Norwalk Gazette, 1818-1883, 1876-02-01

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WWE NUMBER-1464 ‘ - ‘

‘l'Iie "Shaker hovers.

nr 'rna aurnon or "‘TIIE'GREEN MOUNTAIN
nors,” ”MAY smarts,” the.

hives once, upon a warm summer afternoon,

.' journeying on horseback in that wild and

picturesque tractof countryin New Hamp-
shire which borders on the upper portion of
the mountain-born Merrimae, whcn‘a dark
tlmuder-cloud, that had been gathering un-
pcrceived by me in the distance, rose up sud-
denly from behind the screening hills, ap-
prising me at once, by its threatening aspect, _
and the-rapidity with which it was rolling
towards me, that a therough drenching was
only to be avoided by an immediate flight to
some place of shelter. .

Applying the spur, therefore,” I put my
horse to his best speed, and fortunately suc-
ceeded in reaching a substantial-looking farm
house by the roadside just as the big, bright
drops of rain,vas if shaken downby the crash—
ing peal 'of thunder that heralded their de-
scent, came merrily dancing to the smoking
earth. ,

While standing in the open shed that I had
been so lucky as to gain, listening to the'roar
of the elements, and marking that almost ter-
riﬁc sublimity with which a tlnmder-storm.
in the mountains becomes invested, . the

-owncr of thecstablishmcnt, 'a ﬁne, hale—

looking man of forty, came out, and he cour-
teonsly invitcd'mc into the house, adding, at
the same time, that he thought from the un.
promising appearance of the clouds, I might
as well make up my mind at once to remain
with him through the night.

As it wns'then late in the afternoon, and
the rain still continued to pOur down, with
little prospect of abating in time for me to
resume my journey before dark, I soon con-
cluded to acceptthe proffered hospitality;
when I was immediately ushered in by my
kind entertainer, and introduced to his inter-
esting family asa strong-gr who had conclu—
dcd .to accept their poor fare for the night.

I hadalready been struck .with the‘tln-ift
and good management in' everything about
this establishment without, {ind my admira-.

tion was now equally awakened by the neat. ,

ness and rustic taste of all within, and the

quiet and order with which thebfamily con-

cerns seemed to be conducted under the su-
perintendcnce‘of my hostess, one of the most
comely and engaging matrons I remember
ever to have seen. I very soon discovered -
my host to be a man of much natch shrewd-
ness, and ﬁxed and well-formed opinions on
almost all subjects that presented themselves;
and these qualities united with a spice of sly
humor and a tact for description, failed not
to impart a high degree of piquancy and in-
terest to his conversation. After the excel-
lent supper, with which we were. soon favor-

' ed, was over, the household affairs regulated,

and the smaller children disposed of for the
night, the amiable mistress of_ the house took
ller'g'iknitting-wOrk and joined as in the sitting;
room, adding-'70 still' further interest to the
converse by lier quiet presence, and the well-
timed and pertinent remarks which she occa-
sionally threw in on the different subjects that
wet introduced. The conversationat length
turned on‘ the Shakers, an establishment of
whom I had visited that very morning. ' Per-
ceiving that my host appeared to dissent from
some general remark I had .madc in praise of
thatsing‘ular society, I turned to him and said:
.“ You helieve them to' be an; industrious,
quiet and very honest people, surely do you

not sir?” , .
“ Industrious and quiet‘ enough, doubtless,

and just as honest as other people, but not a
whit more so,” he replied?! ..-,—.~.... :ch

“ Why, I had supposed them,” I T‘Cjullled,
“ not only peculiarly honest and sincere, but
in a great degree devoid of all those passions
and vices that most move and agitate the rest
of society.”

“All that in the exterior they generally

. present, I grant you; .but are you willing to

“a

take that as a criterion of their true charac-
ter ?” he asked. '

“By no means,” said I. .

“ Well, sir, could you lift the cuitain, and
see all that this'sober and wonderfully honest
exterior is sometimes made to conceal, you
might perhaps be a little' less inclined to ex-
empt them from the common feelings and
frailties ' of other people. ‘ I have half a
mind to tell you a story of an affair which
ogcurred some twenty years ago at the very
establishment you visited, and which would

show—4’
“Now don’t, husband!” interrupted my

hostess, with a deprecating look.

“Only by way of argument, wife,” briskly
replied the man, casting an arch look at the
other. “ I want to show him that love and
intrigue may sometimes be found under a-
broad ,brim as well as a narrow one.”

“ Oh! pray let us have it; go on—go on,

'by all means,” I eagerly interposed, delighted

at the novel idea of ,a love story from such an
unpromising source as that of :the. Shaking
Quakers. ., ., .

With another roguish glance at his slightly
disturbed though now acquiesccnt companion,
my host, after a brief pause, began;

It was a delightful evening in the month of
October, and the setting sun was throwing
his parting beams over the yellow forests of
the surrounding uplands, whose burnished
foliage threw;back the mingling streams of
reﬂected light, and spread a‘ red, quivering
glow over the slumbering waters of the Mas-
comy and the beautiful meadows that be
stretched along its shores. Nearly the whole
of the shaker family, numbering at that time
something less than a hundred, were in the
ﬁeld, a short distance from‘ the pond, engaged.
in gathering the {rare fruit of their extensive
orchards—the women, with .their hand—bas-
kets, picking the choicer kinds for market or
winter preservation, and the men' gathering
and convej‘ig to the teams, stationed at dif-
ferent points of the ﬁeld for the purpose,
that part of the fruit which was'destiued for
the ordinary uses of society. Thc‘almost
exact uniformity in the fashion and color of
their dresses produced a singular sameness in
the appearance of them all; but this was
more particularly the case with the females,
wlrdse neat, prim dresses of never—varying
slate color, white linen kerchicfs and snowy
caps, surmounted by their low, plain bonuets,
from which peepcd their thin, pale visages,
all seemingly marked with the same demure,
downcast expression, might have disposed an
ordinary spectator, as they were moving
about the field as silent and gesturcless as a

‘ band of automatons, tolook upon them with
, sensations much resembling those we experi-
. ence in beholding atlock of wild fowls, where

an inspection of one is an inspection of the
whole. .A. closer observer, however, in ex:
amining the,.f,aces and ﬁgures of each, would
have discovered ﬂint here, as well as else-
where, Naturc-had not forgotten to be partial
in the distribution of her favors, and that
here, as well as elsewhere, were those on
whom the gift of personal beauty had not
been altogether so charily bestowed; and
among the latter Class there was particularly
one whose rounded, symmetrical person, fair
and blooming face, and intelligent and sweet-
ly expressive countenance, all strikingly con-
trasted with the drooping forms, plain fea-
tures and passive, unmeaning looks of most
of her unattractive companions. I
Just as the _last rays of the sinking sun
were fading from the lofty summit of the
distant ~ Kearsarge, the word was passed for
the people to leave work and return to their
houses. As the company were promiscuously,
thouglrintheir usual quiet and unsociable
manner, retiring from the ﬁeld, one of the
men, a dark-eyed, compactly built fellow of
about twenty-one, bearing a large basket of
apples upon‘his shOulder, contrived-to cross

the path of the young Quakcress just describ-
ed. ,‘VIIIIC (Icing this, and when directly be-
fore hcr at a few yards’ distance, he made a
seemingly accidental misstcp, which sudden.
ly brought his basket to the ground, and sent
its contents rolling over the grass around
0t and till the ymet. the feet of the ap-
proaching maiden, who instantly paused and
smiled at the little mishap which had thus
oddly interrupted her in her course. The
young man immediately threw himself on his
knees among the scattered fruit, as if intent
only on gathering it up; but, while his hands
were busily employed for that purpose, his
eyes turned with a quick, eager look upon
the face of the girl.

“ At the elm ’treeglartha,” he said, in a
low, hurried tone ; “ meet me at the elm tree,
at the lower end of the'orehard; inunediately
after worship.” .

“It is dangerousedangcrous, Seth!” re-,

plied the maiden, slightly coloring, and cast-
ing an uneasy glance around her. ‘

“ Now I do beseech thee,,Martha,’1 he per-
sisted imploringly; “I have matters of mo-
ment toimpart to thee; it. may be the last.
time—yea, it. will be, if thee refuse me now.
wilt thou not come, then ?”

“ Perhaps,” answered the girl, after a hesi-
tilting pause, into which she threw. a look of

inquiry and concern upon the youth, but

seemed to suppress the question which rose
to her lips—“perhaps, if I can get from the
buildings unnoticed. But thee need not have

spilled thy apples for so poor a purpose, Seth." -

So saying she hastily turned away, and
with quickenei‘. steps pin-sued her course after
her retreating companions, while the other
now proceeded in earnest to pick up his scat-
tered apples; This being completed, he was
about to iise, when, looking around him, he
cncormtcred the gaze of a man peering at
him from under the low-hanging branches of
a neighboring apple tree. A glance suﬂiced
to apprise the young man of the character and
object of the interlopcr; for, in the thick,
(lumpy ﬁgure, little hooked nose, ‘whitish,
gloating eyes and ill-omencd countenance of
the man, he at once recognized one of the
leaders of the society, and the one of all oth—
ers whose notice at this juncture he would
have been most anxious to avoid.

“Well, make the most'of it, thou vile
seeker 0f accusations,” indignantly muttered

'the young man between his teeth, a,’ with a

look of deﬁance, he. shouldeg‘ed his basket and
proceeded homeward, follovvéd-ata-glmxtggg.
t-ancc by the object of his aversion, who "did

not-seem inclined to' make any immediate use_

of such discoveries as he might have made
with his eyes, for the distance precluded the
poSsibility of his hearing a word that had
been uttered. I _ -

But, before proceeding any further with
our story, it may now be as well, perhaps, to
speak a little more particularly . of the differ-
ent characters we have introduced, and advert
to such circumstances of previous occurrence
as may be necessary for a full understanding
of the situation in which they relatively stood
towards each other. at the time chosen for their
introductlon. . ,

Seth Gilmore had been an orphan almost
from his childhood. At the death of his last
remaining parent, he was taken home by an
uncle, an old bachelor of considerable prop-
erty, to which it was supposed the. boy would
eventually succeed. But, in the course of a
year or two, another and much older nephew
was taken home; and, being of a selﬁsh, in-
triguing disposition, he soon contrived entire-
ly to supplant the former in thc affections of
the changeable uncle, who, not long after,
was induced to give the unoffending little Seth
to thc’Shah‘ers ofl'the establishment of which

’ive‘are‘sp‘e'arv“ ma; "H'ére'c‘b‘nunmngroremain,

he became, as he grew up, noted among the
family for his faithfulness, activity and capac-
ity for business; and, before he had arrived
at the age of twenty, ho was acknowledged
by all to be one of the most skillful and elli-
cient hands. on the farm. So far nothing im-
portant had occurred to him to vary the dull

monotony of the Shaker life. But about this'

time Séthbegan to think for himself, and be-
came desirous of acquiring information—a
very great error 'he was taught to believe by
the leaders, who hold the “ ignorance is the
mo: her of devotion,” and that the youth and
all the common members of the family should
yield implicitly to those who are gifted to
think for them and instruct them in all that
is necessary to be known. The young man,
however, wilfully persisted in his notions;
and by the promptings of this heretical spirit,
he sought the acquaintance of two or three
yormg men of the world ( as all without the
pale of the society are termed) who occasion-
ally visited the establishment for the transac-
tion of business or from motives of curiosity.
Being eager of inquiry and quick to compre-
hend, he soon gained information from these
which showcdhim the falsity of many 'of the
strange ideas and impressions he had here im—.
bued respecting society at large, and other-
wise afforded him the means of judgingﬂfrom
which he had been wholly debarred; for it is
the settled policy of the leaders of this peo-
ple, in order to make faithful and contented
subjects, n0t,only t0, instill into’ the minds of
their youth the greatest possible abhorrence
of the world, which is constantly represented
as dishonest, licentious and every way cor—
rupt, but to guard with untiring vigilence
every avenue of information that might have
a tendency to undermine or diminish the pre-
judices and opinions thus inculcated. Seth’s
mind, however, when once called into action,
was of a cost not easily to be thus trammeled;
and the doubts, which his own reason at ﬁrst
suggested, being constantly strengthened by
the facts gathered 'in his intercourse with
these young men, and the booksthat he bor-'
revved of them and secretly read, in spite of
his masters, spiritual and temporal, he at
length'becamc a conﬁrmed disbelicver in the
creed to which he had been brought up, and
began seriously to meditate on the expedien-
cy of sundering the tics which bound him to
the society. But before his views had become
very deﬁnitely settled on these subjects, or
any plans of future action matured, the Sha—
ker leaders themselves made a move which
was intended to anticipate or remedy any
evils of the character just mentiongd that
might be growing; for these wary men, who
watch the intellectual progess of ‘their‘ youth

'as anxiously as ever did a pedagogue wzitch

his pupils, though with far differentmotives,
began to perceive about this time that our
hero’s mind was becoming rather dangerously
expanded ; and, although not apprised of the
means‘or extent of his information, yet judg-
ing from what they had noticed that he could
not long be retained without more than ordi-
inary inducmicnts, they held a secret consul-
tation, and linaliy came to the conclusion that
Seth's merits were such as entitled him to pro-
motion. Accordingly they proposed, unex—

pectedly to him, to make him an assistant

deacon, or one of the overseers of business,
naming some future day, not far distant, for
him to enter upon the duties of his ofﬁce and
be admitted to a seat with them in the coun-
cil, which met from time to time to delibera-te
on the temporal concerns of the family.
This gave a new direction to his thoughts, and
for awhile quieted his growing discontent.
Still extremely anxious, however, to know
more of the World, he soon claimed the priv—
lcge of going abroad on missions of trade—a
privilege which. he knew' was sometimes ac-

-. corded to those exercising the ofﬁce that had

been offered him, provided they were consid-
ered tried and trustworthy; but in this fond
wish of his heart he was unexpectedly doom-
ed to disappointment, for which he was in-
debted, ashe. scon:discovered,.to the inﬂu-
ence of one man, the person whom we have
already introduced as playing the spy upon
the young couple~ in the orchard. This man,
who went by the appellation Qf Elder Hig-

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gins, had for some time manifested tost
Seth an unusual degree of coldness and dis—

trust, which the latter till now had little»

heeded. But this last act caused his ill'will
to be heartily reciprocatcd on the part 9f the
young inan, and circumstances soon occurred
which. made the breach irreparable. These
circumstances were found to, have reference
to a third person—the young, innocent and
lovely Martha, towards whom the Elder about
this time began to pursue a course'of conduct
as strange as it was questionable.-

Martha had been brought to this establish-
ment when eight or ten years of age by her
parents, both of whom at the same time join-
ed the family, turniug into the common fund
the whole of the little property they possess-
ed. All the acknowledged relations between
parent and child from that moment entirely
ceasing, the little girl was left wholly to the
guidance and instruction of the elders and el-
dresses, to whom the care of the youth in-
trusted; and, through her docility and her
meek and conﬁding disposition, she had read-

ily imbibed the doctrines, and, for the greater .

part of her girlhood, implicitly trusted in the
creed that was taught her, exhibiting in her
exemplary conduct a bright pattern of all that
was esteemed good and lovely among the fam-
ily. But as she verged upon womanhood and
begal to give herself to reflection, her natur-
ally in and discriminating mind, moved,
perhaps, by the, associations of her childhood
that still lmng about her, or , the observations
she had made upon the conduct bf some of
the leaders, forced upon her questions. and

doubts. which perplexed her 'to answer or

solve. These, it. is true, at ﬁrst through the'
pious impulses of her truly devotional heart,
were often rejected as the temptations of Sa-
tan; but then they as, often returned to dis-
turb the duiet of her pure and gentle bosom;
and at length, in spite of her strivings to the
contrary, she at . length became, though less
decidedly than the youth we have described,
a disbeliever, at least in many dogmas of that
creed which she had been taught to look upon
as infallible, ,. .

Such was Martha l-Iilson; and it was noth-
ing strange that two such young‘ persons of
different sexes as she and Seth, in the daily
habit of seeing each other, and possessing
characters as congenial as they were in many
respects, distinguished from those around
them, should attract each othcr’s particular-
notice. Nor is it much less to be wondered
gt,,,perhap§,’;tlntt such notice should .be fol-

lowed by the springing up. of mutual sympa-

thies in their bosoms: though that these symn
puhies shouldbedeﬁued and acknowledged
by their true name, and made known by re--
ciprocal avowals, was, indeed, at suchaplace,
a rare occurrence. But Love is a cunning de-
viser of occasions; and, as difﬁcult
as it might be in this case, he at length found
a way by which the young couple in question
eventually discovered the nature of those
feelings that were silently drawing their hezirts
toward each other. For a long time, howev.
er, no word or communication ever passed
between them, save that. which was conveyed
in the language of the eyes. But after awhile
the silence was broken, as they casually met
in the yard. by a ‘simplc inquiry for some
third person, and as brief an answer. This
was followed, after another interval of per-
haps a month, when they again accidentally
met, by the interchange of a few words on
some common topic; and at length, on a sim-
ilar chance occasion, succeded a proposal on
his part to loan her a book, which, after some
hesitation she accepted, with the promise to
peruse and return it at a. time and place which
he proposed for the purpose. An excuse for
meeting being thus found, occasional inter.
views followed, tlibugli at' hone of them was“
a word breathed by either expressive of those
feelings of which each felt a trembling con-
sciousness as the true secret of their being
thus brought together. These interviews,
moreover, were of the bricfcst kind. and in—
dulged in but very rarely; for, aware that it
was one of the distinguishing'articles of their
creed that “ the cormtptz'on of man {a the at-
tachment of the acres,” and consequently that
all intercourse which might lead to such at-
tachment should be strictly forbidden, they
knew how closely they were watched, and,
how surely penance of some kind or other
whuld follow a detection of their meetings,
however innocent the object; and'such had
been the extreme caution with which this in—
tercoursc‘ had 'been managed, that they felt
sure that it could not have been discovered,
and they supposed that it remained wholly
unsuspected. In this 'supposition, however,
they soon found they had over-cenﬁdently
counted. Something in theirdemeanor, some
unguarded look when they publicly’met, or
some brief absence of both at the same time,
had attracted the notice of the prying Hig-
gins; and, his jealousy being thus aroused,
be commenced a system of secret espionage
upon the young couple which would have
conferred credit on a miniOn of the inquisi-
tion ; the result of which was; that he became
convinced of the existence of a forbidden at-
tachment growing up between them, and
strongly suspected them, though wholly una-
ble to ascertain it for a fact, of holding clan-

destine interviews.
Tinspersonage, whose manner was as hate-

ful as his countenance was disagreeable, and

whose characterwas a strange compound of
the fanatic, the,,.Icsuit and .. the voluptuary,
was an elder in the church, in which, through
his pretensions to Ending gifts or direct reve-

lations from above, and his intriguing and

ambitious disposition, he had gained an inﬂu-
ence even greater, perhaps, than the Elder
Brother himself, as the chief ruler of each
Shaker familyjs denominated; and, bismu-
liition beipg not content with his spiritual do-
minion, he aspired to,.and by similar means
obtained, an equal ascendancy in the manage-
ment of the business and temporal'concerns,
of the establishment. ' Exacting the most
rigid,obedience from all, requiring the most
implicit faith in all the ultra doctrines of 'his
creed, and ever untiring in searching out de-

linquencies in others, while. heshielded his

own under the very convenient dogma hand-
ed down by Mother Ann Lee for the. special
beneﬁt of the peculiarly gifted like himself,
that “ to tlw pure all things are pure,” he had
become fairly an object of dread among the
people. For thesc‘reasons, then, if they had
no others, it will be readily seen how much
our two young friends had to fear from the
sanctimonious elder; but they had additional
reasons; He had for some time shown him-
self remarkably scnsitivc in everything that
related to Martha; and no sooner were his
suspicions fairly awakened respecting the at-
tachment of her and Seth; than she was sum-
moned to meet at the confessional alone, and
in one of the most secluded rooms of the
buildings. This was several times 'repeated,
to the great horror of the distressed maiden
and the agonizing fears of Seth, who became
apprised of the circumstance, and but too
well conjectured the secret motives of the
Elder in summoning 'hcr. instead of him, to
meet- him in private ; though what passed on
these occasions he had no other means of judg-
ing than by the mingled expression of grief
and outraged feeling that very visibly marked
the tear-stained face of the poor girl for hours
after her return from the scene of her trials.
With Seth a different course was‘ taken;
and, though no rebuke was administered, no
word hinted to him respecting the offence of
which he, in common with Martha, was sus-
pected to be guilty, he yet soon found that he
was not for that reason any the less marked
for punishment. He soon discovered that the
rider was secretly attempting to undermine
his character with the family, while a system
of petty annoyances was made to meet him in
everything he did, till his life became one of
constant vexation-and misery; and, being no
longer tempted by the proposed change with.

out the c0vetcd privilege of going abroad, he
again began to meditate about leaving the So-
ciety. But checked in this wish by'a want
of confidence in his ability to succeed in the
world of which he was so little informed, and
abovc all by his ‘ love for- Martha and his ap-
pr'chensions-for her safety, marked as he _be-
lieved she was as the victim of the liccntious
Elder, be here also became the prey of con-
ﬂicting emotions. The treatment of his ma-
licious persecuter, however, at length , drove
him to a ﬁnal decision; and, having formed a
new plan in regard to his fair friend, whom
he had been so reluctant to leave, he waited
only for an opportunity of seeing her alone
(from which, through the precautions of the
Elder, heﬂd been for a long while debarred,)
before carrying' his resolve into execution:
With these remarks we will now return to
the events which form the action of our story.

On returning to their buildings, after the
labors .of their ﬁeld were over, the. family as '
usnal soon repaired to the rooms allotcd to
their daily repasts.’ For this purpose three
tables were always spread in separate build-
ings—one for the ordinary male members,
one for the females, and one for- the. leaders.

Immediately after supper the whole family
assembled for worship in the house especially
consecrated for that purpose; but so well
known is their meahinglcss mode of worship
that we will pass over them for matters more
immediately connected with our story; and for
this purpose we will new repair to the tryst-
ing' tree of the persecuted lovers, who had
generally, as now, ﬁxed upon for their inter-
view the hour immediately succeeding wor-
ship, which was allowed the family for at-
tending to their individual concerns, and
which, therefore, afforded an opportunity for
an absence less likely'to be noticed by the
Argus-eyed leaders. ' .

The broad, bright harvest moon,- rising ma-
jestically over the eastern-hills, was beginning-
to pourdown her ﬂoods of quivering light
upon the quiet scene—now striking upon the
taller, then the shorter shrubbery of the ﬁeld
and seemingly converting its pendant boughs
into glittering tissues of silver—now bursting
in brightness upon the waveless waters of the
pond, and now glancing abroad upon the
'whole of the surrounding landscape, andlight-
ing it up. with her dim and solemn splendors.

The yormg man, the ﬁrst to reach the spot,
stood pcnsively leaning against the trunk of a.
wide-spreading elm standing but a short- dis-
tance from the margin of the water. ._ As the
moonlight gleamed acr'oss,his face, tokens of
=‘deep and struggling emotions were there vial-’-
bly depicted; and even afcar might‘occasiou-
ally be seen to start out and glitter upon his
manly cheek. Presently the white, ﬂuttering
robe of a female was seen glancing along
among the obstructing trees of the orchard,
and rapidly gliding toward the spot. In an--
ﬁther moment the light figure rushed into the
opened arms of the youth, their heads were
dropped on each 'otlmr’s shoulder‘s, and, for a
brief interval, not a word was spoken.

“ Oh Martha, Martha!" at length uttered
the young man in tones of deep and troubled
feeling, 'and again was sildnt'. : -

“ Thee seems much agitated to.night, Seth,”
'said the girl. in. a meek, inquiring manner,
after waiting awhile for the other to proceed.

“ I am, Martha,” replied he; “ my heart
is indeed tried, most sorely tried.”

- “And why art thee thus disquieted, Seth!”
again asked the girl,- “ and why," she contin—
ucd, in a tone of tender cxpostulation, “why
hast thee urged me to this meeting, when thee
knows that I am not without my doubts and .
misgivings about communing with thee in
this manner, and when, also, thee so well
knows the great rink we both run at being
dIEEo’vcrcd Ia-n'd' punished, and I of being
brought to shame before the people, or in
other fearful ways ‘3”

“I'know—I know all, Martha: and I should
be grieved to be the means of causing thee
trouble. But so many things have happened
since we met, and I had so much which I de-
sired to say to thee, that I could not ﬁnd it in
my heart to go away without seeing thee.”

“ Go away! Surely! Hast thee well con-
sidered, Seth?”

“Yes, long and deeply. I can no. longer
endure the vile misusach'have lately receiv-
ed; I can nolongcr endure to be a slave—a
slave to those who would fetter and degrade
both the body and the mind; and I have de-
termined that this night I.will leave them."

. “ But whither would thee go ?—intl) the
wide, wicked werld ?” I

“If I thought, Martha, I sh0uld ﬁnd 'the
people of the world more wicked than some
of those I shall leave behind, I would remain
But it is not that which now perplexes 'and
trdubles me.” - ' ~ 7 .

“If we have been taught aright, Seth,
what should trouble thee more ‘3” f

“ Ay, if might; but thee knows my , opin-
ions of the absurdity of our creed, and the
falsity of half that is. told us. No, it is. no
scruples of that kind, but my doubts and
fears about the reception I may meet. with in
the World of whose ways ’I know so little,
and in which I must appear so foolish and
awkward. ' I am ignorant Martha, ignorant
‘as a child, -of all that I should know.”

“But does not that spring from pride of
heart, Seth, which under any good creed,thee
should strive to banish? It appears to me thee
should have better reasons." ' -

“Well, I have other reasons, and much
stronger ones, I confess, with me; but I
know not that thee would consider them bet-
ter. It is—" and the youth paused and hesi-
tated, while the wondering maiden tlu‘ew an
innocent and inquiring look upon his sorrow-
ful and agitated countenance—f‘ It is,” he re-
resumcd, at length mastering his emotions,
“it is the thought of leaving thee among this
people‘to be subjected to the wiles and .persc-
cutions of that wicked and designing—”

“ Oh! name him not, Seth, name him not I”
quickly interrupted the girl with a shudder,
which but too plainly told both her-fears and
abhorrence of the man about to be mentioned.

“I should not, Martha, but I have noticed
that which has ﬁlled me with alarming conjec-
tures—with fears for thy safety; and I would
that thee tell me what he proposes to thee.”

“ I cannot—I 'caunot ;' but, oh i if thee
knew my troubles, Seth-,J and the poor. girl,
at the thought thus called up, dropped her.
head upon the other’s shoulder, and wept as
if her heart would break;

“ The wretch! the accursed \vrctch !” ex-
claimed the young man bitterly.

-“ Nay, nay, do not curse, Seth,” sobbed the
girl, making an effort to check her emotion;
“that is a gift belonging, I believe, only to
the Great One above, who metes out justice
to the sinful, not as man metes under the in-
ﬂucncc of blinding passions, but according
to the proper measure; and He, we must rc-
mcmbcr, can protect the innocent as well as
punishthe guilty; and, though my trials are
indeed sore, yet I trust that Good Being will
still, as I-Ie‘has done, preserve “10 guiltlcss
and unharmed,” _

Each being absorbed in the thoughts and
feelings which the conversation had excited,
there was here a short pause in the discourse,
during which. the maiden gently disengaged
'her self from the partial einbracc of the oth-
er, and, wiping her eyes, seemed to resume
her usual tranquility. - ‘

“Martha,” at length said the young man,
with an air of embarrassment and a slightly
tremulous accent. .

"" What would thee say, Seth?” asked th
maiden composedly, perceiving that the other
hesitated to go oh. '

“Martha, does thee love me ?” resumed
the youth with an effort. , .

“Why—why,” replied she, now hesitatiug
in turn, “ why', we are commanded to love
one another, are we not ?” _

“ Ay, Martha; but does thee regard me

i with that feeling which the world calls love I?”

have often greatly feared'fthat my heart was
an err-ing one. I have tried to bestow my
love on all; but I have. sometimes thought,
perhaps, that thee was getting rather more
than thy share." 5'.“ “' '

“Thy Words are prehious to‘ my heart,

towards each other, an‘d‘fpermit‘ it to lead us
t9 its natural consummrition. Thee knows,
Martha, that the love of which I speak, when
crowned by marriage,is allowed and approved
by the good and wise of every sect but our
own. Thee knows, too,v'r that it' is sanctioned
andblessed bythe good book, that I lent thee
on purpose that thee might read the whole,
instead of such parts as! our elders would
have us take for our guide, cunningly denying
us the free use of the book because they fear
to have us read and reason upon the rest-not
because, as they pretend, We should pervert it.
“Thee bewildercst 1110; Seth. 'I will con-
fess that I have at tixnes_,t-houglrt that there is
reason in what thee now, says; but I have,
as often feared that it was only the prompt-
.ings of vain fancies or; sinful inclinations;
and it is so different from what I have always
been taughbto believe right, that it sométimes
makes me tremble lest I' should at last he left
to harbor a belief whichimay be wrong in it-
self, and prove ruinous tq’mfsoul’s interests. ”
- “ It is not wrong,” “warmly argued the
young man; “it is;n0t thong, Martlia.’ It is:
right; thy reason tells thee that it is right.
All nature .ponﬁrms it, ~ The Bible, when
properly consulted, answers yea. Come, then,
Martha, come with me. 5, 7Let us go into the
world, where there will be no‘me‘an spies to
dog and torment us—no tyrants to pervert
our innocent actions, and make them an ex-
cuse for prosecuting thck‘foillcst designs, and
none to molest and ,' 'e Hus afraid; where,
united as one never mor'e to part, we will
live, be free to love, and in the love and free-
dom ﬁnd our ‘solace,,'our comfort, and our
lasting felicity.- Coins: come; . fear not.
With my own hands Willl support thee—in
my own heart I will cherish thee.” ' , -
“ Oh! tempt me net—thinpt me not, Seth !"
“ Call it not temptation, dearest one. soon-
er‘would I suffer all thg‘t‘ wicked men could
inﬂict than lead thee astray. I think it—I ‘-
mcan it'for thy good as much as for my own
happiness. It is not temptation; it is but the
pleadings of wisdom and of love. Fly 'with
me, then, this night and this hour—ﬂy With
me from the miseries and dangers that here
beset thee to safety andhappiness."
.. _‘,‘)Nay, nay Seth,” replied the maidencalm-
ly and ﬁrmly, afteynappeai'ing to struggle a
moment with hereonllictiag feelings. “Thy
proposal is a. bold and startling one; This {1150

and may not. now. accept it; and, moreover,
I may not longer remain 'with thee. I must
return to the buildings/1 ., . »

“ And am I never, to see thee more?”
asked the other sadly? - , -'- '-

“ Why, if thee Willi/indeed leave us," she
repliedlingering and hbsitating,‘ “ unless, per-
haps—unless-thec could‘rctum at some ap-
pointed time andplacq'J’ - . V

“ Will thee; thcn,’f eagerly inquired the
youth, “ will thee meétme here four weeks
from this night?” ‘ I ' '

“ If permitted, I will, Seth.” .

“ And‘be prepared to go with me ?”

“Again I may not promise; but I will
weigh thy proposal with kindly intent. Fare
thee well, Seth.” . is, .

“Fare thee well, beloved Martha—if thee
can stay no longer, fare time well, with many
blessings; but remember, oh remember!” .

Fondly and anxiously gazed the youth after
the maiden, till hen retreating form was lost
to his view among-the intervening shrubbery, -
when he appeared to rouse himself from his
tender reverie to the purpose now remaining
to be accomplished; and, with a ﬁrm step
and resoluﬁa air, he bent his hurse towards
the pond. Where he knew a skiﬁ belonging
to the Shakers was moored. - '

Seth, with the view of avoiding collisions
growing out of any attempt that might be
made, in case he had been suspected and
watched, to prevent his going away, deemed
it best to depart in a direction and manner
which the Shakers would be the least likely
to suspect him of taking. In pursuance of
this plan he had determined to take the boat
and cross over to some point which was to
place him beyond the family possessions,
within'thc boundaries of which the pursuit
of their fugitives was usually conﬁned. Con-
gratulating himself on the result of his inter-
view with Martha, which, besides ﬁlling his
bosom with'the blissful consciousness that his
love was reciprocated, and inspiring his mind
with the joyful hope that the prize of his af-
fections would soon . be his, had passed over,
as be supposed, undetected, he pursued his
way with a light and rapid step along the
path leading to the water. He had not gone
many rods, however, -before,-.to his utter sur-
prise, his old persecutor, the sleepless Hig-
gins, stepped out from behind a covert, and,
with a look of malicious indignation, con-
fronted him in his path. Deeply vexed, but
neither daunted nor turned from his purpose,
the young man paused and threw back a look
of indignation and scorn at his detested Oppo-
nent ; for perceiving the Elderto be alone and
conscious of hi own bodily power, he disdain:
ed either to cower or ﬂee, but, with an air of
cool deﬁance, stood waiting his movements.

“ Ah! tho‘u vile-young. heretic !" at length
exclaimed the Elder, tauntingly! -“ I have
caught thee at last, then, in thine own iniqui-
ties? What was 'thee saying to the maiden?”

“ What thee will not be likely to be much
wiser for;" indignantly replied Seth, who felt
conﬁdent that, whatever the Elder’s luck had
been as a spy, he could not, from-the distance
of his position, have gained much in the char-

. acter of an eaves-dropper.

“ Ila! dost thou defy thy appointed rulers,
young man? Confess thy sins unto me, lest I
make an example of both thee and her in
punishment for thy heinous offences,"

“ Hypocrite, I know-thee, and for myself
defy thee! but I bid thee beware how thee
shall further persecute that innocent girl; for
as sure as thee ‘injures .3 hair of her head, I-
will hunt thee while I live, and haunt thee
when I am dead. ‘

Accustomed to witness only tokens of the
most abject submission in the deluded people
over whom he had so long tyrannized, and

from the young man whose spirit he had
greatly underrated, the astonished Elder
stood a moment fairly choking with rage, un-
able, from the violence of his passions, to ut-
ter a singe word.

.u Gct—get—get thee back ' to the build-
ings l” at length he sputtered in exploding
rage. “Get thee back, thou audacious—thou
—thou God-forsaken reprobatc! Get thee
back, I say, instantly!” j ‘ I

“ Man, I shall not obey thee-i” said Seth in
cool, determined tone. “I no longer acknowl-_
edge thy authority; and, from this hour I am
no longer one of thy blinded and deluded peo-
ple. I go hence,” be added, turning out of
' the path with the view of passing by the other.

“ I will detain thee—I will seize thee—I
will curse thee,‘- and, verily, 'I_ will smite
thee 1” again exclaimed the fuming. Elder,
springing at the other and making a desper-
ate grasp at his collar. -

The young man, however, was not taken
unprepared for the onset, and the next in-
stant the wrathful Shaker was sprawling upon
the earth. , _

Bounding forward for the pond, with the
object of getting out upon the water ‘before
his discomﬁtted antagonist could recovcrhim—
self and reach the shore in pusuit, Seth quick-

skiff and‘ leaped aboard; but, before he
‘could succeed inlclearing the boat fairly from
the shore. and in he was stepping backwards,

Martha. Let us, thenfbherish that feeling

.new and unexpected. -I.I-.have not cOnsidcred "

totally unprepared-for such-bold language

ly gained the landing, hastily unfastencd the-

NORWALK, CONNECTICUTTQIIESDAY; FEBRUARY 1,18%." 1'

4 I J
“I hardly know what to tell thee, Seth. I. with handled our, to take his seat in the stem,

the infuriated Elder Icamc puﬁiing in hot haste
down the bank and dashed into the 'water up
to his knees after the receding boat, which
even at that moment had just passed out of
his reach. Espying, however, the end of
the tie-rope. which, in the hurry of
unfastening, had' not been taken up, and
which was now dragging through the water
Within reach, he instantly seized it and gave
it a sudden and furious jerk. Unconscious of
the oversight he had mommittcd, and, there-
fore, wholly unprcparcd for this movement,
the young man lost his balance-in the violence
of the shock, was precipitated backwards
over the end of the skiff into the water, and
instantly disappeared beneath the 'surface.
With a desperate effort the Elder ﬁrst drew
the skill up high and dry on the shore, then
hurriedly catching up an our and springing
back to the water’s edge, he held the formid-
able implement over his head as if in readit
ncss for a fatalblow. the instant his victim’s
head should reappear on the surface. .In a
few seconds the young man came up just out
of reach of the weapon; when, perceiving
the threatening attitude of his antagonist, ap-
parently determined on his destruction should,
-he attempt to come ashore, he seemingly be.
came panic-struck and confused; and, after
glaring wildly around him an instant,.sunk

face to rise no more to the view. '

[Concluded new main]
' ——__=,-_.==m
From the N. Y. Tribune.
“Turn Back The Hands.”

run MAN WHO samnn ms 0mm) Jonx. winxss
‘ acorn.

HaVc we been counting time tee fast, and
muét we turn back the hands upon the dial
plate ? ‘ It was pleasant to think, while grass
was gréwing .on the battle—ﬁelds and grain
was springing upin the ragged furrows of
the war, and kindly nature was at her healing
work wherever armies had marched and can-
non scorchcd the plain and graves been dug,
that time was setting us , each day further
from the bitter-griefs and burning passio'ns of
that fearful time, quenching the hate .it en-
gendered and mellowed into tenderness the
memories it left us. We did not suppose,
we could not hope, that in every breast eith-
er north or south the ﬁre that had raged so~
ﬁercely had gone out ; that there 'was no
spark of , passion or hatred or revengcfnl feel-
ing left. ' We could not in our hopes or ex-
pectations draw 5o largely upon man’s frailty
for the diviner quality in his nature. We
asked of them no sacriﬁce ‘of feeling or of
opinion, no rccantation _or.,confcssion; noth-'

ing but that they wou' * .ognize the logic
of events, aduﬁtth: ‘se for which
they fought was lost, t reocc 011 for seces-

sion removed, and express a willingness}?
return to their allegiance: ‘Nothing dishon-

. arable or unreasonable ‘was demanded of

them. If the victors were magnanimous,
the vanquished were for the most part mau-
ly and frank._ There was no parade of re-
pentance, no atTectation of regret; it was
enough while they maintained their pride,
they banishedresentment. There were ex-
ceptions. There were men in the south
whomno grace of forgiveness could touch,
no amnesty softer. They were not great
men or brave men; they were the small,
mean, and spiteful. We expected nothing
of them, but were willing they should nurse
venom and miserably live out their genera-
tion, We did not dream, however, that
these men or any of them would be put for-
ward as‘rcpreseutativcs of the southrcn peo-
ple, or that they themselves would have the
assurance to ask oﬁieeat the hands of any politi
cal party. Above all,we could not suppose that
any party would take the responsibility of
making them representatives by giving them
official positions. ' ,
It secmswc are too fast. The Democratic
party chooses for the government places in
its gift, men whose venom is proof against
kindness, who cannot forget the hate, and
who in cold blood and with forethought and
deliberation, glory . in 'the work of murder
and give poéthumous honor to an assassit.
Here was one man in all the south—let us
hope in the name of humanity there are but
one such—who three years ago, in 1872 or
’73, the war having been several years cloned,
the men who forsook the government and
took up arms against'it; having been _‘ pardon-

forfeited, and an .era of reconciliation been
opened—who at such a time and under such-
circumstances gave to his own helpless child
anamc for that child to bear through all its
future life, andbearing it to showto all the.
world its fatherzs undying hatred for a g0v-
ernment that had t pardoned hm} his hissing
malignity to the tummy of a great and ten-
der—hearted man, /'who had never :harmed
him, and his reverence for an assassin whose
name only. survives by its infamy. Think (if
it for a moment? “that kind of a man

' must he be who (lowers his ’just born child

with the name of John Wilkes Booth ?' Does
it in the coldest of ’ cold blood, with delibera-
tion and not upon impulse. ‘ Seven years
after the commission of the murder which
sent a thrill of horror through all the North
aswell as through the South; a murder so
horrible that inthc very white heat of the
war, when the passions of men were at their

other than denounce it as a most infamous
crime—this man calmly fastens on his poor
helpless infant the 'murderer’s name. This
was'not idiocy; thc'mgh it seems incredible
that it should be done by a person of ordina-
ry intellect and intelligence. 1!: was just
.dull‘ brutality; beastly cruelty. The man
who could approve of the assassination of
Mr. Lincoln would be just such a monster as.
to curse his own ﬂesh and blood with such a
christening, and make his child the instru-.
ment for carrying over to the next generation

' the badge of his father’s shame. Poor child, to

be thus fathered and thus handicapped for life.
And now, there being such a man, such a
patriot, such a citizen, and such a father,
where do we ﬁnd him ? Ask Mr. Morrison,
Chairman of the Ways and Means, leader of
the Democratic party in Congress» He found ‘
him and appointed him clerk of his com.
mittcc, where he draws pay from the govern-
ment he so loyally supports. Ask Mr.
Michael C. Kerr, the Democratic-Speaker 0f
the House, who made Mr. Morrison the lea! —
er of the House, and gave him the opportu-
nity to appoint this man. Ask the Demo-
cratic party, which elected Mr. Kerr and Mr.
Morrison, and which is responsible for their
acts and for the appointment of this repre-
sentative Democrat. Who is the man, who
within three years has recorded at the
baptismal font over the head of his infant
son his reverent regard for President ' Lin-
coln’s assassin? Is he of the sort that the
Democratic party chooses out for its honors

to. bring in when we are securing a Dem-

ocratic victory? If so, let us know it and

havea fair understanding. We have. held

the Republican party responsible for its up-

pointments; we do the same with the Dem-

ocrats. This man is not Mr. Morrison’s or

Mr. Kerr’s exclusively. lie is the party's.

It must, carry him. He is not conspicuous,
to be sure. He is only clerk of. a committee.

But there is not any place obsurc enough to

shelter such a man where he can draw gov-

ernment pay. He affronts justice; he

shocks common decency, The'man who

applauds assassination would be an assassin
himself if he. dared. There is_ no ﬁtness, no

propriety, no sense in his being anywhere

where the eye of a self-respecting citizen may
light on him, much less in' any public place

where the nation’s gorge rises at the sight or
sound'of him. ' .

Mr. Morrison, neither you or your Speaker
nor your party can afford to_ appoint to ofﬁce
aman who seven years after Mr. Lincoln’s
murder christened his own son with-the mur-
derer’s name. 7 ‘

again, with a gurgling sound, beneath the sur- '

ed and restored to the privileges they had ,

angricst pitch, no decent man anywhere did :

and emoluments? Is this what we are voting ‘

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Sole Agents for Nor-walk and vicinity. ~

REAL ESTATE. -

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A BARGAIN.

0R SALE—A ﬁrst-rate bmlt House. (on East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms; will be let
if not so“. Also BUILDING, LOTS for sale.
' . . . .Apply to D. II: FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875.» - » 48“

. 1T0 LET.

THE First or Second Story of a house on East
Avenue. Enquire of J. P. IlAi'l- 0RD. “'48

nnsr-cmss Hausa run sALE.

A NEW, FIRST-CLASS HOUSE located on
West Main Street, is offered for sale. Said
House contains ﬁfteen rooms besides closets and
wantrobes; cellar under the whole house With
,room for a large basement kitchen, and umb-
waiter, and has}. tire-place built Ior_a range;
piped throughout for gas and water. It IS built so ~
as to be convenient. for=two families if desired,
having a kitchen and pantry up stairs. and sepa-
rate stair-ways. The water IS carried up to the
second floor, and the waste frater- 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'tooccupy Janua-
ry lst,1876. To one wishing to purchase a new
ﬁrst-class place at a moderate price, in one of the
most desirable locations in town, this presents a
good opportunity. If not sold within two months
will rent it to a retprnsiblc party at a moderate
rent. Euquirc’ot’ EDEN EATON.
‘Norwaik. December lst, 1875. 49

for: SALE.

' v . ,
rl‘WO very desirable Building Lots on West Main
Street. Apply at the UALETTE OFFICE.

‘ ' Iron sans CHEAP.

coon FARM tr about '40 acres of high land.
situate 0 three miles north of NewCunaan.

'FOIl SALE.

, antcst and. most accessible streets in town.
this eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large barn
With stabhng for several horses. , A ple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, just commencing to our fruit. ls
within ﬁve mmutes’ walk oi the Post Oﬁiee, the.
Price $7,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
$000 per year. Enquire at this can“ .

BARN 'ro RENT.-—A new Barn with good Sta.-
hhng for several horses, near the bridge.
Price 83 per month, Enquire at this Ofﬁce.

NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.

Wm. Glover a: Son},

PIPE,- at very short notice and at as low a rate as
anyone. waouou'r AND CAST- inoN, TIN-j
LINED, LEAD‘PIPES, &c., of every size and de-
scription. PLUMBING in all its branches.

B. J. STURGES, .4
REAL ESTATE 8! INSURANCE

BROKER,

» Ofﬁce No. 4 Gazette building,

. ‘ NOR‘VALK, CONN.

‘At oﬂice Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
and every evening after 5 o’cloc .
Property bought. sold and exchanged.
Connecticut Farms wanted for New
property. -
Notary for City and County of New York.

York my

. , INSURANCE. .

Lancasbrrc, of England, Capital 310,000,000.
Scottish Commercial, Scotland, capi’l, 810,000,000.
Niagara, of New York, assets, $1,500,000.
Metropolitan Plate Glass Insurance Compan ,
of New York, Capital $100,000.

10 “inherit... , INTEREST.
First Mortgage on fa, ands. .

5. Per can! Semi-annuity,-

Having made arrangements with HENRY
OLE WS at 00., well known bunkers, to safely in-
vest money at the above rate, we earnestly beg in-
vestors to call and examine at the ofﬁce of -

I ’ilsouk llurlbutt,

GAZETTE BUILDING
J. BELDEN HURLBUTT.

. "Dorlon House,

GREGORY’S‘ POINT.

THE subscribers would respectfully announce
that the above house will be ke t open during
the winter season, for the aocommo ation of New
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.
3m,4~2 ' F. F. STEDMAN & SON. ,

FRANCIS J. McKEON.
Draper and Tailor.

A choice selection of new and fashionabiegoodn
constantly on hand

Room No. l, Gazette Building.

L‘A N G L E Y’ S
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,

No. 13 Main St, Nor-walk,

/ (over G. St S. H. Holmes’ store.) .

I. 1“. Lannie would respectfully inform the in-
habitants 0T horwalk and vunmty that he has eu-
larged and remodeled the above (gallery, and is
now prepared to make all kinds of pictures as 00d
as the best, at the lowest prices. Copying one
and enlargements made n-om small pictures; and
colored in India Ink, Oil and Water Colors. Views
taken of residences on reasonable terms. Stereo-
scopic Views, Groups and Interiors made. Stereo-
scopic Views of N orwalkat 25 cents each. Please
give me a call. Satisfaction naranteed. . ‘
3'14 . I. F. LANG ‘Y, Photographer.

[NOTICE TO PATRONS. '
THE SUBSCRIBER is now prepared to furnish

Soda Water gndlltot Beer
STEEL F0 UN1AINS,

to any of his Customers or the Trade, .
- S. GRUMMAN.
51 5 Main Street, Nor-walk. ~

NOTICE.

The; Fairlie!!! to. Savings Bat

WILL conmnxcn BUSINESS ON

Thursday (lumber Isl, I814,

In the Banking Rooms of the Fair
' ﬁeld 00. National Bank.~

IITEREST "Ill. IE Allﬂliﬂ II All GASES FIOI'
THE DATE OF DEPOSIT. - 7‘ ‘
Business hours-from 9. A. lll., to 12, M.;"and from 1
o‘clock, P. M., to 3; and on Saturdayevenings
' from 6 to 8 o’clock. . .
' Wm. K. JAMES. President.

“38 . CHAS. H. STREET. Treasurer.

Are you goingto Paint?
use ‘ _
AVER-ILL’S

-,CHEMICI\L PAINT!

THE BEST IN THE MARKET.

it is more beautiful, morndurable, lower-in price,
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood m‘cservcr, is water and tire proof, and is the
best for general uses, either. for wood. iron or
brick buildings. Many of the ﬁnest residences in
town are painted with ‘

AVERI L vs CIIEMICA L‘PA'I’N'I‘

Put up ready for use in pails ol‘ 1. 2 or 3 galions
kegs of 5. 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels,

All orders promptly ﬁlled and any information
given by applying to

D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwallr

Oﬂice west end milk-ridge. SOUTH NORWALK

‘ BETIIESM Warm.

r "E public are warm-d that Dr. A. liawley
Heath, 0! 200 Broadway. N. l’ . is no longer
Agent for this Water. 110 has no genuine "0(IIES-
da Water since April,1875. and is selling a spuri-
ous water tor Bethesda. For further particulars.
address RICHARD l)U.\’.'t.\lt.
Manager Bi thesda Springs.
Wankcsha, Wis , Nov. ‘20th, 1575. 3:11.50

' run A soon coax srnvr
GO TO BELDEN’S.

‘ FRANZIS McIlEON, Jr..
‘- Pﬁtcttca‘l‘ Plumber.
PLUMBINGi-Irall its BRANCHES.

'Ggeen Houses Fitted" up.

”Orders left at Shop on“ School Street, or on slate
at Beldeu’s 'l‘iu Shop. Jobbing promptly attenldeid
to. - . . y 9

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[0.0 To heaven’s

_, and-see the new,

' ‘H'ot Closet Range.

New Barber Shop
Mr. AGUSTIN RAFFLE

Having taken the Shop formerly occn led b Mr.
Ed. Appell, in ISAACS’ BLOCKJVAE s'm ET,
is now prepared to serve the public in \he best
manner as regards anything in the Tonsorlal Am,
and intends making- it the ‘