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NUMBER 629--_NEW SERIES.
NORWALK, CONNZ, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24.
l860.
VOLUME XLIII .---N UMBER ‘4.
NORWALK GAZETTE. I
dice in . Wood’s Brick Building,o1ain-st.
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NMV
’VW\
‘ A1115 HOUSE,
Formerly Norwalk Hotel,
souwxnx, cT.,
Havingbeen leased for a term of years, has
been thoroughly renovated and grpatly im-
proved, and is now opeh for the reception of
company. and will be kept us 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
audits environs afford more inducements to
the pleasure seeker and the man of business
than .any town in the State. Its Splendid
Churches, Seminari es 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 shareofths public pat-
ronagc,I am its humble servant.
. L. P. ALLIS, Proprietor.
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. & N- H. Railroad, and in
this respect for permanent or transient bour-
ders possesses advantages over any other Ho-
tel in the town. A ood Stable is kept in
connection with the otel. '
_ Wooster House, Babbitt-mat.
a. carcass res, Proprieioi', '
' The Subscriber, having purchased the above
named-Hotel, is~ prepared to receive perma-
nent and transient boarders, and to entertain
travellers and the public generally. The
Hotel is large, commodious. and is filled up
with the conveniences of modern Hotels, it is
abundantly supplied with pure Spring water,
_ and is pleasantly located on Main Street,
within a very few doors of the Railroad depot.
c. s. IOGHWOO‘D,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
Ind
Gentlemeu's Furnishing Emporium,
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st., Norwalk, ,Ct.
DENTISTRY.
Doctors HILL 6!. HTGH,
SURGICAL 4. MECHANICAL
DBNTISTS.
on... over a. Store of c. J. G'rrtman,
NORWALK, CONN.
' Cannes Frrcu.
Ass Hum.
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GuODS, CARPETINGS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts, Vestings, and Tailor’é
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Shirtings, Jeans, to.
At the lowest possible'prices.
NORWALK, CONN.
s. a. oms'rnan'a co.,
, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Groceries. Flour, Peed, do,
l4 and-16’ lain-eh; N orwaik, Conn.
P. H. NASH,
s. s. MOODY, M. n,
HOM(EOPATH,
GraduateYale Med.lnstit-ute,Clus,s185 la ’52
._ Office in Isaacs’ Block,Norwalk. adjoining
Danbury Railroad depot.
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL.
5; .DEN'I'IS'I‘,
Ofiice a‘t'Residence, East Avenue, Nor-
walk, Conn. ‘
' ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans. Specifications, detail
Drawings,and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar
ble Black. Chapel-st.,New Haven.Cf. tf52
was. neurons. SMITH,
ENGINEER and SURVEYOR,
Office at Chichcster’s Store,
. Norwalk, Conn.
I. . W A. R N E E. ,
Attorney 8:. Counsellor at Law,
Office in Mallory’s Building, East side
the Bridge,
NORWALK, CONN.
J. I'. -I'OO'.I.'E,
literacy and Counselor at Law
)FFICE o VER MflLL 0R 17’s 3 TORE
Nos-Walk, Conn.
13. 3. B’JOI‘H,
At orney & Counsellor at Law,
61 WALL STREET,
NEW YORK.
' at
Will. C. STREET & 00.,
Importers,\_Vholesale and Retail Dealers in
.—
.HARDWABE, 'IBON,
Steel, Cutlery, Guns, Agricul- .
tural Implements, Oils,
Paints, Window Glass,
. &c.,-&c., &c..
Norwalk, Conn.
WM. 0. STREET, A. H. WILcoxsox
Normal]: Post Office.
HAIL?) CLOSE .
West 7.30 A. M..-2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—5.00 P. M .
Danbury and Norwztlk Railroad, 8.50 A. M.
W'eston,iledding.and Reading Ridge if! M
MAILS unis. - ~
West9.lOA.M.-—5.55 P.M.
East 8 20 A. M.—3'.20 P. M.
Danbury and Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
P0§T ormcn nouns
From 7.00 A.M.to 8.00 P.M .
ll . W. SMITH, I’. M.
Office open from 7 A. M. ’till 8 P. M.
THOMAS 311.32, .
Merchant Tailor and Draper,
No. 3 Plceiix Block, Norwalk, Conn.,
[IE subscriber would respectfully announce
that having cleared out all his old stock
at his auction sales, he has now or hand a
fresh selected stock of seasouable Cloths.
Cassimeres. 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’ CLO'THIJV‘G REJIDY
.MJIDE. . _
Grateful for long and continued favors, I
shall endeavor with renewed exertions, to
merit their continuance.
A
E. QUINTABD & SONS,
Cabinet Maker 3'
At their old established W'are. Rooms
East side the Bridge, opposite
Pltw'liix Block,
AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet F u r nit u r e,
Chairs. Looking Glasses, Mattresses &c.,
over offered for sale in this place, which we
havejnst purchased for Cash; at extremely
low prices,and intend to sellaccordingly.
We also keep’ constantly on hand Ready
Made Coflins of all sizes and descriptions,
from the mostcostly Rosewood lo the plain-
est ever used.
From our long experiencein theUnderta-
perfectsatisfacticn to all who may needour
services. _
N orwalk ,Sept.13th , 1858. 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
I‘ O n O A S H !
HE subscriber would inform the public
generally, lhathe still continues to sell
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
s '1' 70 E .5- ,~
And Manufacturer of
Tin,“ hsct Iron,& Copper Ware
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House Keeping
Furniture, at South Norwalk,
. Conn. .
O. a E. H. Lockwood 6t. 00.,
Nonvslk. Conn., Manufacturers of
Tm. Sheet Iron, it Copper Ware
And Dealers in
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Brit-
annia, Porcelain, ,Wooden Ware and
Kitchen Furniture in general,
Pumps, Sheet Lead and
Lead Pipe, Crockery,
"lines and China
Ware.
AMOS H'C'N'I'.
lactic-rel
Pension and Patent Agent,
And Prosecutor of Claims here“, the
several Departments and the Court
‘of Claims,
, WASHINGTON, D. C.
mus rusuamos cousins.
Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Chem! Perpetual,
Cash comm 151,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and-
consistent with the laws. of
compensation.
GEO. R. COWLES, 8015 Agent
‘3“. For Nor-walk and vicinity.
A
life Insurance- .
A! n. 3 Y I . In G r o N,
(At the Gazette min.)
A gent for the -
Anthem TEMPERANCELIFE INsunmcE tourist
OI Hartford, ,Conn.
' 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 groci-‘ries 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, Tees 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'
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
Nouwamt, C'r.,
NEY would inform the citizens of Nor-
walk that he has established himself in busi«
ness at the old stand over the Post Otlice,nnd
will furnish them.with Photographs, Ambro-
typcs, and all kinds of pictures taken by the
Sun, from Mini-.tul‘es to life size, colored or
plain,in the highest style of the art.
- E T. WHITNEY.
D. B. Woonscuv, OPERATOR. ‘ tf29
GOAL ! GOA!- l
H. & J. C. HANDLE, have been re-
. ceiviug direct from the inincs,and are
now prepared to offer at the lowest market
rates. the following kinds of coal, from their
Coal Yard, east side the Bridge, viz :
Spring Mountain Lehigh,
Sugar Loaf do.
.Mammoth Vein ("’hite fish.)
Locust Mountain ((0.
Scranton do.
Council Ridge, (Pin/r fish)
Laurence - ( ed do.)
Trevorton Semi Anthracite.
Mr. O. H. Benedict, long and favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
' lie patronage is solicited.
—- hNev-uflwork. -
' BAYARD Tayloa’s Travels, cannons
RUSSIAjust out and for sale by
A.H.CAMP.
. HE AMERICAN CHIEF Cook Stove, for
'sale by C. :2 E. K. LOCKWOOD & CO.
HE srnwris'r on”... Stove,_for sale by
c, s s. K. LOCKWOOD e co.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
king businet‘ss,we are confident wecan give ‘
ATE E. B. l‘HOMPSON’S. E. T. WHIT-
hand to serve the public. A share of the pub- *
‘ ’2"¢;‘a;£.’v.«.:'.;..‘ .7 x:;.:-:.
Paper Hanging,
FIRE BOARD PRINTS, '
Window Shades and Fixtures.
HE subscriber has now on hand a large
and well selected assortmentofthe above
named goods, which he will now ofl‘er for
sale cheaper than ever before thonght of in
this market.
leper 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,'Maiu-
st., Norwalk. GEORGE MARVIN.
noes-nee.
HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par-
ties building with Warren’s superior
Felt aml Cement Roofing.
This article of Roofingis in nseupon the Nor-
woik Lock Company’anilding,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 oflice
of Wm. K. James, will receive prompt atten-
tion. tf4l. J. N. HILL.
Notice.---'1'o the Ladies.
ISS F. PILGRIM would inform her old
. friends and patrons that she hasjuet re-
turned from New York with the LATEST
Srrurs or THE Snasox, to which she would
invite special attention. She has now a com-
plete assortment of ready made Hats, for fall
and winter, and a stock of Millinery Goods
which cannot fail to suit the most fastidious.
Young Ladies of the first talent arc employ-
ed. From her well known cxporience,and by
strict attention to the wants of‘ her customers,
she hopes to continue to receive the liberal
patronage of the Ladies of this vicinity.—
Rooms over the Store 011E. P. Weed. tf47
MEIN A. EAEER’S
EUREKA OYSTER SALOON
Wood’s Building, .Main St., .Norwallr.
HE subscriber having bought the Saloon
formerly conducted by G. 0. Gibson, has
had the rooms newly renovated and arranged,
and will be ready at all hours, to serve up in
the best style, Ursruus,STnxxs Cnors, .l'c.,
doc. The public are respectfully invited to
call. ' ”47
N. B.—Privafe Supper Rooms for Ladies.
Insurance.
HE Subscriber having takenthe agency of
the .N'cw England Fire and .Marmcln-
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 or $6,295.00. ' .
. JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1859. 6“
. Wagon—and CE‘riage
BUILDING "AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the sub
scriben. Every description of Wagons
made to order, painted and repaired at the
shorté’st notice, and ten percent cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm, produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf29 E. L. ARNOLD.
Mr. J". Hessian,
.......... Profess oroflllusic-
' Will be prepared to re'
new his course of instruc'
tion—to all those Who may desire his servi~
ces--in Instrumental Music,ou andafter Wed-
the Piano Forte ,Organ or Melodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders
left at his residence,Main Street,Norwalk,
or of. N ank’s Clothing Store, will be
promptly attended to. ‘
Norwalk Jan. 17th, 1859.
South Norwalk
3001' 6!". SHOE STORE.
.51 would respectfully call the attention
of' the citizens and public generally,
to our large and varied assortment of‘ Ladies’
Gaiters, Shoes, and - Slippers, Gents’ Patent
Leather and Calf Boots, Golfers and Shoes,
Misses, Boys. and Children’s Gaiters and
Shoes of all kinds. We are prepared to man-
ufacture to measure any article in our line
at short notice. Repairing in all. its branch-
es. STEVENS ob TRISTRAM,
“13 Ely’s Block, South Norwalk.
ly32
House Painting,
GRAININ G AND G LA ZIN G'.
HE 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
their patronage.
Jobs taken and stockf‘uruished if required.
He can be found at his old stand, Union St.,
opposite Quintard & Smith’s Carriage Facto-
GEORGE HODGES.
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South Norwaik, April 1st, 1859.
The world is puzzleu much to know
How RAN DLE can sell Hats so low,—
And some there are who think t’will tend -
In final ban/cruplcy‘to end.
We thank all those who are so good,
To feel such kind of solicitude,—
But beg that they ’11 not be alarmed,
Since we’ve no fear of being harmed.
Some other time we will confess,
The some! of Our great success,
And tell Lhem more about our labors.
And how we " csnsnsnm.” our summons.
At present we will merely say
To young and old, to grave and gay,—
Ifyou upon us please to cull,
We’re sure that we can suit you all.
E'U'BNI'I'U'BEl
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public,at his old stand,- ns good an
assortment of ‘
. Cabinet Furniture
as can be found in Fairficld County.and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
quality of Goods can be obtained at any oth-
er Estuhlishmene. .
The Stock consists in part of .
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card and
Quartctoe Tables; Bookcases,Bureaus,
$0135. Tet-e-a-Tete Lounges, Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs I; ‘Gilt
andMahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., die.
COFFIJV' WJIRER 0 0M S,
Where may be found a full assortment of
Collins, which will be finished inthc best pos
sible manner, and at short notice.
. ”- A Hearse will be furnished when (18-
sircd, . A. RENOUD.
Westport, May 1st, 1858. ‘
flour! Flour ! ! ‘l'lour l l 1
F H NASH, as agent, is now prepared to
a ship flour directly from the West, in
quantities. from one load upwards. Purl-ice
so ordering can has e the flour- consigned di-
rectly to them, freight paid to New York, at
10 days notice.- Samples of the flour con-
' stantly on hand at the stdre of the subscriber,
Terms Cash. . F. H. NASH,
South Norwalk, Conn.
CIDER Casks cheap—at
S. E. OLMSTEAD & 00.
. . .-. . thNI'KS‘V-“ih raitm . 4 .
_._‘3.>.J/ on... Hui“ “Aka: '
nesday,the 19th inst. instructions given on '
line with neatness and dispatch, and solicits -
tttg.
From the Dunbar-y firm.
Every Day.
Telling in life’s fields and meadows
To secure the grain and hay ,-
' Sorrow o’er us casts dim shadows,
Every day 1
Qt
Won -M
’u‘NVV
Sweating at the forge and bellows,
For a little earthly stay,
Care hath something and to tell us,
' Every day l
Roaming in the fragrant bowers,
Where the songsters tell of May
Thorns are pricking throhgb the flowers,
Every day.
Time-is drawing nearer—nearer—
While our heads are turning gray ;
Tears are falling on life’s mlrnr,
Every day.
Time ll closing benuty’s portals,
Flowers are blooming to decay ;
l-‘ats is delving graves for mortals,
Every day.
While our pleasure boat is rolling,
Over life’s eventful spray,
Funeral bells nre tolling—tolling—
Every day.
While the laurel wreath is shading,
O’er this fame-lit brow of clay ;
Sad we see the garland fading,
Every day.
Love, then, take your promised treasure.
Fame is dazzling to betray ;
Life is fading with its pleasurcé,
Every day.
Muse, hang up your harps and lyres,
Oh you weeping willow spray ;
Care is eating in the wires,
Every day.
Hence while all things are declaring,
Death a seeker for his prey,
Let us be ourselves preparing,
Every day i
H. B. W.
Ftp—.—
Proms Punch.
The Millenium arrived.
From Alps to Adriatic
Now ltaly is free,
Though not quite democratic
As she may wish to be ;
In Venice though remaining.
The Kaiser keeps a throne ;
The Pops a new name gaining,
And holding still his own.
All Europe’s flaws are mended,
And France has won renown ;
' All quarrels are well ended,
So we shall settle down,
The master of the regions
That lie next Britain’s land,
Will have no work for legions,
Which he’ll, ofgourse, disband.
All sorts of swords and sabres
To piouglishares we shall turn,
Because o'ur good French neighbors
War will no longer learn .
All guns now Discord’s stifled,
And peace prevails at last ;
Instead of being rifled, ,
For boilers will be out.
No national dafenses
Requiring for our shores,
To pay their past expenses
We’ll sell off all 'our stores,
Avoiding all taxation ;
Hope tbld a flattering tale :
Oh, fond imagination 1
How very like a whale !
———oe—O—e>———‘-
The Girl with a Calico Dress.
A flg for your fashionable girls,
With their velvsts and satins and laces,
Their diamonds and rubies and pearls,
And their milliner figures and faces :
They may shine at a party or ball,
Emblazonsd with half they possess,
But give me in place of them all,
My girl with the calico dress. -
She’s an plump as n. partridge, and fair
As the rose in its earliest bloom ;
Her teeth will with ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover perfume.
Her step is as free and as light
As the fawn-‘s whom the hunters hard press,
And her eye is as soft and as bright—
My girl with the calico dress.
Young dsndies and fopplings .may sneer
At her simple and modest attire,
. But the charms she permits to appear
Would not a whole iceberg on fire.
She can dance, but she never allows
The hugging, the squeeze, the caress ;
She is saving all these for her spouse-
My girl with the calico dress.
She is cheerful, warm-hearted and true,
And kind to her father and mother ;
She studies how much she can do
For her sweet little sisters and brother.
If you want a companion for life,
To comfort, enliven and bless,
She is just the right tort of a ,wife—
My girl with the calico dress.
—————o«.>oo————
ASHES.
or warns mourn.
Suggested by seeing a young lassie retire behind the
door with a shovel full of ashes which she intended to
have thrown upon the icy foot-path.
[After the manner 0’ Bonus] ‘
My bonnie iassie, diuna hide
Wi’in the lobbie.
Weak aid lends ever sic sma’ pride
To any jobhie.
One wad suppose ’twas in the law
Among the crimes,
To shield a neebor frse nf.’
In slippery times.
But faires shows that hsn’ sae fair
Thus scatterin’ ashes,
Than ’mongst the glitter and the glair
0' diamond flashes.
Whate’er ye undertak’ to do,
Let it appear,
An’ gin the impulse be but true,
To needna’ fear. ‘
There’s virtue in the sma’est work
The soul determines: .
The sidewalk thus may prove a kirk, ‘
l The ashes sermons.
-—-————o-o‘.»o—————
SNOW.
Light and still and soft,
Flake after flake comes down,
Dimming the air aloft,
Flocking the oak holes brown ;
Light as the fall of years
On a head grown white in peace ;
Light as the breath of the angel Death,
When he whispereth of release.
White and calm and cold,
Under a sunset sky
Glowing with red, serial gold,. '
The sustained snow-drifts lie,
Calm us the painless dead
In the grave-niche, cold and white,
With a kindling glow on each marble brow—
A glory of Ion sud-light.
Pure and soft and still,
Drifting down to the sea, ' . g,
Melt the shows of the pearl white hill
Into sunshine silently. ‘
Blue are the depths above,
Deep is the blue below,
, White from the bay glides a sail away—
And a soul passed white as snow.
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How an Advertisement Got a Wife.
“ Tobacco is the tomb of love,” Writes
a modern novelist, of high standing ; but
with every respect for his authority, I beg
to snyit'was quite the contrary in my
case. Twenty-one years ago I Was sit-
ting by my fire-side, totting up innumer-
able puges of my bachelor’s housekeeping
book, taking exercise in arithmetic on
long columns of “ petty cas ”—compri-
sing items for carrots and Bath-bricks,
metal tacks and mutton chops—until
tired and wearied, I arrived at the sum
total, and jerked the book upon the man-
tnlopiecc. Nearly at the same time I
placed my hand in the pocket of my tires-
sing-gown, drew out a leather case, and lit
a principe. Well having 'lit the principe
I placed my feet on the fender and sigh-
ed, exhausted by my long job of domestic
accounts. I was then in business—’twas
a small wholesale business then, ’tis a
large one now—yet one morning’s totting
of carrots and Bath-bricks, of metal tacks
and mutton chops, tire me a thousand
. times more than 24 hours of honest led-
ger-work. I sighed, not .from love, but
from labor ; for, to tell you the truth, I
had never been'iu love Is thisto go on
forever? thought I, as I took my third
whiff and looked dreamily through the
thin smoke as it ascended between me and
a large print of the capture of Gibraltar
which hangs over the chimney-piece. Am
I to spend my prime in totting .up pars-
nips, and computing carrots, and comp-
trolling washing bills? . I sighed again,
and in the act oil flow the button of my
neck band, as though some superior pow-
.er had‘ seasonably sent the accident to
remind me of my helplessness.
The button settled the business ;
though, as it slipped down inside my shirt
and passed with its mother-o-peari cold~
ness over my heart, it for a moment
threatened to chill my matrimonial reso-
lution. I pitied my own lonely state,
and pity, we know, is akin to love. But
how was the matter to be accomplished 1
Most men at my age would already have
adjuSted their inclination to some object;
so that having made up their mind and
counted the cost, little more would have
remained to be done than to decide upon
the day and lay hold upon the license.—
This, however, was not the case with me.
I had been too much occupied,too idle,or
too indolent" to devote the time or
make the effort to “form an attachment.”
It was through no disinclination or diffi-
culty to be pleased '; for but] any young
lady of moderately agreeable powers to.-
ken the trouble, she might have mprried
me long ere then. I should even have
been grateful to her for taking the trouble
off my hands, but I was too bashful to
adopt the initiative.
I was a bashful man. The weakness
' came from the same cause as my Uncle
Toby’s—namely, a want of acquaintance
with female society, which went arose
from another cause in my case—namely,
too close an application to business.—
Accordingly, I thought of an advertise-
ment; yet with no practical design of
doing business, but as I persuaded my-
self for a joke. So I scratched with a
pencil on the back of a letter the follow-
ing :—
“ WANTED A Wire—None but princi-
pals need apply. The advertiser does
not require cash, but only a companion.
He is six-und-twenty, and, tired of single
he thinks he can settle down to married
life. As men go, he believes he has a
moderate share of temper, and want of
time is his only reason for recourse to the
news-papers. He has enough means for
himself and a second party, and is willing
to treat at once. He is quite aware
that a great many attempts to convert
his honest intentions into an extravagant
joke will be made, but he warns all rash
intruders. If he finds a man hard enough
to make Sport of his affections, he will
thrash him—if a woman he will forgive
her. He has a heart for the sincere, a
horsewhip for the importinent. In either
case, all applications will be promptly
attended to, if addressed to.P. P., to the
office. of this paper.”
I felt proud of my composition, and
puffed away at my prmcipe with a rogue
glee and' anticipation of something com-
ing out of it. I had‘no very great idea
that anything but fun would result ; and
I certainly had not the slightest, notion
of involving myself in a personal collision
With any one. Still the presentiment
that it was not destined to be all a bar
reu joke pressed upon me. On Saturday
the advertiSement appeared, and I heard
its style canvassed by all my friends, and
it was jokingly suggested by more than
one, that I was the domestically destitute
individual whoput it forth. _
_ On Monday morning I sent a boy to
the newspaper Office for P. P.’s letters.
I expected he might be followed by some
curious and inquisitive persons ; so I told
him on his way back to call at a bachel-
or neighbor’s of mine for a book. The
trick told. The lad was followed by
some persons who never lost sight of him
until they ran him to my friend’s, and
then they wont back and announced that
he was the advertiser. I thus discharged
in full one or two practical jokes which
my neighbor had played upon me. The
answers were of the usual character-—
cherul seeking to elicit my name, and
still more suggesting places of meeting
where I was to exhibit myself with a
handkerchief in my Ind. One duly
looked like business. It was from a lady
who proposed an interview in a neighbor-
ing city, about forty miles north. She
said there was something so frank and
straightforWard in my advertisement,
that she was convinced it was real, and
she could rely upon my keeping her name
secre if after we had met nothing came
of t meeting. 'She would, therefore,
~ meetme at the—4st , on a certain
day and if mutual approbation did not
follow the interview, why there-was no
harm done. _‘ .
Most people would have put down this
as a trap to'give me a journey for nothr
I did not. A presentiment impell-
ed to accept and keep the engagement,
This was in the old cOaching days,
when a man had time to make an ac-
quaintance in forty miles, not us now,
when you are at your journey’s end bf
fore you have looked round your coupon y
in a railway 'carriage. There were but
two inside-myself and a pleasant, talkie
-t1ve,hpnest-fsced elderly gentleman. Shy
and hand in female society, I was yet
esteemed, animated and ageeuble enough
amongst my own sex. We had no
trouble, therefore, in making ourselves
agreeable to one another; so much so,
that as the coach approached G——-,
and the old gentleman learned that I
meant to stop there that night,he asked me
with him after I had dined at my hotel.
My “ air engagement” Was not llll next
day, and, as I liked the old gentleman, I
accepted his offer.
, After my pint of sherry, I brushed my
hair and Went'in search of my coach com-
panion and my promised cup of tea. I
had no difficulty in finding him out, for
he was a man of substance and some im-
portance in the place. I was showuinto
the drawing-room My old friend receiv-
ed me_heartily, and introduced me to his
wife and five daughters. “ All spinsters,
sir” said he; “young ladies whom an
undiscriminating world seems disposed to
leave upon my hands.
“ If’wc don’t sell, papa, said the eldest
who with her sisters seemed to reflect her
father’s fun “ it is not for want of pulling
for all your introduction are .advertisc-
meats.” .
At the mention of this last word, I felt
a little discomposed, and almost regret-
ted my engagement for the next day,
when that very night, perhaps, my prov-
idential opportunity had arrived.
I need not trouble my readers with all
our saying and doings during tea : snfice
it to say that I found them a very pleas-
ant, friendly family, and was surprised to
find that I forgot all my shyness and
timidity, encouraged by their good tem-
pered case and conversation. They did
not inquire wethcr I was married or sin-
gle, for where there were five young un-
mated daughters the qu- stion might seem
invidious. I, however, in the freedom of
the moment, volunteered the information
of my bachelorhood ; I thought I had no
sooner communicated the fuel; than the
girls passed round a glance of arch intel-
ligence from one to the other, I cannot
tell you how odd I felt at the moment.—
My sensations were between pleasure and
confusion, as a suspicion crossed my mind
and helped,‘l felt to color my cheek-—
Presently, however, the eldest, with an
assumed indifferencc which cost her an
effort, asked where I was staying.
“ At the hotel,” I answered with
some embarrassment.
It was with difficulty they restrained a
laugh; they hit their lips, and I had no
longer a suspicion—I was certain. So,
after having some music, when l rose to
depart I mustered courage, as I bid them
good bye, to say to the eldest :
- “ Shall P. P. consider this the inter-
view 'f”
A blush of conscious guilt, I should
rather say Innocence, told me I had sent
my random arrow to the right quarter ;
so I pressed the matter no further at. that
moment, but I did her hand.
I remained in at my hotel next day,
until an hour after the appointed time,
but no one made their appearance.—
“Thcn,” thought I, brushing my hair and
adjusting my cravat, “ since the monu-
taxn .. ill not come to Mahomet, Mnhomet
must go to the mountain ;” so I walked
across to my old friends. The young In-
dies were all in The eldest was engaged
with some embroidery at the window. I
had therefore an opportunity, as I [cant
over the frame, to whisper : ’
“S. S. is not punctual.”
The crimson in her face and neck was
now so deep, that a skeptic himself would
no longer doubt. I need say no more ;
that evening in her father’s garden, she
confessed that she and her sisters llud
conspired to bring me up to G on a
fool’s errand, never meaning, of course, to
keep the engagement.
“ Then,” said I, “ since you designed
to take me in, you ,must consent to make
me happy l”
“ And what did she say, pupa ?” asks
my second dough er, who is now looking
oicr my shoulder as I write.
“ Why, you little goose, she promised
to be your momma, and she has kept her
word.” .
~<Q>o
A Game Dinner.
Shortly after the war with Great Brit-
ain. an aristocratic English gentleman
built a fine residence in the vicinity of
Fort George, on the Niagara frontier,
and in accordance with the old country
idea of exclusivencss, he enclosed his
ground with a highlight fence Here
he lived. like an old English gentleman—
one of the olden timcmwith the excep-
tion that none.but the elite of the prov-
ince and the officers of the neighboring
garrison were allowed to pass his guts-—
l‘herc Was a very good [understanding be-
tween the American officers at Fort Ni-
agara. and the British at Fort George,
and the men were permitted occasionally
to visit back and forth. Among the
American soldiers was uqneer chap who
was always gettinginto some sort of'mis-
chief.
One day this chap took a small ho is
that lay moored at the foot of the walls
of the fort, and crossed over to the Can-
odian shore for a hunt. He wondered
over several miles in the rear 'of Fort"
George, but without meeting any game,
and on his return see-lugs crow on a tree
within the enclosure of the aristocratic
Englishman, he scaled the high fence,
fired and brought down his game. 001.
or whatever his title may have been—-
we will call him Colonel niiyhow-r-Wll'
nessed the transaction and advanccd
while our hero was reloading. He was
very angry, but seeing the Yankee stand-
ing cooly with u. loaded gun in his hand,
he gulped down his passion for a moment
and merely asked him if‘ he had killed
the crow. 'l‘he Yuukee replied he did.
“ I am very sorry,” said the Colonel,
“ for he was a pet. By the way, last is
a very pretty gun, will you be so kind as
to let me look at it." The soldier com~
plied with the request. The Englishman
took the gun, stepped back a few pause,
took deliberate aim, then broke forth in
a tirade of abuse, concluding with an or-
der to stoop down and take a bite of the
crow, or he would blow his brains out.-—-—
The soldier explained, apologized and en-
trented. 1t was no use.
There was shoot in the Englishman’s
eye—there was no help for it—aud the
stuttering soldier stooped and took‘o bite
to waive ceremony and have a cup of ten'
of the crew, but swallow it he could not.‘
tim, and smiled complacently at every
additional heave.
the Colonel handed him his gun with the
remark, “ Now, you rascal, that will
teach you how to poach on a gentleman’s
enclosure.’
The Yankee soldier took his gun, and
the Colonel might have, seen the devil in
his eye if he had looked close. Stepping
back he took aim at the heart of 1115 uost
and ordered him instantly to finish the
crow. Angry expostulutions, prayers
and entreaties were useless things. There
was shoot in the American eye then as
there had been in the English eye before
-——there was no help at hand and he took
a bite of the crow. Oue bite wns enough
to send all the good diners he had eaten
lately on the same journey with the gur-
rison fare of the soldier, and while the
Englishman was in an agony of sickness,
Jonathan escape‘d to the American shore.
The next morning early the command-
ant of Fort Niagara was sitting in his
quarters, when Col. was announ-
ced. “Sir,,, said Col. “ I come
to demand the punishment of one of your
men who yesterday entered my premises
and committed a very great outrage."l
“ We have 300 men here,aud i: would
be difilcult for me to know who it is you
mean,” said the officer.
The Englishman described him as a
long, dangling, stuttering stoop shoulder-
ed dcvil. .
“ Ah 1 I know who you mean,” said
the officer“ ; "he is always getting into
mischief. Orderly, calf Tom.”
In a. few moments: Tom entered and
stood at strait attention, as strait as his
natural build would allow, while. not a.
trace of emotion was visrble in his conn-
tenance. '
“ Tom,” said the officer, do you know
this gentleman ?”
“ Ye—ye—ye—es—sir.”
“ Where did you see him before ?” .
“ I-l—I,” said Tom, stuttering awfully
ref to him ; “ I dl-di-di-dincd with him
yesterday.”
We. believe Tom was not punished.
Indianapolis Sentinel.
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The Work to he done.
We have already expressed our firm
conviction that,uhilc it is perfectly within
the [)OWcl‘ of the Republicans to elect the
next President and Vice-President, ihcy
will fail to do it unless they go to work
promptly, heartily, systematically. Let
the canvass go on as it is now going, and
they will wake up, early neat November
to a knowledge that, though they han-
made a good fight, swelled their vote he-
youcl any . preCedeut, Curried thirteen ul‘
fourteen States, and almost carried one
or two others. which Would hare given
1 them a. National triumph if they lmcl Cars
ried them, &c., &c , yet—by Some Pla-
quemine voting, some enormous and col
puble espeuililurc of money—the Shunt
Democracy have married Pennsylmuia, or
Indiana, New-Jersey and IlliLOlS, and
have elected their President. And thaa
is just the reSult to which we are tending
at'this moi‘ucnt, and which no f'rnntlc‘rx
ertions next September and October will
suflicc to avert. If we are to win :it all,
we must make the (lecisive impression
upon the public mind between this time
and the lst of May next. There will be
work enough to be done after that ; but
the great mass of our farming population
do their reading in the Winter and curly
Spring, and little impression can be [mule
on them betweenplunting am“ the iuguth-
bring of the lute harvest, they being then
engrossed witu their daily round of la-
bors and cures.
But suppose the Republicans ready to
work, what shall they do? We answer:
I. Form a. Comzfy Club,_composed of
all who are willing to contribute means or
qfl‘orfs to elect a- Republican President fins
year. Fix a day give ample notice, and
hold a meeting to which all are invited.
Gel: every live working Republican in
your County join this or an auxiliary club
in his own township. Establish a rule
that officers in each shall be chosen
monthly, so as to give each a chance to
show what work is in him. Bring for-
ward young men ,as much a possible,
and give them opportunities to prove
their efficiency and worth. There is many
ajcurneymuu blacksmith or carpenter, a
chOppcr in the pine woods, a stage driver
or milltcnder, who can do more effective
work in a political couvass than the
judges, coloncls and squircs who are usu-
ally supposed to organize a party and
carry an election. Let wealth antlpro-
nnneuce, or the want of both, made no
difference, but value-and honor each no-
cording to his actual worth.
11. Begin 10071: by gelling some Repub-
lic/m liouroml into every house/told 5” f “'1' H i
possible. Documents are very well; hill,
the rolling- fire that neVCl' (Senses (lots the
work. Two-thirds of all the men in the
United States who take newspapers will
vote the Republican thkci next Full ;.
while, the grunt lilujOl‘lty oi all who pick
up their politics of. thc grog-shop wolf
vote against us. The Grog-shop lathe
nutnrnl focus and distributing rescrvorr of
Democratic influence ; the NcWSjinpcr
holds a like relation to the Rut‘pllbllCulla.
There my be Rt-pllblluall grog-shops, us
there are Democratic lleWspupel‘s; but
the general truth is as we have stuted.—~
To diminish the influence of’ grog-show
and increase that of ueWspupL-rs Is to lay
the sure foundation of u- ltupulxllcmi tn-
umph. lf'you have local journals of real
force and worth, favor than 9'5 much as
pOSsible ; but get a lie1)ilbll<:zin'p-.xpci- in-
to every family lfpmiSible,cV01l though in
some cases you should have to pay for it,
and semi it grafts. _ _
III. Provide for a general urculalwn
of documents.
Mi’lllOll Voters to day in the Free States
who know nothing of the views and Cl)-
jects of the Republican party but what
our adversaries choose to tell them In
the Slave States, We of course have no
hearing, no chance to not public opinion
right ; but it is other-wise here Then-
sands are opposing who would help if they
only understood us. And the best Single
step towm'd opening their eyes is, in our
judgement, the circulation of documents
which show just where the two great par-
ties stand on the vital question of LAND
Up came his breakfast—his dinner of the
day before and it really appeared as if he
would throw up his toe-nails. _ The Eng-
lishman gloated'on the misery of his vic-
When he had got
through vomiting and had wiped his eyes
but retaining the grave expression ham--
fin” the great struggle.
There are all. lunch Oim'
REFORM. Put into every farmer’s hand
the Central Committee’s tract on “ Land
for the Laudiess” (you can find it verba—
tim in THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC for 1860,
just issued), and let; him see what it is
persistently tried to do last. Winter will.
regard to the Public Lands, and ho'.
they were defeated ; and, if he only read-
it, he will not be likely ever again to but
ble the grog-shop slang that we are “ .:
negro party,” a ”one-idea party,” on;
that we have no sympathy for any self. .
lugs but those of slaves. -Your Ml:
ber of Congress, if Republican n. '
send you, as [pally of the tracts as y'--=:
will send him $1 per hundred for; 1111..
if they are generally distributed an.
read, you will soon see strange face
in your meetings. There is not a' slice.-
makcr’s shop in America, much less a
licuns. For a poor man who can read,
and knows enough to go home to dinner,
not to favor the Freedom‘of the Public
Lands seems a moral impossibility. But
for mob violence, and outrage we could
curry Slave States for the Republican
ticket Oil the Land issue alone. ' _
Of course, this little tract is not all
that is needed. It merely shows what
the Republicans are trying-to do with
regard to the Public Lands, and how the
Democrats prevent them. But circulate.
this first, and there will soon be a lie-
ought to have a tract at least twice as
large, showing briefly what Land Reform
is why it is needed, how- it will help the'
Lahoring Class in the .Old states as well
by Jefferson, J..ckson, and nearly all
great, generous thinkers, in favor of the
principles which underlie this Reform.—
subject thoroughi“, and is familiar with
its literature, will prepare such a tract
furtliwith.- Meantime, let that we have
shed its light everywhere.
1 V. Open a correspondence on every side.
A County Club should, if possible, have
one intelligent active, energetic young
man paid to give his whole time as See-
refury and‘Actqu-y. He should corres-.
pond at once with known Republicans in
the townships of his own, start a Club in
each, and see that it goes to work the
nght way. An immensity can be effect-
ed within a Inchih, if a capable man is
thus paid to devote his time as aforesaid.
O
lie/m Central Committee, or tlwsc of your
'nlIt'Illb'df of Congress. The usual way is
to write to qushipgicn for documents
mg. This is all wrong. Every R'cpubqs
1.2m) County or District should at
cost pay' for its own documents, and
should do something, if possible, to help
.rrnui‘tte " the (lurk places of the earth,”
which. as the Good Book justly saith,
“are full of the lmhiiatious of cruelty.”
1‘here ought to be One Million copies of
the Land lieiorin tract distributed in,
Democratic Counties, this month. Bill;
how can they be unless our friends in Ile-
puoiicnn strongholds contribute to de-
mo) the cost? We say to you Repubé
flu .us of the East, of the North, and of
the Free West, that you ought to help in
this work. OrguniZc your clubs ; push
‘he circulation: of efficient journals ; send
it) yOur Member ofCongress for such
documents as you need, and don’t expect
km to do the pay port of the business;
but send along $10, $20, $50, even $100
if you can, and ilhll your Member to see
that this is faithfully applied to sending
documents wherever they are most need«
col. Every dollar so sent will Operate as
u. spur and u stimulus to others 3 if every
Republican County and strong township
would do a little toward this, we need no
longer fear the vote of New Jersey,
Southern Pennsylvania, Indiana, and ll~
liuois, next November. We can carry
the Election on Land Reform alone, if
we shall only have made nearly every
voter see and realize just what Land Re-
form is and how the two great parties
respectively. stmid upon. it.
V—«l‘hese are but hints
are willing to work and pay for a.Repub«
licau; ticket, we can succeed, provided
they get to work systematically and soon
f this be notdohe, we shall be beaten ;
and we may as well understand this at
coco—Tribune.
—-——-—-4'¢<flu-a
.ustg, A Divine, (Rev. Mr. R'
ulmsc heart is as full of' loving kindness
us his head is of wit and learning) was
settled in the town of —, in Mlddlesex
county, Massachusetts. On the first
Sabbath following, after morning servi-
ces, one of the demons introdlmed him to
one of his parishioners,“ Mr. 11—, allow
me to introduce you to Mr. P , he is
one of the pillars of the church.” “ In-
deed,” said Mr. ll , “ I observed
Mr. P (lyriug the sermon, and fl;
incurred to me then that he was one of
the Slcrprrs I”.
———__.....°>.,_.
11%“ An Irish boy, who was trying
hard to get a place, (ienicd that he was
Irish. “ 1 don’t know what you mean
by not being an lrishmau,” said the gen-
tleman hiring him, “ but this I do know,
you were born in ll‘clund.” .“ Och, yer
honor, ’if that all,” said the boy, “ small
blame- to that. .Suppose Iliad been born
in your stables, would 1 have been a
horse '.’ '
“—OW
GEORGE W. Cum-s 0N Jonx BROWN:—
“ My f'rii nds we hart- just. sern nu histo-
ric day. We seem to stand in the crisis
I believe the bat-
le is won.
years our first, carefully guards her bor-
ders from-mun who hélicvc in human lib-
erty and [law golden rule, John Brown
has shown there can be noise/use of social
security in a system of slavery; He is
not buried, hm plan'ccl. He will spring
up a hundred fold. I do‘not wonder at
tee, solemn pomp of his death. They
would have nothing but a Southern made
rope go hang him ; but the rope had two
ends—one round the neck of a man,
the other round the system. In taking
u‘lifc it has conquered itself, To chil-
dren of ours, hanging over plutarch’s pa—
ges, we will tell that America had he-
roes, and that on the .soll of . Virginia,
John Brown died for the liberty cinch}!
ll
that the Republican Members Of Congress .
machine-shop or foundry, in which that .
tract alone will not make votes forthr ..
Republican ticke‘, provided there been)“ " '
voters there who are not already Repair! ‘ '
mund that will insure its own supply. We, ,'
as in the New, and what has been said, '
We trust some one who understands the -
the neighboring Counties, as well as in -
V. Strengthen His hands of the Repub- » -
echcting them to be sent 'fgfl‘mhiitii-f: '1',
for those who '
Our oldest state, ,in other.
6
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~ ~ sums. WM
Norwalk Chronicler