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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1870.,
gestion carried him 00'. His picture had
long an honored place in the cabinet of
Count Duukelsbach, and the curious inci-
dent of the purchase, was often related. It
afterward passed into the possession of the
withoul,’ says he. ‘Primus knows too A IPIIEAK OF FonTUNE.
much,’ says he; ‘ you can’t fool him.’ Fin- ‘
ally they ’grccd that they was to give Pri
mus twenty dollars, and share the lreaSure
’mong themselves.
“ Wal, how was it about digging for it?
Tell us, did you do it ? Were you. there?
Did you see it ? And why couldn’t they
get it?” we both asked eagerly and in one
From theN. r. Observer.
nut sun's,
DENTISTRY Ill scum lllllllI-illl.
OR FOUR DAYS OF EACH WEEK, ONLY, Dr.
Kendall will continue the Dental businessas‘forr
merly. at his oldstand, Sword’s Bulldtn . Office will
endall being
For Sale-
THE old Homestead formerly owned by Henri
Fitch, near the residence of M r Stephen Itaymon
is ofi‘ered for sale. The place is beautilullyilocated on
about eight acres good land
Samuel Duhobret was a’ disciple of the
famous engraver, Albert Durer, admitted
into the art school out oi charity. He was
N OR “’ALK GAZETTE.
REAL ESTATE.
To Let.
The Second Oldest Paper in the State. av A. D. I. ”now".
Street, (Six
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A . on sALE —The subscriber offers for sale his place Town or W. Fm‘cH West Avenue corner Mer- Wednesdays we devote entirely to extracting Teeth Beneath what roof or sk , . . ti 1: . l , h' tapestry then used in Germany. As he was . to MM.
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A. ll. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLE, G. N. ELLb; of land. , JAMES SHERWOOD‘ 1m .42 . The principal 0 eratorin Colton’s Dental Association I dreame ° "’ p . "I" reino C, out o’ a. martin-box. Now vou jist be mod. aforeliand. Yc see Primus was up to ’em; h .b k " ’ .g y, Wm, KNOTT —As J i' J
“#— ‘ FOR SALE- hasrepeatedly, eclaredthat South Norwalkis thebest When IMP! ofmlne mi W0" 000“ crate and let me alone andI’ll tell on all he knowed about Gidger and there wa’ nit ump ac ed, he was the butt of In 101‘“ - . ' . . as ice eko was (1931'
, y ’ among his fellow pupils, and selected as a' ing law and Justice "1 the p01ice court late-
Shonld in the harbor lie,
And all the costly freigbts they‘bore
Enrich me both in till-lg} and store.
place within his knowledge, (out of Cooper Union) to
have teeth extracted. , _ ‘
We particularyinvite those who may desire
none on ’em that was particular good pay ;
and so they all jist bed to take and scrape,
a’ii‘d pay him down the twenty dollars among
ly, in place of Judge Schmner, who was sick,
about it item the beginnin‘ t6 the end. I
he looked through the door and saw the
didn’t railly have no hand in ’t, though I
BE well-known propert in the city of South
Norwalk now occn ie by James Lucas, and
k h is ofi’ered for sale. Its
nown as t e LUCAS II“ Citation on Main Street,
Desirable Place for Sale.
HE subseribcr offers for sale her very desirable
T place, situated on You Zuni: Avenue, Down
special object of dislike by Madame Durcr,
Subscription $52.00 per year in-advance.
who tormented the scholars and domestics,
Single copies 5 cents.
lid-“3‘11““: Rates. Town near the new bridwe. The place comprises a nearness to the dc Ot’ an i 1,, b me laces ARTIFICIAL TEETH. . , , . _ _
Fm“ ““93 “165.5! 1 “mm” 50 C’s-i 3mm” 81'0" Dive“ 113 110““: 11 r003“: ““- ‘l 10" 200x70,well lilatlhl: Sirl'hi‘iiiéiitfi‘i: deltmwill b‘lfsoldsw th or to examine our manner of work and rice: before What dreams they were of 'argosles was knowm to .t, as I be ’0 most things , . ’ as well as the master, by her Zflntippical 53111ng COuntenance ,of Joe ' Seigwart, his
0"" Sqlli’rcv °“° insertion, 1'9 0 StOCked With fruit; WW“ 1“ abundance. Terms easy ' without the furniture on resonable tenns. For par- procurin them elsewhere. Teeth fills in the most Laden in man! ‘ chine; that goes on round here, but my conscrence em; and they greed for the flist full moon, tem er Poor D h b h . clerk. Leavin h' b
"’0 Real Estate Agent,or ticulars enquire of JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate approve manner. Those partially broken awe! by So stoutlybnllt, so bravely manned wouldn’t mill 3 let me am“ on no sich at twelve o’clock at night the 9th of Octo- P -. . u 0 1'6t all not a spice of l g 18 such for a moment,
, . y ’ malice In his heart; and not only bore all “e Judge hastened ’0 the door, and learned
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ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
FRO.“ THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
Teacher of the
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Cona-
sltion.
Box 379 P. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care Peloubct, I’elton 8: Co., 841
Broadway.
FRED. I-I. NASH,
(Organist Trinity Church, Bridgeport,)
Teacher of llIu‘sic,
In Bridrre art on Tuesdays and Fridays. Norwalk
on ThnIstiliys. Westport, Mondays and Saturdays.
J. BBLDEN HURLBUTT,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
ROOM No. 4, (Up Stairs,) GAZETTE BUILDING
WILLIAM A. DALTON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
DIBBLE'S Bliliili, SOUTH HUHWALK. 0T.
Also, Practicing in New York Courts. 6m23 3m'
DIS. J. G. BARBOUB,
I) E N '1- :I: s '1- ,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office in Gazette Building, Room No. s, over J ack-
IonBro’s store.
Nitrous oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
desired.
PATENT AGENCY.
WILLIAM VINE,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
. MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Conn.
C. . . Locuwoou,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor
AND
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
. r
on high ground, (Prospect Hill), near and of easy ac-
cess from the village, and commands a fine and un-
gbstrgcted view of the town, harbor, Long Island and
‘oun .
out in front of the property.
walk of the Horse Railroad Size of lots to suit pur-
chasers; no fancy prices. For further particulars en-
[a
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1y
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
First Premium Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
ELEERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct
Gents’ and Youth‘s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
Pusurcs 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.
NORWALK, CONN. .
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
War. C. Srnsnr, President, GEO. R. Cowman, Sec’y.
Eons. HILL, Treasurer.
ASSETS ovum $25,000,000.
GEO. n. COWLES,
AGENT at Norwalk, and issues policies for the fol-
lowing Ins‘urance Companies.
Etna, of Hartford, Assets J it‘ll.
1st, ’63, 5,052,880
H H
Home, of N. Y., “ 3,730,931
thnix, of N. Y., H “ “ “ 1,555,567
Home, of N. 11., “ “ “ “ 1,533,219
Security, oI'N. Y.. “ “ “ “ 1,477,677
International, N. Y., “ u “ “ 1,128,012
Springfield F. Jr. LL, “ “ “ “ 4781,0137
Yonkers & N. Y., “ “ “ “ 734,336
North American N. Y. “ “ “ “ 702.162
Putnam, 110., “ “ “ “ 618,198
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ “ “ 509,963
Commerce, Albany N. Y., “ “ “ 565,873
Western Buffalo, N. Y., “ “ “ 553,257
Merchants IId., “ “ “ “ 413,300
North America, H'd., “ “ “ “ 401,274
Norwich, “ “ “ “ 476,949
People’s, Worcester, “ “ ‘f “ 400,000
Baltic of N. Y., ‘ “ " “ 279,146
Commonwealth N. Y.,“ “ “ “ 280,000
Westebester of New 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. '1‘. CRAW.
SOUTH NonWALK
Planing Mill Co.
Builders and others are informed that this Compaf
ny are now prepared to execute in the best manner,
at short notice, all kinds of
Steam Sawing,
Scroll Sawing,
Planing,
and Turning.
They will also furnish on the most reasonable terms
all kinds of
Lumber and Timber,
and manufacture to order, ’ .
Sash, '
B I i n d s ,
D o 0 rs , Etc .
BA LUSTERS, NEWELS. &C.,
\ for Stairs and Railings, and
Black Walnut, Ash, Cherry, White wood
did, kept constantly on hand.
Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
Steamboat Landing, SOUTH NORWALK.
C. F. TOLLES,
} R. I. TOLLES, Treasurer.
D..R. AUr‘TlN,
R. I. TOLLES
- J. U. CARIER
NNOUNCES to the public that he has fitted up a
A. room in FRED. LOCKWOOD’S BUILDING,
Room No. 1, opposite the Horse Car Depot, where he
gill serve his customers as before anything in the
ne of
BOOTS do SHOES
WHOLESALE All) RETAIL,
Cheap for Cash.
NOTICE.
Norwallc Dye Works.
,THE nubscriber would inform the public that he
will still continue to receive orders for Dyeing all
kinds of goods, as heretofore, at his ofilce foot of
Mill Hill. He has made arrangements to have the
work executed at the noted Staten Island Dye Works,
until he can re-establish his own Works, recently de~
stro ed by fire. A continuance of the nblic atro~
lag: is solicited. R. bl) finality,
Gas
. . AND
Steam Fittlng.
M. CLOVER, at his works on River Street, is
prepared to fill all orders in the above line,
with promptness and at low rates. He invites spec-
.hl attention to “T1153 American Submerged Force
Pum ,” for which he is Agent. It is double-acting,
non. reeziiig, and proves to be the cheapest, most
olilcient, durable and reliable pump in use. 21
_ 'WILLIAM B. SWAN
Has Removed.
IIIS -
Haircut Salileul‘lslalllslment,
t
’ ! prepared to exhibit a full stock of Goods in his
inc, and to do all kinds of Jobbing.
UR b the barrel orloall.
' Fno- ,y 0.3. s. u. HOLMES.
ber
Water Closet, &c. Will be sold less than its cost, or
rented to a good tenant on reasonable terms.
TH
Plymouth Avenue; hlso, two good ones at North Nor-
walk. For particulars enquire of
‘1.
he rear of his house, on Main St., and will soon
Apply to JAMES MITCHELLI
o
the subscribei on the prem ses.
MRS. JOSEPH JONES.
For Sale.
AT WILTON—Dwelling, Barn and 'three bores of
Land on Main Street near depot, churches, etc.
AT SOUTH NORWALK-Honse, Barn and 3; acre
of Land on the corner of Chestnut and Henry Street-s
fronting 150 feet on Chestnut and 75 on Henry Street.
Inquire of THOS. C. POST, on premises at South
Norwalk, or of W. POST, Grnman Hill, Wilton. 6m29
85“
House for Sale.
Good, convenient Dwelling, situated close in
the village. Apply at this othce.
Valuable Property for Sale.
fill FLAX HILL, IIIIRWALK.
SITUATED near the residences of Messrs. John
~ H. Knapp and David Low, consisting of two
good Dwelling Houses, two Barns excellent Garden
and an abundance of Water. Will be sold in whole,
or in part, to suit purchasers; very cheap if applied
for soon. Also, one other tract of six acres, elegant-
ly situated near the residence of Gen. Taylor, on
Flax Hill. Terms easy. For particulars enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or on the
premises, of JOHN BUTT. litf
FOR. SALE.
RS. TINDALL offers for sale
TWENTY IIIILIIIIG LOTS.
most of them on high ground, and beautifull sha-
ded. For terms, &c., appl to AMES FI NEY.
Norwalk, or of Mrs. Tindai 114 est 38th Street,
New York. Also wood and stone for sale. 3m'35
CHANGE FOR POOR MEN T0
SECURE A HOME. .
Till ms BEAUTIFUL“ SITUATED ill RIVERSIDE
AVENUE containing a lull quarter of an acre
each, for sale for 8800. $10 to 325 down, and 85 to
810 per month payments. Apply at GAZETTE Omen.
Farm For Sale.
The subscriber ofi‘ers for sale his Farm, situated on
-- Comstock’s Hill, two miles from Norwalk Bridge.
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 JAS. M TCHELL,.Real Estate Agent, or of
the subscriber on the premises. -
LEGRAND COMSTOCL.
For Sale or to Let.
HAT neat and 'very commodlons Cottage on
Union Avenue, recently occupied by the subscri-
Hot and Cold Water, Gas, Furnace, Baths,
A. H. BYINGTON.
For Sale.
REE very desirable BUILDING-LOTS within
five minutes walk of the Bridge, situated on
R. L. ELLS.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
HE subscriber offers for sale, on very resonable
terms, a number of the choices}, and most desi-
able Building Lots in the town of Norwalk, situated
A good avenue, 50 feet wide, has been laid
Is within five minutes”
ESSE DENTON,
or JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
HE undersigned offer for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the
village and easy of access, havmg an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices low and terms easy.
Apply to A. H. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
quire of
8
Norwalk, Sept. 21, 1868.
For Sale or to Lease.
V ‘IIE 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, gar-
den, fruit, &c. Price 85,500—or will lease for-3 or
5 years at 8500 per annum.
For Sale—Choice bulldin g plots contiguous to
the above. unequaled in location. Apply to Mr. A.
Dibble or to the subscriber, h‘. R. PENNOYER.
Box 50, Orange, N. J. tf9
. For Sale.
NE LOT on Golden Hill next to new house of H.
II. ELWELL, so feet front by‘217 feet in depth.
Apply to LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, or GEORGE
W. RAYMOND, Sputh Norwalk, Conn. tf25
M111 Property
To}; SALE.
TH
E subscriber offers for sale his Mil. Property sit-
uated in West N orwalk, about two miles from
Darien Depot, three miles from South Norwalk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting of a manu-
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet head and fall of water, with three acres of land,
now used as 0 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufacto-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. En uire
of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent Norwa k,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNCEY’ STREET.
West Norwalk, Sept. 25, 1869. 39“
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belonging to the estate of George W.
Raymond, comprising some of the most desira- _
ble property in South Norwalk, isnow offered for sale
at a. bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
MOND and CHESTER F. TOLLES, South Norwalk,
Conn. tf26
THE Place owned by the subscriber near the San-
gatuck Depot of the N. Y. & N. H. R. R. in the
Town of Westport. The place consists of ahandg
some Cottage House, with Barn and other out-build-
ngs; has a line garden with an abundance of good
fruit. It desire , can also be hadin connection with
his place, a quantity of farm and pasture land.
Possession given immediately and terms easy.
For further particulars enquire of
MARTIN GRACE.
1t15 Norwalk, Conn.
NASH Sc IVES,
Real Estate Agents,
No. 12 MAIN STREET.
PROPERTY bought, sold, exchanged or let, on rea-
sonable terms. We have a good variety of desira-
ble Houses and Farms in and out of town for sale on
accommodating terms.
War. R. NASH.
JAMES FINNB 1',
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Auction-
' eer, Constable, Collector, arc.
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 J. B. Hurburt’s Law
Office, Room No. 4, Gazette Buildin , where he
can hereafter be found, or orders can be eft. He will
give Erompt attention to the buying and selling of
Real state, renting of places, Auctioneering 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.
For Sale or to Rent.
Na-i-uAN Ivss.
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND
AUCTIONEER,
OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
.3
WALL STREET,
NORWALM, CONN.
CITY RESIDENCES,
Farms and-Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
FURNITURE., &c,
at public and private sale.
AUCTION SALES 0F HOUSES. LOTS, FARMS,
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sales of Furniture, at Owner’s
Residences.
Houses to Rent
Furnished or Unfurnished.
PLACES FOR SALE VARYENG IN PRICE,
from 85.000 to $50,000
Block, Norwalk, Conn. will receive prompt. attention.
- JAMES MITCHELL.
Al orders left at the UNION MARKET. Mitchell’s
Agent, or on the premises, of JAMES LUCA S. Bet!
For Salc'm' to Rent.
HE RESIDENCE of the subscriber, situa-
ted on Camp Street. Norwalk, Conn. House
contains ten rooms besides closets, attic and cellar.-
' Furnace and gas pipes throughout. Lot 120x200ft.
with good garden and abundance of Fruit. Loca-
tion every way desirable, and place in good repair-
For farther particulars enquire of
Hon. WM. C. STREET, or on the rcmises.
f4 MRS. A. H. WIL OXSON.
A Rare Chance to Purchase a
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY RESIDENCE.
HE well knowni‘Lounsbury Piace,”beautifull lo-
cated at Winnipauk, one and one-half miles om
N orwalk Brld e. is offered for sale. The place com-
prises a fine Dwelling, extensive Barn, Out-houses,
&;c., and five acres\ol' and land; the Danbury do
Norwalk, Railroad runs rectly past the rear of the
lace, and there are four trains daily to New York.
he place is too well known to require further de-
scription. , To be sold with or without furniture as
Ina be desired. Price low; terms easy. Enquire of
JAMES FINNEY Real Estate Agent, Gasette Build-
ing, or JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, at
Union Market. 33tf
FOR SALE.
UILDIN G LOTS frontin on Union Park ' from
B $1,000 to 81,600 each; logation first-class ; ’tergé:
easy, CHARLES P. TURNEY
House and Lot at South N orwalk
FOR SALE.
THE homestead now occupied by George R. Bai-,
ley, containing one acre or more of land. beau-
tifully located, having an extensive view of the bar-
bor and village; abundance of water, fruit, die. ; will
be sold at a bar ain if applied for soon. Terms ens .
Enquire of DA ID H. GEDNEY,S. E. OLMSTEA
or GEORGE 0. KEELER.
Norwalk, J an. 17, 1870.
Also, one other Hons: and Lot, on Ely Neck Road,
well located, will be sold ata bargain. New; just
completed.
HOMES FOR THE MILLION 2
One Hundred Building Lots.
HE SUBSCRIBER has for sale One Hundred Build-
ing Lots within eight minutes walk of South
Norwalk 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 anyimprove-
ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
in-cash,balance on mortgage. Price of Lots from One
Hundred to Three Hun re Dollars. I will be pleased
to show the lots to any person wishing to purchase.
WILLIAM T. CltAW,
Real Estate Agency, over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
Norwalk, Aug. 24th, 1808. 35
For Sale.
ONE of the most desirable places on Long Island
Sound, situated in the town of Westgort, in
Green’s Farms district, known as the “De oyster
Place," containing ten acres, with a first class conn-
trv residence, good barns, carriage houses, ice house,
etc. is ofi‘ered for sale, together with all the House-
hol Furniture, carriages horse, cow and poulti .
The place is stocked with a great abundance of a l
kinds of unit, including apples, pears, grapes,
peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cur-
rants, gooseberries, etc. The land is divided into
six acres of meadow, one acre of onions, one acre of
potatoes, two acres of lawn and homestead. Pos-
session given immediately if desired. Price 815,000.
For further particulars enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent and Auc-
tioneer, Norwalk, Conn. or of the proprietor on the
premises. ROBERT G. i. DE PEYS'IER, 22
YALUABLE FARM FOR SALE
IN WILTON, CONN.
Known as the BELDEN FARM.
SITUATED one-half mile from the Railroad Depot,
containing about 150 acres of land under good
cultivation, with Dwelling House, out-buildings, etc.,
is offered for sale. _
.. Also, the Stock and Farming Utensils,
Apply to JAMES MITCHELL,
Real Estate Agent, Union Market, Norwalk.
SPLEND ID
Building Sites
For Sale, of one-third acre and upwards near the new
“ RIVERSIDE DEPOT,”
beautifully situated, has a fine water front on the har-
bor, and is only two minutes’ walk from all trains to
New York, EXPRESS INCLUDED. Apply to or
address J. W. ATWATER, Cos-Cob Bridge, Conn.
A Good and Cheap Farm for Sale.
HE farm of the late Daniel Leavenworth, Esq.,
Pleasantly situated in a good neighborhood in
the Town of Monroe on the d rect road from Bridge-
port to Danbury, and conveniently located to schools,
churches, depot, and market. Said farm contains
148 acres, a ood dwelling of eleven rooms, a good
barn, one ol cider mill (now used for barn). The
soil is loambottom and well watered. There is an
abundance of wood, some of which Is very nice.
There was on the farm last year from125 to 140 bush-
els apples. Any one wishing a pleasant home and a
good productive farm will do well to look at this
place. Possession given immediately. Price 84,200,
a part of which can remain on bond and mort a e, if
desired. For further particulars, enquire of n.’ ER
B. PARMLEE, Terr ille, Conn. '1‘. K. HUBBELL,
Wilton, Conn. orJ [ES MITCHELL, Real Estate
Agent, Norwalk, Conn.
a A. JACKSON a; uno.,
No. 1 Gazette Bulldilig.
OULD invite the attention of their old customer
and the public generally to their varied and ex
tensivc stock of ‘
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE, FANCY
Goons, SILVER PLATED WARE, &C.,
which was selected with great care and is not to be
surpassed in Fairfield County. in quality or price:
Constant additions are made of all the latest styles of
goods. A. JACKSON & BRO,
—CARRIAGE MAKING.
HE subscribers would inform their friends and the
people in eneral that they are still to be found
at their new s op on Hoyt Street, where they have
increased facilities for the Manufacture and Repair-
ing of Carriages and We cos of all descriptions.
Good Carriage Timber ta en in exchange for work.
AUGUST S LYON
lyll
WILLIAM vounni
Plumbing and Roofing.
HE subscriber havin bought out the stock and
Fixtures of Jarvis . Knapp is prepared to do
all kinds of 4
PLU~BMING5
TIN ROOFING, FURNACE WORK.
GUTTERS AND LEADERS
made and put up.
ROOFS REPAIRED AT SHORT NOTICE.
ALSII, JRRIIIO II All IIIIIS III III, SHEET
IROII All! GRPPER WARE.
JAMES M. BOYER,
Basement of Raymond’s New Building, corner of
Main and Hoyt Street. 15
Festivals, Pic-Nils, Sailing Parties,
SODA WATER
AN D
SARSAPAIQILLA,
in any desired quantity, by
S. GRUMMAN, Manufacturer,
under Raymond's new building. Main St..
THE subscribers have taken the store in Quintard's
Block, recently occupied by the Post Office, and
are now prepared to serve the public with a general
assortment of ‘
Choice Groceries,
Flour, Feed, Grain,
llay, Straw, etc.,
which they will sell at
WHOLESA LI'} AND RETAIL
at the lowest market rates.
Every effort made to please. Patronage solicited.
SELLECK BRO'S.
BEER,
Norwalk.
also. WARD SELLECK,
AS REMOVED HIS
Family Grocery
To Prowitt’s New Building, Main Street. where he
will be happy to serve out Choice Groceries, Flour,
Provisions, c., in large or small quantities. Drop
in and see us in our new store.
Foote’s Hat Store
Now k’EADY.
Young Men’s Fall & Winter Siylcs
Sills. Hats.
Always on hand,
SOFT HATS.BLACK .b LIGHT COLORS,allshapes.
Sl‘lFF FELT HATS.latest st lcs,
CLOTH HATS AND CAPS. a l grades.
SILK HATS MADE TO ORDER _
To suit individual style.
Purchasers of Silk Hats can have their hats ironed
at. any time Free of Charge. Si of BIG HAT, at
- Knapp's Block, opposite Cong’lC arch, So. Norwalk.
Call and see. .
N. B.—Old Silk Hats remodelled into present shapes.
T
At the east end of Cos-Cob Bridge. The property is ‘
decay. restored to their former size and shuns.
SOMETHING NEW !
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Draper 8. Tailorinilstallislment
At No. 1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the cit-
izens of Norwalk that he has made arrange-
ments to open a first-class, 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 .
well as those of ‘gentlemen. Persons bringing their
own cloth can have the same cut or made up, in an ar-
ti ti manner at reasonable rices.
s c ' miners J. MoKEON.
Fruit Trees! Fruit Trees:
AT THE
NEW CANAAN NURSERY.
The subscribers take pleasure in announcing .to the
public that their stock of '
Fruit do Ornamental Trees,Vines, tire.
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
for less money than they can be obtained from distant
Nurseries. - -
Those wishtn to purchase Trees and Vines will do
Well to send1 the ; otrltlieirs early—iortgtill better, visit our
an ma e erownseee ons.
Nun", srsrnnu now .9. sons.
P. S.—We take pleasure in showingpersons through
our Nurseries: whether desirous of purchasing trees
or not; and would cordially invite all interested to
visit the Nursery.
NEW and RARE PLANTS.
Buses, Geranium, Villain,
Bedding Out Agznts, Shrubs,
Fruit Trees of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry tit Strawberry
Plants, are.
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER & CELERY PLANTS, &c.
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. "BO-
QUETS, WREATHS, BASKETS, CROSSES, and oth
er Floral Decorations arranged in the best style of art
to order. Send for descrip ve catalogue. .
MALLORY «Ir. DOWNS,
South Norwalk. Ct.
noo'rs & suon's.
HE subscribers would respectfully call the atten-
tion of the public to their
NE‘V 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,
ELY ’S BLOCK
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
All kinds of Gent. and Ladies’ Boots, Shoes, Sc"
made to order. in the most workmanllke manner, and
-at fair prices
uonsn cans RUN RIGHT BY run noon.
BROWN & STEVENS.
mBAIl 8 . EROWN.
Raymond Brothers,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
HAY, GRAIN, FEED,
PROVISIONS,
Anthracite and Bituminous
COAL.
HARD AND SOFT WOOD,
Brick, Lime, Cement, Plaster,
Blue Stone. tire.
Sole Agent for the sale of
Franklin final, of lyllen's Valley.
DEEP RED ASH.
Superior advanta s for the sale of COAL by the
CAR LOAD or CA CO. Foot of Washington Street
South Norwalk, Conn.
c. M. GRUMMAN,
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler,
And Dealer in v
AMERICAN, ENGLISH 6r SWISS
‘ WATCHES.
EWELBY of every description, Silver and Plated
Ware, Clocks, Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Violins
and Bows, and Strings, and Trimmings, of all kinds,
together with a general assortment of guide in my
line. I am receiving fr'seli goods from Importers an
Manufacturers every few days, so that urchasers
will have the advantage of all the new sty es as soon
as they are out. Please call and examine my stock
and riees and be convinced. ,
N. .—Particulsr attention as usual aid to Repair
ing fine Watehes,Freuch Clocks J ewe riandfiib ing
in my line. b. M. G on AN,
Ely's Block, opposite Lucas Hotel, So. N orwalk.
HARVEY STIYINB.
GOOD-ROUGH & BATES,
, Wholesale and Retail Dealer-sin
Fish, Oysters, Clams,
ESOOLLOPS, LOBSTERS, (ca/rm?)
FRUITS, PROD UC'E, HERMET-
I CALL? SEALED GOODS,
OATSUPS, SA. U 0E5, tf-c. ‘
Families supplied.
Goods delivered free of charge.
sstf No. 4 Water st., Norwalk, Conn.
FOB. SAIL-l.
700 LOADS OF
Fine. Building Stone.
Apply to GED. A. ST. .IonN.
11 EAST AVENUE.
Keeler at Hope,
HOUSE AND SIGN PRINTERS,
INTERIOR DECORATORS,
Near Post omce, ' scorn nonwanx, CT.
or Churches,Halls, Public Buildin , and Resi-
dences Frescoed and Decorated In hig est style of
the art. lstf
4
GEORGE W. SMITH,
Dealer in all kinds of
Choice Greccries, Provisions,
FLOUR. AND FEED.
THE OLDEST— GROCERY IN‘SOUTH NORWALK
. We are sure it does not require columns of adver-
tisements to satisfy our customers that the quality or
our Goods is always the best in market, and that they
are sold as cheap as can be purchashed elsewhere.
W PRODUCE TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. ly‘lfi
SUGABS a.most given away, b
C. & . H. HOLMES.
d and liked Shin les just receiv
EST ExtraSawe
ed to LEWIS BUB ELL, Dealer.
Garments as '
Building Sand.
No fear but they would come to land
At their appointed time;
And I should see them. one by one,
Close furl their soils in; summer's sun.
And then, while men infwmnder stood,
My ships 1 would nnlade ;
My treasures vast they should behold,
And to my learnt!!! and my gold
What honors would be paid!
And tho’ the years might come and go,
I could but wiser, richer grow. '
II. "'
In later yearn—nomatter where,
Beneath what roof or sky,
I saw the dreams of days remote
Fade out, and ship! that were afloat.
As drifting wrecks, go ,;
And all the many freights' they bore~
Lay fathoms deep, or strewed the sherei
While ships of which I " or thought
Were sailing, o’er the it;
And one by one with costlier lode,
In safety all the voyage made,
And brought their new» me ;
What I had lost but triad seemed,
And i was richer than I dreamed!
No wondering crowd. with en'vions eye,
Looked on my treasures rare;
Yet they were weightier for than gold;
They still increase, though} grow old,
And are beyond compare: ‘
Would all the restless hearts I see
Had ships like these that same to me!
From the Atlantic‘onfllly.
Captain Kidd’s Money.
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
One of our most favorite legendary resorts
was the old barn.
Sam Lawson preferred it on many ac-
counts. It was quiet and retired, that is to
say, at snob distance fi‘om his own house
that he could not hear if Hepsey called ever
so loudly, and farther off than it would be
convenient forthat industrious and pains-
taking woman to follow‘hiln. Then there'
was the soft fragrant cushion. of hay, on
which his length of limb could be easily
bestowed.
Our barn had an upper loll with a Swing-
ing outer door that Commended a view of
the old mill, the waterfall, and the distant
windings of the river, with its grassy green
banks, its graceful elm draperies, and its
white .flocks of water-lilies; and then on
this Saturday aflernOon we had Sam all to
ourselves. It wasa drowsy, dreamy Octo-
ber'day, when the hens were laiily “ crew,
crawing,” in a soil, conversational under—
tone with each other, as they scratched and
picked the hay-seed under the barn win-
dows. Below in the barn, black .Clesar sat
quietly hatchelling flax, sometimes'gurgling
and giggling to himself with an overflow 0f
to be always full. The African in New-
England was a curious contrast to every-
body around him in the joy and satisfaction
that he seemed to feel in the mere fact of be-
ing alive. Every white person was glad or
sorry for some appreciable cause in the past,
present, or future, which was capable of
being definitely stated; but black Caisar
was in an eternal giggle and frizzle and
simmer of enjoyment for which he,could
give no earthly reason: he was an “ embod-
icd joy,” like Shelley’s skylark.
“ Jest hear him,” said Sam Lawson, look.
ing pensively over the hay-mow and strew-
ilig hayseed down on his wool. “ How that
are crittur seems to tickle and laugh all the
while ’bout nothin’. Lordy mossy, he don’t
seem never to consider that‘ this life’s a
dream, an empty show.’ ”
“ Look here, Sam,” we broke in, anxious
to cut short a threatened stream of morality,
“ you promised , to tell us about Captain
Kidd and how you dug for his money.”
“ Did I now? Wal, that are history. 0’
Kidd’s is a warnin’ to feliers. ' Why, Kidd
had pious parents and Bible and sanctuary
privileges when he was a boy, and yet come
to be hanged. It’s all in this ’ere song I'm
it goin’ to sing ye. Lordy massy, I wish I
had my bass-Viol now—Cmsar,” he said,
calling down from his perch, “ can’t you
strike the pitch 0’ ‘ Cap’n Kidd ’ on your
fiddle l"
Caesar’s fiddle was never far from him.
It was, in tact, tucked away in a nice little
nook just over the manger, and he often
caught an interval from his work to scrape
a dancing-tune on it, keeping time. with his
heels, to our great delight. _
A most wailing minor-keyed tune was
doled forth, which seemed quite refreshing
to Sam’s pathetic vein, as he sang in his
most lugubrious tones :—
“ ‘ My name was Robert Kidd
As I sailed, as I sailed,
My name-was? Robert Kidd :
God's laws I did forbid,
And so wickedly I did,
As I sailed, as I sailed.’
“ N_ ow ye see, boys, he’s a goin’ to tell
how be abused his religious privileges; just
hear now :- ' - v
' “ ‘ My father taught me well,
‘ As I sailed, as I sailed,
My father taught me well,
To shun the gates of hell,
But yet I did rebel,
As I sailed, as I sailed.’
“ ' He put a Bible in my hand
As I sailed, as I sailed;
He put a Bible iii my hand,
And I sunk it in the sand,
Before I left the strand,
As I sailed, as I sailed.’
“ Did ye ever hear 0’ such a hardened,
contrary crittur, boys? It’s awful to think
of. Wal, ye see that are’s the way fellers
allers begin the ways 0’ sin, by turnin’ their
back on the Bible and the advice _0’ pious
parents. Now hear what he came to :—
“ ‘ Then I murdered William More,
As I sailed, as! sailed;
I murdered William More;
And left him in his gore,
Not many leagues from shore,
Asl sailed as I sailed.’
“ ‘ To execution doc:
I must go, I must go.
Toexeeution dock,
While thousands round me flock,
To see me on the block,
I must go, I must go.’
“ Therewas a good deal more 0n’t," said
Sam, pausing, “ but ,I 'd0n’t seem to remem-
ber it; but it’s real solemn and afi‘ectin’.”
“ Who was Captain Kidd, Sam? ” said I.
“ Wal, he was an officer in'_the British
navy, and he got to being a pirate, used to
take ships and sink ’cm, and murder the
folks; and so they ' say he got no end 0’
money; gold and silver and precious stones
as many as the wise men in the East. But
ye see, what good did it all do him ‘P He
couldn’t use it and dasn’n’t keep it, so he
used to bury it in spots round here‘and
there in the awfullest heathen way yqycver
heard of. Why, they say he allers used to
kill one or two men or 'women or children
of his prisoners and bury with it, so that
their sperits might keep watch on it of any-
body was to dig arter it. That are thing
hasbeen tried and tried and tried, but no
man no mother’s son on ’em ever got a cent
that dug. ’T was tried here ’u Oldtown,
and they came pretty nigh gettin’ on ’t, but
,it gin ’ ' the slip. Ye see, boys, t't’a the dee-
i’l’s money, and he holds a pretty tight grip
on ’t.” ' .
that interior jollity with which he seemed ,
underta'kin’.
“ Wal, the one that first sot the thing it
goin’ was old Mother Hokum, that used to
live up in. that little tumble-down shed by
the cranberry-pond up beyond the spring
pastur’. They had a putty .bad nam'e‘them
Hokums. How they got a livin’ nobody
knew, for they didn’t seem to pay no atten-
tion toraisin’ nothin’ but childun, but the
deuce knows there was plenty 0’ them.
Their old but was like a rabbit-pen; there
was a tow head to every crack and cranny.
‘Member what old Caesar said once when
the word come to-thetstore that old Hokum
had got twins. ‘S’pose de Lord know best,’
says Cwsar, ‘ but I thought dere was Ho-
kums enough afore.’ Wal, even poor work
in’ industrious folks like me¥finds it ’s hard
gettin’ along when there’s so many mouths
to feed. Lordy mossy, there donft never.
seem to be no end on ’t, and so it ain’t won-
derful, come to think on ’t,.ef folks like them
. Hoknms gets tempted to help along in ways
that ain’t quite right. Anyhow folks did'
use to think that old Hokum was we sort
0’ familiar with their wood-piles ’long in
the night, though they couldn’t never prove
it on him; and when Mother Hokum come
to houses round to wash, folks use some-
times to miss pieces, here and there, though
they never could find ’em on her; then they
was allers a; gettin’ in debt there. Why,
they got, to oWin’ two dollars to Joe Gidger
for butcher’s meat. Joe was sort 9’ good-
natnred and let ’em have meat, ’ca'use Ho-
kum he promised so fair to pay, but he
couldn’t never get it out 0’ him. ’Member
once Joe walked clear up to the cranberry-
pond arter that are two dollars, but Mother
Hokum she see him a comin’ jist as he come
past the juniper-bush on the corner. She
says to Hokum, ‘ Get into bed, old man,
quick, and let me tell the story,’ says she.
'80 she covered him up, and when Gidger
come in she come up to him and says she,
‘Why,~Mr. Gidger,.I’m jist ashamed. to see
ye; why Mr.. Hokum was jist it comin’
down to pay ye that are money last week,
but ye see he was took down with the small-
pox—’ Joe didn’t hear no more; he jist
turned round and he. streaked it out that are
door with his coat-tails fiyin’ out straight
ahind him, and. old Mother Hokum she jist
stood at the window holdin’ her sides and
laughin’ fit to split to see him run. That
are’s jist a sample 0’ the ways them Hokums ,
cut up.
“ Wal, you see, boys, there’s a queer kind
0’ rock down on the bank 0’ the» river that
looks sort 0’ like a grave-stone. The biggist
part on ’t is sunk down underground, and
it’s pretty well growed over with blackber-
ry-vines, but when you scratch the bushes
away they used to make out some queer
i
that them was Kidd’s private marks, and
that there was one o’ the places where be bid
his money. .
“ Wal there’s no sayin’ how it come to be
thought so, but fellers used to say so, and
they used sometimes to talk it over up to
the tahvern, and kind 0’ wonder whether or
no if they should dig, they wouldn’t come
to suthin’. .
“ Wal, old Mother Hokum she heard on
t, and she was a sort 0’ enterprisin’ old
crittur,—-fact was she had to be, ’cause the
young Hokums was jist like bag-worms,—
the more they growed the more they eat,
and I expect she found it pretty hard to fill
their mouths; and so she said ef there was
anything under that are rock, they' as good
’s have have it as the Devil; and so she
didn’t give old Hokum no peace 0’ his life
but he must‘see what there was there. .
“ Wal, I was with ’em-the night they was
a takin’ on ’t up. Ye see Hokum he got
thirty-seven cents’ worth 0’ lemons and
some sperit. I se'e him goin’ by as I was
but a splittin’ some kindlin’s, and says he,
‘Sam, you jist go ’long up to our house to-
night,’ says he; ‘Toddy Whitney and Harry
Wiggin ’s comin’ up, and we’re goin’ to
have a little suihin’ hot,’ says he; and be
kind 0’ showed me the lemons and sperit-
And I told him I guessed I would go ’long.‘
Wal, I kind 0’ wanted to see whqt they ’d
be up to, ye know.
“ Wal, come to find out, they was a talk-
in’ about Cap’n Kic‘d’s treasures, and layin’
out how they should get it, and a settin’ one
another on with gret stories about it.
“ ‘ I’ve heard that there was whole chists
full 0’ gold guineas,’ says one.
“ ‘And I’ve heard 0’ gold bracelets and
ear-rings and finger-rings all sparklin’ with
diamonds,’ says another. ,,
“ ‘ Maybe it’s old silver plate from some
0’ them old West Indian grandees,’ says an-
other. ’
“ ‘ Wal, whatever it is,’ says Mother Ho-
kum, ‘ I want to be into it,’ says she.
“ ‘ Wal, Sam. won’t you jine 1’ ’ says they.
“ ‘ Wal, boys,’ says I, ‘ I kind 0’. don’t feel
jist like j’inin’. I sort 0’ ain‘t clear about
the rights on ’t; seems to me it "s mighty
nigh goin’ to the Devil for money.’
“ ‘ Wal,’ says Moother Hokum, ‘what if ’t
is ? Money ’5 money, get it ihow ye will ;
and the Devil’s money ’Ii buy as much meat
as any. I’d go to the Devil, if he gave good
money.’ _
“ ‘ Wal, I guess I would n’t,’ says I.
‘ Don’t you ’member the sermon Parson
Lothrop preached about hastin’ to be rich,
last Sabba’ day?’
“ ‘Parson Lothrop be hanged !’ says she.
‘ Wal, now,’ says she, ‘ I like to see a parson
with his silk stocki'n’s and great gold-head.
ed cane, a lollopin’. in his carriage behind
his fat, prancin’ hosses, comin’ to meetin’ to
preach to us poor folks not to want to be
rich I How ’d he like it to have forty-’levcn
children, and nothin’ to put onto ’em or in-
to ’em, I wonder? Guess if Lady Lothrop
had to rub and scrub and wear her fingers
, to the bone as I do, she’d want to be rich;
and I guess the Parson, if he could n’t get a
bellyi‘ul for a week, would be for diggin’ up
Kidd’s money, or doing most anything else
to make the pot bile.’ _
“ ‘ Wal,’ says I, ‘ I’ll kind 0’ go with ye,
boys, and sort 0’ see how things turnout;
but I guess I won’t take no share in ’t,’
says I. .
“ Wal, they got it all planned out They
was to wait till the-full moon, and then they
was to get Primus King to go with ’cm and
help do the diggin’. Yc see Hokum and
Toddy Whitney and Wiggin are all putty
softly feilers, and hate drefi'ully to work,
and I tell you the Kidd money ain’t to be
got without a pgetty tough piece 0’ diggin’.
why, it’s jist like diggin’ a well to get at it.
Now Primus King was the master hand for
diggin’ wells; and so'they said they’d get
him by givin’ on him a share.
“ Harry Wiggin he didn’t want no nigger
a sharin’ in it, he said; but Toddy andHo-
kum they said that when there was such
stiff diggiu’ to’ be done, they did n’t care if
they did go in with a nigger.
“ Wal, Wiggin he said he had n’t no ob-
jection to _h-.vin’ the nigger do the diggin',
it was ahart‘n’ the profits he objected to.
“ ‘ Wal,’ says Hokum, ‘ you can’t get him
ber.
keep her‘ quiet, ye know, ’specially Hepsy.
' to turn.
the sperits.
f‘ ‘I ain’t afraid of ’em,’ says Hokum.
‘ What harm can a sperit do me 1” says he.
‘ I don’t care of there ’s'a dozen of ’em ;’ and
he took a swig at his bottle.
“-‘ 0, there ain’t no sperits,’ says Harry
Wiggin. ‘ That are talk ’5 all nonsense ;’
and he took a swig at his bottle.
“ ‘ Wal,’ says Toddy, ‘ I don’t know ’bout
that are. Me and Ike Sanders has seen the
sperits in the Captain Brown house. We
thought we ’d jist have a peek into the
window one night, and 'there was a whole
flock 0’ black colts without no heads on
c0me rushin’ on us and knocked us fiat,’
“ ‘ I expect you ’0 been at the tahvern,’
said Hokum. ‘
“ Wal, yes, we had; but them was sperits,
we wa’ n’t drunk,’now; we wasjist as sober
as ever we was.’
“ Wal, they won’t get away my money,’
says Primus, ‘for I put it safe away in Di-
nah's teapot afore. [come out ;’ and then he
showed all his ivories from ear to ear. ‘ I
think all this ere’s sort 0’ foolishness,’ says
rimus. ‘ _
“ ‘ Wal,’ says I, ‘ boys, I ain’t it goin’ to
have no part or lot in this ’ere matter, but
.I’lljist lay it‘ofi‘ to you how it’s to be done.
Ef Kidd’s money is under this rock, there ’3
sperm that watch it, and you mustn’t give
’em no advantage. There mustn’t be'a
word spoken ‘ from the time ye get sight 0’
the treasure till ye get it safe up on to firm
ground,’ says I. ~ ‘ Ef ye do it ’11 vanish right
out o’ sight. I ’ve talked with them that
has dug down to it and seen it, but they
allers lost it, ’cause thay ’d call out and say
something ; and the minute they spoke away
it went.’
“ Wal, so they marked oif the ground,
and be begun to dig, and the rest kind 0’
sot round. It was so still it was kind 0’
solemn. Ye see it past twelve o’clock, and
every crittnr in Oldtown was asleep, and
there was two whippoorwills on the great
Cap’n Brown elm-trees, that kep’ a answerin’
each other back and forward sort 0’ solitary
like; and then every once in a while therc’d
marks on that are rock. There was sort 0’ come a 50110, strange whisper “P among
inc, and crosses, and folks. would have it "the elm-tree leaves,jist as if there was talk-
in’ goin on; and every time Primus struck
his spade into the ground it sounded sort 0’
hollow, jist as if he ’d been diggin’ a grave.
‘ It’s kind 0’ melancholy,’ says I, ‘ to think
0’ them poor critturs that had to be killed
and buried jist to keep this ’ere treasure.
What awful things ’11 be brought to light
in the judgement-day! Them poor critturs
they loved to live and hated to die as much
as any on us; but no, they bed to die jist
to satisfy that crittur’s wicked will. I’ve
heard them as thought they could tell the
Captain Kidd pieces by layin’ their ear to
the ground at midnight, and they’d hear
groans and wailin’s.’ ”
“ Why, Sam! were there reallv people
who could tell where Kidd’s mono,T was i”
I interposed. .
“ O, sartin; 'why yis. There was Shebna
Bascom, he was one. Shebna could always
tell what was under the earth. He’d cut a
hazel stick and hold it in his hand when
folks was wan‘tin’ to know where to dig
wells, and that are stick would jist turn in
his hand, and p’int down till it would fairly
grind the bark ofi‘ ; and of you dug in that
place you was sure to find a spring. 0 yis,
Shebna he’s told many where the Kidd
money was, and been with ’em when they
dug for it; but the pester on ’t was they
allers lost it, ’cause they would some on ’em
speak afore they thought.”
“ But, Sam, what about this digging?
Let’s know what came on’t,” said we, as
Sam appeared to lose his way in his story.
“ Wal, ye see, they dug down about five
feet, when Primus he struck his spade
smack on something that chinked like iron.
“ Wal, then Hokum and Toddy Whitney
was into the hole in a minute; they made
Primus get out. and they took the spade,
’cause they wanted to be sure and come on
it themselves. .'
“ Wal, they begun, and they dug and he
scraped, and sure enough they come to a
gref iron pot as big as your granny’s dinner-
pot, with an iron bale to it.
“ Wal, then thev put down a rope, and he
put the rope through the handle; lhcn Ho-
kum and Toddy they clambered up on the
bank, and all an ’em began to draw up jist
as still and silent as could be. They draw-
ed and they drawed, till they jist got it even
with'the ground, when Teddy spoke out all
in a tremble. ‘ There,’ says he, , we’re got it I’
And the minit he spoke they was both
struck by mthin’ that knocked ’em clean
over; and the rope give a crack like a pis-
tol-shot, and broke short off, and the pot
went down, down, down, and they heard
it goin’ jink, jink, jink; and then they heard
the screechinest laugh ye ever did hear.”
“ I want to know, Sam, did you see that
pot ?” I exclaimed at this part of the story.
“ Wal, no, I did n’t. Ye see I jist hap-
‘pened to drop asleep while they was dig-
gin’, I was so kind 0’ tired, and I didn’t
wake up till it was over.
“I was waked up. ’cause there was con-
sid’able of a scutlic; for Hokum was so
mad at Toddy for speakin’ that he was a
fistin’ on him ; and old Primus he jist haw-
hawed and laughed. ‘Wal, I got my money
safe, anyhow,’ says he.
“ ‘ Wal, come to,’ says I. . ‘ ’T aint no use
cryin’ for spilt milk; you ’ve jist got to turn
in now and fill up this ’ere hole, else the
selectmen ’ll be down on ye.’
“ ‘ Wal,’ says Primus, ‘ I dld’n’t engage to
fill up no holes ;’ and he put his spade on
his shoulder and trudged ofi‘.
“ Wal, it was putty hard work, fillin’ in
that hole ; but Hokum and Toddy and
Wiggin had to do it, I’canse they 'did n’t
want to have everybody a laughin’ at" ’em;
and I kind 0’ tried to set it home to ’em,
showin’ on ’em that ’t was all for the best.
“ ‘ Ef you ’d a been left to get that are
moneyrthere ’d a come a cuss with it,’ says
I. ‘ It shows the vanity o’ hastin’ to be
rich.’
‘-‘ ' 0, you shot up,’ says Hokum, says Le;
‘ you never hasted to anything,’ says he.
Ye see he was riled, that’s why he spoke
so.” /
“ Sam,”. said we, after ,maturely reflecting
over the story, “ what do you suppose was
in that pot f”
“ Lordy massy, boys, ye never will be
done askin’ questions. Why, how should I
know i”
“ Wal, ye see I had to tell Hepsy I was
goin’ out to watch. Wal, so I was; but not
jist in the way she took it; but, Lordy
massy, a feller has to tell his wife suthin’ to
“ Wal, wal, of all the moonlight nights
that ever I did see, I never did see one
equal to that. Why, you could see the color
0’ everything. I ’member I could see how
the huckleberrytbushes on the rock was red
as blood when the~ moonlight shone through
’em; ’cause the leaves, you see, had begun
“ Goin’ on our way we‘got tqtaikin’ about
his trials with patience, eating without com-
plaint the scanty crusts given him for din-
ner, while his companions fared better, but
always showed himself ready to assist and
serve those who scoffed at him. His indus-
try was indefatigable. He camc to his
studies each morning at day-break, and
worked until sunset. During three years
he plodded thus, and said nothing of the
paintings he had produced in his lonely
chamber by the light of his lamp. His bod-
ily energies wasted under incessant toil.
N 0 one cared enough for him to notice the
increasing meagreness 'of his misshapen
frame. No one obserVed that the poor pit-
tance set aside for his mid-day meal re-
mained untouched for several days. The
poor artist made his appearance as usual,
and as meekly bore the gibes of the stu-
dents or lthe taunts of the lady; working
with the same untiring assiduity,though his
hands trembled and his eyes were often suf-
fused with tears. '
One morning he was missed from the
scene of his labors, and, though jokes were
passed about his disappearance, no one
thought of going ,to his lodgings to see if
he were ill or' dead. He was indeed pros-
trated by a low fever that had been lurking
in his veins and slowly sapping his strength.
He was half delirious and muttered Wild
and incoherent words, fancying his bed sur-
rounded by mocking demons taunting him
with his inability to call a priest to admin-
ister the words of comfort that might sooth
his passage to another world.
From exhausted slumber lie awoke faint
and with parched lips; it was the fifth day
he had lain in his cellneglecicd. Feebly he
stretched out his hands towards the earth-
ern pitcher, and found that it contained not
a drop of water. Slowly and with difficul-
ty he arose; for he knew that he must pro-
cure sustenancc or die of want. He had not
a kreutzcr. He went to the other end of the
room, took up the picture he had painth
last, and resolvé‘dj'to carry it to a picture
dealer, who might pay enough for it to fur-
nish him necessities for a week longer.
On his way he passed a house before
which there was a great crowd. There was
to be a. sale, he learned, of many specimens
of art collected during thirty years of an
amateur. The wearied Duhobret thought
he mighthere find a market for his picture.
He worked his way through the crowd,
dragged himself up the steps, and found the
auctioneer, a busy lithe man, holding a
handful of papers, and inclined to be rough
with a lean, sallow hunchback who so ea-
gerly implored his attention.
“ What do you call your piece l” he asked.
“ It is a view of the Abbey of Ncwburg,
with the village and landscape,” replied the
trembling artist.
The auctioneer looked at him, bummed
contemptuously, and asked its price.
“ Whatever you please; whatever it will
bring,” was the anxious reply.
“Hem i”—with an unfavorable criticism
-—“Ican promise you no more than three
thalers.”
Poor Duhobret had spent the nights of
many months on that piece. But he was
starving, and the pittance offered would buy
him bread. He nodded to the auctioneer
and retired to a corner.
,After many paintings and engravings had
been sold, Duhobret’s was exhibited. “Who
bids? Three thalersi Who bids?” was
the cry. The poor artist held his breath;
no response was heard. Suppose it should
not find a purchaser. He dared not look
up; he thought everybody was laughing at
the folly of offering so worthless a piece at
public sale. “ It is certainly my best
work i” he murmured pitcously, to himself
He ventured to look up at the picture as
the auctioneer held it in a favorable light.
There was certainly a rich freshness in fo-
liage, a transparency in the water, a free-
dom and life in the animals. The steeple,
the trees, the whole landscape, showed the
genius of an artist. Alas! he felt the last
throb of an artist’s vanity. The dead si-
lence continued, and, turning away, be
buried his face in his hands.
“Twenty-one thalers i" a faint voice called
out. The stupefied painter gavea start of
joy, and looked to see who uttered those
blessed words. It was the picture dealer to
whom he first started to go.
“Fifty thalers i” cried the sonorous voice
of a. tall man in black.
There was a moment’s silence. “ One
hundred thalers l” at length cried the pic-
ture dealer, evidently piqued and anxious.
“ Two Hundred !”
“ Three hundred!”
“Four hundred l” _
“ One thousand thalers i”
' Another profound silence; and the crowd
pressed around the two opponents, who
stood opposite to each other with flushed
and angry faces. ’
The tall stranger bid fifteen hundred tha-
lers.
“ T-wo thousand" thalers!” thundered the
picture dealer, glancing around him trium-
phantly.
“ Ten thousand !” thundered'the tall man,
his face crimson with rage, and his hands
clutched convulsively, .. _
The dealer grew pale, his frame shock
with agitation. His voice .was suffocated;
but after two or three efi‘orts he cried out;
“ Twenty thousand I”
His tall opponent bid forty thousand.
The dealer hesitated. His adversary laughed
a low insulting laugh of triumph, and, the
crowd gave a murmur of admiration. The
picture dealer felt his peace at stake, and
called out in sheer desperation:
“ Fifty thousand l”
The tall man hesitated; the crowd was
breathless. At length tossing his hands in
defiance, he shouted: ‘ '
“ One hundred thousand!” adding an im-
patient execration against his adversary.
The crestfallen picture dealer withdrew.
The tall victor bore away the prize. He
passed through the wondering people, went
out, and was going along the street when a
decrepit, lame. hump-backed wretch totter-
ing along by aid oi a stick presented him~
self before him. The stronger gave him a
piece of money, and waved his hand as if
dispensing with thanks.
“ May it please your honor,” said the sup-
posed beggar, “ I am the painter of that
picture.” He rubbed his eyes; for he had
hardly yet been able to pursuade himself he
had not been dreaming.
The tall man was CountDunkeisbach, one
of the richest noblcmen in Germany. He
stopped and questioned the artist. Being
convinced of the truth of his statement, he
took his pocket-book, tore out a leaf, and
wrote on it a few lines.
“ Take it friend,” he said. “ It is the
check for your money, Good morning.”
Duhobret invested his money, and re4
solved to live luxuriously for the rest of his
life, cultivating painting as a pastime. But
though he had borne privation and toil,
prosperity was too much for him. Indi-
feverish color in his wrinkled check or the ,
.fixed upon the respiration.
thorn Joe that a'runaway couple were waits
ing to be “ spliced.” They were in a great
hurry, and wanted the job done instanter.
The anxious couple were sent down stairs
to the marshal’s oilice, and the Judge pro—
claimed a recess'of five minutes.
Hastening down :to the bridal chamber
the Judge was confronted by a long-haired
Illiifisian and a blushing damsel. I
c you the man that w -
ried ‘? Who are you ‘2” ants to get mar
“ I am Knott.”
“ You are not? What are
then ?”
“ Come to get spliced.”
:: I thought you said you was not the man.’
_ I am Knott, the man, and this is the
gritty-roman who wants to be tied to the
“ Explain yourself. Your ian
knotty for me.”
“ Well, Judge, you see my name is John
Knott—”
“ O,'I sec.
knoll."
“ Not much, Judge. I’m a pine knott ;
have been pinin’ for this ’ere gal for a coon’s
age’
“ So I opine. What’s her cognomen ?”
“ Her what i”
“ Her name.”
“ Christiano Rosin.”
“ Rosin? Well, I suppose you are her
bean, and that you have a desire to rosin
the bean.”
“ Yes, I am her beau Knott. I intend to
take the Rosin from her name and turn it
into Knott.”
“0, you knotty man!
get married at home?”
“ Couldn’t get a license. We live at
Grafton, and the county clerk refused to let
us have a license, and so we came here,
knowing that you would do the job without
the license."
“ Well, join your hands. Rosin, do you
take this Knott for your true and lawful
husband ?”
u I do."
A similar question was put to Knott, and
Knott and Rosin were declared one flesh.-
Knott paid the fee, and taking his Rosin
on his arm, went down stairs to hunt for a
hotel—En'e Despateh.
“
How To Pnocunn Susan—Let us sup.
pose, then, a person to be in a particularly
wakeful state, and that he has tossed and
tumbled about into the small hours of the
morning without any feeling of somnolence.
If he should now desire deep repose, the
following proceeding must be adopted :
He is to lie on his right side, with his
head comfortably placed on a pillow, having
the neck straight, so that respiration may
be unimpeded. Let him then close his lips
slightly and take a rather full respiration,
breathing through the nostrils as much as
possible. This last, however, is not abso-
lutely necessary, and some persons breathe
habitually by the mouth. Having taken the
full respiration, the lungs are to be left to
their own action; that is, respiration is not
to be interfered with. Attention must be
The person
must imagine that he sees the breath pass-
ing through his nostrils in a continuous
stream, and at the instant that he brings
his mind to conceive this, apart from all
other ideas, consciousness leaves him and
he falls asleep.
Sometimes it happens that the method
does not at once succeed. It should be per-
severed in. - Let the person take in thirty or
forty full respirations and proceed as before,
but he must by no means attempt to count
the respiratory acts, for if he does, the mere
counting will keep him awake. Even though
he may not now succeed in procuring very
sound sleep, he will at least fall into a state
of pleasant repose.
Such is the account, somewhat abridged,
of this much vaunted “Art of procuring
sound and refreshing sleep at will,” given
by Mr. Binus in his “Anatomy of Sleep.”
He, it seems, purchased the secret fiom Mr.
Gardner, and hints at his generosity in hav-
ing made it public gratis. It is founded on
the principle that monotony, or the influ-
ence on the mind of a single idea, as we
have already shown, induces slumber. The
inventor had for years suffered great agony
with consequent sleeplessness, from an in-
jury of his spine. -In this sad condition,
you doing here
guage is too
Hope you are not a hard
Why didn’t you
opium and other sedatives were found ratho
er to increase than to allay his sufferings.
He was a contemplative man,and at length
discovered the secret of “subduing sleep-
lessness and commanding repose by a sim-
ple effort of volition."
The plan is at all events safe and easy of
application, and any waketul reader can
test it on himself—John A. Flemmg.
_
Golden Words for the Young.
, It is safer for me to abstain than to drink.
If I should indulge in drink I am afi'aid I
could not stop at the line which many call
temperance, but should become a slave to
the habit, and with others of stronger nerve
and firmer purpose go down to a drunkard’s
grave. If 1 indulge, I am not safe. If I ab—
stain, my child will not be cursed with a
drunken father. We-talk of purity, and dig-
nity of human nature, and of relying upon
our self-respect for security; but there is no
degradation so low that a man will not
sink into, and no crime so hellish that he
will not commit, when he is drunk. There
is nothing so base, so impure, so mean, so
dishonest, so corrupt, that a man will not
do when under the law of sin—of appetite.
Safety is to be found in not yielding our-
selves to that law. But if it. could be proved
Conclusively to my own mind that I could
drink and never be injured, yet with my
views on the subject, it would be my duty
to abstain. 1 could not be certain, but
others, seeing me drink, might be influenced
to drink also; and being unable to stop.
pass on in the path of the druukard. My
example would, in that case, be evil. But
I ask, am I my brother’s keeper ? Yes, I
am responsible for my influence, and lest it
shall be evil, I am under a high moral and
religious obligation to deny, myself that.
which may not injure the, but will injure
him. If I neither taste, nor touch, nor han-
dle, nor countenance. then my example will
not lead others to become drunkards.—Goli.
Buckingham. ,
H
CIIILDEEN's Worm—First, you ho‘ve a
work within yourselves to do. LIou.‘ must
embrace Jesus and pray for the Ho] Spirit.
Secondly, you must have a work or God
and Jesus in your own filmilics. ‘Thirdly
you have a work forGod and Jesus in Schbol';
And fourthly, you have a work for God anQ
Jesus in your neighborhood.
See what a gigantic business that of making
sewing machines has become i Twelve com~
panics sold during the car 1869, 320,669 of
these machines. The ar est number sold
by one company is 80,87 . These wonder-
ful contrivances do the work , that fingers
used patiently to accomplish without assist-
ance, and yet the sewing work done by fin-
gfis alone as not been decreased measura-
y.
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