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EZEBLBET‘T,
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Attorneys and counseims atLaW,
ALSO, PENSION AND PATENT AGENTS.
Roan No. 4 Gazette Building, Norwalk, Conn.
JJJEI'ZI \l'. “’ILSOX, J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
PER-3251 'E‘TIE CITY OF NEW YORK,
Teacher of the ,
Plano-Forte, Organ and llIuslcal Cor. -
sition.
Box 379 1’. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care of Wm. A. Pond & 00., 506
Broadway.
3V R. CAKES, M. 1)., from the Royal
. Opthaliuic Intirinatory, London, Physician
ands rgcou for the Eye and Ear, and Catarrlial
Dis ises oi the Lungs, Entrees and Nasal passages,
. *rvous maladies of all kinds, particularlythose
sk‘cctiagh‘emsies. Aliol' wnich he has made his
special study, and successful pr..ctice more than
thirty years. ‘Uan be consulted (gratis) at his
ofitce, or r the Store of Knapp d: Dickerman, Wash~
ngton St., South Norwalk, from 9 A. 111., to 9 1'. .u.
The Dr. willvisit patients during the day, when
,. mired. 1y45
C. A.1?IILLBANK,
Graduate of the
Penn. College of Dental Singer ,
At the other: in the old Fairficld County Bank
Building, Wall Street, . 25
DR. .3. G. BAR-SOUR},
D E N T 3." 5 '1' ,
NURWALK, CONN.
Oiiicc in Gazette Building, Room No. S, overdue]:-
sonBro‘s store.
Nitrous oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
desxrcil.
A New Dance for
HOLE NUMBER 1254.
OR
AL
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REAL ESTATE.
To “BIL—A small house, six rooms, near llroad
River Bridge. Possession given immediately:
Apply to ROBERT ItLLS.
TO LET.
IIE Store. and two Basements. nodule whole or
part of the second story of the building in Main
Street, Norwnllr, now occupied by Lounebury Broth-
ers and Rockwell, are offered to ilentlfrom Slayéldlst,
“2.. " i .. i ether orstng y as est
15‘ 1° 1mm“ 0"; JAMES silERWOOD.
II E first-class Store recently occupied by Wilson
,r- Case, is now offered to rent. Great induce-
mcnts for a Dry Goods Store. Possession eivcn 1m-
incdiately. 2tf ELBERT RAYMOND.
' TO RENT.
HE late Daskam House, in rear of Raymond’s
Building, comprising basement andtwo storiet
ubove,is offered to rent. 15 well aduptedfor a Board-
ing llonsc. Possession given April iSt.
2tt ELDERT RAYMOND.
370}: SALE.
FARM of tifiy acres of land, including twelve
acres of weed land, 10 acres of cultivatcu and
the rest for pasiuring. together with House Burn and
Stable, all in good order; said farm is situated about
seven miles from the town at Norwalk, and four
miles from the New Canaan Railroad Depot, and five
minutcs’ wa 7‘,- i'rom Silver Lake (or upper water res-
ervoir); there is a tract of land adjoining the above,
winch is also for sale, and the two can be boughs to-
gether at a reasonable price; will be sold at a sacri-
tice if applied for soon. Apply to FREDERICK
(.‘RIEBL'L, on the premises, New Canaan, or of A.
A. l-‘ABER, foot of Mill Hill. Norwalk. 3n1-1
STOIR-E TO LET,
NO. 8 JAMES’ BLOCK,
(Next door to Henry Glover’s.)
WM. It. .lAlIlES’ IIEPIIEIVS.
FOR SALE.
.1le property known as the “ NORWALK TOWN
FARM,” consisting of 17 acres of land. one com-
modious Dwelling House, and two smaller ones—
llarn and other outbuildings. Said farm is admira-
bly adapted to market gardening, being situated
about one mile from Norwulk and South Norwalk
centers, the land being nearly all arable and of good
quality.
This property “’lll soon he wanted for building
purposes, for which it has great advantages, being
bounded on oppostte sides by highways. ~
For further particulars inquire of the subsctiber,
MARTIN S. CRAW,
Agent for the Town.
27tf
‘ Apply to
lStf
Norwnlk. July 3. 1771.
For Sale or to Rent.
HE Place lately owned and occn ied by the late
John D. Lounsbury, in \Vinnipa k. The place
consists of a large Dwelling House. with modern
improvements, and Five Acrcs ofgood Land. Pleas-
antly located on the main street, near Depot, Post
Office and stores. Possession given immediately.
Inquire of MORGAN T. SMITH. or GEORGE E.
{AN DLE, near the premises. 14
For Sale Cheap or to Rent.
DWELLING HOUSE, only two years old, on
' the Ely Neck road, South Nor-walk, for sale
cheap, or to rent.
"’ ' E. K. LOCKWOOD.
TO RENT.
III-3 old and long established Carriage Shop,
formerly occupied by Waterbury uh Duncan, in
rear ofllorse Railway Depot; Possession given lzn-
mcdiniely.
‘ plate work—light, durable and
cheap. -
PATENT AGENCY.
wrung—hi VINE,
Agent and Solicitor of. Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
Vl’innipauk, Conn.
C. 5. 5.00va091),
0 I O
Fashionable Draper & Tailor
AND I
dentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
ELEEE’E‘ CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor, '
,-
1y!»
. ’9'» ‘
J .‘l‘tls'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 1813, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,830 19
'5 loss and damage by Fire, on terms
I to tii zard, and consistent with
the law of compens: on.
GEORGE R. CUWLEE-,
, Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
usui‘cs
ti
i"; oravallt insurance Company.
NORWALK, CONN. .
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid. up Capital, $100,000
WM. C. Srnnnr, President, Gro. R. Con'nns, Sec’y.
Elms. HILL, Treasurer
Fairficld County Insurance £39.,
SOUTH NORWALK, CT.
CASH CAPITAL, ....... . ........ $200.000
svnrws (over) ........................ 30.000
E. A. “'CODWARD, W. S. HANFORD.
26 President, ' Secretary.
333101;! BRICK‘ 3
300,000 S‘ffct“fefilif.iifiit ilfdii't’?
CHAS. '1‘. LEONARD.
Not-walk. Feb. 27, 1871. 9
' RANGES.
GOOD NO. 7 RANGE, - - - $12.00
n n K. _ _ _ 14.00
Call and see them beforc buying elsewhere,
16 GEO. F. DELUEN.
SOUTH NORWALK
Planing M111 Co.
Builders and others are informed that this Compa
:iyare now prepared to execute in the best manner,
at short notice, all kinds of
Steam Sawing, . ~
Scroll Sawing,
Planing,
and Tannin".
They will also furnish on the most reasonable terms
kinds of
Lumber and Timber,
and mauufacturc‘to ordcr,
Bl i n cl 5,
D oors , Etc .
BA LUSTERS, NEWELS. .320.
for Stairs and Railings, and .
Black “’alnut, Ash, Clierry,Wlute wood
&-c., kept constantly on hand.
Prompt attention given to orders. Works near the
Steamboat Laudin , SOUTH NORWALK.
C. F. TOLLES,
} R. I. TOLLES, Treasurer.
D. R. AU TIN,
R. I. TULLES
NE WV EDTOBE.
B. s. BLASCER,
‘VOL‘LDlnform the public that he has taken a
store in Phoenix Block, and willkcep on hand
agcneral assortmeutof
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, GLASS, TIN AND
\VUODI‘ZN WARE, etc.
By devoting his constautpersonal attention to the
business he hopes to merit public patronage. 47-5
THEE EEOBEL MARKET.
WILLIAM rn'rcnnLL,
“sea
HAVING become proprietor of this old establish—
ed and ever popular market, is prepared to fur-
nish Hotels. Saloons, Families,&c., with Meats ofall
kinds, ofthc best. qtiality,in anydcslred quantity and
at the lowest market prices. The continued patron-
age of the public solicited.
_WILLIAM MITCHELL.
THE BEST ROOFING KNOWN.
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS USE has demonstrated that
“’AIEREN’S IMPROVED
Felt, Cement and Gravel Roofing
151 the best “‘0'ng in use. It will not cox rode, wil
not crack, and W‘“ "S’tleak. 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 wu.
have had this roofing put on. 011191-319“ at the office
of Meeker Brothers, coal doalers,l‘oot or mm um
\vill receive prompt attention.
85 '
bash,
RUFUS A DA MS.
J. SPENCER,
WATCHMAKER,
——HAS__
REMOVED
-_._T 0....
Welt/man’s New Store,
‘ UNDER NORWALK HALL. 'it’i25
Also, looms with power to rent.
Apply to
ISAAC CHURCH, JR.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
”HIE undersigned other for Sale some of the most
.1. desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenientto the
village and easy of access, having an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices low and terms easy.
Apply to A. ll. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Otf
Norwalk. Sept. 21, 1868.
M111 Property
' FOR SALE.
THE subscriber ofi‘ers for sale his Mil.Property sit-
ulatedin West N walk, about two miles from
! 'PLUMBING.
TIN ROOFING, FURNACE WORK.
GUT’I‘ERS AND LEADERS-
made and put up.
‘ROOFS REI’AIRED A'l‘ SHORT NOTICE.
ALSD, JIDIIIID II All. KINDS DF III, SHEET '
[RM MID DDPI’ER WARE.
JAMES M. BOYER,
Basement of Raymond’s New Building, corner of
Main and Iloyt Street. 15
CXRPENTER All!) BUILDER.
TIE-subscriber would inform the citizens of Nor
n all: that he is prepared to do
Building, in all of its branches,
by contract, or by day’s work. and solicits a. share (~t
patronage. Will try topicase. Shop Center avenue,
I'.’ II.
Eea'ml“ 5 we SAMUEL n. FITCH.
u
TEAS. DDFFEES AND SPIDES.
DUTY REDUCED.
Further particulars. see small hill
At G. .37 S. If. HOLMES,
13 and 15 Main Street.
05
City Intelligence 00100.
RE subscriber, at his Intelligence Office, foot of
T Mill ilill. is prepared to furnish
GOOD SERVANTS, FARM HANDS, LABORERS,
etc., or to find good places for those out of employ~
e t.
mlluc is also agent for the sale of Real Estate.
Places on ham}, for sale or to let.
3 OHN A. HONNECKER, Agent.
IIABNBSSES FOR ,5 ALB.
‘IIE subscriber would respectfully inform the
r1 public that he has now on hand a good assort-
ment ol‘uARNESSES, made of the very best mate-
rials, which he will SELL AS LOW as thev can
possibly be furnished at any other Similar estab-
lishment in the county. Now for the orders. Let.
me have them at once. Will. B. SWAN.
Fch. 1.1811. 6
‘ SOMETHING NE‘V!
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Diaper &Ttlllt)l‘lllll Establishment
At No 1, Gazette Building, (up stairs)
HEsubscriber would tespectfullv inform the cit-
izens of Norwalk, that. he has made arrange-
ments to open a first-class,New York City Establish-
ment. as abovc,where he pledges hiniselfto give out-
isfaction to all his customers.
He will give special attention to Bay: Garments as
well as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing their
own cloth can have the same cut. or made up_iuan a: .
tistic manner at reasonable prices.
' FRANCIS J. MoKEON.
JACKSON BROS. ,
JEWELER S
KEEP CONSTANTL’Y 0N IIANDA FULL
STOCK OF
FINE GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES
JEWELRY, SILVER AID PLATED WARP.
ofevery description.
Repairing, in all its Branches
Done in the best manner.
._ALSO_
Darlenjbegot. directly esfromSuuth._Nogwalk, and
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12,
that head audio“ of yvater, with three acres of land,
new used as 3 Saw Mill butsuitable for o. manufactu-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
of JAM ES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, Norwalk,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNUEY STREET.
"Worwalk; Sept. 25,1869. ' not:
Real Estate fin- Sale.
111E land belonging to the estate of George W
1 ' Raymond, comprising some of the most desira-
ble propertyin South Norwalk, is nowofered for-sale
at a bargain by the trustee of that: estate. Apply to
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
MON 1) and CHESTER F.TOLLES, South Norwalk,
Conn. tf26’
JAMES FINN}? Y,
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Auction-
eer, Constable, Collector, ace.
RA’l‘EFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
patornage heretofore extended him by a gener-
ous public, and solicits a continuance of the same.
He has taken a desk at J. ll. Hurburt’s Law
Office, , Room No. 4, Gazette Building, where he
can hereafter be found, or orders can be left. Hewill
give prompt attention to the buying and selling of
Real Estate, routing of places, Auctioneer-lug of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.,
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all
who may favor him with theirpatronage.
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND
AUCTIONEER,
OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
WALL STREET,
NORWALII, CONN,
CITY RESIDENCES,
Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchangcd,
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
FURNITURE., 8w,
at public and private sale.
AUCTION SALES 0F HOUSES, LOTS, FARMS,
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sales of Furniture, at Owner’s
Residences.
Houses to Rent
Furnished or Unfurnished.
PLACES FOR SALE VARYENG IN PRICE,
from 35.000 to 350,000
Al orders left at the UNION MARKET, Mitchell’s
Block,Nnrwnlk,Cnnn. will receivepmmpt attention.
Mites MITCHELL.
CHARLES To LEONARD.
DEALER IN
on 0 re. a“... ,
\ WOOD AND BRICK,
N’th River Blue Stone,Lime, Cement:
—ALSO—
ranger rip.- ran ssnrns, wrusa-cumnzvs.
VJHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Water St, Norwallt, Conn,
Hummer’s Clanmpaign . Ale.
7 i113 attention ofthe public is solicited to thcsupe
rior quality CT .
IIAMMER’S FRESH DREWED
CEIABXPAIGN ALE.
This Ale is brewed fresh at all seasons of the your,
ind it s kcupfny qualities, especially ofthat brewed dur-
Ing the most excessive hot weather, is guaranteed for
any length of time.
Forsale in Barrels and Half-Barrels, at the store
oftlic subscribers FITCH db RENOUD,
Main St., Norwu '. Conn.
Aaents for the sale ofllammcr’s Champ igu Ale.
ALL KINDS
O -—O F—
JOB PRE-‘N'E‘ENG
EXCCUICG With neatncst‘. and dispatch,
l —-A'r Tum-3:
G A Z E T T E
Afi'ta for Dmith'a American Organs
To which we would invite tlie'iitt-ention of the
musical public.
EDWARD P. “WEED
Druggist
Wall Street, opp. Norwalk Hall
. A large and weltselected stock of
v I I
Drugs and JlIedwmws
PERFUMERY, PATENT MEDICINES, all
kinds, MINERAL WATERS, TOILET and
MEDICATED SOAPS, FLAVORING and
‘ HANDKERCHIEF EXI‘RACTS, HAIR
BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES, CHAMOIS
SKINS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, 850., Ml.
Is constantly adding to his stock all the newandpop-
ular mcdicinesof the day.
FULL LINE of these woods of theDOSt qual-
ity, and seasoned has just been received, and
Will hereafter be kept inlstock, by
LEWIS HUBBELL, Denier,
WATER ST., NORWALK, CONN.
Call at the brick ofiice. 33
RIVERSIDE FOUNDRY.
THE subscribers having completed their new
Foundry Works on Hoyt street, and fitted up
the same in. the best manner, with most up roved
machinery, are now prepared to execute all or er: for
FIIEST GASTIIDS and to (1010! WDRK
of every description. Babbitt. metal, of every qual-
ity, furnished. Orders solicited.
Cash paid for cast scrap iron.
A. C. ARNOLD,
OTTO G. HAUSCIIILDT.
Nat-walk. May 8,-1811. 19
Nonwnnx. Sept. 11, 1871.
New J erseyMidland RailwayBouds.
7 PER CENT: GOLD INTEREST payable semi-
nnnnnlly, principal payable in gold.
They are considered as safe as Governments. and
yield some 50 or cent, more income.
. For sale by . E. Olmsiead and William K. Lewis,
Norwulk, or at either of the banks.
8. E. OLMSTEAD.
37 General Agent for Connecticut.
FIRE, LIFE AND MARINE
I NSURANCE
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, AT
“The Hawaii Insurance Agency,”
Room No. 7 Gazette Building.
D ARD.—A fewgentlemen can be accommodated
with Board and Lodging, by calling at the Spring
Saloon. J. 1". PATRICK,
52H . Proprietor.
Cleaning and Renewing of Gas
Fixtures!
"“7)!. CLOVER, at. his works in River ntreet,is
prepared to Clean, Re-gild and Color Gas Fix-
tures, and put them in complete Owen-good as
new. He also continues the business of STEAM
AND GAS FITTING. in all its branches, and keeps
on hand for sale a large assortment of Gas Fixtures.
Also agent for the celebrated American Submarged
Forec Pump, the cheapest and best pump in use. 23
Oysters .5, Oysters I
GO TO
BENIDION a; NEW’COMB’S
For your Oysters. Families supplied in any quanti-
ty, either opened or in the shell.
’ 53 DIAIN STREET.
R E M O 'V' A I... .
J . s T E V E N s ,
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER,
AND PAPER HA more, '
HA8 REMOVED Ills SHOP ro
SKIBBY’S BLOCK, MAIN sun,
0
(Rear of Adams’ Meat Market.)
Orderslet‘t with Mr. Adams will receive prompt
attention. 32
ISAAC CHURCH, Jr.,
GEIIERAI MABHINIST and JUIBER,
ANUFACTURER of Church’s Steam Pumps
1‘ Church’s Patent Lubricator, all kinds of For
Machinery, and light articles on contract. Agent for
Vandewater’s Improved Jonvnl Turbine Water
Wheels. Boiler Inspector for the FourthCon es-
sionalDistrictof the Stateot Connecticut. line in
Shopjnstback of the Horse Railwnv Buildings. 11
'50:: Moss Farlnc.
FOR making nlaucé Mange, Jelllu, Pin, Pll
' dings, food for invulidn, the. Each package
makes sixteen quarts. Price 25 contl. Sold by
STEAM PRINTING OFFICE.
E P. WEID, annht. .
' A gond tit warranted and made as tlm customer may
BlackWaliiut, Ash and White Wood. ,
MISS M. M. SMITH,
Teacher o‘l'Slnglng and the Piano Fox-to
SINGING taught according to Bassini'smostap
proved method. Particular attention given to
theDevelopmentnndCuitlvaunn of the voice. The
conrseot‘ instruction ml. o.-npechllyadapted‘toflhoir
walk, or call at the wit: Wellllotcl. f8
W. H. SWQQRDS,
Merchant. Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND M AIN 51‘s.,
SOUTH NOBWJ t 3‘, CONN“
Scotch. Chevoits, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND-AT LOIVEST PRICES,
want. it. Cutting done for others to make as hereto
fore.
Also, :1 LARGE ASSORTMENT or HATS and CAPS
new and RARE PLANT—s.
RISES, Gsiailtms, Villtllltlt, -
Bedding Out Pl nts, Shrubs,
Fruit Trecs'of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry dz Strawberry
Plants, &c.
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER its CELERY PLANTS, &c.
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. BO-
QUETS, WREATIIS, BASKETS, CROSSES. and oth
er Floral Decorations arranged in the best style of art
to order. fight! for descriptive catalogue.
LLORY a: nosz,‘
South Not-walk. Ct.
LEWIS ‘ HUBBELL, Begin,
Timber, umber,
Shingles, Latin,
Builders’ Hardware, 310.,
Al WHOLESALE All! RETAIL '
OFFICES AND YARDS:
Water Street, Norwalk,
Washington Street. So. Nor-walk-
SStf
MRS. J. A. JUDD,
Millinery Goods.
And Sole Agent for ‘
BUTTERICK’S PATTERNS;
Also Agent for Singer’s Improved Family Sewing
Machines.
2, Clutchester’s Block,
Washington Street, South Noxwalk. lysl
No.
Raymond ' Bros.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HAY, GRAIN, FEED, Fltlllll,.&c.,
ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
COAL
BY THE TON, CAR LOAD OR CARGO,
WOOD,
ALL KINDS, OUT AND SPLIT T0 ORDETI.
Masons’ Building Materials,
BLUE STONE,
ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS,
CUT TO ORDER.
Agents for the celebrated
Franklin Coal of Lykens Valley.
Footof Washington st., South N orwalk, Ct.
NEW one... Stains.
THE undersigned would respectfully announceto
the citizens in this vicinity, that he hasjnst
fitted upu Ncerrug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
where will be found '
PURE DIEUGS,
CHOICE “’INES and LIQUORS,
FOR-MEDICAL PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, die.
m- Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights, insamebuildlng,
entranceon Washington St. .
U49 . S. F. PECK.South Norwalk. Conn.
SOUTZI-I NORWALK
Hardware Emporium,
Chlcllestcr’s Block
WASHINGTON STREET,
Just across from the Old Well Hotel.
Having bought, since the decline of gold, 3 full as-
sortmentof -
HARDWARE, BUILDERS' AND CARPENTERS’
TOOLS, PAINTS, OILS, WINDOW GLASS,
CUTLERY. &c. We ofl'er it to the
Public at low prices. ’
W. C. QUINTARD & C0.
“'ALTER 0- QUINTARD. BUBB INAPP.
NEW COAL YARD.
D. L. MILLARD cf: 00.
Have established a new yard,
Garner Water and Washington Sts.,
(between the Bridges,) where in addition to all the
best varieties of ' .
Coal and. Wdod.
They have on hand
BRICK,
LIME,
CEMENT,
PLASTER,
HAIR,
BLUE STONE, die.
Which they can furnish in any desired quanttiy,
At the Lowest Rates. 23
IRON FENCING.
THE subscriber is now prepared to make and fur-
niah several styles of
Wrought and Oust Iron Fencing,
to enclose churches, dwellings and burial plots.
—Also—
Iron Gates, Doors, Skinners and
Gratings.
Iron Stairs, and Bolts for building purposes, and
many other aritcles in the line of
BLACKSMITH WORK_
Shop in rear of Solmon‘s Hat Shop, Union street,
South Norwalk. 5
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BOOTS 8L SHOES
HE subscriber would respectfully cullth eutten
tion of the public to their
NEW STOCIK 0F GOODS,
s
consisting of a general assortment of
doctsfilmesfilaitcrs,
Jam, both for Gentlemen and Ladies' wear, which wil
be sold very low.for Cash, at the old stand,
ELY’S BIZ-00K,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Allklnds of Gents’ and Ladies’ Boots, Shoes, 85c.
made to order, in the most workmanhkemanuennnd
utfu iiprlccr.
HORSE CARS RUN RIGHT BY THE DOOR.
HIRXM s. BRO‘VN.
NOTICE .
N '1‘ EREST will hereafter be allowed onall deposits
made with the Not-walk Savings Society from the
list day of each month. provided the same shall not
exceed One Thousand Dollars in amonntin thename
of any one person in any one year. Attention is also
called to the fact that that we have a few more Safe-
ty Deposit Boxes for rental in our vault, at a very
small cost, per unnnm, to the depositor.
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ringingif desired. Address box 31 P. 0.,SOIltl.lN01'-
Aivo'rnun YEAR.
“Another year," she said. "another year,
These roses 1 have watched with so much care,
Hove watched and tended without pain or fear,
Shall bud and bloom for inefcxcceding fair
Another year,” she said. “another year."
“Another year," she said, “another year,
My life perhaps may bud undbloom again;
May bud and bloom like these red roses here,
Unlike them, tended w'th regret and pain—
Another year, perm-pa, another year..
’
“Auothti your, ah, yes, another year,
When nloom my roses, all my life shall bloom;
When summer comes, my summer. too'll be heic,
And I shall cease to wander in this gloom—
Anothcr year, ab yes, another Icon,
“For ah. another year, another you r.
I’ll set my life in richer, stronger soil,
And prime the weeds away that creep too near,
And watch and tend with never ceasing toll
Another year, ab yes, another 'vear."
Anothe: year, alas! another year,
The roses all lay withering ere their prime,
Poor blighted buds, with scanty leaves and lore,
Drooping and dying long before their time
Another year, alas! another year.
And oh! another year, another year,
Low, like the blighted bride, she lay,
Whose voice had prophesied without a fear,
Whose hand had trimmed the rose-tree day by day,
To bloom another year, another year.
-—Norah Perry, in Galaxyfor January.
j 0 ‘ ~— __~ .
From the New York Evangelist.
WHY NOT BE'CHEERFUL 1
Why not be cheerful, hopeful, and glad?
Nothing is gained by. looking so sad.
Put on a brave face, fight your way through,
The world has no notion of waiting for you;
It you wish to make headway push with your might,
Moving quite steadily on to the right.
And don’t think the highway .vvas all made for you, .
Success in on.- eonntry is not for the few.
Don’t waste your time fretting at every rebnfi',
For it never smooths matters to get in a hull‘,
Give rouges and idler: a very wide berth,
The more they do for you the less you’ll be worth :
And don't be disheartened if some first attain
a the honor and wealth you’re seeking to gain:
Just keep moving on, to fraud never bend,
And you'll come out the beat, I’ll engage, at tte end.
Think for yourself, have a mind of your own,
There’s nothing like learning to stand up alone,
Never growing too old or too wise to be taught,
For knowledge that’sfelgnedsoon passes for naught;
And never climb hills that are still far away. '
"Its better too meet Just the cares of to-dny:
And if you are willing yourbest days to lose,
Why, only stand waiting for other men’a shoes.
I
And pray don’tforget to befgentle and true,
Remember your neighbor he: claims upon you,
Live for a purpose, make your life a bright star,
Born of the darkness, gleaming afar; .
Work for the Master, work while you mgzy,
We must soon give account-for the deeds of to-dny:
Keep in the narrow path thousands have trodJ
True to your country. your homes. and your God.
_ *
BABY FINGERS.
'I‘en fat little fingers, no tepid:- and neat!
Ten fat little fingers, so rosy and sweet!
Eagerly reaching for all that comes near,
New poking your eyes out, now pulling your hair;
Smoothing and patting with velvet-like touch,
Then digging your cheek with a mischievous clutch;
Gently waving good~bye with infantile grace,
Then dragging your bonnet down over your face;
Beating pat-a-cake. pat-escake, slow and sedate,
Then tearing a book at a furious rate:
Gravely holding them out. like a king, to he kissed. ,
Then thumping the windowI with tightly-closed fist;
Now lying asleep, all dimpled and warm,
0n the white cradle-pillow, secure from all harm.
Oh. dear baby hands! how much love you enfold
In the weak, careless grahp of those fingers' soft
hold! . “3 "
_
Tnnu'x rhbrosnns.
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A CALIFORNIA nova s'ronv.
Lu-..-. .‘m-«Mre'a; 1.5. u “R. . H 1:“
she is a. stunner and no mistake. I confess
to an o’erwljelmi cfiriosity concerning
that marriage. W fill: the States he was
considered an inveterate oldbacbelor. Some-
how he never cared to go round with the
girls as the rest of us did ; but always took
his mother everywhere and waited on her
as though she had been queen of England.
All the girls liked him, and if he ventured
where they were, they would flutter around
him,but it was plain that he never gave
them a secoud thought.”
“His mother used to say, ‘If my son ever
marries. ’twill be a superior woman quite
different from the girls one ordinarily
meets.’ ”
“When we heard at home that he was
married, the girls, a little. spiteful, I reckon,
said, ‘There must be one wonderful woman
in California, and they hoped she would
be superior enough to teach the old bache-
lor a lesson. How is it ? Is she likely to?”
“Well there is more in her than you’d
think at first sight. She must have been
real gOtld herself, or she would never have
appreciated our friend. He is solid and sub-
i-tuntial, but not very showy. . I’ve known
him intimately for years, and I never knew
him to do a mean thing. He deserves his
good luck and I will own it; though to be
honest, I wanted that woman for my wife,
and have not reached a point yet where I
can take much pleasure in thinking of the
wedding. Come over here under the trees,
and I’ll tell you how it came about. But
you’d better not let .on that you know it,
for ’tis a sort of understood thing we are to
keep it on the square, and it’s rather a tender
subject with us boys.”
"It was the summer of ’60, we lived over
the canon I was telling yOu about, and there
was thirty of us in the gang, and we had
four cabins with storehouse, which was
public property. We worked hard through
th week, and on Sundays did our washing
and brought our housework up a. little. I
suppose we should be called a hard set, but
we were not any rougher than men gene-
rally who get a living by themselves for a
year or two.
Eight ofus camped together, and each of
us had'as distinct an individuality as though
we'represented different nations. Somehéw
or other, we had acquired a soubrique
which was acknowledged to be characteris-
tic, and we were called by; it in camp *0 tho
complete ignoring of oar-real names.
There was Hal Winterton,a soutbelner,
and a fierce secessionist ; we called him
‘South Carolina.’ Dave Austin, a Connecti
out man, and a r‘egular sell, we called
‘Nutmeg.’ ‘Dandie.’ stuck to Charlie Chap-
lm, for be was a. regular fop. Then there
was Ned Simpson, a regular ‘Aunt Betty,’
—you’d know his name at the first glimpse
without saying a word. Otis Allen would
faint if he jammed his finger or had a sight
of blood. He was ‘Our Baby.’ Jack Cum-
mings was a wag, and he certainly deserved .
his cognomen, ‘Jack the Wicked.’ Jim
Woodrufi‘ was known all over the country
by the appellation of ‘Judge,’ and your
bumble servant, from his black eyes, swartliy
complexion, and jetty locks, perhaps some-
thing to, in my manner, was styled ‘Seno‘r.’
“Well, we were a good natured set of
fellows, always making allowances for each
other’sppecnliuritics, and never having any
friction in the camp. Sometimes I used to
think we joked ‘Aunt Betty’ and ‘Our thby’
rather unmercifnlly, bdt a word from our
‘Judgc’ would straighten us at once.
“If any one was sick, we all took a turn
about in nursing and watching, but the
Judge u'as‘one who knew just what to do.
Tender and patient as‘a woman, we all
honored him and held him a little higher in
our estimation than we did any one else in
the camp.
“I forgot to tell you that a month before,
and when ‘Dandy’ and ‘Aupt ‘Betty’avere
not of our number, we had in their place
Will Browning, who was equal to two men
any day. Good to work and good to play,
as smart as need be, and true to the core. I
think most any of us would have been glad
to have gone with Will over the mountains,
but he said, ‘No, stay where you are boys ;
better,I will let you know at once. Then
time when we all get together again.’
“You know. it wasn’t the pleasantcst
traveling in the world to get around two
years ago.
“We hadn't heard a word from Will,
though be had been gone a long time.
Several letters had come for him, but of
courSc we couldn’t forward them,having
come to the conclusion that he would walk
in upon us some day, dead broke and cured
of his roving disposition. We had finished
work one day, and suppcd off three B’s, as
we called our beans, bacon and bread ; the
table stood just where we had left it, for you
know that miners are not very fastidious in
their notions. We were sitting on along
bench, which reached across the end of our
rude cabin, talking over the day‘s work, and
speculating on what the boys were doing
over to the left side of us, when all at once
a young woman stood right in our cabin
door.
Now a woman in those days was a
curiosity among bucks here about the bills,
and there were men in our camp who hadn’t
set eyes on one for better than two years.
She stood still,just looking at us. I-don’t
know what the rest thought, but Aunt
a warnin’ to some of us, and he was won-
dering whose time had come.’ The Judge
sat on the edge of the bench, and he arose
and took off his hat. One after another
following his example, slowly each one
getting up in turn and taking ofi‘his but.
“We must have looked comical, for web"
had on woolen shirts, our sleeves were rolled.
up and our collars turned back. Our pants
were lied about our waists and locked in no.
very comfortable manncr'into our rubber
boot legs. Add to our costume, eight faces
unshaven and unshorn for weeks, and you
catch some idea of our general appearance.
“The pole light of our sputtering candle
added to the v'ierdness ,ot the scene, and
when Jack the wicked murmured, ‘To your
knees boys, all at once,’ Iguess we were
more than half inclined to obey. The judge
recovered himself the quickest, and ad-
vanced toward the door.
“I wish to see my brother, Will Brown-
ing, I heard he was here,” said the most
musical voice I ever heard.
“He was here a few months ago,” replied
the J udgc, “but we don’t know where he is
now. How did you come, and where are
your friends ‘2”
“I came through the valley and shadow
of death, I should think, for I am nearly
dead with hunger and for friends. I have
the gloomicst old teamstcr you ever saw,
though I thought it was rare good luck
when I found him, and he engaged to take
me up here to Will. I paid him every cent
oflnoney I had, and I haven’at had 1!. month-
ful for days but bad bacon. Is there any
hotel within a short distance ? If not, per-
haps there is some good woman who would
let me stay until I can get word to Will.”
I guess every man hugged to himself the
thought that she would be obliged to stop
with us even for a short time ; and the
Judge didn’t look very sorry, thofigh he
professed to feel dreadfully for her dilemma.
He said, and I am sure his full, rich voice
must have seemed a tower of strength to
'ier :—
“Will is a dear friend of. ours..-md if vmt
.m.‘ kiwoiy'iiuow us the honor of protecting
his sister until he can be communicated
with, we should be under great" obligations
to you._ We must .look 'very odd to you,
but we claim to be gentlemen, and I assure
you we can and will make you comfort-
able.”
Shc had a perplexed look on her face
when the Judge told her there was no
woman living near; but she was mistress
of the situation in a. moment, and said very
demurcly, though with a rather sly sparkle:
“Oh, I shall be quite comfortable, but 1
am afraid I shall be troubling you terribly.”
Every one spoke at once, “no trouble not
the least.” And then Dandy said :—
“Judge, if you were to introduce us to the
lady, perhaps she would feel more at ease
with us.”
The Judge most have been awfully smit-
ten at first sight,or he would not been guilty
of introducing us by our camp titles. As it
was, he said :— . .
“Miss Browning, allow me to introduce
you to Will’s friend, Mr. South Carolina.”
He udvmced as he was called, and in a
most chivalric manner, bowed over the
lady’s extended hand. “This is Mr. Nutmeg,
another friend of your brother.”
He bowed stifliy, and looked everywhere
but at her. “Aunt Betty did you know
Will ? I believe you didn’t ; but he will be
'a friend all the same to Miss Browning.”
“You can bet your life on that every time,”
said Aunt Betty, and we were all ready to
split by that time, the Judge looked so much
dignified doing the honors of the occasion
in such a manner as he no doubt thought.
He continued: “This is Mr. Dandy ;” I
wish you could see the bowing and scrap-
ing. By that time she had taken in the
drollery of the thing, and when. Dandy
bowed so profoundly, swept him a courtesy
that liked to have finished him on the spot.
“Senor and Will were sworn allies; we
used to call them David and Johnathan.”
She smiled and asked “which are you?”
And for the first and only time in my life I
did not know what to say, but I stammered
out, “either ma‘dm.” There was something
like a snicker from our companx, but the
Judge had no eyes or cars for anyone but
her ; so he kept on, and with a wave of his
hand presented “Our Baby.” The great six
footer looked for all the world as though he
would put up lip and cry, until Miss Browu—
tug ouid, “HOW"dO you do, dear? Can he
talk i” and then he blurted out, “My name
is Otis Allen.”
Jack got the start of them, and stepping
in front of them, said in tragic tones, “Jack
the Wicked, known all over the Pacific
coast for his diabolical acts—and let me
assist our friend—this is the Judge, who is a
terror to all evil doors, and the protector of
distressed innocence whenever they have
the good fortune to fall into his hands.”
“Yes,” said the Judge, with~the most im—
pcrturable gravity, “and now you know us
all, and must consider as your obedient
servants.” ’
She laughed a low rippling laugh, and
said, “yes, I am sure. I know you all now,
and I should like to shake hands all around,
it would give me a sort of a.home feeling,
and you would feel better acquainted with
me, I guess.”
She begun with the Judge, and he looked,
while he held her hand, as though he had
been translated.
he’s got an awful lot of magnetism about
her, I will tell you, my arm and hand thrill
now when I think of that first hand clasp.
We hadn’t a chair in the cabiu,bnt we gave
her our best three legged stool. She took
oil her juunty but and} suck, and each one
jumped to take them. She didn’t seem to
notice us, but left them lying in her lap.
She told us that she had some buggagea
little way from the house ; she had left
it there so as to walk in upon Will unan-
nounced ; and instead of finding her dear
old Will, she had stumbled on such a lot of
friends.
“Can yOu give inc- something real good
to eat ‘2” and she glanced at tDe table with
its dirty dishes and the scanty remains of
our supper.
The table was cleared off in a jiffy; a
you are doing well, and if I find anything
plate was washed, and a can of chicken
come all hands ofyou, and it will be a jolly ~
no idea of his whereabouts, and we had.
Betty said afterwards,‘tliat it seemed like .
opened. Aunt Betty made a cup of tca,and
another stirred up some flap-jacks, and an-
other of us thought to secure knife and fork
by running them into the ground several
times. Oh, there were lively times for .1
few minutes, you’d better believe. Only the
Judge—he never moved, but looked at her.
She did not seem to notice him,but watched
our operations with great interest.
While she ate—and the quaintness’of our
surrounding did not affect her appetite—we
all stood around and waited upon her. I
guess never a day while she lived with us
but what she laughed about her first incal
there.
We partitioned off a bed-room in one
corner, by putting up some blankets, and all
but the Judge and Aunt Betty wentinto the
storehouse to sleep.
You‘d think when we got there we should
he likely to talk over the wonderful event,
but we didn’t ; net :1 word was spoken con-
cerning it. But I reckon there was con-
siderable thinking done that night. V
By light we were all up and pacing in
front of the cabin. The teamstcr had given
notice of the charge he had left with us,
and all the other boys were over there to see
how things were. There wasn'l a stroke
of work done in the camp that day, and not
much for a. week. , .
Then the Judge called us together, and
told .us it wouldn’t do ; we were getting
dcmoralizcd ; that Miss Browning was un-
happy because she felt that she had inter.
rupted our arrangements, and we must come
down to steady day‘s work after that. Well,
we tried to but we never could get back
to old times. There was a good deal of
rivalry among us, and some cutting things
were said. The Judge sent letters in all
directions for Will, but three weeks had
passed without a reply. We had all in turn
offered to accompany MissBrowning to San
Francisco, but she said she knew no one
there ; Will would be sure to come before
long, and would be disappointed if she
should leave; besides lind sbé‘ not eight of!
the best brothers in the world ? She would
stay a while longer, and she would help'
cook and mend for us, so as not to burden
.us too much. She had a few new books
she had bought for Will, and she would
read for us evenings. We came up an hour
earlier than usual, and our table was always
ready for us, and it had many an extra
touch that none but a woman would think
of. We were a silent set of men during the.
day, but leach did his best when we got
home. _ Stories were told, songs were sung,
and with her readings we were all entranced.
She always called us by the names which
were first given her, and ever so many
times she went throngh the introduction,
acting out the parts. It seemed funnier to
her than it did to us. She talked to South
Carolina about the beauties of the southern
sky, and of the flowers and trees, which
eclipsed anything at the. North. TO Nut-
meg, she praised New Eugland,and she had '
some favorite topic to discuss with each of
us. .
Of course we were all in love with her,
but none dared boast of having received any
sign of preference from the lady. We had
all proposed to her once, and some of us
halfa dozen times. She just made light of
it ; said we were crazy, and didn’t know
what we were about; but she came to know
after a. while that we did.
The? was, an. open. wars. .Wsfillscled
lint: mad-men, except the Judge ; hewoni‘u
not answer any ofOur taunts, but was most
pleasant to all. But he grew to look real
care-worn, and every time he met any of us
alone he would say he hoped Will would
come soon. He talked to us about keeping
the peace, and appealed to our honor as
men and our love for our old comrade.
Kate herself had quite a little talk with each
one. I don’t know how she managed it,
but she left the impression upon us all that
we were most likely to be accepted if we
behaved ourselves and kept quiet ; but 'twas
no go—we could not.
One evening she refused to sit down with
us to the table, and so little was eaten. She
walked up and down the room, and then
said, emphatically: -
“I’m going off—I don’t know where ; but
I must go away; this is getting unbearable.
I cannot meet one of you but I am impor-
tuned to marry you. Don‘tyou know, gen-
tlemen, I cannot marry you all, and if I
choose to show one bit of pleasure in the
society of one, the rest are all angry. Now
1 ask you what shall I do? Will doesn’t
cOme, and I am all alone. I wish you
would drop all this nonsense and behave
yourselves. Why won’t you ‘1’”
- She looked from one to another, and
ti’nally asde Jack, “Come you own to be—
ing wicked, and have been an awful tease ;
won’t you reform, and then all the rest
will ‘3”
Aunt Betty said :——“lf you care for any
one of us, make it known, and then the rest
behave Ola—there Will be a row.
“That’sjust its—you will fight for any of
us, you are. getting so savage. In being
lovers, I am afraid you have forgotten to be
gentlemen.”
Wasn’t that a stinger for us? But we
didn’t feel it then as we have since. We
all promised not to say a word after her
decision was made known to us. Each one
may have been elated, thinking he was
likely to be chosen. ,
She sat down and put her face on her
am, but it was only for a moment. Then
she said :— '
“I shall ask for two days to think of it.
Next Sunday there will be a wedding hero,
and a supper afterward, which we will help
to prepare. If any one speaks to me on the
subject between this time and that, his doom
is sealec .”
There was an oldish man over at the
next cabin who seemed to haven fatherly
care over Kate. And I might as well say
here, that all of the thirty who were un-
married, had offered themselves to her and
had been refused.
Well, Kate bind the old man Howe had a
long talk together, and then he went off and
did not got back until Sunday, and he
brought a minister with him. There was
some kind of service in the afternoon out
under the trees, but none of us paid much
attention. Our eyes were all for Kate, and
she was crying sottly all the time. When
it was over, she took the prcaciier‘s arm and
talked with him some time. '
Then she went into'our cabin and we all
followed. Mean, wasn‘t it ? But we didn’t
see it in that light then.
The man took the Bible from his pocket.
and said :—-— g
“This lady informs ’me that you have
promised to abide quietly by her decision,
and dwell in peace, and harmony together.
.For her sake you will not object to come
here, one by one, and take an oath which I
shall dictate. It is that you reiterate your
promise with a. hand on this sacred book.”
We advanced and received it as solemnly
as thought it was to be the last of ourlivcs.
Then he told us that Miss Browning was
very much attached to us all, but of course
could not marry but one, and we must hear
our disappointment .like men.
She wept and stood beside him. I thought
she would taint, but she did not". We all
arose when the minister said “Let us pray.”
When he was part through,tlie Judge sat
down completely overcome by his feelings.
I am free to say that this was the longest
prayer I'ever heard. If the minister had
been suspended between Heaven and the
other place, as we were, he would have
fewer words I’m sure. '
When it was over he said .——“I am here
TE.
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1872. ‘
VOLUME LV.~~4NUMBER 3.
7—.
to solemnizc a marriage between Catherine
F. Browning (he must have felt an inward
chuckle over the torture he was'inflictmg,
for he paused well, may be only a minute.
but it seemed an hour), and John A. \Vood-I
ruti‘. If any Of you know just cause or im-
pediment why these two persons should not
be joined in holy matrimony you arc to
declare it now or to forever hold your
pear.”
Jim had not stirred a step. The minister
took his band and pin . tum beside the
bride. I-Ie walk: 5 m: ti on, and I guess the
look he gave ’ILL' misticf Eur, for her fucv,
cleared up like the summer sky after a rain.
The bricfservicc was soon over the? made
the Judge a happy bencdir-i, and us: perhaps
bachelors for life. '
Jim locked up so earnest r: us :—“I do
not deserve llllS happiness as l'lilClJ as either
ofyou; but it has fallen to me, and iv'ill
.10 my best to make her happy. Will you
not Wlsl‘ us God speed ‘.’”——:i.nd he llultl out
his hand. Each of us was man enough to
Yokohama Life and Drum
{James Brat ks, in the New York Exp.e:s.)
There arc five or six little daily journals
in Yokohama, rich in advertisements but
poor enough in news. One of these was
sold the other day, I sec,for $20,000. As to
news here—foreign news—there I is not
enough to keep a journalist alive. The
wonder is all do not (lie of ennui. The
writers, of course, knowing nothing of
Japanese, can, therefore, gather up no polio
reports. have no thrilling intelligence—no
court records, no nothing of etiquette in
Yeddo—nothing from the provincial prov—
inces. All we have is the editorial essay,
and the everlasting, but ull-important,prices
current of rice, silks, sheetings,shirtings,
I‘I‘Clg‘llts”l'tttCS of exchange. But these’ are
wliatmcn come to Japan for, (to get rich,
and then go home.) and hence nothing is so
imporiant to them. '
’t‘bv Caucasians live beautifully here,
many of thorn near their places of business,
walk up and take it and the little brown
hand which had been given Jim.
Then we had supper. here wosn‘tmuch
eaten, yet we all lived through it ; but none
of us have felt much lnnkcring after wed-
dings siucc, I reckon.”
“Egg-IE.
now he so: the Turkey.
“lIuddy,” says the minister, one day, to
his new help, “you ain’t experienced out
doors ; and, when you want to know any-
thing, yon must come to me.”
“Yes, sir,” said Buddy.
“Now, Huddy,” says the person, “you
mustbc sure to save the turkey eggs, so that
we can have a lot of turkeys for Thanks-
giving.”
“ch, sir,” says Huddy, and she opened
the pantry door and showed him a nice disli-
full she’d been savin’ up. Wat, the very
next day the person’s hen-turkey was ftmnd
killed, up to old Jim Scroggs’s barn. Folks
said that Scruggs killed it, though Scroggs
Scroggses they made a meal on’t, and
I-Iuddy she felt bad about it, cause she’d set
do ; I was just ready to so; her."
“Do, Huddy ?” says the person, “why,
there‘s the .nhcr f...‘.‘ ‘y om there by the
door, and a fine bird, too, he is.”
Sure enough. there was the old Tom
turkey a struttin, and a sidlin’ and a quit-
.terin' and flouutin’ his tail feathers in the
sun, like a lively young widower, all ready
to begin life over agin.
“But,” says Huddy, “you know he can’t
set on eggs.”
“tic can’t ? I’d like to know why,” says
the parson. “He shall set on eggs, and
hatch’cni, too.”
“0 Doctor,” says Huddy, all in a tremble,
’causc you know she didn’t want to contra.-
dict the minister, and she was afraid she
should laugh—“I never heard that a Tom
turkey would set on eggs.”
“Why, they ought to,” said the person,
getting quite earnest, “what else be they
good for? You just bring out the eggs,
now, and put ’cm in the nest, and I’ll make
him set on ’em.”
So Hnddy thought there weren’t no way
to convince him but to let him try ; so she
took the eggs out, and fixed ’em all nice in
the nest, and then she came back, and found
"ta ’l‘nm m shin-miel‘in’ ' with wthe pin-sun
pretty lively, I tell ye. Ye see, old Tom,
he didn’t take the idee at all, and he flopped
and gobbled, and fit the parson,and the par-
straight out over his ear, but he’d got his ,
blood up. You see the old doctor was used
to carrying his pints o’ doctrine, and he
hadn’t fit the Arminiaus and Socinians, to
be beat by a. Tom turkey; so finally he
made adivc, and ketchcd him by the neck,
down, and put Huddy’s apron ’round him.
“There, Buddy,” he says, quite red in the
face. “we’ve got him now,” and he traveled
Oil" to the barn with him as lively as n
cricke .
laugh, and afraid the minister would look
'ronnd and see her. i
set him down," says the person when he
got him to the nest, “you see he is getting
quiet, and he'll set there all right.”
And the parson he got dewn,and 01d
Tom he sot there, so'lcmn enough, and held
his head down all drooping, lookin’ like a
real pious old cock, as long as the person
sot by him.
“There, you see how still he sets,” says
the parson to Huddy. .
Huddy was ’most dyin’ for fear she should
laugh. “I’m afraid he’ll get up,” says she, .
“when you do.”
confident: “there, there," says he, Iayin’
his hands on him as if he was prououncin’
a biessin’. But when the parson riz up,
Tom he riz up too, and began to march
over the eggs. _ ‘
“Stop, now I” says the parson ; “I’ll make
him get down again ; 'hand me that corn
basket, we‘ll put that over him.”
So he crooked old Tom’s legs, and got
him down again; and they put the corn
basket over him, and then they both stood
(i waited.
'“That‘ll do the thing,;Huddy,,’ said the
parson. -
“I don’t know about it,” says Huddy.
“Oh, yes it will, child—I understand,”
says he. ‘
Just as he spoke, the basket riz right up
and stood, and they could see old Tom’s
long legs. '
“I’ll make him stay down, confound him,”
says the parsou, for you see persons is men,
like the rent of us, and the doctor had got
his spunk up.
“Youjist hold him a minute, and I’ll get
something that’ll make him stay, I guess,"
and out he went to the fence and brought in
a long, thin, flat stone,and laid it on old
right on the Open buy, and others on the
blufi‘s above, and $5,000 here in the way of
living goes further than $20,000 in , New
York city. They shut up shop at 4, drive
or ride till 7, and nt,7:30 sit down to dinner,
ti cir evening amusement, after which, a.
long sitting at dinner, they go to bed. Diu-
ncr is the great event of the day. Tiffin at
1 o‘clock, as they call “lunch,” the interim--
,rli:ite cvcnt—ond, therefore, the most is
made Ol'dinncr. No theatres, no opera for
Europeans, no libraries, nowhere to spend
lll"l evenings, thev frantically dine and un-
healiiiily sleep after such dinners, with
Chinese almost always their cooks. The
Chinese take to all trades, and Chinese make
the best house servants here—the Japanese
not well taking to that sort of thing, save as
nurses for children.
One of the curiosities of the East is the all
sorts of clothes everybody (of the male sex)
wears. I am not writing now of the nature
clad Japanese, but they Often get cast-off
he stood to it he didn’t; at any rate, the European clothes, "1' big 810951109 Euro-
pcnn clothes, at hicb, when put on, amuse
one to see. There’s a. droll fellow, with
her heart on raisin’ the turkeys, and says “mm"? on but trowscrs and straw shoes.
she', “Oh, dear, I don’t know what I shall . There '5 another With red European made
lshocs, yellow froelr coat, Calcutta hat,(a
hut branching all over the head, backward
and forward only though, and‘ stufl‘ed so
thick With light stuff that no sun’s rays can
pierce through it). Spectacles on,too, and
looking as wise as ,if some great philoso.
phcr. There is another yet, with a. frock
coat only, no shirt, no trowsers, no hat, no
nothing else 1 When European fashions are
taken by the Japanese they rush into them,
as do the Central American negroes, or the
NorthAmeiican Indians. But the hats of
the Europeans in this country are of the
oldest, drollcst, most variegated kind you
can well imagine. I bring here my Ameri-
can head covet-,apoor concern .undera
Japanese sun or in a Japanese rain. I cover
it all with white linen and a big tail down
the neck, to shed oti' the hot sun’s rays.—
Another sports a big Calcutta, English in.
vented hat, made in imitation of the Turk’s
sash, wrapped round his head or cup (fez)
on a hot day, also to ward off the Sun’s rays,
Another yet, trtsh come, to look jaunty,
sports his American slaw hat. In short,wc
have all sorts of hats human ingenuity has
invented, and hence we look like so many
birds of passage if nohof prey.
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A Night on Versuvlus—A Pleasant
Place to Spend the Evening.
The Louisville Journal has a Naples 'cor-
son’s wig got round so that his one stuck resp‘dfitrem w o writes ,._HI spent the night
vith somejrieuds on the top of Vesuvius,
freezing on one side and broiling on the
other. We kept ourselves awake by the
amusement of dodging the falling stones.
About once in ten minutes the oldmountain
gave a shiver—then a burst like forty
in spite of his flopping. and Serked him thousand mufiled cannon,it ever there was
such a thing. At each burst a cloud of black
smoke, in the shape of an inverted hayslack,
and thirteen times the size of the Gait house
was driven into the air, followed by a mass
of livid flame that liahte th
Hucltly.c:11nc behind jist chokin’ with leagues around. The: 103k odtctg‘il-nstglgj
millions of tons are thrown hundreds of feet
nto the air, most of them falling back into
“NOW. Huddy, W0,” “00“ his 1033’ and the crater, but many, varying in size from a
pigeon’s egg to a tobacco hogshead,1and
outside, and you must dodge; generally
easy enough, as they are of a white heat,
and show as plain as a rocket-star.
tumble down the steep cone, hissing and
steaming in the snow—the big ones break-
ing into fragments, and flying like a burst-
ing shell.
They
Now is the time—ten minutes interval
We rush up to the very edge of the abyss
and look dovvn ; for further particulars see
‘Daute’s' Inferno ;” but you spoil your
h , n _ boots, Ididfi You singe your moustache, 1
Oh, no he won L says the person, quite did. And you wish you were safely out of
it, I did. You turn away sneezing as if you
had accidentally ignited abox of Iocofo-
cos under your now; for a moment all is
dark; then the long twinkling row-of gas
lamps in the streets of Naples seem to spring
out of the ground under your feet, though
miles away ; then you see the lights in the
little towns above the base of the mountains
in all save one,~and that one the largest.
Pompeii, With its great old temple, magnifi-
cent theatres, close-built streets, and vast
arena, is dark ; the grimlskeletons lying in
their ashen beds alone keep their vigil
there; their eyeless sockets need no light.
No night that ever I’w1tnessed can eqdal a.
clear sunrise from Vesuvius.
imagine its grandeur; but you must try to,
No one con
for I dare not attempt a description. As we
stood gazing down on the roofless houses of
Pompeii, the sun lighting its gay colored
walls—Torredel Green, with its earthquake
shaken walls—I said: “I’m glad of it.”~
Says one of the party, “It’s awful shabby ;
don’t think it pays,” That young man was
from Henry county, Indiana. With a'pretty
general destruction of boots and clothing,
and the aforesaid loss of one of the hand-
Tom’s back.
goin’ to give in.
Old Toni, he wilted down considerably
und-r this, and looked railly as if he was
He staid there a good long
.steppin’ as ever, saying, “talk, talk,” and
spell ; and the minister and Huddy left him
there, and come up to the house, but they
hadn’t more than got in the door, before
they see old Tom a hippin’ along, as high
“quitter,quitter,” and struttiu’ and goblin’
as if he’d come through the Red Sea and got
the victory.
“Oh, my eggs l” says Buddy, “I’m afraid
lic’s smashed ’cm.”
And sure enough, there they was, smashed
flatenongh under the stone.
“I’ll have him .killcd,” said the parson—
“we won’t have such a critter ’rount .”—
M's. H. B. Stowe.
The Post-Office Department has agreed,
at the suggestion of the "U. S. Treasury, to
issue a Circular to Postmastcrs requiring
them to receive mutilated currency, under
the new regulations, in payment for postage
stamps and stamped envelopes on the same
terms that it is received by the. Officers of
the Treasury Department—that is to say at
its full face value when not more than two-
fifths Of its original proportions are missing.
The mutilated currency received will not be
paid out again by the Postmasters, but may
be for ’ardcd to the Treasury at Washington
at GOVCl‘melll' expense, provided the fractidn-
al currency be sent in sums of five dollars
and upwards. New currency. by express
at the expense. of the Department will be
somest moustachcs in Naples by yourhum.
ble servant, we got down safely._ Not so
with another party who ascended from the
N oin side. One of them had an arm broken
by a falling stone, another a leg in getting
down. '
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Krupp’s great iron works at Essen,
Germany, over nearly eight square" miles,
and one and a half miles are under cover.
They furnish employment for 10,000 men,
wbodo their work under a discipline as
strict as that of the military service. Cast-
lugs weighing forty tons have been made
several times in these works, and ten and
twelve-ton blocks are every-day sights
There are forty-nine hammers in the works'
of which four or five are twenty-five,tons',
three or four fifteen tens, and Marge num-
her live and ten tons. The greatest of all
the hammers is a wonder, and cost $500,000
lts foundations‘arc one hundred feet deep.
consisting of three tiers—the first construct-
ed ot solid masonry, the second of the
heaviest and stontcst oaks to be found in all
Germany, and the third of cylindriéal seg-
ments of cast iron upon which the. anvil
block tests. The head of“ the hammer
wt-igbs fifty tons. Its face is of steel, and in
making it, after the steel had been cast, and
while it was niolten,-castl.iron fis poured
inc itjft'om'lbe back. Everything that
Lehmgs to it, and to thegnginc fligtpperates
it, is in duplicateand'tripliqxteg;k1899§sleam
(r:‘:lllC:i serve it, and these areeuohfiested to
tat-at two hundred tons, and ure‘intended to
bear forty-ton ingots, which urging .- largest
cast. In 1866 sixty-.oncjthoiaufidtonspf
sent in return unless otherwise requested.
steel were turned but EONIMSSWQII‘B-
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