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NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1865.

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' VOLUME XLVIII-rNUMBER 42.;

 

 

 

vOiRWALK GAZETTE. .
OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.

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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

s. 31cm,
Pref. of Vocal ft Piano Music,
ALSO
TEA CHER OF THE

French and Spanish Languages,
Engagements made with parties for Solrces.

Pianos Tuned £1. Repaired.
lattice at Whitney & Beckwitli’sPhthgraph
Gallery, Norwalk Ct. . . '

MADAM s. _ BICABD,

French Dress Maker,
‘ OULD inform the Ladies of Norwalk,
, that she can be found at her residence,
lst door south of Mr. Robert” Ells, on River
St. Having several‘years experience, and of
late with Madam 'Demorestlot New York,
she has no hesitation in thus introducmg
herself to the Public. Dresses cut and made
to order, plainand-machine‘ sewing and Em-

broidering, &c., executed with neatness and
dispatch. tf29

 

 

 

 

 

James E. Barbour, M. 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Oficc at the Residence of Sherman P. Fitch,Esq.
WILTON, CONN.

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References .'
tSa-mucl Lynes, M. D.,
Ira Gregory, “
J. A. Mc Lean,

 

 

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Drmfl.‘ town-an BIRCH,
Physician and Surgeon,

Office at, the Drug Store of E. Blackman,
.No. 11 Main Street, Norwalk. 32

 

o. .s. menswear), ,

.ir'aslrionahle Draper & Tailor, .

.. , and
'GENf-I‘LEMEN’S FURNISHING
.EMPORIUM t

Main-st, N orwalk, Conn. '
a? Ohms-runs) at co.,
whokggle’und Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed,- &c.,

14 an'd16’ Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.

.3?an msnnancr: COMPANY,
. 10: -Hartford. 7
incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $3,122,820»,
insure agitiest lens and damage by Fire
on ’l‘ermis adapted-to the hazard,and
consistent iwith the. laws of

. , compensation. ‘ '
GEORGE R- COWLES, Sole’Agent '
lv3 . For Norwalk and vicinity.
£1.3'AGKSON 61.330
.No. jl'"Ga'z'ette Building.
\v OULD .i'espectfully‘announce to the
, public and their old customers, that
air-y have recently made extensive additions

 

 

 

i on their stash of goods.‘ We are now prepar-
g .ed do other an aSsort‘ment not .to be surpassed
. sin limrfield County,'in quality or price. 'We
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awuuld call particular attention to our'stock 0.1
“Watchedwhich is lar er than ever before.+-
We have" ’fine lot of adies’ Swiss Watches,
1,; galdécasce‘ at prices varying from. $20 to
$7,, Which-ive can recommend ’as' item cor;
,.c(,,’,AiWkeepem. AISO,‘Gcntlemen’s atch-
- - . .' new and gold cases, at any priCe from
~ -' ,0 554”" j We‘bu‘y of the best importers in
- kfi‘nl‘mf altogether for cash, so that
-,,'-,'s for selling cheap Could? not be
ӣ001" Stock 01' Jewelry, Silver and
~ 3 W39 payer better than at pres-
cut. and upf. MS alibi the latest styles that
e "e manufacture IE4 A: “JACKSON. & BRO-

i‘groceries GI: callélf than ever
1' o n O‘ A. s n.1,

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our fair;

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generally, that he'stifl continues to sell -

the best of Groceries, Provisions am, at- his
old stand, No.4 Skiddy’s Block, aslcheap as
the cheapest. He Offers great inducements
to cash’buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of thebest qualities as" 5380
be found at anyistore in the count . ‘. .e
would invite the special attention bf all tn’bis
stock of ’ ’ ‘

COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, ' ,

REAL ESTATE AGENT.

. ’ el‘é restricted to‘the business content? I
a?” ‘Esfifims will be infiexibly adhered to._a

’COFFIN-S, of the best materials, and ‘will

» in the State. Manufactures ' ‘_in, Sheet, Iron

 

which are of the very-best quality, and will
in: sold cheap. The public are invited 120031]
and examine and judge for themselves:

- , A. MOREHOUSE.

meson-ran Carma!
11nd; Silver-Plated Ware, f

’ Til ii subscriber, w hilc ill Ellgla‘n‘dyi'ecfcmt-
ty, «nude arrangements with the- Shef-

 

r‘md Mnlllllltul.l.ll‘el‘s for the sale of Thomas -

Harrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
on exhibition and sale at his Store opposite
the PUSL Office, a large, and one of the most
omnplcle assortments of Sheffield Cutlery
ever offered in thisCouutry, including Car-
ving Knives and ;_‘F_ol‘k,8; Bread Knives;
finder Knives; ‘Table Knives and Forks;
Pucker Knives ot‘cvery description, inclu-
ding; rmtny curious styles; Scissors, &c.,&c.'
Alan, just (received, an assortment of been-
thul Sl' Tier-Plated Ware, madeby a
new patented prOcese, by the same House,
mat is the lira-it lot imported into this conn-
lry. fluff and examine for yourselves.
.Ili'lli! ‘ . JOSEPH SHEPHERD.

 

3.3.. mess Change 1

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‘.‘-JA'l‘El{BURY d; DUNCAN,

VT 7UULl) announce to the public that

' they have purchased the Carriage Ma-
king Business formerly conducted by Mr.
Bison Beers, and connected it with their
Blacksmith Shop, making one complete es-
trbiiSilul-:llt.. They are now prepared toexe-
u- lit: ”.1 the best. manner, and with greater
.fispalch thuncvcrbeforc, anything- in the
lilll‘ ill.

- no -. iagr; Making and Blacksmithing.

Lari-rages made to order, and Painting,
i‘mmning, Repairing, &C., done by expert-

t-vI-tl workmen. with dispatch.

_:_-ii" Good Carriage timber taken in ex-

—or reparing ot'every description of machi-

G. & am. Holmes, .
DEALERS IN '
Groceries,
- mar;
Provision, ac,

Main Street,
Norwalk, Conn _

J. FERRIS, ‘

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LICENSED CoNvEYANCBn.
50ESIAIES: i. -,

.013 SALE fromzl-s2to 100 hundred acres
-each,price-,,~ from .8800 to $100,000,:witlr
buildings thereon,Stores and buildings to let,
Rents collected. Office in Tollesvdc .-Ely’s:
Drug Store,South Norwalk. Notice for sur-
veying, maybeleft at the Gazette Office. .

n. «amass 3.! sons,

 

RE new prepared to offer toithe public
the largest and best" assortment of,
Good Furniture".

comprising every article usually kept in a
Furniture’Store, ev’er 'ofiered :iu- Norwalk,
which will be sold _ .

AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Our customers and the public generally who
wantanything we keep, will find it to their
interestto ive us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or 4 ifi‘erent kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, madetoordcr, and old ones made
over as good as new. .

UN D ERTAKIN G,
We keep on hand'a'very’largeassOrtment of
OomnS‘Of every description, .' furnish shrouds,
scarfs,"carriages,and everything necessary
for the interment of the dead, and at very
low prices. We are just completing another
splendid Hearse, which will give us two
Hearses equal to any in the State, which we
shall use whenever our services are required,
without extra chaage. .
2 ix = ' E.:QUINTARD & SONS.
Norwalk.-March.15th 1862. » . ‘ ’

NEW Firmwares-Torr.
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
I HAVE at my Store in'Norwalk thelargest
assortmentot . " , '
. Household-rurnituro
in this County,'c0nsisting of Bureaus of all
kinds, Lounges, Sofas,- T‘ete-a—Tetes, Card
Tables, Mai'ble. top: pier Tables and Center
Tables, WashiStands, _ ' ’ , -
' EXTENSION TABLES, .
CHAIRS and ROCK E128 “of all kinds,
Looking Glasses, ~

Picture Frames, andcverything else in; the
Furniture line cheap for Cash.

 

 

Warring. .. ,

done promptly and by experienced workmen.
Undertaking, .
I have on hand» a large assortment of
furnish shrouds, carriages,-hearse, and ever-ye:
thing necessary-tor the burial of the dead,
cheaper than can be obtained elsewhere, I
have as’good a Hearse as there Is via-the
county; and will lftwndgunefi‘als in nelgh'-

borin "town wit lout e rac or c.
pg' 5' ELBEBT BASMOND.
Norwalk, Sept. let, 1863. . , _ , 4

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' VER FORTY VARIETIES’ and sizes-of
0 Cooking Slaves and Ranges ‘;"0v'er thir-
.ty varieties and Sizes of'Parlor and Office

Stoves, not excelled in beauty otde‘sig’n, per: -

fection of operation, or variet ,byany Stove

deals in J appan, Brittan-

C Wares
and opper ’ and Silver Plated

ia, Crockery, Wooden,

Wares, Stove Blocking,.Goal Hods, Shovels .

and Riddles, Brass Kettles,siausa . :Cuttsyii.
Matt‘s, Br'OOms, Bells, Fire Place rates, Sp.
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal. Oil Lamps, Stove Castmgsv
in fact, all that constitutesa well tilled Kitche
en Furnishing Store. Books, describing prln
ciple and management of Stove, tree. ,, ar
gest assortment of Pumps m the State. Call,
at = , He. NASHKS .
1v4 South‘Norwalk,Ct.

 

 

Back ray and Pensmns.
OSEPH W. WILSON is an agent for
collecting Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
sions and lean connected with the Depart-
ment at Washington that he can collect these
more speedily than any other in this vicini~
.ty. tt24

Hammer’s Champagne Ale.
T HE attention of the public is solicited to
‘ the superior quality of

HAMMERS
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 excesstve thot
Weather, is guaranteed for‘any length oftlme.
For sale in Barrels and halt-Barrels, at
'Selleck’s'Packet Ofilce, N’orwalk. '
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale of Hammer‘s Champagne
, Ale, Wilton, Conn. . 2

Norwalk Machine Shop.
‘HE subscriber- would respectfully inform
r1 Manufacturers and others using much:-

nery,in Norwalk and Vicinity, that hole pre: ,
pared to do all things pertaining to a gown .

£1. machine shop. All orders for the making

nery, attended to With promptness by expe-
rieneed workmen. Havmg added a steam
Engine, (in addition to water-power) to‘ his
works he flutters himself that he Is Well‘: PW
pared to do all kinds of work at very short
notice. ' ISAAC CuiIBCH, Jr.
Maelline shop, just back of the Post Office
and Horse Railway Bulldulg.

Norwalk, March 18t,1865. 11

WILLIAM: ESWAN,
SADDLER dz HARNESS MAKER,
’ DJOINING Danbury and. Norwalk R.

R. Depot, Norwalk, - Conn., keeps con-
stantly on hand, and will make to ordereve-
ryl description of .
Harnessdlcrle furniture, Trapplugs‘
or Clothingf Also saddler‘s Hardware and
outfits, Trent e; Valiéies, Carpet. Bags, due.

All in'Wam of anything In hlsllne,wdldo
well to give him a call. '_Orders_tor any kind
of work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and cheaply. and at short notice.

REMOVAL. ‘

Saddlery . and Harness Store.

(Opposite Horse Railroad Depot in Post

' Office Building.) _
r ‘HE Subscriber has removed from ma
1 former stand and—is now located as
above, where he will be glad to execute all

 

factory manner. A new stock of Goods
will been sale and special‘attcntion pald to
-Repairing. STEPHEN SWANN. lf14

SHTON, Miami, and all other kinds of

 

- Paid up Capital ‘

orders in his line in the best and most satisw

‘ Norwalk.

INSURANCE . ‘Elllll'lNY.

transition: CONN,
Chartered Capital $500. 000
' $100,000

WM. 0. STREET, President.
GEO. R. COWLEs, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.

Norwalk', Jan lst. 1864

‘ Assets over, $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
IS AGENT at N orWalk, and issues Policies

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for the following INSURANCE COMPANIES. -

Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan. 1, ’64 $3,286,270

Etna, of Hartford, “ 3,128,820
Phoenix, of N.Y., “ ' “ 722,219
Home, of N. H., , “ “ 500,000
Norwich, ‘ “ “ 390,501
Lamar, N. Y., : . “ “ 389,375 '
NOrtthmerican, Ht’d“ “ 384,010
City OliNeWHaven, " “ 330,419 _
{Merck-ants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443
Western Maser, Pittsfi‘eld, “ 236,424
Hampden, Springfield,“ “' 200,000
People's, Worcester, “ “ .405,593

*and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in
_.Connecticnt, MassacbuSetts and New York,
”with assets of?$13,000,000. At So. Norwalk

CABINET MAKERS 3t .6:

application may be made to WM. T. CRAW".

 

‘4 SWORDS’ =

NEAR" THE DEPOT, .
South Norwalk, Conn.

[HE subscriber has opened a Clothing
and Furnishing Goods Store in the store
formerly occupied by J. F. &- C. R.- Bennett,
at the crossing, clOse by the depot, and in-
tends to keep onghand and for sale ,as good
and cheap a stock aszcan be found in the town.
All kinds of , ~ . ~ "

Ready .Made Clothing,

(or made to order); also Cloths, Cas'simeres,
Vestings, &c., Hats, Caps, Glc‘lves,'Umbrcllas,
Trunks, Leather Bags, &.c., &c.,—in_ fact ev-
erything in the line. The patronage of the
public is most respectfully solicited.

' W. H.'SWORDS.

South Norwalk, December lst, 1864. 49

, ROBERTSON BBoTBBBs,
‘ PRACTICAL Rookery-nuns,
‘AND MANUFACTURERS 0F

PHOTOGRA-PHIC ALBUMS,
‘ Plain and Ornamental Jobbing,

 

I [No.13 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn.

WMAGAZINES, MUSIC &c., done up ill
the best styles and 01.1) BOOKS rebound.

neutron suns.
New Auction ft Commission

, a u:- o 13. E
:THE undersigned have opened the store
T; in James’ Block, Nor-walk, lst door from
State St, for the purpose of trunsacting‘a
general - ‘
AUCTION & COMMISSION BUSINESS,
and are prepared to dispose of all' kinds of
wares at liberal rates.
* N, E. Second hand furniture, carpets, &c.,
‘specially solicited.
.': NASH 8.; MOREHOUSE.

 

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Fitch’s Home for Soldiers.
F HE Trustees are now prepared to receive
. applicatious from those entitled, and
wish‘to ayail themselves of the benefits of
theinstitutio‘n. Applications may be made to
Hon. MbBEAfI MOI'tGIAN's,f Pgesid’t, Stamford,
JOSEPH . our, Stain or , .
CHARLES‘BRO‘W'N, Darlen, Ddgrilllilt‘ige
f ‘.WM. A, QUMMIN_GS,§1(I0 ; '

EDW. anuonrnnor. . i
ever. um Loon sacrum,
“ And. Fell Hanger; '

SAACS’S BUILDING, (next to Norwalk
Hall,) Not-walk, Ct. Jobbing of every de-
Icription. ‘ Particular attention paid to re-
pairing Guns, Pistols, &c., Mortice, Rim,
Cabinet and Trunk Locks.
set. Sewing, Machines, Clocks,’andP-umps

 

repaired. Platform and Counter Scales put
in order. Skates repaired and made‘ to or-
der, ac, doc. - ‘ - «44'

 

Notice. -

HE subscriber having taken the old.

, Horse Shoeing Stand, at' the foot

of Mill‘Hill,‘is prepared to do Horse Shoe-

ing and all kinds of job Blackslnitlling, on

the modt reasonablelterms.

lle :llsu-carries'on' the Carriage Business

at the old Stand occupied by his father for
the last twenty-three tyleal‘a‘. '

‘ * ' JO N SHEPHERD.

Norwalk, Aug. 29th," 1864. t

IIardware, Cutlerlv. GIG-t
ATSOvTfl NORWALK-

'l‘HE Subscriber would inform the public

that he has purchased of Mr. Chichester
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwulk, and will continue the busi'-'
ness at the old Stand. He intends keeping
always on hand, a large stock of Hardware,
Cutlery, Agricultural Implements, Mechan-
ics’ Tools, Fire Arms, Bu'ldcl‘s’ Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, an all other articles
usually kept. in first-class Hardware Stores.

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ot'hin customkrs, and merit the patronage of
the public.
15 ‘ WM. 8. FITCH.
CARRIAGE MAKING. ‘

Horse Shoelng Gr Black-smtthmg.
' LYON & AHERN,
OULD announce to the pa lie that
V they new taken the old stand of Capt
Henry Lamb, Main street, where they are
prepared to execute n the best manner and
greatest dispatch anything in the above line.
Carriagesmade to Order. and Horse Shoe-
in g, Painting, Trimming, Repalrlug, &e. done
by experienced workmen With dispatch.
Mr. WM. E. BEFRS has been engaged as
Agent and Forcnlanof the Wood-shop.

Anons'rus LYON, WILAHERN.’
Norwalk, Janz, 23d, 1865. 1y37

NOTICE.

THE Subscriber having purchased the
. CLOTHING AND GENTS FUR-
N lSHING EMPORIUM, of A. Kmrpel, will
continue the Business in all its branches at
the old Stand No. 3 Main Street, Norwalk.

The Public are respectfully invited to call
and examine the large and varied asort-
ment of

Ready Made. Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES AND
‘ VES'I‘INGS, which he will make up“ to or-
df‘l' at short notice and in the latest Fash—
ionable Syle. E. GUSOWSKI.

' No. 3 Main Street,
,Norwalk, February 15th, 1865. 1y10

N 01103. .
CHEAP OIL to be used either in Fluid
and Kerosene Lamps. Call and exam-
toe the article for yourown benefit. War
ranted not explOsive. W. B. SWAN.

 

 

 

 

 

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i ism, at s. E. OLMSTEAD & 00's. 1

Saws filed'hnd‘ '

It will be his endeavor to meet the wants '

 

 

 

The Jolly 01d Pedagogue.

 

BY GEORGE ARNOLD.

 

1.
’Twas ajolly old pedagogue. long ago,
Tall and‘slender, and sallow and dry ;
His form was bent , and his gait was slow,
His long, thin hair was as white as snow,
But a wonderful twinkle shone in his, eye;
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
“ Let us be happy down here below ;
The living should live, though the dead be dead,‘ ’
Said the jolly old ‘pedagogne,'long ago.

II.

He taught his scholars theJule of three, '
Writing, and reading, and history, too ;

He took the little ones up on his knee.

For a kind old heart in hiotbreaet had he, ~
And the wants of the littlest child he knew;

“Learn while you’re young,” he often said,
“There is much to enjOy.’down here below;

Life for the livmg, and rest for the dead 1" 4
Said thejolly old pedagogue, long ago.

III .

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' With the stupidest boy he was kind and cool,

" Speaking only in gentlest tones ;
The rod was hardly known in his school . . . .
Whipping,.to him, was a barbarous rule,
. And‘too‘h‘ard work for his poor old bones;
Besides, lt-was painful, he sometimes said;

“We should make life pleasant, down here below
The living need charity more than the dead,"
, Said the jelly old pedagogue, leng'ago. ' ~

IV. -

Helived in the house by'the hawthome lane,
With roses and woodbine. over the door ;
His rooms were quiet, and neat, and plain,
But a spirit Of comfort there held reign,
And made him forget he was 'old and poor ;
“I need so little,”"he often said ; '
' “ And my friends and relatives here below,
Won’t litigate over me when I am dead,"
. Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
v. .
But the pleasantest times that he had, of'all,
Were the sociablehours he used to pass;
With his chair tipped back to aneigbbor‘s wall,
Making an unceremonious callfi ‘
Over a pipe and 'a friendly glass ;
This was the finest pleasure, he said,
Of the many he tested, here belOw;
“ Who has no cronies, had better be dead I”
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago. '
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Then the jolly old pedagogue’e wrinkled face,
Melted all over in sunshiny smiles ;
He stirred his glass with an old school grace,
Chuckled, and sipped, and prattled space,
Till the house grew merry, from cellar to tiles ;
“I’m a pretty old man,” he gently said,
“I havelingered a long while, here bdow ;
But my heart is fresh, if my youth is tied l”
Said the jolly old pedagogne, long ago.

VII .

.He smoked his pipe in the balmy air,

Every night when the sun went down. .

While the soft wind played in his Silvery hair.

Leaving its tendereet kisses there, .
0n the jolly old pedagogue’sjolly old crown;

And feeling the kisses, he smiled, and said.
’Twas a glorious world, down here below;

“Why Wait for happiness till we are dead 1"
Said the jozly old pedagogue, long ago.

I'll!-
He sat at. his door, one midsummer night,
After the sun had sunk in the West,
And the lingering beams ofgolden- light,
Made his kindly old fabelook worm and bright,
While the o‘doroue night wind whisp‘er’ed. “Rest!"
Gently . . . gently . '. '. he bowed'lilil~ head .’ .‘
There were angels waiting fer mm, 1‘ know ;
He was sure of happiness, living or dead,“ ‘
This jolly‘old pedagogue, long ago! ‘, * '
3.3. can Table.
. as.»

‘ Life and Love.

Why do I wish to live ?
Because'a-llttle fairy bright
Comes glidingto me day and night,
Apdsuys to me, wi‘th‘bird-like‘ Song ;'
“I love thee, darling l” is it wrong
That I should wish to livé 7
Not when the jay that thrills the breast
Is only joy which heaven gave ;
Not when the love that makes it blest
Is love that lives beyond the grave.

 

 

Why do-I wish to live 7
Because a pure, young, loving face
Finds on my llelll't its resing place,
And whispers to my soul within‘;
“1 love thcoldearlyl" is 'it sin
That I should wish to’live ?
Not when the heart is but a shrine,
Where love may pour its holy breath ;
Not when the oak but holds the vine,
That both may live, and fall in death.
.§.>‘. ~
LESSON LEARNED rnon THE Peon—I
remember once of talking to a poor-woman,

 

 

,whose case was very touching, She was
young, and had not been-long married ;--but
shortly after her marriage her 'husbandibe-

came subject to chronic ‘attacks of illness,
very s eve‘re,oft.en hindering him. from'wotk-
ing at all, and, even when he wasableto: go
to werk, making his life a: cruel martyrdom.
It looked hard that a‘yOung'lifej'abduldille
so soon and so Isadly clouded, .all dreams Of.
domestic comfort Scattered, and western
battle begun so. early, and never likely to
cease with disapointment and. sorrow, liar?
row and uncertain income, and all the. wor-
rice and anxieties of an increasing family.
Iasked her if she never had any ropining
thoughts in reference to her lot. ‘“ Walsh”
she replied, “I don’t know what I might
have had ; but when I saw that trouble Was
coming on me I just resolved, that whateVer-
God might appoint for me, I would be" con-
tent.” Her tone showed that she was telling
ol :1 real resolution; and her face, cheerful
amid anxiety, proved that. the resolution had
been kept, and that it had brought its own
reward. Often have I thoughtwa alre-
buke it was - fitted to give to w'ell-to-dO peO-
ple, so apt to grumble and complain if,'out Of
a hundred things in their lot, only ninety-
nine areagreeable to them and one is against
them—Sunday Magazine. ’ '
_._-.._...-.-..__.._

REMEDY FOR CnlI.BLAle.—At this season
of the year many are troubled with chil-
blains. When they come in from the cold

' and seat themselves by the stove the feet be-

gin to itch must intolerably,and swell. Now
I sutlered much- an tried many things, tillas.
a last resort, I applied kerosene oil. Two ap'-
plications cured them up. Try it, sufi‘er‘ers.
J. L. HEBSEY.’ " . j
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MONARCHICAL mums—According to Me
,Dufile, ‘ Cotton is King; Broderick aver'red
that ‘ Gold is King ;’ a recent Tribune article
on a sugar discovery, asserts that 'Corn is
King ;' but Andrew Johnson has demonstra-
ted the New York Collector is King.

 

 

 

 

. . .<.».
What is the use in slghing and weep-
ing as we float down the stream of Time ‘3
Why make the voyage of life a waiting voy-
age ‘3 '

——Hnman existence hinges upon trifies.
What would beauty be without soap?

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'—-A gentleman who was fond of wine, said
it had two bad qualities—‘If I put Water to
it,’ anyone, ‘ it spoilsit, and if I don’t, it spoils
me.‘ '

 

' Mr. Colfax and his friends dined last night. There.

' One'relished the food, it would need something like

.and a white, rosy scented liquor, very strong, and

served in tiny cups, and went on with lichens and l . .
.I congratulated myself frequently and com

' known tribunal. A friend, a leading banker who

Chinese Dinner to Mr.‘ Colfax.
Mr. Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican
gives the following account of a grand dinner given
by the Chinese of San Francisco, to Hon. Schuyler
Colfax, who has been making an “overland" trip to
California;— . .

There are quite a number of heavy mercantile
houses here in the hands ofchinesc. The managers
are intelligent, superior men. Their business is in
supplies for their countrymen and in teen endemic
and curiosities for the Americans. They import by
the hundreds of thousands, even millions, yearly ;
and their reputation for fair and honest dealing is
above that of the American merchants generally.—
These are the men. with the presidents of the six
companies, into which the whole Chinese popula-
tion is organized, as I have described, with whom.

were formalities and negotiations enough in the
preliminary arrangements of the entertainment to
have snfilced for a pacificatlonof Kentucky politics
or the making ofga new map ,ofnurope; but. when.
these were finally adjusted. questions, of precedence
among the Chinese settled, and a proper choice
made among the many Americané' who were eager
to be hidden to thefeaat, all went as smooth as a
town school examinatlouthat the teacher has been
drilling for a month previous, The party number-
ed from 50 to 60, half Chinese, half white folks.—
The dinner Was given in the second story of a Chl-
nese restaurant, in a leading’street of the city.—
Our hosts werefine-looking men with impressive
manners. While their race generally seems not:
more than two-thirds the size of our American men-
these Were nearly if not quite as tall and stout as
their guests. Their eyes and their faces beamed
with intelligence. and they were quick to perceive
everything,and alert and au faitin all courtesiee and
politeness. An interpreter was present for the hea-
vy talking; but most of our Chinese entertainers
spoke 'a llttl'e' English and we got on well enough
so far as that was concerned ; though hand-shaking
and bowing and scraping and a general flexibility of
countenances, bodies alld limbs had a 'very large
share of the conversation to perform. Neither here
nor in China is it common fer-the EiglISb to learn
the Chinese language. The Chinese can and do
more readily acquire ours. sufficiently at least for
all business intercourse. Their broken or “pigeon"
English, as it is called, is Often very grotesque and
always very simple.

We Were seated for the dinner around little round
tables, six to nine at the table, and hosts and guests
evenly mixed. There was a profusion of elegant
China dishes on each table ; each guest had two or
three plates and mace", all delicate and small.—
Cholce sauces, pickles, sweetmeots. and nuts were
plentifully scattered about. Each guest had a sun-
cer of flowers,a China spoon or bowl with a handle,
and a pair of chop sticks, little round and smooth
ivory sticks about six inches long. Chi-Sing-Tong,
president of the San Yup company, presided at Mr.
Colfax's table. Now the meal began." It consisted
or three ditlerent courses ofdlnners rather, between
which was a recess or half an hour, when we retired
to the ante-room, smoked-and talked. and listened
to the simple, rougb,barba_ric music from course gul-
tar, viol, drum, and meanwhile the tableswere reset
and new food provided. .

Each course or dinner comprised a dozen to twen-
ty different dishes, served generally one at a time,
though sometimes two were brought on at once .-
There were no joints, nothing to be curved. Every
article ,Of food was brought on in quart bowls in a
sort ofhash form. We dove into it with our chop-
sticks which, well handled, took up about amouth-
ful, and transferring this to our plates worked the
chop-sticks again to get it or part of it into our
months. No one seemed to take more than a sin-
gle taste or mouthful of each dish ; so that, even if

a hundred difi‘el‘ent dishes to satisfy an ordinary
appetite. Some of us took readily to the chop-glcks
others did not—perhaps were glad they could not;
and for these a Yankee fork was provided, and their
Chinese neighbors at the table were prompt to offer
their own chop-sticks to place a bit of each dish up-
on tbeir plates. But as these same chopsticks were
also used to couvey food into the mouths of the Chi-
nese, the service did not always add to the relish of
the food.

These were the princrpal dishes served for the
a rat course, and in the order named; Fried shark’s
n no and grated ham, stewed pigeon with bamboo
soup, fish sinews with ham, stewed chicken -'wlth
water cross, seaweed, stewed ducks and bamboo
soup, sponge cake, omelet cake, fiower cake and be.
nana fritters, bird-nest soup, tea. The merits seem-
ed all alike: they had been dried or preserved do
some way ; were cut up into mouthfuls, and depend-
ed for all sav'orlness upon their accompaniments.
The seaweed, shark’s fine, and the like bad a glutin-
one sort of taste; not'repnlsive, nor very seductive.
The sweets were very delicate, but like everything
else had a very artificial‘flavor ; every artile, indeed
seemed to have had its original and real taste and
strength, dried or cooked out of it, and a common
Chinese flavor put into it. The bird nest soup look-
ed and tasted somewhat as a very delicate vermi-
celli soup does. The tea was delicious—it was serv-
ed without milk or sugar, did not need any such
amelioration, and was very refreshing. Evidently
it was made from the most delicate leaves or flowers
of the tea plant, and had escaped all vulgar steeping
or boiling. .

During the first recess, the chief entertainers
took their leave, and the merchants assumed the
post of leading hosts; such being the fashion of the
people. The second dinner opened with cold tea,

a fungus-like those, more shark‘s fins, stewed chest'
nuts and chickens, Chinese oysters. yellow and res‘
urected from the dried stage, more fungus stewed,
a stew of flour and white nuts, stewed mutton,
roast ducks, rice soup, rice and ducks’ eggs ' and
pickled cucumbers, ham and chicken soup. Be-
tween the‘second and third parts there was an ex-
change of complimentary speeches by the head Chi-
naman and Mr. Colfax at which the interpreter had
to ofilciate. The third and last course consisted of
a great variety of fresh fruits ; and the unique enter-
tainment e nded aboutll O‘clock, after a sit-
ting of full five hours. The American resident
guests furnished champagne and claret, and our
Chinese hosts, invariably at the entrance and depart. .
are of each dleb,invlted us,with a gracious bow,to a
sip thereof, in the which they all faithfully Joined -
themselves. . . -, ,
The dinner was unquestionably a most magnifi-
cent One after the the Chinese standard; the dishes
were many of them rare and expensive; and every-
thing was served in elegance and taste. It was a
curious and interesting experience, and one of the
rarest of the many courtesies extended to Mr. Col-
fax on this coast. But as to any real gastronomic
satisfaction to be derived from it. I certainly “did
not see it.” Gov. Bross’s fidelity to the great prin-
ciple of “ when you are among the Romans to do as
the Romans do,”led him to take the meal senltlm,
and eat of everything ; but my Own personal experi-
ence is perhaps the best commentary to be made up-
on the meal, as ameal. I went to the table weak
and hungry; but I found the one universal odor and
flavor soon destroyed all appetite ; and I fell resign-
edly on a constitutional incapacity to use the chop.
sticks, and was sitting with a grim politeness
through dinner No. 2, when there came an angel in
disguise to my relief. The urbane chicfof police of
the city appeared and touched my shoulder: "There '
is a gentleman at the door who wishes to see you,
and Would have you bring your hat and coat.” Theie
were visions-of violated city ordinances and “assist-
ing" at the police court next morning. I thought,
too, what a polite way this man had of arresting a v
stranger to the city. But, bowing ' my excuses to
my pig-tail neighbor, I went joyfully to the un-

hed sat opposite tome duringthe evening, and had
been called out a few moments before, welcomed me
at the street door with,— ‘B—,. I knew you were
suffering, and were hungry—let us go and get some-
thing to eat—a good square meal I‘ So we crossed
to an Americaurestaurant ; the lost appetite came
back; and mutton chops, squabs, fried potatoes and
a bottle of champagne soon restored me. My friend
insisted that the second course of the Chinese dinner
was only the first warmed over and that was the ob-
ject of the recess. However that might be— thls is
how I went to the great Chinese diunermndwent
out when it was two-thirds over,and“zot something
to eat."

-————a.‘.»._———-

WThe papers state that somebody has
been chipping pieces of the monumental bust
of Bunyan. What of it ? Destroying a bun-
:‘on must'of course be a great help to the

Mann MARKS ON A NEW Tune—Our eon-
tributor, Mark Marks, sends .3 this wee‘the
following, which frolicking side and bashful
men, in particular, will appreciate: ~

Trying an Experiment. -
BY MARK MARKS.

I am a modest man. Everybody says I
am. '-

But modesty is a good trait, though like
being poor (which is no disgrace) it is véry
Inconvenient sometimes. ' ' ‘ o1

The modest man encounters difliulties or
an exceedingly-disagreeable nature, not the
least of which is his anxiety‘fi :become so-
quainted with ,a pretty girl . and- “follow up
the acquaintance,” but is klpt on a back
seat, and prevented from so dOing because he
fears that, if, the girl should be introduced to
him she would look straight at him, and her
, eyes would be too much for him.

I confess to having experienced this difllc
oulty every time I considered'lhe subject of
getting acquainted with J ulh- Ann Mason
(thebest-looking girl, according to my no-
tion in town) and I resolved upon trying the
experience which I now propose til, speak Of.
~ ' I was at home one afternoon, sitting in a
room adjoining one in which my mother was
entertaining her friend and neighbor, Mrs.
Mehitable Johnson.

The door was ajar, and their Conversation
I could distinctly bear; but they were not
aware of the fact.

The evening before, Jonathan Roberts, a
friend of mine, had married; seventy-five
acres of land, $20,000 worth of Hartford and
New Haven Railroad stock, 500 shares of
Etna Insurance Company, etc, etc., and
Betsey Anderson. '

I didn’t attend the wedding, because I heard
that Julia Ann Mason was to be there I

The conversation between my mother and
Mrs. Johnson finally turned upon this mar-
riage, and after thelatter had fully expressed
her mind as to the motives whi‘ch governed
Jonathan in selecting Betsey, she ventured
to inquire (modesty was not Mrs. Johnson’s
chief characteristic)—r - .

“ Your son, Mark, isn’t waiting upon any
one is he ‘9”.

“ No, I believe not; he is somewhat retir-
ing'in his disposition. and doesn’t go about
with the girls much—not so much as I wish
hedid, because Ithink their influence would
benefit him; make him more social and
agreeable in society.”

“I’ve wondered he didn’t go about more,”
replied Mrs. J. ; “mydaughter Maria, has Of-
ten spoken of it. The girls like him pretty
well; think he’s a nice youngmman. Julia
Ann Mason was at our housoé a few days
ago, and she said she never Maw such a
strange fellow as Mark Marks; that she had
lived here four years, and hadeften tried to
get acquainted with him, but fort. some rea-
son, he always kept out of the my.”

I heard all this distinctly, and. much more
—.so much that when I retired-fiat night I
kept up a big thinking concerning my bash-
fulness, and there on that cottfon mattrass
(and I say it boldly) I got to‘ be the most
courageous man, in my estimation, in town.
Afraid of the girls? I asked myself. Non-
sense! Why should Mark Marks be afraid
of them ‘? He’ll be so no longer, that’s cer-
tain. I’ll show ’em I ain’t afraid of them;
I’ll let Mrs. Johnson’s Maria know I ain’t
such a big coward as she thinks I' am.

- [It is proper to remark here that when one
is in bedclosing his eyes preparatory to a‘
night’s rest, it is the easiest thingin the world
for him to form resolutions, and swear by
them, so to speak, but it is quite another
thing to get up in the morning and find the
some weight of moral courage rating where
it did the night before] .
I pass over unimportant events to inform
the reader that 'not many days elapsed before
I met Julia Ann Mason at a dongtion party
at the house of Rev. Joshua Snifkins, and
further, that in a propitious moment, when
I was talking with old Thomas Bodkin, and
considered myself sate from female intru-
sion, J ulia Ann suddenly appeared before
my astonished vision, leaning on the arm of
Mrs. Mehitable Johnson, and I became intro-
duced to her. .

This act was the proudest of my life. I
had been introduced—yes, verily I had; and

tinually ; I had gone through the Ceremony
without flinchlng to any extent Nortby of
mention, and I haven’t the slightest doubt,
“in my own mind,” that my feelings were
much as they would have been had I had a
tooth extractedwitbOut the aid of laughing
gas or chloroform. .

' I felt so good over it that I wanted to go
home that I’migbt think of it all alone to
myself. 1 -~
But I didn’t; I lingered.
J ulia Ann frequently spoke to uk, and I
laughed, and'said “yes,” as readily torall her‘
question's us'slie‘cOuld Wish—so I t Ought. "
Finally, just before she was going home,
she said sweetly: “Mr. Marks, I llall be
pleased to see you at our house on time.”
I told her it would “afford the pl.snre to
call,” and when I said that, I was well
satisfied that I had reflected credit on the
ancient name of Marks, that I resolved to
go home at once, and go to bed to think Of
it.

i

Which I did. I never kept up, such a
thinking in all my life. I thought of every-
thing from youth to age; from dry goods to
Clothespins ; and when I “forgot myself” I
remember I was resolving in my mind tlie
different days of the week to fix __upon one
which should find me at the domicil of J ulia
Ann. ‘ ’ c:

Not desiring to weary the patiep'ce of the
reader, I pass again over unimportunt events,
and bring my experience down toghursday
night, J annary 4. .‘ s J

On this eventful eve I might have been
seen wending my way toward like residence
of Samuel Mason, Esq. \, ,
_ It was S'o’clock when ‘I started." I‘Vllad
been two hours, six minutes,and ti? nty sec-
onds getting ready to depart. I If broken
off three shirt buttons, wrinkled five. collars,
and seriously damaged one pair oi :suspen-
dots, in making my preparations. ""

But I flatter myself that when I pulled the
doorbell from the porch of the dwelling of
Samuel Mason, Esq., I wasn’t the worse
looking chap in town.

I was ushered into the hall and into the
parlor by Bridget Mahony, who, in response
to my inquiry for Julia Ann, retired.

For fifteen minutes I waited. They were
not ordinary minutes, but the minutes that

make the hours which form the days that
newspaper publishers have to wait for delin-

 

 

 

Lpilyrim’a progress.

quent subscribers

But they were fruitful moments, fruitful to
the young man who sat there thinking that
every moment would be his next. They
Were fruitful in ideas which passed rapidly

’ through my mind, and made me slightly

uneasy. I wasn’t nervous; only a little is-
tigued. But wheneverI thought that wh en
I had finished my visit I could go home and
think of it, I was calm, very calm. It was
sweet consolation to a wounded spirit, so to
speak.

Twice I heard a voice in the hall and
thought J nha Ann was coming, which
caused a very strange sensation; had a feel-
ing in my throat as if a fish-ball or a sweet
potato had secured a lodgment there. It
was a very queer sensatibn-very queer;
couldn’t account for it.

Presently the young lady entered. I was
in the parlor ; was confident I was; yet I
had some doubts whether I was on foot or
horseback. ' I can’t account for it, but I felt
queer. I’d heard of rush of blood to the
head, frequently causing instant death. Did
not know but that was what ailed me. My
face was red; I knew it was; could feel it.
Then I had the fish-ball or sweet potato feel
ing and when I rose to my feet I felt tired—
very tired. My knees ached as if they were
made for somebody else and I had only bor-
rowed them; they fitted me badly.

I would have sold out cheap, but when I
thought that I should soon go home and
think of my visit,I rallied at once and found
Julia Ann seated.

How long she’d been there I can’t say. I
looked at her and smiled again.

There was a good deal of smiling done on
my part. I didn‘t do much of anything else.
Julia Ann was very agreeable ; she talked
freely, and my approving smiles seemed to
gratify her.

At one time there was a lull in our con-
versation tbr, I should think, three minutes.
I didn’t say a word, but I put on a pensive
look, as near as I could figure it.

Julia Ann finally wanted to know what I
was “ thinking about.”

I responded promptly, “nothing.”

This was a falsehood, I’m sorry to say. 1
was thinking. I’d about made up my mind,
to leave, and I was thinking that when I got
home I could think all about my visit.
Shortly after I left, but before doing so I
caught my foot in the door-mat, and fell flat
on the hall floor.

Julia Ann smiled.

I didn’t.

She invited me to call again.

If I call I’ll let you know.

Hartford Courant.

0‘.»—
Fuum—The following beautiful para-
graph on fruit is from Wilkinson, an Eng-
lish Homoepathic physician and author of
some eminence. All through the hot months
fruit should be eaten abundently as a part
of our food, as well as a luxury. The effect
of fruit culture on the health and morals of
our race in future generations will be ,very
great. As flesh goes more and more into
disuse and fruits into use. so will the quality
of our bodies be improved.
“Fruits, aromatic and luscious, hold their
delights the loosest of all, and give them
away at the first solicitation. Their nectars
claim instant kindred with the tongue and
the oral saliva. Nature has cooked them:
and they need no mixture, nor artificial fire;
the grape and pineapple are a sauce unto
themselves, and are baked, and roasted and“
boiled in sunlight.’l‘hey are at the top of their
life at the table; their niceness is not foreign
nor does their beauty depend upon disguise
By feeding the eye withbloom and loveliness
they call forth a chaster saliva into the mouth
to welcome and introduce them ; difierent
from the carnal gush which savory meats
engender. They are flasks of the spiritual
blood of the earth, of the kith of our tree of
life, one nearer to it than aught beside un-
less it be the mother’s milk. The term fruit
implies that which is fdr use, or which has
attained its own object, and seeks its place in
another system. Fruits therefore hang be-
fore mouths and tempt us by Nature’s sweet-
est wiles ; as it were the nipples of her bos-
om, which still run pure with rills of the
milk of her ancient kindness.4 They belong
essentially to mouth digestion, which is mere
melting."

 

 

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03‘ A friend just returned from New
York tells a pretty good story of an Illinois-
ian who was stopping at the same hotel. On
Sunday, the Western man being desirous of
hearing several of the more famous pulpit
orators of the metropolis, went in the mor-
ning to Dr. Chopin’s church, but heard a
stranger preach from the text “ Bnt Simon’s
wife’s mother lay sick of a fever.” In the
afternoon he went to Beecher’s Plymouth
Church, and heard the same dis’cOurse, from“
the same preacher. ‘ Going in~tlie evening to
Dr. Osgood’s church, he found the some
clergyman and the same theme: “Simon’s
wife’s mother lay sick of a fever.” The next
day, the bearer of the discourse was cross-
ing to Brooklyn in a ferry-boat, when the
alarm bell in the park agitated the air with
its great shocks of sound, and a man behind
him inquired why that bell was tolling.—
Looking up, he saw the now familiar coun-
tenance of the preacher and was prompt to
reply: “ I think Simon’s wife’s mother must
be dead; I heard three times yesterday that
she was sick of a fever.”—Prov. Journal.
a.»

J osn BILLINGS’ PHILosornv.—We are
apt to hate them who won’t take our advice,
and despise them who do.

It is dreadful easy to be a fool—a man can
be one and not know it.

Elegant lezzure—‘chewing plug tobacco
and spitting in a dog's eye.

Real happiness don’t consist so much in
what a man don’t have, as it duz in what he
don’t want.

Fear is the fest lesson larn’t and the last
one forgotten. ‘ -

Nobody but a phool gits bit twice by the
same dorg. ‘

A pet lam alus makes a cross ram.

Epitafi‘s are like circus bills—there is more
in the bills than is ever performed.

Tew be healthy—eat onions and go naked.

MOM

 

 

A young lady’s first love kiss has the
same effect on her as being electrified. It’s a
great shock but soon got over.

. Warning to Ladies—Tattle begins
with T.
New Definition—Masculine, Million-

 

 

 

 

 

“The Unbridled Lin?! 0
“Warren.” , _ y
In France women are extrath incite." , .
We call all to agree tothat. There islet no,
say in Paris, a rage for luxurious and expon- ,
sive toilet as a mania that is growing to be a
madness. Silks of the greatest cost, trimmed y
with a reckless regard to economy 01' Mel i
the richest stuffs that looms Or money" W.
fabrics of fabulous value, gumptnous drum '
in number countless, in colo; and fiuenag
royal, are said to be the ordinary upper-oi of” .
fashionable—France. ' g ‘ " ’, ,;
To dress a wOman,'leaving out of View
jewels, costs as-mucll as it would to support ,
a. large charity school for a'year. "Even the” ‘
young girls dress as expensively a. royalty
itself used to fifty years ago. Indeed more; .
are no young girls—in France. NO girls _,
simply dressed, unconscious of umvg‘.
natural, engaging. They are all bent upon
dress. They wear the coetly'lilkl and fo-‘
brics of elderly and married women. Indeed
there is a ladies’_(not girls) school (in France) _
where the “young ladies,” who are suppér],
ed to be devoting themseves to tho quniii- _‘
tion of kdowledge, and the cultivation Of '
those sweet graces which adorn society, and: '
enrich domestic life, follow all the extract;
of fashion in dress, sport wardrObee as '01:,"
pensive as Saratoga belles or as their foot
mamas flourish at their summer haunts, and
really give their minds to all the costly hiv-
Olties of the toilet. Where are“ the aim;
ple toilets, white muslins and cahmjgitb '
the coquette aprons we used to see I Where _
are the “school girls of our youth 1’” The
fresh and artless, the bonny, romping, laugh-
ing, teasing, studious little minxes, girls that
were girls ‘2 They are gone, and in their plum ;
ces those elaborately decorated hill.- of ' ’
twelve and seventeen, in the richest niment,
consciOus of it every moment, dressed: like
women of thirty and of immenpe estates. 2

Out of such schools, is it (in Franco) any
better ? Stands. moment and see new. "the
young girls, under twenty let us my, daily ’
throw themselves into the vortex of fashion. ‘
Look at the the luxury and profusion of
their clothing, and then imagine what We
(we mean they, in France) are coming to.
Young men, of moderate means look on'fi'in
amazement, and remain single. They must] .
do so. Their year’s salary would not -dm«
one of those enchanting creatures for I
month. And mothers, very sensible women
too, encourage all this; largely employ their ‘
thoughts (in Franeehn conniving what their ' ‘
girl's shall wear and how they shall out-him.
other girls; giving-two thoughts to - that '
where they give one to the cultivation of
their minds or hearts. They load their chil-
dren with dresses and personal ornaments,
and actually direct, by this seditious fill!!!)
all the thoughts of their girls in that direc-
tion. If they fnadepresents to the Objects of
their worship, it is no longer a book, I pic-
ture,some souvenir of art or taste that is giv-
en or would bevalued, but a costly dress of
the latest shade and most exquisite fabric.
What will the next generation Of women be
under such a training ? ‘ .. _ '
“The unbridled luxury of women." A
Frenchman, M. anln, attorney general, has
just issued a pamplfiet on this subject in
Paris. He shows,and it is a part of our heart
ily we have not touched on, that them.
ent unbridled passion of women for luxury
and fine dress is a perpetual danger'for' the,
morality of the family. The object of hi!
pamphlet is to induce the women ‘of the"
world, mothers especially, to organize on. u-

sociation, who by their example and cone
sels would induce the majority of women to
reduce their expenses and to put luxury on
a level with their income. Is there any hope
that any women can be found not to for
gone in the dress insanity to inaugun
the movement. -

In this connection, we notice another "aig- '
nificant movement in France. If is nothing
less than a “strike at bachelors.” A "um
paper at Marseilles gives an account of a It? -
rieus strike of bachelors. Some six thou‘:
sand of this class, between the ages of twen-
ty and ferry, assembled at a pleeecelled . La?
Ballade Moi, and'took an oath never to mor-

‘ry until women should change theirm '

Women must give up their costly and ruin»
ons dresses, stop coqu‘etting (never in - this
world, 0 green bachelors-stLaBefh dam!»
cease to aspire to the part "of gm: India,
abandon costly idleness, and return to'tho ‘
primitive and simple manners Of house-keep-
ers. That they must be modest and: eco-
nomical Such are the terms of the bache- ,
lor’s strike, and such is the alternative not b!-
fore six thousand women in France, either
this or the abyss of singleness. , There is - no
associated “strike”- in- this country like this, '

 

but there‘s one practically. :f-
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-- ~P£lBIDENT COLN’s Porous .1 LEN--

euaole‘he criticism was often made, II' to.
President Lincoln’s public papers, that they -; .
lacked dignity of style and language. Mr.
Carpenter, in his recollections Of Mr. Lin-
coln, tells the following anecdote in illustra-
tion of this fact: ‘ ‘ '

It will be remembered that an extn. Ia-
sion of Congress was called in July follow- ~
ing Mr. Lincoln’s insn tion. In them,
sage then sent in, smog; of secession, and, ,
the measures taken by the southern leaders,
to bring it about, there occurs the folio , '
remark : “ With rebellion thus a one
they have been dragging the pub c mind
their section for more than thirty years, un-
til at length they have brought may 3901!
men to a willingness to take up arms against
the government,” etc. Mr. Defrees, the gov:
ornment printer, told me that when tho
message was bein printed, ho was .‘a,
good deal disturbed y the use Of thorn ,
“sugar coated,” and finally went to tho presi-
dent abont it. Their relations, to each other
bein of the most intimate character, he told.
Mr. Lincoln frankly that he ought torome'm-
her that a message to Congress In! a diflor»
ent affair from a speechot a mass meeting in

Illinois—that the manage became a of
histo , and should be written aeeo ly.

“

hat is the matter now 1" ing the
president. - -

“ Why," said Mr. Defi'eeo, you have used
an undignified expression in the mag."'
and then reading the paragraph 7 aloud, he
added, “I would alter the structure of they .
if I were you.” ‘ .

“ Defrees,“ replied Mr. Lincoln, “thatword
ex resses precisely to idea, and launch
gomg to change it. be time will “”9!
come in this country when thteeseoplo won’t
know exactly what sugar-cos mean-”y ..

 

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-—A youn lady in Newark recently in
a fit of despgration, hung herself to a hull)-

ot the law. '
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—“No man," saiers Partin . lf‘wfi!
bettercalculated to judge of po than my

 

 

sire; Feminine, million-heiress. , husband was- he knew what all hop
May not a bird who sleeps upon the were, he did, for he had ’been ughtup
A wing, be said to occupya feather bed, {With them from childhood.
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