WHOLE. NUMBER 14.4
5.
[FROM SCHILLER.)
THE IHE'K‘APEIYSH‘IAN.
._.__.
BY GEORGE MACDONALD.
"flow far the world lies under me!
Scarce can 1 see the men below there crawl-
ing! .
The highest of all arts lifts me, my calling,
So near the heavenly canopy l"
. Thus, from the tower where he cloth clam-
bcr,
Calls on: the sister; also thus the small
great man.
Jack Metapliysicus, down in his writing-
chamber,
Tell me, thou great big man—-
The tower-,whcnec thou so grun'lly all things
hast inspected,
W liercot is it. whcreon is it erected?
How eam‘st thott up thyself? lts liiglits so
smooth and bare—r
What serve they for but thence into the vale
to stare Z" —T/zc Independent.
m...
tlarry l‘lotlilltldl-G 0t tiaagoil.
.,
1.. ’ ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
CHAPTER XI.
[Concluded]
“He‘knows everything about it,” said old
Brownbie.
“If he do,” said
odds.”
“Not a ha’porth of odds," said Jell‘)’.
coming out of“ his hiding-place. “ \"'
Biscobel, “it ain’t no
I no cares
what he knows? A man may do what he
pleases on his own run. I suppose.”
“He mayn‘t light a fire as’ll spread,” said
the old man.
"Bother! Who’s to prove what’s in a
man’s mind? If I’d been Nokes,I’d have
staid and seen it out. I’d never been driven
about the colony by such a fellow as Heath-
cote, with all the. police in the world to back
him.”
Sergeant Forrest inspected the ground on
which the fire had raged, arid the spot on
which the men had met; but nothing mm»
of his inspection, and he had not‘expected
that anything would come of it. He could
see L-Xactly where the fire had commenced.
and could trace the efforts that had been
made to stop it. He did not in the least
doubt the way in which it had been lit
But he did very much doubt whether ajury
could find Nukes guilty, even if he could
catch Nukes. Jacko’s evidence was worth
nothing, and Mr. Medlicot might be easily
mistaken as to what he had seen at a dis-
tance in the middle of the. night.
All this happened on Christmas-day. At
about nine o’clock the same evening, the
two constables rc-appearcd at Gangoil, and
asked for hospitality for. the night. This
was a matter of course, and also the repro-
duction of the Christmas dinner. Mrs. Med-
licot was now there, and her son. with his
collar bone set, had been allowed to come
out on the verandha. The house had al-
ready been supposed to be full, but room, as
a matter of course, was made for Sergeant
Forrest and his man. “It’s a queer sort of,
Christmas we’ve all been havingJiIr. Heath-
eote,” said the sergeant, as the remnant ofu
real English plum-pudding was put between
hint and his man by Mrs. Growler.
"A little hotter than it is at home, ch ‘9”
“Indeed it- is. You must have had it bot
last night, Sir.”
Very hot, sergeant. We had to work un-
commonly hard to doit as well as we did.”
“It was not a niecChristmas game, sir,
was it ‘3” ' '
“Eh. mo 1" said Mrs. Medlicot. ”There’s
nae Christmas games or any games here at
all, except just worrying and harryiug, like
atie many dogs at each other’s throats.”
“And you think nothing more can be
done,” Harry asked.
“I don’t think we shall catch the men. '
When they get ottt backward, it’s vory hard
to trace them. He's got .1 horse of his own
with hint, and he’ll be beyond reach of the
police by this time to-niorrow. Indeed,he’s
beyond their reach now. However, you’ll
have got rid of him.”
’ “But there are others as bad as he left he.-
hind. I wouldn’t trust; that fellow Boscobel
a you .” '
“He won’t stir, sir. He belongs to this
country, and does", not want to leave it.
And when a thing'has been tried likethat
and has thiled, the fellowsdon’t try it again.
They areLcowed like by their own failure. I
don’t think you need fear fire from the
Boolabong side again this summer.”
After this the sergeant and his titan dis
creetly allowed themselves to be put to bed
in the back cottage; for in truth, when they
arrived, things had come to such a pass at
(Lingoit that the two additional visitors
were hardly welcome. But hospitality in
the. bush can he stayed by no such consider-
ation as that. Let their employments or
enjoyments on hand be what they may,
everv thing most yield to the entertainment
’ot‘ strangers. The two constables were in
want of their Christmas dinner, and it was
given to them with no giudging hand.
- As to Noakcs, we may say that he has
never since appeared in the neighborhood
of Gangoil, and that none thereabouts ever
knew what was his fate. Men such as he
wander away from one‘ colony into the
next,passing from one station to another,
of sleeping on the. grouhd, till they become
as desolate and saVageg‘ as solitary animals.
And at last they die in the bush. creeping,
we may suppose, intd hidden nooks. as the
bleasts do W hen the hour of death comes on
t iem. ’
CHAPTER XII.
. anCLUsION.
The constables had started from Gaitgoil.
or. their way in Boolabong, a little afte'r‘
four, and from‘that time till he was .Iiihadc
to get out of‘bed for: his dinner, arry
lleathco‘te wasaltowed .to sleep. He had
richly earncd‘his rest by his work, and he
lav motionleSI. without a sound, in the
broad dayligh‘with his arm under his head,
dreaming, no oubt, of some happy squat-
ting land, it which there were no free-
‘LL Selcctors, nojres, no rebellious servants, no
{1 ods, no doughts, no wild dogs to worry
the lambsno grass seeds to get into the
' iffeeces, andn which the price of woolsmod
Lgmdy. .atViwo shillings and sixpence a
pound. lls'Witb from time to time came
into the pom, shading the light from his
eyes, protecting him from ~;the fli'es,.and ad-
ministerivg in her soft way towhat she
thought night be his comforts. His sleep
was of be kind which no light, nor even
flies, Cit interrupt. Once or twice, she
stooped town and kissed his brow, but he.
was altogether unconscious of his caress. ‘
During this time old Mrs. Medlicot arriv-
ed; but her coming did not atvakevthe
sleeper,though it was by no means made in
silence. The old woman sobbed and cried
over her son, at the same time expi'es'sisg
her tliankt‘ulness that he should have turned
up in the forest so exactly at the proper
moment, evidently taking part in the con-
viction that her Giles had saved Gangoil
and all its sheep. And then there were all
the necessary arrangements to be made for
the night, in accordance with which almost
every body had to give up his or her bed
and sleep sofigfliliem else: But nothing
disturbed Harry. For the presenthe was
,féd to occupy his own room,an(l he
Joyed the privilege. ‘
_. Kate Duly during this time was much dis-
-»:turbe(l in; mind. «The reader. ma y, remem-
'_ relinqatjajv ~rate, remembered well-—
"hal’fajust as the doctot had arrived to sethis
min bone, Mr. Medlicot, disabled as he
as, had attempted to take her by the arm.
le had certainly chosen an odd time for a
declaration of love, just the. momentin
" which he .ought to have been preparing
himself for the’ manipulation of his fractured
liiitb; boundless he had . meant ‘leclarao
tion of law, would notve seiz-
ed her by. was a mat ‘to her
of great mo . 0f whg_tj__lal‘im~
portance! The English girl living in to
town, or even what we call the country, has
no need to think of ‘any special man till
some special man thinks of her. Men are
fairly plentifulmnd if one _man does not
comepanother, Will. And there have pro-
bably been men coniiqgland going in some
sort since the girl'left'lfisrischoolroom and
became a young lady. lBut' in the bash the
thing is very different. ~It may be that
there is no young man available within
fifty miles—no possibleJoger Or future hus-
band, unless Heaven shohld‘i'nte’ffi'i'ealmost
with a miracle. To thOsc to whom lovers
are as plentiful as blackberries, it may seem:
indelicste to surmise that the thought of
such a‘ want should eveiif'e'iiter ii girl’s head.
Ivdoubt whethertte defined idea of any
Want hazl ever entered poor Kate’s head.
But now that the possible lover was there—
,not only possible,but very; probable-mud
so eligible in many respegts, living so close
with a house over hisyhead ,and a good
business; and then soilhandsomemnd', as
Kate thought, so complgtevti‘ge‘ntlemanf
Of course she turned illmuct in her mind.
“the was yery happy with Harr .Heathcote.
here never Was a brother in aw so good!
But, after all, what is a brothereinelaw,
though he be the very best?-: Kate had
already begun to fancy that a house of her
own and a husband of her own would be
essential to her happiness. But then a man
I
can not be expected to make an offer With a
broken collar-bone—certainiy not do 50
just when the doctor had arrived to 50! the
bone. _ _
Late On in the day, when the doctor lutd
gone, and Medlicot was, according lP-‘n'
Sll‘ucllons, sitting out on the veranda man
«rm-chair, and his mother was With him,
and while Harry was sleepingas though he
never meant to be awake again, Kate inan-
,gcd to say a few words to‘her SlSlt‘l‘. It.
will be understood that the ladies’ hands
were by no means empty. The Christmas
dinner was in course of preparation, and
Sing Sing, that villainous Chinese cook, but]
.ibsconded. Mrs. Growler, no doubt, did
her best; bitt Mrs. Growler was 'old and
slow, and the house was full of guests. It
was by no means an idle time; but still
Kate found an opportunity to say a word
to her sister in the kitchen.
“ What do you think of him, Mary ?"
To the married sister “him" would
naturally mean Harry Heatlicote, of whom,
as he lay asleep, the young wife thought
that that lie was the very perfection of
outriarchal pastoral manliness; but she
knew enough of human nature to be aware
that the “him" of the moment to her sister
was no longer her own husband. “1 think
he has got his arm broken fighting for Hilr‘
ry, and that we are boundlo do the best we
can for him.”
uOh yes; that’s of course. I’m sure Har-
ry will feel that. He used, you know, to—
to—tliat is, not Just to likrfihim, because he
is a free-selector.”
“l‘hey’i‘i drop all that now. ' Of course
they could not be expected to know each
other at the first starting. I shouldn’t won’
dar if they became regular friends."
“That would be nice! After all, though
you maybe so happy at home, it is better
to have something like a neighbor. Don’t
you think so ?”
hIt depends on who the neighbors are. 1
don’t: think much of the Brownbies.”
“They are quite different, Mary."
ul like the Medlicots very much."
“I consider he’s quite a gentleman," said
Kate.
“Ot'course he’s a gentleman. Look here,
Kate—4 shall be ready to Welcome Mr.
' tIedlieot as a brother-in law, if things
should titrn art! that way.” _
“I didn’t mean that. May.”
"Did you not? Well, you can mean it if
you please, as far as I am e. neerned. Has
he said anything to you, dear ‘3"
“NO-ii
“Nut a word." .
“I don’t know what '011 call a word; not
1. word of that kind. ' thought,pet‘haps-—”
“I think he meant it once—this morning.”
“I dare say he meant it. And ifhe meant
it this morning, he won’t have forgotten his
meaning to-morrow.”
“There’s no reason why he should mean
. ,, .
“None in the least, Kate, is there ?"
"Now you’re. laughing at me, Mary. I
never used to laugh at you when Harry was
coming. I was so glad, and I did every
thing I could."
“Yes, you went away and left us in the
Botanical Garden. I remember. But.you
see,-.thcre are no Botanical Gardens here;
and the poor man couldn’t walk about if
there were."
“I wonder what Harry would say if it
were to be so."
“Of course he‘d be glad-afar your sake.”
“But he does so despise free-selectors!
And then he used to think that Mr. Medli-
cot was quite as bad as the Brownbies. I
wouldn’t marry any one to be despised by
you and Harry." '
“That’s all gone by, my dear,” said the
wife, feeling that she had to apologize for
her husband’s prejudices. ‘;Of course one
has to find out what peopleiarc before one
takes them to one’s bosom. Mr. Medlicot
has uetedin the. most friendly way about
these fires, and I’m sure Harry will never
despise him any more."
“He couldn’t have done any more for a
real brother than have his arm broken.”
“But you must remember one thing, Kate.
Mr. Medlicot is very nice, and like a gentle-
.nan, and all that. But you can never be
quite certain of any man till he speaks out
plainly. Don’t set your heart upon him
till you are quite sure he has set his upon
you.”
“Oh no,” said Kate, giving her maiden 1y
assurance when it was so much too late!
Just at‘that moment Mrs. Growler came
into the kitchen, and Kate's promises and
her sister’s cautions were for the moment
silenced.
“How we’re to manage to get the dinner
on the table, I for one don’t know at all,"
said Mrs. Growler. “There’s Mr. Bates’ll
be here; that will be six of ’em; and that
Mr. Medlicot will want somebody to do
everything for him, because he’s been and
got liisself smashed. And there’s the old
lady has just come out from home, and is
as particular as any thing. And Mr. Harry
himself never thinks of things at all. One
pair ofhands, and them very old, cannot do
everything for everybody." All of which
was well understood to mean nothing at all.
Household deficiencies—and, indeed, all
deficiencies—are considerable or insignifi-
cant in accordance with the aspirations of
those concerned. When a man has a regi-
ment of servants in his dining-room, with
beautifully cut glass, a forest of flowers,
and an iceberg in the middle of his table if
the weather be hot; his guests will think
themselves ill-used and badly fed if taught in
the banquet be‘astray. There must not‘be
a rose ruffled; a failure in the attendance, a,
falling off in a dish. or a fault in the wine is
a crime. But the same guests shall be mer-
ry as the evening is long with a leg of mut-
ton and whisky toddy, and will change
their own plates, and clear their own table,
and think nothing wrong, if from the be-
ginning such has been the intention of the
giver of the feast: In spite of . Mrs. Growl
cr’sgpr‘o'giiomications, though the. cook had‘
abscnndejd, and the chief guest of the occa-
sion could not cut up his own meat, that
Christmas dinner. at Gan'goil was eaten with
great satisfaction.
Harry had been so far triumphant. He
had stopped the fire that was intended to
ruin him; he had beaten ofi‘ his-enemies on
their own ground, and he was no longer op
pressed by that sense of desolation which
had almost overpowered him.
"We’ll give one toast, Mrs. Medlicot,” he
said, when Mrs. Growler and Kate between
them had taken away the relics of the
plum-pudding. “Our friends at home i"
The poor lady drank the toast with a sob.
“That’s vcra steel for you, Mr. ,Heathcote.
You're young, and will win your way
home, and see auld freends again, nae
doubt; but I'll never see naeof them mair,
except those I have here.” Nevertheless.
the old lady ate her dinner. and drank he:
teddy, and made much of the occasion, go-
ing in and out to her son upon the veranda.
Sonn'after dinner, Heathebte, as was his
wont,strayed outwith his prime minister
Bates, to . consult on the dangers which
might be supposed still to threaten his
kingdom, and Mrs. Heathcote, with hei
youngest boy "in her lap, sat talking to Mrs.
Medlicot in the parlor. Such was not her
custom int-weather such as this. Kate had
been sent out on to the veranda, with
special commands to attend to the wants of
the sufferer, and Mrs. ,Heathcote would havu
followed her bad she not remembered her
sister‘s appeal, “I did everything I could
for you."
In those happy days Kate had been very
good, and certainly deserved requital' for
her services. And therefore, when tltemen
had gone out, Mrs. Heathcote, with her
guest, remained in the warm room and went
so far as to suggest that at that period of
the day the. room was preferable to the ver-
anda. Poor Mrs. Medlicot was new to the
ways of the bush, and fell into the trap;
““15 Kate Daly was left alone with her
wounded hero. _ .
When told to take him out his glass of
wind, and when Cf’nlsclOUS that no one fol-
lowed her, she felt herself to have been
guiltv of some great sin,and was almost
tempted to escape. She had asked her his.
ter for help; and this was the help that was
forthcoming—help so palpable, s6 manifest,
as to be almost indelicatcl Would he think
that plans were being made to catch him,
.now that he was a captive and impotent l"
The thought that it was possible that such
an idea might occur to him was terrible to
her. She would rather lose him altogether
than feel the stain of such a suggestion on
her own, conscience. She put the glass of
wine down on the little table by his side,
and then attempted to withdraw.
“Stay a. moment: with me,” he said.
“Where are they till ?”
“Mary and your mother are inside. ,Haryy
and Mr. Bates have gone out to look at the
horses.” .
“I, almost feel as though I could walk,
too.’
“You must not think of it yet, Mr. Medli-
cot. It seems almost a. wonder that you
shouldn’t have to be in bed, and. you with
vour collar-bone broken only last night!
I don’t know how yams: you
do ” i' ” J ' ' -
.fl’rstinllrbe so glad that I broke it, if one
thing Will come about.”
"What thing?” asked Kate, blushing.
, “Kate—may I call you Kate 1’"
“I don’t know," she said.‘
“You know I love you, do you not? You.
must know it. Dearest Kate, can you love
me and be my wife? Hts left arm was
NORWALK,
bound, up, and was in a sling, but he put
out his right hand to hike hers, ifshe would
give it to him. Kate Dily had never had a
lover before, and felt the occasion to be trv-
inn. She had no doubt about the matter. If
it ~'were only proper for her to declare her-
self, she could swear with a safe conscience
that she loved him better than all the world.
“Put your hand liere,'Kate," he said.
As the 'request was not exactly for the
gift of her hand,shc placed it in his. "May
I keep it now 2’”
' She could only whisper something which
was quite inaudible, even to him.
f‘I shall keepit, and think that yott are all
my own. Stoop down, Kate, and kiss me, if
you love me.”
She hcsitaledfor a moment, trying to col-
lect her thoughts. She did love him and
was his own; still, to stoop and kiss a man
who, if such a thing were to he allowed at
all, ought certainly.to kiss her! She did
not think she could do that. Btit then she
was bound to protect him, wounded and
broken as he was, from his own imprttdence ;
and if she did not stoop to him,-he would
rise to her. Site was still in doubt, still
Standing with her hand in his, half bending
over him, but yet half resisting as she bent,
when, all suddenly, Harry Heatlicote was
on the veranda, followed by the two olice-
men, who had just returned from oola-
bong. he was share that Harry had seen,
her, and was by no means sure that she had
been quick enough in escaping from her
lover’s handlo have been unnoticed by the
policemen also. She fled away as though
guilty, and could hardly recover herself
sufficiently to assist Mrs. Growler in pro-
ducing the additional dinner which was re-
quircd. .
The two men were quickly sent to their
Test, as has been told before; and Harry,
who had in truth seen how close to his
friend his sister-iu-law had been standing,
would, had it been possible, have restored
the. lovers to their old positioris; but they
were all now on the veranda, and it was
impossible. Kate hung back, half in and
half out of the sitting-room, and old Mrs.
Medlicot had seated herself close to her son.
Harry was lying at full length on a rug, and
his wife was sitting over him. Then Giles
Medlicot, who was not quite contented with
the present state of affairs, made a little
speech.
“Mrs. Heathcote," he said, “I have asked
your sister to marry me.”
' “Dearie me, Giles," said Mrs. Medlicot.
Kate remained no longer lialfin and half
out of the parlor, but retreated altogether
and hid herself Harry turned himself over
on the rug, and looked tip at his wife,
claiming infinite credit in that he had fore-
seen sttch a thing might happen.
“And what answer has she given you?”
said Mrs. Heathcote.
“She hasn’t given me any answer yet. I
wonder what you and Ileathcote would say
about it ?" ,
“What Kate has to say is much more im
portant,” replied the discreet sister.
“I should like it of all things,” said Harry,
jumping up. “It's always best to be open
about these things. When you first came
tiereJdidn’t like you. You took a bit of
my rivar frontage—not that it does me. any
great harm—and then I was angry about
that scoundrel Nokes.”
“I was wrong about Nokes,” said Medli-
cot, “and have, therefore, had my collar-
bone broken. 4 As to the land, you’ll forgive
my having it if Kate will come and live
there.” -
“By George! I should think so. Kate,
why don‘t you come out? Come along, my
girl. Medlicot has spoken out openly, and
you should answer him in the samefashion.”
So saying, be dragged her forth, and I fear
that, as far as she was concerned,something
of the sweetness of her courtship was lost
by the publicity with which she was forced
to confess her love. “Will you go, Kate,
and make sugar down at. tlié mill? I have
often thought how bad it would be for Mary
and me when you were taken away ; but we
shsn’t mind it so much if we know that you
are to be near us.” '
“Speak to him, Kate,” said Mrs. Heath-
cote,witb her arm around her sister‘s waist.
“I think she's minded to have dfim,” said
Mrs. Medlicot.
“Tell me, Kate—shall it be so ?” pleaded
the lover. She came tip to him and leaned
over him, and whispered one word which
nobody else heard. But they all knew what
the word was. And before they separated
for the. night she was left alone with him,
and be got the kiss for which he Was asking
when the policemen interrupted him.
‘- l‘hat’s what I call a happy Christmas,"
said Harry, as the party finally parted for
the night.
THE END.
-‘———-———-
Sen Serpents.
Nobody can say exactly why it is that the
sea-serpent has so hard it time to get himself
believed in ; only everybody recognizes the
fact and pooh-poohs the n‘otiOn of his exis-
tence. But it begins to look as though the
doubters would have to give in before the
accumulating evidence. In the notion of
the existence of a species of sanriansin the
sea, surviving from remoter periods, there
is nothing very incredible or even remarks.
hlo when it is examined without prejudice.
The creatures of the sea run naturally to
exaggeration and its depths are the home of
marvels. It has, moreover, an odd habit of
caricaturing, and sometimes of duplicating,
the works ot’naturc ashore. On the Banks
of Newfoundland the fishermen haul up
pumpkins and cucumbers so nearly like
those ot‘ the garden in appearance that
Agricola himself couldn’t tell the difi'erence.
Lemons, too, grow in those mgvellous
shallows, and the codfish carries fresh
water from spring to spring in sacks,
like a camel. The submarine vegetation
has often exquisite resemblance to the
favorites of the green-house, and in some
parts of the West India waters, nature for-
gets her distinctions entirely and oysters
grow on trees between thetide levels.
It is not, then, more surprising that an
overgrown serpent should still disport him-
self in the deep, nor that he should occasion
n‘lly come to the surface to see what changes
have been made in marine architecture
since his last visit. The weight of evidence
establishing his existence would be enough
l0 bang three of the. best men in Brooklyn
if it chanced to lie in that direction,—per-
naps it is well that it does not. The chief
tllSlOl‘ICfll appearances of the seséscrpent
are familiar. He, or one of them, was seen
of St. Helena by the captain and officers of
the British war-ship” Daedalus, in 1848;
again near the same place by the Castilian ;
while in 1817 the sea-serpent of Gloucester
Bay attracted general attention throughout
New England. In this case the Linntnan
Society of New England collected sworn
testimony to his appearance and size and a
small specimen of the species was captured
and carefully dissected. Interest in the'
matter has been revived this season by
several credible reports of views of the mon-
ster, capped by the testimony of the whole
ship's-company of the steamer Roman,
which ran almost upon a sea-serpent in a
late passage from Boston to Philadelphia.
All these accounts agree as to the general
appearance of the creature seen, and now
we put it fairly to Mr. Barnum whether he
has any moral right to keep a show before
the American people which does not include
a fair specimen of this blue-Water navigator.
All signs, seem to point to an impr0ve-
ment in the condition and prospect of trade
during the early fall and thereafter. Busi-
ness has been very dull ever since the panic
of September. 1873, but the shrewder finan-
ciers and merchants predict that a revival
will come with cooler weather. Very pos-
sibly there may be no sudden and surpris-
ing improvement,.but,if it should prove to
be the beginning of a slow and steady re-
covery it would be fully as welcome as a
temporary and more sweeping revival
The New York newspapers are practically
unanimous in their anticipations of a good
falltrade. It is declared'that the balances
prospect is brighter in-that'city than it has
been for several years. The country, dur- '
ing the last two years, has been economiz-
ing, so that now, for the first time‘ in a long
while, our exports exceed our imports.
“
There can be no question that trotting
matches, properly condttcted. are essential
to the most complete development of the
breed of roadsters. The actual excellence
of a stallion for getting roadsters,can'be dc-
iermtned only by careful training and driv-
ing; and without these trials of . stuck
horses the tendency would be to encourage
those of a round, smooth, showy form, and
beautiful aciion, but deficient in that vigor,
of constitution and perfection of nerve and
muscle which charaCteriz‘e the horse of the
highest speed and endurance. It is not rec-
ommended by any means to select the fast-
est stallion for getting roadsters, as there are
many other qualities more important than
great speed; .but, other things being equal,
the horse which can trot his mile the quick-
est, will be most likely to get fast-traveling,
valuable stock—President Clark ‘1" Amherst
Agricultural Colkge.~
The reason Adelina Patti ascribes for not
oommg to the United States, is her dread of.
sea-Sickness. So nccom lished a cantntricc
granola be tolerably com ortable on the high
‘1’. .
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Tm: Inisir IN NEW YORK—THE TIMES AND
Rams—Moxnv—FasmoNs—Ponmoan
New Yomt. Sept. 14, 1875.
THE tntsn IN NEW ‘vomt.
supremacy iii‘ the Democratic organization
in the city, which means control of the
Democratic party in the State, and New
York looks on with breathless. anxiety.
What is it all abbot? Any question of
policy involved? Any great difference of
opinion on matters of great moment between
these leaders of a great party, these arbitcrs
of destiny, these makers of Presidents?
Nothing of the sort. It is simply a fight be-
tween two Irishmen—one of them a pro-
fessional gambler, and the other a worse
man—as to which shall dispense. to other
Irishman, tlic otllces in the city.~ This is all
there is about it.
Do you realize the extent of Irish rule in
New York ? Do you know that the police,
almost withoutexception, are Irish? That
the schools, the public works, the—well
everything, in short, is front the head to the
foot in the hands. of these people? In a
vast majority of the wards it is impossible
for a man not an Irishman to hold any posi-
tion, and the consequence is, the city is sure
and certain in their hands“ It is a regular
pyramid—the Irish people at the bottom,
and Cardinal McCloskey at the top. The
voters are in squads of fifties and hundreds;
the captains and. policemen, and rum-mill
keepers; ovorthem come the heavy con-
tractors and higher officials; over them the
priests and bishops;and over all the Car-
dinal, who wields all this power. He really
directs the. politics of the city, and to a very
large extent the State. '
And that he. knows how to use his power,
the property the church holds in the city is
sufficient proof. The church has acquired
front the city block after block of the. most
valuable real estate as free gifts. It escapes
the payment of taxes, and it manages im-
mense appropriations front the public treas-
ttry for the support of its hospitals,asylums,
schools, and convents. In short, the Irish
Catholic Church is supported by the tax-
pa ers. ” i
at this is the least expense the Irish are
to the city. They furnish the criminals
almost exclusively. Read any proclama-
tion describing a murderer, and the wbrds
“of Irish birth” will be found in nine cases
out often. The reports of the police courts
read like a poll-book in County Cork. It is
all Me and O. The assaulting, the kniflng,
the garroting, the robbing, is ninety per
cent. of it Irish. ' In short, almost all the
lawlessness that makes New York to-day
an unsafe city to live in is nine-tenths of it,
the work of the Irish. They rule the city,
they have control of the offices. they make
laws and break them; they are at once the
judges,-criminals, and jurors. Talk about
the oppressed lrish 1, Those in Ireland, it
they are groaning under English rule,.onght
to come at once and join their compatriots.
All that the English (put upon them, they
are putting upon tli . American branch of
the same f .milv. New York has more
Irish in it than any city in Ireland, and that
the Irishcities are better governed than
New York is simply because the Irish are
not permilited to govern them.
This condition of things in New York,
will continue till the Americans get time to
attend to politics. They are in a numerical
majority, and if they would unite and act
they could pttt down their foreign rulers.
THE EFFECT on THE TIMES urox REAL
‘ ESTATE.
I said in a previous letter that there were
six thousand houses vacant in Brooklyn.
Yesterday I took a run among the real
estate agents to get at the cause. They
told me that the dullness of trade had driven
thousands from the city, and that many
more. unable to keep a whole house, had
doubled with others. And the same is true
of New York, not only in dwellings, but in
business houses. Where a firm had a whole
floor, they find half will answer all the pur-
poses of their shrunken trade, and sotwo
'shrunken trades go together, leaving an
empty store and :a disconsolnte landlord,
anda still more disconsolate party in the
persons of the landlord’s family, who find
their income suddenly struck out. Rents of
dwellings have gone down a half. and they
are going still lower. Per consequence, the
codfish aristocracy are coming back front
Long Branch, Saratoga, and Newport in
numbers. With stores and dwellings stand-
ing empty, the head of-the family can’t
afford to keep his wife and three daughters
at a fashionable watering place, at an ex-
penditure of at least $1,000 per week. The
mother may rave and the girls may weep,
but back they come, perforce, to cold mutton
and bash in their house in town. The old
gentleman says it was business that brought
them back so early, and the feminine part
of his family say they find more comfort at
home than in Snrafoga ; but the fact is, they
lacked the stamps to stay. And the hotel
keepers mourn with their departed custo-
mers. Every one of them has lost money
this season, and thereat I rejoice. Their ex-
horbitant charges made it impossible for
people to stay with them. There is no
trouble that has not seine compensation. I
could endure more hard times if it would
kill off more watering-place landlords.
MONEY.
Affairs in this city to-day reminds one of
the mournful state of things at the South in
the early days of the war. There is a block-
ade of money in the banks. An immense
amount of money rests in the banks of New
York; millions upon millions—business‘
men say between thirty and forty millions,
which may be above or below the actual
figure—an amount abundant to. relieve the,
distress of the country if it could only be
set afloat. But it. is locked up by very justi-
fiable fear. The banks do not know to‘
whom it is really safe to lend money, for
the firms reckoned the best last week are
failing to-day ; and besides, at any moment
the feeling of insecurity may amount to a
general a arm among depositors, and lead.
to a run upon the banks, for which they are
determined to be anxiously and watehfully
prepared. ,
They are lending money on call, on the
best security, at one anda half per cent.,;
which Western business men of the staunch-
est sort would be glad to pay eight and ten
per cent. for, on collaterals that 'would re-
joice the heart of a. Shylock. Undoubtedly,
bankers would be glad to set some of their
abundant capital afloat where it would do
others and themselVes the most good, but
in these uncertain days they don’t know
what hour they may want it themselves.
One case, that is a specimen of a hundred
others, is that of a man who spent days the
last hot week trying to borrow $5,000 for
six months, with $ 00,000 worth of first-
rate securities in a. Western city in his
pocket, without success. Business of every
kind looks sick.
It is pitiful to see the great retail stores,
which were alwa 's throngcd at this season
of new goods, as ittle crowded with buyers
as the vestry of a country church at the
weekly prayer-meeting. With all the de-
iression, there is a rise in some articles.
arpets are higher, and china has advanced
in price at the best houses. Probably the
only way dealers can make up their expen-
ses is by putting a small extra profit on
such goods as will bear it.
FASHIONS.
A mildly rough finish on all sorts of wool
goods is in style at present. Cashmeres
and merinos, with surface almost as dull as
serge, and the Knickerbocker goods, like
winsey, with knots of brighter color on the
face, will be the popular wear, with trim-
mings of silk, or the wide woolen or silk
braids seen last year. The‘ shapes introduc-
ed last spring were so-‘ graceful that they
will be retained through the winter. :The
apron ovctskirt, round or square, long, and
becomingly draped, with the closely-fitted
basque, lengthened in front to give more the
idea of a wrap, will be models for every
sort of costume. In cloaks, a (deep sacquc,
fitting in the back, loose but not awkward
in front, is the newest pattern, and will be
made in heavy drap d’ete and sicilienne,
the soft thick silk, with the pliancy and
substance of cloth. Felt hats, 'in cream
color, gray, and coffee-brown, will appear
as soon as the chip and straw of summer
are laid aside. Trimmings of heavy silk
twist and loops, with n. single long, loosely-
floatiug plume, sup‘e‘rcede streamers of rib-
bon and clusters of feathers. Colored vel-
vets, ofthe darkest shades in green. seal-
tional black velvet bonnet for best wear.
the selection of country toilets. Modest
shapesandlittletrimmingis the rule for
everything.
POLITICAL.
,Thetrlumph of the inflationlsts in the
Pennsylvania State Convention has made
the solid portion of the Democracy of this
city sick. They hoped that Ohio would
stand alone in this matter, that they might
still not with their party, but the action of
the Pennsylvania Convention shows that
inflation has a sure grip on the Democratic
mind of the whole country, and that it will
be in the next national Democratic plat-
form. Look out'for a split in the Democra-
cy‘on this question. T 9 Eastern Demo-
0 1‘5 Will never consent amid-vat reprint-
. “imam“?
Mhrrissey and Kelley are fighting for"
brown, and blue, will, supplant the 'tradi»
These are the few hints it is safe to offer for ,
CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1875-
not: WALK GAZETTE.
country demands what only theme ,ubli-
can party can give it—astability- Ian » cer-
eliants and mechanics will vote the ‘R‘e’pub-
lictiti ticket this fall on the issue.
Pta'rno.
A Lover’s Troubles.
Joe Foster is a dashing young West Tro-
jan, matrimonially inclined, and with an
eye single to woman’s beauty and worldly
possessions. He lit on” a-Troy damsel at a
party recently, and was anxious to become
a suitor. Now Nellie loved Joe at first
sight wisely and not too well, but her moth-
er had a strong aversion to any young man
who wakls the streets with a switch' cane,
and who wears a. red neck-tie and‘green kid
gloves. Like a sensible woman she told
Nellie so, and said she didn’t object to any
gentleman’s calling in a friendly way on
the family, but she wouldn’t tolerate the ac-
ceptance of any such gentry as Joe as a
special visitor for Nellie. And‘ so, when-
ever Joe called, lie invariablyfottngl that the
old lady sat in the parlor With her daughter
demurely at work crochetlng or sewing and
keeping a weather eye on lhc action of the
young couple. Joe didn’t like this, and on
the next excursion down .the river he told
Nellie so, and she, sweet. little girl that she
is. confessed that she didn’t like it either’,’
but she said that her‘ mother was unyield-
ing, and it would do no 300010 make a fuss
'over it. They talked-the matter with all th'.
earnestness of unripe, fresh love, and after
numerous suggestiéns, finally, in‘ bi h glee,
made arrangements ‘itliat whene cr Joe
should call, .Nellie should excuse herself
from the parlor for a few minutesand slip
some fervent love messages under the inside
band of his hat, to be read and treasured as
comforters, and'to take the place or the tele-
fates the watchfulness of the old lady debut-ri-
cd.‘Ttie plan worked admirably until Nellie’s
little brother Willie, from tip staifs',.-lo'oked
doWn over the bannister one night with
prying eye and saw her deposit the initiatives
in the hat. The youngster, on the-quiet,
opened the folded unsealed-slips. read their
contents, replaced them, and retired to bed
“to sleep. perhaps to dream.” Before morn-
ing he had conjured up the. crack joke of
the season. , At. school next day home] one
of his girl schoolmates write a number of
slips, and at night he lav in wait. Joe-
came, and Nellie stuffed his hat on the sly.
The lad removed the slips and inserted his
own instead. Joe left before 9 o’clock as
the old lady'made a longer stay peculiarly
tedious. As usual 'he stopped under the
first gunfight on the Way home to glance at
the tender billet dour. He hurriedly open
ed the first one .as he held his lintin his
hand, and read with surprise: ,4.“ h
“Darn” Joan, Will you ever shootlthis; at?
. ‘ ~"qutItt OWN DEAR Hanna. '
.1 0c looked at the writing, then cf the hat,
surprised and vexed. “I paid $3 ,for that‘
but yesterday,” said he, “and now she don’t
like it. Queer girl, anyhow.” Then pttlled
out the next slip. a piece of water-lined lav-
ender paper, and read: .
"DEARRST Jon: I hear you ar‘e‘drinking
again. Your: DARLING NELLm.
In astonishment he looked the slip over
and over, and exelaimed, “Great Gods ! she
thinks I'm an inebriate. She wants me to
buy a new hat, and then she says I’m drink-
ing. ‘Your Darling Nellie.’ , . ,
Well, I should say so? What’s come
over her I wonder?” Nervously tv'vitehing
at the lining and mentally remarking as he
gazed at the tile, that it wasn’t the best in
the world;an'yhow, he pulled out a pale
green slip, and read eagerly : _
“Swear DARLING Jon: They say you’ve
got money in the bank.
Yoon LOVING NELL."
Joe was struck dumb. “She’s taunting
me,” said he. “I ain’t worth $2.50 to my
name, and she’s found it out. She makes
fun of my hat,” added J oe, holding his new
beaver out under the light and gazing dole-
fully at it. “She thinks that Idrink and
that: I’m poor. Her mother has poisoned
her mind—that’s what’s the matter. I’ve
half a mind to go home and take a bottle of-
prusslc acid or bed bug poison.” Sadly he
pulled a light blue strip out from under his
hat,land, clutching it with trembling fingers
teat : ;‘
“0n, Swear, 'Duaa Dnoxnv": Will you
meet me, darling Josey, at the gate, and
give Willie a quarter next time you come?
' Youn OWN NELL.”
Joe’s despondency disappeared and his
eyes sparkled with pleasure as he réad and
re-rcad the slip. “She’s only foolin’,” said
he, “afterall. She’s a dear, preciotts,splen-
did girl, anyhow. Btit what did she mean
about the. lint and drink ?—Hcllo, what’s
this i" said he as he unfolded the last slip, of
a tiright chergy color and written with black
in ’ :
“Cheese it, old man. You are a little
fraud. You never give my little brother
Willie a cent.” “NELLXE.”
Joe was frantic. He raved and tore, laid
the trouble all to his hat, threw the offend-
ing head-gear into the street and began
bowling and kicking it about, when a pa
liceman who had been watching his singu-
lut‘ antics from the shadow of a tree near by,
rushed out, pounced on him, and dragged
poor Joe to the Second precinct station-
house, on suspicion of lunacy. Joe had to
explain it all, and was discharged witha
reprimand. Captain Quigley will turn the
slips over to Property Clerk Jennings on
the sly, bttt the cream of the joke is out.
Willie will get ten cents if Joe will ever visit
Nellie again.
Would a (Inigo Pay.
Better than argument applied to the rea-
son is that which touches the pocket-st
least so far as the masses are concerned.
The Democrats do not scruple to avow their
desire to get hold of the keys of the Nation-'
al Treasury, and they propose economy of
administration. Their promises are worth
nothing. For many a ear they have had
control of the City of ew York, and they
have succeded only in rolling tip a debt of
$182,000,000, or $132 for everyman, woman
and child of our population. If this ratio
were applied to our nation of forty million
eople, it would give its a national debt of
£5,300,000,000. At six per cent., the annual
expenditure for interest alone would be
$3 8,000.000, a sum which is $44,000,000 in
excess of the entire annual ex enditure of
the nation at the presenttime. t is perfect-
ly just and right to make this comparison,
for we have no means of knowing what the
democracy would do in the future save by
what they have done in the past. In this
city they have had their full fling, with no
one to oppose their counsels or hinder their
glans. The result we have shown above.
0 our people like the picture so well
that they will entrust these robbers with a
larger power? They cry reform only to
cover up their rascalities. Even through
their sheep‘s clothing the fangs of thewolf
glisten.—N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
4
His head was the shape and size ofa
watermelon, and lie was so blaCk that
charcoal would make a lightmark on him.
The goat was asleep, leaning against the
side of the house. The darkev was smok-
ingadccayed cigar. He espied the goat,
looked at the lit and of the cigar, grinned,
then at the tail end of the goat, “grinned
louder,” looked all around to see that
.nobody was looking. and touched the lit
end of that cigar to the tail. end of that oat.
The. gout turned a, .l‘iandsprlng, an the
negro opened his big mquth‘ to laugh, but
the goat batted him so quickly between the
chin and his breeches-pockets that his jaws
came together, making a noise louder' than
the report of a gun. The negro’s hat,
boots and cigar lay in a pile, ten feet off,
while liisrhody was curled up like a horse-
shoe in ‘the mouth of a sewer-opening.
When he “came to,” he looked around at
each one in the crowd, and dispersed the
crowd by saying . “Will some ob’you gem-
men shoot me wld a. pistol? A nigga dat’s
:1: pigs fool MI is ain’t got no business
inn." . .
Ever-Inna: Fenceel'ont. _-
I discovered, many years ago, that wood
could be made to last longer than iron in
the ground, but thought the process so sim-
ple and inexpensive that it was not worth
while making any stir about if.‘ I would as
soon have poplar, bass-wood, or quaking.
ash, as any other kind of timber for fence-
posts. I have taken out bass-wood posts
after having been set seven years, which
were as sound when taken out as when
they yvere first put in the ground. Time
and Weather seemed to have no effect On
them. The posts can be repared for less
than two cents apiece. his is the receipe:
"Take boiled linseed oil and stir in nlver.
ized charcoal to the consistency ofppaint-
Put a coat of this over the timber, and there
is not a man that will live to see it rot.”—
Homestead.
‘ -—-—___._____—-=-
0001 weather's coming on, and what on
earth's to be done with ali the tramps this
winter"! They must be ahel ered and for]. or
die of cold and starvation. The Tribune
says there were fift four of them" lying in a
single vacant build ng on Fifth avenue, and
258a‘slecp in Union Square on Sunday
unlrnlig. _
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tainty. Thousands of Democratic titer--
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0 HA runes W. MAN?
Surgeon Dentist,
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Office corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
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a- Gas administered'for extracting teeth with.
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SOUTH NOIDVALK, CONN.
EDWARD BANKS,
CIVIL ENGINEER,
Aitn Ioaousii siiiivsuiii,
Office of; residence of B. 0. Banks, Main Street.
Not-walk, Conn.
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ARCHITECT,
70 BROAD WA i', NEW YORK.
Residence, Stamford, CL.
Special attention paid to country resldences 2-1:
S «t W. MITCHELL,
. At the ever popular
UNION ' MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at lair living‘prlces. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket, on the ridge. 18
CHARLES s. Looxwoon,
Fashionable Draper a: Tailor
AND
' GE'XTS’ FURNISH LYG EMPORIUM,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn. -
Norwalk Fish Market.
THE lublcriherhavingbon htont the 010 Bridge-
Flsh Market, of Rufus A sins, intendskeeplna
constantly on hand all kinds-of ‘
FRESH FISH, OYSTEBS,'CLAMS,&O.,
art-"‘lvarleties orchoice FRUITS I. VEBETABLEI
ln th‘eirseason. CHARLES W. LOCKWOOD,
3' Spring Chickens Dressed to order.
E DWARD P. WEED,
D n U G G l s '1‘ ,
Wall Street, opposite Normal): Opera House
A large and well selected stock 0 f
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
Perfumery, Patent Medlclnes, all kinds, Mineral
Waters. Toiletand Medicated Soaps, Flavoring anti
Handkerchief Extracts, Hair Brushes, Combs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cigars, an"
and is constantly adding to hisstock al l the new and
popular medictncsuf the day.
D RUGS AND MEDICINES.
1‘ [1E undersigned would respctt‘nlly announce to
the citizens In this vicinity, that at his
Drug Store, '
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT 3T8.
can always be found
P, U B E D R U G s ,
CHOICE “’lNES and LIQUORS
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES,»
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
'PA TENT MEDICINES, d-c.
9'Physicians'I'i-escrlptionscarefullycomponne
ed day and night. Can be found ulghts,in sam-
onllding,entrance on Washington St.
U49 8. F. PECK,South Norwnlk Conn
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At L'. K. LOCK WOOD’S.
STEP LADDERS and all other kinds of WOOD-
EN WARE, at; E. K. LOCK\VOOD’S.
TUMBLERS, only 75 cents per dozen, Mr
E. '. LOCK‘VOOD’S.
7°???“
8883
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TO THE LADIES 5
Mrs. McLean,
North Avenue, is now fully prepared to execute
all order-sin
“STAMPING.”
Stamped to order, as
Monogrames, Crests, Emil and sec specimens 9tf‘
well as plain stamping. Ca
FARM
--AND-—-
HillllllllllTllllill. lMPlEMENTS.
FULL stock of the mostfipproved Farm and
Garden Implements now in store and tcr sale,
wholesale and retail, at manufactttrcrs’ prices, in-
clndm :
8 Machines and Lawn Mowers.
Mowm ‘
Lawn owers, full Size, 312.
Wheel, lawn, steel and hay rakes.
Ploughs—Mead’s, Marsh, Eagle. &c.
Shovels, Spades, Scoops, Garden Forks. and
cos.
Hay Cutters—Burdick’s, Whitmore’s, and Hide
Rollers.
Barrows, Com Shellers, 0x Yokes and Bows.
Chums—Blanchard’s, the very best in use ; also,
smaller implements in great variety.
Phosphates—Russell’s, (Joe’s. Ban h's, and
Bridgeport. \V. C. S REET.
Norwalk, April, 1875.
' W. o. QUINTARD a: 00.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers-i 11
Hardware, Paints. oils, Glass,
House Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds of
Me chanlcs’ Tools,
AND
AORIOOLTIIRAI. IMPLEMEHTS.
. LOCKS, KNOBS, Nd 1L8, AND BUILDER
HARDWARE, POCKET AND TABLE CCTLERI’
ofthebestkind. Remembertheptace,
No. 3 Opera House Block,
SOUTH NOBWALK,CONN.
W.C.QCI§1A3D, SUBBKNAPP
' THE HARTFORD
sriiii BOILER INSPECTION!
AND
Insurance ,_COlll|lally,
CASH CA PITAL, $500,000
SSUES Policies of Insurance. After careful in-
spection of the Boilers, covering all loss or
iilairi‘age to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
nz rom
STEAM Bonn: Exemsioits !
President
- Vice-President
Secretary
A gout
J. in. ALLEN,
c. NLBEACH. -
J. n. PIERCE. -
w. G. LINEBURGH,
Office over the First National Bank. cor. Main and
Bank Sun. BIKIDGEPOBT. CONN. .‘
are now ready to draw
sons WATER,
ROOT BEER,
GINGER ALE,
AND
MIN ERAL’ WATERS
AT
5 Cents
PER G LAgS.
” a. s. amscnn,
At his Storein MALLORY’S BLOCK,hnseoustan t,
ly on hand a general assortmentof
.Gnoonaxns,
CBCCI‘EBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, £10., ETC
B y devoting his constant personal attentlon to the
businesshe hopes to merit public patronage.
TNA l NSURANCE C0,, 0F HARTFORD,
Incorporated 1819. Charterl’erpetunl.
Capitalism! Assets, $5,052,880.19
. [usnresagalnstlossand damage by Fire, outer-me
adopted to the hazard ,and constatentwith the Inn
ofcemponoatlon. COWLES & MERRILL,
SoleAgentsfoi-Norwalk andvlcinlty.
ORWALKINS—L—l—BANCE COMI’AN i’
it NORWALK, CONN.
Clutter CaplIaI- - - - - $500,000
PuldupCapnnl. - . - . - $100,000
Wit. 0. Srnnstkresldent, GEO. R. Cowman. Sec'y.
-. ‘ Emir: Hm. Treasurer.
’Water Coolers
Ice Cream Freezers,
A: E. K. LOCL'WOOD’S.
Children’s Utilities, flllll
Feather Dusters,
ONLY 95 CENTS,
At E. K. LOCKWOOD’S.
New. Barber Shop
Mr. AGUSTUS “APPLE
Having taken the Shop formerly occu led b ' Mr.
Ed. Appell, in ISAACS’BLOCKJVAL STR ‘ET.
is now prepared to serve‘the public in the best
manner as regards anything in the Tonsorlal Art,
and intends making it the
Most Popular Shop In Town!
The Saloon to well furnished throu bout. and
will be kept neat and clean. Shavin , air Dress-
ln , Dyeing, Cutting, &c.. execute in n. pains—
tu Inf manner by compptont assistants.
Cal and give h m atrial. . -
42 . AGUSTUS “APPLE.
An excellent
carving Knits, Fort and Steel.
only $1.50,
At E. K. LOCK WOOD’S.
”irritant Menagerie Blacks,
PROWITT’S DBUG'STORB.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
a: - $9.
1233‘ .00:
til,
i
\
‘9. {W m it.
it: 1
O
REAL ESTATE.
CHEAP.
about a mile from thenridge. is
otlerctt very low, and 'llbout two-thirds of the
purchase money can remain on mortgage. A rare
chance for a poor man to secure a permanent
home. Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE.
Nli‘. W place,
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirable BuiltllngLots on “’cst Main
Street. Apply at the GALE'I‘TE OFFICE.
’
F03 SALE 01!. T0 BENT.
HE place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
Lyon. Said place is a. very desn-able roperty.
situated in the Boron h of Norwalk,9n t. e garner
of Knight Street and i orth Avenue, is within five
minutes’ walk of the Horse Railway, and Dunbar,
Norwnlk Railroad - Depot. Also the same dis-
tance from the several churches and scbpols. 'Ibe
neighborhood is all that; could he destrcd. The
House is in good repair, the rooms large, commas
dlous and pleasant. Oil the premises is a well of
excellent water. also a fine garden and plenty of
shade and fruit trees. Possesston given the first; of
A ril, if desired. For terms enquire of .IAMIYES S.
L 'ON, on the premises, or of EDGAR IA ON .
Norwalk, Ma rch mi, 1374. tori
FOR 5 ALE CHEAP.
A GOOD FARM of about. 45 acres of high land,
situate it two miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A. It. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
T0 BENT.
FURNISH [SD—Possession immediately if desir-
ed—my Homestead with Hot House, Barn and
Garden. or the Homestead of Mrs. Maria. (ii-union
on Prospect; Hill partly furnished. The locatwn
is the best on the Sottnd.t'or full information call on
. t‘. J. GRUM’AN.
ARN T0 BEND—A new nth-u with good sui-
bling for several horses,near the bridge. Price
88 per month . Enquire at this Ofi’ice.
FOR. SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE or. one of the best, pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
with standing for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, just commencing to bear fruit. ls
within five minutes’ walk of the. Post Ofiice, kc.
Price $7,500. Or will rent it; to a good tenant for
8600 per year. Enquire at; this office.
FOR SALE 0B To RENT.
NEW HOUSE, well finished; 4 rooms and
large and convenient pantry imp two closets,
sinks, &c., on first floor, hree rooms and two c190—
ets on second floor; dint is room watnscotcd with
biack walnut and cedar, kitchen wainscoted With
pine; gas pipes throughout the house; water
pipes, 8:0,; situated on Fair Street, about half a
mile from the Bridge, in a very healthy location.
If“ sold. Marge art can remain. on mortgage. If
not: sold soon t will be rented on reasonable
terms. ' 3 . E. ELLS.
Mill Property
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber ofi‘ers for Sale his Mill Property
situated in West Nor-walk. about two miles
from Harlan Dcpot,threc miles from South Nor-
walk,and two miles from New Canaas,consisting
of a. mannfactory. two stories high,86x18 feet, with
about, 12 feet head and fall of water, with threeacres
ofland: now used as .1 Saw Mill but. suitable for a
manufactory ofanykind. Termseasyandpricclow.
Enquire of JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk,or ofthesnbscriber,
CHAUNCEYS’I‘R EET
WestNorwalk, Sept.25.1569. t
now FOR mun WATER PIPES.
Wm. Glover 8: Son,
Areready toputin your WATER ,STEAM orGAS
Pl PE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone . WROUGB’I‘ A: CAST IRON, TIN-LINED,
LEADPIPES,&C., of ever ' size and description.
PLUMBING l u a lit: Branches.
B. J. STUR GES,
REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
BROKER,
Ofilce No. 4 Gazette Building,
NOBWALK, CONN. .
At office Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
and every evening after 5 o’cloc '.
Property bought, sold and exchanged. .
Connecticut ‘arme wanted for New York City
property. ,
Notary for City and County of New York.
INSURANCE.
Lancashire, of England, Capifa1510,000,000. _.
Scottish Commercial, Scotland, capi’l, 310,000,000.
Niagara, _of New York, assets, 31,500,000.
Metro olitan Plate Glass Insufance ,Company
of New 'ork, Capital $00,000. 5” 5
10 PER GENT. INTEREST-
First Mortgage on farm-lands.
5 Pet [lent Semi-annually,
NO BETTER SECURITY.
Having made arrangements with HENRY
CLEWS ab 00., well known bankers, to safely in-
vest money at the above rate, we earnestly beg in-
vestors to call and examine at the office of
Wilson a flurlbutt,
GAZETTE BUILDING
__ J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
FRANCIS J. Morison.
Draper and Tailor.
A choice selection of new and fashionable goods
constantly on hand
Room No. l, Gazette Building.
A
is
NOTICE TO PATBONS.
THE SUBSCRIBED. is now prepared to furnish
Soda Water lap! Root Beer
STEEL F0 UN1AINS,
to any of his Customers or the Trade,
S. GRUMMAN.
51}; Main Street, Norwalk.
NOTICE.
The Faiiitli Gt. Sirius Bait
WILL COMMENCE BUSINESS ON
Thursday October Ist, I814,
In the Banking Rooms of the Fair
field 00. National Bank.
Ill!!!“ "Ill IE ALLOWED II All GASES III.
THE OA‘I'E 0f DEPOSIT.
Buglpeslg hlou r\s[frttim 9, A. a!” tosn. LL; and from 1
once , '. . . o an on aturd
ham 6 to 3 o‘cl’ock.” ay evenings
. Wm. K. J AMES, President.
4138
CHAS. H. STREET, Treasurer.
Wan: FlowerMaterials
We are now kceplng' a full assortment of
Will FLOWER MATERIALS.
H. u. a c. s. PROWITT.
J olm' A. H (lawmaker,
B A K E E,
poor or 1mm. HILL.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Chillers, km, baked
fresh every da . Everything made out of good
materials and ycaret‘ul and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
KINGSPORD’S
OSWEGO_
PURE AND
SILVER GLtlSS tutu,
For the Laundry,
MANUFACTURED BY
'1‘. KINGSFORB 5L SON,
Tun BEST BTARCII in THE WORLD
Gives a beautiful finish to'the linen, and the dif-
ference in cost between it: and common starch is
scarcely half a cent for an ordinary washing.
Askwour Grocer for it.
KINGSFORD’S
OSWEGO CORN STARCH,
FOR PUDDINGS, BLAXC NANCE, ICE CREAM, AC.
Is the original—established in 1843. And pre-
serves its reputation as purer, stronger and more
delicate than any other article of the kind offered,
either of the same name or with other titles.
Stevenson Macadam Pb. D., &c., the highest
chemical authority of Europe, carefully analyzed
this Corn Starch, and says it is a most excellent ar-
ticle of diet and in chemical and feeding proper-
ties‘ls fully equal to the best arrow root.
Directions for making Puddings Custards, kc"
accompanying each one pound package. For sale
by all first-class Grocers.
- TEA. TRAYS,‘
.4: 12. K. Locxwooow.
HOSE,
At E. K. Looxwoonis.
SIEVES
At E. K. LOCKWOOD’S. '
3 ‘
' ‘ VOLUME LVIII.--NUMBER 38.
“" uvnannn.
How prone we are to hide and hoard
Each little token love has stored,
To tell of happy hours;
We lay aside with tender care
A tattered book, a curl of hair,
A bunch of faded flowers.
When Death, heated with pulaeleu hand
Our darlings to the silent land,
Awhile we sit bereft.
But time goes on; anon we rise,
Our dead being buried from our eyes,
We gather what is left. '
The books' they loved, the songs they song.
The little flute whose music ran;
80 cheerily of old ; ‘
The pictures we have watched them point,
The last-plucked flower, with odor faint,
That fell from fingers cold.
We smooth and fold with reverent care
The robes they, living, used to wear;
And painful pulses stir,
Asto’er the relics of our dead,
With bitter rain of tears, we spread
Pale purple lavender.
And when we come in nttetiyears,
With only tender April tears
0n cheeks once white with care,
To look at treasures put away
Despairing on that far-off day,
A subtle scent is there.
Dew-wet and fresh we gathered them,
These fragrant fioWers—now every stun
ls bare of all its bloom, , . .
Tear-wet and sweet we strewcd them; here,
To lend our relics sacred, dear,
Their beautiful perfume.
That scent abides on book and lute,
On curl, and flower,and with its mute
But eloquent appeal,
It wins from us a deeper sob
For our lost dead—asharper throb
Then we are wont to feel.
It whispers of the long ago,
Its love, its loss. its aching woe,‘
And buried st rrows stir; ~
Andtears like those we shed of old
Roll down our cheeks as we behold
Our faded lavender.
m
TINY TOKENS.
The murmur of the waterfall
A mile away,
The rustle when a. robbin lights
Upon 3' “Pray,
. The lapping of a lowland stream
On dipping boughs,
The sound of grazing from a herd
Of gentle cows,
The echo from a wooded hill
Of cuckoo’s call,
The quiver through the meadow grass
At evening fall ;
Too subtle are these harmonies
For pen and rule ;
Such music is not understood
_ By any school;
But when the bran is overwrought ,
It bath a 11
Beyond all hpmanasfill and power
To make it well.
The memory of a kindly word
, .For long gone by,
The fragrance of a. fading flower
Sent lovingly, .
The gleaming of a sudden smile
0r sudden tear,
The'warmer pressure of the hand,
The tone of cheer, .
The hush that means “I cannot speak,
But I have heard 1” ‘
The note that only bears a verse
From God’s own word ;
Such tiny things we hardly count
As ministry ; .
The». givers deeming they have shown
. Scent sympathy ;
But when the heart is overwrought.
Oh, who can tell .
The power of such tiny things
To make it well 2‘
BEA 01mm. THINGS.
ELLENP. Anna'rox.
Beautiful faces are those that wear—-
It matters little if dark or fair—‘
Whole-souled honesty printed there.
Beautiful eyes are those that: show, .
Like crystal panes where hearth-fires glow,
Beautiful thoughts that: burn below.
Beautiful lips are those whose words. .
Leap from the heart like songs of birds.
Yet whose utterance prudence girds.
Beautiful hands are those that a.
Work that is earnest, brave aniline,
Moment by moment the long day through.
Beautiful feet are those that go
On kindly ministries to and fro— .
Down lowliest ways. if God wills it so.
Beautiful shoulders are those that bear
Ceaseless burdens of homely care
With patient grace and daily prayer.
Beautiful lives are those that bless——
Silent rivers of happiness,
Whose hidden fountains but few my guess.
. 0
Beautiful twilight, at setof sun,-
Beautiful goal, with race well won,
Beautiful rest, with work well done.
Beautiful graves where granites creep ‘ 4
Where brown teéve. fall, where drift. lie‘ deep,
Over worn-out hands—Oh, beautiful sleep!
m
AIOC’!‘ nvsnAJps—ro flu: emu.
A man is, in general, better pleased when
he has a good dinner upon his table than
when his wife speaks Greek—Sim Johmon.
Johnson was right. I don’t agree to all '
ger ; . ’
But very_mnch approve what one may call
The minor morals of the '“Ursa Major."
Johnson was right.
. adore-
Wisdom in a woman, and with wisdom
cram her, ‘
There isn’t one in ten but thinks for more
Of his own grub thanpf his spouse’s gram-
mar.
Although some gmen
I know it is the greatest shame in life;
But wiift; among them (save perhaps my-
se '
Returning lion r home but asks his wlf .
Whathbfief—gol books—she e
s e .
‘ They're little valued by her loving mate;
The kind of tongue that. husband’s relish
most
Is, modern,boiled and served upon a plate.
Or if, as fond ambition may command,
Some home-made verse the happy matron
show him, ,
What mortal spouse but from her dainty
hand
Would sooner see 1: padding than a poem
Yonn'r lady—deep in love with Tom or
arry— '
‘Tis sad to tell you such a tale as this ;
Bttt here is the moral of it: ‘
Do not marry: ~
0r marrying, take your lover as be is- '
A very Mars—with Something of the brute
Unless he proves a sentimental noddy,
With passions strong and appetite to boot,
A thirsty soul within a hungry body.
A very man—not one of nature’s clods- .
With human failings, whether saint oi-
sinner, ,
Endowed, perhaps, with genius from the
gods,
But apt to-take his temper with his dim
, her.
The United States possesses the advert-
lage of furnishing the cheapest coal in the '
world. In the State of Geo a the coal
mines which vary from the thin coco! five
to seven feet are worked by convict labor.
and the cost of production avenge: 89. per .
day; free labor would brin the price to. ._
about 93.6:1. per day. At ittsburgh the.
estimated at 5s. 6d. per toe, the yield be!
02,15 per cent. on the coal employed: I?!
will be perhaps wondered, from the IM"'
facts, how it happens that the coal and iron‘
industry are so depressed at ‘this present
moment, but the truth is, that our commer-
cial troubles are to a'éertain extent the-
natural rebound of over prosperity, and Il-
thongli they might perhaps have been alle-
viated by sounder finance, and greater ru-
dence in bnsmess transactions, nevertho can,
they were to a certain extent unavoidable.
Chamois, Sponges & Witt s
Say what you,will_ an inst nnr'
The solemn dogmas of the rough old eta. V
has upon the. -
cost of putting coke into the wagons in...
“.4. 1'
Though Greek and Latin be the lady’s boast,
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