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.Norwalk Post Office.
MAILs CLOSE... ‘ -
West 730A M— 2.30P. M. 2
Bast8fl30A M..—500P. M.
Danbury Sr. Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M .
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M
MAIL8 DUE. ‘ .
West9.10A. M._—6..1\CGP ' 4,?
3118.820A M—330PM e
Panbui y &. Norwalk Raihoad _8. 00 A. M.
.4 PosT OFFICE nouns.
IrOm7H00A M. t08..00P M.
CnAuLns OLMsTEAD, P. 18.
_D. PRITCHARD, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon, .. ;
' e so desirable; with these additions to their '
2 business facilities and their long experience
in this. beautiful and useful art in connection
with the .
Res1dence next door to .Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET, ' ,
~ SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. 4‘ ' ' '
New
.IIAIIOWARE 81. PAINT STORE,
M41 1 n S t r e e t,
.‘DppositeI. H. compell’s Confectionery,
11111111er 81 PROWITT, » é
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Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,3
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glues, Paper Hang-
‘ . 4 . ings, Window Shades, &c.
J'RMES G. DARBO'IIR,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
in E N u:- I s '1', 4
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk
Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNEY M STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and supeiintend the erection of
ublic and private buildings. Oflice” 1n Mar-;
18 Block, Chapel- -.st, New Haven, Ct. if" 2
1E0. ..F BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn. ,Man-‘,_
ufacturer oi T-in, Copper, and Sheet.
110.1 Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittanm'a, Wooden and:
Willow Wa1e, Cr-ockery , and a full assort-:
ment of House Keeping articles generally.‘
0.. s. Lockwoon, _
fashionable Draper & Tailor,2
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORI‘U‘M I
‘ Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. .
"'8. E. OLMSTDAD a00., i
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. 4 ‘ i
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
:01 Hartford.
Incorporated In 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cull Capital $1, '000, 000';
[name against loss and damage by Fire2
on Terms adapted to the hazard, and '
consistent with the laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
For Norwalk and vicinity.f2
.DEN'I'AI- CARD.
AN" unpressiou having gone abroad that
the undersigned has relinquished his
profession this is to inform his friends and
the public that he still continues the practice
of his profession at his 011 stand, foot of
Main-st, 01 walk Where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary 0135.909st skillful assistant will be
tgund 1n attendance at the Office, ready and
.‘williug to serve all that may call.-
A. HILL, D. D. S
A. JACKSON a 330.
N o. _1 Gazette Building.
WOULD respectfully announce to the
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods.
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 larger than ever before. —:
We have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
' m gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as bein cor-
sect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
208, in silver and gold cases, at an price from
=35 to $100. We buy of the best 1mporte'rs' 1n
New Y ork, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
reater Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
Plated Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON do BRO.
INSURANCE.
HE subscriberha taken the agency:
of the New England 1ire and Marine Ira-2
aurance Go of Hartford, 18 prepared to Insure
'gllkin d8 of property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any.
. other Company.
.Thc New England Fire and Marine Insu-i
rance Company has been recently established
, with a Paid In capital of $200, 000 and has a
' surplus of $6, 2950
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norw
Norwalk, Feb. 181;, 1861. amend vicinity.
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. 31.? STREET SALOON}
et ec'Ii Main 0and B o
B. CANAANC r ad Streets, NEW-
W. EDCMONDS, Proprietor.
Overture servcd' 1n an 8t 10 and for
$1110 Qumt 01' Gallon.y Also: all kindgaiii‘
1m UQNFECTIONERY, and other Rnrnnsn-
HENTS. P1ivate Supper Rooms for Small
firties. Also, in- connection with but in
separate apartments, a first- class SHAVING
AND H1111 DRESSING SAIOON.
,Re‘rosene Oil,
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE for saleb
MARVIN & PROWIT'I‘.
' THE undersigned, through the agency of
' pared to secure Bounty Money, Back
7 made for advice given in relation to claims,
iers.
that it will be his constant endeavor to
To their extensive Gallery, especially for flu-
. ishing Photographs.
' their force of operatives.
they
' geompletion 0f orders. Thankful for poet fa- '
i NEW FURNISHING STORE.
' 'Picture Frames, and everything else in the
. furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every-4. '
‘ thing necessary for the burial of the dead,“
' THE subscriber has fitted. up and is now
i ning' , Scroll and other Sawing , manufacture
1 of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &c., in the best
2 tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. F1 0
Groceries, Flour, Feed, 811414., '
’ CROCKER Y
town free of charge. . -.
g cunt-ruin .81 sores,
' CABINET MAKERS, he
. AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. I
: interest to give us a call.
public and their old customers, that 1 ,1
We are now prepar-~ .
' about4miles from Norwalk or Darien, to
= wit: -—one
}, Large new Dwelling House,
the premises for a toim of years, if desired.
1152
, BY AUTHORITY—U S. Infantry and
War Claims.
reliable friends in Washington, is re-
33’
tensions, and claims of all kinds against the,
Charge for collecting from
two 'to five per cent. No charge will 110
Government.
and no fee charged unless the claim' 18 col-
lected. OSE PH W. WILSON.
A'ug.22, 1862. 2
NOme HOTEL
N ORWALK CONN. ~
11.8. Brewster, Proprietor.
-’I‘HIS House, having been renovated and
improved, is now open for the reception
of permanent or transient boarders, and will
be kept as afir 'et class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated' 1n one of. the must
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is especially attractive for Summer BOer-
The Proprietor would assure the public,
keep his house' In such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all. _,
Improvements in Photographing.
Special Notice to our Patrons
_—.
WHITNEY £5 BECKWITH
Have added a
' NE W R 0 0 M,
By the. return of MR. WHITNEY from
Washington, (with an assistant,) have doubled
By procuring a- large and excellent '
CYLINDER PRESS,
can give their Pictures that beautiful
IVORY SURFA 0E,’
First Houses in New York
can sateIYe fcompetition, net only in
finish and trut ill 11088, but in the speedy
vors, we hope to merit a continuance of your
patronage
Norv'vulk, June 1st, 1863.
NEAR UPPER END OF MAINSTJ:
East Side of the Bridge. '
HAVE at my Store' 1n NorWalk the largest
assortment of
Household I'urmture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete- a-Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top dpier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands,
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS ofallkiuds,
Looking Glasses,
Furniture line cheap for Cash.
Be]: at ring,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand alarge assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funiilrgls in neigha
borin towns Wit out extrac rge.
g ’ ELBERT RAYMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. 1Est, 1863. 44
NORWAIJI
Steam Sawing and Flaming
M I r'. 1.. '
prepared to execute all orders for P111-
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail prom t1 atA'
. GREAT BARGAINS IN
G R 4.0 0 R D R Y.
H. H. SMJTH,
No.4, Phoenix Block, NorWalk,
Having a. large stock on hand, will give
Great Bargains' 1n
GLAss, EARTHEN a STONE WARE,
KEROSENE LAMPS,
WIC
CHIMNI
WOODEN WARE, 1950., cc. ,&0
Q'Goods delivered to any part of the
RE new prepared to offer to the public
A the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
00111 new every article usually kept In a'
FuriiitmegSmre, ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, 'will find it to their
Spring Mattresses
"of 3 or 4 different kinds, very Cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and Old ones made
.over as good as new. .
UNDERTAKING,
'We keep on hand a. very large assortment of
00171118 of every description, furnish shrouds,
searfs, carriages, and ever thing necessary
fer the interment of the sad, and at very
low, prices. We are just 00mpleting another
Esplendid Hearse, which will give us two
3Hea1'ses equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra chaage.
E. QUINTARD &. SONS.
'Norwalk, March 15th 1862.
FOR SALE.
THE Real Estate fermerly owned by
WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
‘ with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
superior Land, well adapted to Gardening
purposes. Also a Small House with two
acres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
sitdated‘ in or near “Hanford’s Swamp, ” 80
called.
The property will be sold all together or
in separate parcels as may suit purchasers,
and on accommodating terms; two thirds of
the purchase money can remain secured on
For further particulars apglzyST to
New Canaan, Feb IOth, 1863.
, ... . Notice.
HE Subscriber has the pleasure of 1uf0r1n-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey' 1n the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
corner of Wall and Water Street, Where he
will continue the business. He trusts that
the liberal patronage given to this Store
while under his control as partner and man-
ager, will be continued to him as pro rietor.
9 J. N. LOCKW OD.
JOHN
tl'l
Rifle Tactics.
1.2»: ' ~ ‘ ' 1.. . V,
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refusing to entertain his suit.
' - respect;
Autumn.
brow, ,
it now;
Ripe, heavy ears of golden wheat, and flow -
ers of crimson hue, 2
And clusters of the purple grape, begemm’d
with pearly dew.
When early spring approaches, a brighter,
livelier green
Blooms on the tender leaflets, to hail the
youthful queen; .-
But richer hues greet Autumn, more glow-
ing are the flowers,
More varied beauty she bestows on this fair
earth of ours.‘ .
The massive elms 0f darkest green are tinged
with brightest gold,
As if a gleam of sunshine dwelt upon their
branches old;
2They’ ve caught the smile of Autumn as she
floated on the breeze,
And threw a smile of glory on the rough
‘ and ancient trees.
her hand,
And precious are the- blessings which she
scatters 0’ er the land;
Let rich and poor with one accord their
grateful songs employ, '
In praising Autumn’ s bounteous Lord who
fllls our hearts with' joy.
—le Moravian
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Exempt.
Exempt! from what ? a knapsack, gun,
A blanket and a uniform ,
Some weary _ marchcs' 1n the sun,
And nights outdoors amid the storm.
'That’s all :-—my boy, I pray you wait
Before you laugh and say “all right!” '
Your papere have not Waived yom' fate, .
You have the battle yet to fight 2
Exempt! come have you brains, a tongue,
Within your breast 8 liviughcert 1 ' .. -
Then stand where you belong, among
The men who fight on freedom’ 8 part I
You need not search tefind a fee ,
Behold, he meets you in the street,
He follows you where’ or you go, 4
He flings himself beneath your feet. .
Stand to your guns, be brave and calm ,
Beware the fee with whom you deal, --
His mouth 18 full of deadly harm,
His lies are worse than cutting steel.
Exempt! there’s no such thing my boy I
You’re not exempt while War endures ;"
Think you your pale face can destroy _
Your country’s right to you and y011r8 ?
Exempt! no more of that poor word-
Or fill it with a better sense ; 4
So shall your country's voice be heard,
A calling you to her defence I
-—Bo.1ton Transcript,
a.»
The Change that Marriage 4
- Makes.
What 11 change marriage makes with
many men Here 18 one who was all do-
votion to the girl he loved only a few
years ago. -If half that heltheu said was
true, she had it in her power to kill him,
or at least to drive him to despair by
He was
envious of the zephyrs that toyed With
her tresses, and would have gone dovin
upon his knees for the privilege of kissing
the tips of her fingers.
changed now. Heprovides his wife with
the comerts of life, and. treats her with
but his hearing towards‘her is
rdServed, and coldly formal. H018 80 full
of business that he hardly finds time to
kiss his children, 01' to repeat in the ears
of his wife the tender words he was once
so fond of uttering. He takes it for
granted that she Will understand that he
loves her, or at, least that he regards her
as an excellent wife and mother. This
man does not intend to treat his wife un-
kindly, but he is a poor specimen of a
husband, and fails utterly to keep' 18 its
spirit and true intent the vow by which
be bound himself to love, comfort and
honor his wife 80 long as they both
should live. These severely. practical
men, out 01 which the world has sucked
all sentiment and poetry, till they are so
promic 118 a multiplication table, are the
cause of a great deal of sufieriug, and
have many sins to answer for.
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rived at Brest, in order to repair. The
Florida was to leave on September 23, in
order to attack a second steam corvette,
one at Brest, in pursuit of the Florida.
The French government treats the Union
vessel at Brest, just like the Florida.
The Mexican deputation to Maximil-
liau was to have an audience with Louis
Napoleon. 'Euglaud is said to be pledged
to recognize Maximilliau as soon as he
will accept, and to have promised to favor
the Mexican loan.
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John '1‘. McCefi‘rey, from Knoxville,
;'l‘eun.', served three months under Gen.
J ackson,t thirty-two months in the Mexi-
can war, twelve months in the present
war, and sent eleven sons to the Union
army, four of whom we’re killed before
Vicksburg.
The government has now on hand in
the arsenals 700, 000 stand of arms,
500,000 of which are effective, and the
number is rapidly increasing. There are
also on hand 2,400 24.aud 32-pouuder
smooth bore cannon, which are rapidly
being converted into effective guns by the
riding process.
fiThe following named bands have
been regularly mustered into the service
in the State militia as regimental bands:
COIt’s Armory Band, of Hartford, lat
regiment; Tomklu’s Band, of Waterbury,
61h regiment; Wheeler at Wilson’s Baud,
Received at. SELLEOK’S. J
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kBridgeport, 8th regiment.
‘. wear-qr. :—.
Oh, beautiful is Autumn, and ghee nly is her ,
And radiant' is the corOuet that sparkles on
Oh, Beautiful 18 Autumn, and bounteoul i8 -
But all this is '
13.11 Union steam corvette had ur- '86
which was at Lisbon, and had been with '
' - From Harper’s 17881119.
A GIFT BY THE Wlx’er'E.
seven, and over all the bills the purple 1.-
pins of twilight were «61811.3 down", we-
king spicy odors among the sweet- fern” In
the pastures and the blue wild grapes
ripening in the woods, While- the whip-
the broken down fence that skirted the
ravine, and the katydids chirped shrillly
through the morning glory leaves above
the window,‘
' “Seven o’cloCkl” echoed Silas Miller,
just as though he had not been watching
that slow creeping minute hand for the
last half hOur. “He'will soon be' here
now—my boy 'will soon be here. ”
What a strange softening of the rug-
ged features, with an unwanted quiver- of
the harsh voice there was, when he utter.-
"ed the two simple wards “my boy. ” Y¢8_,
it was his boy, Who was, coming back
from the smoke of half 8 score of battle
holds; no wonder thst the thought sent
a thrill through human nature. 211218 801-
[tier—hi8 hero. _
“Surely I ought to hear the 8toge 1.11m
said he feverishly pacing up and down
the narrow path. where the maple leaves
lay like a carpet of pale' g0_ld.“L18ten
Sybil, dout you hear. it?” ' _
'1. “It’s too early yet, father“ ” . .
The light figure came steeling out to
'his‘ side, and' both together 181111811 0981'
the garden gate, gazing Into the; epel
gloom of twilight with wistful, searching
gaze.
She W118 not prettier than 111811 811015114
or New England girl, yet that
delicate type of beauty 10 her face l81111
him that belongs as much to the 1.111.154
I)
eternal 880w. Pale brovm hair, with
eureate lights crossing its surface at
times, eyes like the blue lurkspur, 811d
lips that had stolen the dewy crimson of
, the wild rose; in pearls and blue crepe
Sybil Miller would have beén “a beauty,”
in her dress of gray gingham” she was
something far better and nobler.
. Suddenly the old man started 8.0111 at?
-tered an indistinct, glad cry. '
“It’s he, Sybil, don’t you see beyond
the elder bushes. Child, don’t hold me
back, let me gonad meet my boy. ” =
“No, father, you'erc mistaken; it is
not Laurence; Laurence is shorter by
half a head, and that 18 not his quick
buoyant- step.”
“You are right, Sybil,” 881d Silas Mil-
ler almost petuleutly. "Why do those
'veg'raut soldiers g0 wandering by, giving
h'o'uest folks such a start?” 2 2
“Supp088 he did not know We were
watching for Laurence,” said Sybil, half
smiling' 1n the dusk.
_ “It was only this morning that a hog
gar, disgrociug —I won’t say wearing-'-
the United States uniform, came by. and
had the audacity to ask me for messy?”
“Did you give him something?”
“Give him. somethiugl” repeated Silas
angrily “I’d have seen him starved first.”
beggars. Here’s another specimen of the
kind, I suppose. No, my man, you ne'g'dh’t
troixble yourself to recite your pitiful 81:04
ry. ” '
For the tall figure, with halting step
and coat thickly powdered with dust,
had pau8ed in front 0f the gate, and Sy-
bil could just discern dark, piercing eyes,
and a forehead curiously traversed ...by u
crescent-shaped. scar, apparently nearly
healed.
.- “I have nothing for you,” said Silas,
sharply. “Yes, yes, I know what you
wOuld say, but it’s no. 1180. If you are
deserving, the ,prOper authorities will
'takeicare of you, and if you are not, the
county jail is the best place for you.
'Don’t tell me abOut want, what have you
done With your bounty money and your
pay, if you are really what you pro.
~ tend to be—o soldier?” : =
Even through the ttviligbt’ Sybil could
c the scarlet _fiush rising to, the scam?
,forehesd.
“Sir, you are mistaken.
beg v
“No, you’d prefer to play the bully,
I’ve no doubt.
I did not
my man. ” '
The soldier turned silently away with
a step more halting perhaps and a head
more depressed, and passed slowly into
the gathering dusk.
. “Father,” whispered Sybil, reproach-
fully, “had you forgotten that our Lau-
rence too is 8 soldier?”
" N'o,” returned Silos, abruptly, “I re-
membered it, and it convinced me all the
more that a man, paid and pen8ioued
like our Laurence has no need to beg on
the public highways. ”
“But, Father, he did but beg. ”
“Because I would not allow It, child.
and I swear I will do no more!”
accents of passion, and when he looked
around again, Sybil was gone. '
Footsore and weary, the travel Worn
pedestrian had sat himself down 8. mossy
light footste‘p came up 8 little path lead-
'i'ng from the back door 0f the farm house
through blackberry pastures and mown
’fields, and e slight figure bent above
11.1..*
“Do not mind my father’s words, he
1 was angry and unreasonable," she 88111
t;-
,- hurriedly.
The old farm -house clack has just struck
poor- -will sang sadly 011 “the mossy rails of'
8011 north” as its pine forests and elils of "
I have no patience with these strolling 2‘
But I’m not a preper _
subject for you, 80 be about yOur business, 1
I pay taxes for the support of such 88 he
He spoke in the sharp, high-pitched "
boulder by the road-side, when a quick
“I have little to give but I
want you to take it for the Coke of my
soldier brother.” , -
Before he could speak 8110 had 11111811..
cued from her neck a blue ribbon With 8 V
tiny gold piece suspended;fromlt, placed
across thefields like-some gray 808,111 her.
.mberghueddress. '1He rose. up, =88 if to
follow and overtake her, but it was --too'
1818,8111! 88118408111; I118 118811 never the
gleamingtokeu, somethingivery like 8-
tear 111-upped upon its circlet of “system.
4.!‘Audéuow. tell 118’ everything 11180 1188
happened to you ' ‘ Laurence? 0h, ‘ gLau-
rence, when. I. waked this: morning It
seemed altedreomthat you had come
.back to us again lottery. truth.”
. Thegbronzed, handsome young soldier
looked 111.111..eg . down intotho -;redidnt
face that. nestled againsthis shoulder, 811d
a serious shadow steleinto hi8 Iey‘es. . f- ' ‘
“I can tell, Sybil, it came very user
. being 31101411141134 more 1 than 8 . : 111-8881’- once
or twice. I have hadmoreheirsbmdth
’8capes2thm you know of, little eister. I
did notztellyouudid I, of diet skirmish
along the Potomac, who‘re Iet'o‘od face to
face withdeath, an ugly 1 death, too, at
the point of rebel beyonets, when some
brave fellow charged down 011 i’cui and
saved- my._ life. with hieowuiright hood.
- “Who was. it,- Laurence!” aid old Sig
188,.with trembling lip and diluted 8qu
."I would give my best whet field for ’3'
chance to grasp that hand. ” ' i "a
2 “I don’t know—I. never came intros!
him again. :vProbobly he III in ml»:
the other: regiments. All I know Is thet
he had fiery black eyes, 8.111! 811 odd 8001'
.upon hinforehoad, shaped exactly like a
..Meorislrcre'éceut. ”
, .“And a atreight nose, cod 8 heavy
black moustache?" interropmd his sister.
“Exactly,”
“Father,” said sybil, turning round,-
With sparkling eyes and crimibn cheek,
to where Silas Miller eat, “The poor wou-
dering soldier whom you turned from your
door last night W88 the man who loved
our Laurencels life. ”
Silas 1088 up from his choir and took
an uneasy turn across the room and back
his features working strangely.
“It cant be helped now,”'ho 8118,1118
_.tremulous voice; but it is: the 1881; soldier
I’ll ever send with empty hands from this
.door. '7 The man who saved cur L811-
rence 8' life. Oh,- Sybill if I had only
listened to your- words! ‘
But she never spoke of the little lucky
piece of 3011]. She fancied it might seem
like Mentuiou, this shy, fastidious little
wild hover. of the hills. '
; =1: :1: c h '-"‘*'
._4 “My Sybil going to be mirried- among '
the fine. folks down' In Boston! Well, I
s’pose I might have expech it, and yet
.it does seem. kind 0’ -,hard " soliloquised
letter in. his lap, and looking. out through
dimmodzspcctaclee upon the snowy, 8118- '
bright hills. “I wonder 'who it is. -‘I
should like; to we the man that’s going to
marry Sybil Miller.” ‘
Silas would have been 8 proud 1111111
could he have beheld his pretty daughter
that. self-some. night in her white evening
dress, with scarlet gero‘uiu'ms lighting up
her brown hair 80d glowing on her
bosom. No wonder that C‘spt. Leilie’s'
face brightened with gravo,-qulet pride
as he looked down on his fair. betrothed.
“Sit down here, dearest, in this quiet
little music room,”'he scid, with 0810581113
authority. “I can’t share your sweet
eyes- and sweeter words with on the
world any longer. I must have you all
to myself for- awhile. ”
She looked up with e blushing smile,
then down 838111. -'
“Well!” he asked, 88 if she had
spoken.
“I 8788 wondering, Allen—thet 8081' 011
your forehead!" '
.- “What of it?" ’
“Why, it is such a singular 8h8p0'—
:IIIIlOSt 8 half circle I never saw but one
like it before.”
“Did not’ yen? And where was that?”
’ “A poor soldier passed our geteouce
With just such a scar on his {01811880,
8011’"
She pa'used, for Allen Leslie had quiet-
his coat a tiny piece of gold with 0 nar-
row blue ribbon passed through it. 'He
held“ smiliugly up.
‘ “DO you know who gave this to me?”
“Gave it to you, Allen?"
“To; me, a footsore, weary wanderer,
who had missed his way smong your
tangled reads. You fancied me a beggar
-—it was not so.‘ I had money, friends,
position; yet I stood sorely in need of 8
kind word just then, for my brain was
throbbing, my limbs'wecry, my wounds
scarce healed. Yet I do not regret it,
for”—
He took her hand tenderly into his,
and added-‘—
“For although'I might have known
that my Sybil wa8'beeutiful, yet had it
not been for that blue-ribbon'cd piece of
gold, I never should have known how
good and true she was. ”
N.»
"‘ “As to being conflicted with the guilt, ”
said Mrs. Partiugtou, “high living doesn’t
always bring it on. It is incoherent in
father to sou.‘ ".Mr Hbm'mer, poor soul,
who has been 80 long ill with it, disli-
herits it from his wife’s mutilation
it in his hand, and. was gliding swey'z'
__tiou to dance.
a privilege and a relief to dance.
ly taken from some inuerreceptsble in "
011111811816 RECREATION.
. A young pastor preached in one Of
our city pulpits' lest Sobbuth from the
text—1‘ Now I beseech you, brethren, by
the mercies of G011, that .ye present your
bodies 8‘ living sacrifice, holy, acceptable
unto the Lerd, which' 18 your reasonable
'I'él'tice'. ” "laterally, the subjeCt 0f Chris-
tlou and unchnstmu recreations was 80g-
gestcd; and the text furnishes an excel-
le'nt point 'of departure f1'01n Which _to
discuss this subject—the relation Of
lly recreations to the Christmu _llfe. 411,11
mitting, of course, that the consecration
0f the 118.1,, 88' Well 8,8 the 1.61.1.1. the
duty 01' the Christian, the quest1ou is—
How can this living bodye-this living
sacrifice—be made of the highest effi-
ciency in Chr18t1au servxce? W0 take it
'1utended by thi8 sacrifice 18 dncerded by
1’11 Protestants The idea that God; 8811
be pleased by pain, or 0011011181181} by. the
4'self- mfiiction of bodily 8115811113, 418 utterly
hecthemsh We do not argue the. point
at all. We simply pronounce. patience,
2288 ,0 mode of bodily sacrifice, not only
not “eccepteblo unto. God, ” but utterly
;repuls1ve tohim. 2_ 4 .
We suppose that _110 rational Christian
men Would dissent trom the proposition,
In general terms, th..“ the mode of- life
and those means of relaxation and recre-
etion, which will best contribute to the
:koslth oud- ofilciouc'v of 8 body 001118-
cratod to 'Cill‘lltilll service,- are 01th
which tho c'onsocre'ted- Christian 80111
should choose for as: 1.01,; This ad-
mitted, it is only necessary to look out
upon thct endless variety of cheflcter.
toolpsrumeut, taste, endowment. "and cir-
cumstances presented by 1111111811 80ciety,
to see that 18 bayond the prevince of any
111811, Or any" body of men, 1.9.1.8111...
and circumscribe the recrestiocs‘ 111 which
the Christian world should indulge. Af
truly consecrated man has a' master 4to'
whom he stands 01' falls, and by such
lights 88 he po8se488e8 is he to determine
by what. recreations he shall kseplhis
consecrated body and mind in healthful
order for his work. One man loves mu8ic,
and asks for nothing more then music'
:with which to fill the intervals of lebo'r.
Another man 18‘ content him his garden.
Another, full of vitality, and delighting
in severer exercise, loves the ten-pin
alley, and finds there his 0108. delightful
recreations. Others love horses and ri-
ding. They find the most delightful relief
from labor on the road, and in the motion
to which riding subjects. theiu. Others
fend other outdOOr sports and recreations
Others are fend of rowing and sailing,
and others still are satisfied with simple:
. , walking, solitary ‘or 800181;
81188 Mlllell, droppiugtho .h'ppy' timid .
' Now that a man who has consecrated
himself to. Christ and his service 1:811. 1111-;
gage in any or all these recreation with
advantage to -his consecrated body, we
doubt whether any man will .deny. We
really kuo'i'v. of no man whom opinion in
Christian circles would hovozwei‘ght, 80 .
bigoted 88 to maintain that one of these
recreations has a demoralizing tendency}
Down, 01' up, to a Certain point, Chriatiuu
teachers will go, and then they will “199R.
‘whether the tastes, temperaments cher-
actor‘s, end0wments and circumstances of.
or not. All beyond a certain point is
either sinful in itself, or sinful in conso-
queuce' of the. circumstances whiCh 8111--
round it. There may be men withconé
Secreted souls and bodies who would feel
it to be an exceedingly pleasant recrea-
delight 1n 8 great and gay assembly, but
in their own family parlors, 01' in those
'of their neighbors, they WOuld esteem it
They
are fond of music. It exhilerutes them.
It would do them good to move its
'rhythm.B11t they are told thct they
must not do this. This is “a worldly
amusement ” and they must net mingle
in worldly amusements. So the teachers
drive the stakes and soy "oil on this 8ide
are Christian reoreations, and all 011 the
'other side are worldly amusements. ”
The precise questions which we wish to
hold before the public ore—H88 any man
or any body 0f1nen 8 right todrew this
line? ',If they have, is the line which we
have indicated as having been drawn,
preperly drawn? Are those recreations
which the spokesmen of the church de-
nOuuco as ungodly, amusements which no
men can engage in without 1.1.4.1110
himself or others? Is - there one set'aof
recreations whichu consecrated body may
indulge in with profit, while another,
varying from them in no apparent essen-
tial particular, 0811 only be resorted to
with absolute harm?
From ratio‘iiill Christian men we shall
get two f01m8 0f reply. The mass of
Christian minds, we are sorry to my, are
incapable, through the influence of edu-
thu upon them, to take the subject up
and look at it. To them, dancing 18 8
sin because they have been bred in the
belief that it is. The first form of reply
will be this: "We do not say that
ply say that its tendencies, through the
perverseness of our natures, are bad."
The 'o'tlief form of reply _.would be this:
“Dancing and impiety are 1ncompat1ble,
l
111 11 proved by experience. tor the history
the Christian world are all provided fer .2
_ They would not mingle '
"in a midnight carousel, they would not
(18110103 is intrinsically wrong—vie 8101- 2
tendencies are the result of that associa—
to employ 88 11, recreation for those bodies
.Shall efi‘orts be made for that end, 01'. is
this. gre8t productive interest of the
failure. The world petromzes these men,
. and shuns those who prostitute the bdrm
2.
'-_th1'oug'h the day's of those" 1101-80 exh1b1-
may find— saliciently cxbilerutiug exercise 2_who had been "I the hill?" .9! attendmg;
Pin the muosium. Others on a e in
8.1 g: 3' alluded to the feetswhich surpri8ed them
The application of thi8 illustration to" the? _2 " ' ‘ '
subject we have in band _is obvxous 4
'the world, anything desirable for the par-5
_pOses 0f consecrated Christian life, Chris-
tianity. has» not only the right but! the
power to reclaim it, Bill] tense it.
'have been traueferrod 101811. to: tho 81110 of
“worldly amusements.” 2 :1 :-~
playing ball, but hell playing has no bad
associations whatever.
'horse is 8' respectable, 8011,10 say the
least, net 1111 unc'bristian exercise.
dancing be held publicly to be what it
let it be reclaimed by the hand of Chris-
:Will ever be our dancing maggots, 01' mil;
dance, but what we want is that they
”shall have a chance to if they wish to.
being perverted!
sinful indulgeucies. Heaven pity their
' to get along without being misconstrued
and Indy, and dancing and impurity 11888,-
88 a rule, been. companions, while 001180—
creted' men eud'womenehsve .88 8. rule
shunned ,the 08801:.” The argument is
that that which 1188: prevailed 118 a fact
thrmghout the hi8t0'ryl' of Christianity,
amid all: 801-18017. administrations, must
have its. roots. in immutable princip1és';
and be based in the eternal fitness ’of
things. -
Now these are replies which demand?
fer their full di80u88ion,: more space than-
we ceu give to 01.810» We admit that
dancing has been long' in the compuny of
,vice, and we say that its apparent ev
3190... Dancing, like certain other mere—2
ations, has been perverted to the. purpose 8
devil shall be. longer left inithezexclusive
posseasiou of an amusement which 801118
Christian men and women would choose
which they have ofi'ered 88 “8 living 3803
meet be. reclaimed to Christian 1188?
dancing, 88 a recreation for Christian-I men
surrendered to the devil, and permitted“
be the graceful, genial _cnd ' attrictive
minister to his purposes while' time-1881181
Hal-0,18 Springfield,1wo= 11m 111811810113 .;.
essay in one field of reforméwith execlkut
results, at which : the hearts 70f» many men
rejoice. It was once 80111508011111“ the
devil mouopolized all the fast horses, and
that no man could manifest 8. decided 1'
love .of horse-flesh without losing social
costs. A: set of. men decenninod to relieve
odium which attached to it." They—1'
.-.Cli1'i8ti811 meu,—g1§utlemeu,—'-uudertook ‘cure it
the task' and' carried it through .Tbe'
the different parts of the country, made
by the jockics and the _rowdies, to imitate
what these .geutlemcu did, has been a
to unworthy purposes. It was the- cry,
from the first, of timid people—"it can’t, u
be done—fast horses and gambling and
dissipation always go together.” We say
to th088 timid people, it was done; and
tions in Sprmgfield, there was 1858 up
rent rowdyism than when there was $3
exhibition. Men from distant localities;-
races, looked on in wohder, and; publiclyi
enough. If there 18, in the recreatwns of
011.6% t‘
thing is certain—there is no legitimate
recreation' 1n the WOrId that may not be;
abused 811d perverted; "and 11101121.; no‘
attriictive one that Will uOt be. We have
only to yield to the inroads ...-118.11qu
our recreations, to find, _at 18845111“ 8le
-'l‘he fact thit indulgence in 1181101113 88
8' recreation 1188 not been the habit of
nothing. Men eminent for piety have
not, 80 for 88 we know, been fond of
Men eminent fer
piety have not only openly indulged in
their taste for fast horses, however do
‘cided that taste may have been. They
are doing it more _now, because 1154,1188
become. to 8 certain extent, 8 publicly
recognized fact that the driving of a fast
Let
intrinsically 18—8u. innocent recreation-.—
tianity to its own purposes, and thenf we
shall see what the rule will be. ‘We are
net of the opinIOn that our preachers
eminently pious men and Maroon will, 88
a rule, spend a great deal of time in the
We are aware that in a. discussion of
questions like these we shall be liable to
wide misconstructions. There are those,
doubtle88, who will take ' license from
what they read to plunge into gayeties
and dissipation. Their curse be upon 2
their own heads! God pity‘the world
When It comes to such a pass that we
cannot speak the truth for fear 01' its
On the other hand,
there are those who will regard as as
pleading in God’s name for selfish'and
l
uncharitablenessl John the Baptist 081118
neither eating 1101' drinking, and they
said' he had a devil. TheSou of Man
pursued a difi'ereht course, and they
called him 8. wine-bibber, and friend of
publicaus and sinners. It 18 pretty hard
6611's! -Srmgfidd Repub- _
“0"...— '
’ A lady that would please herself in
marrying. W88 warned that her intended,
of. Christianity will show that dancing ..
_ 'palo brow and kissed find 0
6me .cndudissipetiou. 4,13,... q,,,,,,,,, pussy ed
[which-116.1118: to. settle is, whether 1141a
.to make jewelry,- but he” had to 3'0
.981; killed, and now I Won’t“ get 9%.
4'sb'oue', and? 0', it’s too bad—boo ho
,rifice” to their master? Con this amuse. !=
and women, in'their-eoctel hoard-tube ..
.- “Only 0118,.but he’s 118d
'Wee'rg' lied onto ”
' the “They Shy” of society. To
—.=.-..g=:
Artemus in Viral!!-
The renowned Artemus' recentlyltl‘fly
811 over" into the rebel lines, 0811 '
there had some queer adveu
which the followmg is 8. fair SW
118' says . .
' After travelling a spell, I observe“.
ole house by the roadside, and feeling’
faint-._ and: thinly, I eiiterodi 1116 only
family- I found home was a. Italy-looking
. young female gal, "whose thuuyfilkd
gone for 11 soger.- She Was weepfn '13::-
'tefly‘; ,1.- :iiis't
«are putty rose bud, ” 881.1,?”
dos]: thou weepl”. . . z .-
, She made norylunswer, but Weepildtl
on. 'I plead my hand onto 'lte’r' 21103,
brusht back the snowy ringlets from
‘1'
“What cawsd them tears, 1'81er
I erskt again.
“What ” 8oz 811e, “brothorJohu pn-
ist 2 bring me home some Yankee 56m
.‘fid
Yes, it was 111110th 2 bed—8h, m,
too '45 W'omen’s 1881.: brings. the. nylo-
811111, 811’ for the time being I 11188 8' row
sympathiser. :
“Bony father?” I 81.11.
Iotblr
wont ever to ace Unkle Robb: ”' "If":
"W88 John a putty good brother?”
‘Tod—John W88, 0 so kind. He' 1,9
the duly 110080111 I lied to repose the. '
i' . 1.4 In: 1.; -:
I pitied 4111‘. mold, 811d hinted “181i.
mite repose 1181,- weary bed- on. 1118M
fiout—.-8.n’: she reposed. And I w'II' It
brother JOhu for awhile, as waif" "'6‘
Ere we parted, I' erskt“ for i arch of.
water to“ 'queuclidne 111111181; idrill the deut-
sol tripped goyly'out of the 11001- to' 1110-
As she was gone 8" connd’r
'penod I lookt out of. the mnder sod
'hOrse interest of the' country 1."... _béen Isew her hopping bi'iskly forth, coco-818- 4
made respectable, and every attempt ill poled by 2 seccsh cusses, who were m
to the teeth. I begin 2 smell or more.
2 mouses. The ‘putty deer’ lied decov-
ered I was a Yankee, and 11118 goiu'
have 1110 taken a prisOner. _I frust
her plans a few—I. Ieopt out thebnek
.wiuder _88' quick 88 8. Prestidiguretotc
and sich, and when she entered the dam-
=cil, she found ‘brother John’ m are
(which' 18 luttin or something) and 11111
I had proceeded much, I found me Time
repeter non ester, too. The fair mold,
Who was Floyd’s Neece, had h00kt it
while reposin’ on me weskit. It who 8
hunky wetch—‘-a family heirloom, and"!
wouldn’t have parted With it for a doll'tr
and sixty nine cents (1‘. 69.) ' ' " ‘
W»
' whey Say.”
We shall act attempt, fer we could
hardly expect to succeed, to portroy t”
deformmes of a Character. 801' 11181ng
tions of men and women, good 1111111g ll)
old and young, are alike withered by Its
blightiug influence. , "They Buy” 138
convenient mask for the slanderor, itch
:behiud Which to omit. the router 116018,
the moat scandalous rumour, and vile“
:iusinuotiem. =‘It 18 astonishing how
thoughtless persons there are. to 818mm
:petty scandal or malicious iinsiuuc'flcu,
and give it currency, without 118081113116
consider its probability, or the soon.
quences of promoting Ito circulation.
“They Say” is a demon who opr 4
1110181 malaria that invades every
destrcys the peace of families, blasts
ut‘a‘tion, sows discord, engenders
poisons the fountain of love, 811d 08
desecrates the altar. The habit of
posting its utterances grows space filth
the leest indulgence, and produces reinv-
of the most painful character. ‘ ' "‘
How many feeling8 and afi‘ectious m
801'ny lecercted and that not for the
time. only: but how. often do the slander!
thus germinated live to injure the 3001!
name and fame of many for years 8M.
Who h88 escaped its beneful induced
How many can trace their most poigueet
sorrow to some heartless utterance, 01“
gerated by the repetition, and to III
traced‘ 1n its origin only to the ubiquitous
“They Say. ” This fiend is ever buy
scarring the reputation, magnifying the
fruilties, and torturing the most innocent
conduct and actions of men. Privi“
reputation is a priceless jewel and 50
envy- no men’s 0r women’s heart who 5!]
lightly trifle with it, by leading t
giving currency to ‘They Sey’ ru
shooting, the character of .8 neighhc.
How much more wicked it is whendl
assails the absent, who cannot meet It
necusatious, but uiust 8113,81: without bk
opportunity to repel it, it may b.1003"
too late' to avert the. evil it b88 entailed
It' 18 a very safe 1"4'11Ie, When you have no-
thing good to say ubdut' your neighbor,
to keep your mouth shut. Above all;
the unruly member’ 110' still agaiust
utterance of ‘They 81,111.80...“
«0.» 2. 22“,
“Put, you have dated: yearlong...
week ahead. It is not 80 late in the
month by one week, you 8118151....
“Troth, boy, indade; 1140’s it’s massif ill“
is wanting sweet Kathleen to get ”W h
advance of the mail Share, I’ll not cure
if she gets it three days 81010 It Is 51;.
ten, me darliut. ”
2 A judge 10 London has decided they.
lever cannot have the aid of the 185300
recover gift8 made to 8 lady; whilocodft
ing her. Mr. Raphael who courted
then quarrelled with 11 pretty. you”:
Jewess, attempted to recovor the m
of a clock Which he g'ove her, lbfit j.
judge' told him-=4“You should not]: '
clO‘cks to young ladies, Mr B'
You must be 1100- suited. ” . ' '
and heart-burnings, withers 60801th
although a good sort of a man, was vbry
singular.
The Boston Post thinks those two .-
“Well, ” replied the lady, “if gliahmen who discovered the 8011188' H
be“ 18 very much unlike other 811311.118 is the Nile, should 001110 bvei- li‘n‘v‘v‘n- 11119.1 vis-
much more likely to be 8 good husl 8nd. ” cover the "1 .1st ditch.”
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