behavior ex-
hibited a general and impartial hatred of
mankind. He was a canine Ishmael,
for every man’s hand was against him.
lfis cognornen savored of the Satanic.
I called him Pluto. He mysteriously
disappeared-——un offered reward of seven
dollars and a half failed to restore him to
my fireside. I teerfully gave him up,
and mourned sincerely. I suspected the
dog-killers, and wept for him as for one
gone “to that hourue from which" buli-
terriera don’t come back. Last eveiiiiw‘
I was aroused fromn thoughtful contem-
plation of my nightcap (liquid and hot,
with uutmeg,) by the unusual and re-
markable conduct of a pet tom-‘cat, who
deliberately climbed upon my lap, and,
in a voice intelligible, if not absolutely
musical, spoke to me--positively spoke
to me—-he informed me that various
spirits were present who desired to hold
communication with me. Having re-
coverd somewhat from my momentary
astonishment, I sung out to fire away.
No sooner said than done—-the services
of the feline “medium” were instantly
dispensed with, and there suddenly ap-
peared to my bewildered sight the un-
mistakable form of my lamented Pluto.
I was astonished, and so I said, but I
could not be d6!uded——it was my “real,
original, genuine” Pluto, I knew his
warning growl—-I recognized the frien-
dly wag of his tai!—-—I could have sworn
to each particular hair. He addressed
me in a voice trembling with emotion
—-he narrated the full history of his un-
timely decease—told of his seduction by
a tempting mutton chop, and consequent
abduction by the remorseless thief--his
vain and ineffectual struggle to escape
related his incarceration in an’ unsea-
worthy canal boat, with ahundred other
unfortunates, described their embarke-
tion and departure for a foreign market,
the terrific collision which ensued when
about four miles and 9. half from port,
when the canal-boat was met by a mud-
scow, which was recklessly running
with great velocity in a thick fog, the
entire force of her propelling apparatus
(one horse power) being brought into
requisition to attain a frightful speed-—
be dwelt upon the -terrors of the scene,
the dastardly desertion of the crew, (21
mulatto woman and two coffee colored
boys) who took to the boats, (21 bass-
wood “dugout,” and escaped, leaving
the helpless passengers to their awful
sate. He told the agonies he endured
l_ ‘:1 hen submerged in the raging flood, his
attempt to save nimself upon an empty
cheese tub, how he Was crowded off by
a frightened spaniel pup, the last excru-
ciatlngly agonizing pain of the final
struggle. and his subsequent entrance to
the canine spirit world. He Whispered
in a mysterious tone, that he had just
come from a sixp'enn_v eating house,-
v.-‘here ho had witnessed the final disap-
pearance of his mortal remains through
the jaws of a confiding draymen who
had asked for a mutton pic.
But my beloved animal was not alone
with him . appeared the disembodied
ghosts of all the crowd with him. Plu-
to informed me that they were in such a
disturbed state of mind that. they did
not permanently billetted—-but that he
himself, on account of his superior sa-
gacity, had been already assigned his
sphere and situation. He volunteered
to show me some of the celebrities.-
With a majestic motion he moved his
pathetic tail, and forth they came in
grand procession, the “Happy Family,”
being headed by old Mother Hubbard's
dog and Dick Whittington’s cat in a
neighborly proximity.
From a hurried inspection I was ena-
bled to gather the following items: The
Trojan horse was suffering from indiges-
tion; Co!eridge’s "mastiff bitch” has
just become the happy mother of thir-
teen lovely cherubs, and is “I15 We“ 93
can be expected ;” “the rat that eat the
melt that lay in the house that Jack
built,” says the Maine Law W_0111d ha“
spared him that early ir_ldlSc|'et10l_1§ B33“
!am's ass had his jaw tied up :wIth the
toothache; Rozinante was in good ta»
‘clng condition; St; George's dragon
looks much more _amiable than I had
I
not know much yet—-most of them were_
are on short allowance of outs for insub-
ordination ; the Feejee mermaid said
she had got tired of her cuudle append-
age, and desired me to ask Barnum if
her tail must be continued ; J'onah’s
whale some time since, swallowed the
Nassau at. four cent man, but gave him
up like a second Jonah, and he is now
on his old “stamping ground" again.-—
The Black Swan, the Swan of Avon,
and the patriotic geese whose intellectu-
al _cack!ing saved Imperial Rome, Were
enjoying themselves in catching tadpoles
In a duck-pond. Walter Scott’s dog
Maida, Beth Gelert, Launce’s dog, old
dog Tray, and the other "Tray, Blanche
and Sweetheart,” were discussing canine
politics over a beef bone. The Sea. Sen
pent appeared, but was so dimly visible
that I could only judge him to be about
the average length’. Edgar A. Poe’:
Raven and Barnaby’ Rudge’s Grip had
just been detected’ stealing com from a
quail trap, and hiding it in an empty
powder horn.
Many other birds of note were pointed
out, and their situations and prospects
explained by the obliging Pluto. And
even as one of our most learned, wise
and illustrious rulers, and his brother
Rapperites, have demonstrated that the
spirits of the departed are busied in em-
ployments similar to their earthly ones,
so did my reliable Pluto state similar
facts cohcerning the honorable company
of beasts, birds and reptiles. His dis-
course ran much as follows;
“Know, men of earth, that shadowy horses
still throng your streets, harnessed to intangi-
ble drays, and to lncorporeal express wagons,
and still tailfully drag innumerable three-cent
stages; they still live in your stables, graze
in your pastures, and drink at your pumps ;
drivers, malignant, though unseen, still lash
their unreal sides with cutting whips, uniil
they become overcome with ghastly ire, and
viciously kick over their spectral traces ; de-
funct ‘racers still haunt the scenes of their for-‘
mer triumphs, skim with feet nnshod round the
inside track, and scornfully turn up their gob-
lin noses at the fastest earthly time on record,
transparent donkeys wag complacently their
celestial ears, and brush off airy flies with un-
substantial tails. Swine, full grown, although
unseen, proud as in ‘fa, ferociously prawl
about your streets, seeking what they may de-
vour, and expressing with inaudible grunts,
their Paradise satisfaction ; bodiless pigs
squeal under formless gates; dogs still follow
with unheard tread, their dreamy masters,
wagging their placid phantom tails, or sear-
ching through their shaggy hides with savage
teeth, for spiritual fleas‘ Polecats invisible,
ftiil haunnt your barns, searching for airy
chickens, finding ghostly eggs in unheard of
ncsts—then stealing and giving odor in your
cellars, apparitions of departed cats haunt
pulseless mice, and in your parlors phantom
kittens chase their goblin tails. Henceforth
let every man take heed, last in pulling on’ his
boots, he kick his dear departed Carlo, and
let every maiden lady bestow herself -in her
favorite rocking chair in awe and peturbation,
'lest'the cushion be already occupied by de-
funct Tabby and her spectral litter."
When my darling Pluto had spoken
thus, the company began to disappear.
A mist seemed -gradually to envelope
all, and one by one they faded from my
mortal vision, and soon all save Pluto
had vanished from my sight. He only
remained, to give me one last assurance
that the creed of the Well-known Indi-
an mentioned by Mr. Pope is true--who
firrnly believes that in the happy hunt-
ing ground hereafter,
“His faithful dog shall bear him company.”
Yours most enlightened,
Q. K. PHILANDER DOESTICKS, P. B.
nonsrroxs RUNS WITH Tnn MASHEEN.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 1854.
Seventy Hundred and One, Narrow st.
I am not known by the‘ cognomen of
“Mose,” nor do I answer to the name of
"Sykes;-"’—-neither as a general thing
do I promenade the middle of Broadway
with my pantaloons tucked into my
boots. Still, by way of a new excite-
ment I lately joined the Fire Depart-
ment, and connected myself with the
company of Engine 97.
Bought my uniform, treated the com-
pany, took up my quarters in the bunk-
Ioom, where I slept by night in a bed
occupied in the day time by a big yel-
low dog. First night went to bed with
my boots on, ready for an alarm. At
last it came——seized the rope with the
rest of the boys, started on a run; tug-
ged and toiled till we got. her, into the
11th district, four milesand a half from
home found the alarm had been caused
by a barrel of shavings, and the conflu-
gration had extinguished itself, had to
drag her clear back, tired most to death,
it wasn’t funny at all, turned in ; half
an hour, new alarm, started again--hose
80 laid in the same alley, got our appa-
ratus jammed on the corner, fight, 97
victorious, got our machine out, and
carried off the iorewheel of 80’e car
riage on our tongue; reached the fire,
big nigger standing on the hydrant, elec-
‘ted myself appraiser and auctioneer;
knocked him down without any bidder.
took water, got our stream on the fire.
fun, worked till my arms ached, let go
torest, foretnan hit me over the head
with a trumpet, and told me to go ahead
thought cl . e II but kept at it. Child‘
ren inlthegarret, horrible situation. gab
lant fireman made a rush up the ladder,
battled his way through the Smoke. Ye-A
appeared with a child in each arm, and
his pocket full of tea5P°"n5‘
Old gentleman from the country, much
excited, wanted to help, but didn't ex-
actly know how, be rushed into a fourth
story bed room, threw the mirror out of
the window; frantically endeavored to
burlithe dressing table after it; seized
the coal scuttle, hurriedly put in the po-
ker, bootjack, and a pair of worn out
slippers, carried them down stairs, and
deposited them in a place of safety four
blocks away, came back on a run, into
the parlor ; took up the door mat, wrap-
ped up an empty decanter in it, and tran-
sported it safely into the barn of the
nearest neighbor; he kept at work, by
dint of heroic exertion, he at} various
times deposited, by piece, the entire
kitchen cooking stove in the next street.
uninjured, and at last after knocking the
piano to pieces with an ax, in order t0
save the lock, and filling his P°°k°‘
with the sofa-canton. he was soon to
hand, the toutingfork t'n¢.5§a..§'g_Iil.3?
ear, and two dozen muflhfri, in‘;
but, which was surmounted: toy. 6:11:30
sized ‘trying Pin. _ _ -I: W-‘ii
=>.33During the next .we_e,k,,;,thgygg-,.}!V4Il_p
several alarms-fire inc big,.bl9,9, , j
of paupers-first man’ i!_:,,tl_I'c'.'_"§" T ,
carried down stairs in my’ *"
helpless, undressed childnni-, ‘tIIotIbyC-
ving their vIlunblq«live9g.on giviugnhql
to their mother, she amid I_.
of thanks, imparted the gr,ntify,i’ug,__,l,ll-
telligence that one was Iflicti‘¢t"‘wiI§
the measles, and the other "hill
Michigan itch. Fire in 1 .boI '
school, dashed up a ladder. tumbled
through a window, entered a_
smoke so thick I couldn't see, caughtggp
in my arms: feminine _spoeim9n,_si&-.9
long night gown, got back to the
dow, tried to go down,,laddo: htohgune
lady, and after uneximpled
deposited her sufei in- tl_I_¢;-llO;_Stl-:.’i0,I_CU
where‘ I discovered? that Iphosl
from the devouring element ;_t,llU ml]
child ofthe black cook. Fire ill-._Is .~§Q9
nouse, went on the roof, oxplouoflg fond
myself in 3 somebody’: - cellar.-:"£ With
one _leg in a soap b_Iil0I;."Qfi[i Q)
hair full of fractured heals eggO;—ii$V-
e’red that'I had been" blown--gqifiarb
church, and had the .weqtho1guQb‘Il
remaining in-thereon of nay:
pantaloons. Fire in a liquor
burst, brand} “lying , round, leo'ii,”.gin
"convayuient,”: and old— Mononfilufl
absolutely beggig: §o=,he» protected can
further dilution. . _I01.9B‘.w.3§,..l'.§iD‘
for my delicate. cotjutitutlon.-;
home on a shutter.» -Fire.-,in;§ Clutch-I-u
Catholic--little marble mchu,‘~;..\nll-boa
gun to fall, St. Andrewiknecheilnylito
hat over my eyes, St.» Peter:
wiiole weight on my big toe.Sl.'v-Iofiine
hit me a clip over the head 1 whiuhaltfl
me sprawling when-I picturezof-sthmfiii
ly Family fell and covered no -Ilpziihi
bed quilt. Fire in a big clothing
next day out foreman sported I
velvet vest, seven of - the men
twelve dollar‘? doeskin pants, and-ftbt
black boy who sweeps out lhO=“'UlIlI-’
room and scours the Engine, hid I mi
hat and a flaming red cravat, preientbd,
as I heard, by the proprietor-of thvotooh
as an evidence of his appreciation‘-"oi
their endeavors to save his pro7p‘e:tTy.«’-
I didn't get any new breechee;
the contrary, lost my now” ‘over:
coxt, and got damaged myIoll'.d:‘—'
Tell you how, fire out, order came “takp
up 97,” took on‘ the hose, turned-- new
round, got the boys together and started
for home, corner of the-street hook Vohd
ladder 100 ,(Dutch,) engine 73, (ltielu)
boss 88 (Yankee) and our own comps‘
ny came in contact, machines got-jun‘-‘
xned, polyglot swearing by the “strength
of the companies, got all mixed up, fight
one of 88's men hit foreman of -hookul‘
ladder 100 over the head withulpcnnot;
97’s engineer clipped one of 73's.‘-men
with a trumpet, 7 3 retaliated with a‘- pa-
ving stone, men of all the computing
went in, resolved to go in myself,‘ went
out again as fast as I could, with: black
eye, three teeth (indigestible, I have ev-
ery reason to believe) in my stomach‘,
intermingled with my supper, my tit!
shirt in carpet rags, and my knuckle:
skinned,‘as if they had been pewiied
to at Chatham at. Jew, got on 3 hydrous
and watched the fun, 88’: boys whippdl
everything, 73's best man was doubled»
up like a jack-knife, by a dig irrthi
place where Jonah was, four ~of-97%,
fellows were lying under the machild;
and.the last I saw of their foreman-'li‘0'
was lying in the middle oftlho mutt.
with his trumpet smashed flat,“-his below
under his head, and his- pockets inside
out. Four policemen on the oppediw
corner, saw the whole ~ row.
first indication of a tight, -they wpulloii
their hats downover their eyu; oovunt
up their stars and skunk downthoenm‘-rt
est alley. Go: home. resigned
mission, made my willgleft thotwmplil
my red shirt and fire cap. - Sooniliolih
of fire service, don’t regret my Clpqin
ence, but dogrieve for my last tIItI,~Ifi~_
my new overcoat. ~ ,a'= -'- 1 -V
Son-owing, sorrowfully: -youn,:-‘ : = ' -:- ~
Q. K. Pnn.mDn~ Donn-Ion;=P‘.-'8.-'
P. S.—-Have just met the
73, he had on my late lamented
ain’t big enough to lick h_im,=_
mously concluded to let hilt alou.e..-1 we
. -. - Q.K.. P.—D.,P.
5
Beautiful 8cam'ment.—-The
ful extract below in from the pen of
George S. Hillard: '
"I confess that increasing Milt‘
with them an increasing reepeccfipr non!
who do not succeed in life. 3| $35000
words are commonly used. 303108 in-
said to be a place for those who htvt-It
succeeded upon earth; and it -it Surely
I. F. ,..
thrive and bloom in the :hot blaze not
Wad]? prosperity. Ill IIIGGGDHOODO’-‘
times arises from 9. supenbundancoz.-at
qualities in lhemselvel 300d-_‘-from.sg=
conscience too sensitive, a taste too &-
tidious, a self forgetfulneeo too romantic:
a modesty too retiring. I will 113: 30-330
far as to say, with a living thnvtthu
world knows nothing of its greatest men“:
but there are forms of grea:nesa,.‘o:Iat
least of excellence, which “dioand-make‘:
no sign 3" there are martyrs thle":-min!
the palm, but not the stake} tho_n'2no-
heroes without the laurel. and conquerors
without the triumph.” - ’
Spiritual Marriage.-—In Ohio, anon-*
named P. S. Blackmnn, of Pninuvilib;
and a young lady named J ulia Hnrllgllfl
daughter of Dr. Hurlbubof Kifflilld.
were spiritually married at thoilatutz
place on Sunday, Oct. 15th. _ Th03¢Ol’l°
mony consisted of matrimonial dI¢l|.l.l"~‘
tions made by themselves In t_he~pta_ueU
of the friends, about ' 5“? “"18 'P'°"_9‘=
The services consisted of the following
poefica] avnnouncementt '."_Hu'tf-spfoll
seen the morning sunbeam has the open
ning blossom ? Thus did our 8pil_*itI.IlIidI'i
and greet at the first interview
the invisible elements of nature -611130’
and blend in one hatmonion‘s'impnllt,'lIl__z_
are our spirits afiinitized into one accord
dant living force. Whoever 8|’!-*5":
united by the . eternal
naught has authority to 3913*“.-
thus introduce onrulvu 11939 79‘ l3 ‘h’
relation of hlllblld I11‘ W15’-"
der me ; stuck adhesively to tho IQIIIIQ I
true that celestial graceodo-1:0: hoot» -
"W. of“ ' _
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Norwalk Chronicler