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WHOLE ’ NUMBER 1158.
NCRWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCIffi 1870.
VOLUME Hills-NUMBER 11.
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ALEx. s. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregaticnnl Church.
FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
Teacher of the '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Cessa-
amen;
Box m P. o. Norwaik, Conn.
in New York, care Peloubet, Pelton'dt Co.,‘841
Broadway. .
J. BELDEN IIUBLBUTT,
Attorney‘and Counsellor at Law,
noon No. A, (Up echelons-1T1: BUILDING-
. nn. 1. u. nannoon,
:jDENT;IB.'.I.'I,_
' NORWALK, CONN.
olee in'Gasette Building, Room No. 8, over J ack-
: onBIO's store. ,
NitrOus oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
desired ' , , , .
PATENT AGENCY.
IwILLIA'i VINE,
Age'nt and-Solicitor of Patents,
. Mechanical'Dnughtsman and
. nouns. manna,
1y’l I Winnipank, gem. _
o. a. KEELER «.Is‘Inuo'rnEn,
Wholesale and helium-1min '
Groceries, Flour, Peed, kc”
Nos. 1a, 14 and 16 Main Street, Norwaik, Conn.
”ELBEBT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwaik, Ct.
Gents’ and Youth’s Clothing cut and made to order;
best materials. in the lates
at short notice, of the
Prices reasonable.
G. a. G. 1n. Home,
' Deanne nr
GROCERIES,
mu“: - .4
PROVISIONS, 06., . '
mm Street, Norwaik, or.
c. s. Locnwoon,
FaShionablc Drapcrfn Tailor
Gentlemcns Punishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwaik, Conn.
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s :
First Premium Sewing Machine, .
The best Machine for general work.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1812, Charter Perpetual. ‘
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 10
insures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
~ adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORG 0
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Nos-walk Insurance Company.
NORWALK, CONN.
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wis. C. S-ras'rr, President. Gno. B. Cowrss, Sec' .
Rm. Hm, Treasurer.
aeslrs ovnn $25,000,000.
GEO. n. COWLES,
IS AGENT at Norwaik, and issues policies for the fol-
lowing
Insurance Companies.
Eta of Hartfoad, Assets Jan. 1st, '08, 5,052,880
Ham‘s. of N. Y. “ u “ “ 3,730,981
Phanix, of N. ’Y., n u u H Luster
Home, of N. H. “ , " “ " 1,533,210
Security ofN. Y" " " u " 1,477,671
International. N. Y., “ u u .. ,. ,128,012
I ringfleld I. & M., “ “ “ " ‘ £81,007
onkers 6 N. Y. “ “ “ “ 734,
North American N. Y. “ H u “ 702,102
Putnam It, “ “ " “ 618,198
killer, . Y., “ “ “ “ 509,903
“mares, Alban N. ., “ " " . _508,873
Western Buflalo, N. Y., “ “ “ -53,257
Merchants Hd.," , - i " H . 0 418,309
North America, H’d, “ “ ” " 401,274
‘° ’V as 'u u as 47".49
[uphfg' WW, u ts u u m
Deities! I. Y. . “ “ “ “ 279,1“
Commonwea N. Y.,“ “ H u ,
Westehester of New Rochelle N. Y., 300.000
Peoples of Mlddletown, Conn., 115.000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, 1,000,000
And other Companies, Stock end~Mutual, lnConnectl-
cut, Massachusetts and New York. At So. Norh
walk. application be made to WM. ‘1‘. CRAW.
Sunni llnnvnll Innnnnnnn innnnn,
sierra-entail; over sas,ooo,ooo.
Hartford Firs Ins. Co. Assets '000 00
North‘ ins. 05,, ransom Nifim‘
Ger-eels Fire Ins. Co. New Yor’k, 1,000.000.
Ci sirens. Co. Mord, H «0.000
in esex Mutual “'0, 00., " 800,000 00
_ ,LIFE INSURANCE
c ectlcntlutual ' ' 7
m ..«....,..,..,m°° Cem- ..
Olee a. sword-z Building .SouthNorwalk.
mr -- -'I.. r. BEEBS. Agent. .
Danni intnlnnn lnnlllntnn.
PATENTED MAY 18th, 1800.
Ventilate , your
Barns, Stables,
. Root ‘ Cellars,
V Houses, Churches ‘
Dryins
Costs but Little to Have the Best.»
lead ourorders forlorwaiktoKNAPl’amTCH.
For arlen and New Canaan toMELVlI-Lll-
mu. ‘ ‘ .I is
G“
AND .
Steam. Fitting.
M.GIDVIB, stills works on River Street, is
it]: romptnestso 'dlafllwmhnalhum “I"
an e .spelr
' on to “The‘ " "-Snbme Force
tube IIthe'eheIepest, meg
. and proves. . .
:3»... dagable and reliable pump in use.
STOVE or a RAM or any.
I' you went a .
OUIIKIIPING L e to
Wm.“ 'F- snDIiN'T.
El.‘ Gm, . WIFE-15
M E BC nlflTTAILOE s .
«. “398m!" » ,, .
BEADvuAnE; ;, .. 0.
AND arm mammlioohs, ; .
No. Is ltain Sheet. Nanak. Silli-
Oeasteatly on hand e-'large assertinsfltot| Cloths?-
anl-eres and Vestlage. All orders premptl! 01"
use! . ‘ II
The est-Insure nae continuance ‘
for sale by m0! I. “IN.
11. ATEJGO‘ ‘- “ ' "
S VERPL . one 1"?"% wnran .at
._A
. and vicinity, that hegigpi-epared to' do things per-
' tainingto a general machine shop. All orders for the
aking or re ‘of every description of Machinery
.mp8! .
Constant-additions are made of all the latest sty es of
_, ,
' at fair prices
DENTISTRY IN SOUTH NflflfiilK.
FOR FOUR DAYS OF EACH WEEK, ONLY, Dr.
Kendall 'w’iil continue the Dental business as for-
merly; at his oldetand, Sword’s Baildin . Office will
be closed Monds s and Saturdays, Dr. endall being
in Ridgeleld. - evextract test with or without the
use of LAUGHING GAS. _ - -
Wednesdays we devote entirely to extracting Teeth
WITHOUT PAIN. A loclati
The ci al 0 rater in Colton’s Dental ss on
has metgdiy eciared that South Nor-walk is the best
place within his knowledge, (out of Cooper Union) to
have teeth extracted. ' -
We particulary invite those who may desire
ABTIFICIAIA TEETH,
to examine OurI manner of work and rices before
procan them elsewhere.‘ ‘ Teeth fills in‘ the most
approve manner. Those partially broken away by
decay. restored to their former size and shape.
E.°1‘8° 34h. PeIn. '8
JAMES D. SHEA Batik Again.
HE Veteran Horse Shoer can be found at the
Blacksmith Shop, chfieid’s Livery Stables, rear
of Old Well Hotel, reiadrynhd willinglto shoe your
bargezia'tsegftzore. ‘fil f enlilismndall living Horses
re ve maca .
' n - fl ‘ ' L. SCOFIELIIt)ills
South Norwaik, Nov. 5, 1809,
THE MODEL MARKET.
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
AVING become proprietor of this old establish-
H ed and ever popular market, is pre ared io fur-
nish Hotels. Saloons, Families, to, wit Meats of all
kinds, of the best quaiit , in any desired quantity and
at the lowest market annals. The continued patron-
ublic soil
age of the P WILLIAM MlTCHELL-
NORWALK MACHINE SHOP.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform Manufac-
turers and oth Machineryfiin Norwalk
a
m
attended to. th rounptness by experienced workmen.
Having addeda. teemEn'gine (in addition to ‘water
power) to his works, he ilatters himself he is well pre-
pared to do all kinds of work at very short notice.~
'. ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.
ulifluchine Shop Just back of the and Horse Railway
dings.
SOMETHING NEW 2.
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Drannn & nannnnn Establishment
At No.1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the cit-
izens of Norwalk that. he has made arrange-
ments to o > a ' New York City Establish-
ment, as above where he pledges himself to give sat-
isfaction to all his 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-
tistic manner, at reasonable prices.
5 . » FRANCIS? J. MCKEON.
\
SOUTH NOBWALK
Planing Mill Co.
Builders and others gre informed that this Compa-
ny are now repared to execute in the best manner,
at short no us, all kinds of
Steam Sawing,
Scroll Sawing,
Planing,
and Turning.
The wiilalsoihrnish th ' ‘ ’
“fluid. of on emostreasonablc terms
Lumber .and lili'irnbcr,
and manufacture to order,
Sash,
B l I n (is,
Doors, Etc.
BALUSTEns, NEWELS. &C.,
for Stairs and Railings, and
Black Walnut-Ash, Cherry,W'hite wood
&c., kept constantly on hand.
Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
SteamboatIIfInding, SOUTH NORWALK.
. . o ,
D. R. AUSTIN ' R.I.TOLLE .
n. I. TOLLES ’} _ s, ”mum
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees:
AT THE
NEW CANAAN’ NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcin ‘ 0 th
public that their stock of B ‘ c
Fruit Gt 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. We are also positive that we
can furnish Trees in better quality. better order, and
{gr less money than they can be obtained from distant
III-series. -
Those wishlng to purchase Trees and Vines will do
well to send their orders early—or still better, visit our
Nursery and make theirown selections. _
STEPHEN HOYT dc SONS.
P. S.-—We take pleasure inshowingpcrsons through
our Nurseries, whether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and would cordiallylnvite uninterested to
visit the Nursery.
NEW and RARE PLANTS.
Ilnnnn, Gilliillfii, Vnnhnnnn,
Bedding Out Plants, Shrubs,
:Ilslruit Trees of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry 015 Strawberry
Plants, are.
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER & CELERY PLANTS, 62c.
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. BO-
QUETS, WREA'HIS, BASKETS, CROSSES, and oth
er Floral Decorations arranged in the best style of art '
‘to order. Send for descrip ve catalogue.
. MALLOBY '&- DOWNS,
. - South Norwaik, Ct.
A. JACKSON & 13110.,
E No. 1 Gazette Building.
OULD invite the attentiOn of their old customer
and the public generally to their varied and ex
tensive stock of . '
WATans, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &c.,
which was selected with great care and isnot to be
‘ sed in Fairlield County. in quality or rice.
A. JACKSON & BRO,
geods
Boo-rs a. 83038.
numb... Wouidrcs ctfuli call the tt -
T tion of the publi tothepi: y - a on
NEW STOCK or Goons,
4, consisting in a general assortment of ,
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters,
M, both fochntlcmen and Ladies’ wear, which will
» / be sold very low for Cash, at the old stand, .
ELYfé 131.002 '
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
V All kinds of Gent. and Ladies’ Boots, Shoes, .26.,
made to order, in the most workmanlikc manner, and
" Inonsn CABS RUN RIGHT BY THE DOOR.
BB9WN ‘9‘ STEVENS.-
mnn's. snows. '- . rum!” Imus.
Small Safe for sale.
SMALL SAFE, suitable for the house, will be
sold very cheap on ailing upon
. NASH it IVES
PORCELAINE DETIRREJI the 'ftrade-inark o
the best Table Crooks imported: It is superior
toStons China, and e ua (excepting transparency)
to French China. but cw can tell the difference al-
tho h the price is about half that of French Ch na.
Sold y I. K. LOCXWOOD.
Int. J: BLACKMAN’S ‘
GOLDEN EXTRACT
HE standard remedy for all afi‘ections of the Kid-
neys and Urinary organ Send for a large four
pairs circular containing ll information. ,
UHLE BROS. rDrpgglsts, Norwaik, Conn. I.
ValndbleMil ‘Prbpeity'for Sale‘ '
At Kent Station, Conn.
HE pro rietor of KENT MILLS, havin engaged
‘ in snot er business,ofi‘ers for sale the a ove go?-
erfy situated on Norwalk River, ten rods from a 1-
road de at, and ex miles from Norwaik, on main
road to anbury, consisting of Saw Mill, Upright and
Circular Saws. all in good order; also, Cider Mill,
nearly new, with three presses, and all necessary ma-
:ehlnery : two large Cider Vaults, Vinegar Lof Vets,
Cocks; one alargs Barn, besides Stables or six'
horses; one ‘splende ‘team of Matched Horses, six
and seven years old; two heavy Wagons; one light
Wafin, and everything complete to carry on a suc-
set 1 business; also, adjoining said Eoperty, one
Co't House and Barn noose contain g 8 rooms,
with our acres ofchoice and, and fruit in abundance;
.1”, ; two-Ito House with eight rooms, with eight
acres of land. he mill roperty and one house will
beeold together, or the w ole exchanged for Norwalk
property. Terms cling. Address .
FORGE H. BRACKEN.
'(Darien,) or after March let, to C. W. BALLARDa, 3:15
in
-two miles romNew Canaan, consisting of a manu-
' factory, two stories high, 80x13 feet, with about 12
REAL ESTATE. '
Ir'o‘ LEI-1'.
Possession ven immediately.
Enquire of JAMES F NEY, ,Real Estate Agent,
Gazette Building, or on the premises of the subscriber
ti‘0 , GEORGE MARVIN.
To Rent.
HE l ce in Winnisauk, formerly known as the
Bis anemones is ofi‘eted to 'rent. Posses-
sion given April 1st. Apply at the GAzs-rrn Orr-Ion.
. To Rent. .
Brick House on High Street from the 1st of
April, 1870. Inquire of N.deoD, No. so Main
Street. ' _ - ' ' '41.!)
EAR the corner of Main Street and Center Averf
nue, a two story and attic- house, suitable for
one or two families, or for a Boarding House. For
terms enquire of the owner at the grocery store cor.
ner of Main Street and Center Avenue.
so , STEPHEN SWANN.
I _ To Let. . J.
OUSE AND BARN on Main Street, South No'ri
be seen after 1 o’clock, p. m. For terms, do" apply
to C. T. WEEKS, West Avenue, opposite New Stone
Church‘. - - 7tf
Store to iLct.
AT South NOrwaik, from April 1st. Situated be-
tween the Congrs tional Church Iand Lucas'
Hotel; suitable for Dry has or any other business.
Enquire of JOHN H. KNAPP. ~ : 8
. To Let. '
PART of a House with privilege of Garden
and Barn, within five minutes walk of ‘the
Bri e; also one tract, forty acres, of Pas-
ture and. Apply to . . CLOCK
1w . I 19 Main St., Norwalk.
For Sale, To Let or Lease.
THAT well-known profirty, “Skiddy’s Block,"’on’
; Main Street, consist of four nice business
stores, and twelve tenemen floors. ' ' y
. . , - , AMES MITCHELL. Agent.
5-2-33 P, CAMP, 744 Broadway. N. Y. Elf
‘ To; near: or Lease.
M ;APRIL 1, 1870. The former residence of
Mrs. Maria Gruman, on Prospect Hill, either
with or without furniture and with Garden and Barn
if desired.v Enquire of C. J. GRUMAN.
‘ EVERAL HOUSES and APARTMENTS to let.
Enquire of 8.1:. OLMSTEAD.
Nov. 2, 1m. ‘ . : » 44
' For Salc or to Rent.
A VERY desirable place is now gifered for sale or
to rent, known as the David Comstock Farm,
North Norwaik, bein elegantly situated and com-
mending a fine view 0 the town- Said farm contains
fine House suitable
Pasture and Wood Land; Avery Barn 0 rrlage
. 8 ,
for any gentleman’s family, one at
House, Stables and other out-b
abundance of Fruit and Water. Possession given
immediately if desired. For terms and particulars
enquire of LORENZO HUBBELL, Esq., or JAMES
MITCHELL, Real Estate Broker, Union Market,
Mitchell’s Block, Norwaik, Conn. ‘ Sti‘
Secure a. Home.
Dwellings and Land for, Sale. .'
SIX or eight Dwellings located in various parts of
the town,which are offered for sale at prices rang-
ing from $1,000 to $5,000 each, viz:'Five Dwelling
Houses situated opposite Israel Lockwood’s Tan
Works, commencing at house occu led b Daniel
—distance being about . mile from the Bridge '
also one House, Barn, an Rom four to five acres 0
land near the residence'of Stephen Smith, Esq.,'about
one mile from the bridge; also, nine acres and one
rood lying on Sprin Hill—distance, about 5‘ of a
mile from the Bri ge ; also, three or four acres
of land on East Avenue, near. the residence of Hon.
0. S. Ferry. Persons desiring to secure cheap homes
or building lots, are invited to call and gain further
articulate. A ply to EDWIN LOCKWOOD or to
eVflILLIAM TR BEE, Agent, at the Horse Railwayt
0 cc. .
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 good Meadow,
Wood and Pasture land. There is a large House
and Barn lately built. For further particulars en-
quire of JA S. M TCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or of
the subscriber on the premises.
LEGRAND COMSTOCK.
.FOR SALE.
EAR NOROTON STATION—A handsome Swiss
Cottage, nearly new. having seven rooms of
unusual size, and in complete order. House just
painted throughout; ounds consist of 17 acres of '
good land, fily woo ed; House'nasu' lar e-iawn,
with forest t s ; neighborhood free from n sauces;
distant onl five minutes from Station. A pleasant
healthy an convenient home for either business man
or farmer. Apply to F. W. BALLARD Noroton,
East 18th Street, N. Y.
Edd... and Lot sTt South N orwalk
. FOR SALE.
HE homestead now occupied by George R. Bai-
ley, containin one acre or more of land. beau-
tifully located, hav ng an extensive view of the bar-
bor and village; abundance of water. fruit, &c.; will
be sold at a bargilin if applicdfor soon. Terms ea .
Enquire of DA D H. GEDNEY,S. E. OLMSTEA
or GEORGE 0. KEELER.
Norwaik, Jan. 17, 1870.
Also, one other Hons; and Lot, on my NeckRoad,
well located, will be soldat a bargain. New: just
completed.
M111 Property
FOR SALE. '
THE subscriber offers for sale his Mil. Property sit-
- natedin West Norwaik, about two miles from
Darien De 0:, three miles from South Norwaik, and
feet head and fall of water, with three acres of land,
now used as 3 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufacto-
ry of any kind. Terms eas and price i Enquire
of JAMES FINNEY, Real state Agent orwalk,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNCEY' STREET.
WestNorwalk, Sept. 25, 1809. 39t
COMMODIOUS
COTTAGE HOUSE,
Situated near the Amphitheater Bridge, is ofi'ered
FOR. SALE
At a bargain, if applied for immediately. Just the
thing for a small genteel family. Terms easy. Ap-
ply at GAZETTE OFFICE. , I 2:5
SPLENDID ,
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 sltuated,has a~fine water front on the har-
bor, and is only two minutes’ walk from all trains to
New York EXPRE NCLUDED. Appl to or
address J. W. ATWATER, COSoCob Bridge, onn.
FOR SALE.
A SMALL HOUSE, with 3}; or 10}; acres of land,
about one mile from South Norwalk. Also,
three New Houses and Lots, cheap—about the some
distance from South Norwalk. All the above on very
easy terms. Also, a large House to rent near Keyser’s
Island. Inquire at the South Norwalk Real Estate
Agency ofd’urdy’s Drug Store. W. T. CRAW,
£17 Real Estate Agent.
A VERY SMALL, VERY NEAT, AND VERY
J. FE'nms,
Real Estate Agent.
ESTATES FOR SALE in Norwalk and vi-
cinity, from 1-4 to 200 Acres, with buildings
Also,'T0 LET,
5
thereon, rice from 845010 $100,000.
furnishe and unfurnished'houscs.
- . Ad ess J. ,FERRIS, : '
at F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store, Ely’s Block 80. Norwulk_
NOTICE !
The subscriber having taken out a License for the
Sale, Renting and Exchanging
OF
4 : Real Estate,
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. Ile has now for disposal
FARMS, RESIDENCES; kc.
Situated in Norwalk.
And all the adjoining country. Places for sale varying
gram 35,000 to $25,000. . ,
. RE BIDENOE
. For Summer, furnished ore-unfurnished
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
with land in quantity to suit Purchaser or Lessccnlso
a number of
Fine Farms.
Apply to
JAMES’MITGH'ELIL. .
A1 orders left at the UNION MARKET, Mitchellls
us 2d story or the ”new house on Camp Street.I
1 8
walk, now occupied by W. A. Guyer, Esq. Can‘ 5
about 60 acres of first-class land divided into. 'Plow,_f »
dings; elso, an ‘
Quintard, and continuingaroundto traw uctory, .7
f TimberILot, with
'ther articulars inquire‘of James
~ For Sale. .. I .
, AHOUSE AND LOT beautifully situated on "East
Avenue, Norwaik, the lot is 200x200 feet, sup-
plied with a great variety of Fruit Trees, Grapes, die.
witha good House, containing 12 rooms, besides
closets. pantries, store-rooms, Idle. Gas in every
room, with a gOod furnace and range barn stable,
curria eand ice-house, all in good or er. A ly to
the su scriber, on the premises. J. BALLAISJ. m
For. Sale. fl“
THE subscriber ofi'cIrs for sale his homestead, situ-
ated at South Norwaik, on Washington Street;
house nearly new containin 11'rooms; good lot;
plenty of small fruits, dzc. A so. the saloon roperty
situated opposite the N. Y.,& N. H. R. R. epot at
South Norwulk; aIsplendid lace for business of al-
most any kind. For Artie ars, terms, &c.,&p ly at
the allies of W. T, RAW, or of the subs Ker at
South Norwnlk. «'9 F. F. BYXBEE.
Dwelling House.
FOR Sale at South Norwaik, Conn. ‘A rare chance
‘ “now offered to 'any one Who wishes to secure
a- good House. One new two-story and attic house,-
East side of;the.Harbor, ten minutes walk fI-om the
deputy-ii rods-from East Avenue—Lot 87x11lift. The
house contains 15. good rooms, wardrobe closets in
each .and fitted up with all the modern in rove-
ments. A good well of water on the place. erms:
oneih’slf cash, balance to remain on bond and mort-
fill-$30“: of’yefi.hl.furliot slum byflApril 1st,
, ... on o . .n, or ar cularsené
rebf ‘ ~ «ENAMEL-{HOE 13' Builders. "
‘Sou'm Nonwnx, Connq’Fcb. 24, 1870. 6t'9
ForZSale. .orsoxLeaee.
THE residence of the undersigned, at Five Mile
River Landing, fronting on tide water. Pos
session given at once if desired. . The main house
contains a hall and five rooms. besides attic and cel-
lar ; the extension, nine rooms besides basement
and cellar.
The lot is 150x175—two wells of good water, ar-
den, fruit, dac. Price assoc-or will lease for or
5 years at 8500 per anunm. '
For Sale—Choice buildin plots contiguous to
the above. unequaled in local on. A ly to Mr. A.
lebic or to the subscriber; E. R. P .NOYER.
. Box 50, Orange, N. J. ‘ 'tii)
A Good 'and Cheap Farm for Salci
HE farm of the late Daniel Leavenworth, .,
Pleasantly situated in :1 od neighborhood In
the Town of Monroe on the d rect road from Bridge;
port to Danbury, and conveniently located to schoo s,
churches, depot, and market. Said form contains
148 acres, a 0d dwelling of eleven rooms, a ood
barn, one 01 older mlli (now used for barn). 5m...
soil is loam bottom and well watered There is an
abundance of wood, some of which is very nice.
There was on the farm last year from 125 to 140 bush-
els 8 pics. Any one wishing a pleasant home and a
goo productive farm will do well to look at this
place. Possession given immediately. . Price, “m
a part of which can remain on bond and mortgage; if;
desired. For further articulars enquire of , . ~ '. ‘.
PETER B. P LEE, jglitziryyille, Chum; .
T. K. HUBB , Wilton,- Conn.
or . JAMES MITCHELL, Reai‘ Estate-Agent:
. AN orwulk, Conn.
. For Sale." ‘
THREE very desirable BUILDING LOTS within
five minutes walk of. the Bridge, situated on
Plymouth Avenue; also; twogood ones at North Nor-
walk. For partlcula‘rscnquiire of R. L. ELLS.
For Stilt? x .._.
' DESIRABLE residehc‘e eiher‘with Furniture
if desired. House’c‘ohta ‘s 'eiev'enIroolnIs 'b‘e- .
sides basement kitchen, store-rooms, &c; also, filled
in with brick from sill to plate, has nearly allthe
modern improvements, gas, heater, range, bath and
water closets, two cisterns and good well convenient
by° barn room for two horses. carris s, dlc. WA ply
if ’DR. MOSMAN, opposite 2d M.‘ _1§?Qh'hrch, We»
venue. , I, . ,
. . _ y g i 1‘
FOR SALE. '
WELL built fine looking House, nicely finished
- throughout- rooms al - glood size and conIvIcnI-
ient; Furnace and Gas Chanda lers, Marble Mantels,
water brought into the kitchen. Is within fiveImin-
utes walk to Post Olllce and Horse Cars. Lot 75 feet
front by 240 feet deep. Price 88 000. Enquire of
FRANK B. SMITH.
Rare Chance. .
Veriy ficsirable place for sale, on Belden’s Hill,
W lton, consisting of 26 acres of Meadow,
Plow and Pasture Land, With a 101' e and commodi-
ous two story Dwelling House, arn, Shoe Shop,
Wagon House, and other out-buildings; an excellent
wel of water; also, is on the lace Fruits of all
kinds, A pies, Pears, Peaches, berries, and all
kinds of erries, die. It has every fine shade. The
lace is very well adapted for any person wishing to
eep boarders. as it is a healthy location and a good
neighborhood. About one mile from Depot, Store,
Church and School. Prices 000.‘ Terms easy. For
particulars enquire of ODORE PRINCE,
4t'8 on the premises:
PLACE FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale a desrrabic place
pleasantly located about one-half mile below
the Episcopal Church in Wilton, on the main road to
Danbury. ,The lace consists of one acre of lard,
with a two story welling House in good condition,
Barn, etc, thereon. There are some fifteen choice
Apple Trees on the premises, and other unit trees in
proportion. Will e sold low if applied for soon.
or particulars enquire of the subscri er.
SHERMAN MOREHOUSE.
Wilton, FebLIOL 1870. 6t'7
For Salé.
ADESIBABLE RESIDENCE. in Nor-
waik, Conn., within five minutes walk of the
Bridge. House modern built. with furnace and gas
ipes. Ten rooms besides closets, attic and cellar.
at 100x200 feet. Good garden and abundance of
Fruit, Location exery Way desirable. Price 810,000.
Refer to Hon. WM. C. STREET,
tf4 ' dial-walk, Conn.
For Sale
THREE FIRST-CLASS,
BUILDING LOTS,
width affront about 100, 100 and 75 feet, respective-
ly; also a SMALL COTTAGE, now vacant;
all fronting on Union Park. Enquire of the subscri-
ber. CHAS. P. TURNEY.
Norwaik, Jan. 24th, 1870. \ tfi
For Sale.
NE LOT on Golden Hill next to new house of H.
O H. ELWELL, 80 feet front by 217 feet in depth.
Apply to LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, or GEORGE
W. RAYMOND, South Norwaik, Conn. ti‘26
FOR SALE.,
HE Homestead of Orlando Pcrr , deceased, con-
sisting of about 28, acres of ya usble land, with
Dwelling House, Barn, and convenient out-build-
ngs thereon, all in good repair; ailne Orchard and
Fruit Trees. On said premises is a very valuable
ood water power. Said property is
d! in the town of Boston. with good
roads leading to Dr dgeport, Westport, and Norwalk.
In the vicinity are Churches, Classrcal Academy and
good Gammon Schools. Possession given immedi—
ately. Part of the purchase money can remain on
bond and mortga e if desired. Further informati on
m, “launch cpnwnnwcncsnnnn.
Norwa . , es
’ MATTHEW B LKLEY. ~
' bscriber. Weston.
0101' Administrator, with the will annexed.
Real Estate for Sale.
HE land belonging to the estate of Gcorge_W.
Raymond, com ri’sing some of the most desnra-
ble property in hunt Norwalk is now offered for sale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Ap iy to
LEWiS F. BEERS, .Trustce G W. Y-
MOND and CHESTER F. TOLLES, South mmiii‘i
Conn. I
, BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
HE subscriber oficrs for sale, on very resonable
terms, a number of the choicest, and most desi-
rable Building Lots in the town of Norwaik, situated
on high ground, (Prospect Hill), near and of easy ac-
cess from the villa e, and commands a fine a 0 un-
obstructed view of t etown, harbor, Long Isla d and
Sound. A good avenue, 50 feet wide, has been laid
out in front of the re erty. Is within five minutes’
walk of the Horse% road Size of lots to snitpur-
' rices. For further a‘rticulars cn-'
$53.56 no “my P JESSE DENTON,
' or JAMES FINNEY, ReulEstate Agent.
pleasantly situate
28
.... "”-‘t‘§'
no subscriber Odors—formic); arm, us on
TComstock’s Hill, two miles tom Norwaikliridgc.
Said Farm contains twentyhthrec, acres, Iofgood
meadow, wood anal asmretilhnd. Thére ‘1‘3‘ :r 1g:
’ e remis .
Dwelling House on arnon ‘plliitchcli, ‘RcalEs-
Brfimiscs.
me STOCK.
Btf
HUMES FUR THF MILLION!
one Hundred Building Lots.
BSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
THIEAISULots within eight minutes walk CI South
Norwal depot, at 'LOCKWOODVILLE. Parties
wishing to purchase may have a lot with a house built
thereon by paying a small amount in cash, balance on
mortgage, or may purchase a lot without any improve-
ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
in cash,bulancc on mort e. Price 0 Lots from One
Hundred to Three Hundrc Dollars. I will be leased
o wishin to use see.
to show the lots to any WW] 1% T. 1(1) RAW,_
Real Estate Agency over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
Norwaik, Aug, Min, 1808. as
‘ Eon ' SALE.
t r of the subscriber on the
gen , o F
KLINC
" VERY‘valuahie place, situated in the most cen-
tral art of the Town of Norwaik, about two
minutes want from the Horse Railway Depot. The
house is large and cominodious. The dI‘llllflc comprises
about two acres of land, and is abnn tly provided
with trees, shrobberty and out-lll'uiid’i‘n ”$31,113:? 1:3
suitable for an n eman. or -
quire of y ge - JAMES MI CHELL,
Real Estate Agent, Union
Market, Norwaik, Conn.
VALDABLE FABM‘ Eon SALE
IN WILTON, CONN.
Known as the BELDEN FARM.
SITUATED one-half mile from the Railroad Depot
containing about 160 acres of land under good
cultivation, with Dwelling House, out-buildings, etc.,:
is ofi'ered for sale. . , _
Also, the stock and Farming Utensils,
Apply to . ’. JAMES MITCHELL,
Real Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
THE undersigned offer for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
village and easy of access, havin an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices ow and termseasy.
pply to A. H. BYINGTON,
. I , S. E. OLMSTEAD.
. ' E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwaik, Sept. 21. 1868.
NASH a; IVES,
Real Estate Agents,
No. 4 WATER STREET.
‘ PROPERTY bought, sold, exchanged or let, on reu-
sonuble terms. We have a good variety of desira-
ble Houses and Farms in and out of town for sale on
MEDAL BANG! soldby ' -
- _ CW! 1'. m.
- Ian:
, KeiltMills. or South Norwaik.
Meek. Norwaik, Conn. win receiveprompt attention.
4
accommodating terms.
Wn.R.‘Nasn. ‘ . Nassau Ives.
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the '
A paper," envious.
. F‘— ' V
, at lease. wnrrnaa. _
We may-not slimlithe heavenly Me
,To bring the Lord Christ down:
In vain we search the lowest dceps,
For Him no depths can crown. .
But warm, sweet, tender. even yet
AprIesIent help i! He;
And faith has stiillits 01ml,
And love its Galilee.
The healing of the IsIesImlessI dress
IS by our hedsof pain; .
We touch ”Him in life’s throng and pm].
And we are whole again. , '
Through Him the‘ first fond prayers are said, ’
Our lips of childhood frame; '
' The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His name.
0 Lord and Masterof us all!
What'e'er our name andsign,
We owu'i‘hy swayiwe hear Thy call,
- We test our lived-by Thine.
4A RIGHT IN; A TUNNEL.
Many y'e‘arSjigo, my health having be-
ecme much impaired by over study, I. was
recommended to pass a winterin'th'e south
of France. 0f song‘recablc a prescription
.1 readily aVailed' uygem‘ I ‘;wi."‘1{.;ilhout_
wife or child , to. cucumber.- my. departure :-
‘and, armed only with a portmanteau, made
a most delightfuljouiney of it to the charm-
ing town_of~-V-—‘—.- f. ' I ' ‘ .
. «Shortly after my alfriva‘l, whilst Sitting at
the window ofmy hotel, a men passed by,
so verymuch like _ myself, that, struck with
the resemblance, I rose, and leaning forward
followed-him with my eyes. His dress be-
spOkc’ him an Englishman". He was tail;
to was _I. . Slim; Iwas slim, His eyes were
piggy. skin fair, his hair a deep auburn,
his, nose. aquiliuc. All this was my portrait.
Willie: had .- meshed the bottom of the
guest'ehqpsused, lucked around, then slow-
.y’mtdrned, cfoSsing.th'e;road,howeveI-,and
taking the IoppOsiIte {pavement This ena-
bled me to get a elector fvicw of the man.
Icons... I was much impressed with the
icsemblance, and hardly liked it. 'The phys-
iologist, II thought, may delight as he pleases
in such coincidences; for my part I decided-
ly object Ito being made a portion. of any
sort of phenomenon. I had read of very
unpleasant consequences following personal
resemblance, and earnestly hoped that this
individual, whom nature, slim Of- moulds
at the time, had undoubtedly cast in mine,
would speedily clear the neighborhood of
his presence. - '
A week or two after this, in takings walk
across a beautiful bit of adjacent country, I
suddenly snoountered Imy likeness, seated
On a rustic bench beneath a tree, With his.
arm circling the waist of a very beautiful
peasant gii-l. Her skin, of a pure and cream?
like tint, finely contrasted the splendid lux-
uria‘nce of her black hair. Her eyes fielhed
upon me as I passed, and I noticed her draw
herself erect with rapid hauteur, as if indig-
nant oi- impatient of detection. The man
by her side, who would have passed very
well for me to any other person but my
mother or myself, still maintained his ca-
ressing attitude. He did not condesccnd to
raise his eyes to me as I passed, but i kept
them fixed upon the face of the girl, who, I
could see, watched me with a species of sul-
len eagerness, as if wishing me well out of
sight.
As I passed them, I must confess tohaving
experienced a momentary sensation of envy
of the man. Since nature has put him in my
skin, I thought, it seems only fair that I
should put myselfiu his .ahoes. For all I,
knew,*I reflected, that beautiful peasant girl
might have been originally destined for me;
but the intention of nature has been dc-,
feated by her love of coincidence. I laughed
at my thoughts as I walked on, and, turning
a corner lost sight of the lovers. .
On reaching the bottom of the lane, I
found that I had fallen upon a cul-de-sac.
The passage terminated in a series of fields,
across which I could discover no footpath.
‘I had no wish to be arrested for trespassing;
so I decided on returning the way I had
come.
On sighting the beach, I found that it was
deserted. I was not sorry. I would by
no means have disliked another peep at the
beautiful brunette; but, at the same time, I
had no ambition to inspire the couple with-
the notion that I was watching them.
I had got to the top of the hill, and was
passing between a row of thick bushes,
making a sort of natural hedge for a broad
area of trees, like a gigantic park; when I
was suddenly started by the report of pistol,
discharged at my left. At the same moment
I heard the hollow sound of a ball striking
my hat, and the: article of mydress rolled to
the ground. 4 '
I looked round with a pale face. The at-
tack was horribly sudden. Who, in the
name of heaven, wanted my life i For what
crimes was my blood demanded? What
had I done? I saw the blue smoke curling
up from the densest portion of the bushes,
and heard the crackling of the fares and
twigs, caused by the hasty flight of some
one.
I picked up my hat. The ball had passed
clean through it. Had it struck two inches
lower it would have entered my skull.
I hastened toward the town, possessed
with much the same sort of enviable feeling
as you might imagine a Tipperary landlord
or agent would feel wholsees threats of his
life carved on every other free. Bravery in
a situation of this sort was quite Out of the
question. 01‘ what use is pluck when you
have to deal with invisible foes? I might
almost confess.to having broken into down-
right flight osl neared the town, so extreme-
ly anxious was I to escape the vicinity of
every sheltering bush, tree or hedge 'in the
neighborhood. ' ' -
on gaining my. hotel, I began to reflect on
my narrow escape. I had been too much
excited to attach to it the significance it de-
manded. But the hole in my hat conveyed
the most shuddering information on my nar-
row escape. Beyond all reasonable doubt,
my life. within that hour had only been
worth two paltry inches. '
I repeatedthe question to myself, I“ Who
wants my life 1 "And if anybody wants 'it
what are his claims 1 What have! done-to
merit assassination 1” Being whollyunahle.
to answer these queries, I resolved to make;
sconfidant of my host, the hotel keeper. - I-
called him to my rOOm and told him of what
had happened. He shrugged his shouldei's
as he exclaimed—e- ‘ H 0 '
' “ Monsieur, like the
r... 0’: mankindmust
' pay the penaltydf‘making love." ‘: ~.
“ But," said 'I shocked at his ”upfront,
“ I have not madelove. 'SinceI have been
here, I am' not echelons of even having
looked. at a_ women, much less” spoken ’ to
ouch-3'," 'I ' , .
“’ilkgli it is an enigma, he replied.- “ The
only‘SOiutioiI I union. you is—that you
hove beIen mistakenfor some one cite.” ’
‘ Boll .Dl'eu!”g‘l‘ exhiaimed. -“_ You, have,
undoubtedly hit § the mark. I have been
'mistukcn—and" I know for Whom. Have
you not seen a man in this town bearing a
striking resemblanec'to me i"
- “No," was the answer; . .
“ Well, my friend, I have. The moment I
saw him I felt uncomfortable. i had a pre-
sentiment of evil. You will oblige me by;
letting me have ybur bill. I shall go "to
Paris tonight. If I stop here another day,
my life, which I left England .to fortify, will
be snuffed out like a candle.” I . ‘
I'l‘hc betel-keeper, seeing matters come to
a point that affected his interests, endeav-
ored to laugh down-my doubts. He argued
that the ball I had received in my hat might
strength of a giant.
shot of some wretched marksman, who
might have mistaken my hat for a crow.
“ That may all be very well,” I anSwercd:'
“ but suffer me to tell you that your excuse
only makes me more resolute to leave the
place; for of what value is a man's life in a
district abounding with sportsmen who can
mistake a hat for a crow ?”
A train left for Paris at 2:35. It was an
express, and I found it to be due at eight
o'clock. ‘I dispatched my portmanleau by
a porter to the station, and having twen-
ty minutes before me, sat down to a light
rcpast Of cold fowl and sin ordinaire. The
position Of my table enabled me to get a
view of the sheet, As the porter strode
away with my luggage, I observed a man
cross the road and accost him. In reply to
what was obviously a question, the porter,
with the gesticulation of a Frenchman,
pointed with his thumb to the hotel, and
vigorously nodded his head. The man
crossed over again to the pavement, came
on until Opposite the hotel, caught sight of
me through the window, and abruptly turn-
ing on his heel, walked off in the direction
taken by ‘the' porter.
I thought nothing of this. The man, I
conjectured, probably wanted the job I had
given to the porter. He was a common-
looking fellow, dressedin leather gaitcrs, a
blouse, a slouched cap and belt. There was
nothing singular in his'faée. He was dark,
with a black beard and moustache. 'He was
a familiar type of the middle-aged peasant
Of southern France.
Having discharged my bill, I walked to
the railway station. 011 one platform there
was much tumult a train Iii‘om Paris having
just arrived. But upon the platform against
which stood the train that was to hear me
to thnlrth, I counted only five people ex-
clusive of porters.
But I had little time for observation. The
train would leave in three minutes. I saw
my porunanteau- stowed away in the lug-
gage van, procured myself a first-class tick-
et, and took my seat.
The shrill whistle of the guard sounded.
The engine gave a snort, and the line ofcar-
riages cloaked to their chains as they tight-
ened to the strain. Suddenly several voices
Cried, “ Stop! stop! Now then, quick !
:Which class—first? Let’s see ydlr ticket.
Right. 'Here you arc—jumpin." The door
Of my carriage was opened, a form bound-
ed' in, the door was slammed, there Was a
shrill whistle,and all went the train.
I looked at my companion. ' He was the
man I had noticed speak to the porter and
stare into the window of my hotel.
A thriilpassed over me. My recent es-
cape had greatly shaken my nervous sys-
tem, and the apparition of a man whom I
felt I ought suspect, sent a chill through my0
blood. As a peasant, which he was—not
expressed only in his‘dress, but in-his bands
which were 'dirty, rough and horny—what
did he do in a first-class carriage? I would
have given something to have changed our-
riages. But there was no communication
with the guard. Moreover, the train, as I
have told you, was an express, and did not
stop until a run of sixty-six miles had been
accomplished. We were now bowling on
with great rapidity. . ‘
The man sat, screwed into the corner
away from me, immovable. He appeared
to be looking through the window at the
country as it whirled by ; but there was an
abstracted expression in his gaze which in-
dicated that he saw nothing. His arms
must have been conscious of my scrutiny, he
never turned his eyes upon me. His lips, I
saw, were tightly compressed, and he
breathed slowly but deeply through his
nose, the nostrils of which diluted to the
steady respiration.
I began after a‘ time to regain my ,compo-
sure. I struggled to laugh down my fears.
What, I thought, had I to fear fl'om a man
I had never seen—who had never seen me.
The thing was preposterous. I extracted a
paper from my pocket and commenced to
read. I might have spoken to him, only I
imagined that a man in his situation might
have been embarrassed by my French,
Which I did not Speak with a geod accent.
Besides, there was something that repelled
all approach in his immobility.
Half an hour passed away. All at
once, over the edge of my newspaper, I saw
him put his hand out of the window as if to
Open the door. I had not time to conjec-
ture his intention when, with a'wild, scream-
ing whistle, we were whirled into the night
of along tunnel.
The rapid disappearance of the daylight
made the Oil lamp, suspended in the car-
riage, emit but the Aduliest flight for some
minutes. — ' '
I laid the newspaper down, with all my
old fears revived in me. I had scarcely
done so when I saw the outline of a man
raise in the carriage. He leaped over to
where I was seated. I saw the gleam of a
knife in the air.
Mad with passion and surprise, I grasped
the descending arm. A mrious determi-
nation to save my life inspired me with the
The ferocity with
which I seized his wrist, forced the hand
open. The knife fell ; and then commenced
a silent, furiOus struggle.
He seized Inc by the collar and clung with
the tenacity of a tiger. I heard his snap-
ping teeth, os if he were endeavoring to
bite. We swayed from one end of the car-
riage to the other. I felt how weak ill
health had left me, and pined to pass out
into the light, lhat‘I might the better see
how to encounter the miller.
_ Suddenly I' felt myself swung round with
tremendous energy. I bounded against a
door which opened, and we both fell out on-
to the lines in the very center of the tunnel.
The fall seemed to have stunned him, for
he fell under me and remained for a time
motionless. For myself, I rceivcd an in-
describable shock, such as is experienced in
a cOllision, but. I retained my senses. I
heard the roar of the train dying away in
- the distance. I saw the red gleam fading
like the eye of a dying demon.
I still clutched him by the throat, nor did
I dare relinquish it. My situation was
frightful. I suspected that a down train
w0uld soon be passing, and in the. intense
darkness of the tunnel I could not see on
which line "we were lying. ‘ Iwould have
matched forth my hand— to grape for the
rails; I might have ' foundva place of safety
by judging of the distance between them ;
but I felt the form of my assailant commen-
cing to writhe beneath me. His- struggles-
Vgrew flercer. He endeavored to rise, but
With the fury of despair I kept him pressed-
down, one hand on his throat, the otha' on
his breast. What I desired was to render
him insensible. I would then leave him in
the darkness and grape my way as I could.
It never occurred to me at the time that
there Was no nwd to make him insensiblein
order to'clude him. The darkness would
'have’rOnd'ered my presence invisible to him.
But my mind Wes hopelessly." confused. I
was breathing-a sulphurous air, made thick
and difficult by its blackness. I'My only
thought was to keep the Indian down. I
was only capable, indeed, of this thought.
A few minutes had elapsed when I heard
Ia distant rumbling like thunder. It increas-
-e_d. VI Seemed to feel a wind blowing against
my face. I tasted, too, a continual draught
IOIf ‘smbke and steam. VIknew that a train
was approaching, and my hair lifted on my
head. What rail were we on f The sus-
pense was ii'ighiful. ' ' .-
My assailant increased his struggles. He
have been destined fora bird ; that {it was !
t
4. m... A“...
beans mrious. He was evidently fighting
to throw me down, and over in the direc-
tion of that side of theItunnel along which
came the roar of the train. I saw his object
and madly pressed upon him. His body
frantically writhed. He twisted under me
as if he revolved on a pivot. He endeavor-
ed to shriek some words to me, but my
throttling grasp made his- voice no more
than a horrible hoarscness. '
I saw the red 'and green lights of the en-
gine approaching. They grew in size and
lustre with a hideous rapidity. There was
a roar, a shower of dust, a wind that struck
‘me down like a blow flour a strong man’s
fist; then followed the dying rattle, ending
in a dull and sullen moan.
I rose to my feet. I crossed over to the
wall, and feeling along .it, took to walking
with all the speed my sinking name would
suffer me to put forth. How long I walked
I know not. My passage seemed intermin.
able. The dump of the wall, against which
my left hand constantly pressed, froze my
blood. Now and then I stumbled over piles
of rubbish lying grouped against the side,
and sometimes my groping was bewildered
by_comiug across recesses into which my
hands guided me.
At length I saw a star, tremulods, glori-
ous, in the distance. ' It was daylight-the
aperture of the tunnel—and I pushed for-
ward with invigorated spirits. I neared it
slowly; for the star seemed to maintain an
inexorable distance, and would not enlarge.
How shall I describe my joy when I gained
the twilight of its reflection—as I advanced
and felt the pure air'of heaven upon my
dry cheeks and burning lips—as I saw the
blue sky and the dim vista of pale green
banks.
As I got into the light a cry escaped my
lips. My trousers were splashed with blood.
There wins one ensanguined line, as if a foun-
tain of blood had splashed upon me.
I seated myself to recover my strength. I
could see that I presented a dismal and ter-
rible spectacle. My cost was torn, my
hands were black, so, too, I judged, was my
face—my collar had been torn from me, and
the ends of my fingers were lscereted. Af-
ter reposing myself, Iclimbcd the bank and
perceived at the distance of a mile a small
station. I made towards it, and gained it.
A railway ofiieial, who was standing look-
ing at two children playing in a back gar;
den, uttered a loud cry of alarm as he spied
me. I narrated“ my story to him as coher-
ently as I could, and then sank upon the
ground in s fainfing condition.
Of what happened after this I have no re
Imembrance. When I came to my senses I
discovered that I had been taken to the
house of the station-master, and carefully
tended by his wife. From him I learnt the
conclusion of this singular incident in my
life. It seems that after my story had been
told, two men were dcspntched into the inn-
nel in search of my assailant. They discov-
clean off a little above the knees. They
hope the corpse to an adjacent dead house;
and an inquiry into his death brought out
such particulars which are very easily antic-
ipated. The man'who so closely resembled
me at V ,had seduced the betrothed of
a laborer, one TheodoreiVertot. This The-
odore, reckless now of life, and resolutely
bent on vengeance, swore to kill the sedu-
cer. Mistaking me for his enemy he at-
tempted to shoot me. This failing, he hung
about the hotel armed with a stiletto, deter-
mined to stab me whenever I should appear
Were folded “Pml bid hFPASL—~Thou¢hhe_.imtheaireehrfioering—howmrrthatvkm-7'
about leaving for Paris, he perceived a bet-
ter and safer means of prosecuting his de-
sign, byitabbing Inc in the tunnel through
which he knew wejwould pass, and _ then
escaping in the darkness. Reflection had
obvious taught him that revenge would
be none e less sweet because it did not eu-
tail his destruction by the law. -
Such is the simple but tragical story. My
protbtype, who had been the means ofyice
imperiling my life,I have never seen since.
I confess to not wish to see him. It is bad
enough to have to bear the brunt of one’s
own follies; in is altogether miserable to
suffer from the follies of others. Ever since
the occurrence of this small episode, I have
always thought there is a much wiser prov-
idence manifested in the dissimilarity be-
tween man and man than our philosophy
sufl’ers us to dream of.-—Gentleman’s Magd-
elm.
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Tun BALLOT AND THE Mum.—In this
age of reforms and of practical benevolence,
few “extreme” propositions terrify us. We
have survived emancipation, which was to
inaugurate a bloody insurrection,” but
which proved the ‘only cure for one ; we
have endured “Grant, the Dictator,” for
nearly a whole year without losing our lib-
erties; and we have thus far been able to
view with calmness the “ woman move-
ment.” But Mr. Wendell Phillips is a man
who at some time or other appals everybody.
His latest demand for the negro is “ forty
acres' of land, a furnished cottage, and a loan
of money to buy a mule i" ‘
He declares ‘that unless these be given,
“ the ballot will be worse than an- empty
form.” . 3 ,, ’
Now we are not given to distressful proph-
eeics,bul we cannot help “ feeling in our
bones” that this is not the philanthropic ulti-
matum. We suspect that Demosthenes will
speak yet more boldly when he takes these
pebbles from his mouth. We reason thus:
If it-is “ necessary, in order to secure the
negro in his independence as a voter,” to
'givc him a. farm, a house and a. mule, it will
be equally necessary when women are ad-
mitted to the suffrage to give them—alas!
with what will female ambition be content-
ed ?—a lot on Murray Hill, a brown stone
cottage, and n—a husband, if any should be
unprovided—or perhaps a “ natty tiger,” for
use in Central Park; for really a' woman
could hardly be an “ independent voter”
without pin-money, and it would be gallant
as well as just to treats. woman and a sister
as generously as a man and a brother. We
don’t mind expense, and think that when
the latter personage has leased his cottage,
mortgaged his land, and starved his bor-.
rowed mule, the nation will be in a position
to bestow whatever trifles may be necessary
to make a woman’s ballot more than an
empty form. But what appals us is that we
old voters shall have to delve as hard as
ever to secure “ love in a cottage,” and shall
probably have to do altogetherwithout the
mule. To this depth of humiliatimi we are
not prepared to descend. The bullet with-
out the mule! New ! no NEVER! The
' ballot and the mule, “now and forever, one
and inseparable l”-—0hrl'otl'an- Um'on.
' =5
- . , Advertising.
- '. Hero is what some of the most successful
business men in the country say about ad-
vertising: .
I ascribe my success in accumulating a
million of dollars in ten years to the unlim-
ted use of printer’s ink—P. 1'. Emma.
He who invests one dollar in business
should invest one dollar in advertising—A.
T. Stewart. .
Constant and persistent advertising is the
sure prelude to wealth—Stephen Girard
Advertising has furnished me with a com—
petence—Amos Lawrence.
My success is owing to my liberaiity in
advertising—Bonner.
Without udvertisigg I should be a poor
man today—H. T. chubold.
The Universalists of Connecticut arc to
celebrate the hundredth annivursary of the
establishment of Universalism in this coun-
try,on the 13th of March, by a gathering In
Hartford, at which addresses will be made
bynDr. Chapin, Miss Olympia Brown, and
0 cm.
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Bennett’s Announcement of his
Marriage.
In Maverick’s life Of Raymond is given
an article from the Herald, of June 1, ‘ 1840,
in which the eccentric editor of that sheet
announced his intended marriage as fol-
lows: —-
“TO THE READERS on THE HERALD—DECLAR-
ATION or LOVE—CAUGHT AT LAST—GOING
To Dr: MARRIED-TNEW MOVEMENT IN CIVIL-
IZATION.
' I’m going to be married in a few days.
The weather is so beautiful; times are get-
ting so good; the prospects of political and
moral reform so auspicious, that I cannot_
resist the divine instinct of honest nature
any longer; so I am going to be married to
one of the most splendid women in intellect,
in heart, in soul, in property, in person, in
manner, that I have yet seen in the course
of my interesiing pilgrimage through life.
* * * “ Icaunot stop in my career. I
must fulfill that awful destiny which the
Almighty Father has written against my
name, in the broad letters of life, against
the wall of heaven. I must give the world
a pattern of happy wedded life, with all the
charities that spring from nuptial love. In
a, few days I shall be married according
to the holy rites of the most holy Christian
church, to one of the most remarkable, ac-
complished, and beautiful young women of
the a . She possesses a. fortune. I sought
and found a fortune—u large fortune. She
has no Stonington Shares or Manhattan
stock, but in purity and uprightness she is
worth half a. million of pure coin. Can any
swindling bank show as much? In good
sense and elegance another half a million;
in soul, mind and beauty, millions on mil-
lions, equal to the whole'specic of the rot-
ten bnnks in the world. Happily, the pat
ronage of the public to the Herald is nearly
twenty-five thousand dollars per annum, al-
most eqlral to a President’s salary. But
property in the world’s goods was never my
object.‘ Fame, public good, usefulness
in my day and generation; the religious as-
sociations of female excellence; the prog-
ress of true industry—these have been my
dreams byjnight, and my desires by day.
“In the new and holy condition into which,
I am about to enter, and to enter with the
same reverential feelings as I would heaven
itself. I anticipate some signal changes in
my feelings, in my views, in my' purposes,
in my pursuits. What they may be I know
not—time alone can tell. My ardent desire
has been through life, to reach the highest
order of human excellence, by the shortest
possible cut. Associated, night and day, in
Sickness and in health, in war sndin peace,
with a woman of this highest order of ex-
cellence, must produce some curious results
in my heart and feelings, and these results
the future will develop in due time in the
columns of the Herald.
“ Meantime, I return my heartfelt thanks‘
both of Europe and of America. The holy
estate of wedlock will only increase my dc
sire to be still more useful. ‘
“ JAMES GORDON BENNETT”.
In the postscript to this announcement,
Bennett gives notice that he shall have no
time to waste upon the editors who attack
him, until after marriage and the honey-
moon.” I ‘
0n the 8th of June, 1840, the marriage
was announced at the head of the editorial.
columns of the Herald, as follows:
it 11mm.”
“—03 Situiday afternoon, tho—"0th instant,
by the Rev. Dr. Powers, at St. Peter's Cath-
olic Church, in Barclay street, James Gor-
donBennett, the proprietor and editor of
the New York Harald, to Henrietta Agnes
Green. What may be the effect of this
event'on the great newspaper contest new
waging in New York, time alone can show."
'#
The manufacture of paper from okra is
successfully carried on at the Chickasaboguc
Mills, near Mobile. The specimens vex '
from imitation Manilla paper to fine be _.
note paper. The entire plant is used, pods
stalks, and leaves, and no change In neces-
sary in the machinery or appliances of the
ordinary mill to Work the material. The
crop is a prolific one, yielding excellent re-
turns to the farmer, while the manufactured
product can be furnished at a cost of twenty
five per cent. less than that made from rag;
and wood pulp. The paper is tenacious
‘quality, of uniform texture, receives ink
readily, and is free from the annoying rat-
tling of straw paper.
#2
We learn from the.'i‘imes that the name
of James E. English is ‘a tower of strength.’
We are glad to see it in print. It was re-
marked in the convention a great number of
times, and insisted on with vociferous em-
phasis that his name was it “ T-o-o—w-e-r of
atrength,"—everybod.v said so, but there
was danger it would be forgotten, notwnth-
standing. So now it is in print and there
can be no mistake about it. It was also re-
marked that Mr. Hotehkiss was a “ t-O-o-w-
e-r of strength.” The same was said of Mr.
Waller, and of Mr. Stedman, and, in fact, of
everybody who was named for any office
whatever. We have never known so many
.“ t-o-ow-e-r-s of strengt ” in a single con-
vention—Post. I .
“ Dan,” said a little four-year old, “ give
me six cents to buy a monkey.”
“ We’ve got one monkey in thc house
now," replied his brother.
“ Who is it Dan ‘2” asked the little fellow.
“ You,” was the reply. .
“ Then give me a Sixpence to buy the
monkey some nuts.”
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DmNT MEAN TO BE Pecan—A bank-
er tells the following story of Young Amer-
ica: A short time since a four-year-Old boy,
who was so small that he was obliged to
stand several feet off fi-om the teller’s desk
in order to be seen, presented a check for
860. The money was handed over the boy
being known, and our little friend departed.
Some five minutes later be rushed into the
bank, looking the picture of lright and n1-
ost breathless. As soon as _he recovered
suficicntly, he said: “M—m—mister, did you
send for me, sir i” “No, certainly not.
Why do you ssk ?” “ A m—man came up to
me—me on the street and said you paid me
too much mone , and he wanted to take it
fi'omme.” “Di you 've it to him?” “No,
sir. I asked him did e catch a weasel a-
sleep ? and I run back to you."
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A gentleman was chiding his son for stay-
ing out late at night, or rather early next
morning, and said : ,
“ Why, whenI was your age, my father
would not allow me to go out of the house
use dark.” ‘ '
“ Then you had a dunce of a father,
you had,” sneered the young profligate.
Whereupon the father .Very mshiy vocif-
eratcd :
“ I had a confounded sight better one
than you, you young rascal.”
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The following are the lcntcn regulations
for 1870, perscribed by Bishop McFarland :
Alirthe week days of Lent are fasting
days of obligation on one meal only. Cus-
tom, however, has authorized the use ,of
a slight collation in the evening and a cup
of tea or coifee in the morning. Though
the fast implies abstinence, yet by dispensa-
tion the use of flesh meat is allowed at all
Lent.
Lard in cooking eggs, butter and cheese
are permitted, provided that the laws of
quantity are preserved. Flesh and fish,
however, are not allowed at the same meal.
Women pregnant or nursing, the sick,
the aged and feeble, children under 21 years
old. and those whose employment is of a
laborious and exhausting character, are ex-
cused from the obligations of fasting, but
not of thatof abstinence.
The usual evening exercises of Lent, cou-
sieting of the Rosary of the blessed Vir in,
Semen and Benediction of the blessed oc-
rsment, are recommended.
Given at Providence R. 1., 19th Feb. 1870.
F. P. McFarland, Bishop of Hartford.
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The latest style in weddings has been in-
augerated in Troy. A man and woman
stand up alone before a looking-glass, join
hands, and “in the presence of these wit-
nesses” agree to take each other for hus-
band and wife.
times on Sunday'l‘hursday, and Saturday, '
. except the second and last Saturdays in
NEWS ITEMS.
A California paper says theJa anese“win
universal respect by a sort 0 heathenish
habll,tbey have of mindin their own busi-
ness. . Butwuh such hub ts, can they ever
be assrmnlated Into this great Yankee nation?
——'l‘he public debt has been reduced over
eighty-seven millions since March 1, 1869.
A-briefbut succinct commentary on Presi-
dent Grant’s administration 'of national af-
llli‘S.
_ —A Missouri man, who recently demol-
ished an old trunk, found $3,085 concealed
between the wood and zinc bottom. The sto-
ry got around, and now there isn’t a whole
old trunk within fifty miles of his house.
By the papal decree of secularization,
Pere HIV acintlle becomes again plain M.
Charles Loyson, no longer priest or Camel-
itebrothcr, but still a Catholic under no
pains or penalties, This is said tobe satis-
factory to him. And it probably is, if the
story is true, that he is in love with a bean-
tiful and nccomplished lady of Boston,
whom he waited while in this country, and
whom he proposed to marry when relieved
of his vows oi celibacy. The world always
Welcomes a little romance, but if this story
is not a fiction, the denouement of the splen-
did protest of Pere Hyacintho against papal
tyranny in the common-place act of mar-
riage, has a touch of comedy in it as well as
of romance.
A car load of 8000 pounds of fresh sal-
mon caught in the rivers of the Pacific coast,
has arrived in New York. Fish from Ains-
ka are now the sensation in that market.
In Indiana a barber has been mulcted in
$75 damages for cutting a customer’s hair
too Short. He seemed inclined to adopt the
Sioux style.
Ajealous young Cincinnatian, who a few
evenings ago climbed upon a fence to peep
into the parlor to see what other gentleman
was calling on his betrothed, was mistaken
for a burglar.
A gentleman has just returned from the
West, bringing about 300 quuils to stock the
woods Of New Hampshire. He will keep
them through the Winter and turn them
loose in the Spring. '
The following strange occurrence is
vouched for by a South London magazine:
It would appear that “at a concert given a
short time Since, in Walworth, a entleman
startled the audience by reciting auls de-
fence in Greek. In order to keep up the
idea. of the apostle as a prisoner, the reci-
ter was led on the platform by a long, heavy
chain which was bound round the waist.
He did not, however, consider it necessary
to dispense with white kid gloves. The
Greek, the chain and the kid gloves together
had a curious effect.”
A Cincinnatian recently left his family un-
der pretence that business called him to the
South, and would probably keep him ab-
sent a year. He proceeded to New Albany,
Ind, tarried there and took steps to procure
a divorce, be having become cnamonred of
unfounger and fairer womnn‘ than his faith-
f wife. While he tarried fever and a e in
its most-violent form attacked him an gave
him a deserved shaking. It shook him into
repentance and into an up reciation of his
baseness, and on his bed 0 pain he longed
for the attentions of his good wife. So one
day he returned to his home, minus the di-
VOl‘be, but with something better, the fever
and ague and a determination to stick to
his first love.
The New Haven papers announce the
cred him lying dead With both his 1°35 cut for the enthusiastic patronage of the public. death of Mr. Samuel Harris of that city,
whose demise occurred at his residence
there, on Tuesday week after a short illness.
Mr. Harris was one of the oldest printers
in New Haven, was for twen -fivc years
foreman in the job office of the ate Thea. J.
Stafford, Printing Compan . He was a
romincnt member of the Dr er of Odd Fel-
ows, and at the time this death held the
Office of treasurer of the Grand Lodge of
Connecticut, the subordinate lodge, and of
both the grand and subordinate encamp-
ments. For the last six years Mr. Harris
has been the Grand Representative of the
Grand Lodge of the United States, and at a
recent session of that august body, was sent
by the Connecticut brotherhood» to Califor-
me. 7 . . .
Outs. democratic friends who have treated
the doings of the Ku Klux as “ radical lies,”
will probably not refuse‘ to believe General
Breckenridge, who, in a. criminal case at
Lexington, Ky., denounced the men be-
longing to the Ku Klux as either idiots or
villains, and asserted that he was free from
any fear of them, and would readily respond
to a summons from the sheriff as one ofa
posse comitatus to arrest and bring these men
to justice.
An old man with a young wife recently
sold his farm near’ Forest City, Mo., and
threw in his wife for $0. The purchaser
got more than he bargained forin a prosecu:
tion for adultery.
The demands of the “Moulders’ Union,”
of Peekskill, N. Y., have compelled the
manufacturers of stoves, plows, etc , to
withdraw to places where they can get
moulding done at lower rates.
About 1000 moulders and workmen will be
thrown out of employment in consequence
of this action.
WHAT A PIANO IS-MADE Or. —The actual
materials used in , a piano forte may be
worth stating. In every instrument there
are sixteen kinds of wood, namely, pine, ma-
ple, spruce, cherry, walnut, whitewood, ap-
ple, basswood, and birch, all of which are
indigenous; and mahogony ebony holly ce-
dar, beech, and rosewood, from Honduras,
Ceylon, England, South America and Ger-
many. In this combination of elasticity,
strength, plinbitity, toughness, resonance,
lightness, dumbing, and beauty are individ-
ual qualities, and e general result is voice.
There ‘are also used of ‘ the metals, iron,
steel, brass, white-metal, gun-metal, and
lead. There are in the same instrument of
seven and a half octaves, when completed,
.214 strings, making a total. length of 787
feet of steel wire, and 600 feet of white (cov-
ering) wire. Such a piano will weigh fi'om
900 to 1,000 pounds, and will lastwith con-
stant use (not abuse) fifteen or twenty years.
The total manufacture of pianos In New
York alone averages fifteen thousand per
annum. ‘ . I
~ «d...
RESULT or Rsrusmo A Klan—Tho Cin-
cinnati Gazette relates that a merchant of
that city, who had been two weeks married,
had occasion to go to St. Louis on business.
He informed his wife who put up her mouth
and asked him to kiss her good bye. As he
intedned to return to the house before tak-
ing the cars, .hc playfully refused, saying
that he had not time to wait. Unfortunate.
1y he could not go home again, and left
without bidding his wife good bye. Afisr
an absence of two weeks he returned, and
hastenedIto his domicile, expecting to meet
a heart welcome from the partner of his
joys. of what was his amazement to find
the home deserted, the furniture sold, and
his wife on a visit to her relations. And
what was his horror soon after to learn that
she had sued him for a divorce. An inter-
view followed, mutual cxplanations were
made, and a reconciliation was effected, the
sole cause of the . young woman’s
singular proceeding being jealousy, and the
refusal of her husband to kiss her good bye.
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CHILDISH mama—It you want pure un-
adulterated virtue go to the children. Find
me among the annals of any extinct chris-
tian church a finer example of perfect self-
sucrifice, of smiling, unconscious hemlsm, of
sweet, instantaneous adaptation to the frail-
ty of the weaker vessel, than was displayed
by James the Greatest, saint and martyr,
when his mother, hurried, worried d wea-
ried, called him in from his play to dress-
ed, and brandishcd the comb through his
hair not too gently : “Thalia right mam-
ma i” cried J amie, “Yank it all you want
to l”—Harper’e Bazaar.
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A HEARTLESS JOKE—One of the most
heartless.things ever done was a trick once
layed on Pope the epicurean actor. _A
wicked fl'icnd asked him to dine wlth _him
off a small turbot and a boiled aitch-
bonc of beef, apologizing for .the humble
fare with the usual feigned humili of
friends. “ Why, it’s the very thing I like,"
said Pope in his reply, referring to the aitch-
bone. I will come, my son, with all the
pleasure in life.” He came,he saw, he ate till
he grew nearer to the table and could eat no
more. He had just laid down his knife and
fork,like a soldier tired of war’s alums,
when a bell was mug and in came a amok.
ing hauncll of venison. Popcsaw the trick
at once, and cast a look of bltter reproach
upon his friend ; [rifled with a large shce,
then again dropped his now useless weapons
and burst into hysterical and unrestramable
tears. “A friend of twenty years’ standing,”
he subbed, “and to be deceived in this man-
nor 1”
—'l‘he New Haven Lcccrquotes to its
democratic friends, 'by way of encourage-
ment .
“Let us then be up and doing
With a heart for any fate,
Still achievin , still ursuing.
Learn to is r an to wait.”
Quotation coulg‘altotbe happier— -
“---- rum us.
Learn to labor and to walk?
Norwalk Chronicler