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NOR‘VALK GAZETTE.
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ALEX. S. GIBSON, -
(Organist of the First Congregational Church.)
EACHER of the Piano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition, Box 379 P. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
_ 3:3" Orders for tuning will be executed by a first
rinse New York tuner. Pianos tuubd by the year a
a reduced rate. 3111".
Circulars containing information as to terms, 550.,
may be obtained at Mr. Scllcck’s Bookstore.
W. RANDEL SMITH,
Attorney at Law,
Lockwood’s Building, Norwalk, Conn.
ISRAEL M. BULLOCK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, No. 4 Giizctte Building.
on. WM. a. Lockwoon,
FORMERLY House Surgeon and House Physician
in Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Office over
C. J. Grnman’s'Dry Goods Store. Office hours from t
to 10 a. m., irom 3 to 4, and from l'to S p. m.
NEIV GOODS!
J ust received, a good assortment of
Cassimci-cs and Coatings,
HIGH will be made into garments in the most
‘ improved style anti best manner. Also, a larve
lot of Paper Collars. of the best make; will be sold
very cheap—cheaper than can be bought elsewhere in
this vicinity, together with a general assortment of
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
at very low prices.
Shirts made to order at short uorice.
Particular attention paid to cutting garments of
all kinds. ‘ . DA ’ ,
At the old stand, No. 4, Ely’s Block.
South Norwalk, March. 1868.
P. S.—Agent for Schwartz .81. Cities, Dyeing Es-
tablishment, Bridgeport. Garments of all kinds
dyed in thcbest manner at short notice. (13) D. It.
BOOTS AN]? SIIOES.
Till“. subscribers would respectfully call the atten~
tion of the public to their New Stock of Goods,
consisting of a general assortment of
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, «$0.,
both for Gentlemen and Ladies’ wear, which will be
«'old very low for Cash, at the old stand, Ely's Block,
South Norwalk, Conn. '
All kinds of Gent. and Ladies, Boots, Shoes, 050.,
made to order, in the most workmanlike manner, and
at fair prices
WHorsc cars mu right by the door.
BROWN d: STEVENS.
MIRA! S. IIIiOWS.‘ HARVEY STEVENS.
“DENTISTRY I
South Norwalk.
Will be continued in all its various branches as last»
year by
C. II. KENDALL & A. N. HART,
The principal Operator in Colton’s Dental Association
,ias repeatedly declared that South Norwalkis tliebest
:lace within his knowledge, (out of Cooper Union) to
.iuvc teeth extracted.
DR. KENDALL, has reduced his price of
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
so much as to make it to the advantage of all who
want the article, to call on him before procuring them
elsewhere. -
Office hours at all times from Tuesday morning till
Friday evening.
Monday and Saturday will be spent in Ridcetield.
Jun. 1st, 1863. C. H. KEN ALL.
1". S.—Ollicc open every day. Dr. A. N. Hart in at.
endancc on Saturdays and Mondays. Wednesdayis
.levoted en ircly to taking out teeth ; come on that
lay if possible. We will take out aching teeth any
day though. Pure Gass at all times, A. N. HART.
Scp.. lath, 1863.
NORWALII DIACHINE SIIOP.
EHE subscriber would respectfully Inform Manufac-
turers and others using Machinery, in Norwall;
Rernurkoasz—Dr. W. II. Draper, Physician to New
York Ciiy Iio piial; Dr. J. W. S. Gouley, Prof. Isaac
i2. Paylor, and Prof. Lewis A. Sayre, Physicians ant.
Surgeons to Bellevue Hospital, New York City.
on. N. n. MOSMAN,
Has removed his Office and residence to the house
formerly occupied by C. J. Grumau, opposite the 2c
11. E. Church. Office hours till 9 a. m., and 1to3
o’clock, p. in.
found at H. II. Baker‘s store, South
. tiib
A slate can be
Norwalk.
NATHAN S. ROBERTS, i . 1).,
Physician and Surgeon,
Office in Knapp & Dickerman’s Block,
Washington St. South Norwalk.
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2t031’..\i.
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PATENT AGENCY.
WILLIAM vmn,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Dranghtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
\Vinnip'auk, Conn. -
Office Hours.
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G. 0. KEELER do BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed, &c.,
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
Gents’ and Youth‘s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the lates
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
G. G: G. M. ITOLMES,
DEALERS l.\"
GROC‘ERIES.
FLOIVR,
PROVISIONS, the,
Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
[Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
Insure: against loss and damage by. Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent “’llh
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE It. CUWLES, _
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
NURWALK, coxx.
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital. $100,091:
Wu. C. Strum, President, Gi-zo. R. (Iowans, Sec’y
Erna. HILL, Treasurer.
ASSETS OVER $25,000,000.
'GEO. R. cowmss,
S AGENT at Norwalk, andissues policies for the fol-
lowing Insurauce Companies.
tna, of Hartford, Assets Jan. list, ’03, b,052,SS
mm: of n Y r “ “ “ 3,730,955
Phoenix of N "Y “ “ “ “ 1 555,50.
Home 6: N‘il " “ u H “ {53331:
Security, ofN. 1". “ “ “ “ 11mm.
International, N. Y., “ “ “ “ 1,128,01
Springfield F. & IL, “ “ “ “ 781,06;
Yonk‘e’rs a N. Y., “ H “ .. 734,38.
North American N. Y. “ “ “ “ 702,16
Putnam I-id.. “ “ “ “ 013.1!“
Lamar, is. 12', -“ " ‘~' .. 500,90
Commerce, Albany N. Y., “ “ “‘ 563,0. ’
Western llufialo, N. Y.. “ “ " 558,25:
Merchants 110., ‘i “ ‘f “ «118,33
North America, H‘d., “ “ -‘ “ 401,214
Norwich, “ “ “ “ 476,9
People’s. Worcester, “ “ “' “ 400.0120
Baltic oi N. Y., “ “ ‘j 27:.14t
Commonwealth N. Y.,“ ‘i 1‘ “ 280,00L
Weslchester of New Rochelle i\. 1., 200,000
Peoples of Middletpwn, Conn" 115,000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, . 1,000,000
And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts anti New York. At So. Nor-
walk. application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
Ghocnnms
Cheaper than ever, for Cash.
7 HE subscriber would inform the public generally,
that he still continues to sell the best of Groceries,
Provisions, did, at his old stand No. 4 Skiddy’s Block,
as chea as the cheapest. He otl‘ers great inducement:
to cash it ers, as he has as large an assortment of gro-
ceries of t. e best qualities as can be found at any store
in the. country. He wouldinvite the special attention
of all to his stock of
COFFE ES, TEAS, AND SUGARS
which are of the very best quality, and will be sold
cheap. The public are invited to callandexamine and
judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE.
WILLIAM B. SWAN,
Saddler and Harness Maker,
KDJOIN'NG the Danbury A: Norwalk R. R. Depot,
1. Norwalk, Conn, kee s constantly on hand and
will make to order every cscription of
Harness, Horse Furniture, Truppings,
or Clothing. Also, Saddler’s Hardware and outfits,
Trunks, Valiscs. Carpet Bags, the.
All in want of an thing in his line. will do well to
lve him a call. Or ers for any kind of work prompt-
v executed. Repairing done neatly, and cheaply, at
short notice.
NOTICE.
THE snbscrib - aving purchased the CLOTHING
and GENT’S RNISHING EMPORIUM, of A.
Ko: rel will continue the Business in all its branches
at t 6 old stand, No. 3 Main Street, Norwalk.
The nblic are respectfuhv invited to call and exam-
ine the large and varied assortment of
READY MADE CLOTHING,
FRENCH CLOTHS, CASSIIIERES and VESTINGS,
which he will make up to order at short notice and in
the latest fashionable style. E. GUSOW SKI.
1y 19 No. 8 Main Street.
A. Sword’s Circulating Library.
'1‘ the New: Depot, South Norwalk. The subscri-
A ber has made large additions to his Circulating Li-
brar and invites the patronage of the public; be in-
ton to increase the number of books as fast as the
enterprise will warrant. He has also constantlv on
hand a nod assortment of Stationery, Books. Papers,
School ‘ooks, Slates, Pencils, _Peus, Pocket Books,
.ttc. The patronage of the nubhcjs solicited.
A.
SWORDS. South Noi‘walk.
PASSAGE TO AND FROM
GREAT BRITA [N 65 IRELAND
TAPSCOT'l‘ BROTHER «in GOES,
86 South Street, New York,
Continue to issue Passage Tickets, available for
Twelve months, from LONDON, LIVERPOOL or
QUEENSI‘OWN. and DRAF'I‘S. payable on demand
for any amount from £1 and upwards.
H, B. CLOVER, Areal, Savings Bank at Newtown,
Fairfield County, Conn. 1,1,,
me APPLE Cheese at,
P o. o. KEELER .c BRO.
DOOR MATS of good, serviceable quality, and
cheap. ‘ R. K. LOUKWOOD.
ale at
G. 0. KEELER & BRO.
'EMPTY Salt sacks for s
mfiUhle Bros’. Laundry Blue,
THE BEST IN USP—both Liquid and Powder.
_ Try it and you will use no other.
llld yiciuity, that he is prepared to do all things per-
anmg to a general machine shop. All orders for the
naking or repairing of every description of Machinery
i- tended to with promptuess by experienced workmen.
ilaving added 0 Steam Engine (in addition to wate
,lO‘VCl‘) to his works, he flutters himself he is well pre-
laired to do all kinds of work at very short. notice.
_ ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
Machine Shop just. back of the Post Office and Horse
.lailway Buildings. 11
‘VATERBURY & DUNCAN,
w Rear of Norwalk Horse Railway Depot.
'» , are now prepared 10 execute in the bes
manner and with the greatest dispatch, everything in
.he line of
Cari-Iago Making and Blacksmithlng.
Carriages made to order, and Painting, Trimming,
fepall‘lélg, &c.. done by experienced workmen, with
15 tile .
. .ood Carriage timber taken in exchange for work.
CARRIAGE MAKING,
Horse Shoeing and Blacksmithi ng.
Lyon, Ahcrn & 00..
WOULD announce to the public that they have ta-
_ ken the old stand of Capt. Henry Lamb, Main
~trect, where they am prepared to execute in the bes:
.nanuer with great dispatch, anythiii¢y in the aboveliue.
Cariiages ma e to order. and Horse .‘liocing, Painting,
Trimming, Repairing, &c., done by experienced work-
.nen with dispatch. _ lyl-i
AUGUSTUS LYON, WM. AHERN, CHAS. FOX.
0. 5.1.00Kwoolo,
Fashionable Draper tit Tailor
AN I)
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
First. Premium Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
Hammcr’s Champaign Ale.
IIHE attention of the public is solicited to the supe-
rior quality of
HAIIMER’S FRESH BREWED
CHAMPAIGN ALE.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the year,
ud its keeping qualities, especially of thatbi'cwed dur-
ig the most excessive hot weather, is guaranteed foi
.ny length of time.
For sale in Barrels and Half-Barrels, at Sclleck’:
Packet Oliice, Norwalk.
JEHIEL GRUMAN, ‘
Agent. for the sale of Haniincr’s Chaiupaign Ale, Wil-
ton, Conn.
IRON CASTINGS. _
l‘lie Norwalk Iron Works,
ARE now prepared to furnish, at short notice Cast—
.‘ngs of all descriptions, including Pulleys, plaii
n' clamps, from four inches diameter to twenty feet,
did any width face, at lowest prices. 3m9
SORIETIIHNG NEIV !
A .FIRST CLASS CITY
Draper and Talking Eitahlislmeni
At No. 1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
”1113 subscriber would respectfully inform the cil-
i izens of Norwalk, that he has made arrange-
ments to open a first-class, New' York City Establish-
nent, as above, where he pledges himself to give sat-
si‘action to all his customers.
He will give special attention to Boys Garments in
vol as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing their
wu cloth can have the same cut or made up, in an ar-
istic manner, at reasonable prices.
FRANCIS J. MoKEON.
1h OTICE .
3 [Iii undersigned, a Special Committee, appointed
at the last meeting of the Fairfield County Agii»
cultural Society, to take charge of the Fair Grounds,
r. ave agreed to issue tickets of admission to the track
.luring the season. excc t during the Annual Fair, 01
n the occasion of a on )lic trot, for the sum of 95 for
each team. Persons subscribing will be supplied with
a ticket of admission, and key to the gate by applying
a: the office of the Norwalk Horse Railway Co.
JONATHAN CAMP, Norwalk,
WALTER M. SMITH, Stamford,
E. A. WOODWARD, South Norwalk.
Norwalk, May 26th, 1868.
THE OLD SPRING
Temperance Dining Saloon.
JULIUS F. PARTRICK, having taken the above
Saloon, is prepared to furnish hot meals, at all
reasonable hours. Oysters, Stewed, Roasted, Fried,
or on the Shell; also, shipped in kegs to all parts 0.“
the country. Families or Parties supplied.
Home-made Pics and Cake constantly 0n hand. Ale
drawn fresh from barrel—no poisonous lead pipe used.
No Liquors kept.
Saloon Opened from6 a. m. to 11 p. m., (closed on
Sundays). Private Dining Room for Ladies, entrance
:inder J. F. Bennett’s Store. Gent’s entrance under
Caricr’s Slice Store. 16
Davin H. WEBB,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Coal and Wood,
Foot of Washington Street,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HF; SUBSCRIBER has. on hand and ready for de-
livery, a large stock of all kinds of Coal and
Wood which he is prepared to sell at the
Lowest Market Prices.
He is ready to take orders large or small.
From his long experience in the business he is confi-
dent he can give. entire satisfaction to all who may
favor him with their patronage.
DAVID Ii. WEBB,
nonwamc
Steam Dyeing Establishment,
FOOT OF lllILL HILL.
Every description of Silk, Cotton and Woolen goods
Cleaned, Dyed and Pressed; pa icular attention paid
to the Cleansing, Dyeing and p ’ssing ofGentlemen’s
Garments which do not require to be ripped: also Kid
Gloves cleaned or dyed so as to look almost equal to
new. .All orders left at the Dye House, J. Shepherd’s
opposde the Post Office, ofJ. F. d: C. It. Bennett’s
South Norwalk, will receive prompt attention.
~ R. N. PERRY.
FRUIT
JARS, the best kind for keeping fruit. at
E. K. LOCKWOOD‘S.
{I ERY, anti GLOVES Wlie‘ c?
at KLEIN & PLAUT’S.
F YOU want to buy bargains in MILL NE
GOOD“ 0-0 to KLEIN &, PLAIIT’SIFY
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Sold for any price.
Business Cards, Tickets, &c.,
RINTED in Colored Inks, Bronzes, or plain Black'
Ink, on White or Colored'Cai-ds, in the best man-
ner at Gaza-m Jon Omar.
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fl RAND BARGAINS in IIOOP SKIRTS. HOSI-.
R E“. ESTATE.
For Sale.
he southeast corner of
in the Borough of Nor-
For price
THE property situated on t
Wall and Water streets,
walk, generally known as Mitchell's Block.
and terms apply to ‘ ~ ~
41-8m PETER P. CORNILN, Ridgeneld.
For Sale or to Let.
HOUSE on Prospect Avenue, Darlen, With tine
view of the surrounding country and the Sound.
t-rutc order and willbc
M. E. MEAD.
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The house is new and in firs
sold or rented at a bargain. 4ltf
I‘Vatcr Power, Mill' and Machine-
ry for Sale.
EAR Kent Station, on Danburyd; Norwalk Rail-
road about three and one half miles from Borough
of Norwalk. The building and machinery is now
complete for Bolt making, including a Heading Ma-
chine :iud affords a capital chance for _Iron Workers
to make money. Price low. For particulars Enquire
of (BStf) JAMES Ml’l‘CllEL , Union Market.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
IIE undersigned offer for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
hwest of Union Park, convenient to the
of access, having an extensive view
d harbor, prices low and terms easy.
Apply to A. H. DYING-TON,
S. E. OthS’l‘EAD.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
the slope nort
village and easy
of the village an
Norwalk. Sept. 2'1, 1868.
For Sale.
WELLINGS, Barns, Stables nud seventy building
lots, all eligiblv situated and covered \vith choice
fruit and ornamental shiubs and trees, at
Noroton Station, Ch,
three miles from Stamford Depot. These lots are of-
fcred at from $100 to 3500 according to location and
great inducements will be offered to persons wishing
to im rovc. Sand for maps and particulars, '
40 u‘ p ‘ M. E. MEAD, Ddricn Depot. (Vt.
SIXTY LOTS
For Sale
_.AT_
WESTPORT STATION,
N. Y. a N. H. R. R., in thevillage of Saugatuck.
3m35 Enquire of A. BREAR.
HOUSES, LOTS AND FARMS
FOR SALE AND TO RENT.
“t OME TWENTY FARMS, from 15oto 140 acres, for
3 sale, or to exchange for property in Norwalk.
good variety of Houses in and out of town, for sale
on liberal terms. Thirteen first-class houses for sale;
two first-class houses to let; one furnished house to
let. A number of small tener‘ngntslfor sale, to suit
8 .. sof‘smallmcuns—tcrms i era .
in?“ S. T. WOOD.
N. B.——Good servants furnished at short notice.
HOMES FOR THE MILLION!
One Hundred Building Lots.
THE SUBSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
ing Lots \vitliin eight minutes walk of South
:4 orwalk depot, at LOCKW OOlJVILLE. Parties
wishing to puchise may have a lot mm a house built
.hcreon by paying a small amount in cash. b:_ilancc on
.nortgagc, or may purchase a lot without any improve-
ment, for a small percentage of the urchase money
in cash,bnlance on mortgage. Price 0 Lots from‘One
Hundred to Three Hundred Dollars. I will be pleased
.0 show the lots to any person wishing to purchase.
WILLIAM T. CRAW,
Real Estate Agency, over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
Norwalk, Aug. 24th, 1868.
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For Sale.
HE LAND fronting the entire “Union Park” on
the west; being 200x250 feet, or near. rice
6,000. Terms reasonale. Apply to
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JAMES MITCHELL.
FOR SALE.
‘- VERY valuable place, situated in the most can-
t tral part of the Town of Norwalk, about two
minutes walk from the Horse Railway Depot. The
house is large and commodious. The place comprises
.bout two acres of land, and is abundantly provided
with trees, shrubbery and out-buildings. This place is
suitable for any gentleman. For full particulars en-
quire of JAMES llil'lCHELL,
deal Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk, Conn.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
NUMBER of very desirable lots, in a good neigh-
borhood, and pleasant location, within three min-
utes walk of the Ilorso Cars. Price, from 9400 to 51000.
Also, ten lots, 60x250 feet, about a mile from the
nridge; good land, nice location; will be soldverylow
.t' applied for soon; from $100 to $200 per 10!. Apply
, to NASH &. IVES,
No. 1 Water Street.
notions} LOTS,
BUILDING LOTS,
For Sale Cheap,
_ And upon the most
ACCORIMODATING TERMS
is totime of payments. These lots are locate on
“Spring Hill,” overlooking the water and snri‘o (I-
.Iig' country, and are unequal 'n beauty. by any 10-
an ion in Norwalk. Lots 1'0 00, 3,500, 5750, $1,000
to £3,000. Apply at Gazette 0 cc. tfll
Real Estate.”
Bonds 67. Mortgages Bought (it Sold.
SECURITIES NEGOTIATED.
FRANK B. SMITH,
ltoom No.1, New York 57 New Haven R. R. Depot.
NORWALK. CONN.
For Sale :
House and lot with barn West Ave. $155,000
“ " “ “ ucar Green. 7,000
“ “ “ “ 5 acres 7,000
“ “ “ “ w hiugton St. 11,000
.. “ “ “ El Neck 4,000
“ “ “ Down Town ‘ 3,500
“ “ ” 00xl50 Ely’s Neck 2,800
“ “ “ 60x150 “ 3,200
n u tig‘xlso t; 1,300
H H N: o it 1.900
u u u H u 2'000
U U H t 5 I‘ 2,100
l: u it ii is 2:200
“ “ “ “ Spring Wood 9,000
6‘ H (L IS 1 000
U H fit it 55 1:100
2 lots on Union Park, 100x240 each 3,000
3 lots Down To 11 75x210 each 800
Several lots 0 Benedict’s Farm, Ely’s Neck and
Spring Wood. 16 acres near South Not-walk depot,
on Wi son Point Road 58,000. All subject to very lib-
eral terms of payment. Parties wishing to purchase
lots to build on, can arrange to do so immediate. on
)nying for their lots. All of the above property is in-
side of the proposed City of N orwalk. _
A DOZEN LOTS
Most ellglbly situated on Hillside,
At $400 each, worth $500, and only 850 down, balance
a $5 or $10 monthly payments. Apply to '
if I. M. BULLOCK, Gazette Building.
J. Fla-unis,
Real Estate Agent.
" ESTATES FOR SALE in Norwalk and vi-
cinity, from 1-4 to 200 Acres, with buildings
uereou, price from 545010 $100.00.). Also, TO ”11' ‘,
furnished and unfurnished houses.
Address J. FERRIS,
at Tolles & Ely’s Drug Store, So. Norwalk.
Notice for surveying to be left at the Gazette Ofilce.
NOTICE I
The subscriber having taken out a License for the
Sale, Renting and Exchanging
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Real Estate,
Would call the attention of the public to the fuct'thut
he is now ready to transact business of that nature in
al its branches, and will assure prompt attention to
all who may favor him with a call. . Iiis resources of
gaining information relative to said business are un-
surpassed. Iie has now for disposal
FARMS, RESIDENCES,&C.
Situated in Norwalk .
from 145,000 to $25,000.
RESIDENCES
For Summer, furnished or unfurnished
FOR SALE on T0 RENT.
a number of
Fine Farms.
Apply to
JAMES MITCHELL
Al lorders left at the UNION MARKET, Mitchfl’s
Block, Norwnlk, Conn., will receive prompt attention.
Cottage for Sale.
HE Cottage occupied bv the sub *criber i o '
T for sale on accommodating 'crmls. The lot fit: 11%?)
passed in point of convenience.
P . .
whenever desired. one) ossessmn given
A. H. DYINGTON.
And all the adjoining country. Places for sale \v'nryiug- ,
with land in quantity to suit Purchaser or Lessee also =
feet front by about 150 deep and the Cottage is unsur- '
1 good and responsible tenant, a large and
most desirably situated house near N. Y. do
N. H. R. B. Depot, at. South Norwalk. The
house is three stories containin eighteen rooms, has
3 tier Piazza over-looking bar or and Long Island
Sound. About 2 1-2 acres lawn, abundance fruit trees,
Grape Vines, large and commodious Barns, Carriage
House and other out-buildings, well adapted in all re-
spects for 13 carding School, hotel, or Boarding House.
It is within five minutes walk of Depot. Steamboat
wharf, Post Otllce, 4churches and a dozen stores. All
trains on N. Y. db N. ll. Road stop at this depot, and
Steamboat to and from New York daily. I have oc-
cuplcd this place 18 summers, and if I can make sat-
isfactory disposition of it, I shall be iepared to re-
ceive propOsals for addition to Stone louse on Moss
Hill. I will sell 17 very very fine building lots on old
road to Wilson’s Point, within 10 minutes walk R. It.
Depot. - , NATHAN C. ELY,
tf40 or call on G. Hodges or W. T. Craw.
Office to Let.
)N ground floor, 14x18, in new building. Apply to
( 19tf E. ’. WEED.
Ofllccs to .Let.
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accommodating terms. title
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AT THE
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public that their stock of
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of APPLE TREES particularly, to be the Largest and
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can furnish Trees in better quality. better order, and
for less money than they can be obtained from distant
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. UNDER NORWALK HALL.
PU
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and VESTINGS. which will be made up in the best
manner, at short notice, at most reasonable rates.
Ready-made Clothing on hand for sale at the lowest
rates.
EDIVABI) P. \VEED,
Druggist mull Apothecary,
Wall Street, Norwalk.
WOULD respectfully inform the citizens of Nor-
walk and vicinity, that he has removed to
his new store on the “oid spot" formerly occupiedby
him, on the north side of Wall Street, where, With in-
creased facilities, he hopes to give satisfaction to all
who may wish good articles of
Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Patent Medi-
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Physicians Prescriptions accurately prepared.
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. and the public generally to their varied and ex-
tensive stock of
Wa'rcuns, JEWELRY. SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &c.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairfield County. in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest styles of
goods. A. JACKSON 8: BRO,
_ c. M. GRUMMAN
OULD inform his friends, and the peblic gen er-
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business with an entire New Stock, consisting of
Fine Gold and Silver “’ntches,
of different Manufacture; a greater variety of
FIN E JEVVELRY,
of New and Elegant designs ;_SILVER AND PLATED
WA it E, CLOCKS, and a general asso: tment of Goods
in his line to which he would invite special attention,
and hopes by fair and honorable dealing to merit
undireccivc as heretofore the liberal support of the
nu ic.
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0
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AMBITION.
BY FRANCIS C. LONG.
Fama est, Enceladl, scmistum fulmlne corpus,
Urgerl mole bac, lugeutemque insuper Etuam,
Imposltm, ruptis flammam expirare caminis.
—d~.‘nn‘s, Lib. Hi.
How we pine for the world's acclaim!
How we delve for a grander sphere;
How We toil to inscribe our name
On the pillars of lasting fame,
'l‘hat posterity may revere!
You have heard of the one wholies
Deep under Mount Etna’s base;
How he roars in his anguish, and sighs!
How he glares with his blood-red eyes,
And raises his flaming face!
For fame ‘twas Enceladus sighed,
lie longed for the hero's bays;
Beneath him the crater yawiied wide,
So he plunged in the horrible tide,
And sank in its sulphurous blaze.
Enccladus cannot arise,
For his limbs are pluloncd fast;
But he glares on the lurid skies,
And searches the crags with his sighs,
Hot us a fiiruace’s blast.
liugc boulders are heaped on his head,
A mountain is on his breast;
And he turns in his fiery bed,
And his moans till the earth with dread,
As he shudders in his unrest.
In his anger he quakes and roars
To break from his burning tomb;
And he raises his head and glowers,
And into the valley he pours
A sea of his molten spumc.
He! then sluggurd, awake! arise!
And shake the hills, in thy might;
lllnmine the clouds with thy dyes,
And let thy deep murmurs and sighs
Resouud from the Apenuiuc height!
\
Mine is Enccladus’ fate,
Mine are his groans and sighs;
And my struggles can never abate,
For I’m crushed by a mountain’s weight,
And I cannot arise!
Washington, D. 0., 1865.
#
How Grunt Received the Newa.
GALENA, Ill., Nov. 4.—Aftcr depositing his
vote for Congressional and State candidates,
this afternoon, Gen. Grant went- to the house
of t Hon. E. B. Wasliburne, where
arrangements had been made to receive the
telegraphic returns. The first report was
from the Hon. J. G. Blaine—“Maine pledged
30,000 majority, and she has kept her faith.”
The next announcement was received from
the Hon. Win. E. Chandler, that New Hamp-
shire liad gone Republican by at least 5,000
majority. Soon reports came in thick and
fast from all parts of the country, but as yet
they are varying. Many of the friends of
Gen. Grant came in, anxious to hear the
news. Much sport wasmade by the Gen-
eral, who had written out an estimate of the
majbrities for either candidate in the differ-
ent States several days before. This he al-
lowed no one to see except as each slate was
compared with his estimate, and in nearly
every case be proved a prophet. The two
States first named gave exactly the majori-
ties he had predicted, and the Presidential
candidate seemed much more pleased at his
political sagacity than at his success. In-
deed, during the evening be manifested
neither anxiety nor elation, while every one
else was excited as the changing returns
came in. The “inevitable cigar” was as in-
dispensable as ever, and the calm which he
had displayed at Vicksburg and Appoma-
tox was as conspicuous as if he had still
been at the head of a million soldiers. Ga-
lena, which had almost always been strong
1y Democratic, and had given McClellan a
majority'of 120 there in 1864, was announced
as having gone for Grant by a majority of
nine, at the very moment- when dispatches
came in proclaiming a Republican gain in
Seymour’s own Deerfield. When Connecti-
ticut was certain for the Union, the whole
soon the General was doomed ton disap-
pointment. He had calculated on 53,000
majority in Massachusetts, but the old Bay
State was announced as giVing him 75,000
majority, and he acknowledged the error in
his calculations. As the evening wore away,
the success of the Republicans in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana became sure.
Messages from Grow and Colfax declared
that all doubt about these States was past.
Michigan‘and California came into line,
the Pacific coast responding to the Atlantic
and the Lakes, and West Virginia, with an
unexpectedly large majority took her place,
while Nevada and Nebraska reached across
the Rocky Mountains, hailing the Alle-
ghenies. Bands of music saluted the victor
from the streets; fireworks illuminated the
neighborhood, and cannon announced the
peaceful victory of Grant. But Grant was
still as calm and impenetrable as ever. His
adherents were elated, but his equanimity
was undisturbed. At length word was
brought that North Carolina was loyal once
- more, the first Southern State that had voted
since 1861. The room was crowded with
Congressmen, Judges, town and country
politicians, army officers, reporters, all ap-
parently more eager than the man on whose
account they were gathered. While they
compared the returns, and lingered to re-
ceive more, a dispatch arrived from Petro-
l'eum V. Nasby who forwarded his resigna-
tion as Postmaster, and announced that he
had gone in the grocery business. After this
the torrent of news and congratulations was
incessant, interrupted only by the comments
of the little party, but more than the requi-
site numbcr of electoral votes was now se-
cure, and by degrees the citizens dropped
away, and a little after midnight the Presi-
dent clect of the United States retired from
the scene of his latest triumph as modestly
as he had left the little house at Appomat-
tox, where four years ago he received the
previous surrender of the enemies of his
' gdbuntryr—Yi'ibtme.
gig-gm
SEEK 'I‘O SA 'E Scots—During a recent
voyage,sailing in a heavy see hear a reef of
rocks, a minister on board the vessel re-
marked, in a conversation between the. man
at the helm and the sailors, an inquiry
whether they should be able to clear the
rocks without making another tack; when
the captain gave orders they should put off,
to-avoid all risk, the minister observe'd, “I
am rejoiced to think that wediavc so careful
a commander.” The captain replied, “It. is
necessary that I should be careful, because
I have souls on board. I think of responsi-
bility, and should anything happen through
carelessness, I should have a great deal to
answer for. I wish never to forget sir, that
isouls ar: very valuable.” The minister,
: turning to some of his congregation, who
were upon the deck with him, obserbed,
“The captain has preached me a powerful
sermon. I hope I shall never forget, when
I am addressing my fellow-creatures on the
concerns of eternity, thatI have souls on
board 1”
The Grecian Bend.
This classical pose has succumbed
to the storm of ridicule which it excited.
The Grecian Bend, Saratoga style, cut in
black profile and exhibited in the windows
might have been borne. But for weeks past
the leading thoroughfares of New York and
other large cities have been beseigcd by boys
yelling at the top of their shrill voices :
“Here’s the ‘Grecian Beud,’ only five cents.”
That we imagine will be the last ofthe Gre-
cian bend, ,
m
—It costs six tunes as much to carry on
i the govremnent of Maryland under the De-
I mocracy as it did under the‘Republican rule.
room, Grant only excepted, applauded, but .of society would be apt to create dissatisfac-
Every New England State was now cer- j
taiu. '
!
l The 5‘01”! 01' “l8 Great Charter. ‘ vestmcnts heavy with gold and jewels, knelt
‘l The twelfth century and the beginning of '
the thirteenth witnessed the height of the
Feudal System in England, and the com-
; menccment of its decline. The complete re-
versal ofjhat system did not occur for long
ages after, but the first effective blow of the
many strokes that toppled Feudalism to the
dust was given at Runnymede in the year
. 1215. -
Feudalisin was the exact reverse of Re-
publicanism. In the latter, the basis of
honor and power is in the people, and on
that foundation are built up all the several
classes of officials, finishing with the Chief
Magistrate himself as the crowning stone of
the edifice. Under the Feudal System, the
source of honor and the seat of power was
the kings from whom all the governing
classes took their power, and on whom they
were made dependent. His influence ex-
tended downward through every rank to the
common people, who were more machines
to do the bidding of those in authority.—
When William the Conqueror vanquished
England, he took possession of the land as
his personal property, and divided the grea-
ter part among the chief men of the army, in
paymentfor their services in the conquest.
These principal barons thus became the
chief tenants of the Crown, bound by the
conditions of the grant to acknowledge, at
stated periods, their allegiance to the king,
and bbund also to render him aid in men
ice to their lords, in like manner as these
lords held land from and owed service to the
class of land-owners, or held a position some
where between actual slavery and freedom.
the class above it, was liable to fines and t
taxes at the will of its immediate superiors,
restrictions. Marriages could only take
and that consent was frequently purchased
with a heavy fine.
ed supreme, and his order to collect an army
grades of maple.
shown. In addition to other forms of op-
barous forest laws treated {hem with cruel
severity.
the life a man.
one or other of the more favored clssses.
There was an exception to this rule. The
dwellers in cities were free from service to
any one but the king himself; and the
bondman who succeeded in escaping to a
city, and remained nnmolcsted there a year
and a day, became forever after a free man..
Thus the population of the cities was steadi-
ly increased by the number of fugitives seek-
ing shelter; and as the cities grew stronger
they became less inclined to surrender any of 1
these fugitives to the titled land-owners who c
claimed them.
1
t
I
when King John began his reign. It can i
easily be imagined that such an organization C
tion throughout every class. The king rail-
ed at his nobles because of their tardy com-
pliance with his demands for men and mon-
e r. The greater nobles, in drawing on
their inferiors to meet the royal cxactions,
added to the demand enough to supply their
own requirements.
knights in turn forced their subordinates to c
give liberally, whilst the wretched common- 5
city were reduced to griping hunger and ad-
ect misery in their incficctual efforts to meet
the hard extortions of their superiors.
With King John upon the throne, what
there was of evil in the Feudal Systems be- J
came fully developed; what there might be
of good disappeared from sight. There was
no good feature in the King’s character—no
bound to his tyranny and oppression. His
liccntiousness and cruelty made some of the
greater nobles furious with anger, and eager
to revenge personal wrongs. His fair young
nephew, Arthur of Brittany, the rightful 1
heir to the English crown, was cruelly mur- ‘
dercd by his order. At once a tyrant and a
coward, he treated his subjects with cruelty,
and robbed them without compunction, and
at the same time made abject submission to
the Pope of Rome, professing himself his
mere servant. The kingdom of England he
professed to hold from the Pope in the same
manner that the nobles held their lands of
the king, and bound himself to pay a tribute
yearly to his aknowlcdged lord. Having
made war on Frrnec, he set out to invade
that country; but suddenly concluded a
shameful peace, and ,turned his hordes of
foreign soldiers—hired to fight for money—-
to rob, outrage, and murder his own Eng-
lish subjects, rich and poor, churcliman and
lay. In fact he treated his snjects as hated
enemies, harassing them in every possible
Way:
It was a high day in the thriving and busy
town of St. Edmund’s Bury. The feast day
of the great Saxon king and saint had come,
and with the first light of that raw Novem-
ber day the roads were crowded with people
on foot and on horseback, all making to-
wards the town named after the saint, and
where his body lay entombed. Barons and
knights rode proudly on prancing steeds;
noble ladies, on gently anibling palfreys,
Were followed by squircs and pages. A
never-ending stream of commoner folk, staff
in liand,'trudged along the dusty highways.
The good people of the town were busily
preparing for the reception and care of the
vast crowd. The nobles and dailies of rank
rode straight to the great abbey, whose gates
were opened wide to receive them; and on
the rcfectory table stores of provision were
spread-for their refreshment. The others
visited their relatives, or the acquaintances
they ‘ had made on previous visits. The
sturdy archers and pikemcu who had done
hard duty in France or in the Holy Land
sought out their comrades in long marches
and fierce battles, and told, over the leather
bottle of “jolly good ale and old,” tables of -
the glorious days when Richard of the Lion.
Heart led them against the Paynim, or when
they overrun the fair fields of France with
fire and sword. ' Those who had neither
friend nor comrade to entertain them sat by
the roadside or in the churchyard, and ate
the food they had brought with them, or sat-
isfied their hunger and thirst at the booths,
put up in the churchyard for the refresh-
ment of weary travellers, and to “turn an
honest penny" for the booth-keepers.
The doors of the great church stood wide
open, and up the broad steps trumped a
motley crowd. Rich and poor, baron and
char], titled dame and blowzy milkmaid,
pushed in side by side, marched reverently
up the broad aisles, and dropped on their
kncc's before the high altar, all ablaz! with
lights, where was displayed the shine of the
’cofiined saint, plated with solid silver and
burnished gold, and sparkling with rare
q
or raise money for his own purposes was felt principal 00101310110
in calls for men and money through all the his gorgeous TOMS, mm in 001013 bordered
heavily with gold and sparkling with costly
For the common people, who had neither gems, 119 “000 0D the 50303.0“ the altar, the
titles nor lands}, no sort Ofcousidcration was grandest and most dignified figure in the
vast crowd that filled the building.
prosaion to which they were subjected, bar- poor rcverenced him, for he was bountiful
to those in need.
An unlicensed person who killed . for he was a Saxon like themselves, and was
or even chased, one of the thousands of deer proud Of his birth. The Anglo-Norman ba-
that roamed over the broad forest wastes rons respected and feared him; for he had
made by levelling hamlets and villages with defied the king himself, had flung the 0111' 998
the ground, was subjected to punishments of Of 1118. Church at the tyrant, and had given
revolting cruelty, or even death—the life of shape and purpose *0 the (“5413330th or the
a deer being considered of more value than b
Such; was the Feudal System in England 21
113 what they meant.
loaked pilgrims rose in a body, their main
ties were cast aside, and tw
marchedairmed and in ailed warriors,through
the kneeling crowd, which parted to give
them passage, up to the front of the altar.
Then Robert Fitzwaltcr, tall. dark, and
stern, stepped up to the shrine of St. Ed-
mund, and lifting his cross-billed sword in
The lesser lords and o
p
olcnin oath, that, should King John refuse
to grant the rights the barons claimed, he
would renounce his faith to the king, and
'oin the other barons in making war upon
the perjured monarch.
pressivc was the oath; and Fitzwalter, as he
swore vengeance on the faithless king,
thought of Bayuard's castle in flames, his
fair daughter Maud lying dead 'by the king’s
work, and himself a banished man.
Edmund’s- Bury church had be
ful one. The king, deserted by his nobles,
fled to London, and shut himself up in a
strong castle. Thithrr the leading barons
followed, and obtained an interview, in
which, after a furious altercation, a meeting
was agreed on for Easter (lay. Before that
time came, King John sought aid from
Ron 9, paying a heavy fine for the purpose.
The Pope issued letters forbidding Cardinal
Langtou’s interference in affairs of state, and
gems. High dignitaries of the church in
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1868.
around the shrine; white-robed boys swung
golden censors of smoking perfume, that fill-
ed the and church with its oppressive fra-
grance; and black i'obed monks bent their
tonsured heads before the shrine, chanting
lit-tinies and anthems. Around the high al~
tar, the blaze of numerous tapers shed a bril.
liant‘light. Farther down the church, the
cold rays of the November sum struggled
through the painted windows, and, warmed
by the rich coloring, threw a soft rosy glow
on the. worshipping throng in nave and
. l
aisles.
Among the multitude that throngcd the
churchyard, and poured in at the church
doors, were many clad in pilgrims’ weeds—
the long cloak reaching nearly to the ground
and the hood drawn closely over the head,
showing little of the face. These men press-
ed steadily -towards the church, loitering
never, and turning neither to right nor left.
Solemn, earnest men were they, speaking to
no one, and paying no heed to the jesting
banter of the idlei‘s, or the frequent. call from
the booths of “What do you lack ?"
“By the mass ‘3” said a gray old archer,
who had served in Palestine, and who now
leaned against the trnk of a stately yew tree
in the churchyard, scanning the appearance
of .all who entered the church—“by the
mass! but it secmcth strange to me. that so
many pilgrims have coats of mail beneath
the paliiicr's robe.
and money whenever called ,upon. Under saw a sword hilt push from the cloak ot‘yon
. the great barons were lesser barons, or pilgrim. By my fay!" he mattered to him-
kuigbts, holding land from and owing serv- self, as the pilgrim turned towards him, “but
it is the EarlFitzwultcr himself—the banish-
ed lord whose daughter, they say, the king
king. The knights had free yeomen bound poisoned. -And there goes the brave Dc R05;
to them in similar manner, whilst the great what does he do out of his Cloister, with a
mass of the commonpeople—conquered Sax» sword once more hanging at his left hip?
ous—were bond-slaves to one or another What! the great Percy too, and Gilbert de
Clare? That bodes ill for King Lackland!”
And, if I mistake not, I
The nobles the old archer had mentioned,
Thus every class owed military service to drawing their palmers' robes close around
hem, threaded their way through the crowd
and entered the church together, others like
and was subjected to many other Oppressivc them following their footsteps. In the dark-
est part of the great church they knelt side
place by the consent of the'lord to whom by side, joined from time to time by others,
the contracting parties owed duty 05 tenants until a goodly number had assembled.
The priests at. the altar were celebrating
Overall the king reigu- high mass, and Cardinal Lang-ton himself,
the chief prclate of all England, Was the
A tall stately man, in
The
The yeomanry loved him
alone to the king.
The solemn chant of the monks ceased to
It has been said that all who were untitled reverberatc among the 10“? arches ; the
or who did not hold land, where slaves to stillness that followed, broken only by the
tinkle of the hell that bowed every head still
ower, was in turn succeeded by a triumph-
ant burst of sacred song; and that, too, died
away as the stately form of Cardinal Lang-
on, standing on the higheststep of the altar,
turned towards the expectant throng. Rais-
‘ng his right hand slowly, and turning his
eyes to the far end of the building, he said,
“In the name of God and- Holy Clmrch, you
that would swear to maintain the laws and
iberties of the people. and of Holy Church,
otne forward 1” ,
There was a stir and bustle in the crowd
Ithcse words, few amid the throng know-
At the summons the
o by two they
nc hand, whilst the other was 'laid on a
opy of the Holy Evangels, spread on the
liver and golden shrine of the saint, he re-
eatcd, after the Cardinal Archbishop, a
Solemn and im-
Then came Robert de Ros, bold and fear-
ess, who, weai'ied with the world, had re-
ircd to a monastery, abandoning wealth
' and power, but who had again put on armor
anti grasped his sword to strike a blow at
tyranny and oppression.
Gilbert dc Clare, Geoffrey dc Mandevillc,
and many another powerful baron and
famous warrior laid his hand on the shrine,
and tool; the dread oath.
bishop, raising his hands, blessed the con-
federatcd barons and the Cause in which they
had embarked, and bade them all assemble
again on the Feast of the Nativity, about
one month distant.
pers rose and streamed out of the church, to
carry over the land the news of the strange
scene they had witnessed, setting all men
wondering what was to come of it.
Robert dc. Percy,
Then the Arch-
The kneeling worship-
Ncarly six months after the meeting at St.
Edmuud’s Bury, on a moonlight night in
May, the road leading from Bcdford to Lon-
don was occupied by a large army, moving
rapidly, and with theirs“ possible noise,
towards the capital. The moonlight glanced
on steel spear-heads and on burnished
shields. The night-breeze lazily ruffled the
silken pennons bearing the devices of the
chief barons ofEng-land. Along the narrow
causeway, flanked on either side by soft
ground that in wet weather became a quag-
mire of mud, rode the. nobles, at the head of,
their retainers on foot and horse.
vance of all rode Robert Fitzwalter, the
leader of the “Army of God and of Holy
Church,” which had set out with the purpose
of curbing tyranny and restoring the su-
premacy oftbe old Saxon laws that recog-
nized the rights of the people.
In ad-
Tbe half-year since the meeting in St.
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desiring the barons to return to their alleg-
iance. Langton declared that, Cardinal of
Rome though he were, he was a Saxon Eng-
lishman, and neither king nor pope should
prevent his standing firmly by the old Saxon
principle of freedom from oppression. The
barons laughed at the request of the Pope,
and swore never to stop, never to falter. un-
til their claims were granted.
The bright round moon, rising above the
trees, through whose quivering foliage the
broken rays flocked the road with patches of
light and spots of shade, passed above the
tiny cloudlets, shining like bits of silver, up
in o the pale blue sky, where its flood of soft
light dimmed the twinkling stars. With
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the king kept his state.
The pale round moon passed down the
Sky, and hid itself behind fleccy clouds. The
stars shone brighter for a while, and then
paled one by one—all but the one bright star
of morning, that glowed like a spark of fire.
The roadside trees grow weird and shadowy
as the light grew dim, and whispered to one
another as a cool breeze came softly over
Eppiug Forest. With steady prance of hoof,
with rattle of shields, with jangliug of heavy
swords against iron armor, with weary
' tramp of bowmeu and spearmen marching
on foot, and lifting their caps that the cool
breeze might fan their heated brows, with
here and there an occasional word of im-
' patience at the length of the miles, the Army
of God and the Holy Church pressed. on
towards London, where the citizens, openly
friendly to the King, who, with his armed
robbers, was ever ready to spoil them of
their substance, were eagerly waiting to re-
ceivc and welcome the barons who would
curb the cruel and rapacious monarch.
The golden light of early dawn was gild-
ing the roof and towers of Waltham Abbey
as the army passed along the road to the
west of that stately pile. The full glory of
an unelouded sun shone on flauntiug bau-
ner and glancing spear, as the mighty array
drew up before Aldgate, one of the seven
gates in the wall that surrounded London.
It was plain that they were expected, and
that those who guarded the city were their
friends. The walls were decayed and ruin-
ous. The great double doors were wide
open, and but two or three watchmen kept.
guard. Theseus the army marched silently
up, made no resistance, nor attempted to
shut the great doors. It was Sunday morn-
ing. The streets were deserted, and the
churches were crowded with citizens attend-
ing high mass. The priests knelt at prayers,
the choirs were singing the triumphant
chant, “Gloria in Excelsis,” when through
the streets rang the 'cry, “For God and the
Holy Church l” Out from the churches
rushed the people in tumultous crowds.
Loud were their shouts, and wild their de-
monstrations of joy, as proudly on prancing
steeds the mail-clad barons, and joyful that
the journey was over, with steady trump
the sturdy yeomcn, with pikes and bows,
passed by.
“For God and the Holy Church l“ rang
from street to street as the mailed and
plumed troop passed along. . “Deliverance
at last!” whispered the citizens to one an-
other as they saw the troop go past.
King John and the few barons who still
followed him heard the cry and fled. Some
hastened to the Tower, and shut themselves
in that gloomy stronghold. The King and-
se'ven of his friends crosSed London Bridge,
and galloping across the Surrey hills, sought
refuge at Odiham, in Hampshire. So the
capital of the kingdom was won to the Army
of Freedom, and the kinglyiyrant was a
fugitive from his subjects.
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made no efforts to dislodge them, having the
city under thciflcoutrol, and the party in the
Tower had not sufficient strength to sally
out. The gates of the city were guarded by
the apprentices with clubs, and the barons
employed a large force of workmen in
pairing the walls and strengthening the
gates. Soon after a message came from the
king. He would meet a chosen number of
the barons at Windsor Castle, and there
grant all their requests. Their answer was
prompt. They would have no gatherings in
strong castles, where treachery might be
practiced. When they met the king, it must
be in the open air, where no assassins could
lurk and no dungeons gape. In the open
meadow of Runnymede, or the "Head of
Council,” they would meet him. Again 11(-
sought to change their purpose; but their
invariable answer was, “Let the day be the
fifteenth day of June, for that is the Mon-
day of the Blessed Trinity; the place, Run-
nymede." With that the king was perforcc
content.
Runnymede was a flat strip of meadow-
land on the south bank of the. Rivchhamt-s,
midway between London and the king's rc-
fuge at Odiham. On the day previous to
the appointed time, the king and his friends
moved to Windsor, and. the barons to
Staines. With the dawn of the fifteenth, the
two parties set out for the place of meeting,
and cneamped at opposite sides of the~
meadow. In the days of the Anglo-Saxons.
many a council had been held on _ the:
meadow ; but no council was ever held there,
or elsewhere in the kingdom, that was of so
much importance, or so lasting in its effect,
as that for which the vast assemblage gather-
ed on that pleasant June morning.
The preliminary negotiations were soon
over. The king was sullen, but made little
objection, for his friends were few, whilst
the army of the barons was without num-
ber. When all was ready, the final meeting
for signing the Great Charter took place in
the centre of the meadow.
The day was bright, the air pure and
balmy. In front the silvery Thames flowed
smoothly and softly down towards tlit
chief city of the kingdom, its bosom. bearing
scores of boats and barges crowded with
people who had come up from London to
witness the grand display. Near by, Cooper‘s
Hill bounded the view in one direction; at
a greater distance, and farther north, rose
the heights of Windsor ; whilst far beyond
were dimly visible the chalk hills of Buck-
inghamshire. Immense forests stretched
around in every direction, forming a fine
leafy border for the gorgeous picture in the
meadow. .
The king and his tbllowers advanced to
the centre of the meadow. where a rude
table had been placed, on which lay. the
Great. Charter, fairly engrossed on parch—
ment, but as yet without signature, and the
great seal to be affixed to it with straps
The king‘s party were few in number-,but
gorgeous in display. King John himself
was arrayed in royal robes of crimson and
gold, belted with gold studded with jewels,
and wearing a crown of gold sparkling with
rare gems. IVitl; him came eight bishops,
and Pandulph, the Pope‘s legato, clad in
rich pontifical robes, and attended by aco-
lytes and cross-bearers; Almeric, the Master
of the English Templars, wearing the cross
upon his mantle; the Earl of Pembroke,and
thirteen other nobles in complete armor. and
attended by their principal retainers.
From the other side came to meet them
the flower of the barons of England, headed
by Earl Fitzwalter, all clad in complete
suits of chain or ringed armor, their visors
down, and accompanied by pages bearing
long heater-shaped shields, on which were
displayed the devices of the owners. in the
camp behintUiem were subordinate knights,
in suits of iron, and armed with long swords
or longer lafices, together with archers hear-
ing long-bow and cross-bow, and the coin-
moner retainers armed with bill-hooks,
clubs, scythes mounted on long poles, and
spears with hooks to drag the knights from
their horses. Beyond all these the hillsides
were crowded with peasantry, with citizens
; of London prepared to see the spectacle, or
, to fight, it‘ ncel be, against the treacherous
l king. Women and children, some in rich
j robes, but more in squalid rags. s 'arnied
i over the hillsides, eager to see so grand a
sight, and hoping that in some way good
might come of it to them—that they might
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biisk clatter of hoof, wuh clans of armor, van ts both 0,. m: king and 0,. the nobles.
with jingle of weapons, with heavy tramp of
footmen, with low-voiced talk and hurried
command, the Anny of God and of Holy
As the nobles came together-around the
t1ble,it was easy see to which partyeach
The king and his followers
f
! belonged to.
The Tower of London remained in the l
keeping of the king’s friends, and the barons I
no longer be robbed and beaten by the scr- l
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3 Church pressed on towards London, where ;' were heavily bearded, whilst the baron!
l were all closed shaved. Many a noble had
cut off his beard and left the king during
the past few months; and of those who'sflll
followed his fortunes, some Were even now
contemplating the scraping of their chins at
an early day.
The king sat at the table, silent and sul-
len, whilst Cardinal Langton, in behalf of
the barons—few of whom could read, such
matters being left to women and priests
whilst they did the fighting—read over the
clauses of the Great Charter. It was a long
document, and much of it of no interest
now; but most of the terms wrested by it
from the Crown marked a bold advance
towards the rights of the people; It provided
that excessive fines should no longer be de-
manded of heirs on coming into possession,
and it protected the rights and .‘property 01'
wards and widows. Widows were not tdbe
compelled to marry against their will,
though not permitted to marry without the
consent of the king, or of the lords of whom
they held their lands. The lands and rents
of the debtor must not be seized so long as
is chattels would satisfy the debt, and sure-
ties were not to be called on when the prin-
cipal was able to pay. Minor heirs and
widows were released from the payment of
interest on borrowed money remaining un-
paid at the death of'the borrower. King
and barons both were prohibited from levy-
ing "aids” or money assistance (unless for
certain important purposes) from their
feudal inferiors. The liberties of cities and
boroughs were defined. The courts of com-
mon pleas were ordered to be held at some
fixed and convenient place, and not to fol-
low the king in his wanderings. When I
person was convicted of offence, the fine
should be proportioned to the fault, to be
assessed by honest men of the neighborhood,
and should take no man’s means of living.
Towns and individuals were not to be op-
pressed with the expense of building bridges
needlessly; constables and bailiffs -of the
Crown were no longer to take a man’s
goods without prompt payment when dc-
manded, nor take the horse and cart of a
freeman, for carriage, without his consent.
The fisheries of rivers were declared free, uni-
formity of weights and measures ordered,
foreign merchants protected, and travel in
foreign lands permitted ; no officers of the
law to be made except thosé who knew the
law, and would themselves respect it. The
oppressive forest laws to which we have al-
ready alluded, and which set the life of a
buck above that of a man, were abolished.
But. the key-note of the Great Charter, the
foundation-stone of the liberties of the peo-
ple, lay in the clause 'which stands thus in
English: “No freeman shall be arrested, or
imprisoned, or disseissed (deprived of any-
thing he possesses), or outlawed, or ban-
ished, or any way destroyed, nor will we go
upon him, nor will we send upon him (pro-
nouncc sentence upon him, or allow any of
the judges to do so), except by the legal
udgment of his peers, or by the law of the
land. To none shallrwo sell, to none deny,
to none delay right and justice.”
When the passage was read clearly and
distinctly, King John scowled, and ground
his teeth, but made no open opposition. The
document being read and laid upon the
table, the king devoutly crossed himself in
token of his sincerity, and signed the parch~
client with a smiling face, though rage and
hate filled his heart. Then the heavy seal _
was attached. The Charter was deposited
for safe keeping in a sort of ark. The king
and his followers departed in all haste for
Windsor. The barons’ army struck their
tents, and set out again for London. The
people swarmed down from the hill-sides,
and scattered to their homes. The barges
sailed, and the boats rowed merrily down
the river, and by night the henceforth his-
toric field of Runnymede gave no - trace,
save in its crushed' and mangled award, of
the eventful part it had played in the Story
of the Great Charmin—011’); Young Folks
June, 1868.
[From the Atlantic Almanac, for 1869.]
HIGH PRESSURE OF CITYJJFE.
BY Rev. JOSEPH P; 'rnom'sozv, D. D.
The country youth. who thinks of trying
his fortune in the city would do well to study
the vital statistics'ofboards oflieslth and life
insurance companies. He would there learn
that rural occupations stand highest in the
list of longevity; that the probabilities of a
vfigorous health, long life, and a cheerful age
we decidedly in favor of the farmer. Now,
though the success of a life is not always in
‘ the ratio of its duration, but he lives longest
who lives to the best purpose, yet no man is
warranted in throwing away his chances of
long life upon visionary attempts to make
up for brevity by a more brilliant career.
:I or does any such motive commonly inspire
the youthful emigrant from country to city;
he is more likely to be quite headless of the
question of health, under the allnrements of
pleasure or gain. But .one should consider
whether a gain which is acquired by an or
penditurc of vital force that greatly reduces
the time or the ability for enjoyingit is real-
ly worth what it costs; whether a fortune
won by the sacrifice of health is so good a
thing as'a modest competence with health
wherewith to enjoy it; whether, seeing that
one can go over the course of life but once, it
may not be better to amble along pleasant-
ly, taking the comfort of the way, than to
rush for the goal. there to pant and die.
City life is life at high pressure. The
young clerk, manufacturer, merchant, law-
yer, editor, in the arduous struggle to estab-
lish himself, or, if established, to keep down -
competition, works as hard as the farmer,
and, taking the year through, works more
hours upon an average for the day. And
while the farmer’s work is in its nature and
surroundings healthful and invigorating, that
of the citizen is toilsome and enervating,
often performed in a vitiated atmosphere,
and with little relaxation. The pressure of
necessity or of competition makes acoustant
draft upon the vital forces of the system,
which shows itselt'in the alarming frequency
of brain diseases among business men.
Enomrowx.—In the town of Great Har-
bor, now called Edgartown, a prohibitory
liquor law seems to have been in operation
at a very early date. The record for 1662
declares—“William Weeks is freed for sell-
ing of strong liquor, paying two pounds ten
shillings -— to Thomas Mayhew fourteen
SilllllngS—lllld two bottles of liquor to the
townsmen; and further, be doth promise for
himself and family that there shall be no
more sold by him or them.” .The townsmen,
or sclccliucn, as now called, seem to have
been provided for in this arrangement.
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WThc Cincinnati Board of Health has
recently caused an inspection to be made of
the quality ot‘the milk sold by the various
inilk dealers in that city. 01‘ three hundred
and seventy-seven stores from which sam—
pics were obtained, one hundred and twenty
two Wt re fiend to have an article of the
proper standard, one hundred and sixty-
eight had mixed from twenty to sixty per
cent. of water, while twenty-nine only sold
milk that had been previously skimmed of
its cream. It appeared that many dealers
were in the- habit of putting about four
pounds of ice into every two gallons of milk
to keep it cool. As each pound of ice, when
melted, makes a. pint of water, this amounts
to the addition of one fourth part of water to
the milk. The names and addresses of the
dealers, with the quality of the milkfurnish-
ed them, are all published in fall in the Cin-
cinnati paper.
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