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AMOS rnrna-,
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the several Deparzmcnts and
the Court of Clctims.
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n. 3. Boo-1'13,
6| VVALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
Wholesale
P APER DEALERS,
MARSHALL BROTHERS,
58 Courllmzclt Sercel, N. Y.,
Rounnr T. MARSHALL.
y24 BENJ. L. MARSAALL.
Norwalk Post Ofice.
MAILS cnosn.
West'7.-15 A. M.,—2.45 P. M.
East 8.45 A. M.—4.45 P. M.
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad, 9.00 A. M.
Weston, Redding. and Redding Ridge 12 M.
u.uLs nun.
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rosr OI-‘FICE nouns
From 7.00 A.M. to 8.00 P. M.
R. A. WILI.I.u1s, P. M.
' Norwalk Savings Society}
Nonwamc, Nov. 4th, 1857.
OTICE is hereby given, that Deposits
made in this Society on or before the 5th
day of January, April, July, and October,
will be put on interest on the fix st day of’ sai’
respective months. “‘
J ossru W. I-lunnEr.L, Tr‘
Norwalk S9.’ ' ensure’
“45 ..v’lilgS Society.
Nfiiiwazn
Ordersaud consignments respectfully so-
licited. I
Dentistry
Doctors HILL 1" rmcn,
S‘“'5i°°'l ".3; Mechanical
3 ‘.3 N T I s T s,
. over the Store of C. J. Grnmana
rixémss nmncronr.
N orwalk Hotel,
I). STEPHENSON, Pnornrnron.
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 _Horscs and Carriages can at all times be
procured. tf5
South Norwalk Hotel.
JAMES LUCAS, Pnormnron.
This House has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged and is now ready
for the reception of guests. It is pleasantly lo-
outed, in immediate proxirnty 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 wood Stable is kept in connection
1'3
with the Hotel. tfo
Connecticut Hotel.
EAST SIDE THE BRIDGE, NORWALK, CONN.
J. C. KELLY, Proprietor.
This well-known and popular House, while
under the management of James Stevens, de-
eeosed,'is open for the reception of transient
or permanejnt Boarders, and no expense or
pains will be spared to secure the comfort of
guests.
Good Stnbling for Horses, &-c. 15
Wooster House, Daubury, Conn. '
WM. P. STEVENS, Proprietor.
The Subscriber, having purchased the
above named Hotel, is prepared to re-
ceivepermanent and transient boarders,and
to entertain Travellers and the Public gener-
ally. The Hotel is large, commodious, and
is fitted up with the couvoniencies of modern
Hotels; it is a.‘Jun(1antly supplied with pure
Spring Water, and is pleasantly located, on
the Main Street, within a very few rods of the
Railroad Depot.
C. S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
- It ll (1-1
GEN'1‘LEME.\"s FURNISIIING 1-‘.uPORIU.\I,
No. 3‘ Skiddy’s Block,
Main Street, Nor-walk, Conn.
3. 1-1 - OLMSTEAD,
WJIOLES.-\l.E AND RETAIL DEALER IN _
GR-OCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, &c.,
No’s 14 6'; 16 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
J. I‘. POOTE,
Attorney and counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER JiI.dLLORY’S STORE
N orwalk, Conn.
c. J. GRUMAN, '
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
nnv GOODS, cnnrnrrncs
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassi.
mcres, Sa,.‘inetls,, Veslings, and Tail-
‘ar's Trinmiings, by the Yard,
- Piece or Package.
snnnrmcs, snmrrxos, JEANS,
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN.f'
I‘. H. NASH, ’ .
WHOLESALE AND Rnrxxn DEALER IN
S T 0 V E S ,
MANUFACTURER OF,
Tin-, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares.
H as constantly on hand a large assort-
' mg”; of general Iiouse-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk.
Conn.
H. C. RANDLE,
Hats, Caps):-Monk & Boy’s
STRAW GOODS, &.c.,
Ladies Furs, Gents Gloves, Canes,
'U':|:n.1ore11a.s, doc.,
' No. 2 Skiddv’s Block.
'”—WW‘*“"::—’
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
,, Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819. Cha-rter Perpetual.
Cash Capital, - - - - - $1,000,000'
Insure agciinsl loss and damage by Fire,
on Tar-ms adapted to [he hazarcl, and
consistent with the laws of
compcnsatirm.
A GEO. R. COWLES, Sole flgent,
For Norwolk and vicinity.
Iy34
o. &. E. K. LOCKWOOD, &. Co
NORWALK. CONN.,
ursuracrununs or
Tin, Sheet Iron & Copper Wares
ANDJIEALEIIS IN
S,,,,,,._,_ R,mg,a,_;,- Furnaces, Cutlery,
_Brz'tamzia Porcelain and Ii/ooden
I/Vare, and Kitchen Fzi2'72ilu9'e
in general, .Pumps, S heel
Lead §- Lecul Pipe.
Croc/cerjy, GZCWS
I aml~China
Ware.
s.m’s.
‘ 11 ES lax e assortment at
Bears 3:3 0 . 9* 8 Ohm ’
Oflico .'
NORWALK , CONN.
Cnsnnns Frrcn.
J. N. LOCKWOOD & 00.:
(Successors to J. P. HANI-‘0RD,)
EEP constantly on hand a large and va-
A. HILL.
CuILnnE.\"s
Gaiters, Boots, Shoes. &c.,
all made under our own personalsupervisiou,
of the best material and in the very best man-
ner. Our assortment of LAIDIES’ Garrnns,
undoubtedly comprises, both in extent and
quality, a finer assortment than can be found
at any similar establishment in the County;
In Guxr’s Doors. GAITER5, Snons, &c., we have
a larger and better assortment, we are confi-
dent, than was everbeforc offered in Norwalk.
We also are prepared to manufacture. to meas-
ure, any arlzclc in our line,prompIy, at the
.5-hortesl notice. ’
Mrssus’ A.\'D CnrI.nnEx’s S1IoEs, Runners,
&c., in endless variety. A fine article of
SLIPFPERS for Gents’ wear. . V
REPAIRING in all its branches, done neat-
ly, quickly and cheaply.‘
Norwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
Jl[acIu'ne Jobbing and Repairing Bztsincav,
would respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery of any des-
cription. lie has Luthes,a |‘laner,etc., for
all work appertaining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Manufac-
turing, and his familiarity with all kinds of
l\Ianufacf.urer’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a substan-
tial and workmanlike manner. Having had
much experience in the manufacture of Fur
Machinery. Building of Blowers, &c., be is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
A. C. ARNOLD.
2
New Styles. a
New Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tlemcn and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers,asl1asevcr been presented to the
publiciuthismarket. 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 souru NORWALK, BY
THOMAS In. PECK..
UST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
4'‘ ber, all sizes; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boarfls, 190,000 ft. 1 1-4, I I-2. and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Sp!‘-uce
Boards, 25,000 ft. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.
~ TI-IOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. 1
LUMBER! LUMBER! "‘
ILL A‘: HUBBELL have recently com
mcuced the Lumber Business at the old
atandlately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intendto keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with every variety of'Lumbcr 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,
Connecticut ’
Saddlery, Harness and Trunk
MANUPACTORY,
East, ide the Bridge, umler Cami. Hotel.
TEPHEN SWANN, successor to FREDE-
RICK BRADLEY, returns hissincere thanks
to theinhabitants of Norwalk an . neighbor-
hocd,and- his patrons in particular, 1' : hte
very liberal patronage bestowed upon him
during the past yeu.r,and hopes by strict
attention to business, to merit a continuance
of their support.
F-very description of articles connected
with the trade, kept constantly on hand, of
the very best material and workmanship, and
at the lowest prices.
N. B.-—Jobbing neatly and promptly at-
tended to on the shortest notice, and H108?»
reasounblc terms.
Norwalk, April 13th,1858.
Cheaper than Ever
At the South JV'orwalIc
GROCERY STORE.
IIE Subscriberhason band by far thelar.
T gas! and best selection of Fn.inily.Grocc-
rigs and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk,whichhc offers tohis ousto'r_ners
-,m(13,1,e ,u1)1i;-,,at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such thathc Will becaus-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of
goods, as the wants ofhis Customers may
require, which will always be of the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully sollcitan
cxaminutionand irialof the same-
GEO. W.SMITH.
Norwalk Emporium.
PROVISIONS, FRUITS. '
Vegetables, Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, 6Lc.
As good as thcmarkct affords, constantly to
l\fEf~.‘KEl‘. Al: OLMSTEAD.
Goods of theabove description re-
ceived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
I
ried assortment of Lamas’, G1~:x'r’s axnl
-Horses with tender and diseased feet.
befound at the well known establishment of
1.°'nper Hanging
I) El P C) T ,
One Door North of Gazette Building.
The subscriber would give notice that he
keeps constantly on hand, a very large assort-
ment of
W'all and Ceiling Paper,
Including Oak and Marbled Paper, for Halls,
Ofiices, Dining Rooms, etc., which will be put
on at short notice,aud the best possible man-
uer. Having 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, April 3d, 1858. 14
New Dress Making
E ST A D 1.1 SHIIEIVT.
I SS CHARLOTTE DENTON, having
removed from her former rooms, over
Knappdr Lynes’ store, to the residence of
her father, on the Westport road, (first house
west of Isaac Church’s.) would give notice
that she will ‘attend to all orders ‘for Ladies
Dress and Cloak Making.
From her experience in the business, she is
confident that she can give entire satisfaction
to all who may entrust her with their work.
Norwalk, April 20th, 1858. tfl6
Horse and 0x Shoeing.
HE subscriber hnvin takeng the oldstand
T formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bakery,f'oot of
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
Oxen. for which he has unequalled facilities.
Fromhis many years experience, devoting
himselfcxclusively to this branch of business,
he is‘ confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, April 27th, 1858. tfl3
COAL ! COAL !
H. & J. C.RANDLB keep constant-
G. ly on hand, at their Coal Yard at Nor-
walk, east. side the Bridge, on Smith’s Dock,
a very superior article of Coal, of all sizes
and kinds. Our stock is all fresh, and pains
have been taken to secure the best kinds
in the market, such as Spring Mountain, Lo-
high, L(c:1s_t Mountain, White Ash, Pittsion,
&c., which we will sell at fair rcnumerating
prices. We also keep the above varieties at
our Yard in Winnipnuk.
rnnnrmunnz
HE subscibcr is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortmentof
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fnirfleld County. and at
lower prices, FOR C./I SH, than the same
quality of Goods can be obtained at any oth-
er establishment.
The Stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartctte Tables ; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tetc-a-Tote Lounges, Mahog-
any and Cane-seat Chnirs;Gilt .
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c. &c.
C 0FF1.N' WARER 0 O.MS.
Where may be found a full assortment of
Coffins, which will be finished in the best pos-
sible manner, and at short notice.
fifi‘ A Hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
Westport, May 1st, 1858.
AIVIBROTYPHS,
TAKEN in a style which for durability and
execution cannot be excelled.
The subscriber having taken the old Austen
Dagucrrean Rooms in the Dnnbury Depot, at
the people of Norwalk and vicinity, that he
is prepared to take their pictures by the Am-
brotype process, w ‘ch is universally acknowl-
edged to be for s p'erior to the Daguerrec-
type, and equal to a Steel Engraving. All in
want'ofa superior likcncss,are invited to call,
examine andjudge for themselves.
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE! First
class pictures taken by this new process from
50 cents upwards. E. B. THOMPSON.
Hardware and Cutlery.
M'ec/z.anic’s Tools, __Farming Utensils
Guns, Pistols, Iron and Steel,
Window Glass, Pamts
ancl Oils.
HE Subscriber has nowinstox-e.asdis
constantly receiving direct from the man
uf’acturers,a large supply of Foreign and
Domestic Goods,under the-above denomina-
tions,which makes hisassortment ofarticles
suited to this market, equal to anyiu the
state, and which will be sold either whole-
sale or retail,ou as favorable terms as can
be purchased in New York. For list of ar-
ticlesand prices.purchasersare requested
tocallaud examiuefor themselves.
WM. 0. STREET.
THOMAS 3133!,
Merchant Tailor and Draper,
No. 3 Phoenix Block, Norwalk, Conn.
IIIE subscribe r would respectfully announce
that having cleared out all his old stock
at his auction saies,he has now on hand 9.
fresh selected stock of seasonable Cloths, Cas-
simcres,Vcstings, &c., which he is prepared
to make up in the best and most fashionable
styles. A complete assortment of Mens and
Boys’ C.LOTHIuVG REJIDYJHJDE.
Grateful f‘or long and continued favors, I
shall. endeavor. with renewed exertion, to
merit their continuance.
Y Aznnnw ncnnrnz.
Merchant Tailor.
(Adjoining Stone of Knapp dc Lynes, Main st.)
Nonw.-\I_.i{, CONN.,
HE Public are respectfully invited to call
and examine the large and varied assort-
ment of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
French Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings,
Also, a general assortment of gentlemen’s
furnishing goods, consisting in part of Hats
and Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts. Collars, Cra-
vats, lianclkcrchiefs, Suspenders, &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings by the
yard or pattern. and out free of charge.
Particular attention paid to Children’s Gar
meats.
Norwalk Bridge, takes this method to inform '
POETRY.
Quaint: Old Song.
Ye who would save your features florid,
Lithe limbs, bright eyes, unwrinkled forehead,
From Age’s devastation horrid,
Adopt this plan ;
’Twill make, in climate cold or torrid,
A hale old man. .
Avoid in youth luxurious diet,
Restrain the passions’ lawless riot,’
Devoted to domestic quiet,
Be wisely gay ;
So shall ye, spite of Age’: fiat,
Resist decay. _ ' '
Seek ‘wt in ‘..'lamInon’s wornihip, ploa.sure— -
:3“ Had your richest, purest treasure,
All books. friends, music, polish’d leisure ;
The mind, not cents,
Make the sole scale by which ye muIlII'5
Opulence.
This is the solace,.this the science,
Life’s purest, sweetest, best appliance,
' That disappoints not man’: reliance,
Whate’er his state-
Time, fortune, fate.
———-oo-<Q>o-o-——-—
3 At a recent Lecture of John G. , Son in Torre
Haute, Ind., a prominent gentleman of that place intro-
duced him, much to the Poet’s surprise and that of the
audience, in the following neat and appropriate lines ;
Good people, we are met to-night
Not to behold some rarree sight,
To gaze on elephant or bear,
Though, sure enough, a lion’s here i
Who is and all the world doth know it,
A genuine live Yankee poet.
" He comes with rich and racy rhyming,
With sparkling wit and wisdom chiming,
To tell us of the Yankee nation,
Whose fame extends o'er all creation ;
How Jonathan at home is bred ;
flow, ere he leaves the parent shed,
He visits in pursuit of knowledge
The country school—the farmer’s college ;
Of pennies, how he never lost one,
Except when he “ went down to Boston,”
Where lack of dinner turned his head,
- And——smackl they went-—for gingerbread!
And how he plods through weary miles,
In quest of fickle fortune’s smiles ;
Hires out to work by month or day,
At chopping wood or making hay ;
And while the farmer’s grass he’: mowing,
To kill two birds, his daughter’s wooing ;
And how, when Cupid’s blunted dart,
Rebounding from the fair one’s heart ;
Bow, when she frowns with sorrow smitten,‘
He meekly takes the proffered mitten ;
' But knowing no such wordsas fail,
When evening spreads her dusky veil,
Beneath the woodbine’s clustering shade,
He plies anew the blushing maid ;
She yields—and oh i supernal bliss 1
He seals the contract with a kiss ;
Says to the ’Squire, “ I’ve gota notion,
If you’ll set of!‘ your daughter’s portion,
To add my wages to the pelf
And go to keepin’ house myself.”
How Jonathan with patient toil
Gleaus fatness from his sterile soil ;
Digs granite from New England hills
To build her towers and cotton mills ',
Or, from the land that gave him birth,
He wanders o’er this little earth ;
Explores the sea with venturous sail-
In the Pacific strikes the whale-
From China. brings the fragrant tea,
Gunpowder, Souchong and Bohea ;
Sets up a tavern at Ilatanzas,
Or plants a. colony in Kansas-
Ou some grand speculation bent
He counts his profits “ cent per cent ;”
Subscribes to schemes of education,
To bless the rising generation ;
Or to the Missionary Board
Gives freely of his prudent hoard,
And sends the Gospel’s joyful sound
To gladden enrth’s remotest bound.
8
And where thy sons with lore profound
Their trophies reap on classic ground,
Where pious faith her altar rears,
Or justice stern her poniard bears,
Or where thy counsels guide the State,
There, there New England, thou art great i
But yield, my muse, thy humble flight
To one who scales the starry height,
As. taper flame with feeble ray
Paies in the light of rising day ;
And while her bard with graphic story
Delineates l\'ew-England’: glory,
Himself shallprove her higher claim
To record on the roll of fame,
In one high niche among the gran t,
Which for their coming tenants wait,
Amid the honored of her land,
New England's bard, her Sun, shall stand.
My task is done—and nothing lacks,
But to present you, Joux G. Saxs.
H
MISCELLAN Y.
THE BLESSED FLOWERS.
BY EMILY C. HUNTINGTON.
“ What a. beautiful place,” says every
passer-by, leaning from coach or carriage
to look back upon it. And so it is, very
beautiful : the large, substantial house,
draped and festooued with clustering roses
and graceful creepers and surrounded by
the pleasant yard with its smooth green
turf, clean walks and shading trees. It
is a home for real comfort, too, as well
as ornament, for you can see at a. glance
that it is a farm house, and the broad
acres of carefully cultivated land about it
show marks of the same hand that beau-
tificd the dwelling. But ten years ago,
when that young girl under the maples
was a sickly child of seven, the pleasant
homestead wore a far different look. I
will show it to you. “ Look on this pic-
ture. and on that.” ' g
The house might be pleasant enough
but that it looked so bare in the hot
J nne sunshine, and the grass in the spa-
cious ynrds, is trampled and rooted up in
places by the pigs that have free access
to the premises. The rail fence in front
may have been a good one in its day, but
it is falling down now, and lllldcl‘ one of
the largest shade trees is a great trough
hollowed out of a log, the ‘rise of which
is plainly indicated by the cobs trampled
into the quagmire about it, and the sa-
vory Odor of sour milk, &c., arising from
it. To be sure it is no great ornament,
but then itis handy to the house, and the
owner believes in the beauty of utility,
so morning and evening it drove of toll
gaunt looking animals come shambling
along at an awkward gallop to receive
their rations. If you look a little further
you will see agnrden with a few strag-
gling beans and potatoes, and a dozen
hills of cucumbers, that seem to have been
planted for the purpose of giving the hens
a good place to scratch. The wood pile
is sprawling over the back yard, 9. bro-
ken cart upturned in one corner. Your
fancy can supply other particulars, and
then you have a truthful picture of Nel-
son Warren’s farmhouse as it looked ten
years ngo—a.nd I shouldn’t wonder, ren-
der, if you knew of some other farm that
looks just so at this very moment.
Yet Mr. Warren was counted at good
But challenges, with calm defiance, ' 4
farmer by almost all the country round.
His crops of corn and wheat were not
scanty, and his potatoes were the finest in
market. No one’s barns were better fill-
ed with buy than his, and no one, if report
was true, had heavier deposits in the bank.
It was only in attention to the little things,
can essentials, he called them, that he foil-
ed ; and although he was always going
to “fix up a little after buying or har-
vesting,” yet the idca of adorning his
home, and making it so beautiful to -the
eye, never once entered his mind. For-
mers had not time to waste with such fool-
eries as setting out flowers, and as for
making a garden, field work was always
so pressing it could not be attended to.
He had no time to make a house for the
hens, conldn’t Mary keep them out of the
garden ?——and what hurt did it do to
feed the pigs under the shade trees, when
no one never wanted to go there? How
many men have you heard talk just so?
One day when good Mrs. Warren was
busy with her kitchen -work, scrubbing
and scouring and running every now and
then to drive out the chickens, and score
the pigs away from the door, little Mary,
the pet of the house, came running in
with her apron full of flowers, “ Oh, look
mother,” said the eager child, “at all
-these beautiful flowers Jennie Thayer gave
me i And mother, Jennie says she’ll
give me some seeds and roots and then I
can have a garden like hers. Oh, won’t
it be nice ?” and the little one danced
about‘ the room in high glee. “ But,
Mary,” said her mother, “ the fence is
down so you can’t keep the cattle out
and the pigs will spoil it.” “ Oh,mother.
ask father to fix it up, won’t you? I
know he will.” “ Maybe so, but you must
not bedisappointed my child, your fath-
er is very busy.”
- “Nelson, I wish you would fix up the
garden fence 3. little. Mary has set her
heart upon having a flower garden, and
you know she cannot now.”
I am sure Nelson Warren did not see
the little eager face that watched him so
anxiously, or he could not have turned
away with only .21. half audible something
about “too busy to attend to it,” and
“putting nonsense in the child's head.”-
No, it is not nonsense, or at least it is
such nonsense as God , and Nature puts
into our heads, this instinctive love for
the beautiful that dwells in every little
child-—aud we should be far more human
in onr.man'nood and womanhood if the
world did not crush so much of it out of
us, and make us half ashamed of what is
left. -
“ Never mind, darling,” said the loving
mother to the little one“ sobbing in her
lap. “ We’li fix the fence as well as we
can ourselves, and then you must watch
it and drive the pigs away.”
Thus comforted, the tears were soon
dried, and when the daily work was done
mother and child toiled lovingly together
until‘ the broken fence was mended after
a fashion, and the little garden commen-
ced. Day after day Mary was unwear-
ied in her labors, and both father and
mother encouraged her, thinking the ex-
ercise might strengthen the sleuder frame
and tint the cheek that had always been
colorless. As the tiny plants grew in the
sun and dew, and the buds began to show,
little Mary seemed to love and cling to
them almost as if they were human beings.
One day, when the buds were just burst-
ing into blossoms, the poor rickety fence
gave way, and the whole drove of pigs,
old and young, rushed into the ill-fated
garden. Nobody saw them until, with
grunts of satisfaction, they had explored
the premises thoroughly, when poor Mary,
with a scream of terror and indignation,
discovered the ruin of her ‘treasures.—
Her mother tried to console her, but it
was in vain, and her father missing his
pet, wondered much that she should care
for “ (b few paltry flowers.”
Mrs. Warren forgetting perhaps in
compassion for her grieving child, that
reverence which St. Paul enjoins upon all
good wives, reproached her lord and mas-
ter pretty sharply with what she called
his“ shifllcss'ness” in not keeping things
in better trim about the premises, while
Mary crept sobbing away and no one
thought of looking for her for an hour-—
Then her father found her lying on the
groundwith the remains of her precious
flowers in her hands, but fast asleep. He
looked a moment at the little pale face
with its grieved look, and then, as a long
sobbing breath shook her tiny frame, he
lifted her tenderly in his arms, and carried
her into the house. “ She has cried her-
self to sleep,” he said as he laid her in
her mother’s lap, and kissing her softly
he went out. I don’t know what he
thought of that night, but it was not long
before the old fence gave place to a new
one that was proof against all assaults.
Everything did not change at once, but
gradually the yards were made to look
a little cleaner, and the grcathoueysucklc
that had lain matted in the grass ever
since the house was painted years before,
was somehow trimmed up and , trained up
over the windows ; itdid make a pleas-
ant shade for them, and that was really
ustful. Then “just to please Mary,” the
hollows were filled up before the house,
by the help of rainy days and pleasant
evenings ; and just to please her, though
it wasfia foolish whim, the big trongh was
taken away from under the maple, but as
,there was no handy place to put it, after
a. while Mr. Warren concluded to put up
an out-house for the pigs, like the one he
had read about. Then when the house
was built he could nct help feeling asham-
ed of his bony, slab-sided, long-nosed
breed, so just for an experiment he bought
a few of the improved stock he had heard
so much of. I cannot tell how it all
came about, but the whole place changed,
and when Mrs. Warren and Mary set
out roses and creepers, Mr. Warren
thought some frames might easily be made
for them to run upon, and so they went
on until now at this present time there is
not a more beautiful and happy home in
all the land than that of Nelson Warren
the farmer.‘ And all because of those
Blessed Flowers.
-Z-——-—-Oo<.>u¢—T.
313,. Women are all alike. When they
are maids they are mild as milk ; one may
make them wives, and thcy’ll lean their
backs against their marriage certificates
and defy you.
o<.>oo-——————
38*‘ A J ocky sold a nag as an“ hon-
ets” horse, because he always threw his ri-
der when he threatened to.
A LUSHA A. Gaow, of Pennsylvania.
GALUSI-IA A. GROW.
[We are indebted to a friend in Ridge-
field for the following sketch from the Am-
hcrst (Mass.) Express of the Hex. GA-
It is
probably from the pen of one of the Pro-
fessors in Amherst College, 9. friend of
Mr. Grow’s. It should have been pub-
lished at the time Mr. Grow was brought
so prominently before the public, as the
mtn whojloored Keitt, a few weeks ago
in Congress,but it was accidentally mislaid
and has just come to hand]
Galusha A. Grow, Representative in
Congress from Wilmot’s District in Penn-
sylvania, was born in Windham County,
Connecticut. He was left fathcrless at
three years of age. His mother, a widow
with six children, the oldest seventeeen
years, and the youngest but three months,
was left with property barely suflicient to
to pay the debts of the estate. When
ten years old, his mother left Connecticut
to seek a new homé in the West, and lo-
cated in N ortheru Pennsylvania". His
reading prompted a. desire for a liberal
education,,aud his elder brothers observ-
iug the rapid improvements he made, on-
aided by. any tutor, resolved to gratify
his ambition and accordingly sent him to
school. At seventeen he entered the
Freshman Class at Amherst College, be-
ing poorly fitted, though it was as good
as the schools of his region furnished. In
1844 he graduated with high honors, and
being acknowledged by his fellow stu-
dents to be one of the best debaters and
extemporaneous speakers in College.
During his senior year in College he
made his.first political speech in a meet-
iug in Amherst, which was the first Dem-
ocrotic Mass Meeting ever held in the
town. On graduating, after his return
home, he continued to take an active part
in the canvassfor Polk and Dallas. In
1847 he was admitted to the Bar. In
the summer of 1850 the Democratic Con-
vention of his county nominated him
unanimously for the Legislature which he
declined. In the fall of the same year
he was first elected to Congress by a sin-
gular accident in politics. The democrats
of the district were divided and had two
candidates in the field, each claiming to
be the regular nominee. Eight days before
the election both agreed to resign if Mr.
Grow would be the candidate. He had
left the law ofiice the fall before by reason
of ill health, and was spending the summer
working on a farm, plowing, peeling bark,
and surveying. He was waited upon in
his retirement by a friend of each «candi-
date, a committee, to ascertain his feel-
ings. They found him with a set ofhands
on the public highway rebuilding a bridge
that had been carried away by a freshet.
He acceded to their proposition to be a
candidate forCongress and both the oth-
er candidates resigned, and 9. Convention
was called which placed Mr. Grow in nom-
ination just one week before the election.
He was elected by 1250 majority, and
in 1851 took his seat in the House of
Representatives, the youngest member of
the thirty-second Congress, and, with one
or two exceptions, of the 33d Congress
also. He is now serving his fourth _term
in Congress. The second time he was
elected by 7 200 majority, the third time
by a unanimous vote of the district, be
having received the unanimous nomination
of all parties, for his able and manly
resistance to the passage of the Kansas
Nebraska Bill, the fourth time he was
elected by a larger vote than he received
when he had no opposition. His district
previous to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise gave uniformly about 2500
democratic majority, but in consequence
of the noble stand taken by Mr. Grow on
the floor of Congress and upon the stump
before the people, his district gave Col.
Fremont almost 10,000 majority. When
Gov. Banks was running for Speaker of
the House, he was urged to allow his
name to be used as a candidate but be de-
clined the honor for himself and urged
his friends to “ stick to Banks,” which
advice they followed, and by which the
first decisive battle against the slave pow-
or was achieved.
During the administration of Banks as
Speaker, Mr. Grow was Chairman of the
Committee on Territories, a position espec-
pecially important, in view of the state of
affairs in Kansas, Utah and other territo-
ties of the Union. The skill with which
he managed the territorial business in the
Committee and upon the floor of Congress
won for him not only the plaudits .of his
partiznn friends, but also commanded the
respect of his political foes. Upon Mr.
Banks retirement from Congress, the loa-
dership-of the opposition fell upon Mr.
Grow. The mantle of the distinguished
parliamentarian of Massachusetts could
not have fallen in a more appropriate
place, for aside from the acknowledged
ability of"Mr. Grow as a ready debater,
his rise and progress in the world has
been very similiar to that of Mr Banks,
and, like him, Mr. Grow comprehcnds
the great living issues of the present.
o-«Q»-o
NAIIES or COLORS—-A. Bnrcnr SALES-
MAN.—-The vocabulary of colors is always
progressive, though not always increasing.
New names perpetually introduced ; but
their old ones are perpetually dropped, so
that the aggregate is maintained nearly
in equilibrio. ,
A novelty in this line was lately intro-
dnced at a fashionable shop, not, however
by the shop-keeper, but by his customer.
A lady, with great exquisitcuess of man-
ner nsked for dress-silks—“not a gray,
nor a lead color, but a snhcluetl mouse!”
The smart young man behind the counter
expressed his regret that “that shade of
color had not yet been introduced in the
French studios ; but he informed the lady
that he could show her the next best
thing which was enraged rat !”
The lady, not taking, or not relishing
the wit of the unlucky clerk, immediately
reported him to his employer as “ an im-
pertinent pnppy,”whereupon the employer
as in policy bound, summarily notified the
youth that he had no further occasion for
his services.
Probably, the misfortune of the young
man will not be permanent, for the sub-
dued brass of his answer to the lady will
make its way in these fast times, and he
will hardly be long out of employment.
This joke would be rather a dull one if
it were “made up,” but being literally
true, it is worth preserving.
_N. Y. Evening Post.
finishing traveled down stairs.
Hair Oil.
_ At the boarding house where Dave and
lns friends “ put up,” are a number of ser-
vant girls, and it is the idiosyncracy of .
servant girls to take their share of toilet
articles, such as hair oil, perfumes, &c.,
while they are rejuvenating the apart-
ments of the boarders. Dave and his
friend Robert were very careful of their
respective toilets, and, being in a. court-
ing way,.had been paying extra attention
to personal adornment.
They were in the habit ofgctting a pint
of hair oil made up by the druggist atone
time, and fina1ly,,they were in the Habit
of finding that a pint of this costly hair
oil wouldn?t last a week, and that all the
servant girls in the house emitted the
same perfume they did. It was not long
before they came to a conclusion in the
matter. So one evening, when the hair
oil cruise was empty, they took the bot-
tle which contained it, and straight they
went to the drug store. There was a
whispered conversation, with a laughing
clerk, and mixing various articles in a
pint bottle, and the following was marked
on the prescription book as the contents:
Of Lac. Asafoatida——which for the in-
formation of our readers we will state, is
a highly concentrated extract of that de-
licious drug——of this 1 oz.
Of Liquor Potosse, (a fluid celebrated
for its corrosive power, having the power
of taking the hair oil‘ a dog in ten sec-
onds,) 5 oz. .
Of Balsam of Fir, (the stickiest and
gummiest article known,) 1 oz.
Of Honey 1 oz.
Of Alcohol, to make the ingredients
fluid, ; pint. .
This was well ‘shock’ and deposited in
the usual place occupied by the hair oil.
The next day (Sunday) Dave and Bob
dressed themselves for church, and after
But they
come up stairs another way in a few min-
utes, and secreted themselves in a room
adjoining theirs, where, from a couple of
panes of glass over the door, they could
see everything that went on. After the
people of the house had gone, two or
three of the servant girls came into Dave’s
room. -
“ Whist Molly,” said a. large red-head-
ed one—“ Misthur Dave has some .more
of the lie, and my hair’s as dhry as a pow-
dhcr, let’s have a regular fix up wit] the
folks all away.” This was acceded to,
and they all went to oiling their looks,
being very lavish with the fluid which
was quite thin in consequence of the alco-
hol. In a few minutcsred-head says :
. “ Whirra, what shmills so '3” with her
nose turned skyward.
" Sure it’s the parfumc,” interrupted a
short and dumpy specimen, with her hair
down her back.
“ Perfume, indade,” says the red-head
——that’s not parfume——it’s the role bad
smell.”
“Mebby,” says the dumpy, “its the
Patch Chewlc-y., I've ha-urd folks say
that Patch Chewlcy shmills dhreadful at
fust, a person must get used to it ‘ before
they likes it. Share, it’s a perfume used
by the quality.”
This satisfied red-head, and after a
thorough “ iling,” they left the room. In
about two honrsthe boarders came home
from church.
“Good gracious what is it? Bless
my soul, Mr. G., I shall faint ! Oh ! my
dear, there must be an unclean animal in
the room I” and a thousand other expres-
sions were heard, as the boarders got a
sniff at the Patch Chewley, when they
entered the house. The master and mis-
tress of the house was puzzled, confound-
ed, indignant, and in vain endeavored to
discover the locality or the smell. At
dinner time, there were not half a _ dozen
boarders at the table, and those that
were there were rapidly thinking of back-
ing out, as the three girls who were ‘ lied’
were waiting on them.
Finally dinner was given up, and with
doors and windows opened, the inmates
alternately froze and suffocated. The
day was a dire one to them but it soon
were away.
At night the three girls attempted to.
comb their hair. The alcohol -had evap-
orated, leaving the balsam of honey and
fir, and they might as well have attempt-
ed to comb a bunch of shingles. At the
first dash that red-head made, her comb
caught, and through the influence of the
potasse at the roots, the whole mass of
the front hair came off the side‘ of’ red-
head’s cranium, which she discovered
with n yell that would have made a can-
nibal envious. The same result attended
the rest of the hair, with the exception of
enough to do up as a scalp lock, to orna-
ment. with feathers, in Indian style. The
other two girls met the same fate, and
about ten o’clock that night, they might
have been seen wrapping up their lost
Patch Chcwly locks in pieces of paper.——
The next morning they were informed by
the mistress that she did not desire to
employ bald—hcaded servant girls, and
with their “chists” they departed in an
almost scalped condition.
The discovery of Dave and Bob's con-
nection with the transaction was not
known till lately, but their toilet articles
since then have been as sacred from touch
as the tomb at Palestine.
o<.>oo—:———-
T1-IE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.——Til0 Paris
correspondent of New York Commercial
Advertiser furnishes this paragraph :
The monopoly which will be held by
the owners of the great Atlantic tele-
graph, if the project succeeds, has stimu-
lated the formation of another company,
which is working in secret, but actively,
for the laying down of another telegraph
from Boston to the Azores and from the
Azores to Lisbon, a. route quite as short
in its longest distance as the other, and
quite as practicable. Lisbon is in instan-
taneous connectiou with all the capitals
of Europe, just as much as the Irish port
at which the Northern cable will stop:
so that it will possess exactly the some
advantage as the other.
«nQ>o>-—-—- .
“ Fanny, don’t you think that Mr. Bold
is a handsome man ?”
“ Oho on, I can’t endure his looks.-
Hc is homely enough.”
“Well, he’s fortunate, at all events, for
an old aunt has just died and left him fif-
ty thousand dollars.” ’
“ Indeed I is it true? Well, now since
I come to recollect, there is a certain no-
ble air about him, und he has a fine eye
, —-—that can’t be denied.”
. ,1 _ :“':=.‘=
, A physician sends the ”followin’g’l for
publication recommending,
it be printed as a. poster and
on the wharves. The swimming .2. gym;
is at hand, and a knowledge ‘of th’esé‘t‘iIIiI
for restoring drowned persons;may.i,ig'_i§
valuable lives, especially during thq‘$dfl-
mer months, when so many
ture into the water: ‘ - ~-‘-'s-"-
Rules for Restoringtha "
av MARSHALL HALL, 11. n., .r.,n;- 31,,-s.,;
The following rules are the", iiesiiitiof
half a year’s investigation of apnosaland
asphyxia—a subject which ' Ipropcadi to
prosecute still further kuowiugthatftttlth
only comes of long-continued 'laboI“-'-‘find
research. I wish especially--to-put with
test of careful experiment: the-‘corractudn
of the dogma that, if the heortvhas-v-zollce
ceased to beat, its actioucan never-bvfir
Stored-.-av dogma -calculatedvto paralyfi
our efforts in many cases in which rhopo
may not be.to_ta.lly extinct: , , 5,,
First : Treat the patient instan,t_ly,,,-,qn
the spot, in the open, air, except_in,.o,‘cx,e,re
weather, freely exposing the . face,,no,c,k
and chest to the breeze.__ _ .
Second : Send with alIsp_ee_d_.for,
cal aid, and for articiesof clothing, blin-
kets,&c. ' ' ” f, "
Third : Place the patieutfgentiy,‘ on
the face, and with one arm uude1"'thé_foi‘6-
head, so that any fluids may ‘flow’
the throat and month, and withoiit*loii"of
time: V - . ---
I.—- To excite Refiration. " ’
Fourth : Turn the patient ‘oh the filddfi
and-—(lst.)--apply snuffor ' other film-
tnnt to the nostrils. (2d.')—=‘-—dash“‘iis'oid
water on the face, prcviously=---vruhbéd
briskly until it is warm. -Ifrtherc-’ H9 no
success, again lose no time,'.bu1ti :- 5 ' ‘-
II.—— To Initiate -Respimtidn. »
Fifth : Replace the patient -omhil face
when the tongue will fall ' forward»,.-and
lcilave the entrance into the windpipe froi,
t en: . I .
Sixth ; Turn the body gcntly,bnt com-
pletely, on the side and a little beyond,
(when perspiration will occur,) said than
on the face, making. a. gentle prei's'I_r3,'f,cn
the back, (when expiration ‘will
place,) alternately; these measurcs_l'liIilt
be repeated deliberately, efllcientl‘y‘_“'ihil
perseveringly, fifteen times in the minute,
only ; meanwhile— ' "
III.—- To Induce Circulation and
Seventh : Rub the limbs ‘upwards;
firm pressure and with energy, 'l1‘tI'hil-
kerchiefs, &c., for towels, ‘ . fa.-..: ..
Eighth : Replace the patient’:-‘wit
clothing by suchjcovering as can
stantly procured, each bystander supply-
ing a. coat, waistcoat, &c. . i A
These rules are founded on physiology,
and while they comprise all that'..‘calr:..—bo
immediately done for the patient, exclude
all apparatus, galvanism, the warm-bath,
&c., as useless, not to say injuri_0|lB...'.03'
pecially the last of these.;- and all xiosl
of time in removal, &c., as fatal. ' A
‘ Lomlou
Or-o
Pnxxcurox COLLEGI-:.——Dr. D. D.'F,i'cld
of Stockbridge, in his account ofthe
nercd Family, of Haddnm, Ct., ’
out a fact in connection" with‘ the 'hi‘s_f0l‘y
of David Brainerd,which will be newjilfd
interesting to many. It‘ is well"
that he was expelled from Yale College,
by a rigor of a discipline that we--nevi-rt»
gard as tyranlcal and cruel. Thevhunb
ble, penitent, but unforgiven- -student
found sympathy with such men as Dick-
inson, of Norwalk, his brother Jonathon,
in Elizabetbtowu, Burr, of Newark,-'Il|d
their sympathy with the ngrieved'st1'Il!cIt
led to the founding of Princeton College.
The plan of it was drawn up in thellouo
of the Norwalk Dickinson, whose
stated these facts to Dr. Field, and .:_ the
three others were the first three Proli-
dents of the College. ‘ I ' '
0»-
Rev. Dr. Benedict and his wife, (21. Put-
tuckct, R. I. was observed." Sfliiifdoy,
May 8. Dr. Benedict wasborh"a‘t"’Nor-
walk, Conn., Oct. 10, 1‘7'l’8, and wilihiién
complete his 80th year. 3 Hewa§‘_’inir-
ried in 1808, and is the father ‘or--twang
children, all but one of whom ”gr'ew‘ito
manhood, seven -married, and -eight.‘
now living. He has tiventy-sevellfgriid
children, seventeen of »whom-aré11o’IG‘ii'v-
ing. He was ordained a. minister-'o9‘the
Baptist Church in 1805, and was? settled
over a. Society in Pawtucket._Tfor--t}Illt‘y-
five years. hi rs. Benedict is 31:5 yoatmold
Dr. Benedict’s name is—associated._._vvith
the history of the Baptist, denomination. _
Among his contributions are, two.-largo
volumes, entitled “History of the,
tists,” and a history of “ All Religion.”
36* The New York cormspondeutdof
the Boston Journal thus describes -ptho
,conditiou of things both in the eating
and drinking line in that city : ' ‘ ~‘
“ What shall we eat, and what "shall
we drink?” seems to have a significiuco
that the question had not in the ‘ tithe‘: of
the Saviour. Our milk is proved‘ to”'bo
swili milk, from diseased and danliged
cows—and the account in Lesliefs-‘Piper
falls far short of the reality. Oct-01-econ
water is full of snakes, invisible to-Ltho
cye—so the papers tell us—and not safe
to drink without being filtered. Ouii beef
some of it, comes from the rotten cattle,
who die from poison slope, and no animal
that dies from disease is allowed, onathot
account, to miss the great end of a cattle,
which is to be eaten. The seizure of
thirty-six dead hogs at one of the depots,
who all died from disene, and were-all
ready for the market, is eminently hug-
gestivc on the matter of pork. ,
The recent investigation into ong.o_f,tho
meat shops on Bowery, where icatsyond
dogs were found in all stages of preI_orvI-
tion, from the howling cur, waiti‘ng,,hi|
fate, up to one all hushed up into
meat, would seem to dispose of the,
tion of sausages. The tons of bad pet
nuts, poor beans, and diseased and dan-
aged pulse, that are carted into»-lithe cof-
fee mills and come out. “pure old’:‘Gov-
ernment Java,” would seem to settlostho
coffee question ; and the chemical investi-
gations that have been made into thema-
terials used in making bread, I indicate
that man could not live, long-on gulch
bread alone. So what shall we eat and
drink ?
-.-.The London papers contain accounts of a
great snow storm on the 14th of April. A
very unusual occurrence .
3%» The “ Golden Wedding” of "tho -
Norwalk Chronicler