WHOLE NUMBER 1316.
“TO KEEP A TRUE LENT.”
Is this a fast to keep,
The larder leane,
And clean
From fat of veales.and sheep?
Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, yet still
To fill ,
The platter high with fish 1’
Is it to fast an houre,
Or ragged go,
To show
A downcast look and soure ?
No; ’tis a fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat,
And meat _
Unto the hungry soul.
Is it to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate;
To circumcise thy life.
To show a heart grief rent,
To starve thy sin,
Not bin;
And that’s to keep thy Lent.
——Hern°ck’s Noble Numbers.
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'l‘nn WISE CHOICE.
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It is a- simple story we have to tell, and as
it is a story of today, with the actors living
and moving among us, we will not direct
the stare of the multitude by publishing real
names. _
Let' us say that Mr. Beverly was s. mer-
chant, wealthy, respected and influential,
doing a business large enough to satisfy the
ambition of an Astor or a Billy Grey. Pre-
vious to fell swoop of the fire fiend in Bos-
ton, his store reared its granite fronton
Franklin street, and multitudinous and
bulky were the bales and boxes that 'found «
daily transit to and from the busy mart. -
In Mr. Beverly’s employ were three clerks
—George Acton,‘Philip Lewis,-aud Clarence
Bugbee—who had entered to learn the mer-
cantile business, and who had given promise
of proficiency. The fact that they had been
retained in the house a year or more, was
proof positive to those who knew Mr.
‘ Beverly, that they were of industrious,
steady habits, and youths of promise.
At his home Mr. Beverly had among his
children a daughter—Florence by name—
who often came to the store, and whom the
clerks had met at her father’s house. These
clerks could be gay and gallant on ones-
sions,~but never toward Florence Begerly.
The feeling they entertained toward her was
one akin to worship. In their hearts they
adored her afar 01f, giving her respectful at-
tention, and prizing her smile of recognition
as a priceless boon. .
So far as the family connections Of these
young men were concerned, they were all
honorable, respected people, but none of
them wealthy. Mr. Beverly was not wont
to seek his trusted servants among those
who had been raised in case and luxury.
On a certain occasion Mr. Beverly was
heard to remark, that he would rather give
his daughter in marriage to a poor man in
purse,'wh_o could bring the wealth of a pure
and upright h’eart, than to the possessor of
millions whose manhood'was tainted in the
least degree. _
George Acton as an acquaintance.-
casion to call at the Office where Mr. Bev-
erly had established his business head-
quarters, and they were not a little surprised
at beholding George Acton seated at the
desk of the confidential clerk and corres-
pendent.
glass door, which George occupied, and they
did not go in there; but they ventured to
ask one of the book-keepers if Acton had
been permanently employed.
book-keeper.
erly seems to have taken a sudden and
strong liking for the young man,—thathe
entrusts him with his private correspond-
ence, and has given him a home beneath his
own roof.”
sleighiug was excellent, and when the merry
bells were jingling far and near.
the kindness of a friend, Lewis and Bugbee
had managed to secure a team for the after.
noon, and they drove out upon one of the
Brighton roads.
met the superb double cutter of Mr. Beverly,
drawn by a pair ol rattling bays. Upon the
front seat sat the merchant and his wife, and
upon the back seat, smiling and chatting
with all the grace and charm of friends who
had given to each other the fullest trust and
confidence, sat George Acton and Florence
Beverly i
not stupid beyond belief’ they must ere this
have solved the problem; and may the so-
lution give them new and enlarged views
of life audits duties—New York Ledger.
port, gives numerous statistics relating to
occupations;frcm which we take the fol-
lowing :—
Mr. Beverly went over and talked with
the coutractor, and from the fact that they
several times looked toward the Windlass
where the young clerk was at work, it was
reasonable to suppose that they were speak-
ing of him.
And during this time Florence spoke with
Philip and Clarence, and a delicious flutter-
ing seized them as they met her welcoming
smile. They expected that she would speak
of the sad and humiliating spectacle exposed
before them, and they were prepared to tell
her how mortified they felt, but she made
no allusion to the circumstance. She did
not even intimate to them that she had
recognized the young man at the Windlass.
By anti by Mr. Beverly came out from
amid the ruins, and having drawn the arm
of his daughter within his own, and bowed
to his former clerks, he departed. He did
not how an adieu to young Acton, for just
then the laborer was busy at his work.
And Philip Lewis and Clarence Bugbee
walked away talking of their pity for poor
Acton.
“Mercy i" cried the former. “I wouldn’t
have been in his place when Florence Bev-
erly came upon the scene for all the money
in Boston." ' "
“It was certainly humiliating,” asserted-
the other. “But," he added, 'reflectively,
“Acton was never really high-toned. I guess
his family is rather low-bred, any way.”
And in this conclusion both young men
fully agreed ; and they further agreed that
they should not in the future recognize l
A week later Lewis and Bugbee had cc-
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t
lt was a private room with a
“I don’t know about that,” replied the
“I only know that Mr. Bev-
Another day came-~11 day when .the
Through
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Out in the country they
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What did it mean ?
IfPhilip Lewis and Clarence Bugbee are
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Occuprstlonl.
The first volume of the new Census Re-
This remark came to the knowledge of
the clerks, and it is .not surprising that they
thereupon experienced'wild and brilliant
day dreams, in which most stupendous and
dazzling castles were constructed in the air.
As time passed they became more and C
193,421.
more familiar with Florence’s sweet smile,
and were admitted to a degree of friendship '
which proved, at least, that she did not de-
spise them. ' '
At length came the devastating fire of 3
the ninth OfNovemher. Upon viewing the
scene of desolation, and calculating the ‘
chances and the necessities of business, Mr. Aor' ltural laborers 18 934
Beverly resolved that he would not immedi- Dzirglllnen and dairyw omen, ’ 5
ately seek new quarters for the continuance Farmers and planters, 23,704 is
ofhis trade. He had no need, and he did: not Farm and plantation overseer, 21 di
care to do it ; so he secured an office where ggfigggégmserymen, vine-growers, 86;
he could meet and consult with his corres- Stock-herders,
_ pondenls, and settle outstanding accounts, Turpentine farmers’
in pursuance of which only the services of Turpentine 3‘391‘81’8.
. Barbers and hairdressers 822 W
his private secretary and two bookkeepers Billiard and bowling salbon keepers it
were required. and employees, - 25 se
The three clerks were summoned to the Boarding and lodging house keepers, 317
merchant’s presence. He told them what Clergy men, ' 903
h d h h h (1 Domestic servants, . 15,10s
e had concluded to do, an w y e a 5° Hotel and restaurant keepers and em-
cohcluded, and he advised that they should ployees, 1,612
seek some other employment until he was Journalists, 1 0:?
ready to start again. Ifiaborers, 3,
. . ,, aunderers and laundresses, 374
“I shall rebuild as soon as possible, he Lawyers, 391
said, “and then your 01d places Will be open Livery-stable keepers and hostlers, 625
for you. In the meantime, if you are hard Ogtgsgn andt employees (civil) 0“ 714
- men
pushed, do" not hesrtate to come to me for Physicians and surgeons, 680
“min“- - , , Soldiers, (U. s. A.) 62
Within two weeks from that time Philip Teachers, (not specified) . 1,711
Lewis and Clarence Bufiee called upon Mr. Ttiii‘chQrS of painting, dancing and 283
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Beverly, and asked him for the loan of a Traders’and dealers, 5,760
hundred dollars each. They had been una- Hucksters, peddlers, and commercial
ble to find employment, and were in arrears travelers, . 1,150
for board. The merchant kindly gave them 015:5: 311193111811 and accountants, (1n 4 904
-. . g . _ s ~ .
the money, and wrthvrt a little fatherly ad In banking and brokerage Of money :
vice touchmg care and economy. and stocks,
One day; after this,“ Philip and Clarence In insurance, 506
were walking down though the blackened Ofiicgll): qzd employees of express 237
- - - co m s,
track which had once been been Franklin Oflicials and employees of railroad
street, they saw a young man in a guernsey companies, ,164
frock, working at the Windlass of a derrick
.amid the ruins of the old store, whom they
thought they recognized. They crossed over,
and found it to be their fellow-clerk, George
ActOn. They were astonished and scan-
dalized. , '
“In mercy’sxname, George, what does this
mean? Is it only an escapade of yours 1’"
“No,” answered Acton, wiping the sweat
from his brow, “I am fairly and honestly at
work, and I earn two dollars a day. That’s
better than loaflug.”
“Heavens i"; cried Philip Lewis, with a
start,“here comes Mr. Beverly and Florence.
Go and hide yourself, Acton,before they see
you." ‘
But the young laborer did not budge an
inch. . Just then the boss called out to“hoist
away i” and George applied himself to the
Work.
Meantime Mr. Beverly and his daughter
had come upon the scene, once more to look
upon the ruins of the grand storehouse.
Lewis and Bugbee bowed respectfully, and
then drew aside in mortiflcatiou that one of
their fraternity should be found in so menial
a position,for it was evident that both father
and daughter had recognized the youth in
the garb and grime of toil as the former
clerk. .
“Halloo l” cried Mr. Beverly, as soon as
he was sure that his eyes had not deceived
him. “Is this you, George Acton l?"
“Yes, sir,” replied our hero. His face was
flushed, but it was with healthy labor—and
not with shame—the steady brightness of
his eyes showed that
“Are you regularly hired here 1’”
“Yes, sir. The contractor gave me this
berth, until we can find one better.”
“What'does he pay you t?” .
“Just the same as he pays others—two
dollars a day ; but I earn a dollar extra in
the evening by keeping his ccounts. It’s
better than nothing, sir. I tried to find a
clerkship ; there was at least a dozen appli'
cants for every vacant place. Of course I
couldn’t starve ; and while I have health
and strength I will never beg nor run in
debt. I was broughtup to work you know ;
‘and, thank Heaven,I am neither afraid of
' it, nor do I feel above it.”
“Hoist away," shouted. the master; and
George Acton applied himself again to' his
years and over, 28,298,945,- pcrsons reported
engaged in occupations (all kinds,) 12,505,-
923 Population, 10 years and over, in
as follows :—Eugaged in Agriculture, 43,-
653;Professional and Personal Services;
8,704; Trade and Transportation, 24,720;
Manufactures,
crests, 86,344.
Ofiic/ials and employees of street R. R.
Officials and employees of telegraph 145
Carmen, draymen, teamsters, &c., 2,003 d
Sailors, steamboatmen, watermen, &c., 2,742
Bakers, 309
Blacksmiths, 2,698
Bookbinders and finishers, 203 a
Boot and shoe makers, 2,548 a
Brewers and malsters, 91 t
Brick and stone masons and stone ‘
cutters, s ,
Brick and tile makers,
Butchers, 820
Cabinetmakers and upholsters, 691 a
Car, carriage and wagonmakers, 1,706
Carpenters and joiners, ' 7,130 e
Cigarmakers and tobaccoworkers, 614
Clerks and book-keepers, (in manufac-
turing establishments) 163
Confectioners, 137
Coopers, 211
Cotton and wollen mill operatives 18,071 ,
Population of the United States, ten
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onnecticut, 425,895; occupations reported,
In Connecticut occupations are reported
Mechanical and Mining In-
companies,
n
companies, 0
Carriers, tanners and leather finishers, 212
Distillers and rectifiers of liquors, 25
Fishermen and oystcrmen, 920
Harness and saddle makers, 542
Hat and cap makers, 2.48l
Iron and steel workers, 4,796
Lumbermen, raftsmen, and wood-
choppers, ’ 113
Machinists, : 3,148
Millers, 433
Milliners, dress and mantau makers, 2,270
Miners, * 460
Painters and varnishers, 2,317
Paper-mill operatives, 924
Plasterers, 80
Plumbers and gasfitters, 933
Printers, 631
Quarrymcu, 1,438
Saw-mill operatives, 208
Ship riggers, calkers, carpenters and
smiths, ‘ . 5
Tailors, tailoresses and scamslresscs, 2,363
Tillncrs, ’ (2334
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Wheelwrigh’ts,
Among the femalesbetween 16 and 59
there are 12,955 domestic servants;6,270
cotton and woolen-mill'operatives; 2,283
milliucrs and dressmakers; 1,388 tailor-asses
and seamstresses; 2,178 tcachers;4 physi-
cians; Tinner, 1 ; Clergymen, 3.
Life in Aroostock county, Maine, must be
possible even on a limited income. In
'Houlton, near the New Brunswick line, and
quite a pleasant village, too, butter sells at
20 cents a pound, beef’l cents, cats 35 cents
a bushel, hay $10 a ton, and potatoes 45
cents a bushe . ,
AI Portland, Ore., bachelor, counted up
294 inhabited baby-wagons on the street at
one time recently.
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spinal disease, orfilankcted for rheumatism,
when the real trouble is _a little fiery spot
of inflammation in the lining of the' stom-
achl and all these difficulties in the out-
works are merely the
machinery, because the central engine does
not work properly. Blisters ,and blankets
may go on for seventy years coddling the
poor victim; but he will stay ill to the last
if his stomach be not set right.
of his art.
diversion which are necessary to his health lie man does certain things the‘ public loose
_ create a home.
speech which says it is a narrowing and
NOBWlALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 25., 1873.
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From Bits of Talk About Home Hattera,
WANTED.—A HOME.
BY II. II.
Nothing can be meauer than that “Misery
should love company.” But the proverb is
founded On an original principle in human
nature, which it is no use to deny and hard
work to conquer. I have been uneasily
conscious of this sneaking sin in my own
soul, as I have read article after article in
the English newspapers and magazines on
the “decadence ofthe home spirit in Eng-
lish family life, as seen in the large towns
and :thc metropolis.” It seems that the
English are as badly off as we. There,
also, men are wide-awake and gay at clubs
and races, and sleepy and morose in their
own houses; “sons lead lives independent
of their fathers and apart from their sisters
and mothers;" “girls run about as they
please, without Career guidance.” This
state of things is “a spreading social evil,”
and men are at their wit’s end to_ know
what is to be done about it.
sacking “national character and customs
religion, and the particular tendency of the
present literary and scientific thought, and
the teaching and preaching of the public
press,” to find out the root Of:the trouble.
One writer ascribes it to the “exceeding
restlessness and the desire to be doing
something which are predominant and ill-
domitable in the Anglo-Saxon race;” an
other to the passion which almost all fami-
They are ran-
ies have for seeming richer and more
fashionable than their means will allow.
In these, and in most of their other theories,
hey are only working round and round, as
doctors so often do, in the dreary circle of
symptomatic results, without so much as
ouching or perhaps suspecting their real
How many people are blistered for
creaking of the
There is a close likeness between the
doctor’s high-sounding list of remote syrup-
toms, which he is trcatiug as primary
diseases, and the hue and outcry about the
decadence of the home spirit, the prevalence
f excessive and improper amusements,
club-houses,billiard~rooms,’theatr'es, and so
forth, which are “the banes‘ of homes.”
The trouble is in the homes. Homes are
tupid, homes are dreary, homes are insuf-
wn worst “banes.” If homes were what
they should be, nothing under heaven
could be invented which could be bane to cottage by the seashore, and of the woman
them, which would do more than serve as who was “the light thereof; ” and I find in upon the rare opportunity-ofinvestmeut and
useful foil to set Off thein
pleasanter ways, their wholesome joys.
etter cheer, their
Whose fault is it that they are not so?
ons in its pitiless entail.
herent in
the true mission of women, their “right”
vine and unquestionable, and including
most emphatically the “right to labor.”
To create and sustain the atmosphere of
ords; but how many women have done
? How many women can say to them.-
lves or others that this is their aim? To
keep house well women often say they de-
sire. But keeping house well is another
affair,—-l had almost said it has nothing to
were in houses which were not especially
well kept; and the very worst I have ever
known Were presided (I mean tyrannized)
over by “perfect housekeepers.”
All creators are single-aimed. Never
will the paintbr, sculptor, writer lose sight
Even in the intervals of rest and
and growth, erery thing he sees ministers
to his passion. Consciously or unconscious-
ly, he makes each shape, cOlor, incident his
own ; sooner or later it will enter into his
work. ‘
So it must be with the woman who will
There is an evil fashion of
arrow life that a woman leads who ,cares
nly, works only for her husband and chil-
ren ; that a higher, more imperative thing
is that she herself be developed to her ut-
most.
Even so clear and strong a writer
s Frances Cobbe, in her otherwise admir-
blc essay on the “Final Cause of Woman,”
1115 into this shallowness .of words, and
speaks of women who live solely ,for their
families as “adjectives.”
In the family relation so many women
re nothing more, so many women become
ven less, that human conception may per»
haps be forgiven for losing sight of the
truth, the ideal.
to forgive it. Thinking clearly, she- should
see that a creator can neverbe an adjective ;
and that a woman who creates and sustains
a home, and under whose hands children
grow up to be strong and pure men and
women, is a creator, second only to God.
Yet in woman it is hard
Before she can do this, she must have
development; in and by the doing of this
comes constant development; the higher
her development, the more perfect her
work;the instant her own development is,
arrested, her creative power stops. All
science, all art, all religion, all experience
of life, all knowledge of men—will help her;
the stars in their courses can be won. to
fight for her.
of knowledge, could she have all possible
human genius, it would be none to much.
Reverencc holds its breath and goes softly,
perceiving what it;is in this woman’s
power to do; with what divine patience,
steadfastness, and inspiration she must
wdrk. .
Could she attain the utmost
Into the home she will "create, monotony,
stupidity, antagonisms cannot _come. Her
foresight will provide occupations and
amusements; her loving and alert diplo-
macy will fend all disputes. Unconscious-
ly, every member of her family will be as
clay in her hands. More anxiously than
any statesman will she meditate on the
wisdom of each measure, the bearing of
each word. The least possible governing
which is compatible with Order will be her
first principle ; her second, the greatest pos.
sible influence which is compatible with the
growth of individuality. Will the woman
whose brain and heart are working these
problems, as applied to a ' household, be an
adjective? be idle?
She will be no more an adjective than
the sun is an adjective in the solar system ;
no more idle than Nature is idle. She will
be perplexed ; she will he weary; she will
be disheartened, sometimes. All creators,
save Onc, have known these pains and
grown strong by them. But she will never
withdraw her hand for one instant. Delays
and failures will only set her to casting
about for new instrumentalities. She will
press all things into her service. She will
master sciences, that her boy’s evenings
need not be dull. V She will be wordly wise,
and render to Ctesar his dues, that her hus-
band and daughters may havc her by their
side in all their pleasures. She will invent,
she will surprise, she will forestall. she
will remember, she will laugh, she will
listen, she will be young, she will be old,
and she will be three times loving, loving,
loving.
This is too hard? There is the house to
be kept? And there are poverty and sick-
ness, and there is not time ?
Yes, it is hard. And there is the house
to be kept ; and there are poverty and sick-
ness ; but, God be praised, there is time. A
minute is time. In one minute may live
the essence of all. I have seen a beggar-
woman make half an hour of home on a
doorstep, with a basket of broken meat!
And the most perfect home I ever saw was
in a little house into the sweet incense of
whose fires wont no costly things. A
thousand dollars served for a year’s living
of father, mother, and three children. Hut
the mother was a creator of a home ;-her
relation with her children was the most
beautiful I have ever seen; even a dull and
commonplace man was lifted up and
enabled to do good work for souls, by the
atmosphere which this woman created;
every inmate of her house involuntarily
looked jnto her face for the key-note of the
day; and it always rang clear. From the
rose-bud or clover-leaf which, in‘spite of
her hard housework, she always found
time to put by our plates at breakfast, down
to the essay or story she had on hand to be
read or discussed in the evening, there was
no intermission of‘hcr influence. She has
always been and always will be my ideal of
a mother, wife, home-maker. If to. her
quick brain, loving heart, and exquisite
tact had been added the appliances of
wealth and thc enlargements of a wider
culture, hers would have been absolutely
the ideal home. As it was, if was the best
Ihave ever seen. It is more than twenty
years since I crossed its threshold. I do not
know whether she is living or not. But,
as I see house after house in which fathers
ferable. If one can be pardoned for 1119' and mothers and children are dragging out Five years hence will see this great central
Irishism ofsuch a saying, homes are their 'their lives in a haphazard alternation of line completed from British America to the
listless routine and unpleasant collision, I
always think with a sigh of that poor little
the faces of many men and children, as
plainly written and as sad to see as ill the
newspaper columns of “Personals,"“Want-
Fault is a heavy word. It includes genera- Edi—3 home."
Sufiicient for the >
day is the evil thereof is but one side of the
truth, No day is sufficient unto the evil
thereof is the other. Each day hasto bear spicuous manner against all jobs, salary &Missouri rivers. This is the metropolisof
burdens passed down from so many other
days;each person has to bear burdens so
complicated, so interwoven with the bur-
dens of others; each person’s fault is so
fevercd and swollen by faults of others, that
here is no disentangling the question of
csponsibility. Every thing is everybody’s
fault is the simplest and fairest way of much praise as Mr. Ferry does, for he was 000 more next season.
putting it. It is everybody’sfault that the not bound to stand up against party clamor an eye witness. that. 2.000 dressed beeves
average home is stupid, dreary, insufferable
-11 placcnom which fathers fly to clubs,
boys and girls to streets. But when we
ask who can do most to remedy bu13,\;n
whose hands it most lies to fight the fight
against the tendencies to‘monotony, stupid- honor to the
ity, and instability which are in
human nature—then the answer is clear
and loud. It is the work of women; this
It is acurious fact that the two repub-
licans from New England in the late Con-
gress who have stood out in the most con-
steals and partisan legislation, are Senator
Ferry and Representative Hawley, of Con-
necticut. Though they were rivals last
spring, and their respective friends were
very much angered toward each other, yet
on all the great issues they have stood to-
gether, and the conspicuous trait in each
has been his independence. There are few
republicans in the Senate who deserve so
or even executive influence, and yet all the
time he was entirely true to republican
principles. Though I am among those
who disapproved of the conduct Of Mr.
Ferry’s friends last spring, I. am compclled
Sbfiafetiififillgre is not another man in the
‘ " m.Ililbug‘land who does more
. " i'cnre
even Mr. Buckingham was a ildigts' '_Now
-.1
from the line of duty by Pomeroyand party
feeling. But not so Ir. Ferry. In all
these controversies, affecting the characters
of members, he has inevitably taken the
highest and noblest view. No easy-going
member who consorts with the lobby or
bought-his way into the Senate, has been
able to compose his ideas of propriety.
a home,—it is easily said in a very-1 ‘few 0n the frauking privilege he was ready on
the instant to obey the rule of the people
without any sneers about “the humbug of
abolition.” The salary-steal encountered
his vote all the time. When even Henry
Wilson was ’persuaded to‘ dodge the vote
upon it, Mr, Ferry was against it all the
time. And now that thereis a grand effort
made to rescue such men as Colfax, Pat-
do with creating ahome. That is not true, terson, Pomeroy, Ames, and others from
of course; comfortable living, as regards
food and fire and clothes, can do much _to
help on a home. Nevertheless, with one
the fate which yawus before them in
the contempt of the American people—you
will find that Mr. Ferry will have nothing
to do with it, and for this reason: he can-
exception, the best homes I have ever seen not attempt to whitewash bribery, perjury
and lying without inflictinga terrible injury
upon the nation. He believes some things
are worth more than individual party suc-
cess. Nay, the real permanent success of
any party depends upon the integrity of its
leaders. , It is easy enough to whitewash
fraud and perjury; to obtain testimonials
to good character; to coax our friends to
give orations and dinners; but when a pub-
confidence in him. Here is Massachusetts
10-day insisting that Oakes Ames is a good
honest and true man; and Indiana insisting
that Schuyler Colfax is the same, and yet a
cruel falsehoodlies between them. Senator
Ferry is a. thorough republican, but does
not believe that wickedness looks any
better in a republican than in; a democrat.
Nearly all that I have said of Mr. Ferry
will apply to Mr. Hawley of the Hartford
district. In his short term of congressional
service he has won “golden opinions” flom
honest and independent men of both par-
ties, and the bitter enmity of all our' public
men who are engaged in doubtful enter-
prises and who always defend any crime
that is committed by a republican.
—-Palladtum, Wash. Cor.
They tell ofa woman in Baltimore who
has provided herself with two hundred pairs
of stockings, woolen and cotton. She is
evidently intending to organize a hose com-
pany somewhere. _ .'
Hon. James C. Clarke, of Frederick city
Md., has accepted the position of vice presi-
dent and general mana er of the New York
and Erie railroad com ny, with a salary
of $12,500 per auuum.
Old Hornblower was talking very big
about being entirely a self-educated man.
Sneerwell, who heard him, said," Ah, I
understand l You were at the school where
every man was his own toot-er.”
Building in New York and Brpoklyn is
rendered very uncertain now by the pro-
spective disagreement between employers
and employees. The reports say that mon-
ey is being diverted to other uses-
A bill punishing intoxication on the part
of any State ~official by a. fine of $10 for the
first offense, $20 for the second, and expul-
sion from oflice for the third, has passed
to a second reading in the Illinois legisla-
ture.
A bill has been introduced in the Indiana
legislature giving ministers fees of from $5
to $10 for preaching funeral sermons, and
more if the estate exceeds $100,000, the
same to be a lien on the estate of the de-
ceased.
Congrcssmcn, with their extra pay, are
the happiest set in town. Members who
last week smoked cigars made of Connecti-
cut seadlcaf and had no creditat thc tailor’s
now smoke ,clcar Havanas, wear clean shirts
and disdaiuing contact with the vulgar
pavement, ride in barouches at $1.50 an
hour. .
The Minnesota Legislature has been call-
ed upon to make an appropriation for the
purchase of trees and seeds to bejdistributed
to each town throughout the State. It is
urged that trees be planted on the prairies
of the State for the benefit of the farmers,
so that they may be enabled to fence their
roads and farms with forest trees.
At Conway in the White mountains the
thermometer has averaged about 40 degrees
below zero. The fall Of snow since Octo-
ber has been 144illchcs, and now it is 50
inches deep, sleighs being driven directly
over the tops of fences. Roads are laid out
across the country in straight lines without
regard to old routes.
For the Gazette.
KANSAS.
Mnssns. Enrrona—An opinion is preva-
lent at the East that Kansas is a far-off
frontier State, reruote from markets, and ad-
mitting that it has a fertile soil and genial
» climate, still the farmer’s labor is unrcmu-
ncrativc, corn is used for. fuel, on account of
want of markets, and other products find no
consumption compared with like products
at the East.
cial connections with the territories and
States west it, are almost as important as
with those he East. ' Its trade with the
mineral regions of New Mexico, Colorado
and Utah is large and rapidly increasing.
Two long lines of railroads connect with
Colorado direct. More shipments of grain
have been made for the past year to Denver
and vicinity than eastward to St. Louis.
Large quantities of vegetables and fruits also
find a ready market in the mineral regions,
at prlbes that average about the same as at
the East. About Lawrence small finits are.
extensively cultivated for the Colorado mar-
ket. It is well known that Colorado is too
elevated for the production d‘ corn, and
will always be dependent mainly upon
Kansas for its supply of this staple, grain,
and its most important product, pork. The
railroads now penetrating the Rocky moun-
tains are rapidly stimulating the develope-
ment 0 the mines. From'the main trunk
broad guage lines, numerous narrow guage
lines thread their way along the creeks,
canons and gulches to the rich deposits of
gold bearing quartz, iron,an'd the thick veins
of coal which lie near the surface; of the
latter soine veins are eleven feet in thick-
ness. On the east the Missouri furnishes a
navigable outlet down stream to St. Louis,
up stream to far ofl‘ Fort Benton, near the
top of the Rocky mountains. I am credibly
iufOrmed that fifty steamers run the river
nearly -or quite through the season, in the
Fort Benton trade, making the upward trip
from St. Louis in fifty days, the down trip-
in thirty days. These stmmers touch at
several Kansas landings, and take a portion
ofits products.
Four main trunk competing lines of rail-
road to the East, furnish rapid and cheap
transit to the Atlantic States for passengers,
at an average price of 2% cents per mile.
From Central and Eastern Kansas several
lines proceed southward, and concentrate at
the Indian Territory in one main trunk
called the Missouri, Kansas&Texas Rail-
road, running south to Dennison, Red River
Texas, there connecting with Texas roads,
and terminating at Galveston, 700 miles
from the Kansas river, giving Kansas a Gulf
seaport 900 miles nearer than New York.
Gulf; the line already reaches north as far
as Sioux city, in Northwestern Iowa.
Emigrants and capitalists have ‘seized
improvement. Population has increased
four-fold since the rebellion. The vote of
1872 was 101,650, indicating a population of
550,000. Miles of railroad in~1865,65; in
1372, 2,019. i ' .
The great outlet for the eastern trade is
Kansas City, at the junction of the Kansas
the Missouri valley. A noble bridge spans
the Missouri, eight lines of railroads center
here, and several first-class packing hOuses
are located here. The, business statistics
show that the packing season just closing
foots up 187,000 hogs as dressed and cured
there, and a preparation for haudlipg 300,-_
I am informed, by
were seen in one packing house in one day.
This meat-and other products of beef and
pork are shipped in original packages direct
to Europe, via. St. Louis. and‘New Orleans.
I extracta list‘ of prices from the Kansas
City Journal of; Commerce of March 1st :—
I e hogs av. 240,8.40; cattle, extra native
.iv
steers,-...-. .
:24 9 . . .
25c. ; oats, 22c. ;5 pRESIJP‘f’LfFB’i‘; corn,
$1 ; butter per ‘pound, 18c. ; poultry, {58232
Yours, D.
Wns'rron'r, CONN.,March 17.
Capital Punishment.
The extraordinary efforts that were made
to save Foster from an ignominious death ;
including, in addition to the family and
friends, prominent men of the clerical, legal.
medical and mercantile professions, shows
the tendency of public opinion towards the
eventual abolition of the death penalty.
The cruel suspense in the Foster case will
also tend to hasten that event. The crime
was committed more than two years ago,
and yet, until last Friday, just one week
from the day of execution, he has had some
encouragement to hope for a commutation
of the sentence. The final decision was a
surprise to the whole community, and a
shock to many. And yet there never wasa
case of murder in which there was less
provocation, and never one in this .country
which seemed to require a more immediate
and extreme retributive penalty. This case
of Foster is well calculated to open up to
general discussion the whole subject of cap-
ital punishment, and the consequences like-
ly to follow whenever it shall be abolished.
Can there be any punishment substituted
which will be as effectual in restraining the
evil passions ?
Capital Punishment is a relic of a barba-
rous age, when, in addition- to hanging,
which was more generally the punishment
for what is now considered minor offenses,
and forwhich the Offender is subjected to a
fine or imprisonment for a short time, but
for willflll murders there were various other
modes of taking life, prolonging the suffer-
ings of the offender in proportion to the
nature of his crime. These wege drawing;
quartcring, embowelling, breaking over a
wheel, decapitation, and tile stake. The
changes in the mode of effecting extreme
punishment and the occasions of them are
peculiarly illustrative of the political and
social progresss made among the more high-
ly civilized nations of the earth. Turning
to a passage of English history of less than
a century ago, when we were one people, it
was no unusual thing to have 15 ard 20 ex-
ecutions at the same time and place. The
historian, in speaking of the number and
frequency of the executions at that tlme,
says: “Such is the effect of familiarity in
lessening the sense of horror, that people
contemplated the various modes of execu-
tion without repugnance.” Now, when we
compare the state Of things existing less
than a century ago, when murders were so
frequent and the. trials so swift, the convic-
tions and execution so sure, oftentimes pre-
ceded with prolonged torture to gratify the
taste of the age, with those of the present
day; more especially in the city of New"
York, it is certainly a strong argument in'
favor of abolishing the death penalty. It is
difficult to reconcile the public mind to the
execution of even a deliberate murderer
now, and the idea of adding additional
cruelty to the taking of life of the greatest
riminal,’would be scented with universal
cxecratiou. . '
In England there has been a society in
existence some years, for the abolition of
the death'pcnalty, and in its list of; mem~
here are the names of many prominent and
distinguished men. As an offset to this,
they are eudeavoring to bring about a
change in the criminal code, and in doing
away with many of the restrictions which
makes a jury trial in criminal cases' such a
f tree. PHEON.
#
Kansas is the Central State; its commer- '
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ATER WHEEL, the best in use. Power pledged
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C A. MILLBANK.
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Graduate of the
Penn. College of Dental Surgery,
At- the office of the old Fairfleld County Bank
Building,WallStreet.‘ , 25
CHAS. W. MANY,
‘ D E N T I S' T,
NORWALK, CONN.
Office on Main Street, olpposite Connecticut Hotel.
Teeth filled and extracte . ' 30
ARTIFICIAL TEETH INSERTED at. LOW RATES.
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REAL ESTATE.
TO RENT.
OSSESSION IMMEDIATEstIF DESIRED.
pect Hill, or, if desired, would rent my homestead
for the season or year. For particulars call on the
[IE subscriber offers to let his residence central-
ly located at the corn er ofjlcrwin and Academy
Streets. The house is in good condition, contains
eleven or twelve rooms, with furnace water. gas.
etc. Posseston given about the middle ofA ril.
Apply on the premises, or to JAMES FIN EY.
Real Estate Agent. 11“ T G. OSBORNE.
TO LET.
The llwelling, Stable and camel,
Formerly occupied by the Fairficld County Bank,
now occupied by Dr. James E. Barbour. Possession
given on the first day of April. A ply to
S MITCHELL.
8t11 . JAM
'I‘O RENT.
ROM APRIL lst. House on Mott Avenue, with
he improvements. Enquire of
JAMES MITCHELL or G. 0. KEELER.
Also, House with small Store,on New Canaan
road, on reasonable terms. Enquire of
3 G. O. KEELER.
Apartments to Let. ’
OMPRISING six rooms on second floor over my
store, No. 51 Main Street. HARVEY anon.
Norwalk, March 10, 1873. 3t10
TO RENT.
ART OF A HOUSE on Elm Street, recently oc-
cn led by ThomasISsnford: seven rooms. For
particu ars enquire at this otllce. 10
To LET,
URNISHED.—The former residence of John A.
Weed, on Main Street. Apply to
rot! ~ E. P. WEED.
The Dwelling of Mrs. Maria Gruman, on Pros-
subscriber. C. «T. GRUMAN- nci hborhood of the Bridge, and one or two houses
Barn, Garden, Fruit, &c., on each place. G-tr atrgg:3a§y";§§”§'s7fpply to S' E' OLMSTEAD‘ s
o—- ' '
TO LET. FOR SALE.
STORE TO BENT.
HE Store situated at the corner of Wall and
Water Street, a good location for most any bus-
T
iness, is to rent. Possession i .
Enquire of JOSEPH w. WlLS rifnormirilnléh
MITCHELL. 'ltf
Store and Apartments to Let.‘
ARGE STORE 0N MAIN S'I‘., one. of the best
locations on the street; some opartments in
THE beautiful house and lot recently occupied by
C. E. Doty. on Elmwood Avenue, South Nor-
walk, commanding a splendid view of thetown and
Long Island Sound. The house has twelve rooms,
with gas,furnace and marble mautels. Size of lot
80x21! feet. Strawberries, Grapes,and Pear trees in
hearing. The place is within flvelalnutes’walk of
the New Haven Railroad Depot, ans forms a rare
chance to purchase afirst-class place low. Posses-
sion given on April lst. Part of the purchase money
can remain on bond and mort a . Enquire of
H. H. ELWELL, or CHARLES E. DO’I‘Y,
{ South Norwalk, Conn.
\VILL BE SOLD!
T A BARGAIN, to the highest bidder,a new
French Roof Dwelling. (now nearlycbmpleted)
near the residence of the subscriber. and fronting on
Union Park,containin 11 rooms, with closet and
pantries adjoining, an connectin with every room
with one exception; supplied w th gas in three
stories and water in two stories. The arran ement
of the rooms on second and third floors, a ibeing
provided With a direct entrance from the stairwn s
and outside entrance; the location being near t e
village centre, with a broad, shadv green in front;
the fine style and finish outside and inside. and all
put together in the best manner without re ard to
time cipher, combine to render it desirah e. and
5-4
but
—.
canno to give satisfaction. when completed, to
almost 11 one wanting a permanent and pleasant
home, an especially to families from .the city as a
summerresidence. A pcrsonaiiuspeetion is invited.
2 CHARLES P. TURNEY.
Norwalk, Jan. 1873. '
4f
FOR SALE.
HOMESTEAD of sixty acres of good land with
agood house and barn, and other buildings
thereon; well stocked with ood fruit, ood water
and good wood. Situated 11 West Wi ton. about
one mile trom the Georgetown depot. Price reason-
able. For furtherinl‘ormation apply to
4tf JONATHAN C. ST. JOHN.
TO LET.
THE FINE, LARGE ROOMS now occupied by
Mrs. Vanderbilt as a Milliucry, over the store
of the subscriber.
Also, apartments for one large or two small fam-
ilies in the third story. Apply to .
'ltf E. P. WEED.
TO BENT.
FROM the 1st of April next, the Farm-House of
the late George Lockwood, deceased, (formerly
owned and occupied by William St‘. John.) situated
between Norwalk and New Canaan. Enquire of
WILLIAM L. WARING, New Canaan. or E. P.
WEED, Norwalk. ’ ’ 10“
TO LET.
OUSE, 13 rooms, at. Winnipauk, near factories. .
Also, from 10 to 50 acres of land, suitable for
gardening or other fsrmin purposes. Also, a
uilding 11 rear of the old ed School House. on
Chapel street, suitable for carpenter shop, stabllug,
&c. Inquire of JAMES MITCHELL. 5t 9
TO LET.
THE place formerly occupied by L. Wilkins, sit-
uated on the main road between Norwalk and
Westport,-—2x miles from the former. and X miles
from the latter. Finest location in town—x mile
from Westport depot. Good'House of 12 rooms,
{rescued parlors, large ball, barns. out-buildings.
the. The place contains about 4 acres of land, wrth -
plenty of fruit and shade trees. Suitable for a
gentleman wishing to spend the summer in the
country. Address . . ,
8t9 Westport, Conn.
TO RENT.
NICE new house. pleasantly located ' from ten
to fifteen minutes’ walk from the Bri e. Pos-
session given April 1st. Rent 8200. Appl at the
GAZETTE OF .CE.
HOUSE TO RENT.
WILL be rented to a respectable family, a neatly
7 built cottage, with all modernconvenieuccs,
and a low price. Enquire at the
sat! . GAZETTE OFFICE.
NORWALK, CONN.
Office in Gazette Building, Room N o. 8. over Jack-
son’s Brothers’ store. Nitrous oxide or Laughing
G‘s. administered when desired. A new device for
plate work—light, durable and cheap.
DR. SCRANTON',
D E N T I s 'I‘,
Extracting teeth and inserting artificial dentures a
specialty '
OFFICE IN ELY’S BLOCK.
1 SOUTH NOR WALK, CONN.
GAGE INSLEE,
A R C u I T E c T,
746 BROAD WAY, NEW YORK.
Residence, Stamford, CL,
Special attention paid to country residences. S-ly
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET,
nus ulna... .. 2..., at
_ Beef, veal, Mutton, and Porn,
at fairlivingprices. Union (formerly1 glodel) Mar-
NOTICE.
ket. on the ridge.
Tfllsubscribers havlniformed a copartnership and
taken the “PEOPL ’S MARKET," in Skiddy’s
block, Main st., formerly conducted by J. T. Adams,
are now prepared to serve the public with all the
best cuts of meats, of all varieties. The stock will
be bought and butchered expressly for the firm, thus
securing fresh meat of the best quality. By faithful
attention to the wants of theircustomers they will
aim to deserve liberal patronage.
ROYAL ADAM s. ADAM S d; WIXON.
JAnxs E. WerN. 1y5
JOHN ROBERTS,
Dealer in
Beef, Mutton, Pork a. Hams,
ransom was, CANNED FRUITS, 4-0.,
No. a James’ Block,
I WA'reas'rnssr, NORWALK CONN.
CHARLES s. L'ocxwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor
AND
CENTS’ FURNISH IN G’ EHPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
W. H. SWORDS.
Merchant Tailor
CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN s'rs.,
‘ soan NOBWALK, Galvan,
Scotch Cheviots, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings.
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST PRICES'
A good fit warranted and made as the customer may
want. it. Cutting done for others to make as here-
tofore. '
A LARGE ASSORTMENT 0F
Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
J SPENCER,
C
WATCJIMAKER,
UNDER NORWALK OPERA HOUSE,
A well selected stock of
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
GOLD JEWELRY,
SPECTACLES,
EYE GLASSES
always on hau d.
REPAIRING FIN E WATCHES A SPECIALTY.
NORWALK INSURANCE COMPANY
NOR WALK, CONN.
Cash Capital - - - - - - -$500,000
PnldupCapltaI, - - - - — $100,000
Wu. C. Sranur,Prcsldeut, Geo. R. Cowus, Sec’y,
Faun. HILL. Treasurer.
-TNA INSURANCE 00., 0F HARTFORD,
Incorporated 1819. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $5,052,880.19
‘lnsures against loss and dams e by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard, and cons steut with the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERRlLL.
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
ALWA YS HANDY
stove SHELF.
EROS KELLOGG and GEORGE F.BELDEN
FOR SALE all Tll kiln-Large 11011 3e. ll room:
convenient for two families, near Dr. Gre ory’s
Main Street. 1’ . JACOB WEE S.
~ FOR SALE 01: To RENT.
A COTTAGE 'I‘ENEMENT right in the village '
has seven rooms, large garden attached, with a
ood well, also cistern of water. variety of fruit. dlc.
rice $4,500; rent 825 per month. For further par-
ticulars enquire at this once. ‘
ll SALE Oil 11] [EL—House on Butlerstreet. Pos-
session immediately. Enquire of
26 BURR SMITH.
For Sale or to Rent.
HE Place lately owned and occupied by the late
John D. Louusbury, in Winnipauk. The place
consists of a large Dwelling House, with modern im-
rovements. and t- ive Acres of good Laud. Pleasant-
y located on the main street, near Depot, Post Office
and stores. Possession given immediately.
Inquire of MORGAN '1‘. SMITH,or GEORGE E.
RANDLE, near the premises. 1
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
any good roperty. For full particulars enquire of
JAMES M TCHELL,Real Estate Agent—and Auc-
tioneer. Norwalk,’ Conn. Batf
Til-(III,an LOTS.”
HE un crslgned offer for Sale some or me maul.
desirable building sites in the village, lying
along the slopenorthwest of‘Union Park, convenient
to the village and easy of access, having an extensive
view of the village and harbor; prices low and terms
easy. Applyto TON
A. H. DYING ,
_ S. E. OLMSTEAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk, Sept. 21, 1868.
Real Estate For Sale.
HE land belonging to the estate of George W.
Raymond, comprising some of the most desira-
ble property in South N orwalk, Is now ofl'ered for
sale at a bar in by the trustee of that estate. Ap-
gly to CEO GE W. RAYMOND and CHESTERF.
' OLLES, SouthNorwalk, Conn. tf25
Mill Property
FOR SALE.
THE subserfller ofl‘ers for Sale his Mill Property
situated in West Norwalk. about two miles
from Darieu Depot, three miles from South Nor-
walk, and two miles from New Canaan. consisting
of a manufactory, two stories high. 86x18 feet. with
about 12 feet head and fall of water. with three acres
ofland;now used asaSaw Mill but suitable for a
msquactory of any kind. Terms easy and price low.
Enquire of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk, or of the subscriber,
CHAUNCEY STREET.
WestNorwalk, Sept. 25. 1869. . tfs9
JAMES FINNEY,
Real Estate Agent, Licensed Auction-
eer, Constable, Collector, kc.
GRATEFULLY returns thanks ‘for the veryliberal
. patronage heretofore extended him by a gen-
erous public, and solicits a continuance of the same.
He has taken a'desk at J. B. Hurlburt’s Law Office,
Room No. 4. Gazette Building, where he can here-
after be found, or orders can be left. He will orive
prompt attention to the buying and selling of Heal
Estate, renting of places, Anctioueerlug of real and
personal property, the collection of debts, the" and
will make every reasonable exertion to please all
who may favor him with their patronage.
JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
:—AND—
I
AUCTOIONEER,
Ofllee, Mitchell’s Block, Wall Street,
NQRWALK, CONN...
City Residences, Farms andl ,
Country Seats
Bought, Sold. Rented and Exchanged.
Real Estate,8tocks, Furniture, &c.,
at public and private sale. Auction Sales of
HOUSES. LOTS. FARMS,
AND PERSONAL PR OPERI Y.
Sales of Furniture at Owners’
Residences.
Houses to Rent
Furnished and Unfurnished
Places for sale varying in price from $5,000
to $50,000.
Allorders left atthe Union Market, Mitchell’s
Block,Nor\'.'alk,Ct., willroceive promptattention.
JAMES MITCHELL.
have taken the a ency for the above article. It.
is one of the best tlfings out, Everyhousekeeper
should haveone. Can beseen at
A maiden speech—“Ask papa."
.ELDEN’S STOVE STORE.
Farm for sale at New Canaan.
- FARM of 100 acres excellent land with build-
ings, sisuated on Ponus Street, near‘the resi-
dence of Col. Darius Davenport. Will sell cheap
and on easy terms. S. E. OLMSTEAD.
Norwalk, March 10, 1873. 3t10
House and Lot for Sale.
LOT 75 by 150 feet; large desirable House, con-
taining 10 rooms, and is situated on Spring
Hill, commandino a line view of Long Island Sound
and vicinity. of Norwalk village; a cistern and good
well of pure, soft water on the premises, also a fine
assortment of Fruit Trees, Vines, &c. For terms of
sale apply to GEORGE H. RAYMOND,
lot! at the store ofL. J. Curtis, 23 Main Street.
e Farm for Sale.
“ fAIfl of about twenty acres, situated on Wolf-
_ ltt Hill, about two miles from Norwali: Bridge,
t.~o cred for .sale. There are on the premises a
DwellingHouse,iarge Barn and Carriage House,
all in good condition; also, an excellent garden,
with considerable fruit, 8 good spring of water, the.
The place is ofi'ered at a reasonable price. For fur-
ther particulars. en ulre of the subscriber, on the
premises, or of R0 AL ADAMS. at the People’s
Market, Norwalk. (m) JAMES E. WIXON.
FARM FOR SALE.
THE very desirable place formerly known as the
Dr. Olmstead Farm, located on Belden’s Hill.
partlyin Wilton and partly in Norwalk. comprising
over seventy acres of good lend, well adapted to
stock raisin or dairy purposes, with abundance of
fruit of the cat kind, together with Dwelling, two
Barns. two-story Store-House, Carriage House. &c.
Will be sold cheap, and on cue terms. Apply to;
Stf A. SE LECK, Executor.
A
A FARM FOR SALE.
'1‘ COMPO, WESTPORT, CONN. The home-
stead of the late Ebenezer Disbrow, situated in
Com O,Westport,abouf. one mile from depot. and
cons sting of a good Dwelling Honse,large Barn,
Carriage-House, Corn House. and otherout-build-
ings, together with about 19 acres of Land,well
stocked with choice Fruit'i'rees. good well of water
&c. Good farm laudsadjacent thereto can be ha
if desired. A ly to MELANC'I‘HON DISBROW,
Westport,or AMES FINNEY,Norwalk. ltt
Small Place for Sale.
THE HOUSE AND LOT situated just west of the
Wide River Bridge, on the south side of the
road, nearly opposite the residence of James Panton,
Esq, is offered for sale. The house contains six
rooms with cellar, &e.,and is offered at a low price;
a large part of the-purchase money can remain on
mortgage. This is a good chance to secure a home.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. ' ' ' 3
FOR SALE.
FARM of Thirty—five Acres, two miles from
A. Norwalk Bridge, on the New Canaan road;
buildings nearly new; never failing water. Twelve
acres can be sold seperate; would make a splendid
villa site for a gentleman. It is high round com-
manding a splendid view of Long Islan Sound. and
the surrounding country. Terms easy. Address
LOUISA STILES, Norwalk, or apply on the pgemé
iscs. ‘ l. -
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WANTED.
A FEW shares of the Capital Stock of the Fair-
tield County National Bank and of The Nation-
ul Bank of Norwalk.
GEO. E. MILLER,
can at the Norwaik Savings Society
Boots and Shoes.
‘E, the undersigned, having formed a co-part-
, “er-hip and purchased the Boots and Shoe
Store Of 0. 0- Keemnwouid most respectfullyinvlte
his old customers, also, our old friends and patrons
and the publictn general, to give us a can nniwo
willconvincethem that by
Honorable Dealing til. Small Profits
which makes quick sales, that we are bound to give
satisfafiou and defy competition. Our motto is
"THE NIMBLE SIXPENCE IS BETTER THAN
THE SLOWSHILLING " . .
801! All UPPER lEA‘l'IiEll, FIIBIIIS, 1.6.,
Wholesale and Retail. Particular attention paid to
CUST()_M WORK, .
in all its branches, also REPAIRING done with neat-
ness and dispatch. SMITH £5 HANFOBD.
CnAaus Smru. . J our-n P. HAnrouD.
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
HE subscriber would inform the citizens of N or-
waik'that he is prepared-to do
Building, in all 'of its branches,
bycontract, orby day’swork, and solicits ashare Ot
patronage. Willtrytoplcase. Shoo Center-avenue,
near Main street.
SAMUEL B. FITCH.
W. C. QUINTARD Gr (20.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealersin
Hardware, Paints, oils, Glass,
House Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds of
Mechanics’ Tools,
AND
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
LOCKS, KNOBS, NA ILS, A ND BUILDERS’
HARDWARE, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERI’
of the best kind.‘ Remember-the place,
No. 3 Opera House Block,
SOUTH NOBWALK, CONN.
W. 0. QUIDTABD, BUBRKNAPP
IRON FENCING.
HE subscriber is now preparedto make andfur-
nish several styles of
Q .
Wrought and Cast Iron Pencmg,
to enclose chllrches, dwellings and burial plots.
-Also——
Iron Gates, Doors, Shutters and
Gratings.
Iron Stairs, and Bolts for building purposes,and
many other articles in the line of '
BLACKSMITH WORK_
Shopin rear of Solmon’s Hat Shop, Union street,
South Norwalk . - 15
0 WM. H. DUNCAN.
SOMETHING_ NEW !
A FIRST CLASS CITY
D R A P E R
TAILURING ESTABLISHMENT
At No. 1 Gazette Building, (up stairs.)
HE subscriber would respectful] in ruin) the citi-
zens ofNorwalk, that he has Opened a first-class
New York City Establishment, 318 above, where he_
pledges himself to give satisfaction to all his caste-
er . - _
mH: will gi‘ e special attention to Boys’ Garmepts
as well as those of gentlemen. Persons bringing
their own cloth can have the sum: cutI or made up,
'stic manner at rcasona e pr can,
in an art: _ , FRANCIS .1. McKEON.
Discos AND MEDICINES.
:fl‘. HE undersigned would respctfully announce to
. the citizens in this vicinity, that at his
Drug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
can always be found
PURE DRUGS,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS
FOR MEDICAL runrosns,
.FANOY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, d'c.
Ph lans’Pi-cscri tlonscarefull compound-
edfiy anylligight. Can pbc found nights. in same
- '1 ’-¢-v>ip. ~
ALA... .. .. ....;...l
c
- _ For the m
Memories Awakened whale Visiting
Norwalk, the Home or my Youth.
BY M38. 1:. ANNA LII.
Heart’s and Life’s nnccasiug chattel.
Torn from cherlsb’d scenes of yore;
Thrill sucw at words of welcome.
Tones with friendship rippling o’er.
Greeting wandére‘rs homewsrd seeking
Friends endeared by early tics :-
Absence testing true ufecflon-
Waking mem’ries all will prise.
Manya brow, in youth unrnflied.
Time’s resistless impress bears;
Matrons guiding as their mothers.
Thus engrossed with daily cares.
Children claiming ceaseless culture,
Only yesterday as they!
Can it be our morn has vanished 7
Waning fast our Life noondsy 7
Once a structure. where we studied.
With its floral play-ground near,
Yonder edifice capscloue.
Daily thronged with offspring dssr;
They must wage Life’s weary warfare,
We retire from public strife;
Dear, domestic ties entvrining.
The studious girl—a thoughtful wife.
Sunny curls with us at. vesper.
Bow in reverential prayer;
Prattlers. like the forest-nestlings,
Sweetly chirping everywhere.
God will surely hear their ll sping. '
“Jesus bess us—sll dear feuds"-
lll can ne'er bctide bur darlings
While;0minicient love defends.
Others—dlr e disease has smitten—
Dear ones, drooping, thither. near;
God in mercy grant you solace!
'Ret't of vigor-life is drsar.
Let not ling'ring pain dishearten;
Always darkest er. the light—-
Doubt not, trusting. ever knowing
Dawn succeeds the darksome night.
Ridgeflcld,'Ct.
_
For the Gaza“.
CPIRITUAL SCHEDULE.
snsnu.
Sunday, to God’s house repair,
Lift heart and voice with rev’rencs there.
Efi‘ectual is the fervent prayer.
MONDAY.
Monday. your weekly toil begins,
Implore forgiveness for each sin;
And grace to keep you pure within.
ruzsoAr.
Tuesday, your course pursue with zeal,
Trust God for daily strength and weal;
Submissive at His footstool kneel.
wmnnsnn.
Wednesday, evil motives spurn,
Impart some truth, some wisdom learn;
cheerfully good for ill return.
. rnuasruv.
Thursday, found your task upon
Christ. the mighty corner-stone ,
Whom God helps his work is done.
a "IDA! ‘
Friday, for the truth be strong.
Own your fault if in the wrong,
Guard with care your wayward. tongue.
sAmnAv.
Saturday, ”give thanks and sing:
Tribute to His treasury bring;
Be prepared for Terror’s King.
' _
“JESUS ONLY.”
MARY G. BRAINARDa _
O thou, dearLord, who stayest
When all the guests are gon c,
When in its silent chambers
The soul sits down alone.
Our garlands all are withered,
Our sweetest songs are sung,
The lamps which lit our feasting
Have gone out,_one by one.
The giadness and the beauty
Have vanished from our sight,
The footsteps of our dear ones
Have died away in night.
Yet thanks to Thee that ever
Thou comest at our will,
Thy voice is heard the clearer
When all the house is still.
As on the Mount of Vision,
' Amid the shining three,
Thefover awed disciples
Looked up—and saw but Thee.
So we, our brightness faded,
Our sweet companions flown,
Lift up our troubled faces
To find Thou art not gone.
Thanks to Thy name that ever
In grief Thou dost appear,
That by each dcep’niug shadow
We know Thy sunshine near.
. Be Ruler of our feasting,
_Thou Lord of love alone:
0 Thou, dear Lord, who stayest
When all the guests are gone i
J THE W ABNING.
The morn was as bright asa morn could be,
Blue glowed the sky," blue laughed the sea;
Sunshine and flowers were met together
Ip the joy and glory of summer weather;
Bpt the old man pointed where, far in the
West,
Lay a cloud, like a sail, on the sky’s broad
breast;
And he said, as he looked at its ominous
white,
"Th'ere’ll be mist ere noontidc, and storm
ere night.”
The dream was as bright as a dream could
be, -
He was so gallant, so fair was she.
As glad as the sunshine they moved to-
gether, '
In their gracious love, through
weather.
Till a trifle jarred on the sensitive chords,
Smiles that were mocking and idle words,-
And the old man said, “0 youth take heed;
the golden
‘The thistle grows from the chance-sown
seed."
The flush of young love, and‘ the break of
the day;
What is so fair or so fleet as they?
Gather the buds while the dew-drops shine,
Garner heart’s love, in its birth divine ;
From doubt and anger, from careless touch,
Who can guard the delicate bloom too
much i' .
For the love forgiven, the sunrise o’er,
Renew their first glory, oh, never more 1
Hurley’s Magazine.
Dr. Vélpan used to relate that, on one of
his visits to L’Hotel Dieu, having asked a
patient how he did, the sick man_ answered.
“Ah, doctor, I am so ill that if anybody,
came'and told me I was dead, I should not
be astonished at it." '
Alas! Judge Daly, of the New York
Common Pleas Court has decided that a
sondn-law is bound to support his mother:
ill-law. Another judge of' the same court
recently decided in the same case, however,
that the converse Was the law, and that
when a man committed matrimony he did
not marry the whole family, That’s com-
tnon sense, at any rate.
Aman whom Dr. Chalmers engaged to
manage a disorderly Sunday school, kept
his eyes wide open during praying, and
when one boy thrust a pin lnto another, he
marched up the aisle; stlll praying, and
Cuflodfihe boy’s ears, and went back agam,
praying all the way. After that he was
master of the situation, for the boys thought
that the man who could watch and pray
like that could not be 'put down,
The very valuable library 'of the late Dr.
Lowell Mason has been donated to the theo-
locical department of Yale by the Mason
falnilt'. It is chiefly composed of ancient
and modern works relating to sacred musm,
and is probably not excelled by any collec-
tion in this country. ltglc’l‘lfifie giggggi
' c emincn e _
Eighty {lifetilibrary of the college is ahead
rich in books On sacred muslc, and this g.
will be of great importance In increasing Its
building, entrance on Washington St.
1y“ 8. F. PICK. South Norwalk. Conn. '
usefulness.
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VOLUME LVI.-- NUMBER 12.
Norwalk Chronicler