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1:. 3. -1-nomfiéoiflr,
AMBRO TYPE ‘ARTIST,
OVER D. .s- N. JJEPOT,
NORWALK, Coxx. ,
GEORGE E‘. BELDEN,
‘ .\lANUFACTl7REP. no '
'W7zolesalc aml Retail Dealer in
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, OONN.,
Opposite D. IV. Railroad Depot, and
mitt to Step/mz.son‘s I*Iofc/.
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Dentistry. .
Doctors HILL &. PITCH,
Surgical &. Mechanical
, D E N T I S T S,
Ollice over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, cons.
' A. HILL. CHARLES FITCH.
. J._1'. i'oo'rf,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Norwalk, Conn.
>-——r—:—-———:——--——
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats,'Ca1IS]:-A-Llllllcaliig & Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes,
Urnbrellas, ¢£c.,
No. 2 Skidulv’_s Block.
C. J. GRUIVIAN,
‘Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Salinelts“ Vcs/.ings, and Tail-
or's Trimmz'ngs, by the Yard.
Piece or Package.
siirurmcs, SIIIRTINGS, JEANS, B.-\'l‘TS AND w.m
A the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN-
C. 8:. E. K. LOCKWOOD, 86 Go.
NORWALK, CONN.,
iexuurxcruni-ins or
Tin, Shoat Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen .Fm‘m'lnre
in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead d- Leaa‘ Pipe,
Cror:/cery, Glass
and China
l7Vare.
r.n.1\m"s1-1,
WHOLESALE no RETAIL i)ExLi~:n IN
S T 0 V E S ,
MANUFACTUIIER 01*‘
‘Pin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
Has constantly on haml a large assort-
ment of general House-I.-eepmg
Furnitm'e, at So. Norwal/:.,
Conn.
Amos HUNT.
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims bé’/‘We
the several Departments «ml
the Court of Claims.
Wasliiirgton, D. C:
‘ :b. 3. BOOTH.
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
61 WALL STIKEET,
EW YORK.
Wholesale
PAPER DEALERS,
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 C'ourtlamZt Scrccl, N. Y.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sis.)
ROBERT T. ltI.\iisuALL.
1y24 Bum. L. MARSAALL.
Orders and consignments respectfully so-
licited. ’
BUILDING MATERIALS.
Pressed and Common Brick,
Lime, Cement, Galcined1’Ias-
ter, Hair, and Marble Dust.
HE Subscriber having. dissolvedhis coii-
nection with W. C. STltl~2'l~1'l‘,E$Q. in the
business, will continue it on his own ac-
count, aud will keep a good assortment ol
the above named articles constantly on llztlltl,
- ' ] h ld cheap for Cash.
‘f'51"°h “"1 6 50 CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Otllce removed to Se1lick’S Pfl0ke1i0fTice-
GROUND Feed—all kiud(s)pJ1i{STEAD,S-
raters, &c., keep cool,
:BA,,1,‘H TubS’(I){_e§iE:g.eK.»L0CKW0OD’S.
' Tin Roofing.
Norwalk Post Office.
Jlfail Closes.-—WEsT.7.30 A. .\i.. 3.00,l’..\f .
do do EAST, 8.30 A. M., 4.30 P. M.
do do D. dz N. R. R._. 8.45.
do (10 New York City,-1.30.
W1-lsrox, Tiicsday do Saturday at 2.00 I'.M.
Jlfoil Dun.—-l). its N R. R. 8.00 A . .\I.
do do WEST, 9.30 x. .\I.. 0.00 P. M.
do do EAST, 8.30 A. M.,3.-I5 r M.
R. A. WILLIAMS 1’. M.
Saugatuck Bank.
BANKING HOURS
From 9 A. M. to 12 M.,
“ 1 P. M. to 31’. M.
II. STAPLES, President.
B. L. W-oonwonrii, Cashiei-.:
Wcstport, June 19th, 1857
New Goal Yard.
HE subscribers have established a NEW
GOAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Sin'ith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, whcrc they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very S1Ipn‘iur
article of Can], of the difl'ei~ciit sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is alljres/1 and
pains have been taken to secure the best /rimls
/rnown in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash’; acknowledged by good judges to liave
no superior. We have also the Pittslou vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
muncratiug prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winuipiuik. .
tf35 G. H. & J. C. RANDLE.
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 of Lumber 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,
WM. ALLEN. Wu. 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
uou-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. uzs
Removal.
HE undersigned would respectfully an-
nounce to his patrons and the public gen-
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,~.iud Vest-
lugs for t.hc Summer of 1856. Garments
made and triiiimed in the neatest and most.
fashionable style. A complete assdrtruent of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and conti.iued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit theircontinuatiou.
N. B.—-Goodsbought of me will be cut gra-
tisif desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than Ever
‘J11 the South. ./”\"nrwaI/:
GROCERY STORE.
HE Subscriber has on hand by far the Iar.
- . gust and 118.5‘!-\'(.’](f('l'l.(l7L of'Fainily Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he olfcrs to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly rcceiviug new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofliis 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
examinatioiiand trial of the same.
GEO. W. Si\lITII.
Q Land For Sale.
ABOUT ‘eight acres of good Laud, near
Main-st., one mile iioi-th ofthc Bi-idge,is of-
fcred 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 alirst rate meadow. ltis
well fenced, and iii a very eligible location.
For further particulars enquire at this Of-
ice.
25
Horse and 0x Shoeing.
HE siibscribcrliaving 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
Oxeu, for which he has llIl€(]llftll(,‘(I facilities.
From his many years experience, devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business,-
lie 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, lS57. tfl3
%, Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT !
THE Subscriber would respectfullyinform
liisfricnds 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 founil a. general assort-.
meat of Cxuixicr FUIIXITURI-‘..
Umleria/.-in.giu all its dcpartmentsattcu-
dad to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD_
N orwalk Iron Foundry. .
EVERY’ description ofCAsTI.\'o done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtaiucd at any other cs-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps_.Iron Fence,Posts,Railings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short. notice and upon reasonable terms.
1y1 ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Corn Shellers.
Bl EW pattern Corn Shcllcrs, a first. rate or-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
ll.lED’Apples,I‘lums,Pe-achcsand Cher-
ries, at. llli-:Ei<i-in dc OI.usTE.An’s.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at -
S. E. OLMSTEAIYS.
IMOTIIY SEED,a1.
T A s. R. 0Ll\IS'l‘EAD’S
Preserve your Fruit.
IR-TIGHT Fruit Cans for sale at manu-
f-.1cturer’s prices.
C. dc K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
I “WEI:-EEIQ! Worstcds!
4 VERY SHADE, by the Pound or single
slieiu at the Jewelry and Ti'iinmjiig
Store, Main street. 0- 5- CLARK-
Just Received
LARGE lot of Summer Ranges called
_ the Lone Star which are considered supe-
rior to anything of the kind, ever yet ofl‘ercd
in this mai-kct,:uid are warranted to give good
satisfaction, and all those wanting ranges
would cordially invite to call before purchas-
ingel. l . Als tl elcbratcd Banner
(;.U:,T{,])E.RS’. Effie g‘,1;g‘I1)%?s;,,{,1,i]aS§',l,1et 03:5 Stoveghhv lledlltl and f9or sliflccas usual at, ws
0 ing in in, . BELDE
done at short notice and reasonableF$rBn§N ~
GE0- F- B - Tooth Brushes.
. - ‘ ‘tn 1; t 'n market [at NEW lot just received by f
. FLOUR’ “me °f °» ‘.OsIsllSTEAD’S’. A KNAPP 8; Li NES.
h
it in iL’nmI Edema mo Entertain, ilbnerul fintilliginri, iliteruturi, liuliliri, Ilgrimlturi, Ziltrbuniw, he filth, E tltiintutiut, 3<r. 3<t.
..-ai:ituii5.on in 1800.
N
NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1857.
VOLUME XL,--NUMBER 37.
Norwall: Emporium. I
PROVISIONS, ‘FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, 61.0.
As good as the market afl‘ords, constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER St OLMSTEAD.
@Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily. and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
_ Purther Notice. ‘
IIE undersigned having extended liisbu-
_ siness is now not only prepared to re-
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,and atprices to suitthctimes. V
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK !
THE Subscribcrhasjust returned
H from New York with a new Stock of
2. V ~ Fashionable Jewell-y,Wntches, Pla-
ted Warc and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeous tuned and repaired.
Coflin Plat.es,Spoous, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. O. S. CLARK,
s. 1:. arms-1-nA:n,
I'I«’l:olcsalc and Rctai1DeaIer in Groceries
Provisions,&'c., No. 14 and 16 JlIain-st.
Hxsjust 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. 1st, I857.
New Styles. 2
rflmlew Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlcmeu and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers, as has ever been presented to the
publicin this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful ; while
the material is of the fiuest. texture and
most dura.blc\3;iality. He has some very
elegant, plain ‘ fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters ; also, Gent"s zzttent 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-
tf21
selves.
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleaclied Lord and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at. 75 cts
pcrgallou, pure Neats Foot Oil. The above
Oils are of the best quality, and for sale by
the barrel, or retail by W. C. STREET.
Greatgflargains in ‘
I-TJ'1VIZB:E:ZEt.,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
THOMAS Ii. PEGK.
. US'l‘ RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
P her, all sizes; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 it. Boards, 190,000 ft. 1 1-4,1 1-2, and 2
iucli Plank. 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 00,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, S00
Buuelies Shingles.
TIIOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 10, 1857. 1
Notice.
“ THR 0 I TGI-.[ B Y I)./1 YLIG HT.”
Selleck’s Line of Packets
On and after Tuesday, March l7Lh,
I857, 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 Freightcrs may ship
their freight at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on boartl.
till SELLECK Sc DEMMON.
N. B.---All freiglit. to m‘ from the llne of
the Daiibury Railroad, taken from and deliv-
oi-ed at the Company’s Freight Depot, without
e iarge.
‘xounrcs, Hours a. col,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
successors to J as. H. Beers,
174 and 176 Chatham Square, New York.
Cuxs. E. Youxcs,
Ll-;\\'lS Horrs,
IIE.\'RY M . Pnowrrr.
Norwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscriber having taken the shop here-
toforc occupied by Dimou Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
.IlIac/u‘neJobbing 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, ctc., 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 aud workmaulike m-inner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of Fur
Machiuery,Buildiug of Blowers, &c.,he is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 A. C. ARNOLD.
Through in Five Minutes.
N ASSER’S Five Minute Freezers work like
. a charm. Call and g5‘) a circular and
receipt at Locxwooos’ li uruishiug Store.
HF) BLACK HAWK HORSE NICHOLAS, Nicholas is
out of the celebrated “ \Vinch” 'mare by Raven,
one of old Black lIawl:’s best colts. Be is four years old
in Maiy. 15 1-2 hands high, of a beautiful black color,
aitml nitli a coat as fine as silk. He is considered by the
nest judges, without controversy, the best Black Hawk
orse Ill the State.
Two Fmsr PR!-1.\llL'.\(S of the Conn. State Agricultural
Society were awarded him, one in 1855 and one in 1356
NICHOLAS is perfect, in form, ofgreat elegance ofuc:
tion, of high spirit, perfectly kind and docile thorough-
ly broken, and gives promise ofgreot speed.’
He will stand at my stable in Canton from May 1st to
July lst. Terms :'—S 15 cash, single service, 525 for
the season ; payable Sept- 1st. Insurance by agree.
mcut.
I shall be pleased to have the lovers of fine stock call
and exaniincliini. -
A limited uuinberofniares only will be taken, and
those wisliing to secure the services ofNICHOLAS would
do well to npply t3€l.l‘l_V.
Good pasturage fiu-nislied at moderate charge. Ma re
at their owner’s risk. HERMAN HAMBLIN.
For further particulars concerning said horse, the
owner would refer to ilie Editor of the Gazette.
Canton, May 1, 1S5T. tf‘23
Notice.
J HANDES having furnished himself with
o a suitable team for a general Carmau
lliisiiicss, would rcspecfull y solicitthc patron-
age of those wanting carting done. Orders
left aL_t.hc Store of Chas. Murry, (Fish Mar-
{yet} will be faithfully and promptly attended
0.
Norwalk, June 22nd, 1857. 1,125
11
Just Received,
NEW supply of those fiuc Pocket. Books
and Portmoneus, which will be sold at
very low prices by KNAPP 3‘; LYNEs_
Patent Chain Pumps.
NEW and superior Chain Pump. the best
in use.for sale by W. C. STREET.
0LMSTEAD’S.
POWDER audshot ,Pa.tentFuse, In Cape,
, at ‘
P O E T R Y .
WM Out: olfl/tzllitga Bottle.
BY w. 0. sroumnu. _
You all remember the old eastern story,‘
How on a time an Arab fisher hoary,
Casting his dull nets ’neath a sheltered lea,
Drew up a bottle sealed and strange to See
r»--Iv‘/\¢\’y
c’.
Thinking it but an ordinary bottle,
He sti-aightway went to work and drew the stopple,
And was astounded when the seal was broke
To see the spirit rushsing up like smoke.
The luckless man, that sort of thing much fearing,
And furthermore some woeful tlireuteniugs hearing,
Seduced him back to his old place, and then,
Quick as he might, he corked him up again.
Much like this Arab are the men who, casting,
Their feeble nets upon the everlasting, '
Waters oflife, bring up, instead of fish,
Some strange odd thing, shut in some uncouth dish,
Not having seen the like before, but, thinking,"
It may be something good for food or drinking,
They take the cover off, so Strangely wrought,
And innocent themselves, set free a. thought.
In vain they gaze around, amazed and frightened,
At the huge shape whose fetters they have lightened,
For here does likes to the Arab cease :
The thought as thankless is for his release.
But he will not re-enter the old bottle,
Nor come again beneath their leadeu stopple ;
They cannot cast him back into the sea.-
Free is the thought, though fools have set him free.
Home Journal.
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Form the Washington Scam.
Answer to “ We’er Growing Old.”
BY MR3. S. H. BEVEREDGE.
We are growing young !
We are hastening on,
Through life’s last fleeting day
To join the blest,
In their holy rest—-
In a. bright home, far away.
Though the house of clay,
Groweth old and grey,
The immortal soul within,
Looks out still bright_
With her eyes of light,
Till eternal years begin.
We are growing young 1;‘
Nearer every day
Our starry crown to wear,
We are leaving the land
Of pale decay,
And the shadow of grief and care.
Strange forms are gathering
Round us here,
And Hushed is Hope’s early strain,
But soon shall we meet
The lost and dear,
And hear her sweet song again I
We may yield this frail
And fleeting breath-
But the word of Eternal Truth
Beyond the portals
Of Time and Death
Shows the land ofimmortul youth !
'--—-9*<O>->9--———
There is Joy for you and Me.
There is joy for you and me, love,
Though this world distracted reels
Like a. druukurd in his madness,
When the wine-cup o’er him steals ;
Our home is buta humble,
But from noise and care is free ;
Contentment dwells with gladness—
There is a joy for you and me.
There is a peace for you and me, love ;
The passions that would rend
The heart to bitter fragments
Have found a quiet end ;
If wiuter’s blasts rave loudly,
And uproot the forest trees,
Or if suiiinier’.-1 sun shines proudly,
There is a pieace for you and me.
There is a rest for you and me, love,
In a world that none liatli seen,
Where there is no upbriading,
Where sin hath never been ;
And than and I, my dearest,
Should not atfrighted be ;
What is it that thou fearest ‘I
There is rest for you and me i
.».-.»¢ .r.r.r
3a.. A curious fact was stated at the
late Scientific Convention at Montreal by
a member of the Geological Survey of
New Jersey. The coast of the Atlantic
States is subsidiug ; that is gradually sink-
iug into the ocean. This fact is especia-
ly noticeable on the shores of New Jer-
sey and Long Island. Below the present
tide level, in salt marshes, remains of a
heavily timbered country can be seen.
These remains were not floated there but
grew on the spot. Their stumps remain
upright ; the bark, in some cases, is yet on
them ; and their roots are still found in
the soil. Whenever the coast is protec-
ted from the action of the surf by sand
bars, these stumps are most numerous.
Thousands of acres are covered with them
We need hardly say that such ‘trees can-
uot grow in salt water, and the proof is
therefore strong that the tide level is high-
er than it once was, and that the coast
must have sunk. These things are espec-
ally noticeable all along from Moutauk
Point, through Staten Island to Deleware
Bay. In some cases, the stumps and fal-
len logs have been covered up by sea sand
to the depth of several feet. In some
places which are now salt marshes, trees
grew within the memory of the living.
One man declared that he had lost a thou-
sand acres of timber land, in his lifetime,
by the advance of the tide upon_ it. He
could trace this advance from‘ year to
year. From the facts gathered in the
Geological Survey, the subsidence is Set
downrat perhaps two feet in a. century.
How long will it take to lose the whole
of Long Island, and the sandy plains of
New Jersey ?—— C'om'ant.
la... Brown is a married man, A few
days since, he thought of taking _a trip. to
Paris. One of his friends meeting him,
iuquired—— ‘
“Well, Brown, when are you off?”
“To morrow .”
“Do you take your wife with you ?”
“ No l it’s a voyage of pleasure.”
“ Papa, have guns. got legs?”
“ No ‘l’,
“ How do they kick then?”
“With their breeches, my son I”
--———-<0-o————
36* Rev. Daniel Waldo, now ninety-
five years of age in giving advice about
long life, the other day, observed : “ Al-
ways eat wcll—i'nasticate well Go to food
rest and occupation smiling. Keep good
nature and a soft temper everywhere.-
Never give way to anger. A violent,
tempest of passion tears down the Cousi-
tution more than a typhus fever.”
o>~————- .
I8-* The_Dimbury Times says there is
a sentimental damsel(who shall’ be name-
less) who is so nervous at groaning, that
her heart always palpitates violently when
she sees or hears a young man grown.
Correspondence JV’orwaIk Gazezte.
PISCATIQUIS County, Me.,
September 1st, 1857. i
In the fabulous stories of childhood we
learn that “three r. ‘c ~mcn of Gotham
went to sea. in I-:.,_.' Bold they were.
But I think a canoe is quite as tottleish,
and almost as frail. They are frequently
made of a single bark, which is of birch,
and always sewed with the roots of a
spruce. The seams thus made,_arc pitched
over with the resinous gum extracted from
the some tree, and the canoe is finished.
They have no seats, but every man sits
- in the bottom as still as a church mouse”
or he would be “ as wet as a drowned
rat.” In such vessels we travelled, all
day long hearing only our own voices, and
the quiet dip of the paddle, we went until
we were ten miles across the lake. The
Indians still call it “Rsebcwick” but the
white intruder has more significantly styled
it ‘Moosehead’ because of the irregularity
in its outline, and its resemblance to the
horns. of ,a moose. Where night overtook
us we lay down. A huge fire of pine logs
Sufficient to last the whole night through
is built, and more hungry than any bear
we eat our supper. It is well we are half
starved,for strong tea, without milk, crack-
ers, cheese aud salt pork is our only fare
when we have killed nothing. But “cheer-
ful looks make every dish a feast,” and as
our party is a. merry as well as a hungry
one, a fierce onset is made on the provis-
ions.
At night feet before the fire, our heads
being the extremity of the radii, wrapped
in blankets and stretched on hemlock
boughs we rest our limbs well wearied.
In early morning starting out with our
guides-——three of them for seven persons-
we hunt during the day and never fail to
meet at the appointed rendezvous “at sun
an hour high.” In come the amateur hun-
ters, from all parts of the compass; and
with all sorts of game—-while the only one
who is too near Sighted to shoot, brings
up the rear, dragging by the caudal ap-
pendage a huge turtle weighing some
thirty pounds. We eucamped there at
the foot of Spcucee mountain. The ca-
noes were lifted on shore and the cargoes
disembarked. These were objects of in-
terest, to us axes, hatchets, blankets, pro-
visions enough for a famine, guns, pistols,
and knives euougli to slaughter all ani-
mals wild or tame that have existed since
the discovery of our continent.
A rod back in the underwood we build-
ed our ‘camp.’ It was right in the midst
of blueberries and raspberries, as thick as
berries could grow. Beyond the banks
before us grow the pond lillies, that beau-
tiful flower, which as Hawthorne has it»
“opens its virgin bosom to the first sunlight
and perfects itsbeing, through the influ-
ence of that magic kiss.” Behind and
around us grow the miles of unbroken for-
ests of the tall pine, hemlock and cedar,
rivalliug the ‘choice fir trees of Lebanon.’
Here we are in the primeval wilderness
around our crackling camp fire,tliau which
no fire in November was ever more ac-
ceptable. All around the lake looking
up into the sky stand the pine trees dead
and withered and bare as the masts of
dismantled ships, presenting the only re-
lief the universal green fringe of woods
around the lake.
Too dark and windy to-night to go for
moose we have amidst these surroundings
the jolliest hand at whist which ever
was played and in which sir,Valedictoriau
in spite of his attainments invariably gets
beaten. Sleep comes readily enough when
the time for it approaches, and with more
speed than ceremony we are in the land
of dreams. And although in them, each
one is invariably on the telegraph for home,
we never fail to find ourselves at the down
pretty near where we laid down the night
before.
Another days huut——like success-——au-
other whist and the vexed valedictoriau——
another supper of boiled tea-leaves, chubs,
fowl, trout and pigeons and we part again
in our ‘birehes’ to shoot those moose, the
tracks of which we found during the day.
Our guides predicted success. Running
the canoe into the lillies in a. cove of the
lake we lay all breathlessly in the bottom
ready to pop them as they, simple crea-
tures, come to drink and eat the lilly pods
which surround. Every bush seems a.
moose. Every stump seems a bear; and
at every noise, with hands on the trigger
we sat trembling with excitement. But
no moose came. Once only a. sharp cry
broke the silence. It was a calf moose
and cried as any other calf would which
had a sore throat. What it was crying
about we never learned, for that was his
last communication. He va-moosed in
the most summary manner. At mid-
night vexed with wrath and benummed
with cold, stifi‘ued' by one constant position
and iuuoculated with mosquito bites we
paddled back. We find the ‘camp’ not
still as we expected, but imprecations loud
' and deep from embryo and enraged theo-
logians are heard in the distance. The
difiiculty is apparent." We are in a. nest
of mosquitoes. Sir Valedictorian’s nose
islnrge enough for two—-and his wrath
moreover.‘ Sir Toby says he can hear
them articulate, and proceeds to _set a.
bear trapfor them as they sing,
‘Hush my boys be still and slumber,
Huge mosquitoes guard thy bed.
A hornets-nest would be a. paradise to
those mosquitoes. But we Slept: so did,
Napoleon in the midst of battle on his
horse. Morning and patience were the
best remedies.
The next night, audthe next, we went
again after moose, but we never had the
trouble of shooting, and they, like the
iniuiortal Daniel, ‘still live.’ . There are
ten moose now where there was one forty
years ago, say our guides. And surely
the water cresses in the -lake are not more
plenty for those who have the experience
and skill to hunt them. Such a hunter
was our guide. We had three, and strange
men they were——us primitive, as rough,
as strong, and hardy, as used to danger
and the wilderness as were our fathers in
1600. Strange in speech and as little
posted in many of the affairs of the times.
How they listened to the news from Bond
street. How they ejaculated when we
told them of the submarine telegraph.
But one partitular guide was the patriarch
of them all. For sixty-seven years the
woods have been his home. No ‘leather-
stockiug’ did ever see more of a wild life,
or dangerous times than he. Every nook
and corner of -the wilderness, every twist
and turn, every cliff and rill has heard
his step or his rifle, or seen him lying alone
in the forests as fearless as he was solitary.
In 1825 he was the guide for those who
were determining the N. E". bouuda.ry,aud
in many a time has he served in like ca.-
pacity, on similar expeditions.
And many a. strange-._ story and true
does the old hunter tell of his days and
nights in the forests. Then as he goes
over the days of yore the browned, and
hardened face of sixty-seven years looks
young. And how the wrinkles straiteu
out,how the grey eyes speak and brighten,
and how earnest and forcible and anxious-
ly move his arms in ‘that red flannel shirt’
as he tells his anecdotes of days among
the red men, as he describes his bear
chases and his adventures with the moose
wounded and maddened by his bullet.
No one doubts the word of ‘ hunter Ellis’
or his courage——aud as sharp as his hun-
ters knife is, J ohu Ellis and many akeen
saying from his lips eiiliveu the hours
around the camp fire. As we sat there
we quizzed him—-“uncle John were you
ever frightened ?” “Yes, boys once I was.
About twenty years ago I was goiu’ from
Lilly Bay to Spencer mountain to a bea-
ver dam, to my traps—comiu’ ’rouud the
dam I met a. bar. It was dark, and we
were in close quarters ’fore we knew it.
I kuowed he didu’t see me. He didu’t
look so. I was afraid then, I tell ye. He
opened his mouth with u. ‘ yaw ’—in went
the muzzle and I pulled—but hang the
darned thing it missed fire. ’Twas a flint
lock the reason. But if it had gone, I’d
given that bar such a mouthful as he
never had since he had a soul. And the
bar was as frightened as I, for he turned
one way and I went tother and we both
run as if the 11-1 was after us.”
We did not like to have ‘uncle John?
tell all of the big stories—we began to
tell of the marvellous fish that grew in
salt water. It started him, ‘ well I don’t
want to brag’ said he, ‘but I did ketch a.
monster great trout in this Ksebewik once
——you see, ’twas winter, I was going ’cross
to Colliu’s cove on the ice to fish and I
hadu’t nothing but 0. fish line and a two-
inch augur——where the water was only
three feet deep I looked down and saw
an ‘ouhumau’ great trout. I bored 9. hole
through the ice, let down my line, and
hadn’t sot three minutes ’fore I had it
ashore. It was a. monster trout—I
weighed it at Greeville—it weighed over
thirty pounds.” That was a poser. ‘How’
chimed all, ‘did you get that trout of thir-
ty pounds through a. two-inch auger hole,
uncle J ohu. ‘ Gosh ’-—said the old man
as he scratched his head. Gosh that’s
your business not mine.’
No Indian ever paddled a. canoe better
than ‘uncle J ohu Ellis.’ It was where the
Kenebeck takes its rise that he took us to
fish for trout. Such a. sight here as made
even the oldhuuter exclaim in Surprise.
Swimiug largely about in sight were trout
enough to fill five hundred barrels. We
caught enough for supper and breakfast,
and left the rest, to grow and increase
as they have through the ages. Those
we caught were magnificent specimens,
and weighed from three to six pounds.
But even trout are no longer luxuries,
when they cease to be varieties. Verily
Moose steak is tender, and the breast of
a plump pigeon, who shall tell its glories!
“ There is a. pleasure in the pathless
woods,” sang the poet, and he sang truly.
But there is luxury in breathing the moun-
taiu air, as pure and strong as it was-on
the day of creation. But it is no less true
that seven days will cause that pleasure
to vanish like the dew before the sun
of the morning, and the lover of pure all‘
will long to see the faces of 0t11e1‘S- With
the fire of royal enthusiasts we had pur-
sued our object and undergone V°1““t‘“'Y
banishment from the abodes of civilized
men, With the fire of royal enthusiasts
we sent up cheer after cheer, lustily and
hearty when a house again met our view
._.Columbus when the cry was “land I’’
“laud !” « did not feel better than we.
Verity Guizot in his history of civilization
forgot the barbarism of Maine. Verily a
man gets all of the rough and ready life
that he desires in this wilderness.
- no: :1: >l= 3|; an
7 '
3* Mrs- Cunningham has been admit-
,ted to bail.
The Ghost Raiser. 0: .
My Uncle Beogly, who commenced
his commercial career very early in the
present century as a pedlar, will tell sto-
1~ies_ Among them,-he tells the following
ghost story so often, that I am heartily
tired of it. In self-defence, therefore,
and as I remember every word of it, I
publish it, in order that. when the good,
kind old gentleman next ofl"ers«to bore us
with it, all may say they know it.
One fiuc autumn eveuiug,'about forty
years ago, I was traveling on horseback
from Shrewsbury to Chester. I felt tol-
erably tired, and was beginning to look
out for some sung wayside iuu, where I
might pass the night, when a sudden and
violent thunder storm came ‘on. My
horse, terrified by the lightning, fairly
took the bridle between his teeth, and
started off with me at full gallop through
the lanes and cross-roads until at length
I managed to pull him up just at the door
of a neat looking country inn.‘ “Well,”
thought I, “there was wit -in your—.mad-
ness, old boy, since it brought us tothis
comfortable refuge.” And alightiug, I
gave him in charge to the stout fa.rmer’s
boy, who acted as ostler. '
The inn kitchen, which was also the‘
guest-room, was large, clean, neat, and
comfortable, very like the pleasant hos-
telry described by Izaak Walton. There
——probably like myself driven there for
shelter-—aud they were all warming them-
selves by the blaziug fire while waiting
for supper. I joined the party. Present-
ly, being summoned by the hostess-, we all
sat down, twelve in number, to a. smoking
repast of bacon and eggs.
The conversation naturally turned on
the mishaps occasioned by the storm, of
which every one seemed to have had his
share. One had been thrown off his
horse, another, driving in a gig, had been
upset into a muddy dike ; all had got a
thorough wetting, and agreed unanimous-
ly that it was dreadful weather——a regu-
lar witches’ sabbath.
“Witches and ghostsprefer for their
sabbath a. fine moonlight to such weather
as this !” These words were uttered in
a. solemn tone, and with strange emphasis
by one of the company. He was a tall,
dark looking man, and I had set him
down in my own mind as a. commercial
traveler. My next neighbor was a gay,
well-looking, fashionably dressed young
man, who bursting into a peal of laughter
said, “ You must know the manners and
customs of ghosts very well to be able to
tell that they dislike getiug wet or mud-
dyji
The first speaker, giveuiug him a dark,
fierce look, said, “ Young man, speak
not so lightly of things above your com-
preheusion.”
_ “Do you mean ‘to imply that there
are such things as ghosts?” said the young
man.
“ Perhaps there are,” replied the other
“if you had the courage to look at them.”
The young man stood up, flushed with
anger, but presently resuming his seat,
he said, calmly—“ That taunt should
cost you dear, if it were not such a. fool-
ish one.”
“A foolish one !” exclaimed the other,
throwing on the table a heavy leathern
purse. “There are fiftyguiueas. I am
content to lose them if, before the hour
is ended, I do not succeed in showing you
who are so obstiuately prejudiced, ' the
form of any one of your deceased friends;
and if. after you have recognised him,
you will allow him to kiss your lips.”
We all looked at each other, but my
young neighbor, still in the same mocking
manner, replied, “You will do that, will
you ‘{7} '
“ Yes,” said the other, “ I will stake
these fifty guineas, on condition that you
will pay a similar sum if you lose,”
After a short silence the young man
said, gayly. “Fifty guiueas, my worthy
sorcer, are more than a poor student ever
possessed; but here are five, which, if
you are satisfied, I shall be most willing
to wager.”
The other took up his purse, saying, in
acontemptuous tone. “Young gentle-
man you wish to draw back l”
“I draw back I’’ exclaimed the stu-
dent. “ Well, if I had fifty guiueas, you
should see whether I wish to draw
back I” ‘
Here,” said I, “ are four guiueas which
I will stake on your wager.”
N o sooner had I made this proposition
than the rest of the company, attracted
by the singularity of the affair, came for-
ward to lay down their money ; and, in a
minute or two, the fifty guiueas were Sub-
scribed. The gentleman appeared so
sure of pinning that he placed all the
money in the studeut’s hands, and pre-
pared for his experiment. We selected
for the purpose‘ a summer-house in the
garden, perfectly isolated, and having no
means of exit but a window and a door,
which we carefully fastened, after placing
the young man within. We now put wri-
ting materials on a small table, and took
away the candles. We remained outsidr.
with the gentleman among us. In a low
solemn voice he began to chant the fol-
lowihg lines :——-
“ What riseth slow from the ocean caves and the stormy
surf ‘P
The phantom pale sets his blackened foot on the fresh
green turf.”
Then raising his voiccsolemnly, he said
“ You asked to see your friend, Francis
Villiers, who was drowned three years
ago ofi‘ the coast of South America ; what
do you see ?” figs» .
“ I see,” replied the student, “ a white
light rising near the window ; but it has
no form—.it is like an uncertain cloud.”
We—-the spectators——remeiued pro-
fouudly silent. A
“ Are you afraid?” asked the gentle-
man, in aloud voice.
“ I am not"’ replied the student firmly.
Then after a moment’s silence, the gentle-
man stamped three times on the ground
and sang :-—
“ And the phantom white, whose clay-cold face was onc°
so fair,
Dries with his shroud his clinging vest and his aea-tos-
sed hair.”
Once more the -solemn question, “You.
who_ would see-revealed the mysteries of
, Pthe touib—'—what,,do you see now ?”
The student answered‘ in a ca.1m-- Voice,
but. like that of .9. man describing things
as they passed-before him, “_I see the
cloud take the form of a phantom; its
L4m»
head is covered with 5‘ 10113‘ Vei'1“it 3t3nd3
still l”
“Are you afraid?”
“ I am not ?”
We looked at each other in horrqr-
strickeu silence, while the gentlemailc 1'9-13‘
sepulchral voice‘:
“And the phantom said, ashe rose from the wave, lid
shall know me in sooth l
I will go to my friend, gay, smiling, and fond, an in our
first youth l"
“ What do you see 17”‘ said he.
“I see the phantom advance,” said the
student-—"‘he lifts his v'ei1‘——’tis Francis
were several travelers already in the room .
Viliers l——he approaches the table l-—he
writes—-’tis his signature !”
“ Are you afraid?” ask the other.
A fearfulfmomeut of silence ensued;
1;hen1§_he Student replied, but inan altered
voice’ "LI. am 1101': l” "
with gffauge and frantic gestures the
other then sa 08' 1-4 ‘ L
ugna the phantom gaid to the mocking leer, 1 com
fro the So th -
Put thv iiznii on 13,- i.im.'l-31,1! heart on my he-rt-thr
mouth on my month.’
“What do you see?” he. asked-
“ He comes-Che app‘l?03¢h9S 1119-419
pursues me—he is stretchifig 01113 his 811118
—he will have me! Help-3191?! S8-V0
me !” ' ,
“Are you afraid uow?”_'askcd the Othfl’.
in a. mocking voice. A piercing cry’, and
then-a. stifled groan, were the only re'p1I
to this terrible questiou._ ,
“Help that rash youth !” said the gen-
tleman, bitterly. _“ I have, I think, won
the wager; but it islsuflicient for me to
have given him a. lesson. Let him keep
his money, audbe wiser'for_,the future.”
He walked rapidly away. We opened
the door of the summer-house, and found
the student in: convulsions. A paper
signed with his name, “ Francis Villiers"
was on the table. As soon as the stu-
dent’s senses were "restored he asked ve-
hemently where was the vile sorcerer who
had subsequently subjected him to such a.
horrible ordeal—he would kill him. He
sought him throughout the _inu'iu vain;
then, with the speed of a madman, he
dashed off across the fields in pursust of
him—and we never saw either of them
again. That, children, is my Ghost
Story I
“Aud, how is it, uncle, that after that
you dou’t believe in ghosts?” said I, the
first time I heard it.
“Because my boy,” replied my uncle,
“neither the student nor the gentleman
ever returned; and the forty-five guiueas,
belonging to me and the other travellers,
continued equally invisible. Those two
Swindlers carried them off, after having
acted a. farce, which we, like niuuies, be-
lieved to be real.”
Q.-oo———-—-
A SAD SIcHT.—We saw yesterday af-
ternoon, at the Central Police Station, a
young man of very respectable family,
who was arrested on the charge of larce-
ny. A few years ago he was an industri-
ous student at college, and for a little
youthful iudiscretion he was expelled-
sent into busyfiife with disgrace hanging
about him. Away fromhome and friends,
he formed the aquaiutauce‘ of evil compan-
ions, and 9. love" of _str,oug drink was at
once acquh-ed_ Lost toall parental re-
straint, he relinquished his books, and to-
day, though he has just reached’ man's es-
tate, he is in our prison walls, 9. confirmed
druukard, charged with Crime! We
thought, as we gazed on the young man,
after he had been committed by Alderman
Euue, of the insidious progress of intem-
perance, and its influence upon his still
early days. How vainly its victims strive
to break asunder its unyielding fetters,
and, while contending, are struck down
by its iron hand, and hastened, rapidly
hastened, to the dark gloom of destruc-
tionl Sad, sad indeed, is the tale of woe,
of sleepless nights, bitter tears, and
broken hearts, that comes to us like the
low wail of a meudicaut on a cold wiuter’s
night, and cause us to weep over the sor-
rowful fate of those near and dear to us
-—our co-heirs to immortality, who have
been wrecked ou the ocean of life.
Under these baueful influences of in-
temperance, how many a. home has been
deserted that might have been a. perpetual
scene of domestic joy I How many hearts
have been left without one solitary ray of
comfort to cheer them, that might have
beat in unison with the warm impulses of
its fellows l—and how many an intellect,
oppressed with the incubus of deadly
thoughts, has been racked and mined,
that might have gemmed the literary cor-
ouet of a nation, or swayed its council
halls! Many there have been who are
uow forever crushed under the potent en-
ergies of the demon of iuteiuperance, that
might have played a useful and important
part in the drama of existence, or under
the sway of religious influences, trodden
the peaceful walks of private life in the
dispensation of joy and charity to multi-
tudes arouud them. But what is the re-
ality of to day ? Ask the widowed moth-
ei-’s heart—ask the orphan—the police-
mau’s role—the j udge’s seuteuce—the gib-
bet and the scaffold.
,, Ask death-beds—they can tell,”
Philadelphia Press, Aug. 26.
—————o<-qQ......___
Hoor-TE-noonLE-noo.——A gentleman
conversing with a. lady _ friend a. short
time since, claimed that he could parodize
ou the hoop question, any verse she might
choose to repent. She accordingly re-
hearsed the following verse from the Old
Sexton :
Nigh to a grave that was newly made
Leaued a sexton old on his earty-worn spade.
His work was done, and he paused to wait
The funeral train through the open gate ;
A relic of by-gone days was lie,
And his looks were as white as the foamy 561--
And these words came from his lips so thin,
‘.‘.I‘gather them I _I gather them in l”
Whereupou the graceless fellow took
his pencil and thus wrote on a scrap of
newspaper lying _by:
Nigh to a. church that was newly made,
Stooda. lady fair, and thus she said-
Too bad, too bad—I heremust wait
While they measure the breadth of this open gate ;
Ah I it is only nine by sis: I see!
Too narrow, too narrow, alas! for me ;
And she sighed from bu-,qn.i've1-iug lips so thin-
“ Icun’t get iu—1 can’t get in l”
--—---?'<C‘D~o-T:
36" Asa Wright ‘of-Northampton, in
order to Shea? Q19 utility of ha_y,cover_s,
writéé tothc Gazette‘-.that=he got in on
Saturday last, in ‘fiueordér, -some boy
that was mowed on the-Monday previous,
which llad been protected from min by
the covers.“ Without them he «says it
would only have been fit for bedding. _, =
iug his armsabove his head chanted 5.11 I ~
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