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it 1'. ALEX. S, GIBSON,
tOrganist of the First Congregational Church.)
l-JACllER of the Piano FORTE, ORGAN axn Mu-
.“lC.\L Conrosrriox, Norwalk, Conn.
REFERENCES .'
Mr. E. C. Bissell, “ E. B. Price,
“ llenry 1. Hoyt, “ F.Sf.J:lhn Lockwood
’ 4 (let). 1.. Nichols, TS Broad St.. N. Y.
.lcv. R. S. Storrs. D D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
t'ireulars containing information as to terms, &C.,
my be obtained at llr. Selleck‘s Bookstore. 3m*-lfi
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ISRAEL M BULLOCK,
attorney it" Counsellor at Elam.
(FENCE: 3:50. 4 Gazette Building.
LEWIS F. BEERS,
gnawing at gm.
OFFICE OL'M'Swoi'd‘s Clothing Store,
3 SOUTH NOR‘VALK. CONN.
at. William a. Lockwood,
billRMERLY House Surgeon and House Physician
in Bellcvlle Hospital, New York City. Office
mm C. J. Grumau‘s Dry Goods Store. Office hours
out 0 to 10 a. in.. from are .1 and from 7 to S p. m.
lilti-‘isnizxcns f—Dr. \V. II. Draper, Physician to
'-:,t\' York City Hospital; Dr, J. W. S. Gouley, Prof.
~‘tl:lC b}. i’aylor, and Prof. Lewis A. Sayre Physi-
ialls and Surgeons to Bellevne Hospital, N. . City.
Removal.
DR. MOSMAN
ins removed his ofllcc and residence to the House
irlncrly occupied by C. J. Gruman, opposite the 2d
l. E. Church. Office hours, till 9 o‘clock, a. m., and
min 1 to 3 o‘clock, p. in. tl‘l‘i
A Slate can be fouiid at II. II. Baker’s store, South
orwalk.
”NATHAN S. ROBERTS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
tpposite the Union School House,
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Pl.“ South Norwalk, Ct.
I. 35:1. BIGELOW, M. D.,
Physician. and. Surgeon,
' so: i‘ii NORWALK, CONN.
ears on West Avenue.
livsidcncc :l! T-
5,, .nxritm given to Surgery, and Cllronie
Iii.» t 3m*-1'2
EFT. E. FOWLER 3130!!
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Physician and Surgeon,
lilice at the Drug Store of E. lilackman, NO. 11 It in
Sfrcet,Nor\valk, Conn. ' I.
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Patent Agency};
WM. VINE, .,
Agent and Solicitor of Patentsx
MECHANICAL DEAUGHTSMAm. i
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Norwalk, Conn.
G O. KEELER & BROTHER.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ‘
Groceries, Flour, Feed, 610.,
12. 14 and 16 Main St, Norwalk, Conn.
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ELBEItT ACCll-TIS.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
CURTIS’S BUILDING Main Street.
Gents and Youfh's Clothing cut and made to or-
derat. short notice, of the best materials, in the la-
test styles, by experienced workmen, and at rea-
Stillttl).(: prices. ‘
Removal.
G O R N W A I. 1'. ’ S
FASHIONABLE MERCHANT
Tailoring Establishment.
Has been removed to Raymond’s Building, Main
Street, where
READY MADE CLOTHING
AND .
FURNISI—IING GOODS.
Can he had in great variety, and of excellent quality.
G. to G. M. HOLMES,
DEALERS 1N
Groceries,
Flour,
Provisions, &c.,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
ZETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1519, Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL AND ASSETS, $3,128,820
lnsureagainst loss and damage by Fire on Terms
adapted to the hazard. and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE It. COWLES, Sole Agent,
For Norwalk and vicinity.
S
IUWSE SiNGEii‘s IIAIR RESTORATIVE.
Sold by UIILE BROS, Norwalk.
NORWALK
INSURANCE COMPANY.
rsonwaass, comm.
CASE-I CAPITAL, $500000
Phil) UP CAPITAL, $100,000
wn. c. STREET. President.
CEO. R. COWLES Secretar '.
EDEN. IllLL, Treasurer. ’ 3
FITCH a". RENOUD,
, Dealers in '
Groceries, Flour, Liquors, &c.
Main Street, Not-walk, Conn,
llavinglnid long experience in the business they
confidently rely upon their abilit to please their
fl'lulitl'l and customers, by fair deli ing and strlci at-
tention to business.
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llanvizr l‘f’l‘Cll’, Joniv W. RENOUD.
It will pay you to go to
BERNIIARD BROS.’S
One Price Fancy Store,
To buy your Shawls. Sontags, Nubias,
Hoods, Jackets, &c., at 50 cents each.
for all transient ad—
'i tthe special attention of all to his stock of
Assets over $23,000,000.
GEO. R. COWLES,
for the following Insurance Companies.
Home, of N. Y., Assets Jan.1st, ’64, $3 286 270
Etna of Hartford “ r -‘ “ 311231920
Elwin, of N. Y.,’ “ “ " “ 722319
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guitar-1‘ N. Y_., 11m 1: «‘t‘ i; 2: 339375 Tng [Lo]?! (7141228 opposite the residence of F. Di-
Ol‘ l incrioan '
' City of New Haven, “ “ u u 3%ng Also. two in the rear of the above 80x18fi flouting
clearance. .1; :: ‘2 it an aim “'9“- “T' m.,, wm. .
‘ . - e ' . . .
gum )(lenx‘Sprillgficld, "" “ “ : 200:0th
on do orcest , “ " “ “ 7
P . 0' 405593 for Sale or to Rent.
Laughing Gas,
in extraction teeth as there is no longer any doubt
as to its per ect safety when administered by a care
In] and experienced Physician, to which hundreds
in Norwalk can testify.
He will spend three days each week, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday hereafter. in Nor-
, walk, that all who desire his services may be accom-
modated But those who wish teeth extracted are
reg'iested to call on Wednesday if possible.
.‘eeth filled in the latest and most approved
manner, those partially broken away by de-
ca restored to their formersize and shape.
Ve are constantly making the best styles of Artifi-
cial Teeth and can furnish them at short notice.
Room near the Dgpot, over Swords‘ Clothing Em-
potlum.
, Waterbury & Duncan,
Rear of Noerllk Horse Railway Depot, are
now prepared to execute in the best man-
fieraiid with the greatest dispatch, everything in the
me o
atrium-making and Blacksmithl'ng,
Carriages made to order, and Painting. Trimming
gepalttigg, &.c., done by experienced workmen, with
. spit c .
“ ff’Good Carriage timber taken in exchange for
'Ol’ '.
CARR! AGE MAKING
Horse Shoeing iii; Black-milking.
LYON, AHERN, & 00.,
OULD announce to the public that they have fa-
L» ken the old stand of Ca t. Henry Lamb. Main
Street, where they are .ieoarc to execute in the best
manner and greatest ispatch anythin in the above
line. _Cnrriavcs made to order, and [also Shoeino',
Painting, Trimmin ,Repairiug. &c., done by expo -
euced workmen wit 1 dis .atch. 1y“
nuccsrus LYON, WM. Mean, Girls. Fox-
Notice.
r‘f‘HE subscriber having purchased the CLOTHING
-l. and GENTS FURNISIIING EMPORIUM, of A.
Kceprcl 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 exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of
Ready Made Clothing,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIMERES and VESTINGS,
which he will make up to order at short notice and in
pliggatest fashionable style.
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No. 3 Main Street.
. .v. 1.. nannies,
Livery, Sales and Exchange tables,
No. 2 MarshallStrcet, South Norwalk, Conn.
FEW Good Horses for sale ; Also. four cheap
horses. Horses and Cari-laces to let at all hours
Carriages run to all trains and' to the Steamboat.
Coaches for Weddings, Funerals, 85c.
II ORSES and Carriages to let at all hours. Cur-
, ridges run to all thetrains and to the Steam-
boat. Coaches for Weddings, Funerals, die.
A few good Horses for Sale.
WILLIAM II. WILCOX.
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Groceries Cheaper than ever
" 1' O 3. O A S H 1
~.. E snbscricer would inform the public generally.~
. ,_ that he still continues to sell the best of Grocer-
ies, ProvisionsJ-etc” at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s
lock, as cheap as the cheapest. He offers great in-
ccments tqeash buyers, as he has as large an as-
sortment of groceries of the best qualities as can be
‘fouud at any storein the country. We would invite
v.
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are Of the very best quaiity,and will be sold cheap.
The public are invited to call and examine and gunng
for themselves. A. MOREHOU
,5 DINING SALOON. 5
O '0
lilllilillll'i
mNEW YORK HOUSE. on
Meals at all hours.
O'ysters
The best of
p‘Wincs, Liquors & Ales.
Also, a first class
BILLIARD SALOON
attached to the House.
ISAAC LEE.
No. 28 Main St. Norwalk.
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SE SINOEn's HAIR Rusrouuivn.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Norwalk.
,New’ York.
IMPORTANT
'1'0 GENTLEMEN.
ENTLEMEN would save a good
deal of money in having their
clothes
Cleaned, or Dyed.
in all fashionable colors, without rip
plug them. Also all other kinds of
Dyeing and Cleaning,
done in the best style at
LOUIS MOEGLIN’S
DANBIIRY DYE WORKS.
Orders left with II. H. Wellman 8600..
39 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. 44
New chK, March, 4th, 1867.
H'I‘liis is to certify that my hair and whiskers were
\l'l:1le.]flllil mire been cam lctely restored to their
iia urn on or )y usmg .‘Ii GER’S HAIR REST -
RATIVE” , 0
Cut No. 1, above is a correct likeness of me before
using, and Gothic. 2, ion correct likeness of me after
using the Restorative I had also been very much
annoyed with Dandruff, which has been entirely crad
tested by lisillg“SlNG ER‘S HAIR RESTORATIV'E'
Ituv. THOMAS DAVIS.
City Missionary, New York.
“SINGER’S HAIR RESTORATIVE” (is not a dye)
eradicates dandruff, prevents the falling out of the
hair, wonderfully increases its growth, restores both
tin.- hall-and its color. and is decidedly the best hair
dressing ill the world.
lSold by Dluggists and Fancy-goods dealers every—
w ere.
DEPOT 79 NASSAU ST., N. r,
W- Sold in Norwalk. by UHLE BRO'S.
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SAGEN’I‘ at Norwalk, and issues Policies for the
and other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Conudctl-
cnt. Massachusetts and New York, with assets of
REAL ESTATE AGEN TS
I Ely’s Drug Store, South Norwalk. Notice for sur-
, Elli
West Wing of the
REAL ESTATE.
West Avenue Building Jami.
' h For Sale. .2
THE house recently occupied: by the subscriber,
on Prospect Hill, pleasantly situated overlooking
the town, the islands and the sound. House arrang-
ed _with convenience, eleven rooms with good cellar,
attic, 82c. Lot 100 feet front and 225 deep. Terme
easy.
also. for sale, a good Famll HORSE and CAR--
RIAGE; also, an Alderney U0 . '1‘. S. CHILDS.
Houses, Lots and Forms
FOR SALE AND TO RENT. 5
gm“! twenty FARMS, from 15 to 140 acres, for
k sale. or to exchan for ropertyiu Not-walk. A
good variety of HO 89.8 n and out of town,Tor
sale on liberal terms. Thirteen first—class houses for
sale; two first-cine houses to let; one: furnished
House to let. A number of small tenements for sale.
to suit persons of small means—terms liberal.
S. T. WOOD.
N. B.—Good servants, furnished at short notice.
For Sale Cheap.
one of the most
COMPLETE, CONVENIENT
AND
Desirable “names”-
in the village. But three minutes walk of the Bridge
and Horse Cars, Terms accommodafin and pos-
sessiou given when desired. Apply to dlton of
Gonna. ~ lffl
For Sale.
ITHIN five minutes walk of the Noroton Depot,
a number of desirable building lots, wrth
views of the sound from each. Said lots are 50 feet
front and range from 100 to 200 feet in depth; prices
from $300 to $500 each. Will be sold only to parties
desirous ofimproving, and with the restrictions that
onlv private dwellings are to be erected thereon, to
cost not less than $3,000 each. Awlaon the greml-
ses or address by mail, Dr. C. . ALLAR ,
3m39 - Darlen, Conn.
BUILDING LOTS !
BUILDING 101's !
For Sale Cheap.
And upon the most
AGOOMMODATING TERMS
as to time payments. These lots are located on
“Spring Hill” overlooking the water and surround-
ing country, and are unequaled in beauty, by any lo«
cation in Norwalk. Lots for $400, $500, $750. $1,000
to $3,000. Apply at Gazu'r-rn Orr-ion. tf41
Thé place formerly owned and occupied by Isaac s.
Beers, deceased. For further particulars a filiv to
"5 MORGAN '1‘. 5 TH
NASH & IVES,
For Sale.
No. 1 WATER STREET.
PROPERTY Bought, old, Exchanged or Let, on
reasonable terms. We have a good variety of
desirable Houses and Farms in and out of town for
sale on accommodating tel-ml.
Wit. R. Nun.
n'l'. FERRIS.
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
50 Estates
OR SALE In_Norwalk and vicinity, from 1-4 to
200 acres, With buildings thereon, price from
use to 9100.000. Also, '1‘. furnished and un-
rnished houses. Addriss J. FERBIS. at Tolles lb
Nan-nan Ivus.
veying may be left at the Gazette Office.
BUILDING LOTS,-
F o a s .A. I.- m‘
SEVERAL very eliglible buildingl lots for Sale, in
the immediate v cinity of t e Brld e, others
more remote. Three acres ofuuimprove land pleas
untly located, for sale at a bargain. A house and
five acres of land, ditto. Apply to A. H. DYINGTON
SE Smuan‘s Ham RESTORATIVE.
Sold by UHLE BROS, Norwalk.
FLOUR, FEED and GRAIN
At Wholesale.
THE subscribers having taken the store in James’s
building, Water Street. just above the store of
Wm. C Street, are now prepared to furnish Flour,
Feed and Grain at wholesale, at the lowest market pri-
ces. They solicit, and will endeavor to merit liberal
patrouag . II. a I. SELLECK.
(17)
Hana! Sumcx, Isaac Sxmcx, J3.
Temperance Dining Saloon.
AT THE OLD SPRING STAND.
JULIUS F. PARTRICK. having taken the above 8a-
loon, recently kept by Mr. Chas. H. Byxbee. is now
prepared to furnish hot meals. at all reasonable
ours. Oysters Stewe Realized. Fried, or on the
shell; anllles or Part es supplied; also, shipped
in kegs to all arts of the country.
Home made res and Cake constantly ou-hnnd.
Ale drawn fresh from barrel—no poisonous lead pipe
used. No Liquors kept. '
Saloon open from 6 a. in. to 11 o’clock p. in.
(CloaedonSnndaye) Private Dining Room for La-
dies, entrance under J. F. Bennett's Store. Gent‘s
entrance under Carter‘s Shoe Store. 10
“ HOME AGAIN. ”
COAL l COAL ! ! COA
SOUTH NO WALK.
THE subscribe having resumed his old business as
above, In prepared to furnish the public with a
better article of COAL, than has ever before been
offered, and at the lowest possible rates. Also,
W O O D ,
[18] DAVID swoon.
Double root-rewer rump.
Patented Aug. 90. 1864 Ra-oauedJan. 1, 1865
The best recommendation for labor-saving machines
fn this age of inventions is that they prove well.
This machine pumps from 16 to 82. gallons per
minute they are a mple,duroble, work very easy, and
do not reeze. Being made of wood they are not If-
able to corrode, rust, or In any we impart an un.
pleasant flavor; and can be repaire at a trifling ex-
ense. Samples of this Pump can be seen It the fol~
«who places; South Nor-walk Planing Mill; near
the liotel in Westport; at E. Raymond‘s vplace,
llton
orali’descrlptlona.
, and all work warranted to give satisfaction or no
and all other musical instruments Tuned and Rev
pa
Gazette Building.
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees! !
AT THE
NEW CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit 6: Ornamental Trees, Vines, the.
is unusually large and of unsurpassed excellence.
We feel confident in staging that. we believe that our
stock of APPLE TREE pal-llculurly, to be the Lur-
cst and Best in this Country. We are also positive
I a: we can furnish Trees in better quality. better
order, and for was flown than they can be obtained
from distant Nurseries.
Those wishing to purchase Trees and Vince will do
Well to send their orders early—or still better, visit
our Nursery and make their own selections.
-. STEPHEN BOYT a SONS.
P. S. We take pleasure in showlu persons through
our Nurseries, whether desirous o purchasing trees
or not; and would cordially invite all interested to
visit the Nursery.
Notice.
E subscriber can furnish the Ladies of Norwalk
with all styles and varieties for the season of
Bonnets and Jockeys,
for the old a'ud young. and with prices to suit the
times. All kinds of -
HATS SEWED 0‘! ER,
nudnew ones made to order. I am confideutthet
with my new and improved process of
Bleaching
that I can ve entire satisfaction.
Ladies ve me a call at the old stand foot of Mur-
ahall street, South Norwslk,
GILES HAULENNEFIIE.
'N. .-'l‘uacans Panama. born: on us
and all kinds of Braids,Bleach , healed mild Dyed:
SE SINGBR'I Ham Rusrona‘rivn.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Norwalk.
llfllinery and Dressmakiug.
Mrs. B. LAWRENCE,
OULD inform the Ladies of South Norwulk and
vicinity that she has taken the stand ’ formerly
been led by Mrs. Newcomb Washington Street,
Sout Norwalk where she will continue the MIL-
LINERY and DRESS-MAKING Business. es
are invited to call and examine her assortment of
BprlngGoods. - ' ly8m.ls
Notice.
THE subscriber would res ectflilly call the atten-
teutton of the ladies of orwalk and vicinity to
her selection of
Fall and Winter Millinery Goods,
which she is constantly receiving, conslsfin of Veb
vets, Ribbons, Feathers. Flowers ac" w tell she
will sell as low as can be obtained elsewhere, Bonnets
and Jockeys made to order. She hasulso a -
etyofFancy Goods, Corsets, Hosiery, m., and will
do all kinds of Machine Stitchingto order at short
notice. Give her.a call.
lylb MISS S. A. DEEDS, Norwalk, Conn.
READ THIS!
House and Sign Painting,
1f.
SOUTH NORWALK..
Particular attention given to Gaining. Blind
Painting and Glazing; also to Paper Hall 11 and
Caleem ncing, by J. ll. & A. H. Kl N Y.
WShop North of new foundry, o poslto Wm. B.
Montgomery’s Coal yard, foot of arshall Street,
South Norwalk, Con. 1195
, 'SE Smonn‘s Ham Rus'rona'rivu.
Sold by UHLE BROS. Not-walk.
A. Jackson & Bro,
N o. 1, Gazer-m Burnnnw,
WOULD invite the attention of their old custom-
ers and the public generally to their varied and
extensive stock of
Warcuus, JEWELRY, SILVER Warm, Fax-
cv Goons, SiLvnn PLATED Wann, &c.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
seed in Fairfield County, in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest st les
of goods. A. JACKSON & BB .
New Jewelry Store,
1... W331),
Practical Watchmaker dz Engraver,
EALER in American, Bl lish, nndSwlss Watch
es; American and Frenc Clooks Solid Silver,
and Plated Ware, &c.,; next door to Main entrance
of Gazette Buildlug. Norwalk. Wedding Rings,
Gold, silver and Hair Jewelry made to order. 3
Special attention given to
Repairins
pay required.
Pianos, Organs, Melodeons
C. M. GRUMMAN,
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler,
AVING token the store with D. Du ton. Tailor,
Ely’s Block, South Norwalk, .wou d inform his
friends and the public generatl . that he has recufly
added to his business, an out new stock of fine
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES
Fashionable Jewelry. Silver and Plu'ted
Ware, Clocks,‘ Spectacles, .i
and all other articles appertaining to the bullpen.
which he is determined to sell at prices to suit his
customers. He feels confident from his long expert.
enceln the business both in the city and country,
that he can fiiruish all goods in his line as low if not
at_lOWer prices than any similar establishment in
this vicinity. Please can, examine his goodoand
see for curselves.
All utch and Jewelry Repairing, Engraving, :&c.,
done on the premises under his own personal super-
vision, by his own and other experienced hands, and
warranted to give entire satisfaction.
0. M. GRUMMAN,
South Norwnlk, Sept. 1867. 1139
Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, tin,
AT ':
F'- E. Nash’s
SOUTH N ORWALK, CONN.
ANUFACTURER, Jobber, and Dealer in Tim
Sheet Iron, Copper, Lead and Zinc Metals. Has
constantly on hand a general assortment of Kitchen
Furniture, and is W at all times, to do an kind
of Jobbing in his e, with good stock, and at re-
munerative prices. Orders solicited, and the public in-
vited to call and examine stock. Terms Cash. For the
dextenieuoe of Manpfilcturers and Contractors, state-
m s ofaocounts will be rendered on the first ofeach
month, at which time (all bills) are due and payable. ‘
V-Norwalk Machine Shop.
subscrlbcr would respectfiill inform Mauufkc-
d {mi-sips antldlzitllllcr: using M to story fail-forwalk
an v c y, e s reputed o r-
tuining to a general machine shop. All orders Isrptlle
making or repairing of every description of Machinery
attended to with romgtness lg experienced work-
men. Eavlng ad ed a team wine (in addition to
water power to his works, he dimers himself he is
well prepar to do all kinds of work at very short
notice. , ‘ ISAAC CHURCH Jn.
Machine Shop just back of the Post Office and Horse
Railway Building. '
Boots and Shoes !
CHEAP, CHEAPER, CHEAPEST!
EN'B Women‘s.Boyc and Girls Boots and Shoes
, ofevery variety and style, warranted of but
uia e and material, and at prices which defy compe-
tition. . Also,
.. Rubber Boots and Shoes,
allsfzel and at lowest cash prices. An examina-
tion of these goods, and our prices for the some, will
convince every one of the auger-for advent: e- we
offer. G. 0. RF. LED a 3301‘ ER.
1’. S.—Sold Wholesale and Retail.
Cranberry Plain,and at Cyrus Morgan a North
Manufactured and sold b '
Z. M. COM TOOK. South Norwulk.
All orders grompfl attended to when accompa-
nied by the epth o the well, measuring from the
platform down.
A SWORDS’.
Circulating. library.
'1‘ the News Depot, South Norwulk. The sub-
scriber has made for e additions to his Circula-
ting Library and invites t e patronage of the pub-
lic ; he intends to increase the number of books as
fast as the cute rise will warrant. He has also
constantly on ha a good assortment of Stationery,
Books, Papers, School Books, Slates. Pencils. Pens,
Pocket Books, &0. The strange of the public is
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Dove’s Eyes.
BY PBGBI CARY.
There are eyes that look through us,
With a power to undo us;
Eyes of a loving and tender blue,
Clear u the heavens, and u truthful, too;
But these are not my love’n eyes,
For behold! he hath dove's eyes.
There are eyes half defiant,
Half soft and compliant;
Black eyes with u wilheriug,woudroua charm,
To bring us good or to work no harm;
But these are not my lovo's eyes,
For behold l he hath dove's eyes.
There are sweet eyes, appealing
To our feuderest feeling;
Eyes of a helpless. pleading brown,
That into our very souls look down; '
But these are not my love'l eyes,
For behold ! he hotb'dovc‘s eyes.
0! eyes, dearest, sweetest,
In beauty completen—
Eyell whose perfectneu cannot be told in a
word; ,' .
Clear and deep as the eyed of u iotl'brobtl?
lug bird; . '
These. these are my love'e eyes,
For behold ! he hath dove‘s eyes.
oo‘b.
runuw spun-r.
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A Semen delivered. by Ruv. F. Aavoan,
of the Congregational Church, Dorian, at:
union meeting held in .the Presbyterian
Church in that place, on Thanksgiving Day
Nev. 281b, 1867. ‘ ' .
Pair. ii. 4:—Lookmfmry man minim
thing; ,- but awry 77mm alto on the thing: of
other; _ 1 - >
I shall venture on this occasion, to depart
somewhat from the well worn track of
thanksgiving sermons, even at the risk of
disappointing some of my hearers. I do this,
of our Own Commonwealth, or. of the nation.
that calls for our grateful acknowledgements
to God—there is much. perhaps never more
than at the present time. Like a nheperd,
God has led us.
idcnce. There are many questions now agi-
moral and religious also.
But we shall withstand the temptation
out-look fo-day, and narrow down the‘ruuge
of a local bearing. . .
This day. gives unusual liberty to the
preacher. Many things that he would like
little with the sacredness of the Sabbath,
salvation by Christ.
jecf for our consideration :
cisely ~what we no, understand by this
this subject from them.
man on his own things, but every man
on the things of others.”
method of aecomodation.
bearing: upon the prosperity of n peopleanu-
ferial, social, and religious? This will indi- 1
public spirit immelfitll. That is. it looks to the
Welfare of the individual simply. This toils
germ idea. Human life has a two-fold mo"-
look, but also upon things of others. This
“None Of an liveth to himself."
Father of all. There must be self-preserva-
afock for the common good.
This is not selfish, but necessary and wise.
It is what any thrifty man will do, to (fake
we plead to-day.
self, is the man who will bcstserve the pub-
ed views of what the public requires. , He:
dices, as is too opt to be the. we when men
fied littleness, what they may-call economy
is only a ruinous parsimony. . 1
icy in managing ‘ their own? private afi'airs,
which they-foo often adopt when they come
to act for the public, it would lead them
straight to the precipice of bankruptcy. The
policy that is ruinous to a man's private in-
terests. can but be ruinous also to the public.
Yes, the ruin is multiplied a hundred fold,for
the sufferers are more. All, therefore, that
seems necessniy, in order to tone public spirit
up to the right pitch of thought and of ac-
tlon, in regard to i eliglon, education. public
charities and pviblieimprovcmoo'igta for every
man to show the nme-tbrift,éiq orgy and fore-
cast. in working for the publi'i‘c, that he does
in working for himself. Me. n will freely risk
money in enlarging their l ,mineu, the mer-
chant. will tbrow it into good" the former
will sink in ditches. in building stone walls
and in. claw," up his fieldajaud these men
are wise. They see quick, and large returns.
“mi”; back to their packed; ,so am man is
“P's. on a higher and broader scale. who
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WA euts for Fall-field County,
11114? Street, Bridgeport. Conn.
"Low and then risks a. few dollars in' any 1e-
gitimafe public improvemeng'thaf shall tend
to quicken the life of' the community, and
shed new aura ctious around our homes, our
churches, and our school houses! This will
be seen to be entirely incompatible with a
spirit of selfishness which always walks on
the low and narrow plane of individual in-
terest. Selfisbnem sayspo; it will do me no
good. Public, spirit replies, up, matter for
that; the general good requiring therefore
do it. This is the spirit that 'i 1 tell Improve-
ments, and that helps the. . on,’ that stimu-
lutesalf branches ofiudusny. ,andwhyt’ because
it looks not alone upon one s own things, but
also upon the things of oth' ers.
Another charaolemn'c .1 public spirit is
that if is sacrificing. 0! v shat? Ol some-
thing which today it may be for my person-
al interest to keep. But l man lives alone
for himself nor for today.
Every man has two.“ late creditors who
to any, in which his own. community has no good order in society, we ought notto expect
immediate and vital interest, seem to jot a a certain per cent. profit—the profit comes in
another and better form—protection to life
when he desires to hold the attention of men, and property and morals. So when we pay
very closely to the great themes of personal . fax to build school houseundto’educateour
. children, the profit. comes in the form of cut-
Glsdly availing myself therefore, of the tivafed minds, the good fruits of which be-
opponunity now affordedJ 9'09”" as ‘ '“b' long to noonemn cloue,b'.it equally to all ;to
more Spirit. If Pull did not mean pre- 21:33:39“ m “hm“ u. We“
cute our line of thought. We remark fintfhut us enjoy a similar privilege.
welfare of the whole, in distinction from the bi. man Jamie: «le. . tree, Jamie, iv“ be
hil are nice in .” How true 9
rowing ' oyou p g and then other: sprang forward to fill the
bloody breach; and when at length, the
grand eofisumu tion was reached—what was
8
. and how suggestive. Our works never slum-
mentfone in the directional self, andfthe here; it 8095 fo'rward rolling up its results,
other in the direction of society. Not alone while the hand that wrought it liu silent in
upon our own thing: are we required to death.
tion, a careful husbanding of recoucesprtbey hm . mu earns, belongs to the public in
will be nothing to throw into the-common some form or other. He has no more right
to expend it upon himself, than he has to rob
his neighbor's safe. .
. Itl erha well one h for us to look
good care of himself, that he may the better ”0,113,; public demand?asaacrifices. Sac-
act-his part i.” the complicated "“3"?!er of rifice is enuObling always ; if. glveslargeness
society. _ Thlsye will call private spirit, and to the heart, and breadth to the soul. By so
If loan beautiful harmony with that public much the more genuine public spirit one POS-
splrit for the broader cultivation of which access, by so much the more in lieu man. He
. Th,“ '1'“;th 95°" the has burst thelilfle shell of self-interest,which
most skill and energy at taking care of him- all men begin tneir lives. and for the first
, , _ 'time he looks out upon the things of others.
lic; provided he “k" “bet” and highmind- He has merged a part at least of his individl
molly. The one is the public, the other is
thefulura. These debts are never discharg-
ed. They lay on under immense contribu.
tion, making life a perpetual mrifice— i
process of disbursement into the treasury of
the common good. And yet the idea of sac-
rifice, is after all more apparent - and real.—
Every just debt is grounded on some consid-
eration, and heroin lies its binding force. If
ovtrymuu owes a debt to lhepublic, it. implies
that the public is his benefactor, thct'it has
conferred some good upon him, that lays him
under the obligation of a grateful recipient.
Government is a benefactor of man. Shall
we call it sacrifice? I waste of our recent-ecu,
when we pay the debts, which the benefac-
tions of Government impose upon not We
might with just as much propriety call the
purchase of our daily food a sacrifice.
So of religion, of education, of morality,
these are costly bleuingu, and they give the
more good to those, who pay the more liber-
ally for them. '
We doll that a sacrifice which'is not an in-
vestment according to commercial principles.
If we buy bank stocks, or government bonds
that is a good investment—we see the in-
coming coupons and dividends.
But if we pay money for public improve-
ments, to build churches 'Ind school houses.
to add to the convenience and plasma of
travel. to plant trees, to beautify the town,
and so make life pleasant, Is Well as simply
tolerable, we are too cpl fofook upon such
expenditure as a sacrifice bringing little or
no return. 80 fu- from this being so, the
truth is directly the reverse; Nothing brings
such large income, not to the purse alone—
but to the heart, the sensibilities as these in-
vestments in the bank of thecommon good.
Pleuuroble feeling, which is the fruit of In
educated heart and soul,constltutes our truest
lifeju this world. ‘
Our life consists not alone in meat and
drink, and piles of wealth—then are only
the accessories, the ladder by which we
not because there is nothing in the c'blidition climb mg. proud piuacle, “a when '9 get if we do. it is at our peril.
there, these are worth nothing to us, their
function is exhausted, like the stubble after
the grain is gathered. _ .
Enjoymenf‘fhen, not transitory and nasal-
We have drunk at living, isfyiug, but deep and perenniclwvhtch draws the mole of their sweetest harmonies and so
streams, fed in green pastures, and have had its support from the best use of all God's be prepared to pluck their divine blessings.
sweet rest beneath his overshadowing Prov- ‘00,; Kim. is the true measure of our life.
When, therefore, we invest money in pub-
tafing the public mind, that might filly ea. "c improvements, we should not ‘1'”, ex-- mistake, if we suppOse that the former times
3‘“ °‘" thoughts °“ m" anniversary—quot» peel ll return of IO much per centum—lo, 15
tions, that fall equally within the province of - . or 20, though it often does return more—but
the preacher and the philanthropist not alone this is not. our immediate Obie“. if is the com.
political in We" ”P06“ “Pd Milli“. bl“ mon good and the Common enjoymelit we
have in view, in which we share with all the
rest. The public good is a corporation on
WWW" strong, ‘0 8m 0|“ “100811“ 3 wide the mutual plan, having a perpetual charter.
_ He who holds the most. stock in this concern,
of 0‘" discussion '0 topics having somewhat holds the largest interest in the blessings
which it drops upon 0“! homes, and families,
and lives.
When we pay a taxtosupportlaw and
He who plants a tree, fruit or ornamental,
phrase, still it is very plain that we need not is a public benefactor. He pays a debt while
torture these "9'63 very severely, to am" he makes others debtor to him. A free is a
“In“ "0‘ every thing of beauty, and so a joy forever. 0th-
3‘” ere will pluck its fruit, and walk beneath its
_ ‘ grateful shade, though we may not. It will
They come to our same" by “n 9"” bear its blessings on to these who shall come
. . . , after us, and this is enough. ,No higher mo-
Publlc spirit—what is it? and what are Ill five 0'“ move us in such ‘ work. Others
have labored and we have entered into their
share. Let the generation that shall follow
Said Scott, the great English Novelist, to '
Only a port of what we call our own,really
some truth is brought to view in the words, belongs ,0 us. What we Pi! in the Shit” of
. . , . N° 9“” taxes, to support government, rcliglbu, edu-
can h" to blame" If he would, and n” mun rcution, and what we give in charity and for
should if he could. A careful and shrewd public improvements, .n this, should be
looking after ouo’o cell, i' _' powerful ““9““ reckoned among the current expenses bf liv-
Of our nature. The planting of such an in- log, just as much cube grocer's or the butch-
stln‘cl displays marvellous wisdom, in the ".5 bill. * -;~
A ’ceitaln portion of everyhundred dol-
ual resources and energy and regard in the
must 00‘ be blinded by my short tickled common' stock and for the common weal
‘policy, nor trummeled by any narrow preju-
and that is the second stage in every man’s
. life.
do public work. Then that. they may per- ' f 1
hope cull shrewdueu is only a. very undigui- B"? awe rental: once more, M pan to
It is the motive power in the social engine,
just. as truly as the steam is to the railroad
H men should adopt the some narrow ”1' car. There can beno forward movement of
society without public spirit, in its absence
the movement is backward, and only hack-
ward and that continually. _
Public spirit is the fire of individual hearts,
burning in one intense flame, fed by the fuel
a will, of effort. of sacrifice. Light a single
straw and you don't get much 1108“”! very
easily put out. But light a bundle and how
the fire will crackle, while the lumbenf finme
lifts and licks the air in dellghtsome frolic.—
So warm up the hearts of a whole people
with interest in some common object, and
we let on power that will move society for-
ward out of its fossilized tracks. towards
uehievments and a wider outlook of useful-
ness. There isuotliing like this union of ef-
fort for the common good, to (rush selfish-
ness. and to kindle benevolence; there is
nothing like this to smother the fires of envy,
of jealousy, of prejudice, and of partisan
spirit and to lift men toa higher and broader
level of thought and of action. There can
be no life without progress. The application
of this principle is universal. In strictly
philosophical language, however, we speak
of life as latent in the seed and in the root,
until the conditions of growth are supplied.
But in the popular sense,!he very idea of life,
to growth, progress.
Vegetation that is not growing, or in a
condition to grow, has reached the point of
decay. Thoughout the entire realm of nul-~
mule nature, life and death are fiercely battle--
tug. exchanging with each other, victory and
defeat.
In inanimate nature,desth reigns supreme.
Here architecture, sculpture, painting, all the
material works of men, are on the plane of
decline; fading, dying, passing into oblivwn.
B) of society if it has not life- in it, it has
death, if it is not advancing, it is declining.
It has no power to hold itself in absolute
equilibrium. Such an exact and delicate ad-
justing of the social forces is practically im-
wondorous peril-
.-'- I ~‘\
press their claims‘rvfiho)
!
possible. Either the principle of progress,
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its full mission.
zing this law of progress in the world. We
have not yet reached the limit of man's in-
earth.
has a special mission, and if its appointed
important that they should do their work
also do ours well.
the workers are many.
the late war—every loyal man, whether at
home or in the ranks, was doing the same
work—those at home, cheered, helped, pray-
fained, and freedom triumphant, and all this
hands that wrought in it were may, just so
it is in the great workshop of human life—
our work
clinics, tradesmen, or in the learned profes-
sions,or in the difierent fields of denominat-
ed religious inbound this is reason sufficient '
tOgether—for the train is long and the grade
. ..._.-..-
or of decline must be uppermost and domi-
nant at all times. When it is clearly appor-
ent that decline has began its work, nothing
can arrest it, but a rekindllug of public spirit
in the hearts of the people, that shall arouse
their slumbering euergieund led them forth
united and strong in some new enterprise.—
The erection of public buildings that may
be needed; the repairing of old ones; the
beautifying of cemeteries; the starting of
any enterprise that looks to the common
good; all these things tend to infuse new
life into a community and to shove it for-
ward on its upward career.
On the coritraryfif the principle of progress
is already at work; if cheering signs of life
are seen on every hand.tlien all that is neces-
sary is to supply the requisite incentives,thaf
shall lead on to still greater achievements
and more beneficial results.
A wide awake community has many pow-
ful attractions. It invites strangers, capital,
industry, ind in the train of these, there fol-
lows, thrift, prosperity, and the means of
greater comfort and usefulness. Property
leaps to a high figure in the market and so
often given an easy independence to many,
who once struggled hard to keep poverty
from their door. -
Public spirit is the soul of all true progress»
and progress is the law that governs the
world; it is to seciely what tides and salt
are to the sen; it keeps it from stagnation.
The Creator ill continuity teaching us this
lesson of progress; it is written upon all his
works, from nothing to cmtion, fi'om death
to life, from chaos to order, from the germlo
the full grown plant, from infancy to man-
hood, from man to society, and from units to
aggregations-this is the law. Nothing at
the instant it is created, seems prepared for
God‘s laws always work
upwardly and progressively, from good to
better and from better to crowning perfec-
tion.
We must not ignore this law of progress;
Disregarding a
law, will not arrest its action. Fighting
against it, will not blot if out from Heaven's
Statute Book. We must make friendship
with God’s laws, recognize them, full info
Progress says, leave what is behind,ond press
on after that which is before and better. We
were better than these, or that these are so
good, that there can benofhiogbefferbeyond.
We mistake if we suppose that wisdom will
die with us. Strange to say this is the men-
strous conceit of each Successive generation,
“We are the people, and wisdom will die
with us.”
This conceit comes of not fully recogni-
ventive power. The time has not yet come
when knowledge runs to and fro and fills the
This happy period is still in the bo-
som of the future. Scarcely does the faint-
est glimmer of its golden twilight greet our
waiting eyes.
No one generation can do all things. Each
work is well done, it is deserving 'of all hon-
or. Our fathers laid the foundations, this
was all they had time to do. It is ours to
build thereon, and to beautify while we
build. -
We will cherish theirmemory in ourwurm-
est heart. We will immortalize their work
in the sculptured stone; upon the historic
page; upon the living canvass; in the mouth
of tradition; and so pass it down to our
children, and they again to theirs. If it was
well, it is no less important that we should
Man’s work is one,while
Like the nation in
d; those in the field, fought, suffered, died,
llf rebellion crushed, government main-
wu one work though the hearts and
is one whether formula-me-
why we should all pull together and push
is heavy.
“Let not Ephraim envy Judahmor J udah
vex Ephriam.’h Let us give envies, jealous-
it-s, suspicious, a deep grave, while We strike
brotherly hands in the common work of our
common humanity.
And this suggests another thought which
we cannot forbear to bring toyour notice,viz:
that true public spirit benefit all chum.
Such is the mutual dependence of the dif-
ferent parts of society, that whatever tends
to quicken one branch of industry, quickens
all. The farmer, the manufacturer, the me-
chanic, the merchant, all play into each oth-
ers hands, and so become mutual helpers
toward higher success in their respective call-
logs. The one cannot live without the oth-
er. Their interests are one. Animus create
ademaud for the produce of the farmer.—
Withoul this demand, his funds would de-
preciate in value and run to waste.
80 on the contrary, the various trades so
essential to our comfort, could not thrive
without the farmer. Cities could not be built
Railroads and canals, and other works of
public improvements in which consist so
largely our wealth and power, could not be
accomplished. The soil is the mother of us
ill, the source of our life and prosperity.—
The producer and consumer,therefore,can ill
afioid to part company. They should be
very intimate friends in each others warmest
confidence. .
The growth of an exclusively agricultural
community, is in the nature of theease, véry
slow. It has not in if the elements of rapid
growth. It inclines to become intensely
conservative and sluggish. 'ant it needs
to make the acclal heart beat quicker and
stronger, is the infusion of‘a little of that
radical, progressive spirit. which manufac-
turing and mechanical employments gives.
In our judgement, the comiugiing in due
proporffonl of these two elements of con-
servatism and of progress, gives the best con-
stituted community, in which for truth,
whether religious, philanthropic, scientific,
or pohtical, to take root and work out its
grandest vcsulta. Each checks the intense
action (if the other, saving a people from a
tendency to decline on the one hand,aud from
u mushroom growth on the other.
Plainly then. if“ this be so, what our own
community needs is a little more quiekening
--u little more of that element that shall
kindle a spirit of progress amongps.
l‘imidlty says, "hug the shore ;" courage
suys,“pushout info the deep—take risks—vex
the open sea with the ears of enter prise.
Nothing venture, nothing have, so says the
young man who starts in life to make his lor-
tune or his failure. '
The signs of growth among us at. the pres-
ent time are exceedingly hopeful. More has
been done to improve this town, the pool
year, than in the previous ten years. Roads
have been laid out, houses built and trees
planted, some of the churches and school
houses have been repaired, and many private
residences greatly improved. But these are
only the sprouting: of a larger growth, only
the forefutes of the goodtimecoming ; when
these,beuutiful ridges of land for which na-
ture has done so much, shall be crowned
with elegant and commodious dwellings, the
homes of plenty and domestic toy. What
is the result of this quickeniug even now?
Property is lively—it runs high and will
run still higher. The evidences of fresh ac-
tivity that are seen along our streets are truly
refreshing. We are rubbing our eyes
open, just in time to see the dawn of 'a new
day. That a town located like this, through
which passes a great thoroughfare of travel,
giving it easy and quick communication with
the commercial metropolis of the land, lying
upon the borders of abeantiful sound,whose
waters are incessantly vexed with palace
steamers and merchant vessels, beyond
which there rises in bold outline against the
southern sky, Long Island; barrier like, to
keep at bay the fiercest anger of the sea. We
say that a town thus beautiful for situation,
on the sides of the sunny south, should not
growls truly amarvel. It must grow. The
law that determines the tides and centers of
population has declared that it must grow.
New York, with its. teeming population
overflowing its own limits. is reaching its
broad arms out in every direction, laying the
entire surrounding country under tribute.
In: line: of rail and steam travel, north,
south. east and wool, are so many safety
valve: to its seething life.
Wherever these touch, there runs an ute-
ry, and there is felt the throbs of its mighty
heart. '
Let us then eneourageevery laudable enter-
prise,everyindustrial calling that looks to the
growth of our town.‘ There is no sufficient
reason why Norwalk and Stamford should
have the lion's share of the good things that
drop on this coast. A little more home pub-‘
lic spirit will remedy this evil and secure a
more equitable distribution of heaven’s bless-
ings. '
While we thus plead earnestly for our ma-
terial growth, we are not unmindf‘ul fhntlall
this will prove naught but a curse to us, if
our’moral and religious growth does not keep
even pace with it.
These churches must. keep their lamps
brightly burning, throwing the heavenly light
of God's truth into the hearts of men. They
must marshall all their available fol-cellphon-
don all worn out methods of labor that
wrought well in their day, and adopt other
and more flexible ones, that shall meet the
ever changing demands of the times.
Public‘spirit should move the church as
well as the world, to fresh and greater
achievements for Christ. ..
Neither must these school houses fail in
their mission. We must keep in them com-
petent and liberally paid teachers, who shall
combine fitness and enthusiasm in their work
and who are familiar with the. most approv-
ed method oj instruction. Let neither indif-
ference nor any narrow policy, that is afraid
of a little expenditure, cripple the usefulness
of our schools. The church and the school
houses are the two foundation stones on
which rest the colossal pillars of our gov-
ernment. Maintain them, and the govern-
ment will stand, gathering to itself new
strength.- with increasing age. Let them do»
cliue and the government will fall, and great
will be the fall thereof. If then these sug-
gestions are carried out, we have nothing to
fear. Religion, education and good mol'als
will move on abreast with our material pros
parity.
Our hearts kindle with emotions of grati-
tude,“ we recount the manifold mercies of
our Heavenly Father.
For the prosperity, abunda nee and health»
that we enjoy—for the preservation of civil
and religious liberty—for the gradual healing
of the wounds caused by our late war—for a
returning spirit of peace and loyalty among
the people—for the rapid prosecution of the
Pacific railw , in a word—for that cheerful
outlook which we have from the natio ual
watchtower—for all these and many more
blessings of our common Father it is fitting
that we should render devout thanks, today.
It is the nation that is called to give thanks.
May thief-ct be an earnest, of our unblokt n
fellowship and clout uu’on in fraternal bonds
in the happy years to come i
We hail as on omen of good, this fellow-
hip of churches to day. For this also, let
us give thanks. Many happy hearts and
voices will mingle in the festivities of this
anniversary. Long live the observance of
our glorious old thanksgiving the legacy of
our'fathers. God bless the reunion of fami-
lies today. In some houses there will be
sorrow as well as joy. Al the festive board
there will be the vacant chair, sud re-
minder of departed ones. _
And now to Almighty God for his love and
care, for His numerifed favors and sparin g
mercy. let our humble thanks be given.
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Fun at Home.
Don’t be afraid of a little fun at home,
good people! Don't shut up your house lest
the sun should fade year carpets; and your
hearts, test a hearty laugh shake down some
of the musty old cobwebs there. If you
want to ruin your sons, let them think that
all mirth and social enjoyment must be left
on the threshold without when they come
home at night. When once a home is re-
garded as only a place to eat, drink, and
ill eep in, the work is begun that ends in gam-
bling houses and reckless degradation.
Young people must have fun and relaflion
somewhere; if they do not find it at their
own hearthstones, it will be sought at other
and perhaps less profitable places. Tuere-
fore, let the fire burn biighlly at night, and
make the homestead delightful with all those
hide all; that parents so perfectly under-
stand. Don’t repress the buoyant spirit of
your children. Half an hour of meirimenf,
round the lamp and firelight of a home, blots
out the remembrance of many a care and an-
noyance during the day; and the best safe-
guard they can take with them Into the world
is the unseen influence of a bright little do.
mastic sanctum.
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Q'Dispalches received in this city yestcl-
day announce that the mails from China and
Japan which left Yokohama by steamship
Great Republic October 25th, and Sail Fran-
cisco November 20, via Wells, Fargo & Cu.'9
Express, arrived in Cheyenne City on the
morning of the 30th ult.I and‘were‘ thence
forwarded by the Union Pacific Railroad
Company, who will deliver them in New
York to-morrow morning. This will be but
41 days from Japan, an i only fifteen days be-
tween San Francisco and New York. Such
unprecedented dispatch will show to busi-
ness men the debt which the commercial
world already owes the corporation which
has so energetically built a railroad to the
Rocky MOuutains, and which will rapidly
surmount and oveleoule even that formida-
ble obstacle to railway communication across
the continent. Nogmeelul rhetoric can so
forcibly express the progress and the results
of the Union Pacific Railroad as the simple
announcement of the Superintendentthnt
“passenger time now- from Salt Lake to
What a Little Boy Thought
About Things.
I am a little boy about so many years old;
I don't know whether I’m a good little boy,
but I'm afraid not, for I sometimes do wick-
ed things, and once I cut sister’s kittcn’s tail
off with the choppin’ knife, and told her a big
dog came along and bit it off and swallowed
it down before kitty could say J ack Robinson
and sister said she was sorry, and it must
have been a very naughty dog, but my moth-
er didn’t believe me, and said she Was afraid
I had told her a lie, and I'm afraid I had ; so
then she asked me if I knew where liars Went
to; and I said yes; that they went to New
York and wrote forthe newspapers ; she said
no-they went to the bad place where was
nothin‘ but a lake of fire and brimstonc, and
she asked me if I would like to go there, and
I said no; for I didn’t think there’d be much
skatin’ or slidin’ on that lake, and the boys
couldn't snow ball each other on shore, and
she said if was more than that, just as though
that wasn'tbnd enough,forl don't. think they
play base ball nuther; then she asked me if '
I wouldn’t like to be a hangel and have a
harp, and I saidpol I'd rather be :1 stage
driver and have a. big drum, for I Couldn’t
play on f’other thing. It would be j-illy to
be a stagedriver and have a long whip and
touch up the leaders, and say “g’lang there,
what are ye doin' on t” I should like that
much better’n fiyin; and then mother said
there was a dreadful stage of sin, and Bob
hollered and said “that be guessed I Was on
it,” and then she whipped us and sent us to
bed without any supper, but I didn’t care
about any supper, for they hadn‘t nothin’ but
bread and butter for tea, and Bob and I got
up and he lifted me in at the pantry-window
and we got a mince pie and a whole hat full .
of doughnuts, and they thought it was the
cook stole ’em, and sent her away the next
day, and Bob said he was glad of it. for she
didn't make good pies, and her doughnuts _
wasn’t fried enough, and sometimes I do
swear, for I said by golly the other day, and
sister heard me, and she told mother, and
mother said I was a bad boy and would bring ,
her gray hairs ‘o the grave, and she whipped
me, but I don't think it did her gray hairs
any good and it hurt me, and when I got up
stairs Isaid got darn it, but I said it so she
didn’t hear me, and when she asked me it I
didn’t think 1 was very wicked, I said that
I was afraid I was, and I was sarry for if,
and wouldn’t do so any more, and then she
said I wasa good little boy, and told me
about George Washington, who cut down
the apple tree and was caught at if, and said
he did it with his little hatchet, just as though
I hadn’t heard all about it before, and didn’t.
always think he was a big stupid for cattle
wood when they ha, hired man about the
house, and dulllrz‘ little hatchet and be-
sides it would have been a great deal jcllicr
to let the trees be so he could have stole up.
pics in the fall. I don't care if he was the
father of his country; he wasn’t smart, and
I'll bet you the boys in our school would
cheat him out of his eyefeetb swoppin jack-
knives, and I could lick him and hardly try,
and I don‘t think he was very healthy either
for I never saw a good little boy that wasn’t
always sick and had the mumps and measels
and the scarlet‘fever, and wasn’t a crushing
all the while, and hadL't to take caster oil,
and tar wafer, and couldn't eat cherries, and
didn’t have t) have his head putt-3.;- till all
the hair was rubbed off by everybody that
came to his mother’s, and he asked how Old
he was, and who died to save SlDDUS, and
what he had been studyin' at school, and
how far he had got, and lots of other conun-
drums, and have to say his catheeliism, no, I
should not like to be a good little boy, I’d
just as lief bea nangel and be done with it.
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Tun Now VANDEBBILT.—It is evident to
all who watch railroad movements and in-
terests that a new Vanderbilt has Sprung up
among us. It'fil‘al became most apparent. at
the Erie election, when a young man, almost
unknown in New York, entered the lists for
the control of the great corporation, and n .m
in spite of Drew and the other Eric lli- gals.
It has since been making itself known by .
life and energy which have been infused is:
the Erie management, and by the gran-:3 com-
binations which are making with a view to
place all the great trunk lines leading trust
on acommon basis. A little giant is most
certainly at work among the Old bones (f
railroad direction, and he is rapidly bringing
order, s) stem,and prosperity out of what has
hereto fore been at the mercy of the curb-
stone speculators.
John S. Eldridge is the man—a name. little
known in New York. Some of the papczs
spoke of his recent election to the presidency
of the Erie as the triumph of the “Boston
clique." But, clique or no clique, this new
financial king is, in and of himself, every
whit at Vanderbilt. He has worked two Ver-
mont railroads out of difficulty, and when the
Boston, Hartford and Eric was at its lo west
ebb, he took its management, and fought it
out to what [romlsedo be a brilliant success.
He is now its President, as well as of the
Erie, having under his management over
eighty millions of dollars. He is a powerful
worker, and has a wondrous breadth of view
and business policy. We doubt whether
any man better understands the railroad in-
terests of the country. He has made rail-
roads a study, and has just the genius requi-
site to direct the greatest corporation. He
has taken hold of the Erie with the sole pur-
pose of' working it out from speculators and
the street to a substantial and legitimate pay-
ing stock. Whatever speculators may say,
we know this to be his purpose and plan.
Mr. Eldridge resides near Boston, and is a
gentleman of the utmost culture and great
wealth. He is universally liked socially
having a personal magnetism which draws
to him hosts of friends. In business he has
few equals, and in the single quality of bold-
ness hardly a peer. He is‘a perfect general
in the management of large interests. His
plans embrace the prosperity of the leading
roads in the country, and to him is mainly
due the recent arrangement whereby the
rivalry between the Erie, New York Central
and Pennsylvania will cease. to is now
Seizing hold of things with a band of might,
and it will not be long cm the name at John
S. Eldridge will be as familiar as that of
Commodore Vanderbilt. The la: ter delights
in his younger compeer, and joins with him
in working out the problem, of railroad in-
terests which are now coming up so promi-
nently.—N. Y. Evening Mail. -
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Havana, Dec. 4.--On the 1312i ultimo Si
severe shock of earthquake was expat-tenc-
ed at Santa Cruz. The shock r or alkali fill
out at sea, and the wafers rising to a great
high-l and becoming very angry and tempes—
uous, the United States war steamer De So.
to was dashed ashore and bloken to places.
The crew howeVrr, were all saved. The
United States war steamer Noun!“ :; Lela
was also washed ashore the same 4: ,
Conllatown, but the extent of her i255: So: is
not stated.
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WThe Times says that if the inn-Sufi
not actually capture" the Chine-n e y mi,
they are at least goingl'o peek in.
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—What sort of u throat is the best for :2
Omaha is but five days, and fiom New York
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"5S5 Fi‘E’!,'-.".~§m‘$’£‘ Ker-w»: v- . .
Binge; to reach the high notes with? A soar
to San Francisco but fifteen days.”——1n'bune. “It?“
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