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FOR GovERNOR,
MARSHALL JEWELL, of Hartford.
- FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
MORRIS TYLER, of New Haven.
FOR SECRETARY on STATE,
HIRAM APPELMAN, of4Groton.
non TREASURER, ,
DAVID P. NICHOLS, of Danbury.
FOR courmommn,‘
JAMES W. MANNING, of Putnam.
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IIIIIII filPIIIlIGAI GDIGRESSIUIM GOIVITIIII-
THE Union Re nbllcan Electors of the Fourth
Congressious District, are requested to send
Delegates equal to twice the number of their Repre-
sentatives in the Legislature, to meet in Convention
at Franklin Hal! Brld eport, on the SIXTEENTH
DAY on panama , ran. at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, for the purpose of nominating a candidate
for Congress for said district, and doing any other
business page: to be done in said Convention.
EORGE F. TRACY, 1
PBILO CLARK
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R
. B. STEPHENS,
R. E. GARFIELD,
J. K. SHEPARD,
Congressional
I Committee.
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ICE EMBARGO ON THE SOUND.
The cold weather has virtually closed
steamboat navigation on the Sound. Capt.
White, with most commendable persever-
ance has kept his boots running as long as
there was a. possible chance of getting them
through and must have :sacrificed more in
repairs from injury to them by the ice, than
he céuld possibly have received from his
.frcights.
Our merchants and especially our grocers,
have been put to it, to get their freight up
from New York. Our single railroad has
done the best it could, no doubt, but what
can one railroad do, with the Sound closed.
and all New England on one side, and the
great commercial Metropolis on the other.
Its passenger business taxes its every energy
and when to this is added the transportation
of supplies, it is easy to see how utterly in-
adequate are its résources'to the wants of the
public." Yet here we are, tied down by our
Legislature year after year to this monopo-
ly. A few free passes, an Excursion or two,
with consequent junketings,if no more rep-
rehensible appliances, are potent enough to
prevent our Legislators from giving the peo-
ple the poor privilege of building another
road through Connecticut, for the public ben-
efit. What would be the condition of things.
if any one of their halfdozcn wooden bridges
were to burn down, with the Sound ciOscd,
and the enormous quantities of freightpiled
up in New York ? One of our grocers tells us
that there was a line of draymen three quar-
ters of a mile long, one day last week, stand-
in g and awaiting their turn at the depot, and
many after waiting all day, were compelled
to return their loads, being unable to reach
the freight depot in Center street. The de-
pot was also filled to overflowing and all
available cars also filled, with merchants
and business men, scolding growling and
swearing at their inability to get their goods
off. Of course this pressure is exceptional,
but, it is liable to occur any time and is expe
rieuccd to a greater or less extent every win-
ter. There is no means of knowing the loss
and cost to the public of this state of things.
But every honest, intelligent man does know,
that it is an outrage upon popular freedom
to force the people to this one line. Even
New Jersey, is so much more enlightened
than Connecticut that she has chartered and
has running to-day FOURTEEN railroads out
of New York and through every part of her
domain, and what is the result? Her land-
'ed area is worth five times, yea ten times
acre per acre, more than the land in Con-
necticut. The people have thee and nurse ‘
stricttd communication with New York.
Her population is augmented and her wealth
and prosperity enormously increased. ' Poo
Connecticut. . , -
[3’ Hon. Wm. H. Barnum was unani-
mously renominated for Congress at the
Democratic convention held at Bridgeport
last Wednesday, just as we knew he would
be, as soon as we saw he had declined.
[3‘ The Republican Congressional Con-
' vention will convene .at Franklin Hall,
Bridgeport on Thursday, the 16th inst, at
10 o’clock. . ‘
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WOur Y. M. C. A. are not in luck this
season. They failed to derive any pecunia-
' ry benefit from Grace Greenwood’s lecture
on Wednesday evening last. The lecture
itself was prepared for western audiences,
and 'probably did not give as good general
satisfaction as some of Mrs. Lippincott’s
othor lectures would have done.
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WAnd now the statement comes to us
that the corner, of the Chichester property,
at present oecu pied by Quintard’s Hardware
and Byxbee’s Variety stores was sold on Sat-
urday at $300 the front foot! Well, go on;
and only two newspapers, thw!
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SOCIABLn.—An entertainment is to be
given at Norwalk Hall next week Monday
evening under the auspices of Phoenix Hose
Company. The removal of the furniture of
Engine 00. to their Main street house, left
the young company with next to nothing,
and they now solicit help to refurnish the
Rooms in a suitable and comfortable manner.
As the boys freely devote their time and
labor, and expose themselves to danger in
» discharge of their duties for the benefit of
the general public, it is no more than fair
that the public should assist in putting their
meeting rooms in good order. Help the
boys along by purchasing a ticket.
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WWe had an invitation to visit a house
in the suburbs and partake of Buffalo steak,
last Sunday, but even the Buffalo was not
strong enough to draw us out in the storm.
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WCapt. James Byxbce is securing sub;
scriptions for a chapel for union worship in
the Down Town District. It is a pity that
the little discarded School house on the hill
could not have been purchased for that pur
pose. As it is, we shall probably have our
“lit tle Church ’round the Corner."
Ono——
IS‘ A rumor has prevailed here that En-
gineer Simmons, who was killed at New
Hamburg, was a former rehident of Nor-
walk, and a son-in-law of W. F. Bussing.
This is an error. “ Dave” is running a
stationary engine in Brooklyn.
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W Rev. Mr. Gates preached a discourse
before the Young Men’s Christiai'i Associa-
tion last evening, at the Baptist Churbb.
339A party of eighteen assayed a sleigh-
ride to Bridgeport one evening last week,
but found the snow east of Westport “pret-
ty thin.” In trying to “get around" one
bare spot the sleigh upset and thirteen fe-_
males and five males Were “deposited” head
. first in a snow bank! '
0
w Our “better half” “is flee to main-
tain" that Frank Ferris’s Tongue and Ba-
con is a leetle ahead of hnythiug of the
kind in the market. '.
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W A Yankee firm at Terryville have
.the new contract for supplying the Post
Ofilce Department withmail locks and keys
and are getting up the best-the government
has ever' had.
O
mThe public are again indebted to
Chas.- Sherwood, and others, for making
snowpsth‘s. ' '
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.
mg‘At the Borough meeting on Friday
last it was voted that a survey and map of
the Boro’ is necessary and should be'made
under and by directiOn of the Warden and
Court of Burgesscs, who are empowered to
have the same done in such manner as they
may think proper. It was also voted to
lay a tax of five mills, to be collected on or
before August 1. Also voted that the Court
of Burgesses be rcqucsfed to appoint a spec-
ial committee to revise the charter Of the
Borough and to propose such alterations as
they may deem proper, and report before
the first of April next.
.”
W The N. Y. Evening Post of Friday
last contains a spirited letter from Davis
Hatch, Esq.,wliich is a copy of one address-
ed by him to Sec. Fish, and drawn out by
the Secretary's at least erroneous imputa-
tions upon Mr. Hatch. There seems to be,
even yet, an unpardonable. amount of oili-
cial ignorance concerning this Santo Do-.
mingo business and Mr. Hatch’s connection
there with.
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{8‘ Eben Hill, Esq, is going to erect an
iron fence about his place at Centreville.
is to be built by Duncan, and the granite
bases supplied by Bates 85 Co. The Nash
estate fence, opposite, is nearly completed,
and its somewhat to]! effect provokes the
boys into the frequent repetition of the
slang—“ how is this for high !"
flyw
WA horse and wagon belonging to Mr.
James Mitchell was stolen from in front of
Mittchell's block on Saturday evening last.
Next morning it was returned to Mr. Mitch-
ell by two sons of Mr. Selleck Youngs who
found it tied near their 'fathers residence.
Somebody took it off fora ride, and deserves
a months board at the County hotel for do-
ing of that same. _
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' Q” How truly “death loves a shining
mark." Again has the destroyer invaded a
cherished household. The head of a family
—a wife—and holiest and most sacred of all,
a MOTHER, has “fallen asleep.” The strick-
en husband, the desolate family, the sorrow-
ing kindred, refuse to be comforted, in the
unutterable'woe of their bereavement. A
whole community, with sincerest sympathy
reveals that “touch of nature which makes
the whole world kin.” On Saturday, a
multitude sorrowfuIly and solemnly fol-
lowed the departcd to her. last resting place.
A Sabbath benediction of pure, white, beau-
tiful, snow has gently fallen upon the new
made grave, and lovingly covered it, as with
angel wings.
will come and chant .their heavenly music,
and sweetest flowers will bloom o’er the
mound, and be watered by the tears of of-
fectionate remembrance.
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WML Charles L'. Rockwell, Cashier of
the First National Bank of Meriden, upon
receiving news of the death of Mrs. Craufbrd
kindly came down and took charge of affairs
at the Bank of Norwalk'untit after the func-
- ral.
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WThe following is a summary of the
Town Registrar’s Report for the year 1870 :—
Births. 357
Marriages . 108
Deaths . 213
An increase of 15 births, one marriage and
6 deaths, over the previous year. The
deaths included three females over 90 years
of age, and 100 children under five years of
age.
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ANNUAL BALL—The second “anniial” of
the Carpenters and Joiners’ Union is to be
held at Ely‘s Hall, on Friday evening next.
A large attendance is predicted and a gene-
ral good time is anticipated.
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WThe following are the ofiiccrs elected
at the annual meeting of Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Company :— »
And ere long, spring-birds‘
DANDURY, Dec. 10th, 1871.
Mnesns EanoRs z—My attention has been
called to a communication in your last num-
ber,~under the signature of “ A Stockholder
in the First National Bank of Bethel " copy-
ing a communication from the Danbury
Nails signed “A Stockholder in both Banks."
I think I am not mistaken as to the source
of both of these articles, and of the object
expected to be attained.
The claim that the counsel for the First
National Bank of Bethe] “ strongly relied”
upon the decision of the Circuit Court
of Massachusetts, in the case of the two
banks in Boston, is so far from being true
that the counsels did not cite that decision.
in their briefs on the trials before the Sn-
preme Court of Errors. They rely upon
other questions for a favorable decision in
the Supreme Court of the United States.
It is also claimed by your correspondent
that “the officers in charge of our matters
are prolonging this suit against the wishes
of the stockholders.” I question whether
any one is authorized to speak for the Stock-
holders of the First National Bank of Bethel,
as I am not aware that any measures have
been taken to ascertain their wishes in re-
gaid to this controversy.
The Stockholders in Bethe] and vicinity,
with whom I have consulted and who are
the most familiar with the facts in the case,
have concurred in the course I have taken;
I. do not think it necessary to reply to the
insinuation that the Counsel and Receiver
are protracting the suit for their own bene,
fit. If it is supposed I would be guilty of
such an act, my denial of it might not be
belieVed. E. S. Twnimr,
Receiver First National Bank of Bethe].
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[13“ Sparkling Water Temple of Honor
and Temperance, No. 6, met to dedicate
their new Hall last Friday evening. The
Hall is located directly under the new Ma-
sonic Hall in Clark’s Block on Main street,
South Norwalk. It is 50 ft. by 16, with
ante rooms, and is furnished with a beauti-
ful Brussels carpet, pictures, etc., giving an
air of comfort and elegance, in strong con-
trast to the saw-dusted floors of bar rooms
which too many of our young men visit.
D. M. S. Welles, G. W. T. of the State and
Mary A. Simpson, S. G. P. T.,-(both from
Bridgeport,) formally 'dedicated the Hall to
Truth, Love, Purity and Fidelity, and to
the advancement of the cause of Temper-
ance. ' Addresses were made by Rev. 1.
Simmons, C. F. Hallock, and D. B. Selleck.
The Ofiicers of the Temple are as follows:
J. R. Raymond, W.C.T.; N. Dickerman, W.-
V.T.; C. Raymond, W.R.; .R. B. Jones, W.
AR; H.-L. Gedney, W.F.R.; N. N. Emery,
W.T.; C. St. John, W.U.; W. A. Brown,W.
G.; J. A. Bull, W.S.; M. M. Norton,P.W.C.T.
# .
DECORATION DAY.—A meeting ofallsol-
diers interested in the proper observance of
“Decoration Day"will be held this, Tuesday,
evening in the rooms of the Y. M. C._A.,
Gazette Building, at 8 o’clock.
This will be an important meeting and all
soldiers, 'or sailors, are cordially invited to
attend. ’ I
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33' At the meeting of - the Boards of Se-
lectmen and School Visitors held last week
the following apportionment was made to
t several Districts :— "
istricts. holars. Amount.
South Norwalk Union 778 $5,316 85
South Five Mile River 72 492 05
North East 69 471 64
Broad River 75 512 55
Down Town 269 1,838 84
North Center 102 697 07
Middle Five Mile River 128 874 75
Ovrr River - . 508 8,478 67
North Five Mile River 81 558 55
North West 242 1,653 83
Center 580 3,963 72
SilverMine 150.00
present with the exception of Messrs. Wil-
son, Simmons and Bouton.
All the members of the J oint-Board were ‘
G'co. S. Allen, Foreman.
A. J. Meeker, 1st Ass’t.
' .I. A. Osborn 2d Ass’t.
E. L. Boyer, President.
Wm. A. Curtis, Secretary.
Frank Leonard, Treasurer.
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- W'Mr. J. G. Rockwell has taken the
Carriage shop in the rear of Church’s Ma-
chine shop, and now announces bimsclfpre-
pared to execute all work in the carriage
making and repairing business that may be
entrusted to him.
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The Stag: Sunday School Teachers Asso-
ciation will hold its annual convention this
year in the North Congregational church in
Bridgeport, on the 15th and 16th of March
next: The services will consist of Devotion-
al exercises—addresses by eminent Sunday
School workers from abroad, and discuss-
ions of the various questions of interest in
the work.
o
WAnother merry party assembled. at
the rooms ofPheonix Hose Company last
Wednesday evening. Several ladies from
out of town were present. ‘
0
GOOD Tempura—The following are the
newly installed ofiiccrs ofNorwalk Lodge :—
W. C. T., Chas. Wheeler; W. V. Annie
Hallock; Secretary, John Penneil ; Assistant
Secretary, Mary Penpell; F. S., John E.
Evenden ; Treasurer, Ella Brown; Chaplain,
A. J. Hutchinson; Marshal, Chas Kemp;
Deputy Marshal, . Mary Lockwood; Guard,
Zillah Brewer; Sentinel, Wm. H. Purcell;
R. 8., Mary Hodge;L. S., Lois Hodge; P.
W. C. T., Chas. F. Hallock. _
[3‘ The long-talked of original Opers
of Blanche'was performed for the first time
at the new Opera House in Bridgeport, last
Wednesday evening. It passed off very
successfully,and the Standard isenthusiastic
in its praises. Miss- Fanny Byxbce, as the
leading character, was pronounced “splen-
did,” and, it is said, “ sang with her usual
sweetness, interpreting the character finely.”
o
W Mrs. Pardee lectured in Winsted last
Wednesday evening.
Ephraim expect to remove next week to
Harwinton, Litchfield County, where the
latter has purchased a Farm.
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fi'Another severe snow storm commenc-
ed early Sunday morning last and continued
all day. We have snow enough now for all
practical purposes.
o
WW1; are informed that Judge Shipman
of the U. 8. District Court has decided to
permanently enjoin the Goose Island phos.
phate works.
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_ us- The Ladies’ Mite Sociable of the lst
CongregationalChurch will meet tomorrow
Wednesday evening at the Parsonage.
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WMr. T. M. Raymond,of_ Potter’s Land-
ing, Maryland, is visiting his relatives and
friends in Norwalk. .
W The Fairfield County Democrat is the
name. of a new journal'which is announced
to make its appearance in Stamford this
week. Herc will soon he a chance for an-
other obituary notice, for that name alone
has already killed halt a dozen journals.
.Q‘Thc 01a wen Lodge, F. a A. M'., are'
now occupying their new suit of rooms in
Clark’s brick building. The main Hall is-
44ftx26fl. and 14ft. high. ' '
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“Woonv”—Mr..Wnodward is understood
to disclaim all aspivations for political lion-
ors at this time. Just now his mind and
energies are fully employed in improving
and completing his magnificent home in
South Norwalk, and we really believe he is
sincere in his expressed desire to keep aloof
from politics for the present. But we know
there is a very general disposition, among
the Democratic delegates to nominate him.
This will be done, and' their “Woody” ac-
cept? He will. But to be elected isanothe’r
MW 4m
[3‘ Capt. Willis J. Merritt and his sour
WMayor Ely has purchased the Walter
C. Quintard homestead, adjoining his Hotel
property, for $18,000. Mr Quintard has
purchased the Davis Hatch place of Dr
Pardee, for $13,000. ‘
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. W Madame Rentz’s Female Minstrels
have retufled from a successful tourlof the
West, and will perform at Norwalk Hall on
Friday evening next, when the young ladies
will all appear with white faces. In a no-
tice of this company the Jackson(Michigan)
Citizen says :'—“ The performance was very
good throughout and everybody seemed to
be well pleased. The dancing, especially,
was of a chaste and original character; they
houses wherever they go."
0*— . .
New York, February 11. '
The Erie Railway Company has executed
a new consolidated mort go on all its prop-
erty for $30,000,000, of hich $24,000,006
will be expended in the taking up of the
existing mortgages at maturity, and the re-
maindcr, it is rumored, in laying a third rail
between this city and Buffalo, and purchas-
‘iiig equipments for connections with nar-
row guage railways, thence to Chicago.
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We submit that democratic journals will
do wisely if they cease their sueers and prc~
tended incredulity about Ku-Klux outrages.
In the Kentucky. Senate Col.‘ Chenoweth,
who was as the Couri'chournal says, “a
fighting rebel af the Breckenridge-Preston
school, and is backed by the entire Confed-
erate element in the State,” has introduced
some resolutions of which the following is
the preamble: .
Whereas, For several months, bands of
cowardly outlaws have persistently con-
.tinued, under cover of darkness and the
shelter of disguises, to perpetrate outrages
and operations upon peaceful and unofi‘end—
ing citizens ofth-is commonwealth, entitled
to the protection of the law; and whereas,
these inexcusable criminal proceedings are
not only disgraceful to the age in which we
live, but especially a stain .upon the fair
fame of the state; and whereas, by reason
of the secrecy under which their atrocious
proceedings are perpetrated, they have hith~
erto baffled every effort made for their de-
tection. , -
And then follows a resolution that 8500,-
000 be appropriated to employ police to de-
mtcct and cxtirpate the Ku-Klux. Another
duccd a similar bill. If the democratic
journals of the North instead of sneeringat
accounts of Southern outrages as “radical
fabrications,” had properly denounced them,”
the South would long since have had peace.
We are glad to see that some of the demo-
crats of Kentucky are aroused to the neces-
sity of redeeming the character of their
state, and preventing society there fi'om
lapsing into barbarian—Palladium.
_ W. '
The Tax on Spit-Ito In Conlfcetlout. I
We compile tl-om omcial sources the
amount of taxes paid on distilled spirits in
. the State of Connecticut, fiom- the organiz-
ation of the internal revenue law in 1862 to
There are but nine gin dis.illeries in the
United States, six of which are located in
this district, and at the present time are run-
ning their full capacity. In- addition to
”these, there are more than seventy cider
brandy distilleries in this district, with stills
of capacity varying from one to twelve bar:
rels, and the tax paid on the gin and cider
brandy distilled in this district for the last
.six months of 1870, amounts to $124,546.22.
. —Oourant.
. -~.v~-¢-—————-
. WAlice Cary, the esteemed authoress,
died in New York on Sunday last, aftera
long and painful illness,'aged 50 years.
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'fi' All Linen Toweling at 4 CnN'rs per
yard, at Scoficld dc Barnum’s. Did you
ever .hear the like I
a.»
Tuesday last:
are a troupe of rare merit and deserve full ‘
member of the Kentucky Senate has intro. .
J une 30, 1870:
First District—Hnrtford and Tollaud '
countles......: .............. . ..... =...81,018,065 78
Second District—New Haven and Mid-
dlesex counties ............ ... ......... 69,607 10
Third District—Windham and New Lon- . _
don counties ....................... .. 13,618 06
Fourth District—Litchfield and Fair-field '
counties .............................. 54,823 8!
Tot!!! ............................. 81,184,844 27
AT “ BROOKSIDE.” »
Last Summer’s excursionists to'Mt. Desert
were invited to .a reunion at the new man-
sion of L. H. Bigelow, on Wednesday eve-
ning, as indicated in our last. The com-
pany comprised, first, those who did go;
second, those who expected to go; thirdly,.
a few who wouldn’t go. The hours were
happily spent in cordial, fi‘iendly greetings
and discussion of various topics germsiu
to the main question at issue. The clerical
element wasduly prominent, and this, re-
inforced by the press, exerted a very con-
servative influence upon the festive occasion.
The supper was a prime feature of the
evening, and was under the able guardian-
ship of D’Artois. After a most vigorous at-.
tack upon its delicacies,—grsce having been
invoked by Rev. Mr. Goodsell,—a flow of
soul ensued of which the following is an
epitome :— ‘
At the close of the vit-al struggle, the
Rev. Mr. Backman, of New York, rose and
proposed the first toast of the évening :—
“ The Desert Isle, where man has done so
little and nature 'so much; a microcosm
wlnre all geographical divisions center 'and
contribute to the beautiful ; where scorching
heat is unknown and where a tired brain
can rest ;,renowned for its trout, its sea food,
its rocks. .
" The gray and thunder smitten pile
Which marks star the Desert Isle,
An island full of hills and dolls,
All rumpled and uneven
With green recesses, sudden swells
And odorous valleys, driven
80 deep and straight, that always there
The wind is cradled to soft air."
May those of us who have seen it and had
health to enjoy it, see it again! May those
who were sick, and who watc.d with the
sick, behold it as it appears to the free and
well! May those who have never seen it
never die till they do.
Rev. Mr.'GoOdsell read several regrets
from absent Mt. Deserters, and closed with
the following sentiments :— ’
To’the absent Deserters, the friends of a
fortnight’s acquaintance, yet they have a
warm place in our hearts.
1. the Bishop who sought restfiom “the
care of all the churches,” took his first les-
son in Croquet, and who proved his apos-
tolic descent by vigorous and succesle
fishing. Oui- best wishes to him and his.
2. Mancini, who is like a locomotive in
his energy, system and endurance, but is a
“ dry smoker.” ,
3. His wife, may her kind attentio' to
others always secure as loving friends as
those of Mount Desert. May she never
want hot fiannels when she has the headache
4. Our little Fanny, who we. yet large
enough to get our stout leader into Salt
Water instead of Hot. .
5. Palmer, who ministers to souls, and
administers to the body. May he always
get cornbread when he orders it.
6. His wife, who tenderly watched over
her husband, the baby and her sistér Fanny,
with an occasional eye to Nash.
7. And little Annie, bless her dear heart.
N. B. This was what_the stout person
said. .
.The Rev. Homer N. Dunning followed
with this new “ Iliad," which was voted by
the entire company a cap-sheaf to the pro-
ductions of the “blind old hard of Scio's
rocky isle,” after whom his mother, with
unaccountable prescience and forecast had
named her son :— o
MEMORIAL POEM
you run noun-r risen-r “Union.
Hurrah! Hurrah for Mount Desert!
Bright Island of the ocean! ' ’
Where weary spirits sought and found
Best from the world's commotion!
Ml‘d Summer’s burning heat we sped
With eager hearts to meet thee;
Mid Winter's snows with festive Joy
Our dreaming memories greet thee!
We see afar thy mountains bare
Above the waters lifting;
And trailing clouds with shadows .vast
‘ Across their summits drifting; ‘
The bold sea-wall with rocks grotesque,
. And many a soaring highland,
Hollowed by many“; placid bay,
Bordered by many an island!
We drink with zest the bracing breeze
Upon the plashlng steamer; ”
We hail the vessels coursing past
With flying sail and streamer;
We step upon the Lobster Dock
And smell the sickening savor!
One of us finds the smell so iweet
He tastes the sickening flavor!
We thread the windings of Somes' Sound
Beneath Dog Mountain frowning; ‘
We bow before the majesty
Its eagle summit crowning;
We climb the strange Gold-Diggers’ steep
And hear their weird story;
We wander mm the columned rocks-—
With ago and crumbling hoary.
We stand beside the embosomed Lake
The echoinghill confronting; -
And cry with merry shouts: “ All Hail !"
“ How are you Echo Mountain 7"
The sleeping spirit of the hills
Awakes to hear our crying;
"With granite lips in ringing tones
“ And how are your” replying.
We climb Green Mountain’s rugged sides, '
The sunset softly shedding
The mystery of its shadows o’er
The landscape far outspreading;
. .The spirit of the mountain cloud
With fioecy robes enfolds us;
And rocked to sleep by roaring storm
In fast: embraces holds us.
on grandest night after the storm
.The mountain view that morning, .
When through the breaking clouds and fo
The sun was redly dawning;
The clouds in gold and silver robes
Sweeping afsr to leeward; .
The fog in billowy masses rent
And rolling swiftly seaward! .
Among the drifting seas of cloud
The hills like islands standing; _
With many a lake of silver sheen,
Audmany a peak commanding;
Yonder the ocean gleaming bright
And yonder blue Katahdln; ,
It seemed some genil had us shown
A night-dream of Aladdin l .
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Our hearts upraired with awe sublime,
Full of the scene before us,
We gather on the height and sing
The hallelujah chorus-—
The ludicrous is but a step
From the sublime and holy—
One of us mounts the “tip-top rock"
And screams his rapturous “Golly I"
We climb the jaws of Spoutlng Horn,
0n perilous foothold slipping;
We ciauibsr through the Devil's Cave,
Its rocks with sea-brine dripping;
We stand on Great Head’s front sublime,
The waves below us rolling,
We gaze upon its Profile grim .
Over the waters scowllng.
We ramble o’er the wild “ see-wall,"
And hear the surges dashing;
We stand upon the furthest verge, '
And catch the sea-spray_splashing:
We gather shells and mosses bright,
For souvenirs to treasure— ‘
Tokens of love and memory—
Keepsskes of health and pleasant
Bright memories of Mount Desert!
- Fain would we longer tarry;
Yet with us, as we bid farewell,
. Something of thine we carry ;.
The vigor of thy mountain air, ,
- High health for new-endeavor,
New forms of grandeur, beauty, grace—
' A Joy of soul forever! ‘
The Rev. Mr. Davies then proposed sundry
seriOus and humorous toasts, to which all
inwardly ejaculated “ Amen.“ '
Subsequently, Mr; Davies rose and said,
that inasmuch as he had been, prevented
from accompanying the party to Mt. Desert,
and feeling solicitou's concerning their de-
portment owing to its peculiar composition,
he had resorted to the local “Intelligencers”
published nearest that place, and had suc-
ceedcd in procuring the local editor’s report,
some extracts Rom which he would read,—
at the same time unrolling twenty feet, more
or less, of newspaper cuttings pasted togeth-
er. The dismay or his auditors was in a
nieasure relieved, by his assurance that he
should not read it all. ' He then commenced
to read rapidly and roll up his interminable
scroll. We suspect his readings were taken
fl'om where the boy got his wheelbarrow—-
“ out of hisfown head”-but the illusion was
WHenry Steinway, head .of the firm of amusing, and the matter keen as a Dames.
Steinway dc Sons, died in New YOrk, on cusblade and humorouslnthe extreme. He
commencEd, with the lock! repel-tel"; (c.
count of the dejected‘and grotesque appear-
such of the party as they landed on the
“Lobster Dock" at South West Barber, and
the dismay and consternation which seized
upon Deacon Clark and his guests as they
entered the Island House and announced
that they were fi'om Norwalk.! He re-
counted the wretched ' jokes and 'execrable
puns they had perpetrated while at the
Hostlcry. Their leaden efl‘orts at wit, and
ignominious failures at attempted flirtatious,
with the Telegraph girl ; their clephantine
Ievity andmastodonic fridolity, and over and
above all, their insatiate, and voracious and
nnappeasable amulet, until gaunt famine
threatened the Island, and paralyzed every
hotel guest with terror. The entirely natu-
ral manner in which the natives innocently
mistook Nash for an exhorter, Bigelow for
aCalvanistic clergyman, and the rest of the
company for played out minstrels,was most
uniquely and humorously delineated. The
reader concluded with the modest statement
that all their eccentricities and ignominy
were clearly accounted for by their having
left behind them their natural guardian and
protector, a certain other clergyman, whose
presence would ,_ have made everything
proper, and “ altogether lovely."
Mr. Goodsell proposed the health of the
worthy host, which was happily responded
to by Mr. Bigelow, when the party, with
seeming reluctance, left the still loaded ta-
bles and returned to the parlors. Miss Big-
elow and a New York artist, rendered some
very fine music on the piano, and the " De-
scrters” gave delightful reminiscences of
their excursion in song.
Miss Potter gave two recitations in com-
pliance with the request of the party, which
were enthusiastically enjoyed. Mr. A. J.
Crofut then gave the following thsts :—
8. Deacon Clark, who runs his Hotel by
water, who knows about “ night caps”
no'w,-'the earliest in the morning and-latest
at night, fatherly and attentive. May the
Island House leng know no other Host.
We were forced to respond. We could
not speak as well of the “ supplies,” at Mt.
Desert, as we could have done, had not the
party preceded us. Deacon Clark did not
suppose it possible that men could eat so
surcd us, that Norwalk clergyman especially,
had the most wonderfiil capacities! He as-
sured us that Nash was’ the best behaved
man in the party, and had leastbusiness in
the telegraph office. He said all sorts of
unjust imputations were cast upon him by
his companions to cover their own short-
comings. He hoped this party would come
again next year, but he wanted to be in-
formed a few months beforehand to prepare
for it, and id hope theywould all bring
their families, to restrain their appetites if
nothing more, He believed it really sinful
for men to eat so much, especially at a do]-
let a day for board. These remarks did not
apply to Bigelow, as he lived on homeo-
pathic soup and red flannel grnels, after his
first evening's meal Of lobsters and milk.
4
Deacon Thompsonz— " _
9. The non-Damien, who were roasting
when we were cool.
This was responded toby Frank Ferris,
in a few felicitous sentences, when the eve'
ning’s current of fun and merriment was
appropriately dropped by him, and the de-
ightfiil entertainment concluded by an al-
usion to the sorrow and sympathy which
had touched all hearts by the terrible Hu 1-
son River Railroad disaster, and our. obliga-
tions to the Heavenly Father. who had
vouchsafed 'to as life and health, and‘ an
evening of such'rare enjoyment.
All in all, the Mount Desert Reunion was
a most rare and enjoyable afi'air.
.-
m‘ The annual ' meeting of the Conn-
State Poultry Society is to be held in New
Haven today, at 10 a. m. '
o
WMr. A. Dickerman has taken his son
into partnership, and the new firm continue
the Dry Goods business in their Washing-
ton stre'et store.
9.-...
Keep the .Waika Clean.
Immediately after the storm our Borough
authorities hired a man to break Maths
throughout the Borough with a snow plow.
This was an excellent plan,and>a temporary
accommodatiOn, but of course was not sufil‘
cient torclieve property holders from their
duty of properly cleaning the sidewalks and
gutters. The following is the Borough by-
laws in regard this matter :— - I
“ It shall be the dut of every owner and
of every lessee of an ' land or tenement in
this Borough to keep the public sideWalk or
footpath and street gutter or ditch adjoining
the same, free from snow and ice; and every
such owner and every such lessee,who shall
permit snow or ice to remain on such side-
walk or footpath, to the inconvenience of
public travel thereon, or in such gutter or
'ditch, to the obstruction of the flow thereof,
for a longer period than six hours, shall 'be
fined not exceeding five dollars. I
It shall be the duty of the Street Inspector
whenever any snow or ice is permitted to
remain on any sidewalk or footpath or in
any street gutter or ditch, in violation of the
foregoing section, to cause.the same‘to be
removed, and the expenses thereof may be
recovered of any such owflr or lessee by
an action of debt brought in the nameof the
Borough, and shall be independent of any
fineimposed by virtue of the foregoing Sec-_
tion.” '
.W
WA copious installment of snow during
Sunday has replenished our 'wasted Sleigh-
ing, to the joy of Jehus and, disgust of pe-
destrians.
[3‘ The Sentinel gets itself into a frothy
perspiration over the GAzET'm’s rhetoric
and then goes ofi‘ thusly and likewise :-
,“ShoIes did his “level best”- bivalvic, and
datic, till the small hours.”
——-.—4.»—.——-——-
STILL THEY Comt.——Scofield dc Barnum
announce that they will open, to-morrow,
another lot of Napkins, Table Linen and
Handkerchiefs, slightly damaged by salt
water, which "they can ofi‘er to the people of
Norwalk at Great Bargains.
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[3‘ At the recent meeting of the New En-
gland Agricultural Society, held at Boston,
Jonathan Camp, Esq., of this town, was
elected a member of the Board of Trustees.
«I.»-v——— .-
Q‘, Patents have been granted to Henry
R.’Towne of Stamfork for prison lock and
for permutctionlock. Re-issue to Melville
E. Mead, Darien Depot, of patent dated May
18, 1869, for Ventilation. ‘
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The A‘gr's'cultnrt‘st has the following in re-
gard to the New York and Boston Air-Line
Road: , ‘
The Air-Line Railroad, from New York
to 'Boston, will be one of the most important
routes in the Eastern section of the country.
The fact that five distinct railroad and steam-
boat routes have for cars past connected
these two important c ties, with. a profitable
patronage upon all of them, indicates the
immense amount ofdaily travel. It needs
little figuring to estimate the advantage of
a direct through railroad that shall save
twenty to twenty-five miles or distance, and
an hour’s time to each one of vast multi-
tudes that annually traverse this route.
Reckoning 1,000 for each weekday, the an-
nual saving in distance would be 6,250,000
miles or 250 times around the globe, and 100
years in time, estimating the saving in dis-
tance at twenty miles, and in time at one
hour. ,The new route asses through man
localities which will a ord much local tra -
fic.
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A soverei remedy for croup. is said to
have been d sc’overed at last. t is nothing
more nor less than allspice tea, made of-
whole ins of allspice. It cuts the phlegm
almost instantly, and induces tree breathing.
N ow is the season to test it,
The Mississippi ie islators make a good
thing of it. Besides rawing $8 a day, one
of them keeps a butcher shop and another
plays the fiddle at private parties.
. The Nor Bcrwiok N. ,H. Bank w
robbed at $9,600 oh Tlfursdby)nigb‘t weeks.
much. The good deacon patronizingly as-'
The closing sentiment was then given by
the WOstpOrters did the “square thing” bipe-
V. cm: COUNTY rash.
At the meeting last week, to revise the
premium lists and appoint committees, it
was voted to hold the next annual Exhibi-
tion‘ths third week in September. Unusu-
al care was exercised in selecting committee-
men and several very decided improvements
made in the Premiums. A very full and
free expression was had of the annoyances
arising from shows, booths and tents within
the enclosure and it was voted that hereaft-
er all such should be prohibited from locat-
ing within the track enclosure. The abuses
growing out of the horse-trotting part of the
Fair were also very freely ventilated, and
condemned, and it was voted that the rules
of the American Horse Association, should
govern hereafter. Liberal premiums were
proffered tor the setting out of trees along
the Highways, and we ardeiflly hope our
Farmers will show a spirited rivalry in this
at the next fair. The farmers and land own-
of'this county could not add so materially to
our grand list as by simply planting trees by
the roadside. The following 5arc the com;
mittees :—
CLAss I.—Farm and Field Crops.
B. B. Plumb, Trumbull.
Jonathan Camp, Norwalk.
Talcott B. Wakemau, Westport.
Henry Morehouse, Daricn.
Col. l‘hos. A. Mead, Greenwich.
CLAss II.—Gmt’n and Grass Seed.
Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan.
Allen Betts, Norwalk.
David H. Sherwood, Southport.
Ebenezer Belts, Wilton. '
Lewis B. Randle, Wilton.
CLAss IlI.— Vegetables
John H. Sherwood, Southport.
Ezra Curlis,Norwalk.
S. R. Lockwood, New Canaan.
Henry C. Randle, Wilton.
John F. Beard, Danbury.
CLAss IV.—Frut‘t.4
Hon. W. C. Street, Norwalk.
John Jackson, Wilton
James E. Ells, Norwalk.
Edwin Hoyt, New. Canaan.
Melville E. Mead, Daricn.
CLASS V.—Fl¢mc' allure.
Winfield S. Hanford, Norwalk.
S. D. Alden, Westport. '
Mrs. Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan.
Mrs. E. A. Woodward, Norwalk.
Mrs. T. B. Wakeman, Westport.
CLASS VI.—Bread, Dairy, Honey. Prucrced
Fruits and Pilikles.
Dudle P. E! ,Norwalk.
John uyer, estport.
Mrs. Jonathan Camp, Norwalk.
Mrs. W. S. Hanford, Norwalk.
Mrs. Josiah Kellogg, Norwalk. .'
CLAss VII.—Ladi°cs’ Industrial Department.
Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan.
Mrs. W. G. Street, Norwalk.
Mrs. Josiah Kellogg, Norwalk.
Mrs. M. E. Mead, Daricn.
Miss Emily Hoyt New Canaan.
CLAss VIE—Fine Arts, Musical Instru-
ments, die.
F. H. Nash, Westport.
Nathaniel Wheeler, Bridgeport.
Miss Charlotte E. Ely, Norwalk.
Miss Sarah Hoyt, New Canaan.
Mrs. E. A _Woodward, Norwalk.
Clothing.
Henry I. Hoyt, Norwalk.
D. A. Salmon, Westport.
Jesse Banks, Bedding.
John F. Beard, Danbury.
Noah W. Hoyt, New Canaan. .
CLAss X.—Farming Utomila.
Nelson Alvord, 2d, Westport.
Arthur Sherwood, Westport.
Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan.
W. ,W. Seymour, Ridgefield.
Chester F. Tolles, Norwalk. ‘
CLAss XI.—-Traina of Oren
Col. Thomas A. Mead, Greenwich.
George Osborn. Bedding. a,» ‘
John F. Beard, Danbury.
Oscar W. Raymond, Norwalk.
Darius St. John, New Canaan.
CLAss XII.— Working Oren and Steers.
James Hoyt, New Canaan.
George Osborn, Bedding.
Oscar W. Ravmond, Norwalk.
Seaman Mead, Greenwich.
‘ D. D. Coley, Weston. -
CLAss XIII.-' Three years old and under.
Josiah Kellogg, N orwalk.
H. B. Wakeman, Westport. .
Hezekiah B. Merwin, Greenfield.
W. J. Finch, Westport.
Samuel B. Middlebrook, Wilton.
CLASS XIV—Mitch Oman and Heifers, (Na-
. tive or grade.) ‘
Richard Brush, Greenwich.
John Gorham, Wilton, ,
R. R. Kecler, Ridgefield ' '
Ebenezer J. Richards, Ngw Canaan.
D. H. Sherwood, Southport.
CLAss XV.—Bloodcd Stock
W. R. McCrcady, Westport.
Nathan Secley, Bethe].
~H. B. Platt, Bedding.
Col. T. A. Mead, Greenwich.
Henry Morehouse, Daricn.
CLAss XVI—Bulls, Notice or Grade.
Lewis . . John,‘New Canaan. ‘
Sherman orehousc, Wilton.
D. B. Mather, Daricn.-
H. J. Taylor, Westport.
Theodore Price, Norwalk.
' 'ciiss XVII.—Fatted Game.
Henry Morehouse, Daricn.
George I.‘ Keelcr, Norwalk.
Coley Bartram, Danbury.
James Mitchell, Norwalk.
Samuel Whitney, New Canaan.
CLAss XVIII.-—Sheep.
Col. Thos. A. Mead, Greenwich.
Lewis V. St. John, New Canaan.
Henry A. Barrett Wilton.
' 'l". B. Wakemanj'Westport.
Arthur Sherwood, Westport.
-. CLAss’ XIX—Swine.
Harvey ’Fiteh, Norwalk.
B. B Plumb, Trumbull.
H. W. Nash, Wilton.
Samuel Whitney, New Canaan.
Martin Godfrey, Westport.
CnAss XX.—P¢mltry. .
'Andrew Selleck, N orwalk.
S. Jarvis Taylor, Southport.
Henry C. Ely, Norwalk.
E. A. Woodward, Norwalk.
W. R. Smith, Norwalk. -
CLAss XXL—Colts.
John Guyer, Westport.
‘John Gorbam, Wilton.
J.’ E. Jones, New Canaan.
Sam’l Beatty, Norwalk.
Edward Henshaw, Southport.
CLASS Irma—Stations.
IV. K. McCready, Westport.
James S. Cole, Trumbull.
- Thomas Moreh‘ouse. Wilton.
Alexander Lander, Norwalk.
D. S. Bartram, Norwalk.
CLAss XXIII.¥Famtlg Horses.
Moses W. Wilson, Westport.
Josiah Smith, Stamford.
Noah W. Bradley, Westport.
Ebenezer Jones, Ridgefield.
Joseph 0. Sturges, Weston. ‘
CLAss XXIV.— Work Horses.
Josiah Kellogg, Norwalk.
J. D. Alvord, Bridgeport.
Frank Finch, Wilton.
Chas. Adams, Norwalk.
W. H. Taylor, Westport.
CLAss XXV—Road Harm.
John H. Ke ser,Norwalk.
A. R. Hale, ridgeport.
W. J. Finch. Westport.
P. R. Close, Greenwich.
Julius Candee, Stamford.
CLAss XXVL—Trotting Home.
Elbirt A. Woodward. Nwwalk.
Moses W. Wilson, Westport.
James D. Smith, Stamford.
Charles T. Rowe, N orwalk.
Sherman Morehouse, Wilton.
DISCRETIONARY.
Dudlev P. Ely. Norwalk.
B. B. Plumb, Trumbull.
W. C. Street, Norwalk.
Henry Morehouse, Daricn.
Stephen Hoyt, New Canaan.
[8‘ Five Hundred Dozen Napkins, war-
ranted all Linen, damaged by water, at
81.25 per dozen, at S‘c‘ofield d: Barnum’s 3“”
CLASL IX.—Domc.9ti'c Maniifactures and
v
' pointed agent for the sale 'of the .vMidland
Railroad Bonds, has met with most encour-
aging success. These securities are of un-
doubted value, and at the price they are
offered, i. is no wonder our capitalists are
ready to sell their Governments at the ruling
premiums, and invest in these at the
present discount. The difi'creuce is now
about forty per cent. but this will not long
continue as the railroad securities will soon
be raised in the-market. There have been
something like $50,000 exchanged, by our
citizens, we are informed, during the past
week.
*4.»
Ii?” Go to Scofield & Barnum’s for bar-
gains this week. ‘
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Life Insurance. 4 .
We publish in another column a con-
densed Statement of “ Tm: MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY," of New York, _F.
P. WmsTON, President, A. H. CAMP, local
agent for Norwalk. This Company, as will
be seen by an examination of its assets, is
the foremost Life Insurance Institution in
America: It has hard on to a million of
dollars Of policies here in Norwalk and
vicinity, and is conceded to be the ablcst,
staunchest and most reliable Co'utny in the
world. Its success has been a matter ofas—
tonisbment even to its friends. The ques-
tion as to the advisability and desirableness
of every man of family insuring his life,
there can be no question and needs no ar-
gument. As to our own convictions con-
cerning this particular company, we have
only to say that we are insured in it all they
will take on a single life.
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W One Hundred Dozen Handkerchiefs,
all Linen, (worth 15 cents a piece,) will be
sold at 10 cents a piece, slightly damaged
by water, at Scofield & Barnum’s. '
o
W We are indebted to Mine Host Frank
Fielder, of Stamford, for “complimentarics”
to the Gulf Stream Engine Co’s Grand Soiree,
at Seeley’s Hall, next Friday evening. Oin-
Norwalk “ Steamer" boys should be repre-
sented there.
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WThé’two daughters of Pres. Woolsey
who died while traveling in Palestine, were
buried in New Haven on Sunday last.
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@Mr. James E. Ells lost a valuable
Devon COW last week. A door in the barn
was left open and she got at the meal barrel.
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@In accordance with his usual custom,
Mr. W. H. Jones, Foreman of the Foundry
at the Norwalk Iron Works, celebrated the
anniversary of his birthday with a Supw
party 'to the men under his chargtglast Tues-
day evening. The men took advantage ‘of
. the occasion to present him with a splendid
gold watch valued at $100, as a token of
their appreciation of his uniform kindness
and attention. They speak of Mr. Jones in
high terms of praise, undigsay that he is
always “first in danger and the last to leave.“
They also desire us to publicly tender their
thanks to him for the above mentioned en-
tertainment.
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W Any one wishing to purchase any
Table Linen, Napkins or Handkerchiefs,
will do well to give Scofield & Barnum a
call as they are selling a tremendOus amount
Of the above goods, at half price.
sustenance). ,
On Wednesday, Feb. 8. By Rev. G. Haulenbeck,
Mr. Jacob Dickerson, to Miss. Ettie Tuthlll, both of
Norwalk. , .
.
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.n»-._r\/\.' \f\’~_f\.‘\.‘\ xx .\J\.‘\-"\ p. v‘
- .n r.,-\.r‘./ a.“
In this place, on Wednesday morning, Feb. 8 after
‘ a long and painful illness, Charlotte F , wife of Rob-
ert B. Craufurd. '
I In this place, 7th lush, Bridget B'atchford aged 29
years. .
In Viueland N. J. Feb. 27th., 1871 of congestion of
he lungs Lillian H. only daughter of Mary A. and
Edgar Parker, aged nine years.
DST—On Saturday, 11th inst., two small KEYS.
The finder will be. suitably rewarded by leaving
them at the Norwarlk Savings Bank.
AI‘I'ED—A competent girl to do general house-
work. Reference required. Apply at William
Lounsbury‘s. on Elm street. 0 'lt
OTICE.—A 5 coin! meeting ofPhuanix Hose 00.
will be he! at the rooms of the Company, on
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Feb. 15, at 7% o’clock.
A full attendance is desired. Per Order."
SOCIABLE AND HOP
' FOR THE
BENEFIT OF PHENIX HOSE. 00.
An entertainment will be given at
Norwaik Hall, Monday Ev’g, Feb. 20
For the purpose of raising funds for furnishing the
rooms of Thank Hose Co.
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Music by Goodsell’s Quadrule Band.
SUPPER FURNISHED IN THE HALL.
Tickets, admitting Gentleman and Ladies, 31.
NORWALK HALL.
THE RETURN OF THE FAVORITES.
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 17TH.
Now returning from the West with immense success.
the great and justly celebrated
BLONDES AND DRUNETTES.
16 FIRST-CLASS ARTISTS :
ORCHESTRA AND nnAss BAND,
FEMALE VOCALISTS,
FEMALE DANCERS .
FEMALE GYMNAS'! s.
The whole formin a superior combination and
brilliant galixy of ta ent, introducing an entire new
prOgramrne. Everything new, chemo and original.
Popular prices, as usnaI,—3!l and 50 cents.
Doors open at 7.to commence at 8 o'clock prompt.
» M. B. LEAVITT, Manager.
Gco. E. Amos, Advance Agent;
eneral house-
GIRL‘WANTED—To do the
refereuccsrc-
Work of a small family. , Goo
quired.- Apply at Gazette Ollice.
. LOST—on the 9th lnst., a Butcher’s‘Smll Index
Ledoar, containing], numerous accounts. The
tinder will be rewarded y leaving it at the People.’s
Market, Main street. 3L 7
_ - Assessor’s Notice. ,
NOTICE is.hcreby given to all persons liableto
pay taxes in the Borough of Norwalk. to give
to the undersigned Assessors, or either of them,
Within thirty days from this date, lists of all prop.
erty liable to be taxed in so d borough, and belonu-
ino‘ to such persons respectively on the 10th day of
Fairnary. 1871, with the particulars of all such prrp.
erty, real or personal. Apenalty often per cent.
will be added to all lists not returned to tne Asses-
Borough
sors as aforesaid. .
WM. 0. TRENT,
Wit. K. EWIS,
BURR SMi’l‘H of Norwalk. .
Court of Burgesses, Norwalk, Feb. 14, 1871.
_ TAXI-.5.
BY authority of a warrant in my hands, placed
for the collection ofthe taxes 0! the Borough of
Norwalk, I hereby give notice that all persons ow-
ing arrearages of taxes must pay the same on or c-
fore the 1st. day of March, 1871, or I Sh:lII.pl‘llC(led
to distraiu the goods, chattels, or estaics, and roll
the same as the law directs, of all parties so neglect.
'in to u a freak]. -
g p y 58° ° JonN ROBERTS,COIICCIOL
F00TE’S HAT STORE.
Spring Styles .
YOUNG MEN’S SILK HATS OUT.
CALL AND SEE THEM.
Largo Stock of nail and Caps,
All shapes, material and colors. ,
A Specialty made of nuts and Calm.
0n hand Umbrellas, Canes, Lap Ropes, 57"}
Silk Casslmere, and Felt Hats mace to ‘;“,'e ,
QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS .
Purchasers of silk flats. can have them ircncd free
of charge. Old liars made over. into present “shapes.
- . L. P. Foogwyk
Practical Hatter, at Knapp? "0 '
Opposite Conc'! Ch» 50- Nomi]:
Assessors of
Mr. S. E..Olmstead,,who has been ap- '
Madame Reitz’s- Female Minitrels !.
"SELLING our.)
I ”I I
SECOND AHIIIIM, Mll
OF THE
Caterers and J iiiers"lliini,
NO. so, on NOBWALK,
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 17TH,
.A'l‘ ELY’S HALL, SOUTH NORWALK.
Tickets may be had at Peck’s drug store, South
Norwalk. er of the foliowln Bail Committee: Win.
A. Kellogg, N. S. Kellogg. . L. Pelham, D. F. Cole,
E H. Dibble David Finch W. A. Bette, George W.
Show, J. McKeever, R. M. Hoyt.
a TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGN.
THE Hurtnmsois
, SING
IN WILTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
Thursday Afternoon and Evening,
ran. 16, AT 2 r. M. AND 7% P. If.
TEMPEBANCE SPEAKERS!
AFTERNOON FREE TO ALL.
on, ICE, ICE.
If you want what ififi. and N
At a reasonable PR
Follow no' new DEV
But send forusin aTR ICE,
For we have the largest and best stock ever t~
up in this town, which we Ofi'er at reasonable ”Rag.
‘ ll. ELLS Al SON.
Best Familyilour at $8 per Barrel.
THE balance of the stock of Double Extra Family
Flour f'om Waite Winter Wheat will be closed
out by the barrel at 38; by the bag, containing one-
eighth barrel, til. Butter Crackers at 10% cents per
pound, at the Flour Store, west side of the Railroad
Depot, South Norwalk.
February 13, 187i. “.7
J. G. Bocannn,
Carriage Making and Repairing, l
Rear of Horse Railway Depot, ‘
Norwalk, Conn.
'Carrlages and Wagons of every description made
or repaired at short notice. Best of materials and
best of workmen, Call and try us once, 6m7
FOR. SALE IN WILTON.
THE old Major leden place, situated directly in
front of the Episcopal church, Wilton, is offered
for sale on reasonable terms. It is one of the most
eligible and best located building sites anywhere in
this vicinity. For furtherEparticuinrs inqurre of
‘ _ SH RMAN MOREHOUSE.
Wilton, FEb. 7, 1871. ' 5m?
Splendid on...
MR. A. K. COMSTOCK of New Canaan, otfers
to sell his Planing MlIl, Grist Mill and Stale-
house, with Steam Engine and Machinery complete,
at the low 1! re of 89.000. For particulars, inquire
at the Trave er’s Isurance Office. South Norwalk.
5t7 DENNIS PLATT.
SOMETHING NEW.
SLATE YARD A'l' SOUTH NOBWALK.
K. GRAVES. PRACTICAL SLATE ROOFER
. also manufacturer and wholesale dealer in
Kaolin Slate. has established a Slate Yard in South
Norwa k, and is prepared to do all kinds ofslsting,
plain or ornamental in the best manner ossible.
For particulars, address me at Norwa x, and in-
quire of Wm. K. James, A. C. Arnold, or Captain
Gilbert and John 0. St. John, Georgetown. 3m7
LIME, charms-r, rnas'rnn a sum,
By the ’l‘ arrel or Thousand, at
RAYMOND naornsas,
217 Foot of Washington st., South Norwalk.
_ SAPPHO-
INITIAL "PAPER!
ascents PER pox, _
‘.
-——AT—
' CONNECTIGILT AIR LINE.-
First Mortgage! Pei or. Bonds.
OFTHE
New - Haven, Mlddletown and
Willimantio R. B. 00.,
are free from all State. Local and U. 5. Taxes- The
are issued for on] one-hair of the cost of the ma .
Bonds furnished y any Bank or Banker, or by
HATCH &: FOOTE,
Bankers, Mo. l2 Wall sn, N. Y.
WAITEII—An honest, industrious, young lrl, to
take care of two young children and ma e her-
self generally nseful in a small famll . American
or German preferred. Apply at this 4. cc
NOTICE.
N order to_ reduce my stock pre aratorv to Selling
.0m, 1 Will ofi‘cr great barga us in Stoves, for
either wood or coal, suitable for parlors, halls Of-
ficewstores, shops, tkc. Also several Portable 'Fur-
naces suitable for three or four rooms. 'Now is our
time. 6 0 E. K. LOCKWOO .
GREAT BARGHINS!
GOODS SOLD AT ANY PRICE!
,KLEIN & PLIIIIT,
WILL SELL OUT THEIR
. ENTIRE STOCK
_OF_._
FANCY all MILLINERY GOODS
AND FIXTURES,
COST _ PRICES.
Be Quick, and not miss this
chance—1t will last only: few weeks.
Commissioners Notice.
The subscribers apnointcd by the Court of Probate
for the District of Norwalk, Commissioners, to
receive, examine and decide upon the claims of the
creditors of the Estate of J soon Tnnx, an insol-
vent debtor of Norwalk in said District, assigned in
trust for the benefit of his creditors, hereby give no-
tice that we will attend to the business or our said
uppomtment at the store of Cholwell J. Gruman. in
said Norwalk on the 11th day of April. 1871,
and on the 10th day of June. 1871, at 10 o’clock in
the iorenoon of each of said days. Said Court hath
limited and allowed four months from the date here-
of for the exhibition to us of claims against said his-
t
ate.
Dated it“ gig-Sgt: (IRES'I‘EIA (Ely of Feb. A. D. 187].
h . '
r 4 WILLIAM K. nevus, '} “mm“‘m‘m'
A. D. 1871.
STATE of HENRY O. KELLOGG, late of Nor-
. walk, in said district, deceased.
Osmium—That the Administrator exhibit his Ad-
ministration account to this Court for adjustment, at
the Probate Otlice in Norwalk, on the ’4th day of
March 1871, at. nine o’clock in the forenoon; and
that all persons interested in said estate may be noti—
fied thereof the said administrator will cause this or.
der to be published in a newspaper printed in Fair-
tleld count . and post a copy thereof on the sign
post in an] Norwalk. nearest the place where the
deceased last dwelt at least ten days before said an
drones A. DAvaNPonr,}1sag’e‘.
do of March.
w’ ..
smnnmcnrs.
b
STRAWBERRY crime,
A LARGE NUMBER OF
Crates and Baskets for Sale!
1. is, summers,
imr. BotOu inn, South Norwalk.
~..
SIXTEEN . BUILDING LOTS
WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE at Auction on Wed.
nesday, Feb 151b, at 1 o’clock afternoon, on the prem-
_ ises at Five MI! .
. 73:80 ofi'ers em", See maps. The an r
“amalgam tit Em,
, x ra,a t e e. Ole ........ . To '
MUSIC If T!!! Illiliiil QIIAIIILIE IAII, T
of Bridgeport. - the followiue ropert located near Five Mile River.
to wit: the calibrate waterin lace known as R0-
TON POINT: also fonrsepurstfi welitng Houses and
Lots; also, his FARM of 100 acres, to a ood tenant,
on shares; also. one Stone Quarry at Wt son,s Cove,
in working order. For futher particulars enquire of
the subscriber or of Wm. T. Craw, at his oflco In
South Norwal . CHARL
ES L. RA .
Norwalk, January 80th,_1871. YMOND
To lit—The whole house to a responsible tenant,
or would he let in apartments. Apply on the
premises, corner of Chapel and Water streets.
It' MRS. BROWN.
CLOSING-OUT SALE
—0F—
WINTER GOODS !,
._AT _.
D. i. SiLlllthi cuss.
DRESS GOODS, HOSIERY, GLOVES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
AND ALL KINDS OF
WINTER STOCK,
We call particular attention to our
ovrm ROOATS,
Which we are offering at greatly reduced prices to
close them out.
We invite-an examination ofthe goods.
Westport, Feb. 6, 1871. an .
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pus 'pusx '9 'o [q potdnooo uou cross on: oslv
'LLEINHEIE 's 'r to ”WWI
'IXIAI 'llfidv NOE! m1 OJ.
. ‘Irua 'I
'10; fq paidnooo Lou around '3 '3 )o arose out .1310
s In 0 o a a n .I.’ ‘
I HEXVRSSEIECI ‘80 HHNITIIH
‘V 3011 some am 7
flAiIhIFA‘gewglefitlggen gan- ‘Iei aceoiamgdstetl
W l 08! an 0 n on I II In C “in:
aloon. 3’ J.’ r. PAgTRIoK,
sitf Proprietor.
CARPENTER AND BUILDEBr
HE subscriber would inform the citizens of Nor
walk that he is prepared to do
Building, in all of its branches,
by contract, or by day’s work, and solicits a share of
patronage. Will try to please. Shop Center avenue,
near Main street.
SAMUEL B. FITCH,
HOUSE FOR SALE.
HE house formerly occupied by Rev. Dr. Chllds,
on Prospect Hill. Possession given Ap ll 1st.
If not sold previous to April let, it. will be rented
from that date. Apply to E. W. TUAR
Norwalk, Jan, 28, 1871. '
‘ . Wanted,
HE upper part of a nice House, near center of
town, for family of three :ersons, immediatol .
or by first of April next. A dress A. B. 0., P.
Box 283, stating location.
EDDINGRings,sllver spoons, he, manuho-
lured in our store by which means parties
can be sure of getting the same metal that is left
with us. Weed's Jewelry Store. .
JACKSON BROS.
JEWELERS,
KEEP CONSTANTLY 0N HAND A FULL'
STOCK OF
FINE IiIIlII AIIII SIIVEII WATCHES,
It'll", slim sits rmrs use, . - '
of every description.
Repair-ing, in all its Branches;
Done in IDS DESI: manner.
—AI.SO— , I
lists for Smith‘s American organs,
To which we would invite the attention of the
musical public.
ASSIGNEE’S ennn
—-OF THE— '
ENTIRE STOCI(
—of the—
ESTATE or JACOB TURN.
Assigned for the benefit of his creditors.
AT RETAIL,
‘ In the basement of my store, consisting of
CLOTHS,
' OASSIMERES,
BEAVER CLOTHS’,
muons, TBIMMINGS,
SE WING MA CHINESy
-and—
READY-MADE CLIITHIIII} I
Now is the time to purchase cheap. Terms, each:
on delivery.
Pursuant to an order of the Court of Probate for'
the District of Norwalk, 1 will offer for sale in the-r
Basement of my Store the entire stock hastened to
me in trust fort c benefit of hi:I creditors, at retail.
C. J. GRUMAN, Assignee.
South lNorwalk
Plumbing,
I Steam and _,
Gas Fitting
'anstetblitahment;
The subscriber would say that be has removed to
Burbank’s Building,
adjoining. Dibble’s Block, Main Street, Just north of
Railroad crossing, where the public can find
comrrrrar wonxmra
in the above branches of business, with 8 creates
on the part of the Subscriber that all work one shall
Give FuliSatisfagtiori or no Charge.
Gas Fixtures Furnished at N. i.
Prices.
All Plumbing, Gas and Steam Fittings furnished a
The Lowest Cash Price-Is.
Should you conic and find all hands out, you will
please leave our orders on slate. We have also ar-
ranged wlth essrs. H. M. a C. 8. Prowitt to leave a
slate at their Drug Store, corner of Wall grid Main
Streets, where we shall be pleased to receive orders
from our up town friends, with the guarantee that
that t ey shall receive promp attention.
All orders on slate at 9 o'clock a. in. will receive
attention the same day.
. ALSO A
Brass Foundry
AIIII MACHINE SIIIIP,
with competent workmbn, anxious for work at small
pay, if prompt. . .
a- Steam Power to rent for light work.
E. Z. NORTON.
Norwalk Chronicler