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. NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, JUNE14. 1859.
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NORWALK GAZETTE.
Oflce in Wood’s New Brick Building.
Main Stre'et.
A, H. BYINGTON & 00.,
A. H. BYING’I‘ON, J. B. ELLs, G. N. ELLs.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
’ ’ ALI-IS HOUSE;
formerly Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, cr.,
. AVING been leased for a term of years.
. hag been thoroughly renovated and
greatly Improved. and is now open'for the re-
ception. of company,and will be kept asa first
class house- No pains nor expense will be
spared to make it pleasant for its guests.
It_Is believed that the village of Norwalk
and Its environs afford more inducements to
the pleasure seeker and the man of business
than any town in the state. Its splendid
Churches, Seminaries and Schools, With their
surrounding scenery—:its magnificent drives,
its superior facilities for sailing and fishing,
and last but not least, its fine oysters, are
sufficient it is believed to tempt the most fas-
tidious. Hoping for a share of the public pat-
ronage, I am its humble servant.
L. P. ALLIS, Proprietor.
Norwalk, May 20, 1859.
' , ' Connecticut Hotel.
J. C. KELLY, Proprietor.
.‘ The above well known and popular Hotel,
caving been put in fine order, is now one of
the most convenient and best conducted in
thIsCORnty. 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 favors,a continuance of
the liberal patronage he has heretofore re-
. ce'ived, 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 , PROPRIETOR.
This House has recently been thoroughly
rebuilt and greatly enlarged, and is now
ready for the reception of guests. It. is pleas-
antly located, in immediate proximity to the
depot 'of the N. Y. and N. H. Railroad, and
inthis respect for permanent or transient
boarders possesses advantages over any other
Hotel in the town. A good Stableis keptin
connection with the Hotel.
Wooster House, Danbury, Conn.
A. CHICHESTER, Proprietor,
The Subscriber, having purchased the
abovenamcd Hotel.is prepared to receive
, permanent and transient boarders, and to
entertain Travellers and the Public gener-
ally. The Hotel is large, commodious, and
Is fitted up‘with the conveniences of modern
Hotels; it is abundantly supplied with pure
Spring Water, and is pleasantly located on
Main Street, withina very few doors ofthe
Railroad Depot.
0. s. Locxwoon,
, Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
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GENTLEMEN’S' FURNISHING EIIPORIUM,
AMOS HUNT,
GeneralPension s. Patent Agent
And Prosecutor of Claims before.
the several Departments and
the 007491 ofClaims.
‘Washington . D. C.
r. s. moons, m. 10.,
HOMmOPATm
GraduateYalc Med. Institutc,Class 185] s ’52
Office in Hubbell’s Block, Norwalk.
REFERENCES.
Dr. Dennison, Fairficld, Conn.
Dr. P.C. Skiff, New Haven, Conn
Dr. Norton, Bridgeport, Conn.
Dr. H. A. Collins, Springfield, Mass.
Dr. G. P. Cooley. New Britain, Conn .
Dr. Jas. H. Austin, Bristol, Conn.
Dr.G. A. Moody. Plaiuville. Conn.
W. S. Sanford Jr. 00., New Havcu,Conn. 46
JAMES G. HARBOUR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
DENTIST,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Nor-
0
walk, Conn.
~Architecture. m
SIDNEY M. STONE ,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, detail
Drawings,and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-sh, New Haven, Ct.
WM. 0. STREET & co,
Importers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HARDWARE, I RON,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul-
tural Implements, Oils,
Paints, Window Glass,
850,, &c., &c.
Norwalk, Conn.
A. H. WILcoxsmv
tl'52
Wu. C. STREET,
S. E. OLMSTEAD & GO.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, &c.,
No’s 14 81.16 Main Street,Norwalk.Conn.
1.. WARNER,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
Office in Mallory’s Building,‘ East side
the Bridge,
NORWALK, CONN.
_ r. r. POOTE,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
OFFICE OVER MflLL 0R Y’S STORE,
N orwalk, Conn.
, D. E. BOOTH,
Attorney 0. Counsellor at Law,
61 WA L TBEET,
NEW YORK.
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Norwalk Pest Office.
NAILS CLOSE. '
Wesst 7.30 A. M.,——2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—5.00 P.1d.
Daubury and Nor-walk Railroad, 8.50 A. M.
We ston, Redding. and Redding Ridge 12 M,
MAILS DUE.
Werst 9.10 A. M.—5.55 P . M.
Ea st 8 20 A. M.—-3.20 P. M.
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
‘ POST OFFICE nouns
From 7.00 A. M.to 8.00 P.M .
R. A. WILLIAMS, P. M.
:E. rarer: a sour,
MANUFACTURERS 0F
fMonuments, Grave Stones,
' Mantles the;
AT Purdy’s Station, New York. Our stock
comprises the very best quality of ltnl-
inn and American Marble. All work deliler-
ed free of charge. All orders promptly ere:
outed, at prices as favorable as can be obtain-
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
I. Dentistry.
Doctors 311-!- a. truss,
' ‘ Surgicald Mechanical
BEN TI STS,
Office over the Store of C.J.Gr uman,
N0RWALK,. CONN.
A. HILL, CHARLES FITCH.
c. s. GRVMA'N,
.- . Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
our, .GQODS, ,cmpnrmcs,
Carnage Przmmmgs, Con/,3 Cassi-
meres, Salmons, Vestingisfln'd Tail-
01’8 Trimmings, by the Yard
Piece or Package. '
suEETINGS, SHIRTU lGS,JEANS,
At the lowest 110' ssible prices.
NORWALI'_, CONN.
r. n. "asst,
WHOLESALE ASP. RETAIL DEALE R m
S T O 'V' E s I
. HAN“ FACTURE'R OII‘
Tin,Sho at Iron & Copper Wares
Has constantly on hand a large assozt
ment of general House-keeping
Furniture, at So. Norwalk.
Conn.
O. a. E. H. Lockwood, at 00.,
. NORWALK, CONN.,
MANUFACTURERS
Tin,Sheetlron Mapper Wares,
' AND DEALERS IN
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Bri-
tannia Porcelain and Wooden Ware,
and Kitchen Furniture in gen-
eral, Pumps, Sheet Lead.
& Lead Pipe, Crock-
ery, Glass and
China “rare.
Wm
ETNA INSURANCE cOMPANY,
.. Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual,
Cash Capital. - - - - - $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fir e,
on Terms adapted to the hazard, and
consisting with the laws of
compensation.
GEO. R. COWLES, Sole flgent
0F
1y34 For Norwalk and vicinity.
' ' we Insurance.
A. H. EYING‘TON,
(At. the Gazette'Ofiice)
_ ' _AGEN'-l‘ roanu: ‘
AMERICAN TEMPEBANCE lIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
,ofHartfordflonn.
ed at any similar establishment in the coun-
try. 27
THOMAS RILEY,
Merchant Tailor and Draper,
No. 3 Phoenix 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 seasonable Cloths.
Caseimeres, Vestings. &c., which he is pre-
pared to make up in the best and most fash-
ionable styles. A complete assortment of
Mens’ and Boys’ CLOTHIJVG 'REJIDY
MADE.
Gratefulfor long and continued favors,I
shall endeavor with renewed exertions, to
merit their continuance.
E. QUINTARD 6L SONS,
Cabinet Maker I
At their old established I’Vare Rooms
East side the Bridge, opposite
Phoenix Bloch,
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortmentof Cabinet F u r nit u r e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattresses . &c.,
ever offered 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 Ready
Made Coffins of all sizes and descriptions,
from the most costly Rosewood to the plain—
est ever used.
_From our long exporicncei n theUndcrta.
kmgbusrness,we are confident wecan give
perfect satisfaction to all who may needour
scrvrces.
Norwalk ,Sept.l3th , 1858.
House Painting,
GRAJNING AND GLA ZING.
THE Subscriber would respectfully an-
nounce to his former customers (and as
many new ones as will give him a call.) that
he is prepared to execute all orders in his
line with neatness and dispatch, and solicits
their patronage.
Jobs taken and stockfurnished if required.
He can be found at his old stand, Union St.,
opposnte Quintard & Smith’s Carriage Facto-
ry. GEORGE HODGES.
South Norwalk,April lst, 1859. ly12
Norwalk Machine Shop.
HE subscribers are now fully prepared to
fill all ordersfor the making or repair-
jug of every description ofmnchinery. Cast-
ings furnished, Patterns made, Wood Turning.
&c., all of which will be done iua workmaulike
manner, and at short notice.
They are also agents for La Francis’ Pat-
cnt Steam Floating Governor Valve; the
Sterra Faucet Co.’s Steam and Water Valves.
15 A. C. ARNOLD do SON.
Seed Potatoes.
ARLY Nutmeg or Napoleon. Early June.
Prince Albert. and Peach Blossom Pota-
toes,for sale at the Agricultural and Seed
Store of LEONARD do STREET.
Seeds ! Seeds !
LOVER. Timothy. Red Top. Lawn
Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass and Hunga-
rian Grass seeds at the Agricultural and
3.7
Paper Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS,
Window Shades and Fixtures.
HE Subscriber has now on hand a large
and well selected assortmentof the above
named goods, which he will now ofi‘cr’for
sale cheaper than ever before thought of in
this market.
Paper Hanging, _ _ _
House and Sign Painting,
Executed in all their branches. Bidwell’s
Patent Wagon Grease for sale at my store,
next door north of Wood’s Building, Main~
st., Norwalk. GEORGE MARVIN.
ROOFING.
HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties buildiug with Warren’s superior
Fell and Cement Roofing.
This article of Roofing is in use upon the Nor-
walk Lock Company’s Building, and at Louns-
bury,Bissell ,& 00’s.. where it gives entire
satisfaction, and is believed to be the cheap-
est, as well as the best roofing in use. All
orders left with John W.Hubbell,at the office
of Wm. K. James, will receive prompt atten—
tion. H41. J.N. HI
Notice.
General Blacksmithing and
Machine Jobbing.
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 workmanlike
manner, and at reasonable prices. Special
attention will be paid to the repairing of ma-
cbiuery,&c.
THEODORE GLOVER.
Norwalk, March 14th, 1859. lltf
Saddlery and Harness Making.
HE Subscriber having p :rchased the en-
tire interest in and to the Saddle and Har-
neSs establishment of Stephen Swann, adjoin-
ing the Connecticut Hotel, offers his services
to Owners of horses in every capacity apper-
taining to his business. He will keep con-_
stantly on hand and make to order, every
variety of Saddlery or Harness wares and
keep a full assortment of Horse Clothes,
Whips, Brushes, Combs, Chamois Skins,
Trunks,Valises, Carpet Bags, 810., die. A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. Will. H. FORLOW.
Norwnlk, March 21st, 1859. ,
INSURANCE.
HE Subscriber having taken the agency of
the New England Fire and Marine In-
surance 00., of Hartford, is prepared to in-
sure all kinds of property against. loss or dam-
age by fire.on as accommodating terms as
any other Company. ,
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established,
with a paid in capital of $200,000, and has a
surplus of $6,295.00.
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
. Agent for Norwalk and vicinity
Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1859.
Prince’s South Norwalk
PAPER BOX MANUFACTORY.
ATTERS, Shoe Dealers, Milliners, and
all others requiring PAPER BOXES.
supplied at short notice. Office in Sword’s
Knob Factory, opposite the Lock Factory,So.
Norwalk, Conn. 3m15
FURNITURE!
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public,at his old stand, as good an
assortment of
Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairfield County,and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
quality of Goods can be obtained at any oth-
er Establishmeue.
The Stock con sis in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card and
Quartetoe Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tete-a-Tete Lounges, Mahog-
any and Gone seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, the" &c.
5tf
0' OFFIN WARE]? 0 OMS,
Where may be found a full assortment of
Coffins, which will be finished in the best pos-
sible manner, and at short notice.
j/B‘ A Hearse will be furnished when de-
sired, A. RENOUD .
Westport, May lst, 1858.
4—“
Groceries ! Groceries !
J W. HUBBELL, JR., would respectfully
.iuvite the attention of the public gener-
ally to their amrtmeut of
Groceries, Provisions,
flour, reed, ac!
which he offers for sale at the lowest possi-
ble prices and warrantsthem to be of the
best quality. Our stock of
Tea, Coffee, and Sugar,
is efa superior'quality, and will be sold as
cheap as the cheapest. We keep a good as-
sortment of Flour of the best brands con-
stantly on hand.
Graceries Cheaper than ever
I' O R C A S H !
THE subscriber would inform the public
generally, lhnthe still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, &c., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities 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 sold cheap. The public areinvited to call
and examine, and judge for themselves.
, A. MOREHOUSE-
GOAL ! COAL l
H. & J. GRANDLE, have been re-
. cciving direct from the mines,and are
now prepared to offer at the lowc st market
rates. the following kinds of coal, from their
Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz :
Spring Mountain Lehfgh,
Sugar Loaf 110-
Mammoth I’cz‘n (W'hile .437!)
Locust .Mmmtaiu do.
Scranton (10- '
Council Ridge, (Pink fish)
Laurence (Red do.)
Tl‘cvorton Semi Jlnthracitc.
The Lehigh, Mammoth Vein, Locust Moun-
tmn. Council Ridge and Treverton Coals are
of the first class, and are acknowledged by
dealers to have no superior. For furnaces
and all stoves with strong droughts, the Le-
hlgh coals cannot be surpassed, being hard,
enduring and very pure. For ordinary do-
mestic purposes. the Mammoth Vein, Locust
Mountain and Council Ridge Coals, stand un-
rivalled; burning more freely than the Le-
hlgh, making no clinker, and leaving less
ashes and slate than most any kind of Coal
known in the market.
As to thed‘revcrtou, we can. say to any
persons trying it, that if it, does not an-
swer the recommendation and prove entirely
satisfactory, we will take it back again if de-
sIrcd, at our own expense, and refund the
money.
Mr. 0.11. Benedict, long and favorably
known In the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of the pub-
lic patronage is solicited.
. S.—Just received. a cargo of very supe-
l‘lOl' Blacksmith’s Coal,mined by the Hamp-
Men-mug.
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(Seed Store of LEONARD 8: STREET.
THE Subscriber having established himself I
gott'tg.
rv-Mxxxxxm-1-.-.-A“‘~.-n~.-.-A-.~.-.~~M\~W
Robert of Lincoln.
or war. c. BRYANT.
Merrily swinging on briar and weed,
Near to the nest of his little dame,
Over the mountain side or mead,
Robert of Lincoln in telling his name ;
Bob~o’-link, bob-o’-link,
Spink, spank, spink ;
Snug and as fe is that nest of ours,
Hidden among the summer flowers.
Chec, chee, chee.
Robert of Lincoln is gully drest,
Wearing a bright black wedding coat ;
White are his shoulders, and white his crest
Hear him call in his merry note,—
Boh-o’-linlr, bob-o’-link,
Spink, Spank, spink ;
Look, what a nice new coat is mine,
Sure there was never a bird so fine,
Chee, chee, chee.
Robert of Lincoln’s Quaker wife,
Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings,
Passing at home a patient life, a
Brands in the grass while her husband sings,
Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link,
Spiuk, spank spink ;
Brood, kind creature ; you need not fear
Thieves and Robbers while I am here.
Chee, chee, chee.
Modest and shy as a nun is she ;
One weak chirp is her only note,
Braggats and prince of braggarts is he,
Pouring boasts from his little throat,—
° Bob-o’-link, bob-o’-link,
Spink, spank, spink ;
Never was I afraid of man ;
Catch-me, cowardly kuaves, if you can.
Ghee, chee, chee.
Six white eggs on a bed of hay,
Flecked with purple, a pretty sight I
There as the mother sits all day,
Robert is singing with all his might
Bob-o’dlnk,‘ bob-o'-llnk, ,
Splnk, spank, spink ;
Nice good wife, that never goes out,
Keeping house while I frolic about.
Ghee, chee. chee.
A.“
From the Springfield Republican.
J udge Not.
“ ‘ Judge not thy brother‘ Christ has said,
Lest on thy own unworthy head
The wrath thou heap’st on him be shed.”
But we forget the mandate stern,
And if his feet from duty turn,
We let our wrath against him burn.
And spurning pity’ s gentle away,
We haste to tear each screen away,
And drag his errors to the day.
Not so does God’s sweet mercy flow,—
His vilest creatures here below
His pitying care and kindness know.
His blessed air is free to all,
On good and evil great and small,
He makes his glorious sunshine fall.
And looking from Hrs holy bill,
He marks the strivings of our will,
Knows all our sins, and loves us still.
But we, who can so little know
From whence our brother's actions flow,
What thorns along his pathway grow,—
His helples groping in the night.
His heartfelt struggles toward the light ;
Wejudge, and call on God to smite.
Ah 1 much I fear that in that day
When all deceit is swept away,
And all things seen in Heaven’s pure day,—
If we have slighted this command?
And stretched not forth the friendly hand,
To help a feeble brother stand,—
God’s wrath, a black and heavy psll,
On our defenseless heads shall fall,
And we in vain for mercy call.
haunting.
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W.‘.‘ .‘..v.-.FJV'—"M“v'J‘.”.’.‘W/V‘A‘n'.‘
PARMER PIKEv‘S GRANDSON.
BY VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.
“ Leaning on Him, make with reverend meekness
His own thy will,
And with strength from Him, shall thy utter weakneSs,
Life’s task fulfill.”
“ Well, Aunt Esther, what , did he
so. ?”
" Yes, do tell us what did he say I”
Cousin Alice Lake eagerly echoed my
words as our aunt came into the sitting-
room where we were lounging away the
pleasant summer afternoon.
I see her now though half a score of
years has the grave dust hidden that face
from the eye that loved it, as she came
through the door, with her soft, slow step,
with her lilac colored shawl, and her Leg-
horn bonnet, trimmed with white satin
ribbon. Annt Esther Lee was our fath-
er’s only sister, and she had been a child-
less widow for many years, the latter
part of which she had passed at our home.
Cousin Alice Lake was passing the va-
cation with us. There was not a year’s
difference in our ages, and we had been
schoolmates from early childhood, and I
believe sisters seldom love each other as
we did.
That afternoon Aunt Esther bad start-
ed out on a visit to Farmer Pike’s, the
rich 'old widower, whose great yellow-
brown house stood on the turnpike, half
a mile from our house.
Farmer Pike was a strange, hard man.
You would have felt this, with one glance
at his strong, rugged features, his iron
gray hair, and his largo, muscular person
that had not bowed itself with the weight
of three score years.
He lived, with his housekeeper and his
hired men, in the great yellow brown-
bouse, an honest, industrious man ; but
without a single afi'ection, or social sym-
pathy in the world, with a life as cold,
stark and barren as a desert over whose
bosom no running sprinzg winds'its neck-
lace of jewels ; in whom: dry, dead heart
no sweet flower opens its lips to the sun-
shine.
Yet Farmer Pike’s life had. its trudge-
dy ; so I believe all lifes have, if we
could unlock the hidden cabinets, where
they are laid away from eve ry eye but
God’s.
Mz‘y years ago, Farmer Pike had
marrie a woman much younger than
himself. A woman with one c f those gen-
tle, shrinking, mimosa natures , that seem-
ed to have few points of syml lathy with
his coarse, rugged character.
However, I believe they I go on well
together, and it is probable th mt the gen-
uess there was in the coarser soul of her
husband. Atvlast, a son was born to
them, and the delicate mother fell into de-
cline, and before her boy’s lit a had cover-
ed its third year, the grass had. laid its
green covering over the mot her’a head.
schoolmates, and hadalw'ay Es been friends,
so the farmer placed Jose .ph under her
shire Mining 00.
core, and he continued to 1 geside with her
tle wife called out whatsoever 1.01! tender- '
,, Mrs. Pike and Aunt Esth Ier Leo were
until my motbei’s death, which occurred
several years later, when my aunt -came
to us and the boy went home to his fath-
er.
Joseph was a warm-hearted, but terri-
bly self-willed boy. My aunt had more
influence over him than any other person,
for sllclovcd him almost as though he
were her own child. I believe, too, For-
mer Pike was very fond of his handsome
boy, but be 'was a cold, undemonstrative
man, and he and Joseph never got on
well together.
As the boy grew older his father de-
termined upon making him a farmer, but
Joseph’s active, energetic nature revolted
at this life, he was bent upon going out
into the world, and trying his fortune
there; I knew the old yellow house wit-
nessed some terrible contests between the
father’s will and the son’s determination,
there were harsh threats on one side, and
sullen resistance on the other, until worn
out with these things Joseph made up
his mind to “ run away and go to sea.”
He did this with his usual rash impul-
siveness, and then Farmer Pike, in his
wrath, lifted up his hand, and swore sol-
emnly that Joseph should not inherit a
dollar of his property, that he would nev-
er see or speak to him again to the day
of his death. And he kept his word.—
He lived in the old, yellow-brown house,
a lonely, childless old man, broadening
his acres every year, and broadening,
too, by his cold, selfish, unproductive life
the gulf between him and the kingdom of
Heaven.
One day in the late spring, however,
an old man and a little golden-haired
child stopped at our house and asked for
Aunt Esther Lee. Then for the first
time in all these years we heard of Joseph
Pike.
Life had been with him no “ dance of
rdses,” but a long, sharp struggle. He
had married young, and his children died
young, and his wife had been laid beside
them, leaving! him only the golden-
haired boy that stood before us.
Josephinherited the delicate constitu-
tion of his mother, and his health had
failed under all these trials. He had
wandered from place to place in search
of new strength. But he had failed rap-
idly, and at last himself gave up alllhope
of recovery. Then he wrote to my aunt,
the mother of his boyhood, as he called
her, and bequeathed to her tenderness
his only child, not four years old. And
the old man who brought him to us, was
one whom Joseph had once rescued from
drowning, and who remained with him
out of gratitude to the last hour of his
life.
Aunt Esther bowed her head above
those golden curls, and said, while the
tears dropped fast on the bright face that
was so like its fathér’s—“ I will take the
child.”
“ I’ve made up my mind,” said Aunt
Esther, suddenly, one day, just after din-
ner, and she folded up her knittitg, and
looked all a moment on the dusty road
that wound like a dingy red ribbon
through the pastures of Woodside.
“ What have you made up your mind
to do, Aunty ?” asked Cousin Alice Lak
and I simultaneously, ,as We looked up
from the magazines we were reading.
" That. I’ll take Weston, Joseph’s child
and go straight over to Farmer Pike’s
this afternoon. He’ll be just about over
his dinner nap when we get there. It’s
very well for him to talk as he does, so
long as he dont see the child, but come
to that, I believe ’twill be more than he
can bear.
We believed it too, when we saw the
beautiful little creature waddling out of
the front gate by aunty’s side, although
when the neighbors had informed Farmer
Pike that Joseph was dead and that be
bad bequeathed his only child to my
aunt, he sternly replied—“ Let her keep
him then. As for me, I will never see
him, never have anything to do with
him.”
It was not to be wondered at that Al-
ice and I awaited our aunt’s return with
eager curiosity, or that the inquiries with
.which my story commences, greeted her
entrance. She did not reply at once, she
took up a palm leaf fan that lay on the
table, seated herself in the arm-chair,
while her features worked painfully.
“ I no vcr had anything come across me
so,” she exclaimed, more to herself than
to us. And then the tears rolled over
her cheeks. After a While she grew
calmer and told her story to cousin Al-
ice and me, sitting in her large rocking
chair, fanning herself with the palm leaf
fan.
“ You see Farmer Pike had just risen
from his afternoon nap, and was going
out the back our as I got round by the
meadow in fr t of the house. I spied
him and hurried round there as he got
up to the well.
“ How d’ye do, Farmer Pike, I said,
in a free, neighborly way, as I came up
to him, ‘ can’t you let this child have a
drink of water? he’s had a long walk and
he’s got pretty nigh tuckered out.’
The old man was completely taken
aback. I could sec that by the way he
looked at me, and I looked back at him
as cool and innocent as a lamb. Then
he glanced at Weston, and I saw the
muscles about his tight. mouth quiver a
little, but he didn’t say a word ; he took
up the tin cup that stood on the spout,
and filled it from the_bncket, and held it
out to me, but his great. band shook so-
the water spilled over the top, but of
course I did not notice that, I kept on
talking in the most natural way you can
imagine about the Weather and the good
crops we are like to have.
‘ Now say thank you, grandpa,’ I said
as I flung out the water after Weston
had done drinking.
‘Thank you, grandpa,’ came out in
the soft, small notes of the little child,
and I knew they went away down into
that old man’s heart like a sharp, cutting
sword.
“ Whose’s that are child?’ he asked,
in a low, gruff voice, as if he didn’t dare
trust it to speak louder.
‘ Well, now, Farmer Pike,’ says I, ‘to
hear you ask that question. If you can’t
tell the color of them eyes, you must be
struck stone blind; and did you ever see
a forehead that was just the shape of
that one, and a little rom Id head that
was never still, but always ,‘kept shaking,
tree, 89d if you dont know that, you
can’t target that heap of golden curls, in“
the color of ripe we when the sun strikes
unit. I never see curls like them ex-
cepting on one head, and that’s under the
grass along way from liere‘uow.’
The old man-sat down on the stoop,
and I saw it_was because his great limbs
shook so he couldn’t stand.
I sat down, too. ‘ 'l‘is rather warm,
farmer,’ I went on, ‘ standing in the sun,
to-day, though there’s a good breeze from
the west. Speaking about Weston,
though I don’t think he has his father’s
mouth, though Joseph’s had a way of set-
ting down tight and grim just like yourn,
farmer, specially when his mind was made
up on any subject.
But if you look you will see the pat-
tern of his mouth was out after Mary’s,
even to the dimple in the left corner. I
declare, it takes me right back to the
time when Mary and I used to go to
school through the pasture. What a
merry, fun-loving creetur she was. I al-
ways used to think her laugh sounded a
good deal more cheery than the robins
iu the bushes as we went along.’
‘Don’t Esther, don’t !’ said Farmer
Pike, and he put up his band as though
it was more than he could bear, and his
face was as white as brimstone. He
hadn’t called me Esther, though, for more
than twenty years.
I saw now was the time to strike and
says I, ‘ Yes, I suppose its trying to your
feelings, farmer, to talk about them times
but its comforting to think you’ve got
your wife and son all made out like a
picture there.- Weston, you dear boy,’
I called out to him as he was hunting but—
terflies on the grass, and be came trot-
ting up to us, ‘now go and say, ‘ grandpa
won’t you kiss me ?’
And the little fellow went and lifted
his sweet baby face to the old man and
lisped out so pretty, “ won’t you kiss me,
grandpa ?’
The old man reached out his arms in
such a quick, hungry sort of a way that I
was almost scared, and then he groancd
‘ 0 Mary, 0 Joseph !’ in a way that made
my heart stand still, and he hugged up
the boy so tight to his bosom that I
knew he would never let him go from him
again.
At this point in her story Aunt Es-
ther stopped and cried, and so did Cous-
in Alice and I, though we laughed at
each other all the time.
“Well, What happened next? Aun-
ty ?” I asked, as soon as I could.
“ I didn’t stay another minute, child.
I could not. I slipped round the corner
of the house, and hurried home, but I
heard a deep sigh as I opened the gate
softly, and I knew that it came from a
heart that had not wept for more than
forty years. But it. comforted me all
the way back to think that if Mary in
Heaven knows what. I’ve been doing to-
day she’ll thank me for it.”
“ But we shan’t have Weston with us
any more now. How shall we get along
without him ?” I exclaimed suddenly, for
all our hearts had grown to the sweet
child. .,
" Yes, we shall have him,” answered
Aunt Esther, quietly untying the bonnet
strings of her leghorn bonnet. Farmer
Pike said no more than twenty years ago
he wouldn’t trust any woman in the vil-
lage but me to bring up a child, and he
ain’t going to think less of me for this
day’s work.
Aunt Esther was right. Just at even-
ing, farmer Pike came round to our house
loading Weston by the hand. “ Miss
Lee,” he said, “ I ain’t got anybody at
home I‘d quite like to trust him with, but
if you’ll take the child, We wont say any-
thing about the price, only I’ll see you
don’t lose by it.”
And Aunt Esther took him.
But every morning and evening Far-
mer Pike came up to see his little grand-
son, and was never tired of bringing him
fruits and toys, until the little one learned
to watch eagerly for his grandfather’s
coming.
The little golden head somehow com-
pletely revolutionized the old man. The
harsh lines around his face grew softer,
and he would sit for hours and watch its
play, or devise some new pleasure for it.
In short, the farmer’s life seemed bound
up in his grandson’s for the angel had
struck the granite rock, and lo ! the wa-
ters leaped out.
.igp.
BEECHER’S DESCRIPTION or BURNS.—
Henry Ward Beecher said, in his oration
on Burns :——“No man could form any
estimate either of the good-or the bad
that was in him, who did not study Burn’s
heart, Whose tides were deep as oceans,
and sometimes as tempestuous. He had
a hereditary taint of melancholy, and his
temperament; had a. dark dcspoudcnt tone
which contrasted wonderfully with the
other traits of his character. According
to the latter physiologists there was in
the human system a portion of the gener-
al mass whose function it was to produce
a sensibility. His one nature car—
ried enough for twenty common men of
more force bf feeling. He never trickled
drop by drop, prudently ; he gushed.—
He never ran a slender thread of silver
water ; He came down booming and
bursting like one of his own streams
which when ’a shower has fallen rushes
down the side of the mountain. All parts
of his nature were subject to this some
sudden overflow. He thought as drug-
oons charge ; he felt love us prairies fecl
autumnal fires—wild and broadbreasted
—turning the fleetest deer, and leaving
but an ashy waste behind them.”
HOW
a. All accounts from the wheat
growing region in the western part of N.
Y. State, are encouraging. The Roch-
ester Democrat says that farmers in that
vicinity concur in representing the pros-
pects of the wheat crop as unusually
promising. The grain is so for advanced
in general,that strong hopes are entertain-
ed that it has got the start of that dread-
ed and destructive enemy—the Weevil.
The fine appearance of the fields isa sub-
ject of general comment, scarcely a bar-
ren spot being visible.
..-*———-
fiHorses existed on this continent
prior to its habitation by white men. So
says Prof. F. S. Holmes.
W *
Paovoxmo.——To dream that you have
lots of money, and then wake ,np and
and diddling round like a let If on a silver‘
find yourself an editor.
Interesting Sketches of Japan.
Townsend Harris, U. S. Consul to Jap-
an, has been writing a series of letters to
a friend in Washington concerning the
political and social life Of. the Japanese,
and which are published in the Washing-
We give the most interest-
ton Union.
iug sections.
STARTS TO VISIT THE EMPEROR.
More than two months Were consumed
by the Japanese in making their prepara-
tions for my journey and for my reception
at Yeddo. I was informed that the Em-
peror had given orders that I should re-
ceive the same honors as are paid to the
princes of the blood, as Well on the road
as in the towns and villages through
which I would pass. I was told that the
Vice-Governor of Simoda would attend
me, in the character of a courier, and
that he would implicitly obey all my in-
structions.
My train numbered some 150 persons,
composed of guards (my own) norrimon
bearers, cooks, grooms,shoe-bearcrs, cane-
benrers, fun-bearers, and last, through
not least, a. standard-bearer, and a large
number of coolies. I had permitted, the
Japanese to arrange and dress my train
according to their ideas of propriety, and
what they conceived was due to the re-
prcsentative of the President of the Uni-
ted States. My guards, each with two
swords in the girdle, and clad in new silk
dresses, as they swelled and strutted
about, appeared to be “ mightily uplifted
in heart,” While they and my bearers and
grooms appeared to have “ broken out”
allover their bodies with " spread eagles,”
as the buck, breast and sleeves of their
dresses were sprinkled over with the arms
of the United States, which were neatly
painted on them. I performed the jour-
nev partly on horseback and partly in a
norrimon, which is the Japanese name for
a palanquin. The J apancsc norrimon will
compare with the celebrated iron cages
of Cardinal Bulne of France, in which the
poor inmate could neither lie down nor
stand up. In the norrimon the Japanese
kneel and place their feet close to gethcr
and then sit on their heels ; if they wish
to repose themselves they lean forward,
and rest the chin on their knees, so that
the body and limbs form three horizontal
folds or piles—a position that they as-
sume and keep without annoyance from
long practice, and from the great flexibil-
ity of their joints, but which is almost un-
attainable by a white man, is absolutely
unendurable.
I had a norrimon made for me seven
feet long, and in it I put a mattress and
pillows, which made it as comfortable as
the Indian pnlanquin ; but of all the
modes of traveling, the camel, the ele-
phant, and the palauqnin are the most fa-
tiguing. .
On the lovely morning of Monday,
Nov. 23, I started for the long desired
goal of my wishes—chdo. Four lads,
with small bamboo wands, led the way as
harbingers, and their voices sounded quite
musical as they sang the Japanese words
for “clear the way,” “ clear the way,"
“ kneel down.” Next followed a Japan-
ese officer on horseback; then came a
large lackered tablet, bearing my name
and titles in immense Chinese characters.
The tablet was supported by two huge
transparent lanterns, which bore similar
inscriptions. (When I halted, the tablet
was placed in front of my quarters, and
at night the lanterns were lighted and
hung up over the gate of the house.)—
chI; came a stout fellow, bearing the
“ stars and stripes,” with four guards. I
followed either on horseback or in my
norrimon, and attended by twelve guards.
Next came Mr. Heusken (interpreter,)
and after him I do not recollect how it
was arranged, except that the Vice Gov-
ernor brought up the rear.
THE PEOPLE ON THE WAY.
The roads were all repaired and clean-
ly swept on the whole of my route before
I passed ; bridges were put in order, and
many new ones built ; all travel on the
road was stopped, so that I did not see
those crowds of travelers, priests, nuns,
&c., described by Kempfer ; the shops in
all the towns and villages were closed
(except cook-shops and tea-houses,) and
the inhabitants, clad in their holiday
ing, and as silent and as motionless ad
statues; and from this hall I entered the
audience chamber. At this. moment a
Chamberlain called out, in 9. 10nd voice,
“ Merican Embassador,” and the Prince
of Sinano threw himself down and crawl-
ed along as I walked in. Mr. Heusken,
my secretary, who carried the President’s
letter, halted at the entrance. Iadvanc-
ed up the room, making three bows as I
proceeded, and halted at the head of two
lines of men, who were prostrate on their
faces ; those on my right were the five
members of the Council of State, with the
Prince of Bittsu at their head, and those
on the left were three brothers of the Em-
peror.
His Majesty was seated on a chair
placed on a dais, elevated some three feet
above the floor of the chamber. He was
dressed in yellow silk, and wore a black
lackered cup that utterly defies descrip-
tion. After a short pause, I made my
address to him, and, after a similar pause
he replied to me in a clear and pleasant
voice. When the Emperor had finished
Mr. Heusken brought the President’s-let-
tgr to me. I removed the' silk.“ cover
(striped, red and white), Opened the box.
and displayed the writing to the Prince
of Bittsn, Who now stood up. . Then,
closing the box, I handed it to the Prince
who placed it on a lackercd staad‘preper-
ed for the purpose. Mr. Heusken having
returned to his.place, and the Prince be-
ing again prostrate, the Emperor bowed
to me, smiling’pleasantly at the same time.
This ended my andience,and I backed out
of the room, making three bows as I re-
tired.
GREAT THING T0 sun THE Ensuon.
From the audience chamber I was to-
ken to another room, where I found the
five great councillors of State, who hav~
ing been presentéd to me, congratulated
me on my audience. and expressed their
wonder and astonishment at what they
called my, “ greatness of heart.” When
I asked for an explanation, they said. that
they were filled with admiration to see
the stand erect, look the awful “Tycoon”
in the face, speak plainly to him. hear his
reply—and all this without any trepida-
tion, or any “ quivering of the muscles of
the side,” I write all this to let you-see
that the Japanese Princes understand the
use of court compliments. I was then
shown a present of fifteen silken robes
from His Majesty, and was taken to a
room where a banquet, set out on sixty
trays, twelve inches high, was prepared
for my single stomach. There was food
enough for one hundred hungry men 1
You must know that the dinner trays
(like the brooches) are a mark of rank in
Japan, and the rank indicates the hight of
the trays, which vary from three to twelve
inches in bight. Again, if the trays are
lackercd, it diminishes the honorconnect-
ed with the actual hight of the tray, for
it. indicates that it can be used on anoth-
er occasion ; but if it be made of unpaint-
ed cypress wood, the honor is complete,
for it says as plain as words can do, “ You
are so sublime in your rank that no one
can dare to eat from a tray that you have
used!” My attention was particularly
culled both to the hight. of the trays and
to the flattering fact,that "by a Special ed-
ict,” they were made of unvarnished wood.
You must know that this some dinner had
been the subject of grave discussion, both
in Simoda and in Yeddo. They were
very anxious I should eat at the Palace.
I replied that I would do so cheerfully,
provided a person or persons of suitable
rank would eat with me {but said that
self-respect would forbid my eating at a
table where my'bost or his representative
declined to sit down. When I had ad-
mired the very neat arrangement of the
banquet, I was again asked to srt down.
I then said, “ Say to his Majesty that I
thanked him for his offered entertain—
ment.” At. last the whole afi'air was sent
to my quarters, where I distributed It
among my Simoda followers.
After exhibition of the dinner, I was
re-couducted to the room I firet: entered,
and, after I had drunk of the cel-
ebrated “ powdered tea,” I left, be-
ing conducted to the entrance by two
chamberloius, who knocked heads
with all the force that was due to one
who had seen “ the King, and yet lived.”
By the way, I forgot to state that the old
formula of an audience, which was “ kneel
clothes, knelt on mats Spread in front of
their houses ; not a sound 'was heard, nor
a. gesture indicative of curiosit,v seen ; all
was respectful silence. The people were
ordered to cast down their eye as I Pass-
ed, as I was too high even to be looked
at; but this order was only partially
obeyed, for the dear daughters of Eve‘
would have a peep, regarcdless of conse-
quences. The authorities of the towns
and villages met me at their boundaries,
and saluted me by kneeling and “ knock.
iug head ;”. they then led the way through
their little jurisdictions, and took leave by
similar prostrations.
THE INTERVIEW WITH THE EMPEROR.
On the Monday Week after my arrival
I set out for the Palace. My train
blazed out in new silk dresses, and my
guard wore. their breeches rolled up to
the middle of the thigh. You must know
that wearing of breeches in Japan is a
mark of high rank, or, if worn by an in-
ferior, that he is in the service of one of
the highest rank ; so that the wearing of
breaches here is as much coveted as it is
said to be. in certain quarters in America,
and that here, as well as in America, the
article is a type or emblem of power or
authority. A new flag, made of Japa-
nese crape, was carried before me. This
flag is the first foreign banner that was
ever carried through this great city, and
I mean to preserve it as a precious relic.
The distance from my residence to the
Palace was over two miles. On arriving
at the bridge over the third moat, or
ditch, all my train left. their horses and
norrimona and proceeded on foot. I con-
tinued in my norrimon, and was carried
over three mouts, and through as many
fortified gateways up to the gate of the
Palace itself. I was received at the en-
trance by two chumberluius, who, having
“knocked head,” conducted me to an
apartment where I found a chair for my
use. Tea, bonbous, and other refresh-
ments, were then offered to me. A large
number of the Princes came to be present-
ed to me. At length I was told the Em-
peror was ready to receive me. I passed
through 0. large ball in which some '300
to 400 of the high nobles of Japan" all
down,” “ knock head, so that the bystand-
ers can hear your skull crack,” if ever did
exist at the court at Yeddo, was not used
in my case. A faint request was made
to me, at Simoda, that I would kneel, but
I told them the request was offensive, and
must not. be repeated. That ended it.
THEY ARE a HAPPY PsorLs.
The Japanese are eminently genial in
their dispositions, and there is a cordiall-
ty in their refined politeness that convin-
ces one of their sincerity. They are fru-
gal in everything, and utilitarian up to
the standard of good and Wise old Jere-
my Bentham. Food is abundant and
cheap. The beggars of Japan are
mostly a religious class, and all are as fat
as seals. Not one Japanese lll fifty ever
tastes of any animal food except fish.—
Sugar is the only luxury, and yet I buy
ithere in Simoda cheaper than you can
clad, and lodged, and the least overwork- .
ed, of any people on earth. God grant ‘;
that future generations may not have ,
cause to regret the hour I arrived in Jap- '
an t The usual dress of the Japanese of _
rank is of silk ; but on the occasion of my ,
audience the nobles wore dresses made of -
a coarse yellow grass cloth. Thisssthey 3
say, is to remind them of the poverty and -
frugality of their ancestors. I have nev- :
er seen a diamond, pearl, or ornament 9f _
gold and silver, worn by any person In;
Japan. i
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ga- The paper having the largest cirn-
emotion—The paper of tobacco. ;
Paper for the roughs.-—~Sand paper.
Paper containing many the points.—
,The paper of needles.
Ruled paper.-—The French Press.
The paper that is full of rowe.--Thej
paper of pins.
Spiritualist’s paper.-—-(W)rapping pat
er.
p Paper illustrated with calm—Editor?
al exchanges. -
Drawing paper.-—Th_e dentist’s bill.
A taking poplin—Sheriff’s warrant.
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dressed in their court dreses, were kneel.
ny '2 Because it is the end of courting. ‘-
in New York. They are the best fed, '
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