Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, January 6, 1857 · page 1

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PHOTOGRAPHIC. ARTIST,

 For D. &. N. Depot.
NORWALK.

“asinkonesses

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A. H. CAMP,
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JAIVIES SHERWOOD,
Bookseller, Stationer & Binder.
11‘ Main Street, Norwallc. -

Dentistry.
Doctors HILL &. ,IE'I'I'CI-I,.
Surgical &. Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,

Ofllce over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.

A. HILL. CHARLES FITCH.

Jo rs 
Attorney and counselor _ at Law,
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H. c. RANDLE,

Hats, capsff-LlElIiiiI:s & Boy's
..STRAW‘GO0DS, &.c.,
Ladies Pars, Gents Gloves, canes,

 'U'Em.1ore11a.s, ¢£:c.,
No. 2 Skiddws ‘Block.

 

C. J. GRUMAN,

Dealer in Foreign and Domestic

DRY GOODS, GARPETINGS

Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
mercs, Satinetts,, Veslings, and Tail-
or’: Trimmings, by the Yard,.

I I Piece or Package.
su.EETINcs, snmrmcs, JEANS, BATTS AND WARP
A the lowestpossible prices.
NORVVALK. CONN.

s. v. A. cmcifisfsn,

I-Iardvvare
D E A L E R,

NORWALK, CONN.

 

G. &. B. K. LOCKWOOD; Co Co_
NORWALK. CONN .,
A-Asuiucruasas or
Tin, Shoat Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery.
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen Furniture

in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4} Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
and,C-hina
Ware.

D. B. BOOTH,

Attorney & Counsellor at Law.
6| WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.

15'. H. masn,

WHOLESAIAE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

STOVES,

MA.\'UFAC'l‘URE.‘£ OF

Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
H as constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general Hause—Iceeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk,
Conn.

AMOS HUNT,

General Pension & Patent Agent
,-‘M11 Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.

A Washington, D. C.
Pairfield county ‘Bank.

BANKING HOURS.
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.
_ do. 1 P. M. to 3P. M,

CHAS. 1sAAcs, 1» -.1 ,
‘J. A. MOORHEAD, Cashier. ml em

Jan. 1st, 1857,

 

 

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R. A. WILLIAMS P. M.

OLMSTEAD’S.

' ANARY Seed,free from dirt, at Dis icosa-
ry, Bi-ii-ins do ‘ox.

ACKEREL in Bbls. and half Bbls.,at
0LMSTEAD’S

:§oTAsi'1, No. 1, at

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NORWALE PAIN".l.‘IN‘G-,

—AND—-

Paper Hanging Establishment.

‘HE Subscriber would announce that in
_ connection with his House and Sign Paint-
ing, he now carries on a general

PAPER HANGING BUSIJVESS,

and will keep constantly on hand a complete
assortment of plain and ornamental Papers for
side walls. ceilings, halls, &c. His establish-
ment is. -one door north of Skiddy’s Block,
where he will be happy to execute all orders
in House and Sign Painting, and Paper Hang-
ing. Paints and Oils for sale, and Paints
mixed ready for use.
GEORGE MARVIN.

__Gonnecticut Saddle and Harness

E II P C E. I ‘CT II 2
East side the Bridge, under Ct. Hotel

.TEPHEN SWANN, successor to FREDERICK
BRADLEY, manufactures and intends to
keep constantly on hand a full assortment of
Harness, of all descriptions, light Buggy and
Coach, and light double Harness ; also, a new
style of Wagon Harness, of superior make.-—
CoLLAns of every variety, consisting of Coach,
Buggy, Gig, Cart, Team and Breast, all of the
best materials. Also, Riding Saddles, Bridles,
Martingales, &c., together with a large assort-
ment of Whips of every description, Trunks,
Valises, Satchels, Carpet Bags, Leather do.
for school children, which he intends to sel
cheap.

All in want of any of the above named arti-
cles will do well to give him a call, for he is
bound to sell his goods at satisfactory prices.
Orders for any description of work promptly
executed. Repairing done at the shortest
notice, and in the best and neatest manner.

 SO1VlI.l'.l.'IIING NEW
Under the (Sun ) Gt. Hotel.

TURK has now on hand and is constantly
_ _ renewing one of the largest, and mostju-
diciously selected stocks of

FALL ./um WINTER,

READY MADE CLOTHING.

Ever exhibited in this vicinity. Those in
want of good substantial tasty and durable
garments, can find them of every size and va-
riety, ready made for less than they willhave
to pay elsewhere for the cloth alone. Remem-
ber the place for good and cheap clothing is at
TURKS under the Ct. Hotel,Main-sl., Norwalk

Tonnlinson
SPRING 6!. AXLE ($0.,

MANUFACTURER S OF

SPRINGS & AXLES,

BOTH COMMON Gr. PATENT;
Ofall kinds and sizes,
Cannon-st.,opposite Tomlinson’s Carriage Manufactory
Bnmcsronr, CoNN.

It is acknowledged that the above Establish
meut manufactures the best articles in their
line, to be found in the market. All orders
by Mail or otherwise promptlyresponded to.
RUSSEI. TOMLINSON, Pres., S.B. FEncUsoN,Jn.,
Treas’r, Wu. G. LINEBURGII , Scc’y. tfs4

New Goal Yard.

HE subscribers have established a NEW

of the Bridge, on Smith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very superior
article of Coal, of the different sizes required
for family use, such as tor the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all_/resh and
p_aius have been taken to secure the best kinds
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Piltston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
muuerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.

We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
tfJ5 GEO. H. RANDLE do BROTHER.

Norwalk Dye Works,
Foot of Mill Hill, Norwalk, Conn.

OHN PICKENS, practical Dyer and Re
finisher. of Sill.-., Cotton, and PVoolcn
Goods, Of every description, begs leave to
return his sincere thanks to his friends and
the public for the many favors bestowed on
him since he commenced business at Winni-
pauk, and he would now inform that he has
removed as above, and fitted up a Dye House
and Finishing Room in the most complete
manner, with all the latest improvements in
the art of Dyeing; and having given up
Coloring for the Winnipauk Company. he will
now be enabled to do his work in a manner
that cannot be surpassed by any other estab-
lishment in the Country.
Oflicesjor reception and delivery of goods.
Al; the Dye Works, foot of Mill Hill, in the
rearof the old Bakery, and at his Residence,
Main street, N orwalk, Conn,
./IGEJVTS.

Shepherd’s Bakery, Norwalk, G. H. Randle &
Brother, Winnipauk ; -Mrs. Mallet, Dunbury ;
race Lockwood, No.1 Summer-st., Stam-
fo ; David Selleck, West Norwalk ; G. B.
Bristol at D. Chapman’s, Colema.u’s Block,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Orders sent by Adam’s Express, or by
Waggoners, will receive prompt attention. 25

GAS}!

PAID for Soap Grease, rancid Lard or But
ter, tainted Pork, &c. ‘

For Sale.

A 5“Pe“°1 quality of Soft Soap, for Cash 01‘
exchange I01‘ S09-P Grease ; Also, on the same
terms, 100 bushels of Leached Ashes fbr sale
by I. HENRIETTA,
2m7 at the Norwalk Soap Factory.
Something New,
WNERS of Horses will Iind a new and val‘
uable invention in the way of Horse Col

lars, known as Bviggs’ Patent Horse Collars-
In their construction they correspond exactly
to. the anatomy of the Horse’s neck, and will
neither scald, bi-uise,or gall the animal. They
give full scope and action to the shoulder-
blade and joints, and altogether are the most
perfect application ever applied to the neck of
the Horse. 'l‘hcy have been I'ully tested al-
ready, and are so constructed that they coin-
mend themselves to the judgment of every
sensible and humane man.

Also, every variety, quality and quantity of
Harness, Saddles and Horse Equipments in
general, may be found at the Store of the
Subscriber. .WllI. S. JONES.

Westport,(East side the Bridge.)

LUMBER I LUMBER I

HILL do HUBBELL have, recently com
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale

Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with everyvariety of Lumber sold in

this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
M HILL

liberal prices. - .
J, C. HUBBELL,

15

cut Glass.

USTreceivcd an assortment of Rich Cut

Glass Warc,consistiiig of Sugar Bowls,

l’1'csei-vc Dishes, Salts, 'l‘umblvi‘s. Goblets,
&c- E. A. BLANK & CO.

For Sale.

4T0N.S000Ild-Ilan11,Coalor Ilay Scale

En -ncurlyas good as New. Price 50 Dollars.
‘4‘”“’ 0‘ MALLOILY A: CURTIS.

Noi-walk,Jnne, 1856. 1,125

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TIMOTHY SEED, at
3. E, OLMSTEAD.

‘

CoAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side _

NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1857.

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|The Best Remedy for Chills!

IS a good Stove in the Parlor.
A good Stove in the Sitting Room.

For the Chills and flppet-ite both-A good
Stove in the Kitchen above all.

Our Parlor Stoves in beauty are equal to
any ornament in which they may be placedin
compan .

Our ook Stoves are the best Friends to
the domestics the world ever knew. for they
bake, broil, and roast, with less care andlabor
labor than any other Stove in the trade.

We speak now of the world’s Stove for it
has proved to he the world’s choice.

THE 'VULC.d.N' .dIR TIGHT,

This has been our leading Stove for the last
five years, and Is now unsurpassed. These
Stoves we are daily shipping to every part of
the Union. The Vulcan’s equal does not, nor
never did exist, the evidence of this fact is
every year confirmed by the increased demand
for the Stove.

The next in the catalogue is the Snow
Bird, second to but one, the Vulcan. Those
of our customers who have had the Bird, say
it is the best of all Birds.

Those ‘who are looking for the’ best and
cheapest Stoves, call at No. 4 and 5 Water-st.
next door to the Packet Ofllce, where you
will find the best assortment of Parlor and
Cook Stoves ever shown by any Stove Ware-
house in this country. Our business is our
business—you will always find us in the ware-
room or work-shop; we are not constantly on

he look-out for every new business in which

. 0 show forth our rare capacity for tiansac-‘ ’

ting every description. Our work is execu-
ted under our personal supervision. ‘The
completion of our productions in the trade,
shall be equal to any.

4t44 S. do L. CURTIS.
ON HAND.
LEDS for four sbilliu gs.

Sleds for five shillings.
Sleds for six shillings.
Sleds for eight shillings.
Sleds for ten shillings.
Sleds for twelve shillings.
Sleds for sixteen shillings.
Sleds for twenty shillings.

On hand—Crockery of all patterns. for_sale
cheap, to make room for Spring Importations

On haud—Skates cheap for the boys. _

On hand—Miller’s Water Proof Blocking.

On hand—China offered low to make room
for new arrivals.

On hand—$1000 worth of Glass ware offer-
ed cheap.

On hand—Cooking Stoves of all the best
patterns.

On hand—Pai-lor Stoves, 100 patterns and
sizes,at prices that none need be cold,

On hand—Nut Crackers and Nut Picks.

On hand—Cutlery, all styles and patterns.

On hand-Tubs, Pails, Brooms and wooden
ware.

On hand—Wagons, Cradles, Baskets and
other willow ware.

On hand--Door Mats at all prices.

On hand—Camphene and Burning Fluid.

On hand—Matches, Stove and Shoe Black-
in .

Du hand-—Feather Dusters, and all kinds of
Brushes. -

On hand-—Every article in the House Fur-
nishing line, which we offer at wholesale and
retail, as cheap as any house in New York
city. Also always on hand— The proprietors
to attend to your wants.

C. & E. K. Locxwoon do Go.

Corn Shellers.

EW pattern Corn Shellers; a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.

Gas ! Gas:

WE are now prepared to receive orders for
the introduction of gas pipes into
Stores, Dwellings, Churches, etc. Mr. Em-
mons, of our firm having had twenty years
experience in New York city, and has secured
the services of some of the most competent fit-
ters in that place, we feel confident of giving
entire satisfaction to those who may avail
themselves of our services.

LOCKWOODS’ do EMMONS,

at C. & E. K. Lockwood do Co’s.

Valuable Real Estate

I-" C) E. S .A. In E .
THE subscribers offer for sale the Mill prop-
erty situated near the Congregational
Church in Wilton, and within eighty rods of
the Wilton depot. The property consists of
a. Grist Mill and Saw Mill and all the Mill
privileges belonging thereto, together with a
small Dwelling House, and about three acres
of land. It is ii. valuable stand for any kind
of business where water power is required.—a
Said property if not sold before the 17th day
at December next, will then be offered at pub-
lic auction, at one o’clock in the afternoon of
said day. Terms of payment made easy.-
Further information concerning said property
may be had by viewing the premises, or by
applying to Da. IaA Gaseous of Norwalk, or
to GILES GREGORY of Wilton.
Wilton, Nov. 15th, 1856. 47

NOTICE.

THE Subscriber havingdisposed of his stock
ofstoves, Tin Ware, &c. to O. I. & J. S.
JONES, would recommend them to his friends
and patrons as well worthy of their continued
patronage and support.

All persons indebted to the subscriber are
also hereby notified that their accounts are
ready for settlement at the old stand of the
subscriber. S. B. WAKEMAN.

HE Subscribers having purchased of S. B.
WAKEMAN, his stock of Stoves, Tin Ware,
&c., would respectfully inform the inhabitants
of Westport and the adjoining towns, that they
will keep (under the name and firm of 0. I.
& J. S. JoNEs,) at the old stand, a complete
assortment of Srovi-:s, Tm, SHEET Inoiv and
COPPER WARE, and every thing else usually
found in a shop of this kind, which they will
sell as ,low as can be bought for cash at
this or any other place. Having had a long
experience in the business they feel confident
that by a. strict attention to their business,
they will be able to meet the wants and de-
serve the patronage of the public.

'l‘iii Roofing and all kinds of Jobbing done
in the best manner and at the shortest notice
by the best of workmen.

O. I. do J. S. JONES,
West side of Bridge, Westport.
OSCAR I. J oNEs. JOHN S. Jonas.
Westport, July 1st, 1856. 27

Real and Personal Estate, House
Hiring and Letting
A G E N C Y I

THE Subscriber being frequently applied to
I'or the disposal of Real and Personal
Estate, and for Hiring and Letting Dwelling
Houses in and about the town of Norwalk,
would announce to the public that he has es-
tablished an agency for the transaction of all
such business, believing that the interests of
the employer and employed will be mutually
promoted thereby. He has several applica-
tions already on hand for desirable tenements,
to purchase and to rent, and those having
such property todispose of would do well to
confer with the subscriber.
tl43 DIMON FANTON.

1’. S.—I have some hall dozen dwellings at
present for sale.

For sale very cheap,

NE of the best built, most conveniently
arranged, pleasantly situated residences

in the Borough of Norwalk. The building is
of Brick, constructed of the very best materi-
als and in the most substantial manner. It is
in the immediate vicinity of the business por-
tion of the Bridge, and is peculiarly well
adapted for a Physician or Merchant, as a por-
tion of it may easily be converted into astore
or ofiicc. Possession can lo given immediate-
ly if desired and terms of payment made easy.
For further particulars enquire of the Editor
ol' the Gazette. tl36

Gold Pens.

UST received a new and superior assort-
ment. KNAPP J5 LYNES.

P O E T R Y .
- -,1br:i¢Nor’i«au scum.
The Little "Trundle-Bed."
BY DE. A. BILL.

We have a fond little treasure,
Joyous and bright as the morn,
Loved without stint or measure,
Ever since It was born ; ' ’ I
"fin a dear little girl, and her golden hair,
Falls in ringlets bright, o'er her forehead fair.

 

An.-vvvvv

 

And close by the side of our bed,
This precious little bundle,
Every night is laid,
Snug in her little “ trundle” ;
Smiling so sweet, that it sometimes seems,
Go-id Angels mutt talk to the child in her dreams.

And every night she comes,
Weary of frolic and play,
Than softly her vesper bums,
And kneels by her bed to pray-
And then, as soon as herprayors are said,
She nestles right down in her trundle-bod.

The clothes are all folded neat,
In Winter, all snugly tuck’d In,
The “ coverld,” blanket, and shed,
Drawn under the darling’s chin ;
Then all you can see is her baby-head,
As she sleeps for the nightin‘ her “ trundle-bed.”

Andoften we come\to kneel,
Where our little treasure lies,‘
And prayers such as parents feel,
We send up to the skies‘; ‘
For we hear of death, and we come to dread,
The loss of our child from her “ trundle-bed.’_’

We think—yes, often we think, V
And what if the child should die I
The heart for a moment will sink,
And a tear-drop moisten the eye ; =
Fond hearts are now bleeding, asothers have bled,
While they gale on 'a vacant, but dear little bed.

Aflectlon hath reared her shrine,
By the lowllest_ things of Earth’,
And the holiest feelings entwine,
’Round the spot that gave as birth ;
Thus we love the place where our baby sleeps,
And affection her nightly vigila keeps.

,’Tis a plain, old-fashioned thing,
That little baby -bed,
Where love her offerings bring‘,
And angels lightly tread ;
Yet a cord may be touched by the unrest toy,
That shall deluge the heart with a tide of joy.

We love it, and who shall dare,
These holy feelings deride,
Like that precious “ Old armed C'Iiai'r,”
And a thousand things beside ;
So, whether our child be living or dead,
A dear little thing is that‘ “ lrundl¢—b¢d.”
~IO>~o————-
Home Sickness.

Where I am, the halls are gilded,
Stored with pictures bright and rare ;
Strains of deep melodious music
Float upon the perfumed air ;
Nothing stirs the dreary silence,
Save the melancholy sea,"
Near the poor and humble cottage,
Where I fain would be.

 

Where lam, the sun is shining,
And the purple windows glow
’Till their rich armorial shadows,
Stain the marble floor below ;
Faded Autumn leaves are trembling,
On the withered jasmine tree, .
Creeping round the little casement
Where I fain would be I I

Where I am, the days are passing
On a pathway strewn with flowers!
Song and joy and starry pleasures
Crown the happy smiling hours ;
Slowly, heavily and sadly, ‘ ’
Time with weary wings must flee,
Marked by pain and trying sorrow,
Where I fain would be I

Where I am, the great and noble
Tell me of renown and fame,

And the red wine sparkles highest
To do honor to my name ;

Far away a place is vacant
By a humble hearth for me,

Dying embers dimly show it,
Where I Iain would be I

Where lam, are glorious dreamings,
Science, genius, art divine,

And the great minds whom all honor
Interchange their thoughts with mine.

A few simple hearts are waiting,
Longing, wearying for me,

Far away where tears are falling,
Where I fail: would be I

Where I am, all things are happy.
For so welll play my part ;
None can guess who smile around me
How far distant is my heart ,-
Far away in a poor cottage,
Listening to the dreary sea,
Where the treasures of my life are,
There I fain would be I
Household Words.

Goon FOR SOMETHING AFTER ALL.-—Hav-
ing an abiding faith in the ' axiom that
nothing was created in vain, we have long
sought for some apology for the existence
of those wretched little creatures known
as poodle dogs, and at last we have found
out their uses. A lady who kept one of
the curly abominations recently lost her
pet and called upon a policeman to find
it. The next day the ofiicer came with
the dog, which was very wet and dirty.
The lady was overjoyed, and asked forty
silly questions, among others, “Where
did you find the dear baby?” “ Why,
marm,” replied the oflicer, “ a big nigger
up in Sullivan street had him tied to a
pole and was washing windows with him.”

N. Y. Trilnuie.

—.____o~<.>

GoNE.—In one of our courts lately, a
man who was called upon to appear as a
witness could not be found. On the Judge
asking where he was, a grave, elderly
gentleman rose up, and with much em-
phasis, said.— '

“ Your honor, he’s gone.”

“ Gone I gone I” said the Judge, “where
is be gone?”

“That I cannot inform you,” replied
the communicative gentleman; “ but he
is dead.” _ ,

This is considered the most guarded
answer on record. '
o<Q>oo————--

E‘ A Traveler says he passed through
a town in Illinois, where the children are
allowed to go so dirty, thatwhen amoth-
er wants-her child she rushes out into the
street and washes the faces of eight or ten
urchins before she can find her own.

 

 

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The chicago Free Press has an article
which exhibits very encouraging results
from experiments with the new Chinese
sugar cane in Wabash county, Illinois,
last season. The following, statement of
the writer is remarkable : I amwell con-
,vinced that in 1860 the Southern planter
will have no sale for his sugar in the"St'ate
of Illinois. From present indications
there will be one hundred acres of Chinese
sugar cane raised in Wabash county next
year, which will save the county $10,000.”

LC-9< 
3* A man may !learn' in‘ two" minutes

[what may be valuable to him all his life.

MISCELLANY.

TEE PARM HOUSE. ‘
av “s. E. a.”

‘‘My good woman, can you inform me
if the old house at the turn of the road is
for sale ?” inquired a gentleman, one morn-
ing of a woman in a small town in New
Hampshire. .

“ If you call that house old, what must
you think of my age,—I who was 9. W0-
man, grown when the timber of that house
stood in the forest yonder? Old, do you
call it? Well, it may be, with sin and
sorrow, but not with time.”

“ I hope I have not given offence, ma’-
am,” he replied, surprised at her not an-
swering his question and the sharpness of
her tones._ ,

“ Oh no, sir, but I can hardly keep
my temper when the “ old house,” as you
call it, is talked of. It is for sale and
may be you would like to buy it. It
was a. pretty place once and might be
again if another owner had it ; and I guess
Squire Flint would sell it for little or
nothing, for it is a terrible eye sore to
him, and they do say thatit is haunted,-
but I ‘don’t believe that. If any house
was haunted it would be the ’Squire’s I
recon. There is a history connected with
that house.

“ Would you favor me with, it, good
woman ‘?

“ May be you would not care to hear
an old woman’s story if you think of buy-
ing it.”

The stranger insisted on hearing it.

“ Well,’, she replied, “you just walk
down to the house, I’ll tell it.” p

Accordingly they wended their way to
the house. Neither fences nor gate im-
pended their way to the door, which
creaked on its hinges as they entered. It
was built and covered considerable ground,
but low, like most of the farm-houses
in the “ Granite State.”

It was not decayed, but seemed sufi‘er-
ing much from neglect. The old woman
seated herself on the steps of the door,
and motioned the stranger to be seated
on a chopping block beside her. Then
drawing a long breath, and wrapping her
cloak closely about her, commenced :

“Well, as I was saying, I was a wo-
man grown when this house was built,-
I lived in a house over the hill tl1ere,”—
pointing with her finger to one" half bid
by the trees in front. “There was no
house nearer than,Squire Flint’s—the old
’Squire I mean, and his was about two
miles up the road. He kept tavern, and
a rummy old thing it was, I tell you.-
Well as I was saying, I had no neighbors,
and felt proper lonesome, at times when
Joe was at work in the field.

“ I had been married about twoycars,
and my Ben was three months old, when
may husband came running into the house
almost out of breath. “ Susy,” says he,
“ I have got good news to tell you. A
smart chap from down below has bought
the hundred acre lot, and is going to build
a house right away. He says as soon as
he gets it done he is going to be married
_to a real pretty girl in Massachusetts and
coming here to live. I am so glad I I
shall have some one near me when I am
in the field, and you will have a neighbor
to chat with now and then.” I was al-
most as much pleased as he was, only a
little afraid that she would think herself
alittle above me,—the Massachusetts girls
are so dreadful proud. But in a few days,
young ’Squire Flint came with a young
man to our house, and introduced as Mr.
Baily, the man who had bought the hun-
dred-acre lot of him, (Squire Flint owned
it;

)“ As soon as I clapped my eyes on him
I knew I should like him,—so sociable
and not a mite proud. And he laughed
and played with little Ben, and said he
was glad to find such pleasant neighbors
as ’Squire Flint and us for Fanny when
she should come. The next day he went
into the woods to cut timber for his house.
Husband said he would go and help him,
for he would not know good from bad ;
but came home laughing, and said Bailey
could learn him his A B C in timber.-
Bailey told him his father had asaw-mill,
and he was acquainted with all kinds of
timber. Well his house was built as soon
as the timber was dry. Baily boarded
with us. He worked like a dog. I
thought my Joe was a smart one, but I
think he beat him sometimes.

“ Well, the house was done and partly
furnished. The best furniture came from
below. When he brough his wife he wan-
ted me to have the fire made, and be there
to receive him when he came. I told
him I would, but did not tell him all that
I would do ; just as soon as he was gone,
I came right over to the house, scrubbed
the floor and sanded it, then put green
boughs in the corners and burnt out the
oven. Then I -went home. The next
day I told Joe I thought I would bake
something nice for them. He said he would
if he was me. So he brought me in one
of his best pumpkins. I took the top of
the milk and a better batch of pics you
never see. Then I fried a pot of dough-
nuts, made all of sugar and cream, and
J oe_helped carry them over.

“The next day he was coming home.
So I put on little Ben’s frock and my Sun-
day gown, and Joe had on his Sunday
suit too ; and while he went out to water
Bailey’s cattle, (he had stocked his farm
pretty well) I kindeled the first fire in
the hearth. About four in the afternoon
they arrived. I was all in a tremble for
fear he had brought a fine lady when I
saw how nicely she was dressed, but I
got over it in a minute, for he brought
her right to me and introduced her. She
shoock my hand in real earnest, said that
she felt almost acquainted she had heard
James tell so much of me. I took her
to the closet and showed her the things
I had cooked. She seemed chockfull,
and could not speak, but burst right out
crying. J ames tried to pacify her said
she had never left her mother before and
hoped she would not be homesick. I am
not thinking of home yet,” she replied,
“ but I did not think of finding such kind
friends among st1'a.ngers.”

“ Oh, never mind, said I, “the pies and
dough-nuts, they did not cost much. Us
country people dout mind doing a fovor
to a neighbor now and then.” ‘

“ She soon felt better, and James took
her over the house and out doors and all
around She didn’t know anything of form-
ing, but was dreadfully pleased with the
little brook that run near the door, and
said she‘ should never tire of watching the

sun go down behind the Monadnock. I

do not wonder J amcs thought so much of
her ; she was the prettiest girl I ever
saw, and not a bit more than eighteen, a
slender thing, her skin clear red and white,
and the bluest eyes'I ever looked into. I
could not see for the life ‘of me how she
could work with such little white hands.
I felt afraid, she would make a poor farm-
er’s wife, but I was very much mistaken.
She went to work the next day and set
her things to rights.

“I went over and showed her about
churning, she was as much pleased with
her first ball of butter as a child with a
rattle. But she was not a. child, I tell
you, and, though I loved her like a sister
and she loved me, I could not help think-
ing that she was above me, I told her so
one day, and it made her feel sad.——
“Don’t say so Susey,”——we called each
other by our given names—“ don’t say
so,” said she ; ‘ “ I suppose that I have
had better advantages than you, but that
don’t make me any better. You know
that you have been a mother to me ever
since I came here.” Such a happy win-
ter I guess never ‘was passed by any body
as us. She was in my house and I in
hers’ most everyday, while Joe and James
were as thick as bees, logging in the woods
or helping one another to thrash.

“ When I think of them times I can
scarcely believe I am in the same world.
Oh sir,’ said she, looking up into my face
with tearfull eyes, “ don’t never touch the
cursed stuff that caused so much misery ;
—but I am getting before my story,” she
abruptly continued. “ As I was saying,
we were as happy as we well could be.—
Well, the next fall, ‘Fanny had a little
girl. I think James was a little disap-
pointed because it was not a boy but he
did not say anything he was so anxious
about Fanny. She was dreadful sick,
but a prettier little creature never saw
the h'ght,—just like her mother all but her
eyes, and there she was all father. He
had the handsomest black eyes I ever
saw. He always thought a good deal of
my little Ben, and used frequently tobring
little Fanny over to our house, and set
her down beside him and say she should
be his wife, one of these days.

“ About this time old ’Squire Flint
died. Bailey had not quite paid up on
his place, but the young Squire who had
taken the tavern, and inherited his father’s
property told him not to hurry himself——-
he wait. The young ’Squire was not mar-
ried an'd-was called a pretty high chap. I
know that after old Flint died they had
great doings at the tavern ; clubs and all
sorts of things. My husband said no
good would come of it, and there didn’t.
James Bailey was a smart spoken man
and read a great deal, and ’Squire Flint
made him President of "the Club. I don’t
think Fanny liked it very well, but she
did not say much I often found her in
tears. I suspected something was wrong,
and soon found out what it was.

“One night I was sick, and Joe went
to Fanny’s to get something. It was
“past 11 o’clock, and James was not at
home when he went in. She said she was
expecting him every moment. In a. few
minutes he came in, much the worse for
liquor. Joe said it made his heart ache
to hear him talk to Fanny‘; and James
told him he thought he had better be at
home ; he didn’t want him there. He
felt ashamed to have Joe see him in such
a situation. Well, after that things went
on worse and worse James neglected his
work—his farm, from being the best cul-
tivated one in town, became the worst.-——
Most of his time was spent at the tavern
——Fanny looked like death. She had two
children now——one fine little boy—James
took but little notice of his children ; and
none of his wife. But, poor thing, she
did not say one word, and she loved him,
with all his faults better than life. I
knew she was almost broken hearted, but
I could not say a word to her.

“Once after he had been very bad for
some days, and even beat her, I told her
-I would not live with him.” “Oh, Susan,
she said I cannot leave him. I live in
hopes he will reform. You know he is
the best of men, when hegis himself.” But
that he was now very seldom.

He had mortgaged his farm, sold most
of his stock, and sometimes Fanny and
her children could scarcely get victuals to
eat, but Joe and I said she should never
want while We had a half-loaf to give.-—
She never told her trouble to an one, but
kept it to herself and let it eat h 1' up, her
very life almost. She was a mere skeleton.
I could not beleve it would alter any one
so-——James was often furious-rumerazy.
Many’s the night husband has got out of
his bed, and gone over and taken Funny
and her children to our house while I made
a good fire and warmed the half-frozen
things. It would also have done you
good to see the poor little things eat.——
Yet it makes me feel like death to think
that man had done it all I

One morning, after I had been up all
night with'Fanny, watching her husband,
who was almost distracted and trying to
kill himself, I put on my cloak and bon-
net and went right over to Flint’s tavern.
I went straight into the bar-room, among
all the men who were drinking and ca-
rousing. Says I to Squire Flint——‘ You
ought to be ashamed of yourself for ru-
ining such a man as James Bailey, and
breaking the heart of his wife, and ma-
king beggars of his children. Then I
told how happy they were till he coaxed
James there to drink.’
what I didn’t say I was so full ; but I
know I talked pretty plain, and one
young farmer threw down his glass and
took an oath never to taste another drop
of spirits again, for he was going the same
way. And I don’t think he ever did.—-
As for Squire Flint, he hardly knew what
to say. He said if men would get drunk
he might as well sell them liquor as any-
body, and told me to go home and mind
my work, that a bar-room was no place
for a woman. ‘ I know it,’ says I, ‘ nora
man that is a man.’

I knew what husband would have said
to have seen me there, and heard me talk
to Squire Flint, for he was aprich man,
and many were afraid of him.” Butlfelt
he had been the cause of all their trouble
and another thing thatmade me‘ feel cross
house a number of times. I knew he had
round to see if things were all right. But
one day_ I went _in quite suddenly. I
found him standing in the .-niiddleof: the
floor, and such a cowardly loolr:I..~never
saw on a man’s face. Fanny stogd:.be=

fore him, her eyes flashing, her head

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thrown back, but her face whiter ', than
snow. I didn’t think she I had so much
spirit. I heard 'bnt.on'e' ‘sentence’, and
that was, ‘God willpnot suffer such 9‘.
monster to go" unpunished.’ He leftthe
house the moment I entered. " Fanny
sunk down into a chair nearly fainting.

‘ Tell me, Fanny,’ said I, “ what this
means.’ ‘ That villain,’ she replied, ‘ who
has robbed me of my husband, my home,
my all, has dared to insult mel And
when I told him I would tell my husband
he laughed me to scorn. -‘ Tell your hus-
band will you ‘I You will find him dead
drunk in my stable! The moment you
tell him one word of what has passed to-
day I will tumble you all into the street I
‘ Ob,’ she agonizingly continued, ‘is it
possible that I must be so insulted and no
husband to protect me? My poor chil-
dren I what become of you ‘.7’ I
strove all I could to console her, but she
was almost frantic. _

That night I told my husband of it. I
never saw a man so mad. He did not
speak, but I knew he would give Squire
Flint a piece of his mind-—and so he did.
He said he told the Squire if ever again
he crossed the threshold’ of ’J ames Bai-
ley’s house when his wife was alone, he
would shoot him; and I do believe he
would, for he set everything by Fanny.—'
He said Squire Flint turned white as a
sheet, and promised if he wouldn’t say
anything about ithe never would.

. A few days after this, Bailey was
drinking at the tavern, when some hard
words passed between him and his com-
panions, and something was said about a
man visiting Bailey’s wife. Bailey resen-
ted it,_ and they had quite a row. Squire
Flint turned them all out of the house,
and Bailey went home‘ swearing ven-
geance. That evening Joe and I had
been to Fanny’s to try to persuade her to
leave him, offering to take her home with
us. She would not listen to it. She
said she should not live long, and should
she die she wished me to take little Fan-
ny, and send her boy to her brother in
Connecticut. I could not bear to hear
her talk of dying, and tried to cheer her,
but somehow or other the words stopped
in my throat. I knew that life was a
burden to her,’ but I wanted her to live
for her children. And we spoke of James
too ; what a. good husband and neighbor
he was before Flint made him a drunk-
ard, for husband always said he tried
hard to make James dissipated. He said
he would go and see James early in the
morning, and advise him to give up his
place and move away ; for he really
thought if he could get him out of Flint’s
influence he would reform.

Early the next morning he went over
to Fanny’s, thinking he should find James
sober. I had takeif my pail to go and
milk when husband shrieked, ‘ Susan I
Susan I for the love of Heaven, come
here I’ I dropped my pail and run, sir,
such a sight may I never see again I On
the floor lay Bailey, with his throat cut
from ear to ear, and in that bed-room
there,” pointing to one that led from the
kitchen, “on that bed lay Fanny and her
two children covered with gore. He had
nearly severed their heads from their
bodies, and then destroyed Iiimself I

We buried them, sir, but when I saw
their dear pale faces covered with blood,
shed by their husband and father, I could
hardly help cursing the man that caused
all this misery for the sake of making
money. After the funeral, I raked out
the fire that five years before I had built
on that hearth-stone with so much pleas-
ure. Oh I thought I, if every seller or
drinker of ardent spirits could look‘ upon
the desolate fire-side, and think of the
misery they had caused, they would stop
their murderous work.

It is thirty years since, but when I
think of those things it seems but yester-
day. I have brought up four boys, and
have taken them to this house, and told
them its story, and I don’t believe one of
them would touch a drop of liquor to
save his life I”

The stranger seemed much affected by
the recital, and after a few moments si-
lence replied, “I will buy this place, and
get you to tell the story to my boys, and
while I live not a drop of ardent spirits
shall cross its threshold.”

—-o-<0»-o-—

DIMENSIONS or THE AMERICAN LAKES.
—The latest measurement of our fresh
water seas are as follows:

The greatest length of Lake Superior
is 335 miles ; mean depth 988 feet ; ele-
nation 62'! feet ; area 32,000 square
miles.

The greatest length of Lake Michigan
is 260 miles ; its greatest breadth 108
miles I mean depth 900 feet ; elevation
69? feet ; area 22,000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Huron is
200 miles ; its greatest breadth is 160
miles ; mean depth 800 feet ; elevation
574 feet ; area 20,000 square miles.

The greatest length of Lake Eric is
250 miles ; its greatest breadth is 80
miles ; its mean depth 200 feet ; elevation
555 feet ; area 60,000 square miles.

The greates length of Lake Ontario is
180 miles, its greatest breadth is 65 miles ;
its mean depth is 500 feet ; elevation 262
feet ; area 600 square miles.

The total length of all five is 1,584
miles covering an area altogether of up-
wards of 90,000, square miles

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_ 3*‘ It is related of Thomas F. Mar-
shall that a judge having once fined him

thirty dollars for contempt of court, he

rose and asked the judge to lend him the
money, as he ha.du’t it, and there was no
friend present to whom he could so well
apply as to his honor, This was a
stumper. The judge looked at Tom,
and then at the clerk, and finally said--
“ Clerk, remit Mr. Marshall’s fine. The
state is better able to loose thirty dollars
than I am.” -

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lldatrlxnonial Advertisements. .
We published recently a brief account
of the operations o_f,_ Dr. S. Thrasher
Lyons. This gente‘eI‘i'h’scal has had a
long lease of power and plunder; and it has
come to him mainlys.through.matrimonial
advertisements. After . treating his real
wife with the utmost. harshness,.she died
heart broken. He affected great grief at
her death and composed elegiac verses,
some of which he got printed, These he
was in the habit of reading tohis victims,
as evidence of ' his fine ‘sensibilities. ‘He
alienated wivesfrom husbands, and after
living with them a sliorttime and getting
their. money and jewels away from them,
cut them adrift’. ' He would get into the
society of respectable and wealthyladies,
and, after borrowing large sums ofmoney
from them, having given the impression
that he was a rich Louisianian, leave
them for new‘ fields of operation. The
list of his conquest would be incredible.-’-
The most lamentable cases‘ ?never‘ have
been made public, and cannot be_..j -His
whole course has been one of unmitigated
rascality. He has operated in every
qnarter—New York, Philadelphia,’ at
the ‘West, and’all about. As we shave
said, his principal means of; wrong. and
min were in matrimonial advertisinents.
At a very late day he put the following
advertisement in the Herald: ‘ ' V '
WANTEh—A ‘charming sweet, dear, affec-
tionate an‘d'devotioniil wife, of cultivated
mind, and refined‘orga'nization——'(if pretty,
and some musical attainments no object-
ion, and money a secondary consideration)
——by a Southerner of birth and position.
Address for one week,’ Snoyl T. Leumas,
station A, Post Office ; Vafter that, Baton
Rouge, La. 7 Ali" .’ _ I
To this were a number of replies, which
are now lying in the Post Office.
We have called attention to this soon-
drel again, for’ the purpose of sayings
word in regard to this class of advertise-
ments.‘ Probabiy nine in ten of ‘them--‘are
swindlers. Decent men, with the possess-
ion of qualities that would in any, way
make them desirable husbands, would nbt
be moved to any such resort.’ Yet we
presume that not one of these advertise-
ments appears that does not call forth
honest responses, from a half a dozen to
a score in number. The rascally doctor
knew how to write to make the impres-
sion desired, and never wrote two alike,
varying them so as to meet all tastes.—-
This wasehiseregular business ;.and if he
P1aye.d‘p0l.i.t_ician. as. he did last fall, in the
“American” interest, it was that, after
“bleeding” aspiringcandidates freely, and
borrowing money of prominent men, he
might gain access to their families or
lady friends, and thus be able to _ ply. his
regular ti-ade.; To show that adver-
tisements ware adapted to win confiidénce,
we copy the following reply to one of
them : V 5
Sm: Confiding in your pledge-; of manly
and honorable consideration, ‘I venture to
reply to your advertisememt contained . in
this morning’s Herald, nor could_ I have
posibly overcome the extreme diflidence I
feel in approaching so delicate a‘. subject
were it not that I can distinctly. trace in
the wor_ds,be_fore me traits of feeling. in
common with good sense, which proclaim
the man of uprightness and integrity.
Believe me, sir, the innate conviction I
have of your honesty of purposevhas been
my only inducement for overstepping those
bounds which belong to the weaker sex.
- Natural modesty forbids me thus early to
say more than that I shall feel much
pleasure in hearing from you if you think
me worthy of your consideration.
’ BEATRICE NEvi_1.Ls.

This is all a bad—a very bad business;
and we trust that hereafter no woman
will so far forget the dictates of common
prudence, to say nothing of feminine mod-
esty, as to put her finger into a trap only
set for catching flats and destroying them,
The only safe way is to let matrimonial
advertisements alone, and trust in Provi-
dence for husbands ,

Springfield Republican’.
-—:?o~<Q>.

An Inquisitive Yon].-ee.——A gentleman
riding in an Eastern railroad car, which
was rather scarcely supplied with passen-
gers, observed, in a seat before him, a
lean, slabsided, Yankee _: every feature of
his face seemed to askeda question, and a
little circumstance soon proved that he
possessed a more “inquiring mind.”- Be-
fore him, occupying the entire seat sat a
lady dressed in deep black, and after
shifting his position several times, and
manoeuvering to get an opportunity to
look into her face, he at length caught
her eye— »

“ In afiliction ?” ’

“Yes, sir,” responded the lady.

“ Parent ?——father or mother?”

“ N 0, sir.”

“Child perhaps ?-—-boy or girl ?”

“ No, sir not a. child——I have no chil-
dren.”

“ Husband, then, I expect?”

“ Yes,” was the curt answer.

“ Hum I—-—cholera ?——a. tradin’ man may
be I”

“ My husband was a sea-faring man-—
the captain of a. vessel ; he didn-t die of
cholera, he was drowned.”

“ Oh’ drowned, eh ?” pursued the in-
quisitor hesitating for aobrief instant.

“ Save his chist !”

“ Yes the vessel was saved and my bus-
band’s effects,” said the widow.

” W'as they?” asked the Yankee, his
eyes brightening up ?”

“ Pious man ?” .

“He was a member of the Methodist
church.”

The next question was a little delayed,
but it came. ‘ ’

“ Don't you think you have a. great cause
to be thankful that he wasa pious man
and saved his chist ?” ,

“ I do,” said the widow, abruptly and
turning Iiejrhead to look out of the win-
dow. The indefatigable ‘pump’ changed
his position, held? the widow byhis glitter-
ing eye once more, and pronounced one

 

— more query, in a little lower tone, with
‘ 2- his head.‘—s]igh_tly, inclined forward, over

the back-of the seat, “Was you "calcula-
ting to.-sefémmied asri-W”.

“__, :2,” said the widow, indignantly, “ you
are .I”‘_ ‘And’-she left her seat
and took; _another,,. on_;_t_;he other side of the
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