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‘VILSON s; HURLBL’TT,
Attorneys and Counselors atLaw,
ALSO, PENSION AND PATENT AGENTS.
Room No. 4 Gazette Building, N orwalk, Conn.
40351'3 \V. \VILSON, J. BELDEN HURLBUT‘I‘.'
. ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Orgglst of the First Congregational Church.
FROBI THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
~ ' , Teacher of the '
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical Corn-
_ sltlon.
Box 379 I’. 0. Norwalk, Conn.
In New York, care of Wm. A. Pond & 00., 896
Broadway. _ ' ,
W R. OAKES, Ill. 1)., from the Royal
. Opthulmic Infirmarory, London, Physician
and Surgeon for the Eye and Ear, and Catarrhal
Diseases 01 the Lungs, Fences and Nasal passages,
also Nervous maladies of all kinds. particularlythose
afi‘ecting Females. All of which he has made his
special stu'ly, and successful procticc more than
thirty years. Can be consulted (gratis) at his
oflce, over the Store of lino p 8: Dickermun, Wash-
;1 ton St., South Not-Walk, mm!) A. II., to 9 r. M.
be Dr. will visit patients during the day, when
_ :ezuired. . 1y45
c. A. MILLBANK,
Graduate of the
Penn. College. of Dental Surgery,
At the office in the old Fairfield County Bank
Building, Wall Street, 25.
DR. J. G. BARBovn,
D E N ~13 :r: s '1- ,
NORWALK, CONN.
Ofiice‘ in Gazette Building, Room No. 8, overJack-
IonBro‘s store.
‘ Niiltrgus oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
as e . '
A New Dance for plate work—light, durable and
cheap.
PATENT AGENCY.
WILLIAM VINE,
Agent and Solicitor of Patents,
Mechanical Draughtsman and
MODEL MAKER,
Winnipauk, Conn. .
c. S. Locnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor
AND
F
I
1y
dvertisers restricted to the business con- .
REAL ESTATE.
nin Street eleven rooms.
JACOB w nuns.
ET.—Large house on M
nquire of S ,
TO RENT.
HE second Floor of the House next west of the
residence of A. H. Bylngton. Esq. Address
BOX 463, South N orwalk, Ct.
TD
REIL— The basement, No. 47 Main Street.
Tol’ossesslon given April 1.
to E. APELL. ,
To Int-From April lst, a new Dwellln on Fair
Street, just above Catharine: six rooms. urge cel-
lar and attic, ood well, &c.: rent 820 per month.
Apply at GAZ TTE OFFICE.
I
fl REIL—A small house, six rooms, near Broad
River Bridge. Possession given immediately.
Apply to ROBERT ELLS.
TO LET.
0 a small family a part of a very desirable two
story house,.five rooms on the first floor; a well
of water, a cistern and garden; situated on Belden
Street, three doors above Union Avenue. Enquire
on the premises.
A Very commodious cottaoc, containing 10 rooms.
but and cold water, bat closet, furnace, as.
&c., near the Bridge; rent $40 per month. App yfifi
TO LET.
the GAZETTE OFFICE.
T0 BENT.
ON
E of the easiest little cottages in town; three
minutes walk from the Bridge; six rooms, and
very convenient for a small and genteel family. Pos-.
session given at any time.
Rent $25 per month.
Apply at the GAZETTE DEFICE. 6tf
TO. RENT.
THE Three Story and Basement Brick Block, on
Merritt Street, with water on first and second
floors, to let to one or two families to each house. on
moderate terms, to a good and respectable class of
tenants. For further parfigrlliars enquire at mv coo
C
office. LES ’l‘. LEONA D.
Norwalk, Feb. 0th, 1812. 6
TO LET.
RICK HOUSE on High Street, to lebUast occu-
pied by Isaac Church, Jr.,) from April 1, 1872.
Also. a Store on Main Street, from April hat, with
fixtures complete. ‘
Inquire of N. WOOD.
TO RENT.
HE late Daskam House, in rear of Raymond’s
Building, comprisina basement and two stories
nbove,is ofi'ered to rent. a well adaptedfor a Baal-do
ing House. Possession given April 1st.
it ELBERT RAYMOND. ' '
T0 RENT.
THE old and long established Carriage Sho ,
formerly occupied by Waterbury A: Duncan, u
hear ofHorse Railway Depot; Possession given im-
mediately. ‘
A l on the remises
PP! P m
' NOBWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, .1872."
Desirable Place for Sale.
subscriber ofi‘ers his place for sale, which is
fieasantly situated on ltoton Hill, comprlsln
of good, well improved land, with Dwel -
and Burn thereon. There are on the
fine Orchard containing thirty young and
la and pear trees. in bearing: aflne gar-
, Ana; :1 good spring of water.
e Sound fand hsrllr‘or, and 51:31:
In er of villa es can ballad rom t e onse.
33th: place wil be sold, or such a portion‘thereof‘fis
may suit the urchaser. Apply to HOY'l BRO'l -
R South orwalk. or on the premises of the sub-
fill‘g’er. strapl- 1 GEORGE HOYT.
____,_____..._,’—————
REAL. ESTATE FOR SALE,
Near Five Mile River.
cnieut double house with about one acre
agglound, pleasantly situated factn Wilson's
Cove on the road leading from South orwalk to
‘ R1 er.
Fl£230.“: la: e number of splendid BUILDING
LOTS, on the otou Hill Road, (so called and near
the residence gr Smltlii Mills. 1153:: oa'nc Alfiefiiffso
. ' f rt er art on arse ‘
ERWILSDI: at Wilsrfi's Point ;. or of W. T. DRAW
SUN South Norwa .
&South Norwalk, Jan. 12.1372. 8m‘3
T“
eight acres
ing House
pggrgises ap
I. a
den githpsmall fruit
Beautiful views of th
For Sale Cheap or to Rent.
ELLING HOUSE only two'yesrs old, on
A. 3:? Ely Neck’road, ,South Norwalk, for sale
$1918”, or to mm , E. K. LOCKWOOD.
PLUMBING.
TIN noormc, FURNACE WORK.
‘GUTTERS AND LEADERS
made and put up.
noors REPAIRED' AT SHORT NOTICE. .\ .
mo, lonm II ALL Imus or ml, stun
llllll no norm lion. ,
, JAMES MgBOYER,
Basement of Raymond’s New Building, cornJr of
Main and Hoyt Street. I;
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
HE subscriber would informthe citizens of Nor—
T walk that he is prepared to do _ ,-
Bnildlng, in all of its branches,
b contract or b day’s work and solicits a share of
pgtronsge. ' Willytry toplease. Shop Center avenue,
near Main street. SAMUEL B. FITCH.
TEAS. GDFFEES AND SHOES. ,
DUTY REDUCED.
Further particulars sec small hill
Also, Rooms WiAh ppwter to rent. At G. & S. H. HOLMES,
o
m ”p y ISAAC cannon, JR. '3 13 and 15 Main Street-
Five More Lots,
OPPOSITE DA BIEN DEPOT,
WILL BE SOLD FOR
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS EADII,
If purchased before April 1st. Apply to
717 MELVILLE E. MEAD, Darleu Depot, Ct.
, FOR SALE.
AN excellent homestead at a bar ain, consisting
' of nearly eight acres of choice and, a conven-
ient and substantial 2story Dwelling house, Barn
and other out-buildings in good repair, well supplied
with fruit. water, dtc. These remlses are Situated
about two miles from the Br dge in a respectable
neighborhood and healthy locality. The present
msln (if desired) secured by mortgage for particu-
Eust Avenue.
A. acres of woed land, 10 acres of cultivated and
seven miles from the town 01 Norwalk, and four
crvoir); there is a tract of land adjoining the above,
lice if applied for soon. A ply to FREDERICK
FOR SALE. '
owner wishing to sell, it will be offered c n if ap-
plied for soon. Part of the-purchase man can re-
lars and ermission to see the prem sea, Idlfily to
tf JAM S MITCHELL, or to C. F. 0830 ,
A
FOR SALE.
FARM of fifty acres of land, including twelve
the rest for palturing, together with House. Barn and
Stable, all in good order; said farm is situated about
miles from the New Canaan Railroad Depot, and five
minutes’ walk from Silver Lake (or upper water res-
which is also fur sale, and the two can be boughs to-
gether at a reasonable price; will be sold at a sacri-
GRIEBEL. on the [fiemlses ew Canaan, or of A.
A. FABER, foot of 111 mil. Norwulkn sin—1
HE property known as the “ NORWALK TOWN
FARM,” consisting of 17 acres of land. one com-
Gentlemens Furnishing Emporium,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
J'this’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct
uents’ and Yonth’s 015E; cut and made to order,
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles. by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable. ‘
Etna- Insuruncc Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Cnpital and Ari-era, $5,052,880 19
.-nsures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard, and consistent with
the laws of compensation.
GEORGE R. CUWLES,
Sole Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Insurance Company.
NORWALK, CONN.
Cosh Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capitol, $100,000
‘ Wu. C. Smear, President, Gro. R. Gowns, Sec’y.
Essa. HILL, Treasurer”
lairlicld County Insurance 00.,
SOUTH NORWALK, C'l‘.
CASH CAPITAL, ....... . ........ 8200.000
SURPLUS (over) ........................ 30.000
E. A. WOODWARD, W. S. HANFORD,
as President, Secretary. .
, RANGES.
GOOD N0. 7 RANGE, - - - $12.00
u u u _ 1‘4”
Call and see them beforebuyirlg ellewbere, .
GEO. F. BELDEN,
THE MODEL MARKET.
.WILLIAM MITCHELL,
m n
AVING become proprietorof this old establiilh-A
ed and ever popular mauket, is prepared to fur-
.Llsh Hotels. Saloons, Families,&c., with Meats of-all
kinds, of the best quality,ln anydesired quantity and
it the lowest market prices. The continued patron-
. of the ubllcsolicited.
n p WILLIAM MITCHELL.
_—-—
memorandum ‘
‘I‘IflllfiALLllliliSJJVER. BLOOD
onderfhl medicine to which the afflicted
Lin 3113:; pointed for relief. the discoverer be-
lieves he has combined in harmony more of Na-
ture’s most sovereign curative properties which
‘God has instilled into the vegetable kingdom for
healing the sick, than were ever before combined
in one medicine. The evidence of this fact is
lfound in the great variety of most obstinate dis.
eases which it has been found to conquer. In the.
’cure of Bronchitis Sever-o Con hp,
'nnd the early stages of Cancun: tlon, t has
astonished the medical faculty, an eminent phy-
Ilcians pronounce it the greatest medical discove-
ry of the ace. While it cures the severest Con he,
1
a aens the a stem and purliles ho
blfifiafthBy its great and thorough blood purify-
ing poperties it cures all flumo from t c
wOSEScroiu‘latoa common Blotc , Pim-
' [0 or Euruptlou. Mecurial diseasc,Mine<
g1 Rolsons, and their effects, are eradicated, and
71001-0113 health and a sound constitution estab-
me... nrvswmasnarl-arms"
Sores, 503” 0" g a by. ad Maori;
.. diseases cause
I! the “meg: this powerful purifying and in-
"mn‘s’ memcmm sy debilitated.havcsallow
. row
Won feel dull. d ish brown spots on face or
color of skin, or yellow
udnche or dizziness, bad mgte in
mhfllllgefi-lhkllheat or chills alternated with hot
I
and‘ loomy foreboding. 1...
“frigi'og’ggtltlgkhsd tonglllzo coutcd, you are softer-
Egnfrom Tor id. Liver or ‘Blllons-
395.” In many cases of “Liver Com-
is! m ” only par
”W" A13 ’ {thigh
Egfikggsopeg‘l’ect cures, leaving the liver s‘t’r‘e‘ngtihl-
“e“ ““1 “em" File’t%.$3t“i€§.‘ffeve.'ian.
£3213: £tllllstllhelse who have used it for this‘
u use are loud in its praise. rd lbr ‘ medi-
P T o'proprictor offers $1,000 rows all odls-
iuo that will 9. ual it for the cure of fl; .
0 as for which it is recommended. P aréd b .
”sold by drugclsts at $1. or bottle. hlpche .
V Pierce, M. D.. Sole r0prietor.at s
cal Laboratory. 133 Seneca street. Bum
Are conquere
fthcse sym toms are ex
to for all fine}! cases Bf"
Discove'ry has’no equal,
modious Dwelling House, and two smaller ones——
Barn and other outbuildings. Said farm is admira-
bly adapted to market gardening, being situated
about one mile from N orwalk and South N orwalk
centers, the land being nearly all arable and of good
' l'l.‘ . .
qua I he .wanted for building
y
This property wrll soon
purposes, for which it has great advantages, being
y highways.
bounded 01111 opposrte 1sides . fth ubsctiber
F rfurt er articu ars Inquireo es
0 . p MARTIN S. CRAW, ’
’ Agent for the Town?! t
Norwalk. July 3. 1771.
For Sale or to Rent.
HE Placo lately owned and occupied by the late
T John D. Lounsbury, in Winnipauk. The place
consists of a large Dwelling House. with modern
improvements, and Five Acres of good Land. Pleas-
antly located on the main street, near Depot, Post
Office and stores. Possession given immediately.
Inquire of MORGAN T. SMITH. or GEORG H.
RANDLE, near the premises.
. FOR SALE.
The place of the subscriber on the corner
of Plattsville Avenue and the New Canaan
road, in the Borough of Norwalk, is ofi'ered
for sale at a low figure. It consmts of a
Dwellmg House, Barn. and other outbuildings, to-
gether with about three-quarters of an acre of land,
(200 feet front on Pluttville Avenue and 190 feet deep),
Has a fine large cistern of water and 60 young fruit
trees on the page. Porscifslonf glveltyimmedrately.
11 under roun room I: am or cat e.
A g ILLIAM D. SHERWOOD.
Norwalk. Jan. 29th, 1872. 5;:
“BUILDING LOTS.”
HE undersigned ofi'er for Sale some of the most
T desirable building site in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Up on Park, convenient to the
village and easy of access, having an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices low and termseagy.
Apply to A. H. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMSTEAD,
, E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk, Sept. 21, 1868.
M111 Property
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber ofi'ers for sale his Mil.Propertyslt'
T ulated in West Norwalk, about two miles from
Darlen Depot, three miles from South Norwalk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting of a mann-
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet head andfall of water, with three acres of land,
now used as 3 Saw Mill but suitable for a manufactu-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, N orwalk,or
of the subscriber, CHAUNCEY STREET.
West Nor-walk, Sept. 25, 1869. 39tf
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belonglnw'the estate of George W
Raymond, compri g
ble property in south Norwulk, isnow ofi‘ered forsale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
MON D and CHESTER F.TOLLES, South Norwalk,
Conn. tf26
~ JAMES FINNEY,
Ikonl Estate Agent, Licensed-Auction-
‘ eer, Constable, Collector, arc.
RATEFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
G patornagc heretofore extendedhim by a gener-
ous public. and solicits a continuance of the same.
He has taken a desk at J.
B. Hurburt’s Law
Office, Room No.1,
Gazette Buildino, where he
can hereafter be found, or orders can belel't. He Will
give prompt attention to the buying and selling of
Real Estate, renting of places, Anctionearlng of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, to“
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all
who may favor him with their patronage.
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND
.AU-CTIONEER,
onnrcn mncnnLLss BLOCK,
VWALL s‘rnns'r,
NORWALK. CONN.
CITY, BESIDE NCE 5,
Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, STOCKS,
' FURNITURE, so,
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 VARYING IN PRICE,
from 35.000 to $50,000 ‘
Al orders lcftut the UNION MARKET. Mitchell's
Block. Nip-walk, Conn. will receive prompt attention.
°I .LY' '
blend your address for a pamphlet; . ,
City Intelligence Office.
HE subscriber, at his intelligence Ofilcc, foot of
T Mill Hill. is prepared to furnish
GOOD SERVANTS, FARM HANDS, LABORERS,
etc., or to find good places for those out of employ-
mgluet'is also agent for the sale of Real Estate.
h d for sale or to let.
Pmeson “fonts A. uonnscxnk, Agent.
HARNESSES FOR SALE.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
T public that he has now on hand a good assort-
ment of HARNESSES, made of the verybest mate-
rials which he will SELL AS LOW as they can
ossibly be furnished at any other similar estab-
ishment in the county. Now for the orders. Let
me have them at once. WM. B. SW
Feb. 1. 1871.
501'] ETIIING NEW 3
—r
A FIRST CLASS CITY
Draper tTailnIiu Eltailisimul
At No l, Gazelle Building, (up stairs)
HE subscriber would respectfully inform the cit-
T izens of N orwalk, that he has made arrange-
ments to open a first-class,Ncw York City Establish-
ment. as abovc,where he pledges blnlselfto give sut-
infection to all his customers. ‘
He will give special attention toBoys Garments as
well as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing their
own cloth can have the same cut or mode np,ln an ar -
tlstic manner, at reasonable pr wcs
FRANCI
3
s J. MOKEON.
JACKSON BROS,
JEWELER S
KEEP CONSTANTLY 0N HANDA FULL
STOCK 0F
our com on SILVER wncurs
. JEWELRY, SILVER AID PLATED WARE?
ofevery description.
Repairing, in all its Branches
Dong in the best manner.
—ALSO-—
\ ' -
lg'ls for Smith's American Organs
To which we would invite the attention of the
musical public.
EDWARD P. WEED
Druggasi; ,
Wall Street, opp. N orwalk Hall
A large and wellselected stock of
Drugs and‘Medicines
PERFUMEBY, PATENT MEDICINES, all
- kinds, MINERAL WATERS TOILET and
MEDICATED SOAPS. FLAVORING and
HANDKERCHIEF EXTRACTS, HAIR
BRUSHES, COMBS, SPONGES, CHAMOIS
SKINS, STATIONERY, CIGARS, &C., &C.
Is constantly adding to his stock all thenewand pop-
ular medicinesof theday. '
’ BIackWalnu'l, Ash and WhileWood.
some of the most desira- '
FULL LINE of these woods of the best qual-
ity, and seasoned has just ,een received, and.
W111 hereafter be kept in stock, by
LEWISIICDBELL, Dealer,
WATER ST., NORWALK, CONN.
Call at the brick office. 33
alvenslnt EOIINDRY.
HE Subscribers having completed their new
Foundry Works on Hoyt street, and fittedu
T
the same in the best manner, with most ap‘prove
machinery, arenow prepared to execute allor ersfor
FIIEST DASTIIIS and to 50 Jill "DR!
of every description. Babbitt metal, of every qual~
lty, furnished. Orders solicited.
Cash paid for east scrap iron.
’ D
A. C. ARNOL ,
OTTO G. HAUSCHILD'I‘.
19
Nor-walk, May S. 1871.
The Place to Buy
BOOTS AND SHOE“
_ IS AT
BROWN 8. KELLOGG’S,
No. 39 Main Street.
THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE PREPARED TOFUR-
NISII ALL KINDS OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
ofthe best make at the lowestlivinarate-
wish it to be dis’tlnctly understoodthat the'y They
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD !
Call Early, and Secure GreatBurgsius;
All kinds ofcuuiom work made toorder.
REPAIRING NEATLY AND PROMPTLY DONE.
Agents for Davis’ Sewing Machine.
0. 5.. BROWN, I JARVIS KELLOGG.
WM. S. JONES,
Next door to Hotel, Westport, Manufacturer
Dealer in every description of
HARNEES, SADDLES
and
LANKE'I'S, ,WHIPS, .
mull-rascal. '
Trunks, Vallscs, ’arc. "to.
JAMES MITW . ”fitmflzdono with especial care and with“, N
MISS M. M. SMITH,
Teacheroi‘Slnglng and the PlanoFortc
INGING taught according to Basslul’smostsp-
proved method. Particular attention given to
the DevelopmentundCultlvutIou of the voice. The
course of instruction ml. ocspeciallyadapted toCIlofr
sin l‘zgif desired. Address Box 81 P. 0., SouthNor-
wa k, or call at the old Well Hotel. f8
”W. H. SWORDS,
Merchant Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN 51's.,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.,
Scotch Ohevoits, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST. PRICES:
A goodfit warranted and made as the customer may
want it. Cutting done for others to make as hereto
fore. ,
Also, :1 LARGE ASSORTMENT or HATS and CAPS
NEW and RARE PLANTS.
Roles, fillings, Variants,
Bedding OucPlantS, Shrubs,
Fruit Trees of all kinds,
Raspberry, Blackberry & Strawberry
Plants, 05c.
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER 85 CELERY PLANTS, &c.
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. BO-
QUETS, WREATHS, BASKETS, CROSSES. and aft!
er Floral Decorations arranged in the beat style of art
to order. Send for descriptive catalogue.
MALLOBY a: DOWNS,
, South Norwalk. Ct.
Timber, Lumber,
Shingles, Latll,
r
\
‘ Builders" Hardwarcyfrcg
' A'I’ WHOLESALE, Alb IlEl'AIL.
onmcss AND YARDS: '
Water street, Norwnlk,’
astf Wn'shin'zton street. So. Nor-walk
. mus. J. A. JUDD, .
Millinery Goods.
And Sole Agent for .
' im'r'nmmx’s PATTERNS;
Also Agent for Sinver’s Improved Family Sewing
Machines.
No. 2, Chichc-ter’o Block,
Washington Street, South Norwalk. iysl
anmond Bros.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Hutton, run, noun, &c.,
ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
COAL
or run TON, CAR LOAD on csnoo,
WOOD,
ALL KINDS, OUT AND SPLIT To ORDER.
Masons’ Building Materials,
BLUE STONE,
ALL SIZES AND LENGTHS,
OUT TO ORDER.
, Agents for the celebrated‘
Franklin Coal of Lyken- Valley.
South Norwalk, Gt.
.4
Foot of Washington st.,
NE‘V DRUG STORE.
THE undersigned would respectfully announceto‘
the citizens in this vicinity, that he haajult
fitted upa New Drug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
where"wlll be found
PURE DRUGS,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS,
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, rte.
Ir Physicians Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights, in samebnlldlng,
entranceon Washington St.'
1m S. r. PECK .South Norwalk. Conn. '
NEW COAL YARD.
D. L. .MILLARD «E 00.
Have established a. new yard,
Corner Water and Washington. Stu,
(between the Bridges,) where in' addition to allthe
best varietiespf
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LEWIS HUBBELL, Dealer, '
, this state of things. and .1qu tried how for
. ‘ English'waa very hard to- ' understand, and;
the'iloiSQj in; 1118- marketgso: great that
'- Wilhelm had to comcjbohlnd the stall to he
and resist than the. other glib???
Frovn 00.404an Hominy!" lurch
AUNT . 'I‘AIII'I‘IIA.
BY 0. W. EDI-ll.-
4-—
Whatever 1 do and whitcvcr I say.
Aunt Tabitha tells me that Isn't the way ;
When m was a girl (forty summers ago)
Aunt Tablth‘s‘ tells me they ne'er did so.
Dear aunt! if I only wéuld tukcher advice!
Butl like my own way. and i find it so nice!
And besides, I forzct'bblf the things I up told;
But they all will camel-ck to Ind—when I an old.
If a youth passes by, it may happen.- no doubt,
He may chance to look in u I chance to look out;
It is horrid, she says. and l mustn’t sit there.
A walk in the moonlight hli‘plom I own,
But it isn’t quite sofa to be walking alone:
So I take | India arm—jut for safety, you know,—
But Aunt Tabitha tells me they didn't do I0.
How wicked we are, and how good they were then!
They kept at arm’s length those detestable man;
What an era ofvirtus Ibo lived in l—But stay—
Were the men all such rogues in Auntfl‘hbltba’l day i
If the men were so wicked, I’ll ask myplp'l ,.
How he dared to pronounce my darling mull:
Was he like the rest of them i Goodness! Who
knows l _ ' .
And what shall Isl). if I wrctch should propose i
I am thinking lfAunt knew to? little of sin,
What a wonder Aunt‘i‘cbllha'qann't must have been!
And her guild-dun! 4t scares meg-how shockingly
Id" ' ..
That we girl: of to-duyarc so frighlfnlly bad i '
A martyr will save up, “W ‘ 13.11.} 3 onion; _
Let n perish-gtem'mwmv you-i man!
Though when to the altar I victim I no. it
, Aunt Tabitha '1! tell no (I; neverdid so!
' . . M . flu Arm.
'rnn Duran-Aron HILLS.
It was 9.- biller cold November-in the year
of grace 17—;1‘dampf‘f6gs hungover-ills
earth likc'a pull. The“ mists mile min the
low tens of Linooln'uud,Notting~hamahire, '
the water . kissed -:.o,ut' . and inundated athe
meadows, carrying Mm in lhelrjtreln‘. '
Fields that in? the rues-y hayimaki'ug‘ti‘mc
children shouteddhrou'gb, gardens where
grew succulent vegetables, all now lay. pal-
sive under the stagnant fluod. The ,inhabli
taut: of these shirea had grown weary of
digging “ditches and dykes all across the fines
of the country would alleviate this cultural
plague. Their work}, proved fi'uitleSS ;
abandoning the efi'ort' they sent a call to the
other side of the ocean,.to .the‘ princes of
drainage, the clever Dutch, to; come. and
help them. They summation November ‘
great engineering wail" going, on ;, canhls
were dug, deep dykes planned, every means
of drainage these Dutchmen knew was put
in use to rcdeem the Guns of North Lincoln-
shire from the dread Winter visitor, “the
waters.” Square-Shoulder“, heavy-built
Dutchmen smoked long viplpes sud drank
their “Schnapps” in, thc‘fl‘odglhgs of the ,
small neigthringiownL'. They were silent,
steady men, most of the!!! had a “"10”,.”
home and square-shouldered little children.
The Lincolnshire Insoles. could j not, make
many conquests, and So the 1 Lincolnshire
lads, having no cause; fol-jealousy," were
very friendly with these clever foreigners,
who were redeeming their land forlhefnt,
Every morning‘thc Dutchmen; .rolled'up in
warm wraps to keep out the cold, fade out
film the towns and villages 'to, the open . ‘
country to supefinlcud the (meson dams,
and stayed there till the afternoon’s waning.
light warned . them to hasten home, for it
was evil travelling at night across that
Swampy land. . ; -, g
There was one “stalwart . Dummill? W110: 7" ,
had no “mu" at home ; he' was’ better
looking than most of them ; taller, slighter, —
and more jovial; he kicked about him more, ;
and had noticed favorably “laughter of the
land. This pretty- lmie lIVed in squalor
little village called Grangely-super-Monlem',
a village whose, ‘prou'd prerogative is :to
stand not only on a hill, but on the only kill
that exists for miles around. It was aprcttyv
sleep pull up to the village from every side,
and from its beacon on a clear day-switch
so rare a thing occurred—the spectator could -
behold a vast panorama lying at his feet.
They did say so venly churches and IWO‘
cathedrals could be seen fl'om its summit,
but that Lucy Mctcalfe could not certify;
she was far too impatient and frolicksomc a
lass to have patience to enact them all. She
might often be seen running up and down
the steep hill, playing with her young
brothers and_ sisters, for Lucy was only
eighteen, and fill] of youth and health.
John Metcalf was a respectable farmer,
who sent his daughter to market every week
with produce, and no one’seggs and butter
were so popular, no . one’s', ducks and
chickens so fat as Lucy Metcalfc’s; no. eyes
shone more brightly, no hands were more
quick and pretty in ' taking. and giving
change, no tongue more vivacious and hill
of gay repartce. ‘ . , ,
There were several young farmers around
who had an eye‘on her, and thought what a
good housewife. she would make, but Lucy
tossed her head, and pretended lhe did upt-
see this admiration. I .1 l: ,
One day Mcinherr' Wilhelm Van d'er
Roost thought he would like a duck and”
some Sausages for his dinner,aud wandering
into the- market to buy,_he come; as far as
Lucy’s stall, and there became ' a fixture-
For half an hour he stared-At her, a content-
plative pipe between his white' teeth ; for 41:11-
other halfhour he stared at her withoutgs'
pipe—o. sure: sign that his mind Was deeply
stirred, and then he drew nearer, and
touched a fat duck with his large thumb. ,
“Do you want to buy'a duck, sir I,” asked ,
pretty Lucy, who, of 'course,‘hed noticed
him fifty-nine minutes ‘ before, and had
actually fOund means Ito discover thattlle-
starer was the superintendent 'of tbe‘works
in the North Lée Cam, and one of the chief
6f the Dutch sent over.‘ '
Wilhelm fancied-he had been .qui
served, but than men are, so dense abou
these things. He‘ found Lucy very pretty,
and on nearer inspection her figure was so
slim, her hairso. dark and wavy, her eyes,
of so beautiful blue,.and there were ,so many
fat dpcks- to choose among, and .. such 1'
savory heap of sausages" [clock it, that h a
marketing took [quite'unmh’er hulf hon .
Lucy was very patienlfihough she used
be sharp enough sometimes to haggling or
or undecided customers. Meinberr‘s'brokcp
comprehended at all. . _ ,
“Howls it your ducks are so fat t” (We
will not try you With the Dutchman’s bad
English; you might not beso patient sis
Lucy was.) '- .. , . . z 4
“I don’t know ; they get better feed that!
'thc Others,'perhaps.” . .
- “And how is! illyou are‘so‘much fresher
“Oh i we get kosher air, yfiil know.‘ I
live at Grangely-super-MOntem.”'
“Where ? ‘Tbat’sa hard name—Grange-E—
Grangc—” > ‘ - i
, Lucy laughed merrily, and made him re}
peat the name till he could-say it right; that
took quite ten minutes. . ;
‘ “And where is this faVOred village l" ,
“Don’t you know 1’ When. you are down
in'lhe Carl's, have you not seen a church‘-
tower‘on a' hill 1’ Our tower is a beacon for
miles around.” I ‘ - ,
‘ “Ah 1 Yes, of course I have ; and that is
Grangcly¢Super1Monlcm._ Is your name so
hard to speak it” .
‘ .‘“Oh'. no. It is Lucy.”
“Lucy ; .ah, that is not hard, but soft, 800
Lucy-éwhat f”. .
'as‘ your fat ducks.
' “‘Mcléall'e.” , , "
tonne: .
say it even. I will slop at Lucy. And
should I see you if I came to Grangely-
super-Montem l" '
, “Perhaps you would; it depends where
you went to.” ' . , .
“I would go to the high lower to breathe
a deep draught of the fresh air, that makes
you so rosy. May I come and look for you?
I want to know how to make sausages like
these ; they are so good.”
“But you'hsven’t tasted them yet.”
“All, but I know.”
“Cannot your wife, Mrs. Van der Roost—-
oh ! what u long hard name—make sausa-
ges i” asked Lucy, mischievausly.
“Perhaps she cauld if I had ever found
her, but I have no man at home, Lucy."
“Suppose you were to take your duck and
go now, 1 have to be busy,” suggested Lucy.
Wilhelm bad no excuse ready, so after ten
minutes more over the change, be slowly
departed. - '
That evening the Dutchman smoked a
great many contemplative pipes. The duck
and sausages were so good that he_thoughl
he could not wait till the next market day
for another. Next morning when he got to
the Carts, he looked up to the‘ square tower ‘
’of Grangelysuper-Monlcm till he could
resist 3no longer; he must fetch another
duck. . . . '
In time he fetched a great many, and left
his heart behind instead, though he did not‘
find this out at once ; and it was longer still
before he made the discovery that he had
carried ofi‘ Lucy‘s in its place.
It was December; the dullest days of all
the year was at hand. Wilhelm wished the
big drains were all dog and full of the slushy
waters that he might return to his beloved
Holland with this pretty English Lucy and
.her recipes for fat ducks and sausage-meat.
But neither of these wishes seemed likely to
be fulfilled. - ‘
As regards Lucy, a great obstacle had
brisen. Her parents would not hear of their
daughter, the apple of their eyes, the light
of their” old age, going to a foreign land, a
land—because to them unknown, full of all
sorts Of mirrors and drawbacks—with a
strange man, whose lingo puzzled them,
and who might have a dozen wives for ought
they knew.- So Meinherr Wilhelm Van der
Roost was hunted away with a volley of
north country abuse, and such severe in-
junctions were laid upon Lucy against ever
speaking to this Dutchman again, thatlhe
lovers were in despair. _ fi
, But Lucy was wise, She never gave him‘
up'fora moment; she meant to go to Hol-
land with him, come what would, yet she
did not say so. She kept at home so quietly
and docilely, she appeared to have forgotten
Wilhelm so easily, that her mother’s fears
were alloyed; and though she would not
let Lucy go to market any more, or even
Out of the village, she grew quite kind
again. .
Lucy’s birthday was at hand As a re-
ward for her good conduct, her mother gave
her leaveto ask all her friends to the tea-
party. Lucy clapped her hands with tie
light. How she would have liked to ask
Wilhelm! But that would net do, her
m‘other would have been outrageous. '80
Lucy had to make up her mind to do with-
out him._ ‘
A. few days before the party Lucy’s
mother had a dream. Now Dame Met'calfe
was old-fashioned and simple in her notions
and; posseised a long list of the meanings of
dreams. This time she. dreamed that Wil-
mer... Yam oer-Roost-mp1n om; night as
the clock struck‘twelve, and ofiered her' a
big meerschaum pipe, such as he used to
smoke, and that Lucy was dancing around
the room. She felt so angry with Wilhelm
that she dashed the pipe from his hand;
'as she did so her best china tea-set, that was
always kept in a special cupboard, came '
down with a clatter about his head, and lay
in a million fragments, mixed up with those
of the big pipe.
The - good mother told Lucy her dream.
Now Lucy was. not in the least a believer in
dreams, but she had. quick. wit, and While
her mother ransacked her memory to ascer-
tain whet dreaming of a pipe betokened,
Lucy read, the riddle thus : '
“Don't you see, mother, it means that on
'my'birthday when I' am dancing, just at 12
O’clock, Wilhelm will ofi‘er you the pipe of
peace. “That is, he will come again to ask
you for me, and if you dash his offer aside,
we shall be ruined, for he will let the floods
swamp all ihc lands ; now he’s got those big
- drains full, you know, he could soon over-
flow all our carr land ; that is ti e china tea-
sel falling down. So, mother, if he should
come—though that’s quite impossible since
you’ve refused to let him come near us—but
if by any strange chance he should come,
you would not say my again, would you,
mother 1‘"
The good dame was puzzled. Lucy was
a very Daniel in her interpretation, and,
twist her dream in which way she would,
'she could not read it any better than Lucy
had done, ahd she was not one to regard a
dream lighlly. Her only consolation was
that Wilhelm would not know of it and
come. She would keep the doOrs well fas-
tened, and take care to send every one home
by 11 on Lucy’s birthday, so that they might
all bcAin bed and Asleep before 12, and then
the Dutchman could not fulfil the dream.
To-fly in the fpce of it never occurred to the
simple woman ; but there, of course, he
would not come ; how was it likely ?
Lucy said no more ; she sang as light-
’hearl‘edly. as ever over her work. The day
before her birthday was market—day. Lucy '
coaxed her mother lo let her go this once to
.buy some ribbons for her adornment, to-mor~
'row,.and .to meet some distant neighbors
whom she could not ask otherwise to the
frolic. Lucy had been so good that her
mother consented on~ solemn condition that
she would not speak to Wilhelm if she saw
him. She promised readily, and they set ofi‘.
For several hours Lucy stood by her
mother, or chatted with her friends, appur-
enlly gaily enough. But her eyes continu-
‘ully loved in search of a handsome bronzed
face, and her heart ached with fear lcsl she
should not see it.
At last, in the - afternoon, just before the
market people were beginning to pack up,
’Wilhelm Van oer-Roost strolled through the
place, his head down, his eyes fixed on the
:ground ; he did not look about him so much'
‘now', you see. .Lu'cy stamped with impu
.tleu‘ce' ;.ifhe did not look up, it was all over
with their hopes. She coughed loudly; he
started}. their eyes met. A deep finsh stole
.over his face, and he stood transfixed. Lucy
'cautiOusly'glanced toward her mother; the
good} lady was deep in gossip with a crony.
Lucygnve _Wilhelm a meaning glance, took
aim, and threw. ancgg at him. The aim was
good ; it-hit his nose. For a moment Wil-
helm looked aghasl. Could the simple, lov-
fing‘Lucy, who had clung to him bathed in
tears when last he saw her, be turning
against him now, and making 'him openly
‘ ridiculous? He stroked his nose; it was
mine the worse, no daub of yellow yolk was
on it. He looked again of Lucy ; her tear-
ful, imploring look, and a finger pointing to
i' the offending misSile gradually revealed -to
him‘the possibilily that the egg might be a
mans ofcommunicalion. He picked it up
just-otter the heavy heel of a farmer had
trodden it flat. There was a small piece of‘
paper inside, and that was uninjured. He
read the paper slowly; once,.twice; and
then, after carefully watching Lucy, that he
might caclh her eye unseen, he gave three
solemn,- quiet nods. Lucy gave a. hasty one
in return, and smiled happily. They were
only just in time; a second. later, and the
«on, the harsh English ! I will .9. a. ti
good old woman’s gossip ended.
Wilhelm went home with the precious
little scrap of paper that had cost Lucy some
time ofcareful thought and laborious wri-
ting; for in those days young girls were not
the ready writers our farm-house lassies are
now, and this note had to be both short and
clear. It ran thus: ’
“If you love me, come to-morrow night to
our big barn door, at half-past eleven of the
clock; wait there till I come, and mind and
bring your very biggest pipe with you.
Do this as you love me; it Is our last
chance ; nod three times if you understand
this aright.”' .
The ruse had succeeded; the three nods
were as good as an oath to Lucy that her
lover would noi fail. It was such a weight
off her mind that all had gone well.
.The'birthday evening came, and Lucy
was in a fever of expectation and delight,
though her pleasure in her smart clothes,
and in the various viands she had prepared
with her own bands, was rather dashed by
the thought that Wilhelm would not be by
to praise and admire. The tea was a 'great
success ; it was a regular north country tea,
such as we soulherners never see. 'There
were pics by the score, pork, pigeon and
beef; there were fat geese and fowls, both
hot and cold; there were whole loads of
buns, cakes and plum-loaves.
. When all this food was gradually con-
sumed, the games and dancing began in the
big farm kitchen. Lucy’s eyes often wan-
dcred to tip clock, and so did her mother’s.
The good lady had not forgotten her dream,
and was firmly resolved that by 11 o’clock
the guests must go,any be tucked up in her .
little white bed, for out of reach of that
dreadful Dutchman, and the china set se-
curely locked .up to prevent its cluttering
down. ,
L’homme propose, Dieu dispose.” .In the
co e of ihcevening arumor arose that a
ficmzy lad was locked up the church.
There had been a funeral that afternoon,
and one Billy Watkins “a soflee,” - Was
seen gaping and gazing about the church,
and had not turned up since; and as they
were passing, some one had been terrified
by a sound 'of crying coming from the
empty building. Since then Billy had been
missed, so this “some one” put two and
two together, and said he must be in the
church. . ' '.
Now Reuben the sexton was likewise
Reuben the fiddler: and when the young
people came to the old man and begged him
to proceed at once to the churchzto'let out
the boy, he did not feel at all inclined to go.
He was so cosily ensconced in Farmer
Metcalle’s chimney corner,and so happy
fiddling and tippling warm ale, that he
readily consented to let some one go in his
stead. Five or six big lads volunteered,
“for-the fun of the thing.” Lucy let them
out under pretence of seeing what sort of a
a dense raw fog hung over the land.
“What a bad night for‘ Wilhélm’s ride,”
thought Lucy: “however, it’s a. good road
here from the market town, and‘he know's it
well. It’s half past ten now ; in an hour he
will be here.”
“Mind yourselves, lads,” she cried aloud,
as the six youths, noisy with beer and done.
ing, set Off. ..
“Never fear, Lucy,”answered one of them,
“we'll have such a lurk l We’ll ring the
bells in your houor.”
“No, no ; don’t.”
.“Indeed we will ; just you listen.”
Lucy was ln'nopcs it was only a joke, it
would be so stupid if they did it, and every
one» would' wonder what it meant." The
bells never rang except on Sundays or for
some great event, and the sound might
puzzle Wilhelm; But 'true enohgh, some
moments later, a first ,chime, then a second
fell on the air, and presently a noisy, merry
peal made itself heard above the din' of the
party in the kitchen. Four of the lads wer'e
bell-ringers, so they knew what they were
doing, and soon a regular swell ~of aweet'
church bells rdused the quiet village and
electrified the guests at Fa'mer‘Melcalfe’a.
Lucy repeated what the boys had said.
People cried, “Ah, boys will be boys," and
went on with their fun. _ . .
The bells chimed away ; 11 o’clock
struck; Mrs. Metcalfe fidgeled. Unfor:
tunatelyrone of the lad was her own Jack,
so that at the first hint of a break-up every.
one vociferously put her down.
“Those lads will wantfirst a good hiding,
and then a good roasting and tossting after
their cold freak, wife,” said the hospitable
farmer. ’ ‘
The clock’a hands stole along; Lucy slip-
ped out unperceived to the barn-door. It
was cold and dark outside, and Lucy had
flung a warm shawl over her. The half
hour struck; “now Wilhelm will be here,”
She thought. But no sound or sight of him
came. Five minutes more passed ; she
grew fidgety ;'ten, and she grew'impatient;
fifieen, she grew cold and miserable; twenty,
she burst into tears.
Oh i had he forsaken her ? Was thisa
Sign he no longer loved her 1‘ Why did he
not come ? ,
“Ob, Wilhelm, Wilhelm, where are you i”
cried poor Lucy, laying her curly head
against the barn door, and sobbing aloud.
A quarter to tvéelveslruck; it would soon
be too late. ' .
Andwhere was Wilhelm. all this time
He had dressed himself with particular care
that day, and had set out early to the Carts.
There he found that something had gone
wrong with a drain; so, instead of return-
ing'as usual at four o’clock to the lownlie
made up his mind to stop later at the works
—in {actual long As he could see. ;
“It doesn’t look like a bad night," he, said
to himself, “and my horse and. I can find
our way blindfold up to Grangely ; I'll go
about six o’clock, and gotten at lhe inn just
below the village, and wait there till eleven.
I wonder what is up in Lucy’s clever little
head i '
At six, a thick blinding fog rose up from
the swamps. The workmen left, Wilhelm
extinguished the candler in his little office,
where he had been making some calcula.
lations, and mounted his good steed, Hans.
"Now, Hans,” he said, “quick as you can,
up hill." , . ‘
Hans did not. like the foguny more than
his master, so he trotted ofi' fast enough.
They rode for many minutes through, the
dense darkness. Wilhelm thought that
'Hans was extra oclive in going up bill so
nimbly, and yet it did not seem like riding
up hill‘cither. Had they got wrong? He
could soon tell, for a few minutes more ought
lo bring'lhem to a. sleep, stony hill, whence
.they could see the village lights. Half an
hour’s more easy riding convinced both
Hans and Wilhelm that they were wrong.
Hans stopped suddenly and snorted.
“Yes, yes, I know you’ve come wrong,
‘ well enough,” muttered his rider. “What’s
to be done i” I thought we started rightly.
Where are we ?”
Hans turned round.
“You want to go back, you sensible beast,
do you .' Well, if you can find your way
back to the town, that will .do as well ; so
there, guide yourself; it’ won’t be the first
time, eb,'Hans P” ,
Hans trotted ofi‘, but,.nfler some time, he
pulled up at no other place but at the door
of the little office by the drains.
“Confound you line i” cried Wilhelm ;
“I lhought we were to go back to the town ;
however it might be worse.” .
He dismounted, and fetching out a candle,
stuck“ into a kind of rough lantern.
“Now, Hans, we will try again in this
style." -
Once more they set ofi’, on the right Icad ;
night it was. It was a bitter cold one, and "
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the candle threw an uncerlain light; still,
even that was better than nothing.
“We must have gone wrong at the cross
roads," said Wilhelm ; “If this candle .will
but let us read lhe sign post, we shall do."
But suddenly Hans gave a false step,
plunged, and over went Wilhelm, candle
and all, on to a roadside bank. He jumped
up unhurt, but Hans and candle were gone.
Wilhelm swore some terrible Dutch
oaths; all at once he started at feeling a
soft nose rubbing his shoulder. Poor Hans
had only been looking for his master.
With a growl, Wilhelm remountcd. As he
did so, he wondered which way Hans’ head
was turned, it was all so very confusing; it
if only the fog would lifl !
But it didn't, and they got hopelessly lost.
Hours passed,miles were traversed; once
more they found themselves back at the
office. This time Hans was stirred again
with difficulty, but Wilhelm would not give
up the effort.
"It can’t be more than nine o’clock ; I
won’t lail, Lucy, if there’s a mortal way of
' gelling there.” » '
Again they proceeded, foolpacc this time.
Hurrah! he could see lights shining in the
distance. . .
“Cheer up, Hans, old beast, we're right at
last. Now for Stony Hill.” ' '
Wilhelm had rejoiced loo ' soon ; a
a quagmire; the lights were 'will~o’-the-
wisps. After intense difficulty the poor
horse was dragged out. Hans shivered with'
fright, and whined piteonsly. Wilhelm Van
der Roost was in despair; all thought of
his appointment with Lucy was lost now
in the thought of saving his poor horse’s
life. It was a’terrible predicament. Taking
the weary horse’s bridle, he slowly, step
by step, sought ,to regain firmer ground.
"And if once we find it, Hans, we’ll stop
there. The fog may lift at midnight; if it
doesn’t we can but freeze to death instead of
being smothered in the swamp."
Suddenly Wilhelm’s head came in contact
with something hard. .
“What’s that ‘2” he cried, and felt it up and'
down. “Was it a tree lrunk,ora gale-post?
Happy thought! was it the finger post at
the cross roads t” - '
Slipping the bridle over his arm, he
climbed up, and felt the four arms stretch-
ing out. Yes, it was the' finger post; now,
then, which led to Grungely ? There was
the difilculty 1 He tried to strike a. light
with fiint and steel, but the fog prevented
him. There seemed no help for it but wait-
ing. He fretted to think of Lucy, lest she
should deem him false to his word.
But hark i What was that sound that
made Wilhelm’s heart beat . quicker, and
Causepoor Hans to plunge ? ~ '
One, two, three, cling, clung, cling, rang
out the merry church-bells through the fog.
“Grangely bells, Grangely bells I” cried
Wilhelm joyously. They sounded so close
and clear.
“We are saved, my poor beast.”
The horse snorted, as ifhe, loo, knew that
a good thing had happened. Wilhelm
mounted once more. riding' in the direction
of the sound.
"Come this way, come this way,” the bells
seemed to be peeling, loudly and more loud-
ly. Cling, clung, cling.
~ It was all right the road began to ascend;
- impatientVHaus had to slackeu pace up the
steep, stony hill. At last the v
began to glimmer. -
“Cling, clung, cling,-cling,” still
the bells, as Wilhelm rode by the church.
He‘ had no idea what time it was, but
thought he would ride straight to the barn '
dour. '
Fortunately, the fog was not nearly so
d’e’nse up here, and he could see around him.
When he reached the' barn door he flamed
ofi‘ Hans and tied him up. As he did so a
sound of-sobbing fell on his ear, and he saw
a figure leaning‘against the door.
“Lucy l” he cried. '
With a spring she was in his arms. As
fast as he could he told her of .his peril and
how the bells had saved him. ‘
At that moment they ceased; the fact was
the lads knew it ' was midnight, and.they
were afraid to cross the churchyard later for
fear of ghosts. Dame Metcalfe looked Q
the clock; it wanted one minute to twelve;
she felt uncanny. Where was Lucy ? She
didn’t see her. She looked at the best tea-
set, which she and some gossips had washed.
replaced, and locked up in the corner glass
cupboard. No games were being played
now, and dancing was getting slack. Folks
were growing weary, and Wanted to be
home. They got impatient at the lengthen-
ed absence of the boys. Old Reubcnnmw
that fiddling and tippling had ceased, began
to wonder whether the parson would blow
him up to-morrow for the untimely ringing
of the bells.
“Lucy,” called Dame Metcalfe, sharply ;.
“Lucy, child, where are you '1’”
The big clock began to strike the hour
slowly and solemnly. At the first chime the
door opened, and in walked Meinherr Wil-
helm Van der Roost, wet and damp with
fog, smoking a huge meerSchaum pipe.
Every one looked up astonished. The
Dutchman walked straight up to the dame,
utterly unconcerned by the many question-
ing eyes fixed on’him, laid his pipe in her
lap, placed his hand on his heart, and drew
shy little Lucy forward with the other:
A scene of questions, answers and expls:
nations followed. A few minutes later the
six lads stole in, looking rather sheepish, for
they feared a licking. When they came in
they found Wilhelm and Lucy sitting hand-
in-band and lhe dame herself heaping hot
food on a plate for his supper. The story-
wus briefly related to them ;' and the boys
suddenly found themselves heroes, and glad-
ly pocketed the broad piece Wilhelm gave
them, calling them the savers of his life.
In gratitude for this, Wilhelm, before he
returned to Holland, taking with him his
faithful-Lucy and her receipts for fat ducks
and sausage meats, left a sum of money
which was to pay for the ringing of Grangely
super Montem bells every 19th of November.
80 they ring to this day; and the stranger
in the village is surprised about 10 o‘clock
on this evening to' hear the bells ring, cling,
clung, cling, through the night in. If you
ask the cause, the villagers say, “Those are
the Dutchman’s bells.”
I have heard them; and mean you, if you
ever go to Grangely-super-Montem.
I forgot to say Silly Billy was found fast
asleep under the kitchen stairs, so “some
one’s” ears had played them false. Clearly,
it was the good angels of Wilhelm van den;
Roost who rang the bells.
As for Dame Metcalfe,‘ She became a
greater believer in dreams than ever.
illage lights
The N cw' York Mail is authority for say-
ing that a reform has taken place lately
which is much to be praised, and that is
that ladies have discarded pearl powder,
rouge, blue pigment for the veins, and black
for encircling the eyes, and show lhemselvc
now with the complexion which nature has
bestowed upon them, be It good, bad, or in-
different.
—.—<.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Feb. 2l—Thc last span
of the great Missouri River bridge at this
point was completed yesterday, and a per-
manent trackway on 'the brid' will be
finished today. It is the intention of the
,Union Pacific Railroad Company to con:-
mence crossing their freight and passenger
trains tomorrow. This grand structure .18
one of the largest in the world on the high-
bridge system. It was commenced four
years ago. -.Tho Eastern and Southern
roads, converging here, are now laying
tracks to the transfer grounds. .
moment later and Hans had nearly sunk in '
crashed ~
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lost m N. 1 . Contours“! “more;
Lost nightl went home from Dr. Ewer'l
with Julia. Ifelt great confidence in my-
self. The darkness gave no confidence.
were thirtylsix dark gas'burners, and one
took her hand,I-Idid,_aud.ll was about to
say something'coufidential in the feeble
candle light, when" we lr'éard Julia’s cousin
Mary in the back parlor with Charley
on the glass door. I heard him whisper :—
“ Mary. dean! have something confiden-
tial to. tell you.” -
“ What is it, Charley 3” she lisped, in c
sweet voice. '
Then wesaw one arm of his shadow en-
circle her shadowpnd Somebody whispered :
' “ I think, Mary—I think that—I love
you 1”
"Then we heard a.
u Julia,”
love me 2”
" Yes, Charley,
“ How much ’2" ,
“ More. than words can express." ' ..
“ I am very glad, Mary,” continued
voice “for I thought you were flirting.”
“ Well, Charley 1’"
But Charley never said another. word.‘
suppressed'sigh.
continued the voice, “do you
I do loveyou," she subbed.
- /
now-a-days.
This is as much as any reasonable young
lady ought to expect.
Now Charley is an honorable high church
fellow, and he has gotten just so far with
It is called by the young fellows the stick—
ing point.”
One day I said “Charley, did you never
get further than the ‘slicking point i’ "
“ Pshaw. Eli, yes,” he replied. "There
are two other points still. We call them
the ‘awful oath dodge’ and the ~ "poverty'
dodge.’ -Why I’ve come these dodges Over
the Fifth avenue girls more than twenty.
times.” ', , ’ ’
' “ What is the ‘awful oath dddge’
quired, anxiously. . ,
“ The ‘awful oath dodge’ is where we
‘get sweet’ on the girl,_tell' her that we love”
her, get her to say that‘ahe loves us, then
announce with'tremcudous'solemnily that
we were'compelled to take an awfhl oath at
the bedside of our wing grandfather not to
marry until the age of thirty. Of course
the young ludycan’t wait ,so long as that,
and we are out of the scrape.” _
“ Well, what is the “poverty dodge’ and
how do you do it ?” I asked, still opening;
my eyes at Charley’s revelations. .
“ Never tell, my boy ?’2
”1'. I in-
“ Then they say. ‘Yes.’ "‘
. “All‘yoll—J, l
“ Why, then I sigh, and say, ‘Alail dar-
ling, I do love you, but I love you too'much
to ask you to marry me. You, Mary, are
used to a life of luxury. I am poor ' and
proud." I would not ask you to leave a
home of comfort for a home such as I could
afford to give you."
erally t" . . ,
“ Splendidly, old - fellow! 'That's 'Iilhat
we Fifth avenue fellows call the ‘poverty
dodge’—lhe very last jumping of place you
know.” _ ' '
Oh, Churley is such an honorable fellow 1
Now the city is so full of Charleys' that
we good fellows, who really. mean business,
are completely in the shade. We no no
diffident.’ We hold our hats deferentially
in our hands, and when it crimes to the
question of proposing, we non-professional
summer and back up, then go ahead, and
finally get the cold shoulder, while Charley
runs off with our sweetheart.
N o fellow can ever propose nicely, till he
has dune it twenty. or thirty times.
Is the moral of my slory plain ?
' 2%:
A good deal of interest attaches to, the.
progress of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad, as it is the first experiment .of
importance in this country with the thaw:
narrow gauge. The road is the beginning
ofa great north and south line to the centre
of Mexico, running along the high, plateau,
just under the great mountain backbone of
the continent. I_t isbuilt with. a. three-feet
orado Springs, seventy-fivejmiles fi-Om Dem
ver. The cost of constructing these seventy-
five miles has been 018,000 a one while the
Kansas Pacificroad, going thrdugh a; simil-
lar country, and built‘un'der' the same mgr.
neers, cost. $23,000 1a“ mile. ‘ Mr.“ Samuel
Bowles, of the Springfield; mm, ’ a...
ing his recent Western trip passed Over: nie-
road, and appears to have beefijndgt 570..
ably impressed to regard tofits .‘p’ra’ctical
operation. He says then-cad and. its nil!!!
look like a railway plaything- arms"...
with the broader and heavier tracks land
larger cars of the. accustomed lines; yet ' no
far they are performing their tank with case,
comfort, celerity, and success The engines
used weigh 12 to 16 tons instead 'of 85 'or 30
tons, as on a track of the usual, gauge ; the
passenger cars, with.8 wheels and comb g
32 passengers, weigh-0 Ions; as. against :18
lons, 8 wheels, and 50 passengers;- and ihc
freight cars so far introduced "iguana-u.
run on 4 wheels, and carryd to 63km; of
height,- as—against cars weighing! Million
8 wheels, bud capable of 10 tuna. :lood.
Where fOur passengers sit in: the priming
car, three arcseated in the narrow; ones,
two on one side and moon the other of ville
passage way. The , first passenger; fun
built huv'eproved smaller than was mecca,-
sary, and new ones now building will. be a
trifle larger than those in use. The great-
est advantage in the cost of construction ' is
claimed for the narrow over the ”Ordinary
gauge in a mountain region where {heavy
excavations and tunnels are required, "hills
are to be climbed, and Sharp corners to' be
turned. It has no advantage in the matter
- ofgrades except that its ' trains have. less
dead weight to carry, and so can without
a heavy ascent on less expenditureof'pOwI I;
but in ability -to turn, corners it certainly
has a great. superiority. 'Thus‘ there are
curvatures onthis line of thirty degrees; in
one hundred feet, as against ten degrees in
the same distance, which is the, “highest
curvature of such roads. as the Baltimore
and Ohio and the Pennsylvani! jCcufral,
which have certainly need to make 'thfem‘oat
of all their .cégpacilies in that din-cotton.
There is grading gbins On “P. ing-.01."?
Creek canon to the mountain miningfcmm
of Colorado, which it was willing! would-
cost $90,000 a mile for the full width. road,
butwhich has been dohe for 830,00000 the
narrow gauge.‘ Th" 1°919M¢f Central
Railroad into the mouutainl m ”a"!
is changing to the narrow. 83380.0311 in
with the Union Pucific it Pine Bligh“).
of the same width- “Other lam-pm
roads in process of construction “All.
Northern Utah and. the Lean; twin“
Denver, a 10011000 milealonfiwlichfi‘.
cross the plains fl'oin mm to
Delivers—Sun: _ 5 H »
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“ How would ‘yoiillkc’ foil! - 00
asked a gentleman; an: .‘ .
maid. “I’d Ill-Blipllzllt on o ,
Winston-with p M of
a . ,. .
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fallow candle—one Eighth avenue ‘tallow.
candle in her father’s. palatial mansion. I,
t.
Youngfellows seldom get further than this '
380 difi'erent young ladies on Fiflh avénue.‘ .
f‘ Never 1” .
“ Well, I always tell the girls that I love ‘
them.” ' ' ' '
“ Yes 1’” '
“Ask them if they love me.”
' “ Yes i”
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Italway's? g—lvefi- lovers confidence. There . ,.
Brown.” Charley wastskingcdvgnuge of ,
the‘ darkness too. 2 We‘ saw their shadows '
WAIVLM .
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" Well, Charley, how does this work"?
gauge, and in November was open to— 001-, .
prOposed extension east. to a collided“! .
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