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VOLUME XLII.-..fifimgfi a,
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firmnessmirror;* ’
ALL 3 Hausa.
L. P. ALLIS, I’norulm'on.
A first class Hotcl,beuutil‘ully located at
Norwalk, Connnecticntmnd open for the re-
ception of guests at all times. In connection
with the Hotel. is a large Stable, affording
superior accommodation for Stubling Hor-
sss.
Gonnccfncut Hotel.
J. CHKELLY, Proprietor.
The above well known and popular IIotel.
having been put in fine order, is now one. of
the most convenient and best conducted in
this County. The subscriber would assure
his friends and the public. that it will be his
constant endeavor to keep his House in such
a. style as'will ensure satisfaction to all.—-——
Thankful for past furors.a continuance of
the liberal patronage he has heretofore re-
ceived, is respectfully solicited.
Connected with the Hotel. is a Livery Sta-
ble, where superior Horses and Carriages
can at all times be procured.
South Norwalk Hotel.
JAMES LUCAS, Pnornncron.
This House has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt'nud greatly enlarged, and is now
ready for the reception of guests. fl. is pleas-
antly located, in immediate proximity to the
depot; of the N. Y. and N. II. Railroad, and
in this respect for permanent or transient
boarders possesses advantages over any other
Hotel in the town. A good Stublcis kept in
connection with the Hotel.
Wooster House. Danbury, Conn.
A. CHICH ESTE It. Proprietor,
The Subscriber, having purchased the
above named Ilotel.is prepared to receive
permanent and transient bourders,aml to
entertain Travellers and the Public gener-
ally. The Hotel is large, commodions, and
is fitted up wait the conveniences of modern
Hotels; it is abundantly supplied with pure
Spring Water, and is pleaSautly located on
Main Street, within a very few doors of the
Railroad Depot.
[ c. s. Locxwoon,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
—-a n d—
'GENTLEMEN’S FURNISlllNG mtrouruu,
No. 3Skiddy’s Dlock,
, , Main Street,Norwalk,Conn.
r. r'. soon-n,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER Jf[.r_11.L 0R Y’S S TORE,
Norsvalk. Conn.
G. J. GBUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETINGS,
Carriage Trimmings. Clot/is, Cassi.
mercs, Salincus, Vestingsymd Tail-
ar's Trzuzmings, by the You],
Piece 0r Package.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGSJEANS,
At: the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN.
I‘. H. NASH, ‘
WHOLESALE .txn Itwrunmuuml Ix
STOVES,
MANUFACTURER 0F
Tin,She et Iron & Copper Wares
' Has constantly on hand a'lru'gcasaort
ment of general [[ousc-loeeping
~Furniturc, m: So. Norwalk.
007m.
1.. w A n N "r: R,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
WIDMIIKWCAZETTE: ~l
17'
Office in Mallory’s Building, East: side
the Bridge,
NORWALK, CONN.
G. _& E. E. Lockwood, at 00.,
NORWAIK, CONN.,
MANUFACTUREES
I Tin,ShcetIr0n &Copper Wares,
AN 1) DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Bri-
tannia. Porcelain and lVooden ware,
and Kitchen Furniture in gen-
eral, Pumps, Sheet Lead .
dc Lead Pipe, Crock-
cry, Glass and
China lVare.
Dentistry.
Doctors EILI. & PITCH,
Surgical & Mechanical
D .E N T I S T S ,
Office over the Store of C.J.Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
A. BILL, CHARLES FITCH.
/—“ ~-«-—_._ __ I .H_.‘
EETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 18l9, C/Iurlcr Pcrprlzml,
Cash Capital, $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to (lie hazard, and
consisliwg wit/I. l/Ie laws of
compensation. ,
GEO. R. .COWLKS. Sole .flgcnt
For Not-walk and vicinity.
OF
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Life Insurance.
A. H. BYINGTON,
(At the Gazette Office)
Acnxr FOR run
AMERICAN TEMPERANCE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
ornaitronwcnn.
i, .‘2-
l store of
. mos Hunt-r,
Generachnsion &. Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims adore
the several .Depm‘lmenls and
i the Com-r, of Claims.
“’ashingfon . D. (L
'Ji'E‘niIéEfi/Efi: if,“
H o M (E o r A T H,
Grudnathalc Med. Institute,Class 185l a. ’52
Office in Ilubbcll’s block, Norwalk.
ltl'il"l'2lll'INt‘l‘i>l. .
Dr. Dennison. Fulrfield. Conn.
Dr. l".C. Skiff. New llavru, Conn
Dr. Norton. llridgepcrt, Conn.
Dr. II. A. Collins. Sy‘iriugfield, Mass.
Dr. G. P. Cooley. New Britain. Conn.
Dr. Jas. If. Austin. Bristol. Conn.
Dr. G. A. Moody. l‘luinville. Conn.
W. S. Sanford It: 00., New Ilavcn , Conn. 46
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sunumu. sun MECHANICAL .
DENTIST,
Office at Itesnlcnce, East Avenue, Nor-
walk, Conn.
Architecture. t
SIDNEY M. STONE,
A non l’l'lCC'f‘,
,Will furnish Plans. Specifications, dctuil
Drawings, and super-intend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-sf... New Haven, Ct. [[52
WM. 0- STREET & 00.,
Importers. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul-
tural Implmuents, Oils,
Paints, \Viudow Glass,
die, die, the.
Norwulk, Conn.
A . lI. WILcoxsox
Wu. C. S'rnum',
3.1:. OLMS'I'EADBL co.
WHOLESALE AND lll'Z'l‘AIl. Ill'IAleLS IN
Gnoculuus, li‘LOUl—l, FEED, ac,
No's 111 A2 lfi Main Street,NorwallLConu.
— ‘ sinuous-mm
At' orney & Counsellor at Law,
6| \V A Ll. 51‘ RE ET,
‘ NEW YORK.
Norwalk Post Office.
' .\I.\II.s CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.,—2.3fl P. M.
East 8.20 A. M .—."i.0fl l‘. M .
Danbury and Norv‘alk llailroad, 8.50 A. M.
Weston, ltedding. and bedding Ridge 1‘3 M,
MAILS urn.
West 9.10 A. M.—5.55 1‘ . M.
East 8 20 A. M.—:l.20 P. M. '
Danbnry and Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
' . rosr orricu nouns
From 7.00 A. M, to 8:00 P.M .
. It. A. lVllJJAMS, P. M.‘
if "it a r dict. "s: 6 N ;
NI .\ xuvscruuuus or
monuments, Grave Stones,
Marntles we.
'I‘ Purdy's Station, New York. Our stock
comprises the very best quality of Ital-
ian and American Marble. All work deliler—
ed free of charge. All orders promptly exc-
euted. at prices as favorable as can be obtain-
ed at any similarcstablishmcnt in the coun-
try. 27
THOMAS RILEY,
Merchant Tallor and Draper,
No. it l’hd-uix Block, Norwalk,Coun.,
ll E subscriber would respectfully announce
that. flaring cleared out all his old stock
at his auction sales. he has now on hand a
fresh selected stock of seasonalilc Cloths.
Cassimcres, Vestiugs. &c., which he is pre-
pared to make up in the best. and most fash-
ionnble styles. A complete assortment of
Mens’ and Boys’ CLUTIILVG REJIDY
JlIflDE.
Grateful for long and continued favors, I
shall endeavor with renewed exertions, to
merit their continuance.
III ‘Qtrrnwhniifi‘éibws,
Cabilret Maker
11f Mair (II/l cs-mb/is/Ic/l Ware Rooms
East rifle flu: Bridge, opposite
P/Iil’lliJi Block,
IlAVE now on hand the largest and best
assortmentof Cabinet 1" u r u i t u r 0,
Chairs. Looking Glasses. Mattresses. &c.,
everoll‘cred for sale in this place, which we
have just purchased for Cash, at extremely
low prices, and intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand Rmu'y
.Madc (Jo/[ins of all sizes and descriptions,
from the mostcostly Rosewood to the plain-
est. ever used.
From our long experiencei n the-Underta-
king luIsiIicss.ive are confident wecan give
purlectsatisfaction to all who may needour
services.
Norwalk.Sepf..15ith,1858. 37
House Painting,
GRAIN IN G AND G LA ZIN G.
llE Subscriber Would respectfully un-
nouuco to his former customers (and as
many New ones as will give him a call.) that
be Is prepared to execute all orders in his
line With nealness and dispatch, and- solicits
their patronage. . '
Jobs taken and stockfurnished if required.
He can be found at his old stand, Union Sti,
opposite Quintard dz Smith‘s Carriage Facto-
ry. - GEORGE HUDGES.
South Norwalk, April 1st, 1859. lyl‘:
Norwalk Machine Shop.
II'E subscribers are now fully prepared to
fill all ordersfor the making or repair-
ing of every description ot‘muchiuery. Gust.
iugs furnished, Patterns made, Wood Turning,
&c., all of which will be done inn workmunlikc
manner, and at short notice.
They arcnlso agents for In Fruncis’ Put-
ent Steam Floating Governor Valve: the
Stcrru. Faucet Co.’s Steam and Water Valves.
15 A. C. ARNOLD A: SON.
Norwalk Dye Wol'ks,
Foot of Jl'lZ/l [Ii/l, Mir-walls, Uu'lm.
OIIN l’ICl‘iICNS, Practical Dyer and Re-
finishcr, would remind his friends and
the public generally that he still carries on
the Dyeing business. in all its branches, at
his old stand. Ladirs Dresses dim] (my col-
or. and Steam-finished in the most nppro vod
manner. Crupc. Brooke, and Cashmere
Shawls, Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed, to
compare with new goods. Lace, Damask
and MorecuCuI-iuius. 'I'able Covers. Rugs,
etc., Cleaned, Dyed and Finished. Gentle-
men’s Clothing and Straw llats, Cleaned,
Dyed and Pressed.
.Ilgrnls, Joseph Shepard, Norwalk, Lyman
Platt. Main St., Daubury, David Selleck.
West. Not-walk. J. W. Reed, Stamford, Corn-
wall A: Mi fen, Milford. I2
I ‘.
Seed Potatoes.
sunv Nutmeg or Napoleon. Early June.
E Prince Albert. and Peach Blossom Pota-
toes,for sale at the A ricultural and Seed
s
Paper Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
11E subscriber has now on hand a large
and well selected assortmentof‘the above
named goods, which he will npw offer for
sale cheaper than ever before thought of in
this market.
Paper Hanging, - _
House and Sign Painting,
Executed in all their branches. Iiidwcll-‘s
Patent Wagon Grease for safe at my store,
next. door north of Wood’s Building. Main~
GEORGE MARVIN.
ROOFING.
llE subscriber isproparud to furnish par-
ties building with Warren’s superior
Fr]! our] Cement Roofing.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the Nor-
walk flock Company’s Building. and at. Louns-
bury.Dis-.~.I-ll .A’.Co’.~‘.. where it gives entire
satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheap-
est, uswell as the best roofing in use. All
orders left with John W.llubbel|,at the office
of Wm. K. James. will receive prompt. atten—
tion. “-11. J.N. IIILL.
Notice.
General 'Blacksmithin‘g and
Machine Jobbing.
WIIE Subscriber having established himself
in the above line of business, at the old
stand of his Father. Wm. Glover, is prepared
to execute all orders in the Blacksmithing
Department. in a thorough and workmaulike
manner, and at reasonable prices. Special
attention will be paid to the repairing of‘ma-
chinery . do.
THEODORE GLOVER.
Norwalk, March 14th, 1859. lltf
Saddlery and Harness Making.
"J“lif-l Subscriber having 1) rchusrd the eu-
. tile interest in and to the Saddle and Hal‘-
ness establishment of Stephen Swaun, adjoin-
ing the Connecticut Hotel, offers his services
to Owners of horses in every capacity apper-
tainingto his business. He will keep con"
stuntly on hand and make to order, every
variety of Saddlery or Harness wares and
keep a full assortment. of llorse Clothes,
Whips, brushes, Combs. Chamois Skins,
Trunks.Valises. Carpet flags, do, 33.0. A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. WM. ll. FOItLOW.
Norwulk, March 2lst, 1859,
ifisunluvcn.
lIE SubsCriber having taken Ihcngency (if
the .7er Eng/um] Fire mu] Jllarme In-
suram‘r 00., of Hartford. is prepared to in-
sure ull kinds of property against. loss or dam-
age by fire. on as accommodating terms as
any other Company.
The New England Fire and Mirine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established,
with a paid in capital of $200,000;qu1 has a
surplus of $6,205.00.
.if'lSEl’iI W. IIUBDEIL,
Argent for Norwalk and vicinity;
Norwalk.Feb.lsl.1850.
rrince’s South Norwalk
PAPER BOX MANUFACTORY.
AT'I‘ERS,StIoe Dealers, Milliners, and
all others requiring PAPER BOXES.
supplied at short notice. Office in Sword's
K nob Factory, opposite the Lock l"'acf0l’y,SO.
Not-walk, Conn. 3u115
I' '0' E. N I '1‘ If It 3 l
V Willi sulncribor is now pl'cpated to offer to
the public,ut his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Purmture
as can be found in Fairficld County.nnd at
lower prices, FOR (WISH, than the some
quality ol'Goods can be obtained at any oth-
er Establishment.
The Stock consists in part of
Marble Top. Extension. Dining. Card and
Quartetoc Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus.
Sofas, 'l'cfr-no'l‘efc Lounges, Mahog-
any and Gene scat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ilig Glasses, &c., do.
COFFLV lf’JIRER 0 0.2!! s. ’
Where may be found a full assortment of
Collins, which will be finished in the best pos-
sible maxim-r, and at. short notice.
gm? A Hears-e will be" furnished when dc-
sircd, A. RENOUD .
Westport, May 1st, 1858.
Groceries ! Groceries !
W. llUb'liliLL, Jn., would respectfully
.invitc the attention of the public gener-
ally to their assortment of
Groceries, Provisions,
I‘lour, Peed, 6Lc.,
which he offers for sale at the lowest possi-
ble prices and warrantsthem to be of the
best quality. Our stock of
Tea, Gofi'ee, and Sugar,
is of‘a superior quality, and will be sold as
cheap as the cheapest; We keep a good as-
sortment of Floor of the best brands con-
staully on hand.
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1' 0 R G A S I! l
' I-IE subscriber would inform the public
generally , that he still continues to sell
the best. of Groceries, Provisions,&c., at his
old stapd, No. 4 Skiddy‘s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. lie offers great inducements
to cash buyers. ashe has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualifies as can
be found at any store in the county. He
would invite the special attention of all to
his stock of
Coffees, Teas and Sugars,
Which are of the very best quality. and will
be sdd cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine, and judge for themselves.
A. MOREIIOUSE'
GOAL ! GOAL 1
' H. 6‘4 J. C. HANDLE, have been re-
. ceiviug direct t'gom the mines, and are
how prepared to oll‘e-r at the lower-t market
rates. the following kinds of coal, from their
Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz :
Spring .Muunlain Lchigh,
Sugar Loaf do.
.annth Vein. (IV/tile JIsh)
Locust .Mtnmloin do.
Scranton do. ‘
Council Ridge, (Pin/r flsh)
Loon-nee (Red do.)
'l'rrvorfou Semi flufhracflr.
The Lehigh, Mammoth Vein, Lucust lfloun-
tain. Council Ridge and 'l‘rovertou Cools are
of tlwflrsf class, and are acknowledged by
dealers to have no superior. For furnaces
and all stoves with strong droughts, the Le-
high coals cannot be surpassed, being hard,
enduring and very pure. For ordinary d'o-
mestic purposes. the Mammoth Vein, Locust
Mountain and Council Ridge Cools, stand un-
rivalled ; burning more freely than the Le-
lllglb making no clinker, and leaving less
ashes and slate than most any kind of Coal
known in the market.
As to the Trcvertou, we can say to any
persons trying it. that if it, does not an-
swor the recommendation and prove entirely
satisfactory, we will take it back again ifdc-
sired, at our own expense, and refund the
moneys .. ,. .. ._ .
“ up. . II. Ilenedic't, lon'g'nn'd favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of the pub-
lic patronage is solicited. , ,. .-
P. S.—Just received, a. cargo of very supe-
rior Blacksmith’s Coal,mined by the Hamp-
EONARD do Srusnr.
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g.
A Kiss and its Consequences.
“ Blizard,” a Californian, relates the following in an
epistlo in which lic endeavors to prove—and docs—that
“ anybody can write poetry.” It is a. gem something
after the manner of Poe’s Raven—only more so.
Said I, my pretty miss,
Let me have a little kiss,"
And I revelled in the bliss,
Rich and “ meller ;”
“Just help yourself to more _:”
Said she, tripping o‘er the floor,
And backing towards the door)
()f the cellar.
I never saw the trap
Till I fell through it “kelslup,”
And you should have seen me “ drop”
Through the hole ;
Full twenty feetI fell-—
How I struckl cannot to It—
But I sent up such a yell,
On my soul,
That the girl thought I was dying,
And at once set up a crying
For the old man who was trying,
Not far off,
To mend a broken pump.
He turned and with a jump
Cleared a shed, and tum bled plump
In a trough l
But what has this to do
With the story, which is true
As the gospel, old or new ?
With a hop,
He came up, inquired the matter,
“ Whencc the screaming and clatter ?’_’
He had half a mind to rap her
On the top -.L
Oflier head She meekly pointed
Down the steps, where I disjointod,
Lay with gr!" "-e and mud anointed
On th. ~"or. I
“ Blizurd” up in
Quite a month there
In two months was "
Nothing more !
lairs was carried ;
‘izard” tarried—
~urd married—
Tfli HEIDI a ti.“
'—’—’/l‘_‘l\.' ’r.‘. - . ~ - - _ r_-.-/.—.~~. ~rr.~.-r.
1
' The Young Englishman .
[We copy the following story from a
new work, “The Arabian Duys’ Enter-
tainments,” in 1 volume, price $1.26, by
Messrs. Phillips, Sampson A; 00., of ROS-
ton. This is but one of many others
which make up the book and well deserve
the name of Enter elements]
1‘” Lord Sheik, in the Southern part
of Germany lies the little city of Grunwie-
set, where I was born 'and bred. It is
small, as all cities arejujhut country—C.
In the controls a little market place with
a fountain, and an old gnildhall on one
side, and round the market the houses of
peace and the more influential merchants,
and a couple of narrow streets hold all
the rest of the inhabitants. All know
f each other ; everyone knows what hap-
pens everywhere else ; and if the priest,
the bur omustcr or the doctor has an ad
ditiouu dish on the table, by dinner time
it is known to the entire city. In the of-
ternoon the ladies go to each other’s hou-
ses, paving visits as they call it, to talk,
over strong coffee and sweet biscuits,
about this great. event, and the general
conclusion arrived at, is that the priest;
must have invested in a lottery and won
money sinfully, or the burgomuster have
taken a bribc,or the doctor have received
money from the apotheca ry for writing ex-
pensive prescriptions. You may imagine,
my lord shiek,how disagreeable a circum-
stance it must have been for so well-reg-
ulated a place as Grunwiesel, when a man
arrived there, of whom nobody knew
whence he come what he wanted, or how
he lived. The burgomustcr,to be snre,had
seen his passport, a paper which everyone
is obliged to have among us— ,
“ Is it so unsafe in your streets,” in-
terrupted the sheik, “ that you require to
have u firman from your sultan to inspire
robbers with respect ?”
No, my lord, answered the slave, these
papers are no protection against thieves,
but are made necessary by the law, which
requires that it must be known everywhere
who is who. Now, the burgomaster had
examined the passport, and had declared
at a coffee party at the doctor’s, th‘ut it
was certainly correctly vised from Berlin
to Grnnwiesel, but he feared there was
something behind, for the man had a very
suspicious look about him. The burgo-
master had great authority in the city, so
it is no matter of surprise that in cousc-
qucncc the stranger came to be regarded
as a.very doubtful character. IIis mode
of life did not tend to disubusc my coun-
trylneu of this opinion. He hired choose
for his exclusive use, put into it a cart-
load of strange-looking furniture, such as
furnaces, sand-baths, crucibles and the
like, and lived henceforth entirely alone.
Nay, he even did his own cooking, and
his house was entered by no human be-
ing, except one old man of Grunwiesel,
whose duty it; was to buyhis brcud, meat
and vegetables. Even this person was
only admitted to the lower floor, where the
stranger met him to receive his purchases.
I was a boy of ten cars of age when
the stranger took up his residence in our
city, and I can call to mind, as plainly as
if it haddmppeued but yesterday, the ex-
citement the man occasioned in the place.
He never came of an afternoon, like
other people, to the bowling-green ; new
or of an evening to the tavern, to talk of
the times over his pipe and tobacco. ,In
Vain (lid the burgomaster, the justice, .the
priest, doctor, each in his turn invite him
to dinner or tea, he invariably begged to
be excused. in consequence of all this,
some people regarded him as a despera-
do; some thought he must be a Jew;
and a third party declared with great sol-
emnity that he was a magician or sorcer-
er. I grew to be eighteen, twenty years
old, and still the man was always called
in the city “. The Stranger!”
It happened, one day, that some peo-
ple came to the city with a collection of
strange animals. The troop which
showed itself on this occasion -in Gran-
wiesel was distinguished by the possession
of a monstrous 0rung~outang, nearly as
large as a man, which went on two legs,
and knew all sorts of cunning sleights of
hand. It chanced that its performances
took place in front of the stranger’s house.
When the drum and fife sounded, he
made his appearance, at first with visible
vexatiou, behind the dark, dust~begrim~
med window of his residence. Soon,
however, he grew more amiable, and
o ening his window, to everybody’s aston-
is meat, looked out and laughedheurtily
at the orangeoutung’s gumbols. . N my, he
paid '36 large 'a piece of silver for the en-
tertainment that thewhole city talked of it.
shire Mining Co.
The next morning the collection of an-
imals went: on their way. They had
scarcely made a league on their journey,
when the stranger sent to the post-house,
demanding, to the postmaster’s amaze-
ment, 3. post-chaise and horses, and set
forth by the some gate and on the same
road taken by the menagerie. The. whole
city was furious at not being able to learn
whither he was going. It was night when
the stranger again returned to the gate
in the post-chaise. A person was sitting
with him in the vehicle, ,with his hat
pressed down over his face, and his mouth
and‘ears bound in a silken handkerchief.
The gate-keeper considered it. his duty to
speak to the second stranger, and demand
his passport. His humor was surly and
growled out in some unintellible language.
“ It is my nephew,” said the stranger,
politely, putting several silver coins into
the gatekeepcr’s hand, “ he understands
very little German. What he said just
now was swearing at our being delayed
‘ here.”
“ Ah 1 if he is your nephew, sir,” an-
swered the gatekeeper, " of course he can
enter without a passport. He Will live
in your house. no doubt ?”
L “ Certainly,” said the stranger ; “ and
will probably remain with me u. long
while.”
The gate-keeper made no f urthcr oppo-
sition, and the stranger and his nephew
passed into the city. The burgomuster
and the whole town were mttch displeased
with the conduct of the gate-keeper.—
He could at least have taken notice .of
the nephew’s language, it; would then
have been an easy matter to decide what
nation he and his uncle belonged to.—
The gatekeeper asserted,in reply to these
complaints, that it was neither Italian or
French, but had sounded a good deal like
English, and, unless his ears had deceived
him, the younger gentleman had said dis-
tmctly, “ Ros-bif l” By this the gate-
keeper helped himself out of the scrape,
and, at the same time, assisted the young
man to a. name, for nothing was talked of
now in the city but the young Englishman.
The young man, however, was no
greater frequenter of the bowling-green
or tavern than his uncle was, but be for-
nished the people much food for conver-
sation in another way. It happened now,
not unfrequently, that in the hitherto si-
lent house would be heard a frightful up-
roar and shrieking, so that the passers—by
virould stop before the house in crowds,
,.. - . _
and gaze up at the Windows. The young
Englishman wfiuld be seen dressed in a.
red frock and green trousers. his hair
erect, and his appearance indicating ter-
ror, running with great speed through
the rooms, from window to window, the
old stranger pursuing him with a hunting
whi in his hand, and often failing to
0 take him. But it sometimes seemed
to the crowd below that he had succeed-
ed in catching the young mun, for they
could hear, issuing from the rooms above,
cries of anguish and sounds‘ of blows.—
The ladies of the city took such deep con-
cern in this cruel treatment of the youth-
ful stranger that they induced the burgo-
muster at last to take some notice of the
affair. He wrote a letter to the strange
gentleman, in which he‘ alluded in vigor—
ous terms to his harsh treatment: of his
nephew, and threatened him, in case sim-
ilar scenes continued to transpire, with
taking the unfortunate young man under
his especial protection.
Imagine the surprise of the bu rgomas-
ter when he saw the stranger entering his
doors for the only time in ten years. The
old gentleman excused his conduct to-
wards his nephew on the plea of the pe-
culiar directions of the parents of the
young man who had entrusted him with
his education. He stated that the youth
was in most respects clever and intelli-
gent, but that he wished so earnestly to
make his nephew an accomplished German
scholar, that. he might afterwards take
the liberty to introduce him to the society
of Gruuwiesel, and the progress made by
him was so discouraging, that on many
occasions there was no‘better course to
pursue than to beat it into him by a suit-
able castigatiou. The burgomastcr ex-
pressed himself perfectly satisfied with
this explanation, recommended a little
more moderation in the infliction of chas-
tisement, and-reported in the evening at
the beer-saloon, that he had rarely met,
in his whole life, a better-informed and
more agreeable gentleman than the strun-
gcr. “ The only pity is,” be added,
“ that he goes so little in society ; but I
think, as soon as his nephew can speak a
little German he will visit our circle of-
toner.”
By the single incident the opinion of
the city was completely changed. They
regarded the stronger as a Web-bred man,
felt a desire to cultivate his acquaintance,
and considered it to be perfectly in order
when n and then a frightful shriek was
heard to issue from the desolate house.
“ He-is giving his nephew a lesson in Ger-
man,” the Grunwieselouiaus said, and
went on without. paying further attention
to the matter. Three months passed by,
and the tuition in German seemed to have
come to a close ; but the old man went a.
step further. There lived in the city on
old, infirm Frenchman, who‘gave lessons
in dancing to the young people. . This
man the stranger summoned to his house
and told him that he desired him to teach
his nephew to dance.
There was nothing, the
cretly declared so won I in all the
world as these dancing-lessons. The
nephew, a. tall, slim, young man, with
rather short legs, made his appearance,
he said in a red frock, his hair nicelycurl-
ed, wide trousers, and white glores. He
spoke little, and with a foreign accent,
and seemed, in the beginning rather intel-
ligent and docile ; but be frequently
brokcout into the most ridiculous leaps,
dancing the wildest tours, in which he
made entrencheuts which surpassed all the
dancing masters he had ever seen or heard
of. When. it: was attempted to check
his extruvagnuces, he would pull off the
delicate dancing-shoes from his feet, throw
them at: the Frenchman’s head, and run
round the chamber on all fours. At the
uchmau se-
of his room, in a. large red bedgown, and
a. cap of gold paper on his head, and lay
his whip heavily over his nephew’s should-
ers. The nephew would at once begin to
bowl in the most frightful manners, spring
on the table and high bookfcaSQSLund
even on the upper sashes of the windows,
and talk all the time a strange, foreign
language. The old gentleman would
v: ‘m 3.5;.» ,.,,~.
("‘av_..‘-.‘
noise, the old gentleman would rush out
give him no respite, but seizing him by
the leg, would pull him down beat him
soundly. and draw his neekcloth tighter
round his neck by the buckle ; after which
the nephew would become manneriy and
sober again, and the dancing lesson
go on quietly to its close.
These dancing lessons very nearly kill-
ed thc old Frenchman; but thc'dollar
which he regularly received and the good
wine which the old gentleman brought
out, always took him back to his pupil,
often as be resolved never to set foot in
the hateful house again.
The people of Grunwiesel looked on
these things, very differently from the
Frenchman. They settled in their own
minds that the young gentleman possess-
ed grout talents for society ; and the la-
dies in the place all congratulated them-
selves—sufi'eriug as they did from a great
lack of gentlemen—on the acquisition of
so vigorous u’duncer for the coming winter.
One morning. the maids, returning from
market, described to their masters and
mistresses a singular incident. They had
seen an elegant carriage standing before
the stranger’s hou'se,aud a servant in rich
livery holding the step. Two gentlemen
had entered the carriage, the servant
sprung into the boot behind, and the car-
ringed-only imagine it l—drovc straight
off to the house of the burgomuster.
Everywhere people were in ruptures
with the two strangers, and regretted on-
ly that they had notmade theirucquanint-
once earlier. The old gentleman showed
himself to be a. well-bred, sensible man
who laughed a little, to be sure. in every-
thing be said. rendering it difficult to
know whether he was in jest or earnest ;
but who talked of the weather, the scene-
ry, and the picnics to the cave in the
mountain, so politely and shrewdly that
every one was delighted. But the
nephew l He bewitchéd everybody ; he
won all hearts. As for his exterior, it
was impossible to call him exactly hand-
some. The lower part of .his face, espec-
ially his jaw, projected too far, and his
complexion was extremely (lurk; while
occasionally be made the most remarkable
grimaces, shutting his eyes, and snapping
his teeth together queerly; but people
found the shape of his features exceeding-
ly interesting. “ H3 is an Englishman,”
people said ; “ they are all so. We must
not be too particular with an English-
man ” '
Towards his
missive ; for whenever he began to jump
too vivaciously about the room, or as he
seemed particularly inclined to do, draw
his feet; up under him on his chair, a sin-
gle stern glance from the old‘mau served
to bring him to order at. once. And how
could one be angry with the young man
when his uncle, in every house, suid to
the lady, “ My nephew is still alittle raw
and ill-bred, madam; but I anticipate
much from the mollifying effect produced
by your" society, and I implore your for-
giveness for any gaucheries he may hap-
pen to be guilty of.”
\ Thus was the nephew at length intro-
duced to the gay world, and all Gruuwie-
sel sp )ke of nothing else for the two fol-
lowing days but this great event. The
old gsntleman renounced his habits of re-
tirement, and seemed to have wholly al-
tered his modes of thought and life. In
the afternoon he went, with his nephew,
to the cave in the mountain, where the
more important citizens of Grunwiesel
drank beer and rolled ninepias. Here
the nephew showed himself a skillful mus-
ter of the game ; for he never threw less
than five or six balls. Occasionally a
strange humor sized him. It happened,
more than once that be rushed like an
arrow down among the uiuepius with one
of the balls making a dreadful racket, und
when he made a spare or a teu~strikc, the
fancy sometimes came over him to stand
erect on his nicely-curled head, and ex-
tend his legs' high into the air ; or, if a
carriage happened to pass, before one
knew what he.wus about he would be
seen sitting on the top of the vehicle, mu-
king the most ludicrous grlmaces, and, af-
ter riding on a short distance, returuwith
prodigious leaps and bounds to the party
he had quittcd
The old gentleman, at such incidents as
these, was wont to beg ten thousand par.
dons of the burgemastcr and the other
gentlemen, for his nephew’s eccentricitics.
They, in reply, would laugh ascribe such
conduct to his youthful spirits, declare
they had been just the same in their youth
and admire the young spingal, as they
called him, immensely.
In this way the nephew of the strun-
ger came, boforc long to be held in high
favor in the city and environs. No one
could recall ever having seen a young
mpn like him in Grunwiesel before ; and
he was, indeed, the strangest apparition
which had ever_visited their borders.—
No one could accuse him of cultivation,
of any possible kind, except perhaps, a
little dancing. Latin and Greek were
both Greek to him. . At a. round game
at the burgomaster’s house, it, once fell to
his lot to be obliged to write something
and it was found that he could not even
sign his name. In Geography he made
the most stupendous blunders; for he
made no hesitation in locating a. German
city in France, or a Danish one in Poland.
He had read nothing; he had studied
nothing ; and the Priest often shook his
head signficantly over the dreadful igno-
rance of the young gentleman. Still in
spite of this, everything he said and did
was held to be excellent, for he was im-
pudcnt enough to insist always on being.
right, and the last words of every remark
he made were : “ I understand this much
better than you.
‘ The scenes of his greatest triumphs,
however, were the Grunwlesel balls.—
No one danced so persevcriugly none so
vigorously as he ; no one made such
bold, graceful jumps. Ills uncle dressed
him for such occasions in the newest and
hundszmest fashions ; and although it
was impossible to make his clothes fit,yet
everybody considered his dress charming.
The gentlemen, to be sure, took offence
of: the new style which he introduced.—
Hitherto the burgomuster had always
opened the bull in person, and the most
highly-born young men exercised the right
of regulating the rest of the dances ; but
since the young Englishman’s arrival, a
total change had been brought about.—
He would seize the prettiest girl by the
baud Without leave or license, take his
place with her in the figure, manage eveL
rything precisely as be pleased, and con-
‘ .. m. > .
~old uncle he was very Sllb‘.
stitutc himself, lord, master and king of
the bulb But as the ladies found these
manners extremely elegant,the young Inch
durczl not venture on resistance, and the
eccentric nephew retained unOpposed his
self-assumed dignity and rank.
Such was the behavior adopted by the
nephew at the bulls and parties in Gran-
wiesel. As is too often the case in other
uuitters, bad habits come into vogue
much easier than good ones, and a new
and striking fudhiou, especially, if it be
ridiculous, has ever something in it high-
ly attractive for the young, who have
not yet formed an accurate or sensi-
ble judgment of themselves and the
world. So it was in Grunwiesel with the
nephew and his extraordinary manners.
For, when the younger world perceived
that the young stranger won more admi-
ration than be incurred rebuke for his
awkward habits, his loud laughter and
his insolent uriswers to his seniors, and
that these passed merely as evidences of
his spiritual nature, and the thought to
themselves: ‘ nothing is easier than to
make myselfuuother such a spiritual brute.’
They had formerly been industrious, elev-
er youths ; but now they thoughti “ Of
what use is learning, when ignorance car-
ries a man so much furthnr ?” So aban-
doning their books, they spent their time
in dissipation on the streets.
Till now, the Grunwiesel young men
had entertained a proper dislike to a
rough and vulgar demeanor; now, they
sang all sorts of vile songs, smoked huge
pipes of tobacco, and spent much time in
low pot-houses, for with them they resem-
bled the young Euglishmun. At home,
or on a visit, they lay down in boots and
spurs on the ottomuus ; at assemblies
they tilted their chairs, or put both el-
bows on the table. In' vain their older
friends represented to them how foolish,
how disgraceful this behavior was ; they
referred to the shining example of the
nephew. It was said to them, in vain,
that a certain degree of rudeness must be
forgiven in the nephew, in consideration
of his English birth ; the young Grun-
wiescloninns declared that; they had as
good a right. as the best Englishman in
the. world, to be vulgar in a spiritual way.
In short, it was .a general complaint
that gentlemanly breeding and behavior
had been entirely eradicated from Grun-
wiesel by the evil example of the young
stranger.
But the pleasure of the young men, in
their rude and reckless life, was of short
duration, for the following incident clung:
ed the whole aspect of affairs. A great
concert was resolved upon, to close the
winter amusements, to be given partly by
skillful amateurs of Gruuwicsel. The
burgomuster played the violincello, the
doctor the bnsoon, with great skill ; the
upothecary, though he had no car, blew
the flute,‘ several young ladies of the city
had studied arias, and-every preliminary
had been carefully arranged. The old
stranger expressed the opinion, that,
though doubtless- the concert would be
admirable as it was, he noticed that no
duct was included in programme, and
that. a duct everybody, 'new was a neces-
sary element of every concert. This
opinion occasioned a good deal of embar-
rassment, The burgomustcr’s dunghter,to
be sure, sang like u nightingale ; but: where
was the gentleman who could sing u da-
et with her? They thought at last of
falling back on the old organist, who had
sung an excellent bass in former days;
but the stranger announced that all this
anxiety was needless, for his nephew had
a voice of surprising cultivistlon and pow-
er. The duet, therefore, was studied with
all haste, and the evening at length ur-
rived, on which the ears of the people of
Grunwiescl were to be enruptured by the
concert.
The old stranger was unable to be
present at his nephew’s triumph, in con-
sequence of illness, but he gave to the
burgomuster some rules forsthc guidance
of his eCeeutI-ic relative. “ He is a good
soul,” said he, “ but. now and then he is
seized with some strange notions, and
breaks out into the wildest of freaks.—
I regret. extremely, my inability to be
prcse of; at. the concert this evening, for
his demeanor is perfectly decorous while
I am by. He well knows why the scampl
Let me assure your cxcellency that this
vivacity of his is not a mental vice, but
merely a bodily infirmity. Whenever,
therefore, any such humor seizes him, so
that. he seats himself .on a music stand,
or attempts to knock down the contra-buss
or the like, if your excelleucy would take
the trouble to loosen his cravut a. little
or, if nothing better can be done, take it
off altogether, and you will see how quiet
and welt-bred he will at once become.”
The burgomaster thanked the sick man
for his confidence, and promised, in case
the necessity arose, to follow his direction,
to the letter.
Part first of the concert was over, and
every body was on the tenter-ho'oks of ex-
pectation for the second, in which the
young Englishman was to perform aduet
with the burgomustcr’s daughter. The
nephew had , made his appearance
in gorgeous costume, and had long
ago drawn upon himself the attention of
all present. He had thrown himself
down, without the slightest ceremony, in
the elegant arm-chair provided for u coun-
tess of the vicinity, and stretching his legs
to their full length, had stored the audi-
ence out of countenance through a huge
opera-glass which he had provided in ad-
ditionto his ordinary spectacles ; playing
incesshntly, meanwhile, with a large mas-
tifi' which he had persisted in introducing
in spite of the regulations prohibiting all
such animals. The countess for whom
the arm-chair had been provided seen ap-
peared ; but the young Englishman made
no movement to resign his seat. On the
contrary, he only assumed a more com-
fortable attitude, and no one present ven-
tured to rebuke his insolence The dis-
tinguished lady was consequently obliged
to take her seat in an ordinary cane chair
among the other ladies of the city, in a
state of intense and natural indignation.
No wonder, therefore, that everybody
was curious to see how he would succeed
with his duct. The second part begun ;
the city musicians played the introductory
bars, and now the burgomaster led up his
daughter to the youpg Englishman, and,
handing him a. sheet of music, said to him
‘_‘ My dear sir, are you disposed to begin
the duel: f” The stranger laughed, show-
ed his teeth, and springing up, preceded
the two other: to the music stand, while [to the present day. __ f
‘—
the audience was filled with 0,de
and anticipation- The orginist .. t the
time, and nodded to the Englishflln to'
begin. The latter looked at the’ mute
through his spectacles a moment, MIG
gave utterance to some hideous slid mol-
nncholy howls ; whereupon the organist
shouted to him : “ Two notes lover, your
honor ; C ;—you must sing O!" ‘
Instead of singing C,the stranger pull-
ed ofi' one of his shoes and flung it at tho
organist’s head, making the powder 1|in
clouds. Seeing this, the burgomutcr
thought to himself : “ H; 1 his bodily in-
firmity has got hold of himsgsin ;" and
séiziug him by the neck, he loosened the
buckle of his crsvat. But, at this the
young man’s conduct became only the
more outrageous. Ho dropped the use
of German, and confined himself.to an
extraordinary and unintelligible-language
taking'ull the while othe most tremendous
leaps. The burgomaster was in despair
_at this unpleasant- interrnption to the on-
tertuinmeut, and instantly resolved to
take off entirely the crsvat of the young
Englishman, whom some unusually violent
paroxysm must have suddenly seized.—
But no sooner had he done this than he
started back aghast. Instead of n hu-
man skin cud complexion, a dark brown
fur enveloped the neck of the youthful
stranger, who instantly proceeded upon
still higher and more marvellous loops;
and, twisting his white gloves into his
hair, he pulled it entirely of, sad won-
ders i this beautiful hair was-only a wig
which he threw into the. hummus“?!
face, and his head made its‘nppurcnco
clothed in the same brown for as his neck.
He overturned tables and benches
threw down music-stands, smashed the
fiddles and clarinets, and in short he-
haved like a lunatic. “ Seize him I loin
him i” shouted the burgomastcr, beside
himself; “ he is raving ;—soizc him i"—
This however, was a dificnlt matter, for
he had pulled off his gloves, and showed
his brown hands armed with frightful
nails, with which he assaultedthe fuel
of the company. A courageous hustl-
mun at length succeeded in taking his:
prisoner. He pressed his longcrmsdo'wn
to his sides, so that he could do nothing
except struggle fiercely withhis feet, and
laugh and shriek in a piercing voice.—
The audience gathered round to look at
the eccentric young gentleman, who by
this time had lost every semblance of n
human being. Among them, a. learned
gentleman of the environs, who
a large collection of stufl'ed animals, cp-
proaclicd him and after a. close unmiss-
tion, suddenly exclaimed. “ Good God!
ladies and gentlemen, why do you admit
this beast into good society 1' This is a
ups, the homo triglndites Linnai, sud I
will give you six dollars for him, if you
like and stufi‘ him for my cabinet."
Fancy the astonishment of the citi-
zens of Grunwiesel, when they heard this.
“ What i an ape, an orang—ontang in our
best society l The young Englishmn
nothing but a filthy ape l” They stared
at each other in dumb. bewilderment.—
They could not. believe it, they would not
trust their eyes, and they examined the
animal more narrowly, but, gaze as they
pleased, a vulgar ape he was, and, I. vul~
gar ape he remained.
“ It must be sorcery,devilish sorcery i"
said the burgomaster, bringing the spin
cravnt. “ Look, here in this crave: lies
the witchcraft has blinded our eyes-—
Here is a broad strip of parchment, in.
scribed with strange characters. It is
latin, I believe, can anybody read it?"
The pastor, a man of very extensive
learning, who had often lost 3 game of
chess to the young Englishman, stopped '
up and looking at the parchment acid,
“ Certainly, this is lstin and mum :
‘ This ape is a very ridiculous creature,
And to see through sud shun fall. pretensions will
teach you.’ ”
“Ay, ay; it is an infernal swindle, .
in itself uspecies of witchcraft.” he con-
tinued, “ and should meet with exempla-
ry punishment.”
The hurgomnster was of the some opin-
ion, and started forthwith to arrest the
stranger, who cdild be nothing but 9. ms-
gician. Six soldiers carried the spe for
they were determined to bring the old
sconndrel to instant trial. .
They reached the desolate house, fol-
lowed by a crowd of people, for every one
wanted to know how the afi'sir would
end. They knocked at the door, they '
pulled the hell. but all in vain—no one
showed himself in ansIVer to their appenls.
The burgomaster finally caused the door
to be beaten in, and mounted to the sick ’
niau’s chamber. Nothing was to be seen
but old, worthless household rubbish-4
The stronger had vanished. On his wri-:
ting-table,‘however, lay a large, cooled,
letter, addressed to the burgomnster,
which he opened. He read :
“ Mt DEAR Gnoswrssswxnxs :—
thn you read this I shall no longer be
in your village, and you will have discov-
ered the rank and nation of my darling
nephew. Take the joke which I have
ventured to play upon you as a. good les-
son not to insist on inflicting your society»
upon a stronger, when he wishes to live
in retirement. I felt myself too well-bred
to be involved in your eternal tattle,you'
bad manners and your ridiculous customs.
I procured,'therefore, the young orang-
outaug, whom you have caressed” affec-
tionately. to act as my substitute. Fore:
well, my friends, and lay this lesson t6
- heart.”
The citizens of Gmnweisel were a."
laughing stock of the whole country, and
felt, intensely mortified. Their consoled.
lotion was, that: all this most have been
brbught about by supernatant meonI.-£
But the greatest confusion was’felt by.
the young men of the city, for they land
made the bud mannersof a beastly up.
the object of their approval and imitsf
tion. Henceforth they ceased to lean
their elbows on the table, they batched
themselves no longer on their choirs, they
were silent till addressed, and beans
modest and civil as of old, and it been!“
a by-word with the Grunnieselolling
whenuny one showed signs of relapsing
into such vulgar and ridiculous practicq'
to can him “ the old gentleman’s spa." i
The ‘orang-outsng, who Ind played I
long the part of a gentleman of fashion
was handed over to the proprietor of ti
cabinet of usturalhistory. This genus
mun feeds him, gives him the run of III
yard, and shows him to every stranger s
a great rarity; and there he is to be In
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