‘ her own country. and, considering the laws
WHOLE NUMBER 141
THE PE’I‘BIFIED FERN.
In a valley,centuries ago,
Grew a little fcrn'lea'f, green and'slender,
Twining delicate, and fibres tender, ,
Waving when the wind crept down so low ;
Rushes tall, and grass, and moss grew
round it, ,
Playful sunbenms darted in and found it.
But no foot of man ere came that way—
Earth was young and keeping holiday.
Useless ; Lost I There came a thoughtful man,
Searching nature’s secrects far and deep,
From a fissure in a rocky steep
He withdrew a stone o’er which there ran
Fairy pencilings—a quaint design——
Leafage, vineing, flowers, clear and fine;
And the fern’s litc lay in every line.
. So I think God hides some lives away,
Sweclly to surprise us the last day.
From Lippincntt‘s Magazine.
In American Girl and her lovers.
In the spring of 1869 I was induced,»for
the Sake of rest and recreation, to take
charge ofa young American girl during a
tour in Europe. This young girl was Miss
Helen St. Clair of Detroit, Michigan. We
two_ were by no means strangers. She had
been my pupil sine the time when she was
the prettiest little creature that ever write
a scarlet hood. I'have a little picture.
scarlet hood and-all, thatI would not ex-
change for'the most beautiful one that
Greuz'e ever painted. Not that her 3 face
bore any resemblance to the pictures of
Grenze.‘ It had neither the sweet simplici-
ty ofthe girl in “The Broken Pitcher,” nor
the sentimental graces which he bestows on
his court beauties. It was an exceedingly
piquant, animated face, never at rest, always
kindling, flashing, gleaming, whether with
sunlight or lightning. Her movements were
quick and darting, like those of a humming-
bird. Hcr cnunciatiou, though perfectly
distinct, was marvelously rapid. The sarfl‘e
quickness characterized her mental opera-
tions. Her conclusions, right or wrong,
were always instantaneous. Her prompt
decisivencss, her talent for mimicry and her
witchery of grace and beauty won ,her as
devoted a following of school girls, to whom
her tastes and opinions were as author-
itative as ever were. those of Eugenie to the
ladies of her court. School-girls, like
college-boys, are very apt in nicknames,
and Helen’s was the “Little Princess,"
which her pretty, imperious ways made
pefuliarly appropriate.
aine, a family inheritance.
and habits are unexceptionable too," she
added by way of parenthesis. "It is not
often that you find all that in a man of
j
P
3.
opera! Not Malibran or Grisi ever had
triumphs that would equal hers." Eminent
painters wished to make a study of her
face. Authors who had received thc prizes
of the Academy for grave historical works
sent her adulntory verses. “May I-fiirtaa
rion-wid you—you lovely meess it” asked
one of the immortal forty," displaying up
English.
It grew rather annoying. I was impor-
tuned with questions, such as “Will you re-
ceive proposals of marriage for Miss St.
Clair i'" “ What is her dowry ?” “Are you
entrusted to find ahusband for her abroad i”
Iwas tired of answering, “Miss St. Clair
will probably marry in her own country.”
“Her parents would he very reluctant to
consentto any foreign marriage.” “I can-
not tell what Mr. St. Clair will give his
daughter. . It is not the custom to give
dowries with us, as with you.”
One evening we saw at Madame Le Forl's
.receptiou a. young man so. distinguished in
'"thearance that he was known as “is beau
'Vergniaud." He was six feet in height and
well made, with abundant 'chcstnut hair,
dark hazel eyes, clearly-cut, regular features,
and n complexion needlessly fine foreman.
From that time he was invariably present,
‘not only at Madame Le Fort’s, but where-
,'t:ver we went.
One day lIelcn said to me, ”I made a silly
speech last evening. I was dancing with
M. Vergniaud, and we were talkin of that
charming Madame de Launay. said, ‘I
shottld think she might be happy, having
amelegant house in Paris, :. chateau in the
country, andsuch a handsome husband so
devoted to her ' And he rejoined instantly
very low, ‘My dear Miss St. Clair, can I not
give you all this!" - It was not fair to take
advantage of me in that way."
“What did you say it"
“Oh, I laughed it off. I did not think he
was in earnest, but he spoke to me again
before he went away.” .
. That afternoon Madame Le Fort came
into my room with the look of one who has
something important to communicate: “I
have been wishing to see you,” she said.
"iii. Vergniaud has taken me into his confi-
dence. He has formed a. serious attachment
his wife. It is a. splendid alliance," she
continued, warming with her theme; “if
he had asked for mv daughter I would give
her to him blindfold. He belongs to one of
our old families. You should see his house
on the Avenue de Montaigne. Have you
never seen him driving with his superb
horses in the Bois de Boulognc? He has
an estate with a fine old chateau in Tour-
His character
do nol_know how her parents dared twenty-six. So handsome besides!”
trust her to me fora year beyond the sea.
but they did. We sctofl‘ in high enthu-
siasm, and Helen was full of mirth and
laughter till we were fairly on board the
“True,” said I, "but you forgot Mr. Den-
hunt.”
“On the contrary, I remember him too
well to conceive the possibility of his being
steamer in New York harbor, when she a rival to Rene Vergninud.”
threw herself on her father’s breast with a
gesture of utter abandonment that would a
have made the fortune of a debutante on
any stage in the world. It was so unlook-
ed for that we all broke down, and Mr. St.
“Brit did
rud l”
“Yes, and he was greatly disturbed at
you mention him to M. Yergni-
first,but.when I told him that he had no
expectation of marrying for two or three
Clair was strongly inclined to take 'lrcr years to come, he laughed andsaid it was
home with him. But so sudden was she in t
if no importance. . Vergninud would
all her moods that his foot had scarcely like to be married in a few weeks, as is the
touched the shore before she was again ra- custom with us, but I suppose it will take
dian! with anticipation.
longer to adjust the preliminaries on ne-
1 will not linger on the pleasant summer count of her parents being across the Atlan-
travel, the Rhine majesty, the Alpineglory.
September saw as established in the city of
cities—Paris. Fverywhere we had met
throngs of Americans. Neigh prs from
over the way in our own city reeted us
tic.
(The inevitable question, always put with
as much simplicity and directness as if one
were asking the time of day.)
What dowry has my liitle jewel l”
“I do not know," I replied. “It is. so
warmly in unexpected places. But we hat contrary to all our notions. I do not think
not crossed the ocean merely to see our I
own countrymen. In Paris we were deter-
mined to eschew hotels and pensions and i
with her.
sult.”
to become the inmates of a French home.
Everybody told us this would be impossible,
but I find nothing so stimulating as the
here is a man in America who in asking a
father for the hand of his daughter would
nquirc how much money he was to have
It would be considered an in-
"Perhaps Mr. St. Clair would prefer to
assertion that a thing can't be done. Two settle an annuity on his daughaer. Is that
weeks of eager inquiry, and
received into a family which could not
have been more to our wish if it had been
created expressly for us.
Monsieur Le Fort. a professor in the Medi-
the bitof red ribbon coveted by French-
men in his buttonhole: Madame Le Fort, l
we Were i
country?”
"It is not managed at all. A man gives
It was that of his daugh 1' what he lilws, or he gives her
. nothing b l her bridal outfit.
cal College, a handsome, elderly man with condition of the marriage."
It is never a
“How strange all that is! One can hard-
ybelicve it in France. We set by a sum
u charming, graceful woman midway be- of money for Clarice’s dowry almost as soon
tween thirty and forty, and a pretty daugh-
ter of seventeen, completed the family.
With great satisfaction we took possession :lLby a single sou.
as shewas born, and it would be a hard
necessity that could compel us to diminish
Ifyou would like it, in
of the pretty rooms, all white and gold, a couple of days I can give you an exact in-
lh~it overlooked the Bond Point des Cham-
pe Elysees.
My little princess had found a prince in
of attraction, his sudden appearance in
Paris ought to have been a surprise to her.
But, to his discomfiture and even anger.
Helen refused to see him. She had hidden
him good-bye at home, she said; they
ventory ol‘all M. Vergniaud‘s property and
possessrons.
not vary twenty napoleons from the fact.
We do everything so systematically here."
1 could guarantee that it will
“Thanks! I think it will hardly be
necessary. I do not know that Helen likes
him particularly.” ‘
“Nobody admires that little paragon
more than I-—I should be frantically in
would not be married for three years, if love with her ifI were a mun—but she had
they ever were; she was going to devote better think twice before rejecting such it
herself to her music; and she did not wish parti as Rene Vergniaud, especially if she
to see him here.
his studies and their engagement was an-
When he had completed has no'dowry. You will surely not permit
her to do so without communicating with
nounced (it was only a mutual understand- her father? He will understand her in-
ing now) there would be time enough to see
each other at home. Excellent reasoningl
buts fortnight later a tiny hand slipped
between my eyes and the ‘Figaro a little
note on which I read :
“DEAR Faun:
lay ood-bye again.
“ ours, HELEN."
terest better.”
“In this case I shalt let her do just as she
Bleasgs, as her father would if he were
ere. ‘
Madame Le Fort’s look of amazed'incred-
I th' k I h 1 'ke . ulity was truly comical. What ought I to
m 8 on d h t do? I queried. On the whole, I dgcided to
do the easiest thing—wait.
The next day I was‘honored with -a call
The dark eyes 10‘)de half shyly, half from M. Vergiiiaud. ’He believed that Ma-
coaxingly into mine. , - , »
“V!ell,”.s:iid I, “Katrine will mail it for
on. . . .
The next day I saw for the first time Mr.
Frederick Denham He Was tall and slen-
der, with asallow complexion, rather dull
gray eyes and black ‘hair, by 0 means
handsome, but sufficiently wel oking to
please a friendly eye. In his manners
there was a coldness and reserve which
passed for haughtiness. He was said to
Voted.
with her father and mother? The matter
ofdowcry was indifferent to him; his in-
come was sufllciently large, and, alas l he
had no parents to consult.
him with Mr. St. Clair’s address and a few
words of introduction to him? He should
be under everlasting obligations to me, and
dame Le Fort had spoken to me of his pro-
found attachment to the lovely Miss St.
Clair—the most passionate, the most de-
Would I favor
possess grcat talents . “31¢ ambition, and if there was anything he could do to show
Helen htd the fullest belief in his genius
and success. Not Goethe himself was a
greater’man” in her eyes.
I had frequent opportunities of seeing
them together, for, according to French
ideas, nothing is more improper than to
leave a’yonng man and woman a moment
by themseIVes. Was it my fancy- thiit he
seemed too much absorbed in himself, too
little sensible of the rare good-fortune which
made him the faynred ‘lover of the beatil'ul
Miss St. Clair? ‘It might be so but others
shared it. . . , . , - ,
"What ails the Americans 2"" asked
Madame Le Fort. "Is it possible that he is
not in love with that fascinating young
creature? Or are all your countrymen so
cold and inanimate? Elle est rtvissantc,
adorable! I c-uinot comprehend it.”
“Probably,” I replied, “he has too much
reserve and delicacy to make a display of
his feelings in the presence of strangers."
But I was not satisfied. The more I
watched them. the more I perceived a lack
ofdeference. to her opinions ~and respect
for her judgment—an irritating assumption
of superior wisdom, as if he had worn the
visible inscription, “I will accept homage,
but not suggestions. Oii‘er incense and be
content.” Would the little princess be con-
tent ? I saw symptoms of rebellion. _
"Do you think I am a. little fool, Madame
Fleming ?" she asked with heightened
color and impetuous tone, turning suddenly
to me while they were conversing apart one
chning. . _
November came, and we were launched
on the fall tide of Parisian society. Mr.
Denham had gone to Germany to complete
certain scientific studies, and he left his
fair betrothed with it parting injunction not
to dance with any foreigner. As well shut
her up in acell! Nowhere is there such a ,
furore for dancing as in Paris. Every
family has its weekly reception, and every
card of invitation bears in the corner. "On
Jansen.” These receptions are the freest
and gayest imaginable. Any person who
has the entree of the house comes when he
feelsinciiued. Introductions are not indis-
pensable as with us; any gentleman may
ask a lady to dance with him, whether he
has been formally presented or not, and it
would be an affront to decline except for a
previous engagement. , The company as-
semble about ten, and often dance till three
or four in the morning. In any one house
we see nearly the same people once a week
for the whole winter, and such frequent
companionship gives a feeling of intimacy;
It is surprising how many French men and
French women have some special artistic
talent, dramatic or musical, and with what
. ready good-humor each contributes to the
entertainment of the rest. In every assem-
bly, with all its sparkle of youth and gnycty,
there is a back-ground of mature age; but
though a card-room is generally open, it
never seems to draw many from the salons
de danse. ‘
In these salons the little princess entered
at once upon her royalty. Her dancing
was the poetry of morion. She sang, and
the most brilliant men hung over her en-
raptured. “She Was like Adelina Patti,”
they said, “but ofu more perfect and deli-
cate type of beauty. What wonderful eyes,
with the long thick lashes veiling Oriental
depths of liquid light! How the music
trickled from her fingers and poured from
her small throat like the delicious warble of
. a nightingale! What a loss to art that her
position precluded her from singing in the
his gratitude, his appreciation—
I interrupted these protestations: “I
doubt if Mr. St. Clair would conseht to any
marriage, that would separate, him from his
daughter, however advantageous it ' might
be in other respects."
“My dear madame, who asks'iti’ I have
no business or profession ; we could easily
spend a part of every year in America it it
were desirable. ”
“That would certainly make it easier, but
it will be better to defer writing till we
sentiments. Her father will he guided chief-
ly by her inclination."
“It is a nice country for young girls,
America,” said he' with a smile. "I shall
do all that ‘ possible to win Miss St. Clair-'8
favor, for! e would be worthless without
her." And he bowed himself gracefully
out.
, Is it possible that Helen will be indif-
ferent to this young Antinous? thought I.
Poor Mr. Denham would have small chance
with me ifI were in her place.
An hour later the concierge sent up to
me an exquisite boquct of violets and white
camellias, with the card of Rene Vergninnd
and a folded note: "If Madame Fleming
does not think it improper, will she be So
kind as to give these flowers to my beautiful
uecn ?” .
M. Vergniaud had asked Madame Le
Fort’s permissron to call on Miss St. Clair.
‘fCertainIy not," she replied. “I am as-
tottnded at such presumption! But you
may call to see me. 'l‘o-morrow evening
we go to the opera, and Wednesday to
ception, and Friday we have tickets to
Phedre at the Francois. Saturda , then ; it
is the first evening we have free.’ »
We were all 'assembled in the saloon as
usual after dinner when M. Vergniaud was
announced. ~The little princess was rs-
diant. She had never been merrier iua
school-girl frolic or tnore ready with gibe
and jest and laughter. She sang her best
stings. putting her whole soul into them—
“Si tu savais comme je I’aime.” Rene
Vergniaud was so dazed that he came near
bidding farewell to his senses for ever. He
evidently thought that all this brilliancy
was for him. _~-was in such a rapture of
delight thath dever noticed Madame Le
Fort’s repeated glances at the clock, and
was only roused by the polite invitation to
come again. He was not too disconcerted
to make a. charming apology, like a true
Parsian, and tore himself away.
Late as it was, as soon as we were in our
own little parlor I could not forbear saying,
“1 was surprised at you to~niglit, Helen.
How could- you run on so? Madame Le
Turc there, tool and you know the young
French girls never open their lips to say
more than ‘Oui, monsicur’—-‘ ,on, mon-
sieur,’ to a gentleman. What will M. Ver-
gniaud think ?"
“I don’t care what he thinks,” flinging
herself down on an. ottoman with her head
in my lap';f'but Ido3cnre what you ,think,
Madame Fleming. Did I behave so very
badly? I didn’t mean to, but I was re-
solved that hc should not get a chance to
talk any nonsense to-night; and he did,
after all. I hate bcin made love to before
a whole room full. had to laugh or else
cry.” And the little fairy dissolved in a
shower of tears. like another Undine.
Another week went by On Saturday
afternoon Helen asked, “Will you be so
kind as retake are to the little Protestant
Non
to Miss St. Clair, and wishes to make her '
dancing.”
.
l
t
attention] receive, and all that.
perhaps beginning to regret her own.
church beyond the Arc d’Etoile’ this even-
much to hear that good ,M.‘ Bercier."
“So should I. But you have not forgotten
that M. Vereniaud will be here.”
“I am under no obligation to entertain
Madame Le Fort’s callers." , ~ '
“But on know, Helen, that he comes for
your an c. It is well for you to consider
that the future Madame Vergniaud will
have in some respects a more brilliant post-
n than perhaps any man in our country
could offer you.”
“I know all that, and I don’t pretend to
say that I should not like it. I am asham-
ed of being so worldly, but ' to have a su-
perb establishment and all this Charmin
Parisian society, and give a grand bal
whenever I liked, would be just paradise-
And to have it all in my grasp, and not be
able to take it, is too aggravating. It is so
vexatious that the right man never has the
right things." . q
We went to church. M. Vergninud called,
but recollected an engagement which took
him away early. Monday evening he drop-
ped in again just alter dinner: "Do not let
tnederange you in the least. jc' vous en
prie, madame, I come early because I am
engaged to three balls to-night."
more mute and statute-like it she had been
born and bred in France, where in the
presence of gentlemen, young girls silently.
adhere to their brilliant mothers, whose
wit and grace and social tact make, the
charm ofthe Parisian salons. Apparently.
the French consider that the combined at:-
tmctions of youthful faces and sprightly
conversation would. be too much for any
man, and mercifully divide the two. And
this leaves them helpless before a little
American girl, laughing, talking, jesting,
teasing, till, bewildered by such a pheno-
menon, they are swept down so easily that
one is reminded of Attila’s taunt to the
Romans, “The thicker the grass, the quicker.
it is mowed."
This social etiquette was ver irksome to
my little fire-fly, who seemed a ways open-
ing and shutting her wings. In the course
the evening M. Vergniaud slipped into
r hand, unperceived by any of us, a
closed envelope with the whisper, “Put it in
your pocket. Do not'let any one see you."
She opened it deliberately: “M. Vergni-
and is so kind as to ivc mehrs photograph,
Madame Fleming. 0 you think it a good
likeness i’" g
The mystery which French people are
fond of attaching to harmless trifles is'in-
conceivable. One evening, in the earlier
part of our stay in Paris, a cousin of Miss
St. Clair‘s, who was in the same hotel-with
Mr. Denham, called on us, and when he
was taking leave she held out an unsealed
note: “Will you give this to Tredi’ Don’t
forget it." ’
tletnan right before Madame Fleming and
all of “S I”
“Why,” said I, “do young people never
write notes to each other in France i" .
"Not openly like that—little three-cor-
nered notes to slip into the hand while
“This is the way to told them,” said Clar-
ice, taking up a smallsheet of paper. "You
see that will justfit into the bellow of the descended to the co rt of the hotel, but The Belfast (Me) Journal'tells how.“ en-
hand. nnd nobody could ever see it." ‘
“I like our way much better. What is never late before, but Iam confidenlthathe u 11 is not of that articlco
done openly is not half so mischievous." ‘
"Not half so interesting," rejoined Clar.
ce.
The nimble hours danced, as they had a
A few days later I asked Helen, “Have
you made up your mind what answer to
give M. Vergniaudl He intends to write to
be way. the thing is managed in your your father. He was speaking to me about
it again to-day."
“ won’t have him writing to my father,”
slIie rtiplied with her-{wanted impetuogity.
' wi I not have my other worried it out It was strnn e to see the Forum ordinaril : '
nothing. It would be a month before I g . y not a very pletsant lot, as the girls who
could set it right." . _
"He seems to be very much in love Will] open carriages. in which were seated ladies was given to Alma House,»at four cents per
you. '
wretched for ever, if you reject him."
He says he shall be in despair,
“So they all say. I don’t believe a word
of it, and I can’t help it if they are. I can’t
marry more than one of them, and I
believe I shall ever marry anybody. I if by magic, cvery arch and crevice of the
won't be_persecttted to denim”
.The hm“ princess “um"med‘ $°m°- dyed Wi'h ”“3 “00“ “f the martyrs “It" six women, who turn out from 800 to 4009.
hing had evrdenlly gone erDg'. It soon. had drenched its soil. There were salvos of day.
cameont: ”I had n_ letter from F-I‘Ed this artillery, bursts of military music and a few
morning—every disagreeable letter.” ‘
donh
“Indeed l You have not yet answered it,
I suppose."
“No;he will have to write differently
It is that odious Mr. Wil-
AsifIcould
That explains it, I thought. "Helen, it
you have decided to say no to M. Vergui-
and. the sooner you sayét the better."
“I have said it, and he don’t mind it in
11116 least. Ikwishhyon woulidktell him: you
=l ways spca 30‘ ill 9909 e no" 3'00 are oint madame; he be ed a thousand ar- - ~ - - -
in earnest and can’t he] believing you.” p gg P ing little fern plants, vines, and little bits of
“Very well. Helen. will ask Madame
Le Fort to tell him that his suit is hopeless,
Might be hop's for my influence and that he must not annoy you by persist-
in%in it.‘
arty in February the Belgian ambassa-
dor, M. le comte dc Beyens, and Madame
la comtesse, kindly took charge of Miss St.
Clair lo the imperial b8“ 8‘ the Tullel'lfl. not understand what madame wishes to say."
She had never looked more charming than
in the exquisite costume of pale roseocolor
ed faille, with a floating mist of white tulle,
caught here and there by rosebuds that
might have Chrimchildls garden. The ai
figure, so gracelul in every motion, the we 1
poised head with its flutter of shining curls,
the wonderful dark eyes, the perfect eye-
brows, the delicions little month where love
seemed to nestle—when she had vanished
“it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite mu-
sic.
Madame la comtesse congratulated
me on her appearance, and afterwards on
her success. The emperor had distin uished
her in a very flattering manner, and ugen-
have some intimation of Miss St. Clair’s ie, looking earnestly at her, said to the com-
“Nothing is so beautiful as youth.”
No
one had made so decided a sensation.
At Madame Le Fort’s next reception there;
was a sudden influx of new guests—a young
Belgian baron of old historic name, slim and
still as a poker; a brisk French viscount,
who told me that he had been connected
with the embassy at Washington, and had
quite fallen in love with our institutions; an
talian Chevalier, a Russian prince.
Ugliness has its compensations, thoueht I.
Nobody makes such a fuss over a pretty girl
at home (they are not so uncommon), and I
will never bring one to Paris again. Thank
Heaven l we are going to Italy soon.
tesse,
The piercing Tramontane' came down up-
on
bias but we doubted if we were not in Ice-
land, and were glad to make our escape to
Rome, where we found an asylum in the
Hotel de Mincrve, not far from the Pantheon.
Many of the old palaces and convents of It-
uly have been transformed into hotels. This
Madame Perier’s,aud Thursday is my re- was the ancient pitlnce‘of the prince; of ed
Conti. I was so captivated by the superb
dining-room that the quality ofthe dinners
made but a faint impression. What! eat in
the presence of all thoae marble goddesses,
looking down upon us, serene and cold, as
if from their thrones on the starry Olympus
Or if I turned 9 es resolutely away from J u-
no, Ceres and, inerva, the were sure to
honoured by the dancing-girls of Pompeii
stepping out from the frescoed walls, or in-
extricably entangled in the lovely arlsnds
of fruit and flowers that wound the r mazy
way along the borders.
on evening, while we were waiting for
one of the endless courses of a table d'hote
dinner, my wandering eyes were caught by
the most perfect human head I had ever'
seen. It seemed that of the youthful Lord
Byron, so well-known in busts and engrav-
ings—thc’same small head with high fore-
perfectly-mouldcd chin, the full, ripe beauty
of the lips. The eyes were a deep blue, but
I thought them black at first, they were so
darkly shaded by the thickvhlack lashes. I
am convinced that Byron must have had
just such eyes for some of his biographers
describe them as black and others .' as blue.
When he rose from the table -I saw a slight,
well-knit figure of ex uisit'e proportions,
like the Greek God if ove. (Not Cupid
with his vulgar arrows, but the true heaven-
ly Eros. 1 saw him once in the Museum at
Naples, and again .in the Vatican. Is .it
Love or Death, or Immortality l’ I queried,
and then I knew it was the three in one.)
soon learned that the youth whose ideal
beauty had impressed me so strongly was
the Count Francisco de Alvala of Toledo in
Spain. I fancy that his eyes were as easily
attracted to beauty as.mine,for the next day
he was_my m-a-eisat table} not for the sake
of looking at me, I was well aware, but on
accountancy beautiful neighbor. Howev-
ing, Madame Fleming? I should like “so
Miss St. Clair could hardly have been 5
in the Bay ofNaples with so fierce a '
tread and clustering dark-brown curls, the ,
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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 9,1875.
REAL ESTATE.
by (In , and
ladies parlo
tuer artist.
tries.
“ In Spain I could not greet a lady witha
simple good-evening." said the count. “ I
should say, ‘ Permit the humblest of thy ser-
thing like that.”
“- Why do you not say it to us I” asked a
a bright eyed Canadian girl.
" Well, it might be a little awkward if you
should happen to take it literally. In Spain
it is‘the merei-t commonplace.”
“ If such exaggerated phrases are fritter-
ed into commonplaces, and the most impas-
sioned words grow meaningless, what can a
Spanish gentleman find to say when his
heart is really touched-i” Iinquired.
“ I fancy we should find same very simple
words to say it in,” said the boy, flushing
like a girl. “ But I do not know—I have
never learned." : '
fTalk some more,” commanded, the little
princess. _ _ .
“ If a pretty young lady is walking in our
streets a mantle is often flung suddenly in‘
her way. and proud and he ppy is its owner
if she deigns to put her dainty foot upon it.”
" What do they do that for? Because the,
streets are so muddy i” inquired an obtuse-
young woman. But nobody volunteered to
enlighten her. .
“ Cannot we go to Spain i" asked Miss St.
Clair: . “I should like to see a modern Sir
Walter Raleigh.” , ‘ .
“ If the senorita should appear in 10hr-
streets they would be strewn with mantles,".
said the young count gallantly. , 1
“ Would you thiiw down yours for me to
step upon P’.’
“ Surely, senorita."
“I’ll come, then.
mind.”
" Yes, studied with jewels.”
I loved the beautithi youth. His presence
was like a poem in my life, and if it ever
It must be of velvet,
of the young people might not be altogether
prudent, I dismissed it with the thought, he
is only a boy.
There was to be an illumination of the
Madame Le Fort was thunderslruck: “Is Coliseum. We were going of course and
It possible? Send a note to a young gen~ Count Alvala begged that I would honor {2333321355}
him by making use of his carriage on' this
occasion. “ Thank you, but I have already
spoken to Piero to come for us.” -
“ Oh, but we can send him away. You
will find my carriage more comfortable, and
it will be in every way pleasanter,” he urged
beseechingly ; but my negative was peremp-
tory.
Eight o’clock cam Miss St. Clair and I
where was Piero ll ‘_‘ It is singular. He was
will be here presently. We have only to
wait a little.”
The minutes went by, and they were long
minutes. It was akaard waiting in so
with his friend, an Italian marquis .some
thirty years of age, with whom we had a
young friend’s carriage. It would be a
to miss so grand a. spectacle,” said the
quis.
We entered the carriage. The count wrap-
ped us in a magnificent feather robe, such as
the Montezumas wore, for the April nights
in Rome are chill, however hot the sunshine.
“ I really thinkvyou had better accept’y
ar-
solitary and desolate, now thronged with an
eager multitude on foot and with numerous
in full dress as at the opera with us. Arriv-
ing at the Coliseum, we left the carriage and
passed through the huge portal. The
gloomy arches were obscurely' seen in the
dusky Roman twilight, when suddenly, as
gigantic ruin glowed, incarnndined, as if
vivas from the multitude. A brilliant spec-
tacle,bnt the tender beauty of moonlight
harmonizes with the solemnity of ruins.
Ilapt in the memories that the scene awak-
from that before he 89“ any answer from ened,I aid little attention to the monologue o ewhat The real objection 11",,
me. 18m not ‘30ng 10 be lessoned and of in urban friend when Iwas sudden! rooms in ° g ' ' .
scolded as if I were a. little girl. Father y ’ y had to them has been that "en wrth 0”
never does it, and I will not submit to it
from him.” After a pause; “He is not so
much to blame. . _
kins, W110 keeps WHIIDZ ‘0 him how ""1011 count and Miss St. Clair, who preceded us.
. - “He is too young,"I replied, but the ques- feet
he‘ll Ill POM Old Fred! _ We have known tion was asked so significantly that it dis-
'erich other ever since we were children.”
roused by the question, “ Did you ever See a
prettier con le 1‘"
“ Who i" asked absently.
“ There," he rejoined, pointing to the
tutbed ,me a little, and I resolved to be more
cautious than heretofore.
The next morning Piero appeared with
his carriage to take us to the Baths of Cara-
calla. He hoped madame did not lose the
illumination. He was wretched to disap-
dons. ,His’ little boy was taken violently
ill; be was forced to go for the doctor; ma -
smc was so good.
The truth flashed upon me: “ Piero, how
much did the count give you to stay away
last night 2”
eyes, but it was speedily"quenched-: “ I do
[Concluded mt week]
Thank you Mr. Barnum. If you had
only been in your seat on Tuesday the new
rule could not have passed. Such timely
absence ought to commend you to the sup.
port of thecolored .vpters of your district.
’ ' Palladium.
The unanimous renomination of Mr.
Starkweather was a very just tribute to an
old and faithtnl representative who deserves
well of his constituents. Plenty of mud has
been flung at Mr. Starkweather,but none of
it sticks, and there is not unintelligent dem-
ocrat in his district who believes the slan-
derous stories that buys been so industrious-
ly circulated. In speaking of the conven-
tion, the Bulletin says it was one of the most
harmonious political gatherings ever held in
that section of the Slate. Had there, it adds.
“ been any diversity of opinion, or had any
section seen fit to unite upon any other can-
didate, Mr. Slarkweathcr’s friends would
cheerfully have yielded to it, in accordance
with his wishes. But there was no such
feeling. The delegates from Windham coun-
ty had but one opinion regarding the propri-
ety of Mr. Starkwcatherfs nomination." ~Mr.
Starkweather is even stron er than he was
two' cars ago, and we she I expect to see
Mr. oster buried beneath a large majority.
. , Palladium. »
What bells the two unmarried daughters
of Sharon, of' Nevada, will be when they
arrive in Washington I Flirtationi “ There’s
millions’in it." ' , ~. ,
When a' conductor on a. Boston cur shout-
“ Buggies street I" the other night, It fel-
low, who had been dozinv in the corner.
started u and said: “ uggles’ treat!
Where’s Buggies? Show me Buggies,
quick l" 7 ..
“ Where’s the molasses, Bill I" said a wo-
man sharply to he'r son, who had returned
with an emptyrjug. "None in the city,
mother. Every grocery has a large board
outside, with the letters chalked on it,‘ N.
O. Molasses.’ " ‘ , _ .
Senator Sherman’s resolution instructing
the committee on the judiciary to‘ inquire
whether legislation is necessary to suppress
mbling houses in the District of Columbia
is aim at the gorgeous establishment fitted
up by ohn Chamberlin, in the house re-
cently occupied by the British minister.
A‘New York correspondent says there is
a strong feeling among the democratic lend
ers there against an extra session ofcongress,
which is findingexpression in appea s to
their friends in congress not to throw any
embarrassment in-the way of the appropri-
ation hills, which might render that contin-
gency unavoidable.
. ._.__.—_
. It I ONLY on) Caman—“ If I only had
capital,” a; young man' said. as he pnfl'ed
a ten cent cigar. ' “ I'Would do something.”
“ It I only had capital,” said another, as
he walked away trom a drum shop, “I
would go into business.”
Young man with the cigar. you are smok-
ing away. your capital. You from the drum-
shop are drinking yours nnd'destroying
your body at the same time. Dimes makes
dollars. Time is ,money. Don’t - wait
for a fortune to begin with. Our men of
power and influence did not start with for:
mass. You, too, can make your mark, if
_ you will. But youmust stop squandering
your money, and spending your time in
am,
cr.he sought my acquaintance with grave
courtesy becoming a grandee of Spain. and
naturally gained that of Miss St. Clair also.
It is the most natural thing in the world
to make acquaintances in Rome. People
talk together of the things they have seen
or wish to see: they go to the same places
6 evening they meet in the
compare their impressions.
The young count never failed to join us in
the evening. He had always something to
show us—prints of his home in Spain, arti-
cles of oirtu that he had bought, sketches
that he had made, for he was a good ama-
A group of young people of different n‘a-
tions generr lly collected on these occasions,
and the conversation often turned on the
the usages pecuhai to their respective coun-
vants to lay himself at your feet,’ or some-'
A gleam of humor twinkled in his black I
s
Sheridan’s Unconulsntl‘onnl conduct.
At the time of the great the in Chicago,
General Sheridan posted his soldiers about
the city, and prevented the citizens from
goingt rough the streets. This was un-
constitutional. While one hundred thou-
sand men, women, and children were in
the 0 on air, freezing and starving, Gen-
eral heridan opened the Government stores
and drew out blankets, clothing, and pro-
visions nnd thus saved these people {tom
perisliin . This was, unconstitutional. On
being in armed that a carsload of burglars
were on their way from New, York to Chi-
cago. to engage, while thecity was in flames,
in their regular business, General Sheridan
sent out a file of soldiers to a point some
three miles from the city, arrested the burg-
lars, ordered out the passengers, held them
all night in duress. and the next day order-
,ed them back to New York. This was un—
constitutional. While the fire was raging,
men demanded from $5 to $20 an hour. to
remove property. General Sheridan told
the merchants to let the men make their
own terms, get their property out of reach
of the fire, and then send the working-men
to bim,when be persuaded them to- take a
reasonable price.‘ This . was unconstitu-
tional. ‘Whilethe‘vnults-ot the banks were
being pillaged by thieves and bandits, Gen-
eral Sheridan surroundcd the vaults with
his soldiers, and refused to allow even fie
officers ot'those hanks ~to- approach e
vaults; thus he saved the deposits. This
was unconstitutional. Whereat'e the men
who called the indignation meeting in rela-
tion to his command in” New Orleans,Janu-
cry 4, 1875 P Why have they not complain-
fed of his conduct at Chicago and demanded
ghis arrest? Why did not i c politicians all
fover the country then rise o..a. man and
,deuo'uncetho President‘nas‘ well as Sheri-
dan i—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
The history of thedispersion of the'Ksn-
lsas Legislature by United States troops,
under direction of President Buchanan, is a
.fact‘that’Democrntic orators'fiwho are so
vigorousi‘n their dc ciation of the action
of. General Sheri ‘ in New: Orleans,
phonic] remember. .On the 8dofJul , 1856,
the Kansas Legislature met a ‘opeka.
President Buchanan warned a persons
against participating in its proceedings.
On’ the following day Colonel Sumner, who
wasin command of the United States troops,
rode up in front of the building in which
the Legislature was in session, and, array-
ed the House of Representativesauud said:
“GENTLEMEK; -I am here t9 error-in the in
painful duvyot‘ my whole life. nder the autho -
occurred to me that .the familiar intercourse ty of the President’s proclamation :I am hard to d
disperse this Legislature, and. therefore, inform
on that you cannot meet. I,- theroforc order you
to disperse. God knows that -I have no party
cells; in this matter, and will hpld pone so long
as I occupy my resent position in images.
“Judge chuy er, a member, asked: “Are we
that the Loki-inure are driven out
the bayonet ?,-
command to
”-4
“-I shall use all ‘the force 'in my
carry out my orders,’ was the reply.”
The members at ouceiefl, and the same
scene was repeated in the. Senate. The
Democracy are certainly, entitled .lo'thc'
credit of establishing the, precedent of mill-'
tarv interference with State Legislatures.
'mme Manx 001:0! A Purina;
money. there :.
. diet made by,
our grandmothers that we are to speak-but
a pancake of less digestible nature, manu-
factured at the Belfast shoe factory. Noth-
ing in the’ shape of leather .is allowed 'to
terprising woman is making
trick of doing in Madame Le. Fort’s salon public a place. The count had joined us waste in that institution.- Even’ the shavings
“I am afraid you forget the three balls, M. ’
Vergniaud " - _
“How can you be so cruel, madcmorselle! slight acquaintance. The count’s handsome jugs are placed upon a table befor the op.
I shall only make my compliments to the equipagc was drawn up near us. There was eratives, who separate and careful
hostess and dance one set at each. - I never no Piero.
do more except when I come here."
from sole leather have their use, and from
them the pancakes are made. _ ; These shpy-
'spread
them out within a small casing; with paste
in layers, like raisins in a box,—fli~st leath-
er, ~then sste, and the whole .pattedvdown
compact y. Whgn a cake is completed, it
is about one foot in length, four inches wide
”and half an inch in thickness. They are,
then laid away to dry, and in three or four
days are ready for use, which is to be cut up
into inner heel lifts. Their manufacture is
make them are up to their elbows in paste.
When the factory first started,.this wurk
cake. She became so expert that she could
easily make 109.per.day. fining an enter-
prising .womanrandéjefillfifi‘fii’fliiy ahead,
she closed a contract.'withrthefiproprietors
tor the’solc manufacture at four cents apiece,
and then hired help. To-day she has an
apartment of the sole room, and employs
A WIndow Gordon.
Miss J. G. Bateham writes to the Ohio
Farmer ; “A few house plants we cannot
dispense with, even if they do fill it the
cloth under the pots the carpet would be
damaged; but I have learned a better way,
and now I wish you could see my window
warden, for we give up one double window
0
the plants. I have nought a zinc pan foot
long, twenty inches wide, and four deep,
and have this put on a board raised a foot
or more from the floor. Of course, if the
window is single. and does not come tothe
floor, the pan should be smaller and raised
higher. In this pan I have arranged my
lant pots, and all the intervening spaces
are filled with rich dirt, in which are grow-
moss. The pots are mostly hidden, the
space is all used, the whole is more attrac-
tive, and the plants can be sprinkled and
kept more evenly damp.
-—-*_._-—__—='
A Noble Jud... ‘
How Hr. Conascrs m menus or Air-In.
‘NOW AND UNCEIYALROUS JURY--
Samar: SCENE m A Coons-Boon.
An occurrence perhaps without a
parallef was witnessed recently at the close
of the Assizes at Chester, England,of which
the Manchester Guardian gives the follow-
ing account: Mary Lancaster, thirtyothree,
was indicted for the mansion hter of her
husband, John Lancaster, at irkenhead.
He had long led the prisoner a wretched
life, and on the 13th of September he came
home drunk, and kicked, over the meat
which she was preparing for his dinner. He
then thrashed her, and in a passion the pris-
oner threw at him a sharpening steel, and
caused his death. The prisoner was a hard
workin woman, and in spite of her hus-
band’s rutal treatment of her, had done
her best to make his home comfortable. The
jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Justice
Brett, addressing the prisoner, then said:
I believe if I thought it right to act accord-
ing to your own'feelings I should so. noth
ing about this unhappy husband 0 yours.
As far as I can see, you were a respectable,
hard-working, well-behavedeife, and I feel
bound to say a greater brute than your hus-
band w have seldom heard of. There
are circu tunces in the depositions even.
worse than those which baa been brought
forward. They show the van on the very
last day you were together you were doing
all you could to make his home comfortable
and to make him hspp .
With a-brutality which made me shudder
when I read it, be cast away that which
you had prepared for him. He has been
beating and ill-treating you for months,
probably for years, had t is nothing but the
tenderness and forgiveness of the woman
and wife which prevented you from having
him punished for crimes he committed
against you,timc alter time. It is only when
he has driven you to desperation by- ill-
trcating you the whole day,ond I dare say
was on the point of ill-treating you a in.
that you, in a moment of passion, " u
a formidable weapon and throw it at him,
believe, without the intention of striking
him. It did strike him, and you immediate-
ly ran for assistance, and did all you‘could
to save him. » All the real right in this case
was on your side—all the real wrong on
your husband’s; and God forbid that I
should punish you. I will be no party to it.
I will not even make this judgment com-
plete. I will not allow it to be said by any-
ody that you are a convicted felon-[bean
hear,]-for a conviction is not complete un-
til a sentence is passed, and I mean to pass
no sentence at all. [Loud cheering, which
for some time the ofilcials of the court vain-
ly endeavored to suppress] I shall merely
ask you to enter into cur owu recognizan-
ces to‘ come up f-rrju gment if called upon,
and nobody in the world will ever call upon
yen—God forbid they ever should. [Re-
newed cheering, during which the prisoner
left the dock]
The bel of Washington—Libel.
To remove spots from furniture or paint—
Use a jack-plane.
Did Charle Ross have anything to do
with Pacific ail ? .
An inde endent editor-one having the.
courage to ie on both sides. . .
. It'isvbctter to be alone in this world than
to bring up a boy to play on the accordeon.
At a contest at s eliing at the State Nor-
mal school, New rilaiu, Jan. 8th, 1875,
Miss Kate B. Dudley, of North Guilford,
“spelledgown” the entire school of 150
scholars.
A.
South Norwslk, Conn.
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house on Elm Street. near
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To Let.
THE subscriber offers to let,
i . l rti . ------- s 00 h '
t::ttttt°.::t.ts.a:.., ...... .0 Two or Three [lesrralile llooms,
One square, six months -------- 3-00 ,
u -‘ one year—with panefi- - - 12-00 overtlte Store of C.S.LOCKWOOD,Main Street,
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THE pleasantly located and every way desirable
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SMALL COTTAGE in rear of Stephen
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T0 RENT
ROM APRIL 181‘. The it per story of a house
near the bridge, contain ng 6 rooms. Water,
and gas For particulars apply at this office. are
0‘
, , stone's. , , .
' HE cutest bargain in real estate ever olfercd
in orwalk. he place formerly occupied by
David Stephenson, deceased; if bought hetore the
20th of the present month, price 86.100. Size of lot
68 feet n'ont on West Aveu, 75 feet rear, 180 feet
deep. House has 13 tor a d conveniently ar-
ranged rooms, cellar nu er whole house, cistern
in cellar. Also furnace, gas, an“ good burn. fruit
Arc. If not sold it will be for rent. Infinite of -
3t5 S. R. . C ,_
FOR SALE,
A PIECE OF LAND in the upper part. of Win-
nipank, on the main road. consisting at an 0r-
chard and lot ndjoinin .formerly is art of the Slit.-
ting Mill Pro rty. T e estate of rs. Susan Glo-
& deceasc . Apply to HENRY LAMB. 3m3
' o n s arm CHEAP.
A. GOOD FARM of about: 45 acres of high land,
situated two miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
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Broadway.
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China, Britten ail-tilts Walt,
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and Zinc Wares. Corner Main and West Streets,
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Peter L. Guigue,
FL 0 RI S ’ ’-, '
_ North of the Norwalk Cemetery,
Is now ready to furnish all sorts of
Winter Flowering Plants,
Cut Flowers, Boqnets',"Wrea:hs.,Crsscs, and
other Floral Designs, at short notice. Pages to
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AND
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Norwwllc Fish Market.
HE subscriberhavingboughtont the old Bridge
Fish Market, of Rufus Adams
of
ation at church ,
otel
30
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C d’ lllcoutinuehls business at the aboveaddress. ~ head of Main Street, is offered to rent. partly
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A _—A suit of rooms over in store. Posses-
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T 0 large rooms to let over .I. M. Potter’s
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ARN T0 RENT,—A new Barn with good Sta-
bllng for several horses, near the bridge. Price
88 per month. Enquire at this Office.
a FARM 'ro LEASE!
IN NOBWALK, CONN.
FARM containing about 250 acres, with one _or
t Dwellin Houses, and several Barns. sit-
uatccl n at the vil ago. Has been used many years
as a milk farm,'with a milk route tor the produc-
tion of the farm. Can furnish the present stock a:
reasonable prices if desired; A sp endid opportu-
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ed. Address . JONATHAN CAMP.
or S. E. OLMSTEAD. 3:1
Norwalk. J anuarybth, 1875.
you SALE. ‘ .‘
DESIRABLE FARM, containing forty acres,
A. situated 2}; miles north of the Wilton Bail-
roatl station. Saldt‘m‘m has a never falling stream
of water tuning through the same; to well fenced
in small lots, With a House, Barn, and outbuildings
standing thereon; has a- line (Jr-char: in lull lbcar:
in and tor rass, grain, pasture an genera pro-
du‘i’tivencss Is unsurpassed. For further particu-
lars as to rice, terms, &c., apply to .
EBEPNEZER G. BETI‘S, near the premises.
Wilton, Conn., December 19th, 1874. sort
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
I HE place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
I} Lyon. Said place is a very desirable prOperty,
situated in the Borough of N orwnlk, on the corner
of Knight Street anti North Avenue, is Within live
minutes’ walk of the Horse Railway, and Dunbar)
a Norwulk Railroad Depot. Also the same dis-
tance from the several churches and schpols. The
neighborhood is all that could be deemed. The
House is in good repair, the room; large, commo-
dious and pleasant. 0n the premises is a well at
excellent water, also- a line gender: and plenty ot
shade and fruit trees. Possession won the iii-pt or
April, if desired. For terms enqu re of JAMES s.
LYON, on the premises, or 0t EDGAR LYON.
Norwalk, March 7th, 1874. Ion
FOR SALE.
A RARE CHANCE!
A very desirable place if applied for soon ; situ-
ated on Helen, Elizabeth and Center Avenues;
size of lot 260x130 fee}, being about one acre. It trst
rate House containing ll rooms, Barn, and
other out-buildings, excellent well andcistern near
the door; good Fruit and good Garden, being one-
lmlf mile from Norwulk Brut e, Terms easy. 1'0:-
t'urther particulars apply to AMLS MITCHELL,
Ilcal Estate Broker, orwalx, or NETTIL K.
REYNOLDS, Danbury, Ct. 16
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
. NEW HOUSE,well finished; (rooms and large
A. and convenient pantry and two closets, make.
&6., on first floor. three rooms can two closets on
second floor; dining room warnscotetl with black
walnut and cedar, kitchen Wainscoted With pine;
gas pipes throughout the house ; .waterplpes, ac. :
situated on Fair Street, about halt .a mi 0 lrom the
Bridge. If not sold before April lst,it WIII be rented
for $250. If sold the price will be $5,200; some part
of which can remain on mortgage. A
7 .
I to
JAMESPE.)ELLS.
1 Small Place for Sale.
HE HOUSE AND LOT situatedJnst west. of the
T Wide River Bridge, on the south side of the
roadmearlyop‘ osite the residence of James Panton,
Esq" is ofi’ere for sale. The house contains six
rooms with caller, to, and l s ofiered at a low price;
a large parto'l‘ the purchase money can remain on
mortgage. This“ s goodclisnce tosecure a home.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE 5
Mill Property -
» FOR SALE.
HF. subscriber otters for Sale his Mill Property
situated in West. Norwslk, about two mile:
from Darien Depot,three miles from South Nor-
wulk,and two miles from New Canaan, consisting
of a manufaetory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with
about 15 feet head and fall of water, with three acres
of landmow used as :1st Mill but suitable for a
inanitfactory ofan y kind. Terms easy and price low.
Enquire of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
EDWARD P. WEED,
Waters. To
I) R U G G I S T ,
Wat Street, opposite Nortollk Opera House
— . Alsrgeandwellselcctedstockof
‘ DRUGS, AND MEDICINES
Perfumery Patent Medicines, all kinds, Mineral
ilot and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring anti
Handkerchief, Extracts. Hall- Brushes, Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins. Stationery, Cigars, .‘Iic.,
and is constantly adding to hisstock all the new and
popular medicines of the day.
'1‘
Drug Store,
PURE 1)
FOR MEDICAL
ed day and night. ‘
lyID
Can be f
onilding,entrance on Washtn
S. F. PECK, Sunth Norwslk Conn.
B. S.-BI.ASCER,
At his Storein MALLORY’S BLOCK,has constant;
ly on hand a general assortment o
Gnoomnxms‘,
encounter, amass,
rm .tlvn ivoonnx wane, 1:10.. we
B y devoting his constant personal attention to the
businesshe hopes to merit public patronage.
patios awn MEDICINES.
HE undersigned would respctfully announce to
the citizens in this vicinity, that at his
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT S TS.
can always be found
RUG-S,
CHOICE WINES and LIQUOBS
mnrosns,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PATENT MEDICINES, the.
U’ Physlclsus’l'rcscriptioul carefully compoune
' ‘ ntghts,in sam-
St.
Ik fthesubscriber .
Hon“ ’0” cnkumsvs'rnns'r.
WestNorwnlk, Sept.25. 1869. ll”
Janus MITCJIIELL,
tilt "ESTATE Biotin,
‘AND‘.’ .
AU CTI ONEER, ..,
flammable Inlock, w... street,
’NORWALK, CONN.
City Residences, Farms and
Country Seats
Bought, Sold. Rented and Exchanger],
lleal Estate,81ticlts, Furniture,&c.
at public and private solo. Auction sales of
110 uses. 1.0m. parents,
_ Residences.
’ Housed to Rent
Incorporated 1819.
Cupltnland Aucto,
ofcnmpensatlon. CO
(lo-hoopla] - - - -
.Pnldupoupltal. - - - - -
WM. 0. Srnlt,President, GEO. R. Gowns. Sec'y.
Ennis HILL. Treasurer.
TNA INSURANCE 00., or narrow),
CharterPci-petual
._ . $5,052,880.19
lusuressgainstlossanddamage by Fire, onterms
adopted to the hazard,nnd consistent with thclaws
WLES a: MERRILL.
Sole Azeutsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
ORWALKINSURANCE COMPANY '
NOR WALK, CONN.
- - -$500,000
8100.000
rum .1 and warns...
to $50,006}.
Block," Norwalk, will receive prompt attention.
JAMES MITCHELL.
0 RENT—Immediately, the I: per floor of a
cot Ave., con-
taining four rooms and pantry, closets, water, etc.
Ample cellar room; real: low. Enquire at Gale???
Stunts. and now occusicdb James ousins. is of-
%
4ND, mascara. 'Pnormrx
Sales of Furniture at Owners’
Placesfor sale varying in priceme $5,000
an orders-left m the Union Market, Mitchell’s
RANGES.
GOOD NO :I’. RANGE,
‘I -I‘ KI , o n p m 0
Cal 1 andsecthembeforebuylngclnowhere.
‘ ” auction I animus.
PLUM
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover & Son‘,
Areresdy toputin your WATER.STEAM or-GAS
PI PI, at very short notice and at as low a r ate as
anyone. WROUGB'I‘ at CAST IRON. TlN-L’lNED.
LEAD PIPES be" of every size and description.
DING In slut-.Branchco.
stwni PIPE! shim PIPE!
and for sale by CHAS. T.‘LRONARD & SON.
Ndrwalkflunou. 1878. . .'
' cEflEIT entertainers.
,....
stock. put up in neat ca
0600. the
IIO I
03.15. brim:
; m. run nnw; STYLE
1A. pure white or 'rn’shiohhble'
. Visiting , 0891.3,qu
Sig-p18“, "he
tints, imported
rdboxes. can be had
In Job 911”!“
to order.
ALL stzss AND STYLES.
. M nufsctured and for sale by
blocks CHARLES T. LEONARD .I: SON,
at
x. manicure.
COAL MODS AND Goal: 33mg 3‘
All sizes. The cheapostnnd belt. Manufactured
Just. as durablesnd
at less than one-third of thecost of stone
.4 Water Street. Not-walk.
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Boots and Shoes.
E.thelndcrsignenmsvingformca ace-pan
net-ship and purchased the Boots andShoe
c'toreol'G.O. Keeler,wonld mostrespectfullyinvite
nisoldcnstomersmlso, our oldfriends andpatrons
audthe publicrn general,to give us scnll andwg
willconvincethein thatby
donorab'le Dealing 6; Small Profits
'r. at. we are bounu togive
wllchmakesqtalc‘ik1ales, t'tio Our motto is
ti fa tionsn e compe I n.
at'I‘InlltcrtlalBLE SIyXPENCE IS BETTER THAN
I‘AESLOWSHILLING "
80L! AID UPPER lEM'IIEIl, FIIDIIIS, MI. ,
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nessand dispatch. SMITH Gt HANFOBD.
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Whol scale and Retail Dealer-sin
Hardware, Paints, tlils, Glass,
House Furnishing Goods,
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Mechanics’ Tools,
AND _
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMEHTS.
LOOKS, KNOBS. NA ILS', AND BUILDER
HARDWARE, POCKET AND TABLE CUTLER?
ofthebestklnd. Rememberthcplsce,
No. 3 Opera House Block,
SOUTH NOBWALK,CONN.
w. manhunt. nnnsxnur
JACKSON BROS.
JEWELEBS
KEEPC ONSTANTLY ON HAND A F U I. .L
STOCK OF
FIRE Iifllll All!) SllVEIl WATCHES
£1 JEWELRYJIHER AIIPIATEI WARE
ofeverydescriptlon.
llcpaii-lngfin all Its Branches
Done lathe bestinsnuer.
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To which we wouldinvltetheattentionolthe
mulrcsl public.
T, in. a n. B. still'rn,
DEALERS IN '
Ha. I: d We. r e,
CUTLERY,
' AND ‘
Agricultural Implements,
WALL mean. WINDOWSHADES, pawn
our. cuss; an, BLIan.
an: , 03s,
Main Street, Nos-walk, Conn.
SIGN PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, &c.
a. ll. KENDAII, in. n..
D E N e:- IS '1' .
Ofilce East Side Depot Square, washingtons treat.
Soutth-walk, Ct. ,
' 5 . Dentistryin all
Its hrnnchesper-
formed inthebest
manner.
. Special atten-
tion given to ex-
tbe useoletrons
Oxide - or Lav h -
. ing Gas. Hav rig
, _ . ‘ used the Gas for
thelast nlncyealrswlth unvnryingsuccess, l amper-
fectlysatisfied as to its safety, and know positively
that can extract teeth without pain orlujury to my
patients. I keep good gas constant. on hand, and
use tucmostapproved apparatus in a mlnisterin git.
P.S.—Ofilce notopen on Monusyror Saturdays .
Thesubscrloerhssloeated in the BASEMENT 0F
WILSON'S BLOCK, (opposite Gazette Building
where he will carry on the
Gas Fitting and Plumbing Business
in alllts branches. Being a PRACTICAL WORK-
MAN, and always either personally doing 9r super-
lntcnding his work. heis confident of his ability to
give satisfaction. ' .
By foithfulsttention to business, REASONABLE
CHARGES, and GOOD WORK he hopes to
sharein the public patronage. -
l7tf C. W. BURRITT.
Two-Seated Carriage for Sale.
ESPECIALLY ads ted for an aged pair. Inval'gl,
or cripple. It lll an extra jump sent, if re-
quired. set very low down. and is the easiest car-
nage to ride in and get tour nt of, in town. Price
at . not half its value. quire
OHIO}
'vOLUMnLVIIINU
at Gama:
“it
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rhovnisnucnvahotv.
A rams WESTERN FLOWER.
NELLY M BUTCHINBON.
There is a pretty herb that grows,
In the every where,
The chilliest wild winter snows,
The roughest saucy air,
thath a way to dare -
nd kissed by warmest wind that blows,
It blooms as fairy-fair,
Yet though it be on every side,
N o mortal knows where it doth bide,
One seeksin vain till locks he gray;
And one upon some lucky day
Unheeding, finds it in his way,
Host found the wildling, my Lucille f
. Ah. do not pluck, it Sweet;
If but. one dainty touch it feel,
It withers at thy feet!
—Harper’l :Hayau'ne,
Tun “yo manhunt.
DY ROBE TERRY.
Over the river on the hill,
Lieth a village white and still;
All around it forest-trees ' ,
Shiver and whisper in the breeze;
Over it sailing shadows go,
Qf soaring hawk and-screaming-crow;
And mountain grasses low and sweet
Grew in the middle of every street.
Over the river, under the hill,
Another village liethstill;
There I see in the cloudy night:
Twinkling stars of household light,
Fires that gleam from the smithy’s door,
Mists that curl on-the river-shore;
And in the roads no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
In that village on the hill, -
Never a sound of smithy or mill;
The houses are thatched with gun and
' flowers; ‘
Never a clock to roll the hours ;
The marble doors are always shut,
Ye cannot enter hall'or hut ;
All the village lie asleep;
Never a grain to sow ‘or reap;
Never in dreams to moan or sigh;
Silent and idle and low they lie.
In that village underthe hill,
When the night is starry andstill,
Many a weary soul in prayer,
Looks to the other village there.
And weeping and sighinz longs to go,
Up to that home from this below ;
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whither have vanished wife and child,
And henreth praying this answer fall: .-
“ Patience! that village shall hold thee 111."
—_—.-=
A BAD! AN!) EYE OVER AGA l8.
' .BY JOHN G. SAXE.
One Summer's day—the tale is told-
An honest peasant, poor and old,
Worked in the meadow with his wife,
When thus she spoke. -“Well. on my life!
’Tis precious hard that you and I .
Must sweat beneath the‘burning sky,
Like galley slaves, for paltry pay,
And all because—alas, the day !
Of Adam’s fall! But for his sin
And Eve’s, how happy we had been i"
“True" said thepeasant; “I believe,
Had I been Adam—you been Eve—I
No foolish fancieswould have come ,
To drive us from our Eden home;
But all the race this very day
Had in the garden been at pin 1’
The Count, their master, stun ing near .
(l‘hough quite unnoticed). chanced to but
Their wise discources, and, laughing said:
“Well, my good friends, suppose instead
Of paradise my mansion there ' _,,
We're yours today with princely fare
For food to eat and wine to drink,
Would that content ye, do you think I"
“Author were Paradise indeed I
What more.” they cried "could -mortsls
. . need ?"
“Well, we shall see,” the Count replied ;
.“But that your virtue may be tried,
Remember, on the table, served ’
With many a dish, there’s one reserved
Partake of every one you see
Save that, which (like the Fatal Tree)
Just in the center 1 will place,
Beware of that! least Adams case
Should be your own, and straight you go
Back to your sickle, rake and hoe’. .
Soon to the castle they were led,
And by a. table richly spread
As for a bacchanal carouse ,
Behold. the peasant and his spouse 7
“See,” cried the woman, “whats trestl
Far more, I’m sure, than we can eat;
With such excess we well'ma spare
The dish that’s in the center i ere I"
“ W ho cares for that l” .the peasant sold.
g‘While eagerly the couple fed
tom all the plates that round them lay.)
"M y dear, I wouldn't look that we I”
“No harm in looking," said the w e';
“I wouldn’t touch it for‘ my lite.”
But in their minds, at length there grew
A strong desire for something new;
Whereat the woman said, “I wish
I knew what’s hidden in that dish I”
“And, to be sure,”'the man replied,
"Merely to look was notdenied 1"
“And even touching it,” said she,
“Were no real harm, it seems to me;
Of course, will not lift. theelid ;
And who would know if if I did?”
She suits the action to thé word,
When from the dish a little bird
(The Count had slily hidden there)
Came rushing forth into the air, _
And through the open window flew;
And so it was the master knew,
What they had done. “Away l!’ he laid;
“Back to the field. and earn your bread
As you were won’t—and ne er complain
Of Adam and of Eve again I"
A LEGAL ATTACHMBN'I‘.
Bx AN mnacmna'rn on smut! moor.
Believe, me, Bess, when I declare
A title deed’s my heart,
And you the party of the first,
And I thesecond part.
That I have an attachment true
' Is useless quite to mention;
In vain I seek to serve you and
. Arrest your sweet attention.
You know yon;owned some love for me,
When I the question mooted, '
But now it seems to me you act
As if you were non-suited.
I
My case is one in equity;
I’ve pleaded with precision;
' You know the points; why will you then
' So long reserve decision?
I make no dilatory plea; '
I’m driven to distraction 1
Unless I soon obtain relief
I'm sure I shall take action.
At first: civil suit‘I’ll bring
At Cupid's special session; '
And there, a plaintiff lover, ask
For judgment by confession.
Now don’t demur when this you read.
. But own you feel compunction,
For I my suit will prosecute,
In spite, of your injunction.
And if my judgment in despite,
You will not hear me still.
1'" get an order from the court
To administer your will.
.I trust you’ll file an answer brief
To this, my declaration, ,
' or else I shall proceed to make
Across-examinationq—N. 1'. Port.
ROW 10 PRAY.
Man’s plea to man is that he never’moro
Will bee, and maybe never begged before:
Man's plea to God is that, he did obtain
A’foriner suit. and therefore sues again. ' '
How good a God; weserve, that, when“
sue '
Makes his’old gifts the examples of His new i
If thou wotildst'lgnrn, not knowing how to
. pray .
Add but a faith, and say, ns'beggars say, '
“Master, l’m poor and, blind, in great dio-
tress . .
Hungry, arid lame, and cold, and comforto
es, . . , . . ,.
Oh, succor’him that’s groveled ion the-shelf
Of pain and wpnt, and cannot help himuif!
Cast dnvin Thine eye upon a wretchund
Some pity on me for‘sweet Jesus? sake I" - .
But hold I take heeddhis clause be not put
in,
“i never begged before, her will again."
, ' airliners Quarlal'
=3:
The Chicago ' Mum. is. clearly of the
opinon that the congressional-delegation of
Massachusettes ought to he reduced, on the
ground that in that state -' the rich! to vote
is denied to male inhabitants of 21 earl of
age” who have nut paid their pol tux, In
contravention of the fourteenth amendment
of the federal constitution.
Norwalk Chronicler