4 2 the earnestness of his man-
- mg was his thought, and so
’ - .zble' his diction, that to} the
~. ainated listener, the end was
ccessor to the beginning. In-
. ' 13w of many competent to judge,
.ith to ssy',‘tliat, for simplicity
-".h of language, for‘clearn‘ess and
j e. thought, for brevity crowded with
er, and for magnetic force of utterance,-
I‘erry had few equals in his or any other
If. the secret of the rent confidence {ran
iin him-find; no a equate explanation,
.c fact of his large natural and acquired
ties. - ' .
1r it"is an old truthgoften and sadly cen-
. ed, that thought, and learning, and elo-
- . .ce may be'potent'fer evil as well as for
They natuially subserye the ends 9f
: ~ me. or of the other according to the char: »
_ :of thos'motives that put and keep them
- Iquisition. '
' ence, in genera
, ers in proportion to
* ’hich they hold their
6. principle, they (1
ring convictions. . _ .
nd exactly this type of character dlltm‘.
hed Mr. Ferry. He was preeminently_u'
J mnefctioiia, in the true sense Bf thut
is decided and acted according tO‘hll‘
1, men will believe in their
the degree of respect
motiv‘es.~ _ They do-
emand' honest and
us of what. wa‘scleagly. and.broa511y ..
. as in him by’hature'; and it asserted
. ace from first . to last in his profo's--~
. I public career. " 1; c: . _ ..
wyer; thereopened to 'him a field
g in appeals to high ambitieu... . ..
rely if is easy to believe that it' was»
. a field abounding in temptation.
.t .to guard and promote civil justice was
‘onc true function of his calling he of
use apprehended with characteristic clear-
.: 1'." Yet how often and powerfully must he
, u been plied with solicitations to engage
:he defence of cases wherein success were
:icc only in its civil acceptation.
1‘ ow it is quite common to assume that, to
‘ true lawyer, such solicitations are too
~ lcntly wrong to be included at all in the
:gory of temptation. .But..sueh assump-
1s, not unfrequently, are more prompt than
siderate. I am not of the number. who-
nt expediency as a synonym for conscience.
r do I sympathize with the dogma that
uld rule out the consideration of the higher
ras affecting our loyalty to the existin
tutes ef the land. But I am convince
t they who think it always easy, and only
y, to make unerring and practical applies-
a of this principle, think but superfieia-
' . There is temptation here from the nature
the case, temptation oftentimes in its most
usible ans resistless forms. - e, that when
turn to those of the legal p fession with
1 reproving inquiry—“Why do you not
w your justice always just.’”-——we should
forget to turn to ourselves also with_s
and honest inquiry: “Should we, if in
it stead, make justice appear any-better r"
is question, there is too much reason to be-
re, would prove a most searching one to us
Lnd new, as weighed in these balances,
v was Mr. Ferry found? Did‘he make
)ediency the law of his action as he engaged
the professional defense of justice? Did he
vr exalt the claims of self above the claims
downright principle ? Did his hand ever
:e a bribe? Did the emoluments of success
xr seem larger to him than the sanctions of
101‘ and right ?
iearch the record of his doings in this field
are from first to last he served his chosen
lfession; search your own memory, fellow
izens, as touching any or all of his many
I through many crowded years of servrco ;
I say if in things minutest as well as great-
. 4, he was not a man of strict and grand
)fossional reclitude.
There are those who personally know that,
-' . certain times in his earlier career, when he
i not a shilling to his name, he would uni-
-mly say to one and another who came be.
aching with much entreaty and gold his
:erposition in behalf of a questionable
ise, “no gentlemen, I think you are not in
a right, and I will have nothing to do with
ur case."
But his character as a man of convictions
ind no less its test and proof in the period
his political career. ,— As unanimously
denthusiastically chosen by his fellow eit-
tns for the purpose of discharging a specified
portant trust, it surely was not natu-
- 1 for him to desire to visit their expectations
th blank disappointment.
‘ > He would strongly incline rather to gratify
' We wish that conferred the. honorable com-
.ssion upon him. Yet how fully and boldly
could resist such naturfil} inclinations,
T ien personal convictions of duty demanded,
* u are abundantly assured. You re-
wlm's'c‘. the senatorial canvass of 1856, and
“ a part you, as his constituents, assigned
31 in it. You remember with what surprise
.u soon learned of his deliberate violation
your expressed wishes That was a time
.2 ien Norwalk blazed with excitement, and
‘ ien dissatisfaction rose, in many, to the
,» lzch of righteous indignation, that a public
.- rvant so trusted should prove himself so
'angely false to the real trust committed.
But you do not forget that your indignation
ainst this servant was succeeded by even
ire than your wonted admiration of him,
ienyou came to see that honestmnswerving
no if right was his only crime.
So grandly did Mr. Ferry prove :that con-
ence~ was more to him than office or prefer-
, mt. Nor did he less grandly show it to be
)repalso than any consideration: offrimdship.
the course of his life in the National Capi-
. he .had come to cherish a profound re-
, rd for Charles Sumner; It was the regard
-‘ ah of veneration and of love—love made
the more perfect through sympathy of
\ Idred physical sufferings. Yet see him
the floor of the Senate on the 27th
1 y of January, 1874, confronting that
:at and cherished friend in a speech against
1 Bill of Civil rignts, so fearless and uncom-
imising in its opposition, as to draw from
7.,Sumner the emphatic, deploring declara-
fijr‘fFei-ry, you have given my bill the worst
b‘it has-ever received on this floor." But
.s was only an illustration in a single ‘in-
nee, of what Mr. Ferry was uninformly
l characteristically ; a man of genuine mor
Jourage.
.11 just this therefore, he stands forth, an
x pressive lesson of what all should be in
diet circumstances.
- 3'-When it becomes a. personal question with
. 3 man, as it often does in some form with
ry man, whether to obey or ignore
conscientious convictions, he may know
. . .t the unequivocal answer as furnished by
» example of this senator is 6011861471“ always
1!; whether in public or pri‘fgjte station;
ether in the greater or lesser matters of life;
11 no other mandate as prior to that asserted
your native sense of what is true and
ll. How different would be the condition
the world today, had this been the really.
tiling principle of her civilization. How
. ny a trusted great man would thus have
'ed himselfflr mortal disgrace and attained
mortal renown. How many an enterprise
1 policy, adapted to both common and
» rtieulor good, would have thus gone on to
'lorious consumation instead of igaomin-
.sly perishing in embryo.
As from fitting respect then for the tried
I true integrity of him whom we would
v oommemoratmuletwrus any: Honor, over-
Ling honor to those, high or lowly, who are
, fiinchingly faithful to the dictates of person-
cnscience. The general approval of God is
ir’s, whatever he the situation in which
‘ y are held by man.
But we must go yet further to find the
wning excellence of Mr. Ferry’s charac-
Higher and more commanding than
ength :cf intellect, or integrity, was his
' 171. in God. With large emotional nature
[instinctive reverence for spiritual truth
inclined to religion as it were constitution-
. 1'. While yet a youth he was given to
ads of prayerfulness and serious inquiry
' igioug " ‘ mes seemed to possess a natural
‘actien him, especially those that in-
' red great religious principles. The philo-
. ' bio and masterly sermons of the late Dr.
.1
' 3h, at that time preacher at Yale College, .
a his especial satisfaction. Under the mini
ations of this clear-thinking divine he saw
l. confessed the eternal verityot‘ the Re-
. led Word of God, conceded the just claims
ts doctrines upon his personal acceptance,
' not unfrequently expressed a purpose of
gious obedience.
iut this purpose as often proved temporary;
for a lengthened period of years, as is
l and sadly known, his endeavors for the
nor life were condemned to unequal com-
with his propensities to sense and sin. But
waging of this contest ceased not, even in
times when his paths were most devious ;
hat,at length,by God’s saving interposition
lecame superior to the powers that would
lliim enslaved, cast off the fetters of his
loge, and gained the liberty wherewith
ist makes free.
’ 1 the Autumn of 1859 he made public
'essi'on of religion, and united with the, 1st
. gregatienal Church of Norwalk, under the
oral charge of Rev. Wm. B. Weed.‘
"he notion then taken by him was all the
"' ‘v't from the fact that it was
mmated during the
' which secured
‘ House of
oak upon
'00 to
in
.to turn from opens
.are'the thoughts an
,is in theft-practical ' cansciousin'esp touching
fundamental doctrines of the Christian
Church from the beginning. Nevertheless
to a large class of mindfihtheiie seem more as
the dead dog-ma; of u' hoary tradition than as
living truths for living men. , - ,1
‘ And. even of those, who nominally accept
them, and would fain accept ' them-fully, how
many are conscious of onlysa confused sense
of ,their meaning; 1,!" donfusi‘on sometimes
whitish“ scarcely_'—,less than‘ doubt itself.
New iiiQu‘eh states “mind .'it is instructive
” and Equire as- to what
d’feelingsof others. What
this matter of sin ? What do they inwardly
know in regard to the reality of divine pardon
and redemption? An answertoqueat'pnslike
these from one whose judgment and experience
command Confidence is wont to be heéourited
worth. something to souls’ that are in earnest:
And-so, friends, when we think, ofsMr. Ferny
in thalig‘ht ofsbis religious belief-mud. experi-
once .we must be,ass'ured5that there was that:
in his-fimght‘ahafceu' which may behOpe-
ful to our did.- ' Web evedin his intellect,
in. 1.1-: jud‘glniahiu his heart". Hence when v1 e ,
contemplate the faith'by' which he lived and
1611, 'we‘cunnet doubt that‘itis of- sufficient
import tween, for- ' our . seri6us cbnsideration. 1
And what was: ethat, . faith in its inmost
principle and essence? He believed in the lost
estate of man ;- and emphatically in his own lost
estate. 'He‘ likewise believed in the reality of
a 'ne ‘provieiu. for the lost on condition of
~(3'10 H ’ tarot; one faith. He believed in
3a Christflffine and yet human, and that man
.carr be saved‘ tl‘u'oug'h. Him alone. Indeed,
Christ was the substantial ~center of his_belief;.
. ‘scthgt ha‘c‘diild say in‘Very ~letter “Christ is
1-
0113“ . . g , _ _. .
This; belief, moreover, he. honestly de-'
'_cla_rcd,'ab' on, brethren of:.,this -chur_ch, well
aiid grat _ ully know. He declared it by the
act of liis'public .Christian prefessior'rinthis
sanctuary where hefivas wontto worshipxfle
declared it to his class in your Sabbath-school,
where he was a faithfulgfand edi ' 'ngjustruc-
tor. He declared‘it in yonder p age’pf social.
prayer where hithesrt used to unite -with.-
yours in the act of fervent petiticn,:__;-He de-
clared it in his accustomed religious remarks
and occasional‘reli‘gious lectures made in ”your
hearing; in which he brought to bear all his
wealth of scriptural knowledge, and all his
general and critical learning, to enforce the
fact of Christ and the truths of our common
Christianity.
- But the time to t .
physical .vigor“. sinitten‘; and when His
ability to appear statedly among .you, was
taken away. Bodily pain and agony became
his constant companions ;, and the fact of
steadily approaching death was constantly
visible before him. « ‘ _
What shall we say ‘ of his religious
exercises during that ' .period? Surely
those weretimes in which the tests of
his faith reachedthere extreme. There
were seasons when depression, like the horror
of a great darkness, was upon his spirits—
Ged frowning upon his sins on the one hand,
Chfist holding himself aloof on the other. ’It
was‘a fearful conception, and was to him fear-
fully real. But these reasons were only tem-
porary; and were to be explained rather on
physical than spiritual grounds. 0n the
whole, it was his strong sustaining conviction
that Christ was working in him and that in
his own wise way he was preparing him for
the eternal. fruitions of those which come out
of great tribulations. Such, brethren and
friends, was our Senator, whom we shall see
swiftly came . when his
that in his departure we suffer loss. We
mourn the valued friend and public-spiritcd
citizen that has left us. We mourn the strong
and guiding intellect, whose living light has
now to us, gone out.
We mourn the no longer'active presence of
that grand integrity which we felt it so safe
to trust. We mourn the decrease of states-
manship that our country'is called to suffer
in the termination of his counsels. We
mourn the lessened aggregate of genuine
piety which the church and the world expe-
think of ourselves alone. We would beat in
mind that our mourning is his gladness. For
with him henceforth there is no more pain,
and that One whom he loved and trusted even
as seen through a glass darkly, he now sees
face to face.
Blessed freedom ! Glorious vision! Who of
us would call him from them ?
Rather let us thankfqu remember his ex-
ample of faith and suffering patience, and
strive in Heaven’s help, to be prepareed to go
to him.
THE CENTENNIAL.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 18111, 1875.
Last night the city was all agog over the
arrival of President and his Cabinet and the
Justices of the Supreme Court and other
dignitaries from the national capital, num-
bering two hundred and seventy in all.
They arrived in West Philadelphia at 8
o'clock p. m., by special trains. They were
met by carriages at the depot and passed
down Chestnut street, which was brilliantly
illuminated. The President and wife being
the guests of Geo. W. Childs, the enterpris-
ing proprietor of the Public Ledger, the rest
being entertained by Philadelphia’s promi-
nent men, or by the Continental and Gircrd
hotels. ' '
To-day they are to banquet at Horticultu-
ral Hall at the expense of some of our prem-
local merchants, who have taken this op-
portunity to prove to the representative
men of the United Slatcslbat the Centen-
nial is not merely the offspring of excited
fancy or fanatical enthusiasm, but an elabo-l
rately matured plan for the grandest exhi-
bition of modern times, and that the assist-
ance they crave should no longer be with-
held by the nalional government.
Horticulturall Hall has been beautifully fit-
ted up for the occasion. The whole building
has been heated, the galleries extending
around the interior of the Hall have been
festooned with red, white and blue, the or-
namented pillars of white, black and red
tiles have been finished, the brass work of
the ceiling has been painted black, while a
portion of the dome has been painted light
blue, relieved with varied tints, and a tem-
porary floor has been laid. A11 is in readi-
ness for the distinguished guests who will
view,—1nauy of them for the first time,—t1ie
spot which has been selected as the most
appropriate for the celebration of the, 001k
anniversary of ourjualicn’s existence,‘ ‘spot
repletewith historic associations and en-
shrined in the memory of every American.
I N. S. G.
m
Below zero Monday morning.
Ice men have commenced reaping.
The crusaders were out again last Friday.
Union Factory has sbpt down for needed
repairs.
The Board of Relief is not a soup dispens-
ing organization.
Last year 492 couples were divorced in
this little slate of Connecticut.
Island to Connecticut, where it properly
belongs. ""
The picture of Tweed,-“What are you
going to dojabout it,”—-in Harper’s Weekly,
is capital. ' '
The fences around the First M. E. Church
are being put in order. The entire church
property now- seems to be in good condition-
} Thegfiousatonichailwad Co. has declared
a quarterly dividend of two dollars per
share on preferred stock, payable Jan. 101h_
The union daily prayer meetings,cily, are
largely attended. A larger room is needed,
and the matter has been referred to a com-
mittee. ' '
Special singing classes are now being
taught in some, of our public schools by a
Professor of Music, and a concert will be
given in January.
Rev." John Davies Was taken suddenly and
violently ill at his home in Norwich, last
week Monday night, but rallied and at last
accounts was considered improving.
. Thejanuual meeting of. the Fire Depart.
ment for nomination of Engineers ‘is to be
held’thiseveniug, at Pbmnix'Enginc Com-
pany’s parlor. A lively time is expected.
The Town Board of Belief will hold their
first meeting on the first Monday in January
sexual the Town Clerk’s office. The Clly
Board will meel'on the same day at the of-
ficc of W. S. Bouton.
11%“Conistock Bros. stock of Gent's Fur-
3ds is not surpassed in town.
._._......,_..__.
heavy Undel'shirt and Drew: '-
.s'and upwards, at Harlem
'tbiers.
.--—_.—-«O I I
, ,-ou1-§swcetbearl ,_ ppy by giv-
s‘aucy Haudkercbie ,‘or a beauti-
selccted from the stock of Van
car & Ambler,
————-———-‘o.—.———————-
Toys for the children, 111A. Sellcck’s.
hirl Studs at Comstock Bros.
Tuesday. Dee. 21st. 1875.
EDITORIAL LETTER.
WAsmxc'rou, Dec. 19th, 1975.
for the past week. Mr. Starkwealber at
flamed gauche
DEAR GAZETTE—There is little legisla-
lion to report in either House of Congress
upon Postmaster-General Jewell to permit
himself to be named as our candidate.
Mr. Jewell, however, peremptorily declines
the proffered honor. He considers his pres-
ent duty to remain where he is. "
The idle gossip so industriously circulatl
ed, and for a purpose, that his omcialtenure
in the cabinet has become precariousrnc
doubt stimulates his resolve not to'qu'i'flhe‘;
field for any home 0 3. This suggeslstbe
opportunity for cg), ,iiiu‘ our individual
" ' " f I i “ Fairfield Coun-
the earliest moment introduced a bill. pre-
pared al the Post Office Department, to re-
store postage rates on transient newspapers
to the old rule of one cent. ,- This is anim-
provement by going backward, w‘c marvel
that the clear and pracfibal-man at thcrbead
.of our postal affairsldoes not, strike cotton 9.
new departure’dnd' recmiim‘c'nd one rate for
all kinds of printed 31' written matter. Say
one cent fgr ,every- letter, postal card, or.
transient 'iiéwspaper, sent through the mails
‘of half ounce'weight, and the same uniform
rates for every multiple thereof. If'tbe pos-
tal service is to undertake an express busi~
ness in the ”biennium cl" merchandise,“
there is a propriety that present or even
higher rates be charged. There .isujg’ood
reason also for a greatly reduced'i‘preépaid
rate for publlcat'iqns- sept regular subscribe
couv __ 11 . ,2, if -‘
tyftl _ 11- ,, ould head our
nexflS ’W‘e‘i-refer. as all, will
know _f'_ Stumfopdfi "Air
his promifiénf .. _ ~ _
dist church, than as a politician.“ Nomi-the?
less, his great liberalily and personal identiV-V
ly with nearly every good Work of religion‘
or reform, has made his name a cherished
household word, all over our State, and we
are quite sure the nomination of none 'else‘
would awaken ampere earnest ‘eulbusi '
or more easily , f" .1 an election. There,
potency in high’ rial wortb,.§iid u clean,
unsullied reputation, which will command
the confidence and support of hundreds of
modest man, and
Eliot‘s, he is better
‘ Slate, perhapsgfrom
‘cbnncction with" the Metho-
and universally conceded integrity won for
him in the Senate, we can assert without
any fear of contradiction, that his position
was among the very foremost of that body,
by the common consent of his associates.
Wheu the had earnestly assailed Mr. Sum-
ner‘s Civil Rights Bill in u half-hour’s
speech, Mr. Sumner was the first to go to
his seat and greet him in these words: “Mr.
Ferry, your speech is by ,far the most dam~
aging blowimy. measurefhas received, yet I
could not refrain from he toning to you, to
express my recognitioufiiits great and ex-
haustive ability.” Agni .1 'at the end of a fif-
teen minutee’ speech on the Louisiana qucs-
lion—Mr. Schurz apps, cited, a mutual
friend a jd remarkedzifi._ i. berating—“Poor
Ferraoihksnsl 1’11 112,118 ‘gbfiuhadgsm
shouldfirs; above' ally, “'s‘bili’the. Senate in
intellectual force and-
illicit
coining"
:Zpevfer.” Again; on
1311111211. Senator ' Guldwell’s case Was
‘,p.,‘,‘or action, 1141 Senator, while re-
markiugfbe would } A‘egauy ‘dtber Senator
than . icpshould opfios ,himdv 'cértain
that; 'ét“ pré'cbeulr. d‘l’l‘j’rifigsfigéjug to
,makel"could’het afi‘ectl‘iiiemajdrity-lic knew
he had,‘ from a carelbii'l'canvass. Despite
Senalqr Caldwell‘s confidence, the moment
'Mr. Ffiry ceased to speak, he sent his resig-
natienz’lo’ the Clerk's "desk- to be read, so
cessily of playing the role of detectives.
terinls for,cau be sent for the samefcosl
followed by a greatly increased amouutb
mail matter.
if it failed of success
"its next session.
Apropos of postal matters
législiue an increase :1
cm, in the interesi‘of education and the _ ’ "yr
semination of knowledge. ,Tbis was“;
greatly simplify the duties of postmael’efs
and obviate all temptation to defraud fh’e
.service by writing on newspapers,-cards,o’r,,
Whatnol,1md save our postmastcrs'lhe ne— 1
.a postal curd, furnished by the Government,
~can be transmitted through the mail for one
cent, a letter, which the writer furnishesma
Besides, every reduction in postage has heed H
We wish Congress might try,
the experiment for the Centennial year and
,{il is'said that
yoters wh'o‘desirc the choice of Our baffles»,
rather than our smartest politicians. Iii
OLIVER Herr we should have a most ad-
mirable counterpart of the late Governor
BucxmenAu. He possesses too, in a large
degree, the same noble qualities of personal
dignity, unselfisbaess and devotion to the
- right that so pro-eminently Characterizedjour
decased “War Governor.” ,, ,
The grand event of the week here,”
the “Centennial" excursion to 91.11.4121,.th
completely had be himsfelf become demoral-
,ised. But the friends a; the departed Sena-
tor cau well afford to: wait for his fellow
members to speak their own estimate of his.
personal worth and of‘his transcendent abil-
ities, as they so soon will do.
As ever, B.
Thelniemorl‘sl Scruggs.
' q :- ”glue First
" Thatcssocialion finding itself in neod~ aulil:~ ' '
1 million and a half of dollars, arran ', (go f 1. To, , in“??? ,
“scoop” Congress, and by giving ils'me'np. j ' "L a} ‘ atioii,9f
bers an opportunity to view the groundle‘nd._ : gmk-‘germon
t to see what has been accomplished. ._ It was" been kindly fur-
believed a disposition could thus be flfipi' ether
to grant the required aid from the usfigq
treasury. The most elaborate prephriifi': I
no more in the flesh. May we not well feel
rience in his deceasg. But we would not,
Col. Bangs has received afthfgher call" to
private life, and will leave the head of the
Postal Railway service on the first of Janu-
ary. The sixth Auditor McGrew is bitterly
assailed, and his confirmation opposed by
parties having some real or fancied cause of
enmity towards him. He Is a most efficient
and competent officer, and it is doubtful if
his opponents will be able to do more than
exhibit their own animosity. The postal
committee of the Scuafehas been notified of
ex-Postmaster Duffbam’s desire for a hear-
ing before them, oi" the causes which led to
his removal, before Cul. Kuowllon is report-
ed for confirmation as his successor as post-
master of Bridgeport. As the request is a
reasonable one it will no doubt be granted,
but Col. Knowlton is quite as likely to be
reported favorably upon,af1er all is‘said and
done. A displaced ofiicial wages an un-
equal contest in opposing a Presidential-
nomination of his successor,
The following Connecticut postmaste
have had their rc-sppoinlmeuts confirmed".
William F. Hall, Meridcn; A. C. Green?
Greenvillc ; E. A. Hough, Gellinsville; F.‘
Shuuiway, West Killiugly' and» Col. 510.111;
H. Burubam,'of Hartford: ‘ A “
The first effort to restore the Frankiug
Privilege came from M. Bright, democrat;
Public documents ought either to be s'é'
free to the people or else not printed. The
printing and purchasing of official stamps,
v
ness and correspondence between, the De'-.f
partments, is another costly farce that:oughl;
to be repealed. ' ' 'V ' .
Sam. Randall presented a petition‘uearly';
an eighth of a mile long and embracing over."
thirty thousand names of citizens of thirty,
three states for the repeal of the two cent.
check stamp nuisance. That obnoxious tax
will go by the board this session.
The pressure upon the newly elected ofli’l-
cers of the House continues with only slight
abatement, even now that hundreds have re?
were made at both ends of the route. ”The
business men of Philadelphia with their
well known generosity, made voluntary
contribution to cover the expense of the
trip and entertainment.
Cabinet. Court Judges, Congressund its
subordinates, Heads of Departmed'ts,_and
nearly-a bundred‘real or pretended repf'e-
senlativcs of the press, received elaborately-
engraved invitations. 0n Friday,_'at 3 p.‘
Potomac depot with over three hundred on
board, including the President, two mem-
bers of his Cabinet, the Chief J ustice; sever-
."'
“divest the excursion oft
Variessional delegaticn who we
in lieu of personal franks, for official busi- Gliding-why very prudently,-
The President,
m., the long special train moved out of the
al departmental dignitaries, many Senators
and Members, journalists, and a riff-ruff of
others who had secured an invite. ' Quite a
number of the more cautious Sengors' and
Representative declined to go because of the
look it bad 01' a junketingi from? 311131111)-
paréully, everything was; 'I- _~ ‘poss‘fh'l'ezto
Congressional“spree,”su‘ ',
indulged in last session, '
«r
cteri-of a;
:1 ; grplsrlfisiuas. _ . ,j. . - q
The festival or. theiN‘, tlvity willrbe held
at St. Paul'si‘fcbur' 1. Friday a-ffle'i‘uOOn
:l‘here will be ne'dgl'istmas Festival this
yz‘ar at the eFirst Congregational church:
bit a Sunday Scllbol gathering will be
bold next week infltliie Lecture Room.
' ‘A Festival is to be held at the Methodist
church, cily,on Christmas Eves.
- Al the Second M. E. Church, borcu
the Sunday School Festival will be held on
Fridayev'ening. W. '
Weiuudersland that the Nativity will be
celebrated 111:1‘rinity Chapel, city, as usual.
Death or Bony. A. Smith.
We reported in our last the accidenlwbich
occurred to Rev. RA. Smith on thepregvi-
ous Shim-day. The Reverend- gentleman
lingered along until Thursday eveniugm'vlien
death relieved him of his, sufferings.
The Rev. Peter A._,Smith was born in the
' town of Virginia, Cavan County, Ireland,
in the year 1829. He was educated for the
id'- spficsthood in All Hollowa College, near the
be great Pacific Maii‘ship" 'uilderinvit:"
Suggests to witness his launcu at Chester;
(1 emptied more cbamps§nejlhsn vie
eat his great ship. Gen. Haw'ley. :
ver Friday to distribute the 19.11.1116“ ,
elp ofi‘ the expeditions MrsEStark,
g: the only one of the C t
press representation from our’State 16 flir-
iélfl This discourlesy we heard apologized
for- on the ground that the Gene” ,1, .
nominally President of the C ”pupils
socialion, was nevertheless subordindfito a -
higher and controlling authority in matters
appertaining to its affairs.
The free feed over, the next thing expect.
ed of Congress, is to vote the 111111an and a
half. The claim that Congress ’Tll'euld; not
be asked for aid, is answered by The 'teum
stance that then the business of 111 ‘
was prosperous, and private libfi ,
although"
~'1' Dubliuq ; In, November, 1853,11e was
med Priest,.au:'d in the January follow-
_ cease-sweep: America-'andtoukup
. 2 ,[Ce Iufljheclty Cf,-'I?;;d"fid§nce,
, e" ofil‘c‘iated in the Cathe-
» Tilliatgjeity for ai'period of three years
"a upwardkand Var-then transferred as
'uls'siitant to Father Hughes 01‘ Hartford, the
pféSent administrator of the Hartford dio-
" [the churchli‘n East Bridgeport in this county.
IpFeb’i-uary, 1862, he came to Norwalk
successor of Rev. Father Mulligan.
When: be commenced his pastorate here, his
,flock‘éwas worshipping in the small frame
Churches;,Cliapel'str’eet. Heist once won
the'conifdenceaud lovwe,.,of;hls‘~ people in a
remark bl d re and the
ghi
Case. In the year 1856 he becamepaslor of
treated to their homes.
ams, of Kentucky, as 'a clerklj’fiM
TheClerk of the
House has appointed his uncle,5Green Ad-‘
dams.
enterprise were honestly relied u
needed aid. _‘
'space,beyond what was antibipatedgcsll
Then, too, mains-ii its" oi;
was formerly a Member of command:
subsequently Sixth Auditor of the Treasury
for the Post Office Department; “' ":4 '1
The severest trial is said'to beexperienced
by the House Postmaster, amen one-tenth
of the democratic strengthof his mother,
slate of Virginia, are after one of his four-
teen places. It is said that young Goodsell,
of Bridgeport, although a born democrat, is
not altogether happy among his ex-confed-
crate associates in this department. Our
dancing-master, Corbusier, is more agreea-
bly associated in the Document Room of the
House. The clamor for place has been so
fierce from thesoutb, but little has been left
for the north, and the grumbling is loud and
wide spread.
Amery few'of the old employees have
been retained. Among these are Dr. Ma-
hcfi‘ey, reading clerk and John J. Piatt, of
the Library. The latterisamostccmpe-
tent and popular officer, a purely literary
gentleman, aloof from politics and so con-
spicuously capable, that it is to be hoped
that the public service will 'not be made to
suffer by his removal. Mr. .Piatt has just
prepared for the press a valuable addition
to our poetic literature in the collection of
the poems of George D. Prentice. The work
is prefaced by a biography of the great jour-
nalist and poet. Connecticut has a special
interest 111‘ the volume dedicated to one who
went out them her to make a world-wide
’name and fame as wit, editor and poet.
This grateful and graceful contribution to
our best literature, so ably performed by Mr.
Plait, ought of itself, to make him secure in
his little subordinate place in the House Li-
increased expenditure. It certainly’WOuld .
look mean and contemptiblc in the eyes of '
and “individuals, Congress should
suitably bear a part of the nailed sh
completion. The intelligent an . . u
people of the land will no ‘doubwfijome:
that the sum askedfor from. Congress, is
not five millions instead of oneund ahalf.
letter, there is little need of attempt
corrections not required by'justi"
living and dead. The inference ll:
.1
the cost of its creditable inau
Mr. T. M. Reese, of Ohio, Clerk of senator
Sherman’s Finance Committee, died last.
week of disease of the same general uype is
that which eudedflie lives of the V'
ident and Senator‘Ferry. '
u.
éPr es
A meeting of the Massachusetts Congres-
sionul delegation was held on' Thursday, to
settle upon the time when the eulogics
should be pronounced upon the Vice Presi-
dent. It was decided to postpone the occa-
sion until after the holiday recess, but the
day was not definitely decided upon. A
separate day will probably be selected for
the announcemenf'of Senator Fer'ry’s death.
In the Bones, it is understood that Mr-
Starkweather will open, Ex-Speaker Blaine
and Prof. Julius H, Seelye, with others, will
follow, and Judge Phelps conclude the 131110-
gics. In the Senate Mr.Eaton will snug, "h '
his death and eulogize his public se'“
He will be followed by Senators An':
Wadleigh, Morrill, Thurman, and 0111‘
do
Recurring again to the Brcmleyg
- ‘8
iii—girl. '1 last week. He was an old resident
{ef‘chIs place and familiarly known to almost
. everybody. Years ago, before the days of
._ steam or horse cars,he drove the village stage
110' the steamboat, then to the cars. When
horse cats were introduced in New York,
be obtained a situation there as driver, but
returned to Norwalk to accept a similar po-
sition upon our horse railway. ‘ ’
FIRE—Betweentwelve and one o’clock
P. Terrell’s place, Down Town district,
was discovered to be on fire. The ularm
was sounded up-town and a portion. 50f the
fire department turned out, but returned,
the fire being too far away for them to
render any assistance. The barn was com-
pletely (leslmyed,together with a‘ horse,
four head of cattle, hay, &c. Mr. Terrell
’s‘tiinates bisloss at $1,000; no insurance.
1Th€j fire was undoubtedly of incendiary
n.
Edwina—The store at Graniteyille
wood by Mr. S. B, Sherwood, was destroy-
%§§-fire on Sunday uigli't last. Loss esti-
‘ ‘téd 9181300; ‘iusugpgagon building $600,
on Tuesday night last, the barn on Mr. H- .
An effort is to be made to annex Fisher’s 1“
brury.
into a very uncomfortable .mp,vappnrently
tellers was then taken.
and twenty-six.
'the Republican vote was solid in its favor.
cause of much merrimeut. His introduction
of the school amendment to the Constilution
.shows he is not deficient in courage when
occasion requires. ‘
the House Committees on Monday, though
it is not certain that he will until after . the
Holiday recess. Of course nothing of mo-
ment can be done while in this inchoate
'slate,aud the resolution to adjourn from the
beginning of the present week over to the
fifth of January, met with no opposition.
Our three democratic members have left for
Connecticut. The two Senators and Mr.
Starkweuther. remain. '
In the drawing of seats, our friend Land-
ers of the Hartford district. got himself
nicely sandwiched between the “twin relics"
Mr. Cannon of Utah sitting next on his left,
his right. Judge Phelps’drew an outerséat.
on the extreme east side, while our MnBat-i
num is still nearer the main exit door on the
northfront. ‘
Next month the National Republican
holding our next Presidential conventle '
The Fourth of July, and Philadelphisgss ,
the patriotic time and place most unmade
1y favored.
. ‘ The declination of Mr. Lloyd-Greene, our‘
last ycar‘s‘caudidste for Governor, to allow
his name to be used again the coming spring
11.n- irritated!» quite a persuasive pressure,
Mr. Fort, of Illinois, caught his democratic
brethren napping the other day and got them .
before they were aware of what was up. He
introduced a resolution providing that in all
appointments to subordinate positions under
the House, wounded Union soldiers, not (lie-
abled from performing the duties, shall be
." referred. He demanded the previous ques.
1611. .When the House divided upon it. all
the republican members voted solidly, by
a rising vote, for its adoption, The demo-
crats in a body voted against it. A vote by
The republicans
numbered ninety-nine in its favor. The nays
of the democrats aggregated one hundred
The democrats next day, tried to return
the fire upon their adversaries, by introdu-
cing an anti-third term resolve. Itdidc’l
produce the perplexing result anticipated,“
Mr. Blainc‘s absence at the roll-call,was the
It is expected the Speaker will announée; -'
and the 'colored member from Alabama, on
Committee are to convene here for 'lhelp'ur'f,
pose of sellllug upon the time and plies of .
democrats joined in Mr. Ferry’s re...
because they thought him an anti
man, maybe eergegz,ted byJeference '16,,
"t'e'r reCei'vc'd by the late Hon. James F. Ba
wrote Senator Ferry here, and asked hi-
iee his democratic associates in his (Senator
,Ferry’s) behalf, in the event they should sol-
idly support his re-eledt’ion. , The first re-
turn mail brought an answer in these words :
“ While 1 should be less than a man were I in-
eensible to such a mark of their confidence, say
to them all, that I shall be no less a Republican
than I always have been." This Mr. B. read to
us and to many others of his old Republican
friends; and, if we do not greatly mistake,
this letter was read in the democratic cau-
cus, with Mr. Babc‘ock’sstatement,11113.1the
letter was just what liehad cxpectedifiand
that its honest purport«gave‘assurauCeIiliat
Mr. Ferry was share-all the arts of defus-
gogues. . ., -‘ , ‘ ‘
It is entirely true that Senator Ferry syn1~
pathised with. Senators Fessendeu, Trum-
bull, Sumner and' Schurz, They were all
men up to his own estimate of statesman-
sbip._ He differed often, and radically, with
(them at times, but there was 11 Sort of an in-
. ftellectual estimate of the worth of these gen-
fflenien, which made them very, very near lo
him. :Aufi'when the more radical or zeal-
our republican Senators, assumed an atti-
tudeml coercion towards these great men,
Mr.TFerry’s sympathetic nature went out
generously toward them, and with deepest
and sincerest regrets at the disastrous effects
such conduct was sure to have upon the
power and success of the Republican party,
He was always earnestly and thoroughly a Re-
publican. In the Cincinnatti movement, he
no doubt hoped to see the highest, the ablest
and the best elements of the Republican
party come up to a higher plane than hith-
erto. V ice-President Wilson fully shared
this hopeful feeling also, and no one ever
doubted his thorough Republicanism. But
when it was apparent that the worst ele-
.,1uenls of the old, corrupt, democratic party
‘31,“ stolen theylivery of peer Mr. Greeley, to
,‘ierve 'themsslves'inmis nature revolted, and
héhee his “ midsummer , madness ” let-
ter to Hon. John B.,Terrls. Whoever was
.inisled or deceived byflr. Perry's action in
that extraordinary canvais has himself and
not Mr. Ferry to blame. If from, anything
he was free and far above, ifwas everything
approaching dissemblance.
'15-.
cock. Pending that struggle, Mr. Babcqgl;
categorically, what he (Air. B.,) mightprom’e‘v
.3500 ‘7 fire luggasuaposed .-
(,1
likAMerry
Obi-public schools close this week for
,vacation.
.. police will look after the boys w
_ lures in the Amphitheatre woods.
LeGrand Bouton leaves for Washington
on Wednesday to taken clerkship there.”
Mr. Grumman, nigger/mania building
a house on the Wiunjpauk read, next to Mr.
Green’s. 5::
Christmas to 1111 of our l‘CldCl‘S.
the
he
the Baptist Tuberuuclc, City, on Monday
evening next.
The Stockholders of the National Bank of
Norwalk hold their Annual Meeting on
Wednesday, Jauusry 12111.
Scribner’s Montlilyf“ diSijut Nicholas,
for' January, are Hdlidayé'humbcrs, and
g'rairqgood numbers they are.
.C'pnuggrsble inside matter will be found
upondii‘r'first page to-day; also a timely
and interesting article on Christmas.
Mr. Ernest Goldey, son of H. H. Goldey,
Esq, of North Stamford, started for Cali-
fornia last week to enter upon abusiuess
career. .'
An examination, in all departments, is in
progress at the Center District School. The
school closes on Wednesday for a two weeks
vacation. _ "
Citizen’s Engine Co. No. 2, of Water-
bury, give a Sociable in the City Hall of
that place on Friday evening the 3131 inst.
Thc_Departmenl Ball is be to on the 14111 of
January.
Some of the Granges of the Patrons of
Husbandry in Kansas have been surren-
dering their charters, claiming that the
thing is being run by uuprincipled and
tricky politicians.
Squire Selleck has had the ceiling of his
attractive book-store very handsomely dec-
orated. The painting and designing was
entirely dobeby the Brotherton Brothers,
of this place, and reflects credit" upon their
skill. Winter is a good season for having
this work done. '
Or.—
Norfolk and New Brunswick under shirts
and drawers, equal to Carlrigbl d5 Warner’s
goods, at Harlem & 00.. Merchant Tailors.
O
y—.——————
E‘Baled Hay and Straw at G. O. Keel-
Ia regent to the plate his gun! ehmuas .
i.
7.39, Flair guest.
A Sunday School Festival will be held at i
The Town Meeting.
The annual Town Meeting. for lb.
bearing of Reports, the, was held yester
day afternoon. Mr. S. E. Olmsteu'd was
called to the chair.
The reports of‘ the Town Treasurer and
Town Deposit Fuud Treasurer were read
and accepted. Next the report of the joint-
board of Selectmen and School Visitors was
read and elicited a great amount of talk on
all sides. The Board stated the amount an-
nually appropriated since the free school
law had gone into effect was from $20,900
in 1871 to about $30,000 for this yea'r' and
they thought it ought to be curtailed, and
reported a plan allowing $4 to. each
child enumiiralcd, and $5 for each one regis-
tered and amounting to a total of $25,000.
Various amendments were offered to this
and one making the annual appropriation
$29,500 was finally adopted by a vote of124
to 34. . .
An appropriation of $6,000 was voted for
Highway purposes including one of $600
for improving the new road leading from
East Avenue to Westpcrt road; also $100
for improvement of Highway at Seymour’s
Swamp.
The question of providing a work-house
for trumps, 8.70., was finallyr left discretion-
ary with the Selectmen, who are limited to
an expense of $500 therefor.
Atcn mill tax was‘laid and it Was also
voted that the/Bowl? Reports be published
in the towh papers. We endeavored to ob-
tain the Selectmen’s Report for this issue,
but were unable to do so. It will appear
in our next.
We give, however, the following con.
densed statement of Receipts and Disburse-
ments for the year ending Nov. 30111; and
a few items from the Report: —
Selleck has a fine display of Books and
fancyarlicles for the Holidays.
Adults and children are tempted alike at
Doug'lsss'candy store, Main street.
It is worth a quarter to see the “big show "
of curious toys, &c., at l‘rowilt‘s corner
store.
Harlem has hung his ‘fbanucr on the en'-
or walls" announcing a great reduction in
prices for the Holidays.
_. Frank Mead & Co., have ornamented
their 'store with evergreens, and are rcady to
supply Santa Claus with all manner of
sweet things for the Holidays.
m
MiLirAnr BALL—Tile Burnside Guards,
our only military organization, propose
holding,r a. Ball in their Hall, city, on Friday
evening, Dec. 3lst,—New Year’s Eve. The
Burusidcrs have had long experience in such
malters,aud are sure of attracting a large
attendance.
H
Alexandre Kid Gloves, in light and dark
colors, at Comstock Bros.
9
113‘ Cardigan Jackets of all grades and
Colors, at Harlem & Co.’s, Wall Street.
0
WWbat more acceptable present can
you make your sister than a nice Set of
Furs bought at Van Hoosear & Ambler’s.
.,_._—_=-—
1.3- All new publications can be bad,at
A. Sellcck’s.
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Jingle, jingle, :clearvfthe Way, for Kriss
Kringle’s merry sleigh is bound for L. J.
CuItis’ Museum of Holiday Goods, up Main
Street. He wil have ajolly time asserting
out from this stock, which comprises all
conceivable articles, including miniature fur—
niture in variety, all manner of games, tin
#122;ng Sgdggwfining 353,153 00 toys, wooden toys, paper toys, skates, sleds.
Alma HouseE uses {4.2823 marbles, &c., &c. The assortment of toys is
Siti‘f‘gfirgfsfifitiigi POOP , 6.93%?3 really wonderful, comprising everything
gbgtein‘fylglgfid'l‘ggfiem 384cc from rude, cheap playtbiugs to quite inge
rind State Trelisurer r s'fl’gfi nious and expensive mechanical figures.
£12111: figurggpgzggurer » _ 0,3316: There is something for everybody, and all
Printing, stationary, Postage and Insurance 71 23 purses can be accommodated.
ggfifidfienscs a!!!“ ' " ' . ‘
Enr°11§1fint£ndN°mcafi°n of cmcm 0, "”0 @- Farmers and Milkmen attention 1 30
CC on . . -
Support of gonads . 28.53322 Tens of. Bran, just received at G. O. Keel
Regietrar Births, Marriages and Deaths 211 66 91 5: M11111 Skeet
mm...“ 31936 *
. . "W 5 . . _ ~ __ -_
B,,,,,,,,,,,s,md(3.0.1,12th Regimm 1.10500 .M.s. Maucbester. The celebrated phySI
$§3§3510d 0.23233 Will be obliged to prolong her stay at the
$mm°§ (firsTou-p Accounts, 1374 300 Norwalk Hotel 1111 Dec. 2311, but will posi-
own. a upp ice 1- 50 - .
I,.Schwwmm . 4,149 lively leave then to fulfil an engagement In
2.0- P..Ulill§7.50ne Quarters Salary, to January Daubury for ten days. .
'. " ‘ ~ ‘ 75 00
Town me -~. - . "
Boaficof-Assmm.5 5:5 33 wllollday Goods at Comstock Bros.
gosrpnofgtelief 102 00 0".“
A‘t‘gmegyr‘gcie 173 $3 @- A Diploma awarded to Harlem & 00.
prn Records 75 00 b the Fairfield Count Fair Association,
Scan Post [181 y y
Etiirage of To“... Gm, 500 for the best made Clothing, and finest select-
‘urriu cs for strain ers at funeral of O. S.F‘r1 30 00 Y ' ' . '
HEW! .Selleck, mm mark . 1'49“” on.o_f Gent 5 Slurls and Neckties, Cloths,
Eli B. Bennett, Town Treasurer 37' 00 Sunm gs and Ccssnncres.
gselulctmfin t 1,188 00 ° _.
fl OCOUI] ' ' f " . "
Cashggu Hand December 1st, 1675. 151311111 gt [3‘ G“ to Vim H0059“ & Ambk‘r's ‘0
11" ‘ buy your Christmas Presents.
. 154 936 22 .
Club on florid, Decemberust, 1871 $8 6:060 10 V . . - .
€33: $5,?“ p‘ast ear 63,445,, 33 5%‘SA :arlge 115501 [meat of Juvenile Books,
_ , . og an 1 t, . ' . ~
8:311 prom gutter Commission , 3 0% a I e1 CC S . I
rain on s ' 203 3 . .
petal: frpm smuggler Paupers m 43 WComstcck Bros. are agents for Morison
n eres return b Savin s Banks 1‘7 76 - 1 - '
Cash from’Tax on. an}; SE)“: 531 0,, & Hutchinson s fiue diess Shirts.
83311} 1:33 g;,‘f,;,R’,"j,“,‘°“‘hT“‘ “ma“ “'5‘; ‘33 a???” T11 L 1 L. 1011 P
11 ms ouse " '
Cash from Sale ofBriugerlank 2 00 0 0m on Ulla-31K ESt . rotec
839i: gem g5???“ rm“ f s l 102 60 tors—approved by the highest medlcal au-
as cm a or sup art 0 c 10013. 8 944 62 - . v 1 '
Cashfrom Licenses for file of Liquor 6:02., 00 thorny, at Harlem & Co. 5 the Clotblcrs.
Cash from dinerent parties for Support 42 71 'W— .
Cash Iggugegm‘erent Town’s Support 70 41 WA lare assortment of Fancy Articles,
.3 .7
Total $3930 22
Balance Cash on Hand V $12,266 37
Statement of Debt Dec. 1st, 1874.
Liabilities, .~~- - $136,883 00
LessCush on hand,- - s (limo 10
Due from collector, _- 15,305 43 21,365 53
— $115,517 43
Outstandiu Interest Orders,
Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, Initial and
Lace Handkerchiefs, Portmonies, Ladies
Knit Jackets, Nubias, Leggins, Pulsawarm-
ers, Silk Neckties, Gent’s and Ladies’ Wool
and Silk Scarfs, and many other Goods
suitable for Holiday Presents, just opened
and now ready forsale at low prices at Van
Hocseur 6: Ambler’s Emporium, No. 2
- - 3116,71296 ' . .
Norwalk ar Bonds, - . . - 20,000 00 Gazette Budding.
Town De osit Fund, - - - - 7,427 90 ‘* —-——-.—‘.>—.————-—-—
. $011001 ““11 Olden» .2 - - __ 200 00 j [13" Pocket Books of all sorts at A. Sel-
$144,310 or. Jack’s. ‘
statement of Debt Dec; 1st 1875. ' , '
Liabilities” . ’ 8114 mm 05 @‘Chlldreii’s Ulster Overcoals of Com-
Q - ' - . ' J' '
Less Cash on hand;
Less Duei'rom Collector,
Actual new or the Town,
18'”,- 3115,517 47
1876,. - 115,978 96
461 49 Increase of Debt.
This statement shows an increase of debt
of $461,119. Mr. Sclleck informs us that, at
- - 312,266 37
: 46.094 72 28,361 09
' *r—n‘ V _
$116,973 911
.paupers,more than enough of which has
since been collected to offset the reported
increase or debt.
The Town. Properly embraces: Shore
property - known as Lock-Up and Pound;
Town" House properly; two acres of land,
narrow sliips‘of laud each'sidc of west end
of draw-bridge; three'acres salt meadow;
a small piece cfland,juuction of West ave-
nue rind; iurnpike'; .Almls house; property.
The-p n‘al‘ property'-coiis'islsi‘chiefly of
furniturc'» a1 Alums-House, farming imple-
ments, 1001s, sleek,- etc.
> '1 Threer-fsuitse are pending in which the
lown'isiiutercsled: Burton '11:. Town; Asa
Smith 031 Tovvn; .Olmstead‘ ca. Town.
WhOIe number of children admitted at
Fitch’s Home, 40; remaining Nov. 30th, 21.
, Persons admitted at Alms House during
the year, 48. Remaining N ov. 301b, 91.
Christmas Pansomlme..
We are to have a Pantomime as a part of
the Christmas festivities. The Jack and
Jill troupe will play at the Opera House,
on Christmas night, and they promise lots
of harmless amusement and merrimeul, to
close the cujoyments of the day. See adv.
The fifth entertainment in the Winter;
Evening Course is to be given by lhe-Ricli'-'
ard‘s—Be'rnard Opera company, on Friday
EVcnin'g, Slst instant.
parties are of rare occurrence this
>-
Seeial
Class Bulls and Hops promise to be few and
farsbelw'ee'u. Tim ---sclecl;€sodiablcs [were
theywilhprobably “game rounds" before
.Len'll“ iS'G-fa'rit does not'pr‘ouiiSegtofbe-‘a
very “gay winter. “Hard: times surprise
”parties”.may b‘reak Out-before the season
is over and help to ni’lik'é‘fbings-lively.
- «‘4.
1'" ‘ : u. s " - ' ~
The Nursery, for January is promptly on
hand in .uuie‘rqgnbc‘ children’s Christmas,
filled lo~bvef~flewing?with good things for
the dear little u‘ce‘bues., We can only say
that it “is,ashaddsompjy'jllustrated, printed
&c., as ever,,f‘or.it isjpiu'early perfect taut is
almost imjfigssiblg'lo,_jmprove on it. All
who have notsubscribcd for it for their
little ones, should-do so immediately.
John L. Shorcly’, Beston, publisher. Price,
$1.60 per year.
o
WIDE AWAKE—The new young peoples
Magazine, recently started, appears to be on
the high road to success. The number for
January is handsomely and profusely illus-
trated, and filled with choice articles from
the best and most celebrated writers of
childrens stories. It ought to grow rapidly
into favor with parents as a magazine for
children ofllargc growth; for the excellence
both of its literary andasrllstic contents.
D. Lolhrop &Co., Boston, are the publishers,
Price, $2.50 per year.
4.9—.
The Camilla Urso .troupc gave an excel.
lent entertainment at the Opera House last
T uesduy evening, under the auspices of
Phoenix Engine Company. The attendance
was fair, but not large enough to tempt'lhe
company to come again; the firemen about
cleared expenses, but the troupe did not.
The night before, however, they were in
luck, playing before an audience or four
thousand persons in Philadelphia.
———+‘.p—-.—-—_—
WRich Scarfs and Ties at Gemstock
Bros.
.r—.——-
WHARLEM & Co. invite the public to
examine their stock before purchasing else-
where;
. _. .'.".——"_'
WComstcck Bros. have the most com-
plete stock of Clothing 1 'towu, and at
prices which cannot fail to he satisfaction.
date of report, the sum of $1,200 was due f
the town from other towns for support of
unimproved-east end of draw-bridge; two -.
widf'er. Whistparlies, for. gentlemen. only f.‘
—one=‘or two sets are uiteéom on. First: ~ .
' ' q‘ " m ‘ ' ‘ .:- 1111 be found to possess those qualities necessary ;
h'é‘ld last week at private-residences, and
:fbck Bros.
. , m..——
V'W‘Come and look at the Ulidcrshirls and
)rawers for Winter wear, in large variety
5nd at prices below any sold in town. At
HARLEM & Co's, Clothiers.
.l‘ _ —— ' —,__ + ‘.’ ..
l E- Buy your wife a Black Silk Dress for
ghrislmas at Van Hoosear do Ambler’s.
. s.,._.——————-
[13501111 and see the bargains in Prayer
: ooks aud‘Bibles, at A. Selleck’s.
' e
* loths, Cassimeres,'Overcoatings, etc.
-——.—’«O>—.———-
@Fur Beaver Overcoats, at reduced
rices at Comstock Bros. 4
.e—.—-———
'W‘Heavy Business Suits at astonishing-
. prices at HARLEM’S the Clothicr.
-——+4.s-—.——-——-
iww
i
001 Mittens, at Comstock Bros.
, _ .p—F—
1W Our Dress Shirts from one of the
ding houses in Broadway—Johnson do
. tpli‘n—very tasty and reliable material.
HAnLnn's.
» e
.iWMen’s heavy Winter Overcoals, at
q flimstock Bros.
.0
id? Gloves and Mittens of all kinds and
(lotllicrs.
lfmn and Winter, $5.00 and upwards, at
farlem & Co.’s next to Hey
store, Wall street. ,.
‘3 —.—‘-:0'1'-v--—"1 ’ '
LWSilk Umbrellas at Comstock- Bros.
1 e
n
p-
siitiugs at Harlem’s?
.>—.-_
ch Leather Bags at Comstock Bros.
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O
, SCHENCK’S MANDRAKE PILLS
t-éthc total eradication of all billions attacks,
apompt to start the secretions of the liver, and
,g e a healthy. tone totheentfiefiystem. . Indeed,
'itis no ordihary discovery in medical science to
live invented a remedy for these stubborn com-
plaints, which develdp ’all the results produced by
theretoforc free us‘ébf calomcl, a mineral justly
(loaded by mankind, and acknowledged to be de-
sructive in. the extreme to the human system.
'liat the properties of certain vegetables comprise
aitlie virtues of calomel without its injurious ten~
uncles, is now an admitted fact, rendered indie
ptublc by scientific researches ; and-those who
ue the Mandrake Pills will be fully satisfied that
tle‘ best medicines are those provided by nature in
tle common herbs and roots of the fields.
fhese pills open the bowels and correct all hill-
0‘9 derangements without salivation or any of
tainjurious effects of calomcl or other poisons.
Tie secretion of bile is promoted by these pills, as
wt] be seen by the altered color of the stools, and
dlhppeurance of the sullow complexion and clean-
lq of the tongue.
ample directions for use accompany each box
01 pills. '
rcparcd only by J. H. Schenck 8: Son, at their
ncipal ofllcc, corner Sixth and Arch Streets,
.ladelphlu, and for sale by all druggists and
Price 25 cents per box. 1m49
,
pi
P1
do lcrs.
1
Why will you suffer from Rheumatism,
sjtpins, Stiff Joints, Swellings, Burns, Scalds, or
Wink Back, when the Centaur Linimcnt affords
cc 11in relief? Many articles soothes pain to 3
co in extcnt, but the Centaur Linimcnt cUliES-
'I White Liniuient is for the human family, the
Y ,ow Linimcnt is for horses and animals. 311147
orfcct Health l—Everybod)’ .110qu "We
th Health more than Money. I: is cmmmal Alu—
logisglecl Coughs, Colds ‘nnd Sore Throat.
w n such ailments may result mfatul Pulmonury
laints. Their safety “'1” be secured by 11;.
Emma PINE TREE TAR COBDIAL, which
lyfpurifies all inflammatory Bleodl
1; contains. Medicine that will
3332.313 £1211 dunuerons Cough or Cold as
and certainl as t ale’s Honey of Horo-
and TM. 1'1 'e’s Toothache Drops curcm
0 minute.
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in picking the
are always justified
on because he has
ets of a chromo man,
e can
but any one of us
on he icy spots and helpuatur
ru ed bya sudden Sit . . n. .
1 woman is very like azkettlenf you
ea c to'tbiuk of if. S e sings away so
p1 sandy—then she st s~und when you
Is t expect it she bellsoverr—Judy.‘
‘ Ira. Henry," said thulo his Wife, the
ot r.morning,“if y'culgive me a Olmst-
m present this year, '1 158 arrange it so
that the bill won’t co, 6 11 till the next
mt'pth. It's just 113.1011, to keep up the.
illusion for a short tyne— j
1
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’1 all be President of the United
can throw. ashes
e along un
W?—
1? Late style of Hats‘st Com’stock Bros.
A Diploma and Premium is again award-
_ to HARLEM & 00., by the Ridgefield Fair
Association, for the best made Clothing and
91cc selection of Gent’s Furnishing Goods,
trge variety, cheap, at Harlem & Co.’s -
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.0vercoats—Overcoats—Ovcrcoats for Au- .
t 8.7 Co.’s Slice ’?
*—
’GEN'rLEmsivz—Havc you seen the nobby .
“W masseuse).
In Plainfleld, Ct., Dec. 9th. Mr. Homer '1‘. Wm
of Danbury, to Miss Laura. Strong, of Plainfleldfe'
1: Port Chester, bv Rev. J. Bastow. Charles R.
prtBantllSura%L. Igo tfilotfi of Norwalk.
n me n, ec. l: , r. ala etts Farrin ton
to Mary E. urdick. of Dunbury.y g
Mlnfunhury, Dec. mafl'blly Relv. A. C. Ilubbnrd,
r. ugus us sln , o ctuc on N. J. ‘5
Anna B. Stone. of Banbur . ' ’ to Ml s
1n thchfleld, Dec. 8, b hev. A. McLean, Fred.
brick D. Coe and Sarah 0. Norton, all of L.
In South Dover, N. Y., Dec. 1, Sidney E. Morse
ol'.Morr15, and Sarah Nichols, of Lilchllcld. '
in R bury, Dec. 81h, by Rev. D. E. Jones,
Walter L. Patterson and J ulla A. Thomas, both or-
onbury.
__-_.,._.
'plaa
In N’ox walk Doc. 18 John Fitcl R.
agIed. 1;} days. , , 1 aymond, Jr.,
n o .‘k . h. ‘ . . . '
AGIyeIursfwm , Dec 161 Rev P A Smith, aged
11 orwalk John E. Clearly :1 ed? cars.
631a Bridgcpdrt, Dec. 15 Phillip V. Manges, a ed
Years. Dec. 15th, Samuel 1". Ingham. age 51
Y%:::- gee. 12th, Anna Louise Lathrop, aged 19
In Sta-Tm“. Dec. 151.11 Lucius W.Crittenden
$333368 Years. Dec. 14th, Margaret Kiley, aged 55
In Stanwxch De _ , ' .
331$“ 86 yenrs.’ c 11111, Deacon Daniel loungs,
n Ridgelleld Mar'a ' 7
14th, John Bates. ughdsfizlrgggfs.aged'aa y”. Doc.
31 cars. rtha J. Snifln, aged
In Bethel, Dec.10,Mrs.xa
78 negliéchllcld, Dec. 9, Mrs. Irene Parmlec, aged
11 .
a ed$§§agorrls' Dec. 12th. Thomas Caufield,
n as in ten . ."
aged 79 years , Conn , Dec .th,
In Greenpoint L. 1.,
Nancy 013) 1:,
Dec. 1-1, Jenni '
only daughter of Charles J ., and Eligiliesthmg,
Bartram, n the 19111 year of herage. lie.- remains
were brought to N orwalk for interment.
y 81:1‘ glinlgeport, Dec. 17th, Patrick Reid, aged 70
Walla-smells;
OPERA HOUSE, N ORWA'LK,
CHRISTMAS NIGH'I.
Saturday, 'ucc. 25, l 875.
THE GREAT ORIGINAL .
JACK AND _ J'I'LL
PANTDMIME TROUPE,
As originally played at Niblo’s, N. 1*. Th
Hernandez Foster Trcup :-.
10m number, and an olio of
. SPECIALTY .STARS.
wiép‘luzifsion 35, so and 75 cts.
SPECIAL NOTICE z—Thc Horse Cars will posltl
ly run after the performance.
Winter Evening Entertainer
Moreen": Opera House.
Mrs. Scott-Siddcns, 0st. 2 '
Bayard Taylor, Nov. 15,
Capt. 'l‘yscn, Nov. 23,
Reserved Seats -
Auction Sale;
ILL be sold at Public Auction, at the Public
SI 1} Post, Nor-walk, on Monday, Dec. 27111, a
Horse, ilk Wagon. Harness, and two Milk Cans,
for account of keeping and storage of same. The
Horse Is a big Bay Mare. with one eye out. Any
parties claiming said property, can recover the
same by paying charges and taking them away be-
fore said date, otherwise the sale will positively
take place. . CHAS. E. REMSON,
_ _Mu1n Street, Norwalk.
horwalk, Dec. 20111, 187:). 1t'51
LO'OK 0 U1
FOR.
Christmas Beef
AT
Mitchell’s 11011111111181.
ON THE. BRIDGE.
NOTICE.
ROPQSALS invited for repairs, 5.115., of high-
“ waye inthe Borough of Norwalk, for the year
18.0, beginning With the ls‘; day 01 January next.
Pro osals W1 1 be received at the office of the
Cler or the Court of Burgesses, up to Thurénlay,
the 30th instant, at 7); o’clock in the evening, stat-
lng,lN THE AGGREGArs,conti-act price for the 101-
lownig work on and relating to the highways, &c.,
In the Borough, to be done in the year 1876, begin-
ning With the lat day of'_ January, next, to wit :—
For cleaning andkcepiug clear the utters, ex-
cept_ when prevented. by snow and ice, and for
repairing and keepingin good and sufficient repair
for the car, all the highways or streets within the
Boroug _, so that the same shall be safe and easy
for public travel, clear of all loose stone and other
obstructions, and of smooth and regular grade and
form for good and proper drainage, said repairs to
be made by the application of clean gravel to the
surface of said highways and streets, and forclean-
mg and keeping clea;,.nerCIALLr the following
portions of said highways and streets, viz. :—Wall
Street, from its intersection with Belden Avenue,
to foot of Mill Hill, and foot of hill to Lewis
Street, so called; Water Street from intersection
With WullStrect tq Qie Danbury & Norwalk Rail—
road crossmg ; Mam Street from intersection with
Wall Street to HoytStreet, so called, by removing
therefrom, at. leastpnce a week, on every Monday
or Tuesday, 1f possrble, all garbage, leaves, stones.
ashes, sediment and 1111.11 of every description
which may from time to time accumulate or be
dcpostted on_ the said portions of said specxfied
streets and hxghways, and in the gutters thereof,
except when prevented by snow and ice, and for
cleaning out _:it least once in a month, during
the first week in every calendarmontli, if possible
all the catch basins belonging..to the Borough:
and keeping at all times clean and litter travel all
crosswalks In the Boron h dhds'ldewalks in front
_ direction and to the acceptance of the Chairman
of the Committee on Highways of the Court of
Burgesses. Paymeuts on contract price will be
made from time to time as the Court of Burgesses
may deem the money earned. N 0 bid Will be
accepted unless satisfactory to the Court of Bur-
gesses. A form for bid will be furnished on ap-
plication to Clerk of Court of Burgesses.
Dated Borough of N orwalk, Dec. 20th. 1875.
_ CHARLES P. TURNEY,.
21:11 Gem. of Court of Burgesses.
I GAMP STREET, for sale a very desirable
Energetic Men “’antcd.
I
&c., by general business men, clergymen. authors,
Ate. Thousands of cm are in use, and give the
best satisfaction. duress W. J. ANDERSON
General Agent for Connecticut, Hartford, Conn’
s’
confectionery!
11111111 111111 a 110.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
‘ 00NFEOT10NERY,
3 Gazette Building,
,.
Are offering a large assortment ol First-Class -
Confectionery, of
31111111 01111 11111111011111,
AT BET AIL,
FOR
1
THE HOL 11115..
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all cl which are made
.
7.
'rim BEST MATEIQALS. ‘
’l
i A Good assortment of
FANCY BOXES,
SOLD AT LOW I’RTCFS
CORINUCOPTLEJJ
1
IN GOOD ASSORTMENT. ’ ‘
SUGAR JOYS,
IN GREAT VARIETY.
l
.,.
Sunday Schools Furnished -
17.1)".‘3.
AT EWHOLESALE P
11:15 1111111 11111 111‘. 91019117?"
FINISWSI Emilia?
N eve County inthc State, to act as Agents to
sell t e Type Writer, 11. machine to supersede
the pen for all manuscript writlng, correspondence
Merry Christmas
' 3151 —.-'~ ORA
Carl Schlitz, Dec. 16,
Richings—Bcrnliard 0pc)
“mambo- 31:
Grace Greenwood”! an. 5;:
Course and Single Tickets for sale at Wee:
NOTWMK. and Home Drug Store, South Norw
The National Bank of Norwalls,
FORWALKI (101111., Dec. 15th, 1875.
THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stockhold
of this Bank for the election of Seven Dii -,-
tors,*wlll be held on Wednesdav,Januar
1876. Polls open {rpm 11 o’clock: a ‘m., til 12.
It
Itol . B. ORAUFURD Cnshie
GAMES
FOR ALL sous,
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1.}; .
W
_s-.
a“ T
E. K. Loclcwood’s.
NOTICE
IS hereby given that the Board of Relief of
Towu of N orwalk, will meet at the T
Clerk’s Office on the first Monday in Janu
1816, at 9 e’clock a. m., and on Saturday Jan:
8111, at 9 o'clockn. m., (and will adjourn mm
to time as occasion requires until the time lim.’
of which notice will be given,) for the purpos
hearing and determining all appeals to them 11
from the (image of the Board of Assessors. -.-.
Also, the Board or Se‘: :tmen, Justices of
Peace. Grand Jurors and Constables, will men
J omt Board, at said office, on Monday, Jan. 31
7 o’clock, p. m.. for the purpose of filling the
box as the law directs. . . , -‘
. Also, the Board of Assessors and Board of
her wrll meet 1n Joint Board, at said ofllce, T
day,_J an. 4th, at 2 o’clock, p. m., for the p 0
making abatements of the polls of sick on (
bled persons. - All those entitled to abatmq
who can, are requested to be present and‘s
their case. .
Dated at Norwalk. Dec. 17th,.1875.
of Borough property an ‘ includfifg the sidewalk SAMUEL DASKAM- {B "-1 '
or walk from premises of Win. R. James to the M. SILAS P TUTTLE, £31" 1"
E- Church ; all of said work to be done under the 2‘51 ROBERT 3- ROWAN: i e 1e
, T, 0 YS !
AN”. InsiENsu VARIEI
BUlLDING LUT. Also, several ve leas-
antl situated at the Rocks. A l t
R’ HOLWELL. W Y o diid’ngg “T
. E. K. Lockwobd’s.
WMi LOCKWOOI:
(Successor to GEO. H.RAYMOND & CO.,-;
Furniture Dealeé
No. 36 Main Street, Norwalk. 7.
UNDERTAKING. ,
At mylst
all kinds 0
COFFINS, CASKET}
and everything necessar for the interment-of '~.
dead. Residence at W. . SWAN’S, Main St.
pre will be found a large assortmef
DOLLS,
CHEAP,
ATTRACTIVE,
DURATZIJ.
'AT
.V ’31,: (
E. K. Lockwood’sl
.GALvA‘ernvGQE .
By a new proeessyvhich dogs 1
« impair the strength oftheélro's . .
3-.
5"" Commissioner's” Notice; 1;
. \
THE subscribers appointed by the Court 0
bate for the District of, No ‘
sioners to receive. examine and
‘claims of the creditors of the ES ., .
E. WARDWELL, an- insolvcnudebtor‘ -~,
Canaan, in said district, assigngtl Iii-trust 1’0?
’2 benefit of his creditors,‘herehyfige 110?” “I!
will attend to the businesso I: said twp, ..
' cut at the dwelling house of Wflliam L. a
«shallow Canaan, on the 1 day OfFebrl
1517b, and mi. the 18th dug-1115, ,. arch, 1676,-
o_clock inthe attembw 0 ese fsald days.
court hath limited and ringing hree months
the date héfiafiffithe' Inb ion to us of cl
ugamstsaid estate..\ _ _' -
Dated at New. Canaan,“ is 18th day-011 .
, 0- ,...v .
The Doolittle M’f" 0e.
Bridgeport, cm:
n~
1- ,-
2.1
A. D. 1875 , - .ww- .
‘BE 2 11.1.. HARDS, Commas
SAMUEL K.'LOCKWO0D, sioii'ei; , .
DISTRICT OF NORWATK. ssT. Probate‘o
December 20th, A. D ‘ ‘ ‘7"
Estate of OBRIS 8. FE;
said district deceased. '
’ The Court of Proba ’
alk hath limited‘n
14's da'fn‘iereof for,“
exhibitthcir claims’
w-i‘glect' resentt)‘
‘vthiné time
persons hdebted
make iame‘diuff
ljis‘lzaio'ri,
wecein
Estate '01" l.
walk, In said 3~
The Court PR
hath limited dnx
hereof, for 'the 91'
their claimsfc t
present their" a 0
said time. will 1-,
gone indebted to suit ‘.
immediate payment
_ I. ORGE a“
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