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gamut (gazette.
Tuesday, February 3, 1 874,
flop-blieon State Convention.
HE State convention' of the union republican
W omenecticut will be held at Anya
, rtt‘o , ,on Wednesday, the nth of Febru-
1191‘. It tell o’clock. A. I. The several towns
in the state are requooted to send delegates (equal
to twice the number of representatives to which
each is entitled in the general assembly.) to nomi-
nate candidates for State officers. to choose a state
central committee and to do an other lmsiness
proper to he done at such convent on. .
, JOSEPH SELDEN, Chamnnn.
Norwich, January 19. 1874.
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Republican Caucus.
The Republicans of Norwalk are request-
cd'to meet at the Guerra Orrrcn, on Fri-
day evening, Feb. 6th, at 7}; o’clock, to ap-
point delegates to the several Conventions.
Per order, , '
Gno. N. Ems, Town Committee.
‘Norwalk, Feb. 2d, 1874.
Editorial Letter.
Wasm‘noron, JAN. film, 1874.
Dian Gan'rrnz—An unusual interest
attaches to the coming here of the newly
appointed Chief Justice. Representative
Kellogg of the New Haven district, has
been actively engaged in the preparation of
a welcome, to be tendered him by the grad—
uates of Yale in either House. The dinner
will be served 'at Welckcr's on 15th St.
Sqneiime next week, it is expected Mr
Wm. M. Evarts of New York, who is now
here with a case before Congress, in favor of
the distribution among New York insurance
companies, of indemnities from the Geneva
Award fund, will be invited to preside both
because of’his having been a class-mate of
Mr.Waite,and because his own name was so
prominently used in connection with the
same position. There has never, in any
previous congress, it is believed, been so
few Yale graduates in the two Houses. In
' the Senate there are but two, Senator Ferry
of Connecticut, and Stewart, of Nevada-
In‘ the House there is scarce a dozen, whereo
as in the last Congress there were many
times that number.
A very long and yet quite spirited debate
has been had in the Senate, over the Louisi-
ana election complications. Hon. Matt
Carpenter occupied all Thursday and Fri-
day in a speech in opposition of the present
government and in favor of a new election.
The argument and speech were. aimed es-
pecially at Senator Morton, who had cham-
pioncd the other side of the question. That
there were flagrant irregularities, if not
gross frauds, seem to be admitted by all, yet
Senator Morton's position substantially is
that it is better for Louisiana to “endure the
ills she has, than fly to others she knows
not of." At the 'close of Carpenter’s speech
last evening, Morton opened with more spir»
it and vigor than we have ever before seen
him evince on any occasion, and for about
fifteen minutes rained darn a fierce and
efi‘ectivc torrent of invcctive upon his Wis-
consin friend and all who favored his
scheme of a new election. He said it meant
nothing but the re-inauguration of anarchy,
rspiue, blood and murder throughout the
unhappy stale.
_ The House has accomplished but little in
practical legislation the past week, although
three night sessions have been held since I
last wrote you. ,
So much has been said about “contingent
funds" of the two Houses of Congress that
our readers may be glad of an explanation.
Each House has annually appropriated to
it a sum to defrafits own incidental expen-
ses, which include stationery for its clerks
and committees, fuel, gas, furniture &c. In
each House a committee is appointed to
audit and, control this fund, and an annual
report is made and printed of every item of
its expenditure. Each House has its sta-
tionery room. In these are kept the very
large amount of stationery required for the
Legislative Department of the Government,
and from these the sixty committee rooms,
the clerks, officers, the Sergeant-at-arms,~
Superintendents of document and folding.
rooms, Postmasters of the two Houses,
Librarians of the two Houses, official rc-
porters &c., are supplied. But no member
of either Houu can get anything whatever
fromthutottbnsry room without paying for
it. In addition to his compensation of $5,-
000 a year, each member has $125 a year to
supply himself with stationery and news-
papers. This he can draw in money, and
buy what he wants at the stores, and sub-
scribe for his own newspapers, or he can
get the stationery from the stationery room
and direct the clerk to subscribe for his
newspapers, but, in no event, can he go
beyond $125, for both together. If he
chooses the latter course, his account is
made up at the end of the session and if the
$125 has been exhausted the account is
squared; if it is not exhausted he draws the
balance in money. . .
I clip the following from the Bridgeport
Standard of this week.- It shows how the
press falls into error which becomes wide.
spread and dishonors Congress and Repub-
lican Government without a particle of
foundation. The editor is speaking, (edi-
torially and therefore supposed by his
readers to be speaking truly,) of a proposed
amendment to the constitution regarding
salaries :—“Such an amendment would pre-
vent any scandal of that kind in the future,
but it would be well also to prohibit them
from receiving any perquisites besides their
salaries. The tooth picks, cologne, fancy
soaps, hair brushes, and other trifles of like
nature, foot up quite a large bill for very
small articles which each member might be
y considered able to provide for himself at his
ownexpensc.” ' , _
Now the facts are these. The stationery
rooms contain none of the “tooth picks,
cologne, soap, hair brushes, and, other
trlfies of like nature," spoken of above and
no member can or does "receive any per-
quisites” of the kind. Each house has a
barber's shop and' bath room in the capitol
building, which are supplied with all the
needihl articles for such establishments.
There are also sixty committee rooms in
which are fixed washstands, towels, and
soap, and hair-brush, comb and brush for
each. That is all there is of that. The
“one gold tooth-pick" was purchased by
the Secretary at the request of some mem-
ber and charged to him in his stationery
account and properly concerned no one
but himself. ‘
A novel request has come up to Congress
from ‘the legislature of North Carolina,
where it passed without opposition, it is:—
“That our Congressmen he requested and
tructcd to use their efl'orts'to procure the
j sage of a law by Congress fixing a uni-
fOrm rate of interest for loan or forbearance
of usury in every State and Territory of
this country, with such a penalty as will
insure obsevrancc of the law. '
The currency bill reported by Mr. Dawes
from the way and means committee, is the
moat important measure now before the
House. It is as follows :—
, Whereas the existin uncertainty as to
whether the amount 0 legal-tender notes
now authorized by law to bo kc t in gener-
al circulation is $ 06,000,000 or 400,000,000
is_calculated to derange the business of the
country and unsettle values : therefore
_ Bolt enacted, That the provisions of law
existing prior to the pasta c of _the act sp-
provod April 12, 1865. cut tied “An act to
amend an act to provide means to support
the Government,” approved March 3, 1865,
be, and the same are hereb declared to be
in force, so as to authorize t a legal tender
notes of the United States to the amount of
$400,000,000, to be kept in general circula-
tion ; and the total amount of notes issued,
8360 be issued, shall never exceed $400,000,-
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A very spirited and hotly contested strug-
gle has been going on before the Senate
committee on Patents. The case is an ap-
plication for an extension by Congress, of
the Batchelder csr brake)“ The applicants
are represented by Mr. Jhs. D. Mowry, of
Norwich, and his opponents the combined
railroad interests of America. The same
case was before Con ., at its last session
and passed the co offboth Houses
a day or so before adjournment, but failed
for want of time. The opposition then was
insignificant, but now some of the ablcst
legal talent in the country, is employed on
both sides. President Bishop opened the
defense on behalf of the Railroads and
made one of his most thorough and subtle
arguments. The world lost a first-class
lawyer when Mr. Bishop turned railroad
man. It is claimed the patent is a founda-
tion one and underlies every possible mode
of constructingn double track brake, that
possibly can be devised. Also, that no
trains can be run with safety without their
use, hence the immense importance attach-
ing to the action of Congress, to either
party.
We referred last week to a novel and very
interesting Habeas Corpus case brought over
from New York by Messrs Arnoux,Ritch
do Woodford to the U. S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Arnoux presented the case in a clear,
convincing and masterly argument. The
Assistant Attorney {General, prompted by
the Attorney General, responded, but Ar-
noux won his case and his client is ordered
at liberty. It is the first case of the kind
ever brought before the supreme court, and
is of sufficient interest to be restated.
Mr. Edward Lange, a magazine publisher
of New York, and a citizen of the highest
respectability and character, was arranged
on a charge of having unlawfully in his
possession certain U. S. mail sacks, such as
public documents and newspapers are usu-
ually sent out in by Congressmen and oth-
ers. This Mr. Lange received monthly from
the post office about two hundred mail-bags
which he filled with part paying journals,
sorting them state by state, thus saving the
Department in clerk hire for sorting more
than the whole value of the mail-bags. His
residence was a little out of the city, and he
used to drive to his publication office in a
buggy, and having occasion frequently to
send back things to his house by his coach-
man,he was ordered to get a bag, (and it
was proved he had plenty of his own) but
never a mail-bag, as he testified, until
twenty-two bags, old and ragged, had accu-
mulated about his barn. At length for mis-
conduct the coachman was discharged. In
revenge be notified the Post office detec-
tives of the condition of things at Mr.
Lange’s barn. Thercupon he was seized
and brought before J udgc Benedict. Mr. L.
denied ever having seen the bags about his
home—that he had never ordered any to be
taken there, and had no knowledge of any
being there. The coachman could not im-
peach this testimony. Notwithstanding,
Judge Benedict sentenced hlm to a fine of
$200 and the penitentiary for one year!
This was double the cxtremcst penalty of the
law, and therefore, as Mr. Arnoux claimed,
clearly illegal. But the sentence was ren-
dcred, the fine paid, and Mr. Langc com-
mitted, and the Judge seemingly evinced a
special spite against Lange or his attorneys.
A writ of habeas corpus was, after five days
of imprisonment, sued out, and by
this same Judge Benedict. Whereupon he
admitted his error, revoked his first sentence,
and proceeded to re-santence Lange. But
again “ he put his foot in it.” .la‘nge was
not before the court at the time of the second
sentence, as the law expressly requires that
a presence shall be. This of itsself, would
have rendered his amended sentence a uni-
lity, even had it been legal to sentence a
man twice for the same offence. The total
estimated value of the bags was but about
six dollars. The J udge could at first have
legally sentenced him either to pay a fine of
$200, or to be imprisoned for one year, un-
deraclause of a recent Postal act attache
lug such an alternative penalty for having
mail~bags in one’s possession. So Judge B.
revokes the fine and resentences to one
year in the penitentiary. But the $200 had
been paid, and the Marshal had ,turned it
into the United States, and nothing short of
an act of Congress could restore Mr. Lange
his money. Nor was this the end of Judge
Benedict’s blundering performance. Mr.
Lange had already served in prison five
days and by the new sentence he was to re-
main imprisoned a full year more, in all a
year and five days, whereas the law gives
one year as the sextremest limit of the sen-
tence. Mr. Arnoux then appealed to the U.
S. Supreme Court to determine whether an
ignorant, obstinate and malicious J udgc has
the power to trifle with the liberties of a
citizen or make the punishment of a crime
anything his pig-headedness may please,
without regard to the law. The Supreme
Court made short work of the matter.
They promptly rebuked Judge Benedict for
the outrage by ordering the immediate and
unconditional release of Mr. Lange. Under
the action and ruling of this New York
judge, there is not probably an editor
or Congressman in the country who might
not some time in their lives been made the
victim of a similarly malicious prosecution
and incarceration. The high character of
Mr. Lange was established by" over eighty
of the most reputable business men in New
York, including his fellow church members,-
and the conduct of Judge Benedict is said
to be without a precedent either in this
country or Great Britain, and- the snubbing
he has received from the highest court in
the land must be a source of especial grati-
fication to every man in the country.
Edgar T. 'Wellcs and bride of Hartford,
have been spending a few days here.
Senator Ferry must be growing much
better in health, else his improved counte-
nance must greatly belie his condition.
Senator Buckingham and Miss Ripley
give an invitation party next Friday even-
ing, to which, in addition to others, their
Connecticut friends nowiiin the city, are
largely invited.
Miss Mary Ferry arrived here last week,
Mrs. Stewart L. Woodford is in town and
receives her friends at the Arlington.
., Mr.‘ and Mrs. William D. Bishop are also
at the Arlington, but contemplate a 'trip to
Florida. ‘
As ever, B.
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People who travel frequently between
Norwalk Bridge and South Norwalk will be
glad to learn that arrangements have been
made by the Danbury & Norwalk Railroad
Company and the Norwalk Horse Railway
Company by which twenty passage tickets
between said points will be sold for $1, and
will be interchangablc—the holders having
the privilege of taking either steam or horse
cal-5.: .
That advertisement of the Borough Board
of Assessors to which we alluded in our
last will surely be found in our present is-
sue. Wc were furnished with one copy for
adv. and handbills,—the bills were prompt-
ly printed but by an oversight the adv. was
omitted.
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The burning of the Hotel at South Nor
walk will now give the City a splendid
chance to widen thc'slrcet around that cor-
ner, and will also give Mr; Ely a fine oppor-
tunity to manifest his public spirit by crect~
ing a new edifice which shall be a credit to
himself and to the City.
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The revival at the Zion church still con-
tinucs unabated, and crowds of people are
attracted thereby to the Town Hall every
evening. The ministers of other churches
are assisting.
M’s.“—
We hear that the ladies of Trinity church
provided an unusually flue supper at their
entertainment last week.
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Get the Valentines ready.
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Republican Caucus next Friday evening,
see call.
Orv.
Dr. Gregory’s ofilce is now at his resi-
dence, Main Street. He has also a slate at
Mayor Weed’s drug store.
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Mrs.‘Wanderbilt, millincr, has removed to
Philadelphia. The millinel'y and dressmak-
ing business will be continued at thepold
rooms on High street by other parties.
some means was made returnable before >
. sure “sous Norvvalk. ' ,
Early on-Sunday morning last, the people
of South Norwalk, slumbering in fancied
security, were startled from their dreams of
safety by the ever-alarming cry of fire, and
awoke to find a confiagration raging, and
the business portion of the city, especially
threatened with destruction. A fire wag
blazing in the heart of the cityiu a wooden
structure filled with cornbustiblcs, and no
means whatever at hand to stay its fearful
ravages l The weather was intensely cold,
pumps were frozen up and water from wells
and cisterns inadequ’ate and hard to obtain.
By great exertion, however, the ,fire was
checked, and the people have reason ,to be
grateful that the destruction was not much
greater.
The fire was discovered at 6% o’clock
in the harness room connected with the
Livery Stable, and if at that time proper
fire apparatus had been accessible it might
have-been easily subdued, but unfortunately
the city is withoutany fire department or
fire apparatus, and although the citizens
promptly rallied and worked manfully and
nobly, carrying water in the bitter cold
morning, in buckets, pails, coal-hods &c.,
they were unable to stay the fire and in a
short time the stable and hotel buildings
were wrapped in flames. At'7 o’clocka
messenger was sent up town to Warden E.
P. Weed of the Borough informing him of
the fire and asking for assistance, he instant-
ly went out and had the general fire alarm
sounded which soon brought out our fire
boys, and they were promptly sent down
with their apparatus, under charge of Chief
EngineerLoomis, and assistants Prowitt,
and Leonard. When they arrived there
Ely’s Brick Block was on fire, but by their
efforts the fire was extinguished and the
Block saved, although a delay of ahalf-
hour or more occurred, caused by the
steamer being unable to procure water to
work with, she having been taken down
through Marshal street to the Iron Works
in the hope of obtaining water there.
Water was finally obtained from a cistern
st Lucas’s Hotel, which was kept supplied
by the large pump from the Norwalk Iron.
Works, the engineer of which, who always
has steam, up promptly laid his hose and
assisted by Mr. Dexter Fairbanks, foreman
of the Works, was able to furnish a supply
for the use of the steamer.
On the north side of the stable the cor-
ner building occupied by S. F. Peck,
Druggist, was somewhat scorched and was
in great danger, but- by hard and desperate
work of the citizeniwho kept it constantly
wet down, it was saved and the fire pre-
vented from spreading in that direction.
Had that building got fairly going the fire
would have been apt to have made a clean
sweep of Railroad Place down to and prob-
ably including Adams Bros. &. Brush's Hat
Factory. ' ‘
The new block of Mr. D. P, Ely on
Washington street. adjoining’the stables,
Was also slightly damaged by fire.
The Hotel and Livery buildings were
owned by ex-Mayor,,D. P. Ely, as was also
the brick building on the end of Ely’s Block
adjoining the Hotel, and» his loss will prob-
ably amouut to about $25,000 insured as
folloWs:'$9,000 on Hotel and $5,000 on
Stables.
Probably the heaviest loser is Mr S. H.
Hopkinsdhe livery man, who estimates his
loss at $15,000 with no insurance whatever.
Nearly his entire stock of horses, carriages,
and harnesses was destroyed; 11 horses be-
longing to him were burned; 1 belonging
to F. H. Nash &‘Bro., and 1 to Brown 65
Wilcox. Five horses were got out, but two
of them so badly scorched that they will
probably die. -
The horse belonging to the Adams Ex-
press Company was in the stable but was
among the rescued. The handsome deliv-
ery wagon, valued at $850, was consumed.
Buckingham 65 Co. lost a valuable hearse.
Alexander Swords, news dealer, estimates
his loss at $500; Was insured on stock and
fixtures $700 in Continental and $700 in St.
Nicholas of N. Y. ‘
Elkan do 00., Dry Goods, Ely’s new
building, Washington street, had goods
damaged by smoke, and lost some by re-
moval. "
The Messrs. Stedman, proprietors of the
hotel estimate their losses at $15,000. They
were insured on furniture and stock as fol-
lows:
$1,650 in Fairfield Co.,
“ Exchange, N. Y.,
Adriatic, “
Safeguard,
Relief,
Messrs. C.Swartz do 00., Tobacconists,
Ely‘b Block, estimate their loss at $1,000.
They had an insurance of $10,000.0n their
property.
D. Dayton, Boot and Shoe dealer, also
loses about $1,000. He has an insurance
policy of'$4,000 in the Niagara Co. of N. Y.
Sam Paukulski also met with a small loss
by smoke and damage in removing goods;
covered by insurance.
We would again urge upon our city
brethren the necessity of organising and
perfecting some sort of a fire department.
They should lose no time in procuring an
efficient steam fire engine with a good sup-
ply of Hose. But to make these available a
supply of water is needed, to secure which
they might construct several cisterns about
the center, say one at each end of Railroad
place, one in the squrc in front of PH. Nash
& Bros., and at other accessible goints, con-
nected with pipes with each other and kept
filled by a pipe from Mr. Ed. Adams Pond
just above Trinity Chapel, as we understand
Mr. Adams will cheerfully allow them to
make connection for such purpose, or with
the immense pumps of the Norwalk Iron
Works. This of course, will cost money,
but another fire like that of Sunday morn.
ing will cost double. the amount.
We regret to say that the exhibition of
drunkenness and disorder, after the tire, was
simply disgraceful. ’
manner) on susrlcrox.
A man named Slaven was arrested on
suspicion of having set fire to the building.
Quite a number of articles were found in his
possession alter the are, neiongmgtto the
stables. An examination was had yesterday
and the circumstantial evidence against him
was so strong. that he was lheld for trial
which is to take place this molfning at9
o’clock. As llejcould give no bonds he was
taken to lhalock-up. ~ ~
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We think Mr. S. H. Hopkins of the Old
Well Livery Stable is deserving of sym-
pathy and aid from the wealthy residents
of South Norwalk. He has for several
years maintained a first-class livery there,
never sparing of expense to keep it up
cl'editably, and for the lack of proper pro-
tection from the city, now at one blow his
all is stripped from him and he has to bc-
gin the world anew. His lot is truly a hard
one.
The pump which was used by the Nor-
walk Iron Works at the fire on Sunday
morning, was one intended for their own
protection simply, and is capable of pump-
ing 200,000 gallons every ten hours. They
have in stock, pumps whose capacity is a
million gallons every ten hours.
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The losses by the fire of Sunday morning,
at South Norwalk were well distributed
among the Insurance companies. Cowles
&Mcrrill had sixteen policies. The Ins.
companies interested were the Royal, Penn-
sylvania, Black River, Fire Association.
Westchester, (only one of which companies
loses over $1,000, and that one but $1,500,)
and the National, Narragansett, Etna,
Home, Lancashire, German American, and
Hartford, none of which loses over $200.
We are glad to learn that our home in-
surance companies escaped nearly scot tree,
the Fairfield Co. only losing about $1.500,
and the Norwalk nothing.
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Pioneer H. d5 L. Company elect officers
on Thursday evening, Feb. 12th.
:, Anuuol'fnieetiing of tho‘ifibanbury Isl:
Norwoik Railroéi be. ,7
Walk Railroddg'Company/hbld at‘the Wooss.
a large number of the stockholders were'
present, Eli T. Hoyt Esq, presided." ' After
the reading of the annual report, on motion
it was voted to elect a board of nine direct-
ors for the ensuing year. The following
gentlemen were elected :—-R. P. Flower,H.
H. IIollisler, New York; Wm. R. James,
W. C. Street, James W. Hyatt, Norwalk;
L. P. Hoyt, D. P. Nichols, Edgar S. Tweedy,
Danbury; Orrin Benedict, Bethcl; The
stockholders voted to change the time of
holding the annual meeting to the lastThurs—
day of October. At a meeting of the direct-
ors held on the same day the following offi-
cers were elected: R. P. Flower, President ;
James W. Hyatt, Vice President; John W.
Bacon, Superintendent; H. Williams, Sec-
retary and Treasurer; W. C. Street, H. H.
Hollister, Orrin Benedict, Executive Com-
mittee; D. P. Nichols, L. P. Hoyt, Edgar S.
Tweedy, Auditing Committee.
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The people of Norwich seem to have ta-
ken a great fancy for South Norwalk Minisp
ters. They called .Rev. J. Davies from
the Baptist church, and, now they want
Rev. Dr. Spencer of Trinity Church. A
committee appointed by Christ. church of
that city to nominate a clergyman as Rector
of the parish, reported with great unanimi-
ty in favor of Dr. Spencer, and the parish.
voted to instruct the wardens to call him.’
The Bulletin says :— _ ,
“The reverend gentleman whom Chrish
church parish have' decided to invite to the
ministry of their altar, is said to be a man of
more than usual culture‘ and attainments,
social and otherwise, has traveled widely,
and was, while in college, noted during'thc
course as the best wtemporc speaker of his
class."
By the way, the parishioners of Rev. Mr.
Davies have recently shown their apprecla-'
tion of his labors by presenting him with an
elegant gold watch and other souveners of
esteem.
Mark Twain is home again.
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Norwalk, 0. has suffered a $20,000 fire.
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Be specially careful of year fires during
cold snaps.
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The Hoboben ferry house foot of Christa.
pher street,‘N. Y., was destroyed by fire last
Sunday.
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The national council of Congre gational-
ists will convenein New Haven in Novem-
ber next.
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Fred Mead runs his candy route'as' far
North as Pittsfleld and North Adams,
Massachusetts.
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The New York Graphic thinks Connecti-
cut is about as well represented in the Son-
ate as any state in the Union.
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The treasurer of Jersey City absconded
last week, and his loss is not deplored as
much as the discrepancy of over $50,000 in
his accounts. .
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The heirs of Peter Palscy, who was kill-
ed at New Rochelle in 1872 by the cars,
have recovered $5,000 from the railroad
company in a court of law. -
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The second annual ball of the Waterbury
fire department takes place next Friday
evening. The Norwalk fire department
will probably be represented by a small
delegation. ,
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Dr. Livingstone is again reported dead in
the interior of Africa, and as there is. some
doubt of the truth of the report Stanley
will have to make another trip to find out
the real facts in the case. On Stanley, on!
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A religious revival is is progress in Edgar-
town. The Vineyard Gazette says that all
the churches participate in_it, and the meet-
ings are full of interest and well attended.
Some thirty or forty have already professed
a hope in Christ.
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The suits brought against the insurance
been settled, the insurance companies
agreeing to pay fifty per cent. of the
amounts stated in the policies. The heirs
will thus receive nearly $100,000.
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Grupe‘s two horse team, with milk wagon
attached, went off on another "tear" last
Friday, injuring several wagons with which
they collided up Main street. The horses
were scared when passing the excavation
on the old St. John Place, where trees were
being felled.
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At the annual meeting of the Norwaik
Iron Works on the 27th ult., the following
Board of Directors were chosen: ‘ H. 'I.
Hoyt, E. Hill, Geo. G. Bishop, E. C. Bisscllo
J. J. Cape, H. H. Elwsll, E. Beard, Moses
Hill, and E. Hill,Jr. Mr. Hoyt was elected
President and E. Hill J r., Secretary.
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The New-England Society, in New York,
will give a-ladies reception on the evening
of Dclmonico's rooms in the building at
siou, and the number of tickets issued will
be limited to 500. Music by Gllmore’s Band.
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The summer term of Mr. Augustus Whit-
lock’s Wilton Boarding Academy. for both
sexes, will commence on the first of May
next. This school has been in successful
operation for thirty years,which speaks well
for its management. The principal. Mr.
Aug. thitlock, we have always heard well
spoken of, and under his care the school
will undoubtedly continue to prosper.
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Registrar’s Report.
'By the annual reportof Mr. S. F. Peck,
Town Registrar for the year1873, we learn
that the number of births, marriages, and
deaths for the year, was as follows :-
' Births, 353.
Marriages, 80.
Deaths, 182,. ,
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Business Cannon—The South Norwalk
Planing Mill Company has stopped husness,
and sold its good will and stock of lumber
on hand to the Fairficld County Planing
Mill Company, of the same place. The first
named company retains its'mill,machinery,
etc., for the present. This action seems to
cut prostration of. business. May the good
time coming start the wheels again and
keep both mills in a flourishing condition.
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Mr. Wm. Jcrman has recently erected a
store near his house at Unionville, which he
has opened as a grocery and general variety
store.
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The New Directory. ,
Messrs. Webb Bros. do Co. have complet-
ed the new Directory of Norwalk and
South N orwalk, and delivered to subscrib-
ers. The work contains 124 pages exclusive
of advertisements, and is issued in very
creditable shape. '
«Or-O“
Annual meeting of the Lock Company
stockholders to-morrow.
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Last Monday evening _ex-burgess Meeker
was formally sworn in by the clerk of the
Court of Burgesses as Heyward, and subse-
quently was presented with an insignia of
office, contributed by some of his fellow-
cltlzcns. _ »
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R. Elis &'Son are working hard to secure
a crop of ice, which is now about nine.
inches thick on their Winnipauk poud. On
other ponds it is not thick enough to get in,
and the storm now prevailing isnot encour-
aging to the ice men.
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The recent Silver Mine festival netted
about $50.
unfinns r, l .
At the annual meeting ofifiapbury & Nor: .
companies by the Colvocoresses heirs have
of Feb. 12th. The Society has engaged all.
Fourteenth-st; and Fifth-ave. for the coca--
have been rendered advisable by the' pres-y
:‘rnn rnos'nil.
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,3.
Few‘ lise ;.
roads,—the bum" is
o
derived and pleasures cxpenenccd'iii bum;
can the full extent be known and apprecia-
ted. That theyvare a necessity seems to be
concedcdi-ye't nolst’e‘p‘s are__'takgn toward the
realization. An open winter and an ap-
proaching spring forces upon us thoughts of
almost impassable roads, while King Frost
is reluctantly yielding away to and vanish-
ing before the warmth, of spring. Veritablc
quagmires stare us full' in'the face, traVel
impassable with any degree, or comfort,
speed or dispatch out of the question, jaded
horses and teams, a heavy wear and strain
on vehicles, and a terrible 'trial of our pa-
tience, stand out in bold relief in the pic-
tnrc of our coming trials. Behind this,and
immediately following, we just see the ap-
proach of repairing time, when the mould
from the gutters u ploughed up and scraped
on, and we have another season of trials.
And with the roll of the seasons comes the
recurrence of this-mo change, no improve-
ment. It would seem that at this time,
when economy and retrenchment are the
popular demands of the hour, when every
expenditure is clearly scrutinized, that this
inexorably concentrated- Wear of bone
flesh andwehiclcs and. extra expense to all
transportation," this subject would receive
its share of consideration. Of course we
cannot estimate the wear of horse flesh, etc. ,
to a mathematical nicity, but that it is con-
siderable there can be no question. A Bos.
ton paper says truthfully that “The heav-
iest part of our highway tax is no doubt
that which is levied upon by the destruction
of horse flesh, the impeding of public trav-
el, the wear of vehicles, and the increased
cost of transportation over our poor roads.
- This is a tax which, without any assessor or
collector, is inexorable exacted from every
barrel of flour, everybag of grain, every
box of goods, and every person traveling,
our traveled; roads as it is levied indirectly
-‘ - and morc'thaneiall, as we have always paid'
it, nobody thinks of it. But it is one Of the
heaviest burdens resting on the people of
Massachusetts and New ' England, born by
those who rank among the most thrifty and
ertbeless, in this every day matter, are de-
monstrably more than two thousand years
behind the world.” And from the same
g source we have the gratifying intelligence
that great attention has been paid, the last
five years, by the country'towns of Massa-
chusetts to the condition of their roads; and
that McAdamized or broken stone roads are
becoming the rule rather, than the cxcep‘
tion. A portion of Connecticut, for instance,
New Haven, Hartford, New London,
. Bridgeport, Middletown and Meridcn, has
awakened to the subject, and after much
experimenting, have settled down to Mag-
adamized roads as the best and shape”.
Mayor Lewis, of New 'I-lavcn. in his last
annual message to the common councilg
says th:-.t ' ople of New Haven have
settled downto Macadamized roads as the
best and cheapest.
' Thos." whohave‘seen these beautiful road-
ways of broken stenc have seen the’evi-
deuce-o? confirmation of this statement of
Mayor Lewis. In another part of his mes-
, sage he ~tatss that the cost is by contract
~$1.00 per . square yard, but this, I suppose,
does not include the cost of breaking,
which is done by the city. The whole cost,
however, does not exceed $2.00 per square
yard. This cost, though considerable, it
.. .would be’ easy to demonstrate is' much less
on a much traveled thoroughfare like West
Avenue, than the annual saving in the ex-
pense of transportation, wear of teams and
vehicles, &c. It lean established fact that
a horse will draw from two to‘ three times
as heavy a load on a MaCadamized road as
on one of common earth; the strain would
also be much less on both horse and vehicle.'
From this we can see the saving in freight-
‘ing alone. Let any business man compute
his gain from being able ‘to'dOuhle orgtreblo
his loads, and then estimate the benefits to
_thecOmmunity, and he will be surprised at
the result”. But‘ the item of road repairs is
scarcely less important. Ireland, though
ignorant, poor, and down-,troddcn, finds it
economical to use. broken stone for its prin-
cipal mail thoroughfares. By comparison
between the town of Waltham, in 1885,
which had then Macadamizcd only its
Newtown, in the same year, which had net
then Macadamixed any, it appeared that for
the seven years previous the cost of repairs
and snow clearing in Walthsm was $66.00
per‘mile, while in“ 'Newtown it was $176.00
: per mile. The consequence is that New-
town has ever since been Macadamizlng all
its roads as a measure of economy no less
than public improvement. What is true of
Newtown and Wallham is equally true with
us. But thisiis looking at 'it from a pecun-
iary stand point alone. The pleasures of
traveling, (and all pleasures nearly we have
to pay for,) is considerable of an item to be
'ltakcn into consideratibn. Our town would
thus be made attractive and inviting, and a
hoalthy increase in our population and
wealth is the corollary.
"The most approved machine for breaking
stone and the one most generally in use in
Connecticut, I believe to be Baker’s patent
stone aud‘ore breaker. ‘Such a one as
“would beiheimost economical would cost
about $1,000, breaking stone 15x11 inches;
portable engine and bailer about $l,350;
roller about $500; Setting up, &c., about
$350; making a total cost of abbut$3,500,
with a crushing capacity of about six cubic
yards of stone an hour. By using the
town paupers, and securing a Legislative
enactment whereby we might take the ben-
efit of the labor of those found guilty and
sent to jail by our justices, the manual part
' of stone breaking would cost the town no
more, or but little more, than the present
draft upon the town treasury for criminal
expenses. .In.fact.I think it could bejdone
less, and possibly sumciently less to pay for
fuel for the engine. TAX Paras.
”Tun Dnvrn‘s Cnarn orPelmy books to bind
the deed. Maintaining as the writer does
that all the Saviour directed his disciples
to “tsach all ndfions'his embodied in either
of the gospels. so that if every family on
earth has a copy, the earth would be filled
with the knowledge of God. And thus the
old serpent would be bound and cast into
the bottomless pit. And this will be the
opening chapter in the history oi'millenial
glory. And Norwalk is as good a place,
and 1874 as good a time as any that wil
succeed it. It. will require twelve hundred
and fifty millions of copies to put one'in
every family; but a sheet of paper, size
N. Y. Observer, will make eight copies, and
there would be an aggregate of one hund-
dred and sixty million of copies to be made;
'und we will allow five years of lime. Mak-
ing about thirty-five millions a year Dr.
Bodwcll, of Hartford, who has examined
the subject with a good degrced ofinterest;
in his last communication on the subject
says, "The day will certainly come when
yourgrand idea will be realised, and fervent
prayer be answered.” Now this grand idea
is simply to gather up the sedge which the
Creator gives us freely and make it into pa-
per, and make this paper into little books of
' _the size of Watts’ Second Catechism, and
such Would bé sold at onelccnt per copy in
every marl of commerce visited by Ameri-
can seamen.
The idea of teaching the way of salvation
to one hundred and sixty million of fami-
lies at an expense of one cent for each fam-
ily is indeed a grand idea; and the
w . er invites the cooperation of all who
wi l'itli'us lend a hand in binding the devil.
Cnrxrox‘v, P. 0. Box 28.
Waterbury has two young gentlemen who
have perfected themselves in the Davenport
" brothers’ “ cabinet manifestations," and are
giving publi. .;. >1 lnbitions in which they cx'é
pose the who). tiling.
. g, :nport and extenfixbf
ter House, in Danbury, ongthe 29th'-ult.,quito.§ :gthis expressionr-good ’1‘ ,_
' ’ ' W W ‘ ’ Masons nlrons‘:-—‘
munities having them....By realization alone .
progressive people on earth, and who, nev-'
principal streets, and the adjoining townof .
fig:
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here, is just now
in its most raging state 0)? del' lu . Neyer
didc’pidemic missus m'ore lzordlgghly pen,
vade a district school, than the Party, Ball
National Capital. But there is rest for the,
weary. Lent ,with fish and fast drawetlr
nigh. It isfasht'onabls to observe Lonthcre.
Then, instead of the brilliantly illuminated
saloons and corridors and great strips of
costly carpets spread from stoop to stepping
black, for dainty slippers, the mansions will
be closed to callers,——at least the carpal
spread athwart the side-walks iwill be
drltwn in. The punch-bowl and glittering
display of glass and vlands remain within
the boufl‘a. The card tables and whisl play-
ers retire to the back parlors and library,
and all hilarity is suppressed by drawn cur-
tains. Thus Washington ladies will mourn
in sack-cloth and ashes,—so to speak—their
fashionable sins, and excesses of six weceks.
Do I-wish to be understood that there is no
sincere regrets and mourning over lost op-
portunities ? Notabit ofit. I know the con-
trary. Sambo mourns that he can no long-
er plant his muddy brogan son the rich Aix
Minster plush, so Vostcntaciously spread
across the side ‘walk wherever agreat party',
is to had. The’musicians mourn that they
can no longer scrape the feline intestines;
and make and slake their alternate raging
of music and thirst out of the party wine
goblets. He of the conservatory sees his
fortune fade wiihhis flowers. Indeed most
melancholy of all is be, for newhis main re-
liance is on the funerals. somebody must
die, that he and his babes may live ! It is in-
deed a funcrcal reflection. . '
But the sincerest and truly pious replners
are the hackmenlo T them, Lent is what
cholera is to the business of the metropolis.
It means paralysis,grinding, eating, impecu—
niosity. Washington is distressingly healthy,
say the Doctors and undertakers, and so
there’s but little hope and .few grains of
comfort in funerals for them, and so these
saints rest. It will be more timely perhaps
to _moralize after Lent is upon us. So to
the parties. _ Some ladies boast, that with a
quick team and active driver they can make
eighty party calls in a day! When it is con-
sidered that there must'be Ian: average of‘five.
minutes in getting such afearful array.‘of
feminine dry goods into and out of a car-
riage and in and'out or the favored friends
home, and then the ,“magificent distances"
one has to traverse, here, you s'ee what
“a day of it" these stirring creatures must
have to put through, to accomplish such
boastful results. How deeply sincere and
hearty and affectionate too, must as the
greetings thus wholcSalctl through the city.
It seems a matter of coveted rivalry, and
she is the champion who can beast having
attended the greatest 3 number of receptions
in a given day. It is easy to see also, that
the price paid the abused hackmen is not so
exorbitant. They get from $10 to $15 only
for team, nice carriage, and driver for the
! day, though a new outfit, especially a mu
lfurp for the driver, with a colored beyond
'white cotton gloves, for footman, readily
draws $25 out of the proudand indulgent
father’s or husband’s pocket,while the ladies
usually give “John," from one to' five dollars
to “drive quick" between stations. _ Next to
my cat, I love a horse, and I am free to Say
I wouldn’t have my horse so. overdriven for
alighting; from their cnrriages at evening
parties —“now John don’t you go away; I
might fall ill and want to go home stony
moment,”-—and though the night be cold or
“stormy “John” must_fall in line acrossthe
street and watch and pray'fo’r release from
such cruel suffering to himself and horses,
till the wee sma hours 0’ morning. Why is
it, such devout, christian Women,-'(durlng'
Lent?) are so regardless ,of the sufi'eriilgs of
man and brute f I am not surprised young
men are truly afraid to‘ take unto them.
selves wives, when they see such‘hardhcart-
edness exhibited by the ladies. 0h fashion,
fishion, ye soulless goddess, how many pure
and beautiful spirits have ye transformed in-
to fallen angels of deceit, treachery and un-
feeling selfishness. What 'a. broad ocean of
needed woman reform is here.
In matters of religion, things are as per;
‘plcxingly complicated, as in social affairs. A
terrific warfare is geing on through the pa!
porn and congregations, between our good
old orthodox Episcopacy and a back-slider
—-or forward-slider—Who insists he has at;
tained to a higher plane in the church and
so ‘burus candles about his altar, receives
his people at the confessional and insists
upon the presence of the real body and
blood of the ,Saviour in' the Sacrament of
the Lord’s supper. Hisgformcfi Episcopal
brethren say he ' has to all intents and,
his is only the higher church. - All‘rcllgiout
wars are fierce, and this one forms no excep-
tion. The local religious element being so
largely Roman Catholic, it is not surprising
the High Church prclate gets so very large
and {spirited a following. Then another
flock is trying to be gathered in, of devout
belieyers in nothing-in-particular, and cl cry-
thing-in-general. Last Sunday, this motley
religious assembly, composed largely of fe-
males, was addressed by a wild orator, who
lauded Tom Paine’s Age of Reason, and
Voltaire, and then perorated in a ferocious
attack upon the marriage relation and 'ap-
proval of love-at-sight and “affinity", doc-
trine. But he couldn’t undermine my settled
convictions on matrimony. I believe any
woman who finds a truly pure and good
man willing to marry her and whose love
she'cbn honestly reciprocate, rebels against
Providence and her own nature, if she rc-
sit quietly by and bear with delight the mar-
riage and family relationsridiculcd and de-
cried, it is indicative of a sad, sad condition
of mind or morals, and I’m not too timid to
say it, either. You see my'fdrtilude has got
Wonderfully braced up since I attteudcd that
women's convention and listened 'to the
spunky cackllng of those ancient pullets.
’ The Young Men‘s Christian Association,
have been doing a thrifty work by a course
of Lectures. _ For Beecher one night and
Gough for three, they-have sold every seat
in Lincoln Hall at a dollar a ticket l Their
aggregate receipts for-these four lectures
cannot fall short of from _tmlcc to fifteen
thousand dollars! Another church which
has purchased a monster organ and wants
money, has been perpeti‘ating almost un-'
bearable, but pious frauds weekly, for some
time past“ If it wasn't for the aroma. of
fried oysters and burnt coffee which per-
fumes the whole church, and the very re.
spectable restaurant conducted by some
earnest women, in the church parlors, -I
should just speak my mind about the un-
mitigated swindle. - .
ing, by the comical announcement of our
colored girl, who has been made utterly“
useless for a month, on account of the
spiritual interest she was taking in a revival
at her church. The poor, devout creatures
would shout and pray and sing all night
long, just as fervently and as long as the
pale faces dance, then during the day a
time, _and can't possibly do no work tc-day,
indeed I can’t;” and out she flew in a
\
all the money they'get. I have so oflen .
heard the pretty, spelled darlings say when ;
purposes gone over to Rome, while he insists _
fuses such a proffer. And when women can '
But “my mad" was overcome this morn- '
smart hard time gitten um, lnissus, indeed this season, 'at the suggestiotl of the railroad
I did, but I’se been gone got um sure dis companies. , -
serves a contemporary, which is a neat
whirlwind of glee and nothing has been thing neatly said. '
t
all,
_sisters ,
longw
was that also had. hedn‘in’irel'gled, in a
moment of unreflcctive weakness, to visit
and Reception mania, the fair dames of the Bgmum’s Circus, last summer. All her producedovcr two million chromosmnd is
now producing and, has in, stock for exclu-
sive use of pu 1
little petty carcenies about the house, and
downright, resolutelies, were 'as dust, in
the balance, compared to the iniquity of
visiting Barnum’s “Moral Circus}? , , .
Hops at Willardls are to commence next
week. .The grand event of this week was
the New YorkStste sociable at Masonic.
Hall, last night. The vast hall was ablaze
with gas and beauty and brass-bird cages.
The dccorationsponsisted of the flags of all
nations festooned in graceful folds,!garlands_
of evergreens, and singing canaries. To
the east end of thehall was, a platform on
which the speecheszwere. delivered. _ Presi-
dent Grant, Secretary Fish, Secretary
Belknap and wife, Attorney General Will-
iams, S. S. Cox and others, were on the
platform, Mr. Cox being the orator of the
evening. At the conclusion of the address
a promenade was begun and the dancing
continued until morning.
From five to _twentyinvitation parties
rule here every night. I heard! a lady
boast_last week that she had attended threo
different dress parties the samenight. So
we are whirled, and tossed. ,I am truly
sick and.tired of “parties,"for once in my
life. Having got into the maelstrom I
must run it out till Lent cometh, I suppose,
if it kills me.‘ Welcome Lent and its low
diet. ~, , va Wm.
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Woman Siamese. . .
Miss Susan, B. Anthony, the; noted
woman's rights agitator, and'Mrs. Isabella
Beecherllooker, (sister of Henry Ward
Beecher,) are announced to lecture upon
their favorite topiiifilat Military Hall, South
Norwalk,on Thursday evening next. .Both.
of these ladies have long battled for woman
suffrage and made their, names familiar
everywhere. Undoubtedly there will be. a
large attendance of persons desirous of
hearing them personally present their pa
culiar views.
The second ball ,of the German social
club «takes place next weekMonday evening,
at Lockwood‘s Hall. . ., Music. by W. d; W.
Quadrille band.
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Attempted‘nurglory. ' j _,
About one o’clock last Friday night an
attempt was made to enter the residence of
Mr. W. H. Earle, East Avenue. The would'-
be burglar effected an entrance into a back
hall, and while boring .a hole through a door
togct into the main part of the house, was
heardby the cook, who gave the alarm' and
scared the thiey'es of. ' It" i'sqthop'gh‘t they.
'were not.professional burglars. , ‘
. .
The complimentary reception of the
Neptune club to' Commodore Tompkins
and lady, passed off very charmingly at the
residence of Treasurer J. T. P'rowitt,‘on'
Friday evening last. ‘ A goodly number 'of
members were present with their ladies,and
with Fred Wanncmacher furnishing music,
tripped the light fantastic right merrily.
The rooms were very handsomely decorate
ed with fia’gs, streamers, pictures, '&c.,
‘ments to'the full satisfaction of all.
.. ‘.‘~l‘;e-' v.“, .
proposed new Savings Bank. was held last
Wednesday evening. Out Of sixteen peré
sons invited to attend,fourtecn were pres-
ent, showing much interest in the project.
It was voted to petition the next legislature
.for a charter, and Messrs. W. K. James,
Alfred H. Campand Thos. H. Morison 'wers
appointed a committee to carry cut'ihe vote.
' =2:
Sinus Donors—On Thursday last a sus-
picious looking man was noticed up Main
Street, with alpackage. under one arm and a
pair of boots under .the other. Down the
street a forlorn lookingman,barefooted and
without coat or hat was pleading. for help
frogdoor to door. Post Master [Olmstead
accosted individual No. 1 and Pla‘ihly told
him that that dodge would not work'in
’ this community and the sooner he gave his
companion his boots and ,clothing and
trampcd off the better it would be for both
of them. Chief Bartram followed them up,
and helped them 'to .make good timein
moving 01f. , ' ‘ ‘
The newspapers have made up a ticket
for the Republican State Convention to en-'
done, and we are glad to seenccord the
position of Treasurer to our old friend D.
P. Nichols,of Danbury, who has already 'fill-
ed the position’ to the entire satisfactiort‘b
all concerned. ' :
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Mr. W. G. Lineburg, agent of the Cherie
'Oa-k Life Ins. Co.,was over here Mondhy f6
pay up a $1,000 policy issued on the life of
John Began, of this place, rebently deceased.
Captain John Johnson, seventy-four years.
old, formerly a steamboat builderin Cin-
.cinnatidost his life one day last‘wcek, at
the Gibson‘ house by putting his head into
the elevator tower through a window-locks"
ing down, when the elevator descending
shearedthis head off, leaving the headless
trunk on the floor. -
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Lonpox', Jan. 27.-A party of prominent
personages made. an excursion trip yester-
dav frtfin Derby to Buxton in the Pullman
palace sleeping and parlor cars, the first
put on the Great‘Midl‘and railway. of Eng-'
land by its contract with the Pullman
Palace Car. Company- The American imv
by great enthusiasm.
that there bavc‘bcen ninety-seven hours of
fog thus, for during the month of January,
which, with the fog previously reported,
shows the most log for winter weather, yet
remembered at that point. .. .
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- A man went into a, butcher’s shop, and,
finding the owner’s wife in attendance, in
the absence of her husband, thought he
would haven joke at' her’ expense, and said:
“Madam, can you suppl me with a yard of
pork 2" “Yes, sir,” sai she, and then turn-
ing to a boy she added : “James, give. that
gentleman three pig's feet.” ‘ '
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‘ Two little girls wfe comparing. regress
in the study oftlleir catechisms—“ ’ve got
tororiginalsin,’.y said one; “how far. have
you got 1’" “Me! why,<1‘m way beyond
redemption," said the other;at which her
mother, who happened to hear the conver-
sation, thought she had gone quite far
enough.
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These. areuhe qualifications of a good
schoolmaster, as recently described to the.
Indiana Teachers’ Association by Prof. W.
H."V_euable of Cincinnati: 1. Knowledge
of the world and of the demands of Ameri-
o’an life. 2. Knowledge of man and the
demands of human nature; the knowledge
of; the body‘ and, physiolo y; and the
knowledge of mind and-meats philosolphy.
The additional qualifications are: r
deal from eecentricitios,‘-belicf in common
sense, devotion to principle, love of hard
work, love of his race. .
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The Dutch are the greatest'consumers of
coffee in the world, the Belgians coming
next. In England the annual consumption
of coffee by each person is one and one-
eighth pounds; in
o
A Miss Ruby has married in Maryland a Gold. Price or per Bottlo; six new“. “r “III .
Mr. Jet.- “Lookout for the trinkets,” ob- gugfg'tfififioggfin."“‘“"°‘u Halon.
ls
. .' " their various and manifold'displays of sen: teen cents foreacb key; and also the locks
”Fashionablej-iSocwiy timentanddnspirationr’l‘hvone almanac:mfimxudnnepmpossrorrw;mx;st ,
at “10 apex 0f “3 fever; weighed heaviest on her heart during the Terryville, for registered mails at $1.75 for
qekshhcwsseundqr exercis‘e'uf mind, each lock and thirty cents for each key.
Commissary Frank'Mead provided refresh- ,
A‘ meeting» of' persons interested-"in the '
- . present, The open weather, saleof stock,
Banana]: an a Horns. Emvaon.— '
movement in railway traveling is received ,
The-keeper at Point Judith light reports -’
rancc two and' one-half p] g
11 Germany, four; in Dhnmark, five .and glee'st‘sg: 3:52. I( he only’mcdleine of the klndin
one-half; in SWilzerlhnd, six; in the United vthewol’ldo) -
.. ck n-down Constitutions ”I chsllon otno
fill. fighter-0y. Every Bottle is woith its" wet
II"
wasa .
.cly si re T Postmast
on't w ace ’
ridicu s of
boxes, stopwatch lock and fif-
.
A firm in New York State states that it has
ishers; more beautiful chro- ‘
mos than have ever been offered before, at
from fifteen to thirty cents, each,’ The com
cern adds that as these chromos arc retailod
- um.
nlro. Winslow’oioothing
loocrl’tionof one of tho boot
stalls and Nurses in the United States. and has been
sod for thin yoars with never Ailing safety and
one‘cnossig mill ons ofmothers and childronJrom tho
oo o o
rocts aeldit of the stomach,
convorrts'nstrersslr our .”
the Boot and szostnemod in tho world in all cases
i‘ S’NT Y _ 1' 3
. ~ . .it ’ _ ’or D -;
‘ coast. *rnl ‘ it: To us ‘ l' o '
CURTIS 8 PERKI
Sold by all ledlclnonealoss'. .- -»— - ..
‘1‘"...
4-7
L
Thirty Yeo’rs’ Experience of on
0|. N
Is tho
e Physi-
tn:
nt of one week old to the adult. It cor-
relleves wind colic '
Weboeveltfis'fi’
ennlno unless the fscalm o of
s is on_the outside wroppor.‘
.. _,..... _ "i.
. .1 5-: in, it I NHL!
A cozy little Cottage, guttnblc for a newly mar-
ried couple. would be rented to adesirable party.
Enquire at;thc GAZETTE omen.
from $516 $10 each, every one is, antic“
to get what they-imagineyou dumbing M, .
and gladly subscribe. That is the way it
looksbchmd the scenes. ,Nodoubt this do
a very profitable businesi for the newspaper, ,
pul. ilshci’ provided thtit'he haslnots‘v‘dlted too
long before embarkingindhis special line of
gift enterprise;as. the distribution of these
gaud rials has been so general that tho
cop c egru to feel as if they had had a sur-
eit. Theré is noreason wh houses should
not be extensively decorate with chrome,
since it isvonlx necessary to buy spound of!
tea‘, a ard, of flannel, . a book, or almost
Ioh
Medlclncsat. wants-Five Cantos Box. .
Incipient Consumption cured ' lit mau’rcases by
man s Anodync Lint-sent internally. - .. ~"
11
children. our: pours-aide
kom noothor csnso tho ha .
lfli. anownmvfiudg "mama"
. a my orms wrthou, unto the chi '
fectiy WHITE. and free from all colorfimgthor
i‘rtijurious ingredients
one.
COURTS wt file'-
”I’-
. usually: usedln worm prepara-
cuarrs a. crown, riopne'lo'ii,‘
No. 215 Fulton. Street, New York ~,
Sold by Dru
lots and Chemists, bud dcolcrsdn
; n31
anytb ng else of a dollar’s value and the
purchaser will be tendered a handsome pic.
ture, which the donor assures him. is well '
Worth the price ofrhis whole, purchase, and.
whicha few years ago would have come
of artl’:—,-, . . .
"Thereis such a thing ashaving any-
ing a great rum‘among cheap newspapers,
and it is.- becomlng annoying to the people.
We have stood the constant arrival of daubs
and paid express charges without a mur-
mnr, until' this last indignity was heaped
upon us, and now the lion within us is '
aroused. A few days a o the entlcmanly
expressman came in w th . a all: p'acksgo.
Instinctively we knew it contained colored
pictures of highly colored females and im-
possible dogs, but we paid the charges. and'
atour leisure opened the package. Not
content With sending us one, there were
three ictnres in the package, and to make
the 0 case more heinous, the confounded "
scultch came from a Christian paper, or
some suclmmprobability. We have board-
ed these hldcous carictures for three days.
They have fnghtened some of our best cus-
tomers outofthe office“ We icok one of
them to _the barn and the cow saw ’it and»
has perrlstently refused to give milk since.
Thatipicture is a terror.‘ In the foreground
is an'old- mare and two mule colts lying
down, all unconscious that above them two
wolves are just ready to pounce upon them.
The artist seems to hsvcthrown a great deal
of soul into the ears of the smallest mule colt,
and the tail ofone of the wolves is woven
into his hind legzso peribcily that you can’t-
tell where the leg ends. and the tail begins.
Thewholc effect reminds thoartistof a jar
'of resérved hu‘cklebérries‘ spilled on the
eel srs stair-sand stepped in by a number
eight female foot in afstatc-of anxiety. (One ,
of our frequent visitors .say- the picture rep-
resents a sheep and two. lambs instead. of
a mare and two mule so is, an‘d'th‘at instead
of wolves there are two ogs. Well. there
is no true artistic eye but has. its faults. It
taken our so emn afll avit the . were males
and wolves.) But this is neit er here nor
there. What‘we want to illustrate is the
check of that Christian paper. Yesterday-
was the holy Sabbath,'snd we received on
that day, a letter from the. supreme idiot
who runs theChri‘stian paper informing us‘
that the aforesaid pictures have been sent us
. and that we are expectedto do advertising
for them totbe extent of $20. . Now we are
nothing but poor, weak creatures, and don’t
want a'ro‘w with a Christian paper; but if
worst comes to worst, we will perish honor-~
abl ,with. our face to the foe, before we
wi 1 do One cent’s worth of advertising—any
alpine than this article—for those blasted
vt ngs. ' .-_ ' - - '
Try Mead's Boneset Cough Candy.
' _ o-o-——- .
New Cnor Poa'ro RXCO' Moments, first of
the season, at Sellcck Bro’s'. 2t5
" o
Go to'Mead d7 00’s for your fine Confec-
tionery. ' .
the season,'.a‘t Selleck Bro’s. 2t5
. . .
. r.—————-
Ice Cream made to order at Mead’s.
the season, at Selleck'Bro's. 2t!
. 3_-—“——-:—.-4.o—.-—-—-—- '
, Bostdfin 1873 imported from Yokohama
015,000 tons of tea. ’ . _ ‘
'At-Rockland, Maine, the keel of a fifteen
hundred ton ship has just been laid. ,
The Auburn Theological Semingg is to
have a new building costing $100, .
Nearly seven-eighth: of the manufactures
of the country are based on patents.
FirstVisltor -_“ What fine eyes . little Vic-
tor has'l" Second ditto (fond of quoting)—.
“ Yes, he' has ‘anjeye like mars.’ ” Hostess
(young, rich, beautiful-and i norant)-“Do
you think so really? Now, have always
thought that he has hisfathcr’o eyes."
Farmers inwestcrn New York, who have
been ‘holding their bay for higher prices,
are: dumfound’ed at the fi cs receeding‘
from $204: ton in Decem or to $12 at
and economy of fodder have worked tho
miracle. ‘
i ' I > _ I . . . .
In respect. to beer drinking (and it sp-
plies equally well to all kinds of drinking).
thee,.0 use and independent voter! but
does not this stupid : pewter -,pot ‘opprcar
or go, but this absurd pot ofhasvy-wct can
and doesl. .Thou art the thrall not of:
Cedric, the. Saxon, but of-thyowu brutal
appetites, and this accursed dish of liquor.
And then pratcst of thy ‘liberty,’ thou en-
' tire blackhead l" -
' . —'————.—4...,—.-————— '
. .4013.”- -- ..
' The undersigned would respectfully re;
turn“ thanks to ’ ‘is friends. and ,ths citizens
moving his goods during the late fire. He
would also give notice that he can hereafter
be foundin the basement of the old Market .
Building, opposite Ely’s‘ block . as ' ready
and ixnxious as ever to mrnish all with the
current news and literature of the day:
.- ,.. » , _, SWORDS.
South Norwalk, Feb.,2d, 1874.
, g , . . . . . , . .
Physicians are Wonderstruck at-tho cures of ob-
stinate» Co, . violent Colds. diaculty of breath-
ingrand‘lnc pient‘consumption; daily accomplish-
ed b Hale’s Honey of; Horehourid and Tax.
Pi e's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
"“00! MEDICAL ~II8'I'ITIITE,
_ No.‘ .4 launch Street, looton. .
Whena t .. ,ia counterfeited. ltis a proof of, its,
excellence an" po ‘ularlty; The Peabody Medical
Institute-as some paint.. Founded in good forth ‘
many years ago. and 0 only establishment of the
kind in the country, its success and ever-increasin
mpularity finallycaused the name (Modical , Ins --
tel'to‘bc irated ’and adopted by slot of infamous
-quacks. empirics and . pretenders, who have been
endeavoring to cheat the public b sailing under a,
stolen flag. ‘The founder of the eabod Medical
Institute can in no way he held rcsponsib c for this
“misuse of the name of a re utable‘and well-known
curative establishment an legitimate medical in-
stitution. which has been fkom the start special]
devoted to the treatment of nervous derangemento
andafi'ections, from whatever causes proceeding.-
Durin its existence there have been issued from it
severa medicalpublications; nits rocentlyawork
on Diseases of the Nervous ystcm, which have
had almost [world-wide circulation and populari- ‘
th- .These publications sufficiently attest the high
’c aractero the institution under whose satrofiagc
these medical works have Men m . ' Mean-
time it is ' tifytng to know t several of the ,
impedent c rlltans, who have stolen its name to
cover their nefarious practices; are tting their
deserts in the penal institutions of t e Common-
wealth—Boston Herald. its
‘ The Houseman] ‘ Panacea
- . III .
. . ' _ Family Linn-out. '~ '
is the best remedy in_t.ho world for the following
complaints, viz. : Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach,
Pain in thoStomach Bowols, or Side, Rheumatism ,
in 511 its forms Bfllious Colic Neural is, Cholera,
Dysenter'y. Colds, Fresh W'onnds, . urns. flora
Throat, Spinal Complaints. rains and Bruises,
Chills and Fever. For Interns and External use. ‘
Its operation is not only to rcllevo tho patient, but
entirely removes the cause of the complaint. It
penetrates and pervades the whole system, restoring
ABABIAN- MILK-CURB.
, and all diseases oftho throat.
tin
Dr. 5.1). HOWE, Solo roprletor
momma and nsnmacrunxxs
will boot have their shipments to' their
destination is loin g _‘
sugftflfiitfir smmss ms.
#190 summarise... h'sve been
mainfetithgf numb . his? h. ‘1‘ “1:3.“ ten tach ltho‘nlt Emmet-(to of
e a rossc emocrat ushes ‘ - I. ‘3 . “I“ ' . m! "
lows upon receiving some of 0% these‘fsvo‘r‘hls us the" 8°” °’ grille": “‘1 swine" .""" .
thing'too bad. Tins _chromo‘business is hav- comma,-
hoW much they
son’s Pnnrsrauc Lozxnmxs.
full of remediesbethe
thus loose the next
selhn
Th, ouolnlo outer, Indigestion.
“mansmgsnd‘ don'tknow '
ooso-by.passihfinl3nnr.~flan_nt- .
sfhe paper-
take nonotice‘of an ;and -:
ofa ood flung;l \reare ,
gthem immensely, for ey orew t ev -' ‘
ody needs, and they will do what we pro . 2
E‘hoemost perfectalggreeable and effective care for
s .. . .
cen s. a box
on. ast "8 ’
form of In cation; and, the.ou 'cnrefor'
ILES, either: bleedln or otherwl'sye.
Trial
rice cents., mailed nee for
DR. nisoms rcnnaxn‘nansaar. .. ‘ "
a splendideure for concise. nonunnss. and- all .
xnnoa'l‘ and LUNG complaints.
unison a: 00.. Pro new“.
Temple. Mason, and by of
For sale by E. s. .
No. 1. Tremopt
l Druggists, ' . ‘
G
mars-sumo. '
‘1'
At South Norwalk Jan. ‘ at’ths residence of
J. H. Ferris. by Rev: Homer . Dunning, Mr. ilo, _
liam H. Raymond to Miss Mary S. Hoyt, all of N; ‘ "J
:InDenver Col. Ter..Jon. .byRsy.Mr M
may bcshee and do , but we would have ,3,
usurious.- lineman, to; animal .12, eras}: _
daughterotGeorgc. S. Adons,’allofiw :. ‘. ..
In Mount Vernon ‘N. Y., Jan. 24th. ,b v. John
Dickinson.Mr.Willlom H. Parrott an Ml'ss Nollie 'i
J. Hubbell. hothof Bridgcgprt. . ..
sternum nus-hum"
' II c ' 0 Bl '
Collins, both of Dlnbuyry. . i “
I I I I s
mum errant .' ' ‘ " " If
0f M. negd. 230113;“. Cam“ '1‘? ”mm 3'9 . 2
cars. -
rt and New Haven paper; please
cog.
. Brooklyn. N.:Y.. on the m u] Charlooift
Evcrslcy in the m year of his a t"
, go. Mr. E. was a .
vs 0 Norwalk, and a :brother-in-law of Eli'Br’ f‘ l
e“. m- . . , . ,. :i r
In Danbuliyaan. 89th. Samuel Stebblnsdn ’tlie "‘
. , . --
731‘: flag: ft. ”m - k" a;
-. po Jan. Herve KHai h aged’ ‘ .-
62 oars. Bic Hutchinson. y flygartl’u ~51
, nMonroe,Jan. Devianvvh tlock.oged_5i!ys.
' "lb...- fffi'hi“ liai'imfi' “$123.7”;
0 san - s. an. ‘- .'
Danmagodmyears. ’ gr. . .2.
NEW Cnor Pon'ro cho Moussns, first of parts ulas's
NEW Cnor Pon'ro RIco Montana, first of ,
s
thee f-r No son of Adam can bid thee come ~
I. Exchange tarball. llama:
r uire of- MELVILLE .
nnfl a. MEAD, on: Bank.
a
rooms.
‘nmuts; 8c. The that Will be taken out in board of . ‘
2£__<_th5oo adults woolly ' ‘
April
Blinds, Sowmg'
mediately. Apply toJAM FINNEY, Real Estate
Agent.“ .:5 . . ‘WM.-K.JAME
.000ng of Sciahtiiic‘ lanterns
PROF. n. G. nuns: ' ""
_a. _'
Will deliver a course of Scientific Looting“ :
and“;
the smxices of the Noroton R’tsasdinfi Boom t‘ Di-
an at W
rlen'.y The flmtlz’cturewillbcdenyered es ,3 .
Sat-my Evening, Feb. 14th, .
Shh)ect:—“’Bhumkoel-’s- Induction Coil and mu: -'
minated Tubes.” Illustrated h com leteandox- .
pausive apparatus.~ “Admission con 5; four‘tick-' 3
e foronodollor. . '; . .. . _.,.,
.. .. ., A“ I_. », , ’s.‘
. ~ - . - ». sou.
assessors? NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given to all rsons llabloto,
psytaxcs in the Borough of' orwalk, td’glvo'" ”
to the undersigned or to either of them, on or before ; .
of_ eb.. 1874, at Room No. 1, over the, ‘
vings am of allpropcrty liablosto‘be,
in said Borough. belonging to such persons reopoc .
tlvely on the 19th day 0 January, 1874, with - are " '
r gent wl‘ll hena‘gglgoglelrlfit A ragga V?-
. sno re
heAssessorsasafo . . ...'
Assessors of. thy, .
resold.
AUGUSTUS C. GOLDING,
EDWARD W ‘ STUART 3 Borough of
; Norwalk. .
. I l
I ' (JOHN KEENA'. ‘
”nostwann snow wanna.
i .
' serves ““35 m. m ._
'NiADJOUBNED trauma of s ‘ ~ —
A will at we tockholders,
, be of the Componysom. .
Tuesda l'ehrulry 10th on ‘.m.. to n 'd ' “1
£3“ oi'Joint committed of Igirectorspzndlietbc'zc‘l
lders appointed at Annual Moetin . , .
a. emf, .12., Sec'y. '
. Norwalkflanu-aryfithlfii. . . .;
lies Jersey Midland ll. ll. Bonds; '
’ FIRST MORTGAGE, '
J
‘ A
ing. Washington St.. South N orwalk, Cit. . 5
HOUSE To'nnlv'r. ‘
v' deal in 1 all‘
1.3%. su'fe‘iiedfi Bfifinhfsi‘i‘c‘i“ an? 5-“
fourteen wi modern improve-vs,"-
4L1
_. dinorence Bald incaoh .
, Inquire ofB. L. TILT N, 41 Main Street. ,1
H iAI’pus-tnients to Let.
. . . ‘ Pajamas ’ mm ' .
Thomas Carlyle says: “No man apprcsoes‘ . , “m“m‘or‘thm nutmeg,“
mondiloors. Boomsve‘ desirable,
a * cnfaLEsr
my Brick Block: ‘ Borough Water on first
rent model's» l1?
. LEONARD. ,
. “5 .
be.
:Novwalk', February Id, 1'14. ‘-
- 's'o LET.
3“
THE building formerly occupied b the Faixfield . ‘
colmtlfy National Bank. Passes on can be had .
I ’ : , . , . . "
Alsothe Brick Buiidln recent! usedb Hon .-
for the man turegtDoorz',‘ r1,
and Plamn' . Possession given
8....“
gene'rally‘for their‘kin‘d assistance in rc- 0
f _ ' .. . . . - 1~—~ ‘5 -
BUILDING LOTS 1’03 SALE; ‘
muons-u and Water Stree't,by " ”‘”~
cnannns T.LEONABD,.w .1:
suing“ ’ . us;
I—
;Norwhlk, February
. > X '
iilltli‘iinll Films on w ill.
letto terms. . .
. Ndé‘al‘ktdmtmmtg CHAS. T.I.prm.j.._
TH MACHINE AND TOOLS for math: -tI.'
Brick; Willbesold cheafi for cash, crying}...
' reasons c ’--=":«" ‘1;
she leaves as her
;denflier:emmoWIII-her lace and“ "
ended
resilience on -
be formally opened until
w on circularswvlilho sent ”out.
' :' nosing" ' ""
. . t
The undersigned trifling ammo: M“: h 1'
dolphin ‘ wishes to , he: any friends. for Mr Er
- kind no in ' ' g: ’
sane” nagc Wt pleasuro in: ' .7
tcthuu . ”that
fit
. A11 W .lV.'t-.v‘
h: ‘a' renormalit, sa‘l‘c hark.“ .
m Mhflzthe‘ busineos willifit .
the latter part of m. n
_to
auras.
may be left.
atvmv'nnnanmu
I: .r
‘ 21.:
’nit.’ a; is. innate-03v: ‘ ‘j ~
nu anuovnnrms OFFICE
acoloeuc
V
E, MAIN STREET. ‘
Moo noun a and 1' ov‘olook, p. no.
State at E. P. Wee'd’s DrugStore, whcroéizgllg.g '
~ fol errands-
.., dwindling-s
. made order, .
‘ Work alrdgoodihtlsfhctmn‘guaran ‘
flat and ' 700'
TONSOBIAL museum. 1 Gazette B ,
Shaving. Hair Dressing, Dyeing, Cutting, etc.,cx- .,
ecntedinthebostmannor._ . - “”1335.
by
b
N’ovombcr 17th. A. 1)., 1873. and accepted
‘d o
ggfiafid duly recorded in the records of
Navy, .1. 1)., um.
of are best kind. it extraordinarily 13w “’
iSVlIIcIIESg; cumin.
1‘61 Chambers: , New York,
rail.
To thermist- an ego?
n “ adorin‘ uslammnnuls'aééwl
finned“ is" '
«r
.,, . 1,.
HM:
, ‘w a. .
.3,
“1.3;“.
. o
1,. .
.. .,. .
m 1'. comb, mfg“? ’
. 5.: ~ .. .{
ld Ba ,
at all reasonable hours of the day or night?
w. O. Emu-as
A'"
' worsen.
health action to all its parts. and quickonln tho _. , , ., t, -. . . . N
blood! The Household r'on'oeoo to pin. 0 may 1‘. [ORGAN and Elizabeth L.” .. -
Iv "stable and All Ruling- Pn red by. -: gan. his wifc,and Edwin; Bennett,. - « a, - u.
CURTIS 5 now I .. York Ci .Eli B. Bennett, and John}.
. -- N°- 91‘ Fulton Sheena-w York. bothof- orwalk. FoirfleldCouuFYiCo - . ‘
For sale by alldruggists. - 1,91 persons, W.“ of the land or lake“ . . A _
. - ' or in the m‘atter'to which-tibia notice . ‘ fl . .
'riselnost'Wonderfullnoeowory onto Egg“; :gflfifiggfinggfig‘wmm ,to' .
1 9"‘¢"“"‘ Borough line through and over the lander & "1
”1'. s, D, nowgr. ”sailing. ,and near the homeow
' e 881
‘ s ., .
.fgaasl..g...~mm -' »
committee 0 s as v
areport of said committee to s d- C'ot'n'tand 'ap-
C urt, on the 18th day of Novembali: -
gorged Anaconda is hot mom Sillpid,dsele§s -- -' ' ‘ _ s nnrsroaoonuvoa OILS . . each of ou'archcrcb notified = ‘
and our on on being Eliiiil'filii‘ni’,":§.°¥i.‘3“3&.§i'iin““fl isle. : a"... mw‘mw‘hsnadws
proaclled for thus continuing out all night, he cdnsidcrcd, thowéver, that the English Consumpélom' 1.3:: oizgigfé'smtnfis: :::.::g:, ~mfim&Afio&Wh.otxo%' mm Judicial-I .
disarmcd :xll chidings by the stereotyped are notoriously a‘ drinking peo ‘le, prefer; {igflfuéicfl’ figuffltmguénfi, a, 3‘1”." '7 rd%mmwgw.$liffffifiammr
reply “1’s tryin to get religun, indeed I is, ring ll ‘0 gofifie' 1°; (tlnly mil *3 evening .' , DrngD’Jlowo’s " , _ ”Wynn“; gtmmolpgituodsngipfios org, ~
missus." Well, this morning she rushed in meal but or. rca I“. as we " _ .Arabiah Tonic BIOGd‘P—ifil’lfldr, “$110!!! “:31 grunge-3%)” sworn. 5m 3::
with face aglow afieyes sparkling with When a man is opposed to Christianity, 'ngfntmtfggrrgufihcrpreparationsinttrtmf krot-thepW§iionotfitfi$§fifigm$nadgfi 1,,
unwanted enthusiasm. “I’se cum round it is because Christianity 15 opposed t}! him. m strewizlylg'lnfllis andeLOOD. . _ tummy“? 1'12; 113:: cgtotsvgitgflggnmfi: “€3.32
ml” mornin,’ missus, ter tell you I,“ got '. . _ ,.' . — qufl, ' Itispurslywogstablcnnd cicsniostho system of i?,‘,‘,f,.1f_m_° d;mmuh.l‘ndn9$5lhfig '“vfllsi
”“3“” at last, Indeed I has, missus, PM All the members of the Kentucky lcgisla- B,‘,‘:"l‘,'f,§§,‘§," 1:22:23: 'éEI'th‘ililn‘iblft'h’ii'oiliil 1333:!” ”al.5153323, bffhznxlgsuoaffr' Us:
I can’t do "9 “Wk today. I bad light tors are paying theirfares on the railroads kinds. removes Constigtlon. s’nd. rung?“- th’o' up benefitlin me‘matterof elsyoutorms
' "Bowels. For'tecnersl bility. Lost taltty, figghmughofliomflhflmfl day of Feb-__
JOSEPH Wrnunnn‘lfil.
- ' meow s'nmc , . ;
pulsars in the matter to which this near;
I. '
. ._-__.-.q_._.,wf.__ ..
Norwalk Chronicler