WHOLE NUMBER .1293. .
V NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1872.
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VOLEUME. u...ml.l;l. 42.
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IvonWALK Gazn'r'rn.
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CHARLES E. NICHOLS,
0W". ,ENGlNEEB AND SURVIVOR.
lswonos' BUILDING.)
scorn nonwamr, CONN. cmel
was} is”. RIDER,
Engineer & Surveyor,
' NORWALK, CONN.
Orders left with Shaman Stevens, at the Gus-nu
Onion, or by mail, romntly attended to. Also.
your. for JAS. LE FEL’SDOUBLE TURBINE
ATER WHEEL, the best in use. Power pledged
equal to any overashot. ' . 3‘
__A_LEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church,
FIB“ THE Br" OF I!" "III.
Teacher of the
stills-resumes“ a. mum cameraman
' Box are P. 0. N orwalk, Conn.
« In New York, dare of William A. Pond & 00., 896
Broadway. " - ~
CHAS. W. MANY,
DENTIST,
IvonWALK.
Office on Main Street, 0 os'te Connecti t Hotbl.
Teeth filled and extracted)? 1 en no
artificial mill Illsrlirrr' AT row RAISE.
WI LLIAM MITCH'ELL
‘At the ever popular
UNION MARKET,
has always the best of
BEEF, VEAL, MUTTON, Gr PORK,
at fair living prices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
,kct.ou the Bridge. . 18
,JeiiN concurs,
Dealer in
BEEF, MUTlflN, Pair in HAMS,
PRESERVES, BAIIED FRIII‘I'S, 8.6.,
No. 3 JAMES’ BLOCK, '
7
WATER STREET. NORWALK, CONN.
anr'rmas I). anu, M. 1).,
PHYSICIAN 8t. SURGEON.
Office over Prowit't’s Drug Store. '
OFFICE HOURS I—TdCrnings, S to 10 o’clock;
; 3times,8 1.00
1.00
' 20.00 ,
d gratuitously. Obit-
REAL ESTATE.
Part of a House to Lei.
E subscriber will rent hul f of h‘ - sit -
fed on West Avenue. ' Is house nu
' CARLISLE '1“. WEEKS.
HOUSE TO RENT.
WILL be rented te-a respectable family, a neatly
built cottage, with all modern conveniences,
and a low price. Enquire at the . »
39ft GAZETTE OFFICE.
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S.
HOUSE to rent'in Winnipauk. Price nominal.
House and Lot for sale atNorth Norwalk. Price
$1,600. Apply to D. S. CURTIS, Hatter. ' tf‘as
Five Mile River—Rowayton.
, , WILL DONATE BUILDING LOTS, 50 feetbv 150
.feet, on Fifth Avenue, and on the Boulevard, to
arties who will erect Dwelling Houses costing not
, ess than One Thousand Dollars.
A. L, VANDERBILT,
n38 '. Elm Grove, South Norwalk.
IR 8”,: III In [EL—House on Butlerstreet. Pos-
session immediately. Enquire of '
BURR SMITH.
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For Sale or Exchange.
' SPLENDID FARM containing Seventy Acres,
with good buildings, fruit and water, situated
three miles north of Stamford, on the main road to
Long Ridge. Will be sold cheap, or exchanged for
an end roperty. For full particulars enquire 01'.
JAMES M TCHELL, Real Estate Agent and Anc-
tioneer, Norwalk, Conn. . 2411'
FOR SAIE on T0» RENT
AT wns'i‘pon'r s'r TION.
GOOD CONVENIENT IIOUS ,with Garden,
Barn, and other Outhouses attached, and a well
of never-failing wafer, an abundance of good fruit,
830. Also, can be had with the same, if desired,
from one to eight acres of land. Is within three
minutes walk of the Railroad Depot, and situated
directly upon Westport harbor. Only a small por-
tion of the purchase money required down; the rest:
can remain on bond or mortgage. For further par-
ticulars enquire of MARTIN GRACE.
Norwalk, April 29th, 1872. IStf
For Sale Cheap or to Rent.
DWELLING HOUSE, only two years old, on
the Ely Neck road, South Norwalk, for sale
cheap, or to rent.
12 E. K. LOCKWOOD.
iron SALE. '
-’ N excellenthomestead at a bargain,eonsisting
_ of nearly eight acres of choice land, a conven-v
rent and substantial 2 story Dwelling house, Barn
and other out-buildings in goodrepair, well supplied
With fruit. water, etc. These premises are situated
- about :two iulles from the Bridge inarespectable
neighborhood and healthy locality. The present.
owner wishing to sell, itwili be offered cheap 1 laps
plied for soon. Part of the purchase money can re-
main (if desired,) secured by mortgage for partied.
lars and permission .to. see the premises, apply to.
JAMES MITCHELL. or to C. F. OSBORN,
i _ East Avenue.‘
For Sale or to Rent.
HE Place lately owned and occupied by the late
John D. Lonnsbury, in Winnipauk. The place
consists of a large Dwelling House, with modern
improvements,aud Five Acres oi'good Laud. Pleas-
antly located on the main street, near Depot, Post
office and stores. Possession given immediately.
lnqnire of MORGAN T. SMITH. or GEORGE II
HANDLE, near the premises.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
TB undersigned offer for Sale some of the most
desirable building sites in the village, lying along
the slope northwest of Union Pork, couveuieutto the
ulage and easy of access, having an extensive View
f the village and harbor, prices low and termseasy.
Apply to . A. H. BYINGTON, '
s. n. OLMSTEAD.
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
C4
Norwalk Sept. 21, 1868. ~-
M111 Property
_ FOR SALE.
THE subscriber ofi‘ers for sale hip Mil .Property sit-
uated in West Norwalk, about two miles from
Darien Depot, three miles from South Nor-walk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting of a manu-‘
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet head andfull of water, with three acres of land,
now used as :1 Saw Mill but suitable for a mannfacto-
y of any kind,. Terms easy and pricelow. ‘ Enquire
E J AMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, N0rwalk,or
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of the subscriber, CHAUN CEY STREET.
West Norwalk, Sept. 25, 1809. 39”
Real Estate for Sale.
THE land belonging to the estate of George W:
Raymond,comprising some of the most desira-
ble property in South Norwalk, isnow offered forsale
at a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
MOND and CHESTER F.TOLLES, South Norwalk,
Conn. tf26
JAMES FINNE Y,
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Arie tion
eer', Constable, Collector, etc.
GRATEFULLY returns thanks for the very liberal
patornage heretofore extended him by a gener-
ous public. and soficits a continuance of the same.
MISS M. M. SMITH,
Teacher ofSingiug and the Piano [Porto
INGING taught according to Bassini’imostap-
S proved method. Particular attention given to
theDevelopmentananltlvutiouoithe voice. The
courscof instruction mil be speciallyadupted toChoi'r
singing if desired. Address Box 81 P. O. , South Nor-
walk, or call at the Old Well Hotel. 1's
W. H. SWORDS.
Merchant Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN s'rs.',
SOUTH NORWALK, comm,
Scotch Cheveits, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST PRICE"
A good fit warranted and made as the custome I may
wantit. Cutting done for others to make ashereto
fore. . ' . -
‘ A‘LABGE ASSORTMENT OF
Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Also, .3 LARGE ASSORTMENT or HATS and CAPS
NEW and nuns PLANTs.
Ruler-Geranium, Variants,
AND
Bedding out Plants, Shrubs,
Fruit Trees of all kinds, 7 .
Raspberry, Blackberry (it Strawberry.
- Plants, Arc. s
EARLY ROSE POTATOES. TOMATOE,
EGG, PEPPER .e CELERY PLANTS, &c.
Also FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS. B0-
QUETS,WREATHS, BASKETS, CROSSES. and oth
er Floral Decorations arranged in the best style of art
to o‘rder. Send for descriptive catalogue. ' ’
MALLORY a: nowhs,
South Norwalk, Ct.
NEW DRUG STORE.
THE undersigned would respectfully announbeto
the citizens in this vicinity, that he basjnsl
dttcdnpa New Drug Store,
CORNER or? WASHINGTON AND DEPOT sTs,
‘ i '. 1 where will be found ,
PURE DIIUGS,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUOfi,
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES, -
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, die.
35' Physicians Prescriptions carefullycompounded
day and night. Can be found nights,in samebnilding,
eutranceon Washington St.
11749 S. F. PECK .Sonth Norwalk. 001111.
NEW COAL YARD.
MILLARD & WEBB, ‘
Have established a new yard,
Gerner Water and Washington Stu,
(between the Bridges,) where in addition to allthe
best varieties of
Coal. and. Wood.
They have on hand -
BRICK, .
LIM E,
CEMENT,
PLASTER,
HAIR,
BLUE STONE, &c.
Q
Which they can furnish in any desired- quantti y,
At the Lowest Rates. 23
IRON FENCING.
HE subscriber is now prepared to make and fur-
nish several styles of
T
Wrought and Cast Iron Fencing,
to enclose churches, dwellings and burial plots.
-—Also—
Iron Gates, Doors, Shutters and
Gratings.
Iron Stairs, and Bolts for building purposens, and
many other aritcles in the line of ~
BLACKSMITH WORK,
F. ll. NASH a BROTHERS.
Extensive dealers in
CROCKERY, CHINA
And allkinds of
cuss a. sum-HEN wears,
Heaters,Ranges, Stoves and Furnaces and all that
it pertains to the Steve and Culinary Department:
andeliers. Lamps and Lanterns, in great variety -
Plumbers and Tinncrs’ Materials, and experie ce
workmen to execute quickly and neatly all kill a of
work in Tin. Sheet Iron, Copper, Lead and Zinc
Metals. Bell Hanging. and Speaking Tubes tag
on scientific principles Agents for HART OR
EARTH CLOSET COMPANY, Novel! Clothes
Wringer. 'I'fugiey’s Horizontally Revo vlng Ice
Cream Freezer, and only Agents for Fairfield Coun-
ty for the
Ohio Iron Clad Paint 00
These points are a success; made of pure Iron
Ore, and need only to be tried to be approved. We
keep Pure Linseed, Raw and Boiled Oils. as only
Pure Oil will work successfully with our Paints.
all“ IAII All WEST STREETS
- ‘ sou'm NORWALK,CONN.
Boots . and Shoes.
‘ nership and purchased the Boots and Shoe
Store of G. O. Keeler, would most res ctl'ullyinvite
his old customers, also, our old frien s and patrons
and the pnbliciu general, to give us a call and we
willconviuce them that by
Honorable Dealing dz Small Profits
1 at we are bound-to give
which makes quick sales,
i“i'i't°i§ihll’i‘i“§‘r'xi‘im fi”i‘§"im¥i‘v' twill?
' E T
This SLOW SHILLING " . . . ,.
Sill! All UPPER lEA‘l’lIEli, fllllllfl, CL. .
Wholesale and Retail. Particular attention paid to
CUSTOM WOVRK, _
in all u. branches, also REPAIRINCuou‘éwlm neat-'
ness and dis etch.
CnAllLss 11ml. Jossrii P. Hanson».
‘ Raymond Bros, ~
mourn NORWALK,”
ii furnish you with
COAL, 4 - woon,
BRICK, LIME,
. CEMENT, _' PLASTER,
HAIR, BLUss'TONs-
ssnTILizsRs. FLOUR. ,
GRAIN, FEED,
HAY. STRAW, , .
OIL rora'ross,
TURNIPS, ONIONS,
CARROTS, PORK,
puss, HANS,
‘ MACKEREL, _ BUTTER.
LAnD, co. so.
at theLowest Market Priées; Prompt delivery prom-
ised, and all goons warranted the best.
AL'WA YS HANDY
STOV E 8" E L F.
NOS KELLOGG and GEORGE F. BELDEN
have taken the a cucy forth‘e above article. If
is one of the best th 11 3 out, Every housekeeper
should have one. Can e seen at
3121.1113le s'rovr: s'rouri.
'A FULL LINE OF
FALL GOODS,
. Men & Boy’s Water.
GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHIIG 60008
O. '1'. Cornwall,
Second Store. Under Norwalk null.
:r. M. Para-E15:
DEALER IN
E, the undersigned, having formed a co-part- '
SMITH & HANFOID.' .
THE our cousin-n
They satin the sun together,
'l‘illthe day wail almost gone,
And then at its close, an angel
Stepped over the threshold stone.
. lie folded their hands together,
He touched their eyelids with balm,
And their last breath dilated upward
Like the close of a‘selemu psalm.
Like a bridal pair they traversed
The unseen mystigal road,
That- leads to thc‘beautifnl city,
Whose builder and'maker is God.
Perhaps in that miracle country,
They will give her lept'yeuth back,
And the flowers ofa visished spring-time,
Shall bloom in the'splrlt’s traék. '
One fiaught ofth'ollvibg water?-
Shall restorc his msih‘ood's prime, '
' And eternal years nut measure -
The love thatoutlivcltlitlme.
But the shapes they left behind them-
The wrinkles “(sliver halr— ’
Made sacredte us by the kisses
The angels lmprintedrtliyere.
We’ll hide away in the3meadow,
When the sun islowtin'the west.
Where the moonbeamscunnotfind tifln,
Nor the wind disturb,their resf. V
rm: auromw‘umau.
hr w. 1...», pup".
Before the open farm-house door,
The red leaves spreaibhiifhufumn pail,
And as light footsteplou tbefioor, .
The lengthencdcrimsqli~sln rays full.
Far down the vale the evening bell
Rings out the bout 105w and clear,
And sounds of coming footsteps tell '
The clone of day is drawing near.
' The cattle from the grazibg mead.
O'er milk white sands-ii} ebb of tide:
The herder’s voice contoukd'heed;
And turn where sunnyidfia'ms abide.
The farmer from the orch's'i'd gate, ‘ *
Draws near, in hastewltb~ question brief,
To those wheat the 5199er wait,-
“Ilow‘ mother is, our autumn leaf."
They answer not but lost} him in,‘
Mayhuda lies almost-urgent; '
With youthful featureapfuched and thin,
And white hands folded on her breast,
A burning flush is on herche‘ek, ‘ ’ I‘
The outward sign of wasting grief;
The autumn tints that only speak
Of sorrow for the falling leaf.
Not many a year ago there went
A soldier, noble, fhlr aud‘trim,‘
Forth from her side; withpih‘grs sent,
His country said she ifcéaed him:
He came not back, but word returned
That by a southern sword he fell,‘
And though hiddeath h'ad hbuor earned,
ms burial place no and some ten.
. ”I'll find his grave?! Maylihfla said,
And traveled far lind‘sesrehed the field
'Rouud Look-eat Mountain. where the dead
In nameless hillocks lie repealed. _
And coining, touched them one by 'one.
And ofi'ered up a firveht prayer,
That are her search ftlr him was done,
- Some sign be shown iflie were there.
Thus came sheen a‘ grassyj‘cd,
And something said “thy sorrow cease:
Here in exhausting pain heibled,
And here thy lost love sleeps in peace. ”
She turned a sod, landlqhhll' ring '
Lay shining in ihe‘u‘e'l‘vy Ill id.
“Enough,” shebreathed, “t’ ,this I cling
A million times its Worth rigors," '
Then knelt she, there, and weeping cried:
"0h! buried love, oh! blessed face!
Rest safely here whste’er betide, -
’Tls sweet to lie in this prdud place.
Could I have seen thee at thcjust,
But love and faith must bear a cross,
To see when sorrow's night is past,
The joy that comes through earthly loss.
on! light oflife, and heartaud home,
Beloved and yet so brieflymlne;
Notiong shall I lamenting ream '
So far from that bright world ofthine.
TRUST HER NOT.
I.
There is a sluggish softness in the air. If
is the first week in August; and July has
been dump enough to relax everything in
nature; damp enough even to relax the will
of the indomitable woman who is lramping
along the three miles of dusly road that in.
tervcne between her village home and lhe
small market-towuwhere she can get butler
at a reasonable price. “
Butler at a reasonable price is a grcalcon-
sideratiou with Miss Paulelt; so are. eggs;
so are meat, and bread, and house-rent. 'So,
'indecd,is everything. For she is “a maiden
all forlorn,” trying to live like a gentle-
womun on a Very limitcdiucome. '
. For ten years, now, she has pursued her
neat little inoffensive way in this village of
Binham, which is striving hard to debcse
itself into a villa-surrounded town.
; Her house is the end house of a picturesque
unpretentious litlle crescent. :Whlcll can
boast of a good-sized,well-kepl garden in
gfrpnt, and which is shut oil from the high
road and the gaze of , passers-by by a high
red' brick wall, that is well crowned with
ivy. The house is exactly like every other
house in the crescent, in reality, but it looks
very different to the others. he windOws
are brighter, its brass door-knob has a higher.
polish than those 0f the other houses in the
crescent. ’ ' . , '
.She is lather more anxious' than usna1
lo-duy as to the results of her’ markcliugat
Balsingbam. A young niece has come down,
—a fastidious young lady, who requires to
be daintily-servedfivithout' at all Consider-
ing at what cost-lhe service is rendered.
The young niece is at home now in the
pretty, bowery’ room in. the house in the
crescent that is parlor, and dining-room, and
air makes Miss Minnie Ward sleepy ; so she
reelines while her . aunt goes in search of
butter for the .fair young being’s fee.
at, albeit she is bored,eand hot, and sleepy,
and slightly cross, on this sluggishly. softly
Sofa in the shadiest corner of the room, she
is lazily watching the shadows come and go
through the half-drawn, drab Venetian
blinds. “How can they have the patience
to go on doing that!” she wonders. “How
' . can any one have the patience to go on
doing anything down here?” She gets up,
as she half mutters this wonder, and
stands at the window, balancing herselfi‘her '
well-shaped hips. in a semi-defiant attitude
- that would have called forth her grand-
mother's reprobaliou. She is “tall and state-
ly," andshe has nice eyes, and pretty, yel-
lowish hair. Evidently she knows how to
on in a way that will makc'her at least rc-_
she has been asleep for an hour; but when
may stab ‘her-tresses becomingly enbugh.
At present, the weapon looks out of place.
She has a-Ilaturl‘ii turn-up nose. and an ac-
vice.. For she conceives that in order to do
them justice she must be bewitcbingi y saucy
in manner. . '
To be brief, Miss Ward is spending her
holidays with her aunt for convenience’s
sake, and sorely against her own sweet will.
She isn gayerncss; satisfied with her situa-
tion because she does 'Iloi see a means of bet-
grampus, Bridget ? If she walked more,
she wouldn’t pufi‘ me out of my mind nearly
every time . she comes into the room with
her hard breathing."
Miss Paulett laughs. “Bridget had her
work to do. And whathasput you out, my
litlle lady 1’ Have some tea. dear."
“No, thank you, aunt.” When Minnie
first came, the still young :1th had request-
ed that her neice would call ber“Kalc,” but
Minnie very decidedly «refined to do it.
“There shall be no mistake about my being
the niece, and years the younger of the
two,” she sagaciously determined.
“No, thank you. aunt ; there’s something
unholy in tea at this time of day, unless you
dine ufler'if. _I’i go out on the green; you
can join me by and by.” Then she half rc.
punts herself of her rudeness, and adds, “I
shall like some of that nice cream-cheese for
supper, if I may have it.”
“You may have what you like, dear, yes,
Iwill join you by and by," the aunt says
ood-iemperedly.
So Minnie’s conscience feels clear, and she
rings for Bridget to bring her hat and blue
lama shawl, lhe ends of which she will
presently loss over her shoulder, in ajaunly
way that has neither the merit of being
pretty nor uncommon, but that is immense-
ly popular with young ladies. ' ,
Minnie walk on perfectly satisfied with
He knows that she means him to think
that she loves the style because he is leaning
upon it with her, ili what a poet would call
the "gleaming.” He knows all she means ;
and he likes it. ‘ '
He takes his knife out, and defrauds the
lord ofthe manor by cutting a square inch
out of the stile. He would defraud twenty
lords of the manor of twenty times the
value of this square inch of slyle, at this
juncture, to please Minnie Ward. '
With rather a shaky hand, he proceeds tc
cut his initials, “E. B.,” on the little bit-of
wood. He trims it, and smooths it; and
then he leeks at her. ,
She gives him one look ; and hel‘orgcts all
his views as to the propriety of the clergy
being a celibate body. 1
“May 1 cut yours here too i’" he asks ; and
she bends down her head, and whispers
"Yes ;” and when she comes down from the
style is engaged to him. ~ '3
As she leans upon his arm she makes him:
understand that life will be a wilderness Id
her until she has the right and the power id
so lean always. He has his own viewsf
about short engagements; he disapproved
of them ; but he thinks that her sweet souf
trembles at the prospect of ever so brief ll-
scparntidn from him. And he believes it,—
geod young priest as he is. "
“Then it had better be soon," he says
herself, her head wobbling up and down 'oc-
casiouzilly in little fluttering paroxysms of
conceit. The color deepens in the face that
she holds very much up, and a little on one
side, as she steps on to the green, and the
well-opened blu_e eyes‘dance. For there,a
hundred yurds’nhead of her, is the manly
form, reclining on one of the seals.
Uninckiiy the manly nose is turned away
from her that it may surf in so much of
breeze as there is. Minnie‘has,mc to Bin-
bondoir, all in '0'19- This 31113991“! 50“ sham on an unacknowledged mission. It is crown himself as 300,, as possible.
her bounden duty to herself, she feels, to do
something definite during this campaign.
The only “something dcfifiitc” that a girl of
mony.
Her object is well before her now ; but it
down by him, und let him see that she has
followed him on purpose. She toms slightly
therefore, and scooters along, skirting the
green, until she is on the other side of it,
quite in his line of vision.
And new she-knows that her Work is
done.
In a few minutes she hears footsteps be-
hind her. Another minute and the manly
looking ridiculously pleased. It is Mr.
Boughl'ou, the curate in charge of Binham,
--a good-looking man of'one or two and
thirty.
Up to within the lust tw‘élvcmonfh, Mr.
baby Of the priesthood. But since that time
has been attributed in a great measure to
hint attentions to the handsome, frcs -
hearted, clear-headed, unaffected woman.
On the contrary Binham declared that they
the gates who flirted with such cfi'rontcry.
He is quite conscious that she is flirting
with him. He sees that she puts herself at
her best as soon as he approaches her ; that
she makes her eyes sparkle, and looks ad-
miringly at his eyes; and he likes it. _
.It is useless to deny .it. He does like it. >
He has indulged in many powerfully-worded
rine.”
eagerly. Why he says it, he can’t exactlyf
define, but he gathers up impressions that it
had better bcsoou, and speaks from the im-f
pulse they give him. '
"Oh, if you wish it i” p .
Of course he wished it. Suddenly he
found himself wishing it very much, and
feeling that all his preconceived ideas on the'
subject were utter folly and empty humbug.
Minnie would be a crown of honor to a bus-
band; and he, Edward Boughton, would
She is very full of pride of her success as
she steps outfro'm the shade of the wood on
to the open green. Her head settles back
She is “’3' pretty, very pleasant ‘0 10"“ Minnie’s calibre ’cares_ to achieve is matri- into a satisfied wobble as she sees Aunt
Catherine appj'pachiug them. ,
Miss Paulett comes towards the pair in
' mm “5" curled “P' “k" a “"9“ ““3 would hardly do for' her to go up and Sit the dimlight; and us she comeson,itismade
manifest to her, even in the dim light, that
something has happened. ' '
ll. .
For four days Minnie has been very happy,
and very amiable. Edward ‘Boughton'
manages to make duty and inclination agree I
wonderfully well. When he gees abroadou;
missions of mercy, Minnie accempdnies‘
well-shaped hands planted firmly, on her form is by her sue, ”king'ofi‘ itsrhut, and him,——a fashionable-looking angel in differ-
ent colored cambrics. .
Her aunt, Kate Pauleif, has been told the
great news, and has been cordial and cheery.5
[In aunt, Miss Boughtou, has been told. aild?
has been morose and gloomy. Minnie is
have her clothes made, and how to put them‘ Bougllton bad gummy advocated the cell. not one bit disturbed by either woman's
state or expl'ession of feeling. She merely
markeble. Her 113i? is lllmbled DOW. for he has modified his views; and this change remarks ‘0 Edward:
“Your aunt looks so sour about it that one
its yellow luxuriance is toned' down a little, his increasing intimacy with Miss Pflujem wouldthink it was a crime to love you ; as
we can easily imagine that the jet dagger NOWBinhtlm did not grudge him his partic- if 1 could help it 1"
Minnie means marriage as soon as possi-
ble; and now,on the evening of the fourth
day of her engagement, she is feeling a
quircd loss oftheheadmnd thescfwo things would be a aefigmfu] pair. But it was in- little annoyed and perplexed because the
have to do very hard work in Minnie’s ser- ‘tolerant to the daring of the strailger wighin time is not definitely fixed yet.
“You might speak to him, Aunt Cathe-
O .
“About naming the day ? No, my dear ;
it’s for him to speak to you about that.”
“But what’s the geod of waiting? What
are we waiting for 1‘” Minnie pours.
“You halen'I waited long," Kate reminds _
her. - ' -
“N o ; andI don’t mean to wait long, that’s ,
"MUT‘T ”:
arrive at any moment, suspiciously offend-
ed ; and—oh ! what shall she do ?
Mr. Bonghton asks [one or two awkward
questions. Mrs. Ward eviidcs-‘flic questions
parries them, answers them deftlyand sweet-
ly. Presently there is a knock at-fhe front
door; and as Edward goes to the window,
Mrs. Ward gels herself out of the room, “to
see about ten.” " ’ ; ‘ ‘
Minnie comes into the hall'radiu'nii as
euamourcd young man follows her ;~ and
Mrs.- Warrl meets them with despair- printed
on her matronly brow. She whisperd to
Minnie, and Minnie is staggered. fr!”- a
moment only though ; at the end of like
moment she whispers to Mr. Gaming-and
dismisses him.
Edward Boughloil, standing at lba.w'iu-'
dew, sees the handsome young soldier
efilccr walking away; but he does not for
one moment associate that soil ofMurs. with
the fresh, fair creature who presently bounds
into -the room, and seeks to make him be-
lieve that she is grateful that Heaven-has
made her such a man as he is. I .
Up to the prt-sent moment, Mr. Gascoignc,
though he is on the brink, has not taken the
plunge. He is rapidly preparing to fall at
her feet ; but he has not fallen yet. \Thoro-
fore, if Edward Boughtou has comeio plead
for an earlier wedding-day Minnie will by
fidelity itself to him.
She manages very cleverly, she considers,
during Edward’s visit. She writes a pretty
note of apology'to her employer, pleading a
bronchial ufi'ectionias-the cause of her non-
appearsnee. She’ writes 'a pathetic "little
note to her martial adorer, telling him that,
for a time at leasl, it is better that they
L
should not meek—anon which is sordid
in a way that leads him to suppose that his
mother. has been interferiomund to vow .ihat .
he will propose to the sweetest, jolliest
little girl in the world the next time he‘sees
her.
. Minnie holds Bougbton’s heart iirfhellol-
low of her litllc,unserupulons hand. She‘does
not spare him a single look, word, art, that
may allure him on to love her 'moi'eand
more. She is full'of coaxing, pretty,Cfiésh—
ing ways; and these she plays ofi‘upeii him
as pertinaciousiy as Kathleen played herii off
upon SLKcv-in. He is desperately in :loVe
.with her. Not a doubt of her being to the
full as desperately in love with‘liim has even
clouded his mind for a momehf. '
He goes back to Binhdm at the end of his
holiday, a happy man. For three days after
his return fromihat sojourn in paradise he
hears regularly from Minnie.
The fifth and sixth mornings are blanks.
He begins to look worn and anxious.
On the morning of the eighth day he gets
a letter in the" well-known, dearly-loved
handwriting; and when he has read a flaw
lines of it, his face, which had been pale bcv
fore, becomes ghastly while. But he says
nothing to his aunt, who is Watching him
pitifully; and her prophetic heart tells 1121’
that he has “got a blow from that girl." '
A letter goes from-him to Minnieby rétnrn
of posi,sueh.as‘migbt melt a stone. But it
is powerlessly to melt the heart of sheari-
less girl. Then he waits for three days in ,
silence, with such wounded feeling, such
passionate love, preying upon him, that he
gets to look, so miserably. ill that every one
in the place calls on Miss Paulett in the hope
of hearing that the lovers have quarrelled.
0n the . third day he has, another letter
from Minnie,—a conclusive letter; a letter
that shocks all hope out of hisheartjindpll
belief in the "good, lire layup; moldings:
. It is the topic in Binham for-nine fly“
for it leaks out, as such'lhi'ngs invariably do.
He has taken a desk at J. B. Hurbnrtls Law Thou eonld’st not come tomewith those, 'tering it yel;bul keenly on the look-out for Jeremiads against Jezebels generally; be
another thing; we shall not know. each
Eveniuws 7 to 9 o’clock." Ordirs left at H. L. Uhle’s .
. ' " - t ' it i . ll-tf Office Room No. 4 Gazette Building where he Shopln rear of Solmon’s Hat She Union street , . . . ~
Drug Store, wrll receive pump a cut on . can he’rcafter be round, or orders“? beiéft. ,B'e will South Nerwalk. P: 1,; The few, who homeward msrchedm pride, promotion. At times, when no one is look- has cautioned the young men of his flock At the end-of nine days pooplecease iolook
give prompt attsmtion t0 the buyms and ““1“?!“ WM- HJI'UNCAN- - Buthete in hope “'1 10“ "Pose. ' in", there is a flood deal of weariuesa in the . - - - ~° other a bit the better while he is down here, 7. - . .- . , -
Realhstate,renting ofplaces, Auctioneeringofical‘ _ Tmmm, connnymu mummy, froh f_ a f d d d l f agamst Once in all her forms. But now. I’ , _ h m t h 'd h . d aslfthey are thinking about it when they
es ' ““3 young ace, an a. goo 0“ 0 when Minnie Ward putsafeuther in her hat and m gomg 0“ W“ 1‘ 0m » 0"" meet him. ‘ . v _>
PIANOS ORGANS,‘
MELODEONS, ,
C. . . LOCKIVOOD,
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.,
and will make every reasonable exertion to please all
who may favor him with their patronage.
JAMES MITCHELL,
teaching. I don’t see why we need wait.”
“You cauhardly be the one to suggest a
speedy marriage,” Kate says dryly; “but
I have no doubt when Mr. Boughto‘n
realizes that you consider your present one
The aunt and niece cross swords by post,
and wound each other freely. Minnie is 10
be Mrs. Gaseoigne in .a week or two; and
“girl-icon town life will suit her much better -
discontent- and disgust with the world for at him, and wraps ablue shawl mysteriously
"0t recognizing her claims better m the about her lithesomc shoulders at him and
young, high spirit. -Even ”0“.“ when she gazes with a look that onlv misses bei’ng a
turns away from the window with a sudden look of love by one hairsbreadih of inter-
And new at quiet set of day. _ ..
When nine longyears their course have run,
She sees the land so far away, -
Where happy life is but begun.
The fruit and grain are gathered all,
Fashionable Draper ft 'l‘ailer
AND
Gentleman’s FurnishingEmporiu
In!
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. l -
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Curtis’s Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
Gents’ and Youths’ Clothing cut and made to order
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
w. n. OAKS, M. 11.,
HYSICIAN A: SURGEON, Ofiice over Alfred
Knupp’s store, Washington St., South Norwalk,
Conn. Consultation gratis from 9 a. In. to 9 p.m. till)
0. A. MILLBANK,
Graduate of the
Penn. College Of Dental Surgery,
At the office of the old Fairilcld County B8112:
Building, Wall Street.
Norwnlk Insurance Company.
'NORWALK, CONN. »
Cash Capital, $500,000
Paid up Capital, $100,000
Wu. C. Srsslr, President, Gm. IL'CoWLII, Sec'y
Ens. HILL, Treasurer. .
Fairfiald County Fire Insurance Co...
scorn NORWALK, or.
0131! CAPITVAL,.'......’.........$200.000
ASSETS, July 1, 1872, . . . . ................ $966,700 09
W. S. HANFORD, II. R. TURNER,
20 President, ‘ Secretary.
.l‘.l SPENCER,
WATCHMAKER,
UNDER N'OBWALK OPERA HOUSE,
A well selected stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
GOLD JEWELRY, . .
SPECTACLES,
EYE GLASSES
always on ;hand.
Reuliruriiie Watchesatpaialu.
CLIAS. B. TOWNSEND‘GL (30..
Importers and Dealers in »
BldllilieS,WllleS,GlflS,WhlSlilBS,&c.
- No. 191 WEST STREET,
One door above_Duu_ne NEW YORK,
C. R. TOWNSEND, . 011130. II. ALMOORE.
__________’____.__.___
Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford,
Incorporated 1319, Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880 19
lusures against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adapted to the hazard. and consistent with
the laws of compensation. ‘
, GEORGE R. COWLES,
Sole Agent for Nnrwalk and Aiciuity.
Dar. .1. gr. BABBOUR,
p E N '1' :1: s '1' . .
. NORWALK,'CONN.
Office in Gazette Building, RoOm No, 3, (we, Jack-
soe Brothers' store.
--
Nitrmls oxide or Laughing Gas, administered when
desrred.
A New Device for plate work—light, durable and
heap.
RANGES.
C091) 1:13.? RANGE, ‘
Call and see them before buyillg elsewhere.
GEORGE F BELDEN.
EDWARD P. WEI-ID
Druggist ‘
Wall Street, opp. Norwalk Hall'
, A large and wellseleeted stock of
Drugs and Mediciews
Psasnucnv PATENT MEDICIN .
kinds,H1NiilRAL WATERS, TormI‘g’nflll
Iiih’é‘fi‘c’uit’ll-“bx“mm“ W“
. I‘R .' -
nlUSlIES,:CO‘IBSfSPONGACTS’ mun
sums. STATIONERY. CIGARS
Iaconstantlyaddinctohisstockailt
ular medicinesof thedar.
. Ml . My.
ES. enamels
be new and pop
Brittslilr- BROKER
AND
AUCTION EER,
- onmcn MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
‘ WALL STREET,
NORWALK, CONN.
CITY RESIDENCES,
Farms and Country Seats,
Bought, Sold, Rentcdand Exchanged,
REAL ESTATE, s'rocns,
FURNITURE., a; c
( at public and privatesale.
AUCTION suns oruoosss. LOTS, FARMS
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sales of Furniture, at Owner’s
I Residences. '
Houses to Rent
Furnished or Unfurnished. I I
_ PLACES FOR SALE vmvrxo IN rules,
from 35.000 to 350,000 ' ‘
Al orderslcfl at the UNION MARK ET, Mitchell’s
Conn. will reeeiveprompt attention.
JAMES MITCHELL.
Block,Norwalk,
B suit purchasers.
2m -
MICHAEL SHEEDY.
NOTICE.
, N TEREST willhcreuftcrbe allowed onalldepositf
made with the Norwal k Savings Society from the
st day of each month, provided the some shalluot
xceed One Thousand Dollars in amount in the name
.1
e
0
called to the fact that that we have a few more Safe-
small cost, per anuum,to the depositor.
Norwalk.0ct.i.181'0. GEO.E.MILLER.Treas
SlMPLIGlTY l _'EO0NOMH
The Nomvallc’ Eng/line.
THE MOST SIMPLE, PERFECT
AND CHEAPEST ENGINE
IN THE MARKET.
Twenty per cent. added to the effective power of
the common Slide Valve Engine by using the NOR-
WALK IRON WORKS’ BALANCED PISTON
VALVES. Six, eight, ten, twelve and fourteen inch
Engines always on hand. Inquiriessolicited nndref-
erences given in all parts of the country.
DIREG'I’ Mills a Millie! WHEEL STEAM PUMPS
Address nonwamr mom worsxs,
saiy SOUTH Nonwiim, C'l‘.
IlA'RNESSES FOR SALE.
THE subscriber would respectfully inform the
publicthathe has now on hand a good assort-
ment ofilAltNESSESmmde of the very best mate-
rials, which he will SELL AS LOW as they can
possiblybe furnished at any othersimilar estab-
iisbmentin the county. New for the orders. Let
me have them at once. WM. ll. SWAN
Feb. I. 1811. ‘ 9
. NOTICE.
THE undersigned, having been appointed Fire
Marshal ef the Borough. requests all persons to
interest themselves in obtaining and communicating
tohim any information throwing any light upon the.
matter of incendiary fires in the Borough. and de-
sires thnt. all suspicions persons maybe watched and
their names lodged with him. All suggestions and
communications will be confidentially treated. The
parties guilty of setting these fires can be detected“
lliglgzerty owners will earnestly take .hold of the
m or.
Borough of Nerwaik. Scpf.17, 1872.
353 JOSEPH F. FOOTE. Fire Marshal.
Gentleman’s Driving Park.
HE subscriber, having leased the Fairfieid Co.
Agricultural Society’s Fair Grounds for the sea-
son, has opened the grounds as a Gentlemen’s llriv.
ing Park. The Grounds will be open to the public
daily, Sundays excepted. The track will be kept in
good nrder, and every efiort will be made to accom-
ingdate patrons. ISAAC . "
6
Proprietor.
Mill“ 1 'r r ’3 s 1 ,——ADouble lot. 32.10
Iadjoining t e age of Le rand Lockwood. ‘En
quire of G. D. JENNINGS, or R. L. ELLS, Com.
UILDING sroi'vrs constantly on hand to '
f any one'person in any one year; Attention is also 1
ty Deposit Boxcs'i‘or rentulin onrvault,atnvery, ,
.lflliilAIillliiGSIWEll. BLOOD _
‘ In the wonderful medicine to which the afflicted
are.above pointed for relief, the discoverer be-
lieves he has combined in harmony more of hu-
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 fucthis
found in the great variety of most obstinate dis-
cascs which it has been found to conquer. In the
cure of Bronchitis, Severe Coughs,
and the early stages of Consumption, it has
astonished the medical-faculty, and eminent phy-
sicians pronounce it the greatest medical discove-
ry of the age. While it cures the severest Coriolis,
'it strengthens the system and purifies The
blood. By its great and thorough blood purify-
ing properties, it cures all llulnorsilfrom the
west Serolula too common lklote , Plun-
ple. or Euruptioii. Mecnnul disease, Minc-
ral Poisons, and their effects, are cmdleated, and
vigorous health and a sound constitution estab-
llslied. Eryslpcln Suit Rheum, Fever
Sores, Scnly or i oughskiu, 11 short,
all the numerous diseases caused b red blood,
are conquered by this powerful purl ying and. in-
ating medicine.
or debilitated, have sullow
on feel dull, drowsy
color of skin, or yellowrs l brown spots on face or
dizziness, bad taste in
0d fre uent headache or
li‘l'iouyl‘Ili, illiltcrnal heat or chills alternated with hot
flushes, low spirits and gloomy forebodings, ir-
regularuppetite, and tongue coated, you are suffer-
ing' from Torpiil L war or “Bilious-
n'ess.” In many cases of “Liver Com-
lnlnt 9’ only part of these svnipionis are exfie:
r euccd. As a remedy for all such cases r.‘
Pierce‘s Golden Medical Discovery bus no equal,
as it effects perfect cures, leaving the liverstrcngtli-
cued and iieallthy. {frai- tbe outfall): Tfigii'ifif-
II!“ at one ' ic lowes s -
g; reme y, and those who have used it for this
so are loud in its raise. ‘
pu’I‘Iig proprietor oll'ei’sp$l,000 reward for a medi-
cine" that will c uni it for the cure of all the dis-
' sea for whichIt is recommended.
: ' did by druggists at $1 per bcttle. Prepared b
R. V. Pierce, M. 1)., Sole Proprietor. at ins Chem -
cal Laboratory. 133 Seneca street. Buffalo, N. Y
Send your address for a pamphlet.
runs. .1. A. JUDD,
Millinery Goods,
And Sole Agent for
BUTTEBICK'S PATTERNS;
EAlso Agent for Singleir'shgmproved Family Sewing
5 ac Des.
;N0.. ,2, C‘hlchester’s Block,
Washington Street, South Norwaik. iysl
soU'Tn NORWALK
Planing M111 Co.
. Builders endothers are informed that this Compa
iyare now prepared to executein the best manner,
atshort notice, all kinds of
Steam Sawing,
Scroll Sawing,
Planing,
. ‘ and Turning.
They willalsofurnish on the mostreasonable terms
kinds of ' .
Lumber and Timber,
and manufactureto order,
Blinds .
' . ’ Doors, Etc.
‘- BA LUSTERS, NEWELS. 650.,
for Stairs and Railings, and
Black Walnut, Ash, Cherry,White wood
' he" kept constantly on hand '
. Prompt attention given to orders. Worksnear the
Sash,
’ Steamboat Landing. SOUTH NORWALK.
C. F. .TOLLES, . _ _
'D. R, AUSTIN, R. I.TOLLES,Trcasurer.
:n. I. TOLLES - *
" WILTON GRANITE wears.
MONUMENTAL of: BUILDING STONE
' POST ZNIiicb-OHNG
FOR CEMETERY LOTS.
' WITH on WITHOUT moN BAR,
= sum 1.. camp, Wilton.Couu.
6m'20
wished for in a Piano.
SEIEET MUSIC, 8:0"
No. 2l' Main sneer, Notwalk, cl
I keep a arfie stock of instrumentson hand, and
sell them on onthly Installments, Everybody can
have a Piano or Organ.
0
some. AGENT son THE CELEBRATED
WEBER PIANOS,
. STANLEY if: SON’S,
GROVESTEEN AFULLER’S,
HAINES BROTHER,
VASE if: 801V
and willfurnlsh at short notice.
s
Callaud see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in-Exchangc for New.
Tuu’mc AND, REPAIRING
Done atshert notice.
The Weber Piano.
A few Extracts from the great number received
by the most eminent musicians of the United States,
may not be inappropriate 1
I have neverscen a Piano which equals the Weber
Pianof‘orte. ‘ co. 1". Bristol».
The Weber Piano occupies lastly the First rank
amongst the Best Planes. J. N. Pattfson.
The WeberPianos cannot possibly be surpassed.
S B. Hills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano,because l considc
it the Bestin the World. Herr Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesseseveryth in: that can be
Geo. W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amo’u at the
Best Manufactured. Wm. anon. '
‘ The Weber Pianos stand Flrstamongst tho splen
did Pianos produced in this Country.
- Clara N. Br inferno].
' A ten vears’ acquaintance satisfies me that the
Weber Pianeaare uuapproachable.—John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
'THE ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished in blackwalnut and
rosewood, combining more perfeclions than
any other in the World. Has taken mere
than ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD 'MED-
ALS AND rmsr neurons, at Fairs and Ex-
hibitions throughout the United. States.
They are endorsed by the highest musigi
authorities. ' ‘ ‘
Certainly the best I ever heard.
Gee. W. Morgan. "
It is cecal, which is the highest praise that
can be bestowed On any instrument.
G. B. Seymour, Musical Critic N. Y. Times.
-'l‘hey are the best reed instrument we have
met with.
[1.52 J. H. Odell, Organ Builders, N. Y, .
It istthc lie plus ultra of reed instruments.
. ‘ Pref. E. L. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an
unusual degree.-—Rce.‘ Bishop Simpson, 1!.
E. Church.
Laiiguage fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfectly enchanting power
of this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upon.— Wm. A. King. ‘
The Esty Organs are without a superior.
Geo. Jardz‘neVOrgan Builder, N. Y.
No tremolo has yet been invented that
will in any way compare with this for beau-
ty of efi‘cct.— Wm. A.Johmon, Organ builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied me.—1feo. H. 0'
Riggs, Presidentof Northern New York Mini.
cal Association. _
lell. POTTER. Nor-walk.
CHICKEN POWDER.
Certain cure (it used in time). of Capes, and
other diseases in Chickens, Turks", ct . -
For Sale by If. ALSO. 8. PM W 'I‘T. .
A
The golden corn is bound in sheaves,
A fitting time‘To little and fall,.
'With signing, sad October leaves.
The last faint shadows fade away,
The evening glides Into the night,
The last sail nil-la across the bay,-
“ Beyond the ”full moon’- harvest light.
Inside the house they sit and weep,
They speak not in their silent grief;
A white sheet folds a formasiecp,‘
So fading falls the autumn leaf.
GENERAL GRANT’S Gram—The New
York Evening Post takes up the slander
Ifabout General Grant’s Long Branch cottage.
It says :2 -
Whatever property General Grant gowns
at Long Branch he bought with his own
money. Not afoot of land nor a stick of
timber there was given him by anybody.
The story that a present of a cottage. there
was made to him has this foundation and
this only» 2, Certain property holders at Long
Branch thought it would be a good thing if
the President could be induced to 'make
that watering place his permanent summer
residence. ’1 0 this end a paper was handed
about early in General Grant‘s presidential
term, among a few wealthy ullemen, for
subscriptions. The improp ety of such a
proceeding, however, and the injury it
would be to the President, was almost Vim.
mediately ointcd out, and it was at once
dropped. t was a scheme of land’ owners,
and not of ofice-seekers, and was never
consummated. No land or house was
bought, and no money was ever given for
that purpose. When subsequently General
Grant bought a cottage at Long Branch, he
bought and paid for it as any other ‘ gentle-
men might,wilh his own money, without
one cent contributed, directly or indirectly,
to that purchase by anybody else, and with
no other inducement than that the place
was agreeable'to him as a summer resort.
The storygdonbtless, has gained credibili-
ty by the statement of Mr. A. T. Stewart to
a newspaper reporter, that he had been
;”asked to subscribe to a fund for such a pur-
chase. his true Mr Stewart was applied
to and declined. It is only just to him-to
suppose that he was not aware, when he
mentioned that fact, that the scheme was
si’ibseqnenlly abandoned. ‘ '
Has no" easy, then, ever been given to
President rant? No ; so far as we know
and believe, after careful inquiry, not one
dollar since he was President. After the
close of the war, when the whole country
was mindfill of the gratitude . due to the
great soldier who had brought that war to
a successful and glorious end, a fund was
raised by a very general subscription and
presented to him as an expression of that
gratitude. These subscriptions Wei-e begun
as early as 1865, and were closed ill 1866, a
year before Grant was talked of as Presi-
dent, two years before he was chosen. It:
was a gift that was gracefully given and
properly accepted. To make this gift seem
to cover the story of the other, the date of
the letter acceptin it was altered from 1806
to 1869 abd‘so pu lished..- , .
f Grant's gift-
Such'is the whole story ‘0
taking ; such the feeble tissue of misrepre-
sentation out of which hasbeen woven that
whole cloth of lies. The truth must prevail
at last, and the very persistenc with which,
these falsehoods have been cm are insisted
upon has served to dispel them, and to about
General Grant to be worthyvof that confi-
dence and esteem, as an honorable and up-
right man, which his best friends have lll
ways felt for him.
VICE PnnsmsNT COLFAX presided over a
meeting at South Bend, Indiana, at which
Gen. Ilawley spoke, Wednesday, and inain
troducin , the s caker, took occasion to . no.
lies the rcdit obilier slander. He recall-
ed the fact that hewas an early friend of the
Pacific road, and, in company with Mr.
Sam Bewies. Gov. Dress, and the late
Albert D. ltichardson,made a journey in. a
stagecoach over lhe-proposed route, ex-
pressly toépersonall inform themselves of
its raetieubillly. ir.Bow-les published a
boglr, and warmly urged «the granting, of
government aid, and Gov. Brass, in the
Chicago Mme. and Mr. Richardson, in
the New York Wm, did the same, while
Mr. Colfax wrote and spoke to the same
effect. Itwus idle to talk of his having
becuhi-ibe‘d to fiivor an enterprise which he
hadao long and ardentlyv favored. Embed
_ ' never pessessed inh'isglife a dollar, of stock .-
of any kind that he. did not pay for, and
clainied‘lhc right to purchase any he cared
for, the same-as any other citizen. .
onus that was on her of being neat by ice-
time, she ejaculates imputien'tly,—‘
' “ Oh, dear! a week more of this; and then
back to that horrid teaching l'”
She goes up yawning and weary to the
little white nest of a room that her aunt has
given up to hen—the aunt retiring herself
into a room in the rear of the house, ‘barren
and arid by comparison. I '
It is time to put this maiden aunt begre
you She is almost at the threshold 0 er
own door when Minnie goes up to adorn
for the sacrifice, as she considers it, 'of a
“regular set tea ” at sixzo'clock. Miss Pau-
lett has walked fast, and has come home‘
heavily laden, and the air is oppressive.
But in spite of the wenrinesa of the flesh, she
brightens up in spirit as she comes through
the crescent-garden, and hopes heartily that
“Minnie will enjoy the treats."
She has been living ten' years in this se~
eluded village alone ; and her young niece
of twenty calls her “an old maid." ' But, in
spite of these things, she is a woman with a
long lease of life before her, in all human
probability. For she is healthy, and only
just past her thirtieth: birthday. It seems
almost a pity that this probably long life
should be lonely as the last ten years of it
have been. ' ‘ ' .
She is not fail and lissom,like her twenty
yearoid niece; but she is erect, grnceful,
admirably proportioned. Her face is clear‘
complexioned, delicate featured, brightened
‘by apair of nut-brown eyes that are pre-
cisely the same color as the luxuriant hair
that is wrapped in a clever coil at the back
of her heud._ Altogether, she isa pretty and a
prepossessiug woman; and why should be
lonely still is a marvel to many, people.
- She looks round the room, and a shade of
annoyance crosses her face swiftly. If is
one of her attributes .to be daiutily neat. The
small room, that is at the same time dining--
hall and, saloon, is always fresh and fair and
scrupulously well arranged when she is
alone; now the cushions are piled up no-
tidily,tlic sofa-rug is trailing on the floor;
books, newspapers, magazines, and a hall’-
made while muslin tunic. are littered about"
on difi'erent‘chairs; and, worst of all, in her‘
progress from the room Miss Ward has lip-
set a light wicker-stand of flowers, which
has stood in safety just inside the door
during the wholesummer.
' Miss Poniett haszjnst-fulfiiled a portion of
her mission in life by clearing up after her
neicc,‘when that young lady comes undula-
ting into the room. Her hair is‘lronsled
still, but now according to certain mics ;
and the big jet dagger stabs it with a well-
defined aim. ' She has put on fresh laces and
fresh ribbons. The laces are not real, and
the' ribbons aretpOOr and flimsy, but her
youth and beauty triumph over these facts,
and cause them to look brighl and becoming.
“Oh i you’re brick, Aunt Catherine ?’ I’m
glad of that; lelut._yon' to go out on the
green for nation 'with me.”
. From her bedrOom window Minnie has.
the place—fake the direction of the green.
vIIcuce her desire for exercise. ‘ She Would
look upon it as a wilful ‘disregnrd of provi-
deniiul opportunity if she did not go out new.
“My dear Minnie, just consider that I‘ am
.only just back froanulsinuharmand that
I’m rather tired. Do let me have my tea
first."
“Why did you go i .What could induce
you to go rushing ofi‘ in the heat of this ailer-
.1100“ ?" Minnie feels disappointed, and so
speakscressly. =
“I went to get butter and fruit.” pointing
'to those delicacies. ' '
“Butter and fruit l" Minnie shrugs her
supple shoulders. “I’d rather go without
them any day; why didn't yeulaeud that-
remembrance of her tonsled hair, and the vening modest at him, he likes it.
is sick to death of teaching. Given such
will have me heme again.”
and she has made her aunt v0w silence on
seed a manly forineltbe only manly form in .
and manners very gentlemanly and refined,
and his prospects are very good, and she
conditions in such n'situnlion, and it is not
difficult to guess what will ensue.
"Is Miss Paulett not coming out this even-
ing I" he asks when they have taken a turn
round the-green to the dismay and disgust
of the occupants of all the villas. , '
“Aunt Catherine ? No. I couldn’t drag ‘
her out ; so I braved a solitary stroll; I
shan’t have many more walks on the giéen.”
“Whylnot f" be'asks witli.a qualm.
“I’m going away next week. Momma .
She has a. morbid horror of its being
knownhere that she is out as a governess ;
the point. To “nlamnia,” therefore, it he-
comes necessary to impute a greed for her
cbild’s society which amounts to selfishness.
They are on the verge of the green now,
at the furthest end from the village. The
ruins of an old abbey are in sight. Beyond
the abbey there is a wood. She tosses her
pretty head in the ’direction of the wood,
and says,—
'.“Hew sweet it would be of me to fake dear
lazy old Aunt Catherine a boquet of wild'
flowers 1’”
. A faint spark of loyalty to charming Miss
Paulett is still alive in Boughton's breast.
He is preparing to say something that shall
testify to his admiration for, and sympathy
with, Miss Pauleti’§ tastes. when Minnie
adds : " '
“ She is sofond of things,—of cats and
flowers: it's a pity she hasn‘t somethingjbet-
for to love instead of wasting all her life be-
moaning some one who didn’t care for her}?
-‘ The sole remaining spark of loyalty dies
out. “ Has she done that? Let us go and
get the wild flowers, Miss Ward ; I know
where the best live in thatjwood." .
- “ Can you spare the time? " she asks soft-
ly. “ Oh! how good of you 1 My last walk
at Binham will be my pleasantest one.”
Mr. Boughlen has a maiden cunt living
with him who keeps his house, and drives
oil the unwary who approach him when she
is near. She- has for some time had her
unully eye on Minnie, and Minnie has a
delicious little sense of satisfaction now in
having brought things'to this pass. No aunt
neither his nor hers, shall come between
them now.
She sits upon a stile, and he stands close
by her side, and the rays of , the setting sun
stream through the leafy bouglis, and glorify
her head. It is all very pleasant ; but Min-
nie feels, in her own forcible idiom,“ihai
mere pleasantness won’t. pay." ,‘
For a few moments ' she forces herself to
contemplate each. side of the shield. If she
marries Mr. Boughton she will have to lead
a Binham life; and.when he is her husband
she will not be able to infuse an element of
excitement into her Binham life by flirting
with him.‘ It will be dull probably,—bui——
“But it'will be better than horrid teach-
ing,” she reminds herself. She has no more
sense of moral responsibility concerning
what she is about to do than a child has of
knocking down a house of cards. .
“I’vc altered my mind about the flowers I
gather fo-uight, Mr. Boughton. They must
be for your study. Will you have them i”
“Will I not 1”
His face is in the shade. and looks very
well there. Minnie adjusts her heud'at it
becoming angle, and makes another effort. -’
“Aunt Catherine, with that good, service-
able common-sense of hers, would jeer at me
for being romantic if she heard me say that.
I should like to take a tiny bit of this style
a life of slavery, he will speedily rescue you
His eyes are very fine, and his appearance from it ,,
Miilnie flushes. “I-don’t want him. to know
anything about my prescntlit'e," she says,
with an effort to seem at ease.
Kate flashes up a glance from the preserv-
ing pan over which she has been bending
assiduously during the conversation.
“You'don’t mean to say that you haven't
. told him ?"
“I have not. Why shOuld 1,? Men are
quite apt enough to think they confer a
favor on a girl by proposing marriage. If
the girl's a governess, (they km they con-
fer, a favor by taking her out of bondage.”
' “He might to know ii; if you don'fteil‘
him, I will,” Kate says, skimming off the
scum vigorously.‘ '
“Don’t be malicious and spiteful because
you have failed to get him yourself," says
Minnie.
“You’d serve your own ends (I know
what they are, Minnie) better by telling him
atrnth that is honorable to you; but rest
assured that I will never interterfere be-
tween you after that—that very coarse, cruel
speech." _ j ' '
It is settled between the lovers soon that
they are to marry in a year. By that time
Minnie will be twenty-one, and he will have
a suitable home to receive her in. This 'de‘
laywill enable him to settle his aunt else-'
where. “She broke up her home to come
down here with Inc." he explains. .
' “She'll be desperately fussy about choose.
I know she ii iii keep you unsettled as long .
as she can.” ' '
His greatest comfort (he i: dreadfully in
love) when Minnie is gone is to go to her
Aunt Kate, and talk about her. Kate is
merciful enough to let him mannder on on.
infe'rruptcdly, as a rule; but one, day she
does hint to him that Minnie is but mortal.
“Minnie can ill bear stagnation and sus-
pense,” she says. “I shall be glad when you
take your holiday and go and see her. You'll '
go soon, won't you P”
Something in her tone sets him thinking.
It does not exactly alarm hiln,but it startles
him. .
“Ii'she ill ? Have your heard"—»But Miss
Paulett interrupts him impatiently before he
can say a word more. , ‘
'“Ill ? Oh, no i If there were anything the
matter my sister would have written for me
to go and help to nurse her. I rarely hear
when she is well.” '
“ 'Twerc long to fell and vain to hear”
about all he does in order to get a free week
from his parish. He will not drop a single
Service ; but he must see Minnie. '
Eventually one of the reserve force—a
curate unattached to a cure at present—'
comes, for a consideration, and takes charge
of Binham for a * fortnight ; and Edward
Bouglltou goes up to fawn by the express to
surprise his loving, loyal Minnie.
- Surprises sure odious things under the
most propitious circumstances. He no
sooner is across the threshold of the earthly
paradise than he féels that it would have
been better far if he had notified his coming
to the presiding peri. .
Mrs. Ward, Minnie’s momma, lives in
lodgings in Vansittart Terrace, Remington.
Vansiftart Terrace is more than rather out
of the way ; but when you have wriggled
yourself into the right path that leads to it,
it is pleasant enough. ‘ , -
Minnic’s teaching is in the neigborhood.
She gets home generally about six o'clock-
For several days she has had an escort home,
a- soldiercousin' of the girls whom she is in-
structing. ' " . _
When Edward Boughion is announced.
MrsIWard falls into a paroxysm of bewile
away to wear in'a locket as a charm.”
ing ready for dinner! And. Minnie may
derment. Minnie’s‘lover; and there’s noth-- p p
than prancing throughihe parish,” she says.
But in spite of this depreciatory sp'e’ecli
Mrs. Gascoigue f eels a sore pricking at her
heart when, two years after she aehieveéher
own destiny, she reads that “ old Aunt
Catherine and Edward Boughten', are
.:.
married.” . ., . . _ .-
firemlkewi am,
What is an 0-“. Bolder-1., ,
A stranger on this planet who sheiildlakg
up a Greeley newspaper just now. sud ' get
allihis information of our politics from that,
would learn that an cane-holder is in the
most degrading business that man. can en-
gage in, and that all the terms of infutiiiy fire
summed up' in one when a man is called a
federal ofllceholder'. Ile would certainly
judge hour the Greeley papers that it is i
very disgraceful business to hold a federal
ofilcc, and that no wordof contempt con be.
attached .10 a man eqilal to that of“eflcs-‘
holder." ' “ ~. -' -
He would on wider acquaintsne‘e with
our world be puzzled tevnnders'ta'nd" how
this impressiongot abroad. with regard to
office-holders. He would see .that'in' illhs'r
governments it is considered lio'nor'ablc‘io-
serve ene’s country in a public capacity,
even with a salary, attached to the service
He would learn that even in our ewn coun-
try the trust implied in one who. receives a
responsible‘ office is so gratefli that men pro
willing to take it often when its emolument
'is less than they cenld obtain in some priei
vufe'sta'tion; ‘ _ . - . - '
He wouldlearn, also,_‘tbat ih_e average.
ofilée holder in this chantry. is quite as hon-,1
est as the average private‘ business man“
that there is actually less cheating and
defnlcation in public-life than in pri vote—bin _
proportionto the men in each.» He would
ofc’ourse fiud rascals and incompetent: its
all occupations, but he 'wouldrbe puzzled-107
know why the term emu-holder ls‘bfj itself!
one of dailyxrcproach in the Greeleypren.’
Elisperplexily would, however,“ increas- ;
ed ten-fold when he discovered that _'al_l‘ the '
Greeley men are eagerly engaged iii an at,“
temptvlo make themselves er their friends".
“(files-holders.” He would find that WNW,
a federal office-holder is' just new, G's-0M '.
.the meet corrupt person in existence, s ,
federal office-seeker is a~pure-,.si_id. sincere.
patriot. He will learn toreadtwith' La“ kind ’
of shuddering horror that such it numberioff;
the participants in a Grant meeting ' are
federal allies-holders. This title will be set '
opposite their names as a sort of brand of-
dishenor. But whenlt comes to the .3901!
of the ~Greeley.fmeeling in ,ihe-gaGreeley-v.‘
papers, none of the-.gurdent- patrons also
compose it will be characterized.“ fence-j '
seekers.’_’ . , - - ;. , {,1 ._I: , .
Considering whatau ofiwhdlder is and
must be from the constant. (spaniel of him ,
in the Greelcygpapers, he .wili not be W"
prised f0 knowihat iflir. Greeley isolected- 'i
they are all to have then-heads cut off, but '
he will be surprised to. know that‘ their
places are all to be supplied by Greeley-w
‘menwhe have suchacostemptforsn’alflce- ‘ .‘
holder. : . ' ' '
We confess that this i! one 0‘ “i. 13"" ~
tcrics of the present canvass 0'0! in. II. Tlf
, it is St) contenrptibleio he g {cm oflcer .
holder-Land inc Greeley.» 980,-;- ”WP-lit in '
contempt to a mall 9'1“? maybe ever so
honest and tfifiiflb‘hfirl. it that lir.
Greeley. prdmisedinliis Purim speech, in’ ..
effect, to makes new deal \d1thtthdfltl"_:
ofilces allaroundl Probably the brim l"
allies-holder selecred by" Fusion ; and .-
Cochraneand Greeley would he's very
different being from the M! Madme-
holdel'. .4: .': " ' '5? ~‘
Fourteen o _ .,
a or: in Georgia"
f ih'cjtiiiri, 'y-seven Democratic
“are opposing Greeley.
lamennhe number.
Alex. Stepheus’ paper
.77 . V ’ -‘ _ .. I - '.. _
Norwalk Chronicler