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VUMBER I 729--NEW SERIES.
NORWALK. CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24. 1861.
VOLUME XLIV--NUMBER 52.
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V business DIRECTORY.
'Norw'alk Post Ofice.
.. ,,_ MAiLs CLOSE
West 7.80 A. AIL—2.30 P. M.
East.8.80.A M.--5.00 P. M.
Danbury. & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 1 nos.
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
" ' ‘ nArLs DUE.
Wést 9.10 A. M.—-6.00 P. M.
East 8.20'A. M.——3.30 P. M.
Danbu'ry do Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. .M.
ros'r OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
‘ CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
ROOFING SLATE,
from Vermont,
VERY CHEAP,
At South N orwalk by
H. E. WING:
THE ALLIS HOUSE,
(formerly Union House,)
Opposite N. Y. do N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
New 'I-Iaven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, PnorarE'ron.
N. A. MOSMAN, M. 1).,
Homeopathic Physician & Surgeon.
Olllce over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of N orwalk Hotel,
NORWALK. CONN.
References .'
Prof. J. Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homeopathic Medical
lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swazey, M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite Congregational Church,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
JAMES C. nannou'n,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
D E N T I S T,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Col-
s-rnrnniv annual“:-
Collector.
Office at the Store of S. (b L. Curtis,’
N orwalk, Conh.
REMOVAL. I
HE office of C. F. Moeller’s Dyeing? Es-
tablishment has been
REMOVED‘
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Bunting’s
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas. R. Bennett; Winni-
pauk, J 0s. C. Randle
Outta Percha & India Rubber
CEMEN '1' ROOFING.
THIS article has been' thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience of years has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing in 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. ‘
4th—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 N orwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
A. JACKSON a 330.
No. 1 Gazette Building.
“7 OULD respectfully announce to the
public an ’ their old customers, that
they have recentl made extensive additions
to their stock of ods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield Coun , in quality or price. We
would call pa’rtic ar attention to our stock of
Watches, which ' lar er than ever before.—
We have a fine 10 of adies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at riccs varying from $20 to
$75, which we ca recommend as bein r cor-
rect time keepers, Also, Gentlemen’s atcli-
es, in silver and g 1d cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We uy of the best importers in
New York, and to other for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
eater. Our stock' of Jewelry, Silver and
latcd Wares was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all oi the latest styles that
are manufactured, A. JACKSON & BRO.
E. QUIN ' '1) «sons,
Cabin 1: Makers ;
At their Old table'shed Ware Rooms,
East, 'de the Bridge,
. OPPOSITE : lPHtE'MX BLOCK.
HAVE now orl'hand the largest and best
- assortment df 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 Oqfllns of all'sizes and descriptions, from
the dmost costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
use .
{From our long experience in the Underta-
kin Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services: ’ = , 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1‘ O R C A S II 1
HE 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
, .Architec'ture.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
. _ ARCHITECT,
Will. furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection oi
public and private buildings. Oflice in Mar-
ble-Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. ti52
‘t E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron. Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping- articles generally.
'- E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
> o ' particular attention to sales by Auc~
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Household Furniture : terms 10w.
war. 0. eraser & co,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
E.A3.DWARE, I BO N,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
ments, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
' o. s. nocnwoon,
Fashionable Draper 8: Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S' FURNISHING
:EMPOB IUM . z
N 0., 3‘Skiddy’s'Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of grocei'ies'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.
sou'rn NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boot db Shoe Store.
T ‘HE subscriber havin taken th '
c busmess
and stand oi Stevensgdt Tristram, is pl'e-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Boot and Shoe Establishment for 19.-
dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear. I
Our goods are manufactured expressly for
our 0X1“ sales, an?l warrant all work sold b
us. ways on and or in I ~
short notice, , rule to order at
Gents’ Patient Leather Boots, Shoes, dim -
Ladies‘ Gaiters, (f:c., 4’50. ; Children’s I
Gaiters}, and Shoes, (to, dc, dsc.
Rubber go'ods - a large stock kept co t
on hand. Repbt'ring done neatly andliccaplztclg-
ently. HARVEY STEVEN S
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
7, 1800.
runNIrunni
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of ‘
-O. I. GRUMAN,
I Dealer in FCreign audDomestic
oar GOODS, oiarurmcs,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satluetls, Vestiugs, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Y‘hrd, Piece
01‘ Package. Sheetings,
Shirtiugs, Jeans, &0.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN'
S. I. OI-MS‘I'EAD 6LCO.,
, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries. Flour, Peed, &a,
£4 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
arrive msuamcc comrauv,
" Of Hartford,
Incorpomd in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Ca Capital $1,000,000
Insu e against loss and damage by Fire,
on 'Ierms adapted to the hazard,and
confistsnt wrth the laws of
, \>\ compensation.
GEORGE RICOIVLES, Sole Agent
ly3 .‘For Norwalk and vicinity.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriber haiin taken the o
T of the New England h‘re and Maigzgfii
unapce 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kindslof property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
giqfieagpghppny haStbleef} regggtly established
in com a o 000
surplus of $6.2ggg0E. $ , and has 0.
PH W. HUBBELL
Ageutfor Norwalk and vicinit .
NMFeD. 1st, 1861. ya;
Cabinet I‘urniture
as can be found in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
quality of goods can be obtained at any other
Establislnnent. '
The stock consrsts in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Teteéa—tete Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
‘andMahogany Frame Look-
inglGlasses, &c., &c.
l
OOFFIN WARERO OMS ,-
where m ' be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and atishort notice.
Alhearsc will be furnished when de.
SEE, . 2 A RENOUD.
Westpdrt, May lst, 1858.
_ Hardware and. Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, Window
. Glass, Paints and Oils.
“7 M. C. STREET & CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from theimanufacturcrs, a, large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
denominations,which makes their assortment
0f articles suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. STREET,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
I'ancv Goods, ac.
A
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have
A. JACK ON& BRO'
be appreciated.
A FINE variety of Meerschaum, Lava
and China, Pipes and Cigar Tubes may
be found at the Corner Store.
i
HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE,
Main Street,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & raowrrr,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, Window Shades, &c.
TIMBER! LUMBER!
lath, Iime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE, &C., 850.,
AT THE
N ew Lumber Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bought for Cash, and
will be sold low. T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
Building Raising and Moving.
HE Subscriber would give notice that he
is fully prepared to raise or move any
Buildings, either of Wood, Brick, or Stone.
He has all of the necessary tools, and feels
qualified by experience to conduct the busi-
ness in a proper manner. Orders left at the
Gazette Office, or with the Subscriber, will
receive prompt attention.
' GEORGE PERRY.
References :
Win. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. 67. L. Curtis, Timothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)JosephW.Hubbell, James Mitch-
ell, Hill & Hubbell, J onathau Camp, C. J.
Gruman. , v 3m15
Mr. J. Hessian,
Professorof Music
Is now prepared to rc-.
now 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
NORWALK
Steam Sawing and Plaining
MILE.
Vl‘HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawintr ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., Ike, in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
House & Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., 0.0.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
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), comprisin a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, s rubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factors, to
GE RGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
“’est Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOC-K,
EEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,aud
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material and in the most
workmanlike-manuer. 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 a 'e confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in 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.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
NORWALK, CONN.
ATE E. B. Thomson’s. E T. Whitney
w uld inform the citizens of Norwalk
that he as 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
size ; colored or plain; in the hi liest st 1c
of the art. . T. WHITNE .
wagon and Carriage
BUILDlNG AND REPAIRING,
IN New Canaan, at' the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper-than-
aFny other shop in the county. All kinds ol
len— Produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
“2an taken in exchange for work. ‘
E. L. ARNOLD.
\m—
All-BERT RGREEI.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
DJOINING Store
. ' of Kna & L
{é'riIam-St" Norwalk, Conn.ppThe pliinstl
.pcctfully invited to call and examine
tlle Luge and lalled ( S
fl. SOl tmellt of lgEA-L I
i: pug, of Hats, Caps
rs ravats H - - ' "
Clolhts, Cassi’meigsiikelcmem '8
or pa tern and cut f ~
attention paid to Ollielfilggniim
. very desirable small F
A pike to N. Y., and aggm
tdrive from the N. Y. &
arm contains about 14 acres 1
Fruit in full bearing ' lar e B
image House in good fepaig, and”: Iggy 335'
venient House. Terms reasonable A l~
toAl‘l B. Gfilflltll, So. Norwalk. I pp y
so, a ouse and Lot on Flax H' —-
reasonable. Also, House and Stordlin S331:
Norwalk, The undersigned attends to the
purchase and sale of Rea E t t
able terms. ti34 T. lifiIlfFlFITlsfn-
ROOFING.
HE subscriber is prepared to furn' l --
T ties, building, with Warren’s unpaid)?!
FELI AND CEMENT ROOFING
This article of Roofing is in use upon the
Norwalk Lock Company’ Building, and at
For Sale.
I on the turn-
W 10 minutes’
-Depot. Said
has all kinds of
s
, Lounsbury, Bissell & 00 s, where it gives en-
tire satisfaction, aud is believ d to he the
fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger’s Scis- 3
acre, just received and warranted to be a first I
cheapest as well as the best m in in u —
_ All orders Will receive prompt ttegntionjw.
C. 1‘ LOOMIS.
SUPERIOR Machine for
Straw and Stalks, for sol
utting Hay,
at the New
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade, . Hardware Store MIMARVIN «it PROWITT
something new, and needs onl to be tried to '
Main Street.
. IIIVIerrill’s Oriental Pomado.
l
I A NEW lot, just received, alsoa fine lot
i Perfumery, by
A JACKSON & BROTHER.
J.N.Locxwoon& 00,:
I For the Gazette.
The Pilgrim’s Prayer.
Fainting trembling on the shore of Time,
A weak and mortal band we stand.
Struggling to grasp that holy hope sublime,
That binds us to a better land.
Jesus, Saviour. from thy throne above,
0h! strengthen us with thine eternal love.
Pilgrims lane, and sad. and weary.
0n Life’s strand where many I. wreck is strewn ,
With feeble hands, and hearts bereft and dreary,
Striving to walk iu-the path of tthreat Unknown--
Jesus, Saviour. from thy throne above,
On! strengthen us with thine eternal love.
With feeble cry, and wall of woe, ‘
' Sinking in the sands of Life‘s' cheating shore,
Toll and strife is our life below;
Working and praying everymore.
J esus. Saviour. from thy throne above,
Ohl strengthen as with thine eternal love.
Lo! from the Eastern dawn a heavenly light
Shines on the dark and troubled soul,
E’en the waves of Death’s sea in its glory are bright,
As they solemnly, ceaselessly roll.
J esus, Saviour, from thy throne above, _
Thou will strengthen with thine everlasting love.
a...
Yrs-nanny A Mann BOY; TO-DAY,‘ A MAN!"
Such has been the thought or exclamation of thou-
sands of fathers and mothers, who have witnessed
the sudden transformation, under the influence of
the pending war, of their sons, from heedless boy.
head into stern men. The idea is beautifully ex-
pressedin the following, which we find in the Bos-
ton Tmccript .-
The Soldier's Mother.
It is night; almost morning—the clock has struck
three; »
Who can tell where, this moment, my darling may be!
On the window has gathered the moisture like dew;
I can see where the moonbeams steal tremblingly
through ;
It is cold, but not windy—how dreary and damp
It must be for our soldiers, exposed in the camp!
Though I know it is warmer and balmier there,
Yet, I shrink from the thought of the chilling night
air;
For he never was used to the hardships of men,
When at home, for I shielded and cherished him
then;
And to all that could tend to his comfort I saw,
For he seemed like a child till he went to the war!
He is twenty, I know ; and boys younger than he,
In the ranks, going by, every day we can see!
And those stronger and prouder, by far, I have met,
But I never have seen a young soldier, as yet,
With so gallant a mien, or so loity abrow— -
How the sun and the wind must have darkened it
now!
How he will have been changed when he comes from
the South X—
With his beard shutting out the sweet smiles of his
month;
And the trcmulous beauty, the womanly grace,
Will be bronzed, from the delicate lines of his face;
Where, of late, only Childhood’s soft beauty I saw,
For he seemed like a child till he went to the war!
He was always so gentle, and ready to yield—
And so frank, there was nothing kept back or con-
cealed;
He was always so sparkling with laughter and joy,
I had thought he could never cease being a boy :
But when sounded the cannon for battle, and when
Rose the rallying cry of our Nation for men, '
From the dream-loving mood of his boyhood he
passed;
From his path the light feiters of pleasure lie cast ;
And rose, ready to stand in the perilous van,
. Not the tremulons boy, but the resolute man :—
And I gazed on him sadly, with trembling and awe;
He'was only a child, till he went to the war!
:-There are homes that are humbler and sadder than
ours;
There are ways that are barer of beauty and ilovversi
; There are thosethat must suffer for fire and for bread,
. Living only to sorrow and'wish they were dead;
’ I must try and be patient-J must not repine—
iBut what heart is inoru lonely, more anxious than
mine! . . I
Or what hearth can be darker than mine seems to be,
‘Now the glow of the fire-light is all I can see--
‘Where my darling, in beauty, 00 lately I saw—
Hc was only a child, till he went to the war!
——-—~~.>o
A YOUNG WIFB’S SOBROW.
“I don’t just like the tone of Martha’s
letter,” said Mrs. Barton to her husband
"one day. Martha wasa daughter who
had been married three or four months,
and was then living several hundred miles
away from the town in which her parents
resided.
“Nor do I,” was the answer. “If
Edward is in anything unkind to her, I
have been greatly deceived in him”.
“There are‘peculiarities of character
and temperament in every one, that only
i). close intimacy can make appparent.—-
And Martha has these as well as Equrd.
It is not improbable that something no-
seen before, has revealed itself since mar-
riage, and stands as a source of irritation
between them.”
Mr. Barton sighed. He was very
fond of Martha. She had been a pet
‘wm. him since childhood, and this sepa.
ration, in consequence of her marriage,
was a great trial. The thought of her
being unhappy pained him.
“Suppose,” said he, “that we send for
her to come home and make us a visit.—
It is nearly four months since she went
cavity.”
“1 was going to suggest something
different.”
"What 1}”
“A visit to Martha.”
“That will be out of the question, at
least for me,” said Mr. Barton.
, “I did not,” replied Mrs. Barton,
smiling,,“expect to include you in the vis-
it.”
“Oh, then you propose to take all the
pleasure to yourself. Now, it strikes me
as a better arrangement to have Martha
pay as a visit. It will do her more
good than merely to receive a visit from
you. She will get back, for a little
while, into her own home, and see father
and mother both. And then I will come
in for a portion of the enjoyment, which
is to be considered.”
"I’ve thought of that," replied Mrs.
Barton, “and yet favor the visit to Mar-
tha. The reason is this. If I go there
and stay a week or two, I shall have an
opportunity to see how Martini- and Ed-
ward are getting along together. We
must live with people, you know, m find
out all about them. There may be some
little impediments to happiness lying in
their right path. which I may help them
to pick up and c as! aside ; somelittle want
of adaptation in the machinery of their
lives, .which prevents a movement in bar-
mony, that I may show them how toad-
just.”
, has expected.”
the mother, “that you fall considerably
“I guess you are right, taking that
view of the case,” said Mr. Barton.
The visit of Mrs. Barton was made
accordingly. After the first brief season
of gladness that followed a meeting with
her mother had passed, Martha’s'couute-
nance showed some lines not written
there by sweet content. The mother ask-
ed ‘no questions, however, in the begin-
ning, calculated to draw Martha out.—
She waited a little time for observation.
The young husband was bright, cheerful,
attentive and fond, as he had appeared
to her before the wedding-day. But on
the second morning after her arrival she
noticed that he did not talk quite so free-
ly as usual at the breakfast table, and
had something very much like a cloud
over the sunshine of his countenance —
Martha’s manner was a little constrained
also, and her face a little sober. Once
or twice during the meal Edward exhib-
ited a feeling of annoyance at things not
rightly ordered.
. Mrs. Barton was already beginning to
see the little impediments and obstruc-
tions to which she had referred in talking
to her husband. But she did not eu-
courage Martha to speak on the subject.
She wanted to see more and understand
the case better. _ On the third day, the
cause of trouble between Martha and
Edward—for a discordant string was
really jarring in the harmony of their
lives—became more clearly apparent to
the mother. The little external restraint
which had been assumed at the begin.
ning of her visit, by both of the young
people, was gradually laid aside, and she
saw them in the real life they were living.
The basis of the difficulty lay in the to-
tal unfituess of Martha for the position
she had assumeduthnt of housekeeper,
we mean. And, in consequence, her hus-
band, iu whose ideal of home, perfect or-
der‘had been included, found everything
so different from his anticipation, that a
graceful acquiesence was impossible.
"I don’t know what has come over
Edwar ,” said Martha to her mother on
the morning of the fourth day, after her
husband had left for his place of business.
Her eyes were swimming in tears, for Ed-
ward had spoken hastily and with ill-na-
ture at the breakfast table. “He used
to be so kind, sogentle, so considerate of
my comfort and feelings. But he seems
to be more impatient and harsh in his
manner every day.”
I “Has the reason of this never occurred
to you ?” Mrs. Barton’s manner was
grave.
“He is disappointed in something, evi-
dently. He does not find in you all he
“Mother !” The young wife had a
startled look.
“It must be so, Martha, else why
should he be difiereut from what he was.
He has had an ideal of a wife, and you
have failed to reach that ideal.
The face of Martha,whlch had flushed,
became almost pale.
“And I am free to own,” continued
below my ideal. I do not wonder at Ed-
ward’s disappointment.
Tears began to fall over the young
wife’s cheeks.-
“I’m sure,” she said, sobbing, “that I
have been to him all that I know how to
be. If love would draw upon me favors
and kindness, he would never look at me
as he does, sometimes, with cold eyes and
a clouded face, nor speak, in angry impa-
tience, words that hurt are worse than
blows.”
“But you have not done for him all
that you know how to do,” said Mrs.
Barton,
“I fail to comprehend you mother,”
was replied to this.
“You do not make this home as pleas-
ant as it should be. There seems to be
no anticipation of his wants, and no pro-
vision against discomfort. Everything is
left to your two servants, who do pretty
much as they please.”
“Why, mother i"
“It is true,my daughter. I have look-
ed on with closely observant eyes, since
I have been here, and must say that I
a'm disappointed in you. In every case
that Edward has shown impatience in
my presence, the source of annoyance
lay in your neglect of a plain household
duty. It was so this morning, and so
yesterday .” °
“He was annoyed at the burnt strak
this morning,” said Martha in answer.—
“That was not my fault, I’m sure. I’m
not the cook.”
“It is your place to have a competent
cook,” said Mrs. Barton.
“If I can find one, mother.”
I “The one you have now is not to be
trusted to prepare a meal.”
"I know that, but how can I help my-
self ?”
“And knowing that you never went
near the kitchen to see that she did not ,
spoil the steak intended for your hus-
band’s breakfast. It might have taken
you ten or fifteen minutes to superinteud
personally, the preparation of this morn-
ing’s me I, and so made it worthy of be-
be present in all parts of his household ;
log set before your husband ; but instead
of this. you set reading or talking, from the
time you were dressed until the bell rang.
When we went down there was no butter
on the table, no knife and fork to the
dish of meat; no salt; nor any uapkiuI
to your husband’s plate. The tablecloth I
was soiled, and the meal opened in disor-
de'r, which you might have prevented by
alittle forethought, and progressed and
ended in annoyance and bad feeling——
Now who was to blame for all this ?”
“But, mother, you don’t expect me to
go into the kitchen and cook?” said Mar-
tha.
“The captain who undertakes to sail a
ship must know all about navigation.—
Is it more unreasonable to expect that a
woman who takes upon herself the obli
gations of a wife, should know 'how to
conduct a household ? Is a woman less
responsible in her position than a man?
If so, what moral laws give the distinc-
tion ? I have not seen them. The cap-
tain does not trust the ship wholly to the
man at the helm. He takes observations
examines charts, and sees and knows for
himself that everything is done at the
right time and in the right place. His
thoughts and his wrll are active and pre-
dominant in every part of the ship, for
on him rests all the responsibility. And
it is so everytvhcre in a man’s work.—
You ask if I expect you to go in the
kitchen and cook? I answer yes, in
case there is no one else to prepare your
husband’s food. If you have an incom-
petent cook, or one not to be trusted
then it is your duty to make up her do-
ficiencies by a personal attendance in the
kitchen, just as often and just as long as
the case may require. You contracted
to do this when you became a wife.”
“I don’t remember that the subject
was even referred to,” said Martha, who
did not yet see clearly, and who felt that
her mother’s view of the case actually
degraded the wife into a household
drudge.
“Was it stipulated,” answered Mrs.
Barton, “that Edward should engage in
business, giving himself up to daily care
and work, in order to secure for his wife
the comforts of a home? I don’t re-
member that _ the subject was even re-
ferred to. And yet it was as much im-
plied in the act of taking a wife, as the
other was implied in the act of assum ing
the relation that you now hold Do you
suppose for a moment that he isn’t active
in-every part of his business? That he
trusts an incompetent clerk as you trust
an incompetent cook ? Thought, pur-
pose, hands are all busy in his work, and
busy throughout every day ; busy for
you as himself. He can’t find time for
reading four or five hours every day ; nor
time for calls on pleasant friends; no,
no. His work would suffer ; losses
might follow, and comfort and luxury
fail for the wife 'he toils for. But his
wife is too indolent or too proud to go
down into her kitchen and see that his
food is made palatable and healthy ; to
with taste, order, ueatness, economy and
cleanliness. I dOu’t Wonder that he is
disappointed and discontented.”
Martha’s perception were beginning to
be a little enlightened. She did not
'make any reply.
"Let me tell you how I have found it
in your badly managed household,” re-
sumed the mother. “Perhaps, seeing
through my eyes may help you to a prop-
er appreciation of things as they really
are. Twice since I have been here,there
has been no water in my room, and I
have had to come dowu in the morning,
and get it for myself.”
“Oh, mother 1 That is too bad I—
To think Margaret should have been so
careless l” The daughter’s face crim-
soued.
“Now if you had been a careful house
keeper, or a thoughtful one, you would
have visited my chamber, to see that all
was right there. You would never have
left your mother’s comfort dependent up—
on the uncertain administration of ser-
vants. Next, the room hasn’t been dust-
ed twice siuce I’ve been here. My fin-
gers are soiled with everything I touch,
and I am sure it hasn’t been swept under
the bed, or bureau fora month. But
this only affects your guests—is only so
much taken from their comfort. Let us
look to some things that involve the com-
fort oi your husband ; for these are of
the highest consideration. You asked
him, yesterday morning, to get you some
pink~lincd envelopes. He brought them
at dinner-time. He asked you to darn a
rent in a black alpacca coat, so that he
could wear it. Did you do as he request-
ed? No, you read and toyed with fine
needle work all the morning, but never
touched the coat, and when he asked for
it, what reply did you make? Oh, you
hated daruiug above all things, and told
him he’d better direct his tailor to send
for it. The day had become unusually
warm. and he had to go out, after din-
ner, wearing a thick cloth coat, just be-
cause you had most wilfully neglected to
perform so slight a service for your hus-
band. Do you imagine that he never
thought of what he had asked ? That
he didn’t feel your indifference to his
comfort? Your kiss, depend upon it,
Martha, touched his lips coldly ; and
your loving words, if any Were spoken,
were as sounding brass and tiukling cym-
bals in his car. He looked past all‘ lip
affirmations, and saw the failure in deed.”
“And failure indeed seems to be the
rule under your administration of his
household, instead of the exceptii n.—
Muet especially is this the case in what
nppertaius to the dining-room and kitch-
en. 'i‘he meals are always badly cooked
and served. _ The sloveuliuess with which
Margaret sets the table is a disgrace to
herself and a standing rebuke to her mis-
tress. I haven’t seeu a really clean dish,
as I regard cleanliness, since I have been
here Note clean knife or fork. Your
cruel. stand is offensive to the eye.—
There is a smeared mustard bottle, with
a smeared spoon—a ketchup bottle with
half an inch of tomato ketchup at the
bottom, and an oil bottle empty. Pep-
per and vinegar_bottles I will not de-
scribe. The crust stand itself is as dark
as lead, and the napkin rings and Spoons
no better.
“Pray, stop, mother 3” said Martha,
interposiug, with a face nearer to scarlet
than white.
"No, I must say a word further, Can
such things be and not prove a daily of-q
fense and an annoyance to him? Can
such things be and not irritate him, at
times, into unkiuduess? He would be
more than mortal, my child, were he tem-
per-proof against assaults upon good na-
ture, like these."
Martha was not a fool—:thougb there
are many in her position, we are sorry to
say, to whom the word most significant-
ly applies. She saw, through her moth-
er’s clearer vision, the blindness in which
she had been, and the folly of her defec.
tive household administration ; saw that
in holding herself above domestic duties
and manipulations, she was governed
more by pride and indolence than a just
regard for wifely or womanly dignity ;
saw that, to hold fast on her husband’s
love, she must do something more for him
than to offer loving words ; for life being
real and earnest, demanded earnest work
from all—from the delicate wife as well
as from the most enduring husband.
On the next morning, as Edward lift-
ed his cup to his lips, he said with
a smile of pleasure, .
“What fine cofi'ee, Martha ! I don’t
know when I have tasted anything so
delicious. Your handiwork, I infer 1’”—
And Edward looked from his wife to her
mother.
“No,” replied Mrs. Barton, “it is none
of my handiwork.”
“But it’s mine,” said the young wife,
who could not keep back the acknowl-
edgement—her pleasure in seeing her
husband’s pleasure was so great.
“Yours ?” Edward set down his cup
and looked across the table in real sur-
prise.
“Yes, mine.
morning.”
“You did? Well, as I said before, it
is delicious ! I wouldn’t give this cup of
coffee for all the stuff that has been made
in this house since we entered it.”
The steak was praised next.
“Did you cook this also ?” asked the
husband.
“I superintended the work ?” was an-
swered. _
‘ It is only necessary for some people
to look at things, and they will come all
right,” said Edward, “and I shouldn’t
wonder, Martha, if you belonged to the
number.”
There was a compliment and a reproof
in the sentence and both were felt,
“Do I need to say another word, my
daughter?" said Mrs. Barton, when she
was alone with Martha again.
“I think not, mother,” was answered.
“Since our talk yesterday, 'I have been
looking at my place from a new stand-
point, aud I find that I have not under-
stood my duties. But they are very
plain, now, and I shall not need another
reminder. Young girls fall into strange
notions about a wife’s condition. They
think of it as something more ornamen-
tal than useful ; as invested with u more
queenly dignitv than a homely adminis-
tration of service in the household. She
is to beloved, and petted, and cared for
with untiring devotion and tenderness ;
but caring for her husband, in the unat-
tractiVe uses of a family, in the kitchen,
if need be, does not enter some ima gino-
tions as a thing at all included in the re-
lation of husband and wife.”
“And coldness, irritation, ill-nature,
and too often alienation are the conse-
quences,” said Mrs. Barton. “You felt
a change in your-husband. Did not the
cause present itself?"
“Not until you pointed it out to me.”
"Can it be possible you were so blind,
my daughter ?”
“I was just so blind.”
“Do you wonder that Edward was so’
annoyed at times?”
“I wonder that he had so much for"
bearauce,” was the reply. “I wonder
that he did not speak out plainly and tell
me my duty.”
“You might not have understood him,”
said Mrs. Barton. “He could not have
said all that I have said. There would
have been the appearance of selfish re-
gard for his own comfort. Young wives
do not always understand a husband’s re-
provii.g words, which are more apt to
blind than to enlighten; for they are
usually spoken under the impulse of
chafed feeling. It is better, therefore,
that I should have helped you to see
clearly in matters involving so many con-
sequent-es.”
I made the coffee this
.»o—-—
TREASUhY NOTES As Cnnrsms Gui-rs.—
A patriotic friend suggests that Treasury
Notes be used as presents at Christmas in
ordi-r to aid in their circulation. As for our-
se.ves,we can frankly say that we shall be
quite cement with such gifts, no matter how
many there are.
“Success and Defeat.
How _ Soldiers Fight-.-,
A late number of the Dublin-Universi-
ty Magazine has an article which contains
some excellent and interesting suggestions
on the organization of armies. and , the
training of soldiers, as these bear ou the
success, of a campaign. The entai-
strongly nrges that his not bravery but
discipline which carries the day, and that
an army cannot be trusted in the field till
men-have confidence in each other. We
Copy: I I
A bottle is, after all, only a pummeliug
match on a large scale, the side which
can best stand being beaten has the boat
chance of beating. I , ' I
Wewould not say that the General
that is most. brave will win the’dsy, but
he that fears least ; nor is the distinction
a mere trifling about words. The normal
state of two armies marching to battle is
the state of fear; the General is trembling
for his reputation, the drummer-boy for
. the lass that he left behind, and the lips
that he kissed so fondly when drawn for
a conscript a few days before. To all
that mighty host there is the awful alterin-
tive, death or victory; it may not be a
peerage or Westmiuister Abbey tool],
but the prize is proportioned to the stake.
The Commander-iu-Chief stakes his all on
the issue, and so does the drummer—boy.
The one cannot hazard more than life and
honor, the other cannot hazard less. In
such a lottery as this the boldest may
hold his breath, as the ball whizzes in the
roulette of battle, and fortune hangs in
suspense between the combatants.
That men are not afraid while the bat-
tle is raging around them, and comrades
falling first on all sides, is very true; but
that is not because they are too brave not
to know what fear means which is only '
an absurd way of saying What their dau-
ger is; but because a passive emotion of
fear is incompatible with the active exer-
tiou required of head,‘ legs and arms.—
The command er-iu-chief has. to think, and
the full private to not during action,
are states which put an end, for the time
present, to the sympathetic emotions.—
'l‘he surgeon, umputatiug a patient’s limb
is conscious of nothing but the operation
itself. If he were to give way for an in-
stant, he would be unnerved and unman-
ed. During the trying quarter of an holll‘
he is a being of pure intellect, devoid of
feeling or emotion of any kind. And un-
less he were capable of that act of pure;
abstraction—unless he could put his uni
derstandiug under an exhausted receiver, :
and, work it for the time in mean, he
might give up surgery, and had better
adopt the study of some of the fine arts
instead.
This is why many excellent and able
men have been unable to qualify them-
selves for the profession of a surgeon.—
»They were unable to master their passive
iemotious in the operating room; their
nerves were too fine strong, and conse-
quently their intellect never had fair play;
they could never rise to the perception of
the beauty of an ope_ration,aud forget the
screams and sufferings of the patient. IA
surgeon is not heartless, as some suppose
because he forgets the one class of euro- -
tions, and can even induce a new train of
emotions. If the patient were a dear re-
lative he would not attempt the operation
because he could not trust his resolution.
A look might unnerve him, and the
more the feelings are compressed, the
greater the gush when once the self com-
mand is lost, and like waters breaking
through a dam, they sweep all before
them.
To apply these remarks to a field of
battle. Men there screw their courage
to the sticking place. They do not talk
Macbeth, they can do all that does he-
come a man—who dares do more is none
Sir Alexander Ball, than whom a braver
man never walked the quarter deck, con
fussed, that when as a boy he was put
into the ship’s launch, on a cutting out
expedition, he felt the tears rise in his
eyes, and he would have given worlds to
, choke down his emotions. But a kind word
from an old boutswuin soon set him all
right again, and once the first natural
gush of four was got under he felt no
more return ot'it, and got on in action as
well as the oldest seaman. This is the
real state of armies going into action; at
first the strong sense of danger is upper-
most in their minds, but as soon as this is
conquered by the sures of duty there is
then no return of these qualms, unless, as
sometimes happens, the army finds itself
in a trap, or a ml de sac,- with cannon on
all sides, and their the sensation of fear
returns with overwhelming strength, in
proportion as it has been kept under so
long. .
THE ROMAN Aanrss.
- In the wars of the Romans, panics were
unknown, for every legion was an army
complete in itself, which marched under
its own commander, and encamped on its
own ground. It expected no supports,
and, therefore, never trusted itself in dau-
ger without knowing its own strengh,-and
the strength of the enemy. Armies are
broken either when the commander of
10,000 finds himself confronted by 20,000
and halts, wavers, and is thrown back-in.
confusion; or, when through not of gun-
eralship, the men come up in drihlptl,
and regiments play} at (‘I‘Obn paw
leading to very crook. d issues under fit".
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