Norwalk Gazette, Tuesday, December 22, 1874 · page 1

 

WHOLE NUMBER 1406.»

LOST.

 

Who‘s seen my (in
’l‘is gone away,
Not left a. trace

In any place.

If I could only find

Its footfatl in some mind.

Some spirit-waters stirred .

By wand ofdoéd oerrd,

I should not'stand at shadowy eve,
And for my day so grieve and grieve—Set.

- BY EMMA HURT.

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From The Atlantic Monthly.
ABOUT A BARREL OF LAB”.

 

_ My uncle, Ben Slaughter, was an exten-
sive cattle—dealer, who "every fall 'sent his
~drovers with beards of beevea to Washing-
ton, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Along
the way he sold them in lots to farmers,
who stall-fed them through the winter and
in the spring and early summer supplied
our market with fat beef. In the fall of
1837, the year of a great commercial crisis,
he visited me for the first time since I had
married. and stopped with me during his
any in Philadelphia. .
e was an early settler in Kentucky, and
Well acquainted with Boone, 'enton, and
other old pioneers, who remain ' 'fora time
after he went out. He was tall, well-pro-
portioned, and, for a. man of seventy, erect
and of easy carriage. He was also a man
of temperate habits and simple tastes. His
chief hobby was “blooded stock.” Of
course he was an admirerof good horse~
mauship. So one evening we went to the
circus. When we returned, as I opened
the street door with my latch~key and
walked in, he exclaimed, “Whe-c-ewi I
smell oysters." .Then a silver- voice from
the stairway rang out, “Walk into the din-
ing-room, Uncle Ben, you and Ajax. I’ll be
down presently. I hear the baby stirring;
she has some new teeth coming through.
but she will soon be quiet.” We Walked in
and found a tureen of smoking oysters and
a pitcher. of foaming ale, with bread, butter,
and pickles, on the table. . ,-
My 'wife soonjofned us, and we sat down
to supper. After it was over, and the
table was cleared-and set ,in, its place
against the wall,‘she drew her workstand
before the grate of glowing coals and sat
down to .her sewing. I then asked the old
man to repeat to Sue—that is my wife,—a
story which he once told me in my boy-
hood. So he finished the cigar he was
smoking-and began. » '
“You. ,see,.I moved out to sKeniucky a
long time before railroads were thought of,
or before. the National~ Road across ‘thp
Allegbanies was even contemplated. Eni-
igrants flom our parts of Virginia then
went through Winchester, crossed the
mountains and came lo-lhe Ohio opposite
the place where the town of Marietta now
stands. Here we made fiat-boat_s,loaded_
them with our stufi‘,.and floated- down’ the
river. People in those days sentbaek furs,
bacon, lard, and whisk-y, all the way to
Baltimore and Philtdelphia by the same
Wagon-road we tram-led.

“Asyou know, I . is isaichildless widower
at forty_,-_when~1 ma tried your‘ Aunt Polly;
According to our V ginia way of farming
we merely managed to live comfortably.
But, as my father nwdtosay, tThe hogs ate
all th_e'corn, and the niggers, ate- all the
hogs: I had 'not got' ahead .io..wordly
goods, and determined 'to: emigrate. So
with my new wife; five hundred dollars in
gold, three teams "filled 7with heusehold
stuff, a few negroes, and some choice horses
and cattle, I joined Shackelford's train at
Winchester one fine morning in September.
We traveled along slowly, of course, but
pretty comfortably, camping by the road-
side tit night and buying horse-feed and
plrowsions atthe houses of the :"spnre set-

ers. - ‘

“Waggot' to the Little. Kanuwha and I
was driving the-‘hindmds't .team.,One_ after.
noon, when my ofi‘_ wheel-horse cast a shoe.
We soon passeda .blacksmith”s shop, and I
stopped'to get- the shoe put on. The smith
was a big, grunt, red-headed, pack-marked
man, mid eyed me Very closely. It. was
some time before he could find a shoe to

I withdrew my fingers.

ing. Much to my relief-I was not:bul there
was a great deal of clotted and dried blood
on the back of my head and down the back
ofmy neck. There was also a large gash
on the top of in head, and the hair was
matted over it. I‘hen I felt all over my
head, and the skullseemed to be sound. 80
I was convinced that the terrible blow I had
received, although it had cut m head
dreadfully, had only stunned me. he loss
ptftblood had in all probability saved‘my
l e.’

Here Sue laid down her sewing and
drew along sigh. Uncle Ben, ptltting a
fresh quid of tobacco in his mouth contin-
ue :—

“Aftera while'Ifounddhat I could rise,
though with difficulty, and my wounded
arm, when I stood up, was not as bad as I
had supposed. The ball had struck that
part of the elbow known as the ‘crazy
bone,‘ andhad glanced. Although bruised
and sore, I had some use of it; I could
raise audjlowerxit, and could open and
close my hand and work my fingers. Of
course I lamented the' loss of my money.
It was all-I waslvallglhadr to pay Shackcl-
ford for the land Iliad agreed to buy of
him. vI.al,so regretted the anxiety and
grief my absence would cause my wife. M y
immediate care, however, - was to ‘know
where I was, and to find the roads .

i “There was a small greensward in front of
me, probably an old wind-clearing. The
cattle of, the few neighboring settlers had:
likely grazed here, ’- and kept down the

bushes; Walking forty or fifty yards down

hill to the edge of the award, I came to a

precipice of about ten feet, and below it

heard the sound of running water. Peer-

ing through the trees I also saw a bright,

sparkling brook. I was very thirsty, and

c ambering dewn with much difficult ,

wentto the brook, took a hearty drink,
and. after a while drank again, and then
again. . .
. .‘fo this. time I realized that itwas even-r
ing, for it began-to grow dark.. I did not
khow on which side of the road I was, or:
how ‘farf‘rom it, btit'felt certain that in
c uld‘even findvthe spring where I was
Ibbetl, it would still .be three or four
lies to the place where Shackelford in-
tended to camp , -I-concluded,_ therefore, in

my weak condition, to spend the night
where-I-was, and to' find the road and push

on in. the morning. . .
;“I found on searching my waiscoa’t pocket:
th’atl slili'had flint and steel, which _I gen-
erally carried. Sogathering'ia handful of
.fnrze from a birch-treason peeling 00' some
ofthe bark, I struck a lig and kindled. a
fire. I had selected a spot or this purpose
on‘ a bare flat rock some yards in extent,
immediately below the slight precipice I
have just mentioned. On the flat rock there
were several cavities, or shallow holes, .I_
might call them, about the size of the top .of
a iho'gshead.‘and filled with dry leaves.
One of these holes was on the left-hand
side of a bed of dry moss, on which I made

up‘ my mind to sleep. I-was very hungry.
whichIconsidered a geod sign, and lay

down,.as a relief to the- uneasiness it gave

me‘. Here I bemoaned'lhe loss of my
iii'ney, instead of feeling grateful to God
b tiny life had been spared. I turned

v
a

i

from sideaosidea g‘reat'many times, and
at lastfell asleep. 1 had many wild Wan-
dering dreams. waking occasionally just

ong enough to find out thEt I had been
dreaming. Iremember the last one I had

.—

'veily distinctly. I imagined I fought with

theirobbers again ; .that I killed one and
dr veanolher ofi‘,.aiid. followed him at a:
dis ance- through.the woods,..and saw him
go to a place very much: like the flat rock
where I was lying. and put money, which I
supposed he had taken from travelers, into
hol slikc those around me»; that when be
we _ t away I groped in one of the holes and
found the ill-gotten treasure.

“In my joy I woke up, and I was really
clutching the leaves in the hole on my left.
Was it a string?
Nofil could not break it. ‘It was a chain,
and‘ as l thought, ‘_was formedof small
lin I‘drew it. from the-hole,~ feeling it.
Then I put it'to. my tongue and then be-
tween my teeth, and sure enough it was a
chain such as ladies and children wear
around their necks. But what was my

 

fit, and by, the time ,I got ofi‘, the other
wagons must‘have been more, than a mile
ahead- Solshurried my tesmflsomewhat,
toscatcaup before they made camp for the

astonishment when something attached to

put this also to my tongue and between my
teeth. It was circular, flat, and hard.

it dangled against the back of my band. I days. Although he blames us, as he says,
for ‘putting so many eg
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NOBWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAYDECEMBER 22,1874.

NORWALK GAZETTI.

“After paying Shackelford for my farm I
bought government lands on speculation,
and was very successful, selling them in
two or three years at four or five times as
much as I gave. I was a good woodsman
and a goodjudge of land, and. I explored
and afterwards located, and then got
warrants for fine lands known in those days
as the Barrens in the Green River countr ,
which was not then appreciated. Peop e
thought that because of its growlh,--pine,
oak, and so forth,—-it was poor land; but I
soon found out the contrary, and profited by
their mistake.

. “As I was saying, I was exceedingly for-
l'nnate iii my land speculations, and the
inoncyI found in the hole doubled and
doubled itselfevery few years. When I let
out the secret of being such a gainer by
being robbed, a few or none. believed my
story. It was generally thought a hoax got
up by Sliackelt'ordOn his mischief.-for he
Was a deuce of a fellow at practical jokes,—
a'nd that I endorsed it for the fun of the
thing. I evenadvertised the money when
Iggot well-ahead iii the«world,”- forI was
anxious to return it. togthe ~rightful. owner.
Bull was only laughed. affor publishing
suclian improbable story. Pren‘lice often
ridiculed itin the Louisville Journal after
he started thatpaper. To this daythe
story—although I was the chief actor III the
dt‘am‘a—goes by the name of ‘Sliackelford’s
arn." ‘ ‘.:.-. ,. -
yE“I have kept a regular account, principal
at d compound interest 'at tenvper cent. . ‘that'
'I lay pay itsome daylo the righ‘tfuloWner

it! was the foundation of my fortune. If
they never appear, theamount at mysldeath-
islto go to certain institutions mentioned in‘
miy will forlhc. benefit- of myvfellowl men
Fer lilia've ever consi,d‘cred_,it._a loanme the
Giver of all_good,.and ‘I intend to return _it.".
[When inynnclehadfinished b_is:story, I.
,lopked'at' my" wife. ,The;* bloom-“.01 her,
cheek had'faded. Therewitsm, 'ngu-larlys
wild though serious expr‘ssion'i '
Shearese from. her chair, and. approaching
the old man, liftedherhands and laying
one on each - shoulder looked with her
large gray eyes, ,llrinto his. “Uncle Ben,”
shh said, “I thi you u-re’sincere, that you
are honest, that you-fare noble by nature,
and that you will keep any promise on
make to your fellow-man or your Ma er.
God help its, my dear uncle.’ >Wheu she
said this she kissed his wrinkled che.ek,‘.and
bidding him' gobd' night .went‘up stairs. .
After talking witn Uncle .Ben a short
time and lighting him to bed, Ifound Sue’
in her cham‘ber. She' was sitting on the
lounge by the side of the bahiv's‘ crib,
wrapped in serious thought. . otioning
to me to taken seat'b her side,.'she saidle
“Ajax that his stra, ge 'story‘ that Uncle
Ben ,hasbeen telling us. Iftbere .tvasany.
reason for doubting it I think Leonid. pro-
duce corroborativeevidence to prove it.”
“,Why,’howyou talk. Sue! and if you
cotild.‘-w|iat 'ofit?” ' , -- -' ~
‘iWell—iuomatter about it now.”; That,
suddenly; changing. the subject. “What
amount did yoti tell me this ~houSe was
mortgaged for?" ' '»
“tEi ht thousand

 

, dollars, my Sue.’ The
bond is now overdue, and-the holder is
struggling to maintain himself and ”says he
mustgoto protest if it-is not paid within
1
moi-tgage'rencwed in 'other bands, but no
one seems disposed to invest during this
terrible crisis, so in‘ a few days I fear we
shall have the- sheriff's _ placard pasted
against cur front. You see those wild
speculations in Mississippi and Texas lands
in which my N ew_0rleans partner ventured,
andgtheworthless bills of exchange he has
remitted me, have got us into all this
trouble."_ . _ -- "
“What amount .of Comly-dl Co.’s bills
did you-hold, and where are theynow t”
“Thirty-live thousand five hundred dol-
lars When we went to protest. They have
been discounted by the'Farmers’ and Me-
chanics’ Bank. But Mr.’Patton, on whose
influence with the president and directorsI
can Idepend.assures me-that he can make
thatall easy. A kinder heart for unfortu-
nate debtor never throbbed. -He promises
to have it so arranged'that the bank will
hold? the'protest bills as collateral, if I can
only pay ten per cent. outhem every ninety.

into one basket,’
omly’s paper will

or his heira‘if'the‘y' should ever turn up; for -

side up 0

enidays’.‘i I have-tried my best to have the. . '

1

me as a strange coincidence; and then Sue,
from the stairway, called. out prettymucli
in the same words as she did the night be-
fore: “ Walk into the dinin room, Uncle
Ben, you and Uncle Cook an Ajax; I'll be
down presently.” , ' .
This evening, however, her voice was
:remulous, and had not its usual, silvery
one. -
_ Inappeared to media! Sue hadan object
Ill a lthis. There was the same set out we
had the previous evening; oysters, ale,
bread, butter. and pickles, and some cigars
in the baby’ssilver cup which Uncle Cook
had given it, sitting on the mantle-piece.
After supper my wife took her sewing
and sat down to her workstand- as on the
night before. She was pale now,a,nd evi-
dently nervous, but still tried to look com-2
posed. I felt anxious about, ber,.and_ sug-
gested that she should go lo'bed. If we
had been alone 1 would have insisted on it.
_As soon as Uncle Cook had finished his
cigar, she laid down her sewing and got up
and came around the workstand,and sat on
his knee, with her arm around his neck, and
kissed him. Then she asked him to tell
Uncle Ben and myself the story he‘ used to
tell her when, she was a little girl and sat
on his knee as she. did then;.to.tcll about
his: being a coppersmith,.and ‘how he re-
,ceived‘ his money for the‘.whiskey stills he
sold out,to Kentucky-:Unclc Ben was from
Kentuck . The old man cleared his throat,
and as us resumed her‘ seat at thcwork-
stand, he said: ' ' .- -ILT .-..L. - .
“ Well, it’s not much of aetiil‘y‘but’whcn
Sue was a little girlI frequently amused
her by telling about my old bos’s;.,8ainuel
Lewis. , When I had scrvedou't i'iiy‘ rip ren-
ticesliip with him, and set up for myse f,"we
were neighbors in Front street, and good
.friends for many cars. We did not inter-
fere with each at er in trade. He sold his
-coppers mostly to Western Pennsylvania,
andI sold. mine in the main in Kentucky.

and Igot‘ mine, whenever I could, in gold,
as it had to be brought farther. Sometimes
it was a queer coin, and firms hard to get
at the exact value of it. 'A remittance was‘
frequently composed ' of French, Spanish,
English, and American coin, and occasion-
ally a, little out silver; that is, Spanishdel—
lars or. half-dollars, divided into.‘ two or
four. equal parts, to make small change.
There were .no blinks out there then, and no
such things as bills of exchange, so we had
to get our money of this sort and in this
way. _ . , . . . .
’“ I remember when the Farmers’ and
Mechanics’ Bank started I forget whether

know that Clay was cashier, and Billy Pat‘-
ton was teller.. That was in the year 1807,

.‘und a. ueer,jolly fellow Patton was. Lew,-

is‘ and wereramongst the first to open ac-

, counts with the new bank. He put his kegs '
.of silver on a dray, and I put my gold inn ..
copper pan on a wheelbarrow, andfcovercd‘

U leather apron,and walked along- '

estnut street, while Tom ~Warner,-.

my oldest apprentice, wheeled it. When

we got to the. bank. and were waiting to

baveour money counted, Patton banded us

the signature book and we wrote our names
own. .

“ ‘ Hailoo 1' says Patton; ‘. that won’t do.’

“ ‘ What won t do 1” says Lewis.

“ ‘ Why, those names,"said Patton.-

“ ‘ Wliatls the matter with the names Y’-

“ ‘ Why, you must change them somehow.

We have ‘ust had a Samuel Lewis and a

John Coo to. open accounts here. We

shall get you all mixed up. You wouldn't

like the other Lewis and the other Cook to

have your money placed to their credit, or

to check against your accounts, would you f'

“ Then Patton’ iaugheduntil he got as red

in the face as a turkey-cock, and called

Clay, the cashier, and-he laughed too, and .

we all laughed. _

“‘ I’ll tell you how to fix it.’ said Clay.

it with hi

‘You, sir, sign your name Samuel Lewis,

0.; and you, sir, sign yours John Cook, C.
That means Samuel Lewis, coppersmith,
and John Cook, coppersmith; the other
gentlemen of your names are both mer-
chants.’

“ So we appended‘ C’ to our names.

“ ‘ Where's your money, gentlemen ?’ said

Patton.

“ ‘ Here it comes,’ said Lewis, as his man

rolled in his kegs.

“ Wellgt last, with some help, Patton

 

“ Whe-e-ew! I smell oysiers." It. struck

Joe Taggart was president or'not, but 'I '

o

been obliterated.- As itfias— about the size
of a‘doubloon, I took “for that in the set-
tlement. I always told Site that if I ever
got the money back that Host in that bar-
rel of lard it should-belong, to her. And
don’t you think, the ode brought a paper
out to Germantown t is mornin ,all form-
ally drawn up *bya lawyer, bin ing me to
my promise. I thinkaue,” turning to her,
“ you must have a soft place in your head.
Why, bless you, child-,1 Would have signed
it twenty times, and in the resence of ten
witnesses instead of two, or all the good
that will ever come of it.”

I laughed at Uncle Cook’s story; for my

. wife, although she was a portionless bride.

had frequently told. me in her merry moods
that she had a fortune sotnewhere, if she
could only find it. Uncle Ben did not join
in my merrimenl; neapp’tjgred to be very
serious. jig; -T. . ,
Looking around at Sue, I {5w whatI had
‘not noticed until then. There'wasabluc
ribbon around her neck which belonged to
theold medal that Lulie.‘our’haby',had been

just as Sue had done,.'twe'iity years before—
{lbe same medal that Uncle Cook had given
er. ' ' " "“ . -
“ Uncle Cook,” said
money did
lard ?”
“ Fifteen liu
hereplied. ‘_ ,, .. , . ..
Then coming frouud her, idrkptgnd she
laid her hand on the“_sll‘oui “f‘cf the old
sKentuckian, antl"safd;'t‘.'fl’i‘i_ . én‘, when I
asked you to change me 'u' dollar this morn-
ing, to pay the milkm‘aii‘, you hada singu-
lar-looking pocket-piece'auiongst the loose
change you held in your hand; will you al-
low me to look at it 2”
Uncle Ben, apparently wrapped in deep
thought, pulled out the old pocket-piece and
placed it in her hand. ' .
“ Now,*chles,." continued Sue, drawing

Sue,'..“ how much

ndred: and eigh‘teeiri dollars,"

workstand, “both of
tacles and look." -

I saw at a glance that one was an exact
duplicate of the other. There was the
same big star in the center of each, and on-
the reverse sides the same wreath’inclosing
whale—until it had been filed or cutout—
.was a superseription or motto. '

"‘ Good God!" exclaimed Uncle Bennie
his eyes rested on the two medals, and
claspingghis hand to ’his forehead, he stood
as one bewilderedfi,‘ _ . -
. Uncle Cook also looked, and raising h’s
1e and to his chirr'and feeli‘ng’it with an;
a cted air, was'mut‘e; - ‘ , - .
Sue then placed the tip of her forefinger
on two small links fastened. iii aloop braz-
encd to the edgesof' the bab"'s medal.
Then her great gray eyes so'u ' t those of
Uncle Ben. She did. not speafi; but'gazed
deep into them 'as she did the.nlght.b‘efore.
The language of Iberveyes were plainer to
the old man than words. 'Unbuttoning his.

close to the links. He nodded his had
three times affirmatively, and turning to
Uncle Cook, said:
“ When on pile
barrel of- ard, you broke the chain that '
held these two medals together, and packed
one and put the other in your pocket."

Uncle Cook was still speechless, but nod-
ded his head in assent. ,

“'Now tell me,” continued Uncle Ben.
“did you ever travel that road and see
the place where your barrel of lard was
stolen f" , ~ . '
" I did,” replied Uncle Cook, “ ten years
lifter it happened,and found a tavern slanfi
ing on the identical spot. 0n the opposi
side was an immense limestone rock,.as
high as this ceiling. It stood above a very ‘
fine spring. The landlord told me a queer.
story about the lost barrel of lard, which he
said was generallybelicved at the time he
settled there. _

“The story was, that a Pennsylvania
wagoner going east, once, broke down, and
placed his load just where the house after-
wards stood, while he went across the lit-
tle Kanawha to get his wagon mendefl.
When he returned there was a barrel of
lard missing. The followingrw'inter the
hoops and slaves of the barrel were found
at the foot of the precipice,
“ We walked to the bottom ofhis garden,
and he showe e the precipice. He said

mouthing and cullingher little teeth against; .

you say,’w'as in’lhfit-barrel of I

, j the baby’s medal from her ‘boscm, and -
"paracey-‘Be received’bis pay pretty much in silver, placing the "V0 side by side. on the
you put. on your spew

waistcoat he pulled over his head a long '
gold guard-chain, and laid one end of .it

ked your money in that}

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Oncbalf "" -“ f‘ ------ 80.00
FullColnmu.oneyear, -.-' - - - - 150.00

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4:

REAL ESTATE.

 

j TO LET.

THE place occu ied by the snbscribcr,at th
head of Main tract, is offered to rent. artly

furnished if desired. R. L. E LS.

'TO BENT. _
E lower part of the house fronting on Union
Park, formerly occlupied l3 George 001 er,
having been put in a col; 0 cr, is one to
Rent. Apply at this filce.

‘I'O lE‘l’

sion immediately.

 

 

_-—A suit of rooms over in store. Posses.
45 G 0. F. BELDEN.

TO LET.

W0 large rooms toilet over .1. M. Potter’ii
Music Store. Wall Street, opposite Post Ofilsge.
' I.

 

Enquire at this Office.

 

‘ : ARN 'ro Benn—Knew Barn with good su-
bling for several horses, near the bridge. Price
58 per month. Enquire at this Ofilce.

,' iron SALE on EXCHANGE.

' HE BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE known as the
Earle Place or. West Avenue.
, Also, place. on i’an Zandt Avenue; large lot with
barn and fruit. trees, suitable for two families.

Two Building Lots on Spring Hill; two Building
Lots on St. John Farm; one Building Lot; adjoining
residence of Frank B. Smith.

One Lot on Van Zandt Avenue; several Lots at
Shepardvillo. All the above property sold on easy

 

terms.

Also one Work Horse and Paddling Wagon for
butcher’s use. For full particulars app‘lito

' G. O. ‘ELER.

“l

,; FOBSALB CHEAP.

= coon FARM of about 45 acres ‘ol high
land, situated two miles north of New Canaan.

Apply to
‘6 A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge

mls
; FOR 'sau: on To BENT.

T HE: place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
Lyon. Said place is a very desirable ropcrty.
situated in the Borough of Norwalk. on t c corner
of Knight Street and orth Avenue", is within five
minutes’ walk of the Horse Railway. and Danbury.
& N orwalk Railroad Depot. Also the same dis-
tance “cm the several churches and schools. The
neighborhood is all that could be desired, The
“ _ is in good repair, the racing large. commo-
dlons ‘and pleasant. On the premises is a well of
exliellcnt water.also a fine rden and plenty of
shade and limit trees. Possession given the first of
Ap‘rt , if desired. . For terms enquire of JAMES S.
1. ON, on the premisesmr of EDGAR LYON.

Nor-walk, March 7th, 1874. lotf

FOR‘ SALE.
A RARE CHANCE !

A very desirable place if applied for soon; situ-
ated on Helen Elizabeth a Center Avenues;
size of lot 200x150 feet, being about one acre. First
rate House containing 11 rooms good'llarn, and
other out-buildings, excellent well and cistern near
the door; ood Fruit and good Garden, bemg one-
half mile in Norwalk Brid , Terms easy. For
further particulars applry to AMES MITCHELL,
Real Estate Broker. orwalk, or NE'I'IBIE h.
REYNOLDS, Dunbury, Ct. . 1

FOR SALE on T0 Ill-INT.

NEW HOUSE,well finished ; 4 rooms'and large
. anti convenient pantry and two closets, sinks,
ac.,;ou first floor, three rooms and two closets on

 

 

 

 

walnut and cedar, kitchen wainsc'owd with pine;
gas pipes throughout the house ; water tpes. ac;
situated on Fair Street, about half a mi 0 from the
Bridge. If not sold before April legitwill be rented
fnr 9%th Ifsold the price with be 03,30; gem: part
c w can remain on me . y

7 ' . “ifimspfi ELLS.

' BllLlllll ills ill $100 Eat .

Very cheap and desirable BuildingLots
NITIIII 8 IIIITES WALK If Till PIS! IffIGE

are now offered at the VERY Low PRICES of from
.100 TO 13400 EACH.
$25 Cash and balance in Monthly Payments of

1 no if desired.

BEE MAPS IN N OR WALK POST OFFICE.
For particulars apply to

WILLIAM C. STREET and GEORGE R. CHOL-
WELL, or to EDWARD BANKS, Surveyor, or to
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent.

. Small Place for Sale.
THE HOUSE AND LOT situatedjust west of the
Wide River Bridge, on the south side of the
road,nearl op ositc the residence of James Pan ton,
Esq., is o ere for sale. The house contains six
rooms with cellar, she" and is ofiered at a low price;
a large part of the purchase money can remain on

mortgage. This is a nod chance to secure a home.
Apply at. thaGAZET E OFFICE . '

_M111 Property
FOR SALE.

 

 

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OUR. NEW YORK LETTER.

Sacann Music-0mm Music—Smar—
Bnmnmc In New You AND Rm Es-
TATE—AMUSEMENTS Aim Luciana—Tu.-
Ton-BuncnnnéBnmsa

N nw Yoiur, Dec.19, 1874.

. In our boyhood days when we went to
singing school, partly to learn psalmody,
but principally to gaze upon the pretty face

 

the exercises were over, we were content to
furnish vocalism to the churches for nothing
and even esteem it an honor and privilege to
be invited to make one of the choir.

In New York sacred music is quite anoth-
er thing. Singing in choirs is as much of a
profession as singing in operas—in fact, the
singers who delight the public in opera,
week-day nights, furnish the sacred music
for the churches Sundays, and a very pretty
sum it costs a church to get such music as it
wants. The organist, for instance, in a rea-
sonably plain church gets 81 000 per annum,
the leader or manager gels Q much more,
the soprano gets from five to seven hundred,
the alto its much, the tenor and basso about
the same, or generally a little less. This
mak’s the quartette. Then comes a chorus
of perhaps twenty voices who are paid from
$100 to $500 each, according to position,
quality and capacity.

These singers are almost without excep-
tion professionals, who sing praises to the
Almighty without feeling, caring or know-
ing what they sing—their business being
purely mercenary. This scale of prices ap-
plies only to the moderate opulent churches ,
—lhe great ones double or treble these
figures. In Trinity for instance, the music is
quite as excellent in character as that of the
operatic stage, and it attracts thousands. of _
people who go for that alone.

In many of the churches choirs of boys
are employed. It. is all well. I see no rec.-
son why the Evil One should mo.poiize
all the good things of life. Why should not
sacred music be rendered artistically, and
why should not the best musical talent be
employed in the serviCe of the temple? It
attracts people to places of worship, and
impresses them when they get there. At
least so says the clerg men, and who should
know if they don’t ? eecher’s church hasn-
superb organist, Zundel, and a choir who
simply lead the multitude, and Talmadge
does‘ without a choir. The or u and scor-
net-player lead the people. hen 5000 peo-
ple in that immense audience-room raise
their voices together, the effect is indescrib-
ably grand. And speaking of .
aware, _

the theatres of the city have for some months
been giving what in the bills are called “Sa-
cred Concerts,” Sunday nights. The value
of the ‘- Sacred Concerts” may be inferred
from the following programme;

30m SACRED concnnr—nownnv rmrnn
The concert this evening will commence
with the romantic drama entitled -'

The French Spy,

with Miss Louise Sylvester as the Arab boy.
To ble (tioflowed by the drama, in three acts,
entit e

Jonathan Bradford,

orthe , .
Murder in the Roadside Inn.
To conclude with
_ ‘ Jack Sheppard. _
In all the minortheatres dramatic per-
formances, the same as week-day nights,
have been given Sunday nights, under the
name of sacred concerts, and the' opera
troupes have been quite as unblusbing in
the evasion of the law.
Finally the managers of the better class
of theatres entered their protest against it in
conjunction with the leading citizens, and a
raid on the places has been inaugurated.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION

is a very difficult one to manage-here! There

0

is an enormous German and French popula—

tion who will not yield one iota of their no.
tiofig'on this subject. They regard Sunday
as a'day not only of rest, but recreation,and
crowd into it all the amusement of the week.
They want their gardens in.tbe summer,and
halls in the winter, and in the evening their
theatres and epocerts. They cannot under-
stand why, in a " free” country they should
be debarred from doing as they please on any
day in the week, so that they do not inter-
fere with others. They want to observe the

of Mary Jane and go home with her after .

day in this country as they observed it in the
land they came from, and they make a vigor-
ous fight for it. It goes into politics‘snd has

night. When I- got to, the ford I heard a

loud, Shim Whistle, and turning and look- counted Samuel’s money. Then be counted that a blacksm at the lord, when hunting,

found it was a coin about the size ofa eventual!
mine, and laughed like fury .when he was the next winter, found the slaves sticking

y be worth fifty cents on the dol- . . .
oubloon. lat-)8 « Gas administered for Extracting. Office hops:

a m :05 p in HE subscriber offers for Sale his Mill Property Wholesaleand Retail. Particular attention paid to

situated in West. Norwalk, about two miles 0 UST(,1‘I W 013 n ,

'1‘

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iug hick I saw two men cross the road and or - . , , .
. » - . _ ~ urns frightened at my dream thus be- “And about the rest of your creditors l3" done. Why, said he, ‘Cook, you had above the snow, and collected most of them I . .1 r h N _
533:3,1,1}‘1,”;‘;°,",f§*;‘,‘:,,§“$g, {.omln‘é" ,‘1‘19- cominga realitymndjhen. again. doubted, “ 1 exhibit a balance-sheet in which I more money injour copper run than Mr. to make a barrel. .That all of them were I L E vigil},gfi‘diolifiigi'igdelabescai‘i'ifggicmfl.’ in allitsbranches,aisoREPAlRINGdonewithneat- it, .33...”sz all the elections, The a...
- s .r‘ e e whether I was dreaming. or really awake. show, in assets—available at the furthest in Lems bad on his dray.’ greasy, and some of them knawed. The GAGEINS E ’ ofa mnnnfactory, two stories high,86x18 feet, wit nessand dispatch. SMITH a: HANFORD. man of New York knows of no question of
river and drove up the long 111“ 011' the aboutlafeethead andfallofwatcr,withthreeacres CHARLESSIH'I'II. Jossrn P.11mrosn. public policy that is so imp ortant to him,

“ When be counted my money Iconldn’t conclusion that the people came to was
help smiling. He kept wiping his hands, that the bears, which were then numerous
for the pieces were slippery and bothered there, had found the barrels of lard during
him a good deal. As was goin out of the wagoner’s absence, and in trying toget '
the bank he hallood to me, ‘Coo ,don't inside of one of them had set it rolling
hring any more reasy money here. Wash down the hill, and it had ne over the
it before you ma e a deposit.’ ledge and lodged in one of t 6 holes in the
. “ The way it came to be greasy was this. flat rock below; As it was partially broken

Turning over on my wounded elbow I twelve months—at least two to one, and all
found I was truly awake 'andstill held the have-agreed to a. fair extension of time, ex-
Chit]: artoundkmty nfcki‘ mddthhel com 1!} my fiept one obstinatebFrench house. Thfey
. . . . WfilSuOfl. poc e . ra e e eaves tom ave, sued and o tained ‘ud men: or
$133in $011123! :DdfiEOt.9§ .4" 1:5"; road, ,tliezhbles and heaped them over the'srnold- something over six thousand] doilars. If I

. PP . a a 116- 89.11051? .10 901.113 ing cbalsof' my almost extinguished fire. .had funds enough to satisfy that-claim and

outfroniund a ck‘.” ' "- ? - . . - .
my wagonéteégt. Trzs’lafiigyvfitgllfnéoglg The names ascended and lighted up the pay 93‘ the mortgage on our house, my

of land; now used as a Saw Mill but suitable for a
mannfactory ofaiiy kind. Terms easy and price low.
Enquire of JAM s FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk, or of the subscriber,
MIT.
“39

and his vote is influenced more by this ques-
tion than by any other. He does not .be-
lieve in religious Observances on Sunday, he
has no sympathy with the Puritan idea-sin
short, he is in antagonism with it all. And
to him it is a vital matter, and he fights it in
every possible way. It counts on election

A n c is r 'r n c 'r,
70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

Residence, Stamford, CL,
Special attention paid to country residences 2-1,

west side." It was tongh‘pullin ,and I had
to chock my wheels every hun red yards or
so, and let my horses blow. I had gone

W. C. QUINTARD as CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers! in

Hardware, Paints, oils, 'Blass,
House Furnishing Goods,

CHAUNCEY S'I‘R
we: tNorwalk, Sept.25. 1869.

 

 

JA REES MITCIHELL,

‘ - - - woods around me. It occurred to .me that creditors. in addition to the exte‘nlion of
hfgfiefiafllfig ,fi’lwffi s§§%§”§m1"eh'“fi tbs if} 5..“ fire 10 “13 “WES-in “18 110195. were time would again give us liberal credit, and You see, I frequently had my remittances in the fall, the bears pulled it topieces and S. 3‘ W' MITCHELL, Also all kinds of days, and from this time out it will count
{low he came athyeretmhe [Lugt hawdmt 31:9 might possibly'be hank-notes .in them‘ and we could go on within a week." . . - come in a barrel of bacon or lard. 01d Mr. ate the lard. . I was foolish enough to grope A; the ever popular I , T l > more. '
some near‘cut .10 gefto‘the sprino'ybefoareelll they WQ‘fld be burned, 30 .1 thrust-my band _ . _Myi Sue was a devout Methodist, had nn- 'Whitlelsey, my agent in Kentucky, would in the holes and see if I could find any of U N I O N M A R K E T , REAL ESTATE BRUKER Mocha]: 0. 00 .9 ‘13“!me mu, m mg“

a deeper in the hole on. the left. of my bed Of flinching faith in prayer, and, as I thought, send me say, twenty barrels of either, and my lost gold. has always the be“ of 1 AND d Th: :etnl e'sltate 19:12:]: go :éasrbédé Fu-
ert esimu uso :1 arm alon‘

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMERTS.

LOCKS. KNoBs._NA [1.8, AND BUILDER
HARDWARE, POCKET A ND TABLE CUTLER?
of the best kind. Remember the place,

did. When this occurred to me, I didn’t
like it at all. Stepping up close to me as I
set down-theliorsebncket by the "spring.
he asked theatime :‘ot day. I would have
pretendedthatl ‘had no watch, but there

'in one of the barrels he would pack my “ The landlord told me that the» same
money, and advise me what was the nnm-i blackSmilh robbed and murdered a man
bet on the head of it. The barrels would who was driving his wagon on his way to
be numbered from one to twenty, for in-‘ Kentucky the next autumn, and thrown his
stance, so as not to excite curiosity." body over the precipice, and ran away with

moss; and graspedhard .mODPY. - l drew queer notions about special providences.
ut abandt‘ul andimsled the pieces on the A911 gave 1181‘ this brief sketch of‘my finane
flat rock. and rubbed 096 and then “0}11‘31‘ cial difficulties, her eyes were brimming»-
on my coat-sleeve until they were bright. with tears. She kneeled down and fervent:

Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair livin prices. Union (formerly Model) Mai-5

real estate went up fearfully. Building lots
in the vicinity of the Park were a few years
ago counted fairly cheap at $20,000, and .85,
000 was not an unusual price. They are not

O

—AND—

AUCTIONEER,

ket, on the ridge.

 

nd by we “gm 0f “‘8 blazing fife found 1y prayed with upturned face. Her wordsto

. a
was my father’s big seal and watch-kev them all yellow true I _., . - . ,. . . . . . _ . k
. . . . . . , go d nulneas had me were inartlculate. When she arose her . Uncle Cook perhaps thinkipg he had his money of course he got in money out 3531.25 3. Lecxwoop, No. 3 0981'“ “009° 3'00 9 - ' d the 1 ’t b 1
d3 ling by tne Cham from my [0b . ~50 I half-eagles. face was less sad. A faint smile even light- nothing further" in the wd of-a story to tell, of the barr'el that rolled over t e precipice, C » SOUTH NORWAlelgEES-n fgflfihfgflfic'igii whatfivlfsogtgd fuelling:
‘ 3

They lay dead property. There is no use in
building on them, for there are a thousand
or more empty houses above 42d street, and
three times that number below, not going

a
toldg him it hadstopped. He then pulled.
out a battered old silver watch'about‘ the
size of a good-sized turnip, and bantered me

was about to stop here. y wife looked up and took that along also.”
from her sewing uneasily, then laying it‘ “No, sir,” said Uncle ‘Ben. "Whenthe
.down and folding her hands, asked him if bears ate that lard, as they, had no use for

: “Then came the thought of my imprud-
ence, and the risk I had incurred in build-
'ng the fire. If this was a place where

ed tip her features. _
The following morning,.as we sat by the‘
grate waiting for breakfast, the servant

[Fashionable Draper & Tailor Oflcefllltchcll’o Block, Wall Street, w.c.qutanxn,

NOR WALK, CONN.

‘ AND

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for a trade. I did not care to show my old hi . . . . . , . . . - - . . .

. . . . . ghtvaymen hid their money they could broughtin the dad a er. M mm seized he ever met wrth any loss by such manner the money they left it in the hole. The ‘

igifiiific t‘ivtnhi: lit: rgdwbgmt'is'l‘td 3351i? “(U-3’." ‘9'" 01f; and .1118 bright’light would it eakérly, and to Ugfstonishhient turned 0f conveyance. leaves 0" a’utumn find] then the snows 0f GENTS? ”“75”” o 3‘" 01mm. - - JACKSON BROS.. lower down than 14th. I mentioned last
> . - . .. P. "I . 3-“ °"» ‘ < certainly attract them to the spot. Ipulled 10 the colume ofpublic amusements.» After " Only once,” he continued,“ and a pretty winter coveredit up snugly, and the black-' Main Street, Norwajknhonn. Git] BOSIUSDCSS, Farms and . 1 week the fact that there are thousands of

 

11“? burning leaves away With the limb 0" 9- readin a few moments she. handed' it to round sum it was too.- I did not think it smith only got the slaves and hoops- The empty stores and offices. This condition of -

New York

 
 

your grandmother,” said {1; and 'Tthro'win'
be buckgt‘vinto the‘front' of the wagon, I
cracked my whip and chirruped to my
leader. ‘ . - » , ~t
“As I started, he ran ahead, and, crooking
his finger and putting it, into his mouth,_
gave the same devilish whistle I h'adheard-i
at the ford. Thentwo men stepped into

the road twenty; yards before me. I recog
nized the shorter, by .his' red shirt Tasjone
who walked, aemsstothe blacksmith “Shop"
when I. looked back 'béfore~~¢ro's§ing the
river. I saw there was going to be, trouble,
so I put mygliand'tinder the wagon cover
and drew ‘out my_=.rlfle,.andvc_oeked it. .As_
the blacksmith turned to comcjtowards me.
I said, ‘Halt,1’or you’re adcad man-P and'
with that! raised my gun, the barrel-fell
into the palm of my left hand, and I had a
(and sight on him ri ht, hcthequhe eyes.
One step more and drew .tri er. , There
waiuo teammate «tangent .—:-.a kind of
a ‘cluck's‘altbe- pan fiewzopen.’1 My eye

» fell on the cock, and in an"llISLSnt~I. _ under-

stood it all. :The fi.int...had'.lieen-removed’ ‘

and a piece of black walnut .to resembled!
had been put in its- place.~ This hadzall
been done by the blacksmith, when I went
down the hill behind his shop, to drink .‘at
his spring. The ‘- fellow bad replaced“‘.the..
gun in the wagon‘just; as I hadleft it, to
avoid creating suspicion. I would have
. given ten years-0 of. my life-lime :if I could
have held in my hand one of your double-
barreled percussion rifles. However, it was
my life or my money, perhap. both; so
clubbing, my rifle, as the foremost advanced
with a long horse-pistol. I determined to
fight. it out to the end. - 0n he came, cock-
. , ing and raising his pistol; but stumping h's
‘ ‘30s against a stone he stumbled tov'vards me.
iifleforc he recovered. my own ride, as it
1' whirled, came in contact with. his weapon
and sent it spinning across the road. He
dodged a second blowwhich I aimed at his
head, and ran to recdver his pistol, -HereI
was, for a moment, like a back at bay.
Two rascals, one armed witha. bar of iron
and the other with a, .big- cudgel,‘ were.
afraid to come iwlthin reach of my clubbed.-
rifle. I had but a short respite. The red-
sliirted man soon recovered his shooting
iron and, advancing within fivc'yai‘ds, fired...
1 jum ed to- one side,but therewas a‘nfu'mb,
dead eelingiia'i’ny-rig‘ht arm, and it fell; as ..
useless against-my sideas _tiie,s_leeve- that
encased it.‘ :1 had new but one arm,i,and
that my left.so'of course there was ashort
scufile. Isaw one of them approaching. a-
large stone in both,_liands.,raised, above his

head, as another was pulling me down.

There was a heavy thud on my head, and I
remembered no inorc._ , . g , .
“When I came whilst .did, of course, or

I would not behere .to tell- the story,—it
seemed as if ' I was. ' 'graduallyawakening
. from a long. confused: dream, aidream' of
years, in which I’ hadlived enemy 'whole
life. But how Icame Where _I was lying I
could not tell.-. Then its my faculties -'re-,
turned, I calledto mind my starting from
home, and, the journey all ‘alongxnntil‘I
stopped to get my horse] shod. Then. I
thoughtof the blacksmith and his villain}.
one face, and realized'my situation. The
villians had dragged: me fera‘ dead man
away from the road._-,-I did . not knowfliow
far, and covered me with leaves. 'I could
not move my right arm,jb,u 11:118th away
the leaves from my face .witli‘im‘y left. ' ‘In a

. short time I -shoved:_them~1ftfo‘n§i'the lower
. , part of my'boriy. and.':felti-.for~-s'ny money.

 
 
 
 
 

s. it.

evening. I was quite numb, but: presentl ‘

i ”I ‘ felt my body all over to find if‘I was him .

out the fire.

, belt. It was dangling by; onej'ofi th‘éEstrings
hich had become entangledgin;a_.buttongof

, y pantaloons. 'Of'co'ur'se-ltv‘wai empty}?
nd the money I hadginifmy-poekets find.
y watch. were also gone; ‘11 .didino’t. now ~
ow long I'liadglalu there; :itrmigbt have
eeu for hours or days, for what Ikuc’w‘.
As it was hazy, there was no can ~virilibleT;.t'o.
tell me whether it Was morning.'uoon-,»_- or

tree that had fallen close by, and trampled
Then I removed the leaves
from the hole, and in the dark putall the
oin I‘could lay my hands on into my- hat -
‘and clambered up the precipice. There
covered my hat with leaves by the side of a
big stone. and, hiding under a bush near by,
waited to see the result of my folly in build-

6

ing such a fire. I thought that daylight

would never co'me,;but1 was apprehensive
the robbers would. While I lay under the
bush I had opportunity, however, ofjcollect-
ing in thoughts, ' 1 reasoned thus: It
would e a poor place to conceal money for
any length of time. Highwaymen are not
such fo is, some poor fellow has been mur-
dcred, nd the money has been concealed
in the hole with the intention of removing
it soon. While I was turning the matter
over.in my head time slipped. away, day
broke at last. the bright sun peeped over
'the' river bottom-lands to the east, and still
no, one came.

. “I clambered down the ledge once more,
:audcarefully removing the leaves from the
depressions in the rock, examined them. 1

and to make a shapely stick of it and keep
it as a memento of my good luck. I walked
this time around the ledge, got my hat,
counted my gold, and placed it carefully in
my old‘money belt, which, Lstill, retained; ,
The treasure I found amounted ito fifteen: ‘
hundred and eighteen “idollarsy :Federal'
money. Itied my belt :jnround my bod
under ray-shirt, and started to find the tea .
“I retraced my steps to the place where
the robbers had covered me with leaves,
and walked around the bushy top of a tree
which had fallen during the summer and
still retained its withered foliage. Judge of
my astonishment to find I was just on the
-side of the road, and opposite the spring
where I had the fight with the highway-
men. I thought i would survey the battle-
field before I took the road westward. As
I crossed,'I lies-rd like sound, of éhorses feet
coming rapidly iu‘pi the road: . In a few
moments ",Shackelfo‘rd. appeared in sight,
rifle in hand. Then followed a dozen of my
old'neighbors. 0n they came, and .sue
shouting and yelling, when they saw me,
you never heard. They had given me up
for murdered, and Polly Slaughter had
made up her mind that she was a widow.
‘ “The rascals had driven my team into a
timber road a littledistauce ahead, cut the
traces, and immediately left for parts no
known. Shackelford ‘liunted them up with
a sharp stick,’ but to no purpose. The
‘wagon and horses were found the day after
.I was missing. I had come to and bad
iwandered away to the brook, while they
were scouring the woods at some distance
in the hollow on the other side of the road.
I wondered that Driver, my old deer-hound,
who 'was with them, had not scented me,
but I'suppose the fresher trail of the men
and horses put 'm at fault. Some of the
men forded the river in search of the black-
smith, for nobody. haduame in the neigh-
borhood, and thrbetened burn, “is house;
and would awesome 3) .gfor-ihis wife
and her littleg’cotiou-il ,, (led dhildrcn-J '
“When c; otifoTKelituckyiiandShackel-
ford found ad money to pay for the land,
notwithstanding I had been robbed, I had
to tell him the‘ whole story about finding
“the gold, but bound him to secrecy, asI had
a-fear that I ight be traced and wavlaid
byfthe robbers to recover their gold. It
was at my own cabin I made the confes-
,‘sion, and showed him the stick I had picked
it by my money hole and used as a cane.
G'BQEDIIBCI it carefully for some time, and
than laid it down, saying it was part of the
stave ofa barrel and looked as if it had
been gnawed by bears.

 

 

 

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Uncle en, p'ointingwith her finger to the
lace. Uncle Ben read aloud: “ The whole
to conclude with the laughable Equestrian
Burlelta of The Hunted Tailor, or, A Trip
to Brentford. The part of Billy Button by,
Mr. John Cook” , .t
“ Ajax,” said the old man. as be folded up,
his spectacles, “I must go and see that to-
night. , I havn’t had a laugh at Billy But-
ton for twenty vears‘.” .
“Certainly, Uncle,.,Ben," I replied. “I
would like to go with..you and have a good
laugh also; and as you'bave intimated that
you will be detainedmt thevdrove-yard all
day, we will meet at tea-time.‘j ,_ .
In the early dusk of the evening, as I am .
tel-ed the hall,I heard, Sue at the-piano.‘
Approaching the door of the back parlor, I '
found her singing: to' an - old-fashioned,
cross-hand accompaniment, a song,_ the
name of which I need not repeat when I
say the words she uttered just then were,—

‘

‘,Tho:)inhast on me thy angel 'in moments of
as: " '
Thy angel I’ll _ the horrors of this.”

I had not he the "old song for years; I

drollery. Walking up softly behind her,
tandllaying my hand gently on her shoulder,

SLIM Z
“-Whose angel will you,be, Sue Y"

-“ Wily, yours of course, my dear unso—.
phistiggted," she replied,looking up; and
her face flushed as though she had betrayed
some closely kept secret. Recovering her-
self quiekly, she continued:

“But your better-angel is in the other
room, tending the baby. ’ . ‘
Looking through the’folding doors,-there

sat Uncle Cook at the window, with. Lulie

on his knee. She had so completely daub-

ed and smeared the windowzpanes with her

little “ patties,” that I did not observe the

~happy pair as I walked tip the front- door

steps. .

I found that my wife had passed the day

at Germantown with her uncle, and had

revailcd on him toacnompany her home.
Uncle Cook was a short, stout, square-built

man, a little stoop-shouldered, in whose

face manth the sam'e‘irich Dutch blood

that usually shone in Sue’s check. I had

scarcely time to shake hands with him be
fore the street door bell rang. Sue flew to
the door and ushered in Uncle Ben. Intro-
ducing them,,she said ;' ’ ,
“ Uncle Ben Slaughter, this is my Uncle
John Cook. He is as food of going to the
circus as you are.-.and‘ii‘itends'to stay all
night with us, and go with you and Ajax to
see Billy Button,” .

The two old men shook hands, and our
uncle on my wife's side said: . .

“ But I am not Joh Cook, the clown. I
don’t look much’like a circus-rider, do I t"

“No," said Uncle Ben in his bluff way,
looking down at Uncle Cook’s portly figure.
“I think you are built more for dodging
than jumping fences.”

They both laughed at this witticism, and
we then sat down to tea. When it was over
we went to See the “grand entree;” the
“ slill‘vanlting by the whole company 3” the
strange man w 0 name staggering put 'of
the pit into the ring and wanted to rides.
certain vicious horse, and, was allowedto
do so, and throwing off. innumerable ra- ged
garments as he rode, at last stood in a' one
white shirt, which lie eventuall threw 'off,
a pcarin in spangles, and, t en, “The
liitnted ailor, or a Trip to Brentford.” ‘I
had a heavy heart on account of my busi-
ness troubles, and it was a great relief to
join with these two It le 0 d men in the
laugh at the mishaps of . illy utton.

The performance was over early, and as
we entered the hall on our return, Uncle
Ben exclaimed, as he did the night before :

 

 

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was number seven.

worth while to repeat the story to Mr.
Slaughter. I will do so, however, if it will
interest him and Ajax. There was a deal
of mystery about the matter which I sup-
p? will never be cleared up. Perhaps I
i not follow it up its-I ought to have
done. It happened in this way. ‘
“ My old agent in Kentucky died having
a smart sum of money in hand. To con-
form to law I had to apply and make cer-
tain oaths in person,aud therefore went out.
After a delay of two or three-weeks I got
it: from his executors. I bought ten barrels
of lard and put them in the. warehouse of
Whittelsey’s successor. One day, alone,
retending to examine the quality of the
ard, I took the head out of One of' the bar-

-rels,"put in my gold, and headed it up. I

marked the numbers on them, and this one
“ I had promised Mr. Lewis that I would
come home by the way of Pittsburg and the
Monongahela River, and collect some mon-
ey due him from oislillers there; so I sent
my lard home by a trusty Lancaster county
Dutch wagoner, who had come out from

did not look like the others. It was not my
marking, and was of rather different shape.
With much anxiety I opened it, and to my
dismay found no money. I then examined
them all with as little success.

“I immediately wrote out to the man in
whose warehouse I had opened the barrel
to put the money in. I waited a month for
an answer,and then wrote to his brother
informing him of my loss. After some de-
lay he answered thathlittelsey’s success-
or had gone west of the Mississi pi on a
trading expedition, Six months ater the
news came that he was killed by a drunken
Indian at one of the trading posts.

“ In the meantime I questioned the Dutch
wagoner frequently and closely. He de-
clared that the barrels were the same that
the store-keeper had helped him to_ put into
his wagon. The Dutchman's character was
above suspicio - . 6 having no proof that
I had put mduginto any barrel he had
brought from ntucky, I had no legal
claims against him even if I had been dis-
posed to prosecute him. Three years after
this he was taken sick and expected to die,
so he sent for me and made this confession.
“He came home by the Winchester route.
0n the way his wagon broke down, and he
Was obliged to unload on the roadside and
take it to ablaeksmith shop,a few miles
away, to have it repaired. When he re-
turned next day the barrel! of lard and ba-
can had been. knocked about, and one of
them was missing. To preserve his repu-
tation as an honest and careful teamster he
bought another barrel of lard in Winches.
ter and put the same number on it. , When
he arrived in Philadelphia and found me in
such an anxious slate of- mind about the
missing barrel, he concluded it had money
in it, for he had brou ht remittances for me
'in this way before. eating he would be
accused of theft,l‘.e insisted. up to the time
he was taken so dangerously ill, that none
of the barrels had been exchanged or re-
placed on the way. Now he wished to die
.‘with a clear conscience, and acknowledged
that .he had lost a barrel, and had replaced
it'wilh anoth-r. To the surprise of himself
and everybody else, he recovered; but he
always insisted that his last statement was
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth. So in the end all that} ever got
from my old collector‘s estate by going to
Kentucky was a queer sort of gold piece
which I carried in my pocket for a good
many years, and when Sue, there, was a
huh ,I gave it to her to cut her teeth on. I
thin it must have been an old medal of
some kind, but the inscription had somehow

 

man who, as they told you, wasmurdered.
$0! your money and now stands before you.
our loss, Mr. Cook, has been my gain.
The guincas and half-eagles that came out
of that barrel of lard» made myfortune. 51
have kept a strict account ‘withyon for
twenty-nine years nd to-morrow I will
give you a check 0 the Bank of Kentucky
tor principle and cempound interest at ten
per cent. I am your debtor for nearly thir-
ty thousand dollars. I may add that the
pleasure of returning it is'doubled by know-
ing that Sue, there, and Ajax, are to be .
made happy by its possession.”
The bloom, after‘fitful visits and flights,
presently settled in Sue’s checks. The
tears dropped from her long eyelashes.
She laughed and wept by turns. At last
she laid a hand on each shoulder of the old
Kentuckian‘,and looking once more into his,
eyes, said: '
“ I knew it; Uncle Ben. I knew last
night it was Uncle Cook’s money you found.
And all alone, by God’s help, I have wdrked
out this dellverguce ft in our troubles.
Blessed be 'His' name! T on she kissed the

found no bank-notes, but only thirty half. used to laugh at its queer sentimentafism. Philadelphia with a load'of goods for the two old men and bade them good night.
eagles more in “1911018 where I found the But now there seemed to be a pathos in the man who succeeded Whittelsey. I was a
other gold. Feeling quite feeble, I picked words, and a depth of feeling in their ex- good while on the way, and found whenl lifter Sue had gone, my mind reverted to
up’What I supposed was the splinter of a pression, quite unusual. in Sue’s singing. got home the lard had arrived the day be- her nervousness at the conclusion of Uncle
broken :log. intending to use it as a cane, notwithstanding my appreciation of its fore. Glancing at the barrels, number seven Ben's story the previous.

As we sat silently gazing into the grate

ning, and her
impressive act and words fore bidding‘
him good night; her allusion in our chamber
to corroborative evidence of the truth of
Uncle Ben’s sto - her sudden avoiding the
subject ; and h nest, supplicating pray-
er. Then 'I lit . of her seizing the news-
paper before breakfast and drawing the old
man’s attention to the circus advertisement,
the day spent at Germantown. and the two
lines of that old song. This guileless girl,
with a woman‘s intuition, had seized u on
an incident in the narration of the old en~
tuckian’s adventures, and con ecting it
with a story heard in her chi] and, had
“ worked out this deliverance from our
troubles.”
Why did not she confide her plans to her
husbpnd, and seek his counsel and coopera-
tion -
Would she raise him to the heights of
hope for a few brief hours, perhaps only to
plunge him deeper back into the slough of
despond ? ‘
Such, no doubt, were her thoughts as she
sat by the baby’s crib the night before.
I placed the baby’s silver cup, with some
cigars in it, before my uncles. and bade'
them good night, just as the old Kentuckian
commenced telling Uncle Cook the story of
his adventure with the robbers, and. his
finding the money. , ' - " .
,As I entered our chamber'Sne arose from
her knees, and putting her arm around my
neck said: . . '
“ You wouldn’t believe me, Ajax, when I
told you, after we were married, that I had
a fortune somewhere, if 1 could only find it.
Now you can pay those obstinate French-
men, and I will hold the mortgage on the
house, and we will have sixteen thousand
dollars left."
Then Lulie stirred in her crib and open-
ed her larce gray eyes. so like Sue’s. ‘ Then
we both kissed her, and kissed the dear old
medal, and hung it aroundthe baby’s neck.
' =25:

Tom Thumb is going to join a tem
society. '

The Duchess of Edinburgh is nursing her
baby herself. ' ' '

Mr. Beecher, according to the Cincinnati
Gazette, is so charming a speaker that ‘he
needsl“ neither consistency, reasonmor the-
ology.” , ' ‘

A politician thinks of the next election;
a statesman of the next generation. A pol-
iticiau looks for the success of his party ; a
statesman for that of his country. Thestates-
man wishes to steer, while the politician is
satisfied to drift. '

perance

 

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constantly on hand all kinds of

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things is easily accounted for.»
has built houses and stores without provid-
ing the business to fill them. She has per-
mitted Baltimore to take one part of-her
trade, and Boston another part. She has al-
lowed the dangerous classes to take posses-
sion of the government of the city, and has
do'ne 'ever thing possible to check: her
growth an limit her prosperity. The legis- ,
lature, instead of selling or filling up the
lateral canals, which never did any business
and makes heavy drafis on the Erie, foolishly
keeps them up and drives away the trade
which would otherwise find the city by that
channel, and her merchants sit down ’on
“natural advantages” and allow cartmcn,
middlemen and. leechesgenerally, to suck
the substance out of the grain trade. _
In the meantime.Baltimore and Boston
are building elevators‘and reaching their
long railroad arms out over the country ; and
Canada is arranging to improve her river
and canal system so as to get better connec-
tion with the great West and clip the me-
tropolis still more. .
New York is the great commercial center
of the continent, and always ought to be;
bilt there has got to be a. change of tactics,
or she will lose her place, sure.
AMUSEMENTS AND Luxuiinls. . .
As dull as are the times and as hard as
money is to get, it is a singular thing , that
the places of amusement are better patron-
ized than ever. The opera, with seats at
$4, is crowded; the theatres are full-nightly
and the drinking houses and, the more fash-
ionable resaurants, where a dinner costs
$4 to $6, have lost none of their patronage.
And the retail stores are doing txceedingly
well.

fashionable retailers sold more costly goods
than theyghave this season. The- jewelers

sive goods, and the‘importers ‘of silks an'd-
laces and that class, never sold more. And
the questionis, who buys them 2 New York-
ers, as a rule, are tconomizingnbut never.
theless the goods go. One standing an hour
at the bars of any of the great hotels, and
seeing the amount of brandy consumed at
40 cents a drink, wouldn’t suppose the
countrywas suffering from slagnatidn in
business, and that there was universal dis:
tress in the city. Nor would they suppose
that 50,000 men were outof work on the
island,and that their wives and children
were actually sufl'ering for bread. The two
extremes come very close to each other.

LABOR

continues unsettled and unsatisfactorysThe
employers are discharging vast numbers of
men and reducing not only the‘time but the.
wages of those they retain. The poor feié
lows, driven to madness, strike—the facto-
ries close, and then comes cold, hunger and
desperation This will» be the Worst winter
New York has ever seen. Label-ing men
who have something to do out of New York
are ve luc . .
ry kyTlL'fON-mcm . .
Public interest in the great Scandal is be.
ingrevived, the matterI having ‘come up in
the courts. Moulton has Settled the libel

costs already 'incurred and counsel fees,
amounting in all to about $5,000. The pub»
he take this action of his as a confession
that her case was good. He settles because
his counsel advise him that belies laid him-
self liable to Miss Proctor.‘ ‘

There will be a happyJime getting sjnry

be found in Brooklyn who have not formed
an opinion in this case ? it will take months
to empannel a jury, if one can be empannel.
ed at all. I predict that the Iliad will be a
fence. and that the. public will be left at its
conclusion no nearer the truth than it. is

 

 

suit of Edna Dean Proctor by' paying than

in the main case. Where can twelve men?

There has never been a time when _the .

are selling enormous quantities of expen- -