.v HOLE NUMBER 1371.
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‘ FromlLippincoft’s Magazine.
HOW WE MET.
[Concluded from last wealth]
IV
We were sitting at breakfast the second
day after the advertisements, when Marga-
ret came in with the letters. One I felt
sure contained the carte: it I put into my
Another I
opened was a new series'of “ homes” offered
to me: indeed, there was a running fire of
pocket to examine when alone.
these offers for more than a week. If I had
been a monstrous regiment of women, we
could all have got billets. .I had a feeling
of guilt in having caused so many people so
much trouble for no end: not knowing
what I was doing, I had touched, as I
thought, an insignificant tap. and lo, a del-
ugei
Next I took up the newspaper, and glanc-
ed first at the enigmatieal notices. I said,
“ Ah l J. H. has got his anxiety relieved by
this time: at least I fancy this is in answer
to the ‘ J. H.’ of the day before yesterday."
“ What does it say 1'” she asked. :
“ It is short, but to the point: ‘ To J. II.:
M. B. is safe.’ ” i
“ Well,'that is satisfactory. I thought J.
H. deserved an answer, his appeal had such
a genuine ring.”
“I must say you have a discerning spirit.”
“ Ah, one does not descend from a witch
for nothing !" she said laughing. I
When we had finished our meal I retired
to examine my packet, and as I looked at
the outside and scanned the post-mark and
the feminine handwriting—rather feeble, but
very careful and somewhat elegant-yin
which it was addressed, I understood-to the“
full the sharp joy of the detective when he
thinks he has got a clue in his grasp. Well,
I opened it, and there without doubt was
the form and face of my guest. Enclosed
with it was a note: ‘
“ The Misses Douglas appreciatethe con-
fidence reposed in them by Miss Cowan,
.
and beg to reciprocate it by forwarding to ,
her the carte of their young friend. Should
Miss.Cowan find that she is correct in her
suspicions, would she be so good as to tele-
graph to the Misses Douglas at once ?
“ ArnELi-onu LoDen, Athelford,
December 29, 18—” i
I sat down to consider the matter. This
girl was no imposter, then: she was of con-
sequence to some persons, and she had run
away. Why had she run away 7 She had
thrown herself on my protection, she had
found the road to my heart, and I was not
inclined to give her up without inquiry.
Who were the Misses Douglas? In what
connection did they stand toher? -
The quickest and simplest plan would
have been to go with the note and. carte in
my hand and show them to Miss C. Decem-
ber; but I did not care for forcing the girl’s
secret, and I had :1 strong curiosity to hear
the Misses Douglas’s account of her before
I heard her account of them—to judge, in
short. whether they were the kind of people I
would like to throw her back upon. ‘
I got a railway time-table and saw that I
could reach Athclford by starting at 10.30—
it was now a little past nine—so I could
make my call and be back in the evening
quite early; and I resolved to do this. I
went to Christy: she was putting away the
breakfast things, and humming a tune to her
self in a low,happy tone, like the murmur
of bees on a summer morning, the outcome
of busy gladness.
“You know,” she said, “this is Margaret’s
washing-day, and I want to help her.”
“ Quite right,” I said: “ if you are to have
a comfortable home, you must make your-‘
self generally useful. I have to go froi
home on business which will take the whole
day. Can you be left alone? What will
you do with yourself?” ‘
“ I’ll enjoy myself. I’ll go to the kitchen
and help Margaret wash: I Should like it of
all things. May I ?”
“Oh certainly, although washing is not
an occupation I envy myself; but there’s no
accounting for” tastes.”
“ My taste is not vulgar; in ancient
Greece princesses used to wash.”
“ I am afraid they would spoil their
hands.” .
“ Ah, I’ll let my hands take their chance.
I’ll take off my ring though: I should not
like it spoiled. It was a present, and 1
value it very highly.” She pushed .her
sleeves above her elbows. “ I-should. like,”
she said, with great animation, “to know
how to do everything about a house and to
do it: you see, if I ever wanted to marry a.
man with very little money, it would homo
necessary. ” -' .. ~
“It would indeed," I said. “Well, I hope
you and Margaret will be good friends till
I come back.”
551 had no feeling but of exhileration as I
walked to the railway station. A strong in-
terest had come into my life: I had a stake
in the world once more. After the months
.. f unutterable dark, dreary, blank negation
which I had endured, it was as if I had got
life from the dead. It was I brilliant day of
clear frost and sunshine: the first snow had
never disappeared, and there - had been a
new fall in the~night,the dazzling-whiteness
and purity of which was like the robes of
those. who come out of great tribulation.
Every unsightly object was covered with
beauty as if for the passing of a king. As I
bowled along I had a stiring sense of some-
thing to do and of doing something; not
that I had not attempted always to keep
myself busy, but since I had had no one to
act for or to think or work for my diligence
had seemed to me like that of Domitian,
who busicd himself catching files.
I arrived at Athelford, and found my ~Way
to the outskirts of that small town, where
the Misses Douglas resided, and to Atlielford
Lodge, their house. From a brass plate on.
the gate, I found that it was an “ institution
for young ladies.” So Miss C. December
had run away from school, but why had
she not run home? I should hear that im-
mediately, likely. I was shown into a small
room, the chief object of which was a piano
--not the only one in the house, if I might
judge from the sounds I heard on all sides
of me. Shortly there came to me a lady,
pleasant, responsible, stiff. We bowed.
“ I came rather than telegraph,” I sail; and
I held out the cartc. _ .
“ Ah, about Miss Bird; then you were
right. Is she with you ?”
“ Yes.”
“ I am so thankful; she has given us a
world of anxiety. Icould not describe it.
I’ll call my sister.” She left the room for an
instant, and came back. "It was such a
shock to us—such a shock; nothing of the
kind ever happened in our establishment be-
fore. Oh, I am thankfulshe is safe !"
Another lady entered. “ My sister Eu-
phemia.” said the first—“ Miss Cowan. 0h,
Euphemia, Miss Bird is safe 1”
Miss Euphemia was more composed on
the occasion than Miss Isabel. She said, “I
was almost in despair when no telegram
came. You have her safe? How can we
thank you enough? We had seventeen ans-
wers IO 01]! advertisement.”
“ Is it possible?" Iinterruptcd; “ have
seventeen young ladies run away in one
,uy ?"
“ I hope not. I’ll explain.
at you house?”
“On Tuesday, the 24th of December, be-
tween four and five in the afternoon.”
But first, if
you’ll excu'se me, when did Miss Bird arrive
j
I relaxed my rule for once. I sent for her;
she had never beeriwith her friend at all.”
“Think of it !" exclaimed Miss Isabel—
“ think of our position l”
“ I felt," said Miss Euphimin, “that if evil
befcll her I never could look her father in
the face again.” . ,
“ I did not concern myself about’hcr fatho
er,” said Miss Isabel; probably we may
never have an opportunity of looking him
in the face. I thought of the child herself,
and of our postion; such a story would
have ruined our establishment—absolutely
ruined it just as we had surmbunted so
many difficulties.”
Al this moment a telegram came in. Miss
Euphemia hurriedly opened it, and read
aloud, “ From J. Hamilton to Miss Douglas.
Miss: M. B. is safe.” “That would have
been very precious,” she said, “ if we had
not known it already.” ‘
“_I; don’t understand,” said I, “ what made
her run away. Had she any object in
viewi ?"
“ Object ?” said Miss Isabel. “ To be sure
she had an object, poor foolish thing l”
“The truth is, Miss Cowan,” said Miss
Euphemia, “it was this Mr. Jeseph Hamil-
ton who sent this telegram that induced her
to go away; they have known each other
from: childhood.”
clainicd Miss Isabel. “ But however ridic-
ulous it may appear, they intended to be
married."
' “'Soit was,” said Miss Euphemia, “he
{came in on the Wednesday morning, just
as-w'e had found out that she had never been
Where she said she was goihg—oame in
looking as white as ashes, and told us he had
lost her: he'left her in the railway carriage
to bring her some refreshments, and when-
he came back she was gone—where, he had
not been able to discover, all he could do.”
“ She has managed,” I said, “ to answer
is advertisement without my knowledge.”
“ She has notbeen well bjought up,” said
both of the ladies together. “ Her mother
died when she was born, and an aunt spoil-
ed her, and she came to us perfectly undis-
ciplined, and she found our rules irksome,
although we tried to make things easy for
her; ‘but where there are more than forty
girls you must be strict or there will be in-
stant confusion.”
“The trouble the governesses have had
with her was very great,” said Miss Isabel ;
“ indeed, I have often been called in to aid
them. She would leave her boots lying in
all directions, just as she kicked them off.”
I felt verily guilty in this thing myself,
and Igsaid, “ But that was not so very had.
was it i” .
“ We could have moulded her in time,"
said Miss Euphemia. “ She was a nice girl
——s girl with a good nature, but wholly un-
trained. However, I think when she was so
far on the way with Mr. Hamilton courage
had failed her._ How grateful we are that '-
you took her in i”
At ‘this stage lunch was brought, and
while I ate I said, “ Well, what is to be
done? To whom shall I deliver her up, or
h
her folly. ' They must wait till they have an
income, and till they get her father’s appro-
val; but I do not know that it would be a
wise thing. to bring her back here after what
has occurred.” ' ’
" Where is her father 1’” I asks
he not'be consulted l" '
“ He’ is in the Arctic regions,” said Miss
Isabel.
“ The Arctic regions 1” I exclaimed.
“ He has been gone for three years, and it
s‘ expected the expedition may be home
within this year. He is the naturalist of the
party,” said Euphemia.
“ Men who go to the Arctic regions go
ith their lives in their hands,” I said.
“ And for no practical end,” said Miss Is-
abel severely. “ Supposing they ever reach
either the North or South Pole, who’s to be
the better for it ?”
“ My sister has no love of adventure, you
see,” said Miss Euphemia.
“ Adventure !” said Miss -Isabel—“ impi-
ous and suicidal curiosity would be a better
name for it.”
“ I confess,” said I, “ I should like to peep'
over the ice-wall into the polar basin; es-
pecially would I like to to see the charming
country at the South Pole, and what kind of
people live there. But surely Mr. Bird
would , make settlement or arrangement
about his daughter before he left.”
" Well, you see, her aunt was living, and
likely to live some time. So far as money
is concerned, she’ll have plenty when she is
of age. She is her aunt’s heir, and her fa-
ther’s should she survive him.; .Hc father’s
lawyers have her affairs in their'hands.”
“ Then,”vI said, “ they would be'the peo-
pie to refer to.”
1‘ AbOut money, but as to her place of res-
idence, thatmust be left to herself: if she
wishes to come back we shall be happy to
receive her, although my own impression is
she would be better elsewhere.” '
“ With me, do you think, if she cared to
remain f”
“ Certainly.”
“ Do you know nothing of me i” I asked.
“ Yes.
bered that one of our servants, who. has
been with us for years, had a cousin in your
' toWn, and I asked her if she knew your
name. - ‘ Perfectlv,’ she said; ‘ my censin is
a servant with them, and is a fixture, Isup-
pose.’ That gave as complete confidence;
indeed, your note was the only one we re-
plied to out of the seventeen. .There was
only one other I thought of answering, but
waited .till I heard from you.”
“It is curious how so many answered,”
I said._ ‘
“ Well, if you were more in the public
way you would not think itfcurious'; you
would come to know a good many things.
Your answer and another, as I have said, we
picked out as genuine and to the purpose.
Four others were about mysterious lodgers
d, “ could
s...
W
' over thirty years of age, and two of myster-
ious lodgers who were men, and the other
ten wereworthless—from persons who had
no end in view but to get a carte sent to
hem."
“ What possible purpose would that serve
them i" I asked.
“ No good purpose. Possibly to gratify
curiosity, or to sell, more likely.’.
“ Sell l” I said. “ Who would buy it, or
what would they get for it f”
“ A shilling or a sixpence, perhaps; or
they might get a. dozen or two coarse'ones
struck off from it, and sell them at a country
fair as the portrait of any one in the mouths
of the public ; if» there was a striking ship-
wreck, as the wife of the captain, or any
poisoning case, as one of the victims. You
have no idea what is done, and you can’t be
too cautious in dealing with the world.”
Not having had many dealings with the
world, I knew little of ‘either' its wickedness
or its shifts, and had no desire to know
more.
/
at least some of them, from the composition
her; and as her-case was slightly peculiar,
“ What are they but children yet i” ex- ‘
knowing nothing of you, but I did not bar-
it
me. You knew I was able to take care of
d
When we got your note I rem-em-‘ '
“ We judged them,” said Miss Isabel, “ or
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, APRIL 21,1874.
ROOMS TO LET!
OOMS in Isaac’s Block, Wall street, suitable
the Young Men‘s Society here recently ask-
ed the Hon. Mr. Blaze—the cabinet minis~
ter, you know—to lecture under their nus i-
ces, and the secretary of the society sho d
me his answer, in which he said that had it
been in his power he would have considered
it an "honor and a privilege'to lecture to such
a society as theirs—theirs being spelt (Acres;
so that you can hardly judge from spelling,
or even composition. The tone of a letter
is perhaps the safest thing to ‘draw inferen-
ces from. People may have respectable -in~
tellect and education, and be altogether
wanting in nobility of-nature.”
“ I think,” Isaid, "people who answer an
advertisement foi- the sake Cf getting a carte
must have little to do, and not only'want
nobility of nature, but natural gumption.”
V. .
I felt warmly to the Misses Douglass, very
warmly, and was sure that I had planted a
young friendship. We arranged that they
should visit me the following Saturday,wheu
we could go more fully into matters and
come to some decision.
left in the morning. The wintry day had
closed in, but on the deep dark gray of the
heavens, stars glittered :by millions—stars
that have struck delightand awe into every
thinking mind Since the creation. Delight
and a keen sense ,of enjoyment, the rebound
from the drenriness that had well-nigh dyer-
powered me, waswhat Ifelt'on this'night
rather than awe. 0n arriving at home, in-
stead of the blank, dull comfort of'a room
emptied of inhabitants, eyes were watching
my coming, and looked uncommonly bright
when I came.
“ How I have been worrying for you l”
said my guest. “ Do you know I helped
wash, and ,I cooked the dinner, and I’ve got
tea all ready, and we are just waiting for
you? What kind of day have you ’hadzt”
“ Delightful; it has been a complete‘suc-
The words were hardly out of her mouth
when the door-bell rang—a full, loud, im-
perative ring. She started and exclaimed:
“ That’s his ring 1 How has he found me
out ?” ' '
‘ I listened, and heard a voice so
garct. in quick tones, .“ Is there
lady staying here f”
“ There are two—” _
“ Just let me see therh, will you it” and, as
Margaret told afterward, Mr. Hamilton
pushed past her before "she had-time to prev" ,
vent him, and walked straight intolheinids
die of the dining-room. His eye seized Miss
C. December instatly.
“ I knew it,” he said.
to say for yourself i” .
She. had sunk back in her chair with her
hands over her face. I had a good guess‘of
who'bur visitor was, but Iturned to her and
said, “Will you explain? I took you in,
to Mar-
young
“ What have you'
gain for having my house filled with your
friends and acquaintances, 'or whoeverthey' .
may be; it is unreasonable. Besides, five
shillings a week afi'dr'd no extras.”
Said the youth,“ We shall go immediate.
ney.”
"‘ Madge," he said, going up to her, “ how
ould you grieve me so i"
She opened her hands and showed her -
l"
C
“Jo," she said, starting up, " you could
of think anything dismal had happened to
myself.” ‘
“ There was nothing dismal or horrible I
id not think of. I rushed backward and for-
ward on the railway all night; I searched
waiting-rooms and knocked up sleeping ho-
tels; then earlyrthe next day Iharked bapk
to Athelford Lodge, and: they were in ‘a fine
pickle the're. instead of getting any com-
fort, they made me feel as if I ought to be
hanged.”
“ But you knew you 'could not be hung-
ed.”
“ Madge, have you no sense of your wick-
dness l” _
_ “ No, not a bit. I began to think we were
acting very foolishly; I hardly hoped to con-
vince youof that, andthe only thing I could
do was to disappear, and I did it." '
“ You certainly didjt.”
re
(I
re. Oh, the moment I saw' your answer to
my advertisement I hurried to the newspa-
of it; they let me see it.
writing, and the‘post-mark was on the en-
velope. I came here today. ' I have been
at all the doors on the other side of the
street, and am here on my way up this side."
“ The people must think you mad,” she
said laughing.
“ You are enough to put any one mad.”
in it as would have floated a'three-volumc
novel: I said to her, “Miss What-evenyour-
name-is, I think if you’ll give us our. tea, we
shall be all the better for it.”
We began to know each other. .
“ What did she say for herself, Missflow-
an, when she came 2” asked'Jo.
“ She said I had'plenty'of room here, and
she would stay if 'I liked.”
“ Well, I can’t be too grateful toyou, I am
sure. What is to be the next move. Madge l"
“ I am not going to move soon. Miss
Cowan and I have arranged all that.”
“ Oh, indeed! 'What will ‘Miss Douglas
)9 .
3I’ll tell you what she says,” I
‘saw her to-day."
“ That was your business 1” Madge ex-
claimed. “ How did you find out about
them i”
“ Oh, I answered their advertisement just
as you did Mr. HamiltOn’s. By the by, how
did you manage to get your missive to the
>post~ofilce without the knowledge of either
me or my prime minister?"
“ I gave the girl that brings the milk a
sixpence to postzit.”
“ You must allow she is not ‘without a
genius for management,” I said to Mr. Ham-
ilton. “ Well, Miss Douglas says you must
choose yourself. If you return shelll be
to see you, but she thinks in the cir
stances it may be as well you did not.”
“ I like the Misses Douglas well enough,"
she said, “ but I hate a school. I hate it i”
“The Misses Douglas are" to.be here on
Saturday, when you can confess your folly
and ask forgiveness.”
I tell the room,being mindful to let them
have their talk out by themselves. I declare
I felt as interested in them as if I had
known them all thir lives. Mr. Hamilton
stayed with us till next day, and I took an
opportunity of having a wise word with
him, and'advisedtthat in the meantime they
should give upgtheir matrimonial project, at
least till Iii-.Blrd returned, 5
“ He may never, return,” said Jo.
said; “ I
I returned in as good-writs as I had ?
her way into my house in the gloaming.
ins if he ha
from that moment I felt quite as if he had.
'He could make himself at home anywhere,
and when Jo Hamilton arrived to-dinner
and we sat down together, it seemed as if
. we 'had all grown intimate at once and with-
out effort.
.t
information were,.or appeared to be,with-
out end. In the course of'the eveni
s
telling me, Jo, that
. ting married."
.out all day, you will be a
I could help you quite we
”I
diminutive everything looks, and how sub-
as
“‘4
much else yet.”
and Jo came to escort me for the week’s
v
a
quiet way.
“ That is the day she left. She had asked
to visit an acquaintance, and said if it
snowed much she might stoyall night. My
custom, my invariable custom, is to send a
servant with and for the young ladies when
hey go out, but 1 had perfect confidence in
and spelling. Nor, however, that'these are
always infallible guides. ‘I remember on
one occasion getting a letter from Mrs Hav-
eron, the distinguished authbress, and she
spelt receive, mien- -I can quite recall-my
feelings of astonishment even now. .And'
' “ That is possible, thou h I would not sug
gest such a sad thing to , edge.”
“ Do you think I would i”
The Misses Douglas paid their visit, and I
had Mr. Hamilton to meet them, and the re-
sult of ‘our. united wisdom was that Madge
was to remain with me. I asked Jo to come
to us every Saturday to stay till Monday,
which he did; it was a wonderfully bar y
time of their lives and of mine—it was the
an idyll. Madge went on with her educa-
tion with my help, and I lived my own girl-
hood over again, the second edition being
an improved one. We grew very close to
me. I knew that at whatever time she
might become his wife, Ishould still be ad-
mitted to share her joys and sorrows, and
his too, for I felt—to use an expressive
Scotch word—that she was thirled to me.
VI.
Mr Bird did not come back so soon as was
expected, for, instead of coming home with
the expedition, he left it on its return, and
joined an exploring party in America; but
he wrote to his daughter as he had opportuo
nity, and she wrote regularly to him. Both
sets of letters were as open to me as to her;
his were the'lctters of a man with strong
home feelings, possessed by a wander-craze
and the enthusiasm of a naturalist. In the
letter announcing at last his return, he said,
“ If I were once more at h e I’d settle for
good and all. In watchi the flora and
fauna of other countries I have missed the
happiness of watching the development of
my own particular flower, but we shall have
e to make up for that,.I hope. Are you
t handed and quick at the ‘nptak,’ as my
mother sued to say? because I have abouts
shipload of specimens, which to arrange and
classify and write about will take both of us
some years to come. Tell Miss Cowan I
owe hera deep debt of'gratitude, and I am
also grateful to Jo Hamilton for showin
you attention. I’lltelegraphwhen I tone
the shore, so that I may not’give you an un-
due surprise. Shall we know each other, I
wonder?- I study your carte a good while
everv day.”
“ What will your fat er say, Madge,” I
asked, “ when he knows ow very attentive
Jo has been to you i”
" I don't know. I think he’ll be pleased.”
“ That you are to be stolen from him im-
mediately l”
.i At last the telegram did come; Mr. Bird
was to arrive on the 24th or December, the
very day that four years ago she had made
I made business out of doors that day, as
I wished the father and daughter to meet
for the first time'alone When I returned
“99 from beginning ‘0 8116-" Madge came and seize me". "‘ Come,” she
“,Like mine.” said, .‘ I want to show you papa.”
“How do on do, Miss Cowan t" he cried.
3’
known me from infancy, and
Mr. Bird had been accustomed
0 all kinds of society, and. his stories and
n he
aid, quite abruptly, “ Madge has heeu
you and she intend get-
“ Yes,” said J 0..
“Well, it’s a disa pointment to me; but
I am glad of it, and hardly deserve to have
her.”
“ Papa l”
“It’s true. I might have staid at home
and looked after you, and then perhaps I
would have had on to wait on Inc.”
“ But I can wait on you both. In will be
fiend deal in, and
“ All true, but I know. a man likes to have
his wife to himself, and he is right; besides,
Jo must live in the town and I must‘live in
the countr . Even the country here has a
tiflin
g e set after the polar seas and the
ocky mountains.
You have no idea how
tied and civilised.” ,
“ If you were not very far away we could
‘rain. » “ We think,” she wrote, “that he’ll
live with us in winter, and we shall live
with him in summer.”
I-missed her amazingly, but. at this time I
“ We shall be six weeks or more in Lon-
on. Oh, Miss Cowan, I wish you were go-
0 ask you.” .
“ Certainly I’ll come,” I said.
“And I'll write to you all about London,
and you’ll write to me, and we’ll meet at
papa’s as soon as we return. How good
on were to me four ears ago! and what a
olishlittle bell)" was l—not that I am
And away she went.
In six weeks they were home, and Madge
0
isit I had promised. I thought I would do
It I could do in the way 'of' helping Madge
with advice in that time, and as her father
was so soon to lose her, he ought to have
her to himself as much as as possible.
E
amonghis treasures, be was nothin of i re-
Pleasant as he was at first, Mr. Bird im-
roved on furtheracquaintance. Although
e spent a good while every day at work
so or absent-minded student. is pow-
. of observation were such that I think
" Yes, I (M I" '3‘“, how. did y ou find me nothing escaped him, but you felt that he
out? I thought 5'0“ could 00‘ find me out.,’ took human feeling into account, and did
not watch his fellow-creatures as if they
were merely specimens; and there was not
. a particle of venom in his nature: he was
per office and begged ‘0 “9 the manuscript not simple, but he had all the simplicity of
It was in your a good man.
I was sorry to leave—very sorry. Madge
pressed me to stay, but Mr. Bird did not: he
merely said he hoped I would come back
soon; and Imust say I went to my house,
once more emptied of its inhabitants, with
a kind of heart-sickness. I had left a circle
which seemed perfect,'and I could not help
I feeling of shut-outism; but the knowledge
. . _ of their happiness gave me happiness—the
Here was a romance to file possession of kind of happpiness one can live on in a
' my staid quiet abode i It had as much “ go”
I was surprised when a few days after,
Mr. Bird came in just as I was sittin down
to my early dinner. I was very gla to see
him, and said, “ Where is Madge ? Why is
she not with you i”
- “ She did not know 1 was coming.”
“ I wish you had brought her."
“I might, but I wanted to speak to you.
I have always felt-[that I have never thank-
ed you enough for your kindness to her.”
" I am infinitely more indebted to her
than ever she has been to me. . If she had
not walked in that afternoon, I think I must
have sunk into a state of imbecility: she
saved me from that.” . ’
“Nonsense!” he said;
very like it.” -
“ Not now, but then I did. I ad been
sorelv bereaved; but I don’t k ow that I
could make you understand the kind of
state I was in.”
“I have been sorely here
time.”
“' Yes,” I said in a low voice—I felt that
without thinking I had probed an old
wound—“ yes, but I was miserably weak."
“ How many of us are stron i" ,
We were silent for a time. argaret had
taken the dinner things away, and we were
standing by the fire, when he suddenly said,
“Do I look' very old it" I looked at him.
“ Grizzled and weatherbeaten, you think i”
“ Well, no,” I said, “ not very.”
“ 1.139 you think any woman would marry
me '
“ Yes,” I said, “ I think it very possible.”
“ Would you marry me 1” he said.
I shall say no more about it. A love-
match at forty or fifty is considered fair
game to laugh at, as if love could ever be
out of season. 3 that as it may, Madge
and J 0 were not happier than we, and I say
it, let them laugh that like. The happiness
of youth seems a thing of course, a birth-
right, nnd like the sleep of youth it is deep
and unconscious; but in after life we are
conscious of every atom of it. It is not a:
thing of course; it is a great nugget hit up-
on afler years of barren toil; it is a li ht
bursting from thick darkness; it is a wet of
water in a weary land; it is rest, so far as
an thing in this world is rest.
But to descend. I wondered how Madge
and Jo would take this overturn of affairs:
it Was possible they might not by any means
like it. I wronged them, and I all ashamed
of my mistake even now. Next day Madge
came alone: she flung her arms around my
neck' and said, " Miss Cowan,'this was the
one only thing wanting to make Jo and me
perfectly happy.” There was not a base
fibre in her nature.
I have a son and daughter of my own.
Perhaps I shall hardly be believed when 1
say that I do not know if they are dearer to
me than Madge. .
The Autism-q " Blindpi'ts" and “ Qumran.”
‘1 you don’t look
aved too in my
‘0
each other, nor was I jealous of Jo or he of ~
- Rooms Nos. 8 and 9, Seely‘s HelluM‘atn Stre
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Broadway. *
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t eman. .
the'oaice, and use his best endeavors to give satis-
faction.
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Organist of the First Congre D'sl Church,
no: was our ’01- nsw soak. ‘ V or ofm
rlbno-Forse, 0mm and insieal
‘ Composition. .
Box. 379 P. 0. NORWALR', CONN.
In New York, care of William A. Pond £00., 896
Dis. J. monsoon; ,
Has: REMOVED HIS OFFICE
to his
RESIDENCE, MIN'STREET.
one". noun 2 and 7 o’clock, p. In.
Slate at E. P. Wecd’s Drug Store. where calls
2m'-5
W R. OAKES. M. D.. r .
o PHYSICIAN k SURGEON,
Ofiieeover Alfred Rnapp’sstore. Washington St.,
oath Norwalk, Conn.
a. m. to 9 p . m.
194
ROOMS at the old stand, and will he hep y
to see his friends at any time. He has secured t e b
assistance of DB. 11. B. OBER. who comes to him
recommended both as a Dentist and a gen-
i ,
Dr. 0. will be in constant attendance at
.—
HAS. W. MANY,
Office over Andrew. SelleCk’s Bookstore.
afi- innit.“ Sih'rfiiimeTx'w
a B C II I '1' E C T,
70 BROADWAY, NEW 7312K. .
Residence, Stamford, Ct...
Special attention paid to country residences 2-]:
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Morton, and Pork,
tfairllvingprices. Union (formerly1 iglodel) Mai
No. IOMAIN STREET,
is the place to get your ROASTS and CUTS of
BEEF, lEAl, LAMBJ Allll PORK.
The stock is bought and butchered by us, so that
we know whereof we speak. All orders promptly
attended to.
ADAMS A: WIXON.
CHARLES s. LOCKWOOI). '
Fashionable Draper a: Tailor
AND
GENTS’ FURNISH INC airport toil.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Norwallc Brahma-net.
Bl: s'nbscriberhavln ho ' ht out the oldBrldge
Fish Market, of B ns Agallll. , tntendskeeping
constantly on hand all kinds of . .
Prensa rsmaormgp'innfim,
and sllvariettcs ofehoic‘e I 'If.; ' ' ’ I . [Allis
in their-season. CHARL'ES “LEOEICWOOD,
I" Spring Chickens Dressed to order. .
Norwsikmpriiisth. Vista.
Dwa‘nn r. wean,
D n U G G I s 'r ,
Wall Street, opposite Nos-walk Opera House
A large and wellselected stockof »
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds, Mineral
Waters. Toilet and Medicated See it, Flavoring and
Handkerchief Extracts, Hair rushes, ombl,
Sponges. Chamois Skins. Stationery Cigars, ac.
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new an
popular medicines of the day.
Be So BIAASCEB,
At his Storein MALLORY'S BLOCK.hasconstant-
ly on hand a general assortment of
G- B. O O E II. I El 8 ,
CBCCKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, 110.. ETC
1! y devoting his constant personal attention to the
businesshe hopes to merit public patronage.
TNA INSURANCE 00., 0F HARTFORD,
Incorporated 1819. CharterPerpetnal.
CaplsnlandAssoss, $5,052,880.10
lusures a ainstloassnd damage by Fire. outerms
adopted to t e hazard, and consistent with the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERRILL. ‘
Sole Azentsfor Norwalk and vicinity»
Non'thLKi asunaucncom’anr
NOR WA LK, CONN.
Cools Capital :- - - - - - ~$500,000
PoldupCaplsal, . - - - — 0100.000
Wit. 0. Sunset, President, GEO. R. Cowms, See’y.
ERIN HILL, Treasurer.
NOW FOR Yllllli WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover an Son,
Are ready topnt in your WATER,STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
an one. WROUGBT .li CAST lRON.TlN-LINE D.
L ADPIPES acuof ever stzeanddescri tion.
PLUMOING In a It" Bruno on.
WILLIAM CLOVER & 0N,
River Stres. Norwalk.
J 01m A. Honneclcer,
B A K E R ,
FOOT on MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls, Pies. Cakes, Crullcrs, do, baked
flesh every day. Everything made out of good
' atatcrial. and by careful and competent workmen.
. ry our V
98
Perweek,forcoutinuance, . . ...... .u~ .
One square, six months. -------- 7,00
“, “ oncycnr—withpaper, - . - . 15,“
TWO u u u u u _ . _ _ . ”.0.
Th'eeu so u u .u _,, . - . 30...
OnequarteIColninn,oneyear, - - . - . moo
Onebalf “ -“ “ . - t - - - 80.00
FullColumn.ono year, - - - .. . - 159.0.
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REAL ESTATE.
Ill LET.
goodtenarit. Apply to
OFFICES TO BENT.
HE front Olilces in Lockwood’s Building.
' Aggiylto
F. ST. N LOCKWOOD.
TO LET.
IIE subscriber offers to rent his desirably loca~
ted Blacksmith Shop on Main Street. Nor-
walk. Also, his residence at oinin . Will be rented
4 Rooms, will be rented cheap to n
ROBERT ELLS.
separately orto other as esire . A l on the
premises. ’ 5% ' 'WM.A¥I,L N.
TO BENT.
ART of a Store on Main Street. Enquire of
1’. II. DWYER under Connecticut Hotel. 1-!
A
Mr. Hart
HOUSE TO LET.
TWO-STORY frame House; 9 rooms; rent
$75 er year; situated on Prospect Hill near
enton’s. Apfily to
JAMES W. ATT Administrator,
. at llorse R. It. Depot.
TI
having been put in
Rent. Apply at this
' To BENT.
IE lower part of the house fronting on Union
c act order, is offered to
thee.
TO BEN T.
A good, 'nice place, in the Borough,
Apply at the GAZETTE
T
and now occupied by James Cousins, is offered to THE SLOWSHILLING "
Let. tfApply to
TO LET.
HE pleasantly located and ever desirable resi-
dence formerly owned by r. 15.1). Stunts,
G. G. BISHOP.
TO LET..
varieties ssiex sunrise n
CENTLY used by Henry Chasmar for the
manufacture of Doors. Sash, Blinds, Sawmg
and Planirnif. Possession given immediately. Ap-
ly to JA ES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent, or to
. WM. K. AMES.
88 per month. Enquire at this Ofilce.
ARN 'ro RENT,—A new Barn with good sni-
bllng for several horses, near the bridge. Erica
P
pointed b
tend late y occupied by David Ste henson de-
f Norwalk. For particiilars on rare
FOR SALE.
URSVUAN T to a decree of the Superior Court.
the undersigned committee therennto ap-
snidCourt offers for sale the home-
“, situated on West Avenue in t ? Borough
o
l. SMITH
VM. RA DE
I let to a good arty
Norwalk, ,eb. 2d, 1974.
BRICK YARD Fllll SALE llll Tl] LET. ,,
H MACHINES AN D_ TOOLS for making
Brick; will be sold cheap for cash, or will be
on reasonable terms.
CHAS. T. LEONARD
Also, placeon
Consultation gratis from bat-hand fruittrees, suitable for two families.
Two Building Lots on Spring Hill; two Building
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
HE BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE known as the
Earle Place or. West Avenue.
Van Zandt Avenue; large lot with
, Lots on St. John Farm ' one Building Lot adjoining
“Eidenfigff 1;”sz ' hi“? ' lL t t
DENTAL CARD. _ no . on. an an venue; severa o s a
. All
I. ASA HILL continues his DENTAL 335dvule. the above property sold on easy
Also one Work Horse and Peddling Wagon for
uteher’s use. For full particulars appilito
, G. o. ELER.
alk, cuminnnding a s lendid .view of the town
and Long Island Soun .
rooms With
won SALE. ‘9‘
HE beautiful house anWCCently occupied by
C. E. Doty, on Elmw Avenue, South N or-
The house has twelve
s, furnace and marble mautels. Size
IN DARIEN, a few minutes walk from the do}:
sieries, 32x40, with extension 12x30
e e
‘ *wnew bani evin- accommodationsfor the 2 horses
carriages, «be. The lot contains an acre, and is well
shall I kec her it” ' ' - -
“ She mifst choose for herself” said Miss ly. I,“ give you any “new taking .out Evy; $31,301., and Jo could go to town I) E N T I S T9 01‘ lotmlfigei- S‘meerl'iei».GltaP°5 “91’9“
Euphemiu ' his purse, " for your kindness to her, and if ‘ u e1], that might do." . “ NORWALK. 001“- :rgieks (I)? die: EEC 15:53.? hfiiila‘i‘géi‘d'ifiit‘fifi
. “ No, Euphelnia,” said Isabel, “ I think :12?!“ gave: do anyagllilg :0, yqu' la ":3, know. fosgfiystsv‘vipllf angge},‘::: 3:12: lgto’rzuatlgz?:’ Ofilcebn Main Street,:gposlteConneetlcut Hostoel ggggsgfifl’fiiggufifle’gifiei‘ifhfl‘fi“ 31-113: 322;:
on are wron . No doubt her choice would g go your in "‘05' '1 y o“ ’ ' ' Teeth filled and “in“ - chase money can remain on 0nd and mortgage.
y g . . “ StOp sto " 1 said “not so fast Mad e b‘" madg" mm m me-every dgfi" told me ARTIFICIAL TEETH insurer) at Low RATES If not sold by Marletwill be rented to u soon ten-
be to marry that lad Hamilton,and land her— , t 9' t _ ' g her marriage was to be in June, t atJo had . an . Enquire or H. H. ELWELL, or CHARLES
self in misery.” as you call her, has been washing and cook- got tr delightful house in Eastwick, and that R THEO E. SWIFT E. DOTY. South Norwalk, Conn. Stf
“I don’t think so. I think she has seen “’3 a“ ‘1”: “d ’5 “army “'9'" m" ' 30“" 3331,1391“;agggrg'ggggsmggegygg D ' ‘ ' . FOR SALE. " _
' D E N T t S T , ot.
a good house pleasantlysituated, two and all
.; containing
veu rooms; a well of good water in the house ;
April, if desired. For terms enquire of JAMES S.
LNO
lnutes’ walk of the Horse Railway, and Danbnry
Norwalk Railroad Depot. Also the same dis-
ng with P5 l JIth delightful it would be! MPORIUM. tanclel b1:011? oghae pevaelilra: Ieh‘iirchlfisi ngd achools. The
and papa s new ouse is to be all furnished 1 sow-g NORWALK' calm, nets 1' s _ a 0V0 e ewe - 0
House is ingood to air the rooms lar e, commo-
uldfl'eady for “3 when We conic back. . dious and pleasant? O’n the premises gisawell of
You 11 come there, will you I You ll come * excellent water, also a fine, rden and plenty of
there when we come back? Papa told me GAGE ‘NSLEE' shade and fruit trees. Possession given the first of
N, on the premises, or of EDGAR.
IN WINNIPAUK. Part of a House,
Park, torn'terly occu led by George Colvcr, ‘
Dressdtlnking
for Offices. Milliner
AHILL.
Rooms. the. Apply to
T0 RENT.
TO a respectable family, part ofa house, consist-
ing of 11 a nrtments, pleasantly Situated,
with a rden an hennery attached. Immediate
possession given. Enquire at this Otllce or of
ALLAN BETTS.
Norwnlk, April ilth, 187i.
Desirable Form for Sale.
NE of the most desirable farms in Norwalk, is
now offered for sale, consisting of about 90
acres. mostly meadow and plow lands, situatednt
Sclr Hill, so called, about three-fourths of a mile
northeasterly them the Winni ank Station, being
the farm of the late David t. John, deceased.
For terms 'ii’X'ih to
CY ST. JOHN or
WILLIAM C. STREET,
Norwnlk, April 13th,'1874.
' FOR SALE.
ONE of the most desirable places in the Borough ,
located on Franklin Avenue, ‘frontin ,Union
Park. is offered for sale at a low rate.
can remain on mort For particulars apply to
no half
g? e.
3mll . GEO. F. Q ARD, on the premises.
and
y AS
} Exceutors.
3tl5
small Piace’roi- Sale.
HE HOUSE AND LOT situated just west of the
Wide River Bridgts, on the south side of the
road,nearl op osite the esidenceof James Panton,
Esq., is o ere for sale. The house contains six
room‘s with cellar, the" and is altered 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 s
pleasantlyjocnted on Fair Street,_oppositc Boots and ShoeS.
the head of Main Street, will be rented at a
low rate to a good family. Possession W
when desired. '
OFFICE.
E,theunderslgned, havingformed a co-pars
nership and purchased the Boots and Shoe
Storeof 6.0. Keeler,wouldmostrespectfullyinvlte
his oldcnstomers,also. our oldfrlends and patrons
audtlie pnblictn general,to give us acall and we
wtllcouvineethein that by
Honorable Dealing dz Small Profits
t at we are bound to give
which makes quick sales,
satisfaction and defy competition. Our motto is
"THE NIMBLE SIXPENCE IS BETTER THAN
ICLE All IIPPEI lEAIIIEI, EIIIIIIS, EC"
Wholesaleand Retail. Particular attention paid to
CUSTOM WORK,
n allits branches, also REPAIRING done with neat-
ess and dispatch. SMI Tl! dc HANFOBD.
CnanLus Slum. J osiirn P. Hanson.
w. C. QUIN'I'ARD a: Co.,
- Wholesale and Retail Dealersln
ardware. Paints, flils, Glass, '
. House Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds-of
Mechanics’ Tools,
AND
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
LOCKS, KNOBS, NAILS, AND BUILDER I
HARDWARE, POCKET LAND TABLE CUTLERY
of thehest kind. Rememberthe place,
No. 8 Opera House Block,
SO UT]! NORWA LK, CONN .
Dunn KNAI’P
g
i
. mountain,
JACKSON BROS.,
..
KEEPCONS’I‘ANTLY 0N HANDA FULL
STOCK on
ofcvery description.
Repatring,ln all its Branches
' Done inthe bestmenuer.
—ALSO -
lg’tslorSmith’s Americanflrgans,
- To which we wouldlnvitetheattentlonofthe
musical public.
face partly. I had thought that perhaps she gailsmlgcggghaég3033;333:1134?119:; M i {and f E t t. on 0 ho rs stocked iii-itlinlil'irsuig1 aliiidmsgifioo'l‘nrteheg. Apply to
' - . - , o‘ . . ' 1' ac ll) 0 C u - - . , I‘CIIIISCS.
wascrying, but she was laughing, and said, down and all but helpless. y 9 32,3, ,,?§_L, ° x r s 10y Or Melville E. Mead,‘Norwalk and Dgricn, 01' G. _
“ Grief improves some characters.” Then she rushed in one day to bid me Spammg’smmm' 2m12 FIR E l "
«on, Madge,” he said passionately, ‘.‘I 5mm? befogeshe wepttghLomion Wig! DR-SCRANTON» FOR SALE on To BENT. FIRE ,
ho that is not the was ours is to be im- lira.“ 91' W 0 W85 $01113 ere‘ 0 see 9 HE lace b l’n 'n t th estate of Zalm n *
”fife, .. y ’7 precious efl‘ects on the: way to im new res- D I: N T .l s '1'. T 1...}; Saiatfadif. 3...?1.....m.,€.....é’y, FIRE t
. ldcnce. Extractingteeth and inserting artificial dentures a zlfflfigg 1:? Sig-fights: lggtfhlxigggg’. iosnwithfifri'llveé The most protection 10,. thelcnst amount of money.
OLIVER E. WILSON,
Successor to George W. Raymond, and C. .b C. F.
Adams, tor the
Agricultural Fire Insurance to,
of Watcrtown, New York, a cut for Dnricn, Kor-
ti
LYON. _ . . . .
,. walk \Vestport Laston and Veston solicits insu-
orwalk, March ”in: 1874- ‘ rancté of all kibnlds in the beat com unites out} on tfie
mos rensona e terms. enera .1 great or t e
FOR SALE. CONTINENTAL LIFE and TRAVELLERS AC-
HE line residence of the late Elbridgc Brown, CIDENT INSURANCE 00’s., of Hartford, Conn.,
on Chapel Street, first house from West Ave.,
is offered for sale on reasonable terms. House con-
tains fourteen rooms, pleasantly situated, conven-
ient to either Village, and withi
walk of the Horse Railroad. Hot and cold water
if one minute’s
GEORGE 3' MITCHELL, and gas throughout; heated by a furnace. Lot
80:?» feet; good trait and shade. Terms easy.
. . Amie "Er 901ml" Polstsessliou first of April:I if flfsirfilh: (12.1.3-a inflam-
icu ars en uire ot - ‘
U N I O N I A R K E T’ pa tt2 q Real Estate Brokér.
BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE.
N Leonard and Water Street, by
CHARLES '1‘. LEONARD.
Norwalk, February 2d, 187-1. tr5
II
a .
t
For Sale.
AT WESTPORT STATION.
GOOD convenient house. with Garden, Barn.
and other outhouscs attached, and a well of
ever-failing water, an abundance of good fruit,
Also, can have with the same. if desired, '
G
from one to eight acres of land. Is Within three
minutes walk of the Railroad Dc 0t, and situated
directly upon Westport harbor. ‘
ion 0! the purchase money required down ; the
rest.- cnn remain on bout! or mortgage. For further
particulars enquire of
nly a small por-
MAR‘I‘IN GRACE.
Norwalk, March 3d, 1874. (M
A
ML, on first floor, three rooms and two closets on
second floor; dining room wainscoted with binck
walnut and cedar, kitchen wainscoted with pine;
gas pipes throughout the house; water ipes, dad;
situated on Fair Street, about halfn mi 0 train the
Bridge. If not sold before April lst.it Will be rented
for 8250. If sold the price W1". be $3,200; some part
of which can remain on mortgage. Ap 1y to
7
' FOR SALE OR TO BENT.
NEW HOUSE,well finished ; 4 rooms and large
' and convenient pantry and two closets, sinks,
JAMES .ELLS. I
T
from Darien De at, three miles from South N or- .
walk, and two ml es from New Canaan, consisting
of a manufsetory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with
about 12 feet head and fall of water, with three acres
of land; now need as a Saw Mill but suitable for a
mannfactory ofan kind. Terms easy andpricelow.
Enquire of JAM S FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk, or of the subscriber, .
M111 Property
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber ofl'ers for Sale his Mill Property
situated in West Norwalk. about; two miles
CHAUNCEY STREET.
WestNorwalk, Sept. 2531869. tf39
!
Jamie's MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
-—AND—
AUCTIONEER,
Ofllce,2l[ltclaoll’n Block, \Vall Street,
NORWA’LK, CONN.
City Residences, Farms and
Country Seats
Bought,Sold,Rentedand Exchangedfi
Real Estate,Stuclls, Furniture, 8.0
stpublicand private sale. A action Sales of
HOUSES, LOTS, FA RMS,
.i so PERSONA 1. momma r.
Sales of Furniture at Owners’
Residences.
Houses to Rent
Furnished and Unfurnished
Places for sale varying in price from $5,000
in $50,006
A larders left atthe Union Market,\litchell's
Block,Nor\salk,Ct., willreceive promptattentiou
JAMES MITCHELL .
op osite the Post office
, in the oilic‘c of A. D. Brush.
anuary Ist, 1871. ,
CEMENT HORSE BLOCKS.
LL SIZES AND STYLES. Just as durable and
at less than one-third of the cost of stone
blocks. Manufactured and for sale by
CHARLES T. LEONARD a SON,
Water Street. Norwalk.
C. H. KENDALL, M. ll...
1') E N '1‘ I S 'I' -
Ollice East Side DepotSqnarc,WashingtonStreet,
South Nor-walk, Ct.
Dentistryin all
its branches er-
Buotsthoes.
INEGOLD AND SILVER warns" "WERE” ENTERS,
-JEWEI.IY.SII.VEI AIIPLAIEI WARE Aft.
Men’s Working Boots & Shoes,
VOLUME LVII.--NUMBEB16.
Peter 1.. Guigue,
“ELORESE,
Is now ready to furnish, at his pince (North of
Norwalk Cemetery.) Choice
Roses, Geraniums,’ Vex-bonus,
Bedding out Plants, Flower-
ing Shrubs, Fruit Trees
_ ' and Vines.
BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY. AND STRAW-
BERRY 1’l..\N' ‘S, to order.—TOMATO. EGG,
PEPPER, C.\BBAG 5, and CELERY PLANTS.
Special attention given to Funeral designs, orders
in BOQUETS, and all other decorations iii Floral
Designs, at short notice. ,
Particular attention given to fitting out; Ceme-
tery Lots and keeping them in order. 6mol-t
. LOOK AT
Tl ,. Harri ’
spams-smell
.
0F
0
A complete assortment of
LADIES?
WALKING BOOTS,
Ladies’ Slippers,
Boys & Girls’ School Shoes,
Men’s dc Boys’
NOBBY STYLES,
Fine Dress Boots, .
Always on Hand.
-——-—.—e.o—.—-———-—-—
Agent: for the Celebrated
CABLE SCREW WIRE Siwin
[PERFECT FITTING
Boots and Shoes,
Which for durability, tasty styles, and superior
nish, cannot be cxhellcd by the best hand made
“'Ol'k.
CUSTOM WORK .
AND
. REPAIRING
A SPECIALTY.
Theo. Harrison,
39 Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
ROOMS AND, BRUSHES.
At E. K. LCCKIVOOD’S.
formed inthe est
manner.
. Special atten-
tion given to ex-
tracting te eth
, without pain by
. - the nscofNitrons
. fl Oxide or Lauoh-
H’,’"‘ ing Gas. Hav ng
~ used the Gas for
the last nine yearswlth nnvaryin g success, I am per-
fectly satisfied as to its safety, and know positively .
that I can extract teeth withont'pnin orlnjury to my
patients. 1 keep good gas constantly on hand, and
use themoat approved apparatus in administeringit.
P. S.—Onicc not open on Monuaysoi- Saturdays.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
HE undersigned would rcspctfnlly announce to
_ the citizens in’ this vicinity, that at his
Drug Store,
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
can always be found
of
CHAS T. LEONARD & SON
DEALER IN
C‘ O A. L o
woon AND BRICK,
N’th‘Biver Blue Stone ,Lime, Cement
ALSO
fihCEMEII PIPE ECI SEVERE, WELLS All
animus, _
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Water St.,'Norwalk, Conn
PURE DRUGS,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS
FOR MEDICAL neuroses,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, «to.
H‘ Physicians’l’rescriptions carefully comp mm c
ed day and night. Can be found nights, in sam-
nnildlng, entrance on Washington St.
tyltl S. F. PECK, South Norwalk.Conn.
THORBURN’S SEEDS.
Our Annual Descriptive Catalogue of
V E G E T A B L E
—-and-—
Agricultural Seeds,
Catalogue of
Flower Seeds,
Hybrid Gladiolus,
and other
Spring Bulbs,
‘ —also— ‘
,Tlusl': SEED LIST
.svlll be mailed free to applicants.
.1. M. Trsonnmsiv a; 00.,
lb JOHN STREET, NEW YORK.
The snbscrlcer has located in the BASEMENT OF
WILSON’S BLOCK, (opposite Gazette Building
where he willcsrry on the
Gas Fitting and Plumbing Business
in nllits branches. Being a PRACTICAL WORK-
MAN, and always either personally doing or super-
inteuding his work, he is confident of his ability to
give satisfaction. ‘ _
By faithfnlattention to business, REASONABLE
CHARGES, and. Go 0]) \VORK he hopes to
sharein the public patronage.
int c. w. BURRITT.
FARM
-AND—-
HDRTICULIURAL IMPLEMENTS.
AFULL stock of the most approved Farm and
Garden Implements now in store and forsale,
wholesale and retail, at manufacturers’ prices, in-
eluding:
Mowing Machines and Lawn Mowers.
Lawn Mowers, full size, for 812.
Wheel, lawn, steel and Its rakes.
Plonghs—‘Mead’s, Marsh, agle, etc.
IlIShovcls. Spades, Scoops, Garden Forks, and
cos;
Handtters—Bnrdick’s, Whitmore’sfilnd Hide
Rollers.
Barrows Corn Shellcrs. 0x Yokes and Bows.
Churns—Blniichnrd’s, the Very best in usc;nlso,
smaller implementsin great variety.
Plsooplsases—Russell’s, Coe’s, Baagh’s, and
Bridgeport. _ W. C. STREET.
i Norwalk,April20tb,1873.
BARGAINS
_.1x.__.
BROADCLOTIIS,
C A $5 I M E R E s,
COATINGS,
Twwds, Satinetts,‘
and goods for
MEN’S AND BUYS’ WEAR.
I have. just received a large stock of the hbovc
goods, purchased at a
murmurs sun,
for less than half their Cash Value. and will sell
them fora tnir profit.
New is the time to get Real Value
far your Money.
ALSO,
Great Bargains
~13?“
Dress
. Goods.
C.J. annuity
EATHWJ. DUSTERS
At E. K. LO‘CKWOOD‘S.
' They calledthc litt
Stannch and trim she was to sail the
B
U
D
-:-o
:2—
PAINTING Tnl LILY.
W. L. BBIGIAH.
The guests had gone. Upon the quiet street
The unlit windows glittcred blank and
cold;
The tread was lost of late delaying feet,
And the last carriage from the door had
rolled.
She leaned upon the carven stairway rail,
Beneath the dimly-burning entrance light,
Whose jet was borne by brazen arms in
mail—
A lady guarded by a watchful knight.
How fair she wn.s. As she stood blushing
there,
Her glowing beauties veiled in jealous
shade
That deepened the dark eyes and darker
‘ hair, _
She half recalled the oft-sung Attic Maid.
There were the jetty tresses unconfined,
There wag the dainty, zone-encircled
waist;-
And on the swelling‘bosom, pearl entwined,
The token flowers by happy station
graced.
The color in her blooming cheeks and lips
Mocked the pale halo of the envious light;
And the pink blossomof her finger-tips.
On her black velvet grew to lily white.
Upon the downniost stair her lover stooped
(The watchful knight seemed careless of
the trust);
No word was said, but, when the soft eyes
drooped,
They saw the lily by the lover kissed.
. . “
Tn]: warns novnn.
FY. CELIA THAXTER.
‘
ie schooner the White
Rover, -
When they lightly launched her on the
brimming tide; ‘
broad
seas over, ~
And with cheers they spread her snowy
. canvas wide;
And a thing of beauty, forth she fared to
wrestle
With the wild, uncertain ocean, far and
near,
And no evil thing befcll the graceful vessel,
And she sailed in storm and sunshine
many a year.
at at last a rumor grew that she was
haunted, I
That up her slender masts her sails had
‘ .flown
nlielped by human hands, as if enchanted,
As she rocked upon her moorings all
alone.
Howe’er that be—one’day in Winter
weather,
When the bitternorth was raging at its
worst.
And wind and cold vexed the roused sea
together,
Till Dante’s frozen hell seemed less
accurst.
Two fishermen, to draw their trawls essay-
ins.
Seized by the hurricane that plowed the
bay,
Were swept across the waste; and hardly
weighing
Death’s chance, the; Rover roofed and
bore away.
To save them,—reached them, shuddering
where they waited
Their quick destruction, tossing white
and dumb,
And caught them from pcrdition; then, be-
lated, ‘
Strove to return the rough way she had
come. ' I
But there was no returning! Fierce as
lightning
The eager cold grew keener, more intense.
Across her homeward track the billows,
. whitening, ..
In crested mountains rolling, drove her
thence;
fill her brave crew, benumbed, gave up the
battle,
Clad in a mail of ice that weighed like
lead;
They heard the criyed blocks and rigging
rattle,
. They saw the sails like sheets of iron
spread -,
And powerless before the gale they drifted,
Till swiftly dropped the black and hope-
less night.
The wild tornndo never lulled nor shifted,
But drove them toward the coast upon
their right.
Alltl‘flllllg the frozen schooner, all sail
standing, g,
Stiff as an iceberg on the icy shore;
And linlfulive, her rpid people, landing,
Crcpt to the lie ouse, and were safe
once more.
But what befell the vessel, standing solemn
Through that tremendous night of’cold
and storm, ‘
Upon the frost-locked land, a frigid column,
That glittered ’ncnth the stars, a ghostly
form ? '
None ever saw her more! The tide upborc
her,
Released her fastened keel, and ere the
day,
Without a guide, and all theworld before
her,
The sad, forsaken Rover sailed away.
Yet sometimes, when in Summer twilight
blending,
Sunset and moonrise mingle their rich
light, .,
Or when on n60ndny mists the sun is spend-
ing
His glory, till they glimmer thin and
white.
Upon the dim horizon melting, gleaming,
Slender, ethereal, like a lovely glipst
Soft looming in the hazy distance dreaming,
I seem to see the vessel that was lost.
—-Atlantic For May.
”
A Lady Village.
The long talked of woman’s community
within the limits of the town of Woburnv,
twelve miles from Boston, was actually-
begun last month, by the raising of the
frame of the first building. In this com-
munity all the land is to be owned by
wonicn;nnd, so far as the management of
the affairs of the village is concerned,
woman suffrage is to prevail to, the utter
political disqualification of men. The mem-
bers of the community are obliged to assent
to a constitution which is to govern it, but
further than this they are not restrained;
except, that they are expected to attend, at
least once a week, upon lhe,unsectarinn
religions service to be held. This village
is-to be called Aurora. Each house is to
have its garden. The main reliance for
moneyed success is to be on co-operntive
schemes. One of these is the establishment
of a laundry where full facilities are to be
afforded for doing work on a large scale,
and competing with the famous Troy laun-
dries. Men are not to be excluded from
the village, nor from some ownership of
propertyfnor from the opportunity. of work;
but widows and maiden ladits will likely
. be regarded as preferable to married women,
even though the husband he only I. kind of
inferior ndjutnnt to the woman.
Norwalk Chronicler