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N orwalk Hotel.
D. STEPHEN SON, Pnornmron.
A first class Hotel, beautifully located at
Norwalk, Connecticut. and open for the re-
ception of guests at all times. In connection
with the Hotel is a. large Livery Stable, where
good Horses and Carriages can at all times be
procured. t-f5
South Norwalk Hotel.
JAMES LUCAS, Pnormsron.
This .-House has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged and is now ready
for the reception of guests. It is pleasantly lo-
cated, in immediate proximty to the Depot of
the N. Y_. and N. H. Railroad, and in this re- »
spect for permanent or transient boarders pos-
sesses advantages over any other Hotel inthe
town. , A good Stable is kept in connection
with the Hotel. “'5
Fractional
Connecticut Hotel.
SIDE THE BRIDGE, NORWALK, CONN.
. ._C. KELLY, Proprietor.
This well—known and popular House, while
under the-management of James Stevens, de-
ceased, is open for the reception of transient.
or permanent Boarders, and no expense or
pains will be spared to secure the comfort of
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LAST
guests.
Good Stabling for Horses, ‘&c.
‘C. S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
—-and-
GENTI.EMEN’s RQRNISHING EMPORIUM,
No. 3 Skiddy-‘s Block-,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
s. E. OLMSTEAD:
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
GR-OCERIES, _ FLOUR-, FEED, &C.,
No’s 14 & 16 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
J. 1". POOTE,
Attorney and counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER M-/1LLORl”S STORE
N orwalk. Conn.
C. J ._ G R U M A N ,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
nor ooons, GARPETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi-
meres, Satinetls“ Vestings, and Tail-
or’: Trimmzngs, by the Yard,
Piece or Package.
‘ snssrmcs, snmrmcs, JEANS,
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK. con N.:
1'. n. ivasn. I
WiroLss.i_i.E AND Ri:r.ui. DEALER IN,
s'rovEs,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares:
Has constantly on Izaml a large assort-
ment of general House-keeping
' Fuwziturc, at So. Norwallc.
Conn.
H. c. RANDLE, I
Hats, Ca1IsI:flllehIs &. Boy's
‘STRAW GOODS, &.c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, canes,
'l'.'.l'n::.,~‘l::'ire11a.s, dcc.,
N o. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
Dentistry.
Doctors HILL 6!. I'I'.l.'CH,
Surgical & Mechanical
D E N T I S T S,
Ofiice over the Store of G. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
Cursors Firms.
0. £3, E. K. LQCKWOQD, 81. C0
NORWALK, CONN.,
MANUFACTUREIIS or
Till, Sheet Iron & Copper Ware s
AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cugzem/,
Britannia Porcelain and Wooden
I'Va7'c, and Kitchen Fm~m'gm-e
‘ in general, Pumps, Sheet
Lead (9 Lead Pipe,
C'«roc/ccry, Glass
am_Z_C'hz'na
Ware.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY.
Oi‘ Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819. Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital, $1,000,000.
. Insure against “loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the hazard, and
607tS?-Stevll with the laws of
compensation.
R. COWLES. Sole flgenl,
F01‘ Norwalk and vicinity.
A. H_iLi..
GEO.
ly34
RIED Apples. Plums ,Peachesantl Cher-
ries,a_t Munxim & 0LMS'i‘EAD’s.
’ 100
Amos HUNT,
General Pension & Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of ’ laims before
the several Departments and
the Court of Claims.
lvasliington. D. C.
D. B. BOOTH,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law
61 WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
Wholesale
P APER DEALERS:
MARSHALL BROTHERS’ 3
58 Coiwtlwndt Sereet, N. 17.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-sts.)
Rom’-:nr T. MARSHALL.
1y24 BENJ. L. MARS.-IALL.
Orders-and consignments respectfully so-
licited.
J. N. LOCKWOOD &’C0.,
(Successors to J. P. HA.\'I-‘0RD,)
K EEP constantly on hand a large and vii-
ried assortment of Lsniias’, G1-:.\"r’s AND
CiiiLnnEN’s
Gaiters, Boots, Shoes. &.c.,
all made under our own personalsupervision,
of thcbest material studio the very best man-
ner. Our assortment ox LAIDIES’ G-AITERS,
undoubtedly comprises, both in extent and
quality, a finer assortment than can be found
at any similar establishment in the County;
In GENT’S Boors. GAITERS, SHOES, &c., we have
a larger and better assortment, we are confi-
dent, than was ever before offered in Norwalk.
We also are prepared to manufacture to meas-
ure, any article in our li'ne,prompIji/, at the
shortest notice. '
Miss:-:s’ AND CHILDRI-1N’S SHOES, RUBBERS,
&c., in endless variety. A fine article of
SLIPPPERS for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING in all its branches, done neat-
ly, quickly and cheaply.
Nor-wall: Machine Shop.
HE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Diinon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
Jilachiue Jobbing and Rt-purring Business,
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or 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-
turing, and his familiarity with all kinds of
Manufacturer’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial aud workman‘ Ike manner. Having had
much experience‘ ‘in the manufacture of Far
Machinery, Building of Blowers, &c., he is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
‘ A. C. ARNOLD.
New Styles. wk.
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rflflew Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now onhand 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, allof which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. tf21
Great Bargains in
LUMBER,
AT SOUTH NOIl.lVALK,BY
THOMAS Ii. PIICII.
JUST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
ber, all sizes; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards, 190,000 ft. 1 1-4, 1 1-2, and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards,25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. 1
Norwalk Iron foundry.
VERY descriptiono iC.is'i rxn 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 Fence,Posts_,Rai1ings,etc
furnished to order. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
LUMBER I LUMBER I
HILL & HUBBELL have recently com
meuced 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
M. HILL
liberal prices. ,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,
D New Carriage Shop.
LN‘ NOR WZIILK !
HE Undcrsigned having opened a Carriage
Shop on Camp street, is prepared to re
ceive orders for all kinds of Carriages, Wag
ons, Sleighs, «Inc. He is also prepared to do
all kinds oi repairing and re-painting, &c.
All orderslcft. at the Harnessestablishment
of Stephen Swann, will be punctually atten-
ded to. Work warranted good, at reasonable
prlces,and done when promised!
JOHN SHEPHERD,
Norwalk,Ja.n . 4th, 1858.
NEW WOOD YARD,
On Camp Street,
Hickflrys 3}
OAK,
mum, at
Chestnut Wood.
7 HE undersigned will be nappy toreceive
orders for, and supplythe public with the
above kinds of Wood, in any quantity and of
the best quality, at the lowest market price,
for CASE. 1 JAMES FINNEY, Agent.
Worsteds I Worsteds !
VERY SHADE, by the Pound or single
E sliein, at the Jewelry and Trimming
Store, Main street. 0. 5- CLARK-
Salt I Salt I
SACKSofprimeLiverpoolSalt,jus
received and forsale ;a'lso,
LS ars-
Cheanei-Iianever,1.y A.MOREHOUSE.
Life Insurance.
A. ll. DYINGTON,
(At the Gazette Ofiice,)
AGENT FOR -riii:
AMERICAN TEMPEHANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
of Hartford, Conn.
—. Hubbeli &. 00., ,
,5, 1,. Would respectfully invite '_i
““* ‘ the attention of the public generally
to their large assortment of Groceries. Pro-
visions_.’I'eas,Sugars,.i.c. Also Flourof the
VICSII brands, 6-I’-(3-; etc-
yrl
would respectfully solicit the orders of all -
NORWALE
Paper Hanging
I) E P O ".I!' ,
One Door North of Gazette Building.
The subscriber would give notice that he
keeps constantly on hand, a very large assort-
ment of
I/Vall and Ceiling Paper,
Including Oak and Marbled Paper, for Halls,
Offices, Dining Rooms, etc., which will be put
on at short notice, and the best possible man-
ner. Haviug received his Spring Stock, heis
now prepared to furnish Paper Hangings as
Cheap as the Cheapest. Also
P A I N T I N G ,
In all its branches, carried on as heretofore.
- GEORGE MARVIN.
Norwalk, April3d, 1858.
Cabinet Ware Rooms at
% WESTPOIITI
THE Subscriber wouldrespectfullyinform
- - 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 9. generalassort-
ment of CABINET FURNITURE.
Undertalcingin all its departmentsattem
ded to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. I3 ALLEN RENOUD.
. I Connecticut
Saddlery, Harness and Trunk
MANUPAGTORY,
East, side the Bridge, under Conn. Hotel.
TEPHEN SWANN, successor to Funne-
iucx BRADLEY, returns his sincere thanks
to theinhabitants of Norwalk an neighbor-
hood,and his patrons in particular, 1' i hte
very liberal patronage bestowed upon him
during the past year,and hopes by strict
attention to business, to merit a continuance
of their support.
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with the trade, kept constantly on band,'of
the very best material and workmanship, and
at the lowest prices.
tended to on the shortest notice, and most
reasonable terms.
Norwalk, April 13th, 1857.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Good
NEW SPRING STOCK!
THE Subscriberhasjust returned
from New York with 9. new Stock of
Fashionable J ewe1ry,Watches, Pla-
ted ware and Fancy Goods.whic-h he offers
to hiscustomers cheap.
Clocks and Wat es repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
Collin Pla.tes,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
g-ralved. 0. S .
New Coal Yard.
THE subscribers have established a New
COAL YARD at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Smitli’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering a very superior
article of Goal,‘ of the different sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stocklis all fresh and
pains have been taken to secure the best kinds
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain Leliigli, and the Locust Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
munerating prices, A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited,
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
tf35 G. II.&J.C.RANDLE.
Norwalk Emporium.
‘:m.Q5‘c:‘afi3I F
PROVISIONS, FRUITS.
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, &c.
As good as themarkct afiords, constantly to
befound at the well known establishment of
MEEKER do OLMSTEAD.
flc Goods of the above description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
Cheaper than Ever
' .4! the South Norwalk
G B O
C E R Y S '.l.' O R .
THE Subscribei-hason hand by far t-helar.
gest and bestseleclion of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk,which he offers to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always boot‘ the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand trial of the same.
GEO. W.SMITH.
Hardware and Cutlery.
.Meclzam'c’s Tools, Farming Utensils
Guns, Pistols, Iron and Steel,
Window Glass, Paints
and Ozls.
HE Subscriber has now in store.andia
constantlyreceiving direct from the man
ufacturers, a large supply of Foreign and
Domestic Goods,under the above denomina-
I.ions,whicb makes his assortment ofarticles
suited to this market, equal to any in the
state, and which will be sold either whole-
sale or retail,oii as favorable terms as can
be purchased inNew York. For list of ar-
ticles and prlcespurchasers are requested
tocalland examine for themselves.
WM. C. STREET.
- THOMAS RILEY,
Merchant Tailor and Draper,
No. 3 _Pha:nix Block, Norwalk, Conn.
HE subscriber would respectfully announce
. that having cleared out all his old stock
at his auction sales, he has now on hand a
fresh selected stock of seasouable Cloths, Cas-
slmercs, Vestings, &c., which lie is prepared
to make up in the best and most fashionable
styles. A complete assortment of Hens and
Boys’ CLOTHING READY MJDE.
Grateful for long and continued favors, I
shall endeavor. with renewed exertion, to
merit. their contiuuaiicc.
ALBERT E3321.
Merchant Tailor.
(Adjoining SI.o:e of Knapp & Lyrics, Main st.)
NOBWALK, CQNN'.‘,
HE. Public are respectfully invited to call
and examine the large and varied assort-
ment of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
French Cloths, Cossimeres and Veslings,
Also, a general assortment of gentlemen’s
furnishing goods, consisting in part of Rats
and Caps,‘ Umbrellas, Shirts. Collars, Cra-
vats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings by the
yard or pattern, and out free of charge.
Particular attention paid to Children’s Gar
ments.
. BUSHELS GRASS SEED.——Clovér,
Timothy, and Red Top Seed. &c'., &p.,
clean, warranted good quality and forsale
cheap. Now is your time to buy. Don’! for-
get. G. 85 G. M. HOLMES.
'.l.'o Farmers.
E-veiy description of articles connected .
N. B.—Jobbing neatly and promptly at-_ .
”mulate uptil needed for that purpose.-
7 . 7*
I I P O E T R Y ..
V From the Atlantic Monthly.
The Old Man Dreams.
BY oi.iviai_z wsxnim. aoixiis.
O for one hour of youthful joy I
Give back my twentieth spring I
Pd rather laugh 1 bright haired boy
Than reign ii gray-bearded king I
Off with the wrinkled spoils of age’
Away with learni'ng‘s crown I
Tear out life’: wisdom written page,
And dash its trophies down.
One moment let my life-blood stream
jf l-‘r'o,m boyho'od’s foiint of dune I
Give me one giddy, reeling drain
, Of lifeiill love and fame I
—My listening sngel heard the prayer,
And cslnily smiling, slid,
“ If I but touch thy silvircd hair,
Thy hasty wish hath
But is there nothing in thy track
‘To bidltlioe fondly stfy,
While the swift scasoni hurry back
To find the wished-for day 1?”
-—Ah, truest soul of woman kind I
Without thee, wliiithvore life I”-‘
One bliss I cannot’ leafs behind :
"I'd take—my-pre<',Ious-—wife I
I
—'i‘he angel took a sapphire pen
And wrote In rainbt-w dew,
“ The man would be '1 boy iigaia,
And be a husband :00 I" I
,—“ And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears I’
Remember, all their-'-gifts have fled
With those dissolving years I”
Why, yes ,- for memory would recall
My fond paternal joys ;
I could not bear to leave them all 2
-I'll tiik'efiny'—'git'l—iind—boys I
The smiling angel dropped his pen,-
“‘Why this will ‘iiever do ;
The ixian would be ii boy again,
And be a father the I”
And sol laiighed_; iny laughter woke
The household with. its noise- A
Andwrote my dream, when morning broke,
To please the gray-haired boys.
Secret Courtship.
(riioii TB!-2 riixxcn or nriuxoriz.)
[A blind mother sits in her cottage, beside her putty
daughter, and cautions her against love, while, all‘ the
time, an amatory scene is going on between the girl and
the very lover whom the old dame dreads.)
Daughter, while you turn your wheel
Listen to the words I say ;
Colin has contrived to steal
Your unthinking heart away.
Of his fawning voice beware,
Youare all the blind one’s care,
And I mark your sighs whene’er -
Our young ne;'ghhor-‘s name is heard.
Colin’s tongue is false, though winning-
Hisf I the window is unbai-red I
Mi I Lizette, you are not spinning I
The room is close and warm, you say ;
But, my daughter, "do not peep
Tlirougli the casenient-—night and day,
Colin there his watch does keep.
Think not mine a grumbling tongue ;
Ah I here at my breast you hung I
I, like you, was fair and young,
And I know how apt is love
To lead the youthful heart to sinning—
Hist I the door-—I heard it move I
Ah, Lizette, you are not spinning I
It is a gust of wind, you say,
That hath made the hinges grate ;
And my poor old growling Tray,
Must you break for that his pate I’
Ah, my child, put faith in me ;
-Age permits me to foresee
Colin soon will faitliless be,
And your love to an abyss
Of grief will he the sad beginning-
Bless ine I sure I heard a kiss I
Ah, Lizette, you are not spinning I
I
’Twas your little bird, you say,
Gave Il‘ilt tender kiss ju .t now ;
Make him cease his trifling, pray,
He will rue it else 1 vow.
Love, my girl oft bringeth pain,
Shame and sorrow in .his train,
While the false, successful swain,
Scorn: the heart he has beguiled
From true vii-tue’s path to sinning—-
Hist Ii hear you move, my child I
Ah, Lizette, you are not spinning I
You wisli to take the air, you any ;
Think you, daughter, I believe you I’
Bid youngcolin go his way,
Or, at once, as bride receive you I
Let him go to church and there
Show his purpose to be fair ;
But, till then, beside my chair
You must work, my girl, nor heed
All his vows, so fond and winning ;
Tangled in love’: web, indeed-
Uletfemiiy daughter, mind your spinning I
WWMISCELLANY.
E. The ladies may be interested in
knowing what an infant’s first class ward-
_robe costs‘--or rather how much money
can be put into such a settintg out.-I-
Godeg/’s Lady’: Book gives the following
as no means a single instance among the
orders filled at Genin’s. This order was
from a western city, and as any experi.
eiiced person would guess, for the first
child. ‘. I .
One robe, $100 ; five plainer robes,
$186 ; sixislips, $70 50 ;six shirts, $37-
50 ; six plainer shirts, $20 75 ; six night"
dresses, $12; plain do., $9; blanket,
$34 ; cloak, $60’; hood, $10 ; ix pair of
socks, $06 six skirts, $29 '; six extra
skirts, $1 ; six skirts, $29 50 ;. six em-
broidered .do.,.$21_ ; three embroidered
do., $42 ;four barrow coats, $12 ; one
1'8Se1'Ve. $3 ; plain blanket, $8 ; three
bands, $6950 ; three plain do., 83 75 ;
one dress, $5 50 ; five do., $35 50 ;three
doz. napkins, $13 50 ; three oil-silk pro-
tectors, $2 25 ; cradle, etc., $75 ; nurse-
ry basket, $23. We may have made
some triflingomission ;_ but the whole cost
was summed up by our informant, the
head of the department, at $843—quite
enough to give the child a, respectable ed-
ucation, if placed to its account to accu-
However; in this case, there is no need to
cry out, -“ Wasteful extravagance I”_.-.-.—_
I
_ conductor.
A ated by the rapidity with which we flew
' but, when I came to compare myself with
' should never have heard of an old citi-
. zen so wealthy and respectable as Uncle
From Godey’s Lady Book. ..
LUCYIN THE CITY.
BY THE AUTHOR or “ THE TALLOW imutv.”
There now, mother, I am almost ready
to sit down and tell you all about ' it.” I"
had to run out and milk Sukey first. She
was so glad‘ to see me! and so_ were the
chickens and old Brownie—..but not more
glad than I’ was to see them." Three
weeks seems like an age. Let me’ put
away those tea-things—oh,. no I’m not
too tired I—-and then we will sit down in
the door ; and you may knit and I’ll
talk-and peel those apples too, for the
pics in the morning. ,. . ‘ ’
. ,,Well-, you know father sawme safely
in the cars, after we got to -Jacksonville,‘
and put my ticket in-_my.ii_aud to give the
After he had shaken hands,
and gone out, I- felt almost like4c'rying_
at being left alone ‘among so ‘many peo-
ple, and the bells, ringing and the loco-
motive screaming——such a horrible noise,
mother? You never heard it, ‘did you ?
But after the. cars were once, in motion,
I grew quite composed, for no one seem-
ed to mind me ; and I felt quite exl_iiliar-
along. ’ . ,
I .-I suppose you thought I looked very
"nicely when I set out-—didn_’t you moth-
’er ?-with the black silk dress which we
had made over, and my bonnet newly
bleached and trimmed. I’ll confess I
thought I was rather smartly dressed ;
‘the ladies whom I saw about me, I found
that coat sleeves, and -bonnet: large
enough to shadow one’s face were but of
date ; and, when I heard a handsome girl
in the oppositeseat‘ whispering “Ante-
castic face, I supposed" ‘she meant me,
and blushed and fidgeted awhile, but fi-
inally concluded not to mind it. ‘ '
j Every little while the train would stop‘
atstatious ;' and people would get on,
and others off the cars ;' ‘so that I had
‘enough to keep me’ interested. The wo-
men looked very queer, the most of them.
Icould not imagine what was the mat-
ter with them, and finally studied it out
that they had on some kind of car life-pre-
preservers ; so‘ that,‘ if there was a collis-
ion, they would be in less‘ danger of being
crushed. This made me uneasy, because
I had" none ; yet they looked so ugly, that
I was almost willing to run the risk of
one ride without such a preserver. By
and by, I began to be uneasy at unc1e’s
being at the carsto meet me. I did not
know what to do in case he should be
kept, for I had forgotten the number of
his house which he had been so particu-
lar to give me. So, when the conductor
‘came for my ticket, I asked him if he
knew Ebenezer Wilmot, and, if he did
if he would please tell me what the num-
ber of his residence was. He smiled, and
said that he did not recollect him. I told
him I thought he must know him, for he
had lived in New York a great many years,
and that his house was in Union Place ;
but I had forgotten the number. He re-
plied that -there were a great many per-
sons in the city ; and he was not person-
ally acquainted with all of them. I am
sure I thought it rather strange that he
Eben. So I asked him, then, if my un-
cle was not atthe station waiting for me,
if he would see my trunk safely out of the
baggage car, and put it with me into
an omnibus, describing the trunk to him
as well as I could, but he seemed in
haste to get away, and told me to‘ give
my checks to an omnibus man, and he
would attend to my baggage, and drive
me where I wanted to go.
I was just as uneasy on the subject as
ever, when the train stopped, and every
body jumped from their seats, and caught
up their shawls, carpet bags, bundles, ba-
bies, &c., and I with the rest, though,
mercy, it didn’t seem as if we could be
half way to New York yet I Only four
hours to-come almost a hundred miles I
Old Brownie wouldn’t have carried us
more than sixteen miles, and would have
thought that he had done well, then.
I got all mixed up in the crowd, and
had to go along, whether I wanted to or
not, though I tried to stop, and look
about for uncle, and to go and see about
my trunk. “ Please don’t push me so,”
I said to a large fat woman, who was al-
most running over me, “ I want to go
back, and get my trunk.”
“Run along, you little fool! You’ll
find your trunk on the ferry-boat,” was
her polite rejoinder. And I did as I was
bid, because I could not do nothing
else. - Sure enough, when I got on the
boat that takes the passengers over to
the city, I saw a monstrous wagon full
of baggage ; and, going up, I gave the
man my check, and he set my trunk ofi‘ ;
and I sat down on it to keep it safe. I
was glad enough to see nncle’s smiling
face, the moment the boat touched the
wharf ; and it did not take him long,
with his quick, keen eye, to find me out ;
“Ali be, little daisy I here you are, fresh
from the clover I” he cried, as he came
up and -kissed me before everybody ; but
I_ was so glad to see him again, I'm sure
I did’nt care, “ I meant to come down
early enough to cross over, and meet you
=diluvian,”__with a. very amused and sar-, ~’
uncle talked all the way, and explained’
everything. »
I was almost afraid to go up the‘ fine
marble stops, when we at last got out of
the-carriage. * You’ve never been at Un-
cle Ebens, have you, mother, since he had
had his last house built? It seemed as
if even my best morocco slippers were
not nice enough to step upon the carpet
in the parlors.
which you and I made with so much la-
bor, and were so pleased with when we
got it down in the front room. Uncle
rang a bell and a mulatto girl came to
the door. .
_ “ Show Miss Wilmot to her room ; and
help her to anything she wants,” he said.
_ Miss Angeline looked at me from head
to foot, and was about to giggle ; but
catching her master’s eye, she suddenly,
grew more polite. “ Step disway, if you
please,” she said. And, as I followed
her, uncle told me that, by the time ‘I had
rested a few moments, and washed the
dust from my face and hands, tea would
be ready.
My chamber was almost as nice as the
parlor—the most beautiful curtains, and
carpet, and chairs, and a great mirror,
and so many little things on thetoilct ta-
ble which I did not know the use of.4-
-The colored girl stood in the center of
the room, and watched me as I took oh‘
‘my bonnet and gloves, -and then made 9.
show of putting them away for me, but
II-could see very‘ well that she thought
me a great curiosity. I began to feel
that I was a. worse ignoramus than I had
‘supposed ;Id_id notchoose to be laughed
at by a servant ; so I sat down, and look-
ed at her, a moment, quite steadily, and
then told her she might leave ; I did not
‘need her services at present.
.“ Well, ring when you do mum. I
suppose you know (lot, by pulling dis cir-
cumfluous knob, you cause dc ringing to
divert my attention from de regions I
may be occupyin’.” And, with a. superb
courtesy, she backed out of the door,
which she could not get through with
one cfiort, she was so puffed and swelled
out with that mysterious arrangement
which had attracted my attention in the
cars, had I now saw could not be a life
preserver.
I brushed the dust off me, and bathed
my face and hands, and smoothed my
curls, taking pains to have them very
nice, because I knew uncle liked them.--
I could see my whole figure in the mir-
ror, and I must confess I was not quite
so contented with my old black silk as I
was when I left home. The girl had on
a better one, and a. dozen little fixings
besides, that I should have thought good
enough for a. party. However, there is
no help for it ; and I was glad that Un-
cle Eben was an old bachelor and had
no finificd wife and daughters to be mor-
tified at their country cousin. “ I will
stay altogether in the house,” I thought
“ and not put him to the blush by my ig-
norance oi’ the city fashions. He will
like me just as I am.” Comforted by
this conclusion, I went down into the par-
lors, and found him awaiting me, sitting
in a great velvet-cushioned chair. He
pulled me into his lap, just as if I was
still a little girl. “ Little Daisy’s curls
are as bright as ever, and her eyes and
Iier cheeks,” he said, pinching my face un-
til I am sure it must have been rosy
enough. “That comes of milking the
cows, and running in the meadows, and
living on peaches and cream, I suppose ;
hey, little girl?”
“ I suppose it does, uncle. Just look
at my hands, how brown they are I But
why do you call me little ? I am seven-
teen now.”
You ought to have heard him laugh I
I grew quite confused, and was afraid he
would think me foolish.
“ You are, are you? And I'm not to
call you my little puss, or my little daisy,
or my little Lucy any more? Yoif have
grown tall since I saw you. But you
are not so very large yet. Bless you,
you are not a young lady, I hope I I
hate young ladies. If you had a hoop
on, now, I could not have you in my lap,
nor get near enough to you to kiss you.”
“ What is a hoop, uncle ?”
_ “ Bless my soul I A hoop? Why,
it a prodigious circle, an immense bal-
loon-bones——crinoline-—a skeleton—a
what-not—a——-in short, a peticoat of a
new fashion. Dou’t you take the maga-
zines? I’ll show you what it is, to-mor-
row, when we go out to walk. I’ll show
you crinoline in perfection.”
“ Was that a hoop that made your ser-
I thought of the rag one 2
- really loved me, and would not have hurt
shall never be able to meet so many peo-
ple I And I have no dress that is fit.—-_
Indeed—indeed, I must keep -hidden in
my room.” » . . . . .
“ You must do nothing of the kind.-
Your name is on the cards of i vitation.
I made the ball on purpose f you.—---
Have. you no festival dress at all in that
little hair trunk you brought !”
‘f Nothing but a white mull that ha
been doneup ii. dozen times. It is ‘tuck-
ed ; and I thought it very pretty before
I came here. ‘ Mother ironed it nicely
for me ; butI am sure, now, uncle, that
you would not let me wear it.”
. “Yes, I will, and shall insist upon it.
It is just what I expected you would have
and ‘I should have been disappointed if
you had fixed up anything more splendid.
There, puss, you begin to look tired and
a little sleepy. Go to "bed and dream
that you will be the prettiest girl at the
ball, to-inorrow.” —
I should have thought that he was
quizzing inc, if I had not known, that he
my feelings for the world. So I_ kissed
him good night, and went to bed, but not
to sleep for some time. I was excited by
my journey, what I had seen, and what I
had got to see. However, I was awake
in the morning, and up and dressed two
hours before I heard any stirin thehouse
and I hadactuallygrown hungry before
breakfast was served. ‘
After breakfast, I saw some prepara-
tion, but not half so much ‘stir as we
should have made for a. common tea-par-
ty. The waiter was busy with thefchiiia
and glass in the dining room ;’ and the
parlors were being dusted, and some fancy
an extra servant or two in the kitchen. '
About eleven o'clock, uncle asked me
if .I did not want to go down town, and
do a little shopping, saying he would like
to show me the fashionable stores; and
we might stop at the Dusseldorf Gallery
on our way back. I told him that you
had given me ten dollars for spending
money, but I had not yet decided what I
should get with it. I had just had my
bonnet bleached and trimmed, and was
not really in need of anything.
“ Not in need of anything,” he exclaim-
ed. “ I wonder if there is another wo-
man in the city so well off as that I-7
You’ll make a good wife for some man,
my dear. But run, and put on that
aforesaid bonnet which has been bleached
and triinmsd—how many times, did you
say, daisy ?” _ ‘ ,
“Three, Uncle Eben. But I do not
like to go out with you. You have so
many fine acquaintances ; and you will
be so ashamed when you meet them,‘
with such a queer, old fashioned little
girl by your side I’’ -
“ Who told you you were queer and
old fashioned? Have you found that
out already ? Well, your waiting-maid
Angelina, is a very good imitation of my
hon tonlady friends, in the way of dress,
and manners, too, perhaps. Do you al-
ready aspire to be like her? When I am
ashamed of my rustic blossom, she shall
first have given me some real cause.”
I thought if uncle, who, knew so well,
didn’t care, I needn’t; and so I tied on my
bonnet quite gaily ; and we started out.
I wonder if all old bachelors are like
uncle, mother ?——lie has such a strange
way of saying things,_and is so sarcastic,
sometimes, in spite of his good nature and
his real kindness. ,I hardly knew what
to make of his talk, at first, as we went
along, I stumbling over people almost, in
my -eagerness to use my eyes; but at last
I entered into the spirit of it,’ I guess.
“ So we are going a shopping are we ?”
he began. “ I have a little silly female
friend, a married lady, who informs me
that shopping is quite an art, much cul-
tivated and prized by her associates ; and
from what I -had observed it must be so.
In fact, I should think it might be called
one of the fine arts. As our fair ladies
are not altogether destitute of talent, and
have no other means of exhibiting it, it. is
natural that they should seek the only
avenue open for a useful and agreeable
employment of the faculties which the
Creator has bestowed. Upon every fine
day, you will ,-see the most fashionable
thoroughfares of the city brilliant with
the gay creatures, fluttering about, hap-
py in their favorite pursuit. They pur-
chase and pn1'( ehase, and purchase every-
thing recomme nded by the ineifable young
men making their ko-tows (that’s Chiiiese
for grand salaams, my dear,) behind the
¢'.ouuter, until their parses are emptied,
vant look so like a big‘ yellow pumpkin
with a little black stein, uncle?”
“ Yes, my dear. The encroachmeifts of
the other sex upon our rights are gutting
to be intolerable. Yesterday, I ‘Happen.
ed to get squeezed in between tam “dies
in an omnibus ; and only a, sin-,1; part of
my nose was visible.’ ‘I_ V, as afraid I
would never come to lignt, -again, but one
of the fair ones depa;-ted -, and I emerged
to view much tofu“ 3,-mprise of an Old
“fly W,b° "95 Sitting opposite. ‘Sakes
“"79 I 8119 exfclainied ; ‘ was youin there ?’
And th?“ . the Diet! laughed ; but the W0-
men did not blush. They don’t know
how,‘ l;,ow.a.day7s_n
I “‘“S_I'°d. line, at Uncle Eben’s story,
and at m5 'railing at the women ; and
the" w'- went into his library ; where he
to
IW‘. ordered the tea to be served ; and
at the cars. You were not afraid, were
on ?”
.“ A little, Uncle Eben, but I got alov
very well.” ‘"3
“Well your’e all right now '
Got your’ baggage? Ah I +' J}? 3°“-
it? Here Washio ton’ “ms.” .311’ is
carriage.” ' 8 .put this in the
A negro mm’ ‘dressed in. great deal ni-
;-:§,I,,,t,l:?£ is on Sundays, stepped
;m,,_,,',,,.'- .d picked up my poor little
' ,, .ok with a look of curiosity and
(I - .cmpt', which I saw very plainly.-
The parties could afford the purchase, if, -
so inclined ; and the amount em lgyoel
many hands in the delicate - eiplmocl
and other needle-work for" week
past liardg winter, when it we! *5’
of those‘ who could do sf
spend, not spare.
-.?------0v1O
@. Theodore ’.
sation among‘ th;ag:f;°,%::2",‘L:]“::e‘*
slmdny by using tbeex 1- ss" "0 1,‘!-
5°”“-’“ that “you conldiigtecl M
sand 'Zvomen’0r a zhousrna‘io°;3,‘.;,, . 1.‘
Sugar from Boston to New Yonk,.vifi'a:g;;
starting a hoop.” He W“ m,,'3fi.',','ti,,¢-
the shock which creeds. and forms are. re-
net;
that
.. honestly to
>O—_:._—.
“ Nos. 11 .2 13 Main Street.
“°"’“8. from the greatmimi.
. the duty ‘
Better get a cartman tote dis trash.” I
heard him grumble under his breath.-
“ Massa. has no respeck for de position of
his coachman.” _
Uncle helped me into his carriage ;
and we we were driven along at a can-
tious rate through such a jam. Why, I
expected we should be run into on every
side I We went through Broadway,
that you and I have read so much about.
ings were more than I had expected, and
tlioughwe were more than an hour reach-
,tlI0 house‘, I was not" a bit‘ tired. I
‘sl'i’ould‘i'iot have knownwhether we had
been one hour or tea, I was so absorbed
The noise, and crowd, and splendid build-‘
we had a cozy supper all to ourselves,
with only one waiter who did not embar-
miss me much. I believe my dear moth-
er has taught me the principles upon
which politeness is founded ; and, for the
rest, I used my wits and eyes, when
there was anything new.
lfliad a delightful evening. Uncle of-
fered to take me to the opera, or to see
the Ravels ; but I was too tired to care
to go out the first night ; so he showed
me over his house, and played the piano
for me, and told me the names and sub-
jects of the beautiful pictures on the walls
and did all he could to amuse me. I do
think he is the best old bachelor uncle in
the world, don’t you, mother?
Before I left him for my room, he told
me that he had invitations out for a party
to come off the very next evening. He
said he had asked me to come at this
time on purpose to have me present ; and
he had made it a fancy dress party in or-
der'to have me play the character which
he had chosen for me. It was the first
party since his acquaintance had come
back from the watering places; and he
meant to have it very fine;
and the patience of their husbands ex-
hausted, but this does not dampen- their
ardor in the least, Yesterday, I heard
two elegant creatures conversing some-
thing in this wise : _
“ What do you propose buying today,
my dear?” .
“Oh, I do not know, my sweetest ?—-—
I spent all in _,r allowance yesterday. But
we can look at: the lovely things you know.
And, if the merchants get out of patience
we can purchase a skein of silk or a spool
of floss.” ,
“ ‘ But you know they never get out
of patience. I spent four hours the 9th-
er day, looking at the dear, dehcious
shawls at A1Iltherage’s, after .I had mule
for the seaso.u, and I took nothing ; yet
that elegant Slim-Waist, who shows them
smiled as graciously when he bowed me
out as when I came in. What white
teeth he has I liasn’t he? Let’s go in there
now. I lieard last evening that some
charming tissues had arrived. By the
way, love, I have been told something so
cui'ioiis—tliat the spines of shopkeepers
were made of caoutchouc, and their tem-
pers of the same.’ _
“ ‘ Ah how queer I I’ve got some tis-
sue paper stufied III my purse, and some
gilt buttons.’
“‘Oh, it’s so agreeable to shop! I
wish there was nothing else in the world
to do. But I must be home in three
hours. My husband is going to Europe ;
and he asked me to be home to dinner, to
bid him good by. It’s such a bore to
bid your friends farewell.’
“ ‘Husbands are getting to be so ex-
acting.’
“ I tried to lag so as not to be com-
pelled to play listener, but, as they warm-
ed with their subject, their own steps les-
sened; and I do not know how much I
might have gathered, if I had not turned
aside in desperation, and darted into is
bazaar, where I stumbled among ii whole
crowd of butterflies fluttering about a
in looking, and in listening, too, ilor deal’
, “Oh, iiiicloI”Icried in dismay, f‘1
garden of gay tissues, and Slim-Waiit
less daisy.” ' ‘
We had npw got into a more -crowded 2
part of the city, and he 'wns"obliged;--to '
lights arranged ; and I suppose there was j
my lady friends out, this“n‘iorniii’g‘miikhi‘gs
himself,’ thrown into _
tude, gazing ecstaticallyt upon“ “a j ' '
gathered into airy folds,’ "9;iI.tl_,' ‘has "
waving to displayits beauti'es."“‘I felt-‘oi’-"
cing at the slight moustache? whose.-zglos-:..
sy curves it would have-"-been?-afpity-.to
sacrifice, I refrained, -and made’: my: exit, ..
encountering at the door! thev_lovely.-_feiai- ,
willingly been a confidaut..:—:iE-.-d0.-*1!9S.-
know if these beautiful creatureshavg even
heard that—‘time-isxmoney.’ ~'It'_-so, sthp _
must pay irdonble price for -_W-ll8_Ii~~,I§
ready dear. enough. My.frle.Iid-, -..—
shopping as irresistible,-.-_quit_e to.
the catching of. hu_sbands——__a_nd- "8,
substitute for every,sensihle.:e_ii_ipl9ymcnt,
and I take the sweet ladiestwprd for it,
and tell you as it was told"to:iiifé,'_my art-
cease preaching; but his air wostlo"-. fan-
could not help laughing. “ There, uncle,
I suppose these are some of your patrons
of shopkeepers,’ I ssid.as-.—s.coniile-of~ewo-
men fluttered past us, vwitli _tlieir,pur_ses
hanging from their fingerS,'T_aiji3_I_littlo
flounces that. spread" out ,1_ike;e jyizle ‘open "
fun. You, ought, to Vliavef "seen" them, A
mother. Uncle told nife'thiey‘had*a’tlibfi-
sand dollars worth of 'fiue'ry' apiece-spon-
them just for a. morning“ pifo”iii‘enade.——
.“ They bowed to you,’ didn’t they I” ‘"79-.
“Yes Lucy, I expected to 7mee‘t>lialf-
some last purchases for my ball‘--to‘-night.
The cards have been out ten-3dayir;':faiid
they regard it as'“a ‘grand afi-‘air’. -‘LBIit-
don’t be afraid‘ of‘ their "knowing :yon;-.-.-
They think Miss Lucy Wilmot»is' 1
different person ; and besides; -they .-can-
not see your face. in tint bonnet-.’.’. ;_. .
“Oh uncle I” : But he did; -not;,,hgg_d.
my tone of reproach. .. ,.-,-,_-_, . 4
“Here, puss, here we erect Stewgrtfs,
We’ll go in and look at, the
They will be very polite to.m__e, _iInd}n'9_.l'-.
expect you to buy. I-do_n’t.. snpppseyoit
would find it possible", to ,expend‘alII"y6ui‘
money in so smallan establishment if you
feltdisposed.” ' " ’ E " ‘ ‘
It was so much like a fairy palace’; thit
I forgot’to be embarassed byehesptendid
things, or the splendid’ persons no
any more than as if * they'?had" —§9¢l|“Ill-
chanted people that I was seeing hygtho
light of Aladdln’s lamp. ' I .follo.wed-Un-
cle Eben from department‘ to'rde'pIrt-
meat, and examined things ‘it tooki my
breath away to hear the price of. When
we were looking. at the silks, I;:sag§__.phe
piece that was so pretty. I _alinost-_sigh-
ed for the power to purchase it. ,It'.lobk-
ed almost modest enough for my", small
means. I just said to uncle thatll thoight
it sweet. “ That would certainly, be Be-
coming to my little girl,” said‘he, ‘and or-
dered t-be salesman to cut oil’ a dress pat-
tern ; and, while I was wonderingiivvhat
it meant, he took out his purse and paid
for it. I expect I looked delightful,-for
he laughed and called me a true -child of
Mother Eve. Oh, dear, but-~-didlft I
want to ask him if it could not possibly
be made up by evening! But ~I..diired
not to. “ What makes so maiiyladies
look at me?” I asked, when I caiiieuto
my senses enough to feel self conscious.
“ Isupposc it’s because your dress is
smgll, and your bonnet so large,I-and
your sleeves tight, &c.”
" But why do you want me to wear
such a dress to-night, uncle ?” , I —
“ Oh‘ it’s just a «whim of . mine ? . No-
body won’t find fault with , -‘it, be sure.-—
My distinguished niece, Miss’ Lucy;-_7Wil-
mot, isgoing to act in" the character. of
the ‘Country Girl’ you know'.’-‘F .. . .
I wanted much to‘ visit’ the gallerIy,_but
as we were rather later than we 1‘ expect-
ed, -and uncle. had to go, somewhegemto see
about his boquets‘_ for ‘the ’ fuses ta-
bles, we were obliged to defer it;'- _Yoi’i’ro
a little sleepy a_re’nt you mothe1_'.?'i'ind’ I
am too ; so I’ll tell‘ you about the "party
in the morning. ’ ' '
To be Continued.
-—-—-—--O-O<.>o¢—2—-—o
3- “ I was much interested the oth-
er day listening to an ‘account given by
A. T. Stewart, of the marble. palace, _- of
his early trials, and the foundations of his
-business success. He coinmenced _bi_isi-
ness directly opposite where his stOl_'G_'I_lOW
stands, on Broadway. It was a little af-
fair twelve feet front only,‘ and seperated
from his neighbor only by a. thin parti-
tion through which the conversation, on
either side could be heard. It was difii-
cult to obtain credit in those days-—there
were but few banks and but little accom-
modation. Men had to rely upon ‘them-
selves. He was _bis own book-keeper,
salesman, dustman and errand boy. He
bought cautiously but well. 7 He attend-
ed to his business from 14 to 18-hour a
day. He adopted two or three simple
rules from which he never deviated. Ho
resolved that the purchaser should have
the exact thing he bought. If he pur-
chased an inferior article, he would.’ find
it so on getting home. If he bought 0
first-rate article, he would find it a first-
rate article. That simple principle has
underlaid all his success. '
When he purchased the estate near
the park, on which his store stands, he
bought against the judgment - and ear-
nest opposition of his friends, who did
not wish to see him make a. fool ofhiinsclf.
They said the price he paid for the land
was extravagant. That it was so far up
town he would never do a. business there,
and that if the other considerations didn't
ruin him, the fact’ that his store wiis on
seal his fate. His own judgem'ent- was
that the price paid for the land -was
low—-and the investment was a good one.
That his store would soon be located in
the center of trade, and that‘ he would
create such a businesss that_would.-f'com-
pel‘ the Fifth avenue and other fashiona-
ble quarters of the city to pay homage to
the “ shilling side of the street.’?. Laced
not state his success has borne olt the cor-
rectnessof his own judgment. 5 du-
ring the crisis through whlch this commu-
nity has just passed, Mr. ,Ste_wart has not
been obliged to borrow one ‘dolliii-.' He
outrode the tempest with the: some case
that the Adriatic would ootrid9__a.bIow
1
{of Sandy Hook.
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faded leaf-colored soowthijzg, wljicli’-li,'é‘g1"d':-'
most tempted to advise’ hiih -tofdoii? the
airy vesture he soelegantly *
and so fully appreciated‘: but,‘<upon=gin=.. .
nines to whose soft conversation’ IchIC;|'|ll" -
I call her, describes the _fasci_iia_tiopo. _
iiy, when he imitated -the liidies, that I :
qacts on their heads for ' ‘li6iiiiets,:aniI"
the “shilling side of Broadway” would-
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