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AFTER sm JOHN socx'LrNC.
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“Why SO pale and wan fon‘d lover ? .
Prithce, why so pale ‘3"
. “I’ve been to see my lady’s gover-
.Nor, without avail.
He won’t plank down a nail 3”

“,Why so dull and mute, young sinner?
Prithee,-why so’ mute i” '

“He must pony up the tin, or
I must scoot—‘
The old galoot!

“She needs balls and phaetons, dresses,
Brown-stone house, ct cct,; '
I can‘t live on bread and crosses—
How, then. can I get
These things? I’m in debt—-
The match is off, you bet l"
—New York Graphic.

GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.

To the General Assembly Of the State of
Connecticut:

I am (leeply grateful to the people ofCon:
necticut for themanifestalion Of their confi-
dence, which has placed me in this position
of trust and boner. I have taken the oath
to discharge its duties tothe best of my abil-
ities. In my endeavor tO keep this Obliga-
tion, I shall hope for your support in what
ever may concern the honOr of our State, or.
the interests of its people. '

You are assembled at a period of.political
calm. It is propitious for such legislation
as the common good may require.

It is especially opportune for your action
upgn a subject which can only be well acted.
on at rare periods like this, when the subsi-
dence of party spirit shall enable the State
to unite the services of its ablest citizens in
a work of such paramount importance; I
refer to a revision of the State Constitution.

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

More than a half century has elapsed since
the present Constitution was written—a half
century conspicbous for its human achieve-
ments, and remarkably fruitful in the fields
of political and social science. Its influences
have wrought great changes in cui‘..St'ate. '

In 17 the population ,of Connecticut,
,numbert g by the latcstccnsus about, two
{hundred and sixty thousand inhabitants,
was‘distributed among one hundred and
twenty towns, differing but little in the num-.
ber of their inhabitants, or the character of
their pursuits. In ‘three-fourths of these.
towns the population ranged between one
thousand and ,two thousand. In no town
had it reachedlfiven' thousand, or fallen be-.
low seven hundred. The ‘representation.
therefore. which the Constitution maintained
in the General Assembly was, even in its
House of Representatives, essentially a pop-
ular representation, and reasonably uniform;
; The Constitution left to the General As-.
sembly almost unlimited powers Of sover-
eignty. But its actual 'sphere of legislation.
was Within narrow bounds. There were

few or no special interests to call its large
powers into action. The lands had not.
ceased to be the chief source of the wealth'
of the State, and the most important con?
gems of the people were regulated in their
town meetings, Where the freeholders could
readily assemble, and deliberation was prac-

ticable. The judiciary had little to do out-

side the beaten paths of the common law,

and the moderate estates of the dead were

generally left to the simple distribution of

the’ law through the agency of the local

Courts of Probate,

' It was an admirable system of govern-

ment and we, in our day, have reap'ed

largely of its benefits. But it is folly to close

our eyes against the fact, that the state of
society to which it was so admirably adapt-

Iedhas passed away. ‘ .

Every member of the Convention by
which the Constitution was framed, it is be-
lieved, has deceased, and but few of the
freeman who adopted it survive.

The population of the State, having about

oubled in the’aggregate since 1818, is now
istribtited among one hundred and sixty-

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your special attention.
lions are not chartered to make lar e divi-
dends, even for their depositors.
curity of the deposit isthe main object of

not left even to their own discretion in
making- investments of the trust funds in
their 'custody, but are restricted by law to your favorable attention tothe recommenda-
such investments as are of approved sound-
ness. The temptation of a high rate of in-
terest is very apt to divgrt attention from .
any weakness in a security; and they should and twenty-three (123) girls have been ad-
not be exposed to, it. It is, moreover, de-
sirable that the practice ofthcse institutions have been discharged. The results have
In making loans should be as uniform as been very satisfaclo
possible throughout the State.

seventy-two thousand. seven hundred and
twenty-four dollars ($9,072,724) over last
year—the total Of the present list being three
hundred and forty-eight million, eight hun-
dred and fifty-five thousand. four hundred
and fifty-seven dollars ($348,855.457).

Two hundred and One thousand,onc hun-
dred and fty-nine dollars ($201,159) have
been paid mm the State Treasury to the
towns, under the law of 1872, appropriating
one dollar and fifty cents for each child on-
titled to draw money from the SchoolFund,
thus making with the payment from the
School Fund, a total of two dollars and fifty
cents paid by the State for each child, and
an increase of one hundred and forty-five
thousand, six hundred and nine dollars
($145,609) in the cxpenditure,on this account,
from the Treasury, over that of the pre-
ceding year. . '

The amount paid for the support of chil-
dren Of deceased soldiers was one hundred
and eight thousand, four hundred and forty
eight dollars and eighty-five cents ($108,-
448.85, being a decrease of about fifteen
thousand dollars. ($15,000).

The debt of the State being reduced to
nearly one-half'wllat it was six years ago,
we are justified in contemplating the day
when it will again be our satisfaction and
pride that Connecticut is free from debt.
And to that end, no endeavor will, I trust,
be spared by you to reduce expenditures
and promote economy, wherever it may be
practicable.

‘Tns scr‘IOOL FUND.

The School Fund still continuesto pro-
vide its dividend of one dollar per capita
for one hundred and thirty-two thousand,
nine hundred and twentyfour children

million and forty-three thousand, one hun»
dred and ninety dollars and sixty one cents

($2,043,190.61), of which over four-fifths are

invested in bonds and mortgages, and its in-

come the last year aggregated one hundred
and fifty-six thousand, one hundred and fif-
ty-eight dollars and ninety-six cents ($156,-
158.96).

.sAeres AND rans'r INSTITUTIONS.
The number of savings banks in opera-

tion in the State on the first Of January,
1873, was seventy-eight (78). with assetts
amounting to seventy-one million, two trun-
dredaud seventy-one thousand, three hun-
dred and ninety-five dollars and ten cents
($1,271,395.10). Their deposits amounted teen Ofthem being-orphans: Acommodious
to sixty-eight million. five hundred and .
twenty-three thousand, three hundred and thousand dollars ($10,000)Iappropriated last
ninety-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents

$68,523,397.88), of which twenty-one mil-
ion, eight hundred and sixty-four thousand.

five hundred and fifty-three dollars ($21,-
864,553) had been received during the your
1872,'.against sixteen million, fifty-eight
thousand, nine hundred and ninety-two dol-
lars ($16,058,992
same period.

) withdrawn during’ the
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These institutions wefc chartered by the

State for purely trust purposes, and the very '
large sum of money which, by this state-
ment, appears to have been entrusted to
their safe keeping, j nstifies the closest super-
vision Of their affairs by the General Assem-
bly. Several of them have, during the past
year, raised their usual rate of interest on
loans 16 seven and a half and eight per
cent. and rates even considerably beyond

his have, I am inclined to believe, been re-
This deserves
Savings institu-
he se-

heir establishment, and, therefore, they are

I renew the recommendation made by my

predecessor to the last General Assembly,
that the tax be taken off such portion ”of the provided its buildings with many conven~
deposits in our savings banks as is loaned i
upon real estate. 11 operates, at present. as
a double tax upon the borrower, and seems
to me to be unjust.

There are but four, (4) State banks of dis-

 

s‘ix townsfwith populations ranging from
over fifty thousand lo'lessthan'five hundred.
nd from this ,irhils resulted, that the sysr'
tom of representation provided by the Con-
stitution, though intended tO be, and for
many years actu‘all being, a reasonably fair
representation of t e popular will. has now
become so anomalous as to be absurd. Upon.
any theory of representative government, it
is, simply, indefensrble, - '
thhis populationtuearly one-third have
city organisations for their local govern-
ment—agencies of government not belong-
'tig to the constitution, and'wbic cannot,
under ‘the Constitution, be substituted for
the town governments, which that instru-
ment alone recognizes as its agents. And,
therefore,._a dual system cf local govern-
.ment is required to be maintained over the
same territory, sometimes necessitating, es-
peeia Iy in the regulation Of the elective
fran . isc, legislation of questionable consti—
tutionality. ‘ » .
' Commercial and mechanical industries
have become the chief sources of our wealth,
and special interests of large resources and
corresponding power, which were not with-
gloeven the cunpepticu of the framers of the
nstituthn, have grqwn up to be the prin
cipal subjects of legislation under the unre-
stricted powers possessed by the General
Assembly. The railroads of Connecticut
alone receive a yearly revenue. which is
more than half the entire annual revenue of
the United States government in 1818.

This great increase of personal property
and commercial activity has brought within
the cognizance of the judiciary. questions of
novel character and large pecuniary conse-~

ucnce, requiring superior intellectual train-

g )r'the'r proper ad'udication, while the
tar cast that go in o the probate court
for settlement (as In the course ofevery'gen-
oration, the entire property of the State
must go) are becoming eve'ry year more com-
plicated, by testamentary dispositions of in-

- t'ricate and difilcult construction.

,In calling'your attention to these structur-
al changes, which have occurred in our
social organizations, since the present Con-

gfilution was adopted, it is not my purpose
to indicate specially the gubiects calling for
the action ot’a Constitut ' 1' COnvenllon.

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But I desire simply to make manifest that it,
as isgenerally assumed, the virtue of a
ritteu ConstitutiOn consists in its adapta-
‘t on to 1113 actual condition or those who are
subject Ito its government, then the present
Constitutionot’ Connecticut'has served its
‘ purpose. and the people of Connecti-
cut in 1873 should do as the people of Con-
necticut did in 1818, replace it with one bet-
ter suited to their altered circumstances.
Ientertain no doubt as tothe mode Of
Calling such a Convention ;'nor do I deem
itnecessary to discuss it here. In 1818, the
.Convention was assembled .by resolution of
-the GeneraI'Assembly. Irecommcnd the
. salmeiooursé new, SAInd I indulge the hope
that before the "expiration of title present
official year, such a Convention will have
assembled and completed a work, which the
people Of Connecticut will _approve, and of
which the initiative honor will belong to the
General Assembly of 1873.
The few months that have elapsed since
the adjournment of the General Assembly,
can hardly have given occasion for much
ficw egislalion, and no marked change of
' hind fion'h'afi manual incur 9f the cicrau'tr
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lie-State‘govsrnnieat; . ‘
FINAXGIAL GQNDITIQNe
The report of the State Treasuyer eonltm
nesto show a satisfactory condition of the
finances of the State. {The debt of the State
has bee " reduced. during the past year, five
handle ”and sixty-five thousaudnstx hun-
dred and cighty-tllt‘ge dollars and ninety-two
cuts ($565,683.92), Bonds to the amount of
lit! hundred mil serentyrt res thousand.
four “hundred d llarh ($073,400) llfllf'e been
purchased, leaving the. amount» at present
outstanding. five million and ninety-five
thousand, nine hundred dollars) $5,095,000),
with seven hundred and thirty-eight thous-
and and seventy-eight dollars and six cents
($7 ,078,06) cash in the Treasury.
. T to entire revenue of the state on account
ofthc Civil List, during the last year, was
two million and fifty-four thousand, four
hundred and sixty-five dollars and twenty-
four cents ($2,054,465.24 , of which, the
rln'Iclpal 991111335 were l e “VG-mill tax on
e thns',"W”hich produced ,sevcn hundred

lion, four hundre

1211'5'($1.450.000-)

and thirty-four thousand, s1

panics having roads wholly or in part in
this State, of whichten (10) are‘dividend
paying. ,Thc total miles of road in opera~
tion by ’a‘ll‘thc companies is eleven hundred
and sixty—three 1163), of which eight hun-
dred andslxtyc'ght'wtlS) are in Connecticut.

mes
amounts to thirty-five million, four hundred
and sixty thousand, one hundred and seven-
teen dollars and sixty-six cents ($35,460,117.-
66), of which-forty-four (44) per cent. is held
by four thousand and five (4,005) stockhold-
ers resident in Connecticut.

coat, with an aggregate capital of one mil-
dInnd-Hf‘ty th'ousnnd dol-
IT. ere are ‘eight (8) -'éh:irtered ’ Trust com:
antes, and three (3) organized under the

joint stock law, with an aggregate {capi-
tal of two million, two hundred and sixty-
three thousand, eight hundred and ninety

ollars ($2,263,890). They hold two million,

eight hundred and sixty-nine thousand, four

undred and six dollars and nineteen cents

($2,869,405.19) in deposits. The amount
loaned by them on mortgage security is
seven h udred ahd sixty-two thousand. one

u'ndrcd and seventy-five dollars (762,175),

and in bills discounted and demand loans,
three million, three hundred and sixty-one-
thousand, six hundred and fifty-six dollars

nd ninety-three cents ($3,361,656.93).
RAILROADS.

(1 during the year, ten million, one hundred
'x hundred and
birty-three (10,134,633) passengers, being an

increase, over the preceding year, of six
hundred and twenty~five thousand, eight
hundred and forty-four (655.844), and have
been Operated Without fatal injury
passenger, except in'tlle Single instance 0
passenger jumping from a train in motion.
The whole number of casualties, resulting
in death or serious injury, is eighty-five (85),
of which fifty-four (54)‘werelfatal. In thirty-
eight (38) instances the person injured was
walking or lying on the track.

to any
fa

There are twenty-two (22) railroadcom-

The paiddn capital of the several compa-
opcrating railroads in» the State

The gross earnings of all the companies

during the past year have been eleven mil-
lion‘, three hundred and sixty-eight thou-
sand,four hundred and'twentyllivc dollars
and twenty-six cents '($11,368,425.26), of
which about fifty (50) per cent. was from
passengers,
lion, one nundred and sixty-nine thousand,
nine hundred‘aud two dollars and forty-one
cents ($3,169,902.41), of which two million,
two hundred and seventy-one thousand,ono
hundred and forty-three dollars ($2,271,143)
have been paid individends, bein
and nine-tenths per cent. on the pai -in cap-
ital'of the companies paying dividends.

The net income was three mil~

seven

The average cost of road and equipment

per mile has been fifty-eight thousand, four
hundred and sixtyJouIr dollars and twelve
cents

$58,404.12 ;

I reler you lot a instructive repOrt‘of the

Railroad Commissioners for fuller details
concerning this great interest.

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.

The report of the' Insurance Commission-
er will exhibit to you interesting details
concerning the important interest entrusted
to his supervisron by the law of 1871.
The; whole number of. Fire Insurance
Cgmpauies doing business in the State at
the commencement of this year- was ninety-
eight (98), of which twentyeseven ( were
Connecticut companies. sixty-three ) m-
corporaled by other States, and eight (8)
foreign companies.
g’l‘hc Connecticut companies cuploy five
hundred and sixty-four (564) agents in this
St.atc,'and the other companies eight hun-
dred and two (802). . _ _ _ I

The gross premium receipts on rlslts writ-
eu n; in Connecticut in 1872, were one mil-
lion, six hundred an ' eighty—two thousand,
fohr hundred ‘tlh ‘ t‘ty‘wnine dollars and
sixty-eight.'cents ( 1,082,440.68, and the 10s
es incurred during that period in Connec-

Ttsicut amounted to five hundred and thirty-

fivc thousand, four hundred and thirty-
three dollars and eighty~four cents ($530,-
438.84 making an average ratio in favor of
the. re eipts of over three to one. Alike
ratio was obtained in the year preceding.
The total of risks written In this State
during the year Were one hundred and for-
ty-seven million, seven hundred and seven-

 

fiighEy—five thousand, eight hundred and
oi h yang-ht dollars‘aud Seventy-sewn cents
(O 85,888.77); the tax. on savm 5 banks,
which produced flour hundred an: seventy.
one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two
dollars‘and ninety. cents ($471,222.90); the
tax on-railroad companies, which produced
three hundred and thirty-nine thousand, six
hundred and twenty dollars and forty four
cents (939620.44), and“ the i tax on mutual

qurance companies, which produced three

undred and'IfiIvc thousand, six hundred an ‘
seventy dollars andeigh‘u-éislit .cems ($3053-

670.88). The amount of interest aid on

State bonds was three hundred and, thirty.-

three thousand, four hundred and two dol-
, lars ($333,402). . .
' The Grand List of the State shows a

teen itlirnisan , ‘ font; hundred and twenty-I
nine dollar‘s (. 47,717,429)“ _'

Thg'pe are lhfrty.fouf (34), Life nndCasual-
ly Insurance Companies authorIIzed to
transact business la the“ State during the
current year, of which the gross assets
amount to two hundred and fifty-four mil-
lion, three hundred and ninety-two thousand
and seventy dollars and eighty cents ($254,-
392,070.80).

.'1he receipts of this Department for the
past year have been twenty-six thousand.
tI “99.4.1399 and thirty-one dollars and
sixty=one cents ($26,231’,61),hnd the egpcn-
ditures seventeen thousand, six hundred
and forty-one dollars and fifty-three cents

apartment, September 1, 1871, a surplus
has secured to the Treasury from its re-

 

gradfying increase ”of-nine million and

(132,924), Itscapizal now amounts to two .

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"one million, fiyc hun

($17,641.53). Since the organization of the»

ceipts of ttvelve thousand, four hundred and
sixty-six dollars andtwcnty-two cents )312"
466.22). * ' g ’
IIUMANE INSTITUTION.

It can hardly be necessary for me to com-
mend to your continued favor the various
charitable institutionsof the State. They
appear to me to be faithfully managed.
.But criticism in this respect is always very
easy, and we should be careful not to be
diverted by it from the good work' these
institutions are ' accomplishing. Beyond
the ordinary police dut Of goverment, I
knowof no obligation evolving upon the
State superior to that of providing for those
whose misfortunes are 'sO exceptional, that
individual charity connot reach than with
efficiency.

~ GENERAL HOSPITAL non. 'rnn INSANE.

There are at present under. treatment at
the Hospital for .the Insane at Middletown,
two hundred and seventy-one (271) patients,
and during the last twelve months there has
been under treatment a daily average qf two
hundred and, sixty-four (264) patients.
Seventy-four (74) have been admitted and
sixty-five discharged during the year. The
applications for admission Were one hun-
dred and ninety (190).

Of the four classes for whomprovision is
made by law, there have been treated dur-
ing this time two,hundred and seventeen
(217) pauper patients, ninety-eight (98)
indigent. palients,- twelve (12) private
patients and nine (9) anc convicts. The;
hospital has been dang’crOusly cycr crowd-
ed for nearly three years. but the comple-
tion of the new north wing enables the
institution to receive all female applicants
without dc ay. . ,

lThe regu ar hospital revenue, amounting,
with cash on hand, to seventy-nine thousand,
seven hundred and ninety-three dollars and
thirty-eight. cents ($79,793.38), has been
sutflcieutilo meet-the current wants of the
institution during the year, and leave a'
balance on' hand of one thousand, eight
hundred an‘d‘eleven dollars and eighty-two
cents ($1,811.82). ' -
SCHOOL FOR mncmns.

Sixty-one (61) pupils~have~been under
the ~ zealous caregof Dr.‘ ,‘Kuighl, at the
school for Imbeciles, at Lakeville, in Salis-
bury, during 'the;pa'st year. The present
number in attendance is fifty (50), of whom
twent'y‘(20)’ are Statcubeneficulries; seven-

buitding has been »—erected with the ten

year, and the institution Will soon-be en-
abled ‘ to receive all ’the pupils of that un-
fortunate class, for Whom the State may

have occasion to provide.
AMERICAN ASYLIIM.

prosperous. condition. The number of
pupils now in attendance ‘is. two hundred
and twentyfive (225), 'of whom fifly~one (51)
are from Connecticut. The last census of
the United States, however, reports that
there are _stlll"a considerable number of
deaf mutes in the State, of proper school
age, who are not receiving the - education
afforded by this excellent institution.
Reports will be laid before you," showing
the number and condition of the State benfi-
ciaries in the Orphans’ Homes. the Hospitals
at New Haven and Hartford; and other
benevolent institutiOns out of the‘ State,
which objects will undoubtedly receive
yeurcontinued Support.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL Iron onus, .

The Connecticut Industrial School for

Girls, at Middletown, seems to be fulfilling

the purposes of its organization, and I invite
tions contained in the report of' its Direc-
tors.

. During the'p’ast three years, one hundred

mitted to its care, of Whom thirty-four (34)

ry 'to those by‘whOSc
efforts the school was established. be ap-
propriation made by the last Legislature
has relieved the institution from debt, and

ences required for its successful operation.
' STATE PRISON.

The report of the Directors of the State
Prison will give you the details of its man-
agement. It has yielded an‘income during
the last year of twenty-six thousand, four
hundred and fifty-two dollars and ninety-
srx cents ($26,452.96), against .an ordinary
Xpenditure of twenty-three thousand and
went -two dollars and fifty-seven cents
$23.0 257). The appropriation of eight
housaud dollars ($8,000 for repairs made by
he las‘.°“reral Assembly will complete
he repairs then Cum...“ ed
But the buildings are cl 5.... ”m, ll

in poor condition, and they must sodfiuyc
uperseded by others better adapted to the
purposes of the modern prison system. It
is worthy of your consideration, whether
true economy, as well as a regard for the
interests of society, so closely involved in
its penitentiary arrangements, do not re-
quire immcdiatc provisions for a new prison.
In this connection, I would call your spe-
cial attention to the valuable report on the

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'V The railroads of the State have transport Prisons in Connecticut, by Dr. Mliyer, who

was commissioned by my predecessor,
during the last year; to inspect thelr condi-
tion.

STATE REFORM SCHOOL.

The State Reform School, under the super-
intendencc of Dr. Hatch, is steadily accom
plishing its important work, and its affairs
are in a very prosperous condition. «
It is free from debt, with a balance in its
treasury, and no appropriation is asked for.
The earnings of the boys the past year,
amounting to thirteen thousand one hun-
dred and ninety-nine dollars and filly-five
cents ($13,199.55), have exceeded those of
previous year.
here were on the first of March, 1873.
three hundred and one (301) boys in the in-
stitution; one hundred and forty seven (147)
havin been received, and one hundred and
sixty 660) discharged, during the preceding
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y EDUCATION. .

The schools of Connecticut have been the
objects of its pride and favor ‘too long for‘
any recommendation of mine to be needed
to ensure -them your continued support.
Their condition in very full detail will be
presented to you by the report of the Secre-
tary of the Board of Education. ‘ '
The total amount expended for the pub-
lic schools during the last Cfiicial year was
fied and twenty-eight
thousand, four hun ed and forty dollars
and seven cents (1,528,440.07), of which one
million, one hundred and twenty-seven
thousand, seven hundred and seventeen
dollars and sixty-seven cents (1,127,717.67)
was raised by town and district taxation.
The number of children in the Slate be-
tween four and sixteen years of age in Jan-
uary, 1873, was one hundred and thirty-two
thousand, nine hundred and forty-three
(132,943). There were thirteen' thousand
five hundred and twelve (13,512) children
who did not attend any school during the
last year,

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

The Adjutant General’s report will exhib-
. it to you in detail the present efilcient, con-
dition of the National Guard of the State.
As a military organization it is not surpass-
ed by, thatotany other State; and ”118 is
due to the earnest efforts of those to Whom
the care of this important branch of service
has been intrusted, and especially to the
res-organization of the force by the law of-
1871, by which four thoroughly appointed-
regiments have been so organised as to be
ready for the immediate service of the State
upon any emergency. . o '

The commutation tax under this system
pays all the military expenses.

STATE SURVEY.

The report Of the Surveyor-General
merits your attentive consideration. Our
State is so remarkably deficient in any re
liable survey, that different authorities,
which are regarded as standard, vary in
their description of the arena and ‘bounda-
riés of the: seVeral Counties, and even of the
State itself. " .

The United States Coast Survey isat pres-
ent engaged in its duties along our coast;
and as their Operations could undoubtedly
be made the basis for, aState survey, the
opportunity would seem to be very favora-
ble for initiati the work recommended by
the Surveyor-I ncral. ~ _

NEW "flit? genes.

I am advised by the chairman of the
Board of State House Commissioners that a
contract for theverection of a. new State
HOuse'in Hartford, was completed by the
Board in Se leather lugt, with Mr. J: G.
Battersonmf at'tford, at a cost of eight
hundred and seventyvfive; thousand dollars
€75,000, the buildin to be completed by

C 1st aycf May, 1 75. The work under
the contract has been c3mmenced,but has
been delayed by the severity of the season:

The legislation of the last General Assem-
bly has, in some of its measures, been called
into public question, add the_subjects ‘merit
your most considerate attention.

. LICENSE LAW.

The license law enacted by _
I think Operated satisfactorl. ,
but amendments in some of its
be expedient.

that body has,
he ln'ain;
tails may

 

 

§witnessed the developement Of‘this great
evil, through municipal governments and

.1

USURY LAWS.

'l‘bc substantialrepeal Ofthe usury laws
has not been attended With the same favor.
Au exceptionally stringent money market
has generally prevailed since that legisla-
tion, of 'which the lender has naturally
taken advantage, and the necessitous bor-
rower has, doubtless, been subjected to
unaccustomed and, in many instances, ex-
tortionate rates of interest. The results has
been the development of a public sentiment.
favorable to a restoration of a legal limit to
the rate of interest. I shall co-Opcrate with
you in any efi‘ort to remedy these abuses, in
response to this public sentiment.

CURRENCY. -

But I cannot ignore the operation of im-
portant causes promoting these abuses,
which seem to Inc to lie deeper than this
legislation of our own State, and I appre-
hend, beyond the reach of any State legis-
lation whatever. It is significant of their
existence. that atthe great money centre of
the country, where the rates of interest
wilh us are generally controlled, the high
rates of interest recently prevailing have
been made the occasion for complaint of
those very laws which our people. with the
same object, are so much disposed to regard
with favor. Chief among these causes is,
in my judgment, that calamittfis legacy of :
our civil war—an irredeemable pa er.cur-
rency'e-which, without intrinsic va no, and
possessinga current value battling human
foresight with its fluctuations, carries into. :
S“ dealings its,element of risk, and, by ‘

iscouraging regular industry, draws into
the enormous speculations it fosters the ,
money which should be in the service of the _ .
legitimate business of the country. I know.
of no evil which mere legislation can pro-
duce, so hard for the great body of a com,-
‘munitygas this of anirrcdeemable paper
currency It has never lyet failed to demor-
alize the people who ave yielded to its
temptations, or to afford aharvest for the
speculator and the cxtortiOner, at the ex-
pense of honest industry. we see-its influ-
ences surrounding us, in the' extravagance. -
of expenditure rapidly leading to indebted-
ness individuals and communities—in the
imp ace of any other industry that an 3.
as may seem to lead, by some short road, to
wealth—in the bold combinations of reck-
less men to control, for their own gainful
uses, the ve sources of commercial life—
iu threatene panics—in uncertain valhes—
in disappointing wages Of labor—but above

tions and bankruptcies, is being exposed in
places where faith'and trust have been the

strongest.

. WR-
Out Ofthis condition of things there .nat-, "‘

the country; Impressed with the

importance of such questions, the tale of

this great interest in that State, and I com. '

tention. _ .
. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION.

In connection with the, demoralizing in-
fluences I have noticed,Ithe corruptions
which-have attached to the ofiicial service
of the country, cannot be'overlooked.
With a common shame, our people have

State Legislatures, until its recent culmina-

vitally affecting the purity of congressional
election. Deplorable enough in itself, the
peril of this exposure lies in the shock it
has given to the public confidence in the,
civil service of.t_he conntry, and the popu-
lar belief 'it has excited in the existance of

only await the favorable circumstance‘to.

for their support. . The whole fabric is un-
dermined whenever the public service
ceases to be respected and the suspicion be-
comes fix ed that its Ofiicial positions are t
prostituted to private profit—its legislation
trafficked, or even so much .as' the hem of
tbtigarment of its judiciary soiled with ve-
na 1 ' - ’
We have seen this exemplified in the gov-

~ i

termination of the war. Given up as a

crnment in the most of those states at times, 1

simply by the force of its own corruption.

the State Of Louisiana, with its chief city,

rights sd phlp‘ll .
tion is seriously pretcn

d

n

L

archy.
CONCLUSION.

The Constitution: of. the State requires
me “to give to the“ General Assembly infor-
mation of the state Of the government." I
have endeavored to perform the duty. If I
have advertcd to matters not strictly with-
in the domain of your powers. it was be-
cause they have a lesson for us, They bring
into bright contrast the excellence of that
self-government, which it has, ever been the
pride of the people of Connecticut to main-
tain for themselves, and without which for
its local support, the fabric of our Republi-
can institutions cannot be upheld. I
The duty of the legislation now‘ begins
with you.

‘ Connecticut owes much to her law-mak-
ers. The strong men, who laid the founda-
tion stones of the commonwealth, secured
them by laws to promote the intelligence

have followed them have never lost sight 6?

our State.

is,
not been in vain. . .
' CHARLES R. INGER

Hartford, May .7th, 1773.

SOLL. "

m
Minister De Long'has been makin

Having persuaded the Mikado to receive
Mrs. De Long, our minister insisted that
four train bearers should be provxded to
support the lady’s extensive skirts. The
wife of the Russian minister Was to be
presented to the Mikado at the same time,
and four trainobcarers were also proyided
by the polite Japanese for her use, evident-I.
ly under the impression, derived from- Min-
ister De Long, that it was the proper thing
to do and the custom at all European courts.
When the great day, arrived the ladies were

bearers in readiness. The Russian lady re-
jected their services, saying she had no Idea .
of making herself ridiculous ; but the Ameri-
can lady marched into the royal presence
in state, her train upborne by her attend-
ants. She, however, committed the sole-
cism of seizing the band Of the Mikado and
giving it a regular American shake. We
regret to learn that the incident caused a
great deal of laughter at the expense of the
American minister, whose ideas ofetiquetteI
are peculiar.. His notion probably Will:
that as I Queens and Empresses have their
trains carried on state occasions, the wife
of an American sovereign must be entitled
to the same privelege.—Palladz’um.

The Khedive of Egypt expended $60,000
for the laces Of his daughter’s trousseau.

A couple Ofmad dogs, at Vermont (Ill.),
lately made the citizens so mad, that they
killed 500 of the canines. '

The subscriptions to , the rceley moun-
ment fund are coming in rapi ly from prin-
ters throughout the country.

The Chicago Post calls this city Sainted
Louisa. This is a better appellation than
Scented Chicago—St. Louis, Globe.

‘ “How greedy you are l” said one little girl
to another, who had taken the best apple in
the dish; “ I was going to take that,”

Mrs. Manoovere says that she possesses
great resources in ,er dear dmters, only
she has not yet been able to [I ,. mi them.

What is the use of going .tO see one’s
bachelor friend who has lately “ popped the
question”? Whenever you call, he is sure
to be engaged,

An exchange says that a great many new
and stran e faces have been scan on the
streets Of rlington,Iowa, since the float-

ing baths were established.

Spurgeon reccntl preached to an assem-
blage of1,200 butc ers. He closed the ser-
vice with the hymn beginning, “There is a
fountain filled with blood.” . .

It was at Evansville.Ind., as the Gourm-
says, that a well dressed young man enter-
ed the portals of a deeogtlan palace an
evening or so since, and slypptng up to the
“gen emanly bar-keeper, requested him

to mix him a red-hot today, for he was

oing to seehis girl’s father,'andI meant

"friends, and only.-
, there should be .~ ..
:present, and then,

vpl'esence, proporti
.cratic side, and,“- .. _
'tspot to reduce the: ttendance. ' he speaker -

question was co“

.‘there were, frequ. .

ice-watermadve -

_ _ other, and so on,
all; in that decadence of moral strength he almost enti“
which, by the frequently occurring defalca- many members: ..
knowing the ,Ic‘au
game worked we

the resolution Lah‘
liberty. When-a7? '
. , , action was seen "
The American Asylum, for the Deaf and urally arise questions closely afi‘ecting the margin. It is pron,
Dumb, at ‘ Hartford, continues to be in a widely extending interests Of the labor'of the house at that’tl
rowing trick that wasplay d; but many who now
. ‘ . get hold of this“ ry will remember some
Massachusetts has provrded, by legislation, _ of the circumsta: . a;
for thorough information of the condition of and see the Whole

mend this legislation to your favorable at- quently arrested 3:
committed in Cm .
confederate were. rosecuted under diam
and bound over."
night precedin
to come up in
.1
Their assumed tramps, Spencer an
appear to-da uppu the docket cf,the court
among the 0 d criminal cases, never having‘
been erased; but Jesse Allen is in the Ohio

tion in the exposure of hidden scandals I:

Within' a year. tier he disa cared from
Hartford—Conrad » pp -

more flagrant abuses Of omcial trust which Courier writes: ‘ :-.

ship.
was his quaint res

and in some of them unttl now, has existed so long asiI can get anybod
me, and I had a friend only)
And, as a natural sequence, we see to day great on sitting up."

lobe up; He’s saved. Well
Let us drink his health.”

(Ill) post office for a letter for Mike _
received the gruff answer that there was no
letter there for anybody’s cow. '

escorted to the palace and found their train- I

breach of promise.

The Allen Gang. .

In New York ‘On Tuesday, "Mart” Allen,
one of the'notorlous Allen gang of burglars,
was sentenced forum attempt at burglary,
on two counts. to. the State prison for ten
years. Before his sentence he made a state-
ment to the court, in which he said that he
was convrcted 'ln ‘Conncctibutsome-ycars
ago, and was sent .0. Wethersfield for eight
years, but was aidoned .out after scrvrng
fifteen months. indonviction‘ here was for
the Adams expresstOmpanyrobbery on the
New York and NOWFHa'vIen read,va safe be-
ing thrown from. linkexpress train-in the
night. A circumstance, connected with his
pardon out of p' 91 'hasInever been uh:
ished.- It was rolatlgdiby one Of his brot era
a long time after thg’afi‘air occurred, and. is
probably true. Alfisolution releasing him
was brought before? the general assembly,
then in session in_ OW'Haven, and was car-
ried through the sulfate without much difil-‘
culty, advantage being. taken of the absence;
of several membgrpg Trouble was antici-.
pated in the bottle find when the resolution
reached that bod “it Was suffered to lie
upon the table tlllStIhe‘ most- favorable Oppor-"
tumty for acting; filo!) it could be selected.
Finally it was a ' "_ -.by those managing
the case, that it'sg . '
ing session, when‘ . ere would probably be
a thin attendance {and 'nO time was to bc'

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

lost, as the final 41- [purnment was closest -

hand. The broth-1 '..of Allen, alluded to

"above, had made . 'very'close OanVass of

members, with the ' id’of-Outside and inside
. ‘nted on success when;
~ lymore than a quorum
must take his chances.
When the evenili ; 'ln,'questlon arrived, he

‘found that "on -t' ri‘republica'n side of the

house there was: ..:mnch-.more numerous:
plly; than on the demo-,
devised a lan on the

Of the house was-n 5 ”resent, and amember
occupied the chair 1) nuderstoodthat the
. . . . "mlin .j Thefirolher be-
gan early, as-Isgo ,3.,. saw the situation
of thin 5,10 make, ‘clearanccto hls advan-"
tage. he event! fives very-'warm,-and
scalls' at'the ice. tanks.
Selecting the la out majority side of
his house, he got,. into I , undiscovered, a
powerful emeti'c,‘ , iclrhad'the desired ef-

fect; First. oncitl .
boldly felt uncomforta- ‘
ble and‘left; then other followed, and-an-
,ti I‘Ithe house promised to‘
.rted on one side. So
ér’left: before, without
,thereof.’ The rascally.
"and it probabl saved
"gave ‘fMart”'A ten his
was taken, concurrent
only by the smallest
ble that no member of
e has ever heard Of the

of that evening session
-ing in its clearest light.
‘_'Mart",Allen’s b other, Jesse, was subse-
for a Sunday burglary
, and. : himself and a

 

I trial; ,but on the very
lghth ,dayjhat their trial, was
_ . . , of; .- . ,iorcourmheybroke.
all, having outside assistance, and tawny.
g°Rogers,-

enitentiary serving out a term of years for
bank robbery, Committed in Cleveland

. ' .
_

now One‘n'ucgped‘tllo min-tor.
The London conespondeat of, the Boston

 

Apropos of the Atlantic disaster, 9. good

disclose them. And certainly no graver story is told about one of- onr=Americans.
peril than this can threaten our institutions who, in the midst Of the la k at» the Garrick
‘—restin , as'they do, and as in a Republic '
all institutions of government necessarily asked if he
‘must. upon the moral .sense of the people

Club about the vessel, walked in, and w‘as

knCwmn‘ybody _On board the

.« Came very nearheing ‘on board myself,"

“I had engage lI’Iiy passage packed m
ranks, and was all ready to bail, when I

friend made an a ointment for me to see-
Miss Braddonu:
had rather takean'other ship'than miss see-

elt; 'I concluded that I

hat popular novelist—and here Iram."
hen we had =cond'oled-with- him upon

“a

ernmen‘t of the southern States since the his narrow escape,” th'enhe-proceeded:

.“ I don’t know ‘that I-should have been

prey to the political adventurer, civii gov- drowned, any way; you soothe-folks seem

0 have been caught asleep. I-never sleep
to sit up with
card who was

“ And was he saved i" asked the Club in

‘he metropolis Of the South-West, subjected chorus.
‘6}fi'fifpgd interventiqn by the General Gov-
glgllon of constitutional name this morning, but I know that he was

53‘ 10111,qu justificas sure to be up, and he is a spry, energetic

“ Well, I don’tkuow yet; I didn’t see his

it is necessary 10 save the people from nif- 9139; and if I were in the habit Of betting,

Eveh‘a's‘ltdbpthe was.”

evening paper, anathema $011.8“ in the
out for it. I happened to be neare’stfafi'd
read out the names of the‘ cabin passengers
who had been saved. When I came to the
last name of all, m
calmly:

y finerican friend said

“ That is the man. I told you he was sure
, I am-vcry'glad.

One such incident as this outweighs a

tholusand essays upon the early to bed and
ear
the ate nights at the club will be later, and
the “early birds" at the club will be de-
moralized by the escape Of this spry, cncr- ,
getic man.

to rise theory, and I am afraid that

—
What Newspapers Do for Nothing.
An exchange, speaking of newspapers

_ and what is‘cxpeoted of them, very forcibly.
and industry of its people. Those who remarks that .“ghcre is no business in all the
, wide‘ world so sponging as the art or trade
this noble ObjECt in their work. And there- of printing a newspaper, Public coy-pom.
in lies the power, as well as the glory, of tions, societies, and-associatiOns in general
. _ . have peculiar ideas about
Guided by the same high aim, may we, in think theyought to print, pu , and publish
our respective spheres, labor as successfully all for nothing; that is, “free gratis.” In
in the same honored service; mindful of other words, they seem astonished if asked -
the Band that brou ht over Eh? Ville. and half price only for cards of thanks, tributes
planted it, and by w ose sustaining care It of respect, personal communications, or
that the labor of the husbandman-has anything else that cnl
' persons, and not the go
think it costs no money to advertise, pu ,
etc. And thus one and another will sponge.
. They forget that it takes money to pay .
. hlm- compositors, to buy ink, type, and paper;
self and wife . very ridiculous in . apan. lastly, they forget even to thank you for
gratuitously
lug the-pu

apers. They

interests -a few
a1 reader, The

pumng‘their business or serv-
blic.’.’ . '. -' -
Im

Somebody inquiring at Lthe Sprin field
OWe,

T. D. Boardman of Hartford, COnn., who

discoveredthe process Of. making britannia
ware, is still working in the sameestablish-
ment where he made the discovery, 67.

cars ago.
Miss Frazer, of San FrancisCo, has obtain-
ed $12,0001rom a man named Thrill for
1 With suchlii snug ‘littllle
sum she can et a on ve we eve Wit -
ont'l‘hrift. g" .g. ry I.
. A Kentucky bride ran a race with her.
father, who was opposed to her marriage,
and succeeded in reaching a, carriage in
which the bridegroom was waiting, before
the old gentleman chught up. .
A journal which makes a specialty of such
matters, and ought to know, says: “ The
practice of laying oil cloth inj'ront of a bed
in the winter has brought on more rheuma-
tism and divorces than any other cause.”

Three men who were caught in the at-
tempt to set fire 'to buildings in Prairie du.
Chien, Wis. on the 18th ult.‘ were immedi-
ately hung by the citizens. The number of
that Class cf'citizens is rapidly diminishing.
“More rope l” .

Two Phila clph'. men have wagered
$1,000 each t at l ey can make a canoe
trip on the Bushklll creek over three falls
of respectively seventy feet, fifty feet, and

thirty feet high.

.A Pennsylvania editor, in acknowled ing
the gift of a peek of potatoes, says: “ t is
kindnesses like these that bring tears to our
eyes. Ye peek of potatoes makes the whole
world in. We have trusted in Providence,
and this is our reward. We would like a
little kindling wood and some good turnips,
but that would be asking too much—:30 we
will try to do without them.“

Baxter. the NewYork steam-on~canal man,
closes the report of his three round trips
thus: “ In view of all these facts, I think
the problem of steam navxgation on the
canal is not only demonstrated to be a suc-
cess, but that boats can be ropelled at one
half the cost per ton per mi e than it can be
done 'by horses, and iu‘o’ue half the time,
thus doubling the capacity of the canals.”

The French sailors have introduced a
new luxury into England, Ga snails,
already prepared and cooked. re 'now
being publicly sold in the streets of Glou-
cester, and they appear to find ready :custOr
mere. They are pronounced by local
epicures to be a delicacy which cannot be
too highly appreciated, and they are devour-

 

 

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,ed with gun .

id come up at an even- ‘

Extracting teeth and inserting artificial dentures a
specialty

seventy feet each, with anumber of Others ,v

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.' STAMFORD, CONN. '

The law llrin of Ferris Child a Fessendeu was
dissolved by mutual co‘nseht, MarchJIthts: C, 0.
Child will'conttnnehts business at the above address.

Lax. s. olnsou, .
0r saint of- the Flt-stCOngl-egatlonal Church
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Office in Gazette Budding, Room No.8,ovor Jack-
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OFFICE IN nave BLOCK;

1 SOUTH NOR WALK, CONN.

GAGE INSLEE,
A R C H I T E C T,
70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

Residence. Stvford, CL,
Special attention paid to country residences. 2-1 y

“IILLIAM MITCHELL,
At the ever popular

UNION MARKET,
*2}. always the best of

nCe‘, ‘ " . k
at falrllvinglprlcel. Unt‘o‘lil‘ltnflér yllglfifi'mgx.

hot, on the ridge, .
Tfllsnbscribers huvln formed a co artnership and
taken the “PEOPL 1’s MARKS ,” in Sklddy'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 thelrcustomers they will
aim to deserve liberal patronage.

NOTICE.

 

RoxAl. Alums. ADAM S J; WIXON.
Jane E. Wlxox. 1y5
JOHN ROBERTS, _ .
. Dealer in.

. 1 ‘ .
Beef, Mutton} york A; Hams,
‘ PRESER ms, CANNED FRUITS,OC.,
NO. 3 James, Block,

WATER STREET, NORWALK CONN. '

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CHARLES s. LOCKWOOD,
. Fashlonable Draper a; Tailor
AND -

GENTS’ FURNISHING EXPO-RINK,
Mill: Street, Norwalk, Conn.

' B. s. mascara,

At his Store in PBtENlX BLOCK, has constantly
on hand a general assortment o

G- B. O C II R I E a ,
oneunmnr, amass,
z'rx AND WOODEN WARE, Pm. ETC.

By devoting his constant personal attetitlon'to the
business he hopes to merit public patgonage. 9

W. H. SWORDS.
Merchant Tailor

CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN s'rs..
SOUTH nonwALx, comm,

Scotch Cheviots, Melton 3, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST PRICES.

A good fit warranted andmade as the customer may
want. 11;. Cutting done for others to make as here-

toforc. _
A LARGE ASSORTMENT 0F

Gents’ Furnishing Goods.

 

J SPENCER,
.

WAT'CIIIIAKEB,
unnnn NORWALK OPERA HOUSE,

_ A well selected stock of
WATCHES,
CLOCKS,
GOLD JEWELRY,
SPECTACLES,
EYE GLASSES

always on hand.
REPAl'RlbgFlNE WATCHES A SPECIALTY-

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NORWALK INSURANCE COMPANY '
NORWALK, CONN.

(in-h Capital - -- - I -~ - -$500,000
Paldlngapllal. - - a - « $100,000
WI. C. Suns-r, President, GIO. R. Cowus, Sec’y,
Faun. HILL, Treasurer.

TNA INSURANCE 00., OF HARTFORD,
Ingorporated 1819. Charter Perpetual.
Cupltulond Ansell, $5,052,880.19
Insure. aghalnsuosnnd am: e by Fire. outer-ms

adopted to e hazard. an con stcn‘t with :11; laws

l-tf- c

an remain on bond and mortars e. Eu ulre of
9 “' “" ‘° ’ 9"” I _ - n. n. ELWELL, or CHARLgES a. lilo'rv,
CHAS W M ANY” Iltf . South Norwalk,Conn.
o o _ l
I s '1‘, House and Lot for Sale.

. . j ._ lies the. ‘ For terms Of
ARTIFICIAL TEETH INSERTED at. LO vv RATES- sale apply to GEORGE II. ’RAYM ’
' ‘ A lotf at the store of L. J. Curtis, 23 Main Street.

The place is offered at a reasonable- price. For fur-
ther partlcn.ars. en nit-e of the subscriber, on the
premises, or of R0 AL ADAMS, at the People’s
Market. Norwalk.

partly in Wilton and partly In Norwalkmomprlshg
over seventy acres of good land. well adapted to
3
fruit of the
Burns, two-storySto‘re-nouse, Carriage Bonse.'&c;
:33“ be sold cheap, and on

T“
road, near] opposite the residence of James Pauton,
Esq, is o cred for sale.
rooms with cellar, m, and is altered at a low price;
a
mortgage. This is a good chance to secure a home.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE. 8

'1‘“
2.
view “the village and harbor; prices low and terms
e

' REAL ESTATE.

 

TO RENT.

POSSESSION IMMEDIATELY IF DESIRED.
. TheDwelling 011M". Marla Gruman, on Pros.

pect Bill, or, if desired, would rent my homestead
for the season or year. For particulars call on the

 

subscriber. ' C. J. GBUMAN.
Barn, Garden, Fruit, 8:0... on each place. Golf
TO BENT .

Few rooms convenient to the Bridge will be
rented cheap if n plied for soon. Enquire of
NATHAN 1 ES, 85 and 37 Main Street.

A
n

Mlllinexy or dress makln .
uILL ’ g

0
1...

Store and Apartments to Let.
ARGE STORE 0N MAIN ST., one of the best

 

[EL—The front room ,over the News Office,
saac’s block, suitable for lawyer, doctor. or for
Apply to BRIE-If

 

kiln—Fine, pleasant rooms, over Kllcn lb
Emanuel’s store, Main Street. A ply to
. » MRSJ. .MURRAY.

 

nel hborhood of the Bridge, and one or two houses
at oath Notwalk. Apply to S. E. OLMSTEAD.
February 23th, 1873., . 8

To BENT.

OUSE on Mott‘ Avenue, with all too improve-

ments. Enquire of .
JAMES MITCHELL or G. 0. KEELEB.

A.so, House with small Store.ou New Canaan

road,4on reasonable terms. Enquire Of

8 G. 0. KEELER.

 

w

TO LET.

nu nus, LARGE ROOMS litely occupied by‘
Mrs. Vanderbilt as a Mllllnery, over the store

of the subscriber. .
It! E. P. WEED.

 

1‘0 BENT.

THE FARM-HOUSE, ofthelste 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 If. EWEED, Norwnlk. 10:!

min sun: on To RENT.

A NEAT andunnsnaily commodlnsCottage, nearr
the Bridge. Hot and 'Cold water. Gas, Fur-
gi'cagcater Closet, Cc. Apply at GAZETTE

FOR SALE on To RENT.

A COTTAGE. TENEMENT right in the village'

has seven rooms, large garden attached, with u
out] well, also cistern of water, variety of fruit. the.
rice $4,500; rent 895 per month. For further par-
ticularsenqulre at this office.

For: SALE. A BARGAIN.

BE HOUSE AND LOT recently occupied b the
. late Jason II. Merrill, containing eight urge
rooms, pleasantly situated on the hewtown Road,
and in a healthy loution; has a good wellof water,
all in good order; within 10 mlnutes'walk of the
Bridge, and handy to the churches. Price 84,000.
Possession given immediately. Apply to EDWARD
MERRILL. or s. D. MERRILL, Administrator. 18“

FOR SALE.

THE beautiful house and lot recently occupied by

C. E. Duty, on Elmwood Avenue, South Nor-
walk, commnndtn a s lendia view of thetown and
Long Island Soun he house has twelve rooms.
with gas, furnace and marble mantels. Size of lo't
80x21? feet. Strawberries, Grapes, and Pear trees in .
bearing. ~ The place is within five minutes’ walk of
the New Haven-Railroad Depot, and forms a rare

chance to purchase a first-class place low. Posses-
sion given on April tat; Part of the purchase money

 

 

 

 

LOT My 150 feet; large desirable House, con-
taining :10 rooms, and is situated on Sprin
hill, commandin a fine view of Lung Island Bonn
and vicinity of orwalk village; a ulstern and good
well of pure, soft water on the premises, also a fine
assortment of Fruit Trees, V1

 

Farm for Sale.

IAII of about twenty acres, situated on Wolf-

lttlzltll. about two miles froth NorwalkBrldge,
so ered for sale; There are on the premises a
DwellingHouse,large Barn and Carriage House.
all in good condition; also, an excellent garden,
with considerable mm, a good spring of water, are.

on) mass 1'. waON.~
FARM FOR SALE.

IIE ver desirable place formerly known as the
Dr. 0 mstesd Farm, locqted on Belden’s Hill.

 

or dairy purposes with abundance of
Inst kind, together'wlth Dwelling, two

tock raisin

easy terms. Appl to
A. SELLECK, Execulor.

 

small Place (or Sale.

E HOUSE AND LOT situated just west of the
Wide River Bridge,’ on the south side of the

The house contains six

large part. of the purchase money can remain on

 

“BUILDING LOTS.”

E nndcrsi ed otter for Sale some of the most
desirable ulldiug sites in the village, lying
long the slope northwestofUnlon Park,conven1eut
the village and easy of access, having an extensive

A. B. BYINGTON,
S. E. .OLMSTEAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD;

asy. Apply to.

;=;_...

T" a...LqL1sa§, .

locations on theistreet; vsome apartments in ,

' CARPENTER AND BUILDER.

Iron Gates, Doors, Shutters. and

many other aritcles in the line of

South Norwalk .

Ofilce East Side Depot Square, WashingtonStreet,

that I can extrac teeth without pain on
patients. I keep good gas constant.y on hand, and

Wilton Property for Sale at a Bargain
A Large and convenient House, in good order,
. very pleasantly situated on the Norwalk road,
near Kent depot; large Barn, Carriage and Ice
Houses, and other out-buildings, with 40 acres of
Land, divided into Wood, Pasture, Meadow and
Plow Land, -a large proportion seeded meadow-
fruit in abundance; near to churches. schools and
academics. Anyone looking for a genteel country
‘restdence with every convenxcuce,at a moderate
price, will find this the cheapest property now Offer-
ed in this vicinity. Terms easy. Also. a house op-
posite the Methodist church; eight rooms.

3m'ls B. F. BASSETT.

 

. FOR SALE.

AT Huntington, Conn.. a desirable residence with
Ninety (30) acres of Land, near Derby and Bit-
mlughnm; buildings large and first-class; location
high and flightly; fruit abundant: everythin attrac-
tlve for summer residence. Price reasonu .

ens Address '1'. s. nmnsEY, Birmingham, Ct.

 

IVANTED.
FEW shares of the Capital Stock of the Fair-

A. field County National Bankand ot Themtion-
at Bank of Norwalk.

2S“

Boots-b and Shoes.

WE, the undersigned, having formed a co-part-
net-ship and purchased the Boots and Shoe
Store of G. 0. Keeler, would most respectfullytnvite
his oldcustomers, also. our Old friends and patrons
and the ubllctn general, to give as coal] and We
willconv uccthem that by

Honorable Dealing 6; Small Profits

which makes quick sales, that we are bound to give
t’l‘a‘ifil‘i‘h‘l’fmdfiil:$333332“' 5°“ '“°“° "’
- . B TTIR T A
TEE SLOWSHILIING " _ . fl N
Ill! AIII IPPII lEA‘I’IIEI, IIIDIIIS, $8.,
Wholesale and Retail. Particular attention paid to

CUSTOM WORK,

in allits branches, also REPAIRING done with neat-
ness and dispatch. SMITH a: HANFOBD.
CnAnus erru. J Our-u P. BANI'OBD.

GEO. E. MILLER
. at the Norwalk Savings Society

 

 

nu subscriber Would informthe Citizens OfNor-
walk that he is prepared to do '

Building, In all 'of its branches,

by contract, or_by day’swork, and solicits ashare of
pat. , Will trytoplease. Shop Centeravenue,

neat-Main street.
2 SAMUEL B. FITCH.

 

w. C. QUINTABD a; 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealersln

Hardware, Paints, flils, Glass.

Hence FurnI' ‘shing Goods,
’Also all kinds Of

Mechanical Tools,

' AND
AIlllclllTllllAl IMPLEMENTS.

LOCKS, KNOBS, NAILS, AND BUILDERS’
HARDWARE, POCKET AND? TABLE CUTLERY
of the best kind. Remember the place,

No. 8 Opera House Block,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
w. Oiquranan, nuns mum-

’ IRON FENCING.

T
Wrought and (last Iron-Fencing.

' to enclose churches, dwellings and burlalplots.
‘ ' —AlsO—‘

 

D

HE'subscrlber is now

prepared to make andnt-
Dish several styles of ‘

Gratings.
Iron Stairs, and Bolts fer building purposes,and

BLACKSM ITH _WORK,

Shopln rear of Solmon’s Hat. Shop, Union strait:5
' WM. 11. DUNCAN.

a. ll. «snout, “.11., -
:D E N '1" I s '1' .

 

South Nun-Walk, Ct.

Dentistryln all
its branches er-
formedinthe est
manner.
. Special atteu
tion lvcn to ex-
tract g teeth
without 1min by
theuseofNitrous:
Oxide-or Laugh.
ingGas. Having
tiled the Gas for

 
 

 

the last nineyearswlth nnvurylngsnccess, I on per-
fectly satisfied as to its safety, and know osltlvely

urytomy 1

use themost approvedapparatus in administeringit.
P. .—Ofilce not. open on Mondays or Saturdays.

Old Carriage Shop.

New Carriages and other Vehicles made to order,
and Regaining and Jobbing-.donein thebestmanner,
and wit the utmost dispatch.

Having arranged to carry on the business lately
conducted by his brother, on

nsnsnam. “new,

 

 

M111 Property. .
FOR SALE.

THE subscriber ofi‘ors for Sale his Mill Property

. situated in West. Norwalk. about two miles

from Darlen Depot, three miles from South Nor-
walk, and two miles from New Canaan, consistin
of: manufactory, two stories high, 85x18 feet, Wit

about 12 feet bead and full of water, with three acres

ofland; now used as a Saw Mill but suitable for a

maunfactory orally kind. Terms easy and price low.

Enquire of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,

Nor-walk, or Ofthe subscriber,

STREET.

1.139

. CHAUNCEY
WeitNorwalk, Sept. 25. 1869.

- JAMES tumour,
Boa] little Agent, Licenced Auction-
eer,-Conotable, Collector. are.
RATEWLBY returns thanks for the very liberal
_ patronage heretofore extended him by a gen-
erouspnbltc, 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 fbund or orders can be left. He will tve
Erompt attentlon to the bnyln
state, renting of places, Anct oueerlng of real and
personal property, the collection of debts, Jun, and
will make ever reasonable exertion ‘to please all
Who mayfavor im with their patronage.

 

 

JAMES mzrcilunh,

REAL ESTATE . BROKER,
1 Au CTI ONE ER,

‘NORWALK, CO‘N.

City Residences,» Farms and
. Country Seats

Bough t, Sold, Rented and Exehangcd.

RealEstatt,8tocks,fumiture,&c

at pnbllcaud private sale. Auction Sales of
no uses. LOTS, FARMS, _

' AND PERSONAL PROPER! Y.
Sales of Furniture at Owner‘s’

Residences.

Houses to’ Rent

Furnished and Unfurnished

Placesfor sale varying in price tgom'SEfiOO
to $50,005

Allorders left attire Union Market,Mitchell’s

Block,Norwalk,Ct., willreceive promptattention.

JAMES MITCHELL.

3181!th SOU‘LE’S

LINIMEN'I.‘

Is a positive cure for Sciatica, Recumatism Neural-
fita, Spinal Comqlaint, Contracted Cords, Lame
ack, Spralns, &t.. From Btoc large bottles will
cure cases given up by physicians. The only certain
cure for Sclatcla. Large bottles, 81.50; small but-
tics 75 cts. Sold by all drugglsts. lyllcow

.—BOOK.-_-
_ —JOB——
—IAND. CARD WORK,—

 

 

ot every description, at the

 

 

fcom mi - -OOWLES&MER
.° , ”a SolgnAg'Intsfor Norwalk and 3051‘"

 

and selling of .eal. '

i321}“3‘n$i§y§l°$il‘£:‘ and experienced workmen
aunt. that he can satisly’allinialx’sscfl’fizfigg 3:13;

Oldest Stand in Norwa'ni.

and such others as may be led to extend to him tin

Thus flows the tide of human pride
Through channels long and gay and wide,

IN :l'llll smears. ‘
[The following. Which is exceedingly

suggestive of the late Buchanan Read, is

from the New York ‘Mu'lJ

Ten thousand feet, slow glad and fleet,

Thick thronging through the crowded street

Like tide-waves small, with rise andfall.
A human sea by marble wall. ‘ .

Riel). wrought with care, grand, proud and
fair '
A hundred domes lift high in air ;' .
While wond’rous gleams of morning beaml,
Transform them all to poet’s dreams.

A misty haze which ends in maze,
Blots out the view from human gaze,
Till sky and street in cloud land met,
A seeming path for earth-worn feet. -

The man of care with snowy hair,

Goes trembling through the thoroughfare,
His thoughts intent, with body bent, _

0n better things than ten per cent.

With senses dim, he bears no din
Of strife of trade or worldly sin;
With inward eye he can espy

The streets of gold beyond the sky.

A woman sad, with reason mad,
Her garments Old, and thinly clad.
Walks down the street with'leadep feet,
As one who looks her grave to meet.

For her the stones have turned to groans,
And every flag is filled with moans, -
Each wheel that rolls drags human 301119
From earthly life to hungrgghonlsl '

..

While Time’s fair hands with golden sands.

Sweet pathways strew on silent strands. .

The brook may run through shade and sun,
A silver thread by Spring time spun; _
In meadow fine, beneath the tree,

’Tis ever moving toWards the sea.

Invain shall man, his little span
0f lifetime longer hope to scan,
He feels his needs and plucks at weeds,
- 0r puts his faith in human crecds.

There is a sea, from tempéSts free, ' . h
The Ocean of Eternity;

Beneath its waves within its caves,
Mankind drops down to dreamless graves.

 

Stu-ling The Can.
One of the most important and valuable

improvements that has ever been applied
to horse railivays is about to be introduced -
in Chicago. It has already been adopted
by the South Side Company, and will be
applied to their cars as rapidly as the
necessary attachments can be manufactured.
The device, like all valuable inventiOns,h
extremely simple, and it accomplishes the
object toward which inventors have for
years directed their attention, viz, the de-
crease of power required to ;atart a. loaded.
car, which is estimated to be fillly double
the power required to propels car after it
has been put in motion. The operation of
the invention will be readily understood by
any one who is familiar with the common-
est, and most rudimentéry principle of
mechanical lorce—the lever and the fulcrum.
Instead Ofbearing upon the front platform
of the car, as is now the case, the horse
power takes effect on the forward axle, on
which are placed a pair ofratches. The
whifiletree, Ior crossbar, is attached to an
upright iron bar, connected at the lower
end by a pivot with a transverse bar, to
which are fastened the pawls which act
upon the Patches on the_axlc.. A. leverage
oftwenty~two inches is given to the upright
bar, so that whenahe horse starts the power
is directlyrapplied to the turning forward
of the axle, and so of the front Wheels, the‘

ever-age operating to decrease the amount

of power required to effect a start. By the
stoppage of the car the upright bar, Which
has been raised to 9' horizontal position
flies back to an upright positionilgain,
assisted by a weight provided'.£or' that
purpose. When the car is stopped on an
up-grade, such as a bridge approach, the
ratchets'becum self-Operallve as a brake,
securely locki
ventor is Mr.‘Nelson J. Dickinson, of Kala-
mazoo,wa brought his model to Chicagoa
short time since. Mr. Holmes, Superintends
Vent of the Chicago City Railway“, at once
recognized the fact that the long-desired

the fore-Wheels. The in-

 

pstronage. . h at
41 C. M. TUTTLE—

 

DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
11E undersigned would reepctfnlly announce :11
s

Eghgmgié’izens in this vicinity, that at h
CORNER'OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT srs.
‘ Can always be found A
P U n E D R U G s ,
CHOICE-IWINES and mavens
$0.3 MEDICAL PURPOSES,

FANCY (AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, «to.

W Physicians’Prescriptlonscarefully compound-
ed day and night. Can be found nights, in same
building, entrance on Washington St.“ ‘ '
1y49 S. F. PECK, South Norwalk. Conn.

1,813. status. I813
I Conwetition Defied

_]N._.

 

China, Crockery,
’ —-AND-—-
HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS,_
1 —NOT ONLY—'-
1' O - D a. y'

but at all times

AR. GAINS

Can be had at

. E. It. Lockwoon s.
READ! READ! 2 READ ! 1:
BEST KEROSENE, per gallon, 82 cents
TEA TRAYS, Ja anned, - 70 cents
LAMP, BURNE AND CHIMNEY, 40 cents
CUPS AND SAUCERS, per set, 50 cents
BROOMS, extra, 35 cents
TEA SPOONS, fierset, 30 cents
COVERED DIS ES, - so cents
STUDENT BURN ER, completewith Por-

v .

celaiu Shade,

Other Goods

correspondingly .

OEEAP :

 

v

NOTICE.

0 the heirs of Matilda Keeler, late of Norwalk,
deceased, and heirs of Davtd Stephenson, late
of Norwalk. deceased; to Morris Stephenson, of
Ridgefield, Fail-field County, Cl" Edwxu Mallory.
and Angene te Mallory his wife, Samuel R. P. Camp,
Cornelia Dimon Camp. Frederick camp and Ben-
jamin Campfiwherever theymsy reside, and to all
persons, owners of the land or interested therein, .
or in the matter to which this notice relates, to wit. :
in the la mat. of a certain highway Within the Lur-
ough of orwalk, from the western termination of
Leonard Street, so called, to West Avenue, near the
residence of Isaac B. Doty, as made by a Committee
of the Court at Burgesses. as shown by report of
said Committee to said Court. dated July‘znd, 1872.
and accepted and approved by said Court on said 2d
do of J uly,1872, and recorded in Borouvh Records.
on and each of you are hereby not! ed that the
undersigned, having been appointed by the Warden,
three judicious and disinterested frecholdere, of the
Borough. to estimate and appraise the damages or
benefits, as the case may be, resulting- or accruing
to any person or persons from the laying out of sai
hi hway as aforesaid and havmg been dulysworn,
will meet for the purpose of estimatlnb and aptplals-
ing such damages or benefits, on the 23d ay of
May.181'3. at 10 o'clock in the forenoomat thc_ln-
terseetlon of said hlvhwav so laid out with West
near the residence of Isaac R. Dom Hind
will at said time and place hear any an: all par:1 les
interested on the uestion of damages or bcne 8.
1n the matter of the lay-out of said highway:
t lBorough of Norwalk, lay 5m. 137 t.
1““ °"-m“T' ($33353. atlas;
LES ADAMS relates. 9113

Avenue,

 

 

. sum: ins liaisons outer.

 

arcs econbruc.

object had been accomplished, and forth-

with caused the appliance to be .attachedlo
one Of the one-horsecars on State street, in
order to give it a practical test. It'is'found
to work to absolute perfection.’ At the
precise instant the horse. begins his forward
motion, no matter if the car is crowded, the
lever takes effect upon the ratcheted axle,
and the car begins to move forward, . with. '
out that violent strain upon. the horse's

shoulder and breast which invariablyab

tends lbeordi rylprocess of moving for-
ward a loaded car. The exact amount of
advantage gained by Mr. Dickinson’s patent
over the. old dead-weigh Lplan, is ascertain-
ed by the model, upOn which a milnls
weight is placed, and a common pair of
steelyards used to pull a little car fbrward.
At 3 pounds the wheels begin to move, but,
when the bar is straightened out and the
leverage is no. longer available, nearly 7
pounds weight is required to start the car.
Mr. Dickinson’s inve mean he applied
to a new car at little or no expense in exéess
of that involved in the ordinary hitching
tackle. It starts the car with at. least 50 per
cent less expenditure of power bytlruhorse,

of whose la riand strength in drawing a

car, it is estimated that 75 per cent is wasted
in starting the car by the plan» now in use.I
Therefore, the saving in the wear and tear

of horsefiesh and harness, not to mention
the humanitarian aspect of the matter, and
leaving Out of the question the comfort Of-
passengers in the avoidance Of sudden and

violent jerks, renders the invention of un- :-
told value to street-car companies. The;
right to apply it to all their cars has been-
purchased by the South Side Company, and
it' is altogether likely that the West and
North Side Companies will be only tooglsd
to follow suit as such as they have observed .
the working of the new attachment.

 

After a long and weyisome exploration,
the Darien Ship Canal‘is now to be reckon-
ed among the possibilities. A correspond-
ent of the New York Herald writes an ill"
teresting letter, giving in detail-11,16 progress;-
and completion of the stingy: “Off? the:
Isthmus under the- commas 61‘50'apla'ifl'}
Selfridge. The surveyorsi-ert; that—the"
construction of the canal is found to be
practicable. The most feasible roule‘i’s but
twenty-eight miles in fingthfilvolving very ‘
little heavy work beside tunnelling through '
three miles of ro‘ckfilnd the estimated cost
of the work is 195» than seventy millions of
dollars, instead of nearly twice that sum, as ,
was at first anticipated. The canal will

,now doubtless be pushed to a completion.‘
M

Dean Swift said: “It is {1591955 '0 attemp
to argue a man out 9.1. 8 tlnug he was never-

reusoned into."

- Seth Green predicts that the catch of shad
in the Connecticut the coming season will
be the largest ever known. ‘ .

Here is a bit of French philosophy. It is '
set down to the credit of Alexander Dumas,
lils: “Walk two hours every day.- Sleep
seven hours every night. .. Get up as soon
as you wake. Speak only when_ necessa
and say only half What you think. D9111
write anything but what you can sign.
Think neither. too;.much nor ,too little of
money;it is a good . servant but a bad
masts”, .Bewlife OIW enhefia'e you are

twenty—avoid mam aft you die (Orly.

 

 

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