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ALEX. s. GIBSON, .
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FROM THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
Teacher of the .
Plano-Forte, organ} and Musical Corn-
'sltlon.
Box 379 P. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care of Wm. A. Pond & Co., 896
Broadway.
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(Organist Trinity Church, Bridgeport,)
Teacher of Music,
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glnvton St., South Norwaik, romp A. 17., to 9 r. M.
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NORWALK, CONN:
Office in Gahette Building, Room N o. s, over J ack-
s. onBro's stare.
Nitrous oxide or Laughing Gas, administered‘vhen
desired.
PATENT AGENCY.
. WILLIAM VINE,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
1y? Winnipauk, Conn.
C. . . LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper&Tailor
‘ AND a.
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
AGENT FOR THE
Singer Manufacturing Co’s
First Premium Sewing Machine,
The best Machine for general work.
ELBERT CURTIS, - .
Merchant Tailor,
”Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct
Gents’ and Youth’s Clothing cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, In the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
Emu Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
lnsures avdinst loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, . .
Sole Agent for N orwalk and Vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
NORWALK, CONN.
Cash Capital, $500,000
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‘ NOBWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY :21, 1871: ’
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REAL ESTATE.
"amigo rooms in his new house on Spring
Hill, which he is willing to rent to a good tenant.
For terms, &c., apply at his boot and shoe manufac-
tory (up stairs) corner of Wall and River streets, op-
posite the Norwalk Hotel. 0. ESKELSON
N orwalk, Jan. 7, 1871.
. To. Rent.
Possession Given Immediately.
HE RESIDENCE of the subscriber, Situa-
T ted On Camp Street, Norwalk, Conn. House
contains ten rooms besides closets, attic and cellar.
Furnace and gas pipes throughout. Lot 100x200“.
with good garden and abundance 9f Fruit. Loin:
lion every way desirable, and place in good reps r
For farther particulars enquire of
l . TREET, or on the premises.
Hon' “ M' C suns. A. H. WILCOXSON.
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Desirable Place for Sale.
riber offers for sale her very desirable
Hglazgysscituated on Van Zant Avenue, Down
Town near-the new bridge. The place comprises a
Dwelling House, 11 rooms, and a lot 200x70, wpli
stocked with fruit; water in abundance. Terms easy,
Apply to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent,or
. b i on the remises.
ggtl'he “mm c p MRS. JOSEPH JONES.
on SALE—AT NOROTON STATION
F on the New Haven- Railroad, 38 miles from New
York, . .
A Beautiful Dwelling House,
lately completed, in ornamental villa style. House
has large cellar, with modern improvements, includ-
ing furnace, 7 rooms and large attic; marble man-
tels in parlor and dining room; water tank in pttlc,
with complete system of not and cold water in sec-
ond story, bath-roan and kitchen. Carrla e-housc
and stable -room for four horses. Nelgh orhood
first-class. Three miles from Stamford do at and.
two minutes’ walk over good sidewalk to ~ oroton
station. Five trains daily from New York city. Will
be sold for $3,000. Apply to MELVILLE E. MEAD,
Darien Depot, Conn. ,
BUILDING LOTS, FARMS, ESTATES—walne
from $100 to-3100,000—at Rye, Grand Park, Darien,
N orwalk, New Canaan, &c. Apply to E. F. HYDE,
25 Broad street, N. Y., or MEL ILLE E. MEAD,
Darien Depot, Conn. 3m51 .
FOR SALE.
BUILDING LOTS fronting on Union Park ; from
81,000 to $1,500 each; location first-class ; terms
easy, CHARLES P. TURNEY. zst
VERY VALUABLE
BUILDING LOTS 'FOB SALE.
THE subscriber has six Building Lots for sale,
situated on the Isaac S. Beers property, and
fronting south. Two especially desirable, fronting
on West Avenue. Also two lots adjomiug the real-
dence of Oliver Clark. Also two lots on Fair street,
west of the Catholic Cemetery. All will be sold
cheap, and on accommodating terms. Apply to
44tf JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.
Valuable Property for Sale.
Ill flAX Hill, IORVIMK.
ITUATED near the residences of Messrs. John
H..Knapp and David Low, consisting of two -
ood Dwelling Houses, two Barns, excellent Garden
and an abundance of Water. Will be soldgn 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 MlTCHELL‘,‘Real Estate Agent, or on the
premises, of JOHN BUTT. iltf
CHANCE FOR POOR MEN T0.
SECURE A HOME. E
Til lil'l‘i'lsi mumuuv splumn on lllVEllSlll
, containing 0 ul quarter of an acre
each, for sale for 8300. 810 to 825 down, and 35 to
510 per month payments. Apply at GAzs-i-rn Orrics.
For Sale or to Let.
HAT neat and very commodious Cottage on
Union Avenue, recently occupied by the subscri-
ber Hot and Cold Water, Gas, Furnace, Baths,
Water Closet, die. Will be sold less than its cost, or
rented too good tenant on reasonable'tcrms,
' A. H. BYINGTON.
’ For Sale.
. HREE very desirable BUILDING LOTS within
T five minutes walk of the Bridge, situated on
Plymouth Avenue; also, two good ones at North Nor-
walk. For particulars enquire of R. L. ELLS.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, on very resanable
terms, a number of the choicest, and most desi-
rable Building Lots in the town of 1N orwalk, situated
on high ground, (Prospect Hill), near and of easy ac.
cess from the village, and commands a fine and un-
obstuucted view of the town, harbor. Long Island and
Sound. A good avenue, 50 feet wide, has been laid
out in front of the property. Is within five minutes’
walk of the Horse Railroad Size of lots to suitrpur-
chasers; no fancy prices. For further particulars en-
quire of ' S ENTON,
28 or JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent.
“BUILDING LOTS.” 4
THE undersfgfiéii ofi‘er for Sale some of 0'the’ mast
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenient to the
village and easy of access, having an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices low and terms easy.
- Apply to A. H. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMSTEAD, .
'E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwaik. Sept. 21, 1868.
For Sale.
NE LOT on Golden Hill next to new house of H.
H. ELWELL, 80 feet front by 217 feet in depth.
Apply to LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, or GEORGE
W. RAYMOND, South Norwalk. Conn. tf26
M111 Property
FOR SALE..
THE subscriber offers for sale his Mil. Property sit-
uatediu West N orwalk, about two miles from
Darien Depot, three miles from South N orwaik, and
two miles om New Canaan, consisting of a. manna
factory, ti stories high, 86x13 feet, with about 12
feet head 81.13111 Of water, with three acres of land,
now used as :1 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufacto-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, Norwalk,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNCEY STREET.
West Nor-walk, Sept. 25, 1869. 39ti‘
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belonging to the estate of George W
Raymond, comprising some'of the most desira-
ble property in South N orwalk, is now offered forsale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
LEWlS F. BEERS, . Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
MOND and CHESTER F. TOLLES, South N orwalk,
Conn. “26
s
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NASH a: IVES,
Real Estate Agents,
No. 12 MAIN STREET.
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. Srnsnr, President, GEO. R. COWLES, Sec’y.
EDEN. HILL, Treasurer.
ASSETS ovnn $25,000,000. .'
GEO. R. COIVLES, ‘
AGENT at Norwalk, and issues policies for the fol-
lowing Insurance Companies.
.Etna, of Hartford, Assets Jan. ist, ’68, 5,052,880
Home, of N. Y., “ “ “ “ 3,730,981
thnii, of N. Y., “ u .. .“ 1,558,567
.lIome, of N. 11., “ u ‘u ,. 1,533,219
Security, ofN. Y.. “ “ I“ .. 1,477,677
Internatioudl, N. Y., “ “ “ “ 1,128,012
Springfield F. «36 M., “ “ “ “ (181,067
Yonkers s. N. Y., “ .. u “ 784,386
North American N. Y. “ “ “ “ 702,162
Putnam, Hd., - “ “ " “ 618,108
Lamar, N. Y., “ “ “ “ 509,963
Commerce, Albany N. Y., “ “ " 563,873
’Western Bufi‘alo, N. Y., “ “ “ 553,257
Merchants Hd., . “ “ “ “ 418,309
North America, II’d., “ “ “ “ 401,274
Norwich, . “ “ “ “ 476,919
People’s. Worcester, “ “ “ “ 400.000
Baltic oi N. Y., ‘5 u u u 279,146
yCommonwcaith N. Y.,“ “ “ “_ 280,000
‘Westchester of New Rochelle N. Y., . 200,000
IZPeoples of Middletown, Conn., 115,000
Enterprise of Cincinnati, 1,000,000
.And other Companies, Stock and Mutual, in Connecti-
cut, Massachusetts and New York. At So. Nor-
"walk. application may be made-to WM. T. CRAW.
SOUTH NORWALK
,LPlaning M111 Co.
Builders and others are informed that this Compa-
:ny are now prepared to execute in the best manner,
:at short notice, allrkinds 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 l i n d s ,
- Do 0 rs , Etc.
BA LUSTERS, NEWELS. &C.,
for Stairs and Railings, and
Black Walnut, Ash, Cherry,Whlte wood
&c., kept constantly on hand.
- Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
Steamboat Landing, SOUTH NORWALK.
C. F. TOLLES,
D. R. AUSTIN} R. I. TOLLES, Treasurer.
R. I. TOLLES
. J. 19‘. CARIER
NNOUNCES to the public that he hasfitt d 21
.IA. room in FRED. LOCKWOOD’S BUILTIII‘SPG,
EBOum No. 1, ppposrte the Horse Car Depot, where he
57111 sprve his customers as before anything in the
. neo '
:BOO‘I‘S a: SHOES
WHBLESALE AID RE‘I’All,
Cheap for Cash.
9'; NOTICE. ‘
‘NOT’anlk D216 Works,
THE subscriber would inform the public that he
. will still continue to rebeive orders for Dyeinrv all
kinds of goods, as heretofore, at his otlice foo'l: 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 dc:
stroyed by fire. Acontiuuauce of the public atro-
.nage is solimted. R. N. PERIRY.
Gas '
AND
Steam Fitting.
M.GLOVER, at his works on River Street is
prepared to fill all orders in the above lilac,
with promptness and at low rates. Ile invites spec-
.,
‘nl attention to “The American Submerged Force'
rump," for which he is Agent. It is double-acting,
non3freezlng, and proves to be the cheapest, most
esteem, reliable durable anp pumpil'n use. 21
_ A,”
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. tf32
Wu. R. NAsu. NAruAN Ivss.
JAMES FINNEY, ;
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Auction
eer, Constable, Collector, dcc.
GRATEFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
putornage heretofore extended him by a gener-
ous public, and solicits a continuance of the some.
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 prompt attention to the buying and selling of
Real Estate, renting of places, Auctioneering of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.,
and will make every reasonable exertlm to please all
who may favor him with their patronage.
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL. ESTATE BROKER
AND-
AUCTION EE'R,
OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
WALL STREET,
NORWALM, CONN.
CITY RESIDENCES,
Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
’ FURNITURE., ate,
at public and private sale.
AUCTION SALES 01“ 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 95.000 to 350,000 '
Al orders left at the UNION MARKET. Mitchell’s
Block, Norwnlk, Conn. will receive prompt attention.
JAMES MITCHELL.
ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.,
GENERAL M‘ABHINIST and JOBBER.
Church’s Patent L‘ricator, all kinds of Fat
Machinery, and light articles on-contract. Agent for
Vandewater’s Improved J onval Turbine -Water
Wheels._ Boiler Inspector for the Fourth Con es-
siona] District of the State oi Connecticut. Mac lne
Shop just back of the Horse Railway Buildings. 11
.é'v‘:
[EL—The subscriber has from six to
'Place,"containing ten acres,
. tioneer, Norwalk, Conn.
ANUFACTURER -of Church’s Steam Pump: ,
HOUSE FOR SALE.
. l occu led by Rev. Dr. Childs
Ill]; 3335135333337 Possgssion. given Apzil 1st:
If not sold previous to April lst, it will be rented
from-that date. Apply to E. W. STUARgf'f
Norwulk, J an,28, 187i. ,
, '1-0‘ BENT
e followinar ro' erty located near Five Mile River,
:2 wit: the celxt’abrlllted wateringBlace known as RO-
TON POINT; also four separate welling Houses and
Lots; also, his FARM of 100 acres, to a ood tenant,
on shares; also, one Stone Quarry at Wi son,s Cove
in workin order. For futber particulars .enquire o
the subscr her, or of Wm. T. Craw, at hls office in
south Romalk' CHARLES L. RAYMOND.
Norwalk, January 30th, 1871.
FOR SALE IN WILTON.
E old Maior Belden place, situated directly in
TIL-out of the Episcopal church, Wilton, is offered
for sale on reasonable terms. _ It is one of the most
eligible and best lo‘eatikzld bulldtiinglslte‘s anywhefre in
‘ . For urt er par cu ars n ulre 0
this vicinity SHERMAN MOR HOUSE.
. Wilton, Feb. 7, 1871.
Sm7
’ . REAL ESTATE—FOR SALE
IN VVE'SIPORT.
E COTTAGE HOUSE and two acres of land,
Nsituated on Prospect Hill, in the town of West-
ort commanding a beautiful view of Long Island
golllld. Also nine acres of land situated near the
Compo school house; Fifteen acres opposite Sturges
Dock; about 1,000 feet of water front, suitable for a
first-class residence. Also, twenty-five acres on
Franklin avenue and Washington street, in lots to
suitpurchasers. Inquire of . E P SMITH
8m‘6
FOR SALE OR T0 RENT
AT ‘WESTPORT STATION.
VENIENT HOUSE, with Garden’
(EggDagglgther Outhouses attached, and a wel’l
of never-filling water, .an abundance of good fruit
&c Also can be had wrth the same,_if desired, from
one tocight acres ofland. Possession given imme.
diately. Terms reasonable. Is Within three min-
utes’ walk of the Railroad Deput, and situated 71;.
rectly upon Wesport harbor. For furthfislglggllgcu.
lais, inquire of 1971 MARTIN btf
Norwalk, Feb. 4,
TO LET,
ELY or b first of April, or for the
Ihéiilul‘liggl-Afiontfifi. payi‘tlnlly furnished or unfur-
nished the House'of the subscriber, at Winni auk.
Within, three minutes’ walk of Danbury Rat road
Depot and connectinglines 'of New York 85 New
Haven, Railroad, 11 trains daily. 10 be rented with
twenty to fifty acres ofland, two
tfa S. R. P. CAMP.
or without from
barns, fruit, 82c. .
. ‘ .Farm for Sale at “’ilton.
“ uiel Allee " farm, containing 42 acres
TEEchlllige land, well watered; good building, in
complete order; hin five minutes’ walk of an-
non’s station,‘ou D.&N. Rai.road. Terms easy. or
will exchange for village property. Apply to SAM. ,
UEL BEERS, Caunon’s station, Wilton, or .0 Sam?
Olmstead,Norwall-I, Ct. Dec. 2, 1870.
FOR SALE. .
. . , h
HE wellrknown property in the city of boat
‘ as u led by James Lucas, and
T Norwalk now 31%;" is ofi'ered for sale. Its
an ocntiou on Main Street,
ost deinriiblii1 béisinelas page
' ' the county. t w e so w r
iciigbsliglligfi‘llrniture on resonable terms. For par-
tiCulars enquire of JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate
Agent, or on the premises, of JAMES LUCAS. 36tf
HOMES FOR THE MILLION !
one Hundred Building Lots.
CRIB R has for' sale One Hundred Build-
Tnfillegsiis wit in eight minutes walk of South
Norwalk depot, at LOLKW OODVILLE. Parties
wishing to purchase may have a lot with a house built
thereon’ by paying a small amountin cash. balance on
mortgage, or may purchase a lot Without any Improvq-
ment, for a small percentage of the purchase money
in cash,balance on mortgage. .
Hundred to Three Hundred Dollars. I Will be pleased
wishing to purchase.
1 ts to a rson
to show the o - ' ny pe WILLIAM T. CRAW,
Real Estate Agengy, over F. B. Purdy’s Drug Store.
Norwalk. Ans. 4t... 1868. 35
For Sale.
ONE of the most desirable places on Long Island-
Sound
Green's Far'ms district, known as the “De Peyster
(w b a first class coun-'
try residence, good barnsxcarri ehouses, ice house,
etc., is offered for sale, together With all the House-
hold Furniture, carriages, horse, cow and poultry.
The place is stocked with a great ubundanccof all
kinds of fruit, including ap' les pears, rapes,
peaches, strawberries, raspber les, blackberr es, cur-
rants, gooseberriesfietc. The land is div1ded into
six acres of mgadow, one acre of onions, one acre of
potatoes, two acres of lawn and homestead. Pos-
session given immediately if dashed.
For furiherparticulars enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent and Auc-
or of the proprietor on the
premises. ROBERT G. L. DE PEYSTER, 22
’ ‘ “ "”SPLENDID '
Building Sites
For Sale, of one-third acre and upwards near the new
“ RIVERSIDE DEPOT,”
At the east end of Cos-Cob Bridge. The prdperty is
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 direct road from Bridge-
port to Danbury, and conveniently located to schools,
churches, depot, and market. Said farm contains
148 acres, a good dwelling of eleven rooms, a good
barn, one old cider mill (new 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 from 125 to 140 bush-
els apples. '
known as the “GA
nearness to the depot,
makes it 'one of the In
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 mortgage, if
desired. For further particulars enquire of PETER
mLEE, Terr ville‘iCoun. '1‘. K. HUBBELL,
B. PA}.
Wilton, Conn. orJA iES iITCHELL, Real Estate
Agent, N orwalk, Conn.
Plumbing and Roofing.
THE subscriber havingbought out the stock and
Fixtures of Jarvis H. Knapp is prepared to do
all kinds of ,3
PLUJMIBING.
TIN ROOFING, FURNACE WORK.
GUTTERS AND LEADERS
made and put up.
ROOFS REPAIRED AT SHORT NOTICE.
ALSO, JDBBIIS Ill All KIIIDSJIF Till, SHEET
IROI| All COPPER WARE. ‘
JAMES M. BOYER,
Basement of Raymond’s New Building, corner of
Main and Hoyt Street. 15
Fill Alilllgllliolflflli
Men ‘62“ Boy’s -Wcma
ALSO.
GEiiTlEMEN'S iunul'sumc 00008‘
C. T. Corrlwall,
Corner Store, Under Norwalk Hall.
Festivals, Pic-Nils, Sailing Parties,
&c., furnished with
’ SODA WATER
AND .
SARSAPARI LLA,
in any desired quantity, by
S. GRUMMAN, Manufacturer,
under Raymond’s new building, Main St..
NEW STORE
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,
Hay, Straw, etc,
which they will sell at
\VHOLESA LE AND RETAIL
at the lowest market rates.
Every effort made to please.‘ Patronage solicited.
SELLECK BRO’S. '
FOR SALE. .
Building San-d.
’ AND
700 LOADS OF
Fine Building Stone.
Apply to GEO. A. ST. JOHN.
EAST AVENUE.
THE BEST ROOFING KNOWN. ,
TWEN TY-FIVE YEARS USE has demonstratcdthat
WARREN’S IMPROVED
Fol. Cement and Gravel Roofing
is the best roofing in use. It will not corrode, will
not crack, and will not leak. All who have given it a
fair trial testify that it has no superior, and the sub-
scriber refers to the hundreds in this County who
have had this roofing put on. Orders left at the ofiice
of Meeker Brothers, coal dealers, foot of Mill Hill,
will receive prompt attention. -
85 _ RUFUS ADAMS.
BEER
Nonvalk.
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MILK. MILK.
PERSONS wishing to en age their milk ofthe
~ “AYRESHIRE DAIR FARM," can do so by
leaving their orders at Frank Mead & Co’s.- The
milk‘willbc served punctually every morning. 41t
Price of Lots from One ~
situated in the town of Westport, in '
Price 815,000. .
AA 7..-
, W. H. SWORDS,
Merchant Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN s'rs.,
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn.,
Scbtch'Chevoits, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOW/EST PRICES.
A gOOd fit warranted and made as the customer may
want it. Cutting done for others to make as hereto-
fore.
Also, a LARGE ASSORTMENT Oi HATS andCAPS.
.' To the Ladies
0f Norwalk, So. Norwalk (in vicinity.
HOSE wishing their Mods and Fur Collars re_-
paired and newly lined or For Ca es cut over
and made into Fashionable Mufls and ollars, Tip.
ets, or Boas, can have them done by the subscriber
iii South Norwalk. in Elizabeth Street, first house
east of the Davis Hatch place. He has on hand the
best kind of ‘Silk for lining Mufi's and Collars, colors
to match the furs; also, new st 1e of Tassels, Buttons
and Trimmings, all of which e will sell as low as
can be bou ht elsewhere. Ladies wishing their Illl's
newly line will please call sndieave them before the
hurried season. Articles from u town and vicinity
can be left at the store of \‘an oosear d: Ambler
Gazette Building. Fancy Fur Robes ripalred‘ and
newly lined, 4m43 H. BE EDICT.
NEW and RARE PLANTS.
Rules, Gelaiunus,-lellelas, ‘
Bedding Out Plants, Shrubs,
Fruit Trees of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry & Strawberry
Plums, kc.
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 descriptive catalogue.
MALLonY dc VNS,
South Norwalk, Ct.
, .
LEWIS HUBBELLJuler,
Timber, .1 Lumber,
Shingles, Lath,
Builders’ Hardware, do,
AT VIIIIILISALE ill) RETAIL
OFFICES AND YARDS:
Water street, Norw'mlk,
set: 'Washlngton Street, 80. Norwalk.
0. ll. Wins a. 00..
I. Dealers in .
c'oal 8c wood,
will (If “ARIES §Trr 8.9“"! "WM-l-
LEHIGH. LACKAWANNA, FRANKLIN, PRES-
TON, SCRANTON, DIAMOND RED ASH,
and all other desirable varieties of Coal constantly
ouhand, and for sale at the lowest market rates.
Hard and Soft Wood cut any length.
D. u. when, n. n. EOWAN, JOHN 11. mars. 1y26
. c. In, enummau,
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler;
And Dealer in
AMERICAN, ENGLISH c swxss
WA. GEES. '
WELRY of every description, Silver andPlated
' Ware, Clocks, Spectacles-Eye Glasses, Violins
and Bows, and Strings, and Trimmings, of all kinds,
together with a general assortment of goods in my
line. I am receiving frseh goods from Importers and
8
:3. sw,fog...days, so that purchasers
a , e‘advantage of all the new styles as soon
as they are out. Please call and. examine my stock
and grices and be convinced: ._ '
N. .—Particnlar attention aflsual \ . .
ing fine Watches,French Clocks,J ewe ry audjob mg
in myline. ..M. GRUMMAN,
Ely’s Block, opposite Lucas Hotel, So. Norwaik.
paid to Re air
Raqune‘l Bros.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HAY, sum, FEED, HOUR, an.
ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
COAL,
BY THE TON, CAR LOAD OR CARGO,
WOOD,
‘
ALL KINDS, CUT AND SPLIT TO. ORDER.
Masons’ Building Materials,
BLUE STONE,
ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS,
‘ . CUT TO ORDER.
Agents for the celebrated
Franklin Coal of Lykeus Valfily.
Foot of Washington st., South Norwalk, Ct.
TO TIIE PUBLIC
THE subscriber having disposed of his Livery Sta
ble on Marshal Street, South Norwalk, to his
son, 8. H.‘ Hopkins, desires to return his sincere
thanks to the citizens of N orwalk for the liberal pa-
trounce extended to him in the past, and would re-
spectfiilly invite a continuance of the same to his
successor.
The subscriber would also give notice that hereaf-
ter he will devote his entire time and energies to the
purchase and. sale of Horses, Carriages, Harness
&.c. 'Allsales guaranteed io be as represented, an
satisfactlouglven or money returned. From his long
experience In the‘ business he is confident of hiaabil-
ity to please and satisfy all his patrons.
' J. L. HOPKINS.
South Norwalk, Sept. 5, 1870,, "
'SIMPLIGITH ECONOMY!
The Nor/walk Eng/me.
THE MOST SIMPLE, PERFECT
AND CHEAPEST ENGINE
IN THE MARKET.
Twenty per cent. added to the efi‘ectlve ower of
the common Slide Valve, Engine. by using . e NOR-
WALK IRON WORKS’ BAL NCED PISTON
VALVES. Six, eiaht, ten twelve and fourteen inch
Engines alwayson and. luqluiries solicited andref-
erences given in all parts’of t e country.
mm sense a sauna: wuiiisruluulm
Address NOBWALK IRON WORKS;
1y32 SOUTH NORWALK, CT. .
ATTENTION !
Michael Casey begs to inform the people of Nor-
walk and vicinity that he has purchased the interest
of his lute partner, Mr. George ,H. Bracken, in their
.Wholpsale Wine .& Liquor Store,
'WA'I‘ER STREET, SOUTH'NORWALK,
one door from Washington Street, and will himself,
personally attend to the business in the future.
Those who may favor him with their atronage will
find such advantages as capita. ands ong experience
in the business can secure. They can also rely on
ctting the finest quality of goods at New York prices
Families and Physicians may rely on the purity ofthe
articles purchased at this establishment.
. I HAEL CASEY,
- Wholesale Wine and Liquor Merchant,
Water Street, one door from Washington, South
Norwalk Conn.
November 22d, 1s59. 48tf
NEW DRUG s'ronn.
THE undersigned would respectfully announce to
the citizens in this vicinity, that he has just
fitted upa New Drug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
where will be found '
P U R E D R U G S .,
CHOICE ‘VINES and LIQUORS,
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, _
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, (20.
W Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights, in samebullding,
entranceon Washington St.
1y49 S. F. PECK. South Norwalk, Conn.
Keeler do ‘Hope,
~ HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTERS,
INTERIOR DECORATORS,
Near Post Ofilce, SOUTH NORWALK, CT
23' Churches, Halls, Public Buildin s, and Resl
dcnces Froscoed and Decorated‘in hig est style 0
the art. 14f.
OODEN PUMPS, the best thing for Wells and
Cistorns; will not freeze. and are not liable to
get out of order. Sold by E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Insure “33th Traveler ’s Ins. Co.
. of Hartford, Conn.
AGAINST ACCIDENTS,
At the office of
MELVILLE E. MEAD,
Darien Depot, Conn.
CHAIN PUMPS for sale by '
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
'on your infallibility, and promptly suppress
twelve was sixty-two and. shelf; “So,”
'why, it is advisable to kindly but firmly
fated Hudson River Railroad Engineer:
JIM. BLUDSO, '
(or m mum: sun.)
Wal, no: I can’t lwhcre he lives,
Because he don' lve, you see;
Leastways, he’s got out of the habit -
Ofllvin’ like you and me. .
Whar have you been for the last three year
That you haven’t heard folks tell '
How Jimmy Blu'dso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle 7
He weren't no saint—them engineers
Is all pretty much alike—
One wife in Natchez-under-the-Hlll
And another one here, in Pike,
A keel-less man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward man in (row—
But he never dunked. and he never lied,
I reckon he never knowcd how.
And this was all: the rallglonhe had— -
To treat his engine wel ':'~,_' ‘ ‘
Never to be passed on the river;
To mind the pilot's bell; . _
And if ever the Prairie Bellstook fire-
. A thousandtimes be mine, .
He’d hold. her nozzle aglu thjp bank
Till the last‘spnl got ashorb,
All boats has their day on thc'Mississlp,
And her day came at last—‘
The Movastar was a better boat,
But the Belle she wouldn’t-be passed
And so she come tearin’ along that night—
The oldest craft on the line,
With a nigger squat on' her safety valve
- And her furnace-crammed, foam and plus.
The fire burst out as she blessed the bar,
And burnt in hole in the night,
And quick as a flash she turned, and made
For that willer bank on thoiflght.
There was gunning and cursing. but J in: yelled out,
Over all the infernal roan-"3r,
“ I’ll hold her nozzle agln thihank ‘
Till the last galoot’s ashore?
Through .the hot, black breath of the burning boat
Jim Bludlo's voice was head, . " '
And they all had trust in his smallness,
And knowcd he would keep .his word.
And sure's you're born, they‘ll got oil'
Afore the smokestacks fell- 1
And Bludso’s ghost went up signs
In the smoke of the Prairie agile-
S
Re weren't no saint—but at judgment -
I’d run my chance with J In, ,.
’Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook haudlwith him.
Be seen his duty, a dead sure thing—
And went for it thar 9nd than ;'.
And Christ slut a goin’ to be too hard
On a man that died for men.
ADVICE 'ro Insurers.
A WORD OF SAGE COUNSEL FROM THAT VETE-
RAN PARENT, MARK TWAIN.
. Having reflected deeply, for half an hour,
upon the subject of domestic discipline, I
feel like spafing. a few suggestions relative
to the best method of briiging u ‘ “,dren.
Being a'bachelor without children, my sug-
gestions are likely. to be. as disinterested as
if I had never seen a. child.
According to my observation, the most
difficult time to bring’up children is in the
morning. You can sometimCs,‘though sel=
ing at them; but the effectiveness of this
process diminishes with its repetition, even
when not entirely neutralized by the chil-
dren’s trick of stopping their ears with the
bed clothes. ' The only prompt, effective
and absolutely reliable method is‘to bring
them up by the hair. If your child has a
good, healthy sealpgwithfit‘sny tendency
to premature baldness, this method will
workwnh most gratifying efiiciency. (Try
it about once a week, and you will be sur-
prised to observe how its influence will ex-
tend through the six days’ inspiring your
child with the liveliest possible interest in
the resplendent pageantry of sunrise. To
bring up a darling child by the hair requires
the exercise of some energy and firmness;
but no afi‘ectiOnate father will hesitate of
any little sacrifige of this kind roi- the we]-
fai‘e of his ofi‘sprinoz .[ der if Mark has
adopted this method.wi is darling! or,
perhaps the child hastgot the start of him
and gets Mark up by yelling—Lsome children
early acquire that trick—Ens. GAZETTE]
Nothing can be more fatal to your disci-
pline than to allow your children to contra-
dict you. \ If you happen to be betrayed in-
to any misstatement or exaggeration in their
presence, don’t permit them to correct you.
Right or wrong, you must obstinately insist
every symptom of puerile skepticism, with
force if need be. The moment you permit
them to doubt your unerring wisdom, you
will begin to forfeit their respect and pander
to their epnceit. There can be no sadder
spectacle than a parent surrounded by olive
branches who think7they, know more than
he .does. I vividly remember how my
father—who was one of the most rigid and
successful diseiplinarians—quelled the as-
piring egotism that prompted me to correct
his careless remark (when he was reckoning
0. problem in shillings,) flint five times
said he looking over his spectacles, and sur- ‘
ve'ying me grimly, “ ye think ye knew
more'n your father, hey? Come ’ere to me!”
His invitation was too pressing to be de-
clined, and for a few excruciating moments
I reposed in bitter humiliation across his
left knee, with my neck in -thé embrace of
his left arm. - '
' I didn't see him demonstrate his mathe-
matical accuracy, with the palm of his right
hand on 0 largest patch of my trowsers,
but I felt that the old man was right; and
when, after completely eradicating my faith
intthe multiplication table, he asked me how
much five times twelve was, I insistedowith
tears in my- eyes, that it was sixty-two and
a. half. “ That’s right,” said he, “ I’ll. lam
yo‘u to respect your father, if I have to
thrash you twelve times a day, Now go’n
water them bosses, ’n be lively, too i” The
old gentleman didn’t permit my, respect for
him to wane much until the inflammatory
rheumatism disabled him ; and even then he
continued to inspire me with awe until I
was thoroughly convinced that his disability
was permanent.
Unquestioning obedience is the crowning
grace of childhood. When you tell four
child to do anything, and he stops to inquire
fetch him a rap across the ear, and inform
him “ that’s why 1" He will soon get in the
way of starting with charming alacrity at
the word of command. '
One of the most inveterate and annoying
traits of children is inquisitiveness. If you
are inconsiderate enough'to attempt to grat-
ify their omnivorous curiosity, you may as
no'nplussed by their questions a dozen times
a day, and in a week your sag'acity will be'
hopelessly compromised. An average Child
is a magazine of unanswerable and discon-
certing conundrums. 'You can’t expect
children to have much reverence for a pa-
rent whose ignorance they can expose twice
out of three times trying. It is well enough
to answer an easy question now and then,
just to convince them that you Can when
you choose; but when 'they come to you
with a poser, tell them, “ Oh, never mind 1”
or “ shut up i" and then they will grow up
independent and self-reliant and restrained,
only' by veneration, from splitting your head
open—to find out how it holds so much in-
formation without letting some out. ,
It would be difficult—very difficult to es-
timate the beneficial effect that would be
entailed uponptheir, children if parents. gen:
erally would adopt the method here vaguely '
indicated. ' ' ‘
3" Col. John Hay, known to many ss the Private
Secretary of President Lincoln, sndnow on the edit-
orial staff of the New York Tribune, recently had
published in that Journal the following. which will
be recalled with appropriateness and significance, in
view of the heroic conduct of Doe. Slmmons,‘ the
well prepare to abdicate, for you will be ,
bliss Althea’s Rubbers.
going to have another weddin’ this fall, or
mebbe the slflets and pillow cases are all
made,” said Miss Althea Pratt, sliding in at
our South door in a half way manner pecu-
liar to her,- as'if she could never fully com-
mit herself to anybody’s company.
, “ Three weddings in three years ought to
last a long time,” saidmother, notwithouta
dash of pride in the matter.
“ This is such a dreadful marrying family
I thought that you might have found some:
body for Sylvia by this time.”
“ I really haven’t thought to look for any-
. body. The other girls slid into marriage
and homes of their own, almost before I
knew it.” ‘ .
“ So Sylvia ain’t quiteready for- her slide;
may be she needs a little pushing. I thought
I’d just drop in to tell you that it’s the fash-
.-
and then have great square covers, ruffled
all round, and a big letter worked in the
middle. You have to take ’emofi', and fold
’em up very carefully, before you’go to bed.
When I was in Boston, brother Liphalet’s
wife had ’em__with a big P in the middle;
it might have stood for Pratt or Pillow, I
couldn’t say for a surety which, and I
wouldn’t ask her for no money. .
Miss Althea is perfectly aware that I,
otherwise Sylvia, am standing at the pantry
window out of her sight, but within hearing
of every word she says. She knows, too,
that Steven Frazer is leaning against the
window-sill outside, taking eggs from my
hand as I pass out to bin; half a. dozen at a
time. He always takes our eggs to market
with those from his own form, because
neighborly kindness for such smalllifts
toward living. . ' '
Steven isvery serious and business like
over counting the eggs, but his lips quiver a
little with merriment over Miss ~Althea’s
pillow-cases. He is truly very handsome.
I have tried- for years to convince myself
that he has the common-place look of all
the other men I know—my sister’s husband
as- well as the rest—men that I don’t care to
look at twice, but I can never do it. Ste-
phen’s eyes have a shining depth, his features
nobility and a story-telling quality that I
can find in no other face. I think Miss A]-
thea is filnny, too, and why can’t he look
up and share his appreciation with me?
But he never does look up or down when I
expect it; he is the most disappointing of
men. .
“ Sylvia,” said Miss Althea, putting her
head into the pantry like some long-necked
bird, “ I forget just where you come in the
family. Is it you or Sophie that’s twenty-
five l” .
‘f N either,” said I, with aneedless snap in
my voice. “ Sophie is the eldest of us all
and she is just twenty-four.”
“ Well, to be sure, you have all such a‘
mature look, so settled down like, that it’s
dom, bring them up in the morning by yell- ,hard to guess your ages.”
A little gust of wind banged the door in
Miss Althea’s face just at this point of her
discourse, and she seemed to recognize the
hand of fate, for she suffered it to remain
. shut.
“ By. the way,” said Steven, looking up,
when he had laid the last egg carefully in
the basket, “when shalhve have’our wed-
ding, Sylvia ?" 7
A great lump rose in my throat; the row
of milk pans swamfiffore my eyes.
“ Not till we have ad the wooing, if you
please,” I managed to say, in a steady voice,
and rushed into the kitchen without looking
back. ‘
I heard his wagon wheels sound faint and
fainter in the distance with a crushing sense
of disappointment, though I could not in
reason,_expoct him to leap in at the pantry
window, and insist on 'a better answer to
the question, in the face and eyes of Miss
Althea. ' .
_ To tell the truth, there was very little
reason in the matter, anyway, when you
came to sift it.
If you will believe it, Steven had never
spoken a word of love to lne in his life, and
then sprung that merciless question on me
all at once, about our wedding. I knew
him well enough to be certain that he was
thoroughly in earnest. _
It was the condensed crystal of many
thoughts that he had uncovered before my
eyes'up suddenly.
“ You didn’t keep him long,” said Miss
Althea. I guess it was the wind, after, all,
that shut the pantry door in my face. I
didn’t know but you might have done it
with a long handled skimmer orso‘mshin’,
50’s to have-a crack with Steven,but I could
have told you ’twan’t no use. There is no
palaver about him. -A gal’s a gal to him,
and nothing else.”
“ A primrose on the river’s brim, . -
A yellow primrose was to him,
-And it was nothing more."
I muttered under my breath.
“-What’s that?” said Miss Althea. “I
ain’t deaf, only you talk so thic ."
“ A bit of poetry; that’s all.”
“ 0h, I thought you’d heard about them
Primrose girls; they do ’say that Steven
Frazer is kinder-hankering after Livy. She
took the first premium, ten dollars, for her
butter at the loft cattle show, and she makes
all her own gowns and bonnets." '
“ They look so i said I, spitefully, for Miss
Althea always did bring my bitter streak to
the surface.” .
.“ Looks, ain’t everything, Sylvia, though
it’s done a good deal for war family. The'
Frazer’s always look out for wives that can
turn ofi‘ a. good day’s work. Steven might
have been kind 0’ sentimental when he was
young, say sixteen or thereabouts; but he
comes of timber . that burdens as it grows
old. If you could get him, Sylvia, you’d
do better than all your sisters.”
, “ I hope you won’t put any such notions
into her head on after house cleaning,” said
mother, with one of her low billowy lilughs,
which always exasperated Miss Althea.
She never showed more-than four teeth in a
wiry smile. _
“ No need to put ’em in; they’re in the
grain :with all your girls; but I’m a wastin’
of precious time ; I only run over for a min-
ute while them pillow cases were On my
mind.” ,
“Don’t be in haste; your cat won’t be
lonely,” I said, with a pretty sarcasm wor-
thy of Miss Althea herself l I was ashamed
of “it-before her scant skirts were out of the
door. ' ' -
“ You have too much patience with her ;
in. ' ceases to be a virtue,” I said answering
the, reproach in mother’s eyes. “ You don’t
even resent the slights she puts upon ‘ your
Girls.” '- - '
“ That’s because she has none of her own ;
it’s the pity of it that smooths my feathers
when they begin to bristle,” said mother,
gently. “.We were girls together, Althea
and I, and you don’t know what manner of
woman I might have stiffened into if I had
’livcd on toast and tea all these- years, and
lain awake on winter nights to hear the
wind blow round a lonely house.”
“ Mother,” said I, dashing sideways at the
subject which filled my thoughts, “ do you
think some women are preordaiued from
the beginning of the world to be oldmaids i”
“ It may be so, but I am sure that no wo-
man was ever single except by her own
choice; there comes to every-woman atleast
one chance of marriage, if she have the
Milk costs—Twenty cents a quart in Mobile:
presence of mind to grasp it.”
.
This is the best kind of bleaching weather.
I expected you’d have as much as two Webs
of cloth out by this time. Either you ain’t
ion now to make pillow-cases rather skimin’,
mother is a widow, and has to depend upon '
said, ‘ I love you.”
“ Some things
after all, and so came back for them. I
have overhear! no treason except Sylvia’s
last speech. Does every man have one
chance of marriage, too i’” '
body’s loving him for himself, let him be
ever so awkward and disagreeable.”
That’s good news,” said Steven.
“ I’xe a half mind to tell you a story,”
said mother meditatively.
“With all my heart, the eggs can wait.”
“You know what a rough husk my brother
Shubael wears to all the world, but you may
never know the warm heart that he hides
under it. He was always like that‘ flour a
.boy, but he used to suffer from the most in-
tolerable bashfulness. He was in a flame if
a girl looked at him; if she spoke, his
tongue clove to the roof of his mouth. I
never pitied anybody so much in my life.
It seemed to me that he only needed to be-
gin topny attentions (as the phrase is) to
some nice girl in particular to find out that
there'is very little in any woman-to make a
man afraid of her.
“ I lay in wait for Shubael’s opinions till
I discovered that he had a faint liking for a
girl who was every whitas bashful as him-
self. I was foolish enough to take the girl
into my plot, which dazed what wits she
had whenever Shubael went near her, and
all the more because she really preferred
him to any one else.
“ I worked his courage up to the sticking
point of asking her to let him go home with
her one dark night from a “ quilting,” and
was describing my suecess to your father,
as we were taking the longest way home,
when Shubael passed us alone, walking very
fast,
"I knew my plan had falleh through when
I caugfiit sight of his whimsical face. I had
invented the mildest formula for him to use,
and he declared that he marched up to her
like a martyr to the stake and repeated it
without the least mistake. And what do
you think she said?
“No I thank you , I’ve got rubbers!”
.“ Then Shubael fled, and never drew
breath till he was safe at home.”
's“ He laughed till the tears ran down his
face at himself and at her, but from that day
to tIlis, he has let all women severely alone.
If she had had her wits about her that one
night, he might have made her happy all
her life, instead of ’ both growing more
rugged and stiff necked till they die. They
had their chance and lost it.”
“ Did she never have another ?” asked
Steven, with manly curiosity.
“Not to my knowledge. She has lived
alone, with only a cat for company, with so
little business of—her own that she must per-
force mind other people’s, and they don’t
like it.” ‘
“ You must make one exception to your
rule, mother. It is impossible that any one
should have ever held {out a ghost of a
chance to Miss Althea. She was an old.
maid in her cradle.” '
“ My dear Sylvia. It was Althea Pratt,
and no other, whos‘le uulcky rubbers made
your Uncle Shubael an old bachelor. Her
checks were as pink, and her tongue no
sharper than yours, in those old times when
we were girls together.” “L“ -..;w
“ Come, Steven; take iihe eggs and go
your way, and don’t entice me to telling
love stories‘at this time in the morning.”
Mother went intg the pantry, and that
same little puff of wind, _or one like unto it,
shut her in. '
I felt Steven’s eyes like hot sunlight on
my face, but his voice was as steady as pos-
sible. - ' ' .
“ I think I remember asking you a ques-
tion half an hour ago, Sylvia ?”
“ And have you forgotten my answer?”
It would have been an immense relief just
then to have twisted the corner of my apron,
but I meant to be composed and ladylike if
I perished in the attempt; so I kept. my
hands clasped on the table and held hard.
0‘“ You cannot have meant that we have
had no wooing. I samlong ago that you
possessed every quality_.that I desired in a
Wife.” ’
The boldness of this speech—so cold, so
unimpassioned—wds moi}: than I could en-'
dure. . ,
“ You should look longer still before you
leap. ‘ There may be many others who have
every quality that you desire in a wife.
Olivia Primrose is the very pattern of a
farmer’s helplnate. I may have a streak of
sentiment that would not do credit to the
choice of a Frazer.”
I had meant to be very sarcastic in the
extreme, and Steven only threw back his
head and laughed. -
“ I‘don’t take your words at heart, Sylvia,
because the tiail of Miss Althea is over them
all. She has been telling you that I pr0'
posed to Miss Primrose, and she rejected
me, purposing to give her life wholly to the
making of butter.”
“ I kn‘owbetier.
fuse you.”
“ Ah, that puts me in hope again; 'if yo
think other women would be willing to take
me with the Frazer farm thrown in, you
cannot altogether have cast me out‘of your
own synagogue?” '
My lips began to tremble. I could not
cbmmaud them enough to speak the words
which came in a torrent. , -
The grayish daylight, my calico gown and
Steven’s thick boots, all these common
things nipped any romance there' might be
about the subject of our talk, and wove a
spell of silence about me. If he had so
much as offered to touch my hand, or even
my dress, I could perhaps have probed his
seeming carelessness, and by some lucky
circumlocution divined whether he was
choosing me for a house-keeper, as the Fra-
‘zer’s choose their wives, or as’that other part
of himself without which his life would
ever after he tame and incomplete.
Th0 clock struck a great many times as I
sat motionless under his eyes, inwardly torn
with yearning for that one word of love
which never came. , ‘
“You’d better stop here to tea on your
way home,” called my.mother‘ from the
pantry window, but she got no answer that
was audible to me; ’
. What did ‘I care for the Frazer farm, or
doing better than my sisters ? What I hun-
gercd and thirsted for was love in such
measure as should bring Steven to my side,
and make him blind to the existence of all
other women, though I_ were the veriest
millstone about his neck. I would have
taken him just as cheerfully, and worked
for him all my days, if he had been a help-
less cripple. He knew that I loved him;
he must often have read the dreadful fact in
every line of my face when he had given
me one of his unexpectedup looks.
, Steven and I had fallen into a very dan-
gerous habit of watching each other very
early in life. He was my balance by which
to weigh other men. When he went away
to school and college I gave him up for lost.
Then his father died, and he came home to
spend his life on the old farm. Many people
called it a sacrifice, but he professed never
to have had any other intention. “ A little
learning” did not prove a dangerous. thing
when uppiied~ to crops. _ '
It was rather a pleasant thought, after all,
when I came to digest it, that“ I have every
Olivia would never re-
“Marriagel yes, but suppose she wants
love? I am twenty-two, and no one ever
without saying,” said
Steven Frazer, appearing suddenly at the
south door. “ I went off and left the eggs
“ Yes, verily Steven; one chance of some- '
'You’vc put on white cups and gilt saucers.”
would he have enough in his heart to sup-
ply their place? There was the rub?
Mother. looked in and found me sitting as
Steven had left .me. I started up with a
blush worthy of Uncle Shubael.
“ There are the early apples to sort,” she
said, suggestively.
“To be sure,” said I, “and I’m the wo-
man to sort them so thoroughly that there
won’t be one left for seed."
It was just like her to send me and my
perturbation to have it out together in some
shady corner of the yard.
I did my duty vigorously by the apples,
but I kept up a terrible thinking withal—
how Steven Frazer had walked home with
me from singing school, about a month be-
fore this time, in the most delicious moon
light, without so much as Oil'eriug his arm,
or pausing 'a moment under the apple tree
to lengthen his good-by. If he had such a
thing as a wedding on his mind, then was
the time of all others to mention it.
And a week later, when there was no
moon, but one could see the Pleiades,
“Glitter like a swarm of fire flies tangled in a silver
braid.”
he had taken me in his beach wagon to a
party at a distant farm house, going in the
afternoon and returning in the most perfect
of mellow evenings.
As he had seemed so much more concious
of my existence than usual on that after-
noon that hope dawned in my heart that he
would speak that‘nigllt if he ever meant to
do so. .
4 We were driving through a belt of odor-
ous woods, talking with “flashes of silence,”
when we overtook a woman driving a lag-
gard horse, and working her passage with a
whip. She spoke to Steven, and proved to
be one of his neighbors, going to watch with
asiek sister..
“ I’ll take you there in half the time,if
you’ll get in with us, find send your boy
back with your team,” said Steven, almost
eagerly.
. The woman (could it be that she was really
a woman, so as to dash my cup of happi-
ness from my lips?) accepted the offer
readily.
Her sister might have been sick as “ SS-
mon Peter’s wife’s mother;” but if she had
ever known
' “A dearer one
Still, and a nearer one
Yet than all other,
she would have clung to her wagon, and let
us go on our way alone. j
I realized, however, before I had poured
out all my vials of wrath upon her, that it
was Steven who had made the offer and be-
trayed his utter indifference to the sweet
loneliness which had been gathering around
as among the pines. '
-I am glad I had the grace to talk with the
troublesome old woman, and to listen with
interest to the whole course of her sister’s
illness, from the first symptom. _
I had my reward when Steven lifted me
down at our gate, and she said: '
“ You’re your mother‘s own go]! you
hain’t never let me feel that two’s a com-
pany and three’s a crowd.” ’
Steven had walked. up the long path with
me to carry my shawl, and might have said
just a word then—a woman can live long on
only a word, if it be loving enough—but he
almost threw the shawl across my arm, and
ran down the path as if he were glad to be
well rid of me.
As I piled “ Ossa on Pelion,” in my
.tllasghis against the possibility of his lov-
ing me as I desired to be loved, the forenoon
were away, and the apples were sorted.
Mother racked her brain after dinner to
keep me busy. One would have thought
her a step mother of the most grinding type ;
but I thanked her in my heart. -
“There comes Steven again,” she said,”
as the sound of approaching wagon wheels
came in at the old window; “ and brother
Shubael is with him. You had better set
the table now, Sylvia.”
“ Come in, Steven, come in,” said Uncle
Shubael, in that high, raspiug tone that one~
gets living alone. “ You can have a. little ’
peace in this house ' now. Lucretia has
married off three of’em; Sylvia’s quiet
enough if you let her alone, but if you go
to stir her up too much she’s as peppery as
any of the lot.”
_“ Why Sylvia !” said mother, when we sat
down to the table ; “ where were your wits ?
“Her ribbons will always match", whether
whether the dishes do or not, you may de-
pend on’t” said Uncle Shubael.
It promised to be the whitest of moonlit
evenings, when Uncle Shubael pushed back
his chair and declared his intention of going
home without loss of time.
“ I always go to bed early when there’s a
moon,” he said,“so’s to be out of temptation.
If a man ever makes a fool of himself, you
may be sure that he will do it by moon.
light.”
“ And how is it with women ?” said
mother.
“ Humph l Moonlight or sunlight’s all one
to them, I reckon.”
“Mrs. Poyser said she would never deny
that women were fools—the Almighty made
them to match the ,men,” I put in.
“ Who’s Mrs Poyser ?” Does she live in
these parts i’”
‘5 N0.” _ ,
“ Glad to hear that. There’s enough sharp
tongued women about here now, without
any more moying in.” -
“ Old Candase knew best,” said mother.
“ She said, ‘ Men was nat’ally foolish; but,
they was a great deal better than nuflin’.”
“ Please convince Sylvia of that doctrine,”
said Steven, “ while I go home with Uncle
Shubfil, for safety’s sake." _
They went away together, and nothing
would do but mother must have out the
Spectator and hear me read aloud till bed-
time, while Iwas longing to sit on the door-
step and pile up agony in the mOonligh t.
It came to pass after that day that six
mortal weeks dragged out their slow length
without my once seeing Steven Frazer.
Sophie’s two children came down with'
the measles, and I, being the only single
sister, was, of course, drafted as nurse.
She mentioned once, as I was sitting in a.
darkened room, bathing a. littled fevered
'head, that Steven had stopped at the door,
and left a message from mother, but she had
said I was busy just then, and could not ,
come down to him. Oh, the blind cruelty
of a married sister with a sick baby! Can’t
anything come nigh unto itin the history of
persecution l
l staid with Sophie till her children were
convalescent, and then she let me'depart in
peace. , . .
I was trailing homeward in a very dull
afternoon, sourly adding up the hard work
I had done, and the small credit which So-
phie, in her motherly selfishness, would
ever give me for it, when a. sort of vision
of my future unrolled itself before my
C es.
yIf- I refused Steven because I WAS doubt-.
ful of the kind of love he felt for me, I knew
I could never marry any one else, I must in-
evitably come down to cuts for company,
and know no change in life except nursing
my sister’s sick children through all the ills
that baby flesh is heir to. I was not the
woman to “have a mission,” and how out a
special niche in the world for myself. If I
had a weakness it was for being taken care
of. Then it flashed upon me that Steven
might already consider his Offer rejected,
and so leaveme no option in the matter.
That was like touching a bare nerve; the
quality which he desired in a wife,” but if
v—qr‘
had lacked one or two of the useful ones, miliar tread behind me.
pain of it almost made me stand still, but I
hurried on again, when I heard a quick, fa-
“ Sylvia,” said Steven, coming up with
me, and shaking both my hands, “ you
haven’t the least idea how glad I am to see
you—that is, what there is left of you. So-
phie has worn you to skin and bone. I
stopped at her house, and she told me you
your feet were heavy. Perhaps, after all,
you ‘haw rubbers,’ and don’t care for my
company.”
He faced around suddenly, so as to bar my
path, and held out his hapds with a bright .
but slightly mischievous smile. I put my .
tvvo hands in his, and laid my face down on
them. I was too tired to do anything else.
“Poor little thistle of a woman,” he said,
in an unsteady voice, and gathering me into
his strong arms. “ Have you pricked me
long enough, and will you show me your
downy side at last.”
“ Only love me a little,” I whispered.
“I shall do no such thing. I must love
you with all my heart and strength, or not
at all. Do you suppose that I did not see
“and pity your trouble ? You wanteda lover
who would ‘go cross-gartered, like Malvolio,’
and waste himself in sighs for love of you.
You could not put faith in one who pledged
his suit in broad daylight through the pan-
try window. My darling, it was a vow, and
this was the way I came to bind myself to
it.’ When I was in college, a. mere boy, I
.was bewitchcd into a passion for a girl not
worthy to look in your face. 1 saw her first,
in fact always, in moonlight walks under
the shadows Of elm trees, which must have
some diabolical fascinziiion about them. A
genial dimness seemed to pervade all our
intercourse, till I found myself engaged.
Then I knew that—
“ Colors seen b; candlelight
Will not look the same by day !”
Oh, it was heaven to me when I was able to
break the cords that bound me to that wo-
man without being dishonorable! What a
chain I should have dragged through life, if
I lied married her i I made a vow then, that o
if I ever wooed another woman, it should
be after the most prosaic method that I could
devise, broadest, possible daylight. My
greatest- temptatiOn to break the vow came
over me in the pine woods, that glorious
night when we so opportunely overtook the
old wom lll was going to see her sister.
If you had been cross then, it would have
been a great comfort to me. Can you for-
give me i” ,
I don’t know that I entered into any set
form of words, but Steven seemed to he sat-
isfied; and we walked home together through
the foggy air as lightly as if our great con-
tent had. transmuted into a golden haze.
As we passed Miss Althea Pratt’s house,
she was out of doors, struggling with a
great rose creeper, which had fallen into a
mass across her doorstep, and utterly re-
fused to be held up with one hand while .
she nailed it to the door post with the other.
Steven went in .to help her, and was not a.
whit cast down by her ungraeious thanks.
“ No one shall ever cast a stone at Miss
mikes, in my hearing,” he said; her un-
lucky rubbers shall be her shield aud buck-
ler, whatever venom she may distill‘ upon
me.”
When we reached my home Uncle Shu-
bael was just getting into his wagon to drive
off. .
“ Stay a bit,” said Steven, “we have some-
thing to tell you”. ' .
_“ Don’t want to hear none of your news,
I knew by your looks that you’d been put-
ting your foot in it. Luerstia’s cryin’ over
it already. Women always ‘cry when a per—
son ot: sense would laugh.”
.He was well out of the gate when he
called me to speak to him, and turning his
back squarely, thrust his words at me over
his shoulder. A '
“,I don’t want you to be altogether a bur-
den to Steven; so, when you’re married,
_ you may have that bit of pastur’ that dove-
tails into the Frazer farm.” '
The Supreme Court of Errors has been
sitting here last week, and among other;
cases tried is one from Stamford, which in-
volves a momentous question indeed. It
looked a. little ridiculous, to be sure, to see
four grave and distinguished judges listen< .
ing while' three learned lawyers eloquently
discussed by the hour. the important point
of law; but when we consider that their
duty is the ascertainment and preservation
of rights, independedent of mere value, we
concede that we have no business to laugh
and that we should be solemn. The case
originated in Stamford, in thiswise; The
triangular spot of land in the centre of this
place, on Atlantic street, is called a public
park, probably one-quarter of an acre in
size; it is-feuced neatly, and has hitching
posts for the horses of the country people
who come there to trade, all around -the .
same. of course horse manure is found
thcrcabouts, and one Harlem, the plaintiff,
thinking it_wasteful,gathered a few heaps
for the purpose of carrying it away. After
he had collected it, and before he had carried '
it away, the defendant; Lockwood seeing
the heaps there, carted them off, whereat the
plaintiff, Harlem, was very wrath and
brought his. suit of trespass forthwith
aginst Lockwood, claiming heavy damages
for Lockwood’s wrong doings; and that by
heaping up said manure he, the plaintiff,
had acquired a right of property to and in it.
The defendant claimed that Harlem had ,
abandoned hisclailn to the heaps, by leav-
and that he, the defendant, had permission
from one of the Borough officers to take it
away, and furthermore, that - the manure
was real estate and belonged to the adjoin-
ing proprietors or the Boroug,h and that no
action would lie in his favor. The 'court be-
low decided in favor of the defendant, and
this court now is hearing the question of
law, and the main question seems to be
whether said manure is real estate or person-
al estate, and if personal estate then the ac-,
tion is good, if real estate it is bad. Of
course the sea weed-and the clam question, .
and kindred subjects are all embraced in
this question, and it is decided—so goes the
union—we suppose—Bridgeport Standard.
Too Peon—Moore, of the Rural New
Yorker was sitting in his office one after- .
noon two years ago, wh'enIa farmer friend
came in, and said; , .
“Friend Moore, I like your paper, but
times are so hard I cannot pay for it.” A
“Is‘that so’ friend Jones ? I am sorry to
hear that you are so poor, and if you are so
- hard run, I will give you my paper.”
“Oh, no i I can’t take it as a gift."
“Well, then,'let us see how we can ar-
range it." '
“You raise chickens, I believe i”, ‘
.“ch,afew; but they don’t bring any-
thing, hardly.” ' l. ‘
“Don’t they ? Neither does my paper cost
- anything, hardly. NowI have a proposi- '
lion to make you ; I will continue your pa-
per, and when you go home you may select
from your lot, one, hen, and call her mine.
Take good care of her and bring me the pro-.
ceeds, whether in eggs or imhickens, and I
will call it square.” . '
“All right, brother Moore,” and the old
bargain. ‘
He kept tile contract strictly, and at the
end of the year found that he had paid about
four prices for his paper. He often tells the
joke himself, and spyshe never has had the.
face to say he was too poor to take a paper
since that day.
m
i There are 10,000 attorneys in London. .
VOLUME ' mummies 8.
had taken this road. You walked as if,
i
ing them there even if he had had any before 5.
fellow chuckled at what he thought a good
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