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“NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1876.
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From the Record ofille Year.
“OUR OIVN,
If I had known in the morning
HOW wearily all the day
The words unkind
“'ould trouble my mind
I said when you went away,
I had been more careful, darling.
Nor given you needless pain;
But we vex “om-own"
\Vitll look alld tone,
We might never take back again.
For though in tile quiet- evening
You may give me tlle kiss of peace,
Yet it liligllt be
That never for me
The pain of the heart should cease.
How many go forth iii the morning
'l‘llat never come home at night,
And hearts have broken
For harsh words spoken,
That sorrow can ne'er set right.
“’6 have careful thoughts for the stranger,
And smile for the sometime guest,
But oft for “our own,"
The bitter tone,
Though we love “ our own” the best.
Ah! lips with the curve impatient,
Ah! brow with that look of scorn,
’Twere a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
MARGARET E. Saws-ran.
ins weal) or iihnon.
BY PHILIP BOURKE MARS’I‘ON.
The “ Green Dragon” at Orpingtou assum—
ing to be an inn, is ill reality little more than
.. wayside public house. Mr. Hunter, land-
lord and proprietor, was therefore not a little
surprised and flurried when, upon a raw Oc-
tober afternoon, a young man having a great-
coat over his arm, a light bag in one hand and
a stick in the other, presented himself at the
bar of the “Green Dragon" and asked lan-
guidly if he could be accommodated with a
bed and sitting room. '
“ A bed, sir ?” replied Mr. Hunter, a big
man, with red face and gray hair, “ yes, I
think we can manage to give you a bed."
“ And a sitting room ?” continued the stran-
ger.
“ A sitting room,” echoed the landlord, in
the tone of one who is considering some great
undertaking; “ one minute, if you please,sir"
and Mr. Hunter disappeared into a little room
immediately adjoining the bar, there to hold
counsel with some second person, the upshot
being that, in a few minutes, Mrs. Hunter,
Miss Hunter, and a few Hunters just out of
the crawling state, issued forth, bearing re-
spectively working materials,socks in process
of being mended, tin whistles and decapitated
dolls.
“ You can have this room all to yourself,
sir," said Mr. Hunter triumphantly.
“ You really must not let me disturb you,”
rejoined the traveler.
“ Don’t' you mention it," replied the land-
lord, in a tone which was at once genial and
confidential. “We would not turn a customer
away from our doors. You see we do not
have much parlor company."
“ And this is the only room you have dis-
engaged!" .
“Well, yes sir; this is the only 'room at
present—Susan! coals for the gentleman’s
fire.” .
The traveler having as he thought shown a
due amount of consideration for the comfort
of Mrs. Hunter and the young Hunters, was
glad enough to enter the apartment before al-
luded to, and to draw close to the fire the on
dilapidated arm-chair. '
Arthur Seton, barrister by profession, and
literary by choice, was not really more than
thirty, though he looked considerably older;
for the dark hair and beard were streaked with
gray, and the face, with its regular,handsom_e
features, were habitually a look of such in-
tense mental wear'uiess as would have sad-
dened the most hopeful man had he looked
on it for long.
For some timehc leaned hopefully back,his
hands clasped behind his head; at length he
rose and took from his bag a locked up diary,
‘ which he opened,andavailing himself of pens
and ink which stood upon the table, made the
following entry :
Oct. 17, 1874.—Got up late. Called on the
Brianstones; George was out. Had a pleasant
chat with Annie; went, like a fool, to Rich-
mond—and, like a fool, haunted the Well-
House. It looked just the same as in the old
dear days. but I heard children playing in the
garden. The house is let, I believe to city
people. Came back to London; dined at the
Pall Mall; went to the club. Got back to
chambers late. \Vrote a column “-— Re-
view.” A weary, weary day. Shall I never
know a moment’s forgetfulness ?"
He drew then from the leaves of the diarya
letter written in a delicate feminine handand
addressed, “ Arthur Seton, Esq., 12, Gray’s
Inn." This letter he regarded with a long,sad,
loving look; then, resting his head on his
hand, he read it through very slowly. It ran
as follows:
My DEAR .ARTIIUR: If you will be so sus-
picious, so jealous, and exacting, I cannot see
how we are ever to be happy. aith without
works is dead, and love without faith is no
blessing, but a weary burden. I am tired of
cross words and dark looks. Some women, I
believe, like the feverish excitement of quar-
rels, but I only wish for peace. This misera-
ble, petty jealousy is quite unworthy of you.
Do try and put it from you; and remember
that love, once wounded, is sometimes hurt
past hope of recover . I received your arti-
cle quite safely, but cannot speak about it
now. You have made me too sad,too weary,
and even a little indignant. Yours afi'ection-
ately, ALICE CLAREFIELD.
Well House, Richmond, October, 1871.
He replaced the letter, closed the diary,took
lip his pipe, and began smoking. The early
part of this day had been fine and mild, but
toward the afternoon the sky grew all at once
leaden, and the wind shifted to the northeast.
Now the wind was rising and the rain was
falling—a cold, penetrating,impetuous, deter-
mined rain. The country, which but a brief
while since had looked so fair in a bland, Oc-
tober sunlight, now seemed a thing to shudder
at. The dun-colored woods, wet and forlorn,
seemed to have no hope of any returning sum-
mer, and to know the utter desolation of the
end. It was impossible, indeed,to imagine that
in the green, soaking fields, where now afew
cows were huddling together, _and lowing
diseonsolately, glad children could ever have
tossed each other in the warm, sweet-smell-
ing hay; the rain drove wearily against the
window, and the wind shrieked round the
house, and occasionally thundered in the,
chimney, and at the bar, where, in spite of"
the weather, Mr. Hunter seemed to be doing
a brisk business, for ale corks popped contin-
uously, and pewters clanked audibly as the
men set them down on the slab; and the
great wagons lumbered by, or drew up pon-
(lerously in front of the door; and while the
drivers availed themselves of the “ Green
Dragon’s" hospitality, the large, broad-backed
horses beat the miry roads with heavy lloofs.
There was not much to occupy his thoughts
in the dreary little bar-parlor. A great varie-
ty of whips hung against the wall, and over
the mantle-piece was a photograph of a fine
chestnut mare. Under was written; “Being
Mr. Hunter’s favorite mare, who died in her
fourteenth year." A short way on was s
photograph of Mrs. Hunter, in full holiday
costume. A large Bible and photograph a1-
bum lay upon the table.
Seton mechanically opened the album. Here
was a tinted photograph of a young girl with
profuse gold ringlets, a large, round facc,and
meaningless blue eyes. Under it was written :
“Presented to Miss Hunter by herafl’ectionate
friend, Isabella Grant.” Poor Isabella! how
many honest country hearts, I wonder, had
she caused to ache while the hair was gold
and the buxom figure still shapely ?
For the want of something better to do,Seton
began to write a letter; but he made slow way
with it. For minutes together he sat holding
the pen listlessly in his hand leaning his arm
wearily upon the table, listening, as we all
listen when alone, to what sounds may be
going on near us, from a feeling which is not
curiosity, but more overpowering.
Suddenly what must have been avcry light
vehicle, dashed swiftly down the road and drew
up with great. precision at the door of the
“' Green Dragon," while the voice of the new
comer became audible. Seton, however, could
only catch a few disconnected words, such as
“Caught in the rain—delicate—sllelter—Chis-
elllurst—a closed carriage. ”
Then the door opened, the landlord pre-
sented himself upon the threshold, and said.
in a very pointed manner, “ If you please,
Sir. a young lady, driving over to Sevenoaks
in alight, open trap, has been caught in the
rain, and her servant wants to know if I can
give her a sitting room while he drives back
to Chisellmrst for a closed carriage." .
* “ And this is the only room you have ’9" re-
joined Seton. “0h! ask her in by all means.
However, I am sorry the room smells so of
smoke," he added, knocking the ashes from
his pipe.
“ Don't you mention it, Sir, and thank you
very much," replied the landlord, retiring.
In another moment the door opened again,
and the unexpected intruder entered—a lady,
tall and very graceful, having a pale; Madon—
na-like face, and gold hair shining like an
aureole round a small classical head.
Seton’s face had grown White to the lips,
and his voice quivered perceptibly, as, ex-
tending his hand, he said—
“This is a very unexpected meeting."
“ Very unexpected," echoed the lady, re-
moving her wct mantle, and sitting down on
the worn leather sofa. The recognition had
been mutual, but women, as a rule, are more
self-composed than men.
“ Let me recommend this chair,” said Se-
ton, laying his hand upon the one from which
he had just risen.
“No, thank you, I prefer sittillg away from
the fire.”
“ I am sorry the room should smell so of
tobacco,” observed Seton, after a pause, “but
you see I did not expect the pleasure of a vis-
itor.”
She smiled a rather forced smile by way of
answer, and Seton folded elaborately and put
into the envelope a sheet of blank paper.
‘ ‘Tllc country is very beautiful around here,”
he observed, writing his own name, with
great care, upon the envelope.
“ We have only been back from the conti-
nent about six weeks," she observed, after a
pause. “Mamms has taken a house near
Chiselhurst. I was driving over to Sevenoaks
this morning, and I was caught in the rain,
and induced to ask for shelter here."
“ And how is Mrs. Clarcfield ll”
“Mamma is quite well, thank you." Then,
after a pause, in a full, sweet, low contralto
voice, which had a ring of infinite pathos,
“ Are you stopping here 1’"
“ Hardly,” said Seton, with an assumption
of gayety in his tone; “but I’ll tell you all
about it. My friends kindly took itintotheir
heads that I was sticking too closely to work—
that I wanted fresh air and exercise—so they
bound me over, on my word of honor, to walk
from London to Hastings in :a week. I ac-
quiesce in everything now, so, of course, I
acquiesced in this, and this is my first day of
hard labor and imprisonment.” -
“But you used—4’ began the lady, then
she colored a little, and seemed unwilling to
finish her sentence ; “ you used to be so fond
of walking.”
‘.‘ But a man changes a good deal in three
years,” he replied wearily.
Then came along silence, broken at last by
the pop of an ale cork, at which they started
as if an explosion had taken place.
“Ohi_you grow used to it in time," ob-
served Seton.
It seemed impossible to imagine these two
persons, more formal to each other in manner
than the most distant acquaintances, could
ever have been passionate and devoted lovers.
What thoughts had they, I wonder, as they
sat together, and yet so far apart, of the old
days wherein love led them, and all was well?
It would weary you, dear reader, and to no
purpose, were I to set down here the dreary
commonplaccs with which these two tried to
beguile the time for over an hour. At length
worn out by the arduous effort of trying to
entertain each other while their thoughts were
so far away, they took refuge in silence, and
the wind roared, and the rain lashed the win-
dow, and the dusk came on prematurely, and
Seton, looking out on the cheerless prospect,
shivcred as with the cold. Then ‘ that other
person in the room rose very quietly and
stirred the fire into ablaze, and resumed her
seat on the sofa.
“ N 0, you shouldn’t reall ',” said Seton,not
turning round, however, though with a look
of great pain upon his face. It is wonderful
what suffering some small, commonplace
word or action may cause us. What vistas
of impossible joys, again may they not open
to us!
“I suppose the carriage will soon be back,”
said Alice, presently, and speaking with ef-
fort, “and our new coaclunan drives so fast,
too."
“ Yes, and your term of imprisonment will
soon be up," rejoined Seton, resting his arm
upon the niantlepiece, and examining with
critical interest the photograph of Mr. Hun-
ter’s defunct mare. '
“How the time passes,” said Alice, in a
low voice, as if speaking to herself. Then,
with sudden energy, “I cannot tell when we
shall meet again. Before we part, answer me
one question. You are looking worn and
weary, are you happy?”
Now he stood before her, and through the
dusk and tile fireligllt his eyes flashed on her,
as he said, in a low, harsh voice, “ from your
lips this question is an insult."
“ Of which you need not fear the repeti-
tion," she rejoined promptly, with cutting
formality. -
“No, it can’t end like this,” he went on.
“Do you know, ever since you have been here
I have bitten my lips through and through to
keep them from speaking of the past. This
meeting was not of your seeking, and it seems
to me uplnanly and dastardly to take advan-
tage of this opportunity.”
“ We are sometimes so mistaken,” she said
hurriedly, but her words werellardly audible,
and he continued;
“ Alice! you have treated me very ill. Of
that day, now three years ago, when I gave
you my love, and believed in yours, I was
frank with you. I told you how wild and
irregular my life had been, and how full of
faults'I was. You reclaimed me—you trans-
formed my days—you made my life all at
once pure and fair; and then, because some
thorn in my love lilirt you, you threw it all
away, and left me to perish miserably.”
She: would have interrupted him, but he
silenced her by a gesture and went on: “And
now when we meet, after three years,you ask
me if .I am happy! If I loved you once, I
shall love you forever. Do I look happy P”
“ I think there were faults on botll sides,”
she said, quietly.
“ Yes, perhaps there were," he replied;
“but I was reading your last letter over only
to-day. Oh! how terribly bitter it was i"
“ And have you forgotten your answer to
that letter ?” she said, almost passionately,
her voice quivering and her breast 'heaving.
“I don’t rememember it word for word,"
he returned quickly; “ I know it was written
on the impulse of the moment."
“But I have it by heart ;" then, very slowly
“you said, if your love, in its heart and
strength was a little exacting, mine was cold
and fadelcss; in fact, no love, only a slow,
sluggish affection. You almost thought I was
right, and that we could not be happy. .I am
"naturally proud," she went on ; ‘4 but a wo-
man with less pride than I llavc could not
have acted differently. Only one course was
left mc—to be silent." *
“ Well, it is all over now," he rejoined;
“ we shall never, never meet again."
“ You won't take my friendship, then ?"
“No, thank you; you are very generous,
but I do not want this gift."
He threw himself wearily into a chair, and
for some time there was a complete silence.
Hope is so subtle, so intangible, that we are
often only aware of its existence when it has
ceased to be. Arthur Seton looked upon him-
self as a man quite without hope. It seemed
to him that his life could hardly be more gray
and desolate than it was, yet who shall say
.what feeling, of which he was not directly
conscious, may have sustained him through
the last three years. Now everything seemed
gone-there was nothing but death left.
Presently carriage-wheels came down the
road ; carriage lamps flashed through the dusk
and grew stationary opposite the window.
Mr. Hunter hustled in, and announced, in a
tone of triumph, that the carriage had come
for the young lady, and done the distance
wonderfully quick. Then the door shut, and
they were-alone together again. ‘
’ery softly and distinctly Seton heard her
say his name, “Arthur ;" but he did not move.
It seemed to him that he would keep back all
his love, clinch fast his heart till she were
gone, and then die swiftly of the pain.
“Arthur, I‘ am wait-ing, dear. Won't you
come ‘2 Are not you going to forgive me i"
Now he rose and gropcd his way toward
her like a blind man.- She stretched out her
hands and drew him to her. Then he bent
down. She raised her face, and the hearts
and the lips, so long disunited, came together
in a prolonged, passionate kiss. He knelt
down by her, her head sank upon his shoul-
der, and for several minutes they remained
thus, lost in love’s profound peace and mys-
tery. And the ale-corks continued to pop,and
wagoners on their way to London tramped in
and out of the bar, and warm good-nights
were exchanged between customer and land-
lord, and as Arthur folded Alice's mantle
round her, she said, half shyly, “ You are
coming back with me to see momma, are you
not ?”
“ May I?” he answered, great joy evident.
in face and voice. ,
So the bedroom which Mrs. Hunter had
been preparing all the afternoon, and of which
she was not a little proud, remained unoccu-
pied, but the payment was lavish, and the
day’s labor was not regretted.
Oh! that never-to-bc-forgotten ride to Chis-
elhurst through the wild, windy evening. Be-
tween it and the last three days lay all the
pains of hell. And the rain ceased, and
strange voices were abroad in the wind, sing-
ing jubilantly over love re-risen and redeem-
ing. And the clouds drifted away, and the
pure, sweet, windy niooliglit quivered over
wet fields and trees, and seemed love’s bene-
diction.
I leave you to imagine the arrival home.
Arthur had always been a favorite with Mrs.
Clareficld, and in the old days of quarrels she
used always to take his part. When dinner
had at last been disposed of, Mrs. Clarefield
pleaded houshold (duties and went to her bed-
room. There she sat down before the bright
fire and wept profusely, dear soul, over the
happiness of her children. And downstairs
these two were very quiet. To them love was
a solemn thing, and they were solemn lovers.
And the wonderful, priceless moments went
silently and swiftly by.
Presently, however, Alice said, looking up
at Arthur‘s face and. pressing his hand very
tightly. “ You won't continue your walk to
Hastings this week ?"
And he answered, with abright smile, “But
I have pledged my word of honor to do so.”
" And I command you to break it."
Yes, and he did break it; but none of his
friends brought it as an accusation against
him that for once in his life he had broken his
Word of Honor!-——New Quarterly Magazine.
Advertising Frauds.
Every community is burdened with a very
large number of persons whose principal
employment is to convince those en (1 in
any legitimate trade, occupation or business
dependent on the patronage of the public,
that they are in the possession of the means
and opportunity to afford such facilities for
bringing their business before the public as
will ensure success.
And the devices represented by these par-
ties are innumerable, and all equally worthless-
Putting advertisements on desks, fancy cards,
directories, cheap publications, pamphlets,
in the merest waste of money.
There is but one legitimate and effective
means of advertising, and that is through the
medium of a reliable newspaper, which is
read in the country houses, hotels, store
rooms, public places and in families. All
other schemes of advertising have been de-
monstrated to be absolute failures.
A comparison made by an advertising firm
of the number of persons influenced to make
purchases of a certain line of goods specially
advertised resulted in showing that out of
two hundred and sixty customers, two lulu-
drcd‘and thirty-five had their attention direc-
ted to the goods by having seen the adver-
tisement in the newspaper, fifteen had seen
the notice by small bills left at their residence,
and the remainder knew no reason except
they had noticed the sign of the goods in the
window. This is a fair illustration made for
the purpose of demonstrating the relative val-
ue of advertisements. ‘
By their importunity the solicitors for
these various schemes often succeed in be-
guiling the merchant into paying a large
price for a small space on a fly-leaf or outside
cover of some pamphlet. It is all money
thrown away. The pamphlet into which the
“ad." is placed with fifty others, is glanced
at for a day perhaps, and then stacked up in
a closet never to be seen again. The “catch-
penny publication" is usually a little bill-
poster sheet, ostensibly published in the in-
terest of some class of business, but really
published for the purpose of catching adver-
tisements, and nothing else. They have lit-
tle or no circulation, no standing or responsi-
bility, and are generally edited by adventur-
ers who cannot make a living at; legitimate
newspaper work. Money paid for such ad-
vertisements is worse than squandered. It
is offering a premium for blackmailing, and
assisting to support a class of worthless fel-
lows who prey on the business community,
and the sooner their real character is shown
up the better.
Scorer! Guns—We question if a more
beautiful sight can be seen in this wide world,
than the fashionable promenade of Prince’s
street, Edinburgh, Scotland, any sunny day
about: four o’clock. Let the spectator take
his eyes from the picturesque glories of that
exquisite landscape, and fix them upon the
more beautiful of Nature’s works who pass
him by. The writer promenaded on one oc-
casion during the summer with an American
gentleman of considerable taste. Said he:
“ What I admire about your Scotch ladies is
their healthy look and educated faces.” He
had struck the right note. In the high bred
air which he remarked, he saw perfect. health
without vulgarity; ease of manner with un-
approachable dignity; elegance of costume
with common sense. Scotch girls are educa-
cated for use, not for- show; to live a life of
usefulness to others and themselves. What
they know they have learned solidly.
as ingenius as exact.
Metorite or Meteoric Stones.
These are peculiar solid compounds of
earthy and metalic matters which occasional-
ly descend from the atmosphere, usually from
the bosom of a luminous meteor. This phe-
nomenon affords an instructive example of
the triumph of human testimony over philo-
sophical skepticism. The chronicles of al-
most every age had recorded the fall of pen-
derous stony or earthy masses from the air,but
the evicence had been rejected by historians
because the phenomenon was not within the
range of their philosophy.
Bllt at length the sober and solid researches
of physical science piit to shame theincrcdu-
lily of metaphysical school.
M. Able Remusart has shown in his recent-
ly made work or translation of Ma Touan-
Sin, :1 Chinese author of the 13th century,
that Chinese and Japanese (nations that many
in this nation look upon as the more ignorant
and debascd than 'are Indian tribes of the
Unteid States and Territories) noted with
much precision everything connected with
this singular phenomenon. They remarked
that the stones sometimes fell in perfectly sc-
renc weather; they compared the explosions
which took place to thunder, to the noise of a
falling wall, to the bellowing of herds of cat-
tle. Also the hissing which accompanied
their fgll-was likened to the sounding of the
wings of birds of prey, or » of cloth torn
assunder. According to them the-stones are
always burning hot at the moment when they
reach the ground; their outward surface is
black; some of them ring when struck, like
metalic bodies. The name given them by
these Orientals means falling stars changed
into stone.
The Chinese believe that the appearance of
aerolites were connected with contemporary
events, for which reason they formed cata-
logues of them. We have very little cause
or reason to laugh at this Oriental prejudice.
Were the philosophers of Europe wiser
when resisting the evidences of facts, they
afiirmed that the fall of stones from the at-
mosphere was impossible. The Academy of
Sciences declared in 1769, that a stone picked
up at the instant of its fall, near Luce, by
“the several persons who had noticed it in the
air, and had followed its descent with their
eyes to the spot where it struck the ground,
did not fall from the sky. ‘
Finally the process-verbal of the munici-
pality of Lagrange de Juliac, affirming that.
on August 30th, 1790, there fell in the fields,
on the roofs of houses, and in the streets of
the village, a great quantity of stones, was
treated in the journals of the time as a ridicu-
lous tale, made to excite the pity, not only of
men of learning, but of all rational beings.
Are we more wise in the present century?
“Philosophers,” says Chladne, “ who will
not admit facts which they cannot explain,
injure the advancement of science as those
to whom too great credulity may be reproach-
ed."
“While all Europe," says the celebrated
Vengelin, “resounded with the rumor of
'stones falling from the heavens,and while phi-
losophers, distracted in opinion, were framing
.hypothesises to‘explain their origin, each ac-
cording to his own fancy, the Hon. Mr. How-
ard, an able English chemist, was pursuing
in silence the only route which could lead to
a solution of the problem. He collected
specimens of the stones which had fallen at
different times, procured as much informa-
tion as possible respecting them ; he then
conpared the physical or exterior characters
of these bodies; and even did more, in sub-
jecting them to chemical analysis, by means
It results from his researches, that the
stones which fell in England, in Italy, in Ger-
many, in the East Indies and in other places,
.have all such a perfect resemblance, that it is
almost impossble to distinguish them from
each other; and what renders the similitude
more perfect and more striking is that they
are composed of the same principles and near-
ly in the same proportions.
It is remarkable that all the stones, at
whatever period or in whatever part of the
world they may have fallen, have appeared,
as far as they have been examined, to consist
of the’same substances, and to have nothing
similar to them in the places or parts of the
country where they were found, nor among
all that have hitherto been discovered in our
earth. For the chemical analysis of most of
the specimensof such stones, we are particu-
larly indebted to Mr. Howard, as also to Kla-
proth and Vauguelin, and a precise mineralo:
gical description of them has been given by
Count dc Bournon and others.
Mr. Howard’s admirable dissertation was
published in the Phil. Frans for 1802, and re-
printed in the thirteenth volume of Tilloch’s
Magazine, and ought to be studied as a pat-
tern of scientific research by many in our
country at the present epoch. It would pay.
There are young men of natural talent, and
some with the means, who are casting about
for some employment, who perhaps may take
a hint and prepare themselves for some use-
ful, scientific work. R.
The Vera ict. -
8, $, $.—-The New Haven Register says—-
“ The democratic party cannot afford to lose
Mr. Englisll’s influence."
Conn. deserves a better fatc.—Sprin gfield
Union.
The whole affair was disgraceful to the
arty and the result is none the less so..—
Ieriden Herald.
In‘vain it is for the democrats to prate
about reform when' W. H. Barnum is the
best they can do for us.—-Ansonia Sentinel.
loan. has no reason to be specially proud
of the result. It was simply the completion
of a bargain.——N. Y. Times.
The result is the one the Republican mana-
gers of the State earnestly desire—Middle-
town (Dena) Sentinel.
The whole question seemed to be narrowed
down to one of dollars and cents. —New Lon-
don Telegram. .
It is going to be a good deal heavier sled-
ding for the Connecticut Democrats, next
fall, than it need have been—Springfield
Republican.
{Homo late now to hope that the state
will escape the disgrace—Hartford Courant.
Under the Circumstances the surprising
thing is that they (Mr. English’s friends) di
aswell, held as many votes, as they did.
They had actively against them Senator Es-
ton, all the democratic congressmen, the par-
ty machine, and a great-’majorlty of the
skilled talent of the state, professional and
amateur.
Mr. Barnum’s purchase was ratified yester-
day by the democrats of the legislature, and
the goods delivered according to contract.
The people of the state will now have leisure
to contemplate the results of the great dem-
ocratic reform movement which has placed
in the United States senate, as the successor
of Buckin ham and Ferry, William W. Em
ton and illiam H. Barnum. What a glo—
rious triumph for good government and puri-
ty in politics l—Hartford Courant.
A bad evening’s work for the democratic
party in and out of Connecticut. _ Mr. Eng-
lish is far enough from being the ideal Sens-
tor; but, at least, he is less unfit than the
man who has outbid him. In promoting Mr.
Barnum, the Connecticut democracy suffi-
ciently stamp the quality of their blatant pro-
fessions of reform. They may yet find the
money-bag they have tied around the party
neck weigh like a mill-stone.~—Springfield
Republican.
The friends of English were determined to
know who had played them foul, and they
carried their point. The Barnum men were
so badly frightened by Walter‘s impetuosity,
that they deserted the poor fellows whohad
played double and vs them up to pilbllClty
and the pillory.— artford Post.
When independent voters, who have the
self-respect and the conscience of their inde-
pendencc accept Senator Barnum as a politi-
cal bedfellow, it will be because there is no
sleeping-room left out doors—Springfield
Republican.
The Petersburgh Index Appeal speaks of
the action of the Connecticut democrats in
electing Mr. Barnum Senator as “ notable un-
wisdom.”
‘ very rarely voted. He has drawn his
' the highest bidder.
We do not believe the action of the dem.
ocratic caucus on the' senatorial question was
wise or generous. Byth‘e rules of political
propriety r. En lish should have finished
the two ' s of r'. Ferry’s unexpired term,
and it was not only a departure from the uni-
form policy sf the party, but carries with it
personal reflections of an unpleasant nature.
* * * It was a singular combination
that was arrayed against Governor English,
as the vote shows—Ne‘w Haven Register.
The Democrats have decided to send Wil-
liam II. Barnum to the United States Senate!
The man who was so conspicuously slighted
by Speaker Kerr—the only man of his years
in Congress who was not given a chairman-
ship or its equivalent—is regarded by a lcgis
laturc elected by his money as a fit successor
to Orris S. Ferry. The bare statement of the
factfis sufficient commentary. The effect of
this choice upon the ' rty at large cannot
but be unfavorable. w1!l pass as another
specimen brick of what might be expected of
the Democrats were they in control of the
United States governmpnt. The good peo-
ple who are anxiousl looking for such a
turn of afiairs as will we as a better if not
the best civil service, may contemplate this
act of the Democratsof Connecticut and dis-
cover just what they have to expect
from that organization. The Democrats have
had this state in their control three years,
and have replaced William A. Buckingham
and Orris S. Ferry with Eaton and.» Barnum.
Let the men who left the Republlmn party
to seek something higher in tone, more exalt-
ed in purpose, walk around this brace of
Senators and take a good look at them as the
embodiment of “reformed" Democracy.
——Hartford Post. ‘
As a party they have no rinci l ’ and the
few individual members (If ' it in?! indulge
in the private luxury of a politics! Conscience
are too timid and time-servi'iig to utter a pro-
test.
thieves, and have no hesitation in cheating
each other. Two years ago they cheated
Mr. Barnum, now they have cheated Mr.
English ; and the very fact that they have
cheated somebody adds zeal: to their victory.
If such is democracyin a New England state,
what must it be in less intelligent communi-
ties ? What would it be if trusted with the
government of the nation i—New Haven Pal-
ladium. °
Mr. Harrison is so far superior in character
and talents to the man who will be voted for
against him, as to emphasize the dispropor-
tion and give to his supporters more satisfac-
tion in voting for him without hope of success
than could be derived from assisting the
other to success. The Republicans may be
content to let the country judge of the two
parties in this state by the candidates present-
ed for office—Hartford Post.
It. is just this spectacle of the best elements
in the parties surrendering to the worst that
is irritating the people up to_' the point of
political revolution—Springfield Republican.
If the new senator does not attend to his
duties in the senate any better than he has in
the house, Connecticut might as well have a
perpetual vacancy them—Albany Journal.
And now the whole state isvto be araded
as Mr. Barnum’s private posession. _ 'n spite
of protests and private explanations, it will
be believed that he- “owns” Connecticut,
just as it is believed'that Mr. Sharon “owns"
Nevada. And this is the last result of Dem-
ocratic rule in Connecticut. How many
“reforms" will get furthered ' by democracy
of that sort ?—New York Mail. '
0f the merits of Mr. Barnum'it is unneces-
sary to say much. He is one of the clever-
est of men, very efiicient in everything he
undertakes, willing to serve a republican just
as quickly as a‘ democrat, whose sympathies
and efforts were all on the right side during
the war, and who is a great deal better than
most of his party at Washington. It can
with justice be said that were it not for his
extreme views on the tariff question and his
indiscriminate use of money for, party pur-
poses, Mr. Barnum would make quite a re-
spectable and influential a senator as many
who now belong to that body—Norwich
Bulletin. ‘
And so Mr; Barnum ’goes into the Senate'
to represent the party which advocates the
purification of politics and the application of
the tests of ca acity, fitness and integrity in
the selection 0 candidates. Mr Barnum has
one recommendation; he has been eight years
in Congress, has never made a speech, and
. . my
like a. little major, and contributed to the
election fund like a lieutenant-general. Ver-
ily he has hissreyvard. And- there’s Gov;
English! Poor maul They’re fooling him
with talk about St. Louis and the Presidency.
What a very pretty party this democracy is
when it gets set up where you can go round
it and take in its fair proportions.-—N. Y.
Tribune.
The best that can be said of him is that,
unlike his colleague, he knows enough to hold
his tongue. ’ Upon the whole he is not a bad
representative of his party. He is not like
the ex-grocer who will do the talking, and it
is not probable that he will he often -in his
seat. Apart from the methods by which he
has achieved political success, he is a better
man than Eaton, as he isa wiser one. He
will probably be the only man in the Senate
who has bought two seats—his own, and that
of his colleague.—New Haven Palladium.
To say that the friends of Governor Eng-
lish feel more indignantly the action of the
caucus than that gentleman himself does,
may be recorded as a fact. He cared noth-
ing for the Senatorsliip, beyond a respect for
the usages of the party, a departure from
which, under the peculiar circumstances of
the case, he has a right to consider a personal
matter—but the democratic party cannot at-
ford to lose his influence, which has been
earned in more than forry years of active ser-
vice in its ranks, and faithfulness to its prin-
ciples.—New Haven Register.
Revolting as are the whole proceedings when
viewed from the standpoint of principle the
stomach of the average Connecticut democrat is
not easily turned. The Senatorsllip was sold to
Senator Barnum will
keep up his usual subscription “ for the par-
ty,” and the democratic organs will continue
to bowl for reform, which means control of
the offices—New Haven Palladium.
Eaton is able and vicious, Barnum is rich
and indifferent; and this is the sort of purifi-
cation of the public service which the demo-
crats indulge in where they have the power.
-—Providence Journal.
Mr. Barnum will make as good a Senator
as Representative, no better and'probably not
much worse, and as he has sucured his elec-
tion by the only means he ever employs, and
as that means has never been a subject of
democratic complaint heretofore, the friends
of Mr. Enolish can have little to say, and
must simfily acquiesce. * * * If this
fails somewhat below the high level of “ re-
form” demanded by the party platform in
this Centennial year, it only illustrates the
factthat it is easy enough to pass resolutions for
the “ ears of the groundlingsfi’ but when it
comes to actum, then the “reform" is not so
obvious—Bridgeport Standard.
The New York Tribune calls the Connect-
icut democratic caucus nomination of United
States Senator an auction, and attempts to be-
little Mr. Barnum, the nominee. The caucus
may have been an auction, and the Senator-
ship may have been knocked down to the
highest bidder, but the highest bid resided in
the love and esteem. which the Connecticut
people have for Mr. Barnum, and merit and
years of honored service did the bidding.
——Washington Republican.
Mr. Barnum is safe [from Congressional in-
vestigation] because his brother democrats do
not resent such traffic, but look upon it as
18 itimate and in the natural course of things.
can now we find the home organ of Governor
English rushing to the defines of Barnum
and slobbering him over with compliments.
What is to be hoped of a party in which such
dirt eating is possible ?——Hartford Post.
It will be gratifying to the friends of Sena-
tor English to learn throu h a New York
Herald interviewer, that. I r. Barnum has
“no bitter feelings toward Mr. Enalish."
Having put upon him a deep humiliation,
and done it in the way he has, he is ready to
forgive the man he has supplanted. Mr.
Barnum is generous as well as liberal. --IIal-l-
ford Post. .
Dr. Hall says; “Eat regularly, not over
three times a day’ and nothing between
meals.” Tramps will do well to cut this out
and paste it in their bank-book.
Whether we believe it or not, the Danbury
News’s yarn about the blue bird that caught
cold and had to take cod liver oil, at all events
is a good story for the chlIIed-Wl‘Cll.-—N6l0
York Commercial Advertiser. _
Old lady (holding a very small cabba e)—
“Wllat 1 Ten cents for such a thing.” olite
grocers clerk: “Yes ma’am; biit it's because
of the Centennial ma’am. 'l'herc’s so many
furriners a-comin' that smoke, cabbages has
riz.” -
There wes a French singer with a tremen-
dous voice who could not discover what line
in art he was best fitted for. He went to
Cherubini. who told him to sin . He sansr
and the foundation trembled. “I'Vell, he said,
when he had finished, ‘illustrious, what shal
I become ?’ “An auctioneer," said Cherubini-
What is the difference between a market
ardener and a billiard marker ? One minds
his peas and the other minds his cues.——New
I- York World.
They lack eveuthe proverbial honor of '
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Teacher of the
Plano-Forte. Organ and Muslcnl
Composlslou.
Box 379 P. 0.. NORWALK. CONN.
GEO. w. DRAM.
Contractor &: Builder
0t Railroads. Water Works, Sewers, Grading and
Rock Work of all kinds; one and Brick Ma-
sonry. Will furnish men an teams by the day.
Tools to let. Ofilco in Hubhell’s Block.
14 Address Norwalk P. 0., “Box 452." .
DR. CHARLES l-'. MORGAN.
Physician & Surgeon,
Ofiicc over C. J. Gruman’s,
N orwalk, Conn.
onlce llonrs:—7 A. ll., 1 e. in. 7 r. M.
J. Belden Hurlbutt,
Alllllul all Counsellor at Law,
[Room No. 4. [up null-s.)
9 GAZETTE BUILDING.
CIIARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
vouwanx. aims.
Ollice corner of Main and Wall Streets. Nitrous-
Oxldo Gas administered. _
autonomous,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
WALL STREET. NORWALK,
Ofiice over . .
c. J. Grunt-nu Dry Goods Store.
W Gas administered for extracting teeth with
out pain. 5 -
IIONNEIITIIIUT HOTEL,
Corner Main and Wall Sta, N ORWALK, CT.
HE subscriber having taken the above well-
T known centrally located Hotel, is prepared to
entertain permanent and transient guests. Good
rooms; good table; reasonable prices. A first-
class Livery connected With the Hotel. Carriages
to all trains. Every effort made to please. _
38tf D. B. MORElIOUSE, Proprietor.
S & W. MITCHELL.
.
At the ever popular
UNION MARKET
has always the best of
Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,
at fair livingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
ket. on the Bridge. 18
outward: msvnascn 00.,
’ NOR WALK, CONN.
Charter Capital - - - $500,000
Pnld up Capital - - - 100,000
Wu. 0. Sensor, Pres, GEO R. Gownns, Sec’y.
DEMMON & NEWCOM B
flavetaken the TWO LARGE STORESin Ray
mond’s Building, N 05.53 and 55 Main Street, and
intend to keep constantly on hand a choictand
fincassortmenl ol‘
FAMILY GBOCERIES
together with a good variety oi
Crockery and Glass Wale.
'In the upper store they have also opened I
FISH MARKET
where all kinds oi Fisn can be obtained in the
proper season Also the best of
FRUITS IND IEGTABLES.
lularge or small quantities. Also
BREAD. .
Cake. Plea. (£30.,
always a supply oftresli baked on bill.
DEMMON & NBWCOMB,
53 and 55 Main Street.
GEORGE WARD SELLECK,
nasconstantly In stock at hisnew stand ,
No. 9 Main Street.
A choice and finesssortmen tot
Groceries,
Provisions,
Flour,
.Fruo't, &c.,
To which he would i nvitethe attentionofsll who
wishtaperchasefirst-classgoods.st
Reasonable Prices.
DRIED BEEF, SLICED A SPECIALTY. BEST
OF RAMS, EITHER WHOLE OR SLICED.
Dropln and see usin our newstore,
\‘o. 9 MAIN STREET.
ll. H. DOUGLASS,
Manufacturing Confections,
Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of
Pure Confectionery
Always Fresh and of the Best Quality, at
\Vholesale and Retail.
Also a superior article of .
ICE CREAM.
SODA w ATER, with fruit syrups, and OTTAWA
BEER,drawn t'roin Matthews Patent Steel loun-
talus.
Fruits, Nuts. fine Imported and
Domestic Cigars.
No. 21 Main Slreel.
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Restauran
for Ladies and Gentlemen.
0. H. DOUGLASS. Proprietor.
, if notsol'l.
REAL ESTATE.
\ImnA/vm \J\I\/\I\I\I\I\MI\I‘I\I\I\
RESIDENCE on West Avenue is offered
to Rent. Part of the rent will be taken out in
board, if desired. Apply by letter to “A. 13.,” care
Not-walk annr'rn.
For Sale or Exchange.
I BE lot containing about two acres. adjoining
the residence of the undersigned. on Prospect
Hill. It is one of the most desirable building sites
on the 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 by 425 tcet and
sold separately if desired. R. B. CRAUFUBD.
I
Desn'ablc Property for sale.
A Vorydesirablc place on East Avenue.
Also, a low choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.
Also.a nicely located House and’ Lot on Mer-
win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of
s. E. osaonu. East Avenue.
tl'll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.
To Rent or Lease
FROM April lst, 1876.
The 31°10]; Store
now occupied by Geo. H. Bracken. Said store is
55 feet deep. I irst door north of skiddy’s Block.
so-called. Also HOUSE on High street, from
April lst. Inquire oi NOAII WOOD.
or C. N. WOOD, at Provmion Store, 33 Main St. ll
Tb Rent.
ART of a House. (four rooms) right in the vil-
lage. Rent 812 per month. Possession given
immediately. Enquire at this ofilcc.
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber offers for sale his
Dwelling House and Lot,
pleasantly situated on the lowerend of FairStreet
'Ihc house is new and well finished; the lot is
Max:305 feet. Will be sold low, and a large part of
the purchase money can remain on bond and
mortgage. Enquire at the Straw Factory.
1 D. S. VAIL.
FOR SALE OR TO RENT.
THE House and Mill. Property occupied by Eb-
Pattcnden in' Silver. Mine. Enquire of
RAYMOND s; PARDEE.
New Canaan, Feb. 10th, 1876. (7)
A BARGAIN.
OR SALE—A first-rate built House, (on East
Avenue,) containing nine rooms; will be let,
Also BUILDING LOTS for sale.
Apply to D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th. 1875. 181.1
7 . TO LET.
HE First or Second Sto or a house on Ens
Avenue. Enquire of J. . HAN t 0RD. it"s
FOR SALE.
TWO very desirable BulldingLots on'West Main
Street. Apply at the oazn'm‘n OFFICE.
For: SALE CHEAP.
coon FARM ofabout 40 acres ofhigh land.
situated three miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
FOR SALE.
NEAT RESIDENCE on one oi. the best,pleas-
antest and most accessible streets in town.
"as el gilt rooms, with gas in each, and heater ca-
pable or heating the whole house. Large barn
with stabling for several horses. A lple, Pear and
Cherry Trees. just commencing to our fruit. ls
within five. minutes’ walk of the Post Office. &c.
Price 57,500. Or will rent it to a good tenant for
£600 per year. Enquire at this office.
BARN 'ro RENT.—-A new Barn with good Sta-
bling for several horses, nepr the bridge.
Price $3 per month, Enquire at this Office.
FRANCIS J. mosses,
Draper and Tailor.
A choice selection of new and fashionable goods
constantly on hand
Boom no. 1, Guzetie Building.
HAI‘LES S. LOCKWOOID,
Fashionable Drapeland Tailor,
AND
GENTS" FURNISIIIN G EMPORIUM.
Main Street, Norwalk. Conn.
'I‘SA INS!) RANGE Co. of HARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets. $5,052,880.19
Insure: against loss and damage by Fire, on terms
adopted to the hazard and consistent With the laws
of compensation. COWLES & MERRILLL
Sole Agents for Norwaik and vicinity.
EDIVARD P. \VEED,
D R U G G- I S 'l'.‘
Wall Street, opposite Norwalk Opera Howe,
' A large and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND . MEDICINES,
Perfumery, Patent Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters, Toilet and Medicatedfioaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchief Extracss, Haerrusliesfiombs,
Sponges, Chamois Skins, Stationery, Cl are, &c.,
and is constant! adding to his stock al the new
and popular me iclncs of the day.
FOR A .000 000K STOVE
GO TO BBLDEK’S
UDRUGS & MEDICINES,
THE undersigned-would announce to the citi-
zens in this vicinity, that at his Drug Store,
COR OF WASHINGTON dc DEPOT 51's.,
can always be found
PURE DRUGS,
Choice Wines & Liquors,
FOR. MEDICINAL PURPOSES,
user I. ‘lllltil Alllclit, PM“! lillollls.
l’nysicians’ Prescriptions carefully compounded
day and night. Can be found nights in same
building; entrance on Washington Street.
lylil S. F. PECK, South Nos-walk.
B. S. BLASCER,
At hlsStorei n MALLORY’S BLOCK,hasconstsnl
- 1y on haudageneralassortmentof
G- n'o o E n I E s ,
CBCCKEBY, GLASS,
TIN AND WOODEN WARE, £70., £10
By devotinghis constantpersonalattentionto tho
businessbe hopes to merit pnblicpatronage. 9
GO TO BELDEN’S
alld llsce tcnew
Hot Closet Range.
FRANCIS M’cKBON, Jr.,
Practical Plumber. ,
PLUMBING in all its BRANCHES.
Green Houses Fitted up.
Orders left at Shop on School Street, or on slate
at Beltien’s Tin Sllop. Jobbing promptlyiittenliyig
C. W. Burritt,
Has Removed
To No. 4 Phoenix Block, Wall St.,
Foot of Mill Hill, where with increased facilities
he is prepared to do
PLUMBING,
in I] its branches. Also special attention iron
0 in Roofing, Tin and Sheet Iron Work an Job-
lng. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept on hand.
Norwalk. April, 1876. -
John A. Houuccker,
B A K E R ,
FOOT OF MILL HILL.
Bread, Rolls. Pies, Cakes, Crullcrs. &C., baked
fresh every day. Everything made out of good
materialsmnd liycarel‘ul and competent workmen.
Try our Baking.
“CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODIJNESS.”
- G. A. FRAN KE’S
Slalilu all Hall Culling Salull!
FOR A
Pleasant shave.
Arslsllc Kall- Cut.
or Thorough shampoo,
Mr. Franke’s Hair Cutting Rooms,
No. l GAZETT'I‘F. BUILDING.
[1' Particular attention given to Ladies and
Children‘s lIair Cutting and Shampooing.u
AT HOME TO EVERYBODY.
Hot and Cold Water Baths
Billiltilils
sllsises andstyles can be hadst the
Gauotte Job Prlutlua 'otllce.
Are'you goingt’ofialut‘?
. use . ~_ , -~
Ammm's ‘ '
CHEMICAL PAINT!
TIIE BEST III III! MARKET.
. It is morebesutil ul. moredurable. lowerin price.
is all ready for use, does not wash by rain. best
wood preserver, is watcrpnd fire proof, and is the
best for Foneral uses, either for wood. iron or
brick bill dings. Many of the finest residences in
town a re painted with
AVERILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT
Put up ready for use in pails of l. 2 or 3 gallons
kegs of 5. 10 or 15 gallons. half barrels or barrels.
.All orders ijomptly filled and any information
given by app ylng to ' .
D. H. WEBB, Sole Ag’t for Norwalk
Ofiice west end of Bridge. SOUTH NORW-‘ALK
F. H. BEERS.
DEALER IN
Business Wagons,
Top Buggies,
Top Phwtons,
&c., Corner 01
LEONARD AND WATER STS.,
Norwalk. Conn.
. _
REPAIRING
substantially and promptly executed. 8
3m
IIAN'FDRII WILCIIX
scallions
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Yard at the West end of the Bridge,
SOUTH NORWALK,
Families and Factories supplied with the best at
lowest market prices. Delivered within any rea-
sonable distance. Prompt attention given to all'
orders, large or small.
I). HAVEBB, Agent.
Call and see us and leave your orders.
CARRIAGE MAKERS.
MULLINGS & TILLY,
Successors to S. P. TUTTLE,
MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NOR WALK.
inform tbc‘citizens ol‘ Nor-
Wonld respectfully]
t at they are prepared to
walk and Vicinity
I ' I
Build Gal-rinses and Wagons
0F EVER Y DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in all
branches of the trade.
One SECOND-HAND ROC KAWA Y, and one
NO TOP BUGGY, for sale. 112
Norwal 5: Pork Market
32 Main Street.
Constantly on hand, a full supply of
Pork. Hams. Bacon. Smoked Beef.
FRESH LOINS, SAUSAGES. LEAF LARD, to"
at the lowest wholesale prices. Dealers will do
well to give us a call. C. N. l , .
Hams Smoked and Sausage Meat Ciit for the
public. - g 6m"
REAL ESTATE
Byuaht, Sold or Exchanges! ,
Office 4 Gazette Building, B. J. STURGES.
N orwalk, Conn. Broker.
INSURANCE.
Capital Represented. 323.000.000.00.-
B. J. STURGES. Agent.
N orwalk Fish Market.
The subscriber respectfully announces that at
the Old Bridge Fish Market is constant supply of
runsu FISH,
oxs'rnus, cnanss, &c.,
and all varieties ()1 choice
"Ill" All VEIE‘I’AILES ll ‘I’IIEII SEAS".
CHARLES w. Locxwoon.
”Spring Chickens Dressed to order.
Trotting Stallion
VICTOR VON B SMARCK
THIS celebrated horse sired uy Rysd k’s Ham-
bletonlan. dam, Hattie. Wood by arry Clay
bred by Charles Backman, Esq. Orange County.
New York, will make tne season of 1876 at West-
port. Conn. This cross produced Bodine with a
record of 2:19 1-2; Gazzelle, a tall sister of Bis-
marck..2:21 in the 5th heat of a race; Prospero,
2:22 1-2 as a six year old; Danie Trot; St. Juliep.
2:22 1.2. and others. Terms $0.00 the season in
advance. Mares stinted to this horse last season.
not in foal,may be returned this season nee of
char e.
g ARTHUR SHERWOOD I Greens’ Farms
M. W. WILSON. l Conn.
Westport, March I, 1876.
J OHNSON’S
Boston Boy.
HIS FOUR YEAR OLD STALLION u-iilstand
at the Stable of LcGrnnd J ohnson. West
Norwslk. for the Season of 1876. This Stallion is a
bright bsy. fifteen hands high, tree and easy gait.
good style and action.
Terms for the Season ‘ $10.00
EDWIN JOHNSON.
West N orwalk. April, 1876. ‘ m16
Undertaking!
0 THE PUBLIC! Anyone wishiu in services
ill the Undertaking business Wl _l ml me at
the late residence of in father. 55 Main Street, or
at Demlnon a Newcom 's Store.
GEORGE H. RAYMOND, Agent
Legal Blanks, Dells,
Writs, &c.,
PRINTED AT THE
GAZETTE
N()R\VA LK. ‘
Union Marble
—AND-—
GRANITE WORKS.
Nos. :2 and 5 Mechanic so. a 9 and ii Water so.
nouws us, can N.
Manufacturer: or -
Monuments, Tombs, Vaults, and
Grave Stories,
of Italian and American Marble, Granite, Drab
or Brown Stone. Plnmllers’ Siabs,’l‘ablets, Sinks,
3a., as well as Mantles.
All kinds of cemetery and Building work on
hand and made to order. Flagging. Curb and Gill-
ter, Sills and Lintel Pier Caps. Coping. Steps, &c..
of Blue Stone. Having secured the services of a
first-lilacs worker of Cast Steel. we are prepared
to do all kinds of jobbillgin that line. Also, hav-
ing opened a quarrynu'e prepared to lurnlsh Bulld-
ing Stoneot‘a sliperiorqualitv, as cheap as common
stone can be furnished otheru'lse, Importers ol‘
Scotch Granite.
Price,.Batcs & C .
CHAS [LEONARD & SON
DEALER IN
C O A L ,
WOOD AND. BRICK,
N’th River Blue Ston‘e.Lime, Cement
ALSO
It’ll! PIPE "I Slim, Ill“ All
wuonnsstn AND RETAIL.
BIIIIIEYS,
Water It, Norwalk, Colin
- . . ~ mum . .
Early Spflng‘upuu‘ the, Firm.
Now we have the" sweetsuumco tint Old
Winter's reign upon ;~7 ' ‘
Once more we pass-the threshold without
shrinking from theblsst ;
Once again the mold is- crumbly. and the
roadways hard and white ; ' ,
And again the pleasantdew'falls fragrant in
the stilly night. '
Skeletons no more the trees are, for the life.
blo'od, dinning through, .
Tints the, branches, and the tree-tops grow
dense against the blue ;
And the shadows grow substantial on the
springing green below, ‘
Where so late the jewels of winter tlnkled on
the crusted snout, , , 7
Now the cat and dog with owning leave the
firesides petty glow ; ' ~ ~
N ow the hens make louder eackliug. and the
_ cocks more shrilly Crow.
All the farmyard-bleak and bellows at the
narrow pens restraint; ’ ' '
And thefarmers heart rejoiceswhen he hears
the loud complaint.
Now the genial toilcommences, now the fur.
row cleaves the sod ;
Now we prize the patient. oxen mindful of
the guiding rod. . - .
Underneath the _, -. ' hoping step
toward the field, >
By their broad backs tilting motion you can
guess the power they wield.
But the horse comes nearer to us than other
creatures can ;
With the force of ruder nature. he’s in spirit
half a man ; ,
In the sun he stands exulting, car erect, and
nostril wide; , , _
Rounded over eager muscles .rlisteneth his
satin hide. ‘
Thus among his dumb caspanions, with his
, ehildrenand his wife.; ‘ ' ' ' '
From the fountaindoth‘the farmer drink the
' sparkling "drought of life. 7 '
At the hands of fellow mortals: others take
~ thegiftsofloyefim _. ‘
But the farmer takes directly from. his God
who smiles shove. Li. 0.
THE CLOSING SCENE.-
[The following is pronounced bythe' West-
minster Review to be; unqmsfionsbly the
finest American poem ever- written :3 T.
Within the} sober realm of .leo‘aéss‘aem
The russet year inhaled the drésiny sir ;
Like some tanned rc'aper,'. in his hour‘s)! case,
When all the fields arelyingbi'ovvn's'ndbsre,‘ .
The gray barns loooking from their'li’szy hills
O’er the dun waters, widening in this varies,
Sent down the sin greeting to themills. -
On the dull thunder of alternate soils
All sights were mellowed anoint soudds' sub-
dued,“ ‘ ,'
The hills séemed farther and atheistiream
sanglow,', " H '
As in a dream 6 distant woodman hewed"
His winter log with many n‘inufiled blow. I I
The embattledforests, ere while-'sm’ledwitb
gold, : .. '~-I V -
The banner bright with every martial hue,
Now stood like some and, beaten host of old,
Withdrawn afar in Time’s rematch-blue.
On sombre wings the vulture tu'edhis flight;
. The dove scarce heard his sighing: mate's
complaint ; ' 1 -
And, like a star slow drowning in the light,
, r'l‘he‘village church vane seemed to pole and
faint. ' _ ‘. ; ; .
The sentinel cock upon the hillside-crew;—
‘ . Crew thriceJ—andsllwss stillerthan before;
Silent, till the some replying Warden blew .
His alien born, and then was heard. no more.
Where erst the jay, .within the shrink“ crest,
Made gsrrulous trouble round. her unfledg—
ed young. ’ ' ' = -
And when the oriole swung her swaying nes‘,
By every lightwind like s ccn'se‘r‘svung.
. l 1
Where sang the noisy insrtins or Ithejesves,
The busy swallows circling evenness——
Foreboding, as the rustic mind believes,
An early harvest and a'plenwou’g year.
Where every bird that wakedthe vernal feast
Shookxthe sweetislumberfrom is. wings at
morn, . ,_ , - i _ * ' ‘
To warn the reaper of the rosy cast—4~ ‘
All now. was sunless, empty and forlorn.
Alone, from out the stubble, piped the quail, .
And crooked the crow through. all .1138 ,
dreary gloom ; ~ .
Alone the pheasant, drumming in the vale.
Made echo in the distance to, the. cottage.
loom. , _ .
There was no bud, no bl00m upon the boWers,
The spiders moved their thin shrouds night
bynight,’ ' H .. U 7
The thistledown, the only ghost of flowers,
Sailed slowly by-—'pass‘ed n'oiselessly out of
sight.’ ' ' ” ‘
Amid all this, in this most dreary air,
And where the-woodb‘ln‘ei seeds upon the -
porch ‘ . A .‘ ‘ .
Its crimson leaves, as if the-year stood- there.
Firing the floor with its inverted torch.
Amid all this, the centre of the scene,
The white-haired matron, :with, monoton.
oustread, _ .. ;
Plied the swift wheel, and with her joyous
mein . , _ , . I ,
Sat like Fate, and watched thefiying thread.
She had known sorrow. Ile'had walked With '
her, ‘ “
0ft slipped and broke‘with’ her ashes crust.
And in the dead leaves she still heard the stir
Of his thick mantle trailing in the dust. ’ ' '
While yet her check was bright with sons ,
mer bloom, . . ' ' ' '
Her country summoned and, she gave all ;
And twice war bowed to her his sable plume-
Regsve the sword to rust upon- the wall.
Regave the sword, but ‘ not the hand that
drew ‘ 7
And struck for liberty the trying blow,
Nor him who, to his sire and country true.
Fell mid the ranks of the invading foe.
Long. but not loud, the droningwheel went
on, ' ' -
Like the low murmur of a hive at noon ;
Long, but not loud, the memory of the gone
Breathcd through her lips and and tremu.
lous tone. ‘ “
At last the thread was snapped, her head was ‘
bowed ;
Life dropped the distal! through her hands
serene;
And loving neighbors soothed her careful
shroud, .
While death and winter closedthe autumn ‘
scene. . T. B. rim...
They have a proper appreciation of the
'confederatc congress at the south, as the fol— «
lowing stanza of a campaign song inmsNew- .3.
Orleans Democrat shows :— - ' ... ; - - -, . -
“ Yes, congress labour! for to orgasm tow.
And to teach them them a lesso'u‘or‘two.’ ,
We’re gwine to get mule Diggers-they stole
With its army of boys in blue..-; ,1 . -_
Then we’ll shout hurrah} for the scuthem slat,
And the land of c'otton‘ and one, ‘ ‘ ‘i'
For our y'ar of jubilo hss conic,
And the Gray's on deck sgnin.’ 8'. _ 1', ”;;:T." 1.1
Mr. Schurz was felicitous in. quotingllie 11
old witticism about keeping ou-thsr foncewo‘ ;:' »
ion as there was so ruuch'uuni~ on sick i '. .
of It, but the su ion is Inevitable matro-
form is not prsct cslly furthered b those
who mfiomuh‘kuxious to keep r boots
c can t to e s ble road ' h
the unites that are ianl-i? Railway mg)—
gross—N. 1'. Evening Mn
Norwalk Chronicler