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WHOLE NUMBER 1-154.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBR
UARY15. 1870‘. ..
VOLUME Lilla-NUMBER 7.
‘ NORWALK GAZETTE.
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DENTISTRY IN SOUTH NDRWALK.
0R I‘OUR DAYS OF EACH WEEK ONLY, Dr.
Kendall will continue the Dental bulliness as for-
merly. at his oldstandagwtordl’s Builgdin angfilcgewgg
‘ ' s n a or a s, r. .
be closed mondlve :xtract met with or without the
G GAS.
use_ of LAUGHIN j _
is entirely to extracting Teeth
Wednesdays we devo
WITHOUT PAIN.
The principal Operate
has repeatedly declare
place within his knowledge,
have teeth extracted.
We particulary invite thosc'who may desire
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
to examine our manner of work and rices before
procurin them elsewhere. Teeth fills in the most
approve manner. Those partially broken away by
decay, restored to their former size and shone.
r in Coiton’s Dental Association
d that South Norwalk is the best
(out of Cooper Union) to
DENTISTRY.
. DR. C. A. DIILBANK,
FRANCE STREET,
Hours from 10 o’clock a. in. to 4 o’clock p. m.
Horse Shoéing.
JAMES B. SHEA Back Again.
\HE Veteran Horse Shoer can be found at the
_ . Blacksmith Shop, Scofield’s Livery Stables, rear
of Old Well Hotel, ready and willing to shoe your
horses as of yore. Old friends, and all having Horses
it t ' ehim a_call.
“em ed ”1’ L. SCOFIELD.
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ALE-X. s. GIBSON, .- ’
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
upon THE CITY our NEW roux,
' . Teacher of the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Com-
' .sltlo n . .
Box 319 P. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care Pelonbet, Pelton & 00., 841
Broadway. ‘ .
.I. RELDEN HUHEBII‘TT, ’
Attorney and Counsellor. at Law,
ROOM No.4, (Up Stairs,) GAZETTE BUILDING.
T“
and vicinity, that he is prepared to do all things per-
taining to a general machine shop. All orders for the
making or repairing of every description of Machinery
attended to with promptness by experienced workmen.
South Norwalk, Nov. 5, 1800
H
THE MODEL MARKET. '
WILLIARI MITCHELL, I
AVING become proprietor of this old establish-
ed and ever popular market, is prepared i0 fur-
H
nish Hotels. Saloons, Families, &c., with Meats of all
kinds, of the best quality,
at the lowest market prices.
age of the public solicited.W
in any desired quantity and
The continued patron-
ILLIAM MITCHELL.
NonvaLK MACHINE SHOP.
E subscriber would respectfully inform Manufac-
turers and others using Machinery, in Norwalk
. East 18th Street, N. Y.
APARTMENTS TO LET.
REAL ESTATE.
T
sion immediate if required.
0 a small family, on reasonable terms. Posses-
For terms and fur-
Non-Conformity.
(For Father Hyacinthc.)
FOR SALE.
A NEW convenient and very pretty
antly located: has been oecu led on
supplied with Water Gas and
ten minutes walk 0
flee 38,000. Enquire of
TO LET.
N H. M. Prowitt’s new building, Main Street, one
I suite of rooms on the second floor, one suite of
rooms on the third floor. Those rooms are well light-
ed nnd ventilated. For articulars af'lp'l? at the Hard-
ware Store of H. M. & . '1‘. PROW ‘ , 45 Main St.
y for ayesr
FRANK B. SMITH.
place, pleas-
naco. ’15 within
f' Horse Cars, Post Office, the.
For Sale. ther particulars enquire of Mrs. A. Muoxnmos. till ny .mp1. Eamon.
LDING LOTS Within . '
Tagggmlhhstegegfikflngb Bridge, situated on EVERAL HOUSES and APARTMENTS to let. The timid man. to ward ofl'cnse.
Plymouth Avenue; also, two good ones at North Nor- Enquire 0f ’ 5- 19- OLMSTEAD- Accepts. the world's procrulteen sense—
'Walk. For particulars enquire of R. L. ELLS. 2v: 2, 1869. - 44 Forgets his youth! immortal dream,
And falls to be content to seem.
Not so the sturdy protestant
Who feels the heart’s o'crmsatering went;
Truth’c summits call him from afar,
His life rhymes with thenorthcrn star.
If Pope or bigot coldly frown,
Secure a Home. To Let in Barton.
or»
Two go
Houses situated opposite Israel Lockwood’s Tan
Works, commencing at house oceu led b Daniel
Quintard, and continuiugaround to traw actory,
—distance being about ' ,14 mile from the Bridge-
also, one House, Born, and from four to five acres of
land near the residence of Stephen Smith, Esq., about
one mile from the bridge; also, nine acres and one
rood lying on Spring Hill—distance, about 3‘ of a
mile from the Bri go; also, three or four acres
of land on East Avenue, near the residence of Hon.
0. S. Ferry. Persons desiriu to secure cheaphomes
or building lots, are invited coal! and gain further
articulars. Applfi to EDWIN LOCKWOOD or to
LLIAM TRLB , Agent, at the Horse Railw‘stg
ofiice. . '
FOR SALE.
sistin of about )8, acres of va nable ion
a Dwelling once. Barn, and convenient on
Fruit Trees.
Timber Lot, with
pleasant] situate
roads lea ing toBrldgepbrt,
good Common Schools.
atcly.
may be obtained to J AMES MITCHELL,
Norwalk, ELIJA
a plyin
H . D0 NS, Westgprigr of the
subscriber, Weston. MATTHEW B 0 BY,
6tf Administrator, with the will annexed.
.LunOfor Sale.
HE Subscriber has nfine piece of land, in quan-
tity5 acres, located midwa between thevilla es
ofNorwalk and Westport, whic is a co ital build ng
site and which he wil
required would help party buying to build thereon.
For terms and further particulars enquire of .
tf44 MARTIN GRACE, Norwalk, Conn.
Farm For Sale.
.HE subscriber offers for sale his Farm, situated
on Chestnut Hill two miles from Norwalk.
The farm consists of thirty acres of goodMeadow,
Wood and Pasture land. There is alarge House
and Burn latel built. For further particulars en-
quire of JAS. MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or of
th . lb the remiscs.
esubser or on p LEGRAND COMSTOCK.
non SALE. ,
TEAR NOROTON STATION—A handsome Swiss
Cottage, nearly new. having seven rooms of
unusual size, and in complete order. House just
painted throughout; rounds consist of 17 acres of
good laud, partly woo ed; House has a lar e lawn,
with forest trees; neighborhood free from no sauces;
distant only five minutes from Station. A pleasant
healthy and convenient home for either business man LEWIS p, B Egg, Trustee, GEO _
or farmer. Apply to F. W. BALLARRL Noroton. MOND and CHESTER F. TOLLES, South No
(Darieu,) or after March 1st, to C. W. "B LARD§£1 Conn.
I)
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belonging to the estate of George W.
Raymond, compr sing some of the most desira-
ble property in South Norwalk is now offered for sale
at a bargain b the trustee of that cstfigk 6p ly £0
rwalk:
t
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
HE subscriber.ofi'ers for sale, on very resonable
terms, a number of the choicest, and. most desi-
rable Building Lots in the town of Norwalk, situated
on high ground, (Prospect Hill), near and of easy ac-
cess from the gills e, and commands a fine and un-
For Sale or to Let.
'1‘ SOUTH NORWALK.—Posscssion given 1st of
A April next. A Frame Dwelling House and Barn
corner Chestnut and Henry Streets, within three
minutes of the do at. Lot 75x150 feet.
DB. J G RABBIT“, Having addedaSteam Engine (in addition to water WILTON—Don le Frame Dwelling House Barn
' . . I - ‘ power) to his works, he flatters himself he is well pre- Orchard, Garden and. about three acres of hind, or; Obfimfled Viewdn etOlebfiaflgOl‘ig-Olllggsgand {51:3
'D E N T I s T 9 pared to do all kinds of work at very short notice. the main road; within ten minutes of the depot, Sound? Agooh avenue, 019 31th? a 9?“ ta ,
~ ' 'NO‘RWALK CONN ISAAC CHURCH, Jr. Churches, Schools Stores. the. For full articulars Ofltin font of t 8111‘"). en’d' 8.8 ! int :6 miltm es
. ' ' Machine Shop just back of the and Horse Railway enquire of WASHINGTON POST, cor. C estnnt an fig? gaff? £3259 tale?“ For fifithero Saddlerf’g?
Boggcgyiansgggette Building, Room No. 8, over J ack- Buildings. . 11 Henry Sts,, South Norwalk, Conn. 4t 5 all“: of 0 y P . JESSE D NTON,
..' .. r o mom“ 1...... momentum“? .. ‘ ““3“
uso eor u u as 0 mm s _
m _ g g ' coTTAGE HOUSE. Farm For sure.
desired.
,PATENT AGENCY.
WILLIA—ni VINE,
c
Agent and-Solicitor of Patents, Bra
Mechanical'Draughtsman and
nouns. MAKER,
1 y g Winnipauk, Conn.
G. ‘P. KEELER do BROTHER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Feed,&c.,
Nos. 1!, 14 and 16 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
ELBERT - CURTIS,
~Merchant Tailor,
’i
T
ments to open a first~cl
ment, as above where he pledges himself to give sat~
isfaction to all h
tistic manner, at reasonabl
.P_
A FIRST CLASS CITY
per & Tailoring Establishment
At N o. 1, Gazettc'Building, (up stairs)
HE subscriber would respectfully inform the eit-
izens of Norwalk that he has made arrange-
ass, New York City Establish-
is customers.
He will give special attention to Boys Garments as
well'as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing their
own cloth can have the same cut or made up, in an ar-
e prices.
FRANCIS J. McKEON.
SOUTH NORWALK
Curtis’s’Building,Main Street, Nbrwalk, Ct. Planing M111 Co.
Gents’ and Youtb’s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
G. a; G. n. HoLrIEs,
‘ DEALERS IN
mocnums.
. FLOUR, '
PROVISIONS, 050.,
Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
c. s. Loonwoon,
Fashionable Draper db Tailor
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
AGENT FOR THE '
Steambo
C. F.
Builders and others are informed that this Compa-
ny are now prepared to execute in the best manner,
at short notice, all kinds of
Steam Sawing,
Scroll Sawing,
' running,
and Turning.
They will also furnish on the most reasonable terms
I
all kinds of
LI.
Sash,
umber and Timber,
and manufacture to order,
Blinds, '
BALUS'I‘ERS, NEWELS. no,
for Stairs andRailings, and
Black Walnut, Ash, Cherry;Whife-nfood
.00., kept‘cousta‘ully 011 band.
Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
at Landing, SOUTH NORWALK.
TOLLES .
} R. I. TOLLES, Treasurer.
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
I-‘lrst Premium Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1619, Charter Perpetual. ,
capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
_the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, . '
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
V Nonwatx, CONN. ~
Cash capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. Snare, President, 1 Gso. R. Comes, Sec’y.
EDEN. HILL, Treasurer. -
ASSETS OVER $25,000,000.
GEO. n‘. coWLEs,
IS] AGENiI‘ngggrwglk, angiissués policies for the fol-
owiug ce qmpa es.
Etna, of Hartford, Assets Jan. lot, ’08, 5,052,880
Home of N Y " “ “ “ 3 730 981
Phuuix, of 'N "r u u n “ 116551561
Home of N 1'1. " “ " “ u {533 219
Security of N Y “ “ ' “ “ 1,477,677
Intematloriel 'N "Y “ “ ' “ “ 1’128’012
s ringseld‘r’ a'n." “ “ “ W “ ’rSI'ooz
oukcrshN. Y. ’ “ “ “ “ ' '734’380
orth American is. Y. “ “ " “ 702’162
utue "qu “ “ “ “ 618.198
mer, . Y., “ “ “ “ 509:963
Commerce, Alban N. Y., “ " “ 563,873
Western Bulalo, . Y., “ “ “ 553,257
Merchant! Hd. “ “ “ “ 418 309
orth America: H’d. “ ~.. “ “ 401’274 t
gor'leh' , u u u u 476:949
People's, Worcester, “ “ “ “ 400,000
Baltic or N. I. O u ., “ 219,140
Commonwealth N. Y.,“ “ “ “ _ ,
chtchcster of N ew Rochelle N. .Y., 200,000
Peoples of Middletown, Conn., 115,000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, 1,000,000
And other Companies,’Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and New York. At So. Nor-
walk, application may be made to WM. T. CRAW.
South hm Insurance Agency,
' Representing over $26,000,000. .
Hartford Fire Ins. 00., Assets 82,026,000 00
North America Ins. 00,, Philadelphia, 2,000,000
Germanic Fire Ins. 00., New York, 1,000,000
City Fire Ins. 00. Hartford, “ 450,000 00
Ill diescx Mutual Als’e, 00., u -soo,ooo oo
LIFE INSURANCE.
cut Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Assets 820,000,000 00.
th Norwalk. ‘
BEERS, Agent.
Dalian Automatic ' Ventilator.
PATENTED MAY 18th, 1860.
Conuecti
Office in Swords’ Building, Sou
Btf L.
_ ‘ Ventilate your
Barns, Stables,
.Root Cellars,
Houses, Churches
'1‘“ Factories, School
' Houses, Lecture
Rooms, Drying
, Houses, Tobacco
.Bams, Gas Works;
’7 &c.
Ventilator Mfefliy and Heep: out the Storm.
Costs but Little to Have the Best.
Send our orders fol' NOrwalk to KNAPP c FITCH.
:or erlen and New Canaan to MELVILLE E0
. . 4
GROCERIES
Cheaper than ever, for Cash.
no subscriber would inform the uh '
T that he still continues to sell the 1.13.33? Sigrid?
Provisions, &c., at his old stan No. 4 Skiddy»a Block'
as chce es the cheapest. Heo ers great inducementé
to cash u are, as he has as large an assortment of gro-
cgi‘es of :chstnqueliflfi isexton lie found at any store
0 ocean . ewou n etes ec '
in all to his stock of p la! attention
COHEES. TEAS, AND SUGARS
which are of the very best quality and will be sold
cheap. The public are invited to call and examine and
judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE.
d STOVE or a RANGE o -
noussxsnrmo LINErebnlb
new vs.
F you went a
thing else iugtl’xg
E. GUSOWSKI
MERCHANT TAILOR,,
ANDDEALERIN
unspv MAD ” "
AND GENTS’ FURELEHII‘ggnggG’
N0. 8 Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Constantly on hand a la
Caselmcres and “refine fielladIdIggngfotu‘i’dtlzjgogzz
85
outed.
HE CELEBRATED GAS BURNER
T . for sale by GEORGE FfilAquLclllliN.
ROF 'S BUCKWHEA'I‘ FL
3113. by the Hun
dred lght or less latest“ ll
. . LER & BRO.’S
‘ well to
Nursery and make theirowu selections.
H
P
D. R. All TIN’,
n. I. TOLLES
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees!
AT THE .
N EIV CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing to the
public that their stock of
Fruit &. Ornamental Trees,Vines, (be.
is unusually large and of unsurpassed excellence. We
feel confident in saying that we believe that our stock
of APPLE TREES particularly, to be the Largest and
Best in this Country.
can furnish~Trees in better quality, better order, and
{er lessi money than they can be obtained from distant
'urser es.
We are also positive that we
'l‘hos wishing to purchase Trees and Vines will do
nd their orders early—or still better, visit our
, STEPHEN HOYT & SONS.
P. S.—We take pleasure in showing persons through
our Nurseries, whether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and would cordiallyinvitc all interested to
.viglt the Nursery.
New and RARE PLANTS.
“Bases, Geranium, Verielas,
AND
Bedding Out Plants, Shrubs,
Fruit Trees of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry ti; Strawberry
Plants, &c.
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER & CELERY PLANTS, 850-
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. B0-
QUETS, WREATHS, BASKETS, CROSSES, and oth
er Floral Decorations arranged in the best style ofart
0 order. Send for descriptive catalogue.
llIALLORY & DOWNS,
_ South Norwalk, Ct.
A. JACKSON a; BRO.,
No. 1 Gazette Building.
OULD invite the attention of their old customer
and the public generallyto their varied and ex
tensive stock of
Warsaw, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &c.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in_Fuirfield County. in quality or price.
Constant additions are made of all the latest styles of
goo s.
A. JACKSON & BRO,
DOCTOR’S GIG, nearly new, for sale cheap.
wanes s25. Enquire of CHAS. T. LEONARD.
BOOTS a snons.
'1‘
HEsubscribers would res eetfull call the att 4
lieu of the pnbli to thcllr y on
NEW STOCK OF GOODS,
. consisting of a general assortment of ’
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters,
&c., both for Gentlemen and Ladies’ wear, which will
be sold very low for Cash, at the old stand.
Ell-Y’s BLOCK,
soUTH NORWALK, CONN.
All kinds at Gent. and Ladies} Boots, Shoes, so,
made to order, in the most workmanlike manner, and
at fair prices
HORSE CARS RUN RIGHT BY THE DOOR.
BROWN 85 STEVENS.
muau s. nnows'. nluvsv srrvxns.
.G-as .
AND
Steam Fitting.
M. CLOVER, at his works on River Street, is
prepared tonll all orders in the above line.
with promptnesc and at low rates. He invites spec-
ialatteI’ltlou to “The American Submerged Force
an , for which he is Agent. It is double-acting,
non- reezlng, and proves to be the cheapest, most
eflicient, durable and reliable pump in use. 21
A sold very cheap on ailing upon
NASH lb IVES
ORCELAINE DETERRE, is the trade-mark 0
the best Table Crockery imported. It is superior
to Stone China. and e no] (excepting transparency)
to French China. but cw can tell the difference al-
though the price is about half that of French China.
Sold by E. K. LOCKWOOD.
MEDAL RANGE
FOR SALE.
E. mLoeKwoon.
Small Safe for sale.
SMALL SAFE, suitable for the house, will be
' tfl
us subscriber ofl‘ers for sale his Farm, situated on
. ~Comstock’s Hill, two miles from Norwalk Bridge.
Sal Farm contains twenty-three acres of good
me ow, wood and pasture land. There is a new
Situated near the Amphitheater Bridge, is offered
FOR SALE
At a bargain, if applied for immediately. Just the
thing for a small, elite“ family. Terms 0353- AP- Dwelling House and Burn on the pfiemises. For furh
Ply at GAZETTE FFICE- 2th ther particulars inquire of James itchell, Real Es.
tate Agent, or of the subscriber on the premises.
3“ ' FRANKLIN COMSTOC K.
For Sale, To Let or Lease.
HAT well-known property, “Skiddy’s Block,”on
Main Street, consist ng of four nice busrness
stores, and twelve tenemeutfloors.
JAMES MITCHELL, Agent.
S. R, P, CAMP, 744 Broadway, N. Y 5tf
HOMES FOR THE MILIJUN.‘
One Hundred Building Lots.
HE SUBSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
To Rent or Lease. lug Lots within eight minutes walk of South
ROM APRIL 1, 1870. The former residence of Norwalk depot, at LouKWOODVILLE. Parties
MI'S- Marla Gruman, on Prospect Hill, either wishing to purchase may have a lot with a house built
with or without furniture and with Garden and Barn thereon by paying a small amount in cash, balance on
if desired. Enqmre of 0- J.-GRUMAN- mortgage, or may purchase a lot without anyimprove.
— ------ _-..-. — »—- _._L__.._ ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
. For :Sale 11 cash,balunce on mor 0. Price of Lots from One
I
t
Hundred to Three Hundgrgfi Dollars. Iwill be pleased
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE. in Nor- to show the lots to any person wishing to purchase.
walk, Conn., within five. minutes walk ofvthe WILLIA
Bridge. House modern built.
)IpOl. Ten rooms besides closets,
in T. CRAW,
with furnace and as Real Estate Agency, over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
attic and cel ar. 35
t 160x200 feet. Good garden and abundance of
Fruit, Location exery way desirable. Price 810,000.
Norwalk, Aug. 24th, 1808.
Refer to Hon. WM. C. STREET
u.
FOR SALE.
, ,
11‘. COBD- A VERY valuable place, situated in the most cen-
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
about two acres of land, and is abundantly provided
Norwa
For Sale
I
THREE FIRbT'CLASS’ BUILDING LOTS, with trees, shrubbery and out-guildinlgs. itl‘ihisl place is
Width offront about 100, 100 and 75 feet, respective- suitable for any gentlemanjwlgg I‘ll gfiéfifi“ en
. quire of .
COT'glAtgifi, 01,33: $1332 Real Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk, Conn.
CHAS. P. TURNEY;
ill
ly; also a SllIALL
all fronting on Union Park.
ber. .
Norwalk, Jan. 24th, 1870.
Valuable Mill Property fir Sale
At Kent Station, Conn.
THEprOprietor flNT MILLS, having engaged
NE LOT on Golden Hill next to new house of H. in anotherbu 888,050” for-snle the shove pro .
H- ELWELL. 80 feel front by 217 feet in depth. crty situated on Norwalk River, ten rods from Rs 1-
Apply to LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, or GEORIGE road depot, and 3% miles from Norw 1
I
- RAYMON SD n Norwalk, 001m. 126 ’roauto mnuu , consisting orsaw Mill, pright and
W In. N Circular Saws),y all in good order; also, Cider Mill,
nearly new, with three presses, and all necessary ma-
chinery; two large Cider Vaults, Vinegar Lofi, Vats,
and Casks; one large Barn, hes
horses; one splendcd team of Matched Horses, six
and seven years old; two heavy Wagons; one light
Wagon, and everything complete to. carry on a suc-
cessful business; also, adjoining said property, one
Cottage House and Barn, nouse containing 8 rooms,
with four acres of Icihoice la‘ng. aimtllfruit in abnlnldaliicgt;
. also atwo-story ouse w t e g rooms, w t e g
orNoggangEJgd Ili'lEllgéildF' ucxc’s of land. The mill roperty and one house will
’ . ’ be sold together, or the w ole exchanged for Norwalk
Also one other Hons-e bird—Lot on Ely NeckRoud property. Terms easy. Address _
well ldcated, will be sold at a bhrgain. New: just 22ft GEORGE H. BRACKEN,
completed. Kent Mills, or South Norwalk.
M11]. Property VALUABLE FARM. FOR SALE
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber offers for sale his Mill Property sit-
T noted in West Norwalk, about two miles from
Daricn Depot, three miles from South Norwalk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting .of a manu-
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, wrth about 12
feet head and fall of water, with three acres of land,
now used as a Saw Mill but suitable for a manufactu-
ry of any kind. Term‘s easy and price low. Enquire
of JAMES FINNEY, RealEstate Agent, Norwalk,or
D
For Sale.-
House and Lot at. South Norwalk
FOR SALE. "
HE homestead now occupied by George R. Bai-
lcy, containing one acre or'more of land. beau-
tifully located, having an extensive view of the bar-
bor and village; abuud e of water, fruit, &c.; will
be sold at a baraain if a ied for soon. Terms easy.
En uire of DAVID Ii. GEDNEY,S. E. OLMSTEAD
' IN WILTON, CONN.
Known as the BELDEN FARM.
ITUATED one-half mile from the Railroad Depot,
containing about 150 acres of land under good
S
of the subscriber, CHAUNCEY STREET. _
West Norwalk, Sept. 25, 1869. 39tf cultivation, with Dwelling House, out-buildings, etc.,
isgimedfosrimig' 1 F i Ut '1
Bl so, e co am am ng coal 8,
SPLEN D Apply to JAMES MITCHELL,
, Building Sites.
For Sale, of one-third acre and upwards near the new
“ RIVERSIDE DEPOT,”
At the east end of Cos-Cob Bridge. The property is
beautifully situated, has a fine water front on the bar-
bor, and is only two minutes’ walk from all trains to
Real Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
lHE undersigned offer for Sale some of the most
r]. desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the
New York, EXPRESS INCLUDED. Apply to or . _
~ ' " . -- B ‘ . Village and ear of access havmrr an extensive view
add! ess J. “ ' ATWAI ER, CO: CO» ridge, Conn of the village aIid harbor,’prices'low and terms easy.
. Applyto A. H. BYINGTON,
~ For Sale. s. E. OLMSTEAD,
HE HOUSE AND LOT now occupied by William E‘ 1“ LOCISWQOD'
Youlc. It contains five rooms and has an out-
house, 620.; lot 70x80 feet. Also, one lot 05x90 feet,
and one 70x80. Enquire of JOSEPH SHEPHERD.
Norwalk, Feb. 15, 1869. ”(if
Norwalk, Sept. 21, 1863.
Very Valuable Property For Sale
_ AT FORT POINT.
AT the terminus of the New Bridge, from South
Norwalk, consisting of about 12 Building Lots,
25x125, with roadway onail sides, unequalled for bus-
iness purposes. No part of‘ this property has been in
the market of late years, although repeatedly ur ed
to sell, and now only a small portion is ofi‘ered. p-
ply to 48 JAMES MITCHELL.
For Sale or to Rent.
FURNISHED or unfurnished, the house on Pros-
pect Hill, formerly occupied by Dr. Childs. Pos-
session given immediately; will be rented for the
winter or the year. Inquire of
’6tf " J. W WILSON.
NASH a; “BS,
ltcal Estate Agents,
N o.» 4 WATER STREET.
ROPERTY bought, sold, exchanged orlet, on rea-
sonable terms. We have a good variety of desira-
' FOR SALE.
A SMALL HOUSE, with 8x or 10}; acres of land,
about one mile from South N orwalk. Also,
three New Houses and Lots, cheap-about the same
distance from South Norwalk. All the above on very
easy terms. Also, a large House to rent near Keyser’s
P
Island. Inquire at the South Norwalk Real Estate ble Houses and Farm In and out of .town for sale on
Agency of Purdy‘s Drug Store. W.‘T. CRAW, accommodating terms. ‘ tf32
tfl’l . Real Estate Agent. Wu. R. Nasn. NATHAN Ivns.
J. FERRIS, JAMES FINNE Y,
Real Estate Ag’ts
. Licensed Auctioneer,
CONSTABLE, COLLECTOR, &C.,
GRATEFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
patornage heretofore extended him by a gener-
ous public. and solicits a continuance of the same.
He has taken a'desk at Selleck’s Bookstore, where he
can hereafter be found, or orders can be left. He will
ive rompt attention to the buying and selling of
en! state, renting of places, Auctioneerlng of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all
. who may favor him with their patronage.
NEW DRUG STORE.
THE undersigned would respectfully announce to
the citizens in this vicinity, that he has Just
fitted upa New Drug Store, ,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.,
where will be found
P U R E D R U G S , .
CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS,
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET AliTIC'LES,
' P4 TENT MEDICINES, 'cbc. .
Real Estate Agent.
ESTATES FOR SALE in Norwalk and vi-
ciuity, from 1-4 to 200 Acres, with buildings
Also, TO LET,
5
thereon, rice from 845010 $100,000.
furnishe and unfurnished houses.
ddress J. FERRIS,
A
at F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store, Ely’s Block So. Norwalk,
NOTICE l
The subscriber having taken out a License for the
Sale, Renting and Exchanging '
OF
c
Real EStarte,
I W Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights, in samebuilding,
entrance on Washington St.
1y49 S. F. PECK, South Norwalk, Conn.
A. C. ARNOLD,
STAMFORD, CONN., is Agent for the best
"WEA THEE STRIPS,
To exclude Wind, Cold, Dust, Snow and Rain from
Would call the attention of the public to the fact that
_ he is now ready to transact business of that nature in
all its branches, and will assure prompt attention to
all who may favor him with a call. His resources of
gaining information relative to said business are un:
surpassed. lie has now for disposal
‘ T I
FA REES, RESIDER LES, &Ce «inter‘iinggnildings around windows, doors, and Base
I III: :r’defé will be faithfuliy filled at the Manufac-
Slt uated in Norwalk . tnrers’ Prices. 40145
Carriage Making.
THE undersigned having formed a co-partnershlp,
are now prepared to build and repair all kinds of
Carriages at the shortest notice at their new factory
in Hoyt Street. 'All kinds of Carrie e Lumber taken
in exchange. AUGU TUS LYON,
. WILLIAM YOULE,
CHARLES FOX.
And all the adjoining country. Places for sale varying
from 35,000 to $25,000.,
RESTDENCJES
lltf »
Norwalk, April 86, 1869.
EDWARD P. WEED,
Dru’gsi’st
Wall Street, opp. Norwalk'Hall.
A large and well selected stock of
' I I
Drugs and Medcccnes,
PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, all
kinds, MINERAL WATERS TOILET and
MEDICATED SOAPS, FLAVORING and
IiANDKERCHIEF EXI‘RACTS, HAIR
BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES, CHAMOIS
SKINS STATIONERY, CIGARS, so. so.
Is constantly addlu to his stock all thcnew and pop-
Bloek, Norwalk, Conn. will receive prompt attention. “I” medicines 01' t e (18!-
' ' For Summer, inrnishedor unfurnished
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
with land in quantity to suit Purchaser or Lessee also
-a number of
Fine Farms-
Apply to '
JAMES MITCHELL.
Al orders leftat the UNION MARKET, Mitchell’s
HE Homestead of Orlando Perr , deceased, con-
d with
t-l'luild...
lugs thereon, all in good repair; a fine Orchard and
Co said premises is every valuable
good water power. Said property is
in the tow of Boston, with good
W stport, and Norwalk.
In the vicinity are Churches, Classical Academy and
Possession given immedi-
Part of the purchase money can remain on
bond and mortga e if desired. Further informati on
sell on reasona le terms; if
as
k onmain .1
ides Stables for six '
He lives their livluz edicts down;
0r, bolstered by a noble cause,
Dwellings and Land for Sale. .
0d Dwellm s in good order. Also
SIX or eight Dwellings located in various parts of 3:1: Anrgfifiguie withdgoo lt'tore frfimt.l The Store 1; Can spnrn ill! chairing world's applause.
bi h’ fi‘e ed f sale at riccs ran - e W! s e ves an echo ers. p y o _
in g‘ Nos-33%) tto u8%:0300 l'elich(:l'viz: Fly]; Dwellingg NE W. N, BRADY; Barton Depot. Superior to the time or Chance,
0r life's bewildering circumstance,
. The searching light of Truth remains
To bless the finder for his pains.
He is the hero, then, who dares
Look further than the badge he wears:
Who breaks the bond which conscience bare,‘
To plant his standard midst the stars.
gm
One of Shynessfl‘lels Tricks.
Some one had blundered. It couldn’u be
- the postman. , He was pursuing his. way
with the brisk preoccupied air of his class,
in complete uncouciousncss of the missives
left behind him. Bridget, the parlor-maid.
the steps to the melody of “ The Wearing
of the Green.” And certainly Per‘sis was
not in fault. The envelope bore her name,
“ Miss Pussy Palmer ;” ,snd she was too ac.
customed to the cognon'len, to take Offense,
even when it confront her on the outside
of a letter. ' | _ .
She had opened it with the vague glad
expectation which attends such openings at
seventeen, when all things seem possible,
and any inelosure may'reveal some delight-
ful mystery—some surprise—a present, may
be, Or an Oder—something, atall e‘vents-;.and
how much better is something than nothing.
“ Miss Pussy Palmer.” The hand was
not a familiar one. It was bold and black,
with a certain precision in the up and down
strokes which suggested an orderly mind.
A’ Valentine, of course. What else should
it be on the Fourteenth of February? By
no means the first that had passed through
those dimpled fingers either. There was a
whole slack up stairs—pink,blue, andsilver
doves, hearts, darts, and Cupids and {the
customary'insel and bedizenment of the
article. But this was quite another thing.
Plain letter paper—no seal, no fine border,
or fiummery; and the contents—audacious!
Was it a child trying to be grown up, or a'
saucy grown-up pretending to be a child?
Pussy couldn’t tell; and her cheeks flamed
afresh as, for the third time, she paused the
astounding page.
“ Didn’t I hear your voice last night,
Pussy, Pussy. Pussy 7 .
Didn’t I see, in .the cold moonlight,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy?
Surely the clock had sounded eight
Long before you reached the gate;
Really, you shouldn’t sit up so late,
Pussy. Pussy. Put-y,
“ Your eyes are s beautiful greenish blue,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy.
I never saw pass so pretty as you,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy.
Your stockings are white beyond campare
And the glossy far you call your hair '
Is the very home fore rocs-bsdfeir,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy. .
" Give me a little gleam of hope. -
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy.
Do not leave me to pine and mope,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy. . . ,
Come to my window and whisper, .‘lfewr
.. Whisper, “Harry, I will be true:’
And joyfully I will ope to you,
Pussy, Pussy, Pussy.
' . “ Your. Vacs-nae."
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“ Now, mother, isn’t that too bad ?” cried
she, throwing down ‘f’he letter. " Isn’t it-
mean to send me such a Valentine as ' that?
I might as well be a rim! cat at once mightn’t
I ‘3” ' ‘ ,
“ Hardly, my dear," answered Mrs. Pal-
mer, with a smile. '
“ My fur, indeed i” went on Pussy, catch-
ing its document again frbm the carpet.
“ Did you ever! And my eyes! Mother,
are my eyes “ greenish?”
“ Well, I always thought them gray-lab,
myself; but they look very different at dif-
ferent times. Just now I should say they
were pinkish.” ,
“ Yes, because I’ve been crying over this
horrid letter. Oh,” said Pussy, clenching)
small fist vindictively, “ If I could only find
out who sent it, wouldn‘t I_say something
very different-from ‘Mew !’ Harry, indeed !
Mother, who can Hairy be ?”
“I don’t think'you know anybody of-that
name, except your little lover over the way
—Mrs. Scudamore’s little boy. His name is
Harry.” .
“ 0h, mammal he’a.a baby. This is some
grown person’s handwriting you may be
sure. It was somebody who saw me out of
the window. You remember it was just
twenty min es past eight when I got home
last night from Alice Day’s. If I could Only
find out who it was. I do think it’s the rm-
Ieindest thing i"
“ My dear child, it was meant for a joke,
no doubt; and though igdoes not seem to
me a very good joke, since my Pussy is so
nearly a young lady”—Mrs. Palmer smiled
a bright motherly smile-—“ Still I wouldn’t
let it distress me if I were you. Take it
good-naturedly, and it won’t 'do you any
harm; but. to worry over it an hour—an
hour and a quarter—positively is more than
it is worth. Now, darling, get your things
on—I want you to do an ’errand for me in
Main street; and afterward, as the day is
so fine, you might get Alice, and go to the
green-house about your baskets. That
would make a nice long walk.” .
'And while Pussy is pushing '.the coquet-
fish but, with its pcacock’s breast, upon her
pretty flufi‘s of bronze hair, and investing
her trim figure in its warm jacket, Mrs.
Palmer. like a nice woman, dropped the ob«
jectionable Valentine into the glowing coals
of the parlor grate, and fondly hoped that
she had . made an end of that. She was
wrong—even so slight a thing as a shred of
paper has pews to set in motionlhc wheels
of Destiny. '
“ Oh i” squeaked small Harry over the
way, “ there’s Pussy. My! Don’t she look
pretty neither ! Look, Uncle Henry—100k i”
“ Don’t, Hal; you are joggling' the table,
I can’t write,” responded his uncle.
my lady love, you knew.”
“ Oh! the little girl I wrote the Valen-
tine for. Well, Hal, I’ll come in a minute.”
So, having completed “ Love rules the
Court, the Camp, the Grove,” in his nephew’s
copy-book, and given due attention to the
curvesof the capital C’s, Uncle Henry rose
rather languidly, and turned tothe window.
“ She’s gone back for something or other,"
explained Hal. “ She’ll be along in a min-
ute. There she comes. Ain’t» she a stunner,
Uncle Hal ? There ain’t any ‘of the girls
that’s half so pretty, and I’m going to have
her for my wife some day when I’m big
enough.” . . ,
Pussy slowly descended the steps. She
was prettier than usual, with the deepened
bloom lent by her recent discomposure ; and
the slight shadow which still rested upon
her sparkling face made her look older than
as she passed down the street. _
“Looks as if she’d been a-crying ’bout
something,” said Hal, who was a close ob-
server. , '
His uncle turned upon him like a tiger.
“ Harry Scuddamore! is that the girl I
wrote your Valentine to l” ‘
“ Why, Uncle Hal, course it is.
lady love, you know.”
She’s lay
was equally ‘unconcious, as she scrubbed
Q‘yvhen there are any‘girlsrmmd.
“ But I want you to look at Pussy—she’s -
she was. Her step had not its usual bound
“ You told me it was a child of year 0w
age.”
‘3 I didn’t neither. I told you she warm
I .
real splendid Valentino to send her.
ones like Pussy; and I’ll marry her too,
some day—see if I don,t! Why, Uncle Hal,
what’s the matter? What makes you act
so funny ?”
For Uncle Hal head sank into a chair, and
was relieving his feelings by a series of low
groans.
Recovering. his voice'—“ I conld shake
you well, Harry, for playing such a trick
upon me. What must the young lady
think 1’?” , '
" 011. she won’t think nothing ’bout it.
She’ll just think it’s from me. I’m her lover,
you know.” ,
But Uncle Hal could not hug this delusion
to his soul.
He knew very little of young ladies, and
was not comfortable in their society. His
mother diéd'v'vhen he was born, and he nev.
er had a sister to teach him how everyday a
thing a woman can be made. School, col-
lege, seminary—ouch had been his life. He
was twenty-two now—shy and, modest as a
girl—outwardly grave and quiet, but with
some boyish funlocked up within him, of
which his little nephew had found the- key.
For his benefit the celebrated Valentine had
been composed. And as he now reviewed
the difi'erent clauses-ribs “ greenis ”- eyes.
the fur, the stockings—(smkinga’ to aybung
lady. Oh, horrors!) the mew—all concocted
to entertain some cunning little puss of Her-
ry’s own age, he felt his cheeks burn with
annoyance. Had he fled from society and
worshiped an ideal woman at a safe distance
for this .9 He recalled the vision which had
just passedzfi'om his sight—the waving locks,
the eyes of harebell blue, the half woman-
'hood, half childhood of the dimpled checks
and light elastic figure. Was it that dream
of maidenhood whom he had addressed as
“ Pussy, Pussy,” and hidden “ mew” at his
window ? Miserable man iha’t'he was!
A strong desire to shake Harry again took
possession of him, but be suppressed it. A
shaking would but intensify the little scamp’s
memory of the occasion. Perhaps, if he was
lucky, his share in the scrape would never
be found out. Alas !. that last remaining
hope was doomed to early extinction. Go-
ing out to 'walk a few hours later, and hap-
pening into X.’s green-house, on an errand
for Mrs. Seudamore, there was Pussy herself,
anperinteuding the planting of a rustic
stand; and before he could interfere, the ir-
repressible Harry had dashed up to her.
“ Oh, I’m so glad! darling Miss Pussy. I
didn’t think you’d be here. That’s a mighty
cunning blue how you’ve got on, Did you
make it t” ~:.. , ' g :-
“ Why, Harry! uis'fthat you? How do_
you do? Yes, I made'ithc bow.” '
“ It’s bully. I sayé-that’s my uncle, Pus
sy-did you know that? He only camc
week before last ;- but he’s tip-top. He.
teaches me, you know—readin’ and writiu’
and all. Uncle Hal—100k ronifd here, Um
_cle Hal-here’s my Pussy.” : "
Uncle Hal,_wltlr,crimson’ cheeks, bowed
and retreated behind a tall camelia.
“ He’s real bhsbful,” Went on‘ tne terrible
child. “ He’s always bashful, . u know,
Wonder]-
why——I~om’r.—~ruou'r ‘mmd’tfifii “a ' ‘ bill”
And then he’s afraid you’ll‘be angry about
the Valentine. I told him you wouldn’t
mind it a mite. You don’t, do you, Pussy?”
“ The Valentine,” said Pussy, her cheeks
dyed with hot blushes.
“ Yes. That Valentine about ‘ Pussy,
Pussy,’ you know. Uncle wrote it. Wasn’t.
frt funny about your eyes being green, and
your sayingmew—anew—mew—like a cho.
ms of cats i” ‘
Pussy looked from one to the other, while
the luckiess Hal, behind the mmelia, longed
that the earth should open and swallow
him up. Harry went on mowing.
Then the child—she was but a child after
all-burst into tears, weich brought little
Hal’s caterwaulings to a' close, and himself
to gaze upon her, with wonder in his wide-
Open eyes.
“Why, she’s crying l” he said. “What
for do you cry, Pussy? Uncle Hal, she’s
crying Oh, don’t, Pussy—don’t.”
Uncle Hal, in despair, bolted from his
.elter. He had never seen a young lady
cry’befor and the affecting spectacle was
too much for his philosophy.
“ Oh,vMisa Palmer, don’t—pleasc don’t!”
be exclaimed, his tongue unehained by the
dread‘emorgency—“ please do n0t- cry. It
is all my fault; It is all ‘ isialre. I have
been so annoyed about it. wrote that Val-
entinefor Harry!” ‘ ' .
“ For Harry !” -
“ Yes. He said ‘ Pussy,’ and I thought
it some little Miss of his own age. ‘Pussy’
was his lady love, he said, and how could I
supposer-Pray do not shed any more tears
about it, or I shall go ahd hang myself—”
and here, confused by his own unwontcd
eldquenee, Hal stopped. He had never
spoken so many words to a young lady be-
fore in his life! . ~
“ It's all this silly nickname of mine,” cried
Pussy, winking away the last drops from
her long lashes. “ I don’t wonder, I’m sure.
SO the Valentine“ wasn’t for me, after all, but
for some little girl?” .
“ Exactly. For Harry’s sweet-heart.”
“ Then, please, don’t be sorry any more,”
she went on, sweetly. “ I am so much-
obligcd to you for telling me. I was dread-
fully vexed just at first, you know, because.
it was so disagreeable to be written to as if
I were a cat”—here she laughed a tickling
little laugh—“ but now I don’t mind at all.”
And with womanly tact she changed the
subject to plants and their belongings; asked
advice as to what should be put in her bac-
ket; and Hal, whose botanical knowledge
was considerably in advance of her own,
found himself delivering his opinions with
surprising freedom and case. Nay, mas;
he held the basket while the plants were in-
serted, and farther on discovered himself
walking homeward by Miss Palmer’s side,
and actually asking leave to call in the eve-
ning with a book of reference. “ Oe-n’ut
qua lo premier pas qul' coute.” We all know
that.
Our story ends perforce with the eve of
St. Valentine, but not so. theirs—do not sup-
pose it for an instant. Pussy is almost
twenty now. 'A great deal of stitching and
marking has been going on in the Palmer
mansion of late, and the gossips say it is
'part of the plcnishing of the new- parsonage
which young Mr. udamore, of St. John’s,
is fitting up to receive 'a bride next spring.
Perhaps it is. Certain it is that a bride is
to go there—.a bride of the name of “ Per-
sis:" for Henry ScudamOre, though he has
conquered his bashfuln‘ess, retains. one or
two ancient prejudices, and one of these is
against nick-names. “ The wife of a clcri
gyman,” he says, “ should be known by
some better title than that of tPussy, Pusc
sy’ ”—in which opinion the majority of us
will agree with him. '
. m ~
_ lg” Hon. Morris Tyler, who has been
nominated for Lieutenant Governor, on the
Republican ticket, is a worthy gentlemen,
and fully, capable of the duties of the ofice.
—N. H. Register.
«0
The committee of the Massachusetts legis-
lature has decided to require a‘ two-thirds
vote by ballot for towns to subscribe to the
- stock of railroad companies. '
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sweet-heart” (prolonged squeak on “sweet”),
“and her name was Pussy, and I wanted 0
And
so you wrote it. I didn’t say she was little
like me. I don’t like little girls. I like big
,whetller stocks in first hands were large or
make a slight mistake that annoyed me, ex;
NOT “SELF.
BY run anrnon or “ TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-.
noon ”
If not myself, then, who was I}?
Just on. Who was 1? That’s the ques-
tion. Perhaps, friendly reader, if I take
you into’my confidence, you will help me
tosee the matter in a clearer light, for I am
just now in much obscurity.
“I was not myself” at the time. I said
so, and my friends said so. It was my—and
their—only apology and excuse.
,“ Mr. Jones is prudent" and clear headed,‘
and never would have done it if he had
been himself.” Every one assented to this,
and I accepted the declaration as true.
But how came it that I was not myself?
Had I been to a “ Circle ”. or -“ Seance ?"
No; for I have no fancy for the sounds of
footfalls on the boundaries of another
-world. My business for the present is'with
embodied, and not with a vagrant crew of
disembodied spirits. Was I suffering from
temporary insanity? N 0 one, so far as I
know, ever hinted such a thing.
Let me tell you the whole story. I think
it will interest you. >
I am, or was, a merchant. For years my
business, under prudent management, had
grown steadily, until the house over which
I presided was known as one of the most
prominent in the city. There are two piv-
ots in every mercantile .bllsidess on which
success or failure rests—buying and selling.
If the buyer of an establishment tho‘rOughly
understands his role, and the salesmen
theirs, success, in ordinary circumstances, is
almost sure; but if either be seriously at
fault, minis quite as certain.
I was, andnlways had been, the buyer in
our house. To this ,part of the business I
gave carotid and systematic attention, keep-
ing myself posted inl regard to stocks of
leading goods in market, and“ the prospect
of advancing or' receding rates. To-day I
would buy fi'eely when others hesitated, be-
cause lwas better i formed, or had, from
long observation an experience, a kind of
intuition as to the future of prices; but _to-
morrow found me cautious ona difl'erent
line of goods, and I touched them lightly,
while others bought heavily. The result
nearly always proved my skill or pre-
science.
There was no guess-work in all this. I
was educated ' to it; and when I went to
auction, or examined the importers’s sam-
ples Iknew to a fraction whatehe' article of-
fered for sale was, worth in the market—
I
to buy. . _ .
During a period of ten years, in wide]?-
scarcely a day passed that I did not go to
auction, or visitthe sample room or store of
some manufacturer or commission merchant -
fior iniporter, no serious mistake in buying .
gwas made. In consequence, we were never
Taught with a large stock “anything, on a
falling market, but often got signal advanta
gee when prices went up. - . '
‘- _But something came over me about three
years ago,"and every now End-then I would
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ceedingly, for I had grown proud of my
skill and reputation as‘a'buyer. - _ , ,- . f .3
The first time this occurred, the 'mistfie,
was so palpable that I made no attempt‘fdv
excuse it- The minefmdal'w. .
fsix, cents a yard on the what day. Bv- _
cry clerk in the store knew there would be a
fall, and so did I. And yet, when the case
was put up,I hid it off in my usual confi-
dent tone—the error flashing on me when it
was too late for repair.
“ I don’t understand this,” I said to my-
self, greatly anuoyed by the incident. .
-“ What could have possessed me ? The
blunder has no excuse.”
And yet, strange to say, within a month I
committed a worse blunder. Now, if I had
fallen into habits of iutemperance, the thing
would have been plain. But this was not
the case. I am temperate in all things, in
drinking as in eating. I don’t mean that I
am what is called a teefotaler, for I consider
myself a rational being, and so put myself
under the government of reason and not in
bonds. I take a glass of wine or ale, or
brandy, whenever I think I need it, and ex-
pect to continue doing so until I find that it
does me harm, which is not yet. I can stop
whenever I please.
. Well, asI was saying, within a month I
committed a worse blunder; stocking our
shelves with a line of goods that fell twefi
ty pcr'cent. in the market before the end of
a fortnight. I, was annoyed, bewildered,
confounded. '
“ What has come over me? Am I losing
my senses ?” So I talked to my self. ~“There
isn’t a buyer of six month’s experience tut L
wouldn’t have known better.” I '
I put ds good a face on the matter as pos-
sible, and resolved never to be “ caught nap-
ping again." , Naturally I was sensitive
about the mistakes committed, and the re-
motcst allusion to them annoyed me.
One of my partnersgwhosc faith infliny
judgement thesé lapses had disturb ed, ven-v
tured,now and then, a word of caution, es-
pecially when I was about going to some
large sale. I was never able to repress my
irritation at this; and we had sharp words,
now and than, in consequence. '
'.A great sale of goods, in our line, had
been advertised in New York; the invoices
cgvering, in the aggregate, nearly a quarter
of a million of dollars.
“ Buy cautiously,” said the partner, whose
faith in my. judgement had been impaired.
' “Hadn’t you better go yourself?” I an-
swered tostily. '
He looked at me with troubled eyes, but
made no response.
I went over to New York in the evening
train, in company with several merchants on
the some errand as myself. They talkedup'
the matter of stocks of goods, the efl‘ect this
heavy sale would have on prices, and the
probable future of the market. Opinions
differed. Some held that prices would ad-
vance, and some that they would recede. 'I
listened, and said but little as was my habit,
but earefiilly weighing all the pros and cons
and considering all the reasons urged on
both sides. ‘
When I reached New York my mind was
made up to buy with great caution. -It was
barely possible that one or two leading cap-
italists in the trade might purchase heavily
on speculation, and hold for an advance;
in that case, other buyers would make- a
good thing of it. ' But if the large stocks
went into several hands", each taking pretty
0
resumight press the market, and cause a. se-
rious decline in prices- . j
I saw all this clearly, and resolved to pur-
chase only to the extent of supplying our
immediate wants.” But, during the evening,
this purpose was disturbed, and a different '
view adopted.
“ Come to my room,” said a well-known
merchant who had been with me in thc
cars. It was after supper. “‘ Two or three
friends are to drop in for a talk over a bot-
tle of wine about to—morrowis sale.”
I went with him to his room. In a short
time two merchants from my own city, and
one resident in New York, joined us. Wine
and cigars were ordered, and we spent two
or three hours together, drinking, smoking,
and talking about the sale- I have never
been able to recall the data and reasonings
by which I passed to the conclusion that my
role on the next day was: to be that ofa
heavy instead of a. light buyer; but when I
twent to bed that-night such was my fixed
mine, no onggoing above me.
asked the auctioneer.
1‘
m
low the figures I paid.
fi'eely, some, more eager to sell than the -
purpose. . I lay awake tor a long time,
pleasing my fancy with golden results that
were sure to come from ‘to-morrow’s busi-
ness. I counted the profits to our house by
tens of thousands of dollars. Thought ran
riot over the gains I would not fail to se-
cure.
In thinking back to that night, I have al-
ways thought thnt I was not my real 55111—-
that in some way the perception, or reason-
ing of another mind was superinduced upon
my own—that all my experience, clear
judgement, and prudence were lost for a pe-
riod, and that my mental powers were ope-
rated by some volition foreign to my own.
I was notmyself. That is certain. I was
not fully myself on the next morning. on
rising, my head achedina dull way; and
my brain was slightly confused. It was not
so clear to me that I was to make the for-
tune of our house by bidding off at the com-
ing sale to the tune of fifty or a hundred
thousand dollars. The wet blanket of doubt
chilled my night’s cntbusiasm.‘
But a glass of brandy and water, follow'
ed by coffee and breakfast, cleared my head
gave life to my pulse, and tension to my
nerves. I met my friend of the evening be-
fore, and we spent an hour prev’rious to the
salein talking up the business of the day,
and then, after emptying a bottle or two of
wine, repaired to the auction rooms, which
we found crowded with merchants from all
parts of the country.
' I was in a state of confidence and exhila-
ration—never had a clearer head,so it seem-
ed, nor saw my way more distinctly. Terms
“ The whole,” I answered in a confident
The sale went on growing more spirited
den possessed me, and that was the certain
great advance in the price of the goods now
being sold. I was as sure of this as of my lied by the rain, their shouts were home to
e
the timidfbuyers, who, with the opportunity
small, and how much it would be prudent ,of a hundred cases” t°°k only five or ten.
xistence, and felt a kind of contempt for
At tW..O o’clock I left the heated auction
ooms withfiu'shed face and throbbing tem-
5p0ised amid my. on business experiences
nd convictions; , 1:
What a shiver ran down to my heart as
Z ‘5 Impossible 1”] exclaimed, standing still
he instent‘as if he vacuum. "Impossi-
:_;ahd.it,w§sjruihl' oh the day after the
salethe ggo 53f
for. 0 rise ’fcll
Stunned audibewildered by the peril in
sell at once, and accept the inevitable loss
in the face.
“ The market will surely rally,” we said.
But it did not rally. We struggled with our
fate, resorting to all kinds of expedient: to
keep our ship afloat—plunging, bufl‘eting,
darkness the goodly vessel was stranded.
We saved little from the wreck. My part
ners gathered what to them remained, and
started on a new business venture leaving
me out. .
Yes, I was left out—out in the cold, where
I have been shivering ever since.
I was not myself when I bid so blindly.
That my partners said—that our business
friends, who pitied us, said—and that I said
emphatically.
But, if not myself, who was I? You see,
reader, I am back from where Istartcd. Ev-
er since the memorablo day when I went to ,
that auction room and acted the blind, over-
confident, reckless speculator, instead Of the
cool, experienced, cautious business man
that I am and was, I have puzzled my brain
over this question. Can evil spirits, who
love to do us harm, get, through some
strange process unknown to us, a tempora-
ry possession of our mental machinery, and
drive it to our hurt or ruin ? I'have often
thought so. What happened to me, I have
seen happen to others at various ”times in
my life. One of the shrewdest and most
wary buyers I ever knew, lost, suddenly, as
I did, on a single occasion, his clearnese of
judgement and involved his house in a
heavy loss. “ I don’t know what came over
me,” he said, when I asked him about it.
“ Somehow, I was not myself on that day.”
He looked puzzled and worried when he
said this.
A thought comes flashing across the dark
ness of my 'mind as I write, and sill‘llel
me ! Can it bring the solution? Let me
ponder. My brain did net have its normal
coolness and steadiness on that night at the
hotel, when we discussed the coming sale.
Why ? Let me not deceive myself. Why? '
Was it the fatigue of riding in the cars?
No! I was used to that, and not fatigued.
The supper? Of course not. The wine?
I have walked the floor, since writing the
last sentence, in much agitation, and now
sit down in e calmer state, and with a clear-
er brain. I am afraid it was the wine! My
judgement was clear when I went, on the
night before the sale, to the room of my bus-
iness friend, and clouded when I left it.
And yet it seemed clear. That is strange.
It was an erroneous judgement, and false in
the light of my own true Intelligence, and
caption was inverted. How? Why? I
was not my own real self.
On the‘ next morning, this false judge-
ment was in a wavering state. The convic-
tions of the night previous were not so
clear: I had disturbing doubts and trouble-7
some questioning; I was by no means so
cOnfident that an advance in the market
’ was to follow this large sale. What dis-
persed these doubts ? What restored my
confidence? Was it the nerve-quieting
brandy before, and the exhilarating wine af-
ter, breakfast? , Did they give back that
abnormal state of the brain, the result of“
‘ unnatural stimulus, through which I be-
came, as it were, Another, and not myself—
acting the part of a blind and foolish specu-
ator, instead of the wise and pmdent‘mer—
chant that in my real self I was?
How is it? I am startled and shocked at
such a view of the‘ case. Strange, that this
old saw should just now intrude itself -—
‘1 When the wine is in the wit is out!”
Whatever wash; with me, the wit was out!
There isno gainsnying that. And I, too,
i
wine.
you think it was the wine ?
_rain drowned his shouts.
gasping amid the waves, until in storm and a
yet it looked fair to me on that night. Per— -
am out—out in the (sold, and all for what ?-
a glass or two of brandy and a bottle of
You have the whole story, reader. Do
The Fate of the Lost Children of Wy-
uoekie.
Joseph W yble’s three children left home
at nearly 4 o’clock on the afternoon of New
Year’s Day. They went to a white walnut
tree but little over half a mile from their
house. They must have reached the tree at
about half past four. The weather was
murky and damp. Probably the children
spent an hour in gathering white walnuts
and in peeling off the outer shells. By the
time they had filled a bag and a tin pin
with nuts it must have been half past five.
The twilight was very short, and darkness
rushed upon them in a heavy rain storm-
Terrified at his situation, the oldest boy,
thinking he was retracing. his steps, piloted
his brothers in a straight line to the left of
the ~1lomeward path. The night was so
dark that one could not see his hand before
his face, and the rain fell iu'torrents. The
children hurried over the rocks and
through the underbrusb,but every step took
them further from home.
At half-past four the mother ran from the
house into the woods, and called the chil-
dren. .She did not go to the hickory tree,
because she did not know its situation. She
hardly penetrated the forest because the
younger children at home fellowed her, and ‘
alarmed her with their cries. At about sev-
cu o’clock the father entered th woods
with a lantern. The deep and steady fall of
. It was certainly
after seven when he reached the hickory
tree on Game! Mount. The children had
gone from the tree at least an hour and a
a
were announced, and the sale began. Bid~ half before, and-were then drenched to the
ding was cautious atfirst, anda few lots. skin, struggling through thefilrest three-
were struck down of figures so low that I quarters of a mile to the left.
remember feeling- disturbed as well as sur-
prised. But the impression faded off in a. search until after oné o’clock 11- M- BY
moment. on the next lothid at the fig. that time the little fellows,~exhausted, wet,
ure last obtained. Some one advanced, and chilled and hungry, had probably fallen
Iwent higher promptly. The goods were asleep undenthe shelter of a rock. Day
dawned but the rain still, fell in torrents.
“ Do you take the whole lot—forty cases?” The ‘poor children awoke and struggled on‘_
wards. Their sufferings may be imagined,
But one of them wore shoes.
way that caused many to turn and look at did not clear away until near three o'clock
me.
The neighbors were not fairly on. the
The storm '
Sunday afternoon. They had then been
twenty-four hours without food, and for
as it progressed, new bidders venturing in twenty hours had suffered the pitiless beat-
with every successive lot. I forgot every— ing of the rain. When night was setting in
thing but my purpose to. buy heavily, and they had {cached the roughest rocks of the
make the fortune of Our house. A single
mountain.‘ From where they stood they
could see the lights of sixteen dwellings.
They shouted forhelp. The air being rari.
the ears of Mrs. Cough, only a mile distant.
She testified that on that night she' distinct-
ly heard children crying on the mountain,
They first cried “Rhee-re l” A second
time she heard their weak voices shout “Pa-
plds- ,‘As‘fthe fresh air struck upon me with pa, papa l” and yet a third time “Papa, pa-
its grdlefulcoolness, I seemed to pass into...
newinrld qt .thoguht and perception, I said nothingfgiving as an excuse that she
was myself , engulfs—my clear heeded self, did not know any children were missing.
pa, papa !” As her husband was deaf, she
The boys then prepared for their final ,
struggle. 'Precipices 80 feet high were near
them, and the side of the mountain was cov-
theffact thatlfihadjustbid over sixty thous- cred with huge boulders. ' With bleedmg'
and dollars 'on fish‘s"? line of goods, looked feet and shivering bodies they moved in the
me darklygin the-face.
direction of the lights. The night became
very cold. Hemmed in by the rocks, the
slid-catching my breath, for I seemed, for children dropped in despair. ‘Little Johnny
it
lblcl That would be min i”
fell asleep under cover of a rock. His he-
roic brothers stripped themselves of their
soggy coats in avain effort to keep him
warm. -Warren clasped the tin pail to his
j ‘ per.cent.,»nud-steodily declined day breast, and dropped asleep at his brother’s
after day, until they were fifty per eent. be- feet; while Anthony, the oldest brother,
climbed the rock, and watche
II
which my blind recklessness had plunged with cold,he rolled from the rock and died.
our house, we failed to do the only wise ' ‘
thing that was left for us, and that was to dren, dying within a hundred yards of the
I'
of twelve thousand dollars. But none of us sion, and within thirty miles of- New York I
had the courageto looktbat disaster fairly c
the ’lights
s they faded one by one, until, benumbed
Such was the fate of the Wynockie chil-
oad, within a mile of a comfortable man- _
ity. A month elapsed befOre their bodies
were discovered—N. Y. Sun.
_SOLD.-—A good religious college, located
not a thousand miles from Michigan, was
blessed with a wide circle of female friends
mong the denomination which it represent-
ed. One year the ladies in a thriving town '
where the college was very pOpular, thought '
it would be a kind act to send the seniors at '
box of something good for Thanksgiving.
They prepared a box of mines and pump-
kin pies, frosted cake, cold roast turkey, and
other dainties, and in order that the fur-
keys might go 011‘ smoothly they put in the
box a bottle of rich savory gravy. It .was
not labelled, and the bottle containing it
was very much like those in which afavor-
ite kind of hair oil is exposed for sale on the
tempting shel'es of fancy goods stores.
When the box was opened at thecollege and
the joyful feast disclosed to view, the Senior
class were highly delighted. That Thanks-
giving dinner was the happiest for many a
year, wilh one little exception; and this
was more comical than melancholy. Three
or four of the Seniors, with handsome curl-
ing‘hair, thought of course these benovolent
ladies had'them in view in sending them a
present of hair oil, and slyly carried off
the bottle, and in their own rooms made an
application of gravy to their heads! The
stickiness of the supposed hair all soon
aroused wonder; but it was some time be-
fore the Seniors knew that they hadmade
a wrong use of a table luxury. The joke
soon spread through the college, and at last
reached the ears of the donors of the box.
At Christmas, therefore, the same generous
hearted ladies made ready another box of,
good things and forwarded it to the college.
Taking a hint from the previous blunder,
and believing that perhaps it was necessary
for the intellectual finishing up of the Sen-
iors that their heads should be fashionably
annoinled, these kind ladies put up in the
second box a bottle of real hair oil. The
bottle, like its predecessor containing the
gravy, bore no label, and some-of the un-
happy Seniors determined to make no mis-
lake this time, poured the contents liberally
over their plates at dinner, without stopping
to taste or smell. The odor of bergamot or
cinnamon did not once deceive them. They
imagined the hair oil to be perhape an ele-
gant French dressing for cold meat, and
swallowed their meat with a- few qualms,
but with the heartymppetite 'of youth.—
Lalm'ng Repubh'cgn.‘ '.' .I‘ ;- .: r- , ,
oANEcnoTE on- HB. LII-icons.
There lived in Springficld_in,.1860, and
probably lives there still, an. Irish (333': la-
borer nafned J ohn 'McCarty, an intense
Democrat. Some time - after the Presiden-
tial election, Mr. Linebln 'wasiwalking
along the public square;and John was shov-
eling out the gotten: As the President elect
approached, McCarty rested on his. shovel
and holding out blah-and, said bluntly: s ,
“ An’ so yer elected President, .are ye?
Faith an’ it wasn’t by my vote at all,a,t all i'.’
“ Well, yes, John,” replied Mr..Lineoln.;.
shukiu g hands with John very cordially;-
“ the papers say I’m elected, but it seems -
odd I should be when’youbpposedme.”
“ Well, Misther Lincoln,” said John drop-
ping his voice lest s‘ome brother democrat
should bear the conféssio‘nL “ I’m glad you
got it, after' all. It’s imOighty*_ little pace
Iv’e had wid Biddy for‘ votin’ :forninst ye;
an’ if ye’d bin bate, she’d-hav‘driv me item
the shanty, as shure’s the worrold."
“ Give my complimentsfo Biddy, John,
and tell her I’ll think scriou'slyfof Woman - -
suffrage," said.” Mr. L., with a smile, as he
passed ogrp'his office. , .
Miss Mary Alexander 0f Voluntown, cel- »
ebrated her One hundredth birthday on
Thursday. The old lady is enjoying com-
fortable health.
Norwalk Chronicler