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NUMBER 505--NEW SERIES. VOLUME XL.---NUMBER
NORWALK," CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1857.
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mziwn. 1-noun-sore,
AMBROTYPE ARTIST, "*5
OVER D. 4- N. DEPOT,
NoRw.iLx, CONN.
6-0332 1'. BEEDEN,
MANUFACTURER AND
I/Vholesale and Retail Dealer in together with every variety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices.
15
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, ooNN.,
Opposite D. N. Rail-road Depot, and
met to Step/icnson’s Hotel.
Dentistry.
noctoi-s urn. ei. rrrcn,
Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
I Ofioe over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. HILL. CHARLES Frrcn.
J. I‘. POOTE,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
armor: OVER .mLLoR Y’_ S STORE
N orwalk, Conn.
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats, Cajisifffidhk &. Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &.c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, canes,
_ Uxnbrellas, ck:c.,
No. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
C. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS
Mail C'loses.—Wi-:sT.7.30 .5. M.. 3.00 ,P.M.
Mail .Due.—D. do N R. R.8.00 A. M.
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
of the Bridge, on Smith’s Docl: below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering :1. very superior
article of Coal, of the different sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves.
pains have been taken to secure the best kinds
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust lliouutain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior.
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
muncrating prices.
patronage is respectfully solicited.
Yard in Winnipauk.
HILL &. HUBBELL have recently com
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Attorneys at Law, Real Estate
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission.
non-resideuts. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security.
THE undersigned would respectfully an-
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phoenix
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.
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit their continuation.
tis if desired.
‘GROCERY STORE.
THE Subscriberhason hand by far the lar.
ties and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk Post Oflice.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. M., 4.30 P. M.
do do D. & N. R. R., 8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
WESTON, Tuesday & Saturday at 2.00 P.M.
do
do
do
do
WEST, 9.30 A. M., 6.00 1-. M.
EAST, 8.30 A. M., 3.45 P M.
R. A. WILLIAMS P. M.
Saugatuck Bank.
BANKING HOURS
“ lP.M.to3P.M. ,
H. STAPLES, President.
B. L. Woonwonrii, Cashier;
Westport, June 19th, 1857 25
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have established a NEW
COAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
Our stock is all fresh and
We have also the Pittston vari-
A share of the public
We also keep the above varieties at our
G. H. Jr J. C. RANDLE.
LUMBER! LUMBER!
menccd the Lumber Business at the old
Timber, Lath and Lime,
M. HILL,
J, C. HUBBELL,
WM. ALLEN. Wu. T. CLARK.
ALLEN & CLARK,
Brokers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Farms Houses and Lots leased. Real
Money invested. Taxes paid for
tf28
Removal.
nounce to his patrons and the public gen-
A complete assortment of
Grateful for long and continued favors at
N. B.—Goods bought of me will be cut gra-
27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than Ever
.41! the South JVorwallc
gest and best selection of Family Groce-
I - ,.-,
fl l
Carriage Trimmings. Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Satinetls” Veslings, and Tail-
; or’s Trimmings, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
8ii1'~:E'1'INGs, SHIRTINGS, JEANS, BATTS AND WAR
' _ A the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK. CON N.
0. &. E. K. Locxwoon, &. co.
' NORWALK, CONN., I ;
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand trial of
Norwalk, which he offers to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cous-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
the same.
GEO. W. SMITH.
Land For Sale.
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces,.,..CutZery.
Britannia Porcelain avid‘-‘Wmdm
Ware, and Kitchen .l"ur’n‘;il,nrev
x'.iNnr.i.cTUnEas‘:_o-gr
Tin, Sheet Iron & Coppi'g_;1:,.:’iV-fires,
AND DEALERS IN
in general, Pumps, Sliggt 1} .2
Lead if Lead I-’i';2eU'-fill
Crockery, Glass
and China.
fiABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge,is of-
fered 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
wellfenced, and in a very eligible location.
{For further particulars enquire at this Of-
ce. .
Horse and 0x Shoeing.
HE subscriber having taken the old stand
formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Ware.
1'. H. NASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
STOVES,
MANUFACTUREESL OF
Tin, She et Iron & Copper Wares,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. N01-walk,
Conn.
AMOS HUNT,
’ General Pension &. Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
Was!-i,-:s.*s!'_'s. 9- P-
" D. 3. 300533;
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
6| WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
l—'—’_-Wholesale
P APER DEALERS,
MARSHALL BROTHERS’
58 Coiirllamlt Serect, N Y.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sts.)
ROBERT T. MARSHALL.
1y24 BENJ. L. MARSAALL.
Orders and consignments respectfully so-
licited.
Hauford Scott,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Branches, G1ns.,W1nes, Cigars,
&c., No. 17 James Slip,
One door from Soutli-st... New York.
All orders by mail or otherwise promptly
attended to.
’ N. B.—Impo1-ted liquors of all kinds for me-
‘ dicinal purposes, kept constantly on hand,
which Wlll be warranted pure.
3U'IIiDIN'(€- MATERIALS.
rressed and Common Brick,
' Lime, Cement, calcined rlas-
’ ter, ‘Hair, and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber having dissolved his cou-
uectiou with W. C. STREET, Esq. in the
business, will- continue it on his own ac-
count, aud will keep a. good assortment of
the above named articles constantly on hand,
' ' ld h f Ca h.
I.i"°h mm’-e 8° cCHo:£S.o'l‘.LIl0NARD.
Ofllce removed to Sellick’s Packet Office-
‘ GROUND Feed-all kind(s’£tMsTEAD,s.
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. tfl3
°a”*sth;5.Ri°ms at
I
I
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. general assort-
ment of CABINET FURNITURE.
_ Unilerlalcingin all its departmentsattcn-
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Noi-walk Iron foundry.
VERY descriptionofCAsTixo done at the
shortest notice and in the best. manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps,Iron Fcnce,Posts,Railings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Second Hand Piano For Sale.
EN%UIRE of
2
Notice----Extra.
The Subscriber will continue to
sell the remainder of his stock .of
Clothing,
for the few weeks now interve-
ning before his departure for
Europe, AT AND BELOW
COST! Now is your time to
i,,,,_ ‘ N. TURK.
Under Connecticut Hotel.
N. TURK.
‘ Corn Shellers. -
NEW pattern Corn Shellcrs, a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
DRIED Apples, Plums, Pr.-acliesand Cher-
ries, at MEEKER dz OLiisTi-:An’s.
COUNTRY Pork.
clear, at
S. E. 0LMSTEAD’S.
TIMOTHY SEED, at
8. ll. 0Ll[S'.l'l‘-lAD’S
Norwalk Emporium.
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, &.c.
As good as themarkct affords, constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
' MEEKER as 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 hisbu-
siness is now not only prepared to e-
pair 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, aud at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaaca.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK!
THE Subscribe:-hasjust returned
from -New York with a new Stock of
Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeous tuned and repaired.
Collin Platcs,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. O. S. CLARK,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries
Provis-ions,&c., No. 14 and 16 .Main-st.
I I Asjust 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 in-
vited to call.
Norwalk ,Jan. let, I857.
3 New Styles. 1
New Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemen and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers, as_has ever been presented to the
piibliciu this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful ; while
the material is of the finest; texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent-‘s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, _with an endless assortment of
Boys and Mises 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
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pergallou, 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
II-UMBER,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
THOMAS Ii. PICK.
JUST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
her, all sizes ; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards. 190,000 ft. 1 1-4, I 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
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. 1
Notice.
“ THRO UGH B Y DA YLIGHT.”
Selleck’s Line of Packets
On and after Tuesday, March 17th.
1857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
" commence her regular trips for the
season, 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 vessels 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.
till ' SELLECK do DEMMON.
N. B.--All freight to or from tho llne of
the Danbury Railroad, taken from and deliv-
efiq at the Company’s Freight Depot, without
c ge.
‘xotmos, names 6:. co.,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
successors to J as. H. Beers,
174 and 176 Chatham Square, New York.
CHAS. E. Yooxos,
LEWIS Horrs,
HENRY M .PROWI’I‘1'.
Nor-walk Machine Shop.
THE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
Machiize 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-
cription. He has Lathes,a Planer, elc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Manufac-
turing, and his familiarity with all kinds of
Manufacturcr’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial and workmaulike 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.
'.l.'hrough in five Minutes.
ASSER/S Five Minute Freezers work like
a charm. Call and get a circular and
receipt at Locxwoons’ Furnishing Store.
HE BLACK HAWK HORSE NICHOLAS, Nicholas is
out ofthe celebrated “Winch” mare by Raven,
One of old Black Hawk's best colts. He is four years old
in slay, 15 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful black color,
and with a coat as fine as silk. He is considered by the
best j irdges, without controversy, the best Black Hawk
Horse in the State.
‘ Two l-ms-r Piiizxivsis of the Conn. State Agricultural
Soziety were awarded him, one in 1855 and one in 1856.
_ A ICHOLAS is.p_erfect,_iu forin, of great elegance of ac-
tion. of lush si>Ir_It. Derlectly kind and docile, thorough-
ly broken, and gives promise of great speed.
He will stand at my stable in Canton from May 1st to
July 1st. Terms :—$ 16 cash, ingle service 325 for
the season ; payable Sept- lst. Insurance by agteg.
Bunches Shingles.
ll
meat.
I shall be pleased to have the lovers of flue stock call
and examine him.
A limited number of mares only will be taken, and
those wishing to secure the services of NICHOLAS would
do well to upply early.
Good pasturiige furnished at moderate charge. Mn re
at their ownerls risk. HERMAN HAMBLIN.
For further particulars concerning said horse, the
owner would refer to ihe Editor of the Gazette:
Canton, May 1, 1857. {[23
Notice.
J HANDES having furnished himself with
o 9. suitable team fora general Carmen
Business, would respecfully solicit the patron-
age of those wanting carting done. Orders
left at the store of Chas. Murry, (Fish Mar-
ket) will be faithfully and promptly attended
to.
Norwalk, June 22nd, 1857. tt25
A NEW supply of those fine Pocket Books
and Portmoucas, which will be sold at
very low prices by KNAPP .1, LYNES,
Just Received,
Patent Chain Pumps.
NEW and superior Chain Pump. the best
in use.for sale by W. C. STREET,
oLiisTnAn's."
POETRY.
ABallad cnnenain.
Since Edgar Poe’s “ Raven,” to my think-
ing, there has been written no mourning mad-
rigal so sweet as this. - The “ Juliet” who
wrote it (her name is J uliet,) liaewritten also
that charming book “ Eros and Autei-cs”-
though my impression is, after reading this
poem, that poetry is her natural element.-
As the “Juliet” of the “ Ballad of the Rain,”
I think her more to be admired than as Mrs.
James H. Campbell, authoi-ess of “ Bros and
that book, in his criticism at its first appear-
ance. So in our Home Journal constellation
of bright women (Fanny Forrester, Grace
Greenwood. Edith May, Tranquilla, and the
nebulae of the many unnamed) be Juliet the
fairstar new risen.-—JV‘. P. Willis.
1. ‘
Last night, the fragrant lily,
So stately, wan, and stilly,
Held high her palid chalice, gathering whiteness from
the moon ; -
And standing like a warden,
Beside the enchanted garden,
The tulip-tree tossed high and free his yellow stars of
bloom,
And swept their golden flashing through the firmaiuent
of June ;
While the plain
Of shivering breeze, and quivering trees, froretold the
coming rain.
11.
The lily bells are scattered-
The tulip’s hole is shattered l
His emerald crown came crashing down before the
wind and rain.
Ah, dainty, summer lily l
Thy bed is dark and chilly,
Ah, woe is me I the tulip-tree was named for Lauiice-
lot Vane,
Who never, in the gleaming, shall seek its bow’rs again,
Ruthless rain I
Who never, with our lily maid, shall keep his tryst
again.
111.
In sooth, it is appalling!
The cold, relentless falling-
'l‘lie weary, dreary, plashiug and dashing of the rain I
It raves at the gable,
_ All w euther-strained and sable,
And fiercely drives at Mabel, with check against the
pane-
At waiting, watching Mabel, whose tears fall like the
rain,
Woeful rain l
At hoping, fearing Mabel, who to see the moon would
fain.
IV.
The moon that erat hath lighted
Her lover, when beuighted, ,
Across ravine and mountain stream, o’er lonely wold
and plain. '
To night he seeks his plighteil,
Whose ruby lips are whited,
As thus she pleads and intercedes, “ Dispel the mist
and rain,
Thou gentle moon, obscured too soon, and guide him
once again I
Blinding rain I
Oh storm, abstain 1 oh clouds, refrain, oh Heaven, with-
hold the rain I
V.
Uumoved the leaden clouding-—
Tlie inurk and dismal shroudiug.
Mabel, to-night, for hope and light, Heaven looks in
vain.
Alas I expectant maiden,
Thy prescient soul is laden.
With nameless fears ; and blinding tears stream down
the crystal pane ;
All dim with drops of anguish, and wet with driving rain-
Driftiug rain!
The music of his coming we ne’er shall greet again.
VI
Hist to the distant patter l
The tumult and the clatter l
His milk-white steed, of Kubleh’s breed, tramps up the
grassy lane I
No tis the hill fox straying
Too near the barn-dogs’ buying-
It is the wild wolt’s gallop across the dismal plain--
It is the wail of storm, and gale—-it is the surging ruin,
Drenching rain,
With ceasless drop, drop, dropping upon the tortured
brain 1
VII.
I cannot bear the sobbing,
The deep and labored throbbing,
From yonder forage that in the gorge beats its great
heart of pain.
See l how its wild lights quiver,
Adowu the turbid river,
On untaimed waves, from mountain caves, fast hasten-
ing to the main-
On milk-white hoi-se—on lithe-limbed corae fast drifting
to the main 1
LAU1vcs1or VAIIEI
The ford of ‘ray, didst thou essay, all swollen with the
rain ?
VIII.
The lily hell are scattered l
The tulip-tree, so proud and free, a type of LAITNCEIAII
VANI.
Oh, maid among the lilies l
The churchyard mould so chill is ;
Yet, rest thy head upon its bed, and cool thy fevered
brain I
God’s ruth upon the dolour, we lay thee in the rain l
Chilling rain I
All quenched the tire of sick desire, out yonder in the
rain I
MISCELLANY.
./v'vv~ u
-V-.2-..
36'” Some musical publisher or teacher
once wrote or said “ that the art of play-
ing ou the violin required the nicest per-
ception, and the most delicate sensibility
of any art of the known world.” Some
country editor, in commenting on it, says
—“ The art of publishing a country news-
paper and making it pay, beats the art of
fiddling higher then a kite.
_.—.——o.q.»..__....
3- One day last week a Mr. Boyd, of
Hopkinsville, administcreda severe caning
to Dr. Badger, a. dentist. The wife of
Mr. Boyd, a beautiful woman, called at
the otlice of Badger to get some teeth ex-
tracted. Badget forgetful of the propri-
eties of life, kissed her. She informed her
husband, and he served the enamored
Doctor just exactly right.
Henderson, Kg., Reporter.
-Soo<.>oo——-—-
3‘ The masonic order in the United
States numbers three hundred thousand
persons, and includes a large pl'0p0l'tl0ll
of all the distinguished civil, military and
professional men. The price asked for
Mount Vernon and the Tomb of Wash-
ington is $200,000. It has been proposed
in Virginia that the Freemasons make up
the sum necessary to purchase it, by the
subscription of a dollar or less from each
individual.
--—-——-ov<.>->o——-—-
3“ “ Now, waiter, what’s to pay?”——
“What have you had, sir?” “Three fish-
es.” “ Only brought two, sir.” “ I had
three, two trout and one smelt.”
———o-<0»--———
6‘ We must not walk by example,
Pownpa and Shot,‘Patent. Fuse, &Cap
G
but by a fixed rule.
Anteros”—beautiful as Bryant pronounced.
Correspondence of thc Norwalk Gazelle.
‘MT. KINI-:0 HoUsn—-MT. KINEO,
MOOSEHEAD LAKE, “DOWN EAST.”
Does the summer excursionist wish to
know the route for the jolliest, trip of the
season? From New York, as the centre
of creation, let him go east. Other places
and other routes may present ‘their at-
tractions, but none meal travel without
New England to enjoy all of the pleasure,
and fine sights, and lovely spots, and
or it ever entered his‘ heart to conceive.
Where will you find neuter villages, better
specimens of architecture? and where
places richer inhrevolutiouary relics and
reminiscences of times gone by, in which
the tourist may fill his soul with all that
is captivating and attractive ? Does he
love beanty’s circle and the resort of
fashion? The pleasantest ride imagin-
able through the Sound, free from choking
dust and the locomotive’s breath, will
take him to the Athens of America. He
will find all sorts of people flocking in
this direction. We met One—-an elderly
and learned looking man, whom we
thought must be a Professor until he
inquired of us, while going up Narragan-
sett Bay, in what body of water we were
now plying. “Narragansett Bay,” was
our answer. “O_h, yes,” he replied; “I
remember—it runs between Connecticut
and New Jersey; and Portland is a. few
miles ahead. We stop at Portland, don’t
we?” We did not wait to explain; but,
in view of his striking imagination, told
him “we stopped at Portland, between
Connecticut and New Jersey, at the head
of Narragansett Bay,” and left him to
indulge in that faculty which seemed to
be running away with him.
Once in Boston, Nahant is but an hour
distant. Here, isolated from the noise
and heat of the city, you are in the most
delightful watering-place on the Western
Continent. Here is a. shell-crowned beach
of silvery sand, so smooth and hard that
the horses cantor over it and it receives
no impress. On this the surf, and spray,
and white foam dash, in a manner delight-
ful to the eye, and perfectly satisfactory
to the body. Here is probably the largest
hotel in the country, the carpeted floors
of which cover an area of over four acres,
with fourteen hundred rooms for visitors,
furnished with every convenience and ele-
gance that heart could wish, or extrava-
gance purchase. The temperature, mod-
erated by the breezes, of the sea, is cool
‘and bracing; and, for every reason, Na.
bout is destined to become the place of
resort for those who love the dance, the
theatricals, the match-making, the fun
and the follies of a fashionablé watering-
place.
But perhaps the tourist is an unmiti-
gated bachelor, and loves a rougher time,
and (like Mungo Park and ourselves)
having no wife to cherish him, is in Search
of health. An hour’s ride from Boston
again, and he is on the extremity of Cape
Ann, in the most unique village in New
England. Gloucester, the greatest fish-
ing place in the world, as Such, is worthy
of a visit. “An ancient and fish-like
smell” greets one from every store and
street, from every nook and corner;
mackerel barrels and barrels of mackerel
line the walks and fill the wharves, while
the odor fills the air. Cod, mackerel,
haddock, and halibut, are caught in
abundance but a few miles from the
shore, where a perfect stranger to the
noble art may catch his hundred in a
working day of ten hours. Experienced
hands never fish with less than three
lines, while their arms move constantly.
The place is a thriving one, and supported
entirely by the fishes. Over seven hun-
dred schooners sail from this port, exclu-
sively engaged in this branch of business.
There is no sport like fishing for cod or
mackerel. Do you futnish bait? Verily,
you have your reward ; while occasionally
a “man enter,” or halibut, enlivens the
scene before almost too lively. Here is
the place for the man of business to
recreate; here he can wear his old clothes
and not care for any body; here he gets
the strong breezes of the Atlantic; here
he becomes sea-sick and rejuvenated;
here, with a week of ‘_‘lifc on the ocean
wave,” is the best place in the world for
a man to grow “fat, rugged, and saucy.”
Let him join one of the jolly fishing par-
ties which start from Gloucester; Salem,
or Marblehead, almost daily, and then
“all aboard” for the Isle of Shoals, the
most romantic place he has for a long
time visited ; the place where three States
meet; the place where fish are caught by
the million. He will have cod and had-
dock here until chowders are voted a
nuisance. There are curiosities here also:
the inhabitants live almost entirely upon
fish, and, in general, partake of their
features. On one of the islands is a hotel,
which is quite a place of resort for “way
down casters.” It is kept by a curiosity
in the shape of the most oleaginous oily
landlord that ever breathed. Eating fish
has made him skeptical; but he believes
in good living, much to the comfort of
his guests. Dam cioimus oivamiis is his
motto, and to it he gives the epicurean
translation. But his s)n “Oscar” is the
greatest curiosity. “Oscar” is a a char-
acter. One quartcr of a century has
rolled over his youthful head, and, al-
though living within seven miles of ‘Ports-
mouth City, he has never been on the
glorious rides, for which he ever longed,
main land but once: on his sixteenth
birth-day he “went ashore, caught the
whooping-cough,” and now he “vows, by
all the fishes, he will never go again.”
I think he never will. He is the only
sane man I ever saw who is perfectly con-
tented. We find persons-deprived of a
sound mind, who, in their imagined
wealth, are happy in their contentment;
but “Oscar” is not crazy. We would
expect to find such a man uncontaminated
by the wicked world, and very innocent ;
but alas! (a strong argument for the
total depravity of the human heart)
“Oscar” uses language totally at vari-
ance with the most classic authors. With
a. good breeze and twenty-four hours’ Sail
—passing by Eye and Hampton beaches,
pleasant sea-shore resorts—-one can re-
turn safely, well burned and well repaid
for the time and trifling expense of the
trip. He will now begin to enjoy a most
voracious and astonishing appepite; he
will complain of starvation; he will feel
trong, and competent to vast and ardu-
ous undertakings. Cod-fish will begin to
look small ; and being at no time sure of
a halibut, he will long for something more
trying and terrible. He will think (as
we did) of the untrodden forests of
Maine, and resolve, if not to “beard the
lion in his den,” to ruthlessly shoot down
the bear and the moose of the wilderness.
Moosehead Lake was our destination.
As we proceed, a day may be well spent
in Portland, the only city of Maine which
they say has been benefited by its rail-
roads. It is growing rapidly, at the ex-
pense of those once thriving, but now
stagnant places on the Kennebec. The
Grand Trunk Ra.ilroad—the boast of the
Canadians, but the property of an Eng-
lish company, built by Englishmen and
with English capital—is the best route
for the lake; and Englishmen or Cana-
dians may well be proud of the Grand
Trunk Railroad. Its splendid depot in
this city never fails to call forth the
praises of all visitors, and its cars are
proportionably superior. We are lauded
by the cars at Newport, a village of some
three hundred inhabitants, where a stage-
road of -fifty miles in length awaits us,
and that through the roughest and most
picturesque country we have yet seen.
It does one good, who has been cooped
up in a dusty city, to flee awaylfrom the
hum of industry and the contentious and
strife of men. The lungs breathe freer,
the blood courses quicker, and the pine
woods ring with the shouts of the free.
The very approach to such a place as this
must be a grand thing for the Skeptic.
Every hill-top echoes the glory of a
Creator, and the very stillness speaks his
praise. For miles we rode, beholding
only the green and lofty hills, covered
with giant pines, at the feet of which lay
lakes placid and beautiful, presenting to
the eye views which, for variety and
grandeur, I have never seen equaled.
Long before we reach the foot of the
“Lake,” darkness has thrown its sable
cloak over us. The watch says it is mid-
night when the “Eveleth House” re-
ceives and surprises us with the comfort
and convenience of its accommodations.
In early morning, sounds the ubiquitous
gong, and, eager to see, we raise the cur-
tain. A single house and pine woods
every where meet our gaze. At the
breakfast we are more successful, for
mosse steak and fine, large trout-—luxu-
rics for us, but a common dish with them
--are set before us.
This interesting ‘occasion over, by
means of a small sail-boat we reach, late
in the day, the grand resort of all visitors
to this section of the country, Mt. Kineo.
The “Kineo House” stands under the
brow of a mountain, which is on an arm
of land jutting out some nine miles into
the lake. In the spring, when the lake
is high, it adds one to the two hundred
islands with which this lake is dotted.
We are here, just- twenty miles from any
settlement, and precisely half way up the
lake; but, though freed from the noise
and tumult of a civilized life, we are not
yet among barbarians. We receive the
daily papers only one week after they
have been printed; and if, at any time,
the printer seems to be engaged in a work
of glory, it is when an Indian brings us
the news in his bark canoe.
The last paper that we received was
filled with the decision of the Supreme
Judicial Court of this State on the fol-
lowing question:
“Are free colored persons of African
descent, having a. residence established in
some town in this State for the term of three
months out preceding any election, author-
ized, under the prmririons of the Constitu-
tntian of this State, to be doctors for Gov-
ernor, Senators and Representatives C?”
The decision has placed Maine in a
dignified and honorable position among
her sister States. Five out of the eight
gave the opinion in the affirmative; “_3‘
taining their position by an elaborate his-
torical argument, full Of P1'°°f3 “lid PW‘
cedeuts. Maine will never be any thing
else but Republican; and while there is
a grain of leaven there is hope for the
whole lump.
Nor are all our corporeal comforts un-
cared for. The luxuries of the season
are ours. The first green peas of the
year came on the table yesterday; -moose,
pai-tridges, duck, pigeon, brook and sal-
the bodily food cannot compare with the
aesthetic banquet of which one partakes
here. - Climb Mt. Kineo, perpendicularly
a thousand feet in air. Look out on the
vast ocean of downy, fleecy clouds, which
are piling themselves one above another
in fantastic folds, while the surrounding
mountains which hem the lake, lift their
heads above them, as if to admire aswell
as we. If any one does not become en-
chanted with the gorgeous scenery which
meet his gaze on every side, he is no
lover of nature. But any thing like a
description would fall so short of reality,
that the temptation to give it must be
resisted.
To-morrow, with old hunters for our
guides, and birch canoes for our portages,
we start for a two weeks’ hunt in the
wilderness, where very few men have ever
trod. A sketch of the Pine Tree State
as it looks to one in the woods, I may
send you in my next. * * * *
.T_..<.>.._.—._—.
The Bachelor and Baby.
“What shall I do?” and the Old bach-
elor stamped about the sitting-room, in a
perfect rage of doubt, looking first at the
napping babe in the little willow cradle,
and then at the busy French clock on the
mantle-shelf.
“ As sure as my name is Joseph Phelps
that little, two-fisted, large-lunged nephew
of mine is waking, and it wants one whole
hour of the time which his mother ap-
pointed for her return. Whew I I actu-
ally swear thinkingabout it. What can
I do with it-—how can I treat it to sugar
what d’ye call ’ems, or hold it, or trot it,
or do any thing with it?”
At this juncture a faint wail from the
baby receptacle brought bachelor Joseph
to his tabs. With an energy and alacrity
that would ill become a husband and be-
by-tender, be commenced rocking the
cradle, sending the indignant baby in a.
perfect tremor of kicks and squal1s.——
Backward and forward, from one side of
the cradle to the other, the round, red
face rolled ; the infant lists were clenched
with a force that purled them ; while
from the withe plump throat came a cry
that set the bachelor wild with fear.
Again Joe looked at the clock.
“What in the deuce can I do ?” be ex-
claimed, viewing wofully the little inflam-
ed face before him.
He sat in a big chair before the baby
——spread a. double table-quilt over his
knees, and with a look of terror upon
his face, proceeded to take baby from its
resting-place. He drew the young hope-
ful into his lap, just as a very neat old
lady would pick up a pocket handkerchief
with his thumbs and fingers. A fresh
yell from the rosy mouth of the baby was
the only expression of thanks as be com-
menced the never-out-of-fashion baby-trot.
" It must be that something is‘ pricking
him. Shoo l Sl]00 I” said Joe, commenc-
ing a Search for the aggravating pin that
was driving the child into such a rage.——
But no pin was to be found, and he made
an attempt to turn baby over, but oh I
the little eel-like form fell out of his lap
to the floor, sending forth a cry that was
“ louder, clearer, deadlier. than before.”
Lord, save me I I have broken its
neck,” was the exclamation as he picked
baby up, and in the agony of dispair tried
to quiet him. A thought struck Joe.——-
He saw a basque hanging against the
wall of an adjoining bed-room, and with
a smile of delight upon his countenance
he went for it. Sure enought there it
was, stufling, boddice, and all ; a real
monument of feminine ingenuity. He
was wild with joy. He pinned it Over his
coat, and fastened the sleeves behind him.
He took baby and laid its head against
the false breast work.
“ Shades of Southern plantations and
cotton factories !” exclaimed Joe, as baby
rooted its nose into it about a mile, then
cuddled for a snooze. Then the bachelor
commenced singing :
“ Woman are all a fleeting show,
For men’s delusion given,
When filled with cotton, stuffed with tow,
She looks quite well—”
A rap upon the door stopped Joe in the
midst of his suggestive song, and before
he had time to disarray himself, the door
was opened, and a roguish, laughing pair
of eyes peered in upon him.
“ Your sister is not at home, is she ?”
chirruped the visitor.
“ No, ma’am.” stammered Joe, growing
very red in the face : “ and I have turn-
ed nurse.”
Miss Hayes luughed ; offered to relieve
him of his charge, which he willingly con-
sented to, sitting near by the while, intent-
ly watching. She managed baby to a
charm without the basque, and Joe was
captivated.
Joseph Phelps married Fanny Hayes,
upon my word he did.
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fihlron churches, seventy feet long,
forty feet wide, and twenty feet high, ca-
pable of accommodating seven hundred
persons, and costing about $5,000 each,
have been erected recently in the neigh-
borhood of London. They are lined
with wood, which is covered with can-
vass and papered, They can be taken
down and be moved to other locations
if desired.
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ya, A young lady explained to a prin-
ter the other day, the distinction between
printing and publishing, and at the conclu-
sion of her remarks, by way of illustra-
tion, she said, “ you may print ii. kiss on
my cheek ; but you" must not publish it.”
j—_—-¢q¢.>..¢.:_j
3.. Horace Mann said a good thing
when in a recent address he remarked:
“ We who live at the West boast of our
great rivers of water. I would much
prefer that we could boast of using a
tub full of it everyday.” “ Out west,”
however, water is only esteemed for strict-
ly utilitarian purposes. "‘ Water is .9.
good thing,” remarked a Missourian, “ it
is poor stuff to drink butit has done more
than any other one agent for naviga-
tion.”
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g.,“Do you understand me now?”
thundered a. country pedagoguc to an
urchin at whose head he threw an ink-
stand. “I've got an inkling of what you
mean,” replied the boy. ,_ _ :
mon trout, are the standing dishes. But ,
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CLOTHING AND COLD CATC_HlNG.——C0ld8,
Coughs, catarrhs and croups,.stit'f muscles
and neuralgic jaws, aching teeth and
rheumatic twingcs with frequent inflamma-
tions and occasional fevers, are ‘among the
calamities usually looked for .111. ‘.-'¢0ld,_f|‘°3‘
ty weather.” Indeed. the d.1'¢8y1'.Y_Wl“t°l'
season, as one-four.‘-,h of the yea!‘ 18 111031’-
unjustly termed, is to many minds, sugges-
tive of frozen toes and-7s0I'e_ 110308.‘ Wm} 3
long catalogue of intermediate 111319-d_|9'o
among which are-influenzns, pnel1m0l|l|_l8.
joint-racking rheums, and .b.l'0l!¢'-lllfil
difliculties. . . , .-
__And some doctors, as well as many
people, are to apt too Sllpp0S9 flflft ‘hf’
prevention for all these ills and fillings ‘3
to be found wholly in the qunn_tl‘5J °f
clothing we surround ourselves with.
The Boston Medical J onrnal, in a late
number, on the Hygene of Dress, makes
some judicious observations on the errors
of sudden and improper exposures, and
advises tliick shoes, heavy cloth, abund-
ant furs, and plenty of garments, as the
panacea in the matter of keeping the ani-
mal temperature above the cold-catching
point. ' ‘ - .
But there is a physiological limit to
dress as well as to every other hygienic
agent or appliance.—-“Bundling up,” is all
very well and very necessary to a certain
extent; yet excess of clothing is an evil,
and is rcaly one of the most frequent cau-
ses of a feeble, sensitve; and morbidly sus-
ceptible skin, and consequent suffering
from exposure to sudden or great._altera.-
tions in the temperature. . g . _
‘ Of equal importance with the amount
of our clothing are the quality of our
blood and the state of its circulation.-
The skin is the great regulator of animal
heat, and one of the principal ,organs of
blood purification. Hence if we
clothe the body, we certainly
power of self-protection, and,
induce the very evil it is the.
thing to prevent.
. Instead of "piling on” all the
we can endure, a much better
dress just as lightly as we can With»
tual discomfort.
The life principle within, is Gulf ‘"9’-
protection against the elements‘ W1th°“t°
And to have the best protecti.9I1.!1.Plif£
all circumstances of heat and cold, and 01
their ever varying vicisssitudes, we must-
keep the vitality in' free and vigorous
lay. _
P The most prevalent error in dress is too
little about the feet and too much about
the neck and chest. Since heavy neck-
kerchiefs have been in fashion, throat-ails
and quiusys have multiplied correspond-
ingly. We have known many persons
cured ofa tendency to frequent attacks of
quinsy, by merely washing the neck each
morning in cold water, and substituting
a. light ribbon around thecollar, for the
repudiated heavy stock or thickcravat.
A morning bath or ablutionwith tep-
id, cool, or cold water, according to the re
active energies of the superficial circular
tion, will so invigorate thewhole surface,
as to enable us to dispense“ with much
clothing, otherwise necessary, while it oth-
erwise diminishes ‘our liability to take
cold, or to suffer serious consequences in
any way, from inclemencies of the weath-
er ‘
Another important consideration for
those who are not willing to “freeze to
death continually,” in cold weather, isthe
matter of bodily position. We should nev-
er allow the assailing blast to take us at
a. disadvantage. Man was ‘ made to
walk upright at all seasons‘ of the year,
and in all states of wind or weather.
But the great majority of our -over-
much “bundle up” people have a way of
drawing their ponderous shawls and mas-
sive overcoats so tightly -about the neck
that, when walking, they do not more
than half breathe. And in addition to
this instead of bravely facing and fairly
conquering the fierce winds by a rapid
step, an egeet posture, and abroad, ex-
panded chest, they throw, the head for-
ward, crook over the trunk, and draw in
the shoulders, and thus, by impedingres-
piration and obstructing circulation, they
prevent a due distribution of well-vita.li-
zed blood from performing its natural
oflice of keeping up a permanent supply
of animal heat. ,
Keep the feet warm, the head cool, the
skin well bathed, and accustom yourself
to active out-door exercise, with head
erect, and face upturned to heaven, and
colds will never produce in you any very
dangerous indisposition.—-Life Illustrated.
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Luxury.
I am no advocate for meanness of pri-
vate habitation. I would fain introduce
into it all magnificence, care, and beauty
where they are possible ; but I_ would not
have thpt useless expense in ' unnoticed
fineries‘ or formalities; coruicing of cell-
ings and grainings of doors, and fringing
of curtains, and thousands of such things
which have become foolishly and apathet-
ically habitual—things on which com-
mon appliance hang whole trades, to
which there never belonged one ray of
real pleasure, or becoming of the remoteat
or most contemptible use-—things which
cause half the expense of (life, and destroy
more than half its comfort, ,,manliness,
respectability, freshness, and facility. I
speak from experience; I know , what it
is to live in a cottage with "a deal floor
and roof, and a hearth of mica slate; and
I know it to be in many respects health-
ier and happier than living between a
Turkey carpet and gilded ceiling, besides
a steel grate and polished tender. I do
not say that such things have not their
place and propriety ; but I say this em-
phatically, thata tenth part of the ex-
pense which is sacrificed in domestic van-
ities, if not absolutely and meaningleasly
lost in domestic comforts I and incum-
brances, would, if collectively afiorded
and wisely emploped, build a marble
church for every town in England ; such
a church as it should be a joy and oblon-
ing even to pass near in our ‘ daily ways
and walks, and as it would bring the
light into the eyes to see from afar, lifting
its air height above the purple crowd
roofs.——Ruslci-n.. I_ ;
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3., A western editor,’ having heard
that persons in a drowning condition see
all _the events of their past, life suddenly
rise vividly before them, modestly expres-
ses a wish that some of his delinquent
subscribers would take a bath in deep
water. .
body evenly, yet moderately clad, the .
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