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do two do. 1 25
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do one month, 1 75
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do six months, _ 7 00
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, Ahlli-RiCAN TEMPERANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
dttorney and counselor at Law,
ANN
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Life Insurance.
A...II.3_YING-‘1'ON,
(At the Gazette Olfice,)
, AGENT FOR Tun
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of Hartford, Conn.
J. r. PODTE,
OFFICE’ 0 VER .M./ILL OR Y’ s S TORE
N oi-Walk, Conn.
H. c. RANDLE,
Hats, Gaxldfiffllliiib. & Boy's
, STRAW GOODS, &c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves," Canes,
'U':nn.bre11as', «£30.,
T No. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
ononcn r. nnnnniv,
MANUFACTURER AND
I/V/iolesalc and Retail Dealer in
Tin, Copper, & Sheet Iron Ware
NORWALK, 0ONN.,
Opposite D. cl-. N. Railroad Depot, and
next to Step/1cnson’s Ifolel.
B.3.'.I.'.’i-I01tlP.SON, I
AMBRUTYPE ARTIST,
OVER D. 4- N. DEPOT,
NORWALK, Cox.\'.
5'. II. NASH,
. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
s T o v E s ,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares
Has constantly on hand a ln;='gc assort-
ment, of general House~ keeping
Fzlrniturc, at ,So. N02-zoalk.
Conn.
Dentistry“:
Doctors H111’. GI. FETCH,
’ Surgical & Mechanical
’ D E N T I S T S,
Ohiceiover the Store of G. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
'A. HILL. CHARL us Fircn.
C. J. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings. Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Salinezzs,, Veslings, and Tail-
‘or’s T-rzmmi‘ngs, by the Yard,
Piece or Pac/cage.
St{EE'1'INGS. _SHIRTINGS, Jsnvs,
At the lowest possible prices.
NORVVALK, CONN.
C. .81. E. K. LOCKWOOD, 8:. C0.
NORWALK, CONN.,
V NANUFACTURERS OF -
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares,
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
Ware, and Kitchen Furn imre
I in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead 4- Lead Pipe,
C-roc/cery, Glass
anal China
Ware.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
' 01' Hartford.
I’lN507'1l07'llte(l in 1819. Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capiiaj, $1,000,000,
I”'~‘“7'° "g“i‘7l5‘~ loss and damage by Fire,
97" Te""’§'5 “darted to the liazard, and
‘””3“”L"’15 ‘"5611. the laws of
C”mP6>sa.tion.
GE0- P» COWLES, Sole Agent,
F01‘ Norlrzilk and vicinity.
n. 3. Boom,
MIOIIIGY & Counsellor at Law,
61 WALL STREE-_.
NEW YORK. ’
&j___.__ ___-_
]y34,
AMOS 1-row-r,‘ ‘-
Norwalk Post Office.
Mail 0loses.—WEsT . 7.30 A. M. . -3.00 ,P.M .
do do EAST, 8.30 A. 31., 4.30 r. M.
do do D. 63 N. R. R.,_8.45.
do do New York City, 4.30.
WESTON, Tuesday Saturday at 2.00 PJI.
Mail Due.—D. S: N R. 11.8.00 .i. M.
do do WEsT,9.30A..u..6.00 I-‘..\{.
do do E.isT, 8.30 A. 2.1.. 3.4.‘) P M.
R. A. IVILILIAEIS P. l\{.,
Saugatuck Bank.
BANKING HOURS
From 9 A. M. to 1?. M.,
“ l P. M. to 3 I’. ll.
H. STAPLES, Presiilcnt.
B. L. Woonwonru, Cusliien:
Westport, June -19th, 1857 25
New Goal Yam.
FTHE subscribers have estiiblishcd a NEW
COAL YARD at Norwalk, on tho east side
of the Bridge, on Srnith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very su.,m-rior
article of Goal, of the different sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all fresh and
pains have been taken to secure tbs.-best kinds
known in the market, such as Spr ng Mount-
ain Lehigh, and the Locust iiiountuin White
Ash; acknowledged by good jud; es to have
no superior. We have also the Pir.-tston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sci" at fair re-
munerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited
We also keep the above varie' ms at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
.tf35 G. H. & J. C. I. ANDLE.
LUMBER’! LUM I-ER !
ILL ik HUBBELL have re! mtly com
menced the Lumber Businesl at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with cveryvariety ofLumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any tilting in our line at
I.
liberal prices. ,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,
WM. ALLEN. Wu. T. Cuxiix.
' 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 pnid for
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security. tf28
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,and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the neatest and most
.-fashl0l1able.st.y,lo. , 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 coutinuati-.n.
N. B.—Goods bought of me wil' be cut gra-
tis if desired. 27 THOMAA RILEY.
Duties Reduced and Prices
Down.
HANPORD SCOTT,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in
Brandies, Grins. Wines, Cigars
&c., No, 17 James Slip. -
One door from South-st.. New York.
The subscriber keeps on hand the above
named, which he will warrant pure, and sell
at the lowest market prices.
P. S.—Liquors of the choicest brands, for
medicinal and sacramental purposes. All
orders through the mail,capt-ainn of sloops,
or steamboat John Hart, promptly attended to.
§ Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge ,is of‘-
fered for sale upon very reasorible terms.
It is admirably adapted for building lots,
and rich soil, and a. large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thcrron ; or it is
well calculated for atirst.1'atcme-.=.dow.
wellfenced, and in u very eligibie location.
For further particulars enquire at this Of-
fice.
Horse and 0x Slioeing.
HE subscriber having taken ti.-:2 old stand
formerly occupied by Watvrbury and
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bal --ry, foot of
Mill Hill, devotes his entire utters ion to the
careful and judicious shoeing of lzorscs and
Ixen. for which he has unequalle. facilities.
From his many years experienc , devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business.
he is confident he can give entire zitisf'-action
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
lI01‘S'\:S with tender and diseased feet.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, March 27 th, 1857. tl13
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
WESTPORT !
THE Subscriber would respectfullyinform
hisiriends and the public generally,
that he is still located a few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
G1‘?-Y, Where may be found a generalassort-
meat of CABINET FUr.x11-mug.
Undertalcingin all its depurtmcntsattem
dad to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwalk Iron Foundry.
VERY descriptionofCAsTnvo done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any other es.
tablishmeut in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps,Iron Fence,Posts,Rai1ings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Corn Shellers.
EW pattern Corn Shellers. a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. S’1‘REE'l‘.
RIED Apples,Plums,Peachesand Cher-
ries. at lllunxun & Or..\is'ri:An’s.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLM‘-'TEAD’S.
TIMOTHY SEED, at
S. F. OI.MS’l‘EAD’S
Imported cigars.
F Choice Brands, always on Land ‘at the
Store of _
KNAPP (iv. LYNES.
General Pension & Patent Agem
And Prosec-u,lor of Claims bgfoyg .
the several Departm.en¢.q am;
the Court of Clai2;.z.«.-_
VVasl|ington, D. -‘C’.
_Wholesale
PAPER DEALERS,
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 Courllandl Sereet, JV. Y.
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sts.)
.‘ ~ _ ROBERT T. lllnnsnxun.
1324 BENJ. L. M.'i.nsAu.I..
Orders 9. d ' I -
“cited. n consignments respectfully so
I
Worsteds I Worsieds !
FVERY SHADE, by the Pound or single
I skeiu, at the Jewelry and Trimming
Sto _ 0.‘: CLARK.
Just Received
A LARGE lot of Summer Ranges called
, the Lune Star which are con:--‘cl-ered supe-
: V0" ‘E0 illlything of the kind, ever yet offered
in this marke‘i,and are warrented :0 give good
5"‘t‘“‘3-W00. and all those wanting rangesl
would cordially invite to call before purchas-
lslltgclscwhere. Also the celebrated Banner
we on hand and for sale as usual at,
B ELDEN’S
to, Main street.
or for gardening purposes, having a quick '
Itis "1
Norvialk Emporium.
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vcgctaiblcs, Fish of Alllliuds,
Clams, Oysters, ac.
As good as themarket affords, constantly to
be found at the well known establishment of
MEEKER -it OLMSTEAD.
fi£‘Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms. '
Further Notice.
THE undersigned having extended bisho-
siuess 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,und at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs. '
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK I
THE Subscriber hasjust returned
from New York with a new Stock of
Fashionable J ewelry,W.itches , Pla-
ted Ware and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Collin Plates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. O. S. CLARK,
s. 1:. onus-rggn. 0
H/'hole.sale and .RetailDealer in Groceries
Provisions ,8;-c., No 14 and I6 Main-st.
I Insjust 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 ,Jau. 1st,l857.
New Styles. in.
rflnlew 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
publicin 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 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. tf21
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lord and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pergallon, pure Ncats Foot Oil. The above
Oils are of the best quality. and for sale by
the barrel. or retail by -—- C. STREET.
Great Bargains in
E: 'l.'J' IVE E E} E,
AT SOUTH NORWALK, BY
THOMAS In. ,PIlGE.
JUST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
ber, 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
Bunches Shingles.
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857.
Notice.
“ THRO UGH B Y DA YLIGHT.”
,, Selleck’sLine of Packets
out
On and after Tuesday. March 17th.
1
1857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
commence her regular t: ips for the
se ivon, leaving Norwalk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Norwulk 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 Fl‘elglliCl'S may ship
their freight at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on board.
1 SELLECK & DEMMON.
N. B.—-All freight to or from the line of
the Danbury Railroad, taken from and deliv-
ered at the Company’sFrcight Depot, without
charge.
.?0'lJ'NGS, norrs a. oo.,
Iilerchant Tailors & Clothiers,
successors to J as. H. Beers, ,
1'74 and I76 Chatliam Square, New York.
Cnxs. E. Yoosos,
LEWIS H OPPS,
Huxnv M . Pnowi-TT.
Norwalk Itlachine Shop.
THE subscriber having taken the shop here-
toforc occupied by Dimou Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
Jllacltiue Jobbing and Repairing Business,
Mould respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken on defective Machinery of any des-
cription. He has Lathes,a Planer, etc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Manufac
turiug, audhis familiarity with all kinds of
Manufacturer’: 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., be is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 A. C. ARNOLD.
Old Brown Windsor Soap.
LOW dc SONS, genuine for sale by the gross
ll
dozen, or single Cake. by
KNAPP do LYNES.
Notice.
I HANDES having furnished himself with
2 O a suitable team for it general Carmau
305111089. Would rcspecfull y solicitthe patron-
age of those wanting carting done. Orders
Left attire store of,Chas. Murry, (Fish Mar-
et) Will be faithfully and promptly attended
to.
Norwalk, June 22nd. 1857. tf’~25
Just Received,
NEW supply of those fine Pocket Books
and I-‘ortmoneus, which will be sold at
very low prices by KNAPP dz LYNEs_
A
Patent Chain Pumps.
NEW and superior Chain Pump. the best
in use.for sale by W. C. STREET.
OWDER and Shot, PatentFuse, 8; Caps,
at OLMSTEAD’S.
Il\’G’S PARINA CRACKEILS, at
S. E. 0LnsrEA1>’s.
Selling Of
A LARGE lot of Dress Trimmings, Vel-_
_ ve_ts, Moire Antiques, Fringes, Moss
Trimmings, a.c.,at extremely low prices.
0 ARK.
Salt ! Salt I
SAC_KSofprime Liverpool Sa.lt,jus
received and for sale ;also,
100
Sugars. .—- .- .
Cheaperthan ever, by A. MOi;EHo‘UsE.
Tooth Brushe-
A NEW lot just received by
KNAPP &’ LYNES.
iiiaes 2 Hides !
CASH paid for all kinds of Cattles Hides,
at , _S.E« Onnsnuflo.
POETRY.
v- .-/\\\r\a-.a\~a\¢\-An A.vvv\
' "One More Unfortunate."
BY J. H. Ll-IA\'I'l"l‘.
One more unfortunate
_ Shiner of gold,
Rashly importunatc,
Slipped from my hold!
Others before it
Have gone to their rest:
But this seemed the nonmet-
Ah, this was the dexu-est, ,
F 0| this was the last.
Look at my purse-—
No longer a curse,
No longer a blessing-
Nor anything worse.
Take it up tenderly,
Lift it with care,
Looking so slcnderly,
Feeling so bare.
Touch it not scornfully;
Think of it mqurnfully,
Gentle humanity!
Not of the heft of it—-
All that is left of it
Now, is mere vanity.
Oh, for the holidays,
Oh, for the jolly days
Once I enjoyed;
When from each tawny 1‘ id
Glittered theshining gol ‘-
Then the dearfrieuds of old
Hailed me with pride.
Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity,
Under the sun!
While I could tack with ti em,
Friends-—I’d no lack of th in;
Now turns the back of the :11,
Every one!
Sadly I gaze on thee,
Fearfnlly muse on thee,
Empty old purse;
Wondering amazingly
Whether my case will be,
In the sad days to be,
Better or worse.
>--0-¢<.>o
Time to Me this Truth hath Taught.
BY cnnimi sw.u;v.
Time to me this truth hath taught
(’Tis A truth thut’s worth revealing):
More offend from want of thought
Than from any want of feeling.
It‘ advice we would convey,
There’s a time we should convey it;
If we’ve but a. word to say, ‘
’l'here’s it time in which to say it.
Oft, unknowingly the tongue
Touches on a chord so aching,
That a word or accent wrong
Pains the heart almost to breaking.
Many a tear of wounded pride,
Many a. fault of human blindness,
Has been soothed or turned aside I
By I quiet-voice of kindness.
Many a beautiful flower decays,
Though we tend it e’er so much;
Something secret on it preys,
Which no human aid can tou ch.
So, in many a lover’s breast
Lies some canker grief concealed,
That, if touched, is more oppressed-
Left unto itself, is healed.
Time to me this truth hath taught
("Pin a truth that’s worth revealing): .
More offend from want of thought
Than from any want of feeling.
:
Labor; an Ode.
BY G W. B.
Toil swings the axe, and forests how;
The seeds break out in radiant bloom,
Rich harvests smile behind the [)l\vW,
And cities cluster round the loam.
Where towering domes and tapering spires
Adorn the vale and crown the hill,
Stout Labor lights its beacon fire: , I
And plumes with smoke the forge and mill.
The monarch oak—-the woodland’: pride,
Whose trunk is seamed with lig’.-;tuing scars,
Toll launches on the restless tide,
And there unrolls the flag of stars.
The engine, with its lungs of flame,
And ribs of brass and joints of steel,
From I.abor’s plastic fingers came,
With sobbing valve and whirling wheel.
’Tis Labor works the magic press,
And turns the crank in hives of toll,
And beckons angels down to bless
Industrious hands on sea and 5. iii.
Here sun-browned toil, with shining spade,
Links lake to lake with silver t as,
Strung thick with palaces of trade.
And temples towering to the skies.
A ' [Mark I one Empress.
M MIsOELg.A1~.' Y.
6" Rev. W. G. Brownlow, -the “ fight-
ing parson” of Tennessee, writes a letter
to the N. Y. Times, defending the flog-
ging of Col. N etherland’s slaves, and adds
the following :
“In the spring, I propose visiting the
New England States, and repeating the
same lectures. In other words, I propose
to go among you as a Southern ll'Iissiona-
ry, to enlighten your bcnighted Free-Soil
population upon the subject of Slavery.
I look upon the cities and towns of the
New-England States and the N orth-West-
ern States, as opening a wider and more
inviting field, at this time, for faithful
missionary labors than Hiudostau, Siam,
Ceylon, China or Western Africa’! In
addition to your wicked and rebellious
course upon the Slavery question, you
have forsaken the true God and the
Christian religion, and gone oil‘ after Spir-
itualism, Fanny Wrightism, Fouricrism,
Mormonism, Abolitionism, Dcvilism, and
the hundred-and-one isms so spontaneous-
ly produced by New-England soil l
I hope, gentlemen, you-will do me the
favor to publish this hastily-written let-
ter, and your Black Republican i‘ soci-
‘ates the kindness to let them know am
coming. They may wish to muster up
one of your Beechers or Pa:-kers to re-
ply to me. I will divide time with any
one of your pious Freedom-sh:-ickers.
Respectfully, &c. VV. G. BROWNLOW.
Ed. of the K/nozmlle Whig.”
Sept. 12, 1857.
If the poison will come this way, he
shall have crowded, civil and attentive
audiences, though that is more than he
can guaranty us in Tennessee.
--—-&-?OO<.>o-¢———:-—.
16‘ The clergyman of Pittslvurg, whose
conduct with a young lady on a steam
boat on the Ohio river has been made the
subject of much scaudle, has after trial
been acquitted by the Pre=bytery..—-—
Aino_n'g t_h_c_ witnesse,s,.__e,xamincd .was Miss
Henderson herself‘. She testified that
Mr. Simpson occupizd part of /037 birth with
her, but maintained that she . wished his
presence to defend her from the a preach-
es of the second clerk oftlio boat‘;
A Nervous Wife, and How She was
Cured.
\
BY T. S. ARTHUR.
My friend Wilkins marri-rd a sweet
young girl, of amiable disposition, but in
no way skilled in those domestic arts,
without a knowledge of which the wife’s
duties are always felt to be hard in the
beginning. He was the envy of more
than one who had aspired to the posses-
sion of her hand. I knew hirn to be ‘in-
dustrious, intelligcnt, and ki.-.d-hearted;
and I felt sure that he hadt: ken a life-
companion that would be -f.-.ithful and
loving. The promise was bright enough
to warrant a prophecy of. more than or-
dinary happine.<_:~'.~ -. ~ _
They removed to another city. Ten
years afterwards, in passing through that
city, I called IJTIOII Wilkins, who met me
with the old fl’-lllk cordiality. -Eye and
face were in a glow of pleasure, when,
still grasping his hand, I inquired after
his wife. His ;ouutenance changed in-
stunt-ly.
“ Poor Mary!” he said, in a sad, dis-.
couraged way, “ she has no health.”
“ I am sorry,” was my natux al response.
“Sickness, and the loss of two of our
children, have so worn down body and
mind that she is but the shadow of her
former self. Worst of all, her nerves are
completely shattered. But you must see
her; to meet on old friend will do her
good. You will take tea with us, and
spend the evening.”
I assented‘, and then made further in-
quirics about his family and worldly con-
dition. His story was not a very bright
one. The birth of their first child was
followed by a prostratiug sickness, which
brought the young mother to the utmost
verge of life.
“ She has never had good health since,”
-laid Wilkins, in a depressed voice. “My
income was small, and we could not afford
the amount of household assistance that
she really required; and so every thing
ms against her restoration to sound
laealth. Children came rapidly, bringing
with them more exhausting cares. And
the death of two of , our little ones, to
which I have referred, seemed to complete
the work of ruin. She is now a hopeless
invalid—a poor, weak, nervous, unhappy
creature——a mere wreck of what you saw
ten years _ago, moving like a tearful ghost
through herdaily round of duties, and
only kept alive by the constant and cure-
ful attentions of a physician. I don’t
think the doctor has been out of my house
for two weeks at a time for six years,
and I’m sure he has received more than
fifteen hundred dollars of my money in
that time. The fact is, what with doc-
tor’s bills, nurses, medicines, 2.-ud the hun-
dred nameless expenses a sick and nervous
wife entails upon a man, my fortunes have
been marr_ed. They keep me poor.”
Wilkins spoke in a uemu voice. It
was plain that he had grovu impatient
under the trials to which the bad health
of his wife had exposed him.
I called at his. store ag:-in, towards
evening, and went home with him. Had
I met Mrs. Wilkins in the street, I would
not recognize in her the happy bride who,
ten years before, lushing in beauty, I
had seen giving her hand in a life-partner
ship, with such loving confidence in the
future, to the husband of aier choice.
I-Ier countenance was wastv d, all the
beautifully rounded outlines gone; her
eyes, deeply Slll ken, were 1-.in;;uid almost
to indifference , her hair, once richly lux-
uriant, had fail? 11 oil‘, until scarce half of
it remained, a .d that looked dry and
crisp, with her: and there a premature
line of gray. She stooped slightly, and
her motions we ve lifeless.
A faint sm.le parted her lips as I
grasped her hand with all the warmth of
a genuine friendly interest. But it faded
almost as soon as it was born. I tried
to talk with her in a cheerful strain, and
did succeed in awakening an interest in
the olden time. But the present was too
painfully a real thing ; it would not let
her thoughts indulge in pleasant fancies.
I could not help asking about herself and
children, and this turned the current of
her feelings into their wouted channel;
and I listened to her sad heart-histories
and painful experiences in sickness, until
my own feelings were deeply shadowed.
I pitied her. What a sombre, suffering
life had been hers! Into what a world
of misery, instead of happiness, had mar-
riage.trauslated her!
As she talked, I observed her husband
carefully. It was plain that he had but
little sympathy with his wife’s state of
feeling. He was a sufferer with her,
though in a lighter degree; and as his
sufferings originated in hers, there was,
3;-laiuly, a certain lack of kindly patience
towards his companion. Several times be
interrupted her, trying to draw the cou-
v crsutiou into another channel. Once or
twice he threw in deprecating sentences,
as if she were exaggerating the unhappy
story of her life.
I learned, hat Mrs. Wilkins rarely, if
ever, went 0* t of her own house. Her
duties were very arduous, and her ability,
from ill-health, "small. Every ‘day she
worked in bodily exhaustion, and usually
in pain. There was no recreation of any
kind, bodilyior mental. It was a living
death. N o wonder she was a drooping,
wretched, nervous woman.
On the next day I called to see my
friend at his store, my mind made up to
have a plain talk with him. I referred
to his wife, expressing in regard to her
my earnest sympathy.
“ Poor Mary I’’ he replied ; “her case
is hopeless, and mine; too I f’ iar.”
“ While thcr_c’s hope,” said I, using the
physician’s half despairing ax om.
He regarded me a little curiously.
“ How ofteudo you take lzcr out rid-
ing ?” I inquired.
He shook his head. “Can’t afford
carriage hire ; much as I can do to pay
the doctor. No, no, neither of us have
time or money to spend for rié iug out.”
“Change and fresh air you will find
better and cheaper medicine: than doc-
tor’s stuff. ‘Do you take her ~.o the sea-
shore once a year? or to the springs, or
the mountains ?"
“You are j- sting,” he - replied, with
the air of one w -.o felt that an undue liber-
ty had been to (en. ‘
“__Ea_i; from it, my friend,” A, answered
seriously. “ I feel too warm an interest
in you to jest o i a subject like this.”
“ The sea-shi re, the springs, the mount-
T
J
aids are -summer luxuries beyond the
reach of our ability;” he spoke sadly.
“ Do not name them as luxiries in your
case. If the enervated votargr of pleasure
and fashion needs them for recreation, and
to impart a new zest to the year’s suc-
ceeding round of gay existeuc.-, how much
more essential are they for tie sick, the
nervous, the exhausted toilet in lit'e’s field
of earnest labor l I fear, my friend, that
you have not thought wisely o ' your wife’s
true position ; that in some s. use, you are
to blame for her present ill health,
and state of mental depressio -..” p
“ How ?” Wilkins looked s mprised.
“ The human soul,” I an <wcred, “ is
not a piece of senseless mac winery; no’:
made up of a series of iron wheels, tho‘
can do their work as well in t is dark un
derground chamber as in the broad day-
light. Even the flower must have
change-—-air, sunlight, mornzug, evening
and the advancing season, for its healthy
growth and maturity. But the human
soul is of higher organizati in, and 0:‘
multitudiuous wants, compared with the
flower. Shut up the flowei from the
warm sun and the refreshing air, and will
it not grow sickly ? nay, will it not fade
and die ? You are treating your wife
with less consideration than you would
treat a house-plant. No wonder that she
is dying daily.”
Wilkins really looked amazon‘. ; and I
was for 8. little while in doubt * 'liethcr he
was offended at my freedom, 0! istounded
at his own blindness touching ’ J6 nature
and wants of the human soul Le had ad-
joined in a life companionship with his
own.
“N ature’s two best physician,” I went
on, “ are pure air and exercise. And,
what is better they charge nothing for at-
teudance.”
“To a large part of mankind,” answer-
ed Wilkius, “ time is money. It is so in
our case.”
“ Dou’t make that too positive a con-
clusion. Increase the strength and you
diminish the hours of labor ; nay, more,
you remove from the cause of extreme
exhaustion. My word for it, if you
had spent _a hundred dollars a year
in giving your wife change of scene, sea.-
bathiug, and mental as well as bodily re-
creation, your doctor’s bill would have
been reduced by more than that amount.
How often do you take her to concerts
or other places of public amusements ?”
“We baven’t been to a. concert for five
years,” said be.
“And yet I remember that she was
passionately fond of music.”
“ We cau’t afford it,” remarked Wilk-
ins, gloomily. ‘
“ Better go without a dinner occasion-
ally. Health to . the soul is quite as
essential as health of the body. If you
starve the former what is there in mere
eating and drinking worth living for?”
“ Mary'wouldu’t go if I were to pin‘-
chuse tickets. She has housed herself so
long that she has no desire tn step across
the threshold of her prison h-ruse.”
“ For which, speaking fraikly, and to
an old friend, you are in ii gr eat measure
to blame. And unless you {-3 once, with
a purpose -not to be set asile by first
difficulties, open wide thr doors of
the prison-house, and act: ‘illy compel
the drooping prisoner to go forth, a few
years will close up the history of a wretch-
ed life.”
“ Ah,” said he, “ I can feel the force of
what you say i but .how an I where ts‘:
begin ? _ That is the queston ”
“I notice, was my reply “ that Hen.
the celebrated composer and qiauist, is in
our city, and will give, this evening, om.
of his concerts. Take her to hear him.“
The eyes of .Wilkins dropped to the
floor. I saw what was in his mind. The
tickets were one dollar each, and the ex-
pense, therefore, larger than he felt he had
a right to incur for a simple amusement.
He had so many demands for dollars in
other and more important dir«_:ctions.
‘‘I am going t.o invite hrr,” said I,
“and I dou’t believe she will refuse me.”
“I’m sure she will not go,” \Vilkins
was quite positive. '
“We'll see. You will take :2. note of
invitation from me at dinner time. I will
inclose tickets for you both, an -I say that
I will call at ten time.”
Wilkins was incredulous, and half opos-
ed. me; but my interest in his unhappy
wife was so strong, and I resolved to have
my own way. The tickets and invita-
tions were accordingly sent. °
I called at my friends store late in the
afternoon, to go home with him.
“Well,” said I, cheerfully, “what word
from your good wife? Will she be ready
for the concert?”
“I’m afraid not.” Wilkins shook his
head, and looked gloomy.
“What did she say ?”
That it was impossible for her to go
out; that she could not leave the chil-
dren ; and, finally, after I met every ob-
jection with a reason that could not be
gaiusayed. she declared that she didn’t
feel like going, and couldu’t think of it.”
“The ice is very solid, and hard to
break through,” I smiled as I spoke.
“It is that want of inclination which
must be overcome. Shc’ll go if we insist
upon it.” _
But \Vilkins was of different opinion.
“I know her a great deél better than you
do,” was his answer. ,
At tea-time, I -went home with him.
There was a change in Mrs. Wilkins, a
glance revealed this. The lnnguor and
exhaustion, so painfully apparent on
the pevious evening, were scarcely visible.
Her eyes were brighter, her countenance
more elevated, her lips had a firmer out-
line. I "saw that some attentzon had been
given to her dress; and thc ugh not in
concert trim, it was plain out ugh that it
would not take her a. great while to be
in ii presentable condition.
Wilkins was in error. His wife did go
to that concert, and surprise: both him
and herself by the amount of Jleasnrc she
received from the exquisite )CTf0rmance
of Herz. Indeed, she expressed her sat-
isfaction in lively terms, .and .vi_th a glow-
ing face, in the intervals of many of the
pie-?e[s{'0w is Mrs, Wilkins?” I asked c :'
my friend, as I entered his pl =.cc of busy
uess on the next day.
.“Better than for many months, I am
,‘,1,,;,,ed to say,” was his answer. “She
seemed this morning like another woman
That music was like an elixir to her soul.’
"I'ha.d faithin it,” said I.’ “Depend
upoqjt, Wilkins, you have been consenting
to your wife’s death by murder and suicide
——-murder on your part, and suicide on
hers’. My next reccommendatiou is Cape
May- -Give up your business for a. week.
and borrow the money to bear the ex-
penses if you haveu’t the ready cash on
hand ; but take your wife to Cape May
immediately. Itwill not cost half as
much as her funeral. Sea air, bathing,
and a sight of old ocean, will put new life
into her veins.” »
“She can’t possibly leave home. We
have too many young childrer.-.”
“She will have to leave home, and her
young chidren too, forever, if you don’t
do something to save her.” I spoke with
some feeling, for I was a little-. provolgpgl
at my friend’s inclination to throw difiicul-
ties in the_ way. "Just make up your
mind that the thing has got to he done,
and I'll answer for your wife. The fact
is, it’s my opinion that she’ll say ‘Yes,’ on
the first proposition.”
And so she did. A little uiauagemeut
was practised. I accepted at-other invi-
tation to tea, and during the evening gave
as graphic in discription as was 3 n my power
of the novelty, excitement, and wonderful-
ly beneficial effects of a week at the sea
shore. My own experience was quite» to
the point, having regained strength by
magic, after a long period of extreme ner-
vous exhaustion.
“You must take your wife to the sea.
shore. It is just what she war.-.-s,’,’ said I,
after the }way had been fully prepared.
'Wilkins followed up with sin. b a hearty
acquiescence that the point W 1S carried
under sca cely an objection. Difiiculties
were of c§rse subjected ; but these were
pronounce of such lender importance
that they were waived almost as soon as
presented. Two days afterwards, I had
the satisfaction of seeing them off in the
steamboat. As I shook hands with them
at parting, I could see in the counte-
nance of Mrs. Wilkins some reviving tra-
ces of her old girlish beauty ; and a‘ re-
kindiing in her eyes of the light of other
days. ' - _
A yea.r"'ii‘ei-wards, in passing. thi-ou.g_h
the city, Fmade it my business to visit
my old acquaintance. He received me
with warmth of manner and cheer-fulness
of spirit which satisfied me that his state of
mind had considerably improved.
“ How is Mrs‘. Wilkins?” I made al-
most immediate enquiry.
A broad smile went over his face as he
replied : “ A thousand per cent. better
than when you saw her a year ago.”
“ I am delighted to hear you say so.
How did the Cape May prescription, an-
swer.”
“ Admirably. It worked like a. charm.
Mary came ,back another woman. It
was to her almost like discovering the
fuuntainof eternal youth. I never saw
such a change in any one.”
“ Didn’t she‘fall back into old habits
of mind and bddy, after her return to
‘the city?” Q33 '
at ‘NO :71: .. ‘I
-“ How did fiyou prevent this ?” I in-
quired. _
“ By acting’_,on the hint you gave.
I hired a vvagoh for an afternoon, once a
week, while the pleasant weather lasted,
and showed -her all the fine szxenery with-
in ten miles of the city. It cost me two
dollars each goo ; but it ‘. as cheaper
than paying t doctor, and ‘he medicine
cured more radically. You c:i.n’t imagine
what a change in her feelings took place.
Nothing outside of the narrow circle at
home interested her before. ; thought
seemed asleep or palsied; but now she
takes an interest in everything. Her
soul has awakened from its dead tor-
por.” “
“Was it not starved into more than
infantile weakness?” I 1'emark.cd. ‘
“ Perhaps so,” he said, thoughtfully.
“ The mind must have its appropriate food
as well as the body.” ’
“ Nothing is truer than that,” I replied.
“ And like the body, it must have the al-
terations of shade and sunshine, fresh air
and exercise. It must have change and
recreation, as well as seasons of labor.—
Without these, mental health is impossi-
ble ; and, without mental henlth, there
can be no true bodily health,"
Husbands, I fear, are not thoughtful
enough about their wives in this particu-
lar. I am very uncertain, if every toiling
housekeeper, and worn down, nervous. ex-
hausted mother, whose pale face is hardly
ever seen beyond the portals of her own
door, were forced abroad, occasionally
into the social world, if they would‘ not
go willingly ; and taken yearly to the
springs, the sea shore, or the mountains,
for a few weeks, that hundreds and thou-
sands of wives and mothers who are now
sickly, nervous, and unhappy, would be in
the enjoyment of good health and cheer-
ful spirits, giving light to their homes,
and happiness to the hearts of their hus-
bands.
Try the prescription, ye melfwith sick-
ly, toiling, exhausted wives, whose pale
faces haunt your homes like ghosts of
former blessings. Pity them wisely, and
hold them back, while you may, from the
low resting placed under the green turf
towards whichsthey are descending wit
rapid feet. ‘
Q»-
E" Dr. H. Isham, of New Britain,
has invented a bank lock, of which we
find a full description in the Scientific
American, which he claims is absolutely
proof arrainst all the known modes of
openingfivithout the proper key—wheth-
or by drills, gunpowder, or picking. He
has studied this subject some_ twelve years
as an amateur, and is familiar with all
the locks now in use either in this coun-
try or. in Europe. '
39- A letter has been reccivd in Bos-
ton from Senator Sumner, dated at Heid-
elberg, Sept. 11. He had been in Swit-
zerland, had visited most of its lakes and
crossed several of its mountahs on mule-
back. He had been also in the Pyrenees,
and the Channel Island, and was about
to visit the Highlands. Of his’ healh he,‘
says : ‘‘I am not entirely well, "but: .--’I
find that my experience is that of -others;
who have received injuries to the. brain.
My general health,‘which is not clompletc,
is surely lifting up the discos-id part! of
my system.” ,r:=,,g 3 _
L 4
fir Grief knits two hearts injccloser
jboudst-than happiness ever can ; ‘and com-
mon sufferings are, far stronger links than,
commonzjoys.
“It is a Hard Case“
So say the rum sympathizcrs ..when a.
poor drnnkard falls into the clutches. of
the law and has to suffer its; .peu,alt_y.
But arethere not two sides to this .9098:
tion? Indeed, to begin at the begim_ii_i_ig',,
what right has any man to get drunk}
What right has he to throw away, l_l__l8
brains and turn himself loose like a mad
ox upon the community? How does - I19
know what he may then do .? Who else
can tell ? Is he a_ safe person to be
abroad ? Is any one else safe in his path I
These are questions which ought to be
taken into the account if we would know
where the severity of the case lies. who
commit the crimes with which society _1s
now afllicted? Who sets our dwellings
on fire? Who murder the innocent and
defeuceloss I Who frighten the timid 8!
they go ‘into the street where the drunl_l-
ard is reeling and brawliug tOW8l’(l_S_llll
wretched home ? Have not the timid and
unprotected as good a. right to go abroad
as any one else ? And as they go out
and come in have they not a rigll_t‘to- ex-
pect a reasonable quiet and safety in the
streets? Is not society bound to pl'0-
tect its weaker members in this -
Does it not now pretend -to do so? = Wild.-
auimals are not premitted to run at large.
Nay, even the harmless cow and ‘pig must
not be in our streets; society will - not.
bear the inconvenience and annoyance.
But who of-all-_ the timid and defcncelcg
animals rather than encountcr_,a,.bl,oo,ted._
staggering, _blasphemi_ng drll_nka;i'_d Z. - I5
is a hard, case-rthat any. 0l!<?..,8_l,IpI1_l,d be
subjected to, the friglits wliiclg fe-
males often-experience froni_sn<:h_ objects ;
even if the evils ofintegnperancc ,wcr,e.,no
greater than these society would have, 8
perfect right to forbid intoxication flltll
proper pains and penalties, and: thus "try
to abate the nuisance. _ And then, if we
add the well attested fact, that three-
fourths of the crime and pauperism in al-
most every commnuity arises froni
pcrance, it would be a hard -indevd
against such dcprcdation “on '.0'ur palm
and safety. ‘ A V‘ i '
And yet, let a man be prosecuted for
so offending against the rights and com-
fort of his fellow men,‘ and thcrcrarc ulv.'lyl
those who- have a mawkish, senseless sym-
pathy for him,- which ovcrlookshiscrime,
and overlooks the interests, the pcaceptho
safety of all others. : And sometimes they
clamor and rave aboutthose who arsen-
gaged in executing the laws against such
ofienders as though we were the .v_erie_at
pcrsecutors in the world, and: they. ,t_he'
most outraged victims. The early
tyrs sufibred nothing in comparison. with
them; the earl y persecutors were mild
and pitiable compared with these modern
tormentors. This is the high-toned moral
sympathy, this the righteous indignation
often expressed within the purlieu of the
Chambers of J nstice. The J udgcon the
bench is another J elfries. The prosecu-
ting Attoruey is armed with piuchers and
knife to flay his victim alive. The wit-
nesses for the people are a pack of blood
hounds yelpiug after. their prey. . But the
hangers-on, the drunkar_d’s companions
and witnesses are the only persons with
any signs of humanity left in them._ All
the rest of creation are as though the
were not. They have nothing to do wit
the matter—no interests at ,st_a.ke, no
rights to defend, no dangers to _a.vcrt,, no
word to say. It is a hard case.
' [ Tribune.
Qbo-o—:-—+-
A RUNAWAY M.iTcn.——Elopcments are
not very common now-u-days, when wo-
men become such very dear creatures that
matrimony is getting too expensive But
we heard of a couple the other day who
ran off to get. married, and came back to
the bride’s house, where she humbly sued
for the forgiveness of her father, kneeling
at his feet, all Houitou, criuoline, and
tears. ‘Forgive, forgive me,’ dearestfur
thcr, said the suplicaut. ‘Forgive you l’
said the old gentleman, ‘why I’m only too
glad to get rid ofyou ; and I should have
favored your wishes, if I had not known
that you was so contrary, that if I’d en-
couraged you in the least. you’d have,.,ro-
fused the man of your heart. Your ill
temper, extravagance, and idleness, have
been the plague of my life, and "mike your
marriage no loss to me, my dear child.’
‘So take her,’ added the old gentleman,
generously addressing the happy man,
‘and may you be happy ! ‘Phausy~-tho
mau, on being thus assured, from" the
most competent judge in the world, that
he had ‘caught a Tartar,’ and ‘marriedin
haste that he might repent at-leisure.’
.——,———-oo<Q>o>T
3- The following sensible paragraph,
from Deacon N ewtou, of the.Midd_let_own
Constitution, is as true as preaching :-
Ecoxoxv.—Now is the time to prac-
tice economy—.ecouomy in dress, econo-
my in table expenses, economy in every-
thing that will admit of it. Hard times
are coming, if they have not come already,
and those most ready to meet them who
have the fewest wants. It requires very
little forethought and care, to be extrav-
agant. It requires a great deal to be
economical. But now-a-days, economy
will in the end prove to be far the easiest
method as well as the best policy.
——-———-oo<.
£*Wheu our republic rose, Noah Web-
ster became its schoolmaster. Tlierchad
never been a great nation with 9. univer-
sal language without dialects. The York-.
shiremau cannot now talk with a. man
from Cornwall. The peasant of Lignci'i_-
an Appenines drives his goats home at
evening, over hills that look down on six
provinces, none of whose dialects he can
speak. Here five thousand miles change
not a sound of a word. Around every
fireside, and from every tribune, in every
field.-gof labor and every factory of toll -is
heaihl‘ the same tongue. We owe it to
Webster. He has done for us more than
Alfred did for England, or Cadmus. for
Greece. His books have educated -three
generations. They are forever multiply-
ing his iunumerable army ‘of thinkers, -
-who will transmit ‘his name from» age to
age. .
3-We learn says the Chicago Dm-
omit, that there are forty thousand head
of cattle to come forward tothis city, to
goto the east, just as soon’ as the financi-
“al means for moving them canzbe obtain-
ed. At forty dollnrsg head th
woglg amount to $1,600,000.
would not prefer to. meet these ,-.doii_ie§t_io“'~
if we had not a right to protect ourselves
feeliugs, of the interesting, young gentle -
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