WHOLE NUMBER 1474.
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NORWALK, CONNECTICUT TUESDAY APRIL 11,1876
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UN SCATHED.
We shall not die until our work is done,
We shall not cewe until our course be run ;
We shall not fade or fail
While heart and faith prevail,
Or aught is to be won -
Beneath the constant sun.
Fear not to cast the whole life herein,
Uplifting sadness, and withstanding sin.
For thou immortal art .
Till thou hast done thy part;
Beyond the darkness and the din,
Then shalt thou entrance win.
-—-Stt'mael W. Dufield.
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Fm the Gazette.
Trans-Atlantic Navigation.
BY A. II. BISSELL
Number 4.
About the time the Collins line was in the
first flush of its populararity, Mr. William
Inman, the managing director of the Liver-
pool and Philadelphia Steamship Company,-r—
now widely known as the “ Inman Line,” re-
solved upon another advance In the carrying
trade, which was none other than the trans.
porting of steerage passengers on the same
steamer that bore those of the first and sec-
ond class without in anyway interfering with
their convenience. Hitherto only the com-
paratively rich could avail themselves of the
advantages afforded by a "passage across the
Atlantic._ Their less fortunate fellows from
their lack of means, were obliged to put up
with the crowded accommodations, vexatious
delays and all the uncertainties that attended
the passage in a sailing ‘ship. Mr. Inman’s
idea was to have a certain portion of the room
of each steam'er given up to this class of pas-
sengers, and to put the rate of fare within
easy reach of. thousands of artisans, mechan-
ics and laborers who were then and who
might be crossing the ocean in search of new
homes "in America. The experiment would
be a hold one, dud many were the prognosti-
cations of failure, but its projector .was un-
daunted among them all, and quietly pro-
ceeded with his arrangements to carry out the
enterprise. To the City of Glasgow, one of
the early steamers of the line, an iron vessel
of a thousand tons and in every way fitted,
was accorded the honor of initiating the pro-
posed improvement. Every proposition look-'-
ing to the comfort of the emigrants he in-
tended to carry was carefully considered;
ample sanitary arrangements were provided;
rules for the government of the passengers
and the enforcement of discipline, were
framed with a liberal regard for their rights,
and the most skillful and humane officers in
their employ were detailed to this steamer.
The enterpriseproved successful from the
first, and one after another of the companies
adopted it, and so universally has the exam-
ple been followed, that there is now not aline
that does not carry, and scarcely a trans-at-
lantic steamer entering the harbor of New
York, whose decks are not crowded with this
class of passengers. . . '
It was during this decade of years also that
screw propellers first came into use, and iron-
built'steamers for transatlantic service were
introduced. It is true the Great Britain was
built of iron and had one of the Archimede-
an SCl cw s to propel her, but her career was
short, and after her wreck the experiment
had never been re-tried. It' 1s true also, that
iron-built screw steamers had been used in
the coasting trade, and for making short voy-
ages, but none had been employed in making
a continuous series of voyages to and from
Europe and America. To this same line—
the Inmau—and this same steamer—the City
of Glasgow,—_—belongs the —credlt of accom-
plishing the first series of voyages across the .
Atlantic, made by an iron screw steamer. It:
may be said en‘pmnt, that although for a’
considerable time afterwards, none of. the
line then "engaged in the North Atlantic ser-
vice. made use of screw steamers, yet, such
progress have they made in public favor, that
at this date (1876), there' is but one paddle-
wheel steamer (the Scotia of the Cunard line)
crossing the Atlantic.
The fate of the collins line was sealed by
the loss of the Pacific in 1856, and on its
abandonment the following year, the Inman
line assumed the days which it had sailed on,
so that New York still retained its semi-week-
ly mail with Liverpool. The history of this
pet American line is a sad one. Its life was
brief but very brilliant, and many heavy
hearts witnessed the sale, under the sheriff’s
hanimer of the magnificent steamers which
had carried the. National emblem with so
much eclat, and breasted the. angry waves
with such wondrous ease. The Collins steam-
ers were acknowledged to be the fastest, finest
and easiest sea-boats at that time afloat; they
were ofllcered and manned by as skillful nav-
igators and experienced seamen as the Ameri-'
can merchant service possessed; they were-
extraordinarily light in heavy seas, and when
steaming was‘almost the poetry of motion.
Too great prodigality in the management of
the line, added to the financial embarrass
ments of ' the year 1857, and the loss of pres-
tige occasioned by the misfortunes which had
béfalleu the Arctic and'Pacific, accomplished
its downfall. Then the three remaining ves-
sels of the line, the Atlantic, Baltic and Adri-
atic, were sold'by the sheriff in thespring of
1858, and although they appeared now and
then for some years after as trans-Atlantic
steamers, their past triumphal days wefE in-
gloriously ended.
The withdrawal of the Collins line marked
the close of the second, era of trans—Atlantic
navigation. An era distinguished by great
and briliant exploits but also by disastrous
failures._ Up to this time ocean steam navi-.
gallon had been from the beginning a costly
and unprofitable business. From the English
experiment on the part of the Great Western
Company to this latest attempt on the part of
theCollins line, the losses had been heavy
and the successes few. In fact the Cunard
Company was the only perfectly successful
undertaking, owing, no doubt, to the fact of
the liberal assistance given to it by the Brit-
ish Government. The out- look for commer-
cial success upon the ocean with steam as a
motive power, was anything but favorable at
the beginning of 1868 ,‘espccial'ly in the Uni-
ted States, although the abandonment of the
Collins line did not leave her without repre-
sentation, for during this year, Havre, France
and New York, were brought into almost
weekly communication with each other by
means of the fine steamers Arago and Fulton,
of the United States Mail Line, and the Van-
derbilt Line—the successors of the. Ocean
Steam Navigation Company—consisting of
the Vanderbilt, Ocean Queen, Ariel and North
Star, the two latter having been transferred
from the Calimeia route. Gallantly these
steamers ploughed their way across the water, 1
upholding the flag under which they sailed,
with credit until the war of the Rebellion,
which drove the American steamers from the
ocean and left the entire carrying trade in the
hands of their European competitors.
G
A. Dingee, a watchman at the hat factory
in Brewsters, was run over on the Harlem
road Tuesday. He had been down the road
with a train and meeting the freight train up
rode up on it. He got off at Brewsters, and
when the train started again he attempted to_
get on the caboose, but having but one arm
he missed his hold, and fell, the cars passing
ove him. Both ankles were broken and his
head cut, besides being otherwise injured.
A novel industry has aprun u 1n Inwa.
Henry Buskirk, finding a numger bf ox car-
casses in his neighborhood, bou ht fifty cents
worth of strychnine and dose them than
oughly. In the next three da s be picked up
thirty-eight dead coyotes, 1111 taking them to
the county clerk received 81.60—the legal
bounty—for each scalp, thus clearing $56. 50
by his shrewdness. .
Bibbs : A Love Story.
There was no doubt about it; John Weare
was perfectly wretched that night. He had
quarrelled with Jennie Bell and he wasn’t
going to make it up. The fact was she gave
herself too many airs, and he didn’t mean to
stand it any longer. He didn’t care‘ if she
was pretty; that was no reason why she
should let a dozen fellows at a time hang
about the shop or stroll in one at a- time, and,
leau'ng on their elbows, chatter and smirk
and smile over the counter, cadets and ofii-
cers too, wild young fellows, who only did
so for their own idle amusement, and would
no more dream of marrying her than they
would of inviting her to the ball that was
coming off next "months To be sure, he was
only a common cavalry soldier, but then he
now, had an excellent character and a good
trade at his back, and moreover, his father
had died not_ long'sinee, and there was the
cottage all ready for Jennie to walk into, and
they miglft settle down at once if she’d only
be sensible. Jennie acted as shop-woman for
her sister, Mrs. Evans. A very poor little
shop it was, very small and badly stocked,
for Mrs. Evans had only managed to get a
few pound’s worth of things with what had
been subscribed for her in the garrison after
the fever had carried off her hushed. The
speculation answered pretty well at first, for
many of the oificers’ wives, knowing what
an industrious woman Mrs. .Evans was, made
a point of buying their tapes and cottons and
sticks of sealing wax of her. Then Jennie’ s,
pretty face was seen benind the counter, and
the shop was filled from morning to night
with ofiicers and frisky young cadets, and
the original customers took flight—though
Mrs. Evans did not know it, for she, believ-
ing the business was safe in keeping Jennie,
worked hard at dressmaking (she had three
children to support, and the shop alone
would not do it.)
The officers were not profitable customers,
for they only went to flirt with Jennie under
the excuse Of buying a penny paper, or per-
haps asking for a time-table. Jennie made
the most trim and pretty and obliging of
shop-women, and the place itself was always
a pattern of neatness; but the officers’ .wives
did not care to go and buy their thread where
they were evidently interrupting a flirtati-n,
and so the business continued to fall off, and
Mrs. Evans began to get quite unhappy about
it. J enny—prctty, kind-hearted, thought-
less Jenny—41nd no idea that she had" any.
thing to do with it, or she would have sent
every one of her admirers 01! at a pace that
would have astonished them. She had been
only too delighted after. her brother-in-law
died, to come from Devonshire and live with
her sister at Woolwich—not only because she
was very fond of her sister, but also because"
she had wished .any times to see John
Weare again. She had made his acquain-
tance when her brother and he—for they had
been in the same regiment—were stationed at
Plymouth, and she had paid them a flying
visit with her father. John had" told her
then that he was tired of the service and
wanted to settle down, and she inwardly
thought that he could do no better than ask
her to settle with him. He had been very
attentive when she came to "Woolwich, and
gradually established himself on - the footing
of a lover till he found the shop always filled
with the officers and cadets. At first he was
shy of appearing before his superiors, then
he got jealous and at last angry, for he felt
and knew that they meant her no good, and
besides it was doing real injury b the busi-
ness of the shop. At last he spoke his mind
and told the coquettish Jennie what he
thought, and was snubbed for his pains.
- “ If you think I don’t know how to take
care. of myself, Mr. Weare, you are much
mistaken, and I dofi't wfint any one to tell
me what’s right or wrong. I know for
myself.”
“ Well, Miss Jennie, I didn’t mean to give
offence. I only told you what I thought.”
“ Then you mightihave kept your thoughts
to yourself,” she said with a little toss of her
pretty head—“unless they havd been nice
ones,” she added. He heard the aside, and
picked up his courage.
“ It’s awfully hard, too, when one that
cares for you really can’t get near you," he
pleaded. Just then Jennie caught sight of
Captain McGee, a tall and handsome man,
with long whiskers and a red nose, coming
in the direction of the shop, with a big
bunch of flowers in his hand. She hadheard
John Weare’s last words, but she was secret-
ly of opinion that “he ought to ‘ have come
up to the scratch before,” so she thought a
little jealousy might do him good.
“ Oh 1 here comes Captain McGee,” she
said in a delighted tone.
“ Well, he’s just the biggest blackleg in
service, Jennie, and if you take my advice,
you’ll send him of sharp.”
. “ I believe you are jealous, Mr. Weare,
and telling stories about the captain; he 15
always very polite to me,” and she smoothed
her pretty hair and arranged the trifles on
the counter.
“ Oh, he’ s polite enough, no doubt.”
“ And he‘ s bringing me some fiowers.’
“Now look here,» Jennie, are you going to
take them?”
“ Of course I am. ”
“ Well, then, good- by. "
“ Good by,” she laughed. Of course she
knew he wouldn t go.
“Jennie, he’ll be' 1n directly, and I shall be
off, but you must choose between him and me.
If you are going to keep on talking to him I
shallnever come in the place again, so, which
is it to be?”
“ The captain.”
'“But I am not joking. I’ll never ’see, you
again.”
“No more am‘I. joking, so good-by.”
"‘ Good-by”-——and he went.
I 1.
He kept resolutely away for a whole month
-—uever once went near the plaée. 1f Jennie
wanted him she might send for him, or get
her sister to invite him to tea, as she had done
before. But John Weare was not sent for,
neither was he invited to tea, and his spirits
began to wax low.
“ If, she’d cared about me she’d have got in
my way somehow before this—trust a woman
he thought.
The idea of not being cared for was not
cheerful. That night he strolled carelessly by
the shop, but on the opposite side of the way.
Nothing was to be seen of Jennie. He walked
on in a brown study, then crossed over, and
went deliberately by the shop, with only one
eye, however, turned' 1n its direction, but not
a sign of Jennie. He went back to the bar-
racks in a dejected frame of mind.
“ It’s an awful pity—such a nice girl ; and
there’s the cottage all ready for her to step
into, and me ready to retire from the service
and a good trade at my back; its too bad, all
along of that Captain McGee too. And the
fruit in the garden (of the cottage) all ripb
and no one to pick it. ”
The very next morning John Weare walked
deliberately into the shop and asked for open-
ny newspaper, and had the felicity of being
served by Mrs. Evans.
“ Quite a stranger, Mr. Weare, ” she said;
but that was the only remark she made, and
fer the life of him he could not screw up his
courage to ask for her sister.
That night John Weare was miserable.
“ She can’t care a rush for me,” he thought,
and marching all over the town, and nearly to
Greenwich and back, in his excitement.
The next daywas'a’lucky onefor John. He
came across Bibbs. Bibbs was Mr. Evan’s
eldest boy. No one knew .what his real name
was, or why he was called Bibbs; but he was
never called anything else.
had been in the service a good many years‘
“Bibbs," said John Weare, “come and
have some fruit,” and he carried him off in
triumph to the cottage and stuffed him with
gooseberries till he couldn’t move, and with
a crow. Then he carried him inside and
stood him on the table, and sat down before
him.
“ How old are you, Bibbs ?"
' He thought it better to begin the conversa‘
tion with a question.
“" Five and a half.
there 9”
“ Yes.
Bibbs 9”
Now he knew Jennie had given them to
him, but he wanted to hear her name:
“ Auntie. She’s going away soon,” he adds
ed. “ Let me look at'your sword now."
“ Where’s she going to?” he asked in con.
sternation. "
‘ ‘ Devonshire
sword'.”~ _
“Why is she going ?'-’ he asked, with a sick
feeling at his heart.
“ She’s ill I think; and she’s always crying
now '; one day she was crying over her silver
thing you gave her, and kissed it like any-
thing."
The “ silver thing" was a little heart about
the size of a shilling, which he had bought at
'Charlton Fair last Octobei, and timidly re.-
quested her to accept. "
John Weare jumped up and showed Bibbs
his sword and carried him all over the place,
and entreated him to have more black currents
in his delight. But Bibbs declined.
“ Aunt Jennie’s going to bring me some
from Eltham, to-nigh't,” he said.
So Jennie was going to Eltham, was she l
J olm Weare took Bibbs home, and on his way
presented him with a white woolly lamb that
moved on wheels and squeaked,and a monkey
that went on a stick on being gently pushed.
“ Crying over her silver thing,” said John
Weare. “ I’ll go and hang about the Eltham
road till I see her, and beg her pardon.”
And he went, and Jennie met him, and
pouted and declared she hadn’t once thought
Is that your SWOl'd up
Whogave you those bronze shoes,
Do let me try on your
John begged her pardon, and declared that he
had been a heartless brute ; and th" Jennie
contradicted him and said it was all er fault,
and told him how Mrs. Dunlop, the colonel’s
wife, had one day walked in and told her, in
the kindest possible manner, that she was
spoiling her sister’s business, for the ladies
who had been interested in her welfare, kept
away because of Jennie’s flirting propensities,
which filled up the shop with idle ofiicers,
who WereeIWays 1n the way; and how she
had been so ashamed and wretched, and so
cut up at the desertion of John Weare, that
she had determined to go back to Devonshire.
“ But you won’t go now 9” he said, as they
leaned over the stile leading to the Eltham
fields.
“ You’ll get ready at once, and we’ll be
married as soon as possible, before the fruit
in the garden‘ 19 spoiled.
It took a long time to talk her into it (about
three-quarters of an hour,) but then she was
very happy at heart, and chattercd like a
young magpie, and told John how she had
snubbed Captain McGee, and had thrown all
his flowers out of the window. '
"“And it really was all through that dear
Bibbs that you waylayed me tonight ? ’ she
asked. "
“Certainly. ”
“Why, but for him I might never have
seen you again!” ~
“ Perhaps not.”
“ I’ll give Bibbs a regular hug when I get
home,” she thought. And she did; and the
day before she was married she bought him a
rocking-horse, which he delights in to this
day.-0¢wsell’s Family Magazine.
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International Rifle Match.
The following are the conditions prescri
bed for the selection for the 'American Rifle
Team to represent the United States in the
great International Long Range Match for
the Championship of the 'World, to take
place at Creedmoor, L. 1., September 14th
and 15th, under the auspices of the Centen-
nial Commission: "
COMPETITION 1.—Open to all native-born
citizens of the United States ; :to take place
May 31 and June 1 ; fifty shots each day by
each competitor—fifteen at 800 yards, fifteen
lat 900 yards, and twenty at 1,000.
COMPETITION 2.—Open‘, to sixteen men
making the highest aggregate scores in Com.
petition 1; to be shot June 6 and 7, same
number of shots and same distance as in Com-
petition 1 ; the twelve men making the high-
est aggregate scores in this Competition ,1,
to be the twelve men who shall constitute
”the team and reserve.
COMPETITION 3.—Open only to the team
and reserves ; to take place June 13 and 14;
same number of shots and same conditions
as in Competition 1; the aggregate scores in
this competition and Competition 2. shall de-
termine the order of merit of these twelve
competitors; the competitor having the
highest aggregate score taking first place on,
the team, and so on, according to their re-
spective. aggregate scores; the first eight to
constitute the team, the balance to reserves;
rifles, sights; targets, marking, scoring and
position to be according to the printed regu-
lations of the National Rifle Association of
America. Weapons, any rifles, within said
regulations. Entries for Competition 1. may
be made at any time up to 10 o’clock a. m.
of May 31,1876. All countries having Rifle
Clubs or Rifle Associations have been invited
to send one Team each to c0mpete in this
match. Many countries have already signi-
fied their intention to be represented.
Sunday-Schools Among Freed-
rnen. '
A missionary of the American Sunday-
school Union' 1n North Carolina, writes of a
Sunday spent among the freedmen on the At-
lantic coast. ,
“My guide to the house, erected by them,
where I was to organize a Sunday-school,
came early to show ‘ de road dat pints
right to de place ob meeting,’ but took me a
mile out of the way to show me his own new
home.
“ Dis my house; I’se paid all do debt on it,
’cept do last end of de mortgage.” '
The chief man, “ Uncle Brister," prayed
earnestly for the missionary as “ (113 white
fotched dc poor cullud chilens sum Sunday-
school books. ”
In all that crowd that listened so attentive-
ly to my address, only two could read the
Bible. ,
They chose-as their superintendent“ Sing-
in’ Abrm.” He has a cheerful face, polite
address, reads a little and sings all over. I
freedmen, In another place, in the afternoon,
and secured for superintendent, a young col-
ored man who had enjoyed the instruction of
President Ryland, in Richmond, Va.”
1 A New Anusnunu'rr—The latest' amuse.
ment is termed the “ Printer's Delight,” and
is performed in the following manner: Take
a sheet of note paper, fold it up carefully,
and enclose a bank note sufficiently large to
pay up all arrears'and a year, in advance.
Andwhat adds immensely to the feat is to
send along the name. of a new subscriber,with
the cash to balance. Keep your eye on the
printer, and if you detect a smile the trick' 1s
a success. Try it.
-——¢—<o»+———-—'
Contentment is better than riches, but
most le would bewilling to be a little
dicontented for the sake of being rich.
black currents till his mouth was as black 1‘
of him, and then broke down and cried. And '
gemmen dat cum all de way from town, and .
organized another Sunday-school among the‘
CHARITY VS. HONESTY.
Mrs. Singleton was counting up the week’s
expenses. It was something new and very
delightful to the young wife to calculate the
price of beef, butter and milk, and divide
the money in hercare to accurately meet the
requirements of her small household. Only
two years,married, childish, very pretty, and
a little lady in every point of refinement and
education, Jessie Singleton bad wearied of
husband to furnish a floor for housekeeping.
Only too well pleased with the plan,'Frank
Singleton, also young and clerk in a bank at
a good salary, drew out his savings and in.
vested them in furniture for four of the pret-
tiest rooms in York.
“ Better get good furniture while we .are
about it." Frank said, and Brussels carpet
went on the sitting room, dining-room and
bed-room walnut furniture solid and hand-
some, followed while the kitchen .was 11 mir-
acle of household comforts. _
“ No servant, Frank," Jessie decided ;
“ I can put out the washing and hire a wo-
mairto clean once a week. I am as good a
cook, sir, as you can hire for Aunt Ruth
taught me all about it when I was in Ver-
mont three years with her."
“ So, instead of handing over the Weekly
board to a boarding house landlady, Frank
gave the sum weekly to Jessie, deducting
the rent of the floor. It was altogether
charming, for Frank helped to build fires,
went often to the market if the morning was
stormy, and could broil a beefsteak or make
coffee as well as Jessie herself. It was very
ple t, too, to hear his cordial praise of
culinary triumphs, and Jessie was a good
cook.
But herein lay her first trouble, Really
nice dishes she found were expensive, even
so small as she required them, She began to
comprehend a little why the boarding-house;
that kept first-rate tables had such exhorbi-
taut prices; why in less pretentious ones,
rice pudding came oftener than custards, and
stews were of weekly occurrence. '
The daily expenditure would overrun just
a little bit the daily income, and at the end
of the week Frank would have to put two
or three dollars more into housekeeping fuIid.
Still he found no fault. He understood quite
well that poultry cost more than neck of
mutton, that eggs were needed for his favor-
ite custards, and if he wanted delicacies he
must pay for them.
“ Only‘keep out of debt. J essIe,” he said;
“when I can’t afiord the difference I will eat
the stewed mutton, but don’t owe. anybody.”
And Jessie counting the week’s expenses on
Monday morning that opens my story, was
painfully concious that there was a debt. It
had happened In this wise.
Hannah Cassiday, the washerwoman, took
the washing for ten dollars a month and pre-
ferred monthly payments to meet her rent.
The month previous Jessie had been engaged
as one of the prominent patroness of a char-
ity fair, and it was a time when she “hated
to appear mean. " Frank had given her what
he could afford toward supplying her table
but there were little daily expenses, and Je"s-
sie had put allof Frank’s contribution into
material for pretty needle work "she ofiered
for sale. Before she realized how her mon-
ey was slipping away, she had added twenty
two dollars to her first outlay. She had put
Mrs. Cassiday off the first month without
trouble, but as she realized she could not pay
her now the second was due, Jessie felt more
than uncomfortable.
“ Still,” she thought, trying to still her
conscience, accusing her, “it is not as if I
had taken the money for finery for myself,
or even for delicacies for the table. It wait
all given in charity, in purchasing what will
bring“ 1n money for the poor this winter, ti)
buy coal, blankets and clothing. Several
hundred dollars was made clear of all expeu}
ses at our table alone, and all for this
poor 11
And yet Mrs. Cassiday’ s pale face was be-
fore her, and the echo of her words when
she brought Home the clothes.
, “ I am sorry to be reminding you ma’mfi
but next Monday the month’s up, and the
landlady is pressing me sore for rent. de
of the children’ s sick too, ma’ am with ague;
and it's needing coal, I am, badly. "
“ Very well, Hannah, you shall have it
Monday. ” And now it was .Monday, and
the money in Jessie’s purse left from Ssturi
day’ s expenses was just eighty cents. Somei
how, she scarcely knew, she had fallen from
her first habit of strictly cash payments into
the one of paying every Saturday night.
She was fully aware that she paid a little
more for nearly every article purchased, and
she resolved week after week to economize
and have sufficient over to start again as at
first. But that time had not come when she
sat blankly staring at eighty cents, and
knowing that Hannah would be coming in
soon for twenty dollars.
" She was so bitterly ashamed that she re
sorted to a coward’s device. Dressing her-;
self for a walk, she took the basket to the.
basement and left it in charge of the servant
of the house.
, “ Will you give this to my washwoman,”
she said pleasantly. “ I have an errand to
do, and must go out. ” . i
It did not relieve her much when, on her re-
turn, the servait met her' In the hall, saying,i
“ If you please ma’am, Mrs. Cas'siday saidi
she did not know how she could do the wash;
without a lump 0' coal' 1n the house, but she
took it, and hope’ 9 you’ll remember her this
evening."
“ Very well i" .
Was it very well? Frank was an indul-
gent husband, and Jessie seldom hesitated to
ask a favor, but he was very particular about
some things. One of his strong peculiarities
was a positive horror of debt. He had lived
through childhood in a house hampered and
held down by debt, where a ring at the bell
sent a shivering dread of a creditor through
the hearts of father and mother. He had
seen all the mean, miserable shifts of debtors,
and the discomforts of fairly o'wning nothing,
and be resolved his manhood should never be
so cramped and tormented. . Faithfully he
had kept his resolutions, and Jessie knew he
would have denied himself the very necessa-
ries of life if he could not honestly pay for
them.
He had early in his married life. told his
wife of his horror of incurring a» bill, and
begged of her never to have one anywhere: '
“ I will give you all the moneyI can. ” '
“ Mrs. Singleton is never behiudhand in
any charitable scheme.”
She had been conscious for _a long time
that she was giving beyond her means, but
while it was only a matter of personal self.
denial she did not let it burden her con;
science. Now, the truth pressed heavily
upon her that it was 'Hannah Cassidsy's
money, not her own, she had given to the
charity fair. '
To ask Frank for the amount, was to con-
fessto owing a_woman, two months’ hard-
esrned wages, and Frank would be very
stern when he was displeased. All night
Jessie lay awake thinking of Hannah, and
yet at breakfast she could not summon
would ask her brother for the money she
1 concluded at last. He would think it was
for somepiecc of finery or some charity.
Somewhat comforted by this resolve, Jessie
cleared up her small domain, and was (ready.
to start out 'when_Mrs. Wilmer, her most
intimate friend'an associate in all benevolent
schemes, came into to the sitting room.
“ Just going out 9 How fortunate 1" she
cried. “I want you to go with me. to see?
about a woman with four sick children, and
Heaven help her, one just dead. It' 115 a case
the routine of boarding houses ,and coxcd her '
courage to confess the truth to Frank. She »
of actual destitution, and yet no less than
four people owe her money. ” .
“ Where' 15 it 1’” '
“ Not far from here. Aspen court is the
name of the place. I have sent up to the so
ciety for coal, and pdd the landlord, who
was actually threatening to put the poor soul
on the street. But I want somebody to see
about moving the children to the hospital or
giving the woman some help in nursing
them. "
“ What ails them 9 "
“ Nothing contagionl‘s; a low nervous fe-
ver, superinduced by exposure to cold and
hunger. Just think, d1e has not had a lump
of coalsince Friday, and has been doing the
washing for four families now nearly two
months without pay. One gentleman, she
told me, paid her regularly and saved her
from actual starvatiom There ,is nothing too
bad for people who wrong the poor by un-
puuctual payment. - I know 1 am not tread-
ing on your toes, for we are all aware of your
rigid rules about debt.“-
While they were talking the ladies had
been hurrying towards Aspen court where
rows of tall narrow tenement houses faced
each other across a paved courtway.Jess1e
was conscious of n deathly sinking at her
heart as Mrs. Wilmer stopped at No.16,
Could it be that she was oiiswerable for the
misery her friend descrlfid i” " '
Up, up to the third flodr, andé—yes, Mrs.
Wilmer knocked at Hannah's door, and her
face brightened at the 111111: of Mrs. Single-
ton’s appearance. '
“ I’m glad to see you ma’am,” she‘ said,
“though I’ve _not been able to. touch any
work this week on account of the children."
Mrs. Wilmer was already bending over the
bed where the little ones lay, feeding them
from a can of stewed oysters she had brought
with her. She had sent to the society to
which she belonged for coal, and a fire was
crackling in the stove ; but the scene was
pitiful in the extreme. The tiny corpse lay
in another room, but four Wasted facbs were
upon the bed, and Hannah herself was pale
and weak."
“ If you will stay here ,” Jessie whispered
to her friend, “I will go‘ the bank for some
money , my purse is quite empty. It is not
far )9
Frank Singelton arched his eyes in surprise
when Jessie, pale and agitated called him
from his desk to whisper- .
“ Give me fiventy dollars, please, Frank.
I will tell you what I want of it this evo-
ning. " "
“ Can’t you wait until next Thursday, .
Jessie 9 It will be very inconvenient to-
day ’1
“ Oh, please Frank,
urgent.”
Deeply perplexed Frank handed over two
crisp ten dollar bills, and Jessie hurried back
to Hannah. Mrs. Wilmer knowing nothing,
was surprised at the 111111.111: supposed an
offering of charity and Hannah made no
speech to betray the truth. ._ Arrangements
were made to bury the baby,;to (provide for
the sick children, and then, miserable and
consciencefstrickerr,lJessie hurried hOme to
prepare dinner." Before - it, was eaten‘ she
made full confession to Frank, humbly own-
ing her fault, making no excuse, but earnest-
ly promising that the offence should never
be repeated.
' “ Trust me once more, Frank,” she sob;
bed, and I will never - let ‘ this happen
again.”
“ You say you have let weekly bills stand
at the grocer’ s too!” Frank asked gravely.
“ Yes. I don’t know how it happened at
first that I was short, but gradually it slipped
from day to day till I am now a whole week
behindhan .”
‘.‘ Not a very formidable amount,” said
Frank, touched by her miserable face, “it
is more the principle that is violated than the
amount involved. that troubles me, Jessie.
today. It is very
owed no one, Jessie, that it pains me to think
you and I were not. working together as I
supposed. ”
“ You shall never have that pain again,
To-day I learned that my charity at the “ fair
was simply a theft from a hard-working wo-
man. I will be honest hereafter before I am
benevolent, Frank 9” ,
And Jessie kept her resolve. If she was
ever témpted to forget, the memory of Han:
nah recurred to her. Two little graves
were filled by the poor children, and, though
Hannah spoke no word of reproach, Jessie
felt that she was in a great measure if not
wholly responsible for the illness brought on
by cold and hunger.
Still active in deeds of benevolence, Jessie
never forgets now to put honesty before osten-
tatious charity.
_
Republican Democracy.
The fundamental basis of- democracy is the
recognition of the rights .of mouse man. Its
central principle is the equality of all men
before the law, without regard to birth, prop-
erty or social rank; from which principle is
deducted the right of all men to an equal
voice or vote in deciding upon public afi'airs;
or in selecting agents and representatives to
perform the functions of legislation and to
execute the laws. ‘
The principles of democracy are forcibly
and clearly stated 1n the American Declara-
tion of Independence, in the words of Thos. %
Jeflerson, who has been called “the apostle
‘of democracy,” “ we hold these truths to be
' self-evident that all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights; that among these
are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these,governments are intituted
among men, deriving their just powers from
the. consent of the governed." These princi-
pics are still more fully developed in the con-
stitutions of the states of the Union. The
constitution of- New Hampshire (1792) says;
“ All men are born equally fr‘ee'and independ-
ent; therefore all government of right origi-d
nates from the people.
> “ All power residing originally in and be-
ing derived from the people, all the magis-
trates and officers of government are their
substitutes and agents, and at all times ac-
countable to them.” There have been so
called, in earlier times, Republics, yet these
were, far from being democratic in their insti-
tutions. In fact, real democracy was first
put in practice in government by the colonies
of New England.
In Connecticut,in 1689,the elective franchise
was given to all men who had-takenanoath of
allegiance-to the commonwealth; the mag—
istrates and legislature were chosen annually .
by ballot, and the representation was appor.
tioned to the population, and up to a recent
period, the most perfect democracy in the
world Were in the towns of New England.
Much confusion of ideas on the subject of
nating between the political and social democ-
democracy of sentiment and manners. The
;principle of the legal and political equality
of men is- not consistent with the utmost vari-
ety of national and social distinctions.
The example of American people shows
that democratic political institutions are com-
patible with very great inequalities" 1n cultivaé
tion, manners, style of living, social consid-
eration and the distribution of property.
A Westerly, R. I. ., cler marrieda
couple the other night, rece1ved his foe and
sent them away apparently satisfied, but a
day or too after the bridegroom returned and
said that he had come to pay more, as the
expected, after whichhe departed, evidently
relieved 1n his mind.
Hannah Cassiday lived at number sixteen.
I have been so happy in the thought that I '
democracy has been caused by not discrimi- .
racy, between the democracy of laws and the .
woman had turned out much better. than he
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' ‘ " _ Composition. "
Box 879 P. 0., NORWALK, CON N.
GEO. w. 03AM , .
Contractor if: Builder,
OI Railroads, Water Works, Sewers, Grading and
Bock Work of all kinds, Masonry, Stone and
Brick. Will furnish men and teams by the day.
Tools to let. Office In Hubbell’s Block.
14. Address Norwalk P. 0., “Box 452."
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Attorney and 8111111111 at Law,
Boon: No. 4, [up usury)
9 GAZETTE BUILDING.
CHARLES ,W. MA’NY,
Surgeon Dentist, '
NORWALK, CON N.
Ofli‘e corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
- Oxide Gas administered.
0. B. GOOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Ana. H111,
WALL STREET, NORWALK,
' Ofllce over
0. J. Grumun’s- Dry Goods Store.
I?” Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out pain.
GONNEGTIGUT llllTliL,
.Coner Main and Wall Sta" N OBWALK CT.
THE subscriber having taken the above well-
known centrally located Hotel. is preparéd to
co
ests
rlce S.
otel. Carriages
lease.
,Proprietor.
entertain permanent and transient
rooms , good table . reasonable
class Livery connected with the
to all trains. Everg- efi‘ort made to
Bfltf MOREHOUS
enwsno" BANKS,
CIVIL ENGINEER.
All!) BOROUGH SURVEY“,
Olllce at residence of B. 0. Banks, Main Street.
Nor-walk, Conn.
S d; W. MITCHELL,
At the ever popular
U N I O N M A R K E '1’
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair living‘prlces. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket,'on the ridge. . 18
GAGE INSLBE,
A R C H I T E C T 1
70 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Residence, STAMFORD, CONN.
Special attention paid to country residences. ly2
ununns s. Lockwooo,
Fashionable Draper and Tailor,
AND
GENTS" FURNISHING EIIPORIUJI.
Main Street, Norwalk, Conn.
Enwxnn P. was»,
13 a U G G I a '1' |
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera House,
A large and well selected stock 01
111111113 AND MEDICINES,
Perfumsr. Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, oilet and Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracu. Hair Brushes.Combs,
Spon es, Chamois Skins, Stationery. Cl ars, 8:11.,
and sconstantl adding to his stock all the new
and popular me icines of the day.
DRUGS &;MEDICINES, '
THE undersigned would announce to the citi-
zens in this vicinity, that at his Drug Store
0013.01" WASHINGTON d: DEPOT 1117's.,
can always be found
' PURE DRUGS,
Choice Wines 81 Liquors,
OR MEDICINAL PURPOSE
“I“ Slflllfl DAII’IIIIS, PA‘I'EII' liliflllfl.
Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully compounded
and night. Can be found 11 gbts in same
building, entrance on Washington Street.
ly49 s. P. PEG“, South NorWalko
’I'NA INSURANCE Co. of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1312. _ Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Allen, $5,052,880.10
Insure: against loss and damage by Fire; on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent with the laws
of compensation.. COWL LES a MERRILL,
Sole Agents for Norwalk and vicinity.
NORWALK INSURANCE 00.,
NOR WALK, CONN.
Charter Cnpllal - ' - - $500,000
Paid up Capital - - - 100,000
" WM. 0. Sumner, Pres., 6110- B. Costs, Sec’y.
B. s. BLASCER,
At. hlsStorel n MALLORY’S BLOCK, bssconstnt
ly on hands general assortmentof
"GR, 00E. Elms ,
c nocxnnv, amass, .
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, 570., BTU.
B y devotinghisconstantpersonsl attentionto the
businessbe hopes to merlt publicpatronsge. 9
FRANCIS McKEON, In,
Practical Plumber.
._PLUlllBING in all its BEAN oars.
Green Houses l-‘lttcrl up.
' Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Beldeu’s Tin Shop. Jobbing promptly attonldtig
to.
N orwalk Fish Market.
l
"the Old Bridge Fish Market a constant supply of
runs]! nsn,
- OYS'I‘EBS, CLAHS, £10.,
- .1111 all varieties of choice
"It“ All VEIII'AIIES II TIlEIl SEAS”.
CHARLES W. LOOKWOOD.
3' Spring Chickens Dressed to order.
" torncy
A first- ‘
" A
The subscriber respectfully announces that at
REAL ESTATE.
TO RENT.
UPPER part or a house on Main Street, South
Norwalk, near 13nHenry.MI hair: at the Twin
Houses. .11. BYXBEE.
Possession “gloves immediate-
ilgoms Ill le"'w1'"i.1ur°'n.swan.
For Sale or EXchange.
[IE lot containln about two acres. adjoining
the residedce of e undersigned. on Prospect
Hill. It is one of the most desirable building sites
ntbe hill, commanding a fine view of the Sound.
The soil is rich, deep and remarkably productive.
It will be divided into two lots of 96 b 425 feet and
sold separately if desired. B. B. C AUF.URD
nnmmnnl\
OOMS TO LET—Four rooms in subscriber’s
house, Belden Avenue, are olfered to Rent.
J GEN ROBERTS.
Var desirable rooms to rent lrom April 1, on
Be den Avenue, within three minutes walk
(111111 the Bridge. 1n nire of 0. E. WILSON, ln-
surance Agent, Boom Gazette Building. ' 12
To Let.
PIPER PART OF HOUSE
011 ill-In Street.
with six rooms, five minutes walk from the Bride
New house and location very desirable. A so
barn it wanted. Apply at this Ofilce. l3
Desirable Property for sale.
AA Very desirable place on East Avenue.
Also, a few choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale ch cap.
Also, a nicely located House and Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of '
S,E .SO BORN. East Avenue,
“‘11 or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent or Lease
ROM April 1st, 1876.
The Brick Store
now occupledb Geo. H. Bracken. Said store is
55 feet deep. I irst door north of Sklddy’s Block,
so-callcd. Also HOUSE on 11111 street 11011:
April lst. - Inquire of NO W
» or o. x. WOOD,at1’1-ov1sion Store, 33 Main si. 11
To Let.
HE subscriber offers for rent his House leas-
antly located on Union Park, three In autos
walk from village and horse cars. Has thirteen
rooms, large attic and cellarpeg and ample closet
room. Largo quantities of cars. cherries,
and other fruit on the prem ill be lrouted to
responsible party at a low“ rent. G'.Appl to Mrs.
Allen on the cruises. GEOBG E ‘0 Y “.10
Norvnlk, a'rch 6th, 1876 .
r
To Let.’
THE pleasantly located and everj’wny‘dosinblo
residence formerly owned B. .E
Stunts, on Belden Avenue. is oifered tolet tkom
the first or April nextr. Applyto
G. G. BISHOP.
To Rent.
FROM the 1st of April next, art ofaHouu.
(four rooms) rlgh t in the vi age. Rent 812
per month. Enquire at this office.
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber odors for sale his
Dwelling House and Lot,
pleasantly situated on the lower end of Fair Street
The house is new and well finished; the lot is
mam feet. Will be sold low. and a in part of
the purchase money can remain on and and
mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory.
11 D. S. VAIL.
I
FOR SALE OR' TO RENT.
HE House and Mill Pro erty occupied by Eb-
enezer Pattenden in Si ver Mine. En uire of
BA AY 0ND a PAR E.E -
New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1876. (7)
To Rent.
HE rooms over the Corner Drug Store, now
new led by Joseph F. Foote, Esq. anAt-
cc wfilhe to rent n'om the first day
Inquire of the subscribe.
JO “P W. HUBBELLé“
7
April next.
Norwalk, Feb. 11th, 1876.
A BARGAIN. '
OR SALE-A first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue,) containin DINGIJ nine rooms; will be lot
if not sold. Also BUlL GLOTS for sale.
Apply to D. H. FITL C.H
Norwalk. Nov 27th,1875.
TO LET.
HE First or Second Stoj'y of a house on E88
Avenue. Enquire of J HAN tOBD. lt'ls
'1‘
non 5.11.11.
7 WO ver desirable Buildin Lots on West 1111111
1‘ Street): Apply at the GAEETTE OFFICE.
non 5.11.11 CHEAP.
(300D FARM of about 40 acres ofhigh land,
situate d three miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
FOR. SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best,pleas-
A. antest and most accessible streets in town.
Has eight rooms. with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable of heating the whole house. Large burn
with stabling for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, just conmencin to ear fruit.
within five minutes’ walk of t 11, Post OMce.’ the.
Price 87,500.01- will rent it to a good tenant for
8600 per year. Enquire at this office.
BARN T0 RENT.-A new B'arn with good Sta-
bhug for several horses. near the bridge.
Price $8 per month. Enquire at this Office.
, FRANCIS J. Marries.‘
Draper and Tailor.
A choice selection of new and fashionable goods
constantly on hand
Room No. l, Gazette Building.
L A ‘N G L E Y 1 s
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,
No. 13 Main 51., Norwalk,
(over G. a 8. ll. Holmes’ store.)
I. F. 1.311 I? would rospectfully inform the in-
habitants OI orwalk and vicinity that he has eu-
larged and remodeled the show Gallery, and is
now prepared to make all kinds of pigtures as d
as the best. at the lowest prices. oying one
and enlarglements' made “0111 small0 11 ctures. and
colored i ndia Ink, Oil and Water Colors. Views
taken of residences on reasonable terms. Stereo-
scopic Views, Groups In ddnterlors e. Stereo-
scopic Views of Norwalk M25 cents each. Please
give me a call. ISatisfaction guaranteed .
y“ ELAN GL Y, Photographer.
'NO’I‘ICE-
The lairliell 00.316111 Bail
WILL COMMENCE BUSINESS 0N
Thursday Duelist lsl, 1814,
In the 311nt Rooms of the Fair
field Go. 11.111111111311111.
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g'ellock, P. M., to a: and on Saturday evenings
3 ’ l, H.
mm 6 m ° ° $111. K. JAMES. President.
«as
CHAS. H. STREET.Treasurer.
WEDDING
AND
-VISITING CARDS
GRAVED TO ORDER. '
WEDDING ENVELOPES furnished, Stamped
with Monogram, or Plain. OUTSIDE ENVE-
LOPES sum-lied.
WEDDING and VISITING CARDS
Prmted in the best manner, in latest styles, at the
office ofthe
NORWALK GAZETTE.
‘ NOTICE.
orsons an lied to by tramps for meals
Ifiilll lease not urnlsh. buttiirect them to the
TRAMPIIIOUSE, situated at Norwalk. adjolnin E
the lock-up. where they will be supplied with hot
food and work. The public are cautioned against
bellsvingany of the stories that the tramps m 5511::
forthin regard to their not being prop perly fe
n
the authorities havm the matter in charge pro-
pose to feed this clasdg of people according to the
exigencies of the ca
JOSEP P11 P. eHANFO R,D
CHARL SW. SMITH, - }Selecimen.
PLATT RICE. --
Norwalk, Jan. 14th, 1876.
allslzes sndstyles an be 111111 the
Gazette Job Printing Office
do To BELDEN’S
and hsee teuew
Hot Closet Range.
of"
1876.
THE llllllWlLK GAZETTE
PUBLISHED
EVERY TUESDAY MOINING,
is furnished to subscribers at
82.00 per Annum, in advance, free of postage
I.
England, and unsurpassed as a local
family journal.
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ATTENTION
HOUSEKEEPEIRS
I am offering the Best Base-Burning Stove in the
Market, ~
“Till: 600D liflllllfill ”
The Patentee oi this Stove is D. O. m
whose “Morning Glory” Stores and Furnaces have
i213: [inst distanced all competitors. The excel
o
11w Good Record
over all others is in the following points:
FIRST—Design and Finish of the Slave.
SECOND—Price.
‘ THIRD-Straight Fire-Pot.
FOURTH-Ant “-010 11 Gr! 'thD bu
Illumination. 1 WI 9 a e 101 W
FIFTH-Reversible Pipe Collar.
SIXTH—Check Dru/t.
SE VENTH—Rwers‘ible and Marine Flues.
EIGHTH—Neither Gas nor Dust.
FURNA one.
B A R s T O W ’ S -
11011111 1111 11111111;
is I superior one, constructed on the prlnol lo of
the steam boiler; there is no possibility of
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taken thepremium at the".
present season. All 1!: want at.
a very superior Furnace have now an opportunity
of supplymg themselves. I have also on hand a
large and varied assortment of
STOVES,
oi the Best} Quality and Manufacture,“
‘E. K. Lockwood’a,
Norwalk, Conn.
J. SPENCER,
Watchmaker
. -1.er—
JEWELER,
Under Norwnlk Opera Home.
. AGENT FOR
HOWARD,
ELG'IN AND. .
WALIHAM
WATO- S.
SPENCERVS [NESTED WATCHES"
Are the Belt Time-Keepers.
, 11111111111111 MAKERS.
MULLINCS & TILLY,
Successors to s. P. TUTTIJI.
inform the citizens of Nor-
at they are prepared to
Would res 115111111
walk and v cinityt
Build Garrisees and Wagons
OF E. VERY DEB OBIPTI 01V. -.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of thetrad
SECONEHAND BOCKAWAY, and on.
NO TOP— BUGGY, for sale. 1y:
Norwalk Pork Market
’82 Main street.
Constantly on hand, a full supply .0:
Pork, Hams, Bacon, Smoked Beef.
FRESH LOINS, SAUSAGES, LEAF LABD, to“;
at the lowest wholesale prices. Dealers will do
well togive us a call. 0. N. D.
Home Smoked and Sausage Most Out for the
public. 61:47
111-1.1:. names.
Bought, Sold or mobilized,
onlceLGazette allowing} B. J. STUBGES.
Conn Broker.
INSURANCE.
capital Represented. $23,000,000. 00.
B. J. STURGES, Agent.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber having purchased the Coal
Yard and business of Messrs. Tollel S Duke
will continueE it under0 tLhe eneral superintend-
euco of BOB ,and will keep con-
stantly on hand a T'full supply of the best
Coal and Wood,
which will be sold as heretofore ,
"A: the Lowest Marker. rrloos for Cash.
JOHN MORTON.
Br anch onlce at Corner Drug Store of H. M. l
C. 1‘. PRO TT.
Norwalk,v Jlan. 3lst. 1876.
John A. Homzeckcr,
B A K E R,
FOOT (11F MILL HILL.
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fresh every do. Everything made out of good
materials. and ycarsful and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
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But we vex" “our own"
Withlookundtone,
We may never'tnke'buck Igdn.
For though in the quiet evening
You may give us thekis's of peace.
Yet it might be .
That never for me
The pain of the heart should count.
How many go forth in the morning
That never come back It night i
And hearts have broken,
For horsh words spoken, ,
That somw can, ne'er "set" right.
We have careful thoughts for—“tho stranger,
And smiles for the sometime" guest;
But oft for “our own"
The bitter tone, -
Though we love “our own" the best.
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Ahi browwithtbat'lookofscorn' .
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Like themerrymenof old,
.Whotillshislnudwithhlsownotoutbaud,
And knowsnot'tbe lust of gold.
Nosailorhe onuomylec,
No soldier, Wanna;
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.Of the courtiérs’ fawningberd
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Of the tb'rush‘ in the old oak" tree.
While the waters glide with the rippling tide,
And the zephyrs qoftly creep -
O’er the quivering leaves, 'Inidst the murmur.
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And lull. the senses to sleep.
But when thundering Jove from his shores
-' ~ above, ' '
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And took "and wood, ind field and flood,
fay bound in hisicy chum. '
"with manyohouud. racism around
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And ere daylightfadelnsglenmmgblnde
- lsredwiththemonster'egore. .4.
iWheu thesun hsssethespreedsbisnet,
"dles, -
Andthéportrldge, fluttering,
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And the crane—a goodly prise.
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The fire burns bright with its ruddy light,
His homeward step to cheer. ._.
Attheoottagedoor,whenbistoilnoer,
Sbsstiu'ids- wimhsrmfielosweet.
Andboldsupherfacemthumodest grace,
Hiswelcomekissto meet. ‘
And childish glad swarm. More dad,
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' While shepours outher-hnneamde wine.
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Have ye looked for sheep in new.
For those who hive mind this”?
Have ye Men in the wild,’ wile pun-1,-
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It may beyc'doseintbe gleaming-
The print of Christ’s woundedfeet.
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“Christ Jesusmskenheg jrimist‘f
Have ye toldmy fainting Childreii
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Have ye guided the tottcnngfootstep‘
-To the shores of the “golden laud i"
Haveyestoodbytbeadudmv,
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To cantortthesorwwuricksn.
And strengtan the @bl'eflitb?
And have ye felt, when the glory . .
Has streem‘edthrou‘ghtbe open door,
And fluted may the shadows.
That I had been there before9
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Ye might hear me whispering 1.1111". you- ,
’Tis a pathway I Often go.
My disciples, my brethren, my friends,
Canyedaretofollowme? .
Then, wherever the Master dwelleth,
There shall the servsn t be.
Coming Again with ReJolcing"
A Missionary of the American Sunday-
school Union, at the South, in making his re-
port to a lady of the Episcopal church, who
contributed largely to his work. up:
“Many of my Sunday schools doubled'h r9"
churches. In R—county, Georgia; I
found but one school, but OWN-15.
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eral religioiis interest commenced m
blessings were showered on most of ili'jjjet.
tlements. I assisted gingsevenl protruded
meetings, which resulted 11.11259 W
conversions. Many thanksgiving man. we
dared for the-ending oldie ,W
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in the Sunday-schools on my field- -Anotl1er
school has . grown. inmatzthmh. 2.1“:
seventeen Mansion. 2M)” 1611:”:
years. This Union work-iv. “limit can;
that can relieve muchof,:tlxe3_m-h.r
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