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NORWALK,‘ CONNECTICUTHTUESDAY, JANUARY '25, 1876,
. IN MEMORIA‘M.
[From The Norwich Bulletin.)
A yellow envelope ;' within, a line
Traced by a clerky hand that bore
No show of feeling at the words it wrote;
“ He died today," they said; no more.
Few words to write'it in; and yet in them I.
read . -
A tender heart forever still, .
A gracious spirit quenched, a pure soul gone,
A vacant place which none may fill.
A woman's tenderness a man’s strong will,
A knightly honor and a gay _
And sparkling fancy: by all these the world
So much the' poorer is, today.
Ah, well! death comes to all, they say,
A platitude that has an empty ring :
Some friendly hand will write our epitaph, ~
Some voice, perhaps. our virtues sing.
Gol grant to us, who stay, an on] like his ;
A life of half his golden powers;
A life so true and pure, I know the weeds
Upon his grave will turn to‘flowers.
s. 'r. 9.
January 2d, 1876.
The Little Boat Sail,
—AND—
WHAT CAME OF IT. 1
*
BY ROBERT CIIEVA LIER.
CHAPTER 1V.
[Omzdudal] _
When the friends of Miss Rightmeycr had
reached'thc house and placed her still insen-
sible form within, Hazlitt returned to the car.
riage to go rapidly for a physician. He pick-
ed up the bouquet which lay on the betsorn
of the vehicle, and was about to fling it in-
dignautiy into the street, when a note dropped
from the folds. He picked it up, It was di~
rected to himself.‘ He was at once absorbed.
in its contents. ' '
On his return .with Dr. Madrew, Constance
had revived, but she remained dangerously
ill. . Her system had received a greater shock
than even the fearful peril ofi New York bay
had brought her. This took hold of her soul
and gave to her sensitive nature a cruel blow.
None in the cottage retired to sleep that
night. Mr. Rightmeyer desired to watch over
his suficring and prostrate daughter himself,
but Mrs. Holmes, who was one of those val-
uable women who have a faculty for being
very useful in any trying emergency, insisted
on taking that duty upon herself. Mr. Right-
meyer and Eugene stayed up all night in an
adjoining room to be within call. During
these hours of anxious waiting Mr. Hazlitt
gave Constance's father a careful recital of
all that had befallcn him and her on their un-
intended voyage. But when he began to
speak of their accquaintancc with Blake, the
merchant curily interrupted him by forbid-
ding him ever to mention the name of his
lately expected 'son-in-law in his presence.
Again at a later period Hazlitt tried to in-
troduce the same theme only to elicit a sharp-
er injunction from the incensed father. At
last, towards morning, he placed Harry’s let-
ter before Mr. Rightlneyer, saying:
“ I think. sir, you will do well to read this
letter which he has left, for it will certainly
change your feelings and suggest a different
line of action.”
The merchant took the letter and threw it
with violence to the furthest corner of the
room. __ Hazlitt calmly stepped across the
'floor, picked the missive up, and with it in
his hand again approachedllis angry compan-
ion. .
“ So I felt, too,” he went on to say, “when
I observed the bouquet lying on the floor of
the carriage, but this note came from it; I
read it and am satisfied that you should know
its contents without delay."
His firm manner won. Rightmeyer took
the letter and read as follows :
“ MY Dans EUGENE :—My brain is in a
whirl, and Ihardiy know how to 'tell you
what I wish you to know at once. My
whole soul has gone out in love for dear Con- .
stance, and the days since I saw her have
~ been golden days fllll of intense joy. And
now, when I was hoping for the 'completion
of my happiness, almost on the very eve of
the ’day when I was to make mine forever, I
findIcan never marry her. You ask me,
why? She is my sister. Until afew hours
ago I thought her your sister, but I find from
her own lips that she is not Miss Hazlitt, but
Mis Rightmeyer. I am Harold Orton. Con-
stance’s father knows how the relationship
came. She could not think of- .n’le as her
half-brother because I called my ' self Harry
Blake, and besides she hardly knew, I sup-
pose, that she had ever had a brother, for our
mother, who was the only tie between us,
went to heaven soon after her birth, and I,
who never knew my father or mother or any
home but an aunt’s, ran away to be a sailor
about the same time. ' ~ '
“ I must see her once more, but only once
for the present, and to-morrow when you
read this I shall' be already on the steamer
for Australia. Why not stay and explain and
be receivedas a brother? you may ask. I
cannot yet. It seems to me better to wait
and allow the brotherly feeling to develope
by._degrees away from her. Ii; is not 'with
me as though she had been my pic mate in
childhood; it is not as though I ha - lost her
as a sister for a term of years and now regain._
ed her. I grew up to be eleven years of, age
with‘out a home except the hateful prison
which Aunt Cynthia called such. I heard
them speak of my father’s death, then of a
half-sister born, then of my mother’s death.
But these people had shoved me from them
and what were they to me? I got a chance
to escape to sea and I became a sailor, and all
thought of these relatives who had cast me
off, except theirbare names, faded from my
mind. Therefore it has come that I have
never had the fraternal feeling, and already,
by a strange conjunction of circumstances,
the sentiment of love has filled the place
which brotherly affection should hold.
“It seems, on this account, to me better,
when-safer to go away, for awhile at least.
and perhaps after a lapse of years it will do
to return; God help me, for hopes which
were filling me with a true ambition are all
wrecked now. Think well of me, Eu one.
I can understand now your position, an gen-
_ erously, indeed, you have acted. God bless
on. Make her yours if it is not too late.
he loved you before I came like a plunderer
to steal her heart. -You may win back her
affection and . you deserve it. The orange
blossoms—whlch I shall get to go with this——
will be a token of good from me. I‘will give
them toyou to give to _her as your bride.
Good nig t now. The rlde to Waialua will
do me good, and to-morrow night I shall be
on the deep. Again I say, good bye, for
when you readthis I shall be far away.
Aflcctionately, ., Hanonn Oarox."
“Of course you understand all this better
than I'do,” said Eugene, when Constance’g
father had finished. -_
“ Oh, yes, it is all clear enough to me now”
he answered. “I was too hasty and imperi-
011““ my anger, but You can well excuse it,
for my heart has been fearfully wrung, and
such a transaction as this appeared to be, hurt
my pride very cruelly. But this letter which
you compelled 'me to read, makes all plain
and settles, though in a very distressing way,
glittle family mystery of quite long standing.”
”You see," he continued, “ Constance’s
mother was originally a Miss Amelia Ficm-
ing. She married for her first husband a
gentleman named Orton. ‘ Harold was their
son. When he was but a year or so old, his
father was appointed consul at Hamburgh.
An aunt of Harold’s, Miss'Orton, who lived at '
Portsmouth, and who was possessed of very
considerable wealth, bllt exceedingly whimsi—
cal and eccentric, proposed at once to care
for the boy while the parents went abroad.
Before they consented to this she added to
the: proposal another, which was to adopt
the little fellow and make him heir to all her
property. Amelia was very unwilling to con-
sent to any such arrangement, but Orton was
a man of the world and very ambitious, and
insisted so strongly on their acceding to Miss
Orton's wishes that his Wife reluctantly yield-
tle Harold was taken to Portsmouth. The con-
sul lived about four years after this and his’
widow was kept some three years longer in
Hamburgh by 16,911 and financial difficulties
connected with the settlement of Orton’s af-
fairs. There I met her during a mercantile
trip, for our New York house had relations
with ‘a firm in Hamburgh. This acquaint-
ance, continuing, ripened at . length into
fricnship and affection, and we married. She
left me for a better world soon after Con-
stance was born, who is, I think, about nine
or ten years younger than this Harold. She.
never saw her half-brother, for when he was,
as he says, eleven years of age, he ran away
from his aunt, whose queer whims he could
not endure any longer, and we never knew
what became of him until now. _\Veil, I
suppose we ought to pity him, poor fellow,
for he never had any real home. Early asso-
ciations 'do much toward making us what we
are.”
“I feel deeply sorry for lliln,” remarked
Eugene, “ any one else falling'in' love with
his own sister by mistake, would upon 'dis-
covery of the fact, laugh it off as a joke, but
to him a sister is a myth and he cannot at
once shake himself clear of his dream of
love. Perhaps he has done well in going
away, but the effect on Constance is terrible.
If we could but make her aware of the case,
as we now know it, it would be the best med-
icine we c )liIL'I possibly adlllinistcl'."
“ Yes. We mist ailll tg do this at once,"
said -.‘lIr. ltig‘ltmeycr, “and then we may
hope that her unstrung nerves will soon re-
cover their elasticity.”
The explanation »\VillCIi Harold's letter had
conununicated to his sister, and brought im—
mediate relief to her depressed spirits. (She
now eagerly desired to see him and claim 'him
as her long-lost brother whom she had heard
mentioned but had never expected to meet in
this world. She rapidly gained strength
and with returning calmness and reflection
was led to appreciate the delicate, self-sacrifi-
cing spirit of Mr; Hazlitt. Her old interest
in him came back, and the only source of
tl'olblc in her mind was a feeling of an.
worthiness on her own part.
Harold had been gone two days when the
plan determined on was for Eugene to go af—
ter him by the next steamer and bring him
back from his Australian banishment. . To-
kens of family regard in full measure were
to be carried to him, and it was believed that
he would by these urgent solicitations of his
friends be induced to make his home. among
them. ‘
The next morning Eugene, as was his wont,
arose at an early hour and stepped out on the
vine covered veranhalr of Mys. Holnles’ cot.
tage. Even when be occupied his room at
the hotel, he quite often came over here and
sat in the fresh air until breakfast time, read-
to friends in New York. The birds were chi-
ming their sweet carols in the flowering trees
that embowered the dwelling, and the first
rays of the rising sun shot like threads of
gold through the delicate, feathery foliage of
the algerobas. The young man took a few
turns over the clean gravel walk to the gate,
drinking in the sweet perfume of ‘tlie dewy
flowers. A fresh breeze swept down from
the mountains back of the city, imparting a
delightful tonic to the tropical atmosphere,
Presently be seated himself on a rustic bench
undera wide spreading tamarind tree, and
souls.” »
“ Does your book interest you as much as
the one which dropped into the ‘sea on that
eventfulzevcning?" inquired Constance Right-
ineyer, a short time afterwards, coming to-
wards him from the house.
He arose, and giving her his band, led her
to a seat by his side.
“ It interests me now a great deal more,"
he replied, “ for in it I read :
“ love is sure of love."
and again these lines :
“ Draw near, more user, forever dear S
Where'er I rest or roam,
Or-in the city’s crowded streets,
0’: by the blown sea foam,
The thought of thee is home."
I am glad that. it is rigilt for me once more to
read these words and think of you,” he add—
ed, taking her hand. ’
She did not withdraw it, but with eyes cast
down‘ and trembling voice. she made answer:
“ I do- not deserve your love, Eugene. 1
once had it, and did not properly value it.
How can you ever trust me again ‘3"
“You had a full excuse,” Hazlitt replied,
“ You broke no pledge. The fault was en-
tirely mine, (for I had not asked your hand by
a formal request. But I do it now, with
manly beidness I declare 'my attachment;
may my love be ‘ sure of love’ in return ? may
I claim you as my bride and feel, dear Con-
stance, ever from this hour that
“ The thought of thee is home."
Her little hand thrilled in his tender grasp,
and she looked up with eyes full of tears but
a face too beaming with affection for him to
mistake. He drew her closely to his side
and fondly kissed her. ‘
Just then the breakfast bell‘ rang, and the
happy pair started hand in hand for the house.
Constance passed within the door, but as Haz-
litt was about to follow he heard a low whistle,
and looking back saw Blake’s or rather 0r-
ton’s native boy Kuhila beckoning him from
the gate. He hastened down the walk to
meet him. .
“ The Melbourne steamer has come back,”
he said in~vcry fair English, for he was a half
caste. '
“' Come back !” exclaimed Eugene, in aston-
ishment. “ How is that? Why '2” ‘
‘.‘ Broke her shaft, they say, and returned
for repairs. . I
“ Has she come to the dock yet?” asked
the young gentleman, hurriedly.
“No, she is slowly coming through the bay.”
Hazlitt did not return to the house bllt has-
tened at once to the great ‘wharf.
In less than an hour he and Harold Orton
entered the cottage together; .
No tedious trip to Australia was required
of Eugene Hazlitt. Young Orton, thus unex-
pectedly brought back, found himself wel-
comed with the utmost tenderness by his rel-
atives. The three days he had passed on the
seahad sufficed to cool the agitation of his
feelings and awaken him fully to the realities
of his position. The fraternal instincts had
gained strength in his heart, so that he now
took the place of son and brother in the house-
hold with becoming dignity and composure.
All united in thankful recognition of the
kindly providence which had-so happily ad-
justed the compliCations of their family life.
And so soon as it was possible, for them to do
so, they all returned together to New York,
where Eugene and Constance were quietly
married. Harold shortly after took command
of a ship in the Mediterranean trade, and
whenever he is in port makes his home at his
sister’s, which he declares is the only home
he ever desires.
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. Very young, very cld,~ and intemperate
persons are dying of the mild winter. _
_ A Polish dancmg-master committed suicide
1n Erle, Pa, the other day. He schottisch
his own head off. '
. “I don’t think that you are smart.” “ No,
indeed, Wlfe; but everybody knows that I am
awfully shrewd.”
In Cincinnati every other street lamp is to
be extinguished, thereby effecting an annual
saving of $82,000.
Trying to do business without advertising
'is'like Wlnking at a pretty girl in the dark;
yon may know what you are doing, but no.
body'elsc does. . . _
Rochester Democrat : 'The times are hard,
but don’t be discouraged. Wait till the late
Mr. Rotcbschiid’s will is opened. Perhaps
ed. 80 the Ortons went to Hamburgh andlit-
he left'you something.
given his strange behavior, was that morning.
lug-some favorite author or penning a letter;
opened a copy of Whitticr‘s “Hazel Blos-_
- " Hard Pressed.
- “Stop, gospodin, stop! In the name of
the blessed Panagia, rein. up, and hear me!
You will be glad to have hearkened, English
lord! ”
The crisp shining snow crackled beneath
the hurrying feet of the speaker, as, panting
and breathless, he came bursting through the
brushwood, and emerged from the pine copse
into the road, not a pistol shot from the two
pillars of red granite brought from. the Ural
that decorated the extremity of tllc'avenue
leading to the country house hard by. With
some difficulty the driver of the sledge—a tall,
manly young fellow, whose fair hair and rud-
dy cheeks contrasted forcibly With the swarthy.
sal' wncss and black eiflocks o be Russian
moujik who had thus suddenly costed him
,——brought the fiery horses to a check.
“ Why, Isaac, my good friend," he said
smiling, “ what news have you for me that
brooks no delay, in the telling? Has some
bear killed a man, and . does nobody dare to
traverse the forest road llntil I settle scores
with Bruin, with the aid of a brace of leaden
pills from the big rifle? Or have you been so
unfortunate as to be again at a misunderstand-
ing with the gen d’armcs? If so, I i ”
“Excellency,” interrupted the man with a
vehement earnestness which made itself felt.
“I'am here to-day to pay a debt. We Bus.
sians have a memory tenacious of kindness,
and the poor Vagabond, Isaac Paulovitch‘, has
not forgotten that bllt for yourintercession he
would have tasted, before this, of the black-
bread and the knotted thong in J itornir gaol.
I’ve run to-day nineteen versts through the
snow to Warn’you that the foreigner alxl the
gentleman who travels the. Vasiko road this
night carries his life in his hand. I knew you
to be on a visit to the Baron’s yonder.’ He’s
in no danger, but woe to, every castle from
the Dneiper ferry to Boguslaw and Skudra,
for they will be one and all, in a bright flame
before moonrise !" . . - '
“There is a rising, then, among the serfs?”
asked the young Englishman, eagerly.
“There is,” answered the man called Isaac.
with a nod. “The people of twenty villages
have sworn the great oath on the Gospels to
root out all these Sobieskis and Jageilons,
and the rest of the unbaptized Polish Counts
and Princes that wring the withers of the
poor." ._
“Do you mean Count Nicholas Galitzin, of
Czerngorod ?” asked the young man, growing
pale as he spoke.
“That do I,” replied the moujik. “ A
heavy account he’ll have to settle the proud
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But, befo're the sentence was concluded the
young Englishman had slackcned the reins of
his impatient steeds, which darted off at once,
like arrows from the bow, and to the ineffe-
bie surprise of the garruious Isaac, tile wh -
cquipagc rapidly disappeared along the res
leading to the very district to which his wam-
ing had reference. - g
.In the course of a three years residence in
Southern Russia, Edgar -. Marston, who was
managerof the Land Bank at Vaelkoff,—a
post of trust to which he had been appointed
through the influence of relatives of his,
wealthy members of the British Guild of
merchants at St. Petersburg,——had gained a
thorough insight into the condition of the
province in which he lived, and knew the bit-
ter hate which the Ru'thenian peasants , enter—
tained toward the landowners most of whom
were Polish nobles who had won their estates
when Poland was a wide spreading kingdom.
He knew, too, that Count Galitzin was per-
fectly obnoxious to his late vassals for a bun.
dred arbitrary acts and petty exactions, and
he trembledlest he should not reach the lone-
ly manor house in time to give warning to its
inmates of the approaching evil.
“And Anniette is there!” said the young
man to himself half unconsciously, as be en-
couraged the mettled horses to do their best.
Yes, that was. the secret of Edward Marston’s
eagerness to give timely notice of the coming
storm to'thosc beneath the roof of the Galit-
zin castle. He had fallen deeply in love with
the Count‘s young and pretty daughter—the
Countess Anniette, as she was called in com.
pliance with that courtly Russian rule which
bestows titles upon all the members of an aria.
toeratic family—and he knew that his love
was rcciprocated. He had indeed, been for-
merly on terms of intimacy with the Count ‘
Galitziu’s household, although, on proposing
himself as a suitor for Anniette’s hand he had
been met by a decided refusal. _
Count Galitzin, whoselarge but ill-cultiva—
ted estate lay on the bank of the Boresthenes,
but a few miles from Vasilkoff, and who
owed money to the financial corporation- of
which Marston was the representative, had
other views for his . daughter than to bestow
her upon a young foreigner who was neither
rich nor titled, and the visits of Edgar, for-
merly a welcome guest at Czerngorod, had for
some time wholly ceased. He was, however,
I aware that Anniette, with her parents, had for
several weeks past been residing. at the cha-
teau, and his first impulse was to hurry thith-
or to preserve her whom he loved from the
blind vengeance of the half-barbarous serfs
now on the eve of revolting. ‘
The short winter’s ' day was nearly Spent,
when Edgar reached the outskirts of the vii.
lage of Czerngorod, the sun had sunk beneath
the black screen of- sullen pine trees that
marked the boundary of the forest; while
through those trees glared an ominous ruddy
light, and shouts, shots, and a roar 'as of an
excited crowd came confuscdiy to the ear.
“Heaven help them! the castle must be al-
ready on‘ fire 1” exclaimed the young man, as
he saw a tall column of 'smoke, streaked by
fiery showers of sparks and burning flakes,
rise high in the air. “What, by this, may be
the 'fate of those within !” -
His apprehensions were, however, destined
to be promptly relieved, since as he drove
past the low boundary fence of the Count’s
gardens, he heard his name called, and saw
Anniette Galitzin herself come running toward
him from amidst the darkling clumps of
shrubs. Her dark hair was hanging loosely
over her shoulders, and her little feet, in their
dainty Paris shoes, sank at every step in the
deep snow; making it evident that in her
alarm she had darted from the burning man-
or-house, having merely the time to snatch up
the short-hooded cloak' lined and trimmed
with costly fur, which she wore.
“Mr. Marston—Edgarlf’ she exclaimed with
a terrific earnestness. “Oh, pray, save me! ”
' Take me with you before they seek me out
to kill me. I feel half dead already, at the
very sound of their savage shout and tramp-
ling feet. - Papa, thank Heaven, is safe at V9:
silkof, where he and my dear mother went
but yesterday, leaving me here alone witllthc
German governess; and when the peasants
broke ill, Mademoiselle Herzen thought of
nothing but her own safety, and fled into the
woods, and ” ’
By this time 'Marston had sprung to the
ground, fastened the reins to a projecting
bough, and by a vigorous effort had succeed-
ed in tearing away a portion of the ill-kept .
fence, so as to, establish a gap through which
a slender figure might pass. Yet a minute,
and Anniette was seated beside him ill the
sledge, speeding away rapidly from the pil-.
lagcd castle.
The road which had hitherto traversed a
cultivated district, at this point plunged into
a- dreary tract of forest land, so that the black
pine trees soon barred out the light of the
(lying day, and little could be seen except the
white snow that glealned from between their
poles. , -
A chilly breeze sprang up, and the evening
grew perceptibly colder; but the sledge was
well provided with wraps, and Edgar ws's
careful to draw a heavy fur pellsse around
the trembling form of the young Countess,
while, in fond and soothing words, he strove '
to calm her agitated nerves. She was safe.
Within an hour or two he should be able to'
place her, 0.“ their arrival at Vasilkof, under
the care of her parents, and that before the
alarm of the revolt of the serfs should have
spread itself. The horses went well; the dis-
tance was trifling, and ,
What interrupted Edgar’s speech was a
fierce, snarling cry, accompanied by the quick
pattcring of feet among the withered leaves
and the snow, and then a long-drawn whining
howl that seemed to issue from fifty throats,
"while dark objects began to glance, phantom-t
like, among the trees. '
“W vesi wolves!” cried Anniette, witha
shriek 6f terror, but already the alfrightcd
horses had set off at a mad gallop, flowing
from side to side of the road in a manner that
threatened to upset the sledge. Again there
burst forth that h'orrid.cry; and Marston ex-
erted his skill and strength in maintaining a
mastery over the snorting horses. Anniette,
looking fearfully back, announced the unwei-
come tidings that they were pursued.
“You must be cool, dearest 'onc, now, for
both our sakes—for mine,” said the young
Engiiélnnangs be cast a glance at the dark
specks dotting the snow. ,“You can drin-
well, I know. Only kecp the horses to the
road and all will yet be well.”
As the young Countess took the reins, Ed-
ward stoopcd for his trusty rifle, and leveled
it with deliberate ain't at the foremost wolf,
now bounding far before the rest. The huge
brute-roiled over on the crilusoned snow with
a cryof rage and pain which was answered
by the ycii of the hurrying pack; and then
succeeded a hideous medley of confused
sounds, followed by a period of_silence.
“Ha ve they given up the pursuit?” asked
Anniette, with white lips, as Marston reloaded
his piece. _
“No, no !" answered the young man shak-
ing his head.- “The creatures have but paused
as is their custom, to destroy the wounded
comrade. It is but an‘ instaut's breathing-
timc, which_—”
He fired both barrels as he spoke into the
thick of the advancing pack.
Then ensued a terrible contest of speed be-
tween the gallant horses, wild with fear, and
the’wily and savage denizens of the Russian
woods. Four more shots from Edgar’s rifle
brought down as many wolves, but. they were
now too near, and too eager in their ravening
fury to be beaten off. The winding of the
road, too, enabled some of the leaders of the
pack to gain upon the fast-flying sledge, and
with a rare audacity, to endeavor to overleap
its sides, while Edgar, flinging down the gun,
slashed at the broad paws and hairy throats
with the keen blade of his heavy hunting;
knife, and succeeded, though with difficulty,
in disabling the two foremost of‘the assail-
ants. The third one, slightly I hurt, slunk
howling away: but a few yards in the rear,
the clamor of the remainder of the ravenous
'drove told how ruthlessly the chase was main-
tained. - ‘ '_ .
“There is but one thing to be done,"_ mut-
tercd Edgar Marston, with a groan, as he cast
a despairing glance along the road, and noted
that already two of the gaunt pursuers were
nearly abreast of the sledge; “Vasiikoff, as I
reckon, is but three versts from this, but be-
fore we cover the two miles that lie between
us and safety, yonder yelling brutes will drag
down' our horses; and have us at their mercy.
At any cost Anniette must be saved, and thé
wolves delayed.”
He rose to his feet- as he spoke, and looked
to'th’e right and left. Close to the roadside
on the left grow a mighty beech tree. Could
he set his back to that tree, kill or cripple the
first of the furious wolves, and swing himself
up among the lower branches, out of reach
of the others, he might have yet a chanw
of ' ”e, ‘while the sledge would gain so much
vantage-ground that it could not easily be
overtaken. Yes, the desperate venture must
be risked. ‘
Hastily the young man kissed Anniette's cold
cheek, and, bidding her be 'of good cheer,
since he had devised a stratagem that would
outwit the wolves, he struck the straining
horses sharply with the whip, and, with his
hunting-knife between his teeth, took a clear
jump over the low brushwood, and fell upon
his hands and knees at the foot of the beach
tree. ' ‘
“Edgar! Edgar!” cried the agonized girl,
as vainly she expended her strength in the
effort to rein in the terrified horses. On they
went like the wind, while the clamor of the
exulting wolves plainly told that they had de-
sisted from the chase to crowd around an easy
prey - - . 1 '
Goaded by terror, the horses flew along the
narrow road, which fortunately at this part of
its course became straighter than it had hith-
erto been, and the light sledge was hurried
along as if it had been a feather-weight over
the frozen snow. A whirl of confused
thoughts passed through the girl’s. brain as
with relentless speed the sledge darted on,
farther and farther from the spot where Edgar
Marston had sprung out to confront what ap-
peared to be inevitable death.
“For me! for me!” Anniette murmured,
as, after a last desperate effort to rein in the
.‘unnianageablc steeds, she cast a glance back
at the white road, now gleaming, as the sledge
emerged from the woodland into the open
country, in the first rays of the newly-risen
moon. . ’
Of the dread pursuers she now saw and
heard nothing, but she shuddered as the re-
membrsnce forced itself upon her of the
wolves. Her lover—could she doubt it ?—
had purchased her safety with his own
blood. Their four-footed foes.had been too
many for lnortal' valor to have prevailed in
the unequal contest against th ' numbers.
She was safe~safe~for now she was among
fields and cultivated lands again, out of the'
gloomy forest, and there before her lay Vasil-
kol’f, the moonbeams gleamingonthe burnish-
ed copper demos of its churches; ‘ but she
scarcely realized the fact of her own escape,
so busy was her fancy with the peril of him
whom she loved. ' .
' The scared horses needed no urging to strain
every sinew in the race as. snorting and gasp;
ing for breath, they dashed into the wide and»
straggling main street of Vasilkoff.
In the spacious market-place or public
square of the towns crowd had collected, in
the midst of which thcii gilt of a number of
torches fell on glistening bayonets of steel and ‘
the bright brass mountings of military accou-
trements. Acolulnn of the flatcapped, gray-
ccated infantry of the Russian line‘w'as pre-
paring to march, while a cavalry escort en-
compassed two or three carriages mounted on
sledge-runners, and to each of which ,three or
more horses had been harnessed. Sundry per-
sons in authority, as their civil or military
unifdrms denoted, were bustling to and fro, .
some mounted and others on foot, while the
drumsroliedand the trumpets of the Cossacks
sent their shrill summons through the streets
as though to call the laggards who yet linger-
ed to the muster. ,
“Halt, there! halt, I say!” called out a
sentincl‘roughly, EDS the sledge that bore An-
niette swept like a whirlwind across the mar-
kct place, scattering to rigllt and left in dismay
all who barred its frantic . course. And then
followed a Babel of loud outcries of surprise,
alarm, and pity ; for the picture that was
then presented to the gazers in the ruddy
glare of the torchlight, was not one ready to
be forgotten. In’ the sledge, stili‘ mechanic-
ally grasping the rcins,.sat the terror-stricken
girl, her face white and rigid, her dark hair
streaming loose, for the furred hood of her
mantle had fallen back andiller beautiful head
was uncovered. , '
' Among those who had been present when
the sledge crossed tlic square hsd_been the old
Count and Calmtess Galitzin. They had rec-
hurried past, and within 'a few moments the
cuts, and surrounded by friends and well-
wishers, who seemed disposed to welcome,
her as one risen from the dead,
the Count explained, when Anniette appeared
to be sensible to ‘her mother’s caresses and
endearing words, “with the escort with which
the kindness of- his excellency the governor-
had provided, hoping—but hardly daringfto
hope, my lamb—that you would have been
spared in the first outbreak of the fury of
those serfs, of which the news reached as but
an llo_ur ago. Troops are about -to march for
the scene of the revolt, but, since you are
safe—though through what marvellous piece
of good fortune I cannot conjecture . ”
rupted Anniette, pitc'ously; “it was his life—'—
his gallant noble ‘life, dearer to me than I my
own, that he gave to save inc—wretched me!
Yes, I am safe, but at what a pace 1”
And here a darkness’Canre before her-eyes,
and her voice failed; as she sank fainting into
the arms of her mother; but soon, as if nerved
by the recollection other lover’s danger, she
roused herself to tell, ili- broken accents, what
had occurred, to analog thepface where she
had left him, and w imam“: rescue might
be sent thither withoutiileiay. .‘ ‘ -
Like wildfire the fls flew through the
crowd, for the whole population of Nastikoff
had collected in the streets, and women wept
and men grew pale at the news, while the
exclamation of bystanders evinced the horror,
admiration, and sympathy which Edgar Mars-
ton’s intrepid self devotion had evoked. The
young. English 'manager of the land Bank
was popular in the»: town, and even had he
been a stranger, the deed he had done Would
have sufficed to raise. him to the rank of a
hero. But, ready and willing to render assist-
ance as were all who heard the story, the most
sanguine could not venture to express a hope
that aid could arrive in time to be of service
to him. , ~ 1
In spite of these dismal forebodings, it was
determined that not an instant should be lost
in carrying help to Edgar Marston, if human.
help could indeed avail; and about thirty gen-
tlemen, some in sledges and others on horse-
back, set off atarapid pace, escorted by twice
as many of the mounted Cossacks, the gover.
nor having decided to delay the marching of
the column until such tidings should arrive as
to Edgar's fate. The distance was rapidly
traversed, and as the—exploring party entered
the forest, a wild mournful sound came afloat
on the night wind.
“They are there yet, the pack of them,"
cried old Baron Jagelion, spurring his horse
and handling his gun. “Push .on and let us
pepper some of their gray hides at any. .rate."\
But wolves are cunning as well as fierce,
and when the rescuers Came in sight of the-
great beech tree, around the foot of which the
wolves had gathered, growling and whining
over some object at~first indistinctly visible,
their querulolls cry,- changed into a note of
alarm, and they huddled themselves together
among the chestnuts and birches, with their
bushy tails drooping and their bright eyes
shiningthrough the darkness like points of
flames. An irregular discharge of muskctry
iances, and dashed forward with their shrill
“hurrah!” as though charging against human
foes. Neither lance or bullet did execution
among the wolves, who, fairly cowed, slunk
off into the recesws of the \voods, while the
headmost horseman checked his wiry steed,
but just in time’ to prevent horse and rider
from fallinghearilong into a deepllut narrow
pit dug at the foot of the huge beech tree.
“ Holy St. Sophia of Kicw! Blessed St.
Stephen of the Steppes! What ‘ wizzard's
work have we here !” exclaimed the soldier'as
he wheeled his horse. “My name isn’t Dimi-
tri if I didn't hear a groan from out yonder
grave !”
“Grave, forsooth!” returned Baron Jagei-
ion hastily dismounting; “it is a bear-trap,
such as peasants set in likely spots, near
where the honey of some swarm of the wild
bees that dwell in hollow trees is sure to tempt
Bruin to the pitfall. ' And, as I live," be ad-
ded, after listening for a moment, “there is
some one down there and alive—ryoung Mars-
ton, for a thousand gold eagles !” I
And when, by means of a rope hastily con-
structed by linking together stirrup-leathers
and buff-belts, a Cossack was lowered into
the pit, the truth of this conjecture was con-
firmed, for Edgar Marston, pale, livid, and
exhausted, but to all appearances unhurt save
for a bruise upon his right temple, was drawn
forth from if. The bystanders crowded around
him,- but he was faint and weak, and it was
.not until he had swallowed a portion of the
ficry corn brandy from the Baron’s hunting
flask that he was able to speak.
Edgar’s story, when he was able to tell it,
was a simple one, and had already been antic-
ipated by the matured sylvan » experience of
the baron. When he sprang from the sledge
it had been with a full conviction that he was
about to save Anniette’s life at the sacrifice of
his own. He had, however, made a desperate
effort to reach the great beech-tree, in the
poor hope that, by setting. his back a inst it
and making vigorous use of his/hunting-knife,
he might gain time to grasp one of the lower
boughs and dfaw himself up beyond the
reach of the wolves. But to his consternation
the treacherous surface on which he alighted
and which was composed of rotten branches
and dried leaves, gave way beneath his feet,
and he was precipitated into the narrow pit
below, receiving as he fell a blow on the head
from a projecting stake, which stunned him
for a moment, and when he recovered his sen-
ses it was to hear the furious yelping and
howling of the disappointed wolves that raged
around the brink of his prison, and to see by
the uncertain light their loiling tongues and
gnashing teeth, as they bent over the edge and
vainly tried to seize. the prey beneath them.
The tale is told. The prejudices which had
object to Edgar as a suitor for their daughter’s
hand meltedlike snow in the sun when their
hearts were touched by the generous self.sac-
rificc of the gallant young man, whose praises
were on every lip—Cassell’s Magazine.
Ma. Hltb’s Srasou.——If any proofs were
needed of the extent to which amnesty has
been carried, they were furnished by the ex-
traordinary-speech of Mr. Hill, of Georgia,
to the House. He was a trusted and influ-
entiai leader on the Confederate side, standing
from the .beginning to the end high in its
councils of state and in the 'confldcncc of its
chiefs.
He returns now to his old place in the na-
tional congress, ' while the appalling conse-
quences of the great political crime of this cen-
tury are still only too fresh in the memory of
the country, and iii the presence of an appar-
ently sympathising audience, crowding floor
and galleries of representatives’ hall, arraigns
the Union‘governmcnt and the Union army
for‘the awful horrors of Andersonville, and
the controlling political sentiment of the coun-
try as wholly accciuntabie for the war.
We are certainly getting on fast when things
like these can be heard with composure, and
a great party which again aspires to the gdv-
ernment of the country can follow such a
champion. There are many persons who have
been growing rcstive and discontented under
the long supremacy of the republican party;
and have looked with a longing. hOpe to the
democracy, disciplined and purified by many
defeats, to lead them into a, new Canaan,
They may well pause,—-in view of demonstra-
tions like this from Georgia, which seems to
(:11er us back to the dark days before the re-
beiiion,-—aud inquire, Is this the entertain-
meat to which we were invited rwBoston Ad-
vertiser. '
ognized their daughter’s pallid face as she was
half-fainting girl was in the arms of her par- '
“Wc’wcre about to- set out for Czcrngcrod,”-
“It was through no such fortune,” inter-'.
succeeded, while the Cossacks lowered their.
~ your faith and say whether it is exactly of the
induced the Count and Countess Galitzin to‘
THE wA'rcH-NIGHT‘iNQUrRY
MEETING.
BY DWIGHT L. MOODY;
-In response to a request for an account of
the watch-night inquiry meeting, when the
Rev. Dr. Piumer was questioned’ by me as
.to the great truths of salvation, I give the
questions and answers, as I recall them, aid-
ed by notes takcn by others at the time.-
Dn. Pruning—I wish to give a year-text to.
this assembly. It is from the 73d Psalm:
“ Whom bowl in heaven but thee ? And there
is none upon earth that I desire but thee.”
MR. Moonv.——Dr. Piumcr: We speak of
the duty of “conviction” \Vhat is convic-
tlon ?
DR. Panama—Conviction is a clear per-
suasion that a thing is true. Religious con-
viction is a clear, settled persuasion of five
things. First: That I am ignorant, and need
instruction. Second: That I am guilty, and
deserve wrath and not pardon. Third : That
my heart is vile and must be renewed.
Fourth: That my condition is miserable; I
am “wretched, and miserable, and poor.”
Fifth: That I am helpless; I am without
strength; I cannot save myself; I cannot
{link a good thought without divine grace.
Mn. Mooor.-——What is- the use of convic-
tion ? ' '- . .
Dlz. Panama—The use of conviction is not
to punish a man for his sins; nor is it to make
him any better. The devils in hell. have been
under an awful conviction for along time and
not one of them is any better. The sole ob-
ject of conviction is to light up the'soul to
the faith of Jesus. The sole object of con-p
viction is to bring the sinner to accept salva-
tion by atoning blodd.
Mn. Mooor.-——Is any given amount of dis-
tress necessary to genuine éonversion?
Da. Parana—Lydia had no distress—we
read of none. God opened her heart, and she
attended to the thing spoken by Paul ;' but
jailer Philippi would not have accepted Christ
without some alarm. If you will accept the
Son of God, you need have no trouble; there
is nothing in trouble that sanctifies' the soul.
Mn: Hoopla—Well, Doctor, what is con-
version.
Da. Panama—Glory be to God, there is
such a thing as conversion. If there was not,
everlasting chains and darkness would be our
doom. To be converted is to turn from self,
self-will, self-righteousness, all self-confidence
and from sin itself, and to be turned to Christ.
The turning-point in a man’s conversion is his
acceptance of Jesus Christ; that he closes in
with Christ and gives him all his confidence.
Mn. Moonr.——\Vhy must .a sinner c'ometo
Christ for salvation?
' Dal Human—Because Jesus Christ is the
only Saviour. All the angels in heaven and
the saints in heaven and earth cannot save
one sinner. He must come to the saviour.
I will tell you why. Here arequintillions of
'tons of atmospheric air; why does not this
support life without your respiring. You
breathe it or die. For the same reason you
must make Christ yours or you perish, not-
withstanding What he has done. The sight
of’a river will never quench thirst, and the
sight of food will never satisfy hunger. You
must come to Christ and make his salvation
yours. ‘ . 7
Mn. Macon—Can a man be saved here to-
night, before 12 o’clock—flayed. all at once ?
Du. Puritan—Why not? In my Bible I
read of three thousand men gathered one
morning—all of them murderers—their hands
stained with the blood of the Son of God.
They met in the morning, and before night
they were all baptized members of Christ.
God added to the church in those days such
asshon be saved. If you are ever saved
there must be a moment when you accept
Christ and renounce the world.
Ma. Moonv.—What is repentance ?
D'a. Panama—It. is turning to God with
abhorence of sin, and Cleaving to Christ with
promise of obedience. A man truly repeats
of'his sins, who does not commit the sins he
has repented of ; therefore saving repentance
always terminates in purity of life and refor-
mation. A'thorough change of heart is fol-
lowed by a thorough change of character.
saved ? .
- 'Dn. PLUMER.—Tile fact that God is true.
“Let God be true, but every man a liar.” If
I accept Jesus Christ is not-Mr. Moody’s
word, nor Mr. Sankey’s, nor Dr. Newton’s;
it is the word of the living God whose name
is amen. He that beiieyetil on the Son hath
everlasting life."
Ma. Moonr.—-What if I haven’t got faith
enough ?
DR. Parisian—Glory be to God if I can
touch the hem of my Saviour’s garment I shall
be saved. A little faith is as truly faith as a
great deal of faith. A little coal of fire in the
ashes is as truly fire" as the glowing heat of a
furnace. Jesus says not, if you have great
faith you will be saved, but “he that believeth
shailbesaved.” Oh, come and trust him,
fully. Give him all your confidence, and if
your faith is not as strong as it ought to be,
cry as did the disciples, “Lord, increase our
fait .” -
the right kind of faith. _
DR. PLU’MER.—Al‘e you able to analyze
right kind? The thief upon the cross did not
say, if I had a little more faith I would ask
y'ou to remember me when thou comcst into
thy kingdom. He offered his prayer with
the faith he had and Christ accepted him.
You must have faith in God through grace,
and then your faith must have works, to be
of the right kind.
Mn. Moonv.—-I don’t feel that Ilove'Christ
enough.
DR. Panama—And you never will. To all
eternity you will never love him as much as
he deserves-to beloved.
“Had I ten thousand thousand tougues,
Not one should silent be;
Had I ten thousand thousand hearts,
I’d give them all to thee.”
Ma. Mooovs-VVhen the temptation cbmes,
it is so much stronger than my resolution that
I yield. \Vhat shall I do?
Da. PLUusn,—Look to Jesus. He was in
all points tempted like as we are, 'yet without
sin. Christ can give us the strength of giants.
Jesus is the best Master and the best Friend
in the universe. Glory be to his name for-
ever. —-Sunday School Times.
How Advertising Effects Business.
The man who advertises his business, if
what he offers for sale is honestly what he
represents it to be, or what it ought to be,- is
constantly assisted in his business by those
who have been attracted to him and tested
him. A buyer has read his advertisement,
andgonc to his store, or workshop, or ware-
house, whatever it may be, and tried what
was recommended. If it has satisfied him he
is pleased and recommends it to his neighbor,
who is likely to go the same place and tell his
neighbors in turn. And thus little rilis start—
ed by his advertisement flow in upon him
from all sides, and the current of his business
grows stronger and wider and more rapid, and'
he prospers and grdws rich, all because to
strict attention ill business he added judicious
advertising. But for this he might have lin-
gored on in the community for years and his.
business would scarcely have been heard of.
, ”
Very often - an exasperated claimant ap-.
prosches a libel'suit as he would approach a
dish of canvas-back duck, and quits it as he
would quit a bowl of boarding-house soup.
An individual who'resides on Factory Isl-
and, Ssco, admits that he has been a fool for
the last fourteen years, having wound.u an
eight-day clock every day for that pen of
time.
Ma. DIOODY.—-HOW can I know that I am .
Mn. Moonr.—But I don’t know that I have
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Nowell: Hotel.
ORNEB of River and Wall streets, Norwalk,
Conn, opposite the Dunbar-y & Norwalk Rail-
road Depot. The subscrlber has taken the above
well known sud popular Hotel, an establishment
calculated by Its central position for the acomnlo-
dation of permanent and transient guests. The
rooms are commodlons, the table good, the prices
reasonable. A first-class livery stable is connected
EROY TAYLOR, Proprietor.
Norwalk, Conn. April 16, 1875. 3m16
GONNEGTIGUT. HOTEL
Corner Main and Wall so. noawsLK. can.
THE subscriber having taken the above well-
known centrally located Hotel. is prepared to
entertaln permanent and transient guests. Good
rooms; good table: reasonable notes. A first-
class Livery connected with the i otcl. Carriages
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38tf D. B. MOREIIOUSE, Proprietor.
ALEX. 1s. GIBSON.
' Organist of the First Congregational Church.
I Teacher of the ' '
Plano-Forte, Organ and mill-lea!
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GEARLES _,W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
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Olllcc comer ot'Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
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0. B. GOOLIDGE,
DENTI_ST.
Successor "to
Dr. Ana Hill,
WALL smear, NORWALK,
Ohlce over
0. J. Grnmin’i-Dry Goods Store.
3' Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out paln. .
EDWAnp BANKS,
CIVIL ENGINEER,
AND BOROUGH SURVEYOR,
Office at residence of B. 0. Banks, Main Street.
Nos-walk, Conn.
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AND,
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A BARGAIN.
0R SALE—Ahrstarate bullt House, (on East
Avenue.) containin nine rooms; will be let
it not sold. Also BUIL ING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. 481.1
mlxerx
TO LET.
I IHE First or Second Story of a house on East
Avenue. Enquire of J. P. HAN rOttD. “'48
FIRST-GLASS IIOIISE FOR SALE.
NEW, FIRSTdCLASS HOUSE located on
West Main Street, is offered for sale. Saul
House contains fifteen rooms besides closets and
wardrobes; cellar under the whole house with
room ,lor a large basement kltcheu,and dumb-
waitcr, and has a fire-place built for a range;
piped throughoutfor gas and water. It is built so
as to be convenlent for two families it (issued.
havmg a. kitchen and pantry up stairs, and sepa-
rate stalrways. The water is carried up to the
second floor, and the waste water carries out the
water to the cess— ool. The house is built of the
best materials an in the best manner. It is now
being finished and will be ready to occupy Janna-.
ry 1st, 1876. To one wishing to purchase a new
first—class place at a moderate price, in one of the
most desirable locations in town, thh presents a
good‘opportunity. If not sold within two months
WIII rent it to a responsible party at a moderate
rent. Enquire of EDEN EATON.
N orwalk, December lst, 1875. ~ 49
FOR SA LE .
TWO very desirable BuildingLots on West Main
. Street. Applyat the GA ETTE OFFICE. '
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A GOOD FARM of about 40 acres of high land,
situate d three miles north ovaew Canaan.
Apply to 11.13. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
’ FOR SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
antcst and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
\vlth stabllng for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, :just commencin to car fruit. ls
within five mlnutes’ walk of e Post Office. die.
Price 81,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
8600 per year. Enquire at this oflice.
ARN 'ro RENT.——A u... am with good su-
. bung for several homes, near the bridge.
Pncc $8 per month. Enquire at this Office.
sow roll YDIIII wuss PIPES.
Wm. 'Glover & Son,
Are ready to put in your WATER, STEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. WROUGHT AND CAST IRON, TIN-
LINED. LEAD PIPES, So. of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.
1 B. J. STURGES, .
REAL ESTATE ll INSURANCE
_BROKER,
Office No. A Gazette Building,
, NOR‘VALK, CONN.
At ofilce Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
and every evening after 5 o’cloc . ,
Property bou ht. sold and exchan ed.
Connecticut ‘arms wanted for ew York city
property.
Notary for City and County of New York.
INSURANCE.
Lancashlre, of England, Capitalelo,000.000.
‘ Scottish Commercial, Scotland, capi’l, $10,000,000.
Niagara, of New York, assets, $1,500,000.
Metro oiitan- Plate Glass Insurance Company,
of New 'ork, Capita18100,000. . . so
10 PER GENT, INTEREST-
First Mortgage on farm-lands.
I 5 Per Cent Semi-annually,
no BETTER snowman.
Havin made arrangements with HENRY
CLEWS 00., well known tankers, to safely in-
vest money at the above rate, we earnestly beg in-
vestors to call and examine at the ofllce of
Wilson It llurlbutt,
GAZETTE BUILDING-
J. BELDEN HUBLBUTT.
Dorlon House,
GBEGORY’S POINT.
THE subscribers would respectfully announce
thumbs above house will be he t open during
the winter season, for the accommo ation of Pleas-
ure Parties. Guests will be served at all times
With dinner or supper, and everything the season
affords. The House will be found warm and com-
fortable at all times.
3m42 - F. F. STEDMAN & SON.
FRANCIS J. Masses.
Drawer and Tailor.
A- choice selection of new and fashionable goods
~ constantly on hand
“can. No. l, Gazette Bundling.
,LANGLEY’S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
No. 13 Main St., Norwalk,
(over G. & S. H. Hoimes’ store.)
I. F. Langley would respectfully inform the in-
habitants of Norwalk and vicinity that he has eu-
larged and remodeled the above Gallery. and is
now prepared to make all klnds of pictures as good
as the best, at the lowest prices. Copying one
and enlargements made n'om small pictures. and
colored iandiu Ink, Oil and Water Colors. Views
taken of residences on reasonablc'terms. Stereo-
scopic Views, Groups and Interiors made. Stereo-
scopic Views of Norwalkat 25 cents each. Please
give me a call. Satisfaction unranteed.
y4-l 1. F. LANGL 1‘1 , Photographer.
uo'ncn 'r'o Puritans;
THE SUBSCRIBER is now preplired to furnish
Soda Water Igull Root Boer
STEEL F0 UNIAINS,
to any of his Customers or the Trade,
S. GRUMMAN.
51,5; Main Street, Nor-walk.
NOTICE.
The'Failielll Go. Savings Bank
WILL COMMENCE BUSINESS 0N
Thursday October Isl, ISM,
In the Banking Rooms‘of the Fair
field Go..Nationa_l Bank.
II‘IEIIEI‘I’ Will. IE ALLOWED II AIIIQBISIDI!
”HIE DAIE DI‘ DEEDS". - " _
Business hos rs from 9, A. IL, to 12. M.; and from 1
o’clock, P. IL, to 3; and on Saturday evenings
from 6 to 8 o’clock.
Wm. K. J AMES, President.
“38 CHAS. H. STREET, Treasurer.
Are you going to Paint?
USE . ,
AVERILL’S
CHEMICAL PAINT g.
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
it is more beautiful. moredurable, lower in price,.
is all ready for use, does not wash b rain. best
wood preserver, is water and tire proof, and is the
best for general uses, either for wood. iron or
brick buildings. Many of the finest residences ill
town are painted with
AV ERILL’: CHEMICAL PA I N'l‘
Put up ready for use ill pails or i. 2 or 3 gallons
kegs ol' 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels.
All orders Ipromptl y filled and ally information
given by app ying to
D. H. WEBB, Sole hg’t for Norw'alk
Barrllssm Wrrrll.
HIE public are warned that Dr. A. llawlcy
Heath, of 200 Broadway, N. V1. is no longer
Agent for this Water. lle has no genuine Bethes-
da Water since April,1875. and is selling a apnri~
ous waterlor Bethesda. For further particulars.
address IcicllA itl) l)U.\' In R.
Manager Bethesda Springs.
Waukcslla, “'13., Nov. 20th, 1875. 3mm-
FIIII A GOOD 000K STOVE
00 1‘0 BELDBN’S.
New Barber Shop
. Mr. AGUS'I‘US BAPPLE
Having taken the Shop formerly occu ied bit 31;.
Ed. Appell.in ISAACS’ BL()CK,WAL' STR ‘ET,
is now prepared to serve the public m the best
manner as regards anything in the Tonsol'lai Art,
and intends making it the '
Most. Popular Shop In Town:
The Saloon is well furnished throu bent, and
will be kept neatand clean. Shaving, air Dress-
, in . Dyeing. Cutting, &c., executed in a pains-
manner by competent assistants.
and give hun a trial.
ta inf
J scusrus UAP'PLn.
Cal
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Chloe west end of Bridge. SOU'i‘il NORWALK ..
colored citizen
ONLY THE SUNNY HOURS.
av EDMUND enamel 9mm.
Suggested by'the inscriptionpon adult-dial :—
. “ Horas non nun'u're at“ normal."
Only the sunny hours
Are numbered here—
No Winter time that lowers,
No twilight drgar,
' But from a golden sky'
When snnbeams fall, 1
Though the bright moments fly,—
They're counted all.
My heart its transient woe
Remembers not!
. Thelills of long ago
Are half forget; ‘ ,
But Childhood’s round of bliss,
Youth’s tender thrill, " . ’ '
llope’s whisper, Love’s first kiss,—
They haunt me still!
- SorroWs are everywhere,
J oys—all too few!
Have we not had our share
0f pleasure too ? '
No past the glad heart cowers, '
No memories dark; ' '
Only the sunny hours
» The dial mark. .
Scribnei’s Monthly.
' =__.——-—_.__.___—‘.'_._!
FOR ”BABY’S SAKE. '
’I he weary nightbss worn away
In troubled dream, and start ofpsin; "
And groping through the shadows gray ‘
Morn lights my darkened room again. '
How can I meet this bitterinlmn, . ,
Life’s anguish left, its hopes forlorn" -‘-
How can I bear the thoughts that ' ' . '
From sleep with me P For hubris-he!
The brightest of, thesnorningbeuls
lfieehout the darling lyinstbm: ,
It light! the Bleefi-flflhed'chsek; it glam,
'In tangled waves citizenry-heir ;_ .'
Files from the hand. that grasps in vain.
Then kisses the soft lips again;
No shadow of my sorrows lies
In those forgetmie-nots, his eyes.
I check the sighs that quickly come. "
Drive back the tears that haste to spring,
I will not cloud with look of gloom
The little one’s awakening:
Hisfather’s face he ne’er shall-see;
More bright his ficther’s smiles must be!
My bark of joy gone down—‘its wake
Must glitter still—J-for baby’s sake.
Dear baby-arms that clasp my own;
The soft embrace renews my power!
Sweet voice, I hear in every 'tonev
God’s message to my darkest hour.
He knew the grief my soul must stir,
And sent my little. comforter ;
1 And baby’s hand to help me on—
.A baby’s love to lean upon!
Nor all alone, I’m sometime sure,
My joy in this fair child can be ;
From holler hemp, with love more pure,
His father watches him with me.
To grasp hea'vg’s hope, by faithsnd prayer
To train his boy to meet him there—
For this I live! for ole-1 watt '
Help me, dear Lord! fol-baby’s sake.
A GLORIOUS LAND.
Our sountry !—’tis -. glorious laud! .
With broad arms stretched toe _ py shore ;
The proud Pacific chnfes‘h'er strand, '
She hears the dark Atlantic roar.
And nurtured onher ampiefibrcast ';'. ‘
How many a goodin piospect'lies
In nature’s wildest, grandest (Tress,
Enameled with her loveliest dyes.
Rich prairies, deck’d with gflowers of gold,
Like sunlit oceans roll afar; l»
Broad lakes her azure heavens behold,
Reflecting clear each trembliilg In;
And mighty rivers, mountain bean?
Go sweeping onward, dark and deep,
Through forests where the bounding'fswn
. Beneath their shelteringbr'snchsiloop. '
And cradled ’midher clusteringbills,
Sweet vsles in dream-like: beauty hide,
Where love the air with music "fills,
'And calm contentshdpQgcéidé;
For plenty here Mr flflheshpogrg,
In‘rich profusicrgo’erth‘s. ‘
And sent to seizedm‘r gen '
.. l .-f‘
There prowls no tyrant’s hlréling band.
Great God! we thank Thee for this home—
This bounteous birth-landof the free,
Where wand’rers fromafsr may come,
And breathe the sirof liberty? .‘ ‘
Still her flowers untrampled spring,
Her harvest wave, her cities rise; '
And yet, till time shall fold his wing,
Remain earth's loveliest paradise" 1
=52 .
A minister ‘was once trying totmh a nun-
ber of children that the soul would live after
they were dead. The'ylistened, but evidently
did not understand it. Snatching his watch
from his pocket, he said :
“James, what is this that
hand ? _
“A watch, sir.” “A little clock," said an-
other.
'“Do you all see it?”
“ Yes, sir.”
“How do you know it is a watch?
“ It ticks, sir.”
“ Very well. Can any of you hear, it tick?
Ah! listen now. "
After a pause, “ Yes, sir, we hear it.”
He then took off the case, and held ‘tho
case in one hand and the watch in the other.
“ Now, children, which is the watch it
You see there are tvt’o which look like watch-
es. ”
“The little one in your right hand, sir."
“ Very well. But how do you know that
this is the watch ? " " ’
“ Because it ticks."
| |“ Very well, again. Now Iwili hythecsss
aside—put it array, there—down in my bat.
Now let us see if you can hear the switch
tick.” ‘
“ Yes, sir, we hear it exclaimed several
voices. ~
“ Well, the watch can tick, and go, and
keep time, you see, when the _ case is taken
off and put away in my list. So it is with
ydu, children; your body is’not’ ' butths
case, the soul is inside; Th8 c 1 _ -' ' y
—r'nay be taken. off and: but“
ground, and dimmer-litt .,
as well as which will '
whe-U “ .Ti ,=.l '
I' hold in my
I,
"liens. _ ., v-Wlmn't‘wo
met on the linear the
City Hall one of them angrily exclaimed :
“Misser Jones, if you dean Farm .7 de
law will be put to you powerful hard."
“Now, (loan be onreasonin’," replied Jones
in a cajoling voice. . . ' '
“But you's got money
the first. .
“Yes, I know I end gib a check on do
bank; but I’s got to get a blank check, borrow
pen ’11 ink, ut on my specs. write all obel: do
check, go down dsr to ’dentify you, figger up-
side ioss of interes’ and probable while] was
in de bank some one ’ud be lookingfor-lnc on
dc street to hire me at $4 a day. Dose amgde
chief reasons why I dean want to pay de .
money fur do next twoweeks."—Ddrod Fm
Press. .
inde banks" shouted
Afalnily in town have a‘ dog twent éflve
can old. He wasoriginally s , but
e’s stayed with them so long that now they
‘ call him a tarrier.—-Bulietin.
i Hot Closet Range.
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