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H O M (E 0 PA T H,
Graduate of Yale Medical stitute; Class
of 1851 and ’3
Office in the old Belden Plbe,second house
below the new Methodist :lllllcll, on West
Avenue, Norwal’, Cairn.
DENTIsI-fiur.
DR. A. AILL,
SURGICAL .3-
DEN IST!
Office over the Sto of C. J. Gruman,
NORWAIf, CONN.
JAMES C- ARROUR,
SURGICAL MECHANICAL
I) E '1' I s '1',
Office at Residenc ast Avenue, Norwalk,
C ecticut.
Arc tecture. ,
SIDNE MLSTONE,
, CHI'I‘ECT,
Will furnish us, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and perintend the erection of
public and priv e buildings. Oflice in Mar-
ble Block, Ciia l-st., New Haven, Ct. tf52
W“. R NDEL SMITH,
ENGINE, and SURVEYOR,
Office at Cliiclester‘s Store,
{ Norwalk, Conn.
GEO. F. IELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin, Copger, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in toves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
0 particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household. Furniture : terms low.
WM. 0. STREET & co,
Importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple<
merits, Oils, Paints; Window Glass, &c.
o. s. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and -
GENTLEMEN’S - FURNISHIN G
EMPORIUM !
No. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
0.3. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
Dar GOODS, cearerrncs,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts, Vestings, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Shirtings, Jeans, die.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN.
S. E. OLMSTEAD a CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, do,
14 and 16 Main-st, Narwalk, Conn.
P. H. N A S H,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
swovns,
and Manufacturer of
Tin,Sheet Iron,& Copper Ware,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment of general House Keeping
Furniture, at South Norwalk,
Conn.
ETNA INSUR ANOB COMPANY,
Of Hartford,
Incorporntal in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capitol $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent With the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
1y84 For Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Post Office.
ruins CLOSE.
West 7.30 A. M.-—2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—-5.00 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
MAILs DUE.
West 9.10 A. lit—5.55 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.——3.20 P. M.
Danbury dz Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
H. W. SMITH, P. M.
Gas Piping, tI'itting, ac.
SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED.
HE subscriber is prepared to attend all
calls in the gas-fitting line, and will also
be in readiness to repair Sewing or other Ma-
chines. Charges reasonable and work thor-
“1'5th and prom tl done.
ml , ’lzIIVEODORE GLOVER.
Crockery, China, and Glass.
L'S'l“ received, some new styles of the
Above. he the last steamer. At
BELDEN’S.
ECHANICAL,
REMOVAL.
THE oflice of C. F. Moeller’s Dyeing Es-
tablishment has been
R E M 0 V E D
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad "0
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Wit n‘i
punk, Jos. C. Randle.
Outta Percha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
HIS article has been tlior0ughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience ofyears has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing m use.
We call attention to the following facts :
lst—It is fire and water proof.
2d—From its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d—-It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs.
4tli—The cost is only about One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru-
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a. perfectly water-tight roof
for many years.
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England We and Marine In-
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of property against loss or damage
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.
N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. t
$5—AMERICAN.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH CO,
DENTISTS, 384 Bowery, opposite 5th st,
New York; 15 St. John st. New Haven;
168 Main st, Bridgeport, cor of Umon; West
ave. corner of Love Laue, Norwalk. Artifi-
cial teeth of the very best manufacture, full
sets for $5, $19, $15, $20. Single teeth 50
cents. Atificial bone filling put in while soft
without pressure or pain—it hardeusthe same
color as the tooth, adheres firmly to it, restor-
in even old shells to comfort and usefulness.
ston,rPhiladelphia, and Albany, see local
papers. his is a company of practical dent-
ists combined for the purpose of uniting large
facilities for manufacturing artificial teeth on
a large scale, in every variety, which they are
thereby enabled to furnish directly to the
wearer at about one half the usual prices.
W Norwalk Office open every Friday.
E. QUINTARD a. SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
'At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHOENIX BLOCK.
I I AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Chairs,
Looking Glasses, Mattresses, etc, ever offered
for sale in this place, which We have just pur:
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made (Jofins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
king Business, we arc confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. ’ 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1" O R C A S H !
THE subscriber would inform the public
generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., 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 country 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 are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
COAL l COAL l
EORGE H. RANDLE has been recei-
ving direct from the mines, and is
now prepared to offer at the lowest market
rates, the followin kinds of coal, from his
Coal Yard, east si e the bridge, viz :
f5
Spring Mountain Loggia,
Sugar Loaf . ,
Mamnwth Vein (White Ash)
Locust Mountain .
503:"th I" la .4 '1)
mi ' e m at
Laurence ’ lRed Ash)
Treoorton Semi-Anthracite.
Mr. O. H. Benedict, long and favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of the
public patronage is solicited.
FURNITURE!
THE 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
qualit of goods can be obtained at any other
Estab 'shment.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tete-a-tete Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., &c.
UOFFIN WARERO 0M9 ;
where may be found a full assortment of Cof.
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
W“ A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. A. RENOUD.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN !”
Returned to Norwalk.
THE subscriber takes pleasure in notifying
the public in general, and his old custom-
ers in particular, that he has re-purchased his
former business, and is as ready as ever to
serve them in every department of SADDLE
AND HARNESS MAKING.
Thankful for the liberal patronage hereto-
fore extended him while a resident of Nor-
walk—lie hopes by renewed efforts to please
—-to merit a continuance of the same.
Remember our motto, Better than the best,
and cheaper than the cheapest: at the old stand
--east end of Connecticut Hotel.
33 STEPHEN SWANN.
I'ancv Goods, ac.
A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger’s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade,
something new, and needs on] to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACK 0N & BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street.
Paper Hangings,
And Window Shades,
For sale by
GEORGE MARVIN, Main-st.
Pure Domestic Wines.
HE subscriber has always on hand, of
his own manufacture, Grape and Cur-
rant Wines, from 3 to 5 years old, price $1.50
per gallon. Also, Cider Vinegar—14 cts. per
gallon, all are warranted pure, and equal to
any in market.
Address, C. S. MIDDLEBROOK,
Box 422 Brid cport.
(113‘ Refer to L. P. Allis or the ditor of
Gazette. 23
STEAM
Marble Works,
No. 1155, Broadway,
Corner of 27th Street, New York.
THE undersigned has purchased the above
extensive and well known Establish-
ment, formerly owned by Mr. J. W. Bowden,
and having had 20 years experience in the
MARBLE BusINEss, he flutters himself he can
give ample satisfaction to all who may favor
rim with their patronage.
Constantly on hand a large assortment of
Plain and Sculptured Mantle Pieces, Monu-
ments and Head Stones, of Foreign and Do-
mestic Marble. Plumbers’ Slabs, and Cubic
net Work neatly executed. All orders
promptly attended to. E. B. PRICE. 1y36
A. JACHSON 6L BRO.
‘V OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is lar r than ever before.—
We have a fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for sellin cheap could not be
eater. Our stock 0 Jewelry, Silver and
iated Wares was never better than at pres-
cut. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON d: BRO.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. chea er than
any other shop in the county. All 'nds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf29 E. L. ARNOLD.
Mr. J. Hession,
Professorof Music
Is now prepared to re-
new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Melodeon.
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, No. 17 Main—st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
House a: Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, 0.0-. &c.,
SOUTH N ORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.-
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y1
J. N.LO0KWO0D& 00,
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
KEEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents',and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc, we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed iu Norwalk We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in our line, and
at the shortest notice.
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
House Taintiug,
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING, ETC.
C. C. BROTHERTON
IS prepared to execute all orders in the
above hue of business with neatuess and
dispatch. All orders for
PAPER HANGING,
will be executed in the best manner, by an
' need workman.
Orders left at the Store of E. Va. th'chestcr,
or at the subscriber’s residence, on Mer-
win Street, will meet with prompt attention.
. C. Bnornnn'roN.
General Blacksmithing.
CARRIAGE MAKING .e REPAIRNG;
And Horse .8an Exchange.
THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shoeing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a man thor-
oughly competent and experienced, whom
we will warrant not to be surpassed in this
line of his vocation. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
E. M. MERRITT do 00.
B. M. Murmur. G. W. MEBBITT.
Water-et,, Norwalk, Conn.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
Nonwarx, CONN.
ATE E. 'B. Tnonrsou’s. E T. Whitne
would inform the citizens of Norwal
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
srze; colored or plain; in the hi host st 16
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of the art.
D. B. Woonnunv, Operator “29
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VEGETABLE GOLDEN OINTMENIZ
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Republican Campaign Song.
“Of all the mighty nations in the East or in theWeIt,
Oh, this glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and
the best,
And now we want a President to sit upon the chair;
We will go for Abraham Lincoln, here and every-
where.
Chorus.—Come along, sing this song, sing it every
day.
Come from every quarter, come from every way;
For we have land enough, so take no alarm,
For Lincoln is the President to give us all a farm.
Now the people want a homestead in Uncle Sam’s
domain,
But the land is kept reserved for speculator’s gain ;
And when we got the Congress to pass upon the bill,
The Democratic Senate then denied the people’s will.
Come along, sing this song, Arc.
I will tell you what we are going to do now in the
coming fall :
We will follow after China, and build a great big
wall ;
We will have it made of timber, so tough it never
falls,
80 the darkies can’t get overgund Lincoln splits the
rails.
Come along, sing this song, &c.
We have laid the great foundation, the work it has
begun ;
It reaches all the way from Maine across to Oregon.
The timber’s on the ground, arid the hands are look-
ing on ;
So wait till next November,we will put the riders on.
Come along, sing this song, die.
And when the fence is made it will be so very stout,
The white man will climb over, but it will keep the
negro out ;
And if your’e on the other side, and love the negro
grin.
Why then it does amazing well to keep the negro in-
Come along, sing this song, the. . '
Lincoln goes for union, and a union for free,
He makes his rails of timber from the tree of liberty;
He is now about to finish what was long ago begun
By the fathers of his country, by the great Washing-
ton.
Come along, sing this song, &c." '
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The Little Frock and Shoes.
31‘ BINJ. B. MITCHELL.
A little frock but slightly worn
0f blue and white delaiue,
With edging round the neck and sleeves,
Lay folded neat and plain ;
Beside a little pair of shoes
With here and there a flaw,
Lay half concealed among the things
In mother’s bureau draw!
Summer had passed away from earth,
With all her sweetest ties ;
The birds had left their summer haunts
For more congenial skies ;
The twilight breezes softly played
Among the dews of even—
An angel left his home on high
To gather flowers for heaven.
The angel near and nearer came,
Where sister, sick, did lie;
Then gently fanned her faded cheek,
And pointed to the sky.
The morning shone upon the bed,
The Autumn wind blew free—-
The angel moved its silver wings,
And whispered—"Come with me."
We gathered round her dying bed,
With hearts to weep and pray;
And many were the tears we shed,
When sister went away ;
“No bitter tears had she to weep,”
No sin to be forgiven ; ‘
But closed her little eyes to sleep,
To open them in Heaven.
We laid her in the earth's green breast,
Down by the village green,
Where gently sweeps the dewy grass,
And summer flowers are seen ;
And often when dear mother goes
To get her things to use,
I see her drop a silent tear
On sister’s frock and shoes.
.>e.———-——-
PRAYER.
BY IRS. LOUISE WORTH“.
Prayer is the incense of the soul,
The odor of the flower,
And rises as the waters roll
To God‘s controlling power 1
Within the soul there would not be
This infinite desire
To whisper thoughts in prayer to Thee,
Hadst thou not lit the fire.
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth
To thee, whose love divine
Steals gently down like dew to soothe,
0r like the sunbeams shine ;
For in the humbiest soul that lives.
As in the lowliest flower,
The dew drop back His image gives,
The soul reflects Ills power l
At night, when all is hushed and still,
And e‘en soft echo sleeps,
A still small voice doth o’er me thrill,
And to each heart~throb leaps :
It is the spirit-pulse which beats,
Forever deep and true;
The atom with its Author meets,
As sunlight greets the dew l
winning.
Also? Outcome—By the. following fable
it will be seen that old Esop is still around,
and takes on interest in American politics :—
A FABLE.—Thfee armed travelers were
passing along in the desert, at some distance
from each other, and apparently having no
communication together.
head-gear seemed a Parsee, the second as
evidentl a Jew, while the third showed all
the mar s of a European. Suddenly, amou
strous serpent was seen, not very far off, ad-
vancing furiously towards them. All were
horrified; and the Parsee and J ew. glancin
at the costume of one another and of the th
traveler, seemed about making off in different
directions. “Come, come,” cried the Euro-
pean, “this will never do. Ifyou fly thus, he
will overtake us one after another, and when
he has destroyed us all will return and de-
vour us at his leisure. Let us unite our forces
forgetting differences now at least of no con-
sequence, in the common danger. I will fire
at him, as he comes within good gunshot -
you can then fall upon him with award and
spear; I, too, will help with the but of my
musket, and he will fall on easy prey.” By
this concerted action the three saved their
lives—Boston Courier.
Axe-rm: Fannie—As the Goddess of
Liberty was journeyin overa desert she was
waylard by three ru ans. One from his
head-gear seemed a Parsee, the second was
evidently a wanderingJew,while the third 8
peered like an exiled squatter sovereign. t
was the intention of these men to overcome
and bind her, and then to sell her into slave-
ry and divide the spoils. But after they had
partial] succeeded in their vile purposes they
quarrel ed among themselves, and while they
were in hot dispute as to the respectiveshare
each was to receive, they were boldly attack-
ed by an honest American laborer who
chanced to pass that way with his ax on his
shoulder, and seeing the Goddess of Liberty
bound and bleeding rushed upon and slew
the rnflians and released her from her bonds.
As a reward for his valor, she made him pre-
sident over her re ubllc of the United States
of America, and a 1 that land was filled with
praise: of his justice and honesty.
Boston Atlas.
Oboe——
——’l‘here is not a single Douglas or Bell pa-
per in South Carolina.
One fl'om his.-
‘I'ho Bclibolniascer’o Surprise Party.
BY M. T. CALDOR.
“Here, Jenny, J enny—come over here this
minute i” called out rosy-checked Maggie
Fisher to her schoolmate and dearest friend
in the world—as it is termed in school-girl
parlance—and J euny Winship, who was just
entering the school on one arm and her
broad-brimmed hat on the other obeyed the
summons, and came over to the cool seat on
the broad flat stone beneath the great cedar-
where Maggie Fisher and her younger sister,
Susan, were spending the sultry noon.
“Well, Maggie, what can it be that is brim-
ming all over your face in sparkles like the
water dimpling in the sunlight? One would
think a grand party was on the tapis, and you
the sole agent to dispense the tickets, about
to bestow the flattering favor of requesting
my attendance.”
“You are inclined to grandiloquence, I
see,” laughed Maggie, passingher arm around
the slender waist of her friend and toying
caressingly with the chesnut curls whose
glossy veil protected the white neck from the
ardent beams of the summer sun. “But it’s
just like you, Jenny, guess through the mys-
tery at once, and this time, as usual, you’ve
hit the nail upon the head. It is a party—a
splendid party—a select party, and an origin-
al party; and mind, you’re not to breathe a
word about it. Now I’ll tell you all about it.
Ned Wilkins and I were talking it over this-
morning, and we’re going to make out a
pleasant number of the graduating class and
give the school master a surprise party to-
night. We are all to carry plenty of nice
things for treats—cake and fruit and nuts, and
oranges, and Ned will see that there are
plenty of lemons, and Kate Morton is to car.
ry a 'whole basket of bouquets, and then
we’ve subscribed to purchase that engraving
be admired so much at the stationer’s, and
it will arrive while we are there, and we shall
have games, and songs, and, maybe, dancing,
And all is to be done so slyly, and it will be
such sport to see his astonishment when we
are all marching in. 0, Jenny, won’t it be
delightful!” and Maggie whirled her com-
panion round and round in a flutter of joyful
excitement.
“ Delightful splendid l” replied Jenny, as
much delighted as her eager companion
could ask. “ Mother will have ready for me
a basket of her nice jelly-cake and a dish of
plums. Are you sure you can manage with-
out his auspecting you t”
“ No fear of that ; and you know he seldom
goes from home unless he is invited, and Ned
says he is certain he has no engagement for
tonight. We are to hurry home from school
and as soon as it is dark meet together at
Mary Anderson’s before appearing on more
before Mr: Worthington. How astonished
he will be i”
The youthful friends, each at the oft-sung
age of “sweet sixteen,” exchanged beaming
glances, and Susie Fisher—a bright-faced girl
of fourteen—exclaimed joy :
“ 0, Maggie, I mean to ask ather for a box
'of that nice honey to carry and leave for Mr.
Worthington l”
Her sister turned with a short laugh.
“Do you, indeed, Miss Susie? But hadn’t
you better wait till you are invitedtogo with
us! Don’t for your life dare lisp a word
about it—but you are not old enough to go.”
“I am old enough to be a tell-tale,” an-
swered little Susie, proudly, “and I don’t see
what harm there can be in my going with
you.”
“Pshaw i—nonsense !” answered the elder
sister, with authoritative decision. “ Say no
more about it—yon can’t go. We won’t be
bothered with little girls!" and turning to
her friend once more, they entered into an
animated discussion of the anticipated enjoy-
ment, and arm in arm sauntered away.
Little Susie was left alone under the cedar-
tree, with a swelling breast and flashing eye,
her brain confused with vague questionings
as to the analogy between the despotism of
the cruel monarchs she had read of in history
and the overbearing tyranny and injustice of
elder sisters—her own in particular.
“ Won’t be bothered with little girls!” mut-
tered she, with angry vehemence, while a hot
tide of crimson swept over her check, "I
wonder how much older she is herself! I
guess two years won’t make such a frightful
difference by and by, and then won't I have
a little satisfaction for such treatment !—
That’s the way she always talks. I ain’t big
enough to share any of her secrets, or accom-
pany her on her visits. All I’m old enough
for is to mind her. I won’t do that any lon-
ger, I declare I won't. They'll have such a
beauth time to-night—O dear I wish—”
She paused; a sudden smile relaxed the
panting lipa cleared of the sullen flown from
the broad white forehead, and died out in a
merry flicker of the violet-blue iris of the eye.
She caught up her sun-bonnet'and danced
lightly toward the school-house, rum-muting:
“I promised not to tell, and I won’t; but
maybe a little girl knows how to bother them
just as much by staying at home, as by at-
tending their grand party. So, Miss Mag-
gie had better look out for me !”
When school was dismissed the graduating
class might have seen in the school-house
yard, exchanging glances and significant
nods with one and another, and pretty faces
and boyish cheeks flushed rosily with the ex-
citement of anticipating the promised sport
So none heeded little Susie, as with demure
face and dowucast eyes she advanced toward
the young schoolmaster while he was lo‘ck-
ing his desk in the deserted school-room.
“If you please, Mr. Worthington can you
come and spend this evening at our house!
That monthly rose you admired so much, is
in blossom again, and Maggie says it is more
perfect than any of the others." 5
The youthful teacher looked surprised, at
the earnestness of the tone of the invitation,
but smiling kindly thinking all the time that
the pretty, sprightly elder sister was the an-
thor of the suggestion, answered at once:
“ Thank you, my dear, I know of nothing
to prevent, and shall be much pleased to
come.” .
Susie did not show him the roguish exnl-
tation that danced over her face, but hate
tened to find little Robert Davenport.
“Robie,” said she, placing a rosy-checked
peach into hisliaud, “if the mastergoes away
to-night, won’t you put a light into his room?
I wanttolook, and seeiflcau tell it from our
house.” ’
He promised to do so, and Susie hurried
home, where she found Maggie flying about
the house, collecting a generous supply of
dainties to be enjoyed at the surprise party.
mother; who know but we may have com-
Pany to entetertain here ! Surprise parties
are quite fashionable now, you know,” said
Susie. .
Maggie was too intent upon the pretty
wreath of flowers she was tying up for the
decoration of‘ her sunny brown hair, to head
her sister’s words, and only answered im-
patiently: -
“Nonsense, child! do be quiet,” while Su-
sie, leaning over the well-filled basket, said
coaxiugly—
“ Now, Maggie, why can’t I have a good
time too, and enjoy the master’s company as
well as the rest of you ?”
Susie said no more, but a quick little nod
of her head and a mischievous sparkle of her
eye was far more significant than any answer
in words.
The moment the evening shadows veied
the streets forth sallied the light-hearted
youths and maidens from their respective
homes, and filed noiselessly dowu the street
leading to their teacher’s home,at Squire Dav-
enport’s hospitable mansion. They were too
intent upon the concealment of themselves
and their weighty equipments, to notice the
quiet figure (even if the darkness had permit-
ted their recogniziug him) of the school-
master, passing on the opposite side of the
street toward the house Maggie Fisher had
left so stealthily. Besides, there beamed
steadily from his sitting-room window, the
cherry blaze of his solar lamp, and on crept
the party with many a suppressed laugh at
the astonishment that would so soon greet
their unexpected appearance.
Meanwhile, Mr. Worthington, the school-
master, knocked at Mrs. Fisher’s door, and
was instantly admitted by little Susie, who
appeared innocently uncouscious,both of her
mother’s amused recognition of their visitor
and of the teacher’s inquiring gaze at Maggie’s
vacant seat by the piano.
The rose-tree for a while monopolized the
conversation, but soon came long pauses and
awkward silences.
Mrs. Fisher politely endeavored to restrain
her amusement at the turn affairs had taken,
thus accidentally, as she of course supposed,
but was not certain it would be courteous to
hurry a guest away, or wise to spoil the chil-
dren’s sport by informing him of the crowd
of visitors awaiting him at home. And Mr.
Worthington was innocently inquiring with-
in his own mind if it were possible Miss Mag-
gie had been unaware of the invitation he
had received, and why her absence was not
explained by the rest of the family.
Only Susie was cool and unembarrassed—
Her tongue ran glibly enough and she found
it a wonderful aid to her conversational pow-
ers to be free from the overruling dictation
of an elder sister’s presence. Even her moth-
er woridered at the lady-likeease with which
she brought forward the refreshment tray,aud
volunteered to play her last music lesson for
their visitor’s entertainment.
Presently came another knock at the door.
Her mother rose, but Susie forestalled her,
and was there before her.
Ned Willis, with a face comically ruefnl
crestfallen, was there but in hand.
“Is the schoolmaster here! I cant find
him anywhere,” whispered be.
“Yes, he is here, do you want him?" was
the reply, so demurely spoken Ned could not
mistrust what wild glee was dancing in those
violet eyes.
“ Hang it! 1 should think we did. How
can I get him home is the question. There
we all crept into his his room in great style,
supposing, of course, he was there by the
bright light. I had got half through with
my speech before I discovered he was absent.
Maybe we didn't all hands feel a little cheap
He told me he hadn’t any engagement. What
in the world possessed him to come here to-
night i”
“To see me,I'expect," replied Susie with a
laugh, whose merry echoes reached the sit-
ting-room, and brought out Mr. Worthington.
“ Ah, Ned i” said he, “ did you want me?
I thought I heard my name mentioned.”
“Why, yes—that is—no—Ibelieve—I don’t
know—” stammered Ned. Susie turned
around her smiling face and said:
“ Some one is awaiting at home to see you.
Mayu’t I go along with you and get that book
you promised me ? It’s only a few steps and
Ned can return with me.”
“ Certainly, that is a good idea. Ihope no
one has been waiting long.” And so pres-
ently the somewhat disconcerted surprisers,
as they sat in breathless silence ranged
around the pleasant sitting-room of their
teacher, were themselves surprised to see the
opening door disclose Mr. Worthington,lead-
ing the bright eyed, triumphant Susie.
Her little stratagem was soon detected, and
if Maggie did not relish, it, certainly everyone
else in the village enjoyed exceedingly Susie’s
method of procuring admittance to the for-
bidden party and among those who laughed
longest and loudest at this “ best joke of the
season,” was Mr. Worthington himself.
En peasant, six years afterwards, genuine
astonishment was created, when before a
large assemblage, it was not Maggie, but lit-
tle Susie who pronounced in such tenderly
thrilling tones the promise to “love as cherish
and obey”—who, but Mark Worthington,the
happy bridegroom of this second “ School-
master’s Surprise Party.”
«.5..—_
[3‘ The other day Charlie, five years old,
found one of those curious bone-rimmed cir-
cles which, I believe ladies have named eye-
lets, aud while playing in the garden swal—
y
lowed it. The farm were in the house,
busily engaged with a work on entomology,
when Charlie ran in with mouth wide open
and eyes distended to their utmost capacrty.
His mother caught him by thearm, and trem-
bling with that deep anxiety only a mother,
can feel, inquired:
“ What is the matter? What has hap-
pened i‘" ’ .
The urchin, all agape, managed to articu-
late—Water !” . .
It was brought him; when, after drinking
copiously, he exclaimed: ‘
“Oh! mother, I swallowed a hole l"
“Swallowed a hole, Charlie ?” _
“Yes, mother: swallowed a hole With a
piece of ivory round it i”
«Q».
[g‘ The will of the late Lady B u, who
died in England, May 16th, 1860, in her six-
t -sixth year had been admitted to probate.
he was the relief of the poet Byron who
died as long 11%” the year 1824 and was in
her own r’igouit 000roneea Wintwsgrth. In ad-
dition to , persona ty, e was pos-
sessed of a number of valuable estates. .She
has left a considerable amount for venous
charitable purposes; but themost remarkable
item in the will is the followm . She gives
“to Charles Follen, of Boston nited States
£300 (about $1500) to assist him. in the drill-
cnlties he will have to contend With in his dis-
interested advocacy for the rights of the col-
ored race." A
I recall a home long since left behind in
the journey of life; and its memory floats
back over me with a shower of emotions
and thoughts towards whose precious fall,
my heart opens itself as greedily as a thirsty
flower. It is a house among the mountains
—humble and homely—but. priceless in its
wealth and associations. The waterfall
sings again inmy ear, as it used to smg
through the dreamy, mysterious nights. The
rose at the gate, the patch of tansy under the
window, the neighboring orchard, the old
elm, the and machinery of stoma and
showers, t e little smithy under the bill, that
flamed with strange light through the dull
winter evening, the wood pile at the door,
[the ghostly white bitches on the hill, and the
dim blue haze upon the retiring mountains——
all these come back to me with an appeal
which touches my heart and moistens my
eyes. I sit again in the doorway in the sum-
mer nightfall, eating my bread and milk,
looking off upon the darkening landscape,
and listenin to the shouts of boys upon the
hill side, ca ing or driving homeward the
reluctant herds. I watch again the devious
way of the dusty night-hawk along the twi-
light sky, and listen to his measured note,
and the breezy boom that accompanies his
headlonghpluuge towards the earth.
Even e old barn, crazy in every timber,
and gaping at every joint, has charms for me.
I try ' the breathless leap from the great
beams into the hay. I sit again on the thresh-
hold of the widely open doors—open to the
soft south wind of spring—and watch the
cattle, whose faces look half human to me,
as they sun themselves and peacefully rumi-
uate, while drop b drop the dissolving snow
upon the roof, d ' 5 holes through the wast-
ing drifts beneath the caves. The first little
lambs of the season toddle by the side of their
dams, and utter their feeble bloating, while
the flock nibble at the hay rick, or a pair of
rival wethers try the strength of their skulls
in an encounter, half in earnest and half in
play. The proud old master crows upon his
dunghill throne, and some delighted member
of his silly famil leaves her nest, and tells
to her mates an to me that there is another
egg in the world. The old horse whinnies
in his stall and calls to me for food. I look
up to the roof, and think of last year’s swal-
lows—soon to return ' —and watch a
glimpse of angular sky through the diamond
shaped o euin that gave them ingress and
e ow, know not, and care not, but
the old barn is part of myself. It has enter-
ed into my life, and given me growth and
wealth.
But I look into the house again, where the
life abides which has appropriated these
things, and finds among them its home. The
hour of evening has come, the lamps are
lighted, and a good man in middle life—
thou h very old he seems to me—takes down
a we 1 worn bible and reads a chapter from
its hallowed pages. A sweet woman sits by
his side, with my sleepy head upon her knee,
and brothers and sisters are grouped rever-
ently around. I do not understand the
words, but ‘I have been told that the are the
words of God, and I belive it. e long
chapter ends, and we all kneel down, and the
good man prays. I fall asleep with my head
in the chair, and the next momin I remem-
ber nothing of the way in which went to
bed. After breakfast the Bible is taken down
and the good man prays again; and a in
is the worship repeated through all the ays
of many golden ears. The pleasant con-
verse of the fireside, the simple songs of home,
the words of encoura emeut as I bend over
the school tasks, the 'iss as I lie down to
rest, the patient bearing with the pranks of
m reckless nature, the gentle counsels
mingled with reproofs and approvals, the
sympathy that meets and assuages every sor-
row, and sweetens every success—all these
return to me amid the responsibilities which
press upon me now, and I feel as if I once
lived in Heaven, and straying, had lost my
wa .
Well, the good man grew old and weary,
and fell asleep at last, with blessings on his
lips for me. Some of those who call him
father lie side by side with him in the same
calm sleep. The others are scattered, and
dwell in new homes, and the old house and
barn and orchard have passed into the pos-
sion of strangers, who have learned or are
learning to look upon them as I do now.—
Lost, ruined, forever left behind, that home
is mine to-day as truly as it ever was, for
have I not brought it away with me, and
shown it to on ? It was the home of my
boyhood. u it I found my first mental food,
and by it was my young son] fashioned. To
me, through weary years, and many dangers
and sorrows, it has been a perenial fountain
of delight and purifying influences, simply
because it was my home, and was and is a
part of me. The rose at the gate blooms for
me now. The landscape comes when I
summon it, and I hear the voices that call to
me from lips which memory makes immor-
tal—Dr. J. G. Holland.
———-—O«Q.oo-—-—-—
Campaign Items.
Organization and Work.
In impressing upon the Republicans of
this State the duty of preparing fully and ef-
ficiently for the campaign, the Press says, very
truly: . _
Undoubtedly, we have gained largely fro
the democratic ranks since the nominations,
but the only safe basis of operations is the
vote of last spring. In that case it is evident
we might choose our electoral ticket, we
have a very heavy majority against us in the
second congressional district, and uncomfort-
ably close figures elsewhere. Connecticut,
for the sake of her good name, ought not to
be content with anything less than ten thou-
sand majority against the sham democracy.
There is important work to be done next
spring, the success of which may be made
certain by proper effort now.
This is Speakin of our opponents as a
unit. We sincere y trust that the factions
will unite—Breckiuridge, Bell, Douglas, and
any wing or tail that can be found. This is
a question of right and wrong with only two
sides, and we hope to see men range them-
selves according y.
The work to be done is, the thorough and
careful circulation of Republican newspapers,
speeches and documents; the organization
of at least one club or association in eve
town, and more where there are distinct vi -
lages; an immediate and thorough canvass
of the town, remembering the fact that no new
colors can be admitted who were not in townme
6; conversation entreaty and argument with
well meaning and hesitating Democrats ; and
the delivery of instructive and argumentative
speeches—spicing the campaign occasionally
with a Wide Awake Demonstration. Now
is the best time to gain recruits before the
battle waxes hot.
“My Great Principle”
Judge Douglas has been engaged for some
time past in a political tour. It is to
be remarked that wherever he goes he is
remHed, in a most curious and mysterious
manner, of “My Great Principle.”
The fact crops out in an numistakeable
manner in all the little speeches which he do-
livers to the admiring multitudes who assem-
bleto greet him on the various points on his
route. .
The United States Arsenal, at Springfield,
Massachusetts, reminded Judge Douglas
strongly of “My Great Principle.” He saw
it in every stone of the Bunker Hill monu-
ment. It presented itself in very vivid colors
at Harvard College. He beheld it staring at
him from the gable ends of the houses in A1-
bany. It bubbled up before him in the Con-
gress water which he drank rat Saratoga;
and it sang to him in the breeze which swept
through the pine forests of Western New
York. Everywhere “M Great Principle"
was manifest to him, a1 ougli his eyes saw
it not. It seems like the banquet scene in
Macbeth, where the ghost of the murder-
ed Bauquo, invisible to all eyes except those
of the murderous king, rises constantly be-
fore liim and pushes him from his footstool.
Douglas has murdered “My Great Principle”
and it is but its ghost that now haunts him.
Long John’s Democrat. ) the Republican ranks.
The Philadelphia North American pub-
lishes a private letter writen to a gentleman
in that city, by a native of Pennsylvania, now
in Illinois, who is said to be a prominent
lawyer, often asssociated with Mr. Lincoln
in the trial of cases in the higher courts of
the State, and a man of the most scrupulous
integrity ofcharacter. We take the follow-
ing interesting extracts from the letter. ’
“As a summery of what I have to so I
remarked, unliesitatingly, that I believe ,.
Lincoln is just the man for the station for
which he is named, and for the times. In
regard to character, I deem him entirely un-
exceptionablc. The sobriquet Honest Old
Abe, which has been iven him, is ~ no on-
meaning appellation. t has been . honestly
won. A man more thoroughly above ~ sua-
picion, in this respect, I suppose cannot
found in any walk of life, public or private.
Akin to this, if not indeed a nee con-
comitant, is his no less proverbial candorand
truthfulness.
This has ever been a marked feature in his
character and intercourse, and strikingly il-
lustrates the liberal and mggnamm‘ ona spirit
of the man. It may, I th' be safe] said
that Mr. Lincoln has not been known any
public discussion, political or otherwise, de-
signedly to utter an untrnth or misrepresent
the position of an adversary. and I am not
aware that anything different can be said of
him in any more private relation. Add to
this, that he is among the most cautious of
men in expressing himself upon my anywh-
ject with which he has not first madehimaolf
acquainted; but when satisfied, no man is
holder or firmer in the expressionof an opin-
ion. I need only say farther, on the score of
character, that so far as I know, or haveever
heard, Mr. Lincoln is, as to morals, in all
respects an exemplary man. Not only is he
not chargeable with any of the r moral
delinquencies. but I believe the whole course
of his life to be more than Ordinaril flee
from any stain of vice, impurity or ' onor.
In respect to talents, I doubtif Mr. Lincoln
is even here, as yet, appreciated as he do-
serves to be, and as he most certainly willbc
at no distant day, (counting as I do his cloc-
tion as sure,) by all who are capable .of dis-
cerning and appreciating true merit. While
possessing undoubtedly the consciousneu of
intellectual strength, he lacks entirely the
obtrusive efl‘rontery which brings some men
into notice, and gives them sometimes an
ephermeral reputation for ability, while the
plainness and simplicity of his style, and the
transparent fairness of every presentation
which he makesin his speeches, seem tohave
led some to overlook the real breadth and
comprehensive sweep of the thoughts to
which he often gives birth and utterance.—
Bnt if originality and engagesfiveness, fertility
of resource, power of an ysis, and of expres-
sing in terse and simple angnage a
truth, or of layin bare at a stroke the
position of an at versary, however 'artfull
cloaked, are, are indications of ability on
talents, then may Mr. Lincoln finite rank, so
far as I can judge, among the leading intel-
lects of the day. ' '
To the qualities thus acctu-ded to him may
be added a thorough comprehension of the
nature, history and workings of our institu-
tions, and the politics, past and present, of
the country, with no mean acquisition of‘gen-
eral knowledge; and courage, moral and
physical, and firmness of purpose, which
those who know him best readily accord to
him, coupled with a conciliating spirit, and
a just regard for the rights of individuals and
States, singularly refined and characteristic;
with attainments as a jurist that will not be
questioned—if these constitute fitness for the
Presidential office, then, in my judgment,
Mr. Lincoln will fill it with dignity and hon-
or to himself, and usefulness and satisfaction
to the country, and to the whole country.”
Lincoln in Maryland.
Public meetings have been held South to
denounce the Baltimore Patriot, upon sus-
picion of not feeling bad enough for a South-
ern journal at the prospect of Lincoln’s clec-
tion to the Presidency. The Patriot, how-
ever, is not the only sinner of this kind ontha
other side of Mason and Dixon's line. The
Cumberland Telegraph, another .Maryland
print, does not like the prospect with which
the Bell and Everett party is threatened of
being transferred to Douglas, and most dia-
tinctly declares that it prefers the election of
Lincoln to either of the so-called Democratic
tickets. Thatpur readers may see how such
rebellions talk reads in a Southern print—for
it is many years since they have had any
such entertainment—we quote the following
paragraph: ~
“It is a. fact that is beginning to manifest
itself that the game that is being plunged in .
certain portions of the country has w ed up
a suspicious spirit in the bosom of many of
the friends of the Union cause. , like
ourselves, are honest iutheir supporto John
Bell. To be sure, we preferred another -
tleman, not only because of his acknowl
ability, but because we thought he could unite
a larger portion of the opposition to Democ-
cy than any other man; but when a Conven-
tion of those with whom we have been not-
ing deemed it more prudent to takeas a stand-
ard bearer of the opposition another gentle-
man, we cordially gave inour adhesion and
have done what we could to advance hi8
cause within the circle of our influence; but
beyond the support of Bell and Everett we
are under no obligations to follow our
leaders. We have said that suspicion f -
ings have been waked up in the minds of
many of the Union men that an effort isbein
made in some sections of the country toss
out to the democracy for the avowed purpose
of defeating the Republicans. If such sua-
picions become general they will damage
beyond expression the cause of the Union
candidates, for the opposition cannot be—
they will not be—tumed over to their on-
cient and bitter enemies; no—never while
the sun and moon endure. They want a
change in the policy of the Government—
they feel keenly the effects of the mismano
agement of our national afl'airs, and theyaro
determined to have a change. Th? wish'
to secure the election ofJohnBell of annea-
see, to the Presidency, and if they failin that,
we speak that which we know, so far asthia
section of the country is concerned, they dc.
sire the election of Mr. Lincoln. ‘
With a conviction of this fact, we say, if
any of our friends in the free States, after a
fair, candid and and impartial examination
of the matter, should deem it unwise, impoli-
tic or useless to run a Bell and Everett tick-
et, our advice is to unite with the friends of
Mr. Lincoln, as far prefera f‘ " and much
more honorable. than a union either di-
vision of the Democracy.”
This looks very much as if the marten
Brooks’ fish would spoil before theygot them
to market,
We were present ourselves at the late
Democratic State Convention at Hartford.
We watched the proceedings from beginning
to end. And we can assure our readers that
the article which we publish from the Hart-
ford Times docs not set forth the'd
scenes tlierc enacted half as bad as they
really word—Bridgeport Farmer.
W “ Behold how beautiful a thing it is to I
see brethren dwell together in unity."
Hon. Wm. W. Eaton, of Hartford, a mem-
ber of the N ationai Democratic Committee,
has called a Breckenrid e &. Lane State Con—
vention, to assemble at niou Hall, New Ha- .
mm on Wednesday, Sept. 12.-—Famer.
W But why don‘lyou unite, as you promo ’
ised us to do?
-————Thc La Crossc (\Vis.) Nerd Stein, hithef- -
to a zealous and influential democratico
in the German language, has put up tho
names of‘Liucoln and Hamlin. The Germans
of that State who have before votedthedm
ocratic ticket, are coming by thousandoi'imo
Norwalk Chronicler