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‘ WINES?.DIFEGTOEF
, . 8,, RICARD,
Prof. of Vocal & Piano Music,
. - ALSO
TEACHER _OF THE
Peach and' Spanish Languages,
Engagements made with parties for SOire'es.
rianos Tuned a Repaired.
Ogilpeat Whitney & Beckwith’s Photograph
Gallery, Norwalk Ct.
, MADAM S. RICARD,
French Dress Maker,
OULD inform the Ladies of Norwalk,
- - ' that she can be found at her residence,
l‘st door’south of Mr. Robert Ells, on River
St. Havin several years experience, and of
late with adam Demorest of New York,
she "has no hesitation in thus introducing
herself to the Public; Dresses cut and made
to order, plain and machine sewing and Em-
broidering, &c., executed with neatness and
dispatch. tf29
James E. Barbour, M. 1).,
~ rhysician and Surgeon,
Ofice at the Residence of Sherman P. Fitch,Esq.
WILTON, CONN.
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References .-
Samuel Lynes, M. D., ‘
Ira Gregory, “ N orwalk, Conn.
' J. A. Mc Lean, “
o... n. rowxnn amen,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office at the Drug Store of E. Blackman,.
NO. 11 Main Street, Norwalk. 32
o. s.noc1cwoon,
fashionable Draper .& Tailor,
and '
GENTLEMEN’S . FURNISHING
EM-P OEIUM 2
' Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
5.13. onus-rear: a. 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, he,
”14 and 16 Main-st, N orwalk, Conn.
JETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford.
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. - -
Capital and Assets, $3,128,820
Insure'agaiust [USS and damage by Fire
on Terms adapted to- the hazard,and
consistent With the laws of
compensation. ‘
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
lv3 - . For N orwalk and vicinity.
Anal'AfGKSOIV 6!. 330.
No. l_ Gazette Building.
V ‘ OULD respectfully announce to the
’ public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to Offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in hairfield County, in quality or price. We
would call particular attention to our stock of
Watches,-which is larger ‘than ever before.—
Weliave a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in old- cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75 which we can recommend as bein cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s ateli-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
as? .tO‘S-JO. We buy of the best importers in
NeW'York, and altogether for cash, so that
our fuel. ties for selling cheap could not be
renter. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and
lateu Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all or the latest styles that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON &. BRO.
Graceries Cheaper than ever
" ,‘EOR GAS H!
'l‘HE- subscriber would inform the public
' generally, that he still continues to sell
the. best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, Nb. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest.- He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment ofgroceries of the best qualities as can
be ibund at any store in the country. We
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of ,
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are oi'ltlie very best quality, and will
be sold cheap.) The public are invited tocall
and examine and judge for themselves.
I. ' A. MOREHGUUE.
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IllllI’O ED CUTLERY,
And Si yer-Plated Ware.
r ‘HE Subsmioer, while in England, recent-
ly, made arrangements with the _Slief»
'ficd Mannheim-ere for the sale of Thomas
Yarrison’s celebrated Cutlery, and has now
n exhibitiui and sale at his Store opposite
he Post Olice, a large, and one oi the most
:ompletc assortments of Sheffield Cutlery
~vcr ulfcrcdin this Country, including Car-
‘iiig Knive: and Forks; Bread Knives;
Butter Kuiv:s; Table Knives and Forks-
‘ockcf. Knires of every description, inclui
ing many drious styles; Scissors, &c., &c.
Also, just 'cceived, an assortment of beau-
mi Silver-Plated Ware, made by a
w p’atentct procese, by the same House,
lfl is the fir: lot imported into this coun-
.'. Call antexaiiiinc for yourselves.
L6] JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Easiness Change 1
J
W'A'l‘IRBURY & DUNCAN,
' OULDuinounce to the public that
they lire purchased the Carriage Ma.-
gBusincs: formerly conducted by Mr.
on Beeruaiid connected it with their
:ksniith Sop, making one complete es-
hmenl. They are now prepared toexe-
the ho. manner, and with greater
,zli thuL-vcr before, anything in the
flag? inking and Blacksmithing.
iagcs iade to order, and Painting,
ling, Ilpairmg, &c., done by experi-
workiin, with dispatch.
Good :arriage timber taken in ex-
‘e for ark.
G. 8e G. M. Holmes,
DEALERS IN
Groceries,
Flour,
Provision, ac,
' Main Street,
Norwalk, Conn
. J. FERRIS,
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
AND .
‘Licnnsnn Communism.
5O ESTATES
0R SALE from 1-2 to 100 hundred acres
each, price, fiom $800 to $100,000, with
buildings thereon,Stores and buildings to let,
Rents collected. Office in Tolles & Ely’s
Drug Store,South Norwalk. Notice for'sur-
veying, may be left at the Gazette Office.
a. Quins-nan a. sores,
CABINET; MAKERS, ac
RE 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 Ofiered 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 give us a call. Spring Mattresses
of 3 or'4 different kinds, very cheap. Hair
Mattresses, made to order, and old ones made
over as _gOOd as new.
UNDERTAKING,
We keep on hand a very large assortment of
Gowns of every description, furnish shrouds,
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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
shalluse Whenever our services are required,
without extra charge.
. E. QUINTARD & SONS.
N orwalk, March 15th 1862.
NEW PURNisamc STORE,"
NEAR UPPER END OF MAIN ST.
East Side of the Bridge.
I HAVE at my Store in Norwalk the largest
assortmentof
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.
airing, ’ ’ ,
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 char e.
ELBERT RA MOND.
NOrwalk, Sept. let, 1863. 44
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s-rovss, HEATERS, RAN ens,
‘ VER FORTY VARIETIES and sizes-of
Cooking'Stoves and Ranges; over thir-
ty varieties and sizes of Parlor and 001cc
Stoves, not excelled in beauty of desrgn, per-
fection of operatiOn, O'r variety,byr any Stove
in the State. Manufactures Tin, Sheet, Iron
and Copper Wares, deals in J appan, Brittan-
ia, Crockery, Wooden, and Silver Plated
Wares, Stove Blacking, Coal Hods, Shovels
and Riddles, Brass Kettles, Sausage Cutters,
Matts, Brooms, Bells, Fire Place Grates, Sad
Irons, Sheet Lead, Lead Pipe, Fruit Jars,
Fluid and Coal Oil Lamps, Stove Castings,
in fact, all that constitutesa well filled Kitch-
en Furnishing Storc. Books, describing prin
ciple and management ofStove, free- In“
gest assortment of Pumps m the State. Call
F. 1-1. NASH’S,
South Norwalk, Ct.
at
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Back ray and famous.
OSEPH W. WILSON is an agent for
collecting Back Pay, Bounty and Pen-
sions and is so connected with the Depart-
ment at Washington that he can collect these
more speedily than any other in this vicé‘ngi‘i
t. . .
Hammer-’5 Champagne Ale.
HE attention of the public is solicited to
the superior quality of
HA M M E R’S
Fresh Brewed Champagne Ale.
This Ale is brewed fresh atall seasonsof the.
year, and its keeping quality, especially of
that brewed during the most excessive hot
weather, is guaranteed for any length of time.
For‘ sale in Barrels and half-Barrels, at
Selleck’s Packet Office, N orwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMMAN,
Agent for the sale Of Hammer’s Champagne
Ale, Wilton, Conn. 2
Norwalk Machine Shop.
l‘ElE subscriber would respectfully inform
Manufacturers and Others using machi-
nci'y,in Norwalk and vicinity, that be is pre-
pared to do all things pertaining to a gener-
al machine shop. All orders for‘tlic making
or reparing ofevery description oi machi-
nery, attended to with promptiiess by expe-
rienced workmen. Having added a steam
Engine, (in addition to water-power) [0 his
works he flutters himself that lie is well pre-
pared to do all kinds of work, at very short
notice. ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
Machine shop, just back of‘thc Post Office
and Horse Railway Building,
Norwalk, March 1st, 1865. 11
WILLIAM. B. - SWAN,
SADDLEB c HARNESS MAKER,
DJ OINING Danbury and NOI'Walk R.
A R. Depot, Norwalk, Conn, keeps con-
stantly on hand and will make to order eve-
ry descriptionof ' .
Harness,Hcrse l'urmture, Trappmgs
or Clothing, Also Saddler’s HardwareI and
outfits, Trunl s, Valises, Carpct_ Bags, &c.
All in wan: of anything in his 11 c,wdl_dov
well to give him a call. Orders fo’_' any kind
01' work promptly executed. Repairing done
neatly and ct esolv. and at short notice.
Ndrwalk
liliillllllll ElllllllY.
NOBWAIE CONN ,
Chartered Capital $500. 000
Paid up Capital $100,000
WM. 0. STREET, President. ’ ‘
GEO. R."-,COWLES, Secretary.
EBEN. HILL, Treasurer.
. Norwalk, Jan Ist. 1864 1y
Assets over $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
S AGENT at N orWalk, and issues Policies
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 ' ' u “ 3907501
Lamar, N. Y., ~ « “ 3892375
North American, Ht’d“ “ 384,010
City of New Haven, ‘- “ 330,419
Merchants, Hartford, “ “ 301,443
Western Mass, Pittsfield, “ 236,424'
Hampdcn, Springfield,“ “ 200,000
People’s, Worcester, “ “ 405,593
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, :in
Connecticut, Massachusetts and N ew, York,
with assets of $13,000,000. At So. Norwalk
application may be made to WM. T. Cnaw.
SWORDS’
:“lll‘llli .lll‘lllll“
South Norwalk, Conn.
I‘HE subscriber has opened :1 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 on hand and for sale ‘as good
and cheap a stock as can be found in the town.
Allkindsof -.. ,
Ready Made Clothing,
(or made to order); also Cloths, Cassiineres,
Vestings, &c., Hats, Caps, Gloves, Umbrellas,
Trunks, Leather Bags, &c.-, &c.,'—in fact ev-
erything in the line. The patronage of the'
public is most respectfull‘yésoliciwted.
H. SWORDS.
South Norwalk, December lst, 1864. 49
ROBERTSON BROTHERS,
PRACTICAL BO0KBINBERS,
AND MANUFACTURERS on
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
Plain and Ornamental Jobbing,
N o. 3 Gazette Building, N orwalk, Conn.
WMAeAzmns, MUSIC &c., done up in
the best styles and OLD Boone rebound.
3.001101! suns.
New Auction 85 Commission
- s '1' o B. E
,HEundersigned have opened the store
in J ame's’ Block, Norwalk, lst door from
State St., for the purpose of transacting a
general . -
AUCTION dz. COMMISSION BUSINESS, ?
and are prepared to dispose of all kinds of
wares at liberal rates. ,
N. B. Second hand furniture, carpets, &c.’,
specially solicited. ‘
tf‘l9 NASH & MOREHOUSE.
now.- A. n. NORTHR'OP.“ ‘ ' '
cunt AND nocnsrur'rn,
And Bell Banger,
SAACS’S' BUILDING, (next to Norwalk
Hall,) Norwalk, Ct. Jobbing of every de-
scription. Particular attention paid to re-
Pairing Guns, Pistols, &c'., Mortice, Rim,
Cabinet and Trunk Locks. Saws filed and
set. Sewing Machines, Clocks, and Pumps
repaired. Platform and Counter Scales put
in order. Skates repaired and made to or-
der, &c., &c. ' ‘ tf44
Hardware, Gutierly, 61.0.,
AT SOUTH NORWALK. .
THE Subscriber would inform the public
that be has purchased Of Mr. Chich‘ester
the old established Hardware Business, at
South Norwalk, and will continue the busi?
ness at the old Stand. He intends keeping
always on hand, a large stock of HardWare',
Cutlery, A ricultural Implements, Mechan-
ics’ Tools, ire Arms, Builders’ Hardy'yare,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, and all other .artiCIes
usually kept in first-class Hardware Stores.
It will be his endeavor to meet the wants
of bin customkrs, and merit the patronage of
the public. . .
15 WM. S. FITCH.
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 Blacksmithing, on
the most reasonable terms.
He also carries on the Carriage Business
at the Old Stand occupied by his father for
the last twenty-three years.
J DHN SHEPHERD.
N orWalk, Aug. _ 29th, 1864.
CARRIAGE MAKING. ‘
Horse Shoemg dz Black-smithing.
LYON & AHERN,
VVOULD announce to the pu lie that
they have 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.
Carriages made to order. and Horse Shoe-
ing, Painting, Trimming, Repairing, &c. done
by experienced workmen with dispatch.
Mr. WM. E. BEFRS has been engaged as
Agent and Foreman of the Wood-shop.
AUGUSTUS LYON, WM.AnnnN. ~
Norwalk, Jaii., 23d,1865. ly37
NOTICE.
HE Subscriber having purchased the
CLOTHING AND GENTS FUR-
NISHING EMPORIUM, of A. Kasrpel, 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
VESTINGS, which he will make up to or-
der at short notice and in the latest Fash-
ionable Syle. E. GUSOWSKI.
N o. 3 Main Street,
Norwalk, February 15th, 1865. 1y10
“35.
REMOVAL.
Saddlery and Harness Store.
(Opposite Horse Railroad Depot in Post
Office Building.)
VI‘HE Subscriber has removed from his
former stand and is now located as
above, where he will be glad to execute all
orders in liisliiie in the best and most satis-
factory manner, A new stock of.Goods
will be on sale and special attentiOu paid to
Repairing. STEPHEN SWANN. tf14
'SHTON, Marshal, and all other kinds of
ACHEAP OIL to be used either in Fluid
and KerOSenc Lamps. Call and exam-
ine the article for your own benefit. War
ranted not explosive. W. B. SWAN.
Fitch’s Home for Soldiers.
V HE Trustees are now prepared to receive
. applications from those entitled, and
WISil to avail themselves of the benefits of
theinstitution. Applications may be made to
Hon. Mongapl Mongans, Paesid’t, Stamford,
JOSEPH . OYT, mm or . . '
CHARLES BROWN, Darien, ’ Executive
Salt, at S. E. OLMSTEAD & CO’S.
War. A. Comes, do Committee,
A Golden Wedding Song.
Br any. w. o. RICHARDS.
Guided and guarded by our God,
Two pilgrims have together trod—
Now bright with smiles, now wet with tears——
Life’s chequered path for fifty years.
This is their “golden wedding day ;”
Ring out, oh bells, your sweetest lay 1
And yon,'dear friends. give loving cheers,
To _crown their march for any years.
How few of us saw the blushing bride
And joyOus groom stand side by side ;
We had not known life‘s: hopes or fears—
So long ago as fifty years!
Their fates were woven into one
Erc our first threads of life were spun ;
‘ And rich and rare thc weft appears,
With golden Warns of gilfty years.
There‘s frost upon their hOnOi-ed heads,
The silvery time that Nature spreads ; .
But from their hearts the tide careers,
» Unchecked. unclllled, by fifty years.
This is their "golden wedding day,"
Now let us hush our sung, and pray—
» That He whose lot their love endears,
Whose grace has filled their fifty years-—
May guide them still and still ordain
Each cup of bliss each chastening pain,
May sooth their griefs, and wipe their tears,
Through many 'more than fifty years—
And when earth's'pilgrimage is done-
And life's 1th goal is bravely won,
Take them to dwell in those bright spheres
Where moments grow to fifty years.
»~———oo—d.>oo————
[An Old correspondent, ‘an earnest Chris-
tian gentleman, sends us the following pro-
test against one of the prevailing habits of
clergymen'ol all denOminations. 0f; nrse
there are two sides to the question, air” per-
haps his is the “unpopular’"side, but be pre-
sents his views with earnestness and sinceri-
ty.-—Ens. .GAZ.] .
Salary and Health.
The Boston Reeuw has an amusing ex.
amination of the influence of salary on the
health Of clergymen, showing that the larg-
er it is the worse tlieyare. , Thus :—
“It is pleasing to ace bowability and burr
dens are proportioned to each other among
the clergy. A feeble churchwith small -sa1-,
location, to get a poster who can. live and be’:
strong and useful from year to year . withoutié
six hundred the place is somewhat enervn'é
ting, he really seems to need two or threu
weeks of recreation. If the society be a stir-
ring, independent body, and scorn the idea
of paying less than twelve hundred, a long
vacation, and along purse with it, comes as
a matter of course to the . exhausted laborer.
“But what is singularly fortunate, show-
ing the wise adaptations of providence, the
locations that are most sickly and enerva-
ting to the clergy,calling for the longest and
most expensive vacations, are just those that
can best afford it. The wonder is that min-
isters wishing settlements are not shy of‘
those societies that pay two, three and four
thousand-dollars, for the; pastors health is
almost sure' so far to fail, as to~reqnfre a
three month’s trip to England, six months
to the Continent, or even a year or two up
the Mediterranean and iithrou h the, Holy
Land-and Egypt. But the win is tempered
to the sham lamb, whether it browse on its
Own village hillside, on the Alps, or along
the Nile. Still the fact remains for curious-
inquireis, and solution of saunawhy among
the clergy fiequent indisposition. chronic dis-
ease, and those requiring long vacations and
foreign travel, should prevail most among
Wealthy and liberal parishes.
“ We only add that a fact, abnormal yet
germane, enhances the curiosity, and the so-
lution. Sometimes a minister unable to
reach England, Saratoga or the White Moun-
tains even, _is-cuied by changing hislocation
a few miles and his salary a few hundred
dollars. His bronchial difficulties, vertigo,
cerebral pressure of blood, dyspepsia, or gen-
eral weakness (obedy we mean) is relieved
by a change of neighborhood as effectually
as his brother minister found relief abroad;
or his wife who is of delicate health, but-for
tunately wealthy, escapes the east winds and
feels nicely by moving ten miles further
down on the coast or nearer the city. .,
“Indeed this matter of clerical , health as
related to the amount of salary, like the ef-
feels of Sabbath heatandacold and rain and
snow on some persOns, is a subject, far'from
being well understoo‘d.’ It - is an inviting
field forlnvestigations,.and we suggest that
it be explored jointly by doctors of medicine
and doctors of “divinity.”
For the N01 walk Gazette.
NEW YORK OBSERVER, PLEASE COPY. .
The New York Observer of last week,
copies from the Boston Review; one of the
most scathing satires that has been set in a
composing stick- for a long time. But as it
has thus opened a subject 'of the deepest in-
terest, I would offer (with your permission,
through your columns) a few thoughts con-
nected with it; holding myself responsible
to any interested party that may differ from
me in opinion. ' ’ _ '
Iclaim in all earnestness, that the pram.
tice alluded too, is agross sin against the
community from whom they _draw their sup-
port, and if practiced or persisted in by a
mechanic or laborer, would afiurd him an
opportunity to rusticate in the State Prison.
I am aware that this is a serious charge
to prefer against a class, whose profes
sional business it is, to warn men against it,
Neither do I believe they view bin that
light. They make themselves,'and those
members of their flock who can afford to go
themselves, believe that it is as this satirlst
claims—their health requires it. Let us ex-
amine. According to Walker, sin is “to de-
part from any known rule of duty prescribed
by God to man. To ofend against right,
against man, or enemy.” It is very common
to refer to~ Ezekiel XXXIII, for the posi-
tion of an established ministry. A congre-
gation selects a man as a watchman, or
shepherd, and put their spiritual interest in
his care; and make such provision for his
temporal support for twelve months in the
year asthat he may minister to their spirit-
ual interests for that time. In passing,
it is well to note that Jesus our pattern,
never allowed himself in any luxurious use
of the funds his friends ministered unto him
with. , I
And he said, “it is enough for the disciple
that he be as his master, and the servant as his
lord.” Any minister who claims any better
support than He would claim, in the same
situation, departs from snows now on
DUTY. ‘Thc sin against man, against right,
is that Holy Ghost in calling this individual.
into this position, placed him'in contact
with deathless souls in his charge . for fifty-
two Sabbaths in the year. Now the sword
may come, and will come as certainly in
July and August as in January and Feb-
ruary. If it come and take any portion of
the flock away in their iniquity, while the
watchman was a deserter from his post, will
not he be indictable for-Tanners? Will
not his blood be required at {the wares-
nN’s Hanna? And it is such a denial of
.u»..».-., flrwuw...-.- A. ... .. .A .. _ . ...
duty as the Son of Man will resent, when he
comes in his glory, as if done to him. And
as the subject is fairly opened, the writer
will give his opinion, that for any preacher
to make a money contract for spit-mm labor,
is just the sin that Simon was guilty of, and
by which the apostle perceived that he was
in the bond of iniquity and gall'of'bittero
ness. That it is REBELLION against Christ’s
authority. A ' . '
These things being so, it is no wonder that
“the heammm ourhcadsu ashram, and the
earth is as powder and dust.” No wander
um there are _mm than om hundred added
to the non-christian population of the earth,
to one gathered from that population into
the ranks of christisnity by missionary Wort.
muons». '
N. B. Ten thousand other weekly readers
of the Observer besides Howard, "will be
glad if the clerical editor Of the paper,'will
give us his opinion of the practice in quesA
two. N.»_ I -
John _Bodman.
For a deed be had not done, John Rod-
man was arrested, tried, found guilty, and
sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
Ten years, beginning at twenty-five. The
best years of his . life. Circumstantial evi-
dence, which has doomed many a ‘mu‘, _bad
doomed him. That, and a false witness,
who took his oath to a lie, with God’s name
’qion his lips, and his guilty hands on God's
h‘ply Bible. It was a horrible fate ;, and the,
“pref of it was, that no one believed him in-
; ascent—friend, brother, casual acquaintance,
la 'shook their heads and said, “It was a
dangerous thing to trust a wild young man
‘with so much money.” ' ‘ ‘
Only Eva Fay, his young befrOthed, sent
him a tiny note, blurred with tears, where-
,in shone these wordy—beacon lights to that
~ ' unhappy man in that dark sea of sorrow:
‘ “My darling, whatever others think, I will
trust and love you until I die."
Could she have come to him, _could she
have spoken words of hope and tenderness,
with her white hands in his own, he could
;bave borne his hard fate better. But they
ary is usually able, doubtless from its healthy“: ‘
any vacation. If the salary go above fivfififi,
would not let her enter his prison walls.
Who could blame them, thinking as they
id ? And she was too young and too gen-
to resist them by stratagem. So the girl
': sixteen could only break her heart in si-
ence, and her lover bow beneath the just
law which for once had done injustice.
They parted, and the years rolled on, one
after the other. In the world strange chan-
ges happened, and there were deaths and
marriages and births. Old faces went,‘new
Ones came. Inventions set the world ablaze.
Wars and rumors of wars shook the earth.
In the prison, one monotonous routine divi-
ded the days, and the nights were only
marked by the exchange of sun for gas-light.
John Rodman’s soul was crushed; con-
sidered a felon by all, he grew ' to” feel like
one—to shrink from the eyes Of honest ‘meo,
and to have no‘l’io'pe on earth Or in heaven
save those prison walls. ' ‘
Sometimes he said, “Ten years will end at
last.” And then he asked himself, “for
what? My life is wasted. I cannot begin
again.” _ ‘
And untimely snows fell upon his hair,
and wrinkles drew themselves upon his
brow.°And when at last the prison doors
were opened to let out the poor, wronged
man, he felt older than most men of fifty.
He stood in the world without a cent, or de-
cent clothes, or any place to lay his head,
and bowed beneath the sense of his great
wrong and bitter loss. 4
There out had come with him an old thief,
one of his jail companions—a bad, bold
man, with a drop of gratitude somewhere in
in the midst of his heart. He followed John
Rodman and came up'to him ina lonely
place, at the bleak corner of a road, where
he stood puzzled, trying to collect his
thoughts,
“Isay, what are you going to do P” be
asked.
“Do 1’” said John gloomily.
honest living, or hang myself."
“ Don't let ’em know you’ve been in then,
said the thief, pointing prisonward, “or you
can’t do the first; and before you put your
neck in the noose, come to our place. You’ll
find a friend there, and I like you,” and he
ended with an oath.
JOhn Rodman shuddercd. He knew what
haunts that man made his home in, and a
horrible dread of himself fell upon him. He
had been called a thief so long, that it seem-
ed quite possible that the actual life of one
might lie before him. He grew cold from
the heart out. p -
“I shall earn an honest living somehow,”
he said. “ All I want is broad, and shelter.
Then, good-bye.”
“Good-bye,” said the thief, “It’s 5 —Al-
ley, if you want to come there, you may, yet."
And they parted—John Rodman taking
the road toward New York.
His first thought was, when be quite un-
derstood that be was free, was of Eva. Not
that he might woo or win her after ten years
of disgrace, but only to see her once and tell
her how, through all those years, he had re-
membered and worshipped her. He hardly
guessed himself how he had changed. The
bang-dog look, the thin bent frame, the un-
kept looks that blew about his face; the hat
with abole in it, the ragged knees and el-
bows. A squallid beggarly,, wretcb, who
when be last looked in a mirror, had been a
spruce young fellow, handsome as a picture.
So he toiled on toward the city, 'and,
when faint with hunger, found a horse to
hold or a job to do and earn a pittance.
So, when he crawled into town, he had a
shilling, and being faint, slnnk into a res-
taurant hard by to get a glass of ale. It was
a place frequented by Germans, and with a
sanded floor and bare pine tables. But it
bad its eleganciel, too. And opposite the
table where John Rodman sat hung a square
mirror and two gaudy prints. John looked
at one of these, then at the other.
At last toward the mirror.
He thought it was a window and that a
man was looking at him through it, at the
first glance.
“What an ill-looking dog,” thought John.
“I wouldn’t trust him. How he stares, poor
wretcli; he don’t seem human. Ah 1 Oh,
my God! It is myself I” .
It was anawful moment. Death has no
more fearful pang. That miserable creature
was John Rodman—was the being of whom
he said, “l,—That—-that—that.”
He hid his hands in his arms, and was
only saved a sane man by a flood of tears.
“Earn an
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i
The phlegmatic Germans only fancied him
at that stage in the cups, when weeping be
comes quite natural. One, a yellow-haired
grocer, grinned and quite enjoyed the joke—
and that was all the notice taken.
And John Rodman, broken-hearted and
quite crushed, crept out into the street, his
own image haunting him as a ghost. 0h,
. the lost youth 5 the bright-eyed, bright-hair
ed boy who had loved Eva Fay, where has
be gone? 01:, the stalwart, handsome man
into whom that youth should have changed!
Where was his grave dug? Who was this,
a blot on the sunshine, a creature stamped
blackguard—beggar miserable 1
John Rodman—John Rodman-John Rod‘
man—could it be ? .
The glimpse of his own face had been
enough, and with clenched hands and blood-
sbot eyes turned heavenward,'he-vowed nev-
er to see Eva Fay, never while he lived to
let her see and know him. '
“But perhaps I may in heaven,” John
Rodman murmured; “for God and the an-
gels know that I suffered for a crime I nev-
er committed, and that I mean to be honest
while I live.”
Then the memory of a time when he had
had the hopes and dreams that gladden the
lives of other men swept overJohn Rodman’s
soul. He had expected to be rich and fa-
mous, to have a wife and children about his
hearth, to be respected living, and remem-
bered dead; and now at thirty~five, his hopes
were these; a crust to eat, a hole to crawl
into by night, and most of all that the eye of
the woman be yet worshiped as a Catholic
devotee adores his patron saint, might never
rest upon him.
“It would break my Eva’s heart,” he said,
“to see what I have come to.”
He sought for work the next day. He
wasa splendid pcnmun and good account-
ant. But men looked at his rags and his
prison mould which seemed to hang about
him, and drew back. Men in , clean black
coats were to be had—labor was at a dis-
count. It was a favor to grant it. One or
two asked for his letters of introduction, or
references. He almost laughed in their fa-
ces with the bitter recollection of the fact
that he'had been ten years in prison on a
false charge of theft.
And so the days came and passed, and
other days, and with them no regular employ-
ment. But somehow be picked up enough
for meals and lodging by putting in coal or
menial work of the same kind.
He who had been, nay, was—for he had
only been unfortunate, not guilty—a gentle-
man by birth and nature. He strove and
prayed for patience and for death, until, at
last, the deepest depth of darkness came to‘
him.
No food, no fire, no shelter, save a dismal
cellar way, for three long days and nights.
‘On the fOurth, at dusk, he crept out to beg.
It did not matter who knew him ; he could
shame none. \
He went to one great door. It was slam-
med in his face. He stopped an Old gentle-
man and was threatened with arrest. He
staggered, faint with hunger, to other doors.
“No,” “no,” “no,” always “no” to his gasp-
ing prayer for charity.
At last, in a low, poor street, he opened a
kitchen door where a fat woman was just ta-
king from her stove oven a great pan of his-
cuit, and a comfortable supper was smoking
on the board.
The fragrance of the warm bread made
him faint with longing. His fingers quiver-
ed. He said humbly, hat in hand: .
“A piece of bread, if you please, ma’am,"
as a child might. ,
He no more dreamed of any possibility of
refusal than of seeing those warm biscuit
turn to alone.
But the woman, comfortable with good
food, may from her warm fire and lamp-light,
turned on him in vixen fashion:
“Bread l You’re able to earn your own
bread. I don’t encourage men beggars.
There’s work for them as arn’t too lazy.
You’d best tramp if you don’t want the dog
set on you. Here, Carlo, here, old fellow.”
John Rodman turned without a word. He
was growing blind and deaf. He staggered
out into the street, and stumbled against a
man who was passing.
utered an oath, then a cry, and caught him
by his hands.
It was the thief whom he had parted from
at the prison gates. And four doors off was
the alley be had named.
An hour after, rascals, who deserved jail
and the gallows, every one of them,bad giv-
en John Rodman the food well-bred honest
peOple had denied him.
They let him rest after that, until he grew
strong and doubly desperate. With his
wrongs heavy upon him—rwith those thieves
his only friends—he fell at last.
A dwelling was to be robbed, and John
Rodman was among those who were to pil-
lage it. His task was a dangerous one. He
was to enter the house, conceal himself wall]
a late hour, and then admit the others.
At twilight, while the household were in
the dining room, he crept in at the back win-
dow, madeliis way up stairs, and hid beneath
a bed on the upper floor.
There he crouched until the house grew
still, and one by one the inmates ascended
the stairs. At last some one stopped at the
door and entered. If it should prove a stal-
wart man, his task was doubly dangerous.
He peeped out. It wasa woman—a fair wo-
man—with golden hair and blue eyes, whose
face he could not plainly see—and who put
down her lamp, and sat beside the table—
from which she took a box and opening it
drew out some letters, time worn and yellow,
a miniature portrait, and lock of hair, which
she kissed and fell to weeping over. Then
she buried her face in her hands and prayed,
murmuring the words over, but uttering one
louder than the first. .
John Rodman almost screamed in his agi-
tation—that word was his own name i And
in a moment he knew that it was Eva Fay,
and that'constant to his memory even yet,
she prayed for him.
0 l the great joy to know it—oh, the horror
of being where he was. Silently be wept,
brushing the tears aside to watch her, until
her breathing grew regular and heavy, and
he knew she slumbered; and then by the
window he entered, be departed, and fled for
life. But before he left he had scribbled in
the darkness upon a card, these words:
“Eva, I have been near you. I am loath-
some with prison life and prison associations.
I dare not let you see me now. You believe
me innocent of that crime of which they
charged me. God bless you! Iwas inno-
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The lattter first .
cent then. Yet since that time I have been
on the verge of crime as great. Pray for me
as I heard you pray, and wait and watch a
little while. Nerved by the knowledge that
you love him still, John Rodman may yet
make a name for which you shall not blush.
God bless and keep you. Adieu.”
He laid‘this upon the table and went forth
a man again. ‘He walked the streets until
daylight, praying inwardly. When the sun
arose he saw glimmering on many a wall
and fence new placards, posted over night.
The first call for men had been made. 00-
lumbia's voice summoned her sonsto aid her
and thousands were ready. John Rodman
read these words: “Recruits wanted,” as
though he had been in the hands of angels-
Hard by, drums beat and bugles blared from
a recruiting office IfHeaven's gates had open-
ed John Rodman could not have felt more
thankful. He could could have almost have
knelt in the open street to utter a thanksgiv-
ing. In the soldier's life he saw escape from
crime and want, and a path to honor and to
his'Eva’s love. '
In an hour he was enlisted under the ban-
ner of the Union, and a few weeks afterward
marched with his comrades from the city._
As those brave men passed through the
crowded thoroughfare bats were liftifl and
kerchiefs waved, and bright eyes grew’dewy.
Some among the band had sweet farewells
from women’s lips to cheer them; many the
fond embraces of a. mother, wife, and chil-
dren. John Rodman had but the memory
of his constant Eva’s prayer for him. He
needed nothing else.
Those were hot and bloody days that fol-
lowel ; but through them private John
Rodman bore himself bravely,—so brave-
ly that the fact was noted and spo-I
ken of. At last he saved his Colonel’s life
at the risk of his own, and private John
Rodman was no more, for Sergeant John
Rodman took his place.
After that, brave deeds and promotions
followed hand in hand; and now and then
John Rodman hoped that Eva might some-
times read his name. His form grew erect
Once more; his eye bright ; his old good
looks- returned, and still a braver soldier nev~
er trod the field. He was Captain now. A
gentleman and officer by rank, In these
two long years of battle he had suffered
much by wounds, privations and anxiety.—
Yet be thanked God with every breath for
having saved him and made him uhat he
W83. 0
One burning July day dawned 'upon a fear-
ful battle-—hand to hand, tooth and nail.—
Southern chivalry and grit. Blood ran like
water. Brave men Were appalled ; some
turned co waids and fled—not John Rodman.
His bright eye and haughty face his cheerful
cry, his own daring, encouraged his men,and
old sol dieis marked him and applauded.
A woman’s feeble pen can scarcely paint
the battle-field ; mine will not attempt it.—
Enough that I tell the bravest deed of that
great day was done by Captain John Rod-
man. And that when night came he lay
senseless and pallid asa corpse upon a cot
iii the long tent hospital, while on the wings
of the press sped over half the world tidings
of that day and of his part in it.
Out ofa dcuthlike trance John Rodman
awoke, and the moon was shining down on
him and near a shaded lamp a woman sat
at work. A hospital nurse of course, and he
closed his eyes again. His mind was active
once more, and he remembered all—the
fight and his wound, and fall. He felt the
stump of a bandaged limb and .knew his
soldier’s life was over. A few tears arose
in his closed eyes, and agreat sigh heaved
his bosom. Then he heard the nurse arise
and draw nearhim; and opening those tear-
filled eyes, he saw through the mist the face
of Eva Fay.
“Is it a dream ?” he said, "Oh, Eva, can it
be possible that you are here ?"
Andshe cried;
“Thank Heaven he knows me.
dream, dear John.” .
She sat with her hand in his and her check
against his own For awhile J ohn was hap-
py, then ssd again-
Eva spoke to cheer him.
“DO you'wonder how I came here ?”
“Yes, angel.”
“Ah, I have kept watch over you ever
since I first read your name. I am very
proud of you, John. Do _you know they
have-made you a Colonel ‘3" '
“Ah l", His heart rose and sank in a mo-
ment. “A poor Colonel, Eva,——a crippled
man who will scarcely lift a sword again.
Oh, Eva—”
“My poor, poor darling.”
“I did not think of this. I did so hope to
come to you in strength and health to offer
you fume and fortune. I dare not now say,
“will you have a poor maimed soldier ‘3"—
I would be wronging you.”
Eva bent over him.
“It would be of no use, John.”
“I do not blame you, Eva.” And be bid
his face.
“None at all, John," said Eva, “for dar-
ling, the day I came here we believed you
dying; and that I might stay and nurse you
to the last, I told the Chaplain that we were
betrothed, and he married us. Don’t you
remember, John? You said ‘I will?’ ”
John clasped her in his arms
“I remember,” he said, “but I thought it
wasa dream. I have bad so many, Eva.—
And it is true, quite true?”
“As heaven, darling."
Then John Rodman murmured, “God
bless you, darling,” and laid his head upon
his wife’s white arm, and rested happy.
«0»
A Smouma TBAFFIC.—Tlle most prom-
inent article of trafiic just now between this
city and Nantucket, Mass, is in houses. .It
is well known that Nantucket is dying With
the death of the oil trade, hence houses that
were built there at a cost of from $2,000 to
$5,000 are offered for sale at auction and
knocked down at from $500 to $2,000, when
the purchaser rolls them on board a schoon-
er and sends them to Norwich or New Lon-
don, where they are re-erected and sold at a
handsome advance over what he paid. Two
houses thus transplanted have been put up
on Roswell Avenuein this city, and more
are said to be coming—Norwich Bulletin.
«”0
A citizen of Birmingham has been
killed by a singular accident. He had a
long pipe in his mouth, and as he was open-
ing the garden gate it came in contact with
the bowl of his pipe with such force that
the end of it which he had in his mouth
went through his tongue, An abcess rapid-
ly formed under the tongue and caused his
death.
Judge W. D. Meeks, of Alabama, a
poet, politician, and noted chess-player, died
recently at Columbus, Miss.
It is no
' nasnv.
Mr. Nasby has a Host 1:, sills]: "
, vision. ., , ,1, '
Samr’eris'r' lii’ " ‘ ‘
. .. ... atoms-at
Last nite, weary and disgustéd “Timid
in eleckshnn returns, 1 Picked up ..... _
“' OWN“ 1.59m. and'iei'i inst s'pIe'n
paw-m 1.... an... ~c.=.’.:....u‘=.-.-i-'.vo
ink—there airline cost: on. " m- m, 2,5,,
Partial friends aint too‘pmiap'l' 55.3%,,
him on. the sublime; but‘Onthdiisth‘g'fia;
acknollidge him ”misnomer”; 39:0.“
e" it “'3" them" made .8. ihpicihun."§§
3’" mm, Wic'i‘is moi. that there, i siii'fiin
into it, and my mind wuz 8 (we ill ohtéit
ez I-sunk into slumber. . _._ .. ..
Ez yo'o‘sual! lied a chain, and. sell I o’
dream maylnever he'v agin. '_ ' __ ,, L.Ij.§,’
Methaut the epidemic, wich is‘now.&fl.'
tatin Europe, bed struck N00 York... F0; 0‘
time it struck down'all cusses. Theprqpq
Causaslien, thehidjus ”nigger, _thé autism
man uv the forest, and thealmond-eyedCbi}
we. all. all fen o...- the‘rnthleéi.dssu91¢r£.
But at last it abated, except So far, as timing;
ger wuz-V concerned. " The white manvius
spared, so Was the Injin and the. otihqo.
but among the Afrikins it‘ raged with“? '
led my. 0. it Tasmania! "Tie and.
looked abroad, and lo!_ the , stoivvjsijét f'fgoia;
hand, which wuz wuth'31,500,'-wjuz';,a f
corpse,*and the field wuz, unpldv‘védfi , (I, ‘ 117*
he looked, andalasl the brawny’weiiclihwicb :
allus bore him'a picaninuy' .0391;qu wrutb
$200 ez soOn ez' weaned, wuust’pferyeaf.bllf,l .'
by a little extra Whipple did o", ran, gag...
work wuz prostrate in the cold embrace nil
death. Agin he looked, and we tblinnf ,the .
octoroon, for which he paid $2.500,qu
whose girl babies'lie coo'd, sell in N69 Qt:
leans ez soon as-they'wuz 16 for $3,000 on ..
akkount of their havin‘ his blood in their
value, wuz torn from his lovin gra's'ply lb;
stronger hand in disease, and wuziit ill"! ,0, .
copper for any purpud ’ ,_ ' , , “ _
The Demokrisy becuin' alarmed : 1116:10-
defatigable leaders whispered “The piggy;
is fadin away l—spOsin he bekuins extinct l‘? I
Whereupon a consultashun uv the,'hed.fiien
wuz held. In vow of the Naomi:— _>
wun male and won femail—w‘as selekhd and I
examined by a commity'of expert exhuiinérs,
in life insurance companies. , Theywerepio-
nonnced perfeck specimens—entirely'sounjdr
and free from disease. ‘ Both uvthcs‘qjtwo
wuz locked up. in a mom, in a healthy '
locasbun, and - twenty-four _of the most I .
eminent physicians 01 the country" it’s"
detailed—won to stay with them wun hour "
uv each day, that, in case the disease migh‘
strike 'em, the remedy might be in wunst ap-
plied, that, from these two, the race might-b0?
propogated, and the cappytil uv the! party
be preserved. . - ' . : _-"
But all tu no purpose,.for the last nigger
ofthe Yoonited States perished, and,ifinall'y,
these twowur struck, and, .nOtwithstandin'
the precautions adoptid, they too died 1' 7 f .
Thar was a season Nacher sympafized
with the party in its afllickshun. The Trev:-
ens wnz clothed with leaden 'coloredffclOuds', '
atliort which, ever and anon, flashed glosms
of loorid light. Low-voiced thunders’inul-
tered ominously, and, birds and booster-nu
howlin’ o’er the .fcelds. Dray horse‘s. fell.
dead upon the stony streets, and‘wild._bcllti -
rushed frantically from their coverts;;lud
snapped fooriously, madly at whatever-came, ,
in their way. ,- ,. .__ _
The last uv the Afrikins were layin, pros. .
irate in the hall. Fernandywood amend; ,
and ez he, seed ’em, ,he bustid. pintoltcel'l.‘
“Farewell,” gushed he, “a long farewell, lust
uv a cussid race ! Yu wuz our-towarof.
strength; yu wuz‘ourpcorner stungou 111.
we bilded. Hatred uv yoo giv me tbs-.Ir'lh'
vote iiv New York. 0, how cheerinit-wus,
to see them lambs bust yer beds, and innoo _ .
cently hang yoo up to. lamp muffin
you’m gone—you’m _gone—amd: _ helium) ._
life’s a blank tu me. Farewellgvanc Judd-l
—for what is life I.without;,a niggcrnaud-
seezin a jack knife he seestickin- 111-.le mi;-
er's pockit, he, stuck it into his Mummies.
and, fallin acrosst the deceest Afriki-nshox: ..
pired very peacefully. . . ,. 4:...
Franklin PC erse approcht. . “Alas! stodgy,
thou gone? To _troo, thou art! _In lib ,
thou wurt lovely ! _You WW“, 1h“ .99!!!
me President; thywoolly lied would-13,0131,
pin-stun to place and power ! You «wuaupl ,
right bower, my left, and ace l_ If I’m-4g,-
democratic Sampson, :thou wast; the; hair:
which the Deliler, Death, bez cheered-.95
Fernandy, I kum, I kum l” and ,sseziu: .M,
jack knife from his hand, he {3101180013 luluz. ,
hisbowels, fallin witn agroan acrosali'ardsnx
Vallandygum approacht. “I, 1.00,... must ,
say farewell," sed be, kissing their _cold felt
tures. “for thou wast my anker. Thou twsfl,
who made me Congressman—thou smell.
me, and the hate of thee gavememm in,
ten cent pieces when I wuz in Csusdya who.
I want to Go to Congress agin ? No l no i not.
I shood be dumb, for the main spring try my .
elokence lies here"! and, taking the jack-
knife, be immersed it into. his bowels, lid.
fell across Pearle. . . , . ._ .... -
Old Jeemes Bookanon, and Yorbeu, and. »
Britc_ and Florence, and in fact, all the lud-
er uv the party, North, to the number of
suihm over 200, from up, and each distill.
short orasbun, stuck thirselves withfa .‘j'sck‘.
knife, fallin acrdss each other, as cordwood..-
is piled. Finally. I felt it a doOtyI owed to --
the party to foller soot. Seezing the jack~
knife, I made my orashun (which was tech-_
in l) and was about to sever my intestines,
when 1 seed a quart bottle slickii'i out-uv-tho
nigger’s pockit. Drawin is 4th I pullo’dlbo -
cork. Glory it wuz whisky! Two sucks ‘
and it wuz gone—the room. spun rounds“
I fell senseless on the top nv the ded demo
crats. ' ' ,'
Just then Horris Greeley cum in. “Bo-I
hold democracy,”sed he,“ez it wuz in the
beginnin, so it is in the endin. Nigger or
the bottom, whisky at the top and s. stinkin
the middle,” and, holdin his nose he Ilium.
bled out of the room. ‘ - "
Iawokeina cold sweat, happy to find,
that it was only a dream; that the nigger
still lived in all his cussitood, and that we
still bed suthin to go on. , I , ‘_
Pnrnotnun V. N for,
Late Pasler try the Church uv the N00 Dis-
pensashun. ‘ '
*We presume that, since Tuesday’s elec-
tions, Mr. Nasby is seeking a more con
I‘ll- residence,—possibly Connecticut will suit
im.
Norwalk Chronicler