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For the Noru'alk Gazelle.
PSALI‘I XXIII.
The Lord is my strength so true and good,
I shallnot want for shelter or food.
In the green pastures of goodness I lie ;
Beside the still waters murmcring nigh.
My soul he restoretlt ; fcr his name‘s sake
Lcadeth my footsteps to Zion’s gale.
Yea, though the shadows of death encour-
pass me.
Passing through the valley no evil I see;
He’has taught me this, though tough be the
way .
His rod and ltis staffs comfort shall be.
A table 0 Lord thou didst prepare,
In which mtue enemies had no share;
Thou aunointest my head, my cup o’etflows,
And bringeth to ttte such sweet repose.
Mercy and goodness to the end of my days :
Then forever and forever to sing his praise.
ALICE E. Uunnnuinn.
- A thitfigtl l WIFE.
BY WILLIAM BLACK.
CHAPTER I.—THE MEETING.
The scene of this deadly encounter was
neither gloomy nor romantic; it was fair
and pastoral; and the time was May; and
all the sweetinfluences of the spring-time
were shedding a soft idyllic sweetness over
our English dalcs. We had with us at this
time a young American lady, who was on
her first visit to the country; and one even-
ing, when various plans were being pro-
posed for her amusement and cdification,
one of us said to her,
“Now, wouldn’t you rather get away
‘ from London, and go strait down into one
of our quiet valleys, and see a real old Eng-
lish town that has been slumbering there
for many centuries, and is likely to sleep
for as many more? You will see a strange
old place, with quaint houses of red and
white, and here and there a garden between
the gables, Then you will go down to the
side ofa broad and smooth river, flowing
by under some beautiful woods. You will
live in an old-fashioned inn—called tie
‘Complete Angler’—and just outside your
window you will see the smooth blue river,
break white over a long weir, and you will
see the trees, and lawn, and veranda of the
miller’s house on - the other side; and be-
yond that again the soft low hills and hang-
ing woods oPone of our English counties.”
Our young friend was much pleased with
the notion; but hesitated. Of Course, she
said, this quiet and beautiful place must be
far away and diflicult to reach. When she
was told that it was something less than
fifty miles from London, she at once agreed
to go; and hence it was that the desperate
conflict which I have to describe took place
in one of the most peacefulnooks of Berk-
shire, at a time of the year when the human
bosom should have been full, not of angry
passions, but of the singing of nightingales.
For this was the secret of it—two men
had overheard this proposal; and each of
them had inwardly resolved to outwit the
other by immediately telegraplting to , the
“Complete Angler” for rooms, so that he
Humpreys, eagerly.
'I‘hejoys ofa trip in a small river steamer
are most multifarious.
aground. Then your waves upset a skitf,
and the two men in it make use of the most
awful language. Then you take off sente-
body’s outrigger. And so on, and so on,
until you wish you had never been born ;
and, indeed, when you go ashore, your own
mother wouldn’t believe you ever had been,
for your identity is completely lost and
smothered up in the coal dust that has been
showered on you. No, no, Miss Newton,
don’t you be a -— I mean don’t you go in a
river steamer.
enjoy the river, I’ll show you how. We
shall get a big flat punt and moor it: out be-
Bless my soul, now!
thing! But who could have dreamcdo
ful but delightful world ?"
present writer to have been present a
- dramatic performances in the capitals 0
various countries, but he has never wit
middle-aged gentleman on the threshold 0
an inn in Berkshire.
imposed on. For the moment it altnos
seemed real.
with blood before the week was out.
CHAPTER IL—TB’REATS.
with that sentiment.
by. No bones were broken.
away under the dark green trees.
woods were quiet now; in the twilight
the water over the weir; one began to
wish that these young people might sing in
the gathering darkness, down here by the
side of the rushes. They were thinking of
other things.
“Of course, Miss Newton," says the taller
and younger of the two gentlemen, “you
will go for an excursion on the river to-
morrow ? The fact is, a man I know has
put a little toy steamer at my disposal—it is
down at Cookhamjust now—I could have
it up here for you any hour you chose.”
“A steamer ?” says our young American
friend ; “what a shame it would be to bring
a steamer into this quiet place i"
The barometer of the young man’s face
falls ten degrees; that of his rival jumpsup
a hundred.
“And this isn’t the MCI: ofit,” says :Mlll‘.
“ , no, notata .
First. you run
Now, if you really want to
should be installed there when this young low the weir, and we shall have luncheon
lady and ourselves, the guardians for the
time should arrive. One of them was a
slender young gentleman, fair-haired, large-
eyed, and rather petulant in manner, who
had just made some stir in lit’erary circles
by the publication of a volume of metaph‘ys- i
ical verse; the other was considerably his
elder, inclined to be stout, cotnely of face,
and made welcome among us chiefly by a t
sort of sly good humor ' which sometimes t
led him into saying good things, but in any
case and at all times seemed to make him
very well contented with himself. This
Mr. Humphrey's was understood by some
to be in a Government office; but no one
could precisely say what it was, and his
dutiescertainly never interfered with his
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of the romantic Claude Melnotte.
did like the picture.
charming.
hoaL
do
on board, and plenty of books, and a box of
water-colors. If you like to sit and read,
well. If you like to spin for trout, you can
have my line.
have all the scenery about you. Now that
If you want to sketch, you
s how you ought to spend a nice, idling,
enjoyable day on the Thames.”
Mr. Humphreys was quite pleased with
his burst of oratory. “Do you like the pic-
ure ?” he might have asked, in the words
And she
She said it was
She hoped we should have that
are
“And the water-colors ?” said Mr. Mau-
ice, with something of a sneer, “Where
you propose to get them about here ?”
pleasures. His rival, who had the privilege
of being styled by the Court newsman the
Honorable Philip Sturmere Maurice, was
“I brought them with me,” replied his
rival, with a certain majestic calm.
“Oh, do you paint, Mr. Humphreys?”
the youngest son of an impecunious uoble- Miss Amy said, directl ,
man, and was believed to be waiting for
some colonial appointment.
Now, these two men, from the moment
that our pretty Amy Newton came among
“No, Miss Newton,~ don’t. But I knew
that you did, and so I brought the colors.”
It was not for a second or two that any
of us observed how this unblushing person
us. began to pay her q series of more or less had tripped. He had brought colors for lien
occult attentions, all in a friendly sort of But had he not vowed and sworn that he
WW. 01' course, and generally through ”10 was never so surprised in his life as when
small and gentle lady who was her hostess. b
By this means they could present her with 0
boxes for the opera, they could lend her
e saw that carriage drive up to the door
f the “Caplcte Angler ?”
“Perhaps you brought with you the trout
new books. they could even offer to escort for:whicb Miss Newton is to fish ?”"said the
herself and her two companions to an ex- younger man, with a ghastly grin on his
hibition of pictures. All this was smooth
sailing. Little did we percehc in it the
face. .
“Oh, dear no. There are good trout about
elements of a tragedy. The young lady here)!
accepted these marks of friendliness with
asweetimpartiality;doubtless they were
“Ne ' e_r saw any.”
“Perhaps not—not at the end of your
merely little acts of courtesy extended to ,own line, anyway. Butif you will take
astranger fromadtstant 13.nd- the trouble to look through Land‘and
And of the young American lady herself?
Water for April, 1878, you will find a des-
Well, 9‘10 was neither very wise 1101' very cription of a trout taken here which turned
learned; but she was exceedingly pretty,
and she had a. curiously winning and fasci-
nating manner that drew women- as well
asmeu toward her. Perhaps it was the
the scale at six pounds—there I"
“And the happy fisherman ?"
“Was . our humble servant.”
Now, whether this was true or not. no
softness ofher VOICG; perhaps it W35 a kind one could say; for files of Land and Water
of pitcous look in her dark gray eyes ;
anyhow, people liked to get near her,
bill? are not as common in the country as butter-
and cups. The bold assertion, however, scored
when they get near 1101‘ ”195’ got interested one for Mr. Humpbreys, and pretty nearly
in 1101'. and when they got interested 111 1181‘ put the finishing touch to his rival’s resent»
they immediately went and asked every
body else what was her story. No one
resent knew. It was supposed to be rath-
crapalnful affair—bad she not been en- 1
gaged to be married to
ment and chagrin.
when these two would rush at each other.
We began to wonder
"‘Now, young people,” said the lady who
ooks after 'us all, “don’t keep lounging
a. young 1119-11 W110 about the river-side, or you will get chilled.
was drowned within Sight 0? shore, P3111 You must all go off for a short walk before
and Virginia fashion ?—but in any case she
bed-time, all except myself“. I am going in-
always referred to it in a vague way, and doors to unpack.”
apparently wished to keep her sorrow a
secret.
tall and pale ; she wore a good many rings 1
and when she traveled she displayed to the i
In one moment the young man had dart-
FOI‘ the "35‘s Miss Amy W113 rather ed forward. He would show Miss Newton
he shortest way round to the road. Was
tnot a delightful evening for a stroll ?—
other inhabitants of the railway-carriage a and how differently situated one was in the
filled with all sorts of curiosities in the
ba
g of scents and other toilet requisites.
way
country !
Humphreys and I walked after these two,
. One might have laughed 1“ “10 ‘3"!th in and our light-hearted friend was most un-
wllish 9119 played With “1953 ; only she W as commonly morose. Sometimes he whistled ;
so pretty and
heart to laugh at her.
pet herself-because every body else petted
her.
We drove to Paddinglon Station. There
was a young man there, looking furttvely
ulfand down the platform. He came to us Amy
child-like one had not I110 but that form of gayety sounded strangely
She seemed only to in the silence of the evening. He had his
eyes fixed on the two figures before him,
and kept pretty close upon them.
So very still and calm was the evening
that we could not but overhear what Miss
and her companion were talking
and ”said. Will} an amount 01' confusion in about. Perhaps the silence and the strange
his face that seemed to make him a trifle
Bulky:
“0b, are you going into the country?
Really ! What beautiful weather l I took
it suddenly into my head to run down to
ace Marlow—it tnust be looking so pretty
just, now." '
‘ Miss Newton said nothing at all, though
she seemed surprised; but the small lady
beside her—.who manages all such things
with an infinite tact and discretion—smiled
’ demurely, and remarked:
t‘ What an odd -coincidence t We are
going to Marlow also. We shall make
quite a little party—.how very nice i”
When once the awkwardness of the
meeting was over, Mr. Maurice was appar:
ently highly delighted with his good for.-
tnne ; and did his best all the way down to
make himself an agreeable companion, tak-
ing care to address himself mostly to the
elder lady. You would have fancied that
he meant to leave to me all the talk With
our pretty Miss Amy; those young men are
so transparently cunning,
Well, we got down at length to the small
country station, and here there was a hum.-
bls carriage in waiting to drive us to the
riverside, We passed along through the
sweet-smelling fields. We drove through
the quaint little town, which was all shining
now in the warm light of the evening sun.
We passed the church and got down to the
bridge, and there before us, on the other
side of the stream, stood the old-fashioned
inn of red brick amidst its trim plots of
flowers and shrubs. _ .
“Did you ever see any thing more health.-
ful l" ueen Tita says , and, indeed,_ it
would be difficult to compose a prettier
picture titan we beheld at this moment—
the solitary, quaint, red, old building by
the side of the river, the smooth water re-
flecting the drooping trees, the white line
of the weir, and behind all these some rich
meadows leading over to a low rampart of
bills, the thick woods on which were burn:
in red in the sunset.
It was, in truth, a peaceful spot, and we
drove over the bridge, and round and down
to the inn, with something of a notion that
here, for a space, we should shut out all the
cares and stormy passions of the world,
and dream ourselves back into a condition
of primeval peace and innocence. _ We
got down from the carriage. The solitary
waiter was at the door to receive us. We
hoped that we should be the only occupants
of the famous old ltostelry.
Just at this moment the face of the young
gentleman who had come with us was o‘c-
served to change color, and a most un-
» christian gleam of anger shot from his eyes.
Who was this blithe and buxom’ person
who, dressed in a fishing-costume of gray,
came ga 1y along the passage, and seemed
twilight over the woods had somewhat im-
pressed them; but, at all events, they were
speaking in rather a sad way of the occur-
rences of life, and of the fashion in which
hopes sprang up only to be destroyed by a
ruthless fate, and of the sympathy that was
so valuable in healing these wounds, and
that was so rarely to be met with. Young
Maurice. had a gentle and pleasant voice ;
he was talking in an under-tone; these two,
as they walked together along the quiet
country road, looked very like lovers.
My companion whistled another but of
“The Minstrel Boy," and then began to
CW!)
y .
“I think I shall go back and have a cigar
before going to bed,’l said he,
Very well,” said I.
"But you don’t mean to leave those two
walking on by themselves _?” said be sharp-
ly. “Why, that long-legged idiot would go
stalking on to the crack of doom—till he
tumbled over the edge of the universe.
Call him back. Does he want to drag the
irl to the shores of the German Ocean?”
I called them;they turned and'met us;
sion. Mr. Humphreys was equal to the
Miss Newton, I want to tellyou what you
must do about tounorrow,” and then, be-
fore the poor girl knew where she was, he
wrathful and fuming Maurice with the. It
was a. pleasant walk back to the inn—onc’s
companion being a young man whose chief
desire was to dispatch somebody or other
on a voyage tofinother world.
second cigar and mixed his parting glass
to have to take her about always—to pic
tnrc exhibitions, you know, where your
friends were—to dinncrgparties, drums, and
all that ; and then, when you we're‘til‘ed, to
take a run down to this quiet little spot and
have a good time all by yourselves. She' is
a little taller than I am, to be suy —” ,
“I thought you’werc going to’ tell
story."
“Ah, yes, ,,Wcll, no Sooner had we start
ed to walk home thanIfound that that
milk~faced wisp of straw had been making
the girl wretched by talking of troubles
»"tnd__rnisfortune apd the sympathy of unh
y pe‘op'le wi ‘ eac 0t er. Now,
about l’
tell me—” .
“Surely it was not our business, :even i
,overwhe med with amazement and joy; at
seeingus} , , ,
we had known 1”
“What?” said ltc, “can it be possible?
What a fortunate
meeting you here, of all places in this sin-
Who, indeed? It has been the lot of the
nessed a more beautiful piece of acting than
that which was performed by a stout and
We were very nearly
But then our common sense
came to the rescue; and we knew that this
sly old (log had quietly slipped down here
and taken up his quarters in anticipation
ofour coming, while the most we could
hope for was that- the green and, fertile
plains of Berkshire might not he stained
They behaved themselves pretty well at
dinner. We dined together in the coffee-
room, a queer, low-roofed old place, with
an abundance of windows looking out on
the river, and with colored pictures of the
Thames hung round the walls. The only
other occupant ofthe room was an austere
and elderly maiden lady, dining all by
herself, of whom Mr. Humpreys rather
cruell y remarked that, considering the num-
ber of leap-years she must have seen, it
was curious she had not taken advantage
of any one of them. On this Mr. Maurice
rather indignantly rctorted that there were
certain spectacles which deserved sympa-
thy rathcr than ridicule; and we all agreed
The incident passed
After dinner we went outside; there was
still some warm 'color in the sky, and the
smooth river caught a faint glow as it stole
The
there was no sound but the soft rushing of
and there was for a moment a little confu-
oceasion. He immediately said to her, “Oh,
had walked her off. and desposited the
‘ “Now,” said the genial Mr. Humphreys
to the that night, when he had lighted his
“now that that spindle-shanked giraffe has
gone to bed, I will tell you all that hap-
pened as we came back this evening. By
Jove, what a sweet and engaging creature
that girl is-what a fine thing it would be
me 9.. heat of the streets will blind you.
on
know, that ain’t my line; and I didn’t ysee
lthc fun ofit; and says I ,tg- myself,;_ ‘Just
let’s see what this girl is freally unhappy'
You know-not one of you would
“ ‘Well,’ said I, ‘ car Miss Newton, I hear
you have been rat runhappy.’ She sighed
at this. Then I went on to tell her that it
was very imperttnent of me to ask about
her private affairs, but she must excuse the
interest whiclt I, in com With every
1 body else, felt in her; and uld she tell
f me something of the young gentletnan who
- was lost?” . '
“Well,” said the attentive listener, “if
check has any buoyancy about it, there’s
no fear ofyour drowning."
“Oh, my dear fellow,” remarked the com-
t placent gentleman in gray, with a quiet
grin on his face, “I know how to treat one
of your very sentimental girls. She told
me at once. He as her cousin. I Slid
his being drowne ust have been a great
shock to her; and she said that was so;
and yet she didn’t seem to make much of
it. So I said that people sometimes ex-
aggerated the concern you ought to have
in your relations; and that there were
cousins and cousins. She said that was
true, almost in a cheerful voice; and ad-
mitted that she did not know much about
the young man. ‘I suppose,’ said I, ‘that
your relatives rather looked forward .to
your marrying him as a sort of family
‘afi‘air—yop know what I mean?’ She said
that was so, too; and added, ‘Poor young
man l’ Now,1’ll tell you honestly I hadcome
by this time not to belleve in the depth of
her misery about the elegant young gentle-
man who was supposed to play Paul in her
Virginia; and I ventured to hint as much.
She was not ofl‘endcd. In fact, shc grew
quite lively: and was rather inclined to
poke fun at my curiosity, which she said
was the thing that Americans were blamed
for. ‘But what was he like?’ said I, want-
ing to see what she really felt abo’nt that
here of a sentimental past. Would you be-
lieve it—would you believe it, sir ?—she
never even saw him i Moreover, it wasn’t
in coming to see her that he was drowned.
Why. bless you, I laughed; then she was
hurt, and said that the drowning of any
body was not a thing to be ridiculed; to
which I assented with such eagerness that
we immediately became good friends again.
Silent sorrows ! Why, sir, I will undertake
to have her skipping about like a lamb in
a couple of days! Regrets, and buried
aflections, and sympathy ?-vyou won’t see
much tnore of that sort of stuff i As for
that two yards’ length of attenuated dump-
ling, I will duck him in the river if he tries
to stuff her head full of such trash—I will
-—I will, indeed. Let that young man be-
ware l"
With this the truculent fellow tossed the
end of his cigar into the tire-place, just as if
he had been heaving his rival into the
Thames; and then he went off determined
to have a good sleep to prepare him for the
great events of the morrow.
CHAPTER III—THE nrvnr. smarts.
“Was she conscious of the internecine war
which was raging in this peaceful spot, and
of which sltc was obviously the cause? We
met the young lady next morning just as
she was going down stairs to breakfast.
She looked the. very impersonation of all
gentleness and innocence and good-nature
lf' angry passions were raging elsewhere,
she, allleast, preserved a cheerful serenity of
mind. '
Doubtless these two gentlemen had both
got up very early, on the chance of having
a little quiet talk with her if she happened
to be taking the morning air. Doubtless.
too, they had enjoyed each other‘s society
for an hour or two before breakfast; they
were both looking rather impatient when we .
went down.
“ 0h, Miss Newton, may I give you these
flowers ?” said Mr. M‘auricc, bringing for-
ward a very pretty nosegay of wild blos-
soms, which he had himself culled from the
meadows and hedges.
“ Thank you very much,” said and he
looked very pleased and pron . “And
thank you, too, 1-. Humphrey's, for the
charming bouquet you sent me this morn-
inn'. It was so kind of you.”
very body stared; every body except
that'stout and placid Machiavelli, on whose
impassive face not even one smile of tri-
umph appeared. But how bad he contrived
to get and send her a bouquet at such an
hour? He must have got the flowers over-
night. He must have lain in wait for the
maid, taking up hot water to Miss Newton’s'
room, and bribed her to carry the bouquet
and a little message at the same time. Now,
a. man whose attentions to a young lady
begin before breakfast—who sends her a
bouquet along with her hot water—means
something serious.
“ And now, Miss Newton,” said this bold
person, already asserting a sort of guardian-
ship over her, “ what are we to do to-dny ?
Shall we make up a arty ? The morning is
beautiful—the chest _ ts, the red hawthorn,
the laburnum, all are most lovely—sand as
for the .river, you will be delighted when
you go outside.”
Miss Amy made no answer, but looked to
us her proper guardians.
“ I am quite sure, Miss Newton,” said Mr.
Maurice, in a‘sort of scornful way, “you’ll
soon get heartily sick of sitting in a fisher-
man’s punt, doing nothing but watch some
one else trying to catch fish that aren’t
there. I don‘t believe that they’ve even got
here that wooden fish that the' landlords in
some places moor deep down in the water
so as to get people to come and fish for it.
I suppose you’ve heard that fisherman after
fisherman comes in and swears the fish
made a rush at his fly—more likely in the
ease of a wooden fish than of a real one, I
shbulgl’ say. You’ve heard what Dr. John-
son—
“ You needn’t," said the elder lover, with
a sudden fierccness—‘t you needn’t take Miss
Newton back to the time of Dr. Johnson for
pedantry, stupidity and rudeness. There
' fl, three going about in our
f
f
ts plenty of
own day.”
Miss Newton looked alarmed, and said,
gently.
“I shouldn‘t at all mind looking at somc~
one fishing. I dorm know how it is dOne in
English rivers." ,
“ Oh, thank you,” said Mr. Humphlcys,
getting quite cheerful again; " but don’t you
imagine we are going to victimize you. Oh,
no; what you must see, first of all, is the
beautiful scenery about here. We can drive
from here to the Duke of Westminster's
place at Cliefden, then on to Maidenhead
Bridge and Taplow, then on to Burnhtur
Beeches, and back again another way. And
I have a wagonette coming at eleven for
you.” ,
And at eleven o’clock, sure enough, there-
was the wagonette standing at the door,
and the whole of us submissively went out
as if we had been taken possession of by
this indefatigable government ofiicial. But
how were we to sit?
“I say Maurice,” Humphreys remarked,
in a careless way, “I think you said you
knew the country about here ?”
“ Oh, very well indeed,” said the unsus-
pecting victim : “ I know every inch ofit.”
“Then perhaps you wouldn’t mind sitting
beside the driver. and telling him where he
ought to take us? Wouldn’t that_be the
best way, Miss Newton ll”
To appeal to her—it was cruel. She said
something very timidl in reply, and the
young man, with blue , rage in his heart,
got up beside the driver. When the ladies
were not looking Humphreys winked at
me; but I could not encourage familiarity
on the part of so unscrupulous a person.
Our young friend h .tainly‘ a favora-
ble opportunity that ,ning for making
the acquaintance of certain sorts of our
English scenery in their most charming as-
tpects. We drove through pleasant countr
'lanes, the hedge-banks of which were bri -
llant with spring flowers; we passed through
tiny villages, and the cottage-gardens were
smothered in blossoms; we came upon
glimpses of the blue river flowing smoothly.
through rich meadows which were white
with daises- and then, again, through an
opening in the trees we could see the higher
land beyond, with the Cliefden woods, rich
with the foliage of the early summer. Miss
Amy was indeed deli bled; and the driving
through the fresh air ad brought a color to
her cheeks and a light to her eyes which
rendered her more than usuall pretty.
Then she was most friendly with Ir. Hum-
phreys ; for somehow or other he had put
. the notth into her headthnt this was his
doing, and she was grateful to hinrfor every
beautiful thing she saw- You whould have
thought he had planted those red chestnut
trees (three hundred year before) in antici-
pation of her coming.I _
- “ And really, Miss ewton, you fist not
go away from England without seeing far
more of it. gWhy should you go with your
parents to Paris? Your other two, sisters are
quite sufficient society for them. Paris! It
is the most miserable city in the world to
spend a holiday in. The white glare and
, You will
lose all the health you have acquired here,
. ' d begin to get headaches, and feel drowsy,
d disgusted with the whole creation.
ow. how long id you say your parents
eant to stay in ,iarin before going back to
- merica ?” '
“Three months.”
“Then,” said be, promptly, “you stay
~Lw‘ith our good friends here for that time.
mheylwill be delighted to have you, I know ;
amd‘by-aud-b hey will be going down into
Surrey, wher
._ on will see quite another
f server sceneryland see something of our
English country life. You Will, wont you t”.
The audacity of this person was remark-
able. Of course we had to press Miss Amy
to stay; and although we did so honestly,
one generally wishes to have one’s offers of
hospitality proceed from one’s self. How-
»cver, Mr. llumphreys seemced calmly to
ignore all such; little prejudices. He told
Miss Newton what she could expect by giv-
ing up the trip to Paris and staying with us.
He gave a description of Box Hill and
Mickleham Downs which would have been
worthy of the poet Thompson ohof George
Robbins, the auctioneer. The girl, of course,
could not promise; but she was apparently
well inclined toward the proposal, and said
she would see what her parents said when
they came back from Edinburgh. All this,
be it observed, Was overheard by the young
man sitting up ‘front; what he thought of
it can only be imagined, for he maintained
a morose and rigid silence.
“You see, my dear Miss Newton.” remark-
ed our gay friend, “ you must do unto others
as you would be done by. N ow I mean to
give America full three months—”
“ Oh, are you coming over ?” the girl said,
her whole face inadvertently lighting up.
"Oh,ycs,” he answered in his off-hand
way. “I have long proposed it. Now I
shall do ite-in the autumn. When do you
say your papa'will probably be going back ?”
“ About the beginning of September,” she
said; and then she-added, quite unguarded-
ly, “ and what a pleasant thing it would be
if we happened to find- you in the same
steamer l" '
“ Well,” said he, sagely, “ I have general-
ly found that a man should never leave
such things to chance. It is better to play
the good genius for yourself. Accordingly,
I think that if you would kindly let me
know the name of the steamer and you
may pretty confidently reckon' finding
inc-you may call it by chance if you like—
among the passengers.” ,
“ Oh, and we could introduce you to so
many nice people—mamma would be most
delighted to do so. But do you really mean
to go over ?” ,
.“ I give you in word of honor,” said he
“ that if you wil tell me what steamer you
go back -to America by I shall go by that
steamer too, and take a three months’ holi-
day in the States. Is that explicit? or shall
I put the terms of the contract in writing?”
Now, an extraordinary incident occurred
at this montent. Humphreys, with an amia-
ble smile on his face, suddenly called out,
“I say, Maurice. it must be uncommonly
slow for you up there. Come on in here,
and I’ll change places with. you.”
Could a more courteous ofier have been
made? The young man refused sulkily.
Then he was pressed; and at last be con-
sented. Mr. Humphreys got up beside the
driver; and presently we heard him begin
to chaff that serious person in a fashion
which brought many a smilc.to Miss Amy’s
lips. She was evidently listening more to
him than to us. .
We drove up and through the beautiful
woods of Cliet‘den, the birds singing all
around us, the white clouds'sailing through
the blue overhead. We drove on to Burn-
ham Beeches. and there, in the midst of the
forest, saw the great gnarled and twisted
gray trunks, to which even the least imagia
native Londoners make pious pilgrimages.
We drove back to Maidenhead Bridge, and
had luncheon at the inn there, and went
down to the ,river and wandered about for
half an hour; then we got into the wagon-
ette again and set out for Marlow. All this
time the most patient and winning elforts of
gueeu The were ineffectual in smoothing
own the Savage feelings of the young man
who sat beside. us. -
“ There is nothing,” he said to Miss Amy.
“ Which vexes me so much as a show of
coarse joviality and plow-boy wit when one
is in the midst of beautiful scenery. A day
ike this reminds you of many things you
had half forgotten; and when these associa-
tions are present to the mind, painful and sad
as many of them may be, it is not pleasant
to be shocked by an impertinent jocularity.
Don’t you think so ‘2"
“ But why should a pretty piece of coun-
try make you sad?” she said, quite natural-
ly and cheerfully. “ It ought to raise one’s
spirits.”
He- said no more after that; and indeed a
silent person is apt to be overlooed if- he
have four companions all sufficiently talka-
tivc.
.—
crum‘nn IV—THE CHALLENGE.
When we got back to Marlow the two lag,
dies went indoors; we three strolled round
to file meadows by the side of the river. I
did not at all like the look of the young
man’s face; there was mischief brooding.
“ I suppose,” said he to me, in rather a
loud and ostentatious fashion, “ that Miss
Newton is under your care ?”
“She is for the present.”
“And how do you like,” he continued, in
the same loud fashion, “ her making an as-
signatiou go be accompanied to America by
a gentleman who has only been casually in-
troduced to her parents, and of whom nei-
ther she nor they know anything?”
“ If you mean me, young gentleman,”
said Mr. Humphreys, ceasing to whistle
“ Love’s Young Dream,” “ I’d advise you to
be a little more respectful.”
“Age commands respect, certainly,” said
the younger man, with an unmistakable .
sneer. .
“Yes, and school boys, when they don’t
show it, get whipped,” remarked the other, '
beginning to whistle again.
“ I’ll tell you what it is,” exclaimed Mau-
rice, turning’fierccly round, “ I’ll tell you
what my opinion is, that a man who tries to
enlrap a young girl into a clandestine ap-
pointment, and without the knowledge of
her parents, and be old enough to be her
fathcr, is no better than a cad—I said ca§
sir. -
“ 0h, did you? Did you,rcally ?" said
Mr. Humphreys.
Now there is an operation which, in the
vulgar tongue, is known as “ballooning,”
and which consists in seizing a person from
behind by the collar of his coat and by
another portion of his attire, and driving
him on before you. A person. who is thus
“ballooned” is very helpless; he may squeal,
or use bad lan uage, or try to kick, but on
he must go. ell, no sooner had Mr. Mau-
rice uttered these last words than Mr. Hum-
pbreys immediately laid hold of him in the
manner above described, and began. to run
him down the slope of the meadows to the
side of the river. The younger man did
squeal—with absolute rage—he did use bad
language, and with might and main strug-
gled to get free. His enemy—with a shout
of demoniac laughter which rang through
the place—held him firm, and drove bin),
right down to the stream. The whole affair
had.taken place ,so quickly that there was
no chance of interference, and it was all
over in a second. -
For, as it happened, there was a log of
wood lying concealed among the grass by
the river’s side; Maurice, tripping over it,
stumbled, and fell headlong into the water;
while Humpbreys, stumbling also, but hav-
ing proper warning, fell, but managed to
save himself from going into the stream
The next minute Maurice bad scrambled out
again through the rushes, dripping from
head to heel, and laying to get. his wet hair
out; of his eyes. is hat was quietly float-
ing down the Thames,
His rival stood firm. Ifhlly expected to
be the unwilling witness of a combat like
that which the ,over of Helen of Kirkcone
nell desoribes when, by the river‘s side, he
drew his sword and hacked his rival “ in
pieces sma.” But the young man was a
wise young man; and who Can fight with
one’s eyes blinded, and one’s garments heavy
with water? . g
“ You shall hear from me within an hour,”
said he, ominously, aslle made for the gar-
den of the inn, by whifih way he had hoped
to get in, unperceived,to the house.
,v "hen ensued a. strange an wild scene,
fie elderly gentleman toss his wide:
awake into the air. He caught it coming
dowu, and kicked it a dozen yards into the
long grass. Then, with his hands in the air,
he performed a savage dance of joy, snap-
ing his fingers, and calling out : .
“ How bath the cheeky fallen! He hath
been overcome and vanquished, utterly
small? out and annihilated, scruucbed
up, and knocked into everla‘stlng smither-
cons. My dear friend, shall we have a drink
on the strength of this ? ”l‘is now the witch-
ing hour of half-past six, when he who loves
his dinner might have a tiny glass of sherry
and bitters—m‘cht '10th .9"
His friend took a more sober view.of the
situation. . ,
“ The best thing you can do, Humphrcys,
is to compose your nerves with something
else than sherry. You’ll have to fight that
young man as soon as he gets dry clothes
oltlJ—you may as well make up your mind to
t at.‘
“And who’s afraid?” said lte. “Who’s
afraid. of that sand-colored bell-rope—that
Sydenham trowsers and shirthollar? Bah l
I will explode him into the ,rimeval ole:
a tree, and people will mistake him in the
ions attac 3’-
CHAPTER v.—m DUEL.
of clothes.
and go into the town.
elongated pelican—that indefinite length of
meals; I will twist him man the trunk of
morning for a snake that:has died of a bil-
In a very short space of time youngMau-
rice came out again, dressed in another suit
He went past as rapidly with-
out speaking. We saw him cross the bridge
phre s, a trifle more serious.
“ e is either gone to get a policeman to
give you in charge for assault, orto get a
And it was; for a few moments'after, Mr.
Maurice returned, and coming up ‘to his
rival. firmly and courteously informed him
that he meant to fight him ; that he’did not
think he would have a.t‘air cbanceiin a vul-
gal- boxing-mateh, but that he had bought a
pair of pistols with which they could settle
tlteir quarrel in the adjoining meadOw. Mr.
. Humphreys listened with a laugh Zen his
ing ajoke about it, and finally, siting by a.
chance remark of his opponent, he said,
“ All right; come along !” ‘ , ’
Now what was the third person who was
the spectator of all this folly to (16.? The
whole affair seemed so incredible tbut to call
any one’s attention to, it might have been
compromising; and yet, to all appearances,
these two were really going down to~rthe
side of the river to load these pistolsand.
fire them at each other. ‘
“I thought,” said I, to them both, " that
when gentleman in France went out‘ to fire
half-loaded weapons at each other they
lieve the thing serious. Don’t you ea ,
have a doctor, or any seconds, or lag/grif-
portor to send a romantic account the
Electra .9" . -
'_‘ We shall do very well by ourselves,”
said the younger man; and the two,imbe-
ciles walked off. ‘ ‘. .
There remained but one thing for me to do.
In a certain chamber in that old-fashioned
inn there was a lady dressing for dinner;
and when she is finally arranging the‘flow-
ers in her hair she does not like to be dis-
turbed. However, when I represented-to
her the deadly schemes of these two people
whom we could see walking down to the
meadow, she quite forgot the last yellow
rose-bud and caught at a light shawl Which
she threw round her head and shoulders. "
“ Shall we tell them the truth ?” said Tita.
“ What truth ?” said I; “ only, whatever
truth you have to tell them, you’d better
look sharp.” _
What a placid evening was shining all
around when w taslened down to the
river—the sweet er of the garden scent-
ing the air, and the beautiful tints in the sky
showing on the clar bosom of the Thames!
We could see those two black figures down
by the tall green rushes. - They had appar-
ently settled the preliminaries, and were‘~
now some dozen yards apart. ‘
“ They see us now—ob, the two gabies l” '
said my companion. ..
The notion of bringing a lady, on' the
scene was obviously successful; one could
see each of them smuggling something away
into his cat pocket. - When we arrived on
the spot they were evidently contemplating
the benut of the scenery; while Mr. Hum-
phreys, With 1 charming carelessness, asked
us if we had seen the rush of young fish to
the surface-Iobviously getting out of the
way of a pike.
'gita, with” a'
“No, I did not,” said Queen
gracious smile. “I have been too usy think-
ing how I should, scold you two gentlemen.
What do you mean by‘going away by your-
selves in this manner, instead of waiting in
the garden until Miss Newton came down?
You ought to pay her every' attention while
she is our guest; otherwise ashe ' will not
think much of our English peopleyand she
will have a bad account 'of us to give to Mr.
St. Vincent." . . .
“ Mr. St. Vincent ?” they'bOth repeated
mechanically. - ' ' '
“ Yes,” was the innocent answer; “the
gentleman whom she is to marry as soon' as
she returns home.”
There ‘was a strange pause Mr. Hum-
phreys began to stare about and whistle,
The other gentleman looked uncomfortable,
and blushed hotly,
‘9 But I shall forgive you if you come back
to the inn at once,” said their gentle moni:
tress; “and indeed dinner will be waitifl!’
for us in twenty minutes. You won’t mind
my running back by myself ?"
When she had gone the two men looked
at each other for a moment, and then young
Maurice, with a contemptuous smile, tossed
his pistol in among the reeds. Another
That young man was losing ground. splash told us that the second pistol had
followed it. Then they stood and looked at
each other again. _
.“ Look here, old chap,” the elder gentle-
man said, in a bland fashion, “ there isn’t
much use in making a fuss about this. I beg
pardon for any awkward little thing that
may have occurred. When, a man is made
a tool of by a woman he’s not responsible
for bisections—what do you think ‘2"
. “I quite think 30,” said the other; and
they shook hands amicably.
Next morning our two friends discovered
hat urgent business called m away to
London, and the left us with any expres-
sions—of regret. t was remarked, moreover,
y a certain gentle-eyed young lady, that no
reference had been made to that compact
about a trip to the United States.
a.
0'
The Loulolann lmbrozllo.
SPEECH OF HON. O. S. FERRY.
on connnc'ncu'r.
Delivered in the U: 8. Senate, Wednesday,
Feb. 17th, 1875.
Mr. PansmnnrJ do not expect or intend
to make an speech of an elaborate charac-
ter to the enate, neither have I prepared
any speech, nor have I the physical strength
necessary to such an undertaking. But up-
on the resolution now pending before the
Senate I have exceedingly strong nvic-
lions, and I have felt that one ente ning
such convictions ought not to be content
with casting merely a silent vote, but how-
ever briefly and however feebly I may ex-
press myself, it is my duty to the Senate,
and my duty to the country to give some of
the reasons why I cannot support the reso-
lution reported from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. Let me say in
the outset, Mr. President, that I listened
with almost painful interest on Monday,
when the Senator from Indiana opened his
remarks, in the hope of hearing ’something
which wouldyeluoidate the real inquiry be-
fore this body, and I must say that in that
hope 1 was utterly disappointed. The Sen-
ator from Indiana seemed to me—it may be
my fault—not even to touch the question
which is really before us. What is the
controversy? 0n the 4th of March, 1873,
a vacancy occurred in this body which
should-have been filled by the election of a
Senator from the State of Louisiana. There
resented certificates of election—Mr. Mc-
lillan and Mr. Pincbback—both in due
form and signed, in each case, by a erson
designating himself as Governor of cuisi-
ana; each countersigned by a person dos:
ignating himself as Secretary of the State
of Louisiana; and both authenticated b
the great seal of the State. These bot
complied in particulars with the act of
Congress prOthing for the certificates of
election, in case of the election of a Senator.
But the person designated as Governor and
the person designated as Secretary of State
on one of these certificates were different
from the sonsso designated on the other.
Both cfiales of election were referred
to the o mittee on Privileges and Elec.
lions. Both are now before the Senate. and
every word that the Senator from Indiana
uttered the other day, and every precedent
that he cited, and all the debates of past
years that be caused to be read, app] with
exactly the same force to the‘cer ' te of
election of Mr. McMillan as to the certifi-
cate of Mr. Pinchback. How is it, then
the Senate with a declaration am Mr.
Pinehback is prime faoz'a entitled to the
sent, without a pretense of having gone
outside of the certificates of election and
even denying the right to go behind them?
Why not choose Mr. McMillan’s certificate
instead of Mr. Pinchback’s? The truth is,
Sir, the case is peculiar and anomalous.
Admitting all the precedents of 1“ Senator
from Indiana, we are nevertheless in this
case absolutely compelled to go behind the
certificates of election. We cannot help
ourselves for the question is of the authori-
ties signing thc certificates. Who was the
Governor and who was the Secretary of
the State of Louisiana in 1873, when these
certificates bear date? These certificates
do not tell us, and we cannot decide be-
tween these certificates until we have ascer-
tained which of the persons executing
them possessed the authority to execute
them u‘er the Constitution and laws of
the United States. So, Sir, in reference to
the resolutions pending before us, we are,
from the very papers upon our- table in ret-
erence to this election, compelled to make
inquiry whether upon the certificates which
the Committee have reported back, Wm.
Pitt Kellogg was, on the 15th day of Janu-
nary, 1872. Governor of the State of Louisi-
ana, and in order to ascertain whether he
was not, we are at once plunged into the
mire and degradation of the proceedin s in
that unhappy State in the Autumn of 872
and the commencement of 1878. We can-
not evadefit. We cannot get away from it,
and inquring into these proceedings we
have no further to go titan to the great vol.
ume of 400 or 509 pages of testimony be-
fore our own Committee, now lying upon
. updn our tsblopnnd unfolding tone the
“Now what is be up to ?" said-Mr. Hum;
faee; then he saw that it was. no good mak-i
e -.
orally took with them a doctor to inflow
forgery, military violence, and forcible usur-
That. may be true.
priate remedy, which he did not choose to
resort to.
color of authority for the power which he
port of your Committee ascribes to him, can-
‘trne, the placing of his name to this paper
was no want of claimants. Two gentlemen .
,that this Committee presents itself before’ -
whcle sickening history from its beginning
to its end. Upon that testimony we have
the elaborate report of that Committee,
chosen from the ables! and most trusted
pair of pistols at an ironmonger’s.” , members 01' “138 body, and the evidence
“ Pistols ?" said Mr. Humphrey, contemp. sustaining every_word of that report in all
tuously ;.“ that would be like the lunatic.” the strength 01' “5 language; and the P35-
sage of time and development of events
during the last two years have only tended
still more to verify the correctness of the
conclusion of that ,report.- I theretore am
not called upon to go into the histcry of
those transaction further than to find the
facts regarding them, as they lie ,upon our
tables in the evidence and in the report of
that Committee. What,tben;are the facts?
I shall not go over thesemt any len th. It
. thus been well called a twice-told ta e. Was
William Pitt Kellogg, clectgd, Governor of
1872? N o, ir; the evidence’ in that vol~
ume demonstrates that, of the votes cast, he
did not receive a majority, and the Com.
mittee expressly find the fact. The Senator
from Wisconsin (Mr. Carpenter), the Senator
from Illinois (Mr. Logan), the Senator from
Mississippi (Mr. Alcorn). ‘6 the Senator
from Rhode Island (Mr. Anthony),append
their names to the finding of the fact that
“was returned as elected? None. whatever.
tThe pretended canvass by his Returning
Board is delineated in the report of that
Committee in stronger lan uage than I
should care to use here. as there any
lawful Returning Board, or Board of Can-
vassers that-made su‘cb return ? None.
So that‘ there is not upon the actual facts
existing, even the color of a title of an
election of the person whose name is signed
to the certificate of election reported by the
Committee as Governor of Louisiana.
How then came he to asiume to place his
name to this certificate ? Again the record
unfolds the facts: There was an election in
that State. The majority of the votes were
against him. They may have been procur-
ed by intimidation, or fraud, or force. ~ We
now, on this inquire ’as to the capacity of
Mr. Kellogg to send hither such acertificate
as he has done, only, or to ascertain the fact
whether he did receive a majority of- the
votes or not,and the report of your Com-
mittee and the evidence demonstrates that
he did not. No returns of any elections
were before the Board which sent up a maj-
ority of the vote, as having been counted by
them, to the legislature of Louisiana; but
the Board itself was Without legal existence.
But a body of men without authority, with-
out legal existence as a Returning Board,
by fraud, by falsehood, by forgery, by per-
jury, made out a return which was sent to
another bddy designated asa Legislature;
and that return, founded solely upon the in-
famies which I have described, is said by
your Committee and proved by the evidence,
to be the only color or title upon which Mr.
Kellogg assumes this authority. But this
was not enough to ive him any substantive
existence as the xeeutive of Louisiana;
and he himself next appears a on the scene,
presenting himself before the ederal Co I
with falsehood in his hand and perjury upfit
his lips, to give that Court jurisdiction; for
in his bill be alleges—for the sole purpose of
giving that Court jurisdiction—that many
thousands of voters had been deprived of
the right of suffrage by reason of their color;
in which there was not: a shadow of truth,
and he kflew it at the time, and no effort
has been made to substantiate it from that
day to this—a bold pretext to give a corrupt
Judge jurisdiction of a cause over which he
had no control. At th beginning of the
Conspiracy to install Mr. ellogg in office, a
Federal Marshal—the leading manager of
one of the political organizations of that
State—obtains of the President by misrep-
resentation, authority to use Federal troops
to enforce the mandate of that court, and.
then abusing the judicial process—if the
mandate upon which these troops were em-
loyed could be called a judicial process,
nd it could be abused. The hall where the
we
Legislature of Louisiana were accustomed
tomect was seized by force and guarded by
force for weeks. The returns sent hither by
the perj ured Returning Board were indorsed
by the pretended Assembly. . Kellogg was
nominally installed in the oflice,and then,
putter the protection of the Federal forces,
the usurpation was complete. From begin-
ning to end, as demonstrated in the papers
upon 'your table, fraud, falsehood, perjury,
pation constituted the title of this man, who
signed this certificate of election, and there
is no man who can successfully show that
he ever had any other title. He may have
been dé’feated by intimidation and fraud.
If so, he had his appro«
But that he even had any other
assumes to exercise, than that which the re-
not be shown. Now, if these things are
styled a certificate of election, adds not one
whit of virtue to what that paper was when
it was a white blank sheet.
I know it has been said that this person
was then and is now the defacto Governor
of Louisiana. If what I have stated arid
what the report of your Committee demon-
strates be true, he is in no legal sense, and
he never hasbeen, the defacto Governor of
Louisiana; for essential to a de facto Gov.
ernor is a color at least of title, and this is
a sheer usurpation, carried out by force and
initiated by forgery and perjury. That is
all there is of. it. There is not even the
color of a title on whicbto build up a do
termed dafacto, there is none capacified to
send to the Senate of the United States cer-
tificates of election of a Senator in this
body. There is no power either by the Con-
stitution or the laws of the United States
that can execute a certificate hich we can
recognize, but the lawful ex utive of the
State from which the claimant comes.
When a Senator comes here with his certifi-
cate of election, the signature of the Gov-
ernor is not to affect simply the citizens of
Louisiana. It is to create a part of the law-
makiug power of the United States. It is to
create a part of the Government of the
United States, and we cannot here recognize
anything to constitute a part of the Govern-
ment of the United States, to rule New
York, and Indiana, and Connecticut, as well
as Leulsiana, except the lawful authority
of the State from which the certificate pro-
ceeds. . In no sense is there any validity at-
taching to the certificate of election which
the committee have reported back and upon
which they claim a prima facie case for Mr.
Pinchback, because we are compelled to ask
what is the authority of the persons signing
this paper. and asking we are compelled to
find that the have no authority. * * *
And, Mr, resident, I wish as I close, to
say a word or two to members of the major-
ity of this body who may entertain such
opinions asI entertain With regard to the
claim of Mr. Pinchback to a seat in this
4 body, I ask you not to sit here content with
giving a silent vote. 'I cannot regard a fav-
orable result of a vote of the Senate upon
this resolution which shall'seat Mr. Pinch-
back in this body otherwise than as a prece-
dent pregnant with the most tearful eons:-
quences to the country. It is to substitute
the system of Spanish-American Govern-
ments for our own. We cling to law. We
never permitviolence to take its place, if in
our power; and the party that is defeated
in an election by wrong, under our system,
must resort to the due processes of the laws
to obtain his rights; and if now for the first
time in our history—to quote thelanguage of
the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Carpenter),
not now in his seat,'uttered in this chamber
a year ago—we are to adopt the principle of
“ fighting the devil with fire”-if, when one
party resorts to fraud in an election, or in-
timidation, the other may resort to perjury
and usurpation, and thoGovernment of the
United States and the Senate thereof shall
be bound to recognize it-nwho can foresee
the end? I ask those who entertain such
convictions as I entertain to speak to the
Senate find to the country before they per.
mit sue a precedent as this to be set; and I
do believe that it the members of this body
shall vote upon this question according to
their own deepest convictions, no such dis-
astrous precedent will be set; but we shall
still remain a republic in which law and order
shall he recognized—at least ,in the highest
legislative body in the land.
An infant daughter of J. E. Collins, South
Windsor, wps smothered to death while be-
ing conveyed in a sleigh from its grandlpa-
rents’s home on Sunday evening last. he‘
mother held t infant in her arms during
the ride and d atb evidently resulted from
its being too closely wrapped. A physician
was summoned at once at was unable to
save the child.
Editors whojarc never weary of rejoicing
over the " re udiation” of General Butler
and Senator ‘arpenter, seem strangel ob-
livious to the fact that Messrs. Schnrz‘. en-
ton, Tipton and other liberals were repudi-
ated at the same time.
A passenger on the steamer Laura, which
lys between New, York and Bridgeport,
last week counted a large number ‘of seals
in the Sound. On a rock on the show at
Goose Island four of them were basking in
the cold sunlight.
Louisiana’b thepcop‘lc'l'fi the Autumn of»
in that election Mr. Kellogg was defeated. ‘
.Were any returns canvassed by which he '
and Zinc Wares.
3Q
suit the times.
CALVIN a. cum),
Rooms Nos. 8 and 9, Seely’l Hall, Main Street
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EDWARD BANKS,
CIVIL ENGIN ‘7 R,
run about“ suavrvolt,‘
Office at residence of B. 0. Banks, Main Street.
Norwnlk, Conn.
w. :B. RIDER,
Encrnnna sun Sunvvon.
0 e in Gazette Building.
Personal attention given to Engineering, Mill-
work, and Surve lug. Agent for all kinds of
machmer . 0 to left at the Gazette Ducting;
by mail Will be promptly attended to.
LEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist. of the First Congregational Church,
2101 run or" or saw our. Teacher ofthe
Planet-Forte, Organ and III-leg]
Composition. ' .
Box. 319 P. 0. NORWALK, CONN. _
In New York, care of WilliamA Pond‘ 00., 890
Broadway.
CHAS. W. MANY.
n E N '1' I s 'l‘,
Noitwanx, Com.
0 ed on Main Street, ogpoette Connecticut Hotel
Teet filled and extracte . 30
ARTIFICIAL TEETHJNSERTED at. LOW RATES
C. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
' Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET, NORWALK',
Office over
0. J. Gruman’s Dry Good. Store.
Is' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
F. H. HASH &. BROTHERS,
Importers and J obbers of
China, Crockett and Glass Wale,
Dealer. In Ilene", Rinses, Stoves. 80.
Manufacturers of Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper. Lead
Corner Main and West Streets,
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
Peter I... Guiana,
F L O R I S 1',
North of the Narwalk Cemetery,
Is now ready to furnish all sorts of
Winter Flowering Plants,
nt Flowers, Boquets, Wrénths. Cram, and
ther Floral Designs, at short notice. Pncgglt‘q
LAW OFFICES,
The law firm of Ferris. Child a; Fessenden was
issolvcd by mutual'consent. March lst,18‘ts: C. G.
hlld willcontlnuebis business at. the abovuddreu.
R. CAKES, M. D
Officeover Alfred,Knapp'sstore. Wuhtngto Sh,
Consultation gratis from
a. In. to 9 p .m. - 1941
A R C H I T E C T,
70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
- Ryldence, Stamford, CL,
Special attention paid to country residences 2-],
S & \V. MITCHELL, ‘
. .
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET,
has always the bept of
CHARLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper a: Taller
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING EHPOBIUI.
Main street, Nor-walk, Conn.
N orwallc Fish Market.
HE Inbscriberhavin bought out the old Bridge
Fish Market. of Ru as Adams. intend-keeping
constantly on hand all kind! of
runsn msn, oxsrnnswnnnswm,
and’allvarletles ofchoice‘flll'l" I. V! “All.“
in their lesson. CHARLES W. LOCIEWOOD,
[3" Spring Chicken: Dressed to order.
EDWARD P. WEED,
n n U G G 1.": '1' ,
Wat hut, opposite Nor-walk Opera Home
, large and well selected stock of
DRUGS , AND MEIIICINES.
fl
Waters. Toilet and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring and
Handkerchief Extractst flair Brushes, Combl,
Sponges, Chamois Skins. Stationery, Cigars. ac.
and is constantly adding to his stock all the new and
popular medieineeof the day.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
T HE undersigned would respctfully announce to
.. the citizens in this vicinity, that at. his
Drug Store, _
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT 3TB.
can always be found
P U R E D R U G 8 ,
cnorcn WINES and “origins
non MEDICAL Punrosns,
FANCY A ‘ TOILET ARTICLES,
PATE‘ EDIOINES, «to.
83" Physicians ’Preseriptloul carefully compoune
ed day and night. Can be found nights,” sum-
onlldlng,entrauce on Washington St.
H” S. F. PECK. South Norvnlk Conn
B. S. BLASCEB,
At his storetn MALLORY’S BLOCKJtasconatant}
ly on hand a general assortment of
G- R O O E R I E S ,
cnocKEnx, amass,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, E10” M0
B y devoting his constant personal attention to the
bustneu'ne hopes to merit public patronage. I
TNA INSURANCE 00., 0F HARTFORD,
Incorporated 181'. Charter-Perpetual.
Clpltaland Anon, $5,052,880.19
Iusnnuagalnstlossand damage by Fire, antenna
adapted to the hazardmngconststentvégb thalawa
ofcoinpenutlon. WLES .8 M .
Sole Agentsfor Nor-walk and vicinity.
Nonwxnxmsunancn eoumxv
NORWALK, CONN.
CuhOspltul - - - - - - o8500,000
Pnldupoapltal, -'- - - ,- 3100.000
Wu. 0. Sunntmrestdent, 620. R. 00ml. See’y.
Emu: mun. Treasurer.
NOW FORYOIIB WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 8% Son,
Areready topnt in your WATEB.STEAM orGAS
PIPE, atver short notice and at a: low a rate in
an no. W OUGHT & CAST IBONJ'IN-LINED.
I. an PIPES Senor." ntuanddeurtutton.
' Plantain": in n rm Snack...
_V1311;1n 3 'cards.
1.1." THE NEW' snails—plain. ' up,
pure white or fashionable tints 1111ng
stock, put up in not oat-d boxes out (I at
.n me. It ch to ob I’d-an
03:. mudfix’ow. so... '
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REAL ESTATE.
HOUSE TO LET.
HOUSE situated on Lewis Street, Will be let
to a. small family. "House contains 14 rooms,
and is furnished with
gas, water, and furnace.
Rent to be taken out in board by three persons.
and difference to
Enquire of B. L. TILTON.
be paid in cash eve wee
Main St.
TO LET.
ALF ofa house on River Street. Possession
l:t: of April.
JESSE SELLLC K,
Street, or at this office.
Bent moderate. Appl to
at Smith a matting-{.6
To RENT.
Very pleasant place on Fair Street, is otter-ed
to rent from April lpt. A
an eutlre house, comfortablean
plenty of yard room for what a
ens desirable and less healthy locations would cost.
Six rooms, good cellar and attic, closets, Sc.
well of excellent water, and Borough water in ad-
dition if desired. Rent very moderate. Apply at
the Gazn'r'rn Orrlcn.
0d chance to get
convenientuv a;
part of a house in
A
no no“.
URNISHED—Possession immediately if dual:-
ed—my Homestead with Hot House, Barn and
Garden. or the Homestead of Mrs. Marta Grunt
on Prospect Hill ,
is the best on the; can for full information all
C. J. GBU
an
furnished. The location
on
art!
T
' . -0n Butler Street mum. to: 5
5.905311% base, from April 1st' [1875
Enquire of
nu’an shims.
THE subscriber offers to let,
Two or Three Desirable Rooms,
over the Store of C. S. LOCKWOOD, Main Street,
M38. 3.; B. BETTS.
TO LET.
HE pleasantly located and every waaduinble
residence. formerly owned 1‘. B.‘ E
Stunts. and now ocen ied b Jamel
feted to let: from the rat 0 A rt! nex A to . atom. of new
3:95 p o. efsrsfibik. WNW“. ‘ ”M "3:19;; {fivfinmm and 3
Cu... is or;
'1‘
F33 BENT.
HE SHALL COTTAGE in rear of Stephen
Olmstead’s, on Union Avenue.
given immediately. Apply at Gazette Otllce.
Possession
THE
TO BENT
0! APRIL 151'. mp9:
near the brid , coats! g 6
and gas. For par culan apply at this once. set!
The story of. ham
rooms. Water.
TO LET.
place occupied by the subscriber, at the
head of Main Street, is ofierod to rent. putty
Matched if desired. B. L. ELLS.
'ro ‘BENT.
' E lower part of the house homing on Union
Park, formerly occn ind b ‘Geom Col or,
having been put in
Bent. Apply at this nice.
.—A unit of rooms over In
I. dig immediately.
act 0 or, is ofle to
store. Posses-
45 G 0. F. BELDEN.
T
Enquire at this Office. .
‘ To LET.
ARN 'r'o BENT,—A new nun with good su-
WO large rooms to let over J. M. Potter’s.
Music Score. Wall Street, opposite Post on
ca.
35:!
bllng for several horses, near the bridge. Price.
88 per mm: th. Enquire at this Oflcg. ,
For Sale or to Rent.
HE .lato residence of William Hancock. in
Wiunlpauk, is offered for sale or to rent. The
house is modern built, 14 rooms, 54:
mm, and {large gal-Item burn.
a. large family. Terms reasonabl M
Winnipauv'eb. 3d. 1875.
ood I ring water.
.4 nit-ble. fox
Enquire of
. 1‘. SMITH.
8m'6
FOR SALE.
HOUSE AND
situated on the Main Street. lln Wilton. a few
LOT. with good fruit thereon,
rods from Kent Station ' will so at a bargain.
Apply to n. n. slum, mailers, conn.
February 9th, 1875. “f
A
FOR s ALE CHEAP.
coon FARM of about 4.5 acres or high land,
situate d
tyre miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A.B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
4
FOR SALE. .
DESIRABLE FARM, containing forty acres,
situated 2); miles north of the Wilton Rall-
xoad station. Said farm has a never fouling stream
of water tuning through the same; is well fenced
in lmall lots, With a House,Bam,and outbuilding-
standing thereon ; bear-
nz, and for gm ‘ '
etiveness‘is unsurpassed. l-or further
a fine Orchard in full
as, grain, pasture and general pro-
particu-
l t
$611113, 5048 p y
as to rice,
EBLPNEZEB G.
Wilton, Com, December 19th. 1874.
o
BITS: near the premises.
m
FOR SALE OR TO BENT.
HE place belonging to the estate of zulnon
Lyon.
on: and pleasant.
also a fine
rwuk,
Said place in a very desirable‘gropcrty.
situated in the Borough of
of Knight Street and North Avenue.
minnow? not): of the III)?” Railway,
rwa ~
no: non the several chpd’rches and schools. The
neighborhood in all that could be desired. The
mouse is in good re
excellent water. _
shade angflqietdtxeers. {Bowman ven the first of
A n! eai . or rm! enq
LION, on the premises, or gt EDGAR LYON.
No March 7th. 1874. 10c:
Now-1k, on a corner
is within In
and Dunbar]
Also dis-
t. the same
pair, the rooms in e, c Inno-
On the premises 6 a all of
Men and plenty of
of JAMES 8.
FOR. Em.
A RARE CHANCE!
A very desirable place if a
ted on
size of lot
Helen
El 3
W50 feet,
rate House containing 11 rooms,
other our-buildings. excellent wall and cistern near
pglled for noon; litu-
u betll an Center Avenues;
being about one acre. Pin:
,ou
faoto government. If in reference ‘0 the Cili‘ Beet Veal Mllthll, and Pork, the door; Fruit: and good Canton, being ouc-
zens of Louisiana there may be something . .' . ’ . ’ . halfmile omNor-walk Bri . Termseas . lo:
- - - at: fair hvm noes. Union (formerly Model) mr- in column 1 to ms 311.0
called executive authority which may be k“. on ,,,,§,1;,,,,,,_ 18 fl!" 05% Broker?!) orwalx. or xmrnnlli!
REYNOLDS, Danbnry, Ct. 13
as i
5:115:53 on Fair Street, about half I. mi
Bridge. If not sold before April legit will be rented
for 8250. Ifsold the price will be
t which can remain on mow
o
7
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all. kinds, lineal abontllfeetbead
oflaudmow used
mmumtoryonriy
Enquire of JAM
m, on first floor t
second floor '
walnut and
T“
madman] op
Ruthie o are
rooms with cellar. Scandi- ottercd at a lowprlco:
f the purchase money can remain on
mortgage. Thlsta a good chance to locate shone.
Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE
a large part0
T
walk.
18
Office ove
Bank Sta" BRIDGEPOBT. CONN.
I
New Machines of other makers at less than agents
prices. Second-hand
Al Wilson’s.
tIe used and as
Machines rented, excl:
menu for all
519. or call at
FOR SALE OR. TO BENT.
NEW HOUSEmell finished; 4mm and large
and convenient pantry and two cloneta, sinks,
hm room and two clout- on
room wainocoted with black
dedar. kitchen watnscoted with pin;
3 throughout the house; water nip“. 16.3
min the
83,“; some part
39in
' Small Place for Sale.
11111
for sale.
3 HOUSE AND LOT “tastedlultwest of the
Wide River Bridge. on the loath side of the
its the resideneeot JamesPnnton.
The bone eonulul nix
Property
FOR SALE.
WeItNorwulk, 8
HR subscriber otters for Sale his
situated in West. Nor-walk.
from Dal-ten Depot, three miles I
and two miles from New Conn“. consisting
of a monumctory two stories high, “:18 feet. wit
and fall of Inter. with three
as I Saw Mill but Inlubl
Ill Property
two miles
South Nor-
klnd. Toms euyandprle .
s FINNEY, Bell Emu Agent.
Norwalk, or ofthe lubscrlber, -
v
annexes-r srnnr.
ept. 25. ran. .tffl
TIIE HARTFORD
STEAM BOILER INSPECTIBN!
Insurance Company,
CASH CAPITAL,
SO ES Polictes of Insurance. After careful in-
Ipectton of the Boilers,
damage to Boilers, Buildings,
in from
STEAM Bot nu Exrrosrons !
J. M. ALLEN.
.. . BEACH. -
J. I. PIERCE, -
W. G. LINEBUBGH,
r tbe'Iirst National Bank, cor. Main and
covering all loss or
and Machinery aris-
-r Pro-Mont
- Vice-President
- Seer-car!
Ago-t
Sewing Machines!
wrll sell New
Other styles
Wilcox k. Glbbl’
Machines.
edhonso n-om Franklin, south side
of Elm Street after 6 o’clock, g: m.
.870 Domestic Machines for “5.
in the same proportion. no,
Machine in r’s, Wheeler
and eed‘a, but ut-
good as new. For sale chugg.
or re ired. Am -
duress out once Box
B. W HEBLER.
, THE UNIT Illlttltlllli
D o m e s t 310
Is the best: Machine in use fcxall kinds of work.
To be had only of
J. SPENCER,
Sole Agent for the town of Norwalk.
Second-nape: Machine: at low prices. 40
_ John A. Honnécker,
BAKER.
FOOT
on llllLL Inn.
Bread. Rolls. Pies. Cakes, Cullen, to” baked
fresh ever-yd: .
Eve thing made out of good
motel-hum“ careful utdcompemtworhmen.
our smug .
l1?!
ouch inprovemelr’ig
' been
In: tune in the pres”: edition have-
'for instruction rather
. FOR SALE,
PIECE 01' LAND' in n:
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c an
“an“: ‘i‘é‘t‘f-fl “dflll-u' "_
vet-,dece Apply,” m, BILL!) . an,
roll SALE.
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NEAT RESIDENCE on one of m but, 9
auto» and moot Mable “not! ll
Has eight rooms. with gun in each. find
pubic of heating the whole house. .
with cabling for seven) home. A
Cherry Trees. Juno-Imelda to .
within five minutes’ walk“ 0 Pout Ola:
Price 81,50.» 0: will rent “to I good toms
moo per year. Enquire at this clue.
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AGENTS WANTED TO SELL
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Who Ind Retell Damn!- .
Hardware. Paints, tlils, Bless.
~ Home Furnishing Cecil,
Also in. ma- or
Mach-mic" revolt.
m ~
Alltlclll'fllnl IIPLEIEITS.
zocl!.l_'lvoxs.'iuns.4nnmn, a
“noun. In an rm: cunt"
artistic-tuna. Bibi-Brno”. ..
No. 8 Open llama luck,
SOUTH NOl'Al-lgcfill.
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JEWELERS
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. fiance-cription.
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once lust std. Depot Squamfuhtngtonfliut.
South Norwalk, Ct.
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patients. Ikupzood:gueomne. on Id.”
In thouoat Ipprovod upperm- in a murmur.
P '. S.—0fllce not up"! on Monday“: Saturday- .
The Inburl‘oorhnlouud tn the BAWOI
Wilson’s BLOCK. (opposite emu. Inuit-g
when he willed": out o - .
a... Fitting and Plumbing nil-in...
lu'alllta branches. Being a PRACTICAL WORK-
lcpatron. e. . , .
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glvcuttehetton. . »..- .- - , .. -. - ,
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cannons, no soul wank. n‘topuu
church: the pub]
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