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West 7.50 A. M.,-2.30 P. M.
I East 8.30 A. M.—5.00 P. M.
Danbury d5 Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, Tues-
days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
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From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
CHARLES OLMS’I‘EAD, P. n.
i). PRITCHAR D, M. D.,
Ihysiciau and Surgeon,
’ Residence next door to Ruggles’ Store,
MAIN STREET,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
N e w
HARDWARE 8t. PAINT STORE,
,Main‘ Street,
Opposite I. H. Campell’s Confectionery,
- MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
' ings, Window Shades, doc.
emits a. IAIIOII'I,
SURGICAL 4N1) MECHANICAL
'D E N 'J'.‘ I S T .
. Teeth extracted without pain by the use
of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Gus.
Office at Residence, East Avenue, N orwalk,
I I Connecticut.
, , Architecture.
‘IIIN‘I! M. STONI,
' ARCHITECT, - - - ‘ ~-
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapelvst., New Haven, Ct. tf52
g . E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
j. . ufacturer of Tin, Cop er, and Sheet
luau Ware; and dealer in toves, Ranges,
-Enrnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
“Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
a. s. Locnwoon,
£- ulrimrsble Draper, & Tailor,
' f -,. . and .
”GENTEEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORI‘UM I
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
a. a. ensues-nan a. co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
01 'nartt‘ord,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,500,000
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
lv8 For Norwalk and vicinity.
., DENTAL cm.
AMmpression 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 01] stand, foot of
Main4st., Nurwalk;*where he will be happy
to tender them his best services. In case of
temporary ubsenoc,u skillful assistant will be
found in attendance at the Office, ready and
willing to serve all that may call.
A. HILL, D. D. S.
.A. JACKSON 6!. 330.
'No. l Gazette Building.
‘Nl OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have'recently made extensive additions
407 their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in hulrfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
Ws have a fine lot of Ladies’ SWiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s W atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
‘6 to $.00. We buy of the best Importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
eater. - Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. andcomprises all of the latest styles that
a're manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO.
1'03 5m.
THE Real Estate formerly owned by
. WILLIAM SEYMOUR, deceased, situated
in this town, on White Oak Shade Street,
about4 miles from Norwalk or Darien, to
wit :—one
Large new Dwelling House,
with out-buildings and 12 or 14 acres of very
101‘ Land, well adapted to Gardening
,pu, case. Also a Small House with two
a’cres of land attached—and 4 acres of land
situated in or near “ Hanford’s Swamp,” so
as
called.
Thetproperty 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
the premises for a term of years, if desired.
For further particulars gprgy t6 '
. its? 06min, Feb 10th,186é,-
ST.JOHN.
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Q'New Burner for Kerosene
1‘0 use'withoutachimney, and will fit any
Fluid Lamp ; it makes a cud substitute
for Fluid. Price of burner on 20 cents.
C. & E. K. LOOKW 0D & CO.
NOBWAIE HOTEL.
NORWALK, CONN.
E. S. 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 a first class Hotel. This Hotel is
very pleasantly situated in one of the most
beautiful towns on Long Island Sound, and
is. especially attractive for Summer Board-
ers.
The Proprietor would assure the public,
that it will be his constant endeavor to
keep his house in such a style, as will ensure
satisfaction to all.
NEW FURNISHING STORE,
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
,- v ,‘East Side of the Bfidge.
HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortment of
I
Household Furniture
in this county, consisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas, Tete-a—Tetes, Card
Tables, Marble top pier Tables and Center
Tables, Wash Stands, '
EXTENSION TABLES,
CHAIRS and ROCKERS of all kinds,
Looking Glasses,
Picture Frames, and everything else in the
Furniture line cheap for Cash. .
Repairing,
done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking,
I have on hand a large assortment of
COFFINS, of the best materials, and will
furnish shrouds, carriages, hearse, and every~
thing necessary for the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere. I
have as good a Hearse as there is in the
county; and will attend Funerals in neigh-
boring towns, without extra charge.
ELBERT RAYMOND.
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Norwalk, Sept. 1st, 1863.
NORWAIJI
Steam Sawing and Plainingv
M I I. I. .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture
of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &c., &c., in the best
and most expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail promptl at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC .
Wheeler a. Wilson’s
CORNET BAND,
Bridgeport, Conn.
ARE prepared to furnish first-class MUSIC
for Military, Firénien’s and Civic Pa-
rades, Concerts, Promenadcs, Pic Nics, &c.
Orders addressed to F. J. THOMAS, Leader
or J. E. MORRIS, Sec’ly, will meet with
prompt attention. 22
N. B.—Address Letters, cure Wheeler &
Wilson M. F. G. 00,-, East Bridgeport, Ct.
I. norm-ram) 4: sons,
CABINET MAKERS, ac.
ARE now prepared to offer to the public
the largest and best assortment of
Good Furniture,
comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture Store, ever offered in Norwalk,
which will be sold
AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
want anything we keep, will find it to their
interest to ive us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 ifi'ereut kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as good as new.
UN DERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Oofins ofevery description, furnish shrouds,
scarfs, carriages, and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are j ust completing another
as lendid Hearse, which will give us two
earses equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without tetra, chaage. -
E. QUINTARD & SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
Eammer’s Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
. _HAMMER$
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
Weather, is guaranteed for any leu th of time.
For sale in Barrels and half- arrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Office, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
THE Subscriber has the pleasure of inform-
ing the public that he has purchased the
interest of Ebenezer Crissey in the Boot and
Shoe Business lately carried on at the Store
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 proprietor.
9 J. N. LOCKWOOD.
Gash—System adopted tdr
Photographs & Cartes do Visits
AT WHITNEY & BECKWITH‘S.
N consequence of the great rise in chem-
icals, metals, and paper, used in our busi-
ness, that can only be bought for cash, we
had either to increase our prices, or adopt
the (lash system. We choose the latter, as it
will alike benefit the customer and suit us.
Hereafter, when a proof is accepted, the
order for prints must be accompanied with
the CASH.
WHITNEY & BECK WITH. '
Norwalk, Conn, June 15.
WM. T. BARNUM,
U. S. War Claim Agent,
Will promptly collect Bounty Money,
Back Pay, Pensions for Disabled, Dis-
charged Soldiers, Widows and Children,
Mothers and Sisters, and all other Claims
against Government. Office opposite Con-
cert Hall. All business letters promptly
answered.
Danbury, Conn. 1y36
Empire Shuttle Machine.
THE SUBSCRIBER having taken the
Agency for the towns of Norwalk,
New Canaan, Wilton, Wcstport and Ridge-
field, for the sale of these well-known fumi-
ly Sewing Machines, would respectfully In-
vite all persons in want of a good Machine,
which will be warranted, to call at his resi-
dence in Silver Mine District, Norwalk, and
examine the Machine and its work, before
purchasing elsewhere. It has only to be
seen in motionf to be appreciated. Call, ex-
'ne and tr or ourse ves.
amt XI‘HOyMAS M. RAYMOND,
Norwalk,Dec. 5th, 1863. 2m49
Children’s Carriages,
RICE ran in from $1.50 upward at
P C. agnk Locxwoon a ’CC.
EVERY-BODY wants the Tax Pay-
er’s Manual, containing all the
items of Taxation, the mode of proceeding,
and the duties of the Ofi'lcers, at
SELLECK’S.
Notice. _
corner of Wall and Water Street, where he '
NESSE—
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NORWAIE comm,
Chartered Capital, $500000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. STREET, President.
Gno. R. Cowus, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
. Norwalk, Jan 1st. 1864
INSUMNOI.
THE subscriber havin taken the agency
of the New England 're 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 recent] established
with a paid in 'capital of $200, and has a
surplus of $6,295.00. -
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. 1st, 1861. tf5
1?
INSURANCE
May be had in the
LORILLARD, ‘ CONTINENTAL,
MARKET ’ and MANHATTAN
Fire Insurance Companies of New York
City—these companies together have acash
capital of nearly Four Million Dollars. In-
sure Real Estate and personal property at
lowest possible rates, and pay their losses
promptly—this business will be personally
attended to by their Agent, -
CHAS. G. DEAN.
Insurance can be obtained at this agency
for an sum from One Hundred Dollars to
One undredThousand Dollars. Alkappli-
cations will receive prompt and personal at-
tention.
Norwalk, Jan, 1864. 1
Norwalk
GLASSIBAEJNSTITUTE.
REV. R. BAYARD SNOWDEN,A. M.,
Instructor.
THIS DAY SCHOOLlocated next
, door to the Bank of Norwalk, has
been put upon a firm basis by the confidence
and support of the public. Instruction is
imparted in the Latin and Greek Classics,
French, Mathematics, and English Studies.
An important feature is the teaching of the
Spencerian System of Penmanship under
the careful supervision of an echrienced
Chirographist. Lectures will be occasionally
given on History, English Literature, and
kindred subjects. Terms $11.00 and $8.00
per quarter of eleven weeks. Students may
enter at any time and be charged from time
of admission. tfl
New Meat Market.
THE Subscriber would respectfully inform _
the ublic that he has bought out the
MARK T lately kept by Mr. James Byxbee
in, SKLDD Y’S BLOCK. Main. Street, and in-
tends keepin constantly on hand the choi-
cest of Beef, ark, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c.
Having had long experience in the business
he is confident of his ability to please. ‘A
share of the public patronage is respectfully
solicited. JU IUS F. PARTRICK.
Norwalk, Sept. 21st, 1863. .. 38
Business Change !
WATERBURY & DUNCAN,
OULD announce to the public that
they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Edson Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
tablishment. They are now prepared to exe-
cute in the best manner, and with greater
dispatch than ever before, anything in fine
line of
Carriage Making and Blacksmith-
mg.
Carriages made to order, and Painting,
Trimming Repairing, «he, done by 'experI-v
enced workmen, with dispatch. .
WGood Carriage timber taken In ex-
change for work.
Norwalk, Nov. 23d, ’63. ti4’l
NI W
Grocery Store !
East Side of Main Street.
The subscriber having moved from his
old stand at Winnipauk, and taken the Store
formerly occupied by C. S. Lockwood, in
Main Street, has replenished the same with a
New at Fresh Assortment of
GROCERIES.
which he will sell on as reasonable terms as
can be obtained elsewhere.
A share of the public patronage is respect-
fully solicited.
J. C. RANDLE.
Norwalk, April 10, 1863' 1y15
REMOVAL.
Nthe lst of January 1864, the subscri-
ber will remove his Blacksmithing es-
tablishment from the old stand near the
foot of Mill Hill to the new Brick Building
ofthe
"NOR WALK HORSE RAIL WAY 6'0.
Thankful for past favors, he confidently ex—
pects, by prompt personal attention to the
wants of the community, a continuance of
the public patronage.
JAMES D. SHEA
Norwaik, Dec. 2lst. 1863. “in
“II-131N333.
M-Iss PILGRIM
Eas Removed
to the new Store between the Bank of Nor-
walk and the Danbury R. R. Depot. ltf
From the Eveniny Post.
Battle-Worn Banners.
(January 23, 1864.)
BY PARK BENJAMIN.
I saw the soldiers come to-day
From battle-fields afar;
No conqueror rode before their way
On his triumphs] car.
But captains, like themselves, on foot, '
And banners sadly torn,
All grandly eloquent, though mute,
In pride and glory borne.
Those banners, soiled. with dirt and smoke,
And rent by shot and shell, _
That through the serried phalanx broke-_
What terrors they could tell!
What tales of sudden pain and death
In every canuou’s boom,
When even the bravest held his breath
And waited for his doom.
By hands of steel these flags were waved
Above the carnage dire,
Almost destroyed, yet always saved,
’Mid battle-clouds and fire.
Though down at times, still up they rose
And kissed the breeze again,
Dread tokens to the rebel foes
Of true and loyal men.
And here the true and loyal still
Those famous banners hear;
The bugles wind, the fifes blow shrill,
And clash the cymbals, where
With decimated ranks they come,
And through the crowded street
March to the beating of the drum
With firm though weary feet.
God bless the soldiers ! cry the folk
Whose cheers of welcome SWell;
God bless the banners, black with smoke,
And torn by shot and shell !
They should be hung on sacred shrines,
Baptized with grateful tears,
And live embalmed in poetry’s lines
Through all succeeding years.
No grander trophies could be brought
By patriot sire or son,
Of glorious battles uobly fought,
Brave deeds sublimely done.
And so, to-day, I chanced with pride
And solemn joy to see
,Those remnants from the bloody tide
Of Victory.
.4...
“Have Patience.”
A youth and maid, one winter night,
Were sitting in the corner,
His name, we‘re told, was Joshua White,
And hers was Patience Warner.
Not much the pretty maiden said,
Beside the young man sitting;
Her checks were flushed a rosy red,
Her eyes bent on her knitting.
Nor could he guess what thoughts of him
Were to her bosom flocking,
As her fair fingers, swift and slim,
Flew round and round the stocking.
While, as for Joshua, bashful youth,
His words grew few and fewer;
Though all the time, to tell the truth,
His chair edged nearer to her.
Meantime her ball of yarn gave out,
She knit so fast and steady;
And he must give aid, no doubt,
To get another ready.
He held the skein; of course the thread
Got tangled, snarled and twisted;
“ Have Patience i" cried the artless maid
To him who her assisted.
Good chance was this for tongue tied churl
To shorten all pulaver;
“ Have Patienc‘e i” cried he, “dearest girl!
And may I really have her ‘3"
The deed was done; no more, that night,
Clicked needles in the corner;
And she is Mrs. Joshua White,
That once was Patience Warner.
M...“—
IS- A naval officer sends us the fol-
lowing touching incident:
“While on the blockade service a few
months ago, in Warsaw Sound, Ga, a
frail leaking boat, manned by two male
contrabauds, and containing besides,
women and children, slowly drifted down
to our vessel. We sent a boat to their
aid and brought them on board. The
two men were brothers, and had both
been shot by the enemy’s picket; one was
wounded painfully, and alas! the other
fatally; and as he was rapidly passing
away; I felt it my duty to tell him. He
was kneeling at the time, supported by
his wounded brother, but he drew himself
proudly up, and his eyes kindled with
a celestial light’ as he said: ‘It is de Lor’s
will, bress do Lord! bress de Lor, massa;
dis chile am free at lust.’ And before long
he was free.”
o<.>e
RATHER Data—Two clergymen, on
their way afoot to a Connecticut church
where one of them Rev. Dr. H-———, was
to officials, were overtaken by a drench—
ing shower. As they reached the church
door, the preacher expectant said to the
other: ‘Dr., what snullI (10’? I’m soak-
ing wet. It won’t do to go into the pul-
it so.’ Oh never mind Brother H—
(rejeined the Doctor,) you’ll. be dry
enough when you get to preaching.
<<.>v
Q- A Lieutenant Colonel iu one of
the Illinois regiments tells a story of Gen.
Horde, who had command of an army
corps during the siege of Vicksburg.
Constant complaints were made to him
bv citizens that their horses were stolen by
the soldiers. “ Yes, yes,” said the Gen-
eral, " this seems to be a queer army;
when not engaged in hostilities they are
in [torso-stealth".
P—flo‘.>o
33-“Isaac,” said Mrs. Partington to
her nephew, “When you enter the stats
of alimony, chose a voracious and well
uniformed young woman Then my dear,
your love will be infernal and your pros-
perity certain.” Ike looked exceedingly
solemn, and proceeded to put. molasses on
the door-knob.
.4.»
. . . .Moses Y. Beach of Walliugford, Ct,
publisher of the New York Sun, gives
over $500 a year in prizes to the pupils
of public schools in that town. '
. . . .Thcckery has left his two dough-
tors $1500 a year each, besides "which he
was worth about 50,000, and owned a
fine house at Remington.
Such is Life; A Novel of Every
Day.
\ BY.A Rsronusu sansuromsr.
The honeymoon was over, and the
Hon. Chirk Goboweu and his beautiful
bride, nee Caroline de Corwen, lounged
languidiy over dinner at the Vulture Ho-
tel, Gwyrpmypyllmynech. It commands
a view of the lovely lakes of Lampoter,
Bela, andEllesm'ere, and with the trip-
le peaks of Snowdou in the back ground,
and the fierce ruggedness of Mold below,
the scene is unequalled save in the North
. American Pampas. But the young coup-
‘le’ heeded it not.
‘The worst dinner I ever ate,’. said
Mr. Gobowen, discouteutedly.
‘It’ is very bad,’said Mrs. Gobowen ;
‘but I think thevdinuer on our wedding
day was even more disagreeablc.’
‘Very good of you to say so, I’m sure,’
said her handsome husband, with an evil
glance.
‘I say what I mean, Chirk,’ was the
cold reply. . ,
‘If that’s the case ,’ said Mr. Gobowen
it seems to me, that we’ve been and made
a sort of—well, a mistake, and the soon-
or we repair it the better.’
‘I'm agreeabe,’ said the Hon. Mrs Go-
bowen, with a smile. '
‘Blcst if you are,’ retorted her husband
‘but never mind that now. We’d better
separate.’ .
‘ ‘Separate, indeed,’ said Caroline. ‘That
would be pleasant for me wouldn’t it?
No, indeed, no half measures for me,’ said
the beautiful young wife, filling her glass
with what is called claret, and the best.
‘Well, what’s your whole measure,
then ?’ asked her husband, curiously.
‘Our marriage was a mistake. All run-
away marriages are. I am heartily tired
of you. I have heard all your stories,
and all your travels, and—in short, you
bore me.’
' ‘I reciprocate the sentiment,’ said Mr.
Goboweu.. ‘I have heard all your songs,
and your voice is * not what I used to
think It, and really your accounts of all
the rubbishing novels you have ever read
have their merit, but they are not partic-
ularly interesting. What’s to be done?’
‘Let ,us destroy all evidence of our
marriage, and go back into society.
I am supposed to have been on a visit to
my aunt, Lady Gumdragou. She will
not dare to contradict me, as I know of
several murders which she committed to
get at the title, and also the secret of her
enamel. You have been—what does it
matter where a man has been.’
‘My uncle, the secretary for the buoys
and beacons, knows of our escapade,’
said Mr. Gobowen, ‘ because I borrowed
a couple of hundred of him at starting ;
but he won’t tell, because I’m aware of
of some forgeries he committed in order.
to become a minister. So all is safe.—
Hcre’s the marriage certificate. , Tearit,
and I’ll lock in Bradshaw to see how
you , can get across country to your
aunt’s.’
‘Are you a fool?’ said the lovely Caro-
line Goboweu.
‘I was one day about a month back,’
said Chirk.
She was to proud to reply to the taunt,
but proceeded.
‘Is there note not a copy of that cer-
tificate in the books of the church at El-
steddfod ?’
‘By Jove, yes. That’s awkward.’
‘Not at all, if you have the ordinary
courage and energy of a man.’
‘I believe I have both.’
‘Then burn the church.’
The fire in her radiant eyes seemed to
light up a kindred ray in his. He seiz
ed his but, boa: of cigar lights, and gloves,
nodded to her, and departed.
Thirty-six hours later, and the beauti-
ful little old church of Eisteddfod, built
by Gino Glendower, and famous as the
scene of the marriage between Edward
Carnarvon and Catherine Parr, was a
mass of smouldering embers. Mr. Gil—
bert Scott, the great ecclesiastical archi-
tect, would eat no lunch that day, he
was so shocked, and was scarcely com—
forted by receiving instruction to make
another church exactly like the old one.
‘I have done it,’ said the Hon. Mr.
Goboweu, as he re-eutered the room at
the Vulture, and found his wife as we
still call her, smoothing her lovely hair
at the glass, having just taken off her
bonnet. _ .
‘Yes, I saw the fire,’s'ue replied coolly.
‘You did l’
‘Aye, it isn’t my nature to be idle. I
went after you in the next train, and as-
certained that you might have spared
that lovely little church, which I wish I
had sketched.
‘What do you mean ?’
'The clergyman of Eisteddfod, his
name is the Rev Morgan-ap-Joues, keeps
tile register books in his own house.’
Mr. Goboweu launched a fearful ob-
servation directed against the Welsh
clergy generally.
‘That sort of language is of no use,
said his wife. ‘ You should have burned
the rectory.’
‘ Of course I would if I had known.’
‘ If,’ repeated Caroline Goboweu, with
a bitter sarcasm. ‘ Stay here and smoke
your cigars. It is all you are fit for.’
She put on her bonnet as carefully as
if she was going to meet some woman
whom she hated, and was gone.
A few days afterwards the Bangor
Banger contained the following para—
graph :
‘ Our fair readers cannot be too can—
tious what servants they engage. The
Rev. Morgan-ap-Joues, the respected
minister of Ellsteddfod, recently engaged
a nursery maid, who came to him with
the highest written character. Yesterday
she disappeared, and the whole of the
registers of the church, from the year
1391, disappeared also. Our one lice-
manhthe intelligent and respected avid
Williams, says he thinks it very odd, but
declines at present to say more. Should
anything transpire, our readers shall hear
of it next month.’ '
‘ Well,’ said the Hon. Chirk Gobowen,
on the third day after, as his wife came
in, with a proud flush on her fair brow:
‘ That is just the word,’ she said. ‘ I
bought some lead, wrapped the books in
it, and dropped them down the Well at
the bottom of the garden. It it said to
be. unfathomable!
. ‘Then the truth won’t get to the bot-
tom of the well, where she usually lies,’
said’Chirk. '
‘Not bad for you,’ said Caroline Go-
bower.
‘Thauk you. But it is now my turn
to ask where are your wits ?. You forgot
the witnesses to the wedding.’ ’
‘ Bother, so I did,’ said Mrs. Goboweu.
‘ Orson is endowed with reason. There
were MrJJones, the clerk, the headle and
the pew-opener!
‘ La diapele a quatre,’ said Chirk.
She tapped her tiny foot impatiently in
thought. ' .
‘ I could hardly escape detection at the
rectory,’ she said ; but if you managed
the person, I could answer for the other
three.’
‘ N o, we’ll divide equally, like man and
wife,’ said Chirk. Something like kind—
ness beamed in her smile for a second,
but it it was repressed. There was stern
work before them.
And they did it, that brave, high—
biooded young couple. The Rev. Mr.
Ap-Jones, lured from his rectory by a.
supposed. smuggler, who promised the
clergyman s cask of illegal brandy, if
he would fetch it from a neighboring for-
est, was found a month afterwards at the
bottom of a coal pit, nine thousand feet
deep, but without the brandy. The
clerk, Timothy Roberts, set out to Llan-
gollen to see a wealthy eleventh-cousin,
who had sent for him to come to dinner,
and be forgiven for being poor. This
cousin’s dinner he never ate, but the fish-
es of the Dee ate him. How they were
helped to him an athletic young fisher-
man, who had been consulting him about
the most killing tackle, might have told,
but never did.
The headle was found by the roadside,
at a. spot to which he had gone, as reliev-
ing ofiicer of Ellsteddfod, to see a child
which a beggar woman, calling at his
house, requested him to come and remove
to the workhouse ; and in his hand was
a metal cup, from a traveling flask. The
' cup had contained whisky and something
else, which the coroner sent to Dr. Alfred
Taylor, but what was the use? The
pew-opener, who had been rendered su—
perstitious by the number of ghosts she
had seen in the old church, was simply
frightened to death by a female appari-
tion in white, with phosphoric eyes and
stains of blood upon its garment, that
rushed at her one night in her own gar-
den, and shrieked, ‘ Who stole the velvet
colored hymn-book ?’
The four witnesses were gone.
‘ We are not safe yet, dear,’ said Car
oliue to her husband, as they wandered
by the silver Severn, at its confluence
with the Thames, and watched the sal-
mon leaping from the sparkling pools.—
There was almost a tenderness in her
voice, for she was learning to respect her
husband.
‘These children take a deal of separ-
ating,’ said Chirk, laughing. ‘ We’ve
burned a church, robbed a parsonage,
and cooked the gooses of four respecti—
ble individuals,'aud yet we can’t sever
the knot. What’s up now ?’
‘ Do you not remember,’ she said play-
fully, "or were you to busy in looking at
somebody else, that during the ceremony
there were two pews full of charity chil-
dreu ?’
‘ So there were. Any one of those
might identify either of us. I always
thought, with Mr. Gladstone, that chari-
ties are a mistake. Confound the cathe-
cntical brats. This requires thought.’
‘ I have given “it thought, silly oue.’
Eisteddfod was in some measure con-
soled under its misfortunes. It was mucn
talked about, which is joy and delight to
a provincial place. More. A must be-
nevolent stranger, attracted by the noise
of the catastrophe, came and settled at a
cottage near the town, and seemed to
live only to do good. His dress was of
the old school, blue coat, brass buttons,
and leather breaches. He wore a large
but, under which his beautiful white hair
fell volhminously on his revered shoulders.
Money was no object. He relieved the
poor, assisted the new clergyman, prom—
ised Mr. Gilbert Scott six memorial win-
dows, repaired houses for the poor, and,
in short, was Monte-Christa and Howard
in one. But the children were his chief
care. He had a large barge built, with
a cabin, and in this he used to treat the
charity children to delightful jaunts on
the river Trent, with buns, marmalade,
and ginger beer. One day, when the
whole school was out with him, he was
noticed turning a handle that seemed to
work on something at the bottom of the
boat. Ten minutes later the barge went
down in twenty feet of water. There
were no signs of the good old man, but
a slightly dressed and very handsome
young man was seen running along the
bank, in the direction of a small rail-
way station. The charity school had
disappeared.
‘Aud new love,’ said Chirk Goboweu,
looking into the beautiful eyes of his
wife,-we have done all, and may be calm
and happy for the rest of our lives. Now
we can arrange our separation.’
‘ Ye—s if you wish “it,’ said Caroline,
with something of a wistful look.
‘ You don’t !’ he said, softly.
‘Do you wish me to say yes ?’
‘ No.’
And the young husband and wife were
in one another’s arms.
May they be happy i 'l‘aught energy
and resolution by early triul, taught mu-
tual confidence by the necessity of conju-
gal trust, why should they uot be happy ?
They had learned to know one another,
and the sweet evening star that shone
mildly down on their re-uuion seemed to
them a harbinger of blessed and virtuous
days to coma—Punch Packet Book.
0‘.»
fi- “Well, wife, Iv’e sold Pants,” said
Ned Whistler one day to the dog-detest-
ing Mrs. W. .
“Have you indeed ?” said she, bright-
ening up at the good news, “I am dread-
ful glad of it. How much did you sell-
him for, dear.
“ Fifty dollars.”
“ Fifty dollars? what i fifty dollars
for one dog? How glad I am i That’ll
almost buy us a good horse. But where’s
the money my love i” .
“ Money l” said Ned, shifting a long
nine lazily to the other corner.,of his
mouth, I didn’t get any money ; I took
two puppies, at twenty-five dollars
a-piece l” ‘
——-—o«o»o———-
fi- A rebel letter-writer). discussing
the rugged and shosiess condition of the
rebel army of Virginia, styles them “Lee’s
Miserabka.”
From the Round Table.
Nobody’s Notions.
I remember, when I was quite young,
to have heard sermons not a few preach-
ed from the text, “ Children, obey your
parents ;” but I do not recollect of ever
having heard a single one from the text,
“ Fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath.” Now, I do not propose to do
liver a discourse on this passage, which
good men seem to have strangely over-
looked ; yet I may say something on the
relative duties of parents and children.-—_
Not that I have the conceit to think that
I shall utter anything very new, but only
a few of my own ideas.
There is a notion in the minds of many
very excellent people—most people, in-
deed—that children are under everlast—
ing obligations to their parents; that
these obligations are of such a nature
that, strive as they may, children can
never discharge them ; and that their
chief duty, as it is their highest privi-
lege, is to struggle to pay 03' this debt.
I reckon this sheer nonsense Children
do not owe everything to their parents ;
more than that,pareuts are deeply indebt-
ed to their offspring. 'Were children of
spontaneous existence—did they appear
'in the family unawares, demand that they
be fostered tenderly, reared carefully, and
claim an education and social position as
their right-«the case would be different.
But this is not the case. They come not
unawares ; and once vested with the sa—
cred right of existence, for which they
are in no wise responsible, they have a
claim upon their parents which tran-
scends any claim that their parents can
ever have on them. Much may be said
—as much has been said—of the sacrifi-
ces that fathers make, that mothers make,
for their children ; but they are no more
than they should ‘make. Argue as we
may, the child has a lien upon its parents
more binding than its parents can ever
have upon it. The simple fact that the
parents are the authors, under Provi—
dence, of its life, decides the whole
question.
Will some one say that I forget how
much a tender mother will undergo and
forego for the sake of her offspring—
what. trials the father will endure for the
good of his child? No, I pass by none
of them. A parent myself, I know full
well
“ How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child.”
But with all the caprice of my daughter,
with all the waywardncss of my son, I
strive not to forget that they came into
this world without their own knowledge,
and I, in becoming their parent, took
upon me the duty of making their lives
pleasant and happy. I may not succeed
in inducing them to be virtuous, to be
good, nay more, to bc‘ Christians ;‘ but
whatever they may do or fail to do, I
shall never cease striving to help them,
to instruct them, to lead them in the path
that leads to virtue here and happiness
hereafter. My duty is plain, and, come
what may, I shall aim to discharge it,
be the result cher so adverse to my
wishes.
“ Fathers, provoke not your children
to wrath.” All, this provocation is more
often exercised than fathers are apt to
think. I acknowledge that I speak feel-
ingly on this point, but not harshly, I
trust. My childhood is wrapped in
clouds, rather than the splendid drapery
of a summer sunset. I recall but few
kind words from my father’s lips. A
Puritan by descent, a New Englander by
birth, be put great faith in the virtue of
the palm of his hand, and, in later years,
the rod—and little, very little, in a kind
word. How often, I recall, did he melt
me to tears by his sad words about the
sorrow I had caused him by my childish
freaks; but they were all dispelled by
the couclusion, which was always a sound
spanking. These Puritans do nothing
by halves. They lament, preach, exhort,
pray and punish with an unctuous rigor
that an efi‘cmiuate metripolitau ‘ might
well envy. The rod might well cover
the escutchcon of my childhood. Many
a time has my father pitched into the
street the stones, bits of glass, pieces of
wood and such other trifles that I valued
very highly, adding that I ought to be
ashamed of lugging such things about
me. And in later years I gained no
commendation for my little achievements,
but instead was asked why I did not do
better? My brother once took a second
prize in college, and my father, instead
of commending him for his success, coolly
asked him why he did not take a first
prize? Heavens! Is this encouraging
oue’s children? Do you, lector benevole,
wonder that my brother fell into dissipa—
tion, alleging for an excuse thgt “ father
dill not care for him.” Poor George !
And this is not all. Persons often
think it their duty to taunt their children
with the apparent success of others of
their own age, and suggest very invidious
comparisons. Oh, did they know how
disheartening were such comparisons,
they would never make them ! Young
persons need encouragement, not taunts.
Parents forget that they see other peo-
ple’s children only on their good beha
vior, while they see their own in the free-
dom of home life. They forget that
children not out at home what they might
conceal elsewhere, just as parents them
selves put on a smiling face in public
when they have worn a very cross one at
home but a short time before.
Another thing : parents are apt to
overlook the growth of their children.—
They do not comprehend that their oil'-
spriug have attained to, years of discre-
tion when they reach the age that is
expected to bring a certain amoant of
wisdom with it. Children fire not infants
for over. Were they so, whence would
come the parents of the next generation?
But it is not so much by positive slight
as by the luck of confidence that fathers
provoke their children to wrath. A son
naturally, and reasonably, too, expects
that as he advances in years his father
will increase the measure of confidence
reposed in him. He hasaright to ex-
.pect it. I know of nothing more dis-
heartening to a son than to get none of
his father’s, especially if it be bestowed
upon another. There is no jealousy in
~this. The. son asks only that he be treat-
ed as well as others ; his claims to a bet-
:ter treatment he will forego. But when
-he sees that others are granted the place
that he ought to fill, he cannot but‘ be
discouraged, mayhap worse than that,
maddened.
“Fat-hers, provoke not your childm
to wrath.” The Scriptures give no such
caution to mothers. You do it by; harsh
words, by unnecessary restraints, by in-.
vidious comparisons, by undue on
meat of your children’s efl'orts. Take
heed, then. You owe your .ofl's'priug
it, all the kindness, all the forbearance
amply repaid. You may delude yourself
that by bein very ugly you are really.
firm, cousci ions and decided ; hilt-til.
your sorrow that kindness is a grepter
virtue than severity, and words of on-
good life than disparaging inuendos.
4 a.»
“ Don’t Stay Long.”
‘ Don’t stay long, husband,’ said a
young wife tenderly, in my presence, one
to go out.
insignificant, but the looks of melting
led spoke volumes
grief when the light of his smile, the
source of all her joy, beamed not bright-
ly upon her.
‘ Don’t stay long, husband,’ and I fall-
cy I saw the loving, gentle wife, sitting
her husband’s absence, every few mo-
ments running to the door to see if he
was in sight, and, finding that he was
not, I thought I could hear her exclaim,
1n disappointed tones; ' Not yet.’
‘ Don’t stay long, 'husband,’ and I
again thought I could see the young wife
rocking nervously in the great arm chair,
and weeping as though her heart would
ter’ prolonged his stay to a marina.
length of time.
0, you that have wives to say, ‘ Don’t
stay long, when you go forth, think of
them kindly when you are mingling in
the busy hive of life, and try, just a little,
to make their homes and hearts happy,
for they are gems too seldom replaced.—
You cannot find amid the pleasures of
the world the peace and joy that a quiet
home, blessed with such a woman’s pros-
euce, will admit.
‘ Don’t stay long, husband l’ and the
young wife’s look" seemed to say—for hero
in your own sweet home is a losing heart
whose music is hushed when you are ah-
seut—here is a soft breast for you to lay
your head upon, and here are pure lips,
unsoiled by sin, that will pay you with
kisses for coming soon.
.>.
la. The Kiuderhook Rough Nola
gets off the following joke about Job:
“It is supposed by many unthinking per-
sons who read the Scriptures in the lame
careless manner they run through a news-
paper—taking everything they read in a
literal sense—that old Job was actually
afflicted with boils, or eruptive sores.—
Now, to the casual reader this deduction
. is plain enough; but when his occupation
is taken into consideration, a very diler-
eutcouclusiou will he arrived at. Job,
it will be recollected, was a printer—or
what is about the same thing, he wished
his ‘words were printed in a hook;’ and
these—boils were nothing more than his
non-paying subscribers, the thought of
whose delinquiucies were really a plague
to him whenever a bill for paper, or other
material, came in, as these subscriptions
Were depended upon to realize the amount
due. Yet, they merely proved the evi-
dence of things hoped, for but the sub-
stance of things not seen. Then, these
‘comforters' that surrounded him—they
were his creditors, whose continual caw-
ing for pay was enough to make a man,
even with his reputed patience, to feel
sore all over, as well as mean enough to
creep into an ash-heap, and scratch him-
self with a pot-hook or clam-shell, by way
of working ofi‘ the extra ‘bile.’ That’s
what the matter was with Job. Wecau
sympathize with him, for we are often
placed in the same fix, and have even got
such a ‘spell’ on now. N othiug but afow
‘greenbacks’ will remOVe it.”
.4.-.
Gen. Butler and the “Perfec-
tionists.”
In Norfolk there is a society called
“ Perfectionists,” and in their behalf some
ten or twelve of this number have lately
addressed a letter to the Commanding
General of that Department, setting forth
their objections to swearing allegiance to
any earthly government. The subject
was disposed of by Gen. Butler in the
following characteristic manner :
IIeadquartez-s of Eighteenth Army
Corps, Fort Zlfonroe, Va, Jan. l3.-—J.
F. Dozier, E. H. Beasley, and others—
Gentlemen—I have read your petition to
Gen. Barnes, setting forth your objec-
tions to swear allegiance to any earthly
government.
The first reason which you set forth II
that “ all human governments are a no-
cessury evil, and are continued in exil-
ence only by the permission of Jehovah,
until the time arrives for the establish-
ment of His kingdom, and in the mob-
lishment of which all others will besub—
dued unto it, thus fulfilling that declara-
tion in the 8th of Daniel and 14th
verse,” &C. .
You therein establish to your own lat-
isfaction three points :
First—The government, although an
evil, is a necessary one, Second—That
for a time it is permitted to exist byzthe
wisdom of Jehovah. Third—That the
time at which a period is to be put to its
existence is not yet come.
Therefore, you ought to swear alle-
giance to the government of the United
States:
First—Because, though an evil, you
admit it to be necessary. Second-+1!-
though ah evil, you admit that it naps:-
mitted by the wisdom of Johanna“
that it is not for His creatures to queu-
tiou the wisdom of His acts . Third—
You only claim to be excused when Ju-
hovah’s government-is substituted ; which
period, you admit, hasnot arrived.
Your obedient servant, , , a.
. Barnum F. Burns.
M.
“-The Richmond Whi repulse
that the people live on half ”Elli: so that
Lee’s soldiers "may at least. have,“
ter rations”—which would indicate that
the troops of this rebel general are just
{now enjoying a pretty small allowance.
more than it does you, and, myword for.
you extend to your children, will. be-
day is coming when you may learn to.
couragemeut are a greater incentive to a .
evening, as her husband was prepar' '
The words themselves wg .
fondness with which they were accompul- .
It told all the whole .
vast depths of a woman’s love, of her ‘
alone, anxiously counting the moments of ,
break, as her thoughtless ‘ lord and ma:- 7
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