Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, December 23, 1873 · page 1

 

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WHOLE NUMBER 1355.

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BY BJORNSTJEHNE BJORNSON.

I.

The Princess sat high in her maiden-bower,

And the boy blew his horn below by the
tower :—

“Bo silent, thou boy, why blowest thou so .’

Thou hmderm my thoughts that afar would

a
first]: the setti. .y sun."

lI. .
The Princess sat high in her maiden-bowu,
And the boy no longer blew by the tower :—
“ Why art thou so silent .9 Again thou mutt
blow:
Thou helpest my thoughts that afar wou l1 go
With the setting sun.”

III.
The Princes sat high in her maiden-bower,
And the boy blew again below by the tower;
And then she went in the eventidc:
“ Whatno I then want, my God!” she sighed:
Then the sun went down.
SAINT PAULS.
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A Strange Case.
Asingular case is being investigated at
Malone, Washington county, New York,
concerning which the following curious
statements are made: Some two years ago,
a farmer in Washington county, N. Y., left'
home intending to yisit.the west and south,
for the purpose of dispOsing of rights to
manufacture a patent spring bed. His
name was Willis Peyton, and his age about
40. He left a wife and. several children.
Nothing was heard from him after his de-
parture till he reached Terre Haute, when
he wrote that he was feeling ill, b ut would
proceed to Evansville, where he had a
friend by the name of Weaver, with whom
he intended to spend a few days. This
wasthelast heard of the old Peyton, the
Either of the children in Washington county.
but in his place there has sprung up another
man, several inches taller, but bearing the
marks, and having a knowledge of many
things that were only known to Willis
PoyIOn and his wife and family. Under
rathljhe'lcll's a singular Story 'of which the

follo‘jin’giis a brief outline .—

Aftér leaving Terr-c name he lost all con-
iciousness, but somehow got into a hospital
at Evansville, where he first found himself
recovering from the small—pox. He was
then hold and when he resumed his cloth-
ing every article appeared to have been
made for a much smaller man. The pants-
loons, which ho recognized as his,wero at
lcast six inches too short. He could get no
trace of his money, .vatch, model spring bed,
or other effects. "Vhen he was released
from the hospit..: he went to his friend
David Weaver, wP: o spurned him as an im-
poster. He was in fact, a horrible sight,
and looked like the wandering Jow, or some
other walking pestilence. Weaver’s re-
marks about his friend Willis Peyton’s

THE SIOBY OF WM. III. TWEII).

 

DISH AND FALL OF THE FAMOUS RING.

(From the Utica Observer, November 24th.]

was the penalty pronounced against Wm.
M. Tweed in the court of Oyer and Tormi~
nor, by Judge Noah Davis, On Saturday af-
ternOOn. At one o‘clock on Sunday morn-
ing the prisoner was taken to the Tombs,
and in that Egyptian pile of more than
Egyptian misery ho is now confined. The
last act of the Drama is played. The man
who, a little while ago, was a senator, a
supervisorha commissioner—the chief pow-
er in the chief city of the continent—is now
a condemned convict. If any measure of
success attends the efforts of his counsel to
secure 'a mitigation of sentence, a .stay of
proceedings or "a new trial, it will not alter
the essential fact. that Tweed’splace. rencc-
”forth is with the outlaws of socie‘ , '
time to considsfithe' man's life an 31,
ter with the same’\<;alm, dispassionrd
that we'sheuld takc' cee dead; for ‘
is dead beyond the h )f resurreclir, ,
William M. Tweéd s born in tiri,‘
’of New York flfly‘ its ago lSSt»~':,‘..rl.
His parents were ,p'dor people, and the boy
was early thrown upon his own resources.
He learned the trads Ofa chairmaker and
worked at it for a few years. Hcsoon be-
came ambitions of political distinction, and
to increase his qualifications and improve
his chances he entered the University Law
School, from which he graduated as a mem-
ber of the bar. His power began in the
old "volunteer fire department of the me-
tropolis. He became foreman of “Big Six,”

 
 
 
 
 

part of the city. His immense vital energy
and his organising ability were here devel.
oped and exhibited. In that day apopu-
lar fireman was a positive power in local
politics, and Tweed began to make' himself
felt. -

In 1851 he was elected alderman from the
seventh ward, serving in the common coun-
oil through the years 185249. In the fall
of 1852‘he was elected to Congress from the
fifth district, which then embraced the
seventh and thirteenth wards of New York
and the village Of Williamsburg, Long
Island. He took his seat in the House in
Dec " er, 1853, while his term as alderman
w about expiring. He was thirty years
old at that time, with the promise of a fair
future before him. While in Congress he
was elected school commissioner of the
seventh ward. The year aflor his term as
Representative expired he was chosen to
the board of supervisors, and continued to
hold a place there until the day of his over-
throw.

In 1851 he was a candidate for sherifi' on
the Tammany ticket. The Omce is one of
enormous emolument, and Tweed struck
for it with his usual energy. Ho reckoned

 

 

personality caused him to examine himself,
and he found he had grown eight inches
taller in as many weeks. He would have
denied his own identity, ifit had not been
for his mind and other evidences that had
bconfamiliar to him from 'childho'Od. Of
course he could not continue his contem-
plotéd journey, for he had lost its object and
bearings. He went to an engine house and
looked into a mirror, and did not recognize
his face. He first thought Of suicide, and
his next thought was of home. The latter
prevailed. He was utterly lost and started
home to find himself. On the way home
be was taken ill again, and once more the
world was blank. He finally arrived at his
own door after an absence Of two years.
Willis Peyton’s family believed him dead
The Willis Peyton who had left that thresh
hold two years before, had light hair, near-
ly red, and a Very scanty board- and was
thin in flesh. The Willis Peyton who now
knocked at the door was much taller and
rounder, and had brown curly hair and a
boavy beard. Ho looked like a gross lie on
the former, with no truth in- him, but the
sequel is startling. He knocked and was
invited into the house of “Widow Peyton,"
and took a seat. Looking at Mrs. Poyton,
be said: “I suppose you do not know not
Addie 1” She answered: “No, sir, I do not;
who are you t” The man burst into tears
and said: “You’ll not believe me, I know
when I tell you; but its got to come some
tins, and might aswcll now as not. I’m

Willis Peyton.” . _
Mrs. Peyton shrank from him, ordered

him out of doors, and two of her sons and a:

hired man took him to tho noul'usl. justico
who sent him to jail as a lunatic. He was

first tried bye commission of lunacy and
was adjudged porfoctly sane. He is now
being tried before the surrogate on the
question of his pretensions as the‘husband
of Mrs. Peyton and the owner of the Peyton
property. He has told his story, the main
points of which we have given ; has related
in court circumstances that occurred before
that same julgc years before; told the
lawyers many things that a stranger, such
as he seems to he, could not know; related
Willis Peyton’s family history, giving some
minute details which are strictly correct
and generally known in the neighborhood,
and even reminded Mrs. Peyton of words
spoken during her courtship, which she
supposed no one knew but her husbandand
herself. "It seems highly probable he will
be able to establish his identity, incredible
as it may appear. The principal evidence
in his favor is that furnished by several
marks and scars on his person, and this is
unimpeachable. Willis Peyton when a
lad, received a severe out on the instep,
which left a bad s'car. The metamorphosed
Willis Peyton has the scar. He has a
tattoo mark of an American shield on his
I’lgIII. arm 'I‘ltp, «think! In than) -_ nn‘ his In“
an anchor—anchor there, but elongated,
Peyton had also a very Curious scar on one
of his fingers, which was disfigured by
crushing in a'cog-wheel. A critical ex-
amination of this finger by the :physician
who dressed the fresh wound compels the
doctor to say that it is the finger of Willis
Peyton. While this examination was mak-
ing, the claimant said: “Doctor, do you
recollect how sick I was made by the sight
of that finger, while you and mother were
dressing it one day I And do you recollect
how I came to you one day to know what
would take the inflammation out of my
arm Where I was tattooed by Jim Bayne,
the ““0! I" The' old doctor remembered
well how “Ore Willis Peyton’s arm was and
tho Cil'flmmuce of his fainting once from
“*9 dressing 0“be sore finger. Another
evidence that the cam“, is the Simon
pure Will Peyton is n... he singles out
men, who do not know his... calling them
by name and'remrndmg them u- instances
of aformer acquaintance that lave no
doubt in their minds as to his identity.
.And the “Widow Peyton” sits in the
court room, by turns looking at the claim-
ant to her bed and board, and crying as
witness after witness avows his belief that
the strange man is Willis Peyton. She has
told her friends that if he really is Peyton,
he may have the farm, stock and everything

but herself. Sometimes during passages of

the trial he implores her to look again and
see if she can not recognize one feature and
ccknbwledge him as her-husband, but she
refuses, and his earnest, appealing face
suddenly becomes clouded by despair. He
says if the suit terminates in his favor he
will only asks living off the farm, and
will never intrude upon his wife and chil-
dren unless they voluntarily recognise him.

himself worth $80,000 at that time, and he
had made the money honestly. He expend“
ed every dollar of it in the canvass, led on
by the hope and belief that he would tri-
umph. He was beaten, and during the win-‘
ter which followed ho found great difficulty
in meeting tho house not and paying his
butcher’s and and grocer’s bills. . It is prob-
able that his caresr asa public plunderer
dates from the day of his defeat as sheriff.

He was not a fine-grained man nor trou-
bled with many conscientious scruples.

upon as a conspiracy. He had distributed
his money among various ward organiza-
tions in return for their promised assistance.
They divided his fortune and withhold
their support. He resolved to “get even”
with the public who had preferred another
to him, and he set about the job with the
coolness of a great general and the wicked-

use- ~4- _ m. ..
deputy street 50m 938:;v—{n-1862 be “$3?

.... .
ing that Ofiice he got his hand'h'héé? u..-
the public purse for the first time. At
about the same period he made himself the
leading spirit in the Tammany organiza-
tion.
He showed soon that his power as an or-
ganizer was very great. He drew 'men
around him usually by appeals to their self-
ish natures. TO one he gave money, to an-
other some place of honor and trust. He
proceeded on the theory that every man
had his price. If a rival arose to dispute
his authority he crushed that rival if he
could, and if he couldn‘t he crushed the ri-
vmry by supporting the man for some of-
fice, and thus making him his ally. In this
way he spiked the guns of Fernando Wood
and called a truce with his most popular
enemy, the “Big J udge,” Michael Connolly.
In 1807, Richard B. Connolly,a timid
man, plausuble in manners, but exceedingly
corrupt at heart, became comptroller of
New York. With him T'ecd formed an
alliance. Connolly was greedy and close.
fisted. He never could secure a popular
following. He held office at the pleasure
of Tweed, who was, however, compelled to
share equally with him in the division of
the money plundered from thecity. That
same year, 1867, Tweed was elected to the
State Senate from the fourth district by a
large majority. In the Senate he found a
maiority opposed to him politically. HOW“
he used that majority to [effect his purposes
is one of the chronicles of Albany which is
yet to be written. We may undertake the
task hereafter.

In 1860 Tweed found a counsellor far
wiser and much more honest than himself,
in the person of Peter B. Sweeney. He al-
so found a fiippant but brilliant advocate in
A. Oakey Hall,a man free from corrupt

motives, but one willing to blind his eyes
to the crimes committed around him as a

reward for temporal power and pleasant
notoriety. When these four men—Tweed,
Connolly. Swecny and Hall—joined their
various forces and talents, the Tammany
conspiracy was complete. In 1870 the first
revolt against this concentrated power be-
gan. It was badly planned and disreputa-
bly ofiicered. Norton. Genet, Creamer,
Peter Mitchell, Michael Murphy and others
who led the movement in the legislature
were not the men through thm reform
could come. . ‘

It looked for a time, however, as if the
movement would succeed. Tweed was
beaten in the preliminary skirmish in the
Senate. He pretended to surrender, and
voted for the charter of the young democ-
racy. But he had secretcly formed an alli-
ance with the republican party in the legis-
lature and could afi'ord to hide his time.
Meantime his rivals had lost their heads.
In the flush of temporary success they di-
vided—on paper—all the Oflices in the city
among themselves. The charter, under
which this grand distribution was to take
place, was taken to the assembly, where it
“as understood that it would pass by gener-
al consent. But to the amazement of many,
and 10 “he dismay Of the young democracy,
it was defeated.

Tweed’s “V1118 surrendered at discretion.
Creamer. Norton, Mitchell—all but Genet—
sued for terms of peace. The next week
Tweed’s charter was introduced, and, re-
ceiving the support at all the republican
senators, excepting Thayer, Of Reusselaer,
it passed. This was followed by other
measures which made the power of the
ring well-nigh absolute. It was then that
the system of plunder began to work out
its amazing results. Bills against the city
were deliberately raised from $50,000 to
“00,000, and the enormous oxcess divided

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A PLAIN NARIATION OF HIS LIP! AND THE

TWClve years In the penitentiary at Black-
well’s Island, and a fine of $123750. This

NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1873.

between Connolly and Tweed, who in turn
shared part of the money with subordinate
strikers. Hall looked on and held his
peace. Sweeny put forth an effort to stop
the stealing, but was over-borne. The ac-
counts of the comptroller’s office were se-
creted, and the general public, as well as
the ‘democratic party, were hood-winked
and misled.

Among those who sought to profit by the
general carnival of fraud was James
O’Brien, who, as shorifi‘ of New York had
received upwards of $200,000 for three
years services. After retiring from Ofiice be
cooked up a bogus claim aggregating $200,-
000, and demanded its payment. The board
of audit refused to consider it, although
Tweed espoused O’Brien’s bad cause. To
strengthen his chances of getting the man:
ey,'O'Brien placed a confidential clerk in
the comptroller’s ofiice, and secured trans-
cripts ot the fraudulent vouchers therein
contained. Armed with these evidences of
the guiltof his former comrades, he again
demanded his plunder. It was again refus-
ed. The ring had grown so bold and they
felt that their lease of power was so long
, and strong that they could brave any ex-

posure. "\
Thereupon O’Brien turned his evidence~
Over to the New York Times, and that pa
per printed it. The effect was startling.
With one voice the people demanded the
punishment of these men who had-betrayed
so greats. trust. They were thrust out of
the democratic party, whose temple they
had defiled. Said Judge Davis in sentenc-
ing Tweed g‘O’Connor, who has been named
here, and holds the foremost rank in his
profession, and who stands without a stain
upon a character as pure and unable as
any man’s in this great city, immediately

 

“‘1 ”Ema company famous m the 10"“ trom his semi-retirement came and aided in Central Park, and the city 13'“ 3‘9“?“ .

the rescue Of this city from its great corrup-
tion. And 'Tilden, who stood as the. lead
ing man at the’head of the democratic
state committee of-this state, devoted weeks
and months" of loilin ferreting out these
crimes, in ascertaining. from these bank ac-
counts ’what had been done, till he was able
to lay before us the other day on the trial
the result, cristaline in simplicity, and so
clear that no man could tail to read its
meaning. . '
Against a feeling ofwrath which was
universal, Tweed Opposed the. power 'Of his
ill-gotten. wealth. He doubtless believed
that no jury. could be found to convict him.
His courage alone. forsakehim. While
Connolly slunk awaysto foreighSIands to
avoid punishment, Tlued flayed-and fought
it out. How ,that fightendedist'oldtie the
heavy, sentence passed upon the great pub-
lic plunderer. . _ _ '
' m.

(lush.
It was on the 19th of'SeptsmbeI-l got the,
present year. John Jessnp, of'Cincmnati,
and his daughter Ellen Jessup, only nine-
teen years old, and four Englishmen,_fo‘und ;
themselves sweltering with heat at the base
of Mt. Gross-Glockn‘e'r, in the Tyre]; and ,
wishing 'to cool themselves in the‘fsnow at
the top .ot'tho- loosening-squished its a.“-
ccnt. thn‘itbcy'itla‘riufcdllilifiilit of;8,000 _
feet from the sea iovtd’lh'etg ' so; a3 'v'iOIent
change of .we'sthoi'. ’_’It hogan “€11,119?" furl--
ously. The guides tidings ° gamut...

 

'ascent‘. Mr. Gash—ea. assays“, Lon.

doner of the party#puched fon...‘ When a
height of 10,000 feet ,hadfbeen’reachcd the

He guides refused to go any farther. The air tures on even humanity are some of them
saw himself the victim of what he looked was rare and biting, and all Were shivering leaving Divinity out of the question; nearly

with cold and blindec with snow. Still
Gash pressed onward and upward and Miss,
Ellen Jcssnp followed. The rsmaindor of
the party had got high enough. The guides
were shamed into following the two adven-
turous young people, but finally they came
to another dead halt, and said they had,pos~
itivoly taken their last step towards certain
destruction. Miss Jessnp appealed to them
saying, “ws cannot leave him alone I" She
'aodgea‘s‘t-rllstronger appeal by yying one
he agreed tO acculfiifls‘gg of money. and

'Appalling dangers surrounded 'thémj'hte.

they never lost sight of Gash. He madly
plunged» 9n _ through the SlOW-SlOl‘In and
overftbc :icy brinks of yawning chosen.
The, girl and the guido followed. At length
Gash foil and was lost in an eddying whirl-
pool of snow. The brave American girl ut-
tered a cry, but the was careful not to faint.
In a minute she and the guide reached the
spot where the man had disappeared. He
had fallen into a gorge filled with-snow, and
was seen struggling sixty foetbclow. ‘ This
was the end of Gush’s ascent of tho moun-
taiu. Miss Jcssup ordered the guide to tie
the cord around hcr’waist, and thus she was
lowered into the abyss. Sho reached the

struggling Englishman just as ho was
about to give up from exhaustion, and, seis-
ing him in her arms, the two made their way
safely to the summit of the precipice- Gush
had gone far enough, but not as for as Miss
J cssup, who imperiled her life to save his.
If Gush hols any feelings of a man, and it
Miss Jessnp’s heart is in her work—well, it
is the plainest case over presented. In Al;
pine adventures such a rctcuo as this has
ncvor before tabcn plac'c. Tho Federal
Council of Switzerland awarded Mia; Jcs:
sup a’gold medal for saving a human life.
Cincinnati ought to feel proud ofsuch a rep-
resentative abroad. Gush’s baunor, with its
strange device, was left in that Alpine ditch,
and the real here was a woman.
fl
What to Do In Oaso otAcoIdont., ,

Prof. Wilder, of Cornell University, glvss
the following short rules for action in cases
of accident, which will be found usethl to
remember:

For dust in the eyes. avoid rubbing»; dash
water in them'; remove 'cinders, etc., with
the round point ofa load pencil.

Remove water from tho car by tepid
water ; never put a hard instrument in the
OBI.

If.any artery is cut, compress fabove the
wound ; if a vein is cut, compress below.

If choked, get on all fours and cough.
For slight burns, dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed, cover with
varnish. _
Smother a fire with carpets, etc; water
will often spread burning Oil, and incflose
the danger. Before passing through smoke
takca long breath, and then stoop low;
but if carbolic acid gas is suspected, walk
erect.

Suck poisoned wOunds, unless your mouth
is sore; enlarge the wound, or, better cut
out the part without delay, hold the wound-
ed part as long as can be borne to a hot
coal or end of a cigar. . .

In case of poisoning excite vomiting by
tickling the throat, or by warm water and
mustard. -

.For acid poisons, give alkalies; for alka-
linc poisons, give acidséwhite of eggs is
good-in most cases; in a case of opium-
poisoning give strong cofi‘ee, and keep
moving. . ' - '

If in water, float on the back, with the
nose and mouth projecting.

For apoplcxy, raise the head :and body;
for fainting, lay the person fiat.

=3:

The Prince of Wales follows the bounds,
to be sure, but that is not the reason they
say he’s going to the dogs.

A Wabash editor returns thanks for a cen-
tipede received by mail from Texas, and
says it is the first cent of any kind he has
seen in a month.

The obituary notice in awestern paper
contained the touching intelligence that the
deceased f‘had. accumulated a little :money
and ten children."

 

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fails to inspire me. We have seen miles

Ebut, like Mark Twain, I somehow always -

'Oppress and disgust. Art seems to have
been subsidized by the most fantastical ‘

’gifis we have seen ought to have been immo-

-than to witness the ccstacies of some of

' S. noticing that the account still remained

EUROPE.

VIEWS OF A CINCINNATI GIIIr- CONTRAST!
AND “SEMBLANClS—rm OLD WORLD
AND NEW EYES“

The daughter Of Dr. S. Silsbec, the well-
known real estate writer, rather punctures
the romance of European {travellers We
recorded her departure last Spring, together
with that of Mrs. B. M. Broas, of Jersey
City, and Miss Julia Reve of Cincinnati, for
the doublo purpose of doing Europe and
studying music. Her summary of the
situation, after seven months’ experience, is
decidedly practical. She writes: “I am
glad to have witnessed the wonderful
scenes and cities about which our shoddy
friends were so enthusiastic, but that is all.
I am more proud of my birthright as an
American than ever. Ihavc seen nothing
worthy the emulation or envy of an Ameri-
can. Thcy surpass us in nothing but ruins
and pictures. Go where you will, every-
thing appears to be finished and decaying.
Their gentry are n stilted, dignified, played-
out institution, and like Mr. Turvydrop,
immense in department, cumbrous with
pride, and painful with poverty. Tourist
imaginations arc' prolific with nonsense.
hrope is about as interesting as an old
cemetery, historically great and practically
dead . cold, dismal, dingy ‘ masses of archi-
tecture, with a swarming population to
match—how they all live is a problem. The
way they have cheated us, makes me be-
Iieve they live largely on American travel-
lers,.althongb. the vast number of industrial
arts and poorly paid operatives accounts fer
much of their wealth. London is immense.
and utterly indiscribablc. The impression
on a stranger is merely that, an_d-_‘notbin'g
more; Hyde Park is no comparison to

and Fifth avenue. Her castlo and histori-
cal associations are only curiosities, as Ono
goes to a museum to see, and is satisfied
Germany is all alike, Dutch in everything,
industrious, thrifty,'hospitable enough, but
no American would ever wish to live there.
Sv'vliserland is charming, pioturesquo, and
all that, but Our Rocky Mountains make
their Mont Blanc look like mole hills.
Vienna is architecturally wonderful, clean,
statuesque, and rich. Paris clones is
modern like New York;>no wonder the
Parisians love their beautiful city ; I gbonld,
ifI did net love New York. The Great
Exhibition may be disposed of in. a_- few
words—it is inferior to the annual exhibi-
tion of the Cincinnati Mechanics’ Institute
that is, in- variety Of arts and tsste,fOnly
there is more Of it. The American Depart.
menu. absolutely shabby. -, The. only tune
Ihave felt ashamed of my country'was
whenI saw the meagre, paltry show we
madein Vienna. It would have been far
better-net too have appoarcd there at all,
I expected to be “enthused” over the Rhine,
but, alas! I have seen the Hudsonandthc,
upper Mississippi, and the beautiful “Rhino

and miles Of pietnrosby the great masters,

:liked the Renaissance host. Superstition, -

tradition, and conventionalism everywhere

bigotry, ignorance, and sppcrstitidn. Tho
men who painted half the Christa and Vir-

lated for sacrilego; such frightful carica-

everything we are called upon to admire is
ecclesiastic—churches, pictures, cemeteries,
statues, «be. We visited the Luxembourg
yesterday, and Artemus Ward never could
have desired a more amusing entertainment

our New York ladies over the statuary,
many of them works Of art (not the ladies),
with scarcely enough loll. to tell thetale.

ially, that had been reduced to the belt—the
arms, logs, head, and chest all gone. Tears
came to my eyes when I thought of the
wreCk'iOVImnumm statue over the sad

I was touched to the heart with one espec- '

Earn-nerd Ctr. Ag. society.

The following report of experiments
made with manures in raising potatoes on
mellow ground and'bod, was offered at the
annual meeting of the Society, on Wednes-
day last, and is published in accordance
with the general desire there expressed :—

Wnsrroa'r, Nov. 24th, 1873.
Mr. D. P. ELY,

 

Denr Sirz—I see by the
“ premium list” Of the Fairfield Co. Agricul-
tural Society, that you are chairman of the
committee on Class No. 1, and as I have
been trying some experiments the past sum-
mer with different fertilizers, I herewith
submit the result with a view to the prem-
ium “ for the best experiment with animal,
vegetable or mineral manures,” as offered
by the society in Class No. 1'.

I planted fifty. hills in every case, but the
weather cam‘ejvery dry, and in some cases
but few came up, and the experiment, I sup-
pose, proves' but little, except that any Of
the manures used should be used with care
if put in the hill. I calculated the potatoes
at 1% cents per 1b.; 60 lbs. per bushel.
The potatoes were the “ Peerless.” I have
tried the same thing twice on sod, and also
on mellow land. The mellow ground had
potatoes on in 1871—72, and onions for a
good many years before.‘ The sod was a
meadow in the same field and butafew
'rOds from the other experiment. The seed
was out two eyes to each piece and one
piece in each hill two feet and eight inches

titular...~ 15am not able to. tell the date of
plantingfiabont the middle of May. I gen-
erally ; use about; three hundred pounds of
,phpsphatefier-bonofperacre on potatoes. . In
the experiment -‘I- suppose I used more, but
have made-no exact calculations as only a
smallpcrt yielded more than where noth-
ing-was put in the hills. The trouble with
Listerbono; I suppose to bc'the large quan-
tity- of acid in the bone. ‘ It seemed to kill
nearly all the seeds withwhich it came in
contact;both potatoes and also on some
corn where I putit. Thebonc was quite
moist and smelt very strongly of the acid,
It has been claimed by many farmers in our
vicinity that the use of ashes caused the po-
tatoes to be rough on the outside, appearing
as if eaten; these trials seem to show the
something, but my experience for two
years before. was very strongly the otherq
way, and these trials show that when mix-
ed with bone or guano the potatoes were
fair; and in the case Of No. 10, guano and
ashes inlboth cases yielded the most. I had
supposed that phosphate was betterto put
in hills thanbone, and these trials seem to
prove it, but they were not as large and

of the others. No. II, Combined Guano,
was said .to contain. quite a per ccntage of
Peruvian guano, how large I can’t say.

The whole of the field, both sod and mel-
low grqund, had a light coat of coarse ma-
nner from the barn-yard, and the yield, ex-
ceptwhere I experimented, was very good.
I should say three hundred bushels per

apart, and plowed twice and hoed three '

would sort away very much more than any- .

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LEI. S. GIBSON,

Organist of the FirstCongre ational Church,
non run our or n‘nw ronx. eacher of the

Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition. .
Box. 3191’. 0. NORWALK, CONN.
In New York, care of WilliamA. Pond «it 00., 806
Broadway. '

REMOVAL.

R. JAMES E. BARBOUR, has removed his
allies and residence to house latcléoocupied by

Thomas Sanford Sam. on ELM STRE T, 1st door
m; West. Avenue, right hand. office hoursil and

o’clock P. ll.

Norwalk,Apri11st. tars.

' ILLIAM a. RIDER,

Engineer and Surveyor,
NORWALK, CONN. '

Orders left with Sherman Stevens, at the Gums
Omen, or by mail, romptly attended to. Also
A cut for JAS. LE FEL'S DOUBLE TURBINE
ATSR WH'EEL,thc best in use. Power pledged
equal to any ovor-shot. 86

ED WARD BANKS,

CIVIL ENGINEEII &*SURVEYUR, .

Norwalk, Conn.

Orders left at the Residence Of B o. BANKS
Main Street, will be promptly attended to. cart

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Venus of Milo was more:~ i‘drtnnatd‘.-"lhe
possession of limbs, and enough adipose
matter to grace the most buxom German
girl. IsupposeI am not high in art. ‘I
do admire the Parisian ladies, however,
and I can understand Toussenel's remark,
“that they have always been suspected of
hiding their wrongs.”_ They are so grace-
ful, pretty, and happy, and they dress so
well;but unlike the bum moods with us,
who make dress the end and aim of,life, tho
truo Frenchwoman never permits the dress
to overshadow her personnel. Like Sir‘
Charles OoIdstroa'm, we have been every-
where, and soon everything, and there is
nothing in it. We had our musical ro-
mance concerning the European schools
nipped very early. Julia Revs was educat.
ed by her mother in Cincinnati, and took
the conceit out of German girls altogether
by her exquisite instrumentation. Liszt
gave her the Bouquet of Honor, and told
her that German teachers could do nothing
for her more than American. The old
music teachers in Manheim told us that the
best tcachors went to America, and that
conservatories there did not mean any more
than they did in New York; that any
music teacher,‘however stupid, might dig-
nity his school by calling it a conservatory,
and advised us to return, if music was all
we wanted to learn; and one must want to
learn worse than :wc did to sufier tho
domestic economy and terrific cumm‘sro of
Germany—bread with unsalted butter, an
egg a day and lager. We are satfiised,
and hereafter will sufi'er the ills we have
than fly to others that we know are worse.
Adieu t Hams.
w
A “Panic” Story.

The“lato unpleasantness” in the money
market had its humorous as well as its seriv
ous side—villustrative of the former the Hart-
ford correspondent of The Springfield Un-
ion tclls the following story :

One of our oldest bank officers, connoted
with one of our’oldest banking institutions,
'looks pretty closely after everything, wheth-
er in his department or that Ofotber ofiicers.
AmOng his numerous depositors was an old
merchant who, for a quarter of a” century,
had done business with the bank, a man of
wealth, but inclined to be somewhat eas .
One day the pt‘esideut,,whom I will call r.
S., noticed that the account of Mr. K. was
overdrawn about $50. Turning to one of
the clerks he said, “Go down to Mr. K. and
tell him his account is over-drawn, and' he
must make it good.” The clerk found the
object of his search in his office reading a
paper, repeated the order of his superior,
eliciting the- reply, "All right, I'll attend to
it." Two or three hours passed, when Mr.

short, again s oke, and rather shortly; “Go
down to Mr. ., and tell him his account is
overdrawn, and he must make it good.” The
clerk again appeared to Mr. K., who was en-
ga ed in reading a newspaper,and remarked:
“lira. S. says your account is overdrawn fifty
dollars, and hewants you to attend to it.”
“All right I’ll atteudto it.” When Mr. S.
returned from dinner, his first business was
to look at the account, when, finding it still
short, he started for Mr. K., found him in his
ofilce, still engaged in reading a newspaper,
and txoke in his sharp nervous manner,
“Mr. ,, your account is ovcrdrawn fift
dollars, and you must make, it-good." Th s
was a little to much for the merchant, who
sprang from his chair and in a tone of indig-
nation, while shaking his fist in the face of
the astonished president,thundered out, “Mr.
8., you have notified me three times that my
account is overdrawn fifty . dollars. Now,
Mr. 8., I’ve done business at your bank more
than twenty-five years, and sometimes I’ve
had a little money to my credit, but I’ve nev-
er been such a d—d fool as to send up
three times a day to tell you of it." The
bank Officer retired, it is said, considerably

 

 

 

 

 

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3 =ap§§ g? 3.?- ° g Teeth filled and extracts . 30
g 9 ‘ ' 5' 9% g, ARTIFICIALTEETH INSERTED “Low RATES.
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3% :T - 70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
o 9 a .
g Q Residence, Stamford, Ct.,
5:" ? Special attention paid to country resldences 2-1y
t!- rr

All of which is respe ily submitted. WILLIAM MITCHELL,

S. B. Sunnwoo estport, Conn.

Fcirfield Co.,s. 0., Wettport, Dec. 13tb,1873.
Personally appeared Silas B. Sherwood,
and made Oath that the foregoing statement
signed by hint is true. Before me,
Enwann J. Tunes;
Justice of the Peace.

 

 

The present season. of the year is a hard
.one for the milkmau. Roads are roughland
ponds and streams are apt to be frozen. As
a result milk is high in price, while other
circumstances tend to render the quality cor-
respondingly disagreeable. Green pasturos
have ceased to be: independent rambling
about the lot is impracticable and fruitless
for tho cattle, and they look to man for aid-
There arc various devices to meet the smsr--
gcncy, and hay is one of them. But, as the

million tons of it, is natural that some other
food should be used. Of this is tho turnip-
beside which the onion is a sweet savor, and
the odor of boiled cabbage as incense. Yet,
perceptible and intolerable as the taste is,
many of the milkmen persist in giving the
vegetable to their dflves. A smack of the
flavor suggests a' boarding-house scene,
where the sensibilities of the boarders had
been taxed beyond patience in this way.

cup with a dash and declared the milk unfit
to drink. The beaming landlady apologet
ieslly remarked, “Ah, I guess the cows must
have got into the turnip§;” but the gentle-
man attacked the hypothesis with, “No,
madam; the turnips have got into the
cows.” Perhaps they were both right, but
the feeling was not pacific nor favorable to
an explanation: and reconciliation. If the
time devoted by the milkan to the culture
of turnips, might be turned to pulverinlug
chalk- or chopping ice, a thankful world
would submit to the perpetually increasing
cost of the beverage and the word turnips
might have a chance to bc forgotten—Hart
fordflourcnt.

m:
A Wonderful Telegraph!" l‘cat.

an You, Dec. lit—Tho new automatic
telegraph was tested last ni ht by the Post-
master General accompan edb Ramsdell
andGarficld. Tthostmaster eneral took
his station in the Washington Omen, while
Postmaster James represented him'in this
city. The presidents message of 12,000
words was transmitted in 2 5‘ minutes.
The number of words a minute was about
1500. The messa was rc-transmitted to
Washington in a out the same time. All
this was done on one wiro.

A specimén ot the quickness and aptness
of retort with which the late John P. Halo
was gifted is afiorded in tho following illus-
tration:—Jefi'erson Davis once concluded a
speech on slavery witha threat that, if the
north did not yield to the demands of the
south, the states of that section would do-
part “like the tribes of Israel." John P
Hale sprang to his feet, and, In his ringing
voice, saldz—“And what became of the ten
tribes of Israeli Dispersed, scattered, lost;
and no one knows what became of them;
but the ark of the covenant of the living
God remained with the tribe of J udnh."

' A little floating debt ‘of $115,000,000 has

 

 

demoralitsd.

country produces only about twenty-three -

A crusty indignant gentleman put down his .

At the ever popular
UNION MARKET,

has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and. Pork,

at fairliviniprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
hot. on the ridge. 18

NOTICE.

flipnbscribcrs havingaformed a copartncrship and
taken the ‘IPEOPL '8 MARKET," in Sktddy's

block..Matn st., formerly'condncted by J. ’1‘. Adams,
are now prepared to serve the public with all the
best cult-of meats, of all varieties. The stock will
be bought and butchered express! y for the firm, thus
securing fresh most of the best quality. By faithful
attention to the wants of thelrcustomers they will
sins to deserve liberal patronage.
Rona Aunts. ADAMS It WIXON.
Jane E. WIxon. 1y5

 

JonN Roasters,

Dealer in
Beef, Mutton, Pork do Hams,
PRESER ms, CANNED FRUITS .c-C.,

No. 3 James’ Block,

,7 WATER STREET, NORWALK CONN.

 

CHARLES S. LOCKWOOD,

Fashionable Draper & Tailor
AND

' GEI'TS’ FURNISHING EMPORIUM,
Main Street. Norwalk, Conn.

B. S. 'BIIASCER,

At his Store in PHCENIX BLOCK, has constantly
on hand a general assortment of
G- B. O O E E. I E S ,
CBCCKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, ETC, ETC.

By devoting his constant personal attention to the
businesshe hopes to merit public patronage. o

 

 

TNA INSURANCE 00., OF HARTFORD,
Incorporated 1819. Chartcrl’crpetuul.

Cnpltaland Assets, $5,052,880.19
lusurcss slnstlossand damage by Fire, on terms

adopted to t c hazard, and consistent with the lows
of compensstlon. OWLES & MER ILL,
Sole Agentsfor Norwalk and vicinity.

 

NORWALK INSURANCE COMPANY
NOR WALK, CONN.

CaohCapltal - - - - - - -$500,000

PntdupCapltal. - - - - — £100,000

WI C. Ssns President, Gno.R.Cowr.rs,Sec’y,
ILL.Treasnrcr.

HUW FUR YUUR'WATEII PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son,

Arc ready toput in your WATER, STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and atas low a rate as
an one. WROUGST & CAST IRON, TIN-LINED.
LEFAD PIPES, &c., of every size anddescrrption.

PLUMBING In all Its Branches.
WILLIAM CLOVER a- SON,
RiverStrcet. Norwnlk.

FITCH ’S

SflllIIEIIS' URPHANS' HUMP
ART GALLERY,

AT nAnIEN, CT,

OPEI I0 VISITOR AI All. IIUUIIS III III! DAY
This Gallery contains msnv of the finest Paintings

in America, and lovers of Artwlllg‘rstltythcirtastc
and aid a worthy Charity by visiting the Home.

 

 

 

lust been discovered In New York city.

' 80x21? feet. Strawberries, Grapes, and Pear trees in

REAL ESTATE.

Desirable Residence
FOR SALE on T0 RENT.

THE Elegant and Commodions Residence and
Grounds located on West Avenue formerly
known as the Dimon Homestead,—one of the most.
desirable places in N Orwalk,-—is 0110er for sale, Or
to rent: II the modernimprovements. Possession
given Sept. 1st. For particulars apply to
3 JAMES FINNEY. Real Estate Agent.

 

 

/ TO RENT.

A good, nice place, in the Borough,
pleasantly located on Fair Street, opposite
the head of Main Street, will be rented at a
low rate too good family. Possession
when desired. Apply at the GAZETTE
OFFICE.

 

For Sale, To Let, or Exchange.

HOUSE AND LOT on Cam Street. It said one-
_ half left on mort age; 1 let. partly furnished;
it exchanged for New ork City Real Estate, differ-
ence in cash will be paid. .t‘he House ism good
order, has every convenience and suitable for a large
family. Apply to CHAS. G. DEAN, 214 East 313:
Street, N. .

 

ARN T0 RENT,—A new Barn with good Sta-
bllng for several horses, near the bridge. Price
38 per month. Enquire at this Ofilce. , .

 

Tl IEI‘I‘,—Fine, pleasant rooms, Over Klien &
”ultmanuel’sstore, MalnStreet. Apply to

MRS. J. F. MURRAY.

HOUSE AND LOT Fort SALE.
A RARE CHANCE IS OFFERED T0 PUR-

CHASE the residence of the. late Alfred Mal-
lor , Situated in the center of the Borough of N or-
wa k, opposite the Town Hall. and commandingn
fine view of the harbor. Size Of lot 120 feet front,
byifo feet in depth. . Apply to either Of the Execu-

tors.
MRS. ALFRED MALLORY, on the premises,
EDWARD BEARD, South Norwalk. 25tt'

FOR SALE.

THE beautiful house and lot recently occupied by

C. E. Doty, on Elmwood Avenue, South Nor-
walk, commanding asplendla view of thetown and
Long Island Sound. The house has twelve rooms,
with gas, furnace and marble msntels. Size of lot

 

 

bearing. The place In within ttve minutes’walk Of
the New Haven Railroad Depot, and forms a rare
chance to purchase a first-class place low. Passes.
8101: given on April lst. Part. of the purchase money
can remain on bond and mortgage. Enquire of
H. H. ELWL'LL, or CHA LES E. DOTY,
1111' South Norwalk, Conn.
Small Place for Sale.

THE HOUSE AND LOT situated lust west of the

, Wide River Bridge, on the south side of the
renames“ Opposite the residenceof James Panton,
$311., is o cred for sale. The house contains six
rooms with cellar, dzc., and is offered at. a low price;
a large partof the purchase money can remain on

mortgage. This is a good chance to secure a home.
Apply at. the GAZETTE OFFICE 3

Mill 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, consisting
of a manufactory, two stories hlgh, 86x18 feet, with
about 12 feet head and fall of water, with three acres
Ofland; now used as a Saw Mill. but suitable for n
manufactory Oran kind. Terms easyand price low.
Enquire of JAM S FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk, or ofthe subscriber,

CHAUNCEY STREET.
WestNorwalk, Sept. 25. 1369. tm

'FAIIIFIELD 000""
Real Estate Agency.

THE undersigned Would be pleased to receive or-

ders from those having Dwellings or Form

Propertito sell or to rent, or those wishing to pur-

chase; usiness attended to wrthl‘promptness and
C A; C. ADA

dispatch. . . MS, .
18‘ Office NO. 6, Gazette Building.

 

 

 

JAMES MITCHELL,

REAL ESTATE BROKER,

--AND—-

AUCTIONEERL

Office, Mitchell’s Block, Wall Street,

NORWALK, CONN.

City Residences, Farms and
Country Seats

Bought,Sold,Rented and Exchanged.

9.

Real Estate,8mcks, Furniture, to .

atpnblicand private sale. Auction Sales of
HOUSES, LOTS, FARMS,
A ND PERSONAL PROPER! 1'.

Sales of Furniture at Owners’

Residences.

Houses to A».

__ VOLUME LVI.-- Nouns-3,51.

Boots and Shoes.

E, the undersigned, uavingl'ormed a co-part-
ucrship and purchased the Boots and Slim
SloreofG.0. Keeler,would most rcspcctfullyinvite
his oldcnstomersmlso. our oldfrlends and patron»
andnhe publicin general,to give us ncall and we

wtllconvincetbem thotby
Honorable Dealing1 6; Small Profits
I. at we are bound to giV‘t

which makesqulcksnlcs,
satisfaction and defy competition. Our motto ir
“THE NIMBLE SIXPENCE IS BETTER THAN
THESLOWSHILIJNG "
801! All) UPPEII lEAIIIEII,.fIl0|lIis, ML,
Wholesalcand Retail. Particular attention paid to
CUSTOM \VORVK,

in allits branchesmlso REPAIRING donewithncai-
nessand dispatch. SMITH A: HANFOBD.
CIIAIILESSMITII. Jones-HP HANI-‘OBD.

 

CARPENTER AND BUILDER.

HEsnbscriber woulrlinformthe citizens ofNor-
walk that. he is prepared to do

Building, in all of its branches,

by contract, or'by day’swork, and solicits ashore or
patronage. “I“ tryloplcase. Shop Conteravenne

nearllainstrcct.
2 SAMUEL B.FITCII.

W. C. QUINTA nu or 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dcslcrsin

Hardware, Paints. Oils, Glass,

House Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds of

BIechanics’ Tools,
AND

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

LOOKS, KNOBS, NAILS, AND BUILDER

HARDWARE, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERI‘
Ofthebest kind. ltcmembcrtbc place,

No. 8 Opera House Block,

SOUTH NOR‘VA LK, CONN .
w. (LOUIIVTAIID, nunnENAPI

W. H. SWORDS,
Merchant Tailor

CORNER WASHINGTON AND MAIN STS.,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN .9

Scotch Gheviots, Melton 3, Grape and
English Coatings.

MADE UP IN STYLE,AND AT LOWEST PRICES.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT 0F

Gents’ Furnishing Goods.
Getzts’ Kid Gloves,

 

 

 

Of all Shades and Colors. of the Bear

Quality.

 

IRON FENCING.

TEE subscriber is now preparedto make andfur-
nish scvcral styles of

Wrought and Cast Iron Fencing,

to enclose churches, dwellings and burialplots.
—-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 rcarof Solmon's Hat Shop,Union street
South Norwalk . t
WM. H. DUNCAN.

‘ 0. II. KENDALL, M.Il..
D E N "r I s 'I' .

Ofilce East Side Depot Square. Washington Street,

 

South Norwalk, Ct.

Dentistry in all
its branches per-
formed in thebest
manner.

Special atten-
tion iven to ex-
‘ ng t e e t b
without pain by
the use OINill'Ollr
Oxide or Lau h-
ing Gas. Hav up
used the Gas for
the last. nine yearswlth unvarying success, I am per-
fect] satisfied as to its safety, and know positively
that can extract teeth’wilhout pain orlnjnry to my
patients. 1 keep good gas constantq on hand, and
use themost approved apparatus In administenngit.
P. S.—0fiice not Open on Mondaysor Saturdays.

mum 5 AND MEDICINES.

THE undersigned would respctl'ully 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 PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, «fie.

337' Physicians’Prescr-iptions carefully comp mm c
cd day and night. Can be found nights, In sum-
ouilding, entrance on Washington St. 4

Iytil S. F. PECK, South Nurwalk.Conn.

THORBURN’S SEEDS.

Our Annual Descriptive Catalogue of

 
 
 
 

 

 

Furnished and Unfurnished

Places for sale varying in pride from $5,000
to $50,006 '

Allorders left atthe Union Market,Mitchell’s

Block,Norwalk,Ct.,willreceive promptattention

JAMES MITCHELL.

Norwall Steam Dyeing & Scouting

ESTABLISHMENT.
.DRESSES AND DRESS GOODS

of every description
CLEANSED OB DYE!)

In a manner not to be our sssed. Particular atten-
ion pa d to the -

Cleansing, Pressing th Repairing of
:GENTS’ GARMENTS.

by a new and improved method, In two days. Car-

r‘ets. Rugs, Piano and Table Covers cleaned ordyed.
1D GLOVES CLEANED so as to look almost equal

to new in one day; 80 cents per pair. Call and see

samples done at. the office, east of Horse Railway

Depot. Open until So’clock . m.

. N . PERRY.

 

 

EDWARD P. WEED,

n n U G G I s T ,
Wall Street, opposite Not-walk Opera House,
A large and wellselccted stock of

DRUGS AND MEDICINES,

Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds, Mineral
Waters. Toilet and Mcdlcated Soaps, Flavoring and
Handkerchief Extracts, Hair Brushes, Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cigars, &c.
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new and
popular medicines of the day.

BEHOVAL.

BS. J. A. JUDD, will remove MONDAY
1 OCT. 13th, to the rooms 37 Wall street over
E. P. Wecd's Drug Store. where the ladies will find
a full assortment of E. Buttrick .h Co’s Patterns.

 

 

0Itl Carriage Shop.

New Carriages and other Vehicles in adc to order,
and Repairing and Jobbingtlone in thebestmanner,
and with the utmost dispatch.

Having arranged to carry on the business, on

MARSHALL STREET,

and engaged skillful and experienced workmen,
the subscribers feel confident that thcycan satisfy
all the oldcustomers ofthc

Oldest Stand in Norwalk,

andsuch others as mav be led tocxtendto them
theirpatronagc.
We have also opened a CARRIAGE REPOSI’I‘O-
RY in Chlchesters’ corner store. where always can
be found a fulf assortment of all styles and kinds of
Carrie. es, from a Clarence to a ony Phaeton.
Soul Norwalk, Sept. 8th 181:.

S. I’.TUTTLE & SON.

 

V

A FULL LINE OF

WINTER (teens

FOR

Men & Boy’s Wear.

ALSO,

GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING 00008

O. '1'. Cornwall,
Second Store. Under Nor-walk Hall

 

Butchers orPcddlars, Attention!

TWO PEDDLING WAGONS, nearlynew, forsale
at a Bargain. Enfim at.
.3 LER. HOLMES d: CO.’S

 

 

 

Agricultu’l‘tm. A.

Catalogue of
Flower Seeds,
Hybrid Gladiolus,
and other
Spring Bulbs,
—also—
TREE SEED LIST
will be mailed free to applicants.

J. M. TBORBURN & (30.,
1:. JOHN STREET, NEW YORK.

Union Marble Works,
NORWALK, CONN. '

The subscribcrhas made arrangements by which he
will hereafter receive

Scotch Granite,

directfrom Scotland. He is also prepared to furnish

every kind of

ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE,
GRANITE. DEAD, OR BROWN STONE,

MONUMENTS,

Slabs, Tablets. Sinks, &c., as wellas Mantlesand
Furniture Slabs in general, at the

LO WEST POSSIBLE PRICES.

Cemetery Fencing, Iron Ballng, km,

furnished and put spat shortnotlce and on very

favorable terms.

Representing an establishmenttbe oldestand best
known ofsnyin Western Connection t,thesnbscrlber
feels that its reputation for artistic excellence and
honorable dealln is already too well established to
need commondat an. Address 13.13. Price, Agent.
MechanicSt.. intherearof the new Bunk. Norwalb.

Machine Jobbing and Repairing.

The subscriber, having leased the shop and tools
of Mr. John Cotter, near the foot of Mill Hill, is
fully prepared to execute all kinds of Machine
Jobbing, and to repair Machinery. Orders will re-
ceive prompt attention, and be executed in a work-
mnnllke manner. C. W. BURRITT

The subscriber has located in the BASEMENT OF
WILSON’S BLOCK, (opposite Gazette Building,
where he willcarry on the

Gas Fitting and Plumbing Business

in nllits branches. Being a PRACTICAL WORK-
MAN, and always either personally doing or Super-
intending his work, he is confident of his ability to
give satisfaction.

By faithful attention to business, REASONABLE
CHARGES, and GOOD “’OBK he hopes to
share in the public patronage.

1711' C. IV. BURRIT'I‘.

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Norwalk Fish Market.

THE subscribcrbaving bought git the Old Bridge
Fish Market, of Rufus Adams, rntendskceping
constantly on hand all kinds of

Trans“ FISH,OYSTERS,CLA1IIS,&C.,

and allvarietics ofchoice FRUITS O. VEGETABLES
in their season. CHARLES W. LOCKWOUD,

W Spring Chickens Dressed to order.
Norwalk,Apri112th, 1873.

HARNESS.
11:11. DWYER,

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‘ Manufacturer of

CUSTOM MADE HARNESS,

and dealcrin
FINE SADDLERY GOODS

of all doscripLions. JOBBING promptlyattended
to. 150,

Furnishing Undertaker.

Caskets and Coffins of every desired style and pa?-
tern. Also. Gloves, Scott's, Robes. Flowers, Hearse
and Carriage to order. Mum Street, next. door to
Connecticut Hotel.

HARNESSES FOR SALE.

HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
T public that he has now on hand a good assort-
meutot'i-IARNESSEs.mnde of the very best. mate-
rials,which he will SELL AS LOW as they can
possiblybe furnished at any othersrmrlar estab-
lishmentinthccounty. Now to: the orders. Let,

me bavcthem stance. Vbl. B .SWAN_
Poll. 1 , 1913 G

 

CHRISTMAS rs comma.

“Christmas'is coming,”
The children are humming,
And visions of evergreen-trees arise,
With wonderful fixtures
And fairy-like pictures _
To gladden the heart and dazzle the eyes.

In the midst of your pleasures,
Your gifts and your treasures,

given ;
The purest and fairest,
The richest and rarest—
The gift of a blessed Redeemer from heaven.
WILLIAM D. Won'nl.
2.123.322
'I'IIY WILL BE DONI.

 

“Thy will be done,” Twas sweetly sung
By a child at morning fair,

And the sun that streaked the rosy east,‘
Fell on her dark brown hair.

She knew no care, and a happy light
Danced in her laughing eyes;

While angels caught the happy strain,
And bore it to the skies.

“Thy will be done," In summer noon,
The Words by white lips sighed,

Told, all the anguish and despair,

A woman’s heart may hidex

EIcr soul was tired and sick, of all

The pain and care Of life,

And it seemed as if her heart must break,
With the burden and the strife.

C

”l‘hy will be done,” In the Autumn eve,
While fell the shades Of night,

In trembling tones, the song Was sung
By her who felt its might.

She, with her poor, white, shrunken lips.
Murmurcd it soft and low,

or the heart, once “hot and restless"
Was now “subdued and slow.”

.,
it

“Thy will be done," In heavens morn

Thousands of voices sang,

Ind loud and clear on the circlingZair,

The chorus sweetly sang.

\ tired form was laid to rest

Two feet their race had run,

A weary soul had winged its flight,

To where “God’s will is done."

Cannn.
m
The Wine (mp9s Story.

Could the wine cup tell its story,
The story of its day,

It will tell of strength and glory
Long fallen to decay i

It will tell of revel weary
When battle-fields were won;

It would tell of dark hours dreary
When revel hours were done.

It would tell of shame and sorrow,
0f wearinCSS and grief,

Of many a wished to-morrow
Proved barren of relief!

Of departed fame and glory
Could the wine cup tell its storyl

 

- ’From the L’ew York Observer.
MOTHERS.

 

 

"Take this child and nurse it for me ;”

Guard it lest it go astray;
In the path of duty train it,
“And thy wages 1 will pay."

“Take this child and nurse it for me :”

Nor its body feed alone;
For the saint or sinner growth,
From the'sced in childhood sown.

“Take this child and nurse it for me ;"

See thou ne’er the. trust betray,
For, remember. as thou workest
I accordingly will pay.

"Take this child and nurse it for me;
Do not deem it wholly thins,

I who lent, again may take it,

If thou question it is mine.

“Take this child and nurse it for me;
Brief perhaps may be its stay;
And when calling to surrender,

I thy wages then will pay.
——_=
VAGBAN'I PANSIEI.
BY NELLIE n. EUTCEINSON.

They are all in the lily bed, cuddled closo
together—

Purples, Yellow Cap,and little Baby Blue:
How they ever got there you must ask tho
April weather,

The morning and eveningjwinds, the sun-
shine and the dew.

Why they should go visiting the tall and

haughty lilies

‘1 "Id none of them will conde-
sccnd to say :

.They might have made a call upon thew“;
dafi'odillies :

They might have come to my house_ any
pleasant day.

A.-

4

They don’t have a good time, I think, their
little faces

Look so very solemn underneath each little
hood;

I wonder don’t they feel among the garden’s
airs and graces
That shy Cousin Violet i

s happier in the
wood? ~ .

Ah, my pretty pansies, it’s no use to go a
seeking; ,

There isn’t any good time waiting any
where:

I fancy even Violet is troubled—mildly
spenking— ,
When somebody plucks her, finding her to
fair.

There’s nothing left for you,'my pets, but
just to do your duty—-
Bloom, and make the world sweet—that’s
the best-for you ;
There isn’t much that’s lovelier than your
bashful beauty,
My Purplcs, my Yellow Cap, my little
Blue.
Harper’s Magazine for January.
ms:— '

Baby

SUNLIGH'I‘ AND SHADOW. '

 

Sunlight and shadow play upon the hills,
And chase each other on the restless

waves,
Seeming to follow but their own sweet
wills, ,
Yet to the powers above them faithful
slaves—

Refiecting every changing cloud with ease,
Stirred by _a leaf, and dancing with the
breeze. ’

Oh, blessed shadows? who so kind as you,

So patient, humble, generous, and good I

Obedient to the sun, and evertrue;

Your presence beautifies the roughest
road, .

place.

sweet, . . ,
That makes the world so qunisitoly
fair!

Life is more full when lights and shadow.
meet, ‘ -
Than in the midnight gloom or noonday

glare;
And human hearts have little tenderness.
Till grief and Joy have niet in fond caress.
—Sunday Magazine. '

 

December, fat and rosy Strides,

His old heart warm, well Clothed his aides,

With kindly work for old and young,

The cheerier for the bracing cold;

Laughing a welcome, open fiings

His doors, and, as he does it, sings.
Chambers’ Jouml

 

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Remember the one which our Father hath

Lends to the sternest rock a tender grace, . ,
And throws a charm upon the meanest.

6f

Oh,blessed1ights that make the shadows: ~'