snout: NUMBER 1457.
3N THE ROUGH.
The marble was pure and white
Though only a block at best,
But the artist, with inward sight,
Looked farther than all the rest,
And saw ill the hard, rough stone,
The loveliest statue the sun shone on.
So he set to work with care
And chiselled a form of grace—
A figure divinely talr,
With a tender, beautiful face:
But the blows were hard and fast
That brought from the marblethat work
at last. ' .
So I think that humaglives ;~
Must bear to God’al'ihisel k t)
if the spirit yearns and strive . .
For the better life unseen, ' ‘ ‘-
For men are only blocks at'ibe -'
Till the chiseiling brings out all the rest.
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CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
"Confound the boy ! what does he mean?
Does he think [am going to be a father to
him, and not lli' (llwy'cd us a father? Does
he tink l‘m going to give him my money
to spend in business, and take only ingrati-
tude in return? What can the young dog
be thinking of? ’iague lake the youngster!
W hat business has he to gn'and fall in love
With a poor piece of trash? I’ll fix him i I’ll
—but here comes the rasfcd, the spurner of
my counsels !"
And as Captain Jerry Plentan thus spoke
he sank into a great stufied chair, and look-
ed daggers; and twice he stamped his dum-
py.foot vehemently to keep up his stern
purpose. He Was a. round-bellied, red-hair-
ed bachelor, just five and-forty. Most of
his iifehe had spent at sea, and had lately
settled down ashore with an immense for-
tune, for the purpose of enjoying the rest of
his days "after his own heart,” as be ex-
pressed it. His pate was large enough to
carry hisjolly face high up over his brow,-
but yet he had a good quantity of dark
curls clustering about his short fat neck.
The only near relative he had in the lower
world was Jack Kendall, an only child of
his only sister. Jerry Pleman had loved
his sister fondly, and when she died. she
wasa widow then-she left. a prayer upon
record titat her brother would care for her
- orphan boy. And Uncle Jerry had done it
faithfully. For ten years he had provided
for his nephew, keeping him at one of the
best schools for a while, and then paying.
his way-through college. But now that he
had settleddown' in a home, he had Jack
come and live with him.
"Ah,you are here,arc you ?” growled
the uncle, looking up with a dagger-like ex-
pressron. »
Jack Kendall was three and~tweniy, some-
what taller than his uncle, but with the
same family look. He was a handsome,
good-natured, generous, afi‘ectionateIfeliow,
and] he loved his uncle Jerry with his whole
sou . .
“Yes, uncle, I am here,” he replied, tak-
ingItIl chair, “and I know you are glad to see
me. -
“Aw, I amglad, for I have something to
say to you," the bachelor resumed, looking
more daggers. “Have you seen that bag-
gage again?” c
“Baggage, uncle ?”
“Baggage, sir.I I said baggage. Have you
seen her ?” .
“Her uncle! Baggage? Her? Why—what
do, you mean ‘2” -
“Yourknow very well what I mean. I
mean'that piece of poverty—that hanger-on
—that—that bagga e—-that——that girl i”
II“Oh, you mean izzie Brown. The girl
l at— . . .
i‘Thinks to catch’you, and thus catch my
mtIlpey i" interrupted Uncle Jerry, emphati.
ca . ‘ > '
"Ii; is hardly fair many that, uncle, seeing
that I made all the advances myself.”
“Nonsense, don’t you suppose I know ? _I
say she set the trap for yet But I won't
have it,, Him to be a father to ye, ycu
mustIobey me. Now I’ve got you a good
phages, Iwant you to marry Susan Gar-
an ." - ‘
“But she’s a widow, uncle.”
,. “Somuch the better. .She‘ll know how
nomake a home for ye.” .
"And she’s older than I by a dozen years."
“Just five'years. Sue’s only twenty-eight
It’s all the better for that." ‘ ‘
"But I can’t love her.”
i'Can’t love her l” cried the uncle, looking
an immense number of very sharp-pointed
daggers. “Can’t love Susan Garland I! Can’t
love the woman who was the: wife of" the
most faithful friend I ever had! Let me tell
you, sir, that when the Gazelle was cast up-
on the rocks of Barnegat, Bill Garland ss’v-
ed my life and lost his own. He died in
these arms, sir, and the last‘ words he ever
said to me were, ‘Be kind to my poor Snsan,’
and I will be kind to her,” the captain add-
ed, wiping a big tear from his cheek. “I’ll
.give her a husband—a. graceless husband,
,. perhaps—but who shall have money enough
" to keep her above want. You shall marry
’ her, sir.”‘ -
“But suppose I should refuse ?"
“Refusel refuse your uncle! You dare not
do it, sirl I’ll turn yonont of doors in an
lnstantl I’llsee you starveghefore I’ll give
you anotherpeuny. I’ll take away all I
ever ,did give you.” .
“Alli: you couldn’t do that, uncle. The
education Ihave gained under your noble,
generous patronage, is a. mine of Wealth, of
which you cannot rob me; and I would not
10-day exchange it for all the wealth you
ever possessed. I can live with my own ~
wits.” ‘,"
"‘Aha! pan 'tbreaten tne, do you? You
fiean hoIrebel? You mean to disobey me
. rig t. ' . .
'You do not understand me, uncle. You
lrely would not force me to belie my own
heart. if you could but know Lizzie
town—3’ _ _, ' , _
“Lizzie 'Fiddiestick !' I don’t want toknow
ep.’ Iknow Susan Garlandmnd that is
nough. I’ve had this plan fixed evgrsince
came home." I promised Bill‘l‘d take care
her, and I must do it; and how can I do
if you don’t 10,! me haveher for m’yneice ‘t”
.T‘Why not have her for a wife?” asked
Jack, quietly.
“Wife—me l'\..,Wh_ , you young rascali,
what do you mean! isle—marry? Zou‘udsl,
Do you think I am crazy ‘8 I am old enough“
to be herfathe 'l’, " .
' ' .years,uncle. Just'euougb
give yo ., ,, . ', ‘cter as a husband.”
“Silence; villtiihf-’-..Wonid you have me
.c afoul of myaglfik-just as I' am setting
own forIcomfortfigggg‘ipt? Don’t you
are mention muggy; ing.. 1.75 half-go and
is Susan l(“Ingrown and shall tell her you
have her. .l‘hat’senough. ‘I w, {linear
n more. By tugblgtfishfl’llrkeepffny
tromise!" :7 , l ‘ , -mp- 2'».
ack knew it would bia'jusyers‘s to si‘y‘ahy
lore at present, so he held’llis peace. ' Wil-
am Garlandhad been uncle’s first mate
bring his last two voyages, and the captain '
only liked him much, but also thought
“an of Susan,'having stopped at her heme
vhile her husband was living. When ,Cap-
ain Jerry came home with the care of the
idow upon his shoulders, he had hit upon
ttapp'v expedient of making her his neice
and thus having the right to
without ‘eXciting scandal.
n‘hcic had cherished this
(1 it. would begun! to,
1d fellow was 'as'stub-,
hearted, and Where ’ 116.
he would not'yieid,~ .-.-:
. if“? ponder noon the'
, and heth'eJ.i
,_ die resol‘ve'd'to see.
widow in advanggghi his uncle, and he
it that very evening. - , ., I v _
san Garland was a pretty woman, with
plump form, and a dimpicd, cheerful face,
er- which the swee‘t,‘geniai smiles were
continually playing when she was happy.
She had been alone two years. She wel-
omed Jack kindly, and after some cOmmon
ice remarks gthe young man came to the
dim. He related the conversation which
used between himself and his uncl_c~thn.t
whom, and eXpl‘esseci the hope thtit she
titlllelpitim- ' ’
Surely you.would not-Wish to take mu
m the being IioIve,” he said. .
3t course not,” the widow replied, with
arnest smile. “I should be deciriIedlIy
lsed to any such thing. _ I know LiZZie,
and I know, too, that ShQ-GLH‘G‘I make
~l. gowwife. You may dermd'upon
5535‘ fuel can tell younuncle that
’ :ll‘be the end ‘of it."
"e longer, and then-j
leave. , . _
here to-morrow forenoou.”
onng man said, as he reached the door-
; going on
ing right to the point now.”
clearing of the throat.)
I
cried,winding his arm about her plump
tlii. sir,” pronounced
"it is my dinner
Wait and eat
I‘Then you must w
the widow decisively. .
hour, and. I must prepare it. ’I
with me, and tllen I’ll listen.
And with this Susan drew out the table,
spread the snow-white table cloth, and soon
had the dishes in their places. She finally
went away 'to the kitchen, and soon the cap-
tain heard the pots and kettles Irattltng, the
ul‘eaflsptttteritlg, and a brisk culinary racket
' generally.
’ “Egad,” the old fellow muttered to him-
self, "she's a splendid craft. What a clean
build. IfI had come across such awmnan
years ago, I believe I should have m~~de a
fool of myself.” .
In due time the dinner made its appear-
ance, and the Captain was invited to par-
take of it.
, I“Now, make yourself at home,” the wi-
dowsai'd, with a charming smile; “for I
'look.upou yott as one of the dearest friends
I have.” ‘ .
“Egad,ifslte ain’t a beauty,” Uncle Jer-
ry said to himsell, as he heaved up to the
table.
The lamb chops were done as the cup-
tainhad'never seen them done btfore. So
juicy, so rich, so delicately spiced—and so
splendidly cooked. And then the little at
ultras, and'tile pies, and the cake, and the
rich golden coll'ee. But above all he :vIv-as
entranced by the bright smiles and sparkling
wit of his fair hostess. .. . ‘
“Zounds!” ite muttered, whllc she was
gongaway with the dishes, “ain’t she charm-
in . ’ . -
{Finally the widow came and sat down by
the side of the captain upon the sofa.
Her dimplcd' checks were all flglow; her
bright ,eyes sparkling with a beaming lus-
ter; and over her white shoulder flowed a
wavy, curling tress, which trembled ever
and anon, as though tilt-re weresome strange
emotion in the bosom beneath it.
“New sir,”shc Said, “I am ready to lis-
ten. ’
“Well—well,” Uncle Jerry managed to
say, after a prodigious effort at clearing his
throat, “you must pardon me ifI come right
to the point.”
“Of course,”
"‘Then here it is—you know. I promised
Bill—that is—Biil Garland—my oitl mate—
orI should say my young mate—that I
would look after you—care for you; you
know that.” ‘
“Yes, sir,” continued Susan. with a grate-
ful look; .I know that, and I have blessed
you many times 'for your kindness to poor
me. Alas ! I don’t know what I should have
done but for your generous bounty.”
“Tut, tut, don’t. talk so. How can I help
being good to you ?”
“Ah, but everybody don’t have hearts
like yours.” .
The captain rather liked the compliment;
and when it came from an agreeable source,
too. So he did not dispute it. But he
made another prodigious effort to clear his
throat, and then said:
“I have tried to be good to you, Susan,
and I hope I have been; but I can’t do all
I want to do for youatpresent. I am com-
(Another
“You know you«are"a widow.”
She didknow it.
“And you know you are yet young and
very beautiful.”
“Oh, no! null" beautiful; and surely not
very young.” ' .
“But you are not old, and --you are beau-
tiful. Now this Won’t do. Scandal will
reach you. I—ahem—am not so old myself
but. that the shaft of scandal might reach
me. too.
, “You old?”.uttered Susan,looking up re-
provingly, and yet admiringiy. " Why, you
are right in the very prime of manhood.
A man at your age, and with your genial,
happy disposition, has just reached the
dawn of life at five and forty."
. Uncle Jerry rather liked this, so he did
not contradict it, as he had at first. a will to
do. .. - '
“Then,'of course,” he returned, applying
the compliment to his own purpose, “it. is
still more necessary that there should be a
new and nearer relation between us. Ilove
you too well to have a single breathof sus
picion rest upon you. Would you object to
such a'relalion i” . _ 1,,
The widow’s long lashes drooped‘afid the
dark tresses upon her bosom iremb‘led'per-
ceptibly.
i “If it is'your wish, sir, I should have no
topposition to make,” she said.
“And you’ll come and live with me i"
' “Yes.”
“And we’ll be as happy as kings !”
“Oh, I should be very happy,” she whis-
pered; and as she did so, her head rested
upon the captain’s shoulder, slid the bright
tress fell upon his hand, with several tear-
ewels glittering amid its curls. ‘
“What a time we’ll have !” Uncle Jerry
form, and drawing her more closely to him.
“W hen you are J ack's wife, we’ll—v
- "Jack l" repeated Susan, breaking from
his embrace, and springing to her feet
“Jack’s wife !” she uttered, dashing the tears
from her eyes.
1 “Why, bless me, yes.”
“And you have meant for me to marry
him?”
“Lord bless me, who should I mean?
“And do you suppos‘e I‘d marry with a
mereboy? Are . there not girls enough
for the youngster? Sir, you mistake me—
you mistake my heart. you mistake my
love,.if you think I could give my heart to
our nephew.”
“But ~ bless me—shetn—a-h-hem—Jack
is_1’
“I know, sir—I know him well. He is a.
fine youth, a worthy youth, and may be a
noble man if he lives long enough. But I
can say no more. I am sorry to disappoint
you. am-I—snl—deeply gratified for all
your kindness to me, and I pray to God for
his blessing upon you continually. But we
had better part now. ' You have spoken my
doom. Farewell i”
“But Susan. Here! Stop l Bless me !”
Susan did not stop,and Uncle Jerry found
himself alone. He said “Bless my soul !”
forty-thrcettlmes, and ,thnn,.,l_eftI the house_
All the way home he muttered to himself;
and When he met Jack at the supper-table
he was moody and silent. When he went
up to his chamber be commenced to mutter
again; and he kept on muttering and pon-
dering till he fell asleep. Finally he began
to dream. He dreamed that Susan Garland
became his wife, and he held her to his bo-
sOm and wondered that he could ever have
thought of such a foolish thing as allowing
Jack to have her, But as he held her thus,
who should appear in the nuptial chamber,
but Bill Garland, pale and 'gold, with sea
weed for hair, and dark green ocean moss
or raiment! And the cadaverous presence
said “Give me my wife!” The dreamer
spoke with a sharp cry of fear, and found
thesnnlight streaming into..his room. He
iarostand sat down by the window, and
fihally'nlle said, in a deep ferve ' ene—
t“Tha‘nk God; Bill Garland in’t come
back!” W- :
For three whole days UncletJierry was
like a newly (subverted sinner. ."’"He could
not eat, hfitfio id not read, lle'could not
sieep,and 1“ch of his remarks to
Jack was: .
. “Clear'o‘iitjyou rascal!"
.> _On the evening of-lhe third day the cap-
tain made an extraordinary toilet, and then
went ui’Ito see Susan Garland. 'She wei-
ported PM With a” warm greeting; and final-
le. 331115 Particular request, so! down by
1132:!“ “Donn“: sofa,jugt as she sat be-
,ffSusan,” 531d lie-she spoke bluntly, for
his courage and delei‘minutiou had been
guilt brough‘g up to the Sticking point before
estatted— you said the other' "day that
3"!“ would be very happy u, come and live
Wilhme. Did you mean that you would
be willing to become my wite':H
.hel‘e were a dozen tresses
W111te shoulder now, and they
”599.9%
lieilg’y's‘fl Clll‘iltls question, sir,” sin: re~
\lpon that
Slulok like
‘ondtfogfitli materialized sp'
and : do
pass near the widow’s house, and he drop-
ped in. in a few moments he was the hap-
pist fellow imaginable. I .
“But.” said Susan, earnestly, ‘ don’t mis-
understand me. I have loved your Uncle——
loved him well and truly, and I believe he
loved me, but dare not say so. Had it not
been thus,I could not have done this. IvIvould
have helped you all the same, by simply
and flatly refusing you, but I could not have
toyed or tritled with hitn. lie is a good
man, J tick—~31 good man.”
"So he is," said Jack. And then Jack
went home. .
The youth found his Uncle inIthellbrary,
reading a book—said book being bottom
end up. lie sat down and peeped wrekedIly
ottt of his eyes, while an ill-mannered smtlIe
kept playing around the corners of his
mouth. . .
“What are you winking and blinking,
and squinting and grinning at, you young
dog?” asked the old captain, with tremend
ous ferocity.
“I was thinking of a
replied Jack, quickly.
“A story,eh? What is it, you scrape-
grace?”
“I’ll tell you. uncle," said the nephew.
with the smile and the Winkle more wicked
than ever. “It was a very funny thing—it
is the funniest thing I ever heard of. A
man once went to set a trap in which to
catch a very respectable and honorable
young friend of his. He had got the. trap
all nicely set as be supposed, when—what
do you think ?”
“When, what, you graceless rascal?
“Wily, uncle, when the thing was all
fixed, there was the funniest thingimppened
you ever hea rd of. instead of catching his
respectable, high-minded young friend, the
old fellow got nabbed himself. in fact
he gilt caught ill his own trap. Wasn’ t
it—‘
“Get outof' my house you young scamp
—tlut with y on, you reprobate I"
“But uncle, when I come back, mayn’t I
bring Lizzie with me, anti to see and par-
ticipate in your new and deep felecity ?”
“if you’ll be decent, you daring young.
villittn, you may bring the queen of slatl
terns herself; but beware if you offend me
I can’t bear everything-and I won’t! I
won’t pttt up with it ! I’ll—I’li—kick you
out of doors, you ungrateful traitor!
After this eiferveseence, Uncle Jerry’s
soul settled down to a clear, placid calm,
and when Lizzie Brown finally appeared
before him, he actually kissed her, and said
she wasjust the girl for his rascally nep-
heW.
And, in a few weeks thereafter, Uncle
Jerry had a Wedding party. He was mar-
ried first, and then sat down and saw Jack
married. .
“There,” said the happy old fellow, after
the thing was all.OVer, as he approached
his nephew and handed him a paper, “there
is something to make up for the loss you
have sustained in letting me rob you of the
best woman in the world.” ‘
'Jtck opened the missivc and read it with
tears in his eyes. for it was a certified check
for twenty-five thousand dollars, with a
little note attached, saying, that if he behav-
ed himselfhe might at some future time
have more.
story 1. once read,"
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A Henson Exroer.--'l‘he New York Sun
exposes the Eddy humbug at Uhittenden,
VI. The writer, after describing 1n detail
the character of the investigations, says;
“Let us go into the cabinet with the gifted
medintn, and while the believers outside
are composing to harmony by singing “The
Summer Land," “Rest for the Weary,” and
compositions of a soothing nature, we will
see how William procbeds to work up the
materializations. If those who examined
the cabinet after each seancc had been very
observing, they would have noticed.that
the boards of its floors were laid in an op
posite direction to the boards of the plat
form. As the cabinet was built upon the
platform, simply enclosing a .niche in the
chimney, there .doesnot seem to be any par-
ticular reason why the run of the boards of
its floor should not be the same as the
boards outside. But there is a good reason.
They will stand more use without breaking
at the seams. When William has been a
minute or so in the cabinet, has carefully
adjusted the thick army, blanket over the
door, so that sound or light cannot go out
to the circle, and has called for music and
song, he pushes the old rocking chair to the
farther part of the cabinet, and, standing
there himself, gives a quiet signal, and lo!
nearly‘all the cabinet floor slides noiseless-
iy under the outside platform, being moved
by somebody underneath. There is now
revealed a small temporary floor, and an
opening in: the chimney, large enough to
admit ,0§,"-t~.he_~.paSSage? 'of a human body.
.By close,»-narr0w- sta‘i'rsiyou can descend
fithrou thgighinmeyut’o‘the kitchen below.
Th"e_c,j'tmheytis made in-twotcpmpartments;
. ,tsyto go up'
, , fidj-‘onevfor “memoirs of the
kitchens ve-t‘o- ascend... The passage for
the confederates in theijl’tl’e’ {game' of delu-_
sion is skillfully arranged, padded and ren-‘
dered noiseless, and is so heat in conslru
tion that when it is closed”? 1).. during the:
day, you would never notice the arrange ".-
ment of the cabinet floor and the opening
in the chimney, if you should possibly take
off a tew boards of the outer platform and
look under, asColonel Olcott once did. It
is very dark under the platform, and if you
should look you could ‘only see a mass of
boarding, beams and supporters for the
stage. William goes down the materialized
part of the chimney to the kitchen. There
waiting for him are his two sisters, who are
never seen in the circles, and the sister
Alice, if the Lady of the Lake, or an Arab
boy, or spirits akin to these, are to be repre-
sented, which representations are marked
by the absence of Alice from the guests’
seats at the seance, or he meets'anybody
else who is engaged to take part in the farce
of the evening. The programme has been
arranged during the day as to the charac-
ters to be represented. The costumes are
in William’s room, which opens from the
kitchen, and they are speedily donned, and
the entertainment begins generally by one
of the women gomg up the chimney into
mt whin.et.,udjustin0 her dress_a d then
stepping out from’b’efithu—mm-éxygnrmhol— .-
on the stage to be wondered at, and perhaps
recognized as one supposed to be quietly
sleeping on the sod. The sisters generally
began the seams and William finished it,
which allowed the women to get safely out
of the house before the guests left the circle
room. It. is all simple and easy when un-
derstood. Its very simplicity has, however,
been its greatestsecnrity. One ’can under-
stand what a variety of characters could
be shown by a few bits of costume. and a
little false hair, when it is enlist ,é're -' that
the stage was darker than usual" ”T'thc
most melodramatic situation on. thetheater
boards, and the auditors wé‘fe moresithan
inclined to see with the eyes ofgsturdyjfaith,
In fact, the costumes shown wer’evem' poor
and commonplace, and evinced gunman:
of theatrical skill." ' ’ .
A anc on THE MOUND annsus.-_-The
engineering party which was appoitited'sby.
the United States government to surfé'y’ffhe“
Upper Monongahela River, nearli‘itifliofiht;
West Virginia, examined the tracé's of What
is supposed to have been a roadbniit centu-
ries ago by prehistoric inhibit'ants‘ibf this
country. The road resembles .',the MacAd-
amized roads of to-day ”The Pittsburg.
Commercial is therefore ledg 0 'entitle its ac-
count of the examinatio '-' ‘iBre-Adarnite
Macadam." There are traces of the road
for nearly eleven miles along the narrow
strip of bottom land betweelfthe hills and
the river although at. many p'Oiuts the riVer
has shifted from its channel and cut into the
hills entirely obliterating every evidence of
it. Generally the road is covered by from
two to__five feet of alluvial deposit. The
road is about fifteen feet broad, The stone
of which it is formed appearsto have;been
burnt. Wherever the road shows itscit'in
the-cutting banks it is marked by the black
substratum of ashes. In depth. the broken
stone varies from six inches to eighteen
:fIllziItanteII nagginaly, did you mean that?”
, “US“?OK rpumpeaning, sir, you have
ngrrlght to quesuoé u'fig'é‘," ‘
.IéBut,ILIorId bless lnéfl.,suppose I should
Illallg?“ 19/ mcome my bin: ? Answer the
“You never did islet... sir”
“Then by the car of old at
you now. Susan Garland, \vil
wlte'f”
“Iggy I’leman—I will i”
, -‘ aIt " cried thecaptain startin
I32 jggglItIllg into her blushing, tear-witbtigt’
can you can love : "-' - '
like me always ?” m, ' Old man
‘ “You are not old, and as for lovin
Jtune,I ask
{'01} be my
g you
ile'hall'be ready for him,” was the reply,
‘inny lighttwinkied in the eyes of
aceei so. . _
fig, 0n the foliotvlng day
"’.. upon the Widow. She
weeds, and now appeared
as ‘a‘i’naid of16. She wel-
«main with one of her sweetest
,and'finally took a seat closchestde
By a, dextrous turn she got him en-
in relating wonderful stories of his
nurse at sea, and thus an'hour slipped
.y. or course he must now stop to am-
Oh, no,Imust 0 home to dinner,” said
But before go, I have a little busi-
‘Pfl'fiter to » tough n on." .
I have loved you for a
fired-take me for a wife.
$0350 my dying hour!”
ComgeIgIctInIIIlgrchere 1l IfCome here, Susan !
you, ,0 CL, . ant l I ever ceassto love
gthou, and .716 you,
lpng while; and if
Ill love and bless
rear-ma .
back!”
About ten
made theflli _
"Why, b can m *yery sens
thp fooled!” ‘ ‘tl !
he wi on] - .
“Two ve hapgysaég
And Jerr- said:
Jill. tes after tb‘s :Uncle Jerry
ié remark:
we'a egacling hke
“and de:
' a‘~’t we‘f"
“Blessm sodium, are ,2" 3“
("mg “‘3’ he“ hanpélhu to
\
On the ft
inches. The material employed, red sand-
stone,appears to have been used a great deal
by the road builders. There being few,if any
boulders of this 'stone in the neighborhood
al have been obtained to make this road???
° Crussings of the streams tit, ' ' '
3 of bridge abutments or p‘iérs‘,
‘ trace
lead
were crossed Oanoodenbrid'gés. At many
pomts the road is covered with trees more
than one hundred and fifty ydass old which
makes it certain that it was‘cqnstructéd 105g
heroic the advent of md'wlu‘te man- and
there are other circumstances surrouhding
the gas: which lead inevitably to the'con-
clusron that it was made in those early ages
when a Semi-civilized people inhabited;
Nortil America. No one acquainted With
the habits of the American .Iudians Could"
give them credlt for constructing sach a
work as this—N. Y. EocningAPost.
Which
S 10 the conclusion that the streams
Another record of the! perseverin' tram -
One called at a house in Norwich aid will
inVCD an old vest. After being gone some
time he came back and returned .a five-
dollar note he had found in one of the
pockets. The gentleman of the house was
so weileieased With his honesty, that he
53:: hdufhat {llpllgrilan'd the next day dis-
re. 0. cl wasawre . ‘=-
ecuted counterfeit. tchttllyt bx
”19 Question arises, where could the materi-. ,
a
. '- From the N. 1'. Indepondelit.
Tran PROJECTOR OF Tam
Fas'v luau. sunvrcn.
BY THOMAS L. JAMES
(POS'I‘MAS’J‘EI‘. AT NEW YORK).
“PRINTING is not a trade, it is an art;'and
the profession of printing is the noblest of
the learned professions,” said the venerable
'l‘huriow Weed, in the Course of a recent
conversaticn concerning the fast-mail train.
And the assertion of the veteran journalist
is no wild (x‘lggelatiou, bllt sober truth.
From the moment a lad enters a printing-
otlicc his practical education commenced
Ot necessitysile becomes thoroughly posted
ill the news of the day, perfect ill ortho-
graphy and punctuation; and if he has not
learned ,rramllmr at school he learns it by
eycat the “case.” While poring over the
manuscript of the learned he insensibly
absorbs knowledge, which he always re-
tains, probably for the reason thathisgnenl-
ory is quickened by being called intocone
Slant practice. It is this unceasiug training
amid the eternal click of the type and the
rumble of the presses that makes the pro
fessors of this art among the most studious,
intelligent, ant! ambitions of our race! In
the “English Ileadcl"’——a reading book for
schools popular enough thirty or forty
years ago, but now ails! out of date—is a
story of the “Ascent of the Hill of Science.”
First, Genius rushed up the hill with one
mighty bound; but, pausing lnitlw'ayf‘utas
passed by Application, who, patiently creep-
ing up, arriVed at the summit. So with
printers: it is not by genius,“ is by their
patient application and nothing persever-
ance that they come to the front, not only
in the “Art of Arts,” but in all of the learn-
ed professions. To whatever extent his ex-
perience of English printers may have
justified Sheriden?s (or was it Burke’s?)
remark concerning them—that, “though
most of the knowledge of the world passed
through their hands, but little of it stuck to
their fingers”——such a statement, ,if made
on this side of the Atlantic, would be a libel
easily refuted by a simple reference to the
names enrolled on theioug list of illustri-
ous Yankee typos—Franklin, Greeley,Weed,
Bayard Taylor, the Harper's, Bonner, and a
hostof others—who were all educated and
received their diplomas within the wall ol‘
sprinting cities and who were proud of
their alma mater.
Among the graduates of this college of
Franklin, Greeley, and Weed, one who has
lately come prominently before the public
is Col. George S. Bangs, Superintendent of
the Railway Mail Service of the United
States,whose.history is a striking illustra-
tion of Mr. Weed’s statement. Col. Bangs
was born in Milan, Ohio, on the 22d day of
February, 1825. When but nine years old
he entered the office of the Akron (0.)
Bacon as “devil,” where he remained for
six years, working alterward “ under in:
structions” 1n the office of the Cleveland
Harald Becoming a full journeyman, he
worked(sbonld I not say “practiced his pro-
fession '2”) in the offices of the Milwaukee
Sentinel, Janesvilie Gautte, and Rock Coun-
ty Democrat. In 1950 he went to Chicago,
and picked up newshs a reporter by day
and “sub’u it” (1'. 0., was substitute for some
absent compositor) by night. ‘ His restless
spirit could never be idle.’ In December,
1851, Aurora, Illinois,becam‘e his home, and
for eighteen months he was connected with
the Aurora Beacon. He then bought a. farm
and for a short time was a tiller of the soil
But farming was too monotonous a life for
him, and, returning to journalism, he purch-
ased all the Republican papers in the coun-
ty and consolidated them with The Beacon.
Here his energy had full p1ay,and under his
vigorous management The Beacon became
as it has always since remained, one of the
abiestjournals in the state, of large influ-
ence and circulation. In 1861, without his
solicitation, he was appointed postmaster of
Aurora by President Lincoln, who, with
his proverbial sagacity, said, on this or some
other occasion: “I want no recommenda-
tions for an editor, for he makes recom-
mendations." This office he held until the
gommencemcnt of General Grant’s admin-
istration, when he was appointed ASSistant
Superintendent of Railway Mail Sérvice,
with headquarters at Chicago. He did not
long remain here, however, being called to
Washington, and appointed General Super-
intendent of Railway Mail Service, as suc-
cessor to Mr. George B. Armstrong, who
had suddenly died. Col. Bangs found the
service in utter confusion and completely
demoralized; but, with characteristic ener-
gy, he applied himselfto the work of reform,
He instituted examinations among the
routcragents and postal clerks, who were
given an opportunity to learn the “distribu-
tion schemes” of the routes they served, and
were then examined with reference to their
knowledge of these routes. By means of
thispehrching and infallible ordeal the in-
chmpetent were weeded out and the deserv-
' promoted, and to-day, from being a
93 .
.Efipital for political hammers and a dis-
race to civilization, the railway mail
”,g‘vjce of the United States is the "best on
.‘Ql‘fllalléU’ ”
Fors'e ralyears Col. Bangs had persis-
tently urgedfupon the Post-oflice Depart-
ment the necessity of a more rapid trans-
mission ofi'fetiera and newspapers from the
seaboard-fothe'Great West. ‘It is easier,
however;'to originate an idea. than to find
the meansaudthm men to carry it out.
Columbus discovered this truth before he
discovered America; and Fulton and Morse
realized it before they harnessed steam and
lightning. Fortunately for the success of
this great work, Marshall Jewell, a practi-
cai,common-senle man,became the head
of the Post-office Department, ready to re-
ceive suggestions for the improvement of
the poatal service and ready to act upon
them. He lent a willing ear to his scheme
of rapid transit, informed himself thorough-
ly by personal observation and otherwise,
and then promptly gave the order to “go
about.” .
The compensation to the railroads for car-
rying the mails being fixed by law, no
larger sum can be paid for a tram running
atgtspeed of forty-five miles an hour than
for Oli‘e‘wuubs, M twenty miles: and it was
thought that this would prawns.“ ,.insur:
mountable-obstacle to the propOsed “Jap‘id
transit.” The resuitproved that the popu-
isr idea which finds its expression in the
axiom that "railway corporations have no,
'souls” was incorrect. With that uncrying-
sigacityg- which stamps the _ Vanderbilll,‘r
botht‘in-Coliuho‘dope- and-511k son William-
Hi,‘-as"amouhg. the-foremost men of'2tlre
'tim'e, .the‘yTpIt‘I‘olnpt’lydendered toflth'e. Dé-‘
partmch tithruseofvtlleflew York Central
and HudsotiRiyénliailroads and themes,
Shore.Bailroa(l;-'and,‘the offer being steep?
ted,'a'ftiil supply ofinewl'poatal-ca-rs "of- im-
proved conslructibh‘jvas built, and-.on the
morning of‘Thursda -,' September; 1,6, at a. .
quarter after four. o’c ask, the first feat-mail
had been the dream of an enthusiast was
now an accomplished fact; and since that
time, o‘y‘erga .rpute ,of nearly one thousand;
milesi' ' til" attain composed crib; ofga
locomofi. -” Epo‘Stal cars has been 'c‘ontin-
uously traveling at the rate ot'T-gforty-five
miles an hour, so far annihilating space and
time that less than twenty-sis thong-s now_
seperales New York from'DiIl‘icitg'ot, Too
little credit has been given the Vanderbilts
in the matter by the public at large. Their
acceptance of this preposition of the Post-
ofiiee d’epai‘tment,'thei5...pyompt and ener-
gctic action,.aud;t-h splendid, equipment of
their portal ars'.'orln;a magnificent. contri-
bution in the interest o_. ' Ely man, woman,
and child ilifthe,.‘,\'V_estnod-:South-west who
writes 'a letter; on$a®£a newspaper.
The foildvv', algiler, written by Col.
Bangs to a frip'n’ ' Ii 1 show what‘he inten-
ded and wires} ; ‘een accomplished with
a. fast-mail It if .1 '1. .
"It is thei ‘ution that this train shall
be an ekjclu' _e mail train.
ntAlbnny with a. train leaving Boston at or
nearmidnight, insurint1r direct connection
with every railroad in I‘Iew England. The
train will arrive at Buffalo at 3 1'. M. and at
Dunkirk will overtake the mails leaving
New York the evening previous by the
Erie road, and all mails it may gather for
‘the West from the towns and connections
leading to the Eric rolld' from New York
and Pennsylvania. The fast mail will ar-
rive at Cleveland at 8 P. M., overtaking the
mails that leave New York the evening
previous by‘ the Hudson River and New
Yorkflentral road. At Cleveland direct
connection will be made for Columbus,
Cincinnati, and Indianapolis, arriving at
the first-named place at 12 midnighl,_the
second a 5 A. 1., and at the last-named at
7:30 A. M., This insures a connection with
all the morning trains in Ohio and Indiana,
and by sundown of the evening of the next
.day afterJenving New Yorkthe mails will
arrive at destination at all railroad points
in'those two statés, .._Tl e, garristhing will
be true of tite’s't'at‘tjsgf." ichigan and Wis-
consin, as the [fast mailivill arrive at Tole-
do at 11 P. LL, and atChicago in time to go
out on all trains for: Wisconsin, Iowa, and
Minnesota.
'ment of this train will be in St. Paul,
Omaha,and Kansas City at or near the
hour they now arrive at Chicago, or a sav-
ing of from twelve to eighteen hours from
all points east of the Missouri River and a
clean cut of twenty-four hours from all the
The mails by the establish-2
train left the Grand Cénlral Depot. Whpl- .
territories and states . . ., , .
River. This trainuvyil't‘carry’them
and from 20,000,000'gf'fiopie,‘with ,
ing or twelve ‘to my my-fourihou‘rs'
It wilLtakenp‘and-l small at .
stationz'bet can 0'
. Gidlglribdt§n 0
points ‘will‘bemade u'po
‘next night-,- and there. connect" with‘tra'in for
following morning. ,_It,istybelieved thati;all
this can be accomplished ithout a materi-
al increase of the éxpens' ' of mail trans-
port-.ttion, and in the end will prove tube
a measure of economy in mpney,.as well as.
time.” . ‘
Following the example of the Vander-
has placed a fast-mail train on their road
between New .York and Chicago, leaving at
the same hour; and the Baltimore and Ohio
have also tendered tb'e Pest-office Deplrt-
menta fast-mail train bétween Washing-
ton, Baltimore, and Chicago. It needs
only a fast train in the afternoon at three
o‘clock from New York tOijica o and: one
from New York and Bostdnto angor to
make the Railway Mail Service complete.
May we not hopethaf ,the enlightened
management of thezEric 'l ’ ‘.
ply the first and marine
the Postmas . I_-Getiera
provide the. .’ ?- ”
The ques
“What other .
could haves. _
And, followinf’hls .
when, onlynineyesrs
his education i lhe,,press
rooms of the kron Baa
announced the departureot’ the fast-mail
train from Grand Central D of fotjChicago,
and made the namcoi~ Ba "e-famonsforsll
time in the postal sgrji ,‘of .3116 United
States as a benefactor” finankiid,‘ and
keeping in view the fact thatvhu'ifik’a‘ gratin"a
ate of a printing-office, who will:’liavo i~the
hardihood to disagree with the conclusions.
of the modern Warwick, that “printing is
not a trade, it is an art”: and that the "pro:
fessi'on of printing is the noblest of ~théi
learned professions”? ‘
Stewart 1.. Woodsfii-ilrp“ . . ‘,
The Republican party is indebted “t6 the
ex-Lieutenant Governor of New: York, not”
only for services in the ‘Ohio campaign,
which tended so largely to restore that State
to Republican rule, but for a consistent and
steady adherence to the pole star of politi-
cal honesty,specic payments, and the restor-
ation gfgoid as the true basis ofall our finan-
cial Operations.
heritageto enable the rag-bgb‘y- spIohlor's’lo
raise a cloud of doubt and suspicion? before?
the eyes of the ignorant, and the party has
and Of a policy never seriously entc‘rta‘tne _
Boston and railroads in- New- England the».
bilts,lhc Pennsylvania Railroad Cempany ’
when the shrill whistle of the locomotive _
‘ rooms; . , .
. ‘olass Livery connected With the
‘ Every effort made to
D. B. MOREIIOUSL,
. Enough men withir‘l'the'
party have been faithlesfl to its doctrinal: _'
been accused of sins of which. it is not guilt- ‘-‘ -- ‘ ‘
as b, 1 inset-tic
Year! . .
contcmp atcd at the time of
mitted to make monthly cha
ments.
.,,Marr_inges Cami deaths i
-0,bituar ,0: Funeral notices
vicpifitig-pcr cent. extr. .
.41
Will
’Ho‘tel. Carriages in
~ Nor
ll
- entertain pettnfinent and trhn‘sicnt guests.
'Odtable; reasonable mass. A first-
to all trains.-
sstf
Plano-F
per year in advance. ’
e ice 5 cents.
One inch space constitutes a square.
Quarter of a Column ,onIc time. I - - - -
n ' u I L A
.l. .
Fuil'Columnmne time, - -
_ , LEROY TAYLOR, I’ropriet
Q} IConn. April 16, 1875. ‘
omtrllltu soul.
a nian'd Wall Sts., NORWALK, CT.
ubstiriber having taken the above well-
knowncentrnlly located Hotel, is prepared to
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church.
Teacher of the
one, Organ :‘nid Musical
_ Composition.
37.9 25.0., NORWALK, coxx.
. g.V_0I.UME ILYIIII.--NUM‘BEB.50
n 50 cents ,'3 times $1.00
"new“ rs inflame”: ------- .00
Per'Wecky‘S orcontihance, ------ .50
.0130 square} six. months in ------- 1;.th
u ' u _ - _ q - .
' “tint: “11‘ raver. _ _ _ 25,,
u u st _ - _ _ 30.00
' rt’ column one car ----- 50.00
833%:31' ‘ *‘ti- "' 3:- -’ ..... gmoo
F'u ammonia year, - - -. - - - - 100.00,
Spent; Notices 25 per cent. advance onthc above.
. We; Ioticesin‘Reading Columns, L25 Cents
pct-dine. i
advertisers restricted to the business
contract, but; are per-
il gcs of their ad vertlsc-
- $5.00
- 10.00
...... 20,00
nscrted gratuitously.
15 cts. per line.
Auto ,muuictttionsinsertcd as readipg matter
,. 4105! echo emote private interest. 310 per half
1111‘ $115 put all column. All unusual cuts anti de-
llll'l'lll,
_ .01. River and Wall. streets, Namath-n—
positcthe Danbury & Norwalkfltatl-
. The subscriber has taken thsabove
. andvpopular Hotel, an establishment
,by its central position for the aeommo-
of permanent and transient guests. ,The
fare commodious, the table good, the prices
is. A first-class livery stable is connected
readiness at all tlmcs.
or.
Jmls
Good
otcl. Carriages
please.
Proprietor.
v
,treasury, measures were r'esortadi to wk "
were considered then to be temporaryga
not as affording precedents for,future actié as
or for partisanjudgment, 9.002.011". wood “1!-
is one of the men who has slobd’atr ‘—
on the walls of our financiutforti, _ I, '
stantly proclaiming these truthstolth,
His position,_a_nd defining that of?! '
set forth in a speech delivered by him inf - -.
Brooklyn Academy of Music; -Brooklyn‘,2- _
July, 1863, and that part of it relating to;
specie resumption is well worthy ofj'feproe
ductiou and a renewed circulation. He'said:
“Yours is the cause of the natioiial'_f
iaith,which would preserve the public credl
in spirit as in name against the falsehood and
dishonor of repudiation. Yours is the cause
the public debt in geod hard'goid to thexveryf
last dime, just as in the day of battle'audl'dib
aster it would have fought rebellion us fill
very last man against this wonderful
doctrine of paying our debt :by’ore” rugs
other, and of balancing an accountfbfgsf'
ing with brave hands and a largealouris
new and imposing I. 0. U. {Laughter and
cheers] . , ' ' ifs;
But for this startling and behefifiali
in political economy let Pendl‘eton‘ ' sis ,
laurels, nor yet let the Democracy cfilirh an
patent, for in the throes of bankruptcy the
thought had birth, and jnadfib’tor’l prison.
it foundeongenial nursing an’fhad ‘lu‘s‘ty
growth. Its great author, "arid, ,thus far;
most famous exemplards Wilkinlecawber,
To him let Pendleton meekly give up the;
civic wreath. ‘ For him let Jeffersonflanfd
Jackson step down from their heredity
niches in ancestral Tammany, whilewi
applauding shout and grateful songs the,
Democracy raise to his proud pedestal ii) if.
new patron saint,’ Wilkins Micawber',‘_;'_ 3,.-
quirc. [Laughter and cheers] Yoursi'sifhe.
cause ofhogest labor; against the sham ands
speciou’sfifrau‘d of file'scheming' demagogu
For just as sure as you shall finally and
completely demonstrate the absolute invio-
iability of the national credit, that moment
you will have completely restored public
confidence, with rarer alchemy than that of
the old philosopher, you will have changed
your greenbacks into gold and will practi-
cally have secured one currency for the
workingman and the bondhoidcr. [That’s
so and cheers]
BeVnot deceived. The true fin-tn‘cial inter-
ests of labor and capital are to-day one.
The issue of greenbanks to retire the bonded
debt would be the absolute unsettling and
final destruction of all monetary values,and
the loss would fall. where in financial panic
and disaster loss always falls, most heavily
and sadly upon the honest and hard work-
ing poor. Again,,I repeat, be not deceived.
The interests of all our people, of the farmer
and the merchant,of the mechanic and the
banker, of the laboring man and the capi-
talist, are today bound up together, and all
depend upon absolute and unflinching in-
tegrity. With nations as with men, "honesty
is forever the best policy,” and the material
greatness of our land and the prosperity'of
all our people can-only be secured by rigid,
Under the stress of war and with an eihp‘tfl’él'.‘
seven years ago, is lncid'iy and .élofim‘. -
of:
of sturdy, honest mauhood,which would pay. -.
.,.
.fi
:-
\ gimnn’s Or
a;
' 'orB.0.
a”;
.
N01-
:70" "A‘hr’qns W. MANY,
Summits Dentist,
NORWALK, cons.
rot highland Wail Streets. Nitrous--
Old} fists administered. ‘
GQQLIDGE,
Nsé'I' I S 'I' ._
fSucc‘essor to ' *
'Asa. Hill, ‘-
EET,
Office over
NORWAnK;
y Goods Store.
Watered for extracting teeth with»
v:
. e -' any ENGINEER,
SDRVEYDB,
Banks, Main Street.
walk, Conn.
~Ifimlivin§prlccs.~’
§25m§ the . ridge.
.1" ~71 ‘ 7'
0W _.WA 1‘, NEW YORK.
.. .. Residence, Stamford, Cr...
.gpecIigletteptiou paid to country residences 2-2!“ ,
AtIthe'cver popular, ,
TN. ION? MARKETI
\‘liilpli'ways the best of , .‘
is. .
far;
l1"
Linoleum
I AND
I
' }
Guignussapoekwooo.
per A: Tailor
oxfis'ruamsn nvo EMPORIUJI,
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
N orwalloli’is
h Market.
r IIE subscriberhavingbonghtout the old Bridge
Fish Market, of Rufus A
constantly on hand all kinds
dsIlms, intendskeeping
o
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS,CLANIS,&C.,
and allvarieties ofchoice fflfll‘l's &, VEfiETABLES
in theirseason.
CHARLES W. LOUAWUUD,
W Spring Chickens Dressed to order.
DWARD P. WEED,
I) R U G G
We! Street, opposite Nor
Allargeandwellsel
1 s T ,
wall: Opera House
ectedstockof
“ haves AND ummcnvns
Perffiijtiy,‘Putent Medicines, all kinds, Mineral
.Wéterfimoiletand Montcalm
Handkerchief Extracts, u
isoaps, Flavoring and
air Brushes, Combs,
,gpauggfilmhamois Skins, Stationery,0igars, &c.,
. anilisjcouétantlyudding to hisstock all the new and
l ‘ mpulcinesofthe day.
<
n. -._
toa resolution _I formed when
years—of age. My father was sent
accompanied him as cabin-boy. I had som'
as stiff a glass of grog as if I: had doubled
Cape Horn, and could smoke like a locomo-
live. I was great at : cards, and fond of
gambling in every shape. At the "close of
the dinner, one (inf . ’ ' her turned every-
bodv out‘ohlie " "(Tithe door, and
tflfiflome: . , . ~ , ,
if’DIavid, what do you mean-tofbe '3”
- .f‘Imean to follow the‘ seal“?
. “Follow. the sea! Yeahs a poor, miser-
able drunken sailor before the-mast, kicked
and cuffed about the world, and die in some
fever hospital in a foreigfifdimo”
" “No,” I said, "‘I’ll mawmuurtet‘édeck,
L
and command, mm (10.3%. ff
“N 0, David; no 50v ever firm! the quarter-
deck with such prinej 195 as vou have, and
such habits as you egébitgtzj’ou’li have to
change your wiloie""é’d‘nr'se of lite, if, you
ever become a man.”
My father left the and went on deck. I
was stunned by the rebuke, and overwhelm-
ed with mortifie‘aiion. “A poor, miserable,
drunken sailor before the mast, kicked and
cufl'ed about the world, and to die in some
fever hospital! That’s my fate, is it? I’ll
change my life,and change it at once. I
will never utter another oath; I will never
drink another drop of Intoxicating liquors;
I will never gamble.” And, as God is my
witness, I have kept those three vows to
It Will connect.“this hour.
m
THE STORY-TMER Comma—Those
who are in the habitpf telling prodigious
stories ought to havekigood memories; but,
fortunately, their memories are generally
short. Richard Brinsley Sheriden dealt
with these mendacious pests in a manner
peculiar to himself. He would never allow
himself“ to be outdone by a verbal prodigy.
Whenevera monstrous story was told in
his presence, he would endeavor to outdo
it by one of his own coinage, and consign
the narrator to confusion by a falsehood
more glaring than his own. Once in his
hearing a sporting adventurer ran thus: “I
was fishing one day,aay in a certain cold
spring full of delicious trout, and soon
caught a large mess. But what was really
surprising, nota foot from the cold spring
there was one of boiling water; so that,
when you wanted to cook your fish, all
,you had to, do, after. booking them from the
cold spring, Was to-pop them directly into
the boiling,’-” The company all expressed
astonishment andincredulity at this mon-
strous ‘ assertion, .with the exception of
Sheridan. "‘1 know,” he said, “of a phe-
nomenon yet more surprising: “I was fish-
ing one‘ day, when I came to a place where
there were three springs. The first was a
cold one stocked with fish, the second a
boiling spring, and the third a natural
fountain of melted butter and partial!"
ttnhesitaling and manly 00d faith.
» areal-Ir Advertiser
Farragut/Icarus. . . ..
Jllouid ouliketto know how I, watch .-
abled idsl‘itve‘fiiV‘R-iu ' i “$1M
down’t‘o?‘
New-Orleans with the little navy we .th u;- -.
‘had, to look after the treason of Burr-t ‘
qualities that] thought made smart of me; .- .
I could swear like an old salt; could drink
will.
.
an in this
can always b
RED
fine
tron MEDICAL
edday andnlght. Can be
i y40
signed would rcspctt‘nlly announce to
vicinity, that at his
’vvitsnmerrox am)- anor 3 'rs.
efound
R U G s ,
E ‘VINES and LIQUORS
PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES,
PA TENT MEDICINES, (fie.
WPhysicians’Prescriptionscarefullycomponne
found nigitts,in sam-
ouliding,entranceon Washington St.
S. F. PECK, South Norwalk Conn
At. his Storein MALLORY’S
iy on hand ageueral
G'- R O O E
CRCCKERY
businesshe hopes to merit p
Be So BLASCER,
BLOCK,hasconstant
assortmentof
E. I E18 ,
, amass,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, £710., ETC
By devoting his constant personal attentionto the
nblicpatronage. 9
ZE’I‘NA INSURANCE C
incorporated 1519.
Caplmland Assets,
ofcolnponsation.
0., OF HARTFORD,
Charterl’erpetual.
$5,052,880.19
[usuresagainstlossanddamage by Fire,onterms
adoptcdto the hazard ,and consistentwitb thelaws
COWLES dc MERRILL,
SoleAgentsforNorwalk andvicinity.
Charter Capital -
PaldupCapitul, - -
FOR A 6000 8
GO TO BE
Nouwa 1.1; t NSURANCE COMPAN v
.VOIlll’ALK, CONN.
- - - $500,000
$100,000
WM. 0 . Sranut,President, GEO. R. CO\VLES,Sec’y.
Enmv HILL. Treasurer.
DDK STOVE
LDEN’S.
Green “("1505
to.
FRANCIS MCKEON, In,
Practical Plumber.
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Beiden’a Tin Shop. J ebbing promptly
attended
lyl9
is now prepared to serve t
and intends making it the
The Saloon is well turn
will be kept neat aInd clean.
lug Dyeing, Cutting, .00.,
its. 11 manner
A
f'll‘Ielted butter ' and parsley l" exclaimed
the first story-teller, “impossible t" .
Cal and cm: lulu a trial.
‘ 0
New Barber Shop
Mr. AGUSTUs Havana”
Havin taken the Shop formerlyoco Tied by Mr.
Ed. Apfimll, in ISAAUS’ BLOClmwauR.
STREET.
be public in the best.
manner as regards anything ill the ’I'onsoriai Art,
'Most Popular Shop in Town!
ished throughout, and
Shavin ,IlIaerress-
execute( in it pains-
by competent assistants.
.GUSTUS FAPPLE.
the most-recent; discoveries in science, of every
‘kfih production in literatltre,hntl of the newest
‘ 'Eoea
HEM
Rollers. ’ .
-A~_P,PII.ET0N_S’
all natural.
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‘ FARM
;,HtllléUltuiiiDlMPlturrts.
.. ‘xrmrréé'fiiéEm. the most Iappgpv‘cd Farm and
' I piements how in store and ‘for sale,
' '6: (1 retail, at manufacturers’ prices, m-
. G '
.vntoié .
clu _ g5; , - -
Mcwmg Machinesand Lawn Mowers.
Lawn Mowers, fulI-stze, 812.
Whggl, lawn, steel and hay rakes. .
liqugherettd’s, Marsh, Eagle. 520. ,
3th ,_.cl_s,j Spades, ' Scoops, Garden Forks. and
Cutters—Burdick’s, I WhitmoIrc’s, and Hide
Halt-rows, Corn Shelters, Ox Yokes and Bows.
ChurnIs—Blanchard’s, the very bestin use ; also,
smaller implements in great; variety.
Phosphates—Russell’s, (Joe’s. Baugh’s, and
Bridgeport. W. C. STREET.
N orwalk, April, 1875.
w. c. QUINTARD 0:00.,
What cattle and Retail Dealersin
Hardware, Paints Oils, Glass,
House'Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds of
Mechanics’ Tools,
AND
ADRIDDLTDBAL IMPIEMENTS.
LOCKS, KNOBS,NAILS,ANDBUILDER
HARDWARE,POC’K IT AND TABLE CUTLERI'
ofthebestkind. Rememberthcplace,
No. 3 Opera House Block,
SOUTH NORWA LK,CONN .
moans-mun, HUBRKNAPP
THE HARTFORD
STEAM BOILER INSPECTION l
L\D
Insurance Company,-
CASZI CAPITAL, $500,000
SSU Es Policies of Insurance. After careful in-
spection of the Boilers, covering all loss or
damage to Boilers, Buildings, and Machinery aris-
mgh—om " “ ‘ '~ -- *’ ' _ .
STEAM Bolstt Exemsrons!
II. M. ALLEN, - - President
C. NLBEACH. - - Vice-President
J. B. PIERCE. - - Secretary
IV. G. LINEBURGII, — Agent
Office over the First. National Bank, cor. Main and
Bank Sts., BIRIDGEPOBTg CONN. ”3
J ohn A. H onesecleer,
B A K E R,
FOOT 01’ 1mm. HILL.
Bread, Rolls, Pies, Cakes, Crullcrs, &c., baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materials, and by careful and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
Seventy JlIach'mes !
\lei sell New $70 Domestic Machines for 843.
Other styles in the some proportlon. Also,
New Machines of other makers at less than agents
prices. Second-hand Machines—Singer‘s, Wheeler
lb Wilson’s, Wilcox S: Gibbs’ and Wectl‘s, but in-
tle used and as good as new. For sale cheap.
Mnehincsrentctl,exchanged or repaired. Attach-
ments for all Machines. Address Post Office 13on
519, or call at 2d house from Franklin, south srde
of Elm Street after 6 o’clock, p.111.
~ t‘. B. WHEELER.
-
TRAYg,
AI 1.1K. LOCKWOOD’S.
Crotkerv of every Description,
ALE. K. LOCKlVOOD’S.
illltl’s Carts alt Wants,
a e E. K. LOCIl'l'l'OOD’S.
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OOK, JOB AND
. CARD WORK,
01 every Description, at the
Gazette Job firintingpfilcc. '
TEA
. wv
lllSlllNG, "a , wttllllllttfjllltlllls.
Pam-runes: swank" ,
_Iallfs’tyl_es atlow prices , at
Gazettpvtjxob: Printing. 011109.
VISitinjg Cards.
. ‘~.i : '. l _
1.1. THE NEW STYLES.—piain. rep.
A. pure white or fashionable tints, imported l
stock, put up in heat card boxes,
't‘ronr.
’ofland; now used as 3 Saw Mill but suitable for 3
ND?! PEEP. Willi WATER PIPES.
Billileutis
can be had at‘:
shortnotice,at the Gazette Job Printing :1
”REAL ESTATE. E
, . mains. "
7 W0 very desirhblc BuildingLofs on ‘l'lr'Iest‘Main
Street. Apply at. tthGAZETTE OFFICE. , .
FOR SALE calms".
A GOOD FARM of about 45 acres of high land,
situated two miles north of New: Canaan. " ,
Apply to A. it. BEN lillitfl‘, Smith!s Ridge. . ,4.
ARN 'ro It.=1N’l‘,-—A new Lain {y'all gbu’u Star
bling for several llorscsmear the bridge. 3?;th
sstlcrmonth. inquireut tilisOlhce._ * ‘
.-.,,, . .
FOR SALE. .
- NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
. :uttcstnud mostztcccssiblc streets in town.
tins eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ea-
pttble of heating the whole house. ~Large barn
with stabling for several horses. Apple, I’enr and
Cherry Trees, just co mmcnclng to bear 'trItllt. Is
within five 'miuutcs’ milk or the II’ost Office, ($26.
Price $7,500. Or will -rcnt iIt to'a good tenant id:
5000 per year. Enquire at this otltee.
~- FOR SALE 01} '1‘0 REST.
‘NEW IIOUSE,chi fin' _ ed; 4 rooms and
A. large and convenient pa try anp two closets,
sinks, $50., on first fioor,tilrcc rooms find two clos-
ets on second floor; diningu'oom \t'tunscotetl with
niack walnut and cedar, kitchen wainscoted \vllll
pine; gas pipesthronghoIht the house; ~water
pipes, Arc; situated on Fair Street, about halt a
mile from the Bridge. in, a very healthy location.
If sold. tlittrgc part can remhln on mortgage. If
not sold soon it will be rented on reasonable
terms. . . , 8 - ' LL
‘ f ‘ . . \
MillyProperty
- . FOR SALE. ‘
HE subscriber ofi'ei-sforSalc his Mill Property
situated in West Norwalk, about two miles
' Depaethrec miles from South NIor-
wall:,-'ah'd , optics from New Cauaan,consrstlIng
ofa manu aetbry, two stories high,St}xleeet,wrth
about 12 feet head anti fall ofwater, withtllrceacres
a
o .
-
monufactoryofanykind. Tcrmscasyandpricelow.
Enquire of JAMES FINNEY, lieu] Estate Agent
N0rwalk,or ol‘tllesubscriber,
, ' (.‘HAUNCEYSTREET.
WesiNorwalk, Sept.25.1569 r, [3
Wm. Glover 85 Son;
A'rereadytoputinyour WATER,STEAM orGAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT A: CASTIRON,TIN-LINED.
LEADPIPES.&C..ofeverysizeanddescrlption.
PLJLIIVIBENG in allita Branches.
5-31-.
_—B.' J. STURGEB,
REAL ESTATE 81 lilSllRlillCE
BROIKICRII
Office No. 4 Gazette Building.
NOR‘VALH, CONN.
At ofiicc Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
and every evening after 5 o‘clock.
Property bought. sold and exchanged. . .
Connecticut Farms wanted tor New lork elty
property. I . _ -
Notary for City and County oi Sew l ork.
INSURANCE.
Lancashlrc, of England, CnpttaiSi0,000,000.
Scottish Commercial, Scotland, capi’i, $10,000,000.
Niagara, of New York, assets, $1,500,000.
Metro olitan Plate Glass Insurance Company,
of New 'ork, Cttplt:ti$100,000.
10 PER GENT. INTEREST-
First Mortgage on farm-lands.
5 Per Cent Saul-annually,
NO BETTER SECURITY.
Having made arrangements with HENRY
CLEWS .v 00., well known tankers, to safely in-
vest moucy at the above rate, we earnestly beg in-
vestors to call and examine at the office of :35,
Wilson 6t ilnrlbutt,
GAZETTE BUILDING
J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.
_ runners J. MGKEQN,
Draper and. Tailor.
A_choicc selection of new and fashionable goods
constantly on hand
LANGLEY! s"
HOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
No. 13 Main St., Norwalk,
(over G. s; S. H. lloimes’ store.)
I. F. Langley would respectfully inform the ill-
habitants of Norwalk and vicinity that he has en-
larged and remodeled the above Gallery, and is
no w prepared to make all kinds of plctnres as good
as the best, at the lowest prices. Copying done
and enlargements made from small pictures, and
colored in India Ink, Oil and Water Colors. \‘iews
taken of residences on reasonable terms. Stereo-
scopic Views,Oroups and Interiors matte. Stereo-
scopic Views of NorwaikIat 25 cents each. Please
give me a call. Satisfaction unrantecd. »
3'44. 1. F. LANG-L -, Photographer.
NOTICE TO PATRONS.
THE SUBSCRIBER is now prepared to furnish
Soda Water it.“ Root Beer
STEEL F0 UNJAINS,
to any of his Customers or the Trade,
ttkuanflm.
b.
51}; Main Street, Norwalk.
NOTICE.
The Fall’lielt (ill. Sailings Ball
\VILL COMMENCE BUSINESS ON
Thursday October lsl, I874,
In the Banking Rooms of the Fair
field 00. National Bank.
IHTERESI Will BE ALLOWED Ill All BASES FROM
THE DATE Df DEPOSIT.
Business hours front 9, A. M., to 12. M.; and from 1
o’clock, 1’. \I., to :3; and on Saturday evenings
from 6 to 8 o’clock. _ .
IVm. 1'. JAMES, President.
“.38 CHAS. II'. STREET, Treasurer.
STDVES! STONES! ! STOVES ! l l
‘ The bést‘a‘ssortmcnt of
Parlor and Cook Stoves
in town 15 at
17‘. Belden’s.
Geo.
Are you going to Paint?
USE
AVERILn’s-s
CHEMICAL PMNTE
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
It is morebeautitnl, more durable, lower-in price,
is all ready for use, does not. wash by rain. best
wood pl'csel'vcr, is water and tire proof, and is the
best for general uses, either for wood, iron or
brick buildings. Many of the finest Iresidcnces in
town are painted with _, .. . :. . . ,
AVERILL’S CHEMICA, . PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails of 1; 2 or 3 gallons
kegs of 5, 10 or 1.3 gallons. half barrels or-bnrrels,
All orders promptly tilled and anyinim'mation
given by applying to v.
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for N orwalk
Office west end of Bridge, SOUTH NORWALK.
Whitewash Brushes,
Only 45 Cents,
At E- E:L.OCKIVOOD‘N.I
”Tea «Spoons,
Olii' 3! Opel: 5153,...
: .Qtag.‘ ‘ "“Klv’qonts.
Furnaces .604ch "S "ohms
At 1K}? gn'lroqpf -. :2
EWMH nil-:23]?
at» -. :‘4- ’1): b .
.' Anow is tile-ti} tofllex Iusing this
GREAT *R-EMEDY-
8. PBOWliT
aiisizes andstyles can be hadat the;
Gazette Job Printing Office
.. Qanary Birds.
FOR. SA LE BY
, a"; cat’s. Paewwr,
rural-ram:- sinus. '
safely lay
_ THEIN
There were ninety and nine that
In the shelter of the fold;
‘ But onewas out on the hills away, '
Far oil“ from the gates of old,
Away onfithe mountains wil and bare.
Away from the tender Shepherd’s care.
“Lord, thou hast here thy ninety and nine,-
‘ Are they not enough for thee ? '-
But the Shepherd made answer: “This of
~. mine ‘
Has wandered away from me; . ,
31nd, although the road is rough and steep,
I‘gotio the desert to find my sheep."
'. . t . .
'Butnone of theIransomed ever knew
Ilow deep were the waters crossed; _
Nor. how dark was the night that the Lor
passed through
-.. Erehe found his sh‘eep that Was lost;
Out in the desert heard its cry—-
Sick and helpless and ready to die. '
‘Lord, whence are these blood drops all the,
way . ‘
That mark out the mountain’s track I”
“They were shed for one who had gone
astray
Ere the Shepherd could bring him back.”
“Lord. whence are thy hands so rent and
torn.” .
“They are pierced to-night by many a
thorn.”
And all through the mountains thunder
riven,
And up from the rocky steep,
There rose a cry‘to the gate of heaven:
. f‘Bt-joice 2‘"! ve‘found my sheep l”
And théiiififi‘cW'e'choed around the throne:
“Rejoice!" For the Lord brings back his
own !" ‘
-Assu up by Mr. Stinky.
“(HAT LIQUOR DEALERS no.
They bind down the conscience with “fet
ters of brass”;
They heed not their Maker, but fill up the
glass,
And “put to Abe lips" of both "neighbor"
and friend .
The draught that is death—worse than
death in the end. ‘ .
They shit-id not their
. rather give place,
Aye, beckon the “ternpter” to lure and em-
brace
In his skeleton arms, that have hell in the
touch,
Their sons and their daughters—it matters
not much .
If the end be attained, if the money flows
1n‘—‘~
Regardless alike of the shame and the sin:
bonseholds, but
4
The Poor House they furnish with ample
recruits: ,
For poverty, want, destruction, are fruits-—
Yes, natural fruits—of the traffic in rum;
And their victims are robbed, robbed even.
of home! '
Our prisons they furnish with inmates as
well, - >
And no source less prolific of‘evil could
swell - .
The number and horror of crimes that‘ .
arise
From this trade, at whose head is the {Fa-
ther of Lies. ' ~
They furnish ihei‘gallows a liberal share;
But double thenumber would swing in the
:
Illi' 4‘ . ' -
If these keepersiof infamous dens were but
caught.—' .. .. . ~ :
The demons’of whom the file: liquor has
haught;.I_,Z {IF-"1 _.;— * aw, - . b
That maddenediand’craze , hen infused the”
desire-j . . . - ,
To murder 'pelchanct: an 'unquencbsbie "
fire ,
No power could extinguish, no power could"
control, ~
Nor turn from its purpose to murder some
soul.
Our lawmakers, too, are no “whiter than
snow,”
When they yield to the clamor that comes
. from “below”
For “repeal” of such statutes as war with
the “rights” .
Of “respectable” keepers of Inm~holes,
where sights -
That are awful, and sounds that are foul,
Are as stench to the nostrils and death to
the soul. '
BEFORE ANDI AFTER SCHOOL.
BEFORE SCHOOL.
"Quarter to nine! Boys and girls, do you
hear?” .
“One more buckwheat, then—be quick.
mother dear,
Where is my luncheon-box ?”—“Under the
shelf,
Just in the place you left it yourself!"
“I can’t say my table l”-;"O, find me my
cap !"
“One llrissIIfor manlma, and sweet Sis in her
up.
:‘Be goStJItI,dear!"—“I’ll try.”—“9 times 9’:
:1 »
“Take your mittens l”——“A]i right.”—-"Hur~’ .
ry up Bill; let's run.”
With a slam of the door they are 0
and boys, ' .
And mother draws breath in thelnll oftlleir ~'
noise. ' '
ff, girls
AFTER SCHOOL.
Don’t wake up the baby i Come gently, my
dear!" -
“0, Mother! I’ve torn my new dress,just
look here!
I‘m sorry, 1 only was climbing the wall.”
“Oh, mother, my map was the nicest of all.”
“And Nelly, in spelling, went up to the
head !” '
"0 say! can I go otlt on the hill with my
sled '3"
"I‘ve got such a toothache B"——‘-'l"be leach- '
er’s unfair i”
“is dinner most ready '1 I‘m just like a bear!"
Be patient worn mother,they‘re growing up
.nst.
'l‘hcse Inurset'y whirlwinds, not long do they
as! ;
A still, lonely house would be far worse than
noise ;
Rtjeice and be glad in your brave girls and
. boys!
R. l Scltoolmaqtcr.
m
Send the ItI-hildren to bed with a kiss and a
sun c;
Swectchildhocd will tarry at best but a
while;
And soon they will pass from the portals of
home,
The wilderness ways of their lite-work to
roam.
Yes, tuck them in bed with a gentle “good
’ night i
The mantle of shadows is veiling the light;
Anti may be—God knows—on this sweet
little face, :
bylayw'fall‘ deeper sitadoWs in l/ife’s «vary
.- . jgceyi .
Yes, say it :I—t‘God bless/fly
. .' II prangil I,.o
It maybe the last ~ ,will say it forayel
The nigh’f may long ere you see them
.’
dearcbildrel .'
'ess'cllildrcn may call you in
Dropf"'swect benedictions on lack little
'“ head,- '
Knd told them in prayers as they nestle in
bed;
A guard oi bright angels around lbetiinvite,
The spirit may slip from the mooring to.
night.
f3 2 ways Lover's.
Married ptcplc should treat each other
like lovers all their lives—then they would
be happy. Bickering ar d quarrelling would
soon break off love affairs; consequently,
lovers indulge in such only to a very limited
extent But some people—men andw‘om‘en
both—when they have once got-:married.
think they may do just as.they,plesse,antl
it will make no (inference. 'I‘heyjm‘nk'c a
great. mistake. It causes all the differencia
in the would. Vomen should grow. more
devoted, ands. en more considerate after
marriage, if they have the slightest idea of
being happy as wives and husbands. It is
losingsight of this fundamental truth which
leads to hundreds of divorces. .‘ .Yet, many
a man will scold his wife who would never
think of breathing a. harsh wordto his
sweet-heart; and many a wife will be glam
and morose on her husband’s return, who
had only smiles and words of cheer for him
when he was her suitor. How can such
people expect to be happy ‘3
Somebody has undertaken to—dt-ln'onstrats
that fences are'anexpeusiyg folly; thoste in
~the United States llaving‘cOst 9,300,000,000.
Their annual repair, depreciationmiai inter.
est on the first cost is put at 34000000000.
In Pennsylvania they cost an ave-rigs Of
$11.40 per acre; in Rhode Island 81950.
ofll‘cc. Engraved Cards to ordbr.
.» x . firm"? A
i =nliilaars'rs.
They also somelimcs prove very expensive
trflpoliticianswho bestride them. :- '
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