////////#// //////I////////////// / w; ' t."’ 'r_ 2;: , _ .,.-.< ) :. 3:37,.43’9“. 5;; . , J .- x 1 ._.._._._a:...__..._._~‘___.-m..._ .___ W. .- ._. HOLE NUMBER A FADED GLOVE. My little granddaughter, who fain would know ' . Why, folded close in scented satin fine, I keep a relic faded long ago— This pearl-gray, dainty, withered glove of mine. Listen : I’ll tell you. It is fifty years Since the fair day I laid my treasure here. But yesterday to me the time appears; Ages ago to you, I know, my dear. Upon this palm, now withered as my check, . Love laid his first kiss, doubting and afraid; Oh, swift and strong across me while I speak I lomes memory of loves might. my little maid ! I yet was so unconscious! ’Twas a night—— Some festal night; my sisters were above, Not ready quite: but I, cloaked all in white, Waited below, and, fastening my glove, I Looked up with smiling speech to him wlro stood . . Observing me, so still and so intent, I wondered somewhat at his quiet mood, , Till it flashed on me what the silence meant, What sudden fire of dawn my sky o’erspread! What low melodious thunder broke my calm! Could I be dreaming that this glorious head Was bending low above my girlish palm ? His majesty of mein proclaimed him king; His‘lowly gesture said, “I am your slave ;” Beneath my feet the firm earth seemed to swing, Unstable as storm-driven wind and wave. All, beautiful and terrible and sweet The rnatchless moment! Was it life or death, . Or day or night? For my heart ceased to beat, And heaven and earth changed in a single breath. And, like a harp some hand of power doth smite . ' . To sudden harmony, uiy soul awoke, And, answering, rose to match his spirst’s height,- - . While not aword the mystic silence broke. ’Twas but an instant. Down the echoing stair Swept voices, laughter, w‘ts of melody— My sisters tl co, in draperies light as air ; But like afiream the whole world seemed to me, ' As, steadying my whiling thoughts. I strove To grasp a truth so wondrous, so divine. I shut this hand, this little tinted glove, To keep its secret mine, and only mine. And like an empty show, the brilliant hours Passed by, with beauty, music, pleasure thronged, ' ~ , Phantasmagoria of light and flowers; But only one delight to me belonged. One thought, one Wish, one hope, one joy, ' one fear, One dizzy rapture, one star in-the sky—— The solemn sky that bent to bring God near; ' I would have been content that night to die. Only a. touch upon this little glove, And lo! the lofty marvel which it wrought! You wonder; for as yet you know not. love, , Oh, sweet my child, my lily yet unsought! The glove is faded, but immortal joy Lives in the kiss; its memory cannot fade; And when Death’s clasp this pale hand shall ‘ destroy, The sacred glove shall in my grave be laid. --CELIA Tuaxrnn, in Harper’s Magazine for April. THE VERGARO. . BY THE COUNTESS GALETL It is rare iutliese days to find any spot in Ensope nnvisited and uncorrupted by tourists. Still, through some curious oversight, or from some cause not easy to guess, there are tracts of land, picflrresquc and beautiful, and towns full of antiquarian interest, which have re- mained’uuinvestigated until this day. The in- habitants of these forgotten places. dwell un- molcsted in the midst of railways, unconscious of the changes going on around them. Few people have seen more of the Adriatic doast than a week at Venice affords them; and though some perhaps may have visited An- cona, and more have dashed along the line in the express 'to Brindisi, whence they em- bark for Corfu, or India, .who has ever the en. riosity to become acquainted with any of the quaint towns and villages they pass, perched each on the summit of a hill ? Yet a blast! tourist in search of novelty would find much to amuse and interest him in the habits and manners of the inhabitants of Le Marche— the “Marclrcggiani,” as they call themselves. The village which is the scene of my story is one of of these forgotten ones; It is called Monte degli, Angeli, a strange name for a place where the principal families are all at feud; and have been at fend for- gancrations. No one can now recollect what the original quarrles were about, but the Corb'otis do not speak to the Robertis, because their great- grandfathers and great-grandmothers once had a quarrel; and the Barbarossas cut the Quintinis when they meet them in the street, because, since the days of the great Freder- ick, (from whom they boast descent,) a Bar- barossa and a Quintini have never been known to be friends. Traces of their old conquerors, the Longobardis, still lingerin the flaxen hair and blue eyes of some of the inhabitants, and in their strange Christian names, which though Italianized to a ceatain extent, evi- dently were not derived from the Italian lang- uoge. The village, too, possesses a Gothic arch and a Gothic church, and is more like a city in minature than our idea of a village. It is surrounded by a high wall ; the streets are paved; there is a town hall" and a theater. Palazzo Barbarosso, is perhaps, the dwelling of most pretension in the village of the Angels. It is large, and at the top of a marble stair- case a suite of lofty saloons open one out of another; but except on a very grand occasion (such as a marriage, for'instance,)these rooms are locked up. The family habitually occupy a little dingy parlor on the ground floor, fur- nished in the" style of a country inn. In this apynrtment, on a little upright horsehair sofa, stuck against the wall, sat Geltrude Barbarossa one winter afternoon, in company with a friend. The carnival was in full force, and they were talking of tne ball held the night before in the theater of the town. “ Did you ever see anything in your er so extravagant and absurd as the dress of the Signora Quintini ?" the friend was remarking. “Pink tarlatan and garlands of flowers, at her age, with two daughters married—a grand- mother!” “ 1.1.1.111 I suppose she thinks her. hair was dressed in the latest fashion," said (leltriide; “she always imagines that she knows ever-3.-. thing.” . “Oh yes; it is her favorite boast that she takes in a fashion book, and she always ‘ex- pects every body to imitate her.” « “ These rediculous flower; how absurd they were! Where did she get them, Filomena ?” nnxouslyinquired Geltrude, who was secretly resolved not to be outdone in finerv on the next occasion.” ‘ “I will be sure to find out,” replied Filo- mena., whose chief office in life was to keep the rival families on courant as to the minutest details of each pther’s affairs. She found it answer very well. ' “ DearFilomena, I have so much to talk to you about. Stay and dine, senza complimenti. We have taglialinc and chickens. Here, Momegilda,” continued the Contessa, as stall and handsome woman entered the room, “j nst go and see what that stutter-brain cook is ’ but before she got there, Geltr . after. The servants think of nothing but masquerading and amusing themselves just now, And help dish up, will you ?" The person thus addressed was Ermenegilda Barbarossa, a poor relation, who, in returnfor her meals, was expected to make herself gen- erally useful. She moved town the door ; called her back again, her maternal vigilance having de- tected a conspicuous want of cleanliness on the part of her little son Pippino, who, during the conversation recorded above, had been playing in a corner. "' Take and wash Pippino, and comb his hair; it is too bad of those maids. When were you washed last Pippino '3” Pippino muttered something to the effect that he didn’t know and didn't care, but be rather thought it was some time since any at- tempt had becn made in that direction. He was finally carried off struggling in the mus- cular arms of his cousin Ermengilda. “ “Ins it you gave poor Gilda that nice blue silk ? She looked quite young and handsome last. night, only a little too much aware of it, didn’t you think ?. and then her hair—rather toodislrcveled," said the Signora Filomena, the instant Miss Bar-barossa was out of the roorn‘. ' ‘ “ Yes, I gave her the blue silk; it was an old one of mine, and I let her turn it," repli- ed the Contessa Geltrude, with an air of modest merit. “I like to be od natured; but if I had seen her in t c, I certainly would have made her put up those ‘ curls. And then her conduct—Wing like a girl of sixteen among the peasants, the saltarello and all. I assure you, Federigo was much. annoyed and desired me to speak to Menegil- da on the subject, as I certainly shall." At this moment Federigo Barbarossa him- self came him the room. “ What’s that you’re saying about poor Gilda ?’l he asked. “Didn‘t she look hand- some last night! areal Barbare‘ssa ; and how she enjoyed herself ! Sinora Filomena, I hope you are not tired—a very successful on, wasn’t it ?” Geltrude’s brow darkened during this speech, and she made up her mind 'that her lecture to Ermenegilda should be none of the mildest. “ Federigo, I hope you are not going to say that you approved of her conduct in danceng the saltarello with old Gobbo.” “ Well, why not ?" returned the provoking. ly good natured Federigo, who never would even pretend to act the part of domestic tyrant, which his wife was always assigning to him behind his back—~“Tlie old Vergaro is the most respectable man of my acquain- tance, and he has known Gilda ever since she was a little—why shouldn’t slie‘ dance with him ?" Federigo, in his good nature, did his poor cousin an ill turn. When dinner was over, the lecture was delivered, with almost as many stings and insults as it is possible for one woman to inflict upon. another. Eeme- negilda was reminded; in the first place, that she was no longer young, and that it was no uso in trying to appear so by curling her hair. In the second place, that she had made her- sfiabsurd by hopping about in the saltta- r In the third place, she was told how entirely she was dependent on her cousin's charity for everything; how that the blue silk was a generous gift; how that the pres- ent lecture was delivered for her good and to let her know what a very ridiculous figure she had cut, and what very unpleasant re- marks had been made about her. Geltrude herself had. overheard several, she Isaid, but she assured everybody that Gilda would never behave so again. She had told. her friends that she would speak to her about it, and had begged them no more might be said—and so. on. - Poor Gilda did not listenxcalmly or patient- ly. AlthougProvidence had been niggardly to her as regards money, it had been very lav- islr-in pride, Often had she rushed from her cousin’s liousé, after a quarrel with Geltrude, and had shut herself up in her own little cot- tage (almost her own inheritance) until Fede- rigo’s apologies and entreaties had brought her forth again. Now she made up her mind that she would go away never to return —tliat no apologies and no entreaties, no‘pov- erty or want should bring her back. “ I will bear no more insults from ”you, you insolent, upstart woman," she said. “I have borne enough at your hands; I have slaved for you as none of your servants have slaved. If I have eaten.your bread I have earned 'it by the sweat of my brow. It is I that have been generous, not you. What servant would have borne what I have borne, or worked as I have worked, for so little. rec- ompense? But if you thinkI (lid it for your sake, or for the sake of the wretched alms yothave doled out to me; you are mistaken. It was for Federigo’s sake, and his children. You say that I demeaued myself by dancing with Vincenzo Vailueci. He is an honest, good man—much better bred than you. He can count his back ancestors for centuries, and they have all been honest men, earning their own livelihood. You don’t even know who your grandfather was. Some say he was a brigand; but you give yourself such airs because you have had the good luck to marry a Barbarossa. It is in this that I have demeaned myself—in ever having had any- thing to do with you. But never, never will I eat your bread or enter your house again ; rather will I cam my living by digging the ground; rather, much rather, will I serve Gobbo as a hired laborer than you.’, Ermenegilda delivered this speech with all the passion of fire of her Italian nature, then she rose and went forth into the street, leav- ing Geltrude somewhat dismayed and fright- ened. Federigo was very ' gry when he found out what had happene , and went ofi the next morning to bring back his cousin ; but she was not at home; she had been walk— ing out indie country. “ Never fear ; she will come back again," said Geltrude. “She always does." Meantime our heroine liadgone straight to her own cottage, of which she occasionally occupied one room (the other room she let), and sat down on her only chair to think what she should do. She took put her little sav- ings from their hiding-place, and counted them over. They scarcely amounted to twenty pounds, and were all that she had been able to scrape together in her life-time. Still, to her it seemed a large sum enough— quite a capital. The question was how best to lay it out—how to make it fruitful and multiply. She had heard of large fortunes being Illfltll' of smaller beginnings than that. She might buy a strip of land with it, she might lay it out in pigs or in poultry, and so enter upon an independent existence ; but how to begin ? At last a bright thought struck her. “I know!" she exclaimed, start- ing to her feet, “I will consult' Gobbo.” So saying, she put her small bag of monney into her pocket, threwa thick shall over her head, and started at- a quick pace for Vincenzo Vallncci’s farm. There could scarcely be imagined a lovelier winter landscape than that which lay before .Ermenegilda. The river, swollen by the late rains, rushed through the valley and emptied itself into the sea, across which k'cen eyes might discover the faint lines of the Dalma- tian shore. The mountains, covered with fresh snow, glittering in the sunlight. The olive-trees flovided the green which is want- ing to English landscape in the winter. There was every variety of hill and valley, and each hill was surmounted by a picturesque village, with a high church tower and shalt- ruined, ivy-clad wall; but our heroine, ab- sorbed in her own thoughts, walked briskly on, and looked neither to the right or the left until she arrived at her destination. Her eyes brightened and her blood seemed to I . . warm as she approached the familiar farm- house, associated in her mind with peace and pleauty. The very air seemed to breathe forth good-will. There she had passed some of the happiest hours of her childhood; there she was loved and respected—sure at all times of a hearty welcome. It seemed‘like a Par- adise to her, after the sneers, insults, and petty mortifications that were part of her daily life in the Palazzo Barbarossa. The title “Vergora,” is very much the same as that of a Chieftain of a clan in the Highlands. It was borne by the head of a family of peasants who are part proprietors of a piece of land with some nobleman or gentleman. The “Padreme” gives capital, they give labor, and the produce is divided between the master and the peasants- The' family of Vallncci had served the family of Bar-barossa for generations, and they could shown pedigree almost as long. They had been a prudent race and an increasing hoard of money had been transmitted from father to son, until it was whispered that if the truth were known Vergago Vallucdi was a ""riclier man than Count Federigo Barbarossa; but, be that as it may, no attempt had ever been made on the part of the 'Valluccis to raise themselves from the peasant estate; they lived on from generation to generation in the same old form, in the . same old way, and seemed to glory in keeping faithfully to the station in life of, \their forefathers. The present Vergaro, though he had many grand: children, was not more than fifty years old, and scarcely looked his age—a tall, handsome man, with a sunny, frank smile, and eyes full of penetration and vivacity. Why he should be nicknamed Gobbo,~ may well be thought a mystery by those who are unaware of the fact that a nickname, in those parts, gees like other names, from father to son. There can be no doubt that onepf Vallncci’o ancestors must have been a hunchback, but within the memory of man the Gobbos had always been particularly straight; neverthe- less the cldest son of the Vergaro inherited the nickname of Gobbo as regularly as the surname of Vallncci. Vincenzo lived alone. on his ancestral farm, his three brothers dwelt on the estate, but in a separate house ; the Yergaro’s wife. had long been dead; his daughters were all married, and his only son had been taken for a soldier. When Er- menegilda arrived, 'he was sitting by the large, open hearth, in which a wood fire was crackling, holding in his hand a letter, which he turned over and over in a wistful manner. A servant girl was spinning linen in one cor- ner of the room, while by the window anoth- er was weaving it; alarge dog lay before the fire, anda number of little chickens were scuttling about the stone floor, followed by, their cluckingmother. A quantity of hams hung from the ceiling. - , “ Good-day, Gobbo," said Erinenegilda, entering. ’ , . “ On ! Son). Gilda,” - exclaimed the good man, with unfrigned delight. “Sit down, sit down. Here, Battista, Serafina, what are you thinking about. Bring the wine, and bread, and a slice of ham. Fetch the joncata; (only think, two ewes in milk already, Sore Gilda), run make haste. Sora Gilda,” he continued, “this is an unexpected pleasure, and you have come in the very nick of time, for I have a letter from Raffaello, written by his own hand, and I keep turning it over and over, and wondering what’s inside.” “How clever of Rafi’aello,” said Ermeneg gilda, “to have learnt reading and writing in . two years that he has been a' soldier; such a good hand too." “Read it, dear Sora Gilda, read it, pray, and let me know where he is, and when heis coming home.” ' . “ It comes from Sicily,” said Gilda, looking at the postmark. fl “ That is along way off, across the sea, is it not ?" p ’ “Yes, but not across this sea; you must go a day’s joumey before you get to that sea, re-v plied Ermencgilda, who, for those parts, was very well-informed. Now, I will read it to you. It begins : ‘ Dear and Honored Father .' I hope you are in good health as I left you, also my sisters Chiara and Elizabeth,.witl: their families, not forgetting my uncle: Giulio, Giovanni, and Domenico. Salute.f0i me also Tommaso, and Pasquale, and Arrijo, with their wives. My respectful salutations also and good wishes to the noble and ilus: trious Count and Countess Barbarossr, am.- the Signora Ermenegilda. This is a very strange place; people are very free with their knives, and they seem mostly brigands, but I will tell you all about it when I come home as I hope to do next carnival; meantime,l am, dear father, Iyour dutiful and affectionate son, ' ‘ Rsrraunto VALLUCCI. Soldier of the 1st class, in his Majesty's 10th Re iment of Artillery, 'in the 'town of alermo, Sicily. Written this day, Feb. 10, in the year 1872. “ There," exclaimed the proud father, “is not that magnificent ? I always said Baffa' ello was the clever one of the family. We thought it a dreadful thing when he was taken for a soldier, but now I am glad to think he should‘ have seen the world, and become so learned. Fancy a Vallncci know how to read and write! Learning’s a fine thing, after all. I have always thought so, though the priests speak against it and fill it dangerous. “ Yes, it is a very fine letter,” observed Ermenegilda, but I think he might have put a little more into it; he might have told us something of what he has seen and done; while he was about it." ~ ‘ The Vergaro, h’ever, could find no fault with the precious letter; it was the first he had ever received, and he had no more doubts of the artistic perfection of its style than he had of its orthography. Meantime, the hand-maidens had spread a clean napkin _ _ , , _ , - gilda remained in strict seclusion. But again on the little table in front of Ermenegilda, and placed upon it ham, bread, wine, and s junket made of sheep’s milk. She ate raven- ously, for she had not tasted food for fourteen or fifteen hours.- Vallncci sent away the girls, and then fixing his keen eyes upon her, “You are hungry, Sora' Gilda '9" said he gravely. , She blushed as she replied, “I have been agitated, and have forgotten to eat anything since midday yesterday." . —“ Is that the truth ? or is it that your fine- relations let you starve ? tell me, my child. ” The good man’s eyes filled with tears, and he took her hand. “ It is not that they let _ me starve,” said Ermcnegilda, “but they throw me my food as if I were a dog—that is, Geltrude does—I do not wish to accuse Ferderigo; and I am re- solved that I will never eat of their bread again; and that is what I am come to consult you about, Gabbo—see, here are my savings! and she produced her bag rather proudly. “I mean to lay them out in something that will yield me a profit, and begin life indepen- dently.” “ Is that all you have got in the world," exclaimed the Vergaro, pitifully, “you poor child!” In his eyes she was always a child, in spite of her thirty-five years. When he was a lad, she had sat upon his knee, and he had watclied‘her'grow into. a beautiful maid- en, and ripen afterward into a beautiful wo- man- She had preserved her beauty as few Italian women do, and he had always taken what be imagined to be a fartherly interest 11 her, but now he saw her ill-used and neg- lected, literally starving, and thrown, as it were, upon his mercy, his love and pity knew no bounds. . “ I am a rich man,” he said, “richer than yonknow. From father to son, now, for many generations, we have boarded up orir money, and it has done no good to anybody. I never could see the use of my riches. I do not care to live another life than the life my father lived before me. beyond my knowledge of agriculture. I can I have no education read no book but Nature. My wants are few and my tastes are simple ; but you—you are a lady, you love luxury, you can read books, you would know how to make use of this money; take it, then—take it all. Rafiaello will have the produce of the land; it will be more than enough for him.” Ermenegilda recoiled with horror. “I rob you of your money! Oh! Gobbo, what do you take me for ‘2" “ Will you take nothing- from me ? Are you so haughty !” said Vallncci, sadly. “Will you rather starve, or depend on unkind relations, than accept what an honest man has to bestow l” , “ Don’t say that I am naughty," cried Er- menegilda.. “I respect you more than any- body I know—much more than my own rela- tions, and if I were to receive alms I would rather it were at your hands than another’s; but I Cannot live on charity. I will work for food and drink in return." “ Work for me ? Never ! A Bar‘barossa work for a Vallncci ? no! But stay! Leave 'me your 5001ire—you will trust me to lay them out for you, I am sure; and in the meantime you will not refuse a little present of eggs and cheese from an old friend like me '1’" ‘ “ 0h ! Gobb), you’re too good,” cried Gilda, as a ham, 9. cheese, a loaf of bread, and quantity of eggs were stowed into a basket. “I cannot take all that, indeed.” “ Nay you will not mortify me by refusing my little ofierings, l awre, Sora Gilda ?" “ God bless you, then, Gobbo; would there were more like you? Thank you, thank you -—no, no more," and so, with a basket on her arm, she at last bade farewell to the Vergaro, and turned her steps homeward. Ermenegilda remained shut up in her cot- tage all the. next day. She dreaded going out into the street, knowing well that the gossips would be very busyjust now with-the history of‘ her quarrel with the Contessa Barbaressa, and she did not care to answer inquisitive questions, or to meet prying glances. She 'was glad of solitude and rest, for she had been overworked of late, and overoworried. She locked the door, resolved to let no one in, and dreading a visit from Federigo. She was determined that there should be no reconcili- ation-this time, and thought it wouldbe better to decline all communications with the Bibs- rossa family. But when the familiar foot- step accompanied by a little pattering one, came and stopped inside, her heart beat as though it would burst through her ribs. There was a knock, but she made no sign. Then the door was tried, and found to be locked on the inside. - . “Gilda, Gilda,” cried her cousin, ins voice she had never been able to resist; “-let me in! let us in! Here is Pippino. We want to see you so much, don’t we Pippino ?” - “ Yes,” echoed a shrill little voice. “ And I won't kick you any more, Gilda, not even if you wash me. Do come back.” Then Gilda opened the door, but with the full determination to resist all overtures to- wards a reconciliation with Geltrude, She held out her hand to Federigo, took Pippino in her arms and kissed him. “ I have come with a message from Gel- trude, to entreat your forgiveness, and to beg that you will return with me to supper," said Federigo, very humbly. “ We don't at all know how“) get on without you, dear Gilda.” “No,” chimed in Pippino, “ evorything’s topsy-turvy, and mamma so cross and disa- greeable—crosser even than usual. Come back, there‘s a nice, good Gilda. There’s ri- eotto at supper,” he added, in a confidential whisper. “ No, I will never come back,” replied Er- menegilda, firmly. - “ Thank vou very much Feuerigo. I am not ungrateful for all your kindness to me, and it was only for your sake that I stayed so long; but I cannot live with Geltrude—I cannot indeed. We don’t suit." 1 Count Barbarossa was silent for a moment, whilst his eyes rested on the ham and cheese, -&c., which he espicd on the little shel -. _ “ Those are presents from Gobbo,” she ex- plaincd, biasing a little. “ I paid him a visit yesterday and he insisted on packing a basket for-me.” ' said Count Barbarossa, the blood mounting also to his cheeks, “ although you will not from me.” “ I will accept charity from no one," repli- ed Ermenegildu, haughtily. .“ I mean' to keep myself by my own exertions, as best I may.” ' “ Why, what can you do? What have you 'got to live upon '3 Gilda, you are talking like a mad woman." “Be that as it may, it is all my affait, Fed- erigo. Now I must ask you to go—we shall only quarrel if you stay any longer. Give me a kiss, Pippino, and kiss mamma and Cecchi- na for me when you get home;” “ Well, since you are determined to starve,” saidFederigo, now-both angry and mortified. “ I must leave you to your fate—that is, until you are in a more reasonable frame of mind, is I hope you will be soon. You are too , proud, Ermenegilda." “ May be,” returned Miss Barbarossa, with so. Good-bye, dear cousin; I hope you will forgive me some day." Pippino set up a most dismal bowl as his father led him away, andrrefirsed supper that evening, in spite of the ricotta. His mother remarkcd'that Ermenegilda was a nasty, un- grateful thing, while his - father remained si- lent' on the subject. ' Another day passed, during which Ermene- she had a visitor. This time it was the Ver- garo, bringing with him more bread, cheese, eggs, etc. “ You know when one leaves money in a bank, one has a right to interest," he explain. ,ed; “and this is the interest on the 500 lire you left with me.” ' She was touched by his delicasy,but at first refused his offerings. He insisted and press- - ed so much, however, that she ended by tak- ing them; but she did so .with the firm deter. mination that it should be then-last time. "When he was gone she set to work to think seriously of how she could earn her own liv- ing, in a manner compatible with the dignity of a Barbarossa. At last she bethought her- self that she was the best educated woman in the place; why should she not open a school for the children belonging to the gentlefolks of the village ? Fired with this idea, she ventured forth into the street, and directed her steps first to the house of that of Signora Filomena, whose ac- quaintance we have already made. The social status of the Montis is one difficult to describe. They were not of the nobility, but they asso- ciated with them—rather on sufi'erance——and did their dirty work for them, They lived in a very unpretending'littlc house; but out of than the signora Filomena. Indoor, how- ever, she consulted convenience and utility more than the becoming or the fashionable. Ermenegilda found her in her papers, and a very short under-petticoat, whilst the upper portion of her person was enveloped (the which had burst under the arm and 'in various other places. ' Over this she wore a fur pele- rinc, and she carried- her hands in a muff, which, of course, made. occupation impossi- ble; but then she would have considered any occupation vulgar, although she had five chil- dren, and only one maid of all work. - It re- quired all Ermenegilda's courage to enter this house. Filomena. received her with a. cold and insolent stare. ' you, Gobbo, rather, and you shall give me' “So you will accept charity from him”. a sigh; “ but I cannot help it. God made me' doors, at mass, or at shall, no one was smarter ' weather being cold) in a very old cloth jacket, ’ “ Dear me, Miss Ermanegilda; it is along time sinceI have had the honor of a visit from you,” she remarked, “ I have come lo'you onbusiness," said Gil- da simpln; “ perhaps you are aware that I am no longer living with my cousin." “Oh, indeed!" exclaimed Filomena, pre- tending astonishment. , “ Yes; and Ihuve now decided upon living alone, and came to say that I should be very glad to take pupils. 'If you will send your little girls t my house daily, I will do my best to edu to them in an elementary man- ner before they go to their convent.” The Signora Monti looked as if she her head. . “ My dear Miss 'Barburossa, I think you must be ill,” she said. “ Your conduct of late has been so extraordinary, there can be no other way of accounting for it. First, your ingratitude to the deanCountess Geltrude ; and thentliis extraordinaiiy fancy for 'a peasant. if you will take my advice—" “ I didn’t come to you for advice, thank you!” interrupted Ermenegilda, quickly ; biit simply to know whether my proposition to educate your children will suit vou.” “N0, Miss Barbarossa!” returned Filome- na, in a tone of virtuous indignation. . .“ I could not send my Lgiunooent- children to the house of a person who (has forgotten her- self so far as you have—with s puissant—milk ed as you are to themoblést family in the place. " It-shows an amount of depravity of which I could not have believed any one ca- pable.” _ ‘- . ~ - ' Ermenegilda did not condescend to make any reply to this speech; she rose silently and left the house. Keeping her purpose in‘vi‘ew, she visited with the same: preposition all the chief families in the village, but not always with the same rebufls and insults. The friends of the Countess Geltrudewere shocked at Miss Barbarossa’s ingratitude', and her enemies de- plored the miserable degredatlon to which Er.- menegilda had been reduced bythe unkind. was of her relations. These last offered her money and food, that'they might have the anti isfaction of humiliating the Barbarossa mini; ly; none would listen toher proposal. Whatl did their children Want'with instruction with the age of ten or twelve, when the boys would be sent to a college and the girls to‘aconvent? Fairly beaten and disheartened, poor Gilda returned to her desolate home, and shut herself up once more- She had no visits except from the poor people, with whom she had always been a favorite. These brought her several little offerings in the- shape 'of eggs, cheese, cakes and biscuits, which'on various ingeni-_ ous pleas they begged her to accept. One wishing her to try her cakes because she was afraid she had put too much safiron into them and Sore Gilda was such .s:good- judge! An- other begged for herop’mion .on her cream cheese; and so on. .“These are my only friends,” she thought; “I. should have been much happier if I had been born one of them. Then I should have had uddifilculty in earn- ing my own livelihood ;,Ishould have married. long ago some henest man, and should have been the happy mother,“perhaps, of blooming children." Then ‘she'~ fell to thinking what made the peasant women so rosy, happy, and. kind-hearted, while all the' ladies of her ac- quaintance were ssllow, disconted ill-tem- pered, full of vanity and love of scandal. She came to the conclusion that it was the un- healthy, idle lives thcyv. led which made th women of her own class so detestable—the want of exercise, and the utter absence of oc- cupation. She began to sicken at her own en- forced idleness; and’the solitary confinement to which she had condemned herself, togeth- became almost intolerable. She tried to read over the few books she had kept since her convent days, but she could not fix her atten- tion on them. She knew that the Vergaro would certainly come again, and although she felt that she must send him away,and bid him never return, still how she looked and listen- ed for him—with what a beating heart she awaited his coming! When she saw him up- proaching—the inevitable basket on his arm, of course—she ran to the door and opened it. “I cannot let you in, Vellucci," she said. “ You must never come any more—indeed, you must not 3" and then all of a sudden she lost her self-control, and biirst into tears. Thereupon, Gobbo thought fit to walk into the house without permission, and,taking both Gilda’s hands asked her what was the matter. She was utterly overcome, and the relief of having someone to confide in after her soli- tude, the unkindnes she had met with, and the constraint she had put upon herself in the presence of her enemies, occasioned her now to break into a torrent of words. She told- all her hopes, her projects, her sufferi all that had been said to her, and what she had answered; finally, her complete despair and hopelessness-adding, however, with empha- sis, that sbe would rather starve than live on any one's charity. - .“ Ah, if you were not a Barborassa,” sighed Vellucci.‘ “ Would that Iwerc not," cried Ernienegil- da, passionately. “ How much better Would i ve been for me to be a peasant! It is only fig them that I have met with friendship, deration and delicacy. I honor and re- spect you, Vinchozo Veellucei far more than any one nobleman I have ever met. You are my only friend; and ‘yet, I- must part from you forever, because of'ill-natured gossip." “ Nay,” said the Vergaro, slowly, and speak- ing as it were with a great 'cfiort, “if you were an honest man’s wife, ill-natured folks could say no harm of you, or, if they did, they have to me it !” j , . “,Ah 1” sighed Ermenegildii, notfat all per- ceiving the drift of his words; “ who should ever marry me—I, who have not even the por. tion that a peasant woman brings" her hus< band? When I wasyoung, I will confess to you, Gobbo, I had dreams—~foolish aspirations after a lover who should love me for myself; but I think one only reads of such things in romances; in real life, a portionless girl may look in vain for ahusbnnd." , “ Ah! if a true heart would- content you, you have not far to look for it." ' Here the Vergaro paused, thinking. she would at last begin to;see_his_n_ieaning, but no! Gilda evi- dently thought he merely. alluded to his friends ship for her. He therefore cleared his throat and resolved to speak out, once. and for all, what was in his‘mind. . “Unless you are determed to starve your. self to death, which, your confessor will tell you,would be a great and terrible sin in God's sigh "—Gilda shuddered—“ there are but tngo courses open to you; either you must go back to your relations, and live upon their bounty once more—J “ Never !” cried Ermenegilda. “ Or else,” continued Vellucci, _“ you may live in peace and plenty, honored and respect- ed by all around you—’1 . “ Oh, how, how, dear Gobbo 2’". “As my wife !” Ermenegildo started to her feet. - “ Vincenzo Vellucci, you’forget yourself ?" - she exclaimed in horror. If only she could have forestalled him before. he had committed himself, she thought. Then suddenly she beheld such an expression of intense and un- utter-able grief and mortification in his face that her heart smote her as it had never smote her before. “ I have not forgotten myself,” the Verga- r0 answered, with quiet dignity. ' “I have offered you all that I have to give, and a man’s love is not to be despised and scorned like that, whether he be Prince or peasant." Such was the grandeur of the man’s man, nor that Ermenegilda felt deeply ashamed, and began humbly ho apologize. A thought Ermenegildn had gone clean out of ' er with the dreadful anxiety for the future, . . NCRWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MARCH 21,1876. “ I beg your pardon," she said, “it was all so—so unexpected. I scarcely knew'what I said.” .. “ I wantno apologies, but a plain answer,” said Villucci, shortly. He had his pride, and she had wounded; deeply. - it mered Ermenegilda, with downth eyes. Her heart, her inclinations, her good sense, her own arguments. were all in the Vergaro's favor, while the prejudices of her class, and the conventionalities in which she had been brought up, were all against him. Prejudices and conventionalities are so murch harder bar- riers to overleap than they have any right to be! , “ I will give you till Monday," said Velluc- ci, casting a glance around on the- provisions on the shelf,_and making a calculation that they would last till then. On Monday I have business with Count Federigo, I must go to Palazzo Barbarossa; as I- pass this house, I shall look for some sign from you. Let it be that red silk handkerchief you wear. If I see it hanging from the window I shall be the happiest of men; if it is not there—1’ (here his eyes flashed, for he was not without the resentful passions of his race)—“ if it is not there, you need not fear that I will ever again he went his way. , i the tumult that raged in my heroine’s heart after the departure of the Vergaro. She turned over and over again the three alterna— tives in her mind. She, too, began to see that there were but three. Starvation was the first that she faced; that seemed the only course compatible with her dignity and her pride. She would take her five hundred lire back from the Vergaro, she thought, and live on that while it lasted (she had ceased to think of living on the profits of it), and then, if after' that she must starve, why, she could face starvation bravely and die a victim—t6 what! To, her own pride; that was the inev- itable answer.' The more she followed up this idea, the more her goodsense,her healthy nature, and her religious feelings revolted against it. . To die miserably, only to have it said against her, “ poor, prOud,,sinful,,foolish creature,” and perhaps no one would ever say amass for her soul! Then she' pictured to herself seeking a reconciliation with the Bari barossas, having to bear renewed insults and sneers in silence. No, she could not, would not contemplate that as a possible alternative. Then the other would rise up before her. She3 saw herself established in the dear old farm, not as a guest, but the mistress there—loved, obeyed, respected, rich; the prospect seemed temptingly bright sometimes. ,But then came the dark side of thepicture. Geltrude's sneers. she could defy, but Federigo’s scorn—that would be hard to bear. Then coming to mass among the peasants, one of them, where she‘ had been as a noble among the nobles—that would be a hard trial. . Could she endure it ? or would itbe‘sny easier to bear the Vergaro’s' displeasure, and perhaps his hatred ? for never was the Italian born who could not be vindic-g iive.‘ "_‘ ;: .i Tortured by these- conflicting;- thoughts,i Ermenegilda saw thedays' go bygand rennin-i ed as undecided as ever up to the morning on. which Vellucci was to pass. ' . At day-dawnthe red silk ueckerchief hung from the window, but an hour afterward was drawn in again, and nine o’clock saw Ermene; gina "still twisting it in her hands. Once more, as if drawn by some irresistible fasci- nation, she went to the window and hung it. there. Then she sat down and covered her' one way irrevocably, the superior advantages what a joyful bound her own heart gave when she‘ found that her own designwas frustrated! It was too late now to be miserable and dig- nified, however well it would have become a Barbarossa. c 1: m The year had come round and it was carni- val time again. The village of the. Angels was at its gayest, and the bells were ringing merrily on Sunday morning to call the inhab- itants to church. Amidall the families that, dressed in their best array, flocked toward the place of worship there was not one so dis- tinguished looking, so ha py, or so prosper- ousas'thst of the Vellu . The Vergaro was the proudest man alive, in a bran-new home- spun suit, his handsome wife leaning on his arm, looking younger by ten years than w n she married, while his soldier son, in his ser- geant’s uniform, with a scar on his check, a medal on his breast,.wslked by his side. ' —New Quarterly Magazine- . fl . Print 'rnn Sonaows or A Baxxnur’r' Eni- Tort—Mr. Luther G. Riggs says in his paper, the Meriden Recorder :-— ' “ It is an old proverb that the rats always desert a sinking ship; andwe have come to realize the forth: of 'it. The editorial domicile is shunned as thoroughly as though it was a pest hospital. No more is heard the merry shout of the butcher's or the grocér’s or the banker boy of a fine morning at the area door,'and no more doth the fish vender and the milk~man make his accustomed call? Old friends have parted from us for aye. , Even the neighbors pass (in the other side of the way. When we timidly and shrinkingly crowd into the butcher’sshsmbles for a pound of round steak, or emerge through the open door of the dry grocer’s 'and modestly ask for aquartci- of teabr a pound of brown sugar, the merchant’s clerk eyes'suspiciously the torn and faded fractional note; and then we. visit the coal office and bespeak a quarter of a ton of Lehigli coal, the greasy and dilapidated two-dollar greenback is serutinizingly held up to the light and examined by all manner of tests. "It wasn’t always so l". m A timid. young, man was visiting- a beauti- ful young woman on one of .our=:.streets the- other evening, when, after a pause, she said, looking at him closely, “Now, I want to propose to you—-" “You are very kind,’ said the diflldent young man, between gusps' and blushes, “but I am not worthy of such happiness—mud in fact, none of our family afc marrying people—besidés,>my income is limited—my ’dil'fereuccs' are on the wrong side—Iv have to meet Mr. Smith, and I'm afraid I’ll be late.” 'riién, without" waiting to put onliis overcoat, he tried to make exit through the doorsof a cupboard. “Why,” said the young woman, lifting her eyebrows in surprise, “I wanted you to accompany me to a friend's on Main street.” ’ “on, in that case," answered her swain, “if your head’s level, and the boot is on the other .foot, I shall only be too happy, buU was afraid—- that is, almost dared to hope—“in fact, I am subject to these seizures; and he sat down Ill * * * 1' cold day—hadn't seen such weather since the Fourth of J uly.-Ti¢uocill¢ Herald. # Wallace & Sons, of Ansonia, who have made magnets large enough to lift thirty thou- sand pounds, are now constructing an im- mensc one for the Centennial. Zillah Latour, the French'Csuadian girl herself into the Oakville the 20th, was married to terbury, on the 24th. Jpond, on Sunda , ohn Babin, in a- “You must give ms t" e to think," stam- ' molest you by word or deed." Andsosuying It would be impossible for—inc to dmcrib’e entertain permanent and transient guests. face with her hands. As always happenswhen i after agonizing doubt, one settles a question , of the other alternative immediately present: themselves, and for one moment at least one . longs to recall the decision. Elmenegildai went to the window; there was yet time;§ she would take dowigher flag, but what was , the sight that met her eyes? It was that of: the Vergaro mounted on his shaggy gray pony; he had already seen the signal, andl what a look he gave as his eyes met hers! and ' on the coal scuttle, and said it was a very ' who attempted to commitsuicide by throwrng . NORWALk (GAZETTE, PISLICIIII IVE" ‘I’IllIAV Illllll. OFFICE IN GAZETTE: BUILDING. .r, .g. u. . A. H. 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HE subscriber having taken the above well- known centrally located Hotclis preparad :3 ‘00 rooms; good table :-. reasonable rices. A first- class Livery connected with the otel. Carriages to all trains. Everl-yefrort made to lease. r - D. . moanirous , Proprietor. Organist of the First Congregational Church. Teacher of the , Plano-Forte; 03"“: and .VI u-Icnl Composition. Box 379 P. 0.. NORWALK. CONN. MANY, OHAIILES W. Surgeon Dentist, ‘viv'orrwnnx, coin. Olhcercorner'ot Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous- .- .Oxide‘ Gas administered. 0. B. coounon, DENTIST. Successor to . Dr. Ana. Hill, , . WALL STREET. NORWALK, Ollice over 0. J. Grumau’s-Dry Good- Store. Ia‘ Gas administered for-extracting teeth with- _out pain. snwnno anuxs, CIVIL, ENGINEER, AND BORDIIBI'I SURVEYDR, Ollice at'residencc of B. 0. Banks, Main Street. - ;,.\,‘:. Norwalk, Conn. S a W. MITCHELL, . . At the ever popular . U N I o N M A R K n 'I has always the best of loci, Veal, Mutton. and Pork, at fair livin prices. I Union (former! odel) Mur- ket, on the I'lridge. ~ * 18 t GAGE lNSLEE, A R C H I T E C T , 70 BROAD IVAY, NE W Y 0311', , Residence, srAMronD, coax. 4 .Special attention paid to country residences. ly2 aaunns s. noornv'ooo, Fashionable Draper and Tailor, - GENTS FURNISHING EMPORIUJI. Main Street, Norwalk. Conn. N o-rwalk Fish-Market. The subscriber respectfully announces that at the Old Bridge Fish Marketa constant supply of FRESH-FISH, ovsrnns. SLAMS, .nc., .and all varieties of choice "II" All VEIEIAILES II TIIIIII “MOI. CHARLES W. LOCKWOOD. Chickens Dressed to order. , ' , éSpl‘lng Enwnnni’. WEED, DRUG-G 18' 'r _. Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera House, A large and well selected stock at DRUGS AND" ' MEDICINES, Perfumer . Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral Water-u, ojlct and Medicated_Soaps.flavoring and Handkerchief Elxtracss, Hair Bruslres.Conibs, Span ,Cbamois Skins. smrionerv. Cigars. ac” and. sconstantl adding to. hisstoek all the new- and popularme iciiies ot‘ the day. DRUGS & MEDICINE-S." 'llHE undersigned would announce to the citi- zone in this vicinity; that at his Drug Store, COR OI" WASHINGTON d: DEPOT 5T8., ‘ can always be found '_PURE DRUGS, Choice Wines & Liquors, FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES - “I“ I. ‘I’lltil’ Mllllllt, M‘l’jll MEDIIIIEI. Physicians’ Prescriptions carelully compounded day and night. Can be found nights in same building; entrance on Washington Street. ly-lll S. F.1’ECK, South’horwnlk. $1 an" In‘svnanca c... ol‘HARTI-‘ORD. Incorporated 131.2. .Uharter Perpetual. (topic-l. Ind Anon, $5,052,880.19 I nsures against in s and damage by Fire. on terms adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws of compensation. COWLES .k MEItKILL, Sole. Agents for Sorivalk and vicinity. o-awa m: rssunnncn‘ 00., ' NOR WA LIi', CONN. Charter Cat-Ital - - - $500,000 laid up Capital - - 100,000- Wii. 0. Sensor, Pres., (new it. COivl.Es,'Sec’y. _ u. s. umscnu, At hisStorei n AIALLORY‘S ricocxmsconsiani ly ou bands general ais'sortinento! G- R O O E R I E S , ‘ , caccxuav,on.\ss, "rm nxo WOODEN wane, mo..rrc By devotinghis constant personal attentiontu the hallmarks hopes to merit publicpatronsge. 9 I FRANCIS MoKEON, .lr., _. Practical Plumber. - PLUMBING in-all its BEAN GEES. Green Houses Fitted up. Orders left at Shop on School Street, area slate at Belden’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attended to. ' 1319 ' Go To numnx’s . snd‘lhsee tenew Hot Closet Range. The Second Olden Paper-lira the mute. . torney O ce, Will be to rent from - the 'Ms'iqv'w .. ... 1...”...va -.-.. h .. REAL ESTATE. Desirable Property for sale. Very desirable placaon East Avenue. Also, I lew choice Building Lots situated on Osborn Avenue. for sale cheap. . ‘ Also. I nicely located House and Lot on Her- wln Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar- guin. Enquire of ' S, E. OSBORN. “East Avenue, tl'll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue. To Rent or Lease ROM Aprlllst,1376. The Brick Store now occupied by Geo. H. Bracken. Said store is so feet deep. l-‘irst door north of skiddy’s Block. so-called. Also HOUSE on High street from April 1st Inquire o! NOAH WOOD. or- C. N. WOOD, at Provrsion Store, 33 Main 8:. ll .7 10 Very Desirable Rooms to Rent, within three minutes walk from the Bridge. Enquire ol 0. E. WILSON. Insurance A ent. lloom No. 4 Gazette uilding. To Let. HE large.conimodious and elegant Dwelling on West Avenue. formerly known as the Rob- inson-Diamond propeity. will be rented to a ood tenant on vcr reasonable terms if spplie for soon. 0r wil . ll'dt‘sired, be sold at a very rea- sonable price, on favorable terms. MRS. it. M. BOUTON. Applications canbc made to ltlll .lA MES FINN EY, lleal Estate. Agent. HE subscriber ofi‘ers l_or rent his House pleas- , antly located on Union Park. three minutes walk from villageund horse cars. Has thirteen rooms, large attic and collar and ample closet .room. Large quantities of grapes. pears. cherries, . and other fruit on the premrscs. Will be rented to responsible party at a low rent. A pl to Mrs. Allen on the remises. GEORGE O YER. Norwnlk, arch 8th,]876. 10 To Rent. 0 a small family. ltooms with all necessary conveniences. plentv of water in the u or art at the house occupied by GEORGE MAR‘IN. ‘amp Street; also. burn room if desired. 9tl‘ To Let. “IE pleasantly located and every way-[desirable residence. formerly owned by r. B. E. Stunts, on Belden Avenue, is ofi'ered to let from the first 01' April next. Apply to G. G. BISHOP. To Rent. FROM the, 1st ol April next, part of a House. (four'roomsl right in the village. Rent 81,! per month. Enquire at this olllce. To: Let. UPPER PART OF HOUSE, ‘ on Main Street, with six rooms. five minutes walk from the Brill . New house, and location very desirable. A 0 Barn it wanted. [lt'] Apply, at this Ofilce. For Sale Or to To Let. Fine and leasant Dwelling, corner of Center Ave. an‘ Sticky Plains road, has 6 rooms, a good garden attached, with good well of water. about 12 minutes’ walk from the Bridge. Posses- sion given April lst. Apply to J 05E“! M ATBEIS, 8 Skidrly’s Block, Main Street. To Rent. THE Cottage House now occupied by Dr. J. G. Barbour, Situated a short distance above the North Center School House, and about ten min: utes walk from the Bridge. Very convenient and pleasantly located. _ - Also the' House near the residence of Mr. James Mitchell. containing 16 rooms, and very couven‘ ion: for two families. For particulars enqtuire of ALLEN BETI‘S, or at the 'ofilcc of Dl . J. G. HARBOUR. 8th FOR. SALE. HE subscriber oters for sale his . Dwelling House and Lot, lessantly situated on the lower end of Fairfitrsel Rho house is new and well finished; the lot is f-Ox305 feet. Will be so, low, and a large part or the purchase money 11 remain on bond anu mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory. ' l . D S. VA] L. FOR SALE OR TO RENT. THE House and Mill Property occupied by Eb- enezer Pattenden in Silver Mine. Enquire ol‘ . RAYMOND a I'ARDEE , New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1876. (7) To Rent. HE rooms over the Corner Drug Store, now oecu icd by Joseph F. Poole, Esq. as an At first day of Inquire of the subscriber. JOSEPH W. HUBBELL.‘ t Nor-walk, Feb. 11th, 1676. 7 Houses and Rooms to Rent. llE subscriber has now in charge several Dwelling Houses and Sels ornoom- to Rent. The houses and rooms are all within the Borough, and include medium and firsbclass rents A portion can be had for immediate occupancy. Also several desirable residences which will be sold at a bargain. JAMES FINN LY. Norwalkfllau 28th, 1870. at A BARF-AIR. OR SALE—A first-rate built House, (on East Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be let it not so“. Also BUILDING LOTS lor sale. Apply to D. H. FITCH. Norwulk, Nov. 27th, 187.5. liltl April next. T0 LET. HE First or Second Story or a house on Ens Avenue. Enquire of J. 1’. HM." OBD. it"s FOR SALE. TWO very desirable BuildinELots on West Main Street. Apply at the GA ETTE OFFICE. no]: sun CHEAP. (-‘OOD FARM of about 40 acres ofhigh land. situate 6 three miles north of New Canaan. Apply to A. B.'BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge. 4 i‘on sans. A NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,plens-, antest and most accessible streets in town. Has eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ca- pable of heating the whole house. Large barn with stabling for several horses. Apple, Pear and Cherry Trees, just commencin to ear fruit. ls within five minutes’ walk ol e'I'ost Office, 30.: 8600 per year. Enquire at this office. - BARN 'ro Burma—n~ new Barri with good sis- bling for several horses, hour the- bridge. Price $8 per month. Enquire at this Office. I‘BANGIS' J. WEEK. 7 Draper and - Tailor. . constantly on hand Room No. 1, Gazette Bundling. . L A N G L E in s PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, ho. [311']qu SL, Nor-walk, (over G. .17. S. H. Holmes” store.) I. F. Langle would respectfully inform the in- habitants bf . orwalk and vicinity that he has eu- lurged nd remodeled the above Gallery. and is now p and to make all kiiiilsol picliiresas good 'as the best. at the lowest prices. Copying done and enlargements made from small pictures. and coloredin India lnk.Oil and Water Colors. \‘iews taken of residences on reasonable terms. Stereo— scopic Views,Groups and Interiors made. Stereo- scopic Views of Norwalk at 25 cents each. Please give me a call. Satislaction guuranteed. y“ I. F. LANGLEI , Photographer. Sonora. ' The Fairlielfl‘ co. SaviniBail WILL COMMENCE BUSINESS ()N Thursday neither lst. IBM, Inthe Banking Rooms of the Fair field. 00'. NationalBank. II'IIIIIT VIII. IE Allllflil I! All EASE! "II 111! DATE llf PENIS". Businesshourslrouiil, A. b . to 12. M.: and from i o’clock, P M., tl3; and on Saturday evenings from 6 to 8 o’clock. . Wm..K.JAMES. President. “38 CHAS. H. STREET. Treasurer For Sale in any «Ii-sired quantitv. at the. ‘ (l.\Z|-l"l'l'l'.l)"F|(‘l‘.. Type Metal WEDDING .4 .Vl ) VISITING CA RDS‘ ENGRAVED 'ro orwnn. \VEDDING EN VELOI’ES furnished. Stamped with Monogram, or Plain. OUTSIDE ENVE- LOPES supplied. WEDDING and VISITING CARDS Printed in the best manner, in latest styles, at the office ol‘the - NORWALK‘ GAZETTE. Price 31,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for A choice selection of new and fashionablegoods: VOL amnion 12.. AT Russ. *u-n- or roux non: o’smnv. Tm: faithful helm commands the keel, From port to port fair breezes. blow; But the ship must sail the convex sea, Nor may she straighter go. &, Wm man: in fair accord, On ooglrt and will, the winds may wait ,2 But the world will bend the passing word, Though its shortest course be straight. ' From soul to soul the shortest line At best will bended be: The ship that holds the straightest course Still sails the convex sea. ——Scfibnerfor April. eggs A Composition to Render Wood Fire Proof. Dunn Gszn'rrr. :—As the season approaches there appears to be some indication of, or preparations for building in our vicinity, and it may be of service to some to know that buildings may be put up and rendered fire proof as also water and vermin proof. 1 therefore give a ststement or recipe of Dr. iFuch, member of the Academy of Science, at Munich, who is said to have discovered a composition by which lie renders wood in- combustable. This composition is made of granulated earth and an‘ alkali. To obtain this composi- tion, he. says disolve some moist, gravelly earth, which has been well washed and clear- ed from heterogeneous matter, in a solution of caustic alkali. This mixture has the prop- erty of adhering to the wood and of not be- coming decomposed by either fire or water. —when spread upon wood, it forms a viter- ous coating, and is proof against Ric two otherwise destructive elements. The building committee of the Royal The- atre, after having tested the' efficacy of the composition on two small buildings of seas- ‘oned and infiamable stuff, in the usual or or- dinary way. These were six by eight feet efch and of proportionate height. The one was covered or coated with the fire-proof composition, and the other in the usual man- ner. When both were completed they had a like quantity of combustible material placed in and about them, and the fire was applied equally in the two buildings. The result was, the one which was not coated with the composition was entirely consumed, while the other remained poi-feet and entire. The Royal Theatre at Munich was protect— ed by this then new process, it having about 100,000 square feet. The cost of which was about 5,000 francs nearly-which in 17. S. money would be about $1,000. This was some thirty years since. A fur— ther and equally important improvement, for both safety and economy, is that of the appli- cation of Gypsum, and item its abundant we in the building Of the city of Paris, has given to it the name of Plaster Paris. The Buildings, or dwellings and stores. The walls built of stones or of bricks laid in mor’a' made of lime and plaster pnris against these. Studs set as for laths and plaster. In place of the laths and plaster, slabs of the gypsum are moulded of the size required 'td’fill' the spaces between the studs in their length, and of a thickness ’to' cover the studs,'and,to,set back against the outer wall of the building, leaving no space or room for droughts of air or for vermin to house themselves. The end of the slabs have a shoulder to fit up to the stud with a part to cover the outer side of the stud. These brogght together perfectly cover and enclose the studs. The slabs are usually from 18 to 20 inches wide, the length that of the spaces between the .studs, and of a thickness as required, 2!; to 3; more or less, These may be moulded to form the base mouldings, also the cornices, while the wall may be in such _style as taste may'require. There may be medallions—as those of the family—full-sized heads, etc., or representa- tions of animals, fowls, or birds and flowers. These may be artistically colored, too, as the slabs may be made to imitate marble or stone of shy or every kind. This is done while the material is in the plastic state, and is there fixed and permanent. And all this, or any part, maybe done at a less cost than the ordinary finishing of houses in wood, bc- side the saving 'of the cost and expense of the first and around house cleaning and painting. To clean such walls, all that is required is a good sponge, a basin of clean, warm water, and soap, and the dreaded task of house painting, white washing and cleaning, be- comes in the main, a simple, inexpensive and very trifling job compared with the present mode. What more can those about to build need—if they have means for the present or ordinary mode—by this they may save at least one fourth the cost, and have a more substantial, and in all respects, better and safer building, and besides save all, or a large part of the fire risk or insurance. Progress and Improvement. ll. Several able and usually good-natured Democratic journals have been heard to ex- piress a desire to put a good-sized cork in the on. Ben. Hill’s mouth. Something of- the ‘ kind ought to be done, for Mr. Hill seems to haven constitutional incapacity' to keep his . foot out of it. ' . In the election of county 'supervisiors’ in ' New York last week the returns, show repub- lican gains of 71 and democratic gains of '11. making a net republican gain'of 60. Besides this large gain in supervisors, the republicans have carried many municipal elections, and have gained largely on the popular vote. It now appears that the emperor of Brazil will stay like any ordinary human being at. me Continental hotel, Philadelphia, during his visit to the Centennial exhibition. The Brazilian ambassador has already secured apartments in that inn for the royal visitor, who will arrive here in the Quaker City on the 10th of May. When the Sultan goes to the opera he is followed by servants, bearing a load of edi- bles. This is not a bad idea. ,thn ,me of our young men gothe theater or opcrn‘they should be followed by servants bearing' a keg of beer. This would obviate the necessity of said young men going out between, the acts to get a glove to chcw.—Norri'stoim Herak’. Governor Allen, says the Ohio State Jam'- nal, makeSa strong point of. a Payinaster who stole half'a’million and ~was pardoned out of the Penitentiary by Grant after a year’s service. Is it possible that “Old Bill” is so ignorant as not to know that, that ”Pay- master was a' Democrat, and that lie was pardoned out on a petition signed by nearly every leading Democratic politician in Penn- sylvania, his native State? The New York Chamber of Commerce composed of gentlemen of both political par- ties unequivocally pronounce in favor of maintaining the Sherman resumption bill and believe that it can be made effective. It is at least probable tli%lthe representatives of the ‘, Commerce and fl ace of the leading Ameri- i can city are better authorities on such a sub- ! jcct than a’convention of Connecticut demo- ; crats led by Mr. A. E. Burn—Palladium. ‘ They dout succeedwell in prosecuting li- § qnor sellers in Bridgeport. Six cases await- ' ing trial .by superior court were thrown out on Tuesday because of defects in the infor- inaiions. One case was tried—that of State 5 vs. Sherwood-«in which detectives testified ‘; to‘purcliasing two drinks and two cigars at i ten cents each. The defence testified that the drinks were. gratuilious, and the cigars were alone paid for at the rate oftwenty cents each. The jury look this view and gave: a verdict of acquittal. A gn-nt deal of amusement was had at a recent "Leap Year German" at Secretary Bi-lknap’s residence in Washington. The fa- vors were distributed by Secretaries Fish and Robeson, and before midnight the ladies- found it was not so pleasant to play the gill- liant, after all. The wicked _\ oung gentle- men had provided themselves with lace hand-i kwhiefs. which they would provokinglv' drop, and their partnershadto ilk them up. Then the provoking fellows h to be formed and supplied with seats, and given gram. of water, and~morc than all—Jed. It was not an easy task for a lag; runner to obtain ices or jellies at a crowd table, and take them. to the man of her choice.
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