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NUMBER 500--NEW SERIES.
CNORWALK GAZETTE. ,
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, LEWIS,
.I>agu.err1an dc
AIMBRO TYPE ARTIST,
0VER.D. N. DEPOT,
NoizwAi.ir, Coxx.
GEORGE E‘. BELDEN,
MANUFACTURER AND
_ _VWiolesaIc and Retail Dealer in
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, o0NN.,
Qiposile D. IV. .R(lll7‘0[L(l Depot, and
’ rurvt to Step/wnsoafs Hotel. _
lbentistry. .
Doctors 1:11.: on 111-1-cl-I,
' Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
llfice over the Store of C. J. Grnman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. HILL. CHARLES Frrcu.
J’. I‘. POOTE,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
armor: OVER .M.dLLORY’S STORE
N orwalk. Conn.
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats, Gag?-K-Ll!ll:eh’—s & Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Pars, Gents Gloves, canes,
'I’J':|:nJore11a.s, dcc.,
No. 2 Skidr_lv’s Block.
C. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETING-S
Carriage Trimmings. Cloths, Cassi-
mercs, Satinezts“ Veslings, and Tail-
or’s Trimmings, by the Ytl-“rd.
Piece or Package.
sum-zriucs, SIIIRTINGS, JEANS, B.-ITTS AND WARP
A 1;, the lowest possible prices.
0. 8|. E. K. LOCKWOOD, 81. C0.
NORWALK. cpNN.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Tin, Sheet Iron iii Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery:
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
VWare, and Kitchen Furniture
in general, Pumps, Sheet
- Lead 4} Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glas_s
and China
Ware.
1'. II. NASH,
WuoLssALi-2 AND RsrAiL DEALER IN
S T O V E S ,
IKANUFACTURER or
‘flu, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
Has constantly on /Land alargc assort-
ment of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwallc.
Conn.
. AMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims'bq“ore
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Wasninggna 1}; C-
— ””:iii'.”3oou-H.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
6| WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
Whdlesale
PAPER DEALERS,-
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 Coiortlandl Sercel, N. Y.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sts.)
ROBERT T. MARSHALL.
.1_v24 _ Buss. L. MARSAALL.
,‘ Orders and consignments respectfully so-
licited.
Hanford Scott,-
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Brandies, Grins. Wines, Cigars,
. - &c., No.17 James Slip,
One door from South-st... New yo,-k_
All orders by mail or otherwise promptly
attended to. _ .
’ N, 13,-’-Imported liquors of all kinds for me-
dicinal purposes, kept constautly on hand,
" which will be warranted pure.
BUILDIIVG MATERIALS.
rressed and "common Brick,
Lime, Cement, calcined Plas-
ter, Hair, and Marble Dust.
T
which will be sold cheap for Cash.
CHAS. 'l‘.LEONARD.
15 -
. Ofllce removed to Se1lick’s Packet Ollice.
HE Subscriber having dissolved his con-
_nect'ion with W. C. STREET, Esq. in the
business, will continue it on his own ac-
count, and will keep a good assortment of
. the above named articles constantly on hand,
Norwalk Post Office.
Mail C'lases.—Wi-:s'r.7.30 A. .\|'.. 3.00 ,1-.31.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. iii., 4 30 P. M.
do do D. & N. R. R., 8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
Wssrox, Tuesday as Saturday at 2.00 r.x.
Mail Due.—D. & N R. R.8.00 A.M.
do do WEs'r,9.30A.M..6.00 r.u.
do EAST, 8.30 A. M., 3.45 P bl.
do
- R. A. WILLIAMS P.M.
Saugatuck Bank.
BANKING HOURS
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
“ l_P.M. to 31’. M.
H. STAPLES, President.
B. L. W-3oDwon'rH. Cashier;
Westport, June 19th, 1857
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have established a NEW
CoAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
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 Goal, of the different sizes required
25
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all jresli. and
pains have been taken to secure the best I.-ind.-i
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 Pittston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
munerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
We also keep. the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
tf:55 GEO. H. RANDLE & BROTHER.
LUMBER ! LUMBER !
ILL & 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 every variety ofLumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. M. HILL,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,
A First Rate Farm For Sale.’
HE Subscriber desires to sell the whole. or
a portion of his farm, situated in the town
of Fairport, Monroe County, N. Y., on the
New York Central Railroad, and 10 miles east
of Rochester. The land is in a high state of
culti_va.tion, and specially adapted for a wheat
growing farm. It is so apportioned with tim-
ber, grazing, meadow and rain land, as to be
particularly well adopted ‘or division, and the
owner would dispose of a portion if the pur-
chaser should desire. It contains about 130
acres, well fenced, good house and outbuild-
ings, and very pleasantly located, as to situa-
tion and access to Churches, Schools and Mar-
kets, being within two miles of the Depot of
the N. Y.Central Railroad. and the N. Y. and
Erie Canal. If applied for soon, will be sold
cheap. For further particulars, enquire of the
subscriber on the premises.
ROBERT BRAITHWAITE.
Fairport, N. Y., Nov. 28th, 1856. tf-19
WM. ALLEN. WM. T. CLARK,
ALLEN &. CLARK,
Attorneys at Law, Real Estate
Brokers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Farms Houses and Lots leased. Real
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission. Money invested. Taxes paid for
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. figs
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully an-
nounce tohis patrons and the public gen-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phuznix
Block, where he has fitted up a beautiful store
which is now opened with a new and splendid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres,and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the neatest. and most
fashionable style. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and continued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit their continuation.
N. B.—-Goods bought of me will be cut gra-
tis if desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than liver
flt the South .I\’orwa1lc
GROCERY STORE.
' HE Subscriberhason hand by far thelar.
gest and best selection of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to‘ be found in South
Norwalk, which he offers to his cu.-:tomers
and the public,at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons‘-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examlnatiouand trial of the same.
GEO. W. SMITH.
Land For Sale.
_ ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge,is of-
feted for sale upon very reasonable terms.
It is admirably adapted for building lots,
or for gardening purposes, having a quick
and rich soil, and a large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thereon ; or it is
well calculated for afirst rate meadow. Itis
well fenced, and in a very eligible location.
go: further particulars enquire at this Of-
c .
Horse and 0x shoeing.
HE subscriber having taken the old stand
formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bakery, foot. of
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
oxen. for which he has unequalled facilities.
From his many years experience, devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business,
he is confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
Horses with tender and diseased feet.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, March 27th, 1857. tfl
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
, WESTPORT !
HE Subscriber would respectfullyinform
hisfriends and the public generally.
that he is still located a few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray, where may be found a geiicralassoi't-
merit of CAuixi-:'i- FURNITURE.
Undertakingiu all its departmentsattcn-
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. I3 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY descriptionofCAs'rixo done at the
E shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other cs-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps.Iron Fence,Posts,Railings,etc
furnishedmto order. Patterns executed at
short notice-‘and upon reasonable terms.
131 ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Corn Shellers. 2
Pattern Corn Shcllcrs, a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
DRIED Apples, Plums, Pezicliesand Cher-
“9-‘. at Ml-IEKER & Oi..\is'ri-:AD’s.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLMSTEAD’S.
TIMOTHY SEED, at
S. F OLMSTEAD’S
OLMS TEAD’S.
“-"- ‘ * .._s
__,_ 5 W ...._ ..
(or family use, such as for the furnace, parlor}
_Slippers,as has ever been presented to the
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
3 cription. He has Lathes-,a Planer, etc,’ for
‘ ‘ - r J
P very ‘scrip Ion cheap at~ I owner would refer to ilie Editor of the Gazette.
A. H. BYINGTON,
AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
._..._-—#- ::- '
iii in 1800.
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NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1857.
Norwalk Emporium.
"N-‘DD’
§3 fi'*°cxuv
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Ycgctaibles, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, &.c.
As good as themarket affords, constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER. do OLMSTEAD.
_@‘Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
further Notice.
HE undersigned having extended his bu-
' siuess is now not only prepared to re-
P3-II‘ and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
Wagons made in every style to suit the pur-
chaser, and at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs. " ‘
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK !
‘- ‘THE Subscriber hasjust returned
from New York with a new Stock of
.. ,_ Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to biscustomers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Collin Plates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. ‘ 0. S. CLARK,
s. 1:. onmsu-nan,
W'holesalc and RcIailDealer in Groceries
Provisions ,&c., ./V0 14 and I6 Jllain-st.
HAsjust received an entirely new and
extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. The public are respectfully lu-
vited to call.
Norwalk .Jan. 1st, I857.
New Styles. ‘ 2
imnlew Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now ouhand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemen and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
publicin this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful ; while
the material is of the fiuest texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gcnt‘s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, _with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, all of which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. “'21
South Norwalk Hotel.
THE Subscriber. having lpased that beauti-
ful aud central location recently occupied
by Fowler Ray, Esq., on the corner, a few steps
from the New York & New Haven Railroiid
Depot, is now prepared to entertain transient
or permanent guests. As a. summer retreat,
few places can compare with this location.
tf20 JAMES LUCAS.
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pergallon. pure Neats Foot Oil._ The above
Oils are of the best quality, and for sale by
the barrel. or retail by W. C. STREET.
Great Bargains in
LUMBER,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
THOMAS Ii.‘ PECK..
JUST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim.
' her, all sizes ; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards, 190.000 ft. 1 1-4,1 I-2. and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk,‘May 16, 1857, 1
Notice.
“THROUGH BY DA YLIGIIT.”
Selleck’sLine of Packets
On and ter Tuesday, March 17th.
_,g_ 1857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
="‘”"' commence her regular trips for the
80 Ison. leaving Norwalk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Norwalk every Satur-
day and Pike Slip every Thursday. One of
the above vessel will be at the Pike Slip
dock at all times, so that Freighters may ship
their freight at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on board.
tfll SELLECK & DEMMON.
HAWLEY & BARRAGLOUGI-I,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 4
CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,
102 Fulton-st., N. Y.
N extensive assortment of the most'fash-
ionable style of Clothing, is kept cons-
tantly on hand. Also, Garments of every
description made to order in the best manner.
Hi-:.vav B. HAWLEY,
43 . BENJAMIN BARRACLOUGII.
YOITNGS, IIOPPS 6!. 60.,
successors to Jan. H. Beers,
I74 and 176 Chathain Square, New rk.
CHAS. E. Yoiixcs,
LEWIS H orrs,
Hi-:.\‘Rr M . Piiowirr. ll
Norwalk Machine Shop.
THE subscriber having taken the shop here-
_toforc occupied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
.Mac/line Jobbing and Repairing Business,
would respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery of any des-
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Mauufac
Luring, and his familiarity with all kinds of
Manufacturer’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a snbstan.
tial and workmanlikc manner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of Fur
Machinery. Building of Blowers. &c., he is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 A. C. ARNOLD.
OODEN Ware and Mats. Sheet Lead and
Lead Pipe, at F. H. NASH’S.
South Norwalk;
Through in Five Minutes.
‘D, ASSER’S Five Minute Freezers work like
a charni. Call and get a circular and
receipt at Locirwoons’ Furnishing Store:
THPI BLA(2l{ IIAWK HORSE NICHOLAS, Nicliolas is
out ofthe celebrated “ Winch” mare by Raven
one ofold Black Hi|\Vk’.‘l best colts. He is four years old
in May, 15 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful black color
and with a coat as fine as silk. He is considered by the
best judges, ivitlinut controversy, the best Black Hawk
Horse in the State. .
'l‘wo FIRST I’!!!-:‘.\HL'.\lfl of the Conn. State Agricultural
Society were awariled him, one in ‘I855 and one in 1856.
NICHOLAS is perfect, in form, ofgreat elegance ofnc.
tion, ofhigh spirit, perfectly kind and docile, thorough-
ly broken, and gives promise of great speed.
lle will stand at my stable in Canton from May 151: to
July 1st. Terms :--S I5 cash, single service, $25 for
thc Ft.‘llS0n ; payable Septu. lat. Insurance by agree.
ment.
1 shall be pleased to have the lovers of fine stock pill]
and examine him.
A limited numherofinarcs only will be taken, and
those wisliing to secure the services OFNICHOLAS would
do well to apply early.
Good pasturage f urnished at moderate charge. Mares
‘ at their owner-’s risk. HERMAN I-IAMBLIN.
For further particulars concerning said horse, the
luv:
P O E T R Y .
‘
Written for the Nov-walk Gazette.
Am I Remembered Still '?
av Axons.
I’m gazing on the azure sky,
But, oh, not with a tearloss eye,
Mournfnl tho’ts my cold bosom fill-—
Dear one, am I remember-’d still?
Moonbeams flash ’cross the window-sill,
And flood with mellow tintstho floor,
The music of the birds is still,
The busy hum of toil is o’er ;
The gladsome rills their chimes maintain,
With" soft wooings that woes restrain,
That please the soul, and thought, and will,
Dearest, am I remembered still.
Mind leads me to the days of yore,
To view which childhood did adore,
The wood, the dell, that I did love,
Sweet foretastes of that rest above I
Can aught such pure enjoyment blight,
And o’er reflection cast a gloom,
Can true affection wing its flight,
Allow neglect the post assume?
On these spots to,inemory dear,
Changes most dismal now appear,
Not e’en the stream turns now the Mill,
Mid change, am I remember’d still.
I soon was call’d from bliss to part,
I-‘rom bliss that seeming bound my heart,
But bonds which in my mein’ry lie,
Will time and distance both defy.
Thine are the honey’d sweets of home,
No anguish harshly rends thy soul,
Thy health preserv’d, thy passions roam
Mid glee--may friendship all control!
While Nature revels rich in grace,
With youth and smiles upon her face,
Dispense all fear, warm up each chill,
Oh say, am I remember-’d still?
———o~<....*_—__
The Cat Serenade.
wrrii Ax ExPi.ANA'riox i.\'Dlx.
(The Cat discourseth of the night.)
It is the hour—tbe dewy hour,
Of fading light and folded flower,
And nignt and love, and beauty’: power,
Meaou. . .
(And pi-ayeth for his mistress’ favor )
Sweet Tabby, from thy garret high,
I pray thee send a loving eye, ‘
And hear thy faithful Tommy sigh
Meaou.
Now sleeps the moonlight on the hill,
The winds are hushed, the waves are still,
All silent, save the bubbling rill,
Meaou.
(The cat inviteth his mistress to I banquet.)
0 come with me across the street,
And I will spread a noble treat,
Of all that tabhics love to eat,
Mexico.
(The Cat pleadeth his sufferings.)
0 bid me not alone depart!
I feel the burning tear drops start,-—
0 speak and heal a bursting heart l
Meaou I
(And describeth his treat.)
And we will have a cosy chat,
For I’ve a splendid haunch of rat,
Just cooked to suit a lady cat,
Ileaou.
- (Showeth why the Cat loveth.)
I love thee for thy whiskered face,
Thy tuneful pur, thine untaught grace,
Those eyes of green—that noiseless pace,
Meaou.
(And why he -loveth not.)
I love thee not for hoarded pelf,
Or stolen scraps from pantry shell‘,
But olil I love thee for thyself,
Meaou.
(The Cat waxeth jealous.)
And if another out should dare
With look of love on thee to glare,
By heaven, I’ll eat him hide ind hair!
Meaou.
(And showeth resentment.)
For though, alas ! in vain I pine,
No baser breath shall soil the shrine,
Once hallowed by a flame of mine !
lleaou. '
(And propliesyeth his coming death. “Requiscat in
_ pace ?’ ’
Too great I feel this load of woe l
Soon, soon in death I slumber low,
And o’er my grave shall catnip grow I
Meanu.
(The Cat exalteth his voice.)
Yet once again before I die, .
I raise my feeble love-notes high ‘P
A loud, and yet a louder cry I
Mcaou l—yeaou l—yeau-u-ow l l l
(l_’.oet exclaimeth from it window.)
The fiend torment that squalling cat !
Out night-disturbing vermin l ’S’cat !
I’ll spoil your beauty, dear I Take that I
(Dischargeth a poker—grand finale of caterwauling-
the cat decampeth.)
MISCELLAN Y.
THE VELOCITY AND COLORS or Liour-
NIIIG —-The lightning of the first two
classes does not last for more than one
thousandth part of a second ; but a less-
duration in passing than one millionth
part of a second is attributed to the light
of electricity of high tension. In com-
parison with this velocity, the most rapid
artificial motion that can be produced
appears repose. This has been exempli-
fied by Professor IVeatstone, in a very
beautiful experiment. A wheel made to
revolve with such celerity as to render its
spokes invisible, is seen for an instant
with all spokes distinct, when illuminated
by a flash of lightning, because the flash
had come and gone before the wheel had
time to make a perceptible advance. The
color of lightning is variously orange,
white and blue, verging to violet. Its
hue appears to depend on the intensity
of electricity and height in the atmos
phere. The more electricity there is pas-
sing through the air in a given time, the
whiter more dazzling is the light. Violet
and ,blue-colored lightnings are observed
to be discharged from the storm-clouds
high in the atmosphere, where the air is
rarefied and analogous. The electric
spark made to pass through the receiver
of an air-pump, exhibits a blue or violet
light in propor tion as the vacuum is com-
plete.—Peterson’s Plug/sicul Geography.
0»
za'~.The ruin distillery of Trull Broth-
ers, at Boston, tiie largest of the kind in
the United States, was nearly destroyed
by fire, Friday noon, and several persons
who were passing on the street were bad-
ly burned by the explosion that occurred.
Two of of them were little girls, one of
whom is in a very doubtful condition ;
and another was William Chapman, em-
ployed in ii. livery stable opposite, who
was badly scolded in the face by the hot
steam. ,
:————-O-o<.>o¢———-—-
Q, An Italian who called at the New
York prison to see the murderer of po-
liceman Anderson, was searched, and a
book found on him containing a list of
all the receivers of stolen goods from
New York to New Orleans, written ii;
Canton, May 1, 1857. tt23
Itplian,
Other People's Eyes.
BY '1'. s. ARTHUR.
“ Our parlor carpet is beginning to
look real shabby,” said Mrs. Cartwright.
“ I declare i If I don't feel right down
ashamed of it, every time a visitor, who
is anybody, calls in to see me.”
“ A new one will cost:——-”
The husband of Mrs. Cartwright, a
good natured, compliant man, who was
never better pleased than when he could
please his wife, paused to let her finish the
sentence, which she did promptly, by
saying.
‘_‘ Only forty dollars. I’ve counted it
all up. It will take thirty-six yards. I
saw a. beautiful piece at Martin’s—just
the thing—at one dollars. yard. Bind-
ing, and other little matters, won’t go be-
yond three or four dollars, and I can
make it myself, you know"
Oniy forty dollars! Mr. Cartwright
- glanced down at the carpet which had
decorated the floor of their little parlor
for nearly five years. It had a pleasant
look in his eyes, for it was associated with
many pleasant memories. Only forty
dollars for a new one i If the cost were
only five,‘ instead of forty, the inclination
to banish this old friend to an out-of-the
way chamber would have been no strong-
er in the mind of Mr. Cartwight. But
forty dollars was an item in the calcula-
tion, and to Mr. Cartwright a. serious
one. Every year he was finding it hard-
(r to mi e _the gradually increasing demand
upon his purse ; for there was a. steadily
progressive enlargement of his family, and
year after, the cost of living advanced.-
He was thinking of this, when his wife
said.
“ You know, Henry, that cousin Sally
Gray is coming here on a visit, week
after next. Now, I do want to put the
very best face on to things while she is
here. We were married at the same time
and I hear that her husband is getting
rich. I feel a little pride about the mat-
ter, and don’t want her to think that
wc’er growing worse oil‘ than when we
began life, and can't afford to replace this
shabby old carpet for a new one.”
N 0 further argument was needed. Mr.
Cartwright had sixty dollars in one of the
bureau drawers, a fact well known to his
wife. And it was also well known toher
that it was the accumulation of very car-
ful savings, designed, when the sum rech-
ed one hundred dollars, to cancel a loan
made by a. friend, at a time when sickness
and 9. death in the family had run up
their yearly expenses beyond the year’s
income. Very desirous was Mr. Cart-
wright to pay ofl' this loan, and he had
felt lighter in heart as the aggregate of
his savings came nearer and nearer to the
sum required for that purpose.
But he had no firmness to oppose his
wife in any thing. Her wishes, in this
instance as in many others, he unwisely
made a law. The argument about cousin
Sally Gray was irresistible. No more
_ than his wife did he wish to look poor in
her eyes ; and so, for the sake of her
eyes, a new carpet was bought, and the
old one—not by any meahs worn and
faded as the language of his wife indicted
-—sent up stairs, to do second-hand duty
in the spare bedroom.
Not within the limit of forty dollars
was the expense confined. A more cost-
ly pattern than could be obtained for one
dollar a yard tempted the eyes of Mrs.
Cartwright, and abstracted from her hi1s-
band’s savings the sum of over fifty dol-
lars. Mats and rugs to go with the car-
pet were indispensable, to give the parlor
the right effect in the eyes of cousin Sally
Gray and the purchase of these absorbed
the remainder of Mr. Catwriglit’s care-
fully hoarded sixty dollars.
Unfortunately for the comfortable com-
dition of Mrs. Cartwright’s mind; the
new carpet, with its flaunting céldrs, put;
wholly out of countenance the cane-seat
chairs and modest pier table, and gave to
the dull paper on the wall aduller aspect.
Before she had scarcely noticed the hang-
ings ou the Venetian blinds ; now it
seemed they had lost their freshness in a
day ; and the places where they were
broken and had been sewed again, were
singularly apparent, every time her eye
rested upon them. i
“ These blinds do look dreadful l” she
said to her husband, on the day after the
carpet went down. “ Can you remember
what they cost?”
f‘ Eight dollars,” replied Mr. Cart-
wright.
“ So much.” The wife sighed as he
spoke.
“Yes, that was the price.
ber it very well.”
“ I wonder what new hangings would
cost?” Mrs. Ca1'twright’s manner grew
suddenly more cheerful, as the suggestion
of a cheaper way to improve the windows
came into her throught.
“Not much, I presume,” answered her
husband.
“ Don’t you think we’d better have it
one ?” I
“ Yes,” was the complaisant answer.
“Will you stop at tho blind-maker’s,
as you go to the store, and tell him to
send up for them to-day. It must be at-
tended to at once, you know, for cousin
Sally will be here on next Wednesday.”
Mr. Cartwright called at the bliud-ina-
ker’s, as requested, and the blind-maker
promised to send for the blinds. From
thence he continued on to the store in
which he was employed. There he found
a note on his desk, from the friend to
whom he was indebted for the hundred
ollars.
“ Dear Cartwright,” so the note ran.
“If it is possible for you, to let me have
the one hundred dollars I loaned you, its
return tomorrow will be a particular
favor, as I have a large payment to
make and have been disappointed in the
receipt of a sum of money confidently ex-
pected.”
A very sudden change of feeling did
Mr. Cartwright experience. He had in
a degree, partaken of his wife's pleasure
in observing the improved appearance of
their little parlor ; but this pleasure was
now succeeded by a sense of painful regret
and mortification. It was nearly two
hours before Mr. Cartwright returned an
answer to his friend’s note. Most of
that time had been spent in the vain
effort to discover some way out of the
difiiculty in which he found himself
placed. He would have asked an advance
I remem-
l
of one hundred dollars on his salary, but
he did not deem that a prudent st.9Pi iilld
for two reasons. One was, the known,
character of his employers ; and the other
was involved in the question of how he
was to support his family for the time he
was working out this advance. At last,
in sadness and humiliation, he wrote a
brief reply, regretting his inability to re-
place the loau now,'but promising to do
it in a very short time. Not very long
after this answer was sent, there came
another note from his friend, written in
evident haste, and under the influence of
angry feelings. It was in these words :
“ I enclose your due bill, which I, yes-
terday, thought good for its face. But,
as it is worthless, I send it back. The
man who buys new carpets and new furn-
iture, instead of paying his honest debts,
can be no friend of mine. I am sorry to
have been mistaken in Henry Cart-
wright.”
Twice did the unhappy man read this
cutting letter ; then folding it up slowly,
be concealed it in one of his pockets.—-
Nothiug was said about it to his wife,
whose wordy adminiration of thenew car-
pet, at morning noon and night, for the
next two or three days, was a continual
reproof of his weakness for having yieled-
to her_ wishes in a matter where calm
judgment and a principal of right should
have prevailed. But she could not help
noticing that he was less cheerful; and
once or twice he spoke to her in a. way
that she thought positively ill-na.turcd.——
Something was wrong with him; but
what that something was, she did not for
an instant imagine.
At last the day arrived for cousin
Sally Gra_v’s visit. Unfortunately, the
Venitian -blinds were still at the blind-
makcr’s, where they were likely to remain
for a week longer, as it was discovered on
the previous afternoon, that he had never
touched them since they came into his
shop. Without them the little parlor had
a terrible bare look; the strong light
coming in, and contrasting, harshly, the
new, gaudy carpet, with the old, worn
and faded furniture. Mrs. Cartwright
fairly cried with vexation.
“ We must have something for the wiii-
dows Henry,” shc said as she stood, dis-
consolatc, in the parlor, after tea. “ It
will never do in the world to let cousin
Sally find us in this trim.”
“Cousin Sally will find a. welcome in
our hearts,” replied her husband, in ii. so-
ber voice, “and that I am sure will be
more grateful to her than carpets and
window blinds.”
The way in whichthis was spoken rath-
er siirprised Mrs. Cartwright, and she
left just a little rebuked.
“ Don’ (2 you think,” she said after a few
moments of silence on both sides, “that
we might afford to buy a few yards of
lace, to put up to the windows, just for
decency’s sake?”
“ No,” answered the husband, firmly.
“ We have afforded too much already.”
His manner seemed to Mrs. Cartwright
almost ill-natured. It hurt her very
much. Both sat down in the parlor, and
both remained silent. Mrs. C:l.l‘tWl‘lg‘l]l}
thought of the mean appeiirance every-
thing in that “ best room” would have in
the eyes of cousin , Sally, and Mr. Cart-
wright thought of his debt to his friend,
and of that friend’s anger and alienation.
Both felt iuore uncomfortable than they
had been for a long time.
On the next day cousin Sally arrived.
She had not come to spy out the naked-
ness of the 'land—not for the purpose of
making contasts between her own condi-
tion iii life and that of Mr. Camtwriglit-—-
but from pure love. She had always
been warmly attached to her cousin, and
the years during which new life relations
had scperated them had increased rather
than diminished this attachin-eut. But’
the gladuess of their meeting was soon
‘overshadowed, at least for cousin Sally.
She saw by the end of the first day’s vis-
it, that her cousin was more concerned
to make a. good appearance in her cyes—
to have her understand that she and her
husband_were "getting along bravely in
the world—than to open her heart to
her as of old, and exchange with her a.
few pages in the history of their inner
lives. What interest had she in the new
carpet, or the curtainless window, that
seemed to be the most prominent of all
things in the mind of her relative ?--
None whatever. If the visit had been
from Mary Cartwright to herself, she
would never have thought for an instant,
of making preparations for her coming in
the purchase of new fni'nitui'e, or by any
change in the externals of her home. All
arrangements for the reception would
have been in her heart.
Cousin Sally was disappointed. She
did not find the relative, with whom so
many years of her life had been spent in
sweet intercourse, as she had hoped to
find her. The girlish warmth of feeling
had given place to a cold worldiness, that
repelled instead of attracting her. She
had loved, and suffered much, had passed
through many trials and entered through
many opening doors into new experiences
during the ‘years since their ways parted,
and she had come to this old, dear friend,
yearning for that heart-intercourse—that
readingtogether of some of the pages of
their book of life, which she felt almost
as ii. necessity. What interest had she
for the mere externals of Mary’s life ?—
None! None l And the constant refe-
rence thereto, by her cousin, seemed like
a desecration. Careful, and troubled
about the little things of life, she found
the dear old friend of her girlish days, to
whom she had come hopefully, as to one
who could comprehend, as in earlier
years, the feelings, thoughts and aspira-
tions, which had grown stronger, deeper,
and of widerrange.
Alas l Alas l How was the fine gold
dimmed in her eyes !
“ Dear Mary l” she said to her cousin,
on the morning of the day that Wits
to end her visit--they were sitting to-
gether in the little parlor, and
Cartwright had referred, for the fortieth
time, to the unshaded windows, and de-
clared herself mortified to death at the.
appearance of things—“Dear Mary i It
was to see you, not your furniture, that I
came. To look into your heart, and feel
it beating against mine as of old ;' not to
pry, curiously into your ways of living,
nor to compare your house-furnishing
with my own. But for your constant
reference to these things, I should not
“have noticed, particularly, how your
house was attired; and if asked about
them, could only have answered, »“s1Aef-5!
living very nicely.” Forgive me for this‘
plain speech, dear cousin! I did not
mean to give utterance to such language,
but the words are spoken, now‘; and can-
not be recalled.” _ ~
Mrs. Cartwright, if not really oflend-
ed, was mortified and rebuked ; and these
states of feeling, united with pride, served
to give coldness to her exterior. She
tried to be cordial in manner towards her
cousin—to seem as if she had not felt
her words ; but this was impossible, for
she had felt them too deeply. She, saw
that the cherished friend and companion
of her girlhood was disappomtcd in her ;
that she had come to look into her heart,
and not into the attiring of _her_ home ;
and was going away with. diminished af-
fect-ioii. After years of divergence, their
paths had touched, and, separating once
more, she felt that they would never I'll“
parallel again. ’
A few hours later, cousin Sally gave
her a parting kiss. How different in
warmth to’ the kiss of meeting! Very
sad, very dissatisfied with herself‘, very
unhappy did Mrs. Cartwright feel, as she
gait musing alone after her relative had
departed. She was conscious of having
lost a friend forever, because she had not
risen to the higher level to which that
friend had attained—not in external, but
in the true internal life.
But, a sharper mortification was in
store for her. The letter of her hus-
baiid’sf1'iciid, in which he had returned
the due bill for one hundred dollars, fell
accidentally into her hands and over-
whelmed her with consternation. For
that new carpet, which had failed to win
more than a few extorted sentences of
praise from cousin Sally Gray, her hus-
band had lost the esteem of one of his
oldest and best friends, and was now siif—
fering, in silence, the most painful trial of
his life.
Poor weak woman ! Instead of the
pleasure she had hoped to gain in the
possession of this carpet, it had made
her completely wretched. While sitting
almost stupefied with the pressure that
was on her feelings, a. neighbor called in
and she went down to the parlor to meet
her.
“ IVhat ii. lovely carpet l” said the
neighbor in real admiration. “Where
did you buy it?”
“ At Mastin’s,” was answered.
“ Had they any more of the same pat-
tern?” enquired the neighbor.
“ This was the last piece.”
The neighbor was sorry. It was the
most beautiful pattern she had ever seen,
and she would hunt the city over but
what she would find another just like it.
“ You may have this one,” said Mrs.
Cartwright on the impulse of the mo-
ment. “ My husband doesn’t particular-
ly fancy it. Your parlor is exactly the
size of mine. It is all made and bound
nicely as you can see ; and this work on
it shall cost you nothing. Vile paid a lit-
tlc over fifty dollars for the carpet before
a stitch was taken in it ; and fifty dol-
lars will make you the possessor.”
“ Are you really in earnest,” said the
neighbor.
“ Never more so in my life.”
“ It is a bargain, then.”
“ Very well.”
“ VVlien can I have it I”
“ J ust as soon as I can rip it from the
floor,” said Mrs. Cartwright, in real car-
nest. I
“ Go to work,” replied the neighbor,
laughing out at the novelty of the affair.
“Before your task is half done, I will be
back with the fifty dollars, and a man to
carry home the cai'pet.” ‘
“And so she was. In less than half
an hour after the sale was made, in this
off-hand fashion, Mrs. Cartwright sat
alone in her parlor, looking down upon
the naked floor. But she had five ten
dollar gold pieces in her hand, and they
were of more value in her eyes than
twenty carpets. Not long did she ‘sit
musing hc.ie. There was other work to
do. The old carpet must be replaced
upon the parlor floor ere her husbaud’s
return. And it was replaced. In the
midst of her hurried operations, the old
blinds with the new hangings came in,
aiid were put up to the windows. When
Mr. Cartwright returned home, and
stepped inside of the little parlor, where
he found his wife awaiting him, he gave
an exclamation of surprise.
“VVh_v, Mary! What is the meaning
of this? Where is the new carpet?”
She laid the five gold pieces in his
hand, and then looked earnestly, and
with tears in her eyes, upon his wonder-
ing face.
“ What are these, Mary? Where did
they come from?” ’
“ Cousin Sally is gone. The carpet
didn’t seem attractive in her eyes ; and
it has lost all beauty in mine. So I sold
the iinlovély thing, and here is the money.
Take it, dear Henry, and let it serve the
purpose for which it. was designed.”
“All right again l” exclaimed Mr.
Cartwright, as soon as the whole matter
was clear to him. “ All right i Mary
dear l That carpet, had it remained,
would have wrecked, I fear, the happi-
ness of our home, Ah, let us consult
only our own eyes, hereafter, Ma.ry—iiot
the eyes of otiier people. None think
the better of us for what we seem—only
for what we are. It is not from fiiie fur-
niture that our true pleasure in life is to
come ; but from a consciousness of right-
doing. Let the inner life be right and
the outer life will surely be in just har-
mony. In the humble abode of virtue
there is more real happiness than in the
palace-homes oi the unjust, the selfish,
and wrong-doors. The sentiment is old
a.s the world ; but it must come to every
heart, at some time in life, with all the
force of an original utterance. , And let
it so come to us now, dear wife l”
And thus it did come. This little ex-
perience showed them an aspect of things
that quickened their better reasons ; and
its smart remained long enough to give
it the power of a monitor in all their af-
ter lives. They never erred again in this
wise. For two or three years more the
old carpet did duty in their neat little
parlor, and when it was at last replaced
by a new one, the change was made for
their own eyes, and not for the eyes of
another.-—Hovie Magazme.
Q>.o———_..
_ 3%“ The head man in Stuart’s sugar
refinery at New York, received for seve-
ral years a salary of $30,000, and yet re-
gianed his place for more profitable em-
p oyinent !
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VOLUME XL.---N UM
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The Mission of a Newspaper.
Scc'ne.LEclitorial room of a reliable
journal. Principal Editor and Proof-
reader correcting and reading aloud 8
mass of statistics. Local Editor busy
writinga description of a. new patent
powder-horn, warranted not to “cut in
the eye,” or the money refunded.
Enler—A gas man, with nine’ or ten
setts of piocers, and forty-eight kinds of
gas-burners. The gas man interrupts
everybody to tell what he wants. It is
a great invention—a. valuable invention
—an invention that will save gas and
put money in the pockets of the people.
Goes on to test the forty-eight burners,
one after the other.
Editor-in-chief swears. Commercial
Editor raises his voice as he calls off his
figures, to a. yell, and Loca1"Editor ex-
amines the burners with a. mixed delight
of economy and wonder. After stopping
all editorial operations for an hour, gas
man obtains an insertion of an ‘article
which costs a dollar or two to put in type
the time of the Editor. and the use of
the newspaper for nothing, and goes of
to victimize some other Editor. One of
the Editors before the gas man retires,
timidly asks what good the ‘insertion of
the article is going to do the proprietors
of the paper, when he is informed that
newspaper owners are expected to work
for the people free, and that the greater
the benefit to some one else, the more
they should be willing to suffer and pay.
Editor is satisfied with this view of the
case, and bows gas man out.
Here comes another individual, and
the following conversation takes place :
Stranger.-—-I called in to get you to
make a notice of a very valuable im-
provcment I have been making in adjust-
ing a. check strap to the back of harness,
to prevent horses from running away.
You see how simple a. thing it is, and
so easily maiiagcd that a child can drive
the most spirited horse without any dan-
ger of being run awaywith.
I think it. will be the means of saving
many valuable lives, and it you will only
give me a. favorable notice in your valua-
ble columns, I can make money out of it.
Editor.—Well, my friend. our time is
valuable, and no doubt you think you
have what you consider a public benefit,
still we cannot devote our services and
space without an equivalent, we must be
paid for it. ' _
Stranger.-Well, that’s a strange idea.
I thought newspapers were got up for the
public benefit, and that it was the duty
of Editors to notice all the valuable in-
ventions and improvements, else how will
the world be benefitted by genius and
science. Now I think you are in duty
bound to give your readers the benefit of
all the improvements that are going on.
It is of more value than one-half of all
the political stuff you put in your paper.
Stranger goes off in a hull‘, and Edi-
tor returns to his train of ideas, which in
most cases, in consequence of his mis-
placed raillery, has run ofi' the track.
And this occurs twenty times a week,
under the mistaken idea that paper,
in, ink, brains and time, are value-
less.——Bigfl“alo Republic.
MQM
L'iri-: IN THE Wi~:s'r.-—The "following
genuine woman’s letter is from the Ports-
mouth Tribune. The excitement and
novelty of the wild life doubtless pays for
its pi-ivations ; but if people would con-
sent to live iii the some way here, they
could get rich faster than in Iowa or
Kansas. The letters is from Strawberry
Hill, Kansas, and dated May 17th. In
getting out there, after leaving the boat,
they all “ piled into one little wagon,”
stopped one night at a log house, “inno-
cent of daub and chinking,” and had to
hold the bed clothes with their teeth to
keep them from blowing away. We
quote the rest ‘of the letter :
“ I wish to goodness that I could give
you a drawing of our house and furniture
but I can’t do the thing justice. The
house is about as large as your kitchen.
The logs are beautifully hewed in the in-
side (they still retain their natural ap-
pearance on the outside. I have the
greatest quantity of kindlings by just go-
ing around the walls and pulling them
off. We will have edough to last several
years, if we have good luck. We have
no window, but something far more con-
venient, made by simply moving the
shingles to one side, as they are not nail-
ed ;it answers every purpose. The day
we got here, Mr. S——— made a. table and
a. cupboard, and two benches (one has a.
back.) As our bedstead has not yet
come from The Pint, we make our beds
on the floor. We have two shelves
where we put all our pretty things. Three
or four bags lianging around the walls
help the appearance of them very much.
My guitar occupies a friendly position
near the meal-bag. I have a nice little
cooking stove, which bakes very well.-—
We have no chairs, or anything ‘town
people’ require.
1 wish you had seen as eating our first
dinner ; we had no dishes. Charley ate
off agshingle-, Mr. S. took the lid of the
stove! M ate off her bread ; I had a
big piece of brown paper.‘ We drank
our coffee out of tin cups. D-—- and
Mr. S———have made two of the nicest
gardens you ever saw. They fenced
them, and all in three days. I helped
clear off the_ garden for three days
—and I wish you could see my hands I
But I have been very happy —it is so
nice to work along with one’s husband.
Thursday I did a three weeks’ washing.
D———— is very well, and as happy as he
can be. He has a wagon and a yoke of
oxen, cow and calf two turkeys and two
dogs—which, I believe, is all the live
stock we have yet. We have not seen
butter since we left the boat—it is not
fashionableherc. .D ' is going to build
a house next week—a frame one too.—-
How I wish you were here ; I long to see
you. The country is lovely, and we have
a splendid place. I have two beautiful
boquets I gathered yesterday when I
went with D——-— after wood. I rode in
an ox-wagon l It has been so cold lately
that I have worn two dresses. I think
the comet does it ; what do you think of it
by this time? We have the most goose-
berries and raspberries you ever saw, all
near the house ; besides strawberries all
around the door, and plenty of -wild
plums.”
O
E“ " Nothing to Wear,” beautifully
illustrated——“P0wer’s Greek Slave.”
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Norwalk Chronicler